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And you step out from your confinement. The world becomes your own! But where the soul is 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR
It does so through being involved in a world that expresses this ignorance -- for only through 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR
that is, you yourself. Your view of the world -- your attitude to life, to happenings and 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
verdict you have pronounced against yourself or the world. It is connected with an imaginary problem. Unfortunately 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
in any situation you encounter in the outer world. Anyone who strives to reach the real self 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF
in motion. When you reach into the ego world with your ego faculties, you limit yourself. Reaching 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF
selfwill, are naturally a result of the ego world, and not of the real self. But it 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF
is exercised because of demands from the outer world, or because you choose it with your own 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
to cope with the existing cruelty in the world, and suffer most by the mere knowledge that 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
But then, as with the body and the world of your feelings, there is an area where 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
Hence the relationships with your body, your inner world of feelings, and your outer life are all 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
feel overburdened by the cruelty existing in the world. Going back to my childhood, I discovered that 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
fearing the rage and the indifference of the world. The injustice of others is due to their 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
of your inherent faculties, you will possess the world; but these inherent powers dwell in the inner 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
key of mobility, combined with relaxation, opens the world. It is the state of being, or the 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
fate, or its evolution, is not understood. The world is now ready to understand this fact of 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
of life must dissolve. You will find the world such a wide place, with so many possibilities 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF
you finally test it and discover the beautiful world outside the room, and see how safe and 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF
negative events to fate, and you fear the world and life. Then, when you uncover your unconscious 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
You are in the true sense of the world self-determining. Control, in the best sense, is yours 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
feel a deep sense of oneness with the world, with others, with the entire process of creation 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
mistaken and contemplate other alternatives -- a new world will open for you. It will be a 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
open for you. It will be a free world in which you can live without fear, a 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
in which you can live without fear, a world of light in which you need not be 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
not be isolated. Now you feel the whole world is against you. Since you feel the whole 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
is against you. Since you feel the whole world is against you, out to harm and slight 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
with which to defend yourself against such a world. Therefore you must hang on to it. But 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
you will be relaxed and light, because the world will no longer be your enemy. Other people 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
reality, hence to truth and light, into a world which is wonderful, not frightening. My dearest friends 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
this is verifiable and has been verified the world over. All of you who are on a 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
the real self is attuned to the real world of absolute constructiveness. This is the final reality 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
negative and pursues that direction creates a new world, or psychic sphere, covering the original positive one 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
attitudes, thoughts and feelings -- create this negative world. There are many variations, degrees, and possibilities, according 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
difference constitutes another sphere of consciousness, a different world, with its own distinct flavor and atmosphere. The 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
own distinct flavor and atmosphere. The physical, material world you live in manifests the positive, the negative 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
easy to grasp, to feel, to experience the world of truth, where all good exists and is 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
a temporary reality, only then can the underlying world of self-perpetuating good be reached, where you no 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
fellow creatures, you must be in the negative world, in a self-perpetuating negativity that you sow through 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
to responses and reactions by others, by the world around you. Their responses will again cause further 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION
But mistakes are not the end of the world. If you learn and look at it in 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
a tension within and therefore with the outside world. Let us understand this particular struggle, and therefore 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
longer any tension, conflict, or fear. Consequently, the world becomes alive and the self is master, not 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
is false, you are deeply involved in the world of duality, and therefore in illusion, conflict, and 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
perfectly justified in combating this wrong in the world? On the dualistic plane this may indeed be 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
of the ego. The unified plane is the world of the divine center, the larger self. The 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
through your accomplishments, what you give to the world must turn against you because you offer it 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
the door to transition into the wide open world of the unitive state. When you are still 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING
and therefore fear and distrust yourself and the world, you can transcend this state only by accepting 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING
This outer ego is incompatible with the unified world of all good since it is split off 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
can take place, when you move toward the world with a relaxed attitude of being equally ready 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
a chance on it, you stay in a world of duality. As you know, this dualistic world 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
world of duality. As you know, this dualistic world is characterized by the following conflict: If I 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
follow suit and no friction will accrue. The world will fall into step with you. There are 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
under different guises in various situations. The whole world has generally been aware of the importance of 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY
touch with any specific individual in the nonphysical world, but that all beings, wherever they are, are 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY
have all the contact necessary in their own world. The same laws exist there as here. When 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY
limitations and erroneous concepts, no one in the world can help you. You know this perfectly well 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY
state. The justification manifests as a destructive, negative world view to justify a personal fear. The fear 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE
words, when people try to expound a nihilistic world view, they hide their private fears, disappointments, and 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE
one feels unfulfilled; the illusion that pretends the world is bad when one believes that one's feelings 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE
I am sufficiently unhappy, that will show the world how wrong it is not to give me 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
that they seem identical. Yet it makes a world of difference whether one abides by standards of 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS
with the natural laws of life. All the world pronounces the mores of society good and righteous 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS
two sides of the same coin in the world of duality. To the extent you merely conform 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS
endanger yourself by opposing what you fear the world expects of you? Do you understand? QUESTION: Yes 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS
in yourself and you pay allegiance to a world that seems to say one should not trust 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS
to hopelessness, negativity, to the view that the world is chaotic and senseless. This is as much 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION
the state of humanity's present consciousness creates the world you live in, including its physical laws. You 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER
ways of being, and venture out into the world the way you happen to be. Are there 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER
their real selves are at home in the world, in life -- safe and secure, with a 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
You can feel yourself expand toward the outer world, your whole inner organism reaching out fearlessly and 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
-- of life. All the negativity in the world stems from something one believes in that is 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
They become dead. The prevalent manifestation in this world, today no more than at other times, is 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING
then is that these same people resent the world for not giving to them. The world wants 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING
the world for not giving to them. The world wants to give to them, and yet they 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING
of their predicament, such people complain that the world leaves them unfulfilled. Their complaints and resentments may 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING
female sex, all of mother in the whole world, for not loving you, as it seemed to 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
into holding back, into non- movement toward the world, toward girls, toward your own best feelings. This 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
level you blame everyone else and the whole world for your misery. The ambivalence is that while 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
myself, you also express the attitude that the world is horrible, everyone is bad and against me 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
how they present a different front to the world. The difference of how you human beings want 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
be free and thereby find a wide open world in which you will find many possibilities and 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
hear of such things, you think of another world, a different, spiritual world. In reality it is 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
you think of another world, a different, spiritual world. In reality it is not so. True spirituality 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
the pain is not the end of the world and you know you can meet it. Thereby 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
that does not already exist. Everything in the world exists in a state of potentiality which already 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY
cluster of misconceptions which are widespread in the world: It is not possible to be really happy 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY
deep nature. Every single human being in this world harbors an attitude of fear and weakness. Because 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY
to feel safe and at peace with the world. You see, my friends, the creative power at 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION
to do with you. Thus you fear the world, as well as your own inner being. Because 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION
shackles and discovered the great freedom of the world -- of growing, being, reaching out and experiencing 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION
into the unified divine depths, the more the world consciousness must change. Thus each individual contributes much 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION
contributes much more to the shape of the world by his or her own development and growth 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION
will no longer be the end of the world if you are not assured of reciprocation. You 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT
it were the most horrible fate in the world. If the illusion about the separation between your 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE
may sound exceedingly plausible and serious in a world that shies away from a fresh, new approach 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE
further wrong assumptions in one's dealings with the world. Each primary wrong assumption snowballs into a host 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE
than liberation. It opens the gates to the world, to the great freedom of co-creation, to unlimited 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE
liabilities, the limitations of yourself and the outer world, to cope with the world so as to 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE
and the outer world, to cope with the world so as to produce your best actions and 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE
the way it operates. Thus, the immovable outer world is a direct product of you and your 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE
your way from being thrown into the outside world to coming back home into inner reality. What 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE
on the other. Since you treat the outer world in exactly the same way you treat your 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY
In the instant of recognition, life and the world will begin to open up. I do not 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY
between knowing new material about yourself and the world, and feeling yourself and the world in new 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY
and the world, and feeling yourself and the world in new ways. You will come to know 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY
I am showing once again that the dualistic world view leads to error and suffering, to confusion 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS
struggle and requires a lot of courage. The world around you fights it and deludes itself into 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS
strong enough to withstand the disapproval of the world to follow you own spiritual path. Since one's 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS
be anything but blissful -- and since the world is geared to believe that that which is 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS
pleasure. For such is the goodness of God's world. It is the distortion of God's world that 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS
God's world. It is the distortion of God's world that makes commendable what does not further the 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS
the most violent and evil reactions toward the world and others. At the dawn of humankind, when 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL
is also self-perpetuating. As long as the feeling world is predominantly negative and destructive, its self-perpetuating nature 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL
consciousness grows and the negativity of the feeling world becomes obvious, people do their best to deny 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL
is no longer any danger in encountering the world of feelings. The fear that you will be 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL
insufficient reason and will to control the feeling world proves to be groundless. You must go therefore 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL
the path of discovering a new and beautiful world, even if the illusion of pain must occasionally 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL
feeling of absolute helplessness -- first toward the world that seems to cause the agony and thus 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING
also requires a modicum of trust in the world, of which you are a part, that there 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING
that wants to flow from you into the world and from the world into you. As long 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING
from you into the world and from the world into you. As long as this negativity exists 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING
self-deprecation, no martyrdom, no unjust treatment from the world. I would even suggest that such a pattern 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING
with yourself and even more rage toward the world follow. A great part of the rage, anger 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING
look very hard, for the imperfection of the world lends itself well to attracting enraged and threatened 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING
and, further, to destructive expression out into the world. This, in turn, must affect all relationships. This 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING
all pathwork. You have thus seen what a world of difference there is between intellectually knowing about 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE
The phenomenon of dying in the physical, material world is an expression of many inner attitudes. One 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE
your feelings, you must move out into the world. You fear that by doing so, certain unwelcome 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER
more about creation itself as well as about world events. Whether you create a business, a situation 169 THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS
many men as well as women in this world who are still so undeveloped that they have 169 THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS
the causes of the alienation onto the outside world, with less and less relief. No matter how 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS
his insecurity and sense of inferiority from the world and himself, which increases repression and pretenses. And 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS
themselves misconceptions. The false blame launched against the world makes the world responsible for the unhappy state 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS
false blame launched against the world makes the world responsible for the unhappy state. The real self 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS
considerable time of the importance of the dualistic world view as opposed to a unified world view 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS
dualistic world view as opposed to a unified world view. A dualistic state of consciousness is one 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS
is yours. Your anger and complaints against the world are wasted, for all that energy could do 174 SELF-ESTEEM
your consciousness perceives, creates, and formulates something important, world forming, or just a passing insignificant attitude, the 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION
fashion, interpretation, personal preference and approach to the world. Whatever you name them, they are your own 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION
you are the universal spirit who created the world. You are constantly creating your own world right 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION
the world. You are constantly creating your own world right now: it is the life you lead 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION
realizations will make all the difference in the world, because they bring true liberation and self-finding, the 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION
thoughts as the blueprints of creating. Then the world begins to open. The opening must be achieved 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION
asked here, as well as elsewhere in the world, many times, wherever spiritual teachings are being given 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION
you lose awareness of your connection with the world spirit, which is who you are. I do 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION
get lost to itself. It is not the world outside yourself that confuses you; it is the 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION
outside yourself that confuses you; it is the world within your own consciousness that does so. You 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION
lip service to it. But there is a world of difference between an intellectual assent and the 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY
attitudes of your own choosing. There is a world of difference between such a state of awareness 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY

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