| Construct...................9 | |
| so on, the more rigidly and tensely you construct illusory forms, in the hope that your desire | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| emotionally, and unconsciously forcing others to submit, you construct unreal situations by wishful thinking. In doing so | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| through many heights and depths than to falsely construct a serenity that is rarely a true detachment | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| tools of intellect, thought process, or willpower, they construct what we call images of themselves as they | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| victim, that does not make you helpless to construct your life well. The power to create your | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| Here, too, the separation is an arbitrary, artificial construct of the mind, as it were. In reality | 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW |
| any disturbance in your life. Look at the construct you have built in your mind with your | 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES |
| mind can step beyond the confines of the construct, the more flexible your mind will become. As | 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES |
| terms -- is in itself a psychic nuclear construct, containing meaning and consciousness, containing a purposeful design | 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW |
| Constructed.................10 | |
| attitude and outlook, but the spiritual forms so constructed indicate exactly what this entity needs for its | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| choose this word -- to have the Bible constructed in this way. You can never know how | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| activities of the being since the plan was constructed. At this point the final plan is made | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| depends on the material of which they are constructed, and it even varies between two objects of | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| is a falsity. It is a rigid, artificially constructed imitation of a live human being. You may | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| conscience of the higher self, and an artificially constructed, superimposed conscience which derives from the idealized self | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| you cannot cope, caught between the two artificially constructed attitudes that unconsciously seemed to be the solution | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| light is never threatened by darkness. You have constructed the old state on a foundation of errors | 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING |
| in a sense, played a game and deliberately constructed the false feelings, let us say fear or | 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE |
| all of creation, the way divine law is constructed, all are an expression of divine grace. You | 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT |
| Construction................20 | |
| and it is not yet furnished, but the construction is well under way. Do not think that | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| toward your own purification process. So the temple construction has advanced considerably. The roof is almost finished | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| the momentary destruction is an integral part of construction. This is what constantly takes place in creation | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| favorable sign in the context of an illusory construction. Even if you actually obtain the love or | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| loved by a specific person causes the illusory construction, whereas in many cases, no such construction is | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| illusory construction, whereas in many cases, no such construction is necessary. Actually, it is never necessary because | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| rejoice only if what happens fits into your construction. On the other hand, when it cannot, your | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| is the conflict in the human soul between construction and creativity versus destruction and stagnation. All these | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| your real being; nevertheless, it remains an artificial construction. The more you invest your energies, your personality | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| life to death to life and back; from construction to destruction to construction. One brings forth the | 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING |
| life and back; from construction to destruction to construction. One brings forth the other. It is exceedingly | 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING |
| in a perpetual cycle of life and death, construction and destruction, of being and becoming. In nature | 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING |
| undesirable. Thus you cling to the idea that construction is always good, while destruction is always bad | 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING |
| that destruction of error can be desirable, and construction of error is undesirable. Now, destruction is always | 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING |
| actually is the very germ of a new construction. You begin to sense that in the act | 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING |
| in the act of destroying error, truth reconciles construction with destruction and makes them one movement, instead | 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING |
| involve you so deeply that, although the whole construction is invented, you find yourself unable to escape | 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE |
| to contemplate how you can deliberately will creative construction; you can do it by consciously formulating, thinking | 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION |
| light. It is not destruction -- it is construction. The evil, destructive, and demonic forces of life | 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE |
| will must have its effects accordingly. A willpower construction conflicts with the inner denial and obstruction. The | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| Constructive................422 | |
| justified and where you could feel a healthy, constructive repentance which would never drag you down or | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| learns from it by adopting the right and constructive attitude. As a matter of fact, no progress | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| no thought is ever lost, especially not a constructive and good one that comes from love and | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| eliminate these limitations by building upon what is constructive. However, in the spheres that do not belong | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| which causes pain at first, are other positive, constructive desires. Therefore the active force must be put | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| did not exist within. True repentance is therefore constructive and very positive. But there is also shame | 31 SHAME |
| you deny to yourself the experience of the constructive shame that would make you lift yourself up | 31 SHAME |
| to do is to adopt a realistic and constructive attitude toward your imperfections. The more your self-respect | 31 SHAME |
| by step. It is the only realistic and constructive way to change and develop. The wrong attitude | 31 SHAME |
| will help even more and inject the more constructive force of truth into the person's psychological and | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| within, gradually, in the only way positive and constructive growth can ever take place. And this is | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| is inevitable in a spirit of positive and constructive self-search, in an attitude of humble acceptance. How | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| or deliberation. Submerged in unchanneled instincts rather than constructive intuition, such a person loses balance in life | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| all! In such a case, a good and constructive desire was fulfilled, or partly so. However, there | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| to the recognition of their common denominator: The constructive attitude is: In my ignorance I believe -- | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| toward justified guilt? What would be healthy and constructive? It would be to say to yourself, I | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| fear of loving. This attitude is healthy and constructive. The hurt you feel when you realize the | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| you realize. It will foster a healthy and constructive attitude. It will set the life force in | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| must accept and go through them. The most constructive attitude is a positive acceptance of yourself and | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| real failings is very different and much more constructive. If and when you finally differentiate between these | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| power to concentrate can be combined with cultivating constructive and unselfish thoughts, as in prayer. Certainly, concentration | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| inflict harm on your soul. The proper and constructive attitude toward your own shortcomings is the key | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| you use it. You can use electricity for constructive purposes, even for healing; or you can use | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| because then I can do so in a constructive way. ANSWER: Unfortunately, it does not always work | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| unrestricted, even if it is used in a constructive way, growth cannot occur harmoniously. All healthy growth | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| be assimilated, and is, therefore, more harmful than constructive. So the principle of restriction also stands for | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| Only assimilated, step-by-step growth is organic, healthful and constructive. If the outgoing person does not learn to | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| enough that forces which should be put to constructive use are inverted by suppression and therefore affect | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| person in question cannot see it either. The constructive life force has its counterpart in a negative | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| desire a different state of affairs in a constructive and positive way -- which includes seeking and | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| past erroneous attitudes and concepts is an utterly constructive and strengthening activity. But feeling that because you | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| of being utterly honest with yourself in a constructive way. Most of you have experienced this occasionally | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| change them at once. This is the most constructive inner action you can possibly adopt. After you | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| rather than weakened. You will feel something very constructive about it, and you may be able to | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| taken in stride and allowed to serve a constructive purpose. When this purpose is fulfilled, it ceases | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| of joy. And here I mean healthy and constructive joy, leaving no bitter aftertaste. The higher the | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| Simply try to make the painful experience a constructive one. That is the best, the only way | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| is having access to a more vigorous and constructive help showing you the way out of your | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| faculties in both sexes, then something creative and constructive can evolve. Now, I know it is not | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| could be no guilt feeling. The true and constructive way of searching within yourself must uncover many | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| life. It will release heretofore wasted forces for constructive purposes and it will bring forth in you | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| to go through as a consequence a very constructive and productive medicine for yourself. This will serve | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| is a healthy kind of shame that is constructive and strengthening. You can also call it repentance | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| question session next time, it would be very constructive if you presented some questions dealing with our | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| the problems, assets and liabilities, unconscious destructive or constructive desires of everyone concerned, may differ vastly, the | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| opposite qualities will unfold in a healthy and constructive way, harmonizing rather than conflicting with the accepted | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| and creativity that could be all the more constructive when permeated with her intuitive power and her | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| rebellion became known as emancipation. Nothing healthy and constructive can unfold out of rebellion, at least not | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| are as nothing and will bring no really constructive result in any area whatsoever. On the other | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| shall slowly complete together. It would be particularly constructive to devote more time to discussions and questions | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| creative self can give birth to beautiful and constructive ideas which can become useful and workable in | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| you really bring happiness, help, or any other constructive contribution to your fellow-creatures. If you are good | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| it, you will unfold all that which is constructive in you, based on healthy motives, rather than | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| That is the first step and the only constructive approach. It is not true that you are | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| not yet learned to put these discoveries to constructive use. They are still preoccupied with using them | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| were used to unfold this energy in a constructive direction, it could become of tremendous benefit for | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| retrospectively. If a person has a healthy and constructive approach to pain -- or any other unpleasant | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| reason for it. That then would be entirely constructive. QUESTION: There are two theories in the world | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| can you have fulfillment in life and be constructive in your environment. In order to accomplish this | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| by the unselfish love and well-wishing, by the constructive desires that have nothing to do with your | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| anyway. Will praying for others be productive of constructive results in securing peace. ANSWER: Oh yes, indeed | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| like to add something more. Prayer is most constructive if one also gains a bit of insight | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| directly reach such a person. Prayer is always constructive, provided one has no hidden selfish motives, no | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| in yourself? That is the healthy approach and constructive attitude to the entire question of contact with | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| when such contact is offered in a really constructive way, the fact of the contact itself should | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| Ask: What does it give me? Is it constructive? Does it make me free? Does it help | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the departed just sends thoughts that may be constructive and helpful in showing the way to that | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| direction, you do the only thing that is constructive and valuable. Therefore you make amends not to | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| find the underlying causes, then it is not constructive. If it is used, however, to give certain | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| of increased self- knowledge, then it can be constructive. All this demands understanding and discrimination, judgment -- | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| There are cases where post-hypnotic suggestion can be constructive and fruitful. QUESTION: What determines the subject's susceptibility | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| say that either. I said it can be constructive if it is properly understood, properly used, and | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| will have done the only thing that is constructive. Again and again I emphasize this truth, for | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| conclusions in the unconscious, prohibit the unfolding of constructive and creative tendencies in you. Therefore, we shall | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| you also suppress the most creative, the most constructive aspects in you, those that would lead you | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| If you want to think something -- whether constructive or unconstructive -- as long as you follow | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| conflict; it may also be important because a constructive impression may add something to your life, to | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| to control your mind in a healthy and constructive way. Moreover, this practice will release a great | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| time, strength, and effort are not utilized in constructive thoughts or occupation, your mind should be allowed | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| in a spirit of courage and with a constructive attitude toward what you can learn. And each | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| toward life's downs in a more serene and constructive way than before. But even that can be | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| unhealthy way, as well as in the mature, constructive way. The latter will bring you peace and | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| it not? ANSWER: The question is good and constructive because it is so easy to go from | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| yourself from danger. In other words, it is constructive rather than destructive. Without this danger signal you | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| or understanding. So patience, if it is purely constructive -- not inertia, inactivity or laziness - - | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| inner behavior pattern that will be infinitely more constructive and rewarding for you and for others. You | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| demands out of weakness and fear, but by constructive work of self-analysis and inner growth through understanding | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| the inner understanding which alone is valid and constructive, as you come to understand yourself. In that | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| this question with a spirit of courage and constructive self-analysis -- learning where you fall short in | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| another. This responsibility should be accepted in the constructive spirit that it can be changed: that no | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| sorrows, and it will help you to make constructive use of any negative finding within yourself. It | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| yet to change is possible in a good, constructive, and natural way because the call of your | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| life. Your health or lack of it, your constructive and creative abilities or lack of them, your | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| feelings, your intuitive nature will emerge. After some constructive work is done and valid insights have been | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| for receiving more intensified help. It would be constructive for all of you, even those who already | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| do about that? ANSWER: This is a very constructive question. When you want to have resentments, the | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| of these two forces in the healthy and constructive way for which they originally are destined. Such | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| may help you personally and make this a constructive evening for all of you. QUESTION: What is | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| are concerned, one is conscious only of their constructive purpose, while ignoring the false motivations beneath. After | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| your entire being will become more and more constructive, healthy and beneficial for yourself and others -- | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| for duty, responsibility, work, achievement, and is therefore constructive? On the other hand, you are told that | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| all levels. It would manifest in a more constructive and full way, not as a substitute for | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| happiness through developing one's inherent talents, leading a constructive life, and entering into fruitful human relationships with | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| the main motivations are truly and genuinely more constructive than destructive -- not only proclaimed, but truly | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| in prison, only it would be much more constructive. All this will come about one day. May | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| or outer action that in itself could be constructive is thought to be dangerous and is therefore | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| still need growing. The parts that are already constructive and mature are blocked by a superimposed level | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| if you are ashamed of something positive and constructive, the very fact that you are ashamed and | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| will be aggressive where it is healthy and constructive. One imbalance always causes another. Thus, establishing balance | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| creative processes, the search for truth, or any constructive endeavor, such as prayer. Regardless of how much | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| crass enough to make prayer or any other constructive activity impossible. The God-image is not an actual | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| needs both companionship and solitude, and both for constructive reasons, rather than to avoid something you fear | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| opportunity to grow and thus become mature and constructive, the childish emotions are suppressed, put out of | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| feeling and emotional expression can be mature and constructive or immature and destructive. As a child you | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| the transitory functioning which alone can lead to constructive mature emotions. Since this is more or less | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| pains are necessary too, and that they are constructive and beneficial. Without consciously thinking about it in | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| two courses. Neither can you discriminate between a constructive aim for which it is necessary to express | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| that is indeed destructive. Try to distinguish between constructive and destructive aims, try to realize the purpose | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| that there is no danger in such a constructive activity: it is the only way to alleviate | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| these are dealt with and properly understood, mature, constructive feelings will evolve. You will feel warmth, compassion | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| is not properly understood and released in a constructive way, such as you learn on this path | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| degree uses repressed, unresolved emotional energies for a constructive purpose. It is true that this constitutes a | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| are not feasible alternatives at all. The healthy, constructive solution is inner growth that must eventually make | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| you are incapable of taking criticism in a constructive way. Yes, you may make the outer gestures | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| to take criticism and frustration in a relaxed, constructive way. Mature people can do this because they | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| resist displaying your emotions where it would be constructive to do so. Again, the procedure is simply | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| needs, the awareness of your unfulfillment, and the constructive search derived from it. Therefore unfulfillment increases, regenerates | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| This is of great value; it is very constructive. It does not matter that it takes a | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| understanding yourself. Do not automatically refrain from a constructive action merely because you have discovered a negative | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| to terms with them, but also valid and constructive desires and aims. You do not heed them | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| life is predominantly destructive and which is predominantly constructive? This also depends on conditions of a particular | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| to subdue what should be encouraged in a constructive way. This overall ignorance fails to recognize that | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| as in a trap, unable to make a constructive choice. A festering, twisted condition prevails in the | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| Neither of these two alternatives will bring a constructive result. You have not found the point of | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| relinquishing in either that would allow for the constructive end of eventually fulfilling your needs. When this | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| the fulfillment of a real need produces something constructive for everyone concerned. Your gratification will also be | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| for everyone concerned. Your gratification will also be constructive for others, and it will not hamper other | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| become very much aware of which needs are constructive and healthy, and which are not. QUESTION: What | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| then bring the relief and release that is constructive and meaningful. The striking-out movement also brought momentary | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| to relinquish false needs and replace them with constructive behavior patterns that fulfill your real needs. My | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| true when two alternatives, which seem neither particularly constructive nor destructive, leave you equally dissatisfied. In either | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| before. You see two alternatives and neither is constructive. This conflict may not be conscious at all | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| quality, originally, before the split, was good and constructive. Qualities become destructive the moment one aspect of | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| communication difficult because one person thinks of the constructive side of a trend, while the other has | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| rules, or not to rebel against what is constructive, as well as what is actually wrong in | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| if you wish to grow and live a constructive and full life and want to realize most | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| can distinguish between that which is real, valid, constructive and that which is not. With such clarity | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| the motives are unhealthy and will not yield constructive results. The motives may be wanting to obey | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| them. It will take some time before new, constructive, positive causes can go into force and produce | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| soul. To find this message is infinitely more constructive than looking for a consoling, pleasant message from | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| facing yourself makes you turn away from the constructive messages your soul delivers to you constantly. And | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| pleasant things. When you perceive a much more constructive and productive voice of love that sometimes says | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| letting go of both attitudes can the healthy, constructive, and productive attitude become an integral part of | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| and effect of your problems and instituting more constructive patterns. There is also a benefit to daydreaming | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| will thus turn a destructive activity into a constructive one, as long as it still seems necessary | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| unrealistic fears and erroneous images, which paralyze your constructive energy and resourcefulness, then an imaginary outlet is | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| What is necessary for such awareness is the constructive functioning of your inner will. Therefore, when a | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| sense of unworthiness, you are unable to establish constructive patterns that will give you reason to feel | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| by other insights, and destructive patterns changed to constructive ones, so much the better. I still say | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| stopped and prevented from ever recurring; then a constructive, realistic pattern can be established and the love | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| ahead will you have the reward of good, constructive feelings. About this we shall talk in greater | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| when crossing this important threshold, that the new, constructive patterns can immediately replace the old destructive ones | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| expectation is unrealistic and not according to truth. Constructive patterns cannot have a solid foundation before you | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| the capacity to live fully with all your constructive patterns beginning to work, is ample compensation for | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| new reaction will you see how much more constructive and advantageous honesty is. Whenever you are on | 101 THE DEFENSE |