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| This is only possible when a person is convinced that there must be an absolute truth above | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| way. QUESTION: If a person who has become convinced of the possibility of spiritual healing, even though | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| dissipates. People generally believe that skeptics cannot be convinced unless spirits who are like humans are at | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| in this particular respect -- you will be convinced that very rarely does one come across a | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| outer circumstances or other people, no matter how convinced the spiritually immature person is of this fallacy | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| hate the idea. Not only do people remain convinced that they need to be selfish, but are | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| that have been mentioned, even if you are convinced that you are unjustly accused. You will always | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| person's free will. Such a person would be convinced that one has no choice in determining where | 18 FREE WILL |
| he is being told, the murderer will be convinced that being imprisoned is indeed a very unjust | 18 FREE WILL |
| In such a case the person might have convinced himself that he had different motives from those | 18 FREE WILL |
| people living in the aggressor nation are often convinced that they are only doing their duty; they | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| read about the subject, you will never be convinced if you have not gained divine enlightenment. Divine | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| wrong reaction, such a person will also be convinced that he is extremely tolerant because he never | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| such a way that you will be utterly convinced. However, just as other people's experiences and grace | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| of things is completely distorted. When you are convinced that your negative outlook is the only truth | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| have been learnt. It would never have been convinced of having erred if not left to follow | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| you do not think so. Unconsciously you are convinced that your images protect you. Let me give | 38 IMAGES |
| you to understand because your unconscious is so convinced that avoiding certain actions and reactions will protect | 38 IMAGES |
| see how your intellect, your conscious layers, are convinced of your good motives because of the rationalizations | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| Did I have that experience? Am I completely convinced? Did I overcome certain basic problems in myself | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| nonsense, this cannot be true. You are so convinced of being the opposite of what you discovered | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| in many realms of your life. You are convinced that there is no trace of cowardice in | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| does not conform to public opinion, you are convinced of its wickedness. Added to this is your | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| too seriously. The danger is when you are convinced that your opinion is completely objective and you | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| Even in your intellectual perception you are partly convinced that the image-conclusion is correct. As long as | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| where you have to begin. If you are convinced of injustice, so that you cannot see even | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| of these teachings, the deeper will you be convinced that there is no injustice. Find the cause | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| subconsciously -- that he or she is deeply convinced of the futility of one's own life, and | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| the friction even if he or she is convinced that it is positively another's fault. Try to | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| see and change his outlook will never be convinced, no matter what. Because here we are dealing | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| Right or wrong, find out why you are convinced of it. If there were no conviction, you | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| can be corrected. But when one is consciously convinced of the right thing, it is often difficult | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| people respond negatively to something that you were convinced did not contain any but the purest motives | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| least not directly. However, if you are objectively convinced that it is beneficial as such, be it | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| act. Decide for it only because you are convinced it is right, and not compulsively, because you | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| summarize: At first, before the self-search, you are convinced that you do an unselfish act and you | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| not so. But your heart will never be convinced, and that is what really matters. The problem | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| creative impulse because, as you are now seriously convinced, it was wrong for you? If it was | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| disagrees with you. But if you are deeply convinced that someone loves you with all their heart | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| all the truth teachings. You may even be convinced that you follow these universal truths -- and | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| unhappy. Many of you look back on childhood convinced that you had all the love you wanted | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| energy is the expression of self-will. Each is convinced that what he or she wants is right | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| manifestation from your own. The more you become convinced that you are right and the other is | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| often called withdrawal. In this case, people are convinced of never attaining happiness, and this seems to | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| understand your own causes and effects, the more convinced must you become of the marvel of this | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| you again find the very facet you were convinced had been resolved, disappointment and discouragement may be | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| idealized self. You were, and unconsciously still are, convinced that if you strain hard enough, one day | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| long as life's circumstances permit, this person is convinced of having attained true serenity. But let life's | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| solution for all problems. This one is so convinced that love will be the solution, and is | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| the same time a person may unconsciously be convinced that these attributes cannot be combined. Therefore, when | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| need for safety. Often they are even consciously convinced that there is no conflict. If they obey | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| of what you always thought. You are deeply convinced despite occasional appearances to the contrary, that the | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| not aware of it at all. They are convinced they do not have any distortion in this | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| exist in you -- even if you are convinced that this is no longer so. What has | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| back forcefully. But you are inwardly not yet convinced that you can dispense with it, therefore you | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| that a person actually feels pity while being convinced that what he or she feels is compassion | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| this as long as you are not fully convinced of its value for yourself and for others | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| be something in you that is not yet convinced, that still doubts that this is good or | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| situation is different. Although theoretically you may be convinced that no one is a helpless victim, that | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| others because you yourself may not be really convinced. Still another reason may be the feeling, vague | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| it at all. All too often, you are convinced that it is unjustified before you even give | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| have natural, warm feelings for someone you are convinced you should reject according to the imagined, or | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| else from this standpoint. Very often you are convinced that your actions are ethical and moral even | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| you may admit to these motives, you are convinced that your behavior leaves nothing to be desired | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| whole being; only then will you truly be convinced of the good in you -- and you | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| of undertaking any action before you are fully convinced of your desire of doing so. Ask about | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| very advanced states. Most of you are probably convinced that you do have a sense of your | 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF |
| to indicate that anything was amiss. You were convinced all was well with you in a given | 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF |
| In such a case, people may be outwardly convinced of growing, because they are going through the | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| them. Avoiding discomfort proves that you are still convinced that your psyche, your entire personality in fact | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| it. Take this simple example: if you are convinced of being rejected, the rejection will finally become | 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE |
| Being geared to the original experience, you are convinced that what is happening to you today is | 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE |
| receive the fulfillment it longed for, it became convinced that its longing was wrong, and again the | 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE |
| early stages of this path. You are erroneously convinced that to understand what occurs in your unconscious | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| have felt before. On the contrary, you were convinced that you wanted with all your being what | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| of remedying the situation. In fact, you are convinced that you have not worked hard enough to | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| more difficult -- which obviously you are unconsciously convinced of -- if it were true, for instance | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| in your life. But deep down, you are convinced that you cannot really have it. You are | 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES |
| is she fears, and then desires to become convinced of its unreality, the answer must come. Whenever | 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES |
| be tough and disregard others. The latter is convinced of ultimately losing too, unless he or she | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| for what you want. But when you are convinced of your limited wrong conclusion, it must make | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| to consideration of others. The more you are convinced on all levels of your being of this | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| pretend to expect a maybe, but I am convinced of a no, which I am unwilling to | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| life, hence must be fought for and grasped. Convinced that fulfillment is impossible, you cannot dare to | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| withdraws and rejects A. Consequently, A again becomes convinced that the healthy soul movement toward union was | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| self, he or she is all the more convinced of the danger of letting go. Falling back | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| you are quarreling with a friend. You are convinced, from where you sit, that you are right | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| or to continue fighting. Since you are still convinced that there is a right versus a wrong | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| is clear, free, and relaxed. You are deeply convinced of your truth and trust it; you feel | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| and the same. Hence, when an individual is convinced that life itself is a certain fixed, unchangeable | 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE |
| strong? Do you have cause to be that convinced? Let the intensity of the conviction go and | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| seems limited, it is only because you are convinced your life must be limited. You cannot conceive | 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY |
| of what you believe exists. If you are convinced of it, it seems true and real, so | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| outgrow them. Only then do you become genuinely convinced that there is no need for destructiveness. As | 169 THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS |
| possibilities expand for you. Where before you were convinced that you had to lose, that you had | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| alternatives exist in reality. Thus, if you are convinced that you cannot change, you cannot even take | 174 SELF-ESTEEM |
| Therefore, you cannot experience change and must be convinced that change is impossible. The negative conviction makes | 174 SELF-ESTEEM |
| beyond them. Let us suppose that you are convinced you can experience only this or that negative | 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION |
| the door. Your being unaware that you are convinced of having only this one narrowly confined possibility | 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION |
| these poor substitutes? As long as you are convinced that these substitutes are all the pleasure you | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| path, that this is ridiculous. You will be convinced that nothing in you blocks positive experiences -- | 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE |
| the surface of consciousness the ego becomes almost convinced of being the idealized self-image. This surface conviction | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| very common and frequent fluctuation: such people are convinced that their strong longing indicates their actual readiness | 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW |
| wants, wills, intends, longs for. The person is convinced that their lack of fulfillment is a result | 186 VENTURE IN MUTUALITY: HEALING FORCE TO CHANGE NEGATIVE INNER WILL |
| your meditation. Those of you who have become convinced of the great power you thus generate have | 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS |
| and is unwilling to give up this pleasure, convinced that this is the only way he or | 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY |
| the concealment and then become more and more convinced on deep levels of your consciousness that they | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| hypocrisy, and so on. Therefore you become more convinced that the hidden part is the ultimate you | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| operate from the premise of an imaginary poverty, convinced that you could not have what you need | 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD |
| the now point. The fact that you are convinced your present reaction is an appropriate one to | 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW |
| its necessary process of purification. You are often convinced, and partially rightly so, that if others did | 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA |
| yourself, you probably hear nothing and may become convinced that there is nothing but emptiness. Or, perhaps | 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA |
| demanding, negative self. Then, of course, you are convinced that this is your final reality, which frightens | 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA |
| before your present awareness, you would have been convinced that the superficial, positive word was all there | 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD |
| no bearing on it. You would have only convinced yourself further that people are victims of life | 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD |
| your surprise. On the conscious level you are convinced that you think in only one way about | 238 THE PULSE OF LIFE ON ALL LEVELS OF MANIFESTATION |
| which entities live in a totally disconnected way, convinced that the dead state of thickly condensed matter | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |
| and trust in God, even before you are convinced that your fear of giving out is unwarranted | 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT |
| once you started it, although you were first convinced that it could not be explained? Thoughts and | 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY |
| of exposing it before you can really be convinced that you have nothing to hide. Imagine the | 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY |
| a specific way. Let us say, you are convinced that circumstances victimize you, that other people are | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |
| bears out this conviction. In fact, the more convinced you are, the more proof you will be | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |