| Cultivating.................21 | |
| physical body. Most people are not capable of cultivating compassionate and good thoughts throughout their daily lives | 36 PRAYER |
| important beings, will learn to feel differently by cultivating thoughts in prayer that gradually will affect their | 36 PRAYER |
| the personality does not learn to love, by cultivating all the qualities and requirements necessary for true | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| the power to concentrate can be combined with cultivating constructive and unselfish thoughts, as in prayer. Certainly | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| only a small point to start with in cultivating your own inner recognition. Words are always insufficient | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| of your findings without haste or pressure, simply cultivating the awareness. You need this constant reminder because | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| You can accelerate the automatic growth process by cultivating certain thoughts, by obtaining spiritual nourishment, and by | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| perfected state without the labor and effort of cultivating it. Insight into one's hidden desires and their | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| less defined attitude toward people in general. Artificially cultivating a toughness that is no more real than | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| once more, there is no other way than cultivating self-awareness in the way you are doing. The | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| barricade the way; of asking for help; of cultivating one's inner will to overcome all barriers toward | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| it must not remain just that. Are you cultivating the understanding of what you have become aware | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| Implanting truthful concepts compares to planting the seeds. Cultivating the proper attitude and patiently waiting until the | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| you cannot also help from outside in, by cultivating and learning from without the art of mobility | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| of fearing to give of yourself and of cultivating a negative, destructive, or at least a denying | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| you off from the life-stream. The reason for cultivating this destructive attitude is in part the dualistic | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| wisdom in solving one's personal problems or in cultivating one's creative talents. Or it may manifest as | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| this case you can solve the problem by cultivating inner knowledge. And this, in turn, is feasible | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| of each center. The third will deal with cultivating these centers and with practices to open the | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| All the energy and concentration is directed toward cultivating, enhancing, manifesting, and expressing the divine reality within | 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS |
| cultivate this process and bring it to fruition. Cultivating the process in your own life enables you | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |
| Cultivation.................12 | |
| expense of the other two forces that need cultivation and purification. It is even possible that both | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| it. Knowledge has to grow naturally, never forcefully. Cultivation of the awareness without pressure will eventually make | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| loss of your fear of loving, and the cultivation of your intuition as a growing force. It | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| have battled to step across this threshold. The cultivation of this new approach to life will eventually | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| up the pseudo-defense that makes the maintenance and cultivation of the idealized self seem necessary. Once you | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| whether or not it is conscious. The inner cultivation of your will -- be it for growth | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| good with the person you have shortchanged, the cultivation of the ability of giving your best -- | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| real dangers: they require sincere effort and the cultivation of truthfulness. Each one of you concerned with | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| love force knows no such divisions, and its cultivation is impossible if a continuously watchful eye tries | 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE |
| blind automatism. Such a realization requires courage and cultivation of the inner will. In proportion to how | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| balance can be reestablished in the personality. The cultivation of healthful mental habits chosen by the ego | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| of new knowledge and skills also demands the cultivation of the attitudes necessary for self-transcendence. Every bit | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| Cultural....................4 | |
| counteract this tendency, in education, say, or in cultural life? ANSWER: It is quite true that this | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| from allegiance to handed-down values, superimposed standards or cultural mores. Such a liberated state of mind differs | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| During different eras and civilizations, and under different cultural conditions, one of these opposite distortions may be | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| consciousness, as well as from the then existing cultural conditions that were right at that time, but | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| Culture.....................7 | |
| too? It seems to me that our Western culture suffers from holding onto the intellect and to | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| you call these powers. Their names depend on culture, fashion, interpretation, personal preference and approach to the | 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION |
| You will become the nucleus of a new culture, as I have occasionally hinted at. You are | 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF |
| part of the new civilization and the new culture that is slowly growing. The forces building this | 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE |
| active as the carriers of this new, bright culture. The new person coming to live and function | 230 THE UNIVERSALITY OF CHANGE -- REINCARNATIVE PROCESS IN THE SAME LIFE SPAN |
| visions we have shared of creating a new culture will also spread into the world and find | 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION |
| and values, of the mores of a particular culture. Sometimes what is considered bad by a certain | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| Cultures....................7 | |
| beginning of humanity. There were times in certain cultures where the scale swung strongly to the opposite | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| the theory of pseudo-solutions where Greece and other cultures are concerned, but with Egypt something has been | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| goal? Spiritual literature and religious teachings, in all cultures and in all places, in one form or | 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL |
| was this path different in former eras and cultures? ANSWER: Humanity's development in former times necessitated a | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| warm or cold may vary greatly in different cultures and locations where differently organized human beings live | 228 BALANCE |
| -- whatever name they are given in different cultures and eras -- are removed from this world | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| of initiates, who formed small minorities in different cultures. Now exposure of the deeper levels of self | 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE |
| Cumulatively................3 | |
| not come until later, however it may come cumulatively, so to speak. For both types the ups | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| actions may be significant and important, but only cumulatively so. If a whole series of such actions | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| and gradual that it is hardly noticeable, but cumulatively it becomes very noticeable indeed. Consider the drastic | 230 THE UNIVERSALITY OF CHANGE -- REINCARNATIVE PROCESS IN THE SAME LIFE SPAN |
| Curative....................4 | |
| go to war could not be the right curative means against war. For as long as there | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| much pride in you, and then the healing, curative action of being able to observe your own | 31 SHAME |
| understand now that here you have a great curative agent for remedying something even more important than | 31 SHAME |
| spiritual and human goal. It is also the curative agent without which you cannot heal. I think | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| Curbing.....................4 | |
| and happiness as well. The emotion-type fears that curbing and disciplining his or her nature will eliminate | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| attain growth and experience the real self by curbing the will, by manipulating thought, by disciplining emotions | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| perhaps even childish demands of others is by curbing your natural feelings, thereby cutting off the love | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| has to learn consideration of others and the curbing of its selfish instincts. The feelings may be | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| Cure........................34 | |
| within you. Therefore, the only definite and permanent cure and protection for you is to tear out | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| it must be cured. You cannot effect this cure alone, but God will help you. If all | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| now, you will gain a powerful weapon to cure yourself of the sick currents within your soul | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| when you develop yourself, when you purify and cure your soul of all the sick and wrong | 18 FREE WILL |
| It should not be taken merely as a cure -- let alone to satisfy personal curiosity. It | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| any difficulty or apparent disadvantage can be a cure, which it must be if the person is | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| on the right path, advantage can be a cure, too. Through differences of race, religion, nationality, or | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| reins firmly in one's hands. How can you cure a wrong current if you do not discover | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| are supported by the right spiritual attitudes. The cure has to start from within by each individual | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| other diseases have sprung up that you cannot cure, and new diseases will continue to do so | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| what it is will you be able to cure your soul. It is a necessary step in | 38 IMAGES |
| freer and securer person. This is the only cure, my dear ones, for many of you. I | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| obstructions within your soul, the only way to cure the malady is first to prepare for the | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| often -- indeed always -- necessary before complete cure or healing can take place. Such pain is | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| deviation from it is the very medicine to cure the pain caused by the deviation and, therefore | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| more difficult to desire a change and a cure of his sick psyche. Homosexuality, by the way | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| that direction. That I do not call a cure. QUESTION: The description you gave would give me | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| a new humanity, so that one day the cure of unhealthy currents, similar to this pathwork, will | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| does damage, and does not effect a real cure, but only a temporary semblance of a cure | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| cure, but only a temporary semblance of a cure. QUESTION: What does it do? ANSWER: It gives | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| 99. FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE Greetings, my dearest, dearest friends. God bless each | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| why the latter is so often easier to cure than the former. The constant climate of non-acceptance | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| with certain medicines that are important for a cure, but if you form a habit of taking | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| discover the real cause and therefore the real cure. A deeply permeating guilt gnaws at their soul | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| in a sense, the first step to the cure of the soul. The sickness is not caused | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| words, my dear ones, this is the final cure of the soul. Needless to say, it is | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| is not supposed to be taken as a cure, nor is it to be taken as a | 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION |
| much more basic. And if it be a cure, or a healing, it is that only secondarily | 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION |
| miserable state and from whom he expects magic cure, while he goes on destroying himself with a | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| of being lost which many individuals wish to cure by some magic -- drugs, pills, formulas, or | 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS |
| the most painful and confusing state imaginable. Its cure lies wholly in your innermost self where you | 200 THE COSMIC FEELING |
| The aim of this path is not to cure you of an emotional or mental illness, although | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| to become the medicine that would, in time, cure the disease of evil. My beloved friends, it | 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| need to understand that there is no other cure for this specific pain but to obtain the | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |