| Decisive....................32 | |
| levels, will be able to take the necessary decisive step. It happens through the regular practice of | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| the human point of view -- that is decisive, but what one does with it. When you | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| to know and overcome one's lower nature is decisive, the basis for receiving the grace of deeper | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| great reservoir. It will ultimately have a very decisive effect that will spread considerably, even though the | 21 THE FALL |
| has the means one day to make the decisive step: I declare myself for God, for my | 22 SALVATION |
| follow His will in every respect marks a decisive step in the development of a soul -- | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| or her love and admiration. This is a decisive step, my friends, and, in reality, it is | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| reaching certain important stages of overall development -- decisive milestones -- is the spirit given the whole | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| you. The major actions -- feet -- symbolize decisive change, great decisions, self-propelling movement -- or the | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| in the process you do not notice how decisive is each tiny step forward. Each step seems | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| these conditions in ever so subtle but nonetheless decisive ways. As you focus on these problem within | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| truly see that this has been a very decisive period for most of you. In the next | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the spirit entity, in a very substantial and decisive way, enters the body at the time of | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| at the time of physical birth. If this decisive entry were to occur earlier, it would be | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| afterward. But these stages are smaller, or less decisive. You all know from occult science that there | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| coincidence that this event is especially obvious and decisive for the mother, as well as for the | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| event of physical birth corresponds with something equally decisive spiritually. Yet even this decisive moment does not | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| with something equally decisive spiritually. Yet even this decisive moment does not indicate complete integration. This can | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| this particular phase. It is a crucial and decisive milestone on your road. When you get over | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| gradual. It consists of a new and very decisive way of acting, whether outwardly or inwardly. It | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| seldom to begin with -- it is a decisive step toward growth and self- realization. At that | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| of spiritual theories and doctrines, without taking the decisive step within one's own soul. But if the | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| resist. Opening oneself to the truth is a decisive step toward bringing the personality into the yes- | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| predicament. But when you realize that the final decisive factor is you -- your will and your | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| winning half the battle. You cannot make a decisive switch before first clearly seeing the state you | 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES |
| intent to change, you will pass through this decisive threshold. Formulating clear-cut thoughts and expressing the intent | 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES |
| friends, when you can come to this very decisive step in your growth, pay attention to it | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| a tendency to consider outer conditions as the decisive factors in their lives rather than their attitudes | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| on. Those who are unable to make the decisive step to overcome their resistances to meeting their | 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING |
| all. You certainly know that these attitudes are decisive factors of the human personality and have to | 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS |
| lower-self aspects would be transformed. This marks a decisive new phase on your path, since previously it | 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF |
| in silence with an inner voice, affirmative and decisive. The word is the chisel, it is the | 232 BEING VALUES VERSUS APPEARANCE VALUES -- SELF-IDENTIFICATION |
| Declaration.................5 | |
| as long as this attitude prevails. This inner declaration to put God above everything else and follow | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| and truly surrender their lives. In the wholehearted declaration that they have made for God, His will | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| -- and you may never remember the conscious declaration of intent -- your solution was to dull | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| you are relaxed and determined in such a declaration, you approach the fulfillment, because to the same | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| the driving force in this specific meditation. Your declaration and statement that this is what you want | 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS |
| Declare.....................17 | |
| pictures. Often, because some people whom you trust declare that something is possible and scientific, you agree | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| is not quite happy and harmonious can truthfully declare: I have not quite followed God's call. How | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| one day to make the decisive step: I declare myself for God, for my higher self, with | 22 SALVATION |
| though you wanted to say, You see, I declare myself guilty, but I have no real reason | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| shelve your search for a while. Do not declare there is a God due to false guilt | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| human relations, if you are not certain. Neither declare there is not, because your outlook is blurred | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| an attitude, it will be comparatively simple to declare to yourself, Why should I not be liked | 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES |
| nothing to do with superimposition or wishful thinking. Declare, for example, that you wish this kind of | 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES |
| of relationship instead of that kind of relationship. Declare that you wish a specific kind of self-expression | 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES |
| order to obtain what you wish. If you declare that you wish it and want to establish | 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES |
| choose deprivation. It will enable you to firmly declare that you want to have fulfillment and you | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| the extent that you remove doubt and negativity. Declare that its results must be beneficial for yourself | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| misinterpretation. I wish to see the truth. I declare that my will to be in truth is | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| makes it a negative, self-perpetuating process. Therefore, I declare that I am going to build a positive | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| proceed to find its origin in you. You declare in your mind your intent to explore and | 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| you would want your state to be different, declare the inherent possibilities within you and say, There | 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT |
| key? Go into your inner stillness right now. Declare that you wish to feel the pain that | 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT |
| Declared....................3 | |
| hour. Happy is the person who has truly declared for God! But how few such people are | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| acted upon. Injustices or provocations will be healthily declared once the personality reaches inner health in this | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| as the right and the opposite aspect being declared the wrong idea. In reality, however, the two | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| Declaring...................5 | |
| else, makes no difference in principle. Anyone truly declaring and deciding and remaining with the decision to | 22 SALVATION |
| far will know the subtle and fine difference. Declaring yourself responsible for your life and seeking the | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| a victim of your negativity and destructiveness. Simply declaring your vigorous intent to not let cowardice and | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| bound. When you perceive and meet that moment, declaring that you do not wish to remain in | 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the deficit. Then the fear and resistance to declaring the bankruptcy that you had frantically covered up | 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT |
| Decreases...................7 | |
| as the need to reproduce the childhood situation decreases, you will become less withdrawn and you will | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| to the extent that your pride of separateness decreases. The fullness and richness of life will increase | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| to yourself, and to the universal forces. It decreases your awareness of life and reality. It causes | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| self-pitying, or self-destructive attitude, fear of self automatically decreases. Something new begins to happen from within. The | 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING |
| the self. Such lack of freedom and selfhood decreases the capacity to love and increases underlying separateness | 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS |
| blindness, and the denial of the self; it decreases rather than increases awareness. A false picture of | 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| of life. As evolution progresses, this static condition decreases as consciousness and energy become increasingly more vibrant | 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| Dedicate....................9 | |
| you told us we can do, can we dedicate certain actions to them, or how can we | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| my little vanity and my little self-righteousness. I dedicate my life to the Spirit of the Universe | 209 THE ROSCOE LECTURE: INSPIRATION FOR THE PATHWORK CENTER |
| of others. Many of you have begun to dedicate yourselves to a greater cause. It is an | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| divine power and let it guide me. I dedicate my life to truth and love for its | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| for the sake of the will of God. Dedicate all your life, all your actions, all your | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| that part of you in which you sincerely dedicate yourself to the task for God, in which | 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA |
| the great plan, to His will, and to dedicate your life to this. Giving to God means | 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA |
| personal issue where you, after much resistance, finally dedicate your being to wanting to see the truth | 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY |
| yourself to the will of the highest and dedicate your life to follow in Christ's footsteps, spirits | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |