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wider being can manifest: not by escaping into cut-off spirituality, but by complete integration of the ego 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
well as false guilt for being dirty. The cut-off sexuality becomes therefore more and more permeated with 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS
When you human beings only experience yourselves as cut-off, powerless egos, and when you consequently try to 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS
thought -- even the most mechanical, dead, sterile, cut-off thought -- that does not also contain feeling 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS
commensurate with it. You must also differentiate between cut-off thought and abstract thought. Don't confuse them. Cut-off 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS
cut-off thought and abstract thought. Don't confuse them. Cut-off thought is a defense against feelings and undesirable 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS
aware of it. The most mechanical, fragmented and cut-off thought breeds a series of energy chain reactions 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS
be emphasized enough in this context -- dry, cut-off knowledge must also contain feelings. The underlying feeling 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS
you with peace and joy. It is dry, cut-off knowledge. I am talking about a different kind 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS
become a vibrant truth -- not just a cut-off intellectual understanding. You live and move and have 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS
imagine it. The truth is that the dualistic, cut-off life is not raised, as it is often 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD
the divine will or the will of the cut-off, ignorant and destructive particle of consciousness. Be it 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD
 
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darkness of your confusion and error, and that cuts you off from the divine stream. You may 39 IMAGE-FINDING
opposite type's. The reason-type, afraid of losing control, cuts out not only a major part of life's 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
darkness of your own confusion and error, which cuts you off from the divine stream. You may 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
of your pathwork. When the distortion you discover cuts deeply into your soul and makes you hopeless 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
is, half- consciously, deliberately cultivated and nursed. This cuts you off from the life-stream. The reason for 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION
spontaneous manifestation, then it becomes wicked, or one cuts out the very feeling that makes up its 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING
to challenge one's tightly cherished convictions. Such challenge cuts out the negative self-perpetuation, the motor force that 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS
does the depriving, but in reality that person cuts himself or herself off from the reality of 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY
more of other people's behavior than necessary. It cuts off the vision of real life that exceeds 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
no recourse exists. Atheism is the movement that cuts off any sensibilities and sensitivities to the perception 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE
 
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or of mustering up courage, approaching the problem, cutting open the wound, and thus allowing the healing 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE
sight what still exists. Therefore, any exercise of cutting out the mind by cutting out thoughts, emotions 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
any exercise of cutting out the mind by cutting out thoughts, emotions, or attitudes that are not 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
is used as a force, superimposing and forcefully cutting out something. Even the word slayer suggests this 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
it. This is the only way, my friends. Cutting out or slaying would be a shortcut, and 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
evil and be reborn into your real self. Cutting out, forcing, disciplinary action, slaying, are all forms 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
others is by curbing your natural feelings, thereby cutting off the love current from within. Conversely, you 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING
the following sequence: The misunderstanding causes the deliberate cutting off of naturally arising feelings; this in turn 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING
fearfully watches over every stream of feeling, anxiously cutting out of the life stream that which it 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
fears come into being as a result of cutting off from the real self and remaining in 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF
movement, a movement that is full of sharp, cutting edges which are pointed and hurtful. Both wanting 206 DESIRE: CREATIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE
painful in every possible way. It can be cutting or scratching or itching or pinching -- many 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF
 
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are not conscious of it -- break the cycle of the living flow of energy which is 1 THE SEA OF LIFE
everything that is spiritual. And the moment the cycle is interrupted, it is also dead. Let us 1 THE SEA OF LIFE
of short duration. Only those who keep the cycle actively flowing by being constantly conscious of and 1 THE SEA OF LIFE
state of development still keeps you in the cycle of reincarnation one cannot expect you to believe 4 WORLD WEARINESS
you as a wave in an eternally pulsating cycle. Of course, you have to start the cycle 4 WORLD WEARINESS
cycle. Of course, you have to start the cycle by giving first and not waiting for the 4 WORLD WEARINESS
will history move in a living and positive cycle instead of the negative, which always extinguishes itself 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES
here is that all entities must, in the cycle of their incarnations, prove themselves capable of standing 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD
and the masculine continue all through the incarnational cycle? Does the androgynous union happen only in the 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES
who are no longer subject to the incarnational cycle are already in the highest spiritual spheres. They 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION
but also how you affect it. A continuous cycle, whether vicious or benign, is set in motion 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD
but where all factors pertaining to the entire cycle of existence of an individual are marked and 18 FREE WILL
in his last life. The reason of the cycle of reincarnation is spiritual development and perfection, and 18 FREE WILL
to each and everyone who goes through the cycle of incarnations, in other words, who is not 21 THE FALL
QUESTION: It means putting yourself into the great cycle of love? ANSWER: Yes. QUESTION: I read in 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH
impossible for a human being, still in the cycle of incarnations, to bring out the knowledge I 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR
difficult. Up to a certain point in the cycle of the development of an individual being, decisions 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
For all who still find themselves in the cycle of incarnation, the time comes for rebirth on 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
to the authority in charge of its whole cycle, who has arranged previous incarnations with the entity 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
also active there who are out of the cycle of incarnations, as well as some who have 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
hold on to, a clear picture of this cycle. The vicious circle consists of a multiplicity of 36 PRAYER
as long as you are still in the cycle of incarnations and as long as you have 38 IMAGES
incarnations or are they all out of the cycle of incarnations? ANSWER: It depends on the human 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
but who are not yet out of the cycle of incarnations. Someone who develops very fast and 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
often -- not always -- out of the cycle of incarnations. QUESTION: I suppose that racial and 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
images? ANSWER: Of course. QUESTION: So, in the cycle of incarnations, a soul goes through all kinds 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
an important phase in his or her whole cycle of incarnations. That this knowledge can be brought 47 THE WALL WITHIN
sphere upwards. There are lower spheres before the cycle of incarnations begins, where matter is even denser 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
changes of sex occur less often in the cycle of incarnations. In cases where the change has 53 SELF-LOVE
new momentum for the preparation of the new cycle. The static principle is essential to the rhythm 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES
rhythm. Try to become aware of this ever-recurring cycle. The static principle in its negative aspect manifests 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES
the other. If you imagine it as a cycle, a circular motion, you will come closer to 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES
with so many beings waiting to start the cycle of incarnations, and so many waiting to continue 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
conditions prevail. More souls can begin their earth cycle and more souls can come back sooner, that 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
time in the Spirit World. This is a cycle that will last for a while; then a 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
will last for a while; then a new cycle may come when fewer beings will come to 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
child has brought its entire life plan, its cycle of incarnations into this life. Everything is engraved 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
will then be able to find his own cycle which works individually, rather than by set biological 62 MAN AND WOMAN
This will be a very useful recognition. Man's cycle changes according to the individual. It might be 62 MAN AND WOMAN
made for each individual separately. The man's individual cycle is thus similar in principle to a horoscope 62 MAN AND WOMAN
is like the closing of a circle or cycle. When you close a circle, it is a 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
the figure seven is the closing of a cycle. Then you go on, starting on the next 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Then you go on, starting on the next cycle. You all know, this path is like a 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
out that it is not so. The similar cycle happens to be on a deeper, or higher 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
come to the next stage in the ascending cycle, when you may become upset and restless again 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
peace at the next resting point, when this cycle closes again, provided your work on the path 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
ones. Actually, the timing and length of each cycle is an eminently individual process. They not only 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
but also vary with the same person. One cycle may be long, another short. There is no 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
will understand that they are going through a cycle of favorable outer manifestations. But according to your 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
humanity and it would begin a whole new cycle of spiritual development for the individual in society 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING
may be such a point. And when the cycle of incarnations is completed, then the degree of 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
up to your free will. But when the cycle of incarnations is over and the soul is 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
of clarity. In the first half of this cycle, it is important to cultivate and develop intellect 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
will. But in the second half of this cycle, people have fully mastered this stage. They are 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
ready to enter the second half of the cycle, approaching the threshold of the state of being 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
to discuss man's relationship to God in the cycle of development, in the various stages of this 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
of development, in the various stages of this cycle that man goes through. In the last lecture 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
awareness, as the first stage in the great cycle. Primitive man, during his first few incarnations, is 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
you see. But generally speaking, this is the cycle that humanity goes through. Self-awareness must eventually lead 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
I mentioned as a phase in the great cycle. Their teachings were adapted to this still immature 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
the second and third stages in this great cycle, a spirit will have to talk in such 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
is determined by curves and cycles. If the cycle is stopped, growth is stopped and the person 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
be compared to streams. They move in a cycle in which inside and outside forces influence one 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
Only after having overcome negative involvements will the cycle of births into this sphere cease and human 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
both parents. The child, starting a new life cycle, contains its personal unresolved conflicts. Its duality is 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
years to come in order to complete the cycle. In what way can infancy and childhood be 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY
as an individual. To begin establishing this benign cycle of interflowing movement between the masculine and the 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
have more reason to trust, and a benign cycle is established. Moreover, it is necessary for the 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES
and push away the other. And so the cycle goes on with human beings first erecting and 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
positive movement, which then begets a positive self-perpetuating cycle. If you are not yet willing to do 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
on the dualistic plane move in a perpetual cycle of life and death, construction and destruction, of 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING
rhythmic. They appear irregular and haphazard. The expansion cycle, for example, may be longer or shorter than 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
may be longer or shorter than the restricting cycle. Or one expansion cycle may last longer than 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
shorter than the restricting cycle. Or one expansion cycle may last longer than the next. Yet, according 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
meeting their inner fears are caught in this cycle. Encounter with their fears is the one thing 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING
ego state, thus material life, and therefore the cycle of life and death. If a human being 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
in which I am caught in a hostility cycle with my boss. At least on my part 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE
balance. It is a constantly changing rhythm or cycle on each individual's path. Each step involves both 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY
This error is only the beginning of a cycle of further errors, creating many chain reactions of 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS
the circle is broken. In such a negative cycle, the vital glow of your energy and feelings 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING
gradually. Eventually you will come out of the cycle where you constantly fear death because you court 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE
feel somehow...well, it seems that in the cycle of life, abandonment plays a big role. You 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE
you cannot hope to come out of the cycle of false doom. The false doom must be 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE
negativity is prevented from starting the self- perpetuating cycle. It is confronted right at the start. Crisis 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS
difficult to alter the course. The ongoing negative cycle and its futile, automatic repetition that the consciousness 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS
path of each entity. You remain in the cycle of death and rebirth, of pain and struggle 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS
with increased frequency in order to transcend the cycle of suffering, so that you can enter into 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES
so that you can enter into a new cycle of joy and peace. Every day you can 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES
you contract, the more you perpetuate the negative cycle. But not fighting must never mean giving in 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES
and over again you are entrapped in the cycle of reproducing the past in one way or 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS
more waste material. After you terminate this life cycle, the conditions, circumstances, and environment of your next 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS
of memory is a byproduct of the life/death cycle in which everyone is caught who denies feeling 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS
process of dimming memory. Thus you perpetuate the cycle of dying and being born, and this process 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS
discontinuity of awareness, and with it the entire cycle of dying and being born, by living through 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS
also an organic sequence, a completion of a cycle in which new material can be assimilated. This 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS
point and go on from there, completing the cycle from wherever the starting point was. This explains 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS
the old ways of avoidance and prolong the cycle. But the day comes for every entity when 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS
a wide open world and into a benign cycle of creative self-expression? All this must be clearly 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS
humanity's plight. It is your task, in the cycle of incarnations, to reintegrate this split-off ego-consciousness and 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
this fragmentation, and that means anyone in the cycle of being born and dying, to enlarge their 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
within the framework of its own inner life cycle, the nuclear point must augment itself. The more 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS
strongly your capacity for loving, in an ever-increasing cycle. This is why it is such a misconception 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS
follow through with the decision to break the cycle there. The explosion or breaking point I mention 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS
expresses itself and goes on in that same cycle. This requires an immensely intelligent plan that only 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS
question. Collectively speaking, at different periods in the cycle of evolution, one or the other of these 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL
than the uncommitted free-floating exchange of partners. The cycle had to move from involuntary monogamous commitment -- 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE
animals in order to sustain the greater life cycle and to fulfill their function. In one sense 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY

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