| Traditionalism..............1 | |
| displacement of individuality into any kind of societal traditionalism. The suffering in your world is exclusively caused | 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY |
| Traditionalist..............1 | |
| and perceiving untouched, unexpanded. Here you become a traditionalist. In the distortion of the personality all principles | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |
| Traditionalists.............1 | |
| wrong, bad. These people are, of course, the traditionalists. There are also those who see anything old | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |
| Traditions..................3 | |
| constructive way in which you can continue your traditions and make them new most meaningfully. If you | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |
| images often do not hold their own best traditions in their heart. They often pride themselves as | 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY |
| are all one in all of the great traditions that ever brought the earth aspects of truth | 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY |
| Tradition's.................1 | |
| tradition; whether a person is aware of a tradition's real meaning as applicable today or whether he | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |
| Tragedies...................6 | |
| exercise and meditation to think of all the tragedies, difficulties, and troubles of your life up to | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| the importance of the moment. Even the real tragedies that befall every human being will be felt | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| up the strong self-will current, will meet even tragedies with true detachment, which is gained only by | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| It is one of the great errors and tragedies of the human race that this truth is | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| reason. Fulfillment comes to you as haphazardly as tragedies and crises -- or so it seems to | 235 THE ANATOMY OF CONTRACTION |
| appear too vast to be encompassed. One's own tragedies seemed unique, hence a sense of brotherhood and | 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE |
| Tragedy.....................40 | |
| to expect, so much hardship, and often even tragedy, could be avoided. If a patient knew that | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| and therefore in his male aspect. In this tragedy God was enacting and creating new conditions whereby | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| Splitting is separation from God, and this initial tragedy, which took place long before the earth existed | 19 JESUS CHRIST |
| truth of these words. There is no apparent tragedy, mishap, or misfortune that does not carry some | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| building up the conditions that finally appear like tragedy but that are nothing but the creation of | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| The child cannot see that this is no tragedy. As an adult, you will sympathize with the | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| afloat. You then see that it is no tragedy to have made a mistake. The infant thinks | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| to go through so much hardship, destruction and tragedy. It would be unbearable. And it would take | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| nature. Let us consider what causes this inner tragedy, this senseless struggle. One main factor is responsible | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| they are. To have caused a mishap or tragedy should be understood not only in the sense | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| essentials and the essence of it, no great tragedy can occur, at least not to the person | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| that every slight, hurt, or disappointment is a tragedy to guard against. The solution of this problem | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| of you, it will no longer be a tragedy -- which is how your emotions register such | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| other rejects you and that this is a tragedy, you then swing to the other extreme of | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| of course, feel the momentary impact of a tragedy with all its grief and relative importance, but | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| when you were a child, is indeed the tragedy that your subconscious still feels it to be | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| subconscious still feels it to be. The only tragedy lies in the fact that you obstruct your | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| in your partner will no longer be the tragedy they were while you constantly sought to find | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| happiness, and this seems to be such a tragedy that they protect themselves by pretending they do | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| you believe that this is protection against the tragedy of being rejected. Finally, it is not surprising | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| assume that one person can learn through the tragedy of another in this particular sense. It would | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| own tiny insignificant disappointments than from another person's tragedy. As to the second question, my dear friends | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| not. Life is joy and sadness; happiness and tragedy; fulfillment and frustration. The real self can deal | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| so many people to go through a real tragedy only to break down from their imaginary little | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| is simply the assumption of a role. The tragedy of self- alienation that people unconsciously and so | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| easy; there is no struggle about it. The tragedy of human beings is that they so arduously | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| they would be understandable and justified. But the tragedy is that one often struggles with all one's | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| of the results, does not mean resignation to tragedy and suffering. It merely means going through a | 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR |
| seems to keep the self intact. The inherent tragedy is that as long as destructive goals exist | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| you fear the world's opinion. This is the tragedy of this senseless struggle. You cannot extricate yourself | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| power, available at all times. It is your tragedy to be cut off from this power, to | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| heaven. This misunderstanding is, in a sense, a tragedy because it creates a split and thus makes | 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| express these rich feelings. This is your human tragedy, for you thus move into a vicious circle | 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY |
| or difficulty or disappointment is dramatized into a tragedy and induces a person to have a negative | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| fear of pain -- the loss becomes a tragedy and not a predictable stage you can learn | 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES |
| universe is hostile, that your ultimate fate is tragedy, then indeed you will, you must, experience just | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| speak of repercussions, I do not necessarily mean tragedy, although that, too, is part of it. The | 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS |
| -- loving and honoring yourself the more. The tragedy of this pseudo-solution to your self-hate is that | 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM |
| this struggle is, as I said, fear. The tragedy is that while this fear is entirely needless | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |
| for the momentary difficulties. But it sees no tragedy, for it knows that all is well and | 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION |
| Tragic......................47 | |
| words. QUESTION: In other words, he was a tragic figure? ANSWER: Yes, much more tragic than some | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| was a tragic figure? ANSWER: Yes, much more tragic than some others. QUESTION: And with regard to | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| And that is your great error and your tragic illusion. On the other hand, a person who | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| were perhaps ten years old or less. The tragic thing about the images is that they assume | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| of necessity. So, for instance, war is certainly tragic, but it is in certain instances a last | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| because it makes you happy. This is very tragic, my friends. It is a needless cost you | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| discover that the loss is not half as tragic as the child in you thinks. The difficulty | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| hurts will no longer be so serious and tragic. You will accept them as a consequence of | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| you, you are unconsciously fighting an unnecessary and tragic battle. You think you have to be opposed | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| in the wrong, unhealthy way, you increase the tragic duality. You reject death and, therefore, in the | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| will continue to be unhappy forever. Then the tragic, unnecessary, and destructive struggle against death or unhappiness | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| thus generated. The error is all the more tragic because the psyche falsely believes that being self-centered | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| at the same time refuses to face the tragic disadvantages of prolonged childhood. This soul-crippling attitude finally | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| on others, and therefore you fear others. The tragic thing is that your dependency often hinges on | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| and the primitive, self-centered, destructive child is a tragic one -- tragic only because of your lack | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| self-centered, destructive child is a tragic one -- tragic only because of your lack of awareness of | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| will have a chance to win in this tragic battle. You will liberate yourself from the false | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| within you, you shortchange yourself in the most tragic and unnecessary way. For by facing your condition | 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE |
| from one generation to the next have a tragic influence on humanity, particularly in this respect. People | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| and thereby evolution is halted. One of the tragic human conflicts is that human beings desperately yearn | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| in unreasonable fear. This fear, without which the tragic conflict would not exist, is unnecessary. It is | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| constructive and destructive, they must be in a tragic and unnecessary conflict that obstructs their self-realization. Life | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| tragically wrong. It is so unnecessary. It is tragic because what you deeply believe must appear to | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| safe, good, productive, and joyful? This is the tragic battle of humanity. On the one hand, you | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| are rare individuals for whom this preposterous and tragic situation is much less true than for the | 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE |
| spiritual growth. This is one of the most tragic errors of humanity, because nothing delays the evolutionary | 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION |
| self. Running away from your innermost self is tragic because you inflict upon yourself so much unnecessary | 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION |
| to bow down to something inevitable. It is tragic how much waste and unnecessary hardship exist because | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| and battling them. The conflict is terrible and tragic. It can be resolved only when you let | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| and dignity. But all this is stark and tragic illusion. As you can only find true safety | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| to be and how you really are is tragic only as long as you ignore that your | 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| fear of giving up this illusion is so tragic because you believe only in this illusory, separate | 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION |
| defense, my friends. It arises out of the tragic misunderstanding of duality, the dichotomy that is rampant | 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING |
| is often folly to assume that it is tragic when a person obviously moves quite rapidly into | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| long as you feel obliged to make the tragic decision between goodness and joy, morality and pleasure | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| an impression than even to consider what a tragic, wasteful sacrifice you make to achieve an entirely | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| separateness are, without a doubt and without exception, tragic and ironic; tragic because unnecessary, and ironic because | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| a doubt and without exception, tragic and ironic; tragic because unnecessary, and ironic because the ego clings | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| are truly caught in one of the most tragic of vicious circles: because you imagine that you | 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT |
| the self begins to sacrifice its integrity in tragic ways that cost much too much. Then the | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| experiences are. But often it is not a tragic event that indicates such a discrepancy. It may | 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS |
| your personality? This is a very deep and tragic struggle for all of humanity. It is tragic | 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM |
| tragic struggle for all of humanity. It is tragic, on the one hand, because to hide from | 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM |
| go of, by personal laziness and by the tragic error that the old ways are safe and | 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY |
| best, no matter how evil, how painful, how tragic things may appear at the moment. In the | 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT |
| it does seem, and in a sense is, tragic that an animal needs to endure panic and | 254 SURRENDER |
| possible without the other. Your human struggle is tragic. You long so deeply for a fulfillment that | 254 SURRENDER |