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is not sufficient. Your feelings have to be changed too, and this cannot be accomplished unless you 18 FREE WILL
set something in motion that could not be changed any more. This spirit once knew that this 20 GOD: THE CREATION
in, but it was revived again as attitudes changed. The latter could only occur as an exceedingly 21 THE FALL
into their world, as though a faraway dawn changed the contours of their world a little bit 21 THE FALL
in our world. The fluids have to be changed, and so on, even in the case of 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
to go with those spirits who have not changed their own beliefs. They would do so even 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS
to change yourself immediately, because feelings cannot be changed by a mere act of will, but they 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH
as you revolt against things that cannot be changed, or that could only be changed by a 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
cannot be changed, or that could only be changed by a different inner activity, there is a 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
may be because, if their spiritual attitude has changed for the better, the parents now deserve a 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
as you have heard, even that can be changed in the last moment. And the time and 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
time and circumstances of death can also be changed. As I said to you, there is a 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
was two months ago. Your needs may have changed. As Jesus Christ said, Knock and it will 38 IMAGES
Like attracts like, and this law cannot be changed. One of the first things you learn on 39 IMAGE-FINDING
my friends have karmic circumstances that cannot be changed. Here is a room full of people, and 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
least to some degree, even before you have changed your inner attitude, by the mere fact that 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
wrong conclusion. Your mind has grown up, has changed by what you have learned from your surroundings 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
while your image is alive, you have not changed. At one time in your childhood you had 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
or feelings. You know that thoughts cannot be changed quickly even without personal emotional involvement; how much 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
involved. Not even a mere thought can be changed by force. No one can force you to 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
is laid. Without this recognition, nothing can be changed. The next step is what I say again 47 THE WALL WITHIN
are not noticeable by others or manifest in changed circumstances. The first manifestation must always be that 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE
that which should really be acknowledged, faced, and changed. Yet you do not want to face it 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
remain the same, but the motive will have changed through the recognition, even though you are still 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS
bringing out in you what needs to be changed. Without outer help, these elements would remain dormant 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES
is not exposed and cannot be reconsidered and changed: it is rigid; and the more rigid a 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY
You know very well that nothing can be changed as long as it is hidden from consciousness 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
emotional reactions. And where they have not yet changed, you see clearly, and with each observation you 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
connection with old problems that were recognized and changed to some degree, but their effects, of infinite 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
repeat, this process should not and cannot be changed by constantly forcing yourself to occupy your thoughts 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS
by one person doing it, much can be changed. As long as you are under the compulsion 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
then attract another partner fitted more to your changed personality. To consider that you may in some 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
in the constructive spirit that it can be changed: that no one is helpless and has to 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
that the direction is wrong and must be changed. The results of changing your inner direction are 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
Like attracts like, and this law cannot be changed. One of the first things you learn on 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
far you have come, how much you have changed while involved in this work. While you are 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
really so. After this discovery your entire attitude changed. It will be the same here. Thank you 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
life, to incidents, to yourself and others. This changed reaction will be astounding enough, but little by 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE
as long as the basic distortion is not changed. It all amounts to an emotional constipation, which 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION
-- even long before destructive conditions have been changed -- in that full acknowledgement and experience you 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
It is only rather recently that this has changed. Only since this change has taken place has 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
be cured by other insights, and destructive patterns changed to constructive ones, so much the better. I 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
of history, under different circumstances, the laws were changed. Nowadays, it is unnecessary for religion to set 101 THE DEFENSE
of unconscious being exist, and the more it changed into a state of becoming. The next stage 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
But you are not. If you were truly changed, you would not have to channel anything. Your 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
to this great change. The world cannot be changed unless a sufficient number of people are doing 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
you battle against that which truly cannot be changed. All these characterize the unhealthy state of depression 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
attitudes that have involuntarily inflicted hurts are not changed. And don't forget that what you withhold from 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
should merely be in expressing your thoughts and changed feelings. What counts is your inner understanding and 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
You will understand why your life has not changed in spite of extensive recognitions of images and 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
from a desirable goal is observed and finally changed into, I want this goal with all my 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT
cling to a false God-image need to be changed before a true God-experience is possible. Every desire 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
her own life, the result is a tremendously changed attitude to life. Usually preliminary work has to 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
continues to bind you. Only the authority has changed, not you and your attitudes. This becomes even 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
is maintained long after the painful circumstances have changed and when the person is no longer a 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
be accepted and understood before it can be changed. So to the extent that you succeed in 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
behavior patterns. To the extent that these are changed, awareness of the Divine in you will follow 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
fulfillment, an emptiness -- cannot be eliminated and changed into a more desirable condition unless you understand 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
The self-perpetuating forces, in this instance, can be changed only by this deliberate process which sets something 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
would suffice. It is not by any means changed or eliminated. In fact, you have only scratched 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
appear to be unlucky. These areas cannot be changed without deep and honest self-confrontation. First the realization 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
to me by a fate which cannot be changed. It can be changed, provided I understand exactly 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
fate which cannot be changed. It can be changed, provided I understand exactly why the negative field 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
of life and the self that cannot be changed at this moment. When you find where and 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING
on, be it an outer problem you wish changed, or an inner condition you wish to overcome 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
that only the form of expression must be changed, so that the identical life current can reconvert 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
openness to the power, but permanently through a changed personality that no longer cultivates attitudes which obstruct 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION
be faced and change what needs to be changed. At the same time, how often are humans 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY
human personality and have to be faced and changed. But the strange thing is that the more 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS
finding no way out. Then something in you changed. You became conscious of a tense insistence in 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER
when a completely different attitude is found and changed. Changing the latter attitude becomes the lever the 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS
anything. For even the things that should be changed were created by that same power and must 174 SELF-ESTEEM
and changing what needs to be faced and changed, and unless you acknowledge these reservations and profoundly 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE
mind, the will, and the intention can be changed. There are many reasons for this difficulty. Some 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY
the part that is being observed, evaluated, or changed. The moment you identify something, good, bad or 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY
dislike in your life. What would you like changed? Make the bridge between these two aspects: the 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT
from pure consciousness and energy. It has only changed direction or focus. Hence it is as accurate 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL
must be unearthed, reconsidered, understood exactly and finally changed. Any destructive attitude is an expression of an 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY
available and your habit of thinking can be changed quite easily to begin with. A thought inevitably 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT
God who would help. Now all this has changed. For example, today humankind's greatest hindrance is egotistical 204 WHAT IS THE PATH?
situations when suddenly without reason a mood has changed from sunny to rainy. This may at first 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES
nothing untoward has happened and yet your mood changed. This seemingly causeless change is so frustrating that 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES
Just try to figure out mathematically how each changed attitude in you profits those around you. Each 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS
and century. But since mind can always be changed, and has infinite possibilities for infinite change at 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS
greater effort and goodwill can the direction be changed, however it gradually becomes easier, because as you 216 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INCARNATORY PROCESS AND THE LIFE TASK
father's going to object to my name being changed to Solomon. I'm really scared that he is 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN
not fear anything. Whether your name will be changed or not, you need not fear. You are 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN
that sooner or later the name will be changed. But you put too much importance on that 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN
trouble is and how your life could be changed. I now give you a key. Those conflicts 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION
these first steps of transforming work have already changed your relationships, your experiences, your community, your sense 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF
that problem or attitude of yours cannot be changed. By doing that you not only make yourself 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS
what is indeed wrong and needs to be changed. This specific dualistic confusion is obviously extremely important 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF
that needs to be exposed to consciousness and changed. When you look back in history, you can 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE
to it will you know when and how changed expressions are within the seedplan of a particular 230 THE UNIVERSALITY OF CHANGE -- REINCARNATIVE PROCESS IN THE SAME LIFE SPAN
or mate -- will react differently to your changed attitude. They may also have a conflict between 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
cannot trust that your unsound managing can be changed, that you can indeed create real riches, based 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT
one must also know that they can be changed, that other possibilities do indeed exist. Most human 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE
so far that it can no longer be changed, molded or transformed, needs to be destroyed before 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE
within and around you. This needs to be changed and you have the power and the means 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION

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