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 Unacceptability.............5
may also have to face the feeling of unacceptability more than I already have. Is that true 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
other words, you will connect the feeling of unacceptability with the newly-faced sadistic impulses. That connection is 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
are truly affected by the causal connection of unacceptability and sadistic impulses, then you will be on 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
own that I am miserable. The feeling of unacceptability cannot cease as long as its cause remains 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
defensive maneuvers that reinforce your belief in your unacceptability, because all defenses are negative, destructive, and create 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD
 
 Unacceptable................42
temperament. What one person may consider wrong and unacceptable, another may not. This moral structure actually takes 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS
because they arbitrarily divide it into acceptable and unacceptable categories, and see its primitive manifestation as unchangeable 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
feeling that the original emotion or need is unacceptable. It is very important to become aware of 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
believe it is. Only too often, you consider unacceptable the best you have to give while the 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING
bad when one believes that one's feelings are unacceptable or dangerous; the illusion that ignores a particular 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE
repeating problem, which is the feeling of being unacceptable -- by girls, especially. I worked on this 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
to feeling frustrated and rejected. If you feel unacceptable to girls, it is only because you do 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
makes you feel so guilty, so bad and unacceptable that you cannot imagine that anyone can love 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
and accept and intelligently deal with the hitherto unacceptable, proportionately increases his or her self- respect and 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
the surface is a vague feeling of being unacceptable, without quite understanding why. Unconsciously, you feel you 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
perhaps only vaguely conscious -- fear that these unacceptable impulses, desires and emotions are your true nature 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
your true heritage. As long as the apparently unacceptable is not met and transcended in the sense 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
is that one fears the self to be unacceptable as it is and therefore hides it, even 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
spirit side, makes an attempt to reveal your unacceptable truth, the other side battles it. In that 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING
because they feel they are so bad, so unacceptable, so destructive, so negative, find themselves in the 174 SELF-ESTEEM
hand, nor are you so hopelessly bad and unacceptable as you meanwhile believe you really are underneath 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY
danger, pleasure with humiliation and shame, self-assertion with unacceptable aggression. These are typical examples of false unifications 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS
it is viewed as if it were totally unacceptable, when you fail to realize that evil is 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
seems too painful and difficult to accept previously unacceptable aspects of themselves. Yet life cannot be truly 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW
lack of them. No matter how evil and unacceptable any specific traits in you may be, no 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW
inflict upon yourself by the negation of the unacceptable part causes you to do precisely what I 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW
you use subterfuges destined to cover up the unacceptable. Yet these subterfuges are more unacceptable than whatever 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW
up the unacceptable. Yet these subterfuges are more unacceptable than whatever you originally negated. Thus you compound 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW
these apparently two selves: the acceptable and the unacceptable. But in reality there are not two entities 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW
appear so frightening or so deep or so unacceptable. You will endure it without the terrible cramp 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES
You could not afford to even acknowledge these unacceptable aspects, because you identified with them. But the 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
them. But the moment you acknowledge the hitherto unacceptable, you yourself cease to be the unacceptable; instead 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
hitherto unacceptable, you yourself cease to be the unacceptable; instead, you become identified with that part of 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
beings vaguely believe that the underlying truth is unacceptable and therefore that they themselves are unacceptable. Thus 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS
is unacceptable and therefore that they themselves are unacceptable. Thus a double illusion must be removed: the 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS
as a child is due to your being unacceptable and unlovable, all create the tendency to deny 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS
experiencing and expressing feelings once deemed to be unacceptable and unbearable, and learning to sustain and to 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS
experience is universal, necessary, and not at all unacceptable. It will also make you more aware of 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS
your own false ideas that always create two unacceptable alternatives. When the path opens up from within 204 WHAT IS THE PATH?
you can pay when you stop projecting the unacceptable on others or using the ugliness of others 206 DESIRE: CREATIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE
in you that is in itself rejectable and unacceptable. There is only distortion. No matter how negative 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN
to be totally repressed. It was as socially unacceptable as the man's hidden wishes. Only recently has 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE
of the realization that the lower self is unacceptable and does not pay. Although it is self-serving 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS
life, deserving happiness. Being wrong means being bad, unacceptable, having no power to create safety and not 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY
attitudes, having made a mistake, is unforgivable and unacceptable. Your terror is very simply that. Your belief 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY
believe that you are a totally unlovable and unacceptable human being, you build on deficit. When your 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT
vicious circle here. When you feel unworthy, unlovable, unacceptable, it is impossible to believe that Christ can 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION
 
 Unacknowledged..............3
understand. A compulsion is the direct result of unacknowledged, unconscious feelings and conditions. The more you know 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
in order to connect your fears with your unacknowledged cruelty. Discover how the cruelty is a result 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
negativities. In that way you spread good. Your unacknowledged, projected destructiveness immediately affects its counterpart in others 188 AFFECTING AND BEING AFFECTED
 
 Unaffected..................10
The personality who has reached this state remains unaffected by negative events and is therefore truly independent 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS
he goes to in Europe, while he is unaffected by them? Or would you say that in 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
such an inner division, they would surely be unaffected by your struggle. Their harmony with the universal 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
It is inconceivable that an individual could be unaffected by or indifferent to a deeply ingrained idea 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS
to be destructive can leave your actions totally unaffected. I just said that it is unthinkable for 188 AFFECTING AND BEING AFFECTED
avoiding does not matter, that you will be unaffected by it, that what you don't do has 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE
how they react. You remain essentially whole, essentially unaffected. I do not mean unaffected in the sense 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA
essentially whole, essentially unaffected. I do not mean unaffected in the sense of being remote and without 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA
about. It is your higher self which is unaffected, the divine part of you that does not 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
great that the perpetrator is deluded into being unaffected by the further effects of his or her 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL
 
 Unafraid....................20
would have a faultless person, he would be unafraid. You all know that the opposite of fear 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH
have reached intellectual maturity. Emotional maturity means being unafraid to pay the price of living. And the 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
others but yourself. Emotional maturity also means being unafraid of your own emotions: if you have negative 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
see, observe, and discriminate. For those who are unafraid of loving and receiving love in a mature 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
who approaches inner reality, ready to meet life, unafraid of loving, unafraid of giving up the strong 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
reality, ready to meet life, unafraid of loving, unafraid of giving up the strong self-will current, will 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
who are deeply involved with others; who are unafraid of involvement; who have no protective covering against 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
from it, you cannot be clear and comfortable, unafraid and relaxed about yourself. You cannot be good 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
many areas where they do love and are unafraid to do so. But where problems exist in 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY
it cannot relax, it cannot adopt the flexible, unafraid attitude that is essential to be attuned to 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION
mannerisms that give you the illusion of being unafraid of entrusting yourself to this power that moves 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION
this process. In this respect, they must be unafraid of their inner self. In other respects they 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING
remain alive only when the self is totally unafraid of itself. Giving up guardedness seems like annihilation 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING
be strong and self-responsible. Then she will be unafraid of total surrender, of letting go, of allowing 169 THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS
have deliberately set in motion, you will be unafraid to surrender to a power greater than your 169 THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS
apparent that where they are happy, free, and unafraid, there is fulfillment, and where they are afraid 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS
your fear of it and pretend to be unafraid. By freely admitting your fear, you are more 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS
matter what they are, you automatically become secure, unafraid, and therefore relaxed. Being relaxed in mind, will 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS
and receptive means to be undefended, inwardly relaxed, unafraid of whatever may come, whether from inside of 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY
positively or negatively with others. Visualize yourself as unafraid of the worst in you, knowing that the 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS

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