| Cross.......................31 | |
| what is necessary, and by taking up their cross willingly instead of quarreling with their destiny. I | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| make the great decision. Only then can you cross the first threshold on the path to God | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| Many people believe that Christ died on the cross for the sins of everyone else and as | 22 SALVATION |
| be any sense in Christ dying on the cross for sins others have committed. If you have | 22 SALVATION |
| possibility by your own efforts and development to cross the threshold. In that sense, it is correct | 22 SALVATION |
| go through your difficulties and to bear your cross in the right way, knowing why and what | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| in this way you are preparing yourself to cross the great threshold of spiritual development. But if | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| know. If you seem to bear a heavier cross, it is because more can be expected of | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| them and thus are ready to bear this cross and test which otherwise would have been too | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| on this path. And there are rivers to cross, wild waters to manage and rechannel. These are | 36 PRAYER |
| wider, so that the new friends, too, may cross the threshold from dependency on their unconscious motives | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| My dear friends, Jesus Christ died on the cross in full knowledge of his freely chosen fate | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| you will find happiness and peace. Bearing your cross, which you always make yourself, will give you | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| significance of Good Friday is to take the cross that you have made upon your own shoulders | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| This is a heavy burden. By taking the cross upon yourself you say yes to self-responsibility and | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| saying yes you are ready to dissolve this cross, to go through the difficulties, through the crucifixion | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| own erroneous actions and reactions, you take the cross upon yourself. You neither rebel against the difficulties | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| origin of your suffering. Only by taking the cross upon yourself in this sense will you be | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| is the meaning of the Way of the Cross, its principles and its course of actions? How | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| follows the Buddha? ANSWER: The symbol of the cross represents a person's twofold being. You are at | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| a person's division within him or herself. The cross demonstrates this by the two bars, one horizontal | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| in, Jesus Christ. Jesus' last words on the cross expressed his doubt and fear that he was | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| has taken place, the psyche is ready to cross the threshold. But the act of crossing it | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| toward the threshold of knowing; they can now cross it. Others will follow later. It does not | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| holds for control and letting go. When you cross the threshold from understanding to knowing, you find | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| is so near and so very easy to cross. If you can allow these words not only | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| have made significant progress find it easy to cross the threshold and to reach the state of | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| when this becomes the most important threshold to cross in the evolutionary process. Before we go into | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| awareness. It is without a doubt the greatest cross to bear. As I said, numbness dulls pain | 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE |
| really fully reexperience your earlier feelings. You must cross the barrier behind which you still harbor deep | 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS |
| first step on the bridge I want to cross. My body is feeling the struggle between the | 235 THE ANATOMY OF CONTRACTION |
| Cross-currents..............6 | |
| time, since they desire directly opposite goals. The cross-currents then give rise to many other conflicts that | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| channels so as to cancel each other out. Cross-currents create not only psychological and spiritual obstacles, but | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| person's outer life. There are many kinds of cross-currents, not only those I mentioned. Short-circuits can, along | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| areas either -- whether spiritual or material. Emotional cross-currents or short-circuits are not equally strongly present in | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| person's goodwill becomes manifest and conquers the unconscious cross-currents which attempt to deny the truth. For if | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| filled with the thoughts and wishes of others. Cross-currents go on constantly, not only among people, but | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| Crossed.....................7 | |
| you that this is not so. After having crossed the first threshold, you are only at the | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| take it as proof that you have definitely crossed the threshold of the entrance to the path | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| way even before this particular threshold has been crossed, but will become a comprehensible part of a | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| not to sit with your legs or arms crossed. Hold your hands with the palms upward, for | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| for you. However, if you keep your limbs crossed, you cut off this current. This is why | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| your spiritual development this threshold has to be crossed. The pain is a healthy growing pain, and | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| new doors. A number of my friends have crossed a major threshold on their path in the | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| Crossing....................11 | |
| that the spiritual work only begins after this crossing, and that being on this path consists in | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| or spiritual choices made, either before or after crossing the threshold. There are several crossroads in an | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| that point is mere theory or preparation for crossing that great dividing line on your road upward | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| to keep on going at the most crucial crossing, when the temptation to give up is always | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| to cross the threshold. But the act of crossing it is painful in the beginning. You would | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| painful in the beginning. You would expect, when crossing this important threshold, that the new, constructive patterns | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| living, as well as for the pain of crossing the threshold into emotional adulthood. Can you imagine | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| in check. When you experience the pain, before crossing the threshold into emotional maturity and productive patterns | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| some of you make the first steps in crossing this threshold. You have all the help and | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| which the individual is too ashamed to expose. Crossing the barrier of embarrassment, humiliation, shame, and pride | 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS |
| life. Obviously, one reaches this state not by crossing a sharply defined line, but through a gradual | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| Crossroads..................10 | |
| or after crossing the threshold. There are several crossroads in an individual's life. Yet even if you | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| unwilling to expose yourself, you come to a crossroads where you seem to be confronted with one | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| intensive path of self-realization have come to a crossroads where they see the old inner landscape, which | 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF |
| individuals experience when they come to a certain crossroads in their development. With some, the threat may | 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL |
| incarnation. The entity may have reached a specific crossroads where this inner guidance becomes instrumental for an | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| Others who find themselves at the identical inner crossroads may lag behind on their personal path. They | 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT |
| Once you fully understand this, you approach a crossroads. Many of you on this path have by | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| easier for those who have arrived at that crossroads. This is important, because if change is contemplated | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| growing up. It is coming to an inner crossroads just as a growing person comes to an | 223 THE ERA OF THE NEW AGE AND NEW CONSCIOUSNESS |
| as a growing person comes to an inner crossroads. You have all experienced at some point on | 223 THE ERA OF THE NEW AGE AND NEW CONSCIOUSNESS |
| Crowned.....................4 | |
| accordance with divine law and must eventually be crowned by success. It would benefit all my friends | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| moment you feel discouraged or hopeless, must be crowned with success if you persevere. What may now | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| attention you can muster, your efforts must be crowned with success, and eventually you will eliminate what | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| blessed be this new year. May it be crowned with success in your endeavors for spiritual growth | 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR |
| Crucial.....................35 | |
| world, to the great struggle which is so crucial. Think about this, all of you. All who | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| or guidance from the world of God at crucial times, with a great part of his knowledge | 22 SALVATION |
| precisely the point. To have doubts at these crucial times, doubts about everything, about His true identity | 22 SALVATION |
| too. Thus you find yourself at a certain crucial point on this path in a vicious circle | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| you are going with the process, where one crucial step turns your spiritual life from theory into | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| However, from that time on, which is the crucial period in a soul's evolution, everything that happens | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| understood your own causes and effects. Self-responsibility is crucial in this connection, my dear ones. There is | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| another person says may lead you to a crucial new insight. There are many ways in which | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| I was focusing on a problem that is crucial and widespread. We shall probably have to work | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| you to keep on going at the most crucial crossing, when the temptation to give up is | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| do in this particular phase. It is a crucial and decisive milestone on your road. When you | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| no means will it always be accurate. Of crucial importance at this stage of the curve is | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| it is brought out of hiding. After this crucial liberation, you will no longer deal with little | 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE |
| utter self-centeredness to concern for others is a crucial period in the development of an entity, be | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| Jesus Christ acted out visibly one of those crucial periods of change. This marked -- in history | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| yourself, of clarification. This will prove of more crucial importance than you even realize at this moment | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| so often before one comes to the most crucial point of transition, the battle against it is | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| of transition, the battle against it is equally crucial. The temptation to blind oneself to the true | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| past working year was one of the most crucial on your path, for most of my friends | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| the life force. The soul movement is of crucial importance. In it lies the truth that neither | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| interactions. This coming year is bound to be crucial for any of you who persevere in the | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| a loser one way or another is a crucial step in the evolution of an individual. The | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| is a fear to love. This realization is crucial and must not, under any circumstances, be glossed | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| not a dramatic experience -- yet it is crucial. For what you are now contains all the | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| wanting it, do not gloss over this all-important, crucial obstruction. Rather take that as the point of | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| both aspects of the unconscious with respect is crucial. Respect is given not to the destructiveness itself | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| disunity is. Actually, there are many. It is crucial to consolidate your voluntary faculties to identify and | 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS |
| the true sense cannot unfold. Therefore it is crucial for you to gain increasing contact with the | 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW |
| that right now you find yourself at the crucial point which I shall discuss tonight. Some of | 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| is reality. I now come to the most crucial part of this lecture. I said before that | 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW |
| into your life now. This point is most crucial for your further intensified transformation work. You do | 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF |
| in a meaningful way. The timing here is crucial. When you speak words of truth and creative | 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD |
| mind's activity. The next step is the most crucial one. It may sound very simple and it | 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM |
| sleep through a one-sided positive approach. If this crucial stage on the path is successfully overcome, however | 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM |
| their actions, and by not ever asking the crucial question, Could it be that He was the | 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY |