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yourself. When you fully understand the most accessible cause-and-effect connections which are within the first fences, the 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
In order to deal with the less obvious cause-and-effect situations, it is important to understand an apparent 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
this decision is fully made, then further removed cause-and-effect connections also become immediately accessible. The more you 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
negative nucleus in its entirety, its connectedness, its cause-and-effect chain-reactions. As I said, this requires dedicated, committed 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION
 
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seemed so difficult to renounce. Most damages are caused by not making any choice and allowing all 4 WORLD WEARINESS
suffering -- you call it masochism -- is caused by specific tendencies. On the one hand you 4 WORLD WEARINESS
whether you are paying for something that you caused in this life or in a previous one 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE
live contrary to their basic nature without having caused it or being able to do anything about 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES
and by this development overcomes the fault that caused the sin, the sin is extinguished. Every karma 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES
is even more applicable to something you have caused in this life. And now, my dear ones 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES
It may also be that their reluctance is caused by fear of disappointment, that perhaps it cannot 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION
which started long before the material earth existed, caused the coming into existence of disharmony and evil 19 JESUS CHRIST
as I have already explained before. It is caused by the bloodstream of the mother in order 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
you that has, at one time or another, caused this -- some wrong current or attitude, some 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
from all masks of self-deception and from influences caused by character weaknesses. The higher self in you 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS
and think of all the instances that have caused you disharmony in any manner, shape, or form 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW
soul, and as long as there is blindness caused through lack of self- knowledge, and as long 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
of the vicious circle, how one defect is caused by another in a chain reaction. When you 36 PRAYER
and what it is in you that has caused misfortune to come to you, then you have 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY
and your conflicts mean and how you have caused them. You may grasp some perhaps, but not 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
these conflicts. You will not yet know what caused them, how they came about. But once you 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
conclusions that have become conscious have affected and caused your various conflicts. This process should be painstakingly 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
will liberate you. Understanding what in you has caused your problems, your worries, your discontent and unhappiness 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
Self responsibility: find out (a) where you have caused your suffering and (b) how it is in 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
you have directed your life, how you have caused events of which you seemed the victim, you 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
about which we really can't do anything was caused by our images? ANSWER: You understood correctly. Except 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
faults and trends that in a former life caused you to commit a graver action, one that 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
certain intervals it happened again, the next time caused perhaps by another group, another nation. You can 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
the former has begun to destroy the effect caused by the mass image of his or her 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
of the disadvantages their own rebellion may have caused them. There are many shades and variations in 47 THE WALL WITHIN
and hidden way, the manifestation of it is caused by the current. Imagine it as something like 47 THE WALL WITHIN
that in you which causes and has constantly caused pain. You must learn to distinguish between two 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE
analysis, in absolute truth and reality, you have caused it. You have to find the cause and 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE
truly free yourself from the chains of error caused by the egotism that is so destructive. You 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
understand the chain reaction this wrong attitude has caused within you, eventually also harming your relationships to 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
the wrong attitude. Every crisis, every breakdown, is caused by a basic wrong attitude. You need never 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS
world around you -- blind to how you caused the negative results. The next step might be 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS
finding in your own life how you have caused happenings that seem entirely unjust. The better you 52 THE GOD-IMAGE
your pride, your egotism that directly or indirectly caused that which seemed, so far, to come your 52 THE GOD-IMAGE
is the very medicine to cure the pain caused by the deviation and, therefore, brings you closer 52 THE GOD-IMAGE
the right emotion in the fear and guilt caused by the possible wrong one that you may 53 SELF-LOVE
that way. Find out what rejection must have caused your self-love, this being in love with yourself 53 SELF-LOVE
other respect as well. Such a misinterpretation is caused by psychological twists. In other words, if a 53 SELF-LOVE
unconscious wrong conclusions, plus your guilt and fear, caused your sexuality to remain almost as infantile as 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
without trying to find what in you has caused them, but rather believing it to be the 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
mishap can ever occur that you have not caused in some way yourself. You know intellectually that 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE
pain ceases, even though the outer condition that caused the pain still prevails. Thus the very incident 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS
still prevails. Thus the very incident that has caused you acute pain before the recognition now becomes 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS
aspects of yourself that have at one time caused the cause, if I may put it this 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
now, it means, foremost, finding out how you caused certain effects in your life and taking the 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
will is kept from functioning. The prohibition is caused by the various layers of error, deviations from 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS
in this earth sphere with the limited outlook caused by your own distortions. Once you raise yourself 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
how hidden and unconscious they are. To have caused a mishap or tragedy should be understood not 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS
to solve the accumulated bad effects you have caused. Therefore, it may stay behind and be utilized 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS
cause you half the distress and despair it caused you before. But as I said, first you 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
they can lean. It was this tendency which caused religion to be distorted into dogma. Rigidity satisfies 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING
between your parents and the people who have caused you hurt or are causing you pain now 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS
inner reaction, or an actual outer happening apparently caused by other people, try to find out how 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
then realize that it is you who have caused it, and not a chaotic universe or God 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
own power -- by finding within what has caused it. And there are other responsibilities, such as 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
conclusions. They do not see that they have caused this condition, and are constantly aggravating it. This 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
you have as yet not found how you caused it. Only in understanding the causes that you 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
yourself, in the present, the root that has caused an evil. So this saying of Jesus is 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
that so many mishaps in your life were caused by other people's faults, or an unkind fate 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
process of activity. Those who believe that God caused their suffering, which they have to accept without 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
except in the positive sense, because the experience caused you to grow. It added to your whole 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
resentments are unjustified. Some are, because you have caused the conditions; but others are not. Yet you 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT
rebellion, bitterness, hostility, and aggression. This battle is caused by resistance to giving up the cherished self-image 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
obedience that is entirely on the surface and caused by the sickest motivations. QUESTION: I understand. But 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
of feeling? Realize that it is you who caused this state of unfulfillment, and it is you 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
you believe it is the crisis that has caused these reactions in you. You wish to ignore 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
earned you punishment as a child; either they caused you actual pain, or produced an undesired result 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
working on this particular phase. You now have caused entirely unnecessary hindrances in your life. You have 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
that happens, once you can feel the emptiness caused by an unfulfilled need and can pinpoint it 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS
can you then find why and how you caused this unfulfillment. This is a slow process. If 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS
how you have done so; what defense mechanisms caused such sabotaging. Eventually you will find one focal 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS
giving up a precious defense. The impatience is caused to a large degree by the unconscious misconception 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS
frustration, this deep aggression you have, which is caused by the neurosis, you become ill before you 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS
you begin to repress the original hurt that caused you to form an image. You not only 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
but what you are unaware of, what originally caused you to produce your main image, you now 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
need. He will clearly see the behavior pattern caused by the false need and how it damaged 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
on the surface. It can be provoked or caused, for instance, when you do this work with 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
not facing and coping with your reality, that caused your soul's sickness. Hence it is this area 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
must understand that in many respects you have caused your own unhappiness through your own destructive and 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
you incapable of properly dealing with it. It caused you to turn away from it and look 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
is much more the present pain of unfulfillment, caused by your unproductive patterns. Consciously you cannot distinguish 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
past. The past is important only because it caused you to institute the unproductive ways responsible for 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
stage is reached. Thus a double frustration is caused -- and this generates tremendous pressure. It is 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
the apparent risk of living and feeling is caused by an original sense of inadequacy, and continuing 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
wish for it is a healthy one, is caused by a conflict within you. Such a conflict 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
into clear focus the question of, Have I caused an inner problem in this child due to 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
atmosphere which produces his fear. The strain is caused more by your compulsive striving to be something 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
life where you do not encounter the hindrances caused by matter. One can still grow and develop 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
and what obstructs its functioning. The obstruction is caused by the various layers of personality that are 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
surplus of mental and voluntary activity that has caused the misuse of these faculties. One cannot say 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
out of the way. So much unhappiness is caused by the compulsive need to live up to 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
cure of the soul. The sickness is not caused by outer events, but by a violation of 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS
load a double guilt upon yourself: the first caused by actual selfishness and lack of love, manifesting 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT
of rigidity. The second type of rigidity is caused by a condition of the soul that is 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS
both kinds of rigidities, alternately and simultaneously, one caused by the other and overlapping. Sometimes one is 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS
identical in nature to the one that originally caused you to misinterpret a painful condition or occurrence 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
a difficult period, that the difficulty is not caused by this work, but by your unresolved problems 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES
the last analysis, your repetitive patterns are not caused by the faulty ways of your parents, but 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
manner in which they are used. The disharmony caused by the misuse of these forces creates unrest 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
fate, the truth is that these events are caused by nothing else but the governing force of 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
illusion it always was, an illusion which has caused so much suffering. I should like to point 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT
the most feared event happens. Misery is never caused by the feared event itself, only by one's 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
they cause; knowing the truth behind the automatism caused by specific misconceptions. When the personal path is 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING
Our common efforts to uncover the untruth that caused the disorder and destruction have made this fact 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING
nothing to do with your choices, but was caused by a power over which you have has 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
clearly and specifically in what way you have caused a specific hardship, difficulty, or void. When such 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF
discomfort oneself. Much of the world's evil is caused by this state of soul. Because it is 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
resilient firmness should prevail. The imbalance is always caused by the ignorance of, and lack of differentiation 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
of power over oneself. Ultimately mental disturbance is caused by this conflict. But when your psyche no 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
point -- the recognition of what in you caused the lack, so that you deeply experience the 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
the imbalance and a special sort of tension caused by the opposite direction. This is what causes 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
the self-perpetuating principle. The sequence of chain reactions caused by any thought, belief or action is self-perpetuating 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION
continuous anguish? It is not a momentary experience caused by a one-time condition that then dissolves when 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
outer conditions. The pain of this blockage has caused destructiveness which at the same time contains aspects 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
private life or not -- it must be caused from within, from a wrong inner idea according 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
pain its natural healthy rhythm, you allowed experience caused by error, illusion and unhealth to take its 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
only when you comprehend the far worse pain caused by the frustration of not giving what you 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING
words, the inhibition of the beautiful vital forces caused the distortion. This happens over and over to 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The continued frustration, which you believe to be caused by the other person's mean refusal to cooperate 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY
back from it in fright. The fright is caused by a wrong conclusion. Experience of pleasure, as 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION
emptiness and unfulfillment, all frustration and suffering are caused by being disconnected -- as you know and 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT
at your fears. To what extent are they caused by pride? To what extent are they a 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT
is always an expression of misunderstanding the processes caused by the false idea that inner blocks can 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY
explain the anger away by theorizing about what caused the hurtful action. All the explanations and theorizing 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL
you deplore and render others responsible for is caused by negative attitudes you actually enjoy and want 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY
beyond the level of appearance. The dissension is caused not by actual differences among units of consciousness 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
for too long that problems in relationship are caused only by others and not by oneself. This 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
final analysis such tense desire comes from fear caused by the infantile belief that you will be 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF)
do not delude yourself into believing they are caused by anything you experience or fail to experience 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS
toward everybody whom one substitutes for those who caused the original hurt in childhood: You must now 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
needs you had as a child whose unfulfillment caused most of your painful, and therefore repressed, feelings 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS
and stagnant, denied feelings. Tensions and energy stagnation caused by distortions on any of the other levels 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS
if you disregard that the undesirable outcome is caused by this, then you cannot help feeling embittered 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT
and of real feelings and interests, is also caused by pride. The illusion of separation is so 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
movement toward the being's ultimate fate. While distrust caused by fear is the motivating force, the ego 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
the honest admission of your negativity. The guilt caused by your unfair demands, your spite, the withholding 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY
withholding of your love, and the compounded guilt caused by punishing others for your misery, must erode 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY
at fault in my misery? How have I caused it? How have others caused it? -- thus 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY
How have I caused it? How have others caused it? -- thus fluctuating between blame and self-blame 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY
consciously or deliberately; nevertheless, you know you have caused the results you now experience. However, when it 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES
that you already know your mood is not caused by any outside factor, but simply occurs in 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES
pain that is not, in the last analysis, caused by a violation of spiritual law, a basic 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION
to the meaning of the crisis that was caused by obstructing the movement will feel victimized by 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE
illusion that your painful feelings of self-rejection are caused by something or someone outside. In such instances 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM
to deal with and overcome them. If what caused a negative experience is not elicited into the 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING
traditionalism. The suffering in your world is exclusively caused by those attitudes that are often confused with 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY
Their proximity and their effect on you is caused by your own unpurified, limited, and undeveloped consciousness 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL
all people share. The denial of the fear caused secondary guilts. Some of these secondary guilts gave 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE
It is a grieving pain about the destruction caused by evil. It is healthy and good to 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY

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