| Training....................44 | |
| his own life. It requires work, discipline, and training to feel into these currents and recognize precisely | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| a medium is still in a state of training and transition. Do not put all your eggs | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| in prayer is beneficial not only as a training but also because each thought builds a form | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| say: If every medium who is still in training knew that he or she could make a | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| living through this task. During the years of training, God's spirit world has an opportunity to observe | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| green lights are given in the course of training. Of course, some people don't need to earn | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| will see to it that the person in training has sufficient means to live. In principle, to | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| simple. The truth will become obvious during the training period, and when everything is right, monetary compensation | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| will be forthcoming without asking for it. The training period of three to five years, however, doesn't | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| for free, unless the medium is still in training. If, all through this time, a medium is | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| counts. A medium who pursues this kind of training goes through a learning period very similar to | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| for instance in a hospital while still in training, until he or she has reached the expertise | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| and rethink your conclusion. So, once more: The training period should take at least three to five | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| all these different types of mediumship, a special training of the medium, as well as for the | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| view. And you will, after some trying and training, come to see your reactions quite differently, I | 21 THE FALL |
| will also have to go through a particular training of this sort. This kind of hypnosis must | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| respect. After a period of this kind of training, very gradually your feelings will begin to change | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| right moment. The practice of this is a training in itself. To have the proper thoughts at | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| desire is and examine it. It does take training, and forming the habit of observing yourself from | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| explaining to you. Fight the temporary blindness by training your thoughts to delve into the unconscious, the | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| you have to make. Opening a channel requires training and practice. What I have suggested will afford | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| emotionally as relaxed as possible. Prayer is a training that is part of your development. In addition | 36 PRAYER |
| the importance of prayer lies not only in training your ability to concentrate, to discipline yourself; you | 36 PRAYER |
| have the joy of having two mediums in training, one here and one abroad. This endeavor will | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| will serve many purposes, not only when the training is terminated, but also while it is still | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| meaning. For practical reasons I suggest that the training sessions for our two mediums, including the discussions | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| Breaking the habit requires a great deal of training, concentration, and effort. New habit patterns have to | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| easy. It calls for a certain technique, a training. First you must learn to conduct your daily | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| you. Many practice it as part of their training. If there is friction between you and one | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| prerequisites for team-workers, and after how long a training and self-purification, generally speaking, should they start working | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| remembering these communications? Is there a way of training oneself to be more open to receive them | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| in the most apparent everyday incidents. It takes training to condition yourself to follow this road all | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| it into words. It takes simply a little training. In the so-called image sessions it could be | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| have. Here again, it is a question of training one's awareness to perceive the inner content of | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| have interpreted dream symbols in many years of training. But I cannot give you any preconceived formulas | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| be a time of preparation and of increased training in awareness of what your emotional reactions signify | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| done this with my medium in a constant training process over the years. The fruits of this | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| process over the years. The fruits of this training are constantly being used, and this is the | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| of half-sleep. It takes time, effort, concentration, and training to wake up and become acutely aware; it | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| speech. Metaphysical practices have succeeded in providing adequate training and disciplines in this respect, but only rarely | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| look at it. Of course it requires the training of becoming aware of hidden emotional reactions, of | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| of destructive emotions. Humans must spend many lifetimes training reason and will. Only when these faculties have | 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL |
| mind keeps blocking this possibility. Your mind requires training to become sufficiently calm without producing involuntary thoughts | 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION |
| of the full power current is acceptance; gentle training is needed so that the personality can gradually | 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE |
| Trains......................3 | |
| one must choose properly for what purpose one trains himself in this direction. It should be something | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| be possible for most of you. Your pathwork trains you for this highly advanced state of honesty | 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION |
| often dream of being on a train, missing trains, and so on. The dream almost always applies | 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE |
| Trait.......................32 | |
| thought, opinion or tendency, even the smallest personality trait, is a luminous ray which is invisible to | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| knowing oneself means to face many an unflattering trait. It means a long, continuous, in fact, never-ending | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| use as an excuse to reinforce a negative trait like sluggishness, say, or where the higher self | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| often necessary to consider the same fault or trait from new angles, under a different light, so | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| hold on to the positive side of this trait when hearing these words, and to forget the | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| If you lack happiness and you possess this trait, you should not bear a grudge because your | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| although there may be a predominance of one trait in many a person. But what frequently happens | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| not need to exaggerate the badness of the trait in question, nor will you defend yourself against | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| same in any good or bad aspect or trait in existence. This confusion leads to misunderstandings among | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| the same with selfishness as with any other trait. There is a healthy kind as well as | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| you will succeed in growing, shedding an unwelcome trait, acting constructively -- as though all this had | 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES |
| self. You fail to differentiate between rejecting a trait and rejecting the person, whether yourself or others | 174 SELF-ESTEEM |
| even beautifying -- a very undesirable and destructive trait. Here you have the full-fledged confusion! Here is | 174 SELF-ESTEEM |
| endlessly changing unit of life expression. And no trait merits evaluating and rejecting your whole self because | 174 SELF-ESTEEM |
| relieving luxury of calmly admitting any undesirable, ugly trait, without in the least disliking yourself for it | 174 SELF-ESTEEM |
| that enable you to overcome any ugly destructive trait. The power that created the universe, with everything | 174 SELF-ESTEEM |
| person's angry rebellion. I know I have this trait in myself, but I still react to it | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| safe, or you take pleasure from the negative trait but at the tremendous cost of guilt, self- | 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| around in the universe, so to speak. Every trait familiar to human understanding, every attitude known in | 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| to make the connections between the recognized negative trait, and the non-sexual aspects of one's being. From | 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY |
| distortion destructive or evil. The very same basic trait has an entirely different effect and meaning if | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| emulate to make an exact copy of a trait but rather adapt it to your unique individuality | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| the other person may indeed have the undesirable trait, though at other times this may not even | 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW |
| -- namely that you do not have the trait in question. Denial is of course quite self-explanatory | 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW |
| negative judgement into recognition. QUESTION: What is this trait I have in which nothing can ever get | 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN |
| spite, my destructiveness and my selfishness, or whatever trait is in me that obstructs my true happiness | 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF |
| your conscious mind to ask, What was this trait in its original, beautiful version, before it was | 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF |
| that way you do not cut out the trait, but rather transform it; you do not allow | 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF |
| urge became to subjugate weaker people. This human trait in the unenlightened person, which you well know | 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE |
| behavior pattern, a way of reacting, a personality trait -- whatever it is, it prevents you from | 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE |
| on the extremely painful consequences of this negative trait to yourself and others. You may be aware | 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA |
| others. You may be aware of the negative trait, but too often you resist recognizing its effects | 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA |