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find words to express my inner conflicts. The words seem exaggerated. How can I keep my words 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
words seem exaggerated. How can I keep my words level with what I find in my search 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
will be a more proportionate relationship between your words and your feelings. Again, the remedy is not 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
I do it in trying to evaluate the words? ANSWER: Certainly. That would be part of your 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
would be part of your private work: which words you use and why. QUESTION: Often it is 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
to elaborate on it next time. May these words raise echoes in your emotions. As you let 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
then I will not be unhappy. In other words, instead of taking the courageous and appropriate step 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
receiving what you cannot possibly receive. In other words, somewhere deep inside, you hope and believe that 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
you ever knew that you were using empty words, always veering away from feeling, reacting, and experiencing 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
process? Is love a lukewarm matter of laws, words, letters, regulations, and rules you talk about? Or 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
rebellious against all moralizing laws and rules. Whatever words you use to describe this phenomenon, discovering its 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS
to. This creates another vicious circle. In other words, if you do not trust yourself, you have 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS
are outwardly very undramatic about themselves. In other words, this tendency may not show. Yet, on some 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS
expectations accord with what is feasible. In other words, when criticism comes your way or your will 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS
moralizing and righteousness? ANSWER: It depends how the words are used. It is a matter of interpretation 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS
many sayings of Jesus, as well as in words of other great teachers, you will find words 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS
words of other great teachers, you will find words in support of this lecture. These teachers used 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS
you experience the one or the other. Any words I could give you, any rule I could 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
chain reaction goes a little further. In other words, because of repression of negative emotions, as well 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
this peace. Account for the feeling. In other words, is the peace a result of an unhealthy 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
even an inkling of understanding some of my words will be of great help. Once you encounter 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS
you closer to true spirituality than all the words you hear in the world, no matter how 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS
and freedom. However, you must realize that any words coming to you from the outside can give 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
must not remain that. You must use these words as guiding directives, so as to gain personal 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
have told you now should not be mere words to you. As long as they are, they 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
inwardly. All this is difficult to explain in words because we deal here with soul movements. Try 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
your real needs. My dearest friends, may these words find an echo in all of you, if 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
than on perfect acts as such. In other words, it is never what you do that counts 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
understand, my friend? QUESTION: Yes, I understand your words. But, you see, what then becomes a rule 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
error. It is very easy to misinterpret these words, particularly for a person who has chosen the 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
of the wish or goal itself. In other words, the pain of not having what you want 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
lessen or heighten your own personality. In other words, somebody who appears powerful, strong and invulnerable, whose 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
in spirit, in soul, in body. May these words help you to continue your self-realization actively, to 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
First I should like to add a few words to my last lecture, on the subject of 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
constantly, but let me just say a few words here, since this question has come up. One 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
learning a few rules, by hearing a few words. That would only be misleading. Were you to 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
fact that spiritual experience cannot be conveyed in words. This inability causes pressure and frustration. You cannot 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
pressure and frustration. You cannot find the right words because spiritual experience is no longer a question 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
spiritual experience is no longer a question of words; it functions on a different level. Do you 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
to communicate to others what you experience. The words will not matter so much, because in such 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
the real self of the other person. The words will then become secondary. They will no longer 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
you are from yourself, the more you need words as the exclusive means of communication. While the 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
person and thus convey what you want. Then words will be just one of the faculties of 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
understand it better, but also by the additional words I spoke tonight. I do not want to 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
your capacity to accept imperfection -- not in words or theories, but in your emotional experience. As 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
world, by religion, by rules -- in other words, by outer authority. This effort, be it ever 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
to pretense. Or, to put it in other words, they lead away from truth. All this is 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
this process of self-finding, these will merely be words which do not mean very much. Or if 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
existing climate at any given moment. In other words, what you do with the laws determines their 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS
your own knowledge to the surface. In other words, it is a combination of the spirit world 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS
of you. May you derive benefit from these words, may they help you to a new approach 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS
you comment on the Lord's Prayer, particularly the words, Thy will be done on earth as it 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
it not rather significant that the first seven words of Genesis, in Hebrew, contain the words heaven 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
seven words of Genesis, in Hebrew, contain the words heaven and earth just as in the Lord's 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
heaven, hashomayim, shows it is composed of the words that mean fire and water. Can you tie 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
up. Healthy pleasure seems hopelessly unattainable. In other words, masochism is a giving up. If the ego 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
extensive self-finding, rather than just listening to my words describing a concept, many other levels have to 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
Inner liberation can come only from experiencing these words as truth -- and this can happen only 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
In seeking to communicate we must resort to words, of course, and unless we get to the 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
be blessed, each one of you. May these words be a further key and a help for 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
you cannot fully comprehend as yet. In other words, your instinct of self-preservation is at work when 101 THE DEFENSE
is only this or only that, in other words, the more limited your concept is, the less 101 THE DEFENSE
thought, of psychological deviation and immaturity. In other words, the result of inner distortion produces what is 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
is a change of inner direction. In other words, an unfulfilled need that remains unrecognized in its 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
destructive. Whether the anger manifests in deeds or words, or whether it is merely an emanation, makes 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
Thoughts and emotions are also contagious. In other words, outer behavior will influence outer behavior, while thought 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
ways. For clarity's sake, let us use the words warmth and understanding. These feelings can even be 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
will enable you to do so. May these words tonight fortify your understanding, both in your intellect 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
will learn to hear what is behind the words, to interpret the signs, to perceive what goes 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
he or she is unaware of it. These words are addressed particularly to those friends who are 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
a harmonious way. Now, my friends, study these words -- and when I say study, I do 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
inwardly what some doctrines may teach you in words. That is the only belief that is genuine 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
Be blessed, each one of you. May these words again ring an echo in your innermost being 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
by indoctrinating yourself with concepts -- in other words, by intellectual processes. This cannot succeed, my friends 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
harmful to others and to themselves. In other words, their actions are governed by thought, intellect, and 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
trying now to say it again in different words. The phase most of my friends are approaching 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
points of view. They may have used different words, but the essence always remains the same. Jesus 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
yourself. Blessings for all of you. May these words sink in, and even if the effect is 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
will prove tremendously helpful. Think and feel these words. Pursue these thoughts on your own so that 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
more pressing in a growing civilization. In other words, he first uses the mind concretely. But later 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
is. This is very difficult to explain in words, my friends. But it is the only way 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
in God. Or to put it in other words: you cannot be in a state of happiness 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
without his being responsible for it. In other words, it is either unjust, or chaotic coincidence. But 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
prayer is no longer an action of uttered words or thoughts. It is a feeling of being 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
If you truly think and meditate about these words, they will be of greater help, and therefore 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
one of you, for everyone who reads these words, for everyone entering this work now, or being 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
more will you experience the truth of these words. Be blessed in God! 107. THREE ASPECTS THAT 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
When I offer you blessings, what do these words mean to you? Do you hear them perhaps 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING
you? Do you hear them perhaps as mere words without meaning, without reality? Blessings have a very 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING
but do not truly understand and experience my words. They can become real only if and when 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING
silly. But for some of my friends these words will help to dissolve some very crippling misunderstandings 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING
and have to be translated into concise meaningful words. In individuals of the love-starved variety another reaction 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING
who is here, or who is reading these words, for whom one of these aspects is not 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING
in creation generally. My dearest friends, may these words fall on fruitful soil. May you all come 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING
less, one calls these disturbed souls neurotic. The words do not matter, the terminologies change with the 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS
guilt of withdrawal, unlovingness, and isolation. In other words, these little guilts are supposed to atone for 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS
This, my friends, is not a sermon. These words are directed to a deeply hidden layer or 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS
of exposure to failure and inadequacy, in other words pride. There is desire for greater perfection than 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS
have reached these accessible areas. For them my words can bypass mere intellectual understanding and reach the 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT
not as difficult to achieve as my earlier words may indicate. Self-exploration and facing lesser evils make 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT
lower self. Or, to put it in different words, it is the non-facing of those areas of 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT
difficulties and fully enjoying life's offerings. In other words, my dear ones, this is the final cure 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT
about the significance of one's reactions. In other words, self-knowledge is still lacking to a vast degree 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
are unconvinced of who you are. In other words, you have not found your true identity. You 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
do to another. Jesus Christ has said these words, and other great spiritual teachers have said it 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
great spiritual teachers have said it in different words. It is the human being's blindness and error 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
terminology. It all amounts to the same, the words do not matter. But I cannot confirm that 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
surge, in the meaningful endeavor of growing. These words can be that for you, if you make 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
you make it so, if you use the words as material for thinking, feeling, and experiencing. Be 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
soul, as seen from a spiritual viewpoint. My words may give my friends a deepened understanding for 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS
accurate. If they seem contradictory, it is because words are too limited to describe a dimension inaccessible 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS
much greater variety than physical skin and flesh. Words are so limited that they may often seem 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS
are often far removed in time. In other words, human beings may experience the effect of a 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS
adults. Such interpretation may not even occur in words, but in the atmosphere that emanates from the 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS
much stronger influence on the child than the words. Whatever the child's mind really takes in will 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS
emotions when feelings too, are meant. But the words do not matter that much as long as 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS
on personal, colored, and subjective notions. May these words help you again toward a deeper and broader 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS
time. This is, indeed, an important subject. My words will be very helpful, if you take the 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME
try to follow the deeper meaning of my words, you will soon see that they do have 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME
the best proof of the truth of my words. Also, you may use the peaceful experience as 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME
of transition into a different dimension. However, such words can be meaningful only if you make the 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME
in the discussions is essential, for otherwise my words will remain only words -- and that is 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME
essential, for otherwise my words will remain only words -- and that is not good enough. Are 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME
movement, time, and space are one. In other words: you are in one space. You think of 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME
blessed again, every one of you. May these words not merely pass through your brain. May they 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME
all of you again derive benefit from these words, even though the real understanding often comes only 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF
may discover that how your thoughts, feelings, or words in a conversation appear is more important than 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF
necessary to look for negative identities. In other words, a parent whom one hates and certainly does 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF
failure of identification with the self. In other words, self-alienation is an effect, while self- identification is 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF
peace, this inner anchor, cannot be described in words. It cannot possibly be replaced with any other 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF
you about using others. Do not apply my words only to the extreme outer manifestation of using 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF
is another. This is not so. When these words have an inner meaning and reality for you 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
topic, for that matter -- I adjust my words to the level you have reached in the 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
levels of understanding are opened up, so that words of truth will directly reach those inner levels 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
feelings and emotions, attitudes and inclinations. In other words, it determines the quality of a person's life 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
best way to experience the truth of these words is to apply them to any of your 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
to expand, then introversion is healthy. In other words, if introversion leads to healthy extroversion, it furthers 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
the trouble to meditate about it. May these words take root in you. May the new friends 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
you may be bored to hear the same words over and over again. But, unfortunately, too few 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
out of bondage and fear -- in other words by following the superimposed conscience -- and following 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
talking is so different from yours that the words often do not even mean the same thing 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
with the hurts and frustrations suffered. In other words, just as the parent may overindulge the child 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES
also about what you did have. In other words, you not only attempt to correct what you 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES
Such participation will help you to assimilate my words better. Let me now show you, in principle 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES
to gain even an inkling of how these words apply personally to you. It might be years 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
The reward for the ensuing liberation is beyond words. As long as the personality is unconsciously fixated 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
you have otherwise achieved. Do not misunderstand my words, my friends. I do not advocate that you 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
to reach these areas will not find my words repetitious or impossible to understand. This lecture should 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
infant. I do not have to repeat the words, but you can safely apply all that has 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY
the law of growth. In fact, my introductory words to this lecture demonstrate this on the level 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY
older and circumstances change, the solution no longer words. So you discard it in order to adopt 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY

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