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that you are entitled to receive. If this conflict is worked through, your giving will be freer 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
I do not deserve to receive -- the conflict would cease, even before the greedy selfishness entirely 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
frequent and at the bottom of many a conflict which, in spite of various recognitions, does not 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
He finds himself in the following predicament and conflict: he desists from expressing his natural need for 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
point where they recognize that they have a conflict between two unsatisfactory alternatives: weakness versus hostility. They 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
position to express your abilities and talents without conflict and uncertainty. It takes a little more insight 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
communication, is therefore even more influenced by inner conflict and strife. When a barrier exists to the 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
unreasonable fear. This fear, without which the tragic conflict would not exist, is unnecessary. It is as 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
they must be in a tragic and unnecessary conflict that obstructs their self-realization. Life speaks so clearly 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
problem however, which, when used, will eliminate the conflict. It makes possible to use cautious wisdom while 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
order to resolve this erroneous duality, particularly the conflict between giving up the self and full possession 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
most striking aspects is that there is no conflict contained in it. The limited human mind is 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
this fact familiar to you. Balance is upset; conflict and confusion perpetuate the chain reaction. Illusion and 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING
as an arbitrary split of concepts. Further confusion, conflict, destructive emotions, thoughts, and actions follow. All this 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING
mend; psychic upsets begin to balance; confusion, disorder, conflict, make way for order and unity. This creates 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING
of your being of this truth, the less conflict will there be between the advantages of the 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES
inclusiveness. My advice is to examine your winner/loser conflict as your general attitude toward life, as well 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES
choosing, the freedom to do so without compulsion, conflict, or guilt. But such choosing requires you to 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES
the more deep-rooted is the negativity and the conflict. Therefore the healing forces have to work indirectly 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES
outer self. There is no longer separation or conflict between the two. The superimposed intellect, the outer 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
love must be lacking. When love exists, all conflict must be eliminated. The personality will find the 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
where a spontaneous, loving intelligence and fulfillment without conflict awaits you. To sum up, you fear taking 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
It is not the problem itself, nor the conflict, nor even the misconception which create turmoil in 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
yourself. Sickly, distorted, false love impoverishes and breeds conflict between self-interest and the interests of others. It 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
is always connected with self-pity, resentment, hostility, and conflict. There is in it always the feeling of 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
universe, the truth of being which knows no conflict. That truth combines loving with receiving one's full 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
children are confused because they perceive contradiction and conflict around them, equally contradictory emotions arise in their 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
of being. Only through misconception does duality, or conflict, come about. The particular duality or distortion of 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
must follow, for it is a result of conflict. Here transcending this duality and reaching the unitive 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
an exactly similar ambivalence. This, then, creates a conflict in actual relationships. The first, crass, instance of 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
that you succeed in facing and understanding your conflict, the pleasure principle will run in different channels 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
awareness and understanding. The very nature of this conflict is that the pleasure principle functions the way 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
to distinguish between two prevalent reactions to this conflict. Both of them are mostly unconscious. The first 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
or her real self, feels no pang or conflict about either. The self- alienated person experiences both 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF
filled with the living unity that knows no conflict and no limitation. The creative power at work 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
utterly safe, there is no danger and no conflict attached to it. To give of yourself, to 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
personality are still in the dark regions of conflict, error, separation, doubt, ignorance and destructiveness. There, if 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
as their goal, they could not be in conflict with themselves or with life. For each one 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
outcome will be problematic, painful, and fraught with conflict because you pull and push in opposite directions 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
me and the other, there is no more conflict between giving and receiving. There is no more 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
life; consequently, deep sorrow and suffering, isolation and conflict, guilt and frustration must cease. Then people do 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
oneself. Ultimately mental disturbance is caused by this conflict. But when your psyche no longer believes in 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
versus the other.' There is really no conflict, therefore I can give all of myself. I 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
others are one' meaning that there is no conflict. I therefore can give of myself the best 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
these areas, where there is no struggle, no conflict, and where everything proceeds easily, because the positive 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
leads to loss of control? ANSWER: When the conflict exists because you believe in me versus the 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
and the other, and then there is no conflict between giving and receiving. There can be no 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
between giving and receiving. There can be no conflict of control. If you do not fear giving 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
unrecognized aspects are -- you will be in conflict. You will run from those areas in your 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
Then truth must come, and truth must remove conflict and suffering. That is the way. QUESTION: I 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
yourself. Be in peace. Be in God! 140. CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
its real cause. Pain is the result of conflict. It occurs when two opposite directions exist in 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
life. The spiritual plane is unity itself, therefore conflict, opposing directions and, consequently, pain are unthinkable and 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
and illogical there. People who are free from conflict and pain must be in unity. They can 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
is some negation in one's makeup, tension and conflict must exist, and so must pain. The negative 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
desired or even envisaged as being free of conflict, for it makes no sense. It is very 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
other. It becomes infinitely more complicated when this conflict is multiplied by a second individual into whose 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
those with whom you are involved in this conflict, and about whom you cannot decide whether or 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
way back to the original level where no conflict exists and where fruitful expansion is a reality 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION
as the self and others seem separate, a conflict of interest will appear between the self and 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION
happy, uninhibited feeling that cannot arise out of conflict must exist. The first prerequisite for returning to 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION
are about to reach, awareness of the deep-rooted conflict between the longing for and the fear of 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
self- alienation and escape from life, then a conflict arises in the deep psyche. The destiny of 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
themselves, effortlessly and harmoniously, never creating problems or conflict. The right action happens at the right time 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
of consciousness combine both dualistic poles, so no conflict exists. This is why living in a unified 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
so that there is no longer any tension, conflict, or fear. Consequently, the world becomes alive and 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
are pursued on the dualistic plane, a tremendous conflict must ensue because they are absolutely impossible to 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
you will immediately be plunged into the very conflict you seek to avoid. You then fight for 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
the world of duality, and therefore in illusion, conflict, and confusion. The more you fight this way 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
of consciousness are they so opposed. There every conflict multiplies into intricate subdivisions of the primary dualistic 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
is a product of illusion, the longer the conflict continues, the less it can be solved and 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
interest. You are then faced with a further conflict, which arises out of the first dualistic split 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
a small squabble between mates or as a conflict between countries at war. It exists in all 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
as you find yourself in this illusory dualistic conflict, you will experience hopelessness, for there is no 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
far-reaching and so directly accessible that no further conflict exists when this truth is allowed to take 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
feel. This vision not only eliminates this particular conflict and shows the right way to straighten it 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
As long as humanity lives in this dualism, conflict and unhappiness must persist. Absolute, universal, cosmic truth 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING
there is no longer any opposition and painful conflict. This is the natural state, so you have 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING
good, that there is an abundance free from conflict; in other words, that your good never interferes 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING
is still deeply afflicted with doubt, fear, guilt, conflict, and error, this road cannot be taken. If 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING
out of your perpetual state of fear and conflict. Let us take for example a particular fulfillment 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING
anxiety. Answers will inevitably follow that reconcile your conflict and bring peace. The call of life disregards 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
resonates with a positive, constructive vibration without any conflict. You do not feel selfish for wishing to 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
and battle to maintain painful struggle and insoluble conflict? Why do you fear the good that liberates 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
this dualistic world is characterized by the following conflict: If I am unselfish, I must suffer. I 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
duality. When the real self is activated, this conflict no longer exists. It is possible to activate 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
to activate the real self when this particular conflict in you is brought out of hiding. Inside 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
freedom, peace, life. Lack of love means enslavement, conflict, death. It creates restlessness, anxiety, and unhappiness. Even 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY
feeling of love breeds and results in the conflict of submission and slavery, loss of dignity for 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE
and one's freedom unhampered. This is the typical conflict of false love, which, in turn, is produced 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE
fulfill for yourself, you will not have any conflict about this issue. Of course you should give 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
life. Consequently, you live in a very deep conflict that runs even deeper than the psychological reasons 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION
to meet and face a deeper universal, metaphysical conflict -- the one I am discussing. The conflict 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION
conflict -- the one I am discussing. The conflict exists because the pull cannot be eliminated. It 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION
or not you are aware of it. The conflict arises from fear of and opposition to this 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION
as unjustified guilts you cannot give up. The conflict also manifests as a fear of your deepest 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION
that these misconceptions stem from the deep spiritual conflict that motivates you to accuse the great life 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION
is truly a kind of life and death conflict. This conflict manifests differently in each individual. But 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION
a kind of life and death conflict. This conflict manifests differently in each individual. But one thing 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION
can be said with certainty: the greater the conflict between giving in to the cosmic force and 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION
intuitive understanding will allow you to dissolve this conflict. The conflict congests the creative force, which is 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION
will allow you to dissolve this conflict. The conflict congests the creative force, which is compatible with 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION
illusion can be eliminated only when this deep conflict is understood and honored and when you finally 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION
deepest instincts, and is therefore relatively free of conflict. Their contact with others will be relatively blissful 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION
shame, the anxiety, and the tension. Opposition grows, conflict increases, and the vicious circle continues. The evolutionary 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION
merely a demonstration, a result, of this specific conflict, my friends. I cannot emphasize this strongly enough 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION
has taken place, the integration remains incomplete. This conflict is so deep and universal that often the 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION
views, the deep inner anxiety stemming from this conflict induces them to blind themselves to what goes 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION
within. Whenever your courage falters in facing the conflict, as it manifests nakedly deep in the recesses 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION
oppose their cosmic pull and struggle against it, conflict arises. The cosmic pull always remains stronger than 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION
assumed. This deeper origin is the profound, metaphysical conflict in all human beings. When this is perceived 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION
afraid of the consequences of questioning them, of conflict with other people's opinions. After the honest examination 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS
hope of new life simultaneously contains danger. Your conflict seems to be: Should I stay the way 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS
pain results from the misconception and the ensuing conflict. QUESTION: As to living in the now and 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS
of integrity, nor a half-heartedness or division or conflict in any of one's approaches to life. Quite 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION
therefore must tend in the same direction. The conflict between the tendency to follow life and the 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION
that you are all united by this power. Conflict between self and others ceases. You become highly 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION
involuntary processes, yet fearing and battling them. The conflict is terrible and tragic. It can be resolved 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER
the final analysis, from this much deeper existential conflict, far beyond the individual neuroses and personal difficulties 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER
then is one able to perceive the existential conflict between the ego and the universal consciousness. The 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER
experience to those whose ego is still in conflict with the creative life principle, misinterpretations do occur 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER
with something that removes all uncertainty and all conflict, the more you will feel a security and 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER
of energy; functions of intelligence that resolve all conflict and furnish solutions to apparently unsolvable problems. All 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER
on a way of duality and error, of conflict and dissension. A nucleus of energy will make 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
can realize. Suppose you are immersed in a conflict from which you cannot see a way out 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY
is where you are caught in an insoluble conflict as long as you remain stuck in it 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF
from the human heart, no matter how much conflict, confusion and fear may exist. Why do humans 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
area they are still unhappy, unfulfilled and in conflict. This lack of awareness makes it quite impossible 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
discovering its all- encompassing love that knows no conflict. Divine will works toward everyone's fulfillment, bliss and 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
-- you forfeit the good feelings without any conflict about them that are your birthright. The good 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
I go from here? ANSWER: This is your conflict. It is so wonderful when a person is 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
when a person is aware of such a conflict, for the very great majority of people have 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
and why, duality and error are rampant. Therefore conflict between self-interest and the interest of others is 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS
others is inevitable. It seems, indeed, a real conflict. And on that level it is. But once 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS
the depth -- there can never be a conflict between the real interests of individuals. Conflicting interests 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS
her psychic layers, including those that cause inner conflict and pain. When unification occurs, the layers melt 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL
that acting out their destructiveness brought them into conflict with their environment. Gradually, life experience expanded people's 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL
This new way seems threatening; it seems to conflict with all past endeavors. Every challenge to change 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL
half-conscious or completely unconscious. It creates a terrible conflict. When you examine dispassionately the irrationality of your 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING
the root of all things, there is no conflict between your fulfillment and those of others -- 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING
is not only the real cause of injustice, conflict, warfare, and all the malconditions you can possibly 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE
you speak of... doesn't all movement come from conflict? ANSWER: No, movement does not come from conflict 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE
conflict? ANSWER: No, movement does not come from conflict. On the contrary, movement is life. Wherever there 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE
is no movement there is no life. When conflict increases, eventually movement first diminishes and then stops 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE
is in perpetual, joyful movement. The dualism of conflict is the exact result of the denial of 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE
come out west, you will be in grave conflict with yourself and life. Accepting death in the 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER
versus no, good versus bad. Duality ends in conflict, comes out of conflict, and therefore leads to 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER
bad. Duality ends in conflict, comes out of conflict, and therefore leads to the breaking point of 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER
finally see that an unfulfilled longing or painful conflict of long standing is the result of an 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS
Misconception-Split-Vicious Circle Every misconception creates duality and inner conflict, which in turn create a vicious circle. An 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS
circle. An examination of any inner problem and conflict must reveal this sequence. The sequence must be 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS
that sex is dirty led to the above-mentioned conflict, which led to the following vicious circle: the 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS
entangled a man becomes in this apparently insoluble conflict, the more he must hold back his natural 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS
anger. The sense of futility inherent in all conflict arising out of misconception leads to a feeling 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS
If the human consciousness is divided and in conflict -- if on the one hand it is 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS
human being is still involved in the dualistic conflict. Perhaps the most basic dualism -- as discussed 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS
your advantages, you must be in a terrible conflict. You will be free from conflict only when 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS
a terrible conflict. You will be free from conflict only when you realize deep down that by 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS
long as you live in the basic human conflict, the split consciousness, you must believe that you 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS
the chain reaction of negative emotions, limited concept, conflict between self and others -- hence limitation of 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS
constantly confronted with an inner, and rarely conscious, conflict about this recognition. The conflict arises out of 174 SELF-ESTEEM
and rarely conscious, conflict about this recognition. The conflict arises out of the dualistic perception characteristic of 174 SELF-ESTEEM
guilt, self-rejection, and self-contempt? This is a deep-rooted conflict, and most human beings, whether or not they 174 SELF-ESTEEM
to unify this split, let me discuss the conflict itself a little more. Those of you who 174 SELF-ESTEEM
including physical death, is a manifestation of division, conflict, and denial of pleasure. Spiritual unfoldment must bring 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE
its existence, you can begin to settle the conflict. Once the struggle is conscious, it can be 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE
relaxation. Each step of growth, each victory over conflict, confusion, ignorance and helplessness, represent a new skill 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS
do exist, which sometimes harmonize, but very often conflict with one another, creating friction and crisis. Yet 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
accept, and understand the nature of the inner conflict. Exactly the same law applies to the unity 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
settle down to seek the cause for this conflict within your self, without using the defense of 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
of really getting at the core of the conflict. This search, together with the inner willingness to 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
the kind of disturbance that comes out of conflict and breeds further conflict. In spite of my 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
that comes out of conflict and breeds further conflict. In spite of my having warned you repeatedly 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
repeatedly about overlooking your own part in the conflict, it is most difficult for people to look 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
the less painful it is and the less conflict it produces. Fewer undesirable experiences come your way 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE
personal, undesirable experiences result entirely from this hidden conflict between two irreconcilable attitudes, one side of which 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE
has no opportunity to deal with the inner conflict between the two opposite strivings, you are inexorably 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE
unfulfilled, wherever there are problems, wherever there is conflict in your life, your attitude should not be 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF)
death and rebirth, of pain and struggle, of conflict and strife -- physically as well as spiritually 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS
these traits, I must remain deprived and in conflict. The discipline will be much easier to acquire 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
for this particular person. Wherever you have a conflict or a problem in your life which seems 186 VENTURE IN MUTUALITY: HEALING FORCE TO CHANGE NEGATIVE INNER WILL
being. The second step, stating and clarifying your conflict -- as two of my friends here have 186 VENTURE IN MUTUALITY: HEALING FORCE TO CHANGE NEGATIVE INNER WILL
ignorance. All human beings suffer from a basic conflict and pain; whether individuals are aware of it 188 AFFECTING AND BEING AFFECTED
and the sooner you will resolve it. The conflict is the following: On the primitive, irrational level 188 AFFECTING AND BEING AFFECTED
you should assume the sole responsibility in a conflict and whitewash the other person. Whenever there is 188 AFFECTING AND BEING AFFECTED
all these evasive tactics build the strife and conflict, the pain and confusion. Now, let us reverse 188 AFFECTING AND BEING AFFECTED
must punish myself out of existence. Since this conflict is too painful to face when it is 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
brought it to bear on this area of conflict where you continue to be blindly controlled by 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
a decision, for instance, to truly face this conflict and to observe its various expressions is the 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
worlds of your own making, you will experience conflict and confusion. When you are out of the 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS
have of any of these states, the more conflict exists in your life and the less you 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS
Creator, the energy will never be eliminated by conflict, by the limitations of the mind, or by 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION)
is essential to determine whether there is any conflict between the conscious and the unconscious concept. The 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION)
choose to forget. Any question, any problem, any conflict, any darkness, can and should be taken into 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION)
what you do will be pleasurable, free from conflict, and rewarding. It will be one-pointed in direction 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT
-- must find the way out of this conflict. One part of the personality resists the truth 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL
It maintains its separateness by creating an artificial conflict between the self and others. It says, I 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
this path to find out that one's interests conflict with those of others only on the most 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
all falsehood, this misconception leads to a dualistic conflict, a double bind. Movement is one of the 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES
levels are unified with each other without any conflict, then the people who express their being on 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY
Stagnant energy becomes even more potent, creating a conflict that tears the soul apart. The soul does 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE
universe in unison. Loneliness and the torture of conflict about the need for and fear of closeness 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE
the other person's God- consciousness are never in conflict. Only the ego, in its separated state, is 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS
the ego, in its separated state, is in conflict because of blindness and limitation. The ego is 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS
not one, it is divided, and often in conflict and contradiction. The God-consciousness in you is One 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS
be in theory. Humanity is caught in this conflict: You either hold on against the blankness, pain 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD
in order not to hold on. This universal conflict is part and parcel of the dualistic state 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD
its way out. In this particular instance humanity's conflict is between either using a forcing current, or 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD
and harboring a negative concept of life. This conflict seldom applies to all areas of life expression 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD
with others. I have already mentioned the apparent conflict of wanting to be loved, respected and appreciated 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD
in this process. Step number one: recognize the conflict we have just discussed where you struggle between 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD
from above. Step number two: see that this conflict exists because you operate from the premise of 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD
can function in an entirely new way, without conflict between security and self-esteem in the false sense 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION
yet of what it means to function without conflict because you are so used to living in 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION
you are so used to living in perpetual conflict that you unconsciously take conflicts for granted and 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION
constructive, and good. What was once a dualistic conflict will become a unification. For example, instead of 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF
will fully discover the intense pain of the conflict you have labored under for so long. Often 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF
depends on your ego consciousness. In such a conflict crisis is inevitable. The resisting part creates the 223 THE ERA OF THE NEW AGE AND NEW CONSCIOUSNESS
In such an evolved group there is no conflict between individual needs and those of the whole 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS
upheaval, natural as well as artificial, expressed this conflict between the seemingly divergent interests of the self 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE
to hold back and deny that such a conflict even exists. There are thus those who want 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE
the man enhances her strength. There is no conflict for the new-age woman between being a productive 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE
higher self value system of another person. When conflict arises, at least one set of values is 232 BEING VALUES VERSUS APPEARANCE VALUES -- SELF-IDENTIFICATION
you they seem opposites, and thus you create conflict. My friends, pay attention to your words. Observe 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD
with leadership. You have here a very painful conflict and a dichotomy. On the one hand, you 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION
area, full of disturbing, turbulent emotions, full of conflict, and cannot therefore form an opinion. By doing 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION
you defeat the purpose. You create a painful conflict in yourself and you create frustration. True leadership 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION
express your own limited consciousness. For example, the conflict we discussed before that comes equally from using 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM
are unfree; you find yourself imprisoned in this conflict. You chafe against this lack of freedom; your 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM
the human level of appearances this process creates conflict. Human beings long for eternal life. They know 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA
your changed attitude. They may also have a conflict between their higher-self and lower-self attitudes. They may 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
then follow suit with your action without inner conflict. You will admit that you have needs, that 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Creator. Where you have fear, insecurity, anxiety, self-doubt, conflict with others, altercations with your environment, or any 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
self-serving opportunism. If this had happened, no such conflict as Judaism versus Christianity could have come about 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY
the more split off one becomes, the more conflict arises. So if you have the misconception that 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY
all the wounds of division, confusion, and unnecessary conflict. You may sense that the series of lectures 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY
of mind? All these questions seem fraught with conflict and contradiction -- at least on this level 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE
be it ever so temporary. There is no conflict any longer. It is my task now to 254 SURRENDER
mind in its present state. Duality always spells conflict and strain. In the last lecture I expounded 254 SURRENDER
problems will be, the more fear, pain, and conflict must exist in your life. The irony is 254 SURRENDER
higher-self exchange exists simultaneously between the entities in conflict. This is a very important new thought for 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE

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