| Detach......................4 | |
| a wall of separation will become lonely and detach themselves more and more from the people around | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| goes, the more a being will learn to detach itself from its relatives and from its old | 18 FREE WILL |
| bound. But if a person has begun to detach himself and takes a wider vision on things | 18 FREE WILL |
| from being your best will loosen as you detach from self-serving, as you release the stingy withholding | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| Detached....................42 | |
| Accept the message with a humble and patiently detached attitude, without wanting to know everything at once | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| however, it is wise to adopt a patiently detached and humble attitude, because all knowledge in this | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| Only by accepting this pain can you become detached enough from your ego until pain will no | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| have pain -- and therefore you are not detached. You have to train yourself that your pain | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| was serenity when things went well. However, being detached in the way I mean, you are independent | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| flavor, you may even become afraid of being detached, because you will misunderstand me, my friends. You | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| and yet patiently; it leaves you free and detached, yet never passive and resigned. One will-stream comes | 18 FREE WILL |
| is a danger in being too desireless and detached, for you might then move slowly and unnoticeably | 18 FREE WILL |
| the particular characteristic of wise judgement, calmness, and detached reflection. These attributes would enable the being to | 21 THE FALL |
| is the only way you can become really detached, my friends. When your own shortcomings in the | 21 THE FALL |
| does not matter any more, then you are detached -- not when you avoid the things that | 21 THE FALL |
| your quota of self-observation and meditation in a detached way. By doing so, you will not work | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| amount of willpower, and a certain amount of detached and reasonable, common sense thinking. Some of you | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| a lot in brotherhood, in humility, and in detached understanding. Asking others about your faults may not | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| tell you. If you learn to be more detached about this vanity of yours, then and only | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| and underestimate another. But a person who is detached from your problems and your inner struggles may | 31 SHAME |
| are hurting. If you can be honest and detached from yourself at the same time, listen quietly | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| be a spiritual person, who is developed and detached in the right sense, if you remain governed | 38 IMAGES |
| you and how others, who are perhaps more detached and objective, see the same person. Observe your | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| They only lead to them. Make constant and detached observations of your daily reactions. Find your attitude | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| easiest. Then go to an objective third person, detached from the conflict, perhaps the person you work | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| The true sense of detachment is to be detached from one's own ego-centeredness. Thereby the person obtains | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| you fear the hurts, you do not become detached from them. Because the fear is worse than | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| paralyzed. The capacity to have an objective and detached view of the person who you think has | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| But, in order to have an objective and detached view, you have to be rid of the | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| it, my friends. It merely leads to a detached self-observation. As you do this, you will undoubtedly | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| love can be given that is much more detached in character. Also, when you discover and experience | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| you consciously believe you are genuinely and healthily detached, but your exaggerated need merely festers underground, covered | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| merely observe what is in you in a detached way, with your intellect. You have to become | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| same time remain what you choose to call detached? That means remaining personally uninvolved, not risking pain | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| love, demanding love in return, not of a detached love that senses when to let go, when | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| former does not have an urgency, it is detached, it does not make you restless and frustrated | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| of yourself from the unhealthy, confused, involved part. Detached observation of something obscure and strange is the | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| force to approach yourself in a spirit of detached observation. When you find it difficult to do | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| look at your problems in as objective and detached a way as you can muster, expressing the | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| The next step in this connection is the detached observation of the movements of the soul -- | 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT |
| loses a certain binding power. You become more detached by the very act of seeing yourself in | 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT |
| in the state of self-realization one is so detached that one cares about nothing and is indifferent | 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT |
| in that way for a while, with the detached, objective self-evaluation that comes from deep self-acceptance and | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| toward the unfolding destructive part is one of detached observation, of unjudging, unharried acceptance. The more it | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| paradox: Identify with the destructiveness and yet be detached from it. Accept that it is you, but | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| observations become more honest, more clearly defined, more detached -- while that which is being observed is | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |
| Detachedly..................3 | |
| summoning of your calm inner will. The more detachedly you observe the involuntary thought process, the more | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| These dictates are, You must look benignly and detachedly at all human beings, knowing their weaknesses and | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| you become even more aware of it, more detachedly observant of it. This comprises the first step | 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY |
| Detachment..................59 | |
| Observe your thoughts, but observe them quietly, with detachment and in a relaxed way, without guilt feelings | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| the ego is concerned. Again, this kind of detachment cannot come by forcing oneself; it is the | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| important, then you are a step nearer to detachment -- and thus to happiness. When personal success | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| unpleasurably -- you have attained some of this detachment, in which alone you will find real security | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| my friends. You will think this kind of detachment means that you do not love any more | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| because of your desires. If this kind of detachment is not reached, you constantly miss the happiness | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| friends, to whom the thought of desirelessness or detachment is still a little frightening, do not think | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| Then just note your feelings; register them with detachment. Say to yourself: This is the way I | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| it leads you away from the state of detachment so necessary for attaining spiritual and emotional maturity | 18 FREE WILL |
| strong pressing of your ego, you should learn detachment from it. By viewing again and again the | 18 FREE WILL |
| a major requirement of spiritual development and true detachment. Accepting yourself as you are does not mean | 21 THE FALL |
| understanding, and promote a tiny little bit of detachment in your consideration of yourself. Later on, when | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| from a little distance and with a little detachment your own reaction when you do this. That | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| way. If you can observe the feelings with detachment and acknowledge them, then you have made the | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| think about it with a maximum degree of detachment, or with a fresh new outlook. You will | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| That is the way to reach a healthy detachment, which will continue to increase until you can | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| other people, positive feelings, also a certain basic detachment. The time element is impossible to fix. It | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| never have open eyes for another. The necessary detachment and intuition would be missing. So that is | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| completely objective all at once. To reach such detachment, you must go through the stage where you | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| QUESTION: In connection with our work, the word detachment has come up. Would I be correct in | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| up. Would I be correct in stating that detachment is just another way of expressing separateness? ANSWER | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| with all great religious teachings throughout the ages. Detachment undergoes a similar fate. People who are afraid | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| love often escape into the distorted idea of detachment. But this should not make you forget the | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| right sense of it. The true sense of detachment is to be detached from one's own ego-centeredness | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| the person obtains a certain objectivity, which is detachment. It means that you consider your own hurt | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| will you come to the point of healthy detachment and objectivity. Being human, it is understandable that | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| away through the wrong kind of practice of detachment. You can reach true detachment only by degrees | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| of practice of detachment. You can reach true detachment only by degrees. QUESTION: I think this question | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| to be involved any more before I learn detachment. Once I have learned that, I would like | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| you can never attain the right kind of detachment. In order to rise above anything, you have | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| personal emotions are more involved. Therefore objectivity and detachment are lacking to a greater degree than in | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| rule. Its observance brings a certain objectivity and detachment from one's own involvement and interest -- outer | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| self-will current, will meet even tragedies with true detachment, which is gained only by maturing your emotions | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| is gained only by maturing your emotions. True detachment means that life and love are no longer | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| it and look at it with a little detachment, in the same way that you should look | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| its real origin, you will gain the same detachment from the reaction of the other person. You | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| provoked by others. As you gain a certain detachment from yourself in a very healthy way, the | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| cannot do so unless you gain a certain detachment from yourself and an awareness of your childish | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| merely festers underground, covered by layers of false detachment, which is nothing but fear and withdrawal into | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| construct a serenity that is rarely a true detachment. Detachment is achieved only after one has accepted | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| a serenity that is rarely a true detachment. Detachment is achieved only after one has accepted all | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| too, include pride and hypocrisy: pride, because this detachment seems so godlike in its justice and objectivity | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| dishonesty is just the same. And since the detachment is not true and cannot ever be true | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| their healthy forms will give you a healthy detachment when looking at yourself so that you will | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| be completely resigned to a life of serene detachment, while underneath craving and dissatisfaction do a great | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| being tries to understand another, with as much detachment and objectivity, and consider as many facets of | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| their personalities in a different way, with the detachment and objectivity of one uninvolved human being toward | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| and consequently others in a spirit of objective detachment, ascertaining trouble spots without guilt or anger, is | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| awareness. View it with a little distance and detachment and a maximum of honesty. You are all | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| When you learn to do this with calm detachment, you will not only learn to communicate consciously | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| joy. The first comes when you see with detachment what exists in the other, and this sets | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| seems paradoxical to postulate that both involvement and detachment must exist in the healthy psyche. Again there | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| to the understanding of this seeming contradiction. If detachment is indifference because you are afraid to be | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| to risk pain and scared of loving, then detachment is a distortion of the real attitude. If | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| blend between desire and desirelessness; between involvement and detachment; between activity and passivity. When this balance becomes | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| you toward the more advanced state of objective detachment -- and that in fact is already a | 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION |
| such a person transcends duality. This kind of detachment from pleasure or pain is strongly fostered by | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |
| the goal of spiritual self-realization. The pursuit of detachment leads to all the disciplines of asceticism and | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |
| movements totally negate its necessity and advocate the detachment, not only from worldly matters, but from all | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |