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 Circular....................7
eternal round, as everything spiritual must move in circular completeness. All creatures are in search of this 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS
everything in the spirit is in continuous, ever-vibrating, circular motion. Nothing is static, neither feelings nor circumstances 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE
If you imagine it as a cycle, a circular motion, you will come closer to the truth 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES
and stagnation often seem similar, because both follow circular movements. Only a closer perception and deep penetration 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
justifying it. You indulge in compulsive, negative, hopelessly circular thinking, and your present consciousness cannot be fully 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
is a continuous process. These chain reactions are circular. They are highly charged, and instead of diminishing 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS
your spiral and find yourself on a deeper circular motion, leading to the treasure of your inner 235 THE ANATOMY OF CONTRACTION
 
 Circulation.................4
are going to perform. Over your heartbeat or circulation, however, you have no direct control. The same 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
In a similar way the heartbeat and the circulation can be regulated indirectly by using faculties you 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
sheer outer will, a change in your blood circulation? If this effort would have any effect at 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
many means at their disposal for improving their circulation, but these must not be executed with the 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
 
 Circumference...............6
with because they were dealing merely with the circumference of the problem, while as you proceed you 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
a tiny point of security within a narrow circumference is an abdication of your universal destiny. It 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS
think in different ways, to expand its present circumference. This is its task. Without this you cannot 216 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INCARNATORY PROCESS AND THE LIFE TASK
you frequently remain in a constricted and confined circumference to avoid the imagined danger of the unfamiliar 230 THE UNIVERSALITY OF CHANGE -- REINCARNATIVE PROCESS IN THE SAME LIFE SPAN
new becomes the familiar, and you expand your circumference; you expand the territory for your psychic at 230 THE UNIVERSALITY OF CHANGE -- REINCARNATIVE PROCESS IN THE SAME LIFE SPAN
to imagine expanding your space, transcending the narrow circumference that some of you feel content with, or 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE
 
 Circumstance................13
will of God may be in any given circumstance. Apart from the willpower to make single decisions 18 FREE WILL
an active pressure to change a condition or circumstance where acceptance should reign. Find out what this 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
something in you that contributed to the undesirable circumstance to begin with and be willing to find 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
when you came into this life, you draw circumstance toward you that will finally corner you and 47 THE WALL WITHIN
supposed to fill in a healthy way. This circumstance may be entirely unrecognized. You may feel only 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE
and whole, you are not dependent on outer circumstance. You can cope with the situation, and even 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
but you are sad due to an outer circumstance, knowing it is going to pass. There is 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
no shifting of emotions. In depression the outer circumstance may be the same, but your feelings of 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
outer occurrence. Although you cannot change the outer circumstance, you can change something within yourself, if you 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
feeling of sadness it is because the outer circumstance is not the real or entire reason that 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
wanting to know the truth of this particular circumstance and its causes. Then you need to quietly 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF)
this now -- that no matter what external circumstance seems to be the cause of your unhappiness 209 THE ROSCOE LECTURE: INSPIRATION FOR THE PATHWORK CENTER
valid about one and the same situation, condition, circumstance. By knowing this, you will beware of quick 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE
 
 Circumstances...............329
try to reproduce this remembered feeling, but in circumstances which are no longer the same; when the 4 WORLD WEARINESS
circular motion. Nothing is static, neither feelings nor circumstances, nothing at all. Imagine a wheel, unchangeable in 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE
prove themselves capable of standing fast under any circumstances. QUESTION: I perceive a great conflict in what 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD
away what creates uneasiness, or blaming others and circumstances to avoid the necessity to seek the wrong 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
always be under divine protection, regardless of external circumstances. Of course, a medium should not refuse help 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
ascribe their unhappiness to all kinds of external circumstances and conjecture about every kind of possibility except 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES
through examples and certain explanations, better understand what circumstances can cause such an incarnation to happen. But 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES
Why? Because happiness does not depend on outer circumstances or other people, no matter how convinced the 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD
created first on the outer level because outer circumstances, which are not necessarily brought about by them 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD
the injustice of destiny and higher powers, or circumstances brought about by other people, than it is 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD
are prepared to accept the truth under any circumstances, even if you should hear what you least 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD
capable of ascertaining and planning the most advantageous circumstances and conditions for the next life on earth 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION
the higher self, as well as various other circumstances, also influence the outer manifestation, intensity, degree, and 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK
lives. The country is rarely important, but other circumstances are important. Whenever truth pervades you about a 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD
consciously or unconsciously -- blame some fate or circumstances or other people for what has happened to 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER
to you in the next, even though your circumstances may be different; you may live in a 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER
However, I will do my best under the circumstances. At this time, I would like to stress 18 FREE WILL
and their power over you or over your circumstances. The only happiness that is durable and cannot 18 FREE WILL
place during this incarnation or, due to certain circumstances, afterwards. The ground has to be prepared, and 19 JESUS CHRIST
sent as scouts to consider all the relevant circumstances pertaining to the individuals in question. If it 20 GOD: THE CREATION
wish to get out of the self-created miserable circumstances. Since life in spirit is in direct relationship 21 THE FALL
possessing the power of free choice. Conditions and circumstances on this earth sphere are different, of course 21 THE FALL
to the new form of matter; but then, circumstances vary in all spheres. Long before the fallen 21 THE FALL
Anyone who wants to judge must, under all circumstances, take the trouble to study the vast subject 22 SALVATION
and He did it under infinitely more difficult circumstances than anyone else ever had to bear. So 22 SALVATION
To remain on the right path under these circumstances without fully understanding it -- my friends, you 22 SALVATION
again, many incarnations, accompanied by changing conditions and circumstances, are necessary. Even in this secondary phase, many 22 SALVATION
earth sphere, with its degree of density and circumstances arising from it, are certainly more difficult. But 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
that he would, by a conglomeration of many circumstances that all play into the divine laws, be 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
God makes the plan according to the given circumstances, always within the framework of the law. But 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
this may account for his mistakes, although other circumstances may also play a role in that, such 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
directions, the plan is modified accordingly, fitting the circumstances exactly. All the alternatives are prepared beforehand. Nostradamus 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
as in the beyond, but these are particular circumstances that warrant these measures. Yet as a rule 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
that one cannot see them? ANSWER: In ordinary circumstances, unless special measures are taken, as I said 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
time than is reasonable according to your life circumstances. All of you without exception are capable, with 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS
you are still willing to continue under these circumstances, you will be tested for it. And if 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH
all the instances in which you cannot change circumstances or other people. People are inclined to revolt 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
the actions and attitudes of other people and circumstances outside your control. Accept these really and truly 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
for each desired gratification, does not alter the circumstances in the least. In your unwillingness to pay 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
is you who must change, not others or circumstances. However, you can even control circumstances and other 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
others or circumstances. However, you can even control circumstances and other people the moment you start allowing 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
judged individually, and the judgement comprises also the circumstances and the environment in which he or she 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
direction. It might also be that in certain circumstances your will is counteracted by unconscious conflicting desires 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
there must not be clear remembering unless the circumstances are exceptional. This may happen too. QUESTION: In 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR
the duty, to make personal decisions about the circumstances of the following incarnation. Depending on the character 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
tasks in each life depend on many, many circumstances. As I mentioned before, each being in existence 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
nationality, religion into which to be born, life circumstances, certain phases in life that are called fated 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
on in a later incarnation if the first circumstances considered had turned out as expected. When the 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
inactive, and may only emerge depending on certain circumstances and on whether or not the person is 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
for these parents would not fit into those circumstances any more. This may be because, if their 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
in the last moment. And the time and circumstances of death can also be changed. As I 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
life, on his or her character; on many circumstances. One cannot make a rule. QUESTION: But to 36 PRAYER
They do not give in accordance with changing circumstances. Thus, they create disorder. The pure currents flowing 38 IMAGES
the basis on which families and other life circumstances are chosen. When an image carries over from 38 IMAGES
of looking away. If the image is ignored, circumstances will be much more difficult in the following 38 IMAGES
chance to solve their problems in the easiest circumstances possible. When not enough courage and willpower are 38 IMAGES
enough courage and willpower are mustered in easy circumstances, the life that follows must necessarily be a 38 IMAGES
latter may be. Your images draw you into circumstances that correspond to them; they draw the people 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
to them; they draw the people and the circumstances to you. Therefore, it should not be too 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
that very few of my friends have karmic circumstances that cannot be changed. Here is a room 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
opposite extreme will follow. In the next incarnation circumstances will be chosen in such a way that 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
many people you know in your present life circumstances, as well as in the past. Think how 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
be as far as other people and outer circumstances are concerned. Ask yourself, what might be the 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
and thoughts are potent magnetic fields, they attract circumstances that correspond to the inner conflicts. And you 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
prevent such influence. This depends on so many circumstances that they cannot be enumerated here. But it 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
Otherwise, if certain other character traits and outer circumstances combine, their rebellion will be dimmed to a 47 THE WALL WITHIN
will choose the right way and the right circumstances where no abuse is ever possible, where the 47 THE WALL WITHIN
not noticeable by others or manifest in changed circumstances. The first manifestation must always be that you 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE
crises and breakdowns. It is never the outer circumstances that lead to them, but your wrong attitude 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS
to them, but your wrong attitude in such circumstances. In reality a breakdown is a childish temper 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS
much. I will be well again if the circumstances I abhor change to my liking. This, my 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS
hidden hope that this will change people and circumstances. And when you come back to the earth 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS
is not the issue here. But under no circumstances do you eliminate possibly wrong desires by conforming 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS
around you had prevailed, or if your life circumstances were different? This self-questioning is healthy because it 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS
from the reaction of a child in certain circumstances. If the child's favorite doll is broken, it 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS
that you are not ever a prey to circumstances and other people's imperfections, but really the master 52 THE GOD-IMAGE
and are afraid of being the prey of circumstances over which you have no control, or whether 52 THE GOD-IMAGE
when something that may be true in some circumstances is misapplied in others, distorted and rigidly set 53 SELF-LOVE
fault, how much I became the victim of circumstances over which I have no control. I want 53 SELF-LOVE
trends. Out of all these have arisen the circumstances in this life and also in previous lives 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What does that mean? That you have produced circumstances in your life, in your former incarnations as 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
highest unfoldment is: I am independent of outer circumstances, regardless of what they are. I can be 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS
they are. I can be happy under any circumstances, because even the disadvantageous or unpleasant events will 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS
may be emotional. And also, if others or circumstances prevent you from doing or getting what you 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
may be quite healthy, at least in some circumstances. The wish may be due to unhappiness, to 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
or may not leave home, depending on the circumstances, but one will try to find the inner 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Salvation that humans are bound to create negative circumstances by their limited view. But the very result 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
result of this limited view -- the negative circumstances -- are most instrumental in waking you to 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
make the out-picturing of it and the unfortunate circumstances you may have to go through as a 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY
the work. A person not knowing all these circumstances, just seeing a building being torn down, may 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
at all that way. Souls incarnated into these circumstances are, for the most part, spirits who find 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
not say that communication is inadvisable in all circumstances, especially if it is approached with the attitude 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
being hurt and disappointed than by the parental circumstances disclosed here. It is important to recognize this 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
basic conflict exists in every individual. Certain particular circumstances also play a role and determine the intensity 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
intellect forms correctly as applied to the temporary circumstances of certain conditions in this life on the 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
gained will always be yours, regardless of the circumstances of you life. I bless all of you 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS
creates one's own fate may, due to certain circumstances and conditions whose true origins the person ignores 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING
regard yourself as lost, helpless, a prey to circumstances beyond your control, you grasp for chance and 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
may be smooth and carry you into lucky circumstances. You say, There is nothing I can do 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
it could not be. This was due to circumstances you may ignore and not because the message 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
the same talent because in all other respects circumstances fit perfectly, so that this spirit can best 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
the plan determines the parents, the country and circumstances into which the spirit is born, and which 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
all of you, at least occasionally. Under certain circumstances your real being could express and manifest, unhampered 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
pushing ahead, trying to force life, people, and circumstances to succumb to your will, to conquer the 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
or an unhappiness, no matter how much outer circumstances lend themselves to explain it, an inner wrong 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
and will continue to be known, if certain circumstances prevail. In your time and age it is 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
As a child, regardless of what your particular circumstances were, you were indoctrinated with admonitions on the 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE
has been built that, as long as life's circumstances permit, this person is convinced of having attained 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
in one situation and another trend in different circumstances. QUESTION: You have shown us how the distortion 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
real self of the other person. Under no circumstances are you a prey to distorted forms of 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
all levels of being. When, due to life circumstances on the one hand, and to personal limitations 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT
outer pseudo-calm, which is so easily disturbed by circumstances outside your control, you will find a vast 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT
life that have not be resolved. Your life circumstances and environment have been chosen -- perhaps by 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT
unconscious, even though we may not know the circumstances of the birth? ANSWER: Your unconscious knows everything 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
particular problem with the ensuing difficulties. However, if circumstances occur that remove the difficulty, such as ignorance 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
the person is unaware of their existence. Unhappy circumstances exist in every child's life; pain and disappointment 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
must increasingly crave for makes you blame others, circumstances, the fates, or bad luck, instead of seeing 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
a result, we would stop reacting emotionally to circumstances and situations around us, sublimating them into the 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
They vary according to personality, background, early teachings, circumstances, and temperament. What one person may consider wrong 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS
in the manner most appropriate under the particular circumstances. It will enable you to make a choice 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS
your free and spontaneous reactions will produce favorable circumstances for you, so that you will be liked 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS
that your dependency often hinges on completely illusory circumstances. So you battle against something that does not 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS
be that you ascribe less power to outside circumstances than you did before. You will feel less 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
inherent powers onto life and fate and unalterable circumstances. Then you helplessly await fate's favor, and if 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
you truly feel yourself victimized, a prey to circumstances. Then observe how you feel frustrated when expressing 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF

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