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| can know the wonder of it in the depths of their soul. On the other hand, people | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| spirits go from time to time into the depths, into the spheres of darkness, to bring light | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| mental process you bring your feelings and the depths of your soul, your deepest wishes for God's | 36 PRAYER |
| can you go up. Only by exploring the depths, the deepest regions of your unconscious mind, can | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| first find the untruth that exists in the depths of your soul. After the untruth is ousted | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| be yours only when you go into the depths of your being to face yourself in truth | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| point, your will to further search the unlimited depths of the other person and voluntarily reveal and | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| one another by revealing themselves, by searching the depths of the other's soul. Thus what is in | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| levels of your being, to reach into the depths of your unconscious reactions -- which may be | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| just because of that she also reaches greater depths. QUESTION: Communism, particularly as taught and practiced by | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| may still find aspects of it within the depths of your being. If you deny yourself the | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| my friends who have not yet reached certain depths of their unexplored subconscious, this may sound quite | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| universe is. Only when you reach certain inner depths, perhaps after a long time of hard and | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| It was long before we went into the depths of your being, in this phase of self-search | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| an entity to go through many heights and depths than to falsely construct a serenity that is | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| you will regain after you have explored the depths, having in the interim been away from perfection | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| passed through life without experiencing its heights and depths, without developing yourself to the most and best | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| experience these tendencies within yourself. Only exploring the depths of your emotions and clearly understanding their significance | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| of all your pseudo- solutions and misconceptions, whose depths will make you aware of your needs. The | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| by now you have sufficiently penetrated into the depths of yourself to be aware to some degree | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| possible for you to reach and confront these depths of your being. May you summon the courage | 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE |
| reactions remain hidden, you are oblivious to the depths and the realities of your being. All you | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| greater wisdom and power, into wider scopes and depths of being. However, due to a number of | 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES |
| awareness until and unless you have explored the depths of your innermost self. When you have reached | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| over fate. But this message, coming from the depths of your spiritual being, often reaches the outer | 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL |
| you abandon yourself to plunge into your inner depths and into the stream of life? To lose | 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT |
| who have not yet begun to discover the depths in the self that need to be explored | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| to love, to be truly sincere to the depths of your being, and to trust the universal | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| that one really fears only one's own unknown depths. People project this real fear onto any number | 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING |
| case. Certain emotional experiences come out from the depths of your being, but it is just the | 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| -- the superior intelligence that dwells in the depths of you -- to help you truly understand | 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| last lecture, everyone knows, or senses in their depths, that this state could exist. Do not ever | 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| infinite possibilities of happiness exists in the inner depths of each person's being. Almost all of you | 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY |
| the spirit. Translated, this means dipping into the depths of one's inner being. If pain resides in | 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION |
| one's inner being. If pain resides in those depths, it must come out, otherwise it cannot be | 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION |
| try to reach far enough into your own depths, asking: What did I create and what does | 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION |
| goodness of it when they reach into their depths - - transcending the waking, conscious mind as | 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION |
| transcend them by reaching into the unified divine depths, the more the world consciousness must change. Thus | 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION |
| it only exists superficially and not in the depths of their feelings, the manifestations the person then | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| divine self unfolds through new ideas, feelings, and depths of experience, the ego will be instructed and | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| truth. To blindly accept this division in the depths of one's unconscious reflexes means untold confusion and | 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS |
| the first time and are unfamiliar with the depths of our work may not know at all | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| of new self-expressions, new forms of pleasure, and depths of unifying relationships, new challenges mastered, new fascinations | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| Specifically, that person is responsible for searching the depths of the interaction which creates any friction and | 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP |
| wisdom and experience all well up from your depths. But as long as you follow the line | 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| truly ready, my friends, to venture into the depths of your being. There you can let go | 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS |
| energy and the time to go into the depths of your feelings. At the same time you | 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS |
| fail to realize yourself. You will experience new depths of feelings. You will even welcome the pain | 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| the cosmic feeling. If humankind goes through the depths of unhappy, painful feelings, it is because it | 200 THE COSMIC FEELING |
| in the further course of this path the depths of the negative emotions connected with these false | 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT |
| of this separated aspect to probe its own depths and potentials to find the infinity of life | 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES |
| come as you go deeper into your own depths and experience your inner wealth and connectedness with | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| effect and meaning if it manifests in the depths of unified consciousness -- in the larger, wider | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| experience. You will progress to new heights and depths of experience, where you explore the inner universe | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| for self-search, self-purification, and for change from the depths of the distortions, they will, in essence, be | 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW |
| Those of you who have gone into the depths and have bared aspects of your lower self | 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF |
| you are learning as you delve into the depths of your inner being on this path. As | 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION |
| being digested, assimilated. It means reaching into the depths of your infinite divine reality to bring out | 235 THE ANATOMY OF CONTRACTION |
| development and growth, one that goes into these depths and hidden crevices, brings a new and true | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |
| alone in which you can delve into your depths and find new levels of inner reality, undisturbed | 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY |
| profound spiritual work, exposure of self has reached depths unknown before in your history, with the exception | 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE |
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| is, above all things, love, with all its derivatives. You know very well you cannot love by | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| in the course of your personal work, are derivatives of this duality. Relaxation can exist only in | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| sense of deprivation and anger, with all their derivatives. More and more, your consciousness perceives, experiences and | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| must also come into being with all its derivatives. The mental levels are affected by this process | 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW |
| you are frightened of pain, together with its derivatives, such as frustration, disappointment, rejection, and believe that | 206 DESIRE: CREATIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE |
| more you expose your hatred and all its derivatives, the more you know of your already existing | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| spite... ANSWER: Defiance, spite, stubbornness, rigidity are all derivatives of the same blockage. Their positive, original seed | 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN |
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| you want to pray for. You can simultaneously derive the benefit of prayer without losing time by | 36 PRAYER |
| of the child were destroyed. The wrong conclusions derive, first, from the generalization. The reality is that | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| who do not participate in group work may derive some benefit from my words. God's world is | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| like to emphasize again that the enjoyment you derive from the unhappiness you provoke is never felt | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| impressions and thoughts are consciously observed can you derive such a benefit. In other words, you must | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| interrupt you. Even if they have significance, you derive no benefit from them as long as you | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| between your foreground and background thoughts, you will derive further benefits, such as a general power of | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| I want will feel my words; you will derive a deep understanding from them and they will | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| avoided, because the benefit for those few who derive real understanding from revealed truth will balance it | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| will see that out of this you will derive further insight and progress. QUESTION: I have a | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| of their conscious daily reactions. May you all derive some benefit and strength, some further vision from | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| what I have to say. May you all derive further instruction and benefit from these words. May | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| in a way that promotes growth. You will derive insight from them, even if you are alone | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| taken as an imperfect business. The ability to derive happiness from it even though it is not | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| average, living an average life. If you can derive happiness out of the ordinary and out of | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| those of the idealized self- image. Instinctual needs derive from the two basic instincts of self-preservation and | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| you capable of relinquishing your illusion. Secondary reactions derive from clinging to illusion and not daring to | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| narrow the gap between the wrong reactions that derive from the negative condition and its subsequent manifestations | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| self- forgiveness and fully facing one's sin. Both derive from courage, humility, and the will to take | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| counterpart in self-indulgence and self-hate, both of which derive from cowardice, pride, lack of self-responsibility, and the | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| On the other hand, appeasement, obedience, and dependency derive from the same greed as childish rebellion and | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| a life in which you live fully and derive the joy of experience, of growth, of feeling | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| fear of loss or disapproval -- will you derive and give joy in the relationship. Only through | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| imperfection can you lead a joyful life and derive enjoyment from your relationships. But as long as | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| of it. Thus you make it impossible to derive joy from an imperfect situation, be it a | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| your fantasies and the kind of satisfaction you derive from them may indeed indicate the direction of | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| each and every one of you. May you derive benefit from these words, may they help you | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| how long will it take for humanity to derive the real meaning of the fourth commandment? We | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| why do you reject yourself? The answer will derive partly from recognitions you have already made, which | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| the best out of each opportunity, and to derive the maximum benefit and happiness out of every | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| the following year, so much more benefit will derive for each of you who is sincere in | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| the newness that is necessary in order to derive deeper understanding. Were humans able to see what | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| it that people with bad motives so often derive all the happiness and success in life? I | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| open you up so that you will eventually derive the maximum experience from each particular incident. You | 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME |
| be this hour! May all of you again derive benefit from these words, even though the real | 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF |
| to be estranged from yourself. You will not derive this sustenance from other sources. As long as | 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF |
| conflict of the parents. The identical act may derive from overindulgence, or from a clear, unconfused psyche | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| kind of pleasure. Think of the individuals who derive no joy from living. They are always those | 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE |
| But on the whole, present society and civilization derive from these first attempts of primitive man to | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| between life and death. From this basic predicament derive all other problems, difficulties, fears, and tensions you | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| All faults, problems, confusions, distortions, conflicts, and misconceptions derive from pride, self-will, and fear in one form | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| on and attitudes to life. When these attitudes derive from a truthful impression and a constructive attitude | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| you can apply what I say here and derive more from this lecture than a vague, abstract | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| to your potential. All other pains and frustrations derive from the pain of not giving out what | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| wanting to part from the precarious pleasure you derive from indulging in destructive feelings and attitudes. This | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| within themselves. You do so partly because you derive pleasure from complaining and unhappiness. Partly you truly | 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION |
| the limitation. In that spirit you can still derive a great deal of joy, even increasing joy | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| love, of yourself. In this way you will derive more of a lesson, more help, and you | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| You do not fear missing it because you derive joy from both opposites of the dualistic state | 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING |
| because you fear your cruelty, your need to derive pleasure from hurting others, you may reverse it | 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION |
| like to say to you now: If you derive your sense of self only from the ego | 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF |
| negative channels. Nor do you see that you derive a sort of satisfaction from allowing the inattention | 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION |
| also consists of seeing that the pleasure you derive from your negative production is never worth the | 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY |
| can never be worth the perverse pleasure you derive from your negative creation. See how your negative | 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY |
| reach for the understanding that the pleasure you derive from being destructive in your feelings and attitudes | 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY |
| the meaning, and the process of meditation and derive the maximum benefit from it, you must be | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| may be one of hurried, impatient pressure. Both derive from self-hate. When you feel stymied and hopeless | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| these patterns. If you observe them, you will derive tremendous meaning from them. Your disconnectedness from the | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| will explain it so that you can perhaps derive some benefit from understanding your repeated cycles of | 216 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INCARNATORY PROCESS AND THE LIFE TASK |
| So when you are praised and honored, you derive a great momentary sense of gratification and confirmation | 232 BEING VALUES VERSUS APPEARANCE VALUES -- SELF-IDENTIFICATION |
| is indeed undesirable and unwholesome. But when you derive the full meaning from your contracted state, it | 235 THE ANATOMY OF CONTRACTION |
| fulfilled, and from which all other fulfillments naturally derive. I will first describe the fulfilled state. Let | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| by trying to have it both ways: they derive as much negative gratification from the maligning as | 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA |