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| things and open myself to divine enlightenment and devote regularly, daily, about twenty to thirty minutes to | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| much of you? Is it too much to devote a little time and effort every day to | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| development. Therefore I cannot urge you enough to devote all your attention to the discovery of the | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| present on this path. A person has to devote much work, willpower, and time to reach this | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| of giving help, it would be absurd to devote her time and energy to a profession for | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| help you further. And now I want to devote time to your questions. QUESTION: I don't understand | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| found God in their souls to some extent devote more time to prayer not only for themselves | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| Perhaps it is better for you now to devote less time and concentration to general deliberations, and | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| kinds of shame that now I want to devote some of our time together to this subject | 31 SHAME |
| one. The simple fact that you decide to devote a certain period of every day to prayer | 36 PRAYER |
| yes, I should say that every person can devote at least two or three minutes to prayer | 36 PRAYER |
| the subject is not of sufficient interest to devote what little time there is. ANSWER: The moment | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| complete together. It would be particularly constructive to devote more time to discussions and questions on tonight's | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| important subject in itself to which I will devote part of a lecture in the near future | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| man should have one day on which to devote his thoughts to his inner life. Thus, he | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| daily bread is taken care of. He can devote his time and energy to such luxuries. But | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| friends who work in this intensive study to devote some attention to the topic of demands. Look | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| the emphasis on self-observation. If every day you devote a little time to this all-important issue, the | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| given up, the key to life is found. Devote a few minutes every day to thoughts such | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| these: Whatever I already am, I want to devote to life. I deliberately want life to make | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| to bring the obstructions to light. You will devote time and effort to this venture. You will | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| is the same. One makes a decision to devote time, effort and care to the smooth running | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| matter how much you meditate and pray or devote your energies to spiritual or artistic issues, this | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| a way that your day will run smoothly. Devote time and effort to create this new order | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| will come to those of you who really devote yourselves to your own innermost path. Now, my | 223 THE ERA OF THE NEW AGE AND NEW CONSCIOUSNESS |
| into the new era. Their ever-renewed decision to devote all of themselves to the process that has | 223 THE ERA OF THE NEW AGE AND NEW CONSCIOUSNESS |
| can say, in truth, that I want to devote my life to living and working according to | 235 THE ANATOMY OF CONTRACTION |
| pillars who know of this principle and who devote their total life to being a divine channel | 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS |
| Devoted.....................12 | |
| work can we or should we be so devoted to and helped by the Holy Ghost as | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| Holy Ghost as we are supposed to be devoted to and helped by Jesus? ANSWER: Whether the | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| God to whom thought and feeling should be devoted, at least to some degree, their lower nature | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| one's activities. Part of one's life must be devoted to one's duties, one's livelihood and responsibilities, whatever | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| may be. Part of one's life should be devoted to spiritual unfoldment. And part of it to | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| progress. For them, a few years of apparently devoted work will bring lesser results than would a | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| is: A certain amount of time should be devoted to the inner life, to reflection and contemplation | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| for. I promised that this evening would be devoted to answering your questions. First I should like | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| dualistic state must cause crisis. I have previously devoted an entire lecture to this topic. Let me | 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL |
| giving, helping, fulfilling a task, and of being devoted to doing so. You will rejoice in the | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| you make this discovery as you are already devoted to giving of yourself to a cause beyond | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| can be bypassed if the personality is truly devoted to give all of itself to its own | 230 THE UNIVERSALITY OF CHANGE -- REINCARNATIVE PROCESS IN THE SAME LIFE SPAN |
| Devotion....................23 | |
| of divine law, as well as with great devotion to God and His great Plan of Salvation | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| belief is wonderful and an expression of one's devotion and spirituality. Here we have one of those | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| underlying roots, but nevertheless in a spirit of devotion, is already a great deal for some people | 38 IMAGES |
| very heroic if their guilt mingles with their devotion. QUESTION: You mentioned willpower and courage twice tonight | 38 IMAGES |
| other out -- the essential is that your devotion to God and to Christ, who has contributed | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| God to run your life? Is it really devotion to God that forms this concept or is | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| false piety. What in your view is obvious devotion hides something completely different. No, my friends, it | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| as you are ashamed to show love or devotion, you feel more secure to be -- or | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| being omnipotent, strong, invulnerable will bring love and devotion. This attitude implies that you will not only | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| be perfect. It means that you proceed with devotion and full commitment into your inner land until | 209 THE ROSCOE LECTURE: INSPIRATION FOR THE PATHWORK CENTER |
| intent, and thought you form, motivated by unselfish devotion to universal truth, love, faith, expressing a desire | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| of my friends. There is so much sincere devotion to your path and so many real fruits | 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS |
| time you need to cultivate a neutrality. Your devotion to fulfilling the will of God must include | 224 CREATIVE EMPTINESS |
| is transformed into an attitude of love, giving, devotion and sincerity. There is no other key. But | 232 BEING VALUES VERSUS APPEARANCE VALUES -- SELF-IDENTIFICATION |
| happiness will be a natural expression of your devotion to the truth of your transformation and of | 238 THE PULSE OF LIFE ON ALL LEVELS OF MANIFESTATION |
| the truth of your transformation and of your devotion to the task that is waiting. So happiness | 238 THE PULSE OF LIFE ON ALL LEVELS OF MANIFESTATION |
| the universe's abundance. In this spirit of total devotion, of total commitment to giving all of you | 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE |
| will be ever more anchored in your total devotion to your path. Increasingly you find that the | 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS |
| heart. Leaders create a following and, in total devotion to their task, give of their best. They | 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS |
| this I mean that your total focus, commitment, devotion must be generated by your active mind and | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| from your personal growth, from your commitment and devotion to serve a cause that goes far beyond | 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT |
| habit that needs to be cultivated with patience, devotion, and perseverance; it is of great importance for | 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY |
| to the end, never let up in your devotion to serve God. 258. PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS | 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE |
| Dialogue....................24 | |
| take this problem into my meditation, into my dialogue with God and with Christ, who is there | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| truth is the truth, so that an intelligent dialogue can be established with the life-resisting part of | 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING |
| the conscious ego, with its instructions to and dialogue with the ignorant child, and on the intervention | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| desire to transform the self-defeating aspects, leading the dialogue and calmly but firmly instructing the ignorant child | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| out and find this voice. Use the meditative dialogue here again, to explore and let the worst | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| can you have a direct confrontation, communication, or dialogue with it and ask it further questions, as | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| itself; you are active when you have a dialogue and reeducate the infantile, ignorant aspects of yourself | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| change. And only as this happens can the dialogue between your conscious mind and the involuntary responses | 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES |
| responses of your soul movements go on. This dialogue is an essential prerequisite to change. The dialogue | 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES |
| dialogue is an essential prerequisite to change. The dialogue should consist of stating and acknowledging in clear-cut | 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES |
| upon yourself. Then the second aspect of the dialogue can begin, in which your conscious self also | 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES |
| said previously, this happens best in a threefold dialogue: the dialogue of the conscious self with the | 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| this happens best in a threefold dialogue: the dialogue of the conscious self with the demonic aspects | 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| the conscious self with the demonic aspects, the dialogue of the conscious mind with the divine self | 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| conscious mind with the divine self, and the dialogue between the divine self and the demonic self | 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| as in every meaningful conversation. But this threefold dialogue comes only at a later stage of your | 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| voice that cries for vengeance, that has a dialogue with it and probes the truth of its | 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS |
| you confront this attitude in yourself. Have a dialogue with it, as I said before. When you | 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS |
| as the damage it causes. An interaction, a dialogue develops. Perhaps a bit later you can request | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| various ways. You may actually hear an inner dialogue conducted by these two levels of consciousness in | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| this pitfall. The process must be a conscious dialogue, as I have explained in the lecture about | 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| For when you begin to observe the ongoing dialogue within, you will often see that your words | 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD |
| will be very helpful if you conduct a dialogue, again and again, between the old and the | 235 THE ANATOMY OF CONTRACTION |
| simple stroke. You need to enter an ongoing dialogue, full of goodwill, increasing your willingness to shed | 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE |