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actually so. QUESTION: But the human mind cannot conceive it? ANSWER: It is almost impossible for you 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD
ANSWER: It is almost impossible for you to conceive it unless you sense it, you feel it 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD
a different form than you human beings can conceive of at present -- then your prayer will 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW
faults you either could not, or would not, conceive of in those whom you idealize. When you 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
entities in form and shape as you can conceive of them are not created until after the 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
truth results in split concepts. Human beings often conceive of life as being stimulating, but they feel 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
is beyond good or evil. People often cannot conceive of God, because they can think of God 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
with an utter rightness that is hard to conceive until the inner live center has been experienced 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
so deeply involved in it that you cannot conceive of anything else. But there comes a time 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
extent this truth -- in whatever area you conceive it -- must unfold itself to you. This 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF
distortion. You cannot experience more than what you conceive of the possibility of experience. If you believe 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF
your being is so vast that you cannot conceive of it, my friends. Only gradually can you 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
it to be so vast that you cannot conceive of having it, or being it or being 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
know the power of the inner being, to conceive of the beauty and the possibilities of the 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
potential. It is exceedingly important, my friends, to conceive of life this way. For then you will 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION
of this path, briefly reformulated. If you can conceive of the pathwork in this slightly novel way 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION
beneath the surface. Since these people refuse to conceive of spiritual realities, they cannot perceive them. Neither 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
life will manifest exactly as you believe and conceive of it -- not one iota differently. If 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE
for self- fulfillment, the only way you can conceive of expressing yourself is by measuring and comparing 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
human mind lacks the equipment even to remotely conceive of it. Consider the science of atoms, which 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS
areas of the personality. Whatever possibility you can conceive of, you can realize. Suppose you are immersed 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY
way out. As long as you do not conceive of a way out, you truly cannot realize 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY
convinced your life must be limited. You cannot conceive of anything more than what you have experienced 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY
bring something to life if you cannot first conceive of it. This sentence should be truly meditated 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY
one of you to contemplate what you truly conceive of as possibilities for your life. If you 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY
yourself closely, you will find primarily that you conceive of negative possibilities which you naturally fear, wish 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY
one's sense of being alive. If one cannot conceive of any other reality of thinking, feeling, and 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF
of being, existing, functioning. Generally, people do not conceive of any other inner state, because they are 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT
has the power to create anything it can conceive of. This comprises everything that life could ever 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE
much farther than it actually is. You cannot conceive of what life already is, right now, and 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE
that has nothing to do with you. You conceive of a static and immovable universe into which 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE
you think and feel, what you believe and conceive of, what you secretly wish and fear, shape 169 THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS
you are an expression, it is necessary to conceive of the inner and outer brains as one 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION
pleasure almost seems unnatural. ANSWER: If you can conceive of yourself as the essence of life, with 174 SELF-ESTEEM
is everything, literally everything, that the mind can conceive of, including, of course, limited, negative manifestations. If 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE
If your mind is geared to perceive and conceive life a priori as hostile and mean, it 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE
open for other possibilities than the ones you conceive of. When you can take No for an 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE
infinite as the universe itself. Whatever consciousness can conceive of and express in thought, feeling, and will-direction 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE
this problem within the system of duality. You conceive of two opposite forces: a constructive one opposed 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
will create a block. If, for example, you conceive of the greater intelligence within you as having 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
conscious all you think and know, perceive and conceive, believe in and want. Only then can you 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION)
consciousness for the self. If you now cannot conceive yourself free from a certain attitude that blocks 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION)
express yourself, can therefore manifest anything you can conceive of: from the most dismal state of hell 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION)
immense mechanism that humankind can never even remotely conceive of. The harmony and grandeur of creation could 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE
they are ready to see truth and to conceive of themselves according to their indwelling potentials. A 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE
You must pay attention to this necessity and conceive an inner vision of what a unified, harmonious 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE
the limited mind makes it almost impossible to conceive of an actual world existing within or through 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES
you that leads to infinite spaces. You can conceive of space only in terms of the outer 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES
deep inside of your innermost being. You then conceive of spreading out these slumbering potentials, to awaken 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS
become more confused. Now, you may begin to conceive of the process of your inner evolutionary journey 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS
it defies your present imagination. You cannot even conceive yet of what it means to function without 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION
must be expanded, it must be able to conceive of truthful possibilities, and yet you must make 224 CREATIVE EMPTINESS
saying that imbalance defeats itself. You need to conceive of yourself as being able to give to 228 BALANCE
need to begin deliberately, intentionally and consciously to conceive of change as a desirable and joyful movement 230 THE UNIVERSALITY OF CHANGE -- REINCARNATIVE PROCESS IN THE SAME LIFE SPAN
in spite of your belief you still cannot conceive of the change -- the switch of consciousness 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE
think of opening up, of dropping your defenses, conceive of this act not only as directed toward 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION
you can experience only that which you can conceive of and believe in. If you seriously long 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION
 
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their guilt becomes until true inner happiness is conceived. Such guilt is always a twist of the 38 IMAGES
will be lost altogether. It then cannot be conceived that the pure, healthy pleasure principle manifests much 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
contacted -- because such negative process is only conceived in your own outlook -- the easier it 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
truths, but the exclusiveness with which they are conceived and perpetuated ultimately renders their truth untrue. The 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
and validity of this course is not clearly conceived at the outset, your disinclination to experience painful 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS
as the created response. If your belief, as conceived and visualized, is that you cannot change, that 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION)
 
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prepares for the riches of the universe and conceives of whatever it contains, you will see that 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY
very different, however, from the way the ego conceives of it. Perfection in reality is an ever-changing 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE
a constantly moving state. But the ego consciousness conceives of perfection as static, very limited and exclusive 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE
 
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work for integration by the same process of conceiving, formulating and activating the proper thoughts and will 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
this way advisedly. There is a difference between conceiving of illness as an absence of perfect functioning 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION
the absolute plane. Human consciousness is incapable of conceiving of the possibilities that exist for good, for 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE
understand that there is a vast difference between conceiving of further possibilities of expansion or happiness on 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY
is in fact a hindrance to the proper conceiving of life's potentials. You need to have a 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY
requires that the mind take a leap into conceiving new possibilities, new states of consciousness for the 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION)
else you are concerned with. Visualization follows proper conceiving. Conceiving means considering the desired state or experience 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION)
you are concerned with. Visualization follows proper conceiving. Conceiving means considering the desired state or experience as 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION)
mediation. This is where visualization comes in. In conceiving, impressing and being impressed, visualizing and having faith 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION)
rich and fulfilled. Or, if you start with conceiving the richness of life, you will succeed only 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION)
who make yourselves available to new possibilities in conceiving, perceiving, and forming new inner attitudes will experience 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY
Since your mind is often incapable of even conceiving the richness of the universe, you must learn 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD
to realize them, which you do by first conceiving of these potentialities deep inside of your innermost 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS
any fluctuation, without any temptation into erroneous, faulty conceiving and experiencing the world. To be deeply aware 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF

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