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| and about which it is so easy to deceive yourselves, so as not to have to look | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| the weak person will not be able to deceive himself any longer either, which anyway was most | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| and with which it is so easy to deceive yourself. Then you have to cast them off | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| will make you act. As long as you deceive yourself into believing that you can manage without | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| wish really is. For here too you may deceive yourself; here too you can want something with | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| not do it hastily or superficially. Do not deceive yourself by doing it half-heartedly and then claim | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| give and are to others. But do not deceive yourself; realize how far away your emotions still | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| you are to yourself, or how much you deceive and escape yourself, or how much you hide | 31 SHAME |
| on how it is done. People so often deceive themselves when they are in either of these | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| also because it is so very easy to deceive oneself. The self-justification is always ready at hand | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| no matter how much you have tried to deceive yourself as long as you were hidden in | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| feelings when you wish them happiness. Do not deceive yourself. Say to yourself, A part of me | 36 PRAYER |
| wars! Such awareness should not force you to deceive yourself into having thoughts that are not true | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| into the same old pattern. You can easily deceive yourself and think that, merely because you have | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| perform the good act, but I will not deceive myself that I am utterly free of selfishness | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| when you recognize their existence. In addition, you deceive yourself, because you believe you are purer than | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| be aware of your inner motives and not deceive yourself into believing that your motives are all | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| the good all around. Only you will not deceive yourself any longer. Even the good course would | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| little deviations that result from your trying to deceive yourself. These deviations are registered, but as long | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| of a desire to escape from and to deceive oneself. As to philosophies, religions, teachings and methods | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| and it is therefore the same. If you deceive yourself and your motives and thereby create a | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| maximum honesty with yourself. It is easy to deceive the self by shifting the emphasis of effort | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| This is so partly because you tend to deceive yourself and do not like to face anything | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| you are in such a dismal state, to deceive yourself into believing that when you submit is | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| of a fault. Those who are inert may deceive themselves and think they are patient. Those who | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| they are patient. Those who are impatient may deceive themselves and think they are active and energetic | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| it will be very resistant. Or it may deceive you, so that you deceive yourself. The subconscious | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| Or it may deceive you, so that you deceive yourself. The subconscious can only be reeducated by | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| duality are said to be Satan's trick to deceive humankind so that it can no longer distinguish | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| half unaware of the extent to which you deceive others as well as yourself. One way of | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| not become exhausted. You will not have to deceive yourself by only dreaming you are moving up | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| repress existing feelings. You will bury them and deceive yourself that you do not feel what you | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| crisis only made it impossible for you to deceive yourself, that the crisis reactivated the still immature | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| instead of growing out of them and then deceive yourself, believing you are a much more integrated | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| important not to force such feelings away and deceive yourself into a serenity that is not genuine | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| actually have, is an example. You might even deceive yourself that you are not directing the flow | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| it is not yet consciously experienced. You may deceive yourself because that which you so strenuously desire | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |
| in God. Yes, you can superimpose it and deceive yourself about it, out of a need to | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |
| accept yourself as you now are and will deceive yourself into believing that you are a more | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |
| Moreover, in depression, as I just explained, you deceive yourself about the real reason for your unhappiness | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| inner meaning. Then it is so easy to deceive oneself and say, Look how many good friends | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| close, nothing will happen, but neither can one deceive oneself, in that case, that it is a | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| less obvious, because the latter can more easily deceive themselves and pretend that things are not so | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| can help me most in this? Do I deceive myself when I wish to believe that any | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| then listen carefully. Pray that you do not deceive yourself with the answers. If you do this | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| to you. Then at least you will not deceive yourself about the level you have reached. Some | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| not act accordingly. At least you do not deceive yourself about your own state of development and | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| to become aware of the false feelings, to deceive oneself no longer, and states the intent simply | 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE |
| are divided in their motivations and desires and deceive themselves on the other. This imbalance must give | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| area or two about which you wish to deceive yourself. To the extent you determine no longer | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| not run away from myself. I will not deceive myself. I will stop living a life of | 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| by the ego. Those who attempt this merely deceive themselves. They kill the spontaneity and freedom of | 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF |
| eternal life, if it exists. I will not deceive myself, though, by pretending that I feel the | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| to your innermost being, you will no longer deceive yourself by pretending that this is unrealistic, childish | 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE |
| avoidance, and that you no longer want to deceive yourself in this regard. It is better to | 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS |
| your condition worse, not better. You may indeed deceive others about how legitimate your case is. You | 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS |
| how legitimate your case is. You may even deceive your outer conscious self. But you can never | 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS |
| your outer conscious self. But you can never deceive your real inner self nor life. Life plays | 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS |
| out your negative intentionality, you can no longer deceive yourself that negativity just happens to you. You | 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| a tense, striving for fulfillment. Such overactivity may deceive you, and you may think that this should | 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT |
| outer reason. Yet now you can no longer deceive yourself that someone or something else is inflicting | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| whether or not you are stuck, whether you deceive yourself -- perhaps hoping that you can avoid | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| allow this emptiness to exist. Otherwise you perpetually deceive yourself, which is very wasteful because the fear | 224 CREATIVE EMPTINESS |
| path process in many ways and aims to deceive your helper, to convince him or her that | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |
| trust in a fair universe. If you can deceive and win with your negativity, your evil, your | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |
| power drive, when they scheme and lie to deceive the people, they always create not only a | 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT |
| many years ago. There are spiritual aspirants who deceive themselves that they can reach the goal by | 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION |
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| trends and tendencies about which you have hitherto deceived yourself have to be understood with respect to | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| the truth about your soul-reactions. Do not be deceived by the part of you that seeks God | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| be deeply hidden within yourself. Do not be deceived by your conscious convictions. Rather try to examine | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| you gave out. You will soon stop being deceived by appearances. Your shyness may be open; the | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| is subtle, my friends, so do not be deceived by a superficial right reaction. Think of where | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| have often said, it is easy to be deceived because the stronger this selfish need exists, the | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |
| to that degree. Life cannot be cheated or deceived, ever. And this is where the person who | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| since most of the time others are not deceived. How often do you claim that your weakness | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| the former, but the inner self cannot be deceived. Is there a lack of generosity in your | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| to do so. Do not let yourself be deceived by where you are already loving. Ask yourself | 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY |
| the inner world of true interaction cannot be deceived, you must reap what exists in you according | 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD |
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| sign of real, great love; however, they are deceiving themselves. Others are so afraid of exactly that | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| be passive -- not in your thoughts alone, deceiving yourself, but in your innermost emotions, you will | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| because this tendency lends itself extremely well to deceiving yourself into believing that your idealization is love | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| your wrong reactions with the right concept without deceiving yourself that you have already integrated the right | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| people feel themselves overly responsible for others, thus deceiving themselves about their own lack of self-responsibility. And | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| deceptive, for people are often quite shrewd in deceiving even themselves. They suppress the real reaction, while | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| negative emotions; if they are positive, you are deceiving yourself even more. Only by stripping away all | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| in a dark night of unbelief and doubt. Deceiving yourself about this state of mind, and not | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| met it squarely, without pretense, without self-deception, without deceiving those who had faith in him. He was | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| that you do not want to, instead of deceiving yourself with the pretense that you want to | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| yourself. It means that you want to continue deceiving yourself by avoiding these aspects. You may vaguely | 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY |
| can lend itself well to concealing, displacing and deceiving when you use the right words yet avoid | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| to see it? I would rather go on deceiving myself. This is a very typical obstruction. It | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |