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 Cured.......................9
you want to walk this path and be cured of your emotional sicknesses, it is important for 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK
sick in some way and it must be cured. You cannot effect this cure alone, but God 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW
course of time until the disease will be cured forever. Union with God, which is the goal 19 JESUS CHRIST
make. As long as the disease is not cured from within, war or other diseases will exist 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
based on a wrong conclusion, they will be cured of this disease, really cured -- not superficially 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
they will be cured of this disease, really cured -- not superficially by restraining the action, while 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
have to be experienced. If self-rejection can be cured by other insights, and destructive patterns changed to 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
has a damaged heart. Would the ailment be cured by shrinking back from this fact in tension 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
at which a patient is successfully dismissed as cured. Our spiritual path begins precisely here. Of course 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE
 
 Curiosity...................17
only reason, with no sense of sensationalism or curiosity mixed into this wish. If and when this 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD
It is easy to say, it satisfies human curiosity, and it can never be proven. A spirit 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD
just for the experience or even out of curiosity, need to know there is a great deal 20 GOD: THE CREATION
power is not exploited, you may feel a curiosity concerning what would actually happen if you did 20 GOD: THE CREATION
questions, not merely in a spirit of superficial curiosity, but in good faith. And ignorance and wrong 21 THE FALL
a cure -- let alone to satisfy personal curiosity. It must be taken as a heavy piece 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
entity out of its separation. Eros strengthens the curiosity to know the other being. As long as 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
and neglected her intellectual capacities. Inquisitiveness and intellectual curiosity is considered a male element, manifesting constructively in 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
the Fall, it was again shown that intellectual curiosity exists in woman too. Only when this is 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
and thereby mischanneled, can it be harmful. If curiosity can express legitimately and combine with the intellectual 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
is not shown clearly that activity and intellectual curiosity were suppressed in Eve, but it is shown 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
well, there may not be enough attention and curiosity left, temporarily, to inquire about general things that 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
the age to come. You must cultivate the curiosity of the child to make learning intensely interesting 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION
currently practiced smothers and discourages the child's innate curiosity. Children have millions of questions from their earliest 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION
seriously. It is extremely important to cultivate this curiosity. Once it is squashed, the learning process becomes 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION
it and fulfill a task in it. Without curiosity something dies. The longing to understand is very 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION
spirit ventures out into the earth realm, that curiosity is the sign of the adventurousness which made 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION
 
 Curious.....................4
have not counted them and I am not curious to know the number. So I could not 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
is not that simple. You will find a curious mixture of the healthy and unhealthy. You will 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
sense of smell, of taste. They are more curious about the most simple manifestations of life. This 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
volition and your responsibility they may seem, a curious reversal begins to take place in your vision 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES
 
 Current.....................374
endeavor with all its strength, with every single current of feeling, to abide by the spiritual laws 4 WORLD WEARINESS
and personal advantages so seriously. Such an emotional current comes from the higher self that knows where 4 WORLD WEARINESS
harmony, and perfection are to be found. This current exists even in less developed souls, but in 4 WORLD WEARINESS
to clearly follow either one or the other current -- since you cannot follow both at once 4 WORLD WEARINESS
the unalterable is in itself a sick emotional current. The inner conflicts can increase to such an 4 WORLD WEARINESS
conflict is not quite so explicit and one current is more out in the open than the 4 WORLD WEARINESS
it, they throw themselves into the same unproductive current, thus increasing their guilt feelings. These guilt feelings 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS
will find themselves caught up in an emotional current in which their fear will increase. As a 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS
more this happens, the more harmoniously each soul current and tendency will meld and the whole personality 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES
still in you, you cannot change this inner current merely because you try to force yourself. Similarly 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND
the higher self; it will remain a pure current of light and clean strength as long as 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER
person who nurses a wrong, sick, or ignorant current and who does not fulfill the destiny which 18 FREE WILL
plan and even though he furthers a wrong current. This life may still not be entirely wasted 18 FREE WILL
can of course find both currents: the good current that once came from God in perfection and 22 SALVATION
came from God in perfection and the evil current that was accumulated during and after the fall 22 SALVATION
time or another, caused this -- some wrong current or attitude, some imperfection in your soul that 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
influenced by an unconscious fault or wrong inner current. These trends and tendencies about which you have 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS
you would finally succeed in setting the inner current right. By doing so, you would set free 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS
keep your limbs crossed, you cut off this current. This is why I advise you to do 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH
of another human being is sought with the current that is destined for the love of God 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW
People who find God in any of the current existing religions or philosophies and people who are 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
been cultivated can a different kind of active current be brought to bear so you can gradually 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
motive from the impure in the same desire current. As you view what is at stake in 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
one's hands. How can you cure a wrong current if you do not discover it first? If 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
particular fault or reveal ignorance of an emotional current running contrary to Divine Law. If you do 32 DECISION-MAKING
this emotional, and for the most part unconscious, current, what does this amount to? It amounts to 32 DECISION-MAKING
good and true desire by a contrary emotional current which you ignore. But, of course, you are 32 DECISION-MAKING
understand and interpret the symptoms which this unconscious current quite clearly sends forth all the time. Then 32 DECISION-MAKING
self. Use the positive aspects to cleanse this current of its exaggerated, distorted, and negative aspects which 32 DECISION-MAKING
Often, overambitious people have such a strong desire current that they become ruthless in attaining their goal 32 DECISION-MAKING
should understand that overambitiousness creates an unhealthy desire current that runs in a wrong way and robs 32 DECISION-MAKING
resentful. In order to overcome these feelings, this current should be examined separately at first. Bring out 32 DECISION-MAKING
I just mean to give up the desire current. Whenever there is resentment, it comes from a 32 DECISION-MAKING
you will be able to redirect your emotional current gradually by growth -- the only right way 32 DECISION-MAKING
a universal law. So, the moment a sick current is recognized by another person and fully understood 32 DECISION-MAKING
each attitude, good or bad, as a power current, which it truly is. It depends very much 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
law of gravity. Your images influence the universal current entering your personal life sphere so that certain 38 IMAGES
true sense? It means the elimination of every current and attitude in the soul that is contrary 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
grow. It is the same with every emotional current or tendency. Therefore you should not be surprised 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
But what frequently happens is that the active current flows through the channel destined for the passive 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
flows through the channel destined for the passive current, and vice versa. It is similar with reason 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
of course. It applies to everything. No soul current is entirely independent of its physical manifestation. The 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
unpurified human being would be with an overactive current. He is just perfect in his own way 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
not always mean an equal measure of each current. Balance depends on the way the currents are 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
in cause and effect; on the way one current strengthens another instead of weakening it, as happens 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
either a positive or a negative motive or current. That is the complication of the human soul 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
In will there must be a strong active current. That will is often used negatively and self-destructively 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
the erotic force and both flow in one current. The more the three forces remain separate, the 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
is nothing compared to an utterly unconscious emotional current. You will soon discover this truth in following 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
The law-breaking tendency must be combined with a current of courage. Otherwise, if certain other character traits 47 THE WALL WITHIN
Thank you. QUESTION: Isn't self-will the main hidden current in the case of the law-breaker and fear 47 THE WALL WITHIN
We cannot say it is either way. A current is actually a result of your feelings, your 47 THE WALL WITHIN
you into certain channels. Let us take the current of self-will. It is there. You use it 47 THE WALL WITHIN
difference. The using of the self-will generates a current, and the current has an effect. The current 47 THE WALL WITHIN
of the self-will generates a current, and the current has an effect. The current of self-will is 47 THE WALL WITHIN
current, and the current has an effect. The current of self-will is not the self-will itself. It 47 THE WALL WITHIN
be dormant, it could be unused. Then the current would be weak, or so hidden in its 47 THE WALL WITHIN
the manifestation of it is caused by the current. Imagine it as something like electricity. Certain conditions 47 THE WALL WITHIN
electricity. Certain conditions are necessary to produce electric current. It is exactly the same thing. The electric 47 THE WALL WITHIN
It is exactly the same thing. The electric current is a result of the conditions that can 47 THE WALL WITHIN
life force as you think of an electric current, endowed with supreme intelligence. This electric current is 52 THE GOD-IMAGE
electric current, endowed with supreme intelligence. This electric current is there, in you, around you, outside of 52 THE GOD-IMAGE
to kill. That does not make the electric current good or bad. You make it good or 52 THE GOD-IMAGE
You make it good or bad. This power current is one important aspect of God where it 52 THE GOD-IMAGE
it is your wrong use of the powerful current at your disposal. If you start from this 52 THE GOD-IMAGE
and how you have ignorantly abused the power current in you, God will answer you. This I 52 THE GOD-IMAGE
to find where you have abused the power current and connect these instances with the injustices you 52 THE GOD-IMAGE
these laws that let you, with the power current of life, do as you please in creating 52 THE GOD-IMAGE
life force? ANSWER: The abuse of the power current of your life force consists of all actions 52 THE GOD-IMAGE
are not two separate forces. It is one current. QUESTION: May I bring up the subject of 52 THE GOD-IMAGE
at the more subtle region of the same current which is much more prevalent than the crass 53 SELF-LOVE
rejection is at the other pole of the current of wrong self-love. When you can find out 53 SELF-LOVE
also be the reason? I mean the misunderstood current of this longing? ANSWER: You mean in male 53 SELF-LOVE
leaving the child unfulfilled. Now, if the self-will- current goes into certain channels, subconsciously the person may 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
anyone on this path to look for this current, even if an obvious bondage does not exist 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
two images together causes a vicious circle. One current is: I need to be in first place 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE
put it that way. Man manifests an active current, whereas woman is more passive. Where man is 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
for a man. But if a healthy, active current is suppressed, it will go into a wrong 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
become destructive. The same with a repressed passive current, where an unhealthy, compulsive activity is superimposed. Both 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
a kleptomaniac out of a misunderstood, falsely interpreted current of I want to have. When I have 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
addition to certain other personality disturbances strengthening this current, in addition to the temperament and character of 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
infant in the human personality. Yet the cosmic current sweeping the earth plane, which always tries to 62 MAN AND WOMAN
his passivity to the fore, preventing the active current from becoming too aggressive, rounding and mellowing it 62 MAN AND WOMAN
abrupt and too quick motion of the overactive current. From an overall view, the same thing happens 62 MAN AND WOMAN
our vantage point, it is a harsh, uneven current, like a lightning flash, sometimes stronger, at other 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS
responsible for it. Each emotion, each attitude, each current of the soul leaves an imprint on the 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
if you focus your attention on one particular current, that current in itself may be healthy. It 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS
focus your attention on one particular current, that current in itself may be healthy. It may be 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS
quality manifesting in a perfectly healthy way. The current and the manifestation are unpolluted, undiluted, unspoiled. But 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS
of your emotional life, may affect an unhealthy current and may add to a distortion, so that 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS
what needs to come to the surface. Many current movements teach thought-control by suppression. As I have 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES
will learn to let go of the fighting current to prove yourself. Your emotions will learn to 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
you recognize these currents, you will detect the current within yourself that says quite clearly, you must 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
cannot be had as long as the forcing current is not dissolved. For the strong and mature 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
gift of love as long as the forcing current operates undetected by your consciousness. Thus you first 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
in your frustration, and then of the forcing current in you, you will clearly see that only 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
also discussed that inner, subtle, and very devious current with which you try to force others to 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
due to the very existence of this forcing current you cannot help being subjective. You respond favorable 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
slighted you cannot possibly be reconciled with the current misconception that the masochistic tendency to allow the 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
substitute emotions which find gratification through the subtle current of forcing others to love you; 2) your 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
are reluctant to reciprocate, you use the forcing current. In doing so, you refuse to see the 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
urgent need for illusion comes from the forcing current of the child in you who must have 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
them; and then try to find this forcing current in you. You are bound to find it 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
that you learn to give up your forcing current and become free of a great inner tension 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
Only then can you give up your forcing current and thus your self-created illusions, thereby becoming free 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
loving, unafraid of giving up the strong self-will current, will meet even tragedies with true detachment, which 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
How then, does the absence of this forcing current bring you into reality, and thereby into a 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
state of happiness and serenity? If the forcing current is absent, you are bound to experience, provided 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
will not fear criticism or disapproval; your forcing current will dissolve. If it is not approval but 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
and further your maturing process. With the forcing current removed, you will see all that. What used 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
is so bleak precisely because of your forcing current, because of your exaggerated need to have everyone 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
in daydreams, are the product of the forcing current and of self-centeredness. Only when liberated from this 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
you at any given moment. Without the forcing current, you will not need to dream up fixed 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
directly connected. We also know that the forcing current reduces your capacity to love. This fact must 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
love you. For all these reasons, the forcing current works strongly, although in very devious and hidden 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
I am talking about here. Without the forcing current, you will give another person the freedom to 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
you learn to give up your subtle forcing current. You will feel as though a heavy burden 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING
child in you persists in its strong, self-willed current of subtly, emotionally, and unconsciously forcing others to 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING
In not overestimating them, due to your forcing current, you will be able to see, observe, sense 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING
being loved. Letting go of the self-willed forcing current results in your becoming objective in your evaluation 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING
consciously consult your intuition, free from the forcing current and free from wishful thinking, you will sense 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING
yourself, or for strength and understanding for your current problems on your path. You should pray to 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING
will you grasp the reality value of your current problems and see them in their true light 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS
is only one way, my friends. Take a current problem. Strip it of all the superimposed layers 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS
the hurt of not being loved in your current dilemma, it will serve to reawaken the childhood 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS
not forgotten at all. The hurt of your current problem is the very same hurt. Now, reevaluate 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS
how you thought you had to choose the current situation because deep inside you could not possibly 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS
wild and the waves carry you against the current, meaning that life produces unhappiness, and sometimes the 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
along with an even stronger self-will or forcing current which you are bound to resist in turn 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
sets of feelings is a strong, grasping forcing current, loudly proclaiming, I want! In order to get 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
you will tune into a different force or current. As yet, the vibrations emanating from you, with 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
afraid. Thus you will tune into a different current. Your awareness and understanding of the negative is 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
fear that you might tune into the wrong current is the most unproductive approach imaginable. Thinking you 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
not be misled when you find an unrealistic current hiding behind a rational excuse. You must look 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
are bound to become aware of this compulsive current, and feel it distinctly, almost as a separate 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
conclusions and images are a product of this current, which I have also called the forcing current 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
current, which I have also called the forcing current. It is based on a fundamental misunderstanding about 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
stronger focus. Others who have not found this current, and do not realize what a fundamental aspect 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
this deep-rooted misconception, which creates a tight, tense current -- the forcing current. It creates constant struggle 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
creates a tight, tense current -- the forcing current. It creates constant struggle, tension, and anxiety. The 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
to hide the failure from yourself. Thus a current is set up, flowing in two directions. One 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
without this struggle. The second direction of this current concerns your fear of not getting what you 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
you must have been free of the forcing current. Your real self and your real feelings are 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
will you be free of the I want current. And only when that is gone will you 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
tense, rigid, and at the same time wavering current of I want. Find also all the means 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
these attitudes are the result of the forcing current. One such attitude is submissiveness. When you are 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
love. In truth, you just use the forcing current in the most blatantly self-centered way. You simply 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
The stronger the submissiveness, the stronger the forcing current, which expresses your desire to get your way 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
your work. First become aware of the forcing current, the current of I want on the one 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT

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