| Comparing...................16 | |
| with the one that preceded it and only comparing the two brings about full understanding. Now the | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| you have the proper sense of proportion in comparing yourself to others and therefore have the same | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| and again recognizing the deeply ingrained faults and comparing the faulty reactions to the ideal state. Thus | 31 SHAME |
| you can change them by constant observation, by comparing the wrong reactions with the right concept that | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| very same hurt. Now, reevaluate your present hurt, comparing it with the childhood hurt. At last you | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| I steal if I have no way of comparing this act with another act of not stealing | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| all that is in you, understanding it and comparing it with reality and truthful concepts; as you | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |
| would see that your unhappiness is aggravated by comparing yourself to others. Diminishing the urge and the | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| You may gain an inkling of this by comparing your own change in awareness with your previous | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| conceive of expressing yourself is by measuring and comparing yourself with others. When you know that, regardless | 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT |
| pride, as opposed to healthy dignity, is always comparing and measuring the self with others and is | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| yourself. You then have a good basis for comparing the two kinds of chain reactions. You must | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| premise that self-value is determined by measuring and comparing the self with others. This, too, is a | 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| good is right for all concerned. Therefore all comparing and competing to best others increases the separation | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| without ego, without needing to prove anything, without comparing yourself positively or negatively with others. Visualize yourself | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| of pinpointing the absurdity of any particular creation, comparing it with its corresponding truth and formulating a | 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS |
| Comparisons.................3 | |
| this period of constant self-recognition where you make comparisons between your emotions which conflict with what you | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| truth. Apart from being dangerous to draw such comparisons, the question is not important. QUESTION: One of | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| You must find your own inner measurements; forget comparisons. Knowing the truth means mastery over the universe | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| Compartment.................4 | |
| of his personality, though perhaps in quite another compartment of his soul. Perhaps such a person overcomes | 18 FREE WILL |
| is not separated into clearly defined compartments, one compartment not having anything to do with the other | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |
| necessary to put everything into a pigeonhole, a compartment, to label human experience. This only rigidifies life | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| you. You may even know in a different compartment of your mind how you act, think, and | 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| Compass.....................3 | |
| and succeed in being a watcher, visualize a compass needle. The compass needle represents your thought movements | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| being a watcher, visualize a compass needle. The compass needle represents your thought movements. Watch the needle | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| feelings immediately fluctuate like the needle in a compass. Just begin to observe your moods. When do | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |
| Compassion..................35 | |
| personal spiritual experience, love for your neighbor or compassion, or whatever. Imagine, then, that you have two | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| had a reason beyond His infinite love and compassion with all His fallen brothers and sisters. During | 22 SALVATION |
| of them. I will just name a few: compassion, pity, respect, admiration, tenderness, protectiveness, helpfulness, kindness, truth | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| there must be a lack of tolerance and compassion in you, a lack of being able to | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| realization will give you an understanding and a compassion that, even if you do not mention a | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| has chosen love, with all its subdivisions of compassion, understanding, forgiveness, union, communication, brotherhood, sacrifice, as a | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| a caricature of true love, understanding, forgiveness, or compassion. The poison of the underlying motive distorts and | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| constructive feelings will evolve. You will feel warmth, compassion, and good involvement such as you never thought | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| feeling with and for another person, which is compassion. Let us consider compassion. As it happens, in | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| another person, which is compassion. Let us consider compassion. As it happens, in the English language you | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| another term to designate the negative aspect of compassion, and that is pity. You do not have | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| convinced that what he or she feels is compassion? It is always tempting to pride oneself on | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| pity is destructive because it paralyzes you. In compassion, you are strong and capable of helping, of | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| emotion. The way to determine whether you feel compassion or pity is to notice whether the feeling | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| you trapped in confusion? What do you repress? Compassion makes you feel and understand, but it is | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| have real pity for my mother. I had compassion for her and because of that I was | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| dear, has nothing to do with pity or compassion. It has to do with your lack of | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| able to get to the point of having compassion and losing any kind of pity. ANSWER: The | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| work. QUESTION: You didn't exactly define pity and compassion, as I remember, and I should like to | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| is necessary to repeat again the difference between compassion and pity. I have defined it sufficiently in | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| for feelings of love, warmth, affection, understanding, and compassion. Therefore in moments of danger you withdraw into | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| be a good person, to love, and have compassion or humility. But you can make up your | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| you elaborate on the difference between pity and compassion? As one gets older and sees so many | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| I said about the difference between pity and compassion, I now want to present an explanation indicating | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| instead of the much more productive feeling of compassion. Whenever you are crushed by the devastating emotion | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| you truly understand them. Pity will transform into compassion, and to give constructive help to suffering people | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| is a feeling for and with them, a compassion or empathy, a participation of the soul. But | 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL |
| even if this god is credited with love, compassion, and wisdom. The point in both instances is | 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE |
| equanimity and peace; pleasure and joy; love and compassion; then you are indeed in possession of yourself | 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES |
| lower self. You can have respect, love and compassion for your wonderful struggle, for your wonderful honesty | 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF |
| closed to the feelings of the heart, to compassion, and who never relaxes his or her domination | 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS |
| soul, because true understanding will come from there. Compassion and love, gratitude for the beauty of creation | 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY |
| can help liberate you by moving you to compassion, the pain you simply see existing in this | 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY |
| and to understand all of your being with compassion and realism, with your direct prayer and deep | 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION |
| has undertaken to correct the distorted part with compassion for the momentary difficulties. But it sees no | 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION |
| Compatibility...............5 | |
| of not being what one is. Therefore, the compatibility of masculine and feminine aspects makes the man | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| own order. It is a question of psychic compatibility. Only the psyche that is in truth and | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| of life and acts accordingly. I recapitulate: your compatibility with life lies in trusting it and building | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| exist when there is a certain blend of compatibility. Two compatible partners have to share certain fundamental | 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY |
| which you cannot accomplish anything. You feel the compatibility and union of these two ways of being | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| Compatible..................54 | |
| by spirits, both higher and lower, who are compatible with them and therefore belong to this religious | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| only a qualified answer; that is, an answer compatible with their defenses. They do not want an | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| and you will be free to find a compatible person elsewhere. Whether this applies to a mate | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| principles, against perfectionism and against conformity, that is compatible with acceptance of the inevitable with humility, and | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| will your responses be more adequate to and compatible with reality. This will free you from limitation | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| this particular sphere offers the conditions that are compatible with their negative involvement. Only after having overcome | 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE |
| development continue in other spheres, offering new conditions, compatible with the new state. What does negative involvement | 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE |
| within yourself. It may not be flattering or compatible with your idealized self-image. Even if your finding | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| fearless willingness to enter love are not only compatible but interdependent. You block the experience out of | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| liberate yourself from the substance which is not compatible with your real nature, because you anticipate that | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| is to cultivate an overall attitude deep within compatible with the higher powers in the kernel of | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| in the kernel of your being. Such a compatible attitude means complete constructiveness in all endeavors, in | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| is cultivated, then the outer you will be compatible with the divine powers within you. There are | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| The conflict congests the creative force, which is compatible with you and your destiny. Even though you | 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION |
| is totally impersonal. When conditions prevail that are compatible with it, its flow will stream without obstruction | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| I wish to describe. In order to be compatible with the universal power, it is necessary that | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| lightheartedness, are the properties that set up conditions compatible with the universal power. The cosmic power can | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| wear off if the mentality does not become compatible with the nature of this cosmic power. It | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| eliminating distortions, imbalance, destructiveness. The personality must become compatible with this power in order to no longer | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| real self possible. The ego self must be compatible with the real self. The real self transcends | 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF |
| another being is precisely the kind of attitude compatible with the universal forces. This melting leads to | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| dishonesties is the kind of constructiveness that is compatible with the divine substance. The moment you approach | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| such attitudes, the more the ego- self becomes compatible with the real self. Therefore fear of letting | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| whatever seems most acceptable, most logical or most compatible with your superficial approach to life and to | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| is really necessary for growth may not be compatible with a hopeful illusion. Thus, when aspects of | 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL |
| disposal everything I need to find the attitude compatible with the greater power, then this power could | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| and express it, the outer personality must be compatible with its attitudes, its laws, its very way | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| accept your present state; you establish inner conditions compatible with bliss. If you have the honesty to | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| it is important to become more and more compatible with the universal powers and sustain this state | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| generosity; its overwhelming givingness; humanity's similar and hence compatible attitude; self-possession; the ability to deal realistically and | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| In the former case, your very being is compatible with life's generosity. In the latter instance, it | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| being from this unity expresses everything that is compatible with life's nature -- a relaxed, confident, trustful | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| before, the ego must learn and adopt attitudes compatible with the universal, divine ones. This is, as | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| to do this, the ego must adopt attitudes compatible with its original nature. All the tricks of | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| utilized from now on in ways that are compatible with divine law. Now let us directly go | 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT |
| there is a certain blend of compatibility. Two compatible partners have to share certain fundamental ideas about | 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY |
| to know that part in you which is compatible with the mood that created and attracted the | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| attitude reflects an open energy system and is compatible with the abundance available. Abundance constantly floats around | 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD |
| be rich yourself in order to be energetically compatible with the riches of the universe. In a | 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD |
| establish the inner state of richness that is compatible with universal law in a Creation forever ready | 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD |
| earning it by making the state of consciousness compatible with this experience, then the price is high | 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW |
| fragmented aspect of your manifest consciousness makes itself compatible with the nature of the total consciousness. Life | 216 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INCARNATORY PROCESS AND THE LIFE TASK |
| through in a deeply meaningful, purposeful way, always compatible with its particular lawfulness. These states are states | 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| faith a dynamic road in itself, are completely compatible with the scientific turn of mind. To consider | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| shed the old, but transforms what is not compatible with the new, pure, and great influx. It | 223 THE ERA OF THE NEW AGE AND NEW CONSCIOUSNESS |
| open to it, who make their outer being compatible with it through an attitude of wakefulness. As | 228 BALANCE |
| experienced only by souls and personalities who are compatible with it. Otherwise, this same energy creates crisis | 230 THE UNIVERSALITY OF CHANGE -- REINCARNATIVE PROCESS IN THE SAME LIFE SPAN |
| perceptions, knowing must all be one cohesive and compatible fused energy stream. Then the power of the | 232 BEING VALUES VERSUS APPEARANCE VALUES -- SELF-IDENTIFICATION |
| beauty but the underlying material is not made compatible with the levels of consciousness that speak these | 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD |
| determine which of these three principles are most compatible with the individual in question. Collectively speaking, at | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |
| behind aspects of your personality that are not compatible with your newly awakening self, so must the | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |
| find this path so intensely practical and utterly compatible with your life of matter, your daily activities | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |
| and your goals. The path is not only compatible with your daily life, but it is a | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |
| the outer will but here it is totally compatible with the will of the Highest. This gradual | 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE |