| Technique...................8 | |
| awake or easier to guide. In the West, technique and material progress are farther advanced because this | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| it as easy. It calls for a certain technique, a training. First you must learn to conduct | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| from one state to another? What is the technique? ANSWER: It becomes an automatic process when you | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| of artistic truthfulness. QUESTION: What is the best technique for distinguishing between truth and opinion? Or fact | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| automatically grows. It cannot grow by a direct technique or process. It is an indirect outcome of | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| personal unconscious. To do so requires a certain technique, the same as in learning any new language | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| you perfect yourself more and more in the technique that establishes a fearless relationship with others. Are | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| of you are now ready to learn the technique of fully living in the now. In order | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| Techniques..................6 | |
| images. That is why I have suggested certain techniques. You will find that your image-conclusions are logical | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| negative into the positive. You will learn more techniques and approaches as you become ready for them | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| life now. The creative process and the specific techniques to learn are given to you slowly. I | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| to you slowly. I have shown you some techniques of meditation. When you meditate, you create. In | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| seeds are released. But meditative and other creating techniques must be a secondary preoccupation for the reasons | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| foundation of inner self-purification and self-awareness exists, these techniques can be expanded. It will then be safe | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| Technological...............4 | |
| What, after all, is the meaning of your technological progress? Think about it. Is it not to | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| it. Is it not to conquer matter? Each technological achievement is nothing but an overcoming of matter | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| at exactly this point. This is why your technological and scientific development is out of proportion to | 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL |
| the emphasis on matter actually did result in technological progress, but also advanced because human beings became | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |
| Technology..................3 | |
| matter which is now an obstacle to you. Technology, however, achieves this with outer forces, while the | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| that one of the major byproducts of modern technology is communication. Even though this level of communication | 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE |
| the soul's development. So you see, my friends, technology is not in opposition to spiritual development and | 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE |
| Tedious.....................6 | |
| your will to do the necessary and often tedious work of searching for a clear-cut meaning to | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| reap the fruits only after having done the tedious work outlined in these lectures. By doing this | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| cliffs. At times the going is rough and tedious, the way steep and stony. At other times | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| sand from trickling back. The work may prove tedious, but it certainly is worth the effort because | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| and interpret dreams is a lengthy and often tedious process. It not only takes knowledge and experience | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| it. Subsequently, everything in your life becomes a tedious task. In an advanced stage even the daily | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| Temper......................11 | |
| presents no difficulty whatsoever, while not losing her temper does. For a third, it may be difficult | 18 FREE WILL |
| in children. Whenever a child has a so-called temper tantrum, these emotions do break out into the | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| sickness which will be a form of childish temper tantrum, or they may simply make life difficult | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| You have to love me. That is a temper tantrum without the outer manifestation of the child | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| circumstances. In reality a breakdown is a childish temper tantrum -- the degree is stronger, but the | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| the basic attitude is the same. I discussed temper tantrums last time in connection with one of | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| QUESTION: When a child forces love through a temper tantrum and as an adult later repeats this | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| as he craves to be loved. So the temper tantrum may be a combination. Each person has | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| them without repression, it is a form of temper tantrum in which the psyche says, You see | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| as you learn on this path, a so-called temper tantrum takes place and the child in you | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| freedom diminish steadily. When you are without childish temper tantrums and blind rebellion, you will be able | 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM |
| Temperament.................13 | |
| place and the person best suited to your temperament and character. This is how the different spiritual | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| is another. It is a question of individual temperament and character. All inferiority complexes have the common | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| in development as well as in character and temperament. Each person has different qualities and shortcomings. Therefore | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| the human personality? So many factors are involved: temperament, character, the way the various universal forces work | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| manifestation of this mass image varies according to temperament and individual characteristics; according to other trends, healthy | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| rulership more openly. Many variations exist, governed by temperament, personality, and character trends -- and also by | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| This, in turn, depends on the character and temperament of the person. Now I should like to | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| disturbances strengthening this current, in addition to the temperament and character of the person in question, results | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| but unaware of certain insecurities, causing a particular temperament to alleviate this insecurity by means of gaining | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| and does not experience as drastic unhappiness, another temperament and character feels to be dismal woe. At | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| according to personality, background, early teachings, circumstances, and temperament. What one person may consider wrong and unacceptable | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| potentials, the attitudes, the patterns, the characteristics, the temperament, the emotions, the idiosyncrasies -- everything that is | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| from this original hurt, according to character and temperament, also combine with the pleasure principle. This attachment | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| Temple......................15 | |
| the spirit world? We see a very beautiful temple being built in the world of spirit. This | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| I manifest myself here is building such a temple, stone by stone. It is not completely erected | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| speak symbolically; I am speaking the truth. This temple already exists in our corresponding spiritual sphere. You | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| tell you to leave your church or your temple or your faith. For if you have found | 19 JESUS CHRIST |
| get nearer to God is building a veritable temple in the spirit world. By temple I mean | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| a veritable temple in the spirit world. By temple I mean a house to worship the Lord | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| the Lord. I said to you that the temple foundation was laid, some of the walls were | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| were various other details. The building of this temple has been continued by all of you who | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| make toward your own purification process. So the temple construction has advanced considerably. The roof is almost | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| coming year promises continued development of this beautiful temple, perhaps finishing touches can be added, all in | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| will tell you about the progress of your temple. Now I should like to express the joy | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| joy. Enough of the basic structure of your temple is secure for such a prediction to be | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| your heart and soul the reality of the temple you are helping to build, each one of | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| shortcoming, contributes more to the building of your temple and the Plan of Salvation than a large | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| lives. You, too, can help build this wonderful temple and contribute in this work by learning from | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| Tempt.......................8 | |
| the other. Lucifer kept all the rights to tempt humans to succumb to him by succumbing to | 22 SALVATION |
| of lack of ambition, this very fault can tempt to hold on to the positive side of | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| so that what is obviously wicked will not tempt many; only the confusion and misrepresentation of the | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| be made. That would only mislead you and tempt you to seek the solution by an intellectual | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| which may either make you fearfully overmodest or tempt you into self-glorification. Listen deeply into yourself, test | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| to attain selfhood, there are many snares to tempt you away from yourselves. You make a successful | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| of darkness can again distort the truth and tempt people away from the inner truth of God | 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT |
| to corrupt those who are not purified, to tempt them and to destroy them. This does not | 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE |
| Temptation..................97 | |
| human being used his free will to resist temptation -- he will lose more and more of | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| regained, and partly because matter contains so much temptation. Only those who overcome these difficulties can win | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| fail to conquer. For a medium the great temptation after having reached a certain level of success | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| You can enjoy wealth when you conquer the temptation that money, more than anything else, brings. It | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| the way of God in spite of the temptation, and is not captured by the spirit that | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| is usually said, is Lead us not into temptation. These words give rise to misconceptions and can | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| harm. For God does not lead you into temptation. Rather, the meaning is for you to pray | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| to pray that God may lead you when temptation comes to you; to pray that God may | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| you can also say, Lead us not into temptation. The words do not matter so much unless | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| unless they confuse the concepts. Now, what is temptation? Temptation is within you. It does not come | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| they confuse the concepts. Now, what is temptation? Temptation is within you. It does not come from | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| on your own. Only in that notion lies temptation. No devil, no Satan could get at you | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| germ through which you can be led into temptation. The dark forces serve as instruments to draw | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| your prayer. Ask Christ to help you overcome temptation, so that you can deliver yourself from evil | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| of this gift than there already is. The temptation, even for a decent person, full of good | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| and subconscious thoughts. In any case, the great temptation of the spiritually and emotionally immature person is | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| the fascination of magic which represents a great temptation and the grave danger that he may lose | 18 FREE WILL |
| divine protection, and resisting all evil and all temptation out of his own free will. Only in | 19 JESUS CHRIST |
| At one time, one spirit fell under the temptation to act against it. You can find the | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| a very different way, although the idea of temptation was there. Perhaps you are able to comprehend | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| actually happen if you did use it. This temptation becomes stronger and stronger. The stronger it becomes | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| can think of the means to counteract this temptation. You will not even have the intention of | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| it, dissolves under the growing weight of the temptation. Once the first spirit succumbed to the temptation | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| temptation. Once the first spirit succumbed to the temptation, it set something in motion that could not | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| split even further the more this pull of temptation proceeded. Thus evil came into existence. Once I | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| who was the first to succumb to the temptation of abusing this power, the one who is | 21 THE FALL |
| are on the proper path. But because the temptation is always so great to put all this | 21 THE FALL |
| it every time anew. After a time, this temptation will cease. But at the beginning it will | 21 THE FALL |
| these instincts and perhaps kill someone. If this temptation can be overcome, even though such people do | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| as long as you do not fight the temptation of taking the line of least resistance, which | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| inner vicious circle. You can thus resist the temptation of making your prayer into a routine. It | 36 PRAYER |
| well as into his or her surroundings. The temptation to give in to the emotions is at | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| the more difficult it becomes to resist the temptation, until one is simply carried away by the | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| fact, the beauty of it is a great temptation to them and therefore they hunt greedily for | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| either case, the dissatisfaction is stronger than the temptation of the comfort of inertia and sluggishness. Then | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| at work. The second possibility is that the temptation of a semblance of peace is stronger. Then | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| is! How great the fight to overcome the temptation of sluggishness and pride! For it also requires | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| individual, you do not give in to the temptation. You feel it vaguely, without real awareness of | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| are so afraid when you feel such a temptation and such emotions that you cover it up | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| allows you to act in accordance with the temptation, nor does it allow you to become fully | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| negative tendency exists in you. Why does this temptation exist? You will invariably come up with the | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| good intentions prevent you from even recognizing this temptation, the outer occurrence will, as I said, respond | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| as I have not given in to the temptation, why do the consequences have to be as | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| self-deception are always so close at hand. The temptation is so great because humanity fears to face | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| going at the most crucial crossing, when the temptation to give up is always strongest. Pursue, persist | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| pressure, the momentary helplessness about finding relief, the temptation to evade yet again. As you battle through | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| it to others you may resent -- that temptation is always great -- but see it in | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| are, and how you give in to the temptation to pamper yourself by the very strong reaction | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| considerable time to get you all through the temptation of deviating from this course. But I am | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| reaction against the demands themselves as against the temptation and compulsion to give in to them. Your | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| emotions unlike any you have felt before. The temptation is then to put the lid on again | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| put the lid on again. Beware of this temptation. The warm, positive, generous, loving, unselfish feelings must | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| would rather not see. It is always a temptation to look away from yourself. Ever since humanity | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| destiny, and often ascribes it to the devil's temptation. As long as human beings cannot discriminate between | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| the battle against it is equally crucial. The temptation to blind oneself to the true issue, to | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| these procedures must have been neglected, and the temptation of the outer direction of displacement, projection, and | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| easily misleading resistance, and refusal to yield to temptation. There is no shortcut, except that it appears | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| is increased only through repeated victories over the temptation to run away from the foreign substance, to | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| this is the case, the greater is the temptation to run. And the more you run from | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| separate yourself from feeling good. But often the temptation to remain in the tense state is great | 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION |
| needs and cannot afford to antagonize. A special temptation strengthens the tendency to forsake independent inquiry and | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| Then their self-regulating nature can reveal itself. The temptation to evade the truth of the self must | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| unexplored. You have the power to overcome the temptation to indulge in resignation and self-pity. Therefore I | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| not easy. It means overcoming the often strong temptation to indulge in self-pity, resentment, complaining, and accusing | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| is humble and generous in dispensing with the temptation to feel victimized and accusatory. With this attitude | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| obvious, and not so subtle at all. The temptation consists of a variety of feelings and attitudes | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| not come to pass, you succumb to the temptation to play the doom game with life, thus | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| If he or she can desist from the temptation to constantly belabor the obvious sour points of | 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP |
| if you allow it -- to overcome the temptation to give in again and again to destructive | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| on others, which is always the most dangerous temptation. Or, for that matter, to project them into | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| and explains your disturbance. When you resist this temptation, you are heeding life's lessons and signs. On | 188 AFFECTING AND BEING AFFECTED |
| secure than ever. Unfortunately, again and again, the temptation to concentrate and focus on the other person's | 188 AFFECTING AND BEING AFFECTED |
| to the degree that the ego overcomes the temptation to stay put. But the paradoxical position of | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| As long as movement is a chore, the temptation to become stagnant and give in to the | 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES |
| then this path is not your way. The temptation to use spiritual practices to grab happiness and | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| may appear to yield results. This is the temptation. However, the results are not only short-lived, but | 206 DESIRE: CREATIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE |
| painful -- anyone who chooses to forgo the temptation to concentrate on the real or apparent wrongs | 216 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INCARNATORY PROCESS AND THE LIFE TASK |
| make the effort to overcome the always existing temptation to yield in the direction of least resistance | 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS |
| of the mask self. In this struggle the temptation to hide, as well as the habit of | 223 THE ERA OF THE NEW AGE AND NEW CONSCIOUSNESS |
| filled with truth, without any fluctuation, without any temptation into erroneous, faulty conceiving and experiencing the world | 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF |
| to acquire the strength of character to withstand temptation before you can realize that nothing is being | 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE |
| you feel when you give in to the temptation of following the call of the immediate desire | 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE |
| to human existence. Obeying rules blindly is a temptation to avoid thinking for oneself and struggling with | 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE |
| of it. That always means giving up the temptation of staying in the temporary smaller order of | 228 BALANCE |
| this means occasionally overcoming a resistance or the temptation to do what seems most pleasurable at the | 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION |
| until it bears fruit and is realized. The temptation to lean on the old superstitious negative beliefs | 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM |
| your being, the more real life becomes. The temptation to manufacture wish-fulfilling daydreams diminishes. Yet many of | 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM |
| the path is successfully overcome, however, and the temptation to flee it is intelligently recognized for what | 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM |
| firmness, of strength, of not succumbing to the temptation to indulge. The weak ruler who does not | 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS |
| don't become a burden on your fellow-citizens. This temptation always exists, both in your personal life and | 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS |
| public life. When you consistently yield to the temptation, you draw tighter fences around your emotional freedom | 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS |
| out of your inertia, which is an ever-present temptation, you need to use all the drive and | 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA |
| the greatest pitfalls of humankind, which is the temptation to surrender to superior negative power structures. The | 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| areas in your own soul; through encountering the temptation to remain in them and savor their passing | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |
| passing gratification; through the deliberate overcoming of this temptation. The great Christ light is the overpowering love | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |
| to God's plan. Desist from yielding to the temptation to keep yourself locked up in isolation and | 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE |
| and resentment. Desist equally from yielding to the temptation to accuse and blame. Make yourself neutral, at | 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE |