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Throughout the ages divine effort was focused on conveying true religion to humankind. That endeavor, however, was 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
guilt is for cooperation with evil, permitting it, conveying one's approval of it, no matter how subtly 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA
if you attempt to explain yourself by simply conveying your feelings and needs, your impressions and assumptions 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE
 
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wisdom, understanding and creative outlet. Your inner conscience conveys the truth without the burden of destructive guilt 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY
is, perhaps, no more than a mouth that conveys. You would not say that the mouth that 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION
really are underneath this role. For the role conveys the opposite, not only of what you actually 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY
freedom that arises is beyond words. This knowledge conveys, like nothing else ever could, in what a 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT
not give up altogether using a term that conveys a true concept. I have often warned against 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE
 
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the very opposite of his or her tight conviction. I am not referring to the basic requirement 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD
more important for you: the truth, or a conviction you have clung to for one reason or 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
to for one reason or another? If your conviction is right, don't you believe that God will 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
does not happen by their own volition and conviction they will remain outside the world of God 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD
attitude you will be penetrated by the profound conviction that God's world is a happy world in 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND
and not out of enlightened vision and inner conviction. Be aware that your feelings are still unpurified 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK
If it is merely a question of intellectual conviction, it is weak faith. But faith coming from 18 FREE WILL
spiritual field and the divine spark is the conviction and experience of truth. Therefore, people who have 18 FREE WILL
to you. Even if you have the sincere conviction that the criticism is an injustice, try to 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS
dissolving it step by step with courage and conviction, will you find true happiness and security in 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW
Do not try to talk yourself into the conviction that something must be God's will because you 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW
him, if his heart is pure and his conviction sincere. But that does not alter the fact 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
well as negative thought forms. The strongest conscious conviction or thought is nothing compared to an utterly 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
only then can you do your helping with conviction. As long as a certain relief and victory 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE
certain responsibility. From the moment you have a conviction, it entails a certain responsibility. That may be 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS
that you cannot see even factually that this conviction is wrong, the remedy is in finding in 52 THE GOD-IMAGE
conduct, not based entirely on honesty and inner conviction, and not sustained by similar emotions, is not 53 SELF-LOVE
based on what reasoning, you hold the particular conviction you have just unearthed. Right or wrong, find 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE
are convinced of it. If there were no conviction, you would not have held on to it 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE
after. This, of course, is never the intellectual conviction of an adult human being, but emotionally it 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS
world of utopia that the infant desires. Intellectual conviction and outer behavior are in no way an 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS
your earth matter. The deeper and stronger a conviction is, the more lasting and substantial are these 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY
may experience happenings that may change a conscious conviction. However, if you are unaware of a conclusion 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY
without fear. You will know with a deep conviction that no word and no teaching can ever 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY
what seems to you a law. But your conviction that you are in an insoluble situation causes 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS
to be a violation of your will and conviction. It cannot be a free act, independently chosen 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS
your consciousness is, the more absolute will this conviction be in you. At the moment it may 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS
but often much sooner than you think. This conviction will grow in you. It will become an 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS
think you have to. As long as the conviction that makes you want to is lacking, you 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS
truth, until you arrive at the point of conviction. Only then are you capable of making a 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS
you have to take on against your inner conviction. Instead, you will see without a doubt that 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS
still do the unselfish act against an inner conviction, and really out of compulsion. You want to 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS
where your inner concept will change and the conviction of truth will be yours. QUESTION: Although I 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS
you -- will lessen in the deep inner conviction that the universe is good, loving, benign, friendly 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
If human beings were born with the inner conviction, the inner certainty, not brought about by the 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
the other hand, if the inner sense and conviction of immortality comes as a result of the 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
without the organic growth of self-development, the inner conviction of immortality -- I do not speak of 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
to face shortcomings than to discover the unconscious conviction that you desire love but are not loved 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
aim is to become unselfish out of the conviction that this is what your real self wants 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
to choose this path with the wisdom and conviction that a hidden conflict, in the long run 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS
You emerge from childhood with the rarely conscious conviction: In order to be happy, my will has 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
long as you have not recognized this hidden conviction, you cannot arrive at the liberation you desire 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
not getting what you want, or even the conviction that you never will, and causes you to 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
only they choose different means to pursue their conviction that they must get what they want in 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
belief in God implies, not out of real conviction, nor out of a deep, genuine insight, but 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
build a genuine faith that is also a conviction and a knowledge. It will come from an 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
up your strength and make room for true conviction and the experience of spiritual truth. Then it 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
all began working on this path with the conviction that so many mishaps in your life were 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
do the same when going through hardships. Intellectual conviction can only do so much in such times 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
shed it as the burden it is. No conviction, theory, or words you hear will make you 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE
person, or unforeseen requirement. Contrary to your unconscious conviction, safety lies in non-self-centeredness. In self-centeredness, you need 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION
understanding. It makes people act from their own conviction and never from fear, nor from the desire 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
to guide you, rather than your own inner conviction, arrived at through thorough investigation of the situation 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS
you describe, is due to your persistent inner conviction that you still need the defense. Therefore, it 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
conforms and obeys, rather than acting out of conviction. Whenever you are in crisis and confusion, you 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
down, and accept something against your will and conviction by changing you into puppets and goody-goodies. Quite 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
But once you have reached this point of conviction, you must use a certain self-discipline. This, too 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
you force discipline, without independent decision and full conviction, the motives are unhealthy and will not yield 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
flow with life's stream. Due to the unconscious conviction that in reality fulfillment is impossible, you can 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS
living, loving, enthusiasm, healthy activity, spiritual endeavor, courage, conviction one stands up for, strength that makes life 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
growth will give you the inner understanding and conviction that happiness and unselfishness are not incompatible. QUESTION 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
or not they are aware of this hidden conviction against which they may erroneously battle with an 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
is not. True faith comes out of genuine conviction and inner experience; false faith covers fear, insecurity 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
believes it fulfills a vital function. Such a conviction may be entirely unconscious, while consciously the person 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
between embracing a cause out of a healthy conviction and inner freedom, gaining sustenance from your inner 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF
pretended, superficial adherence to certain standards without inner conviction. Doing so alienates him from his real self 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
then, eventually, as a true inner development and conviction. A child will hit a smaller child because 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY
love, and death. I showed that the conscious conviction and feeling about these three great forces may 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
that you are inadequate and cannot succeed, this conviction will make you behave in such a way 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT
is more, you will fear success, because your conviction of not being able to live up to 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT
no-current as long as you cling to the conviction that you have nothing to do with your 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT
to experience this indescribable event. The safety, security, conviction of truth, the harmony and rightness of it 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT
and emotional medication. Every tight or too firm conviction in connection with your work on the path 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT
only then will you know whether your first conviction was indeed right for you. Such deep inner 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT
day in and day out, register the growing conviction that you are slowly stepping out of confinement 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT
is chosen is based on wrong assumptions. The conviction of having to make do without an aspect 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
other aspect of the life force. In this conviction, people condition themselves so that whenever they are 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
-- without any justification, logic, or meaning. This conviction will strengthen your desire and will remove the 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES
difference. The soul condition of fearlessness produces the conviction that nothing negative is ever necessary and that 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR
bliss, unfoldment, and dynamic life. And where such conviction exists, outer facts must follow suit. Shrinking away 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR
soul strains in self-willed greed -- from the conviction that fulfillment does not exist as a natural 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF
to your pleasure and your desires. This ingrained conviction governs and motivates all of you, at least 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
to some extent. It is precisely where this conviction exists in your life that you encounter trouble 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
trouble and frustration, because the falseness of the conviction makes you act, think, and feel in a 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
are unaware of the strength of your wrong conviction and, moreover, unaware of it even being a 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
moreover, unaware of it even being a wrong conviction, you do not understand why your efforts do 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
could be further from the truth than the conviction that it is you versus the other person 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
them. This fear comes from the false negative conviction that they must preserve themselves if they are 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
to be annihilated. And people hold this false conviction of life's malignant nature only to the extent 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
your difference cannot be exposed. This very secret conviction traps you in the particular illusion of your 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
to be a loser will change into a conviction that being a winner is possible. First, you 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
as a psychological theory, but as a personal conviction -- will eventually enable you to see that 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS
or that at all. Is this or that conviction really that strong? Do you have cause to 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION
be that convinced? Let the intensity of the conviction go and consider the possible opposite. Next, become 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION
not fulfilled by the other also weakens your conviction that you have a right to the pleasure 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY
what specific grounds you base the heretofore secret conviction of your worthlessness. In other words, you must 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE
of these inner forces, further strengthening thereby the conviction that there exists nothing but the isolated ego 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY
You have been indoctrinated for millennia with the conviction that any frustration is pain. That is why 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY
the universe behind your curtain of fear. Your conviction that frustration is pain and perhaps even danger 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY
denies, shrinks into itself. There is a general conviction and assumption that the affirmative principle is good 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS
they feel different. The scope of an opinion, conviction, or sensation widens and deepens. Everything becomes fuller 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL
long as destructiveness is not squarely faced, this conviction is lacking and your holding back is motivated 169 THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS
is first necessary to understand your deeply ingrained conviction of limitation, of having to make decisions of 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS
as far as you are concerned. This deepening conviction increases negative feelings, tightens your defenses, closes the 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS
state of consciousness is now fixed in the conviction that life and your personality traits are static 174 SELF-ESTEEM
be convinced that change is impossible. The negative conviction makes it also impossible to summon the necessary 174 SELF-ESTEEM
must be affirmed in calm trust and firm conviction. The voluntary must make room for the involuntary 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS
your attitude will be totally different from the conviction that life is your enemy. In the former 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE
this a bit more closely. When a negative conviction exists, suspicion is natural. Suspicion creates ungenerous impulses 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE
your expectation, attitude, and concept. The firmer this conviction becomes as you repeatedly experience this truth, the 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE
is, when you speak deeply into yourselves, with conviction and determination, words such as these: I want 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE
convinced of being the idealized self-image. This surface conviction is constantly counteracted by the unconscious knowledge that 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF)
destiny. If you then come out with the conviction that you really believe human nature is ultimately 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS
is indeed dangerous to feel their feelings, this conviction may bring about a breakdown and a crisis 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS
that is merely a result of this deep conviction. It says in Scripture, According to thy belief 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS
you inevitable attract, your terror, arising from your conviction that you must perish, produces such strong inner 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
with a mate. The force of your own conviction that you deserve this, that this is indeed 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION)
wish, your request for more fulfillment must lack conviction and will be infiltrated with doubt. But if 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION)
be molded by consciousness according to its strength, conviction, and clarity. The all-permeating Creator uses precisely the 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION)
are your initial tools. I repeat: clarity and conviction, concise statement and unconflicted directive determine the force 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION)
than I am willing to give, then my conviction will be lacking. Or, if I want a 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION)
may often be heard because the power of conviction, the visualization, the law that according to your 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION)
the person cannot even want it, for the conviction of failure would drive home the powerlessness of 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY
in this area thus fortifies and justifies the conviction that negativity is a necessary defense. Viewed from 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY
or her negative defense system, and of the conviction that this defense is necessary, unless one of 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY
feelings to be what they are not. The conviction that pain and disappointment must not exist creates 206 DESIRE: CREATIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE
to you. Perhaps your thoughts have no energy, conviction or clarity. They are diffuse and you feel 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE
joining the pathwork. Momentum, courage, faith, proof and conviction are vital components, affecting those who witness what 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS
little to do with this great question. Such conviction can come only after overcoming many hurdles and 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF
death. For you experience life according to your conviction. I have mentioned this principle many, many times 230 THE UNIVERSALITY OF CHANGE -- REINCARNATIVE PROCESS IN THE SAME LIFE SPAN
beliefs. They are lightly said, without feeling or conviction, to fill the void within. The power of 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD
inside, with all the feelings and all the conviction, as a result of penetrating those deeper levels 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD
primary importance. Even more significant was the absolute conviction that these motives were morally right and virtuous 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE
you start out with a very firmly held conviction. Everything you can observe bears out this conviction 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE
conviction. Everything you can observe bears out this conviction. In fact, the more convinced you are, the 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE
to collect as to the accuracy of your conviction. This self-perpetuating vicious circle, this law that manipulates 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE
law that manipulates your vision according to your conviction, is an ensnarlment of the mind that is 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE
go -- at least temporarily -- of your conviction, will you begin to recognize new aspects that 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE
wherever appropriate and necessary stems from the inner conviction that it is done in the service of 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE
but because humans were deeply immersed in the conviction that they cannot be forgiven and that they 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION

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