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 Unawareness.................25
too will, in a different way, again in unawareness, become a plaything of the forces of darkness 1 THE SEA OF LIFE
another, affect those who are still submerged in unawareness about themselves and also about their relationship to 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
goals are in a fog of confusion and unawareness. Even genuinely unselfish motives are not expressed clearly 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
weapon against the ills of the world. In unawareness, two people will set up a vicious circle 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
of humanity's inner conditions. Lack of understanding, confusion, unawareness of cause and effect, contradictory aims, and wrong 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
connection with repressed needs, and along with your unawareness of them, you will find all the twists 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS
frustration sometimes becomes necessary and can be endured. Unawareness and repression, on the other hand, create such 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS
you, when in reality no such intent existed. Unawareness of needs distorts reality. Everything is exaggeratedly good 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS
attempts to overcome the obstructions that come from unawareness. Unawareness means unreality, untruth. Untruth produces suffering. This 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
to overcome the obstructions that come from unawareness. Unawareness means unreality, untruth. Untruth produces suffering. This might 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
spirit and matter. Matter is a result of unawareness, unreality, untruth. Humanity has attempted mastery over matter 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
do not feel any specific emotional needs. This unawareness does not apply only to a person who 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
receive love into the unconscious. Due to this unawareness and to your defense mechanisms of various sorts 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
and gluttony have the same common denominator: an unawareness of the original need. Both contain the cowardice 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
of the reason that necessitated hiding it. Such unawareness, that once was deliberate, really amounts to self-deception 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
had slumbered in the state of being in unawareness. Without will and intelligence they could not discriminate 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
will cause problems for you because of your unawareness of them. QUESTION: In the same connection, when 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
that awareness of unhealth leads to health, while unawareness or covering up lead further away from health 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS
in a no man's land between awareness and unawareness. It may be a valuable task for my 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
gained freedom through awareness, but in areas of unawareness you are incapacitated from doing so. Hence, in 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
life. Such alienation is a direct result of unawareness of the inner reality of human life. A 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT
all this remains in the fuzzy climate of unawareness, half-awareness and easy explaining away, how can you 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE
struggle of wanting and fearing the same thing. Unawareness of this struggle leads to frustration and discontent 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE
ardently desire. Another aspect of the problem is unawareness of your actual state, that your whole inner 186 VENTURE IN MUTUALITY: HEALING FORCE TO CHANGE NEGATIVE INNER WILL
take time, because blind spots and a deep unawareness may still persist despite the commitment. But time 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA
 
 Unbalanced..................3
to you that this disadvantage is unjust and unbalanced and therefore a step backward in development. But 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
one's need to develop a creative talent. An unbalanced, one-sided need for spirituality and seclusion may be 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
Such letting go can happen in a distorted, unbalanced, and therefore unhealthy manner. First of all, let 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
 
 Unbearable..................67
any more; and the loneliness not quite so unbearable and hopeless any more. When enough spirits came 21 THE FALL
an unpleasant truth in the beloved person is unbearable, still lives within you, and this emotion forces 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
your peace of mind. You find it so unbearable that you cannot even admit to the slightest 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS
much hardship, destruction and tragedy. It would be unbearable. And it would take so much longer, so 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
of you. That is what makes reality so unbearable that you escape into an illusory world by 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
in one's life, unless outer conditions become too unbearable. One's feelings will usually fluctuate in this period 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
because any limitations of your wish would create unbearable frustration of your exaggerated belief that the nonfulfillment 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
belief that the nonfulfillment of your wish is unbearable, you forfeit the love you could have by 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
often projected on others because it is too unbearable to be aware of self-hate, unless one unrolls 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE
more remote. The pain of the illusion becomes unbearable. All this produces further deliberate escapes, such as 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
line. If this proves impossible, the frustration becomes unbearable, and you find yourself trapped, caught in your 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS
is something the immature person cannot do; the unbearable thus becomes a problem for him. You rebel 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
the need -- or lust -- swells to unbearable proportions and you become more frustrated because you 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
This continues until your outer life becomes so unbearable that the very unhappiness finally makes you want 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
change can be mustered before life becomes so unbearable, much unhappiness can be avoided. This is why 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
the painful experience, which might otherwise have been unbearable for the child's undeveloped ego. If painful experience 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
QUESTION: Regarding expression of anger, I find it unbearable. ANSWER: Sometimes it is inadvisable; sometimes it is 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
eliminate barriers because the pain of isolation becomes unbearable, they already set up new barriers because the 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
danger that this false inner movement will become unbearable in its tightness until the exhausted psyche loses 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
meantime, the pain of isolation in B becomes unbearable, and B ventures out while A is in 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
which you see no solution. This often causes unbearable tension and anxiety. This basic mental insecurity, with 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
whatever forms they exist, are compensations for the unbearable reality perceived in duality. When the real self 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
so on. Finally, the negative power becomes so unbearable that the feelings connected with it are numbed 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
supreme of the cosmic energy current must seem unbearable, frightening, overwhelming, and almost annihilating when the personality 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
maintained for long, because ultimately it will become unbearable. Nothing that opposes the life principle can be 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION
what seemed at first like dire threat or unbearable pain, to be avoided at all cost, soon 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
to give what is in you. It is unbearable only as long as you want to receive 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING
pleasurelessness. When that state worsens, the suffering becomes unbearable -- for nothing can remain static. One either 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
were to express your desire, it seems absolutely unbearable to you that your love, your tenderness, might 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT
the perpetual wakefulness of an isolated ego becomes unbearable. Thus humans find themselves in ambivalence. On the 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
the original hurt. The false hurt creates an unbearable pain that leads to desperation and never to 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL
real hurt is a gentle, soft experience, never unbearable, always leaving the essence of the personality intact 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL
you inwardly tense up against pain, the more unbearable it becomes. The more you relax toward it 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE
his job. His suspicions and fears put an unbearable strain on him, so that the fluctuations in 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE
available alternatives -- isolation and contact -- are unbearable. Fear of pleasure is, to a large degree 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
the other energy field -- this bliss is unbearable and appears dangerous for those who hate themselves 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW
experience joyful life. The idea that they are unbearable is a concoction of the limited, fragmented mind 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES
this secondary pain must become bitter, twisted, and unbearable. If you accept and feel the pain, a 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS
and denying often seems the only protection against unbearable pain and suffering. And yet, as many of 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
mental and emotional state, the experience is indeed unbearable -- but not because straight sadness cannot be 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
concepts that sustain the belief that sadness is unbearable and even dangerous, and thus you justify your 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
the manipulative, artificial hopelessness -- which is always unbearable -- will give way to a new insight 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
to let happen what you thought would be unbearable. You will see that many of the concepts 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
needs now. The pursuit of false needs causes unbearable pain. It is tight, locked and bitter, with 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS
real needs dissolves into its own streamings. The unbearable, hard and dangerous experience of pain is due 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS
expressing feelings once deemed to be unacceptable and unbearable, and learning to sustain and to handle them 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS
a defense, as you all know -- an unbearable, twisted, bitter pain that stems from a forcing 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT
to experience one's self-produced pain -- bliss is unbearable. But even when the soul is free from 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT
feel it. Resistance to pain often makes it unbearable. The more you accept your hate, the less 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL
expect to be ostracized. This assumption is an unbearable load; it is untrue and does not permit 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY
The feelings in themselves are not terrible or unbearable. However, your beliefs and attitudes can make them 204 WHAT IS THE PATH?
it is never the feeling itself that is unbearable. However, your attitude to it may make it 204 WHAT IS THE PATH?
work. Use this gauge: Where the positive is unbearable and cannot be sustained, it is an indication 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE
be regretted and the yearning therefore may become unbearable, but the inner person is still too puzzled 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY
Even while they do exist, the fulfillment becomes unbearable and finally cannot be accepted. Give up your 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE
the new golden light that sweeps the earth, unbearable only to those who refuse it. They are 223 THE ERA OF THE NEW AGE AND NEW CONSCIOUSNESS
wish to fend for yourself, the relationship becomes unbearable. By the same token, if you use a 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS
the self-hate, which makes the pain of it unbearable. The fear of your own unforgivingness on the 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF
and constructive for them. Otherwise they will create unbearable tensions that will culminate in crisis. The planet 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE
sustain life. In imbalance, pleasurable warmth turns into unbearable heat and purifying cold becomes frozen iciness. Both 228 BALANCE
do or die. Such a demand creates an unbearable tension that is often a direct block to 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM
love for and by the universe will be unbearable, and you will produce false fear. You may 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM
light of truth and of eternal life is unbearable to all satanic spirits. This same light will 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL
chaotic. This is perhaps one of the most unbearable pains in the human soul! I strongly recommend 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS
essence, your ultimate reality. That would indeed be unbearable. That alternative is whispered into your ears by 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS
newly emerging consciousness. They are experienced as an unbearable burden, which they actually are. The spiritual form 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY
mention the relief of ridding yourself of an unbearable burden. The clarity, the lightness, and the freedom 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY

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