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the creative principle, is understood. Although the intellectual understanding is helpful at first, it is less important 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION
first, it is less important than the intuitive understanding, for only intuitive understanding will allow you to 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION
important than the intuitive understanding, for only intuitive understanding will allow you to dissolve this conflict. The 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION
this moment. As a result of the great understanding and truth you have gained and certain changes 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS
of your unhealthy intensity, the mere awareness and understanding of its significance will indicate your great progress 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION
and penetrates your whole being and your total understanding, brotherhood in the real sense is inevitable. Dislike 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION
existence. In order to get a little better understanding of this problem, let us consider how the 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER
not immediately at least as preparation -- in understanding where you are going and why you are 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
nature of these energies. Little by little, through understanding and observation, you can reestablish the correct assumptions 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
extent -- when self-acceptance and observation bring new understanding and harmony into your inner life -- you 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
juncture you may have arrived at the theoretical understanding that the involuntary processes need not be destructive 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
speak now are designed to open up new understanding in this respect. I realize, and I hope 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
room. You can approach the threshold through your understanding. For this understanding will release more willpower in 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
approach the threshold through your understanding. For this understanding will release more willpower in the right direction 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
measure, stand pleasure. No matter how much theoretical understanding you may already possess about the principle and 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
in an appropriate and truthful way, in the understanding that they are the production of the self 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
loving -- that is, of giving love, mercy, understanding, and other gifts of the spirit. Here the 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING
pride; it sees no lack of character in understanding and forgiving. Many such little incidents loosen up 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING
strong feelings, but you will have a new understanding that includes others. The new way increases steadily 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING
yourself, yet knowing that they are destructive and understanding why they are there, as well as knowing 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
When the connection is not an intellectual, theoretical understanding but an actual emotional experience, when you are 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
a vague feeling of being unacceptable, without quite understanding why. Unconsciously, you feel you have no redeeming 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
cognizance of it. If you reach for that understanding in your meditation, the tremendous resistance and inertia 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
first dwell on this thought with an intellectual understanding. Further, you must want to make this understanding 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
understanding. Further, you must want to make this understanding more complete and reach for it by eliciting 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
try to overcome some of the difficulties in understanding these principles. First of all, it is necessary 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY
to sense, and to grasp it. Knowing and understanding this principle of creation -- that all exists 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY
This sentence should be truly meditated on, for understanding this concept will open new doors for you 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY
Greetings, my dearest friends. May blessings and strength, understanding of truth, and vital flow of universal energy 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF
necessary to explore and understand these laws. Such understanding enriches life in a most wondrous manner, to 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF
to make use of it, not only by understanding it theoretically, but by truly seeking that part 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF
and honestly, you can begin to seek an understanding of why they exist and why the desires 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION
aims at the realization of this truth, the understanding of this fact of life, and the elimination 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION
it off. May you all gain more truthful understanding of the glory of life, which will make 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION
feel literally torn apart. The pain of not understanding what goes on increases the inner tension. The 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT
and your deep inner being so that deep understanding will become possible -- understanding which is not 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
so that deep understanding will become possible -- understanding which is not necessarily connected with intellectual grasp 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
pays compared to the universal intelligence, such intellectual understanding alone will never suffice. Therefore you have to 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
experience from within. In the first moments of understanding, the truth usually appears so new and fresh 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE
is, as you know, the much more important understanding. There are two powerful forces or attitudes in 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY
the truth of life cannot be found by understanding it merely with your brain. The way to 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY
to understand it. As I said before, such understanding brings you into the state in which tension 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY
The diagnosis is made according to the person's understanding of these matters. Only too often professional help 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS
these layers. This will open up a new understanding of why it is so exceedingly difficult to 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL
steady condition of the soul. To extend your understanding, it will be helpful to view humanity's spiritual 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL
circumstances outside your control. You will gain an understanding based on very different dynamics from what you 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL
wanting your own fulfillment and joy. With that understanding all negativity must vanish -- even in the 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING
without warmth and love, without sharing and mutual understanding. It is truly in the scheme of thing 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING
of joy about the new condition. Suddenly, without understanding why, you find yourself back in the old 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE
good if you honestly grope and pray for understanding. These words will suddenly assume a new meaning 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER
tonight. If you truly pray for the inner understanding and inner action, something will very drastically change 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER
review to connect these ideas with the deeper understanding I now wish to convey. Let us try 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS
of what you are and do, and not understanding the ramifications of your attitudes, because you lack 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS
of the basic laws to give us further understanding of these very important concepts. The Law of 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS
sequence must be worked through, both in intellectual understanding and in emotional experience, before the process can 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS
experience alone can give at best a partial understanding; it cannot produce vital and significant change. The 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS
Blessings in the form of love, strength and understanding are coming forth; to the degree that you 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS
decisions of self versus others; to reach such understanding, you will first experience just such situations, in 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS
be as peace-giving and joy-bringing as the full understanding of your difficulties. That is indeed the transcendence 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS
my friends. May my words reach your deepest understanding and become a blessing for your road in 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION
only much later. But even the fleeting intellectual understanding may indirectly help to make the deeper perception 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION
and feel unpleasant. You can search for more understanding so that you can indirectly influence these destructive 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION
self-centered. In fact, it increases your perception and understanding of others and gives you a greater capacity 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION
relatedness with yourself, which includes the awareness and understanding of your own reactions and states on all 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION
the emotions and will- direction they create. Without understanding the dynamics of mental creativity, both in the 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION
on some level and give you a deeper understanding of this all-important topic. You can then meet 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION
then meet your own destructiveness with a new understanding and eventually come out of it. Picture, my 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION
any effect, or side-effect. The realization and precise understanding of the harmful effects on you and on 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY
of step three is to reach for the understanding that the pleasure you derive from being destructive 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY
use your will to grope for a deeper understanding of the problem, seeing its origin and its 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS
the links, you will have a key to understanding your problems. When you fully recognize your negative 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE
parents had, the resulting lack of warmth and understanding from them do not warrant such hatred either 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE
aside and try other alternatives to reach deeper understanding. When they find the truth, their hypothesis becomes 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE
awakened by your good will, by your increased understanding that leads you to a decision about a 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE
and love, as well as with its comprehensive understanding of events in human life. In effective meditation 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF)
destructive weakens -- again in proportion to the understanding of the particular cause and effect. If this 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF)
not a sequential process; the phases overlap. Exploration, understanding, and reeducation often go hand in hand while 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF)
part of the process may be neglected. An understanding of the causes and effects may not be 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF)
you will cultivate a much greater self-acceptance and understanding of reality. Unreal self-hate and self-disgust will go 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF)
the unconscious destructive egotistical self and then the understanding of the underlying misconceptions, the causes and effects 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF)
not permit reeducation. It is the accepting and understanding attitude that enables the conscious ego to assert 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF)
there must be a twofold approach to the understanding of this seeming contradiction. If detachment is indifference 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF)
and the attitudes are adjusted, self-revelation brings peace; understanding brings new energy and aliveness. The healing process 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS
other, of self-indulgence, denial, repression and evasion. Such understanding requires continual inspiration from the higher forces within 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
essential key to totally integrating the evil is understanding its original nature and the indwelling possibility that 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
it, will immediately produce a greater acceptance and understanding of other people you have to deal with 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW
mutuality. The last lecture has given you some understanding of what the laws of mutuality are. Let 186 VENTURE IN MUTUALITY: HEALING FORCE TO CHANGE NEGATIVE INNER WILL
The result may be a deeper awareness and understanding, new knowledge. But it may simply be a 186 VENTURE IN MUTUALITY: HEALING FORCE TO CHANGE NEGATIVE INNER WILL
phase of work on the path requires deeper understanding of this process. Let us briefly recapitulate the 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES
at this stage. Pleasure, too, requires attention and understanding so that you can deal with it in 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES
you lose it ever so quickly again, without understanding why. And this breeds hopelessness. Hence, there is 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES
through processes impossible to convey to the human understanding, so that aspects of consciousness float around in 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
so to speak. Every trait familiar to human understanding, every attitude known in creation, every aspect of 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
The human predicament is the general lack of understanding of what is going on, the blindness with 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
consciousness, new inspiration, new realms of vision and understanding and of profound wisdom and experience all well 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
can merely observe and grope for some deeper understanding of the underlying dynamics. You are in a 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
it. I will grope for new ways of understanding it all, so that I will eventually grow 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
the task of cleansing yourself by experiencing and understanding them. You are purified when there is no 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS
Movement stirs up what lies stagnant. By fully understanding this, you can redirect your inner will and 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS
much any longer. The difficulty is that your understanding of your reaction that equates catastrophe with the 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS
is not enough to have merely a theoretical understanding of these inner processes. Only through your emotional 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS
it will give all of you a better understanding of the meaning of meditation and its laws 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION)
intentionality. The key for many is a complete understanding of commitment on the one hand, and cause 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT
use this word again and again, without really understanding and exploring what it means. It means, above 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT
and admission is. It is the key to understanding further indispensable connections. The awareness is not sufficient 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT
terminology -- to give new impact to your understanding and prevent blind usage. But I use this 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL
to lend impact and new energy to your understanding. When you face and accept your deeply ingrained 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL
you do so, the deeper will be your understanding that the universe yields unlimited good to all 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY
others have. I cannot emphasize enough that your understanding of the destructive and contradictory attitudes contained in 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY
reaction that comes from deep self-knowledge and from understanding your inner unreality. This confusion in your interaction 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY
must be concerned with, and grope for an understanding of, how to transcend the ego, and what 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
is more joy, more peace, more consciousness, more understanding of the beautiful deep meaning of life, more 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
These parts can meditate on seeking a deeper understanding of your task in life; on the meaning 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
This cosmic feeling is not merely a theoretical understanding, or a feeling about the cosmos or creation 200 THE COSMIC FEELING
cosmic feeling. They are the following: 1. True understanding of cause and effect in your life. Understanding 200 THE COSMIC FEELING
understanding of cause and effect in your life. Understanding cause and effect in your life is essential 200 THE COSMIC FEELING
a creator. You realize your birthright of divinity. Understanding cause and effect in your life is an 200 THE COSMIC FEELING
truth and of love. That seeing will become understanding, for understanding must always follow to integrate the 200 THE COSMIC FEELING
of love. That seeing will become understanding, for understanding must always follow to integrate the experience with 200 THE COSMIC FEELING
life, joy, peace, and love. The lack of understanding that exists in human beings about the power 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT
your reason for being incarnated. As you gain understanding and learn to experience feelings which you have 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY
something that was partly true as your excuse. Understanding this, my friends, requires a lot of meditation 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY
human grasp. Nevertheless, if you deliberately allow the understanding of your heart and soul, of your deepest 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES
There will be an echo of some inner understanding that can hardly be put into words. Creation 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES
many possibilities which you do not yet understand. Understanding and deep enlightenment will come as you go 204 WHAT IS THE PATH?
will also yield a deeper, fuller, and wiser understanding of the connections between cause and effect. For 204 WHAT IS THE PATH?
yourself in a newer light and gain new understanding. Those who are helpers can apply this tool 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE
so because you so choose, with an inner understanding, not merely to perform an outer obedient act 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE
totally exonerated of all negativity. But a truthful understanding of the negativity is possible only when you 206 DESIRE: CREATIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE
to convey it to your human scope of understanding is impossible. As you all know, blocks to 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY
One is the need to grow toward truthful understanding of each other, another is the humility to 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY
more revealing and enlivening your insights and your understanding about yourself will be. You all know that 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY
sexual expression must be combined with the full understanding of the meaning of this hookup. You must 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY
connections about yourself that give you a new understanding of your role in life and why you 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE
It creates with a willfulness that lacks wisdom, understanding, vision and depth. It lacks inner connectedness and 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE
and give of yourself. When you gain an understanding of the false reality you have created, as 209 THE ROSCOE LECTURE: INSPIRATION FOR THE PATHWORK CENTER
have gained sufficient self-awareness to have a subliminal understanding of what is worthy of emulation. You will 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE
to create, you can create a deeper intuitive understanding of yourself, others, and life. Your total attitude 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE
path will be capable not only of intellectual understanding but also of putting some of its principles 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES
to be the whole, your entire perception and understanding is faulty. The human mind and human perception 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES
remains in a box. To gain a deeper understanding and a clearer picture of reality, you must 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES
determining outer consciousness, can choose to seek an understanding of these connections, or to evade it. Your 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES
to come. These maps give you a better understanding of the progression. No new phase is possible 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS
your rhythm of life. Ignorance becomes awareness, perception, understanding and wisdom; greed a special kind of trust 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS
abundance of your life will surpass your present understanding. When this group came together, you were all 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS
the limited ego with its selfwill, its narrow understanding and its preconceptions. It means letting go of 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD
I live to adjust the terminology to human understanding. This was not an easy task, for we 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS
the crisis to struggle to attain awareness and understanding of what has come to pass, and thus 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS
not enough to merely revive your energies without understanding the consciousness behind the numbness and deadness that 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS
universal idea. Only when you have that specific understanding will you dare to revive the energy charge 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS
resistances. You have found, contrary to your intellectual understanding and illogical as it may seem, that you 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS
wall that shuts out the divine inner guidance. Understanding this material, even in its most simplified form 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS
its benign, loving wisdom and power of creation. Understanding these principles even to a small degree will 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW

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