| Cosmos......................15 | |
| cannot meet with the true forces of the cosmos. Like attracts like, and this law cannot be | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| the initial effort of streaming out, reaching the cosmos, and teaching others, they are withdrawn, held back | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| cannot meet with the true forces of the cosmos. Like attracts like, and this law cannot be | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| in keeping with the universal laws of the cosmos. The argument can be advanced that other planets | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| to follow the rhythm of nature and the cosmos. The only solution to reach harmony again is | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| It is in the physical manifestation of the cosmos, as well as in the mental, emotional and | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| flow forward in the beautiful rhythm of the cosmos permeates your soul. At first you will experience | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| stagnation. It is a non-movement, whereas the whole cosmos is in perpetual, beautiful motion. When you establish | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| yourself to is the revitalizing life-stream of the cosmos. You will then realize how hindering this tautness | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| and static principle, describing the movements of the cosmos, the rhythmic breathing of everything alive. This cosmic | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| the distortions, but the reflections of the greater cosmos. In order to be thus attuned, an inner | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| be over with. Ultimately you and the whole cosmos will be one. Constriction and stagnation connote that | 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS |
| this earth plane who experience the universe, the cosmos, as a purely energetic phenomenon. There are others | 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL |
| There are others who experience the universe, the cosmos, primarily as supreme consciousness. They are both right | 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL |
| a theoretical understanding, or a feeling about the cosmos or creation. It is a physical, mental, emotional | 200 THE COSMIC FEELING |
| Costly......................3 | |
| to have self-knowledge. What are its advantages? How costly is it to attain? What are the disadvantages | 21 THE FALL |
| avoided. But this error, like all errors, is costly. It actually delays reaching the goal. Only when | 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF |
| Such abuse will turn out to be particularly costly and disappointing to the individual. The new cosmic | 223 THE ERA OF THE NEW AGE AND NEW CONSCIOUSNESS |
| Costs.......................8 | |
| face the lower self you must at all costs tear down the mask self. You can bring | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| He wants to have his will at all costs. For him the gratification of his personal desires | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| crushed -- this must be avoided at all costs. The costs are high indeed, for the entire | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| this must be avoided at all costs. The costs are high indeed, for the entire strategy is | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| aggressive. This has to be avoided at all costs. But the indignity inflicted on the individual by | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| that you feel you must avoid at all costs. So the immature soul struggles to get both | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| and this shame must be hidden at all costs. Both crude types -- often appearing in more | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| self-confrontation which you want to avoid at all costs. Unless you accept that self now in its | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| Counted.....................4 | |
| this task, that is, if such a person counted right from the beginning on this, there would | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| it says in the Bible that God has counted every single hair on your head, it is | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| incarnated? ANSWER: My dear friend, I have not counted them and I am not curious to know | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| In what way can infancy and childhood be counted from your vantage point? Also in millions of | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| Counter.....................8 | |
| wonder why things happen to you that run counter to your beliefs and the spiritual laws you | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| own feet produce soul movements which must run counter to one's self-interest. The conditions produced by these | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| you will experience as eternal whenever you en counter it. Therefore, fear of death must exist only | 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF |
| from hopelessness, doubt, and an urgency which works counter to the smooth movements of the universal flow | 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT |
| do you not permit yourself to know the counter currents, the conflicting sides that remain below your | 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE |
| first; but then the mind must confront and counter them, understand and correct them. If the adult | 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| be aware of that outer will: Confront it; counter it. Do not allow it to destroy your | 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF |
| to the truth of life. As you thus counter the habitual trickery of the superstition of pessimism | 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM |
| Counteract..................14 | |
| less you can think of the means to counteract this temptation. You will not even have the | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| to be expected, you will be able to counteract it by not giving much heed to it | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| yourself. Also, find out how you tried to counteract the rejection by unconsciously withdrawing from life, shortchanging | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| yet the unconsciousness goes on doing everything to counteract the desire of the spirit. When life approaches | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| that is so, what can we do to counteract this tendency, in education, say, or in cultural | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| The healthy longing of the soul may occasionally counteract such conflict, but the longing is always diluted | 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE |
| you are actually on such a path. To counteract the danger of continual evasion and therefore of | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| helplessness, despair, and isolation. You then try to counteract these feelings with the laborious effort of trying | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| attempt to make an asset of it. Others counteract the fear of a weak ego by overstressing | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| seeks to get a hold on itself and counteract the momentum by recalling its knowledge of what | 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION |
| of self-beating, hopelessness, and capitulation in yourself and counteract it -- not by pushing it underground again | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| must not be worse than others; my interests counteract those of others, and vice versa. All these | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| only when you fear it, doubt it and counteract it with preposterous thoughts. But even then, the | 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS |
| world can you become aware of them and counteract them? If you do not know that at | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |
| Counteracted................12 | |
| be that in certain circumstances your will is counteracted by unconscious conflicting desires, or by fear. As | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| -- the selfish and the unselfish -- is counteracted by the need to comply with the expectations | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| each individual. So does the extent it is counteracted by the other solutions. The person with the | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| to a weaker extent. It will always be counteracted by the stronger manifestation of the real self | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| through a strong power drive, which is simultaneously counteracted by an equally strong submissive attitude. This is | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| is part of your nature. But it is counteracted by a prohibition. This prohibition causes the problems | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| human being in a state of conflict is counteracted by a contrary feeling which makes the energy | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| inclusion, union, pleasure supreme. Whenever this direction is counteracted by another, a disturbance is created. It is | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| and goodness. Otherwise, your desire for happiness is counteracted constantly by an equal fear of happiness, so | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| the idealized self-image. This surface conviction is constantly counteracted by the unconscious knowledge that this image is | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| person -- whose projections and accusations cannot be counteracted when you are yourself in the state of | 188 AFFECTING AND BEING AFFECTED |
| denial and accusation, but which can easily be counteracted when you are freed by acknowledging your own | 188 AFFECTING AND BEING AFFECTED |
| Counterattack...............6 | |
| will quickly judge and decide whether defense by counterattack or flight is the better way to deal | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| perception makes you decide whether to launch a counterattack, or, if this is hopelessly dangerous and futile | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| you withdraw into yourself, gathering your forces for counterattack or flight. You no longer reach out into | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| prove yourself right. Your third option is a counterattack, pointing out the other person's shortcomings. There is | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| and defend themselves against such occurrence, whether by counterattack or by flight. The healthier the whole personality | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| manifestation of the real self. If necessary, such counterattack and defense will also be physical. QUESTION: Regarding | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| Countercurrents.............6 | |
| are stronger than others. Some are broken by countercurrents, whereas others flow rigidly in one direction, consisting | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| hazy, unformulated fog is not enough. All unconscious countercurrents, all misconceptions, must be dislodged. I have often | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| ignore them and believe yourself free from any countercurrents. Apart from this relaxed wanting, without urgency, compulsion | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| innermost self cannot quite accept, or where powerful countercurrents have existed for a considerable time, then the | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| unification and strength of creative energy formation, of countercurrents that must first be detected, worked through, and | 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE |
| plan of evolution and if there are no countercurrents because the thought is in accordance with all | 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS |
| Counter-currents............3 | |
| open than the other, they will still feel counter-currents, at least from time to time, which will | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| This is an attempt to explain away the counter-currents of the fearful or greedy soul with good | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| words, without first sifting out the obstacles and counter-currents. I spoke of this a long time ago | 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD |