| Centered....................24 | |
| the infantile and immature personality is entirely self- centered and egotistical; it is separated from the love | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| to prove something or other, makes you self- centered, proud, arrogant, superior -- or unhealthily submissive, which | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| a person ceases to live in the self- centered outlook and realizes he or she is a | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| Then you will rest within your real self, centered within. Then you will truly grow, not only | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| experience others in their reality, while you are centered in your own real self, which is your | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| relate or love. Your concern is still mainly centered around yourself. If you are outgoing to others | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| mature individual, the pleasure drive is not self- centered and excluding. Hence, it cannot be antisocial. It | 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE |
| appropriate for a child. Children are antisocial, self- centered, and therefore excluding. Emotions that remain fixed in | 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE |
| divided within by unrealistic concepts, wrong conclusions, self- centered and infantile pursuits, limited outlooks, lack of concern | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| the opposite of self-alienation. It finds the gravity centered deep within the self, deriving values, goals, ideas | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| concentrate too much on studying the negative aspects, centered on the father image. I have asked myself | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| letting go of the ego, so you remain centered in, and oriented to, the outer ego. This | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| self-assertion, backbone and self-responsibility. All these attitudes are centered in and come forth from the back. This | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| children. This is yet another step toward being centered within the real self, rather than hanging on | 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS |
| is essential merely for good health, for being centered within and reasonably integrated, for meaningful functioning and | 200 THE COSMIC FEELING |
| without. If that is the case, you are centered in others and not in your own being | 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD |
| positive, original seed is the quality of being centered within, being firm, self-assertive, standing your own ground | 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN |
| of seeking your inner center. If you are centered within your divine self, then vanity and egotism | 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN |
| are just pretending. Only those who are fully centered in their own God-consciousness, thus able to create | 223 THE ERA OF THE NEW AGE AND NEW CONSCIOUSNESS |
| swings have a purpose: to find the true centered state. Man will now find his real strength | 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE |
| lose your inner ground; you are no longer centered in yourself. Of course, you are never really | 232 BEING VALUES VERSUS APPEARANCE VALUES -- SELF-IDENTIFICATION |
| in yourself. Of course, you are never really centered as long as you are governed by appearance | 232 BEING VALUES VERSUS APPEARANCE VALUES -- SELF-IDENTIFICATION |
| when you are not being criticized. You seem centered when you receive praise and admiration because you | 232 BEING VALUES VERSUS APPEARANCE VALUES -- SELF-IDENTIFICATION |
| their vision is clear and their selfhood is centered in divine reality. If you go through every | 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS |
| Centeredness................8 | |
| problem. One should differentiate between selfishness and self- centeredness. Both are wrong, but their effect is not | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| sex, it is harmful because of its self- centeredness and separateness from love. But the remedy does | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| rather evade -- doubts, aggression, jealousy, possessiveness, self- centeredness, and self-importance -- in short, everything in you | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| similar confusion exists concerning self-centeredness versus other-centeredness. Self- centeredness can be childish self-importance in which you expect | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| automatically brings about a distorted form of other- centeredness. People hinge all their opinions, goals, ideas, ideals | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| a balance, which is disturbed by immature self- centeredness. The balance will be effortlessly achieved when the | 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS |
| assets and ignoring your liabilities. This creates a centeredness, a security, and an awareness of your eternal | 232 BEING VALUES VERSUS APPEARANCE VALUES -- SELF-IDENTIFICATION |
| funneled into appearance values and you therefore lack centeredness, how can you possibly know what you want | 232 BEING VALUES VERSUS APPEARANCE VALUES -- SELF-IDENTIFICATION |
| Centers.....................80 | |
| false sense of self-importance. This entire inner process centers around the ego, and that must block the | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS Greetings, all my friends here, who are blessed | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| within their psychic and physical organism certain energy centers. The time has come when it is absolutely | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| you to become aware of them. These energy centers are located at various areas in your body | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| the glandular system is directly dependent on these centers, the centers themselves are not physical organs that | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| system is directly dependent on these centers, the centers themselves are not physical organs that can be | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| open, trustful, truthful, and loving state, the energy centers open up. The opening is a distinct experience | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| between the fear of pleasure and the energy centers. For in fear these centers are necessarily cramped | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| and the energy centers. For in fear these centers are necessarily cramped and closed, and the life | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| relaxed attitude of letting be eventually opens these centers. In addition to the general pathwork of self-awareness | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| become distinctly aware of the existence of these centers by following certain practices, and to come to | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| QUESTION: Can you say anything else about the centers at this time? Where they are? ANSWER: There | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| of the head. These are the basic energy centers. Each is connected with a mental attitude. Each | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| to be connected with breaking through the closed centers? ANSWER: Yes, indeed. The physical work has a | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| body or the feelings or the thoughts the centers cannot possibly open up. In addition to that | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| be established later. You see, breaking through these centers can begin only after a certain degree of | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| is perfectly safe, however, to open up these centers once the personality is firmly grounded in reality | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| aspect of preparation. As we approach the energy centers themselves, we will, in addition to the various | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| meditation. QUESTION: Can you comment further on the centers in relation to the movement of energies? Do | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| when the human being is totally self-realized, these centers can function optimally because then the flow is | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| beings are not ever truly charged by these centers. Those who are are charged only fleetingly, and | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| usually in a state of cramp because their centers are closed. Your misconceptions, fears, and negativities create | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| less than you are. 172. THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS Greetings, my friends. Blessings in the form of | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| to discuss last time, that of the energy centers of the human structure. There is a great | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| with what determines the functioning of the energy centers. The second part will deal with the specific | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| center. The third will deal with cultivating these centers and with practices to open the clogged-up channels | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| the human being, and hence of the energy centers, can be understood only if we gain a | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| total power. Each living organism therefore possesses special centers that convert, assimilate and balance the power that | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| balance the power that streams into it. The centers of a human being are infinitely more differentiated | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| hand it is imbalanced and disturbed -- the centers close up. They become clogged. The process of | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| self- realization thus also means opening up the centers. The human physical body is just a crude | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| alienated from its source, the spirit being. The centers exist in perfect form and function in the | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| The various other subtle bodies also contain these centers, but already altered in their functioning, according to | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| the spiritual structure. In the physical organism the centers can be detected only indirectly: The glandular system | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| them. But the opening or closing of the centers, their smooth functioning or congestion, can be clearly | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| The effect has distinct physical marks. However, the centers themselves are not visible to the human being | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| what determines the smooth functioning of the energy centers -- and therefore proper assimilation of the life | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| relaxed state of body, mind and feelings, the centers are open. They allow the life force to | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| force to flow smoothly and freely, and the centers distribute the right kind of energy into the | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| experience arises. The proper functioning of the life centers is impossible when the human being is still | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| eventually also tighten up. The tightness of the centers, in body and spirit, always reflect emotions of | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| increases negative feelings, tightens your defenses, closes the centers. As long as you feel obliged to make | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| go. How does all this affect the specific centers? To understand that, we must first learn the | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| want to open up all these channels and centers and let yourself flow in unison with the | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| confusion, I want to interject here that the centers have some subdivisions, or counter-reflections, which might sometimes | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| counter-reflections, which might sometimes be interpreted as separate centers. For example, the center at the base of | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| ego influences the functions of the two aforementioned centers: If you are weak and dependent, you must | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| to see, to comprehend. If the previously mentioned centers are open and flowing in harmony, spiritual vision | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| because your limited inner concepts and closed-up energy centers prohibit expansion. You still suffer from the results | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| later, you will lose your fear, tightness of centers, and sense of loss. Then the life forces | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| bliss and forever greater expansion. Then the energy centers will function in harmony and will dispose of | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| 173. BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION Greetings, my friends | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| talk about the significance of the life energy centers. These centers are physically invisible but nevertheless distinct | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| the significance of the life energy centers. These centers are physically invisible but nevertheless distinct areas in | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| in the human life-system. The opening of the centers creates a full capacity for living and feeling | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| negativity and lack of feelings. How closed the centers are determines exactly the degree of living in | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| implies a commensurate degree of openness of the centers. Many spiritual philosophies discuss these centers and give | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| of the centers. Many spiritual philosophies discuss these centers and give practices that foster awareness of them | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| two aspects: what determines the functioning of the centers of energy generally, and the specific functioning of | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| practices and attitudes that help to open the centers. I want to emphasize once more, however, that | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| and safe procedure will be established. When the centers are open, the person is completely -- inwardly | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| more accessible. For the purpose of opening the centers a relaxed state is necessary on all levels | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| want at all to open up your life centers and let the living force surge through your | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| in fear. And every slightest tension closes the centers. Every exercise -- physical or otherwise -- every | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| condition for opening up the life and energy centers. Fear of frustration is an important example of | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| disaster. Hence fear and tension; hence closed life centers; hence unhappiness and unproductivity in every respect. 2 | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| and joy, which come when the constantly open centers through which the energy of the universe flows | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| possible hostility. When you turn off your life centers because of your defensive fear of frustration, you | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| you two specific meditation exercises for opening your centers. The first I described in a recent answer | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| to appear, it must create greater spiritual power centers. Such a community is such a rarity in | 209 THE ROSCOE LECTURE: INSPIRATION FOR THE PATHWORK CENTER |
| the group enriches you. New communities, new living centers of the new consciousness, are springing up on | 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS |
| this task, in exchanges with other New Age centers that are willing to accept the process of | 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE |
| meaning to the meeting of these two light centers. The reality of this meaning already exists on | 238 THE PULSE OF LIFE ON ALL LEVELS OF MANIFESTATION |
| that will not only enhance the two light centers, but will eventually benefit all other light centers | 238 THE PULSE OF LIFE ON ALL LEVELS OF MANIFESTATION |
| centers, but will eventually benefit all other light centers. The outer mind is sluggish at times and | 238 THE PULSE OF LIFE ON ALL LEVELS OF MANIFESTATION |
| special mutual contribution of these particular two light centers. The topic of this lecture deals with the | 238 THE PULSE OF LIFE ON ALL LEVELS OF MANIFESTATION |
| about the work and cooperation between our two centers. There has been an exchange between our members | 238 THE PULSE OF LIFE ON ALL LEVELS OF MANIFESTATION |
| holds a great influence over many other light centers and could thereby become very instrumental in extending | 238 THE PULSE OF LIFE ON ALL LEVELS OF MANIFESTATION |
| come that will enliven both these most beloved centers. QUESTIONER: Thank you, we look forward to that | 238 THE PULSE OF LIFE ON ALL LEVELS OF MANIFESTATION |
| fulfillment, pleasure, and love. You close up your centers of receptivity against God's abundance. First this puzzles | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |