| Commission..................9 | |
| whether you hurt them actively or passively, by commission or omission -- then your guilt is justified | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| integral part of your entire self out of commission. This holds true even more when you use | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| you have done inadvertently, directly or indirectly, by commission or omission. It is necessary to penetrate through | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| is not intrinsically different from the guilt of commission. Therefore it is neither easier, nor more difficult | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| to facing guilts. Whether they be guilts of commission or omission makes no difference; the same tendencies | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| many working parts. If one is out of commission, the efficacy of the physical body will be | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| as the inner faculties are left out of commission. This tense and anxious pushing occurs in a | 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL |
| every bit as much by omission as by commission. The climate of omission in a child's life | 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE |
| omission are no less hurtful than those of commission. Have you not been deeply hurt by what | 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT |
| Commit......................103 | |
| confront yourself, bring the unconscious into consciousness, and commit yourself to pay at least one price, even | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| is arrested for a crime he did not commit. You will find that it is exactly this | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| made the decision to walk this path and commit yourself totally to God, not only in words | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| door, who always take precautions and do not commit themselves to anything completely, be it God and | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| do not risk anything when they do not commit themselves to anything. This attitude can cause increasing | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| to the basic requirement that a medium must commit his or her talent only to God's will | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| it. For instance, could you be tempted to commit murder? Certainly not. But you can be tempted | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| becomes a lie. It is therefore better to commit a fault outwardly again and again, if it | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| can be eradicated so that you will not commit crimes or do harmful things to others. Besides | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| of darkness altogether. You do not have to commit a crime in order to live in the | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| comprises that you should not kill, steal, or commit recognized crimes or sins. These are the broader | 18 FREE WILL |
| does not mean that you are free to commit sins, to be careless about the lives of | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| important to be a decent person, not to commit so-called sins, to give love, to have faith | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| recognizable cases. The average human being does not commit crimes or antisocial acts, partly because he or | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| that in a former life caused you to commit a graver action, one that you would not | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| to be stopped, of course. How many criminals commit crimes not for the sake of the crime | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| dogma, in whatever religion. Such a person may commit all sorts of wrongs, have all sorts of | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| merely try to live right and to not commit crimes, who live an average, decent life. For | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| separateness, egocentricity and blindness. These qualities make you commit deeds and think thoughts that are bound to | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| at least honest. You do not have to commit a harmful and selfish act to be honest | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| is never your whole personality that wishes to commit the selfish act. It can only be a | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| my neighbor chooses with his free will to commit a wrong, and I am affected by it | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| still be rationalizations for the inner betrayal you commit all over again against the one parent, as | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| and errors exist in you, causing you to commit acts of betrayal which have many further negative | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| do not say that such people would necessarily commit suicide, but their struggle to keep their joy | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| is possible that a person does not ever commit an act of unfaithfulness, but the motivations for | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| therefore an untruth, even though you do not commit a deliberate lie. Nevertheless, an untrue thought, as | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| be in an active state and yet not commit an outer action. And you can commit an | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| not commit an outer action. And you can commit an outer action, yet your soul may be | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| You are responsible for me. The mistakes I commit do not count because I do not know | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| spiritual point of view? If you don't actually commit the sin, though you are thinking about it | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |
| like murder. Let us assume that two people commit murder, even for the same motive. Yet, their | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| of omission, when we, through lack of sympathy, commit a sin. I would also like to know | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| of cowardice, but one may just as well commit a destructive deed for the same reason. When | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| and sorrow, while in reality the psyche did commit sin. This discrepancy has to be evaluated. Once | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| by the selfishness, or cruelty, or indifference you commit toward an unloved one. What you do to | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| of the tightness in the mind, as you commit and give yourself fully. Usually a reverse situation | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| out of life exactly as much as you commit yourself to, whether this means shaping and creating | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| no difference what it is. If you only commit yourself with reservations, watching that you remain safe | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| more from it than you are willing to commit yourself to. It does not work that way | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| of fear. I could feel that I can commit myself, but I fear that if I do | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| do not ever dare explore. In other words, commit yourself honestly to the problem of your doubting | 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION |
| positive side a chance, you do not honestly commit yourself to the problem. How can a problem | 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION |
| self. Yet, as long as you do not commit yourself wholeheartedly to exposing that which you fear | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| myself up to that reality. I do not commit or obligate myself to anything except that I | 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY |
| who consciously and deliberately make the decision and commit themselves once and for all to living their | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| far do you wish to go? Do you commit yourself completely? Then visualize the specific symptoms you | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| life be with this more? Or do you commit yourself totally to finding who you really are | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| personal fulfillment and happiness. Nor can you fully commit yourself to a life of selfishness -- partly | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| larger, wiser self, but cannot want wholeheartedly to commit yourself to it as long as you believe | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| harmony by giving it every chance. You must commit yourself to this possibility, even if at this | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| more often, you overcome the ever-lessening misgivings to commit yourself to something you cannot quite trust. The | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| fluctuate between these two alternatives. You cannot possibly commit yourself wholeheartedly to either course. It is impossible | 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION |
| within and place it outside yourself, you always commit an unfairness; you are never in truth. It | 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT |
| you -- and again you must be disappointed. Commit yourself to finding the key to your life | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| ego will have to do its part, to commit itself in full consciousness to life in all | 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE |
| manage to shut out the truth, and thereby commit the gravest of all violations. Your pretenses are | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| was going on in him. He could not commit himself wholeheartedly either to being a man or | 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS |
| responsibility for your mistakes? How can you truly commit yourself to integrity, truth, deepest honesty and a | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| How can you begin to wholly and consciously commit yourself to the reality of living, not for | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| as though it were a danger. Meditate and commit yourself to wanting to be aware of it | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| in truth where you are now in error. Commit yourself to pleasure, growth, unification and expansion, to | 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS |
| it may appear. The complications cease when you commit yourself over and over again to the ultimate | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| for the recognition and elimination of all negativity. Commit yourself to wanting it and request inner help | 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE |
| the open. I want to see it, I commit myself to seeing it, regardless of the hurt | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| The observing ego must initially want it and commit itself to reaching in and exposing the negative | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| and it becomes second nature to want and commit yourself to this truth, you will detect an | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| levels of consciousness; you are active when you commit yourself and struggle to recognize and overcome resistance | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| committed to the Universal Spirit. If you thus commit yourself, you will let go of the old | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| By fulfilling your part of the mutuality, you commit yourself, you open something in you, you go | 186 VENTURE IN MUTUALITY: HEALING FORCE TO CHANGE NEGATIVE INNER WILL |
| come forth who are ready and willing to commit themselves to wanting to overcome their present stagnation | 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES |
| come easily. All who travel this road must commit themselves fully to everything that such a search | 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS |
| just as surely as if they were to commit a conscious act. Between them and those people | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| injustice. If you are not aware that you commit only a part of yourself to a venture | 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT |
| full circle and close this lecture by saying: Commit yourself wholeheartedly to your truth, to giving your | 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT |
| unification. Discipline, courage, humility, and the ability to commit yourself -- these are not attitudes you do | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| of a condition that gives trouble, unless you commit yourself to opening your heart, no real change | 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY |
| more truthful, more loving state will be. Now commit yourself to go further and deeper in this | 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY |
| to go further and deeper in this direction. Commit yourself to go all the way with it | 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY |
| But nothing that you do or don't do, commit or omit, is without consequences. Not doing something | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| issue profoundly, once and for all, and then commit to sustaining the order. Awareness is dealing with | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| not refute certain experiences or actions that people commit against you. I wish to make this clear | 206 DESIRE: CREATIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE |
| to the beautiful, eternal you, if you fully commit yourself to seeing and accepting both the good | 206 DESIRE: CREATIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE |
| to want it, to aim for it, to commit to it, to create it. Some of the | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| the state of deliberately and consciously choosing to commit themselves to the divine will and reality, then | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| for it. You must want the fullness and commit yourself to it. This fullness of feelings, this | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| advise all of you, my friends to specifically commit yourselves to seeing your lives more and more | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| comprehending its meaning. Each cloud is a meaning. Commit yourself to comprehend the meaning of the mood | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| which your personality cannot thrive. Step number three: commit yourself totally to working out the real reasons | 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD |
| part of themselves in reserve. They do not commit all of themselves to the process, they hold | 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS |
| the birth of your eternal Christ child within, commit yourself to accepting every part of you? In | 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN |
| each hurdle of the lower self, as you commit yourself forever more strongly to the divine will | 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF |
| more fully to it. Then you can fully commit yourself to be a part of the great | 223 THE ERA OF THE NEW AGE AND NEW CONSCIOUSNESS |
| is love and love is truth. Once you commit to divine truth, you will increasingly experience life | 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF |
| lecture, my friends, should help you greatly to commit yourself to change on a deeper level of | 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE |
| government is corrupt and requires the individual to commit acts against humanity -- that is, against God | 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE |
| you are can and will emerge when you commit yourself to be fully open and undefended. You | 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION |
| of you speak in unison these words: I commit myself to the will of God. I give | 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE |
| emphasized and becomes gradually more acute. If you commit an overt act -- you kill someone -- | 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| say you are compelled by inner forces to commit an impulsive destructive act. The pain and remorse | 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| causes within himself that create his desire to commit the act. Therefore the act is never given | 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| are invulnerable to evil. To the degree you commit yourself to the will of the highest and | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |
| rooted, that each new person who desires to commit himself or herself to stage four -- or | 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT |