| Diffuse.....................6 | |
| work. Its manifestations may be ever so subtle, diffuse, and almost too elusive to catch. But, if | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| There are the half-conscious thoughts, the vague and diffuse attitudes and expressions that are almost second nature | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| as a malignant growth, rather than as a diffuse overall climate permeating you completely. This stage is | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| have no energy, conviction or clarity. They are diffuse and you feel that they have little effect | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| guilt and a sense of worthlessness that is diffuse and not pinpointed in conscious awareness. The superimposed | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| person or deity. They form a more general, diffuse, but nevertheless quite distinct state of mind. These | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |
| Dig.........................8 | |
| they may have thought at first. If you dig deeply and honestly, you will be surprised how | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| on the surface level; you will have to dig deeper into your emotions in order to find | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| you have concocted for yourself. But when you dig deeper you will find out that your reactions | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| them, you can explore the deeper regions and dig out the cause. You will usually find that | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| to stay away from any labels, but rather dig out what goes on underneath. Find out why | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| yourself, to explore the unconscious, you have to dig for knowledge so completely out of reach that | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| finds a pattern here to look into, to dig for. This would be a strong indication that | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| the spring is there, the more effectively we dig from the outside the faster will it come | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| Digest......................5 | |
| trouble in order to get it. And you digest it by thinking through for yourself what you | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| to know how much knowledge this person can digest without shock, how the timing and the procedure | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| in your unconscious desire-currents. And then, as you digest the answers, the active process will start functioning | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| is the capacity to take in, ingest and digest, assimilate and accept. A rigid individual, whose inner | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| waste material and gathering new material. Try to digest some of what I have said here. Study | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| Digested....................6 | |
| must always be applied on a personal level, digested and evaluated within, so that harmony is established | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| only if this food is supplied, taken and digested, will all your other needs automatically be taken | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| particular point which you still have not quite digested and still need to deliberate on. You yourself | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| truth. Such truth, if only half understood and digested, can be dangerous and cause damage to the | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| to others. This, in turn, must be assimilated, digested, evaluated, so as to enrich the soul and | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| gathered back into the self. It is being digested, assimilated. It means reaching into the depths of | 235 THE ANATOMY OF CONTRACTION |
| Digestion...................4 | |
| on you and makes you restless. Assimilation and digestion in such a case is so slow that | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| movements indirectly further organic growth -- through assimilation, digestion, utilization of what was gained, and rest. In | 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| longer applicable. This follows the same laws of digestion and elimination that apply to the body. The | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |
| and positive change in its marvelous apparatus of digestion, elimination and assimilation. A great blessing and energy | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |
| Digging.....................7 | |
| laws in your soul. Self-recognition, self-analysis, and the digging out of these currents are the only means | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| you can get to that treasure is by digging up the dirt, which means that you have | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| These are the very layers you reach by digging into your emotions. An entity may be incarnated | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| progress in their inner search have, after much digging and exploring, come across a fear of loving | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| wishes. It will take a great deal of digging to uncover the emotions that lead you again | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| of granite, while sandy accumulations call for slow digging and eliminating to keep the sand from trickling | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| superficially requires focused attention, considerable self-honesty, and much digging on your part. Now, my friends, if you | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| Dignity.....................83 | |
| healthy and genuine way, you never compromise your dignity. You may well have to give up insisting | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| give up insisting that you must preserve your dignity at all cost, but exactly because you give | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| because you give up the insistence on your dignity can you win what you were ready to | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| Real love will never make you lose your dignity; you will always be able to stand up | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| be able to stand up for yourself. Healthy dignity will bring you respect and not humiliation or | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| As I said, real love creates a natural dignity very different from false dignity, which is based | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| creates a natural dignity very different from false dignity, which is based on pride and vanity. Such | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| these two ways of being and understand the dignity that lies in the divine principles, even though | 21 THE FALL |
| God. 37. ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY Greetings in the name of the | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| lessons. Another distortion of a divine attribute concerns dignity. Dignity is a divine aspect. Its distortion is | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| Another distortion of a divine attribute concerns dignity. Dignity is a divine aspect. Its distortion is pride | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| beings proud of their pride mistaking pride for dignity, which has no life apart from complete humility | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| hand is necessarily proud and cannot simultaneously have dignity. In the measure that self-will, pride, vanity, and | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| inevitably bring fear in their wake. Fear and dignity cannot coexist. The soul that can humble itself | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| humble itself when it is appropriate knows true dignity. Is there anything more dignified than saying humbly | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| feel, admitting a wrong will never injure your dignity. How often do you stubbornly persist in holding | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| give in! Why not? Your misunderstood concept of dignity is nothing less than pride -- the exact | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| less than pride -- the exact opposite of dignity. Spiritually unawakened people easily mix up the two | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| person's point of view without letting your so-called dignity stand in your way. You will see there | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| which claim that it is beneath a man's dignity to enter into intellectual discussions with a woman | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| argument, but also a part of his masculine dignity. Just because he has neglected to strengthen his | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| up your personal integrity, your legitimate needs, your dignity. At another time we shall go into that | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| love means to give up your self-respect and dignity. You think you have to give in to | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| realize that love does not mean giving up dignity, self-government, and freedom, you will not fear it | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| only as a unique individual do you have dignity and a chance for happiness. You also feel | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| happiness, and you have more rather than less dignity and individuality because of this fact. Your dignity | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| dignity and individuality because of this fact. Your dignity will increase to the extent that your pride | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| always put yourself at a disadvantage, losing your dignity and self-respect. All this is covered with the | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| that you can admit defeat without loss of dignity. This very attitude actually brings dignity. The child | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| loss of dignity. This very attitude actually brings dignity. The child in you believes that the less | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| that you cope with defeat honestly, humbly, with dignity and poise; without embellishment, projection, humiliation, or pretense | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| though your value as a human being, your dignity, is at stake. However, you may have an | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| little by little you will grow into true dignity. You will loose your sense of shame, which | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| suffer defeat. You will thus gain the true dignity that will set you free. You no longer | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| it makes a farce of truth, of the dignity of the freedom and divine strength in humanity | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| in, to lose. That robs you of the dignity of your real self. Your real self can | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| toward the impossible. You will not forfeit your dignity when you no longer want to fulfill those | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| on others. However, you confuse submissiveness with the dignity that is lacking in you. Your submissiveness is | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| be pushed by it, you cannot experience the dignity, the grandeur, and the beauty of it. You | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| may become too much. Then there is no dignity or freedom in performing everyday chores, be they | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| aside, disregarding their needs, impairing their self-respect and dignity. All this may be very subtle. It may | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| of you who has the great courage and dignity, the human dignity, to want to develop, to | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| has the great courage and dignity, the human dignity, to want to develop, to grow and to | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| candor, so as to make growth possible. The dignity of this endeavor becomes evident when it is | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| acknowledge because it was uncomfortable or beneath your dignity to do so, you will become strong and | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| the selfish, greedy child within you brings liberation, dignity, and strength which, in turn, makes it possible | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| the experience out of fear of losing your dignity -- meaning pride -- and your selfhood -- | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| -- meaning self-will -- when, in reality, true dignity and selfhood can be gained only by giving | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| that you have the resources to live in dignity and self-respect and are not wholly dependent on | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| If you are not afraid to have your dignity impaired, there will be no need for false | 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR |
| nonlife. Perhaps you fear a negation of your dignity, of your essential value; or perhaps a denial | 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE |
| the conflict of submission and slavery, loss of dignity for the sake of giving in, giving up | 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE |
| but also as it affects your pride and dignity. But all this is stark and tragic illusion | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| life within you, so you can find true dignity only when you overcome the shame of being | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| and meaningful existence, of real selfhood, of the dignity of being a creator of one's own life | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| solutions and inspirations that neither deny your basic dignity as a human being, nor sentimentally coddle you | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| altogether unconscious. Distorted pride, as opposed to healthy dignity, is always comparing and measuring the self with | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| of self-expression. Neither does it diminish your genuine dignity when you give up the pride that hides | 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| them. This allows for truthfulness without hopelessness. What dignity it lends you when you consider that you | 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| you here do. This task gives you great dignity, which is so much more important than the | 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| not assert your human rights and your human dignity. This interpretation has preached meekness and masochism that | 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL |
| The more you admit your hurt, the more dignity you have, regardless of the distorted views of | 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL |
| it possible for human beings to live in dignity and in the knowledge of who they ultimately | 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT |
| for. I now lift my head in the dignity of who I am. I know the greater | 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT |
| have faith in yourself, ever believe in your dignity as a free human being? You may try | 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY |
| yourself without pride, yet without humiliation and with dignity. You have to make a real inner volitional | 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES |
| see yourself in a new way that reconciles dignity and humility and leaves out both pride and | 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES |
| harmonious, firm strength that grows out of true dignity and self-value. It is a pseudo-strength that comes | 206 DESIRE: CREATIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE |
| accusation, but as the highest form of human dignity. So only when you want to be in | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| aware, courageous, humble self, with all its innate dignity and nobility? You are all of this and | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| original facets of true value are contained. Your dignity is a reality that you look for and | 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM |
| the contrary, it creates a healthy pride and dignity. By surrendering to God, one avoids one of | 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| order to avoid self-hatred and to preserve your dignity. But this is not true dignity; it is | 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| preserve your dignity. But this is not true dignity; it is merely a blind reaction based on | 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| you, exploit you, or trample upon your human dignity. It does not matter whether this person is | 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| this authority holds out for you because your dignity and inner freedom are more important. Your autonomy | 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| may set you inwardly free and respect your dignity, so that the relationship between you will become | 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| can only heighten your selfhood and your true dignity. By following this leader you can never lose | 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| you may now follow and yield with your dignity intact. Or you may find that positive aggression | 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| by those attitudes that are often confused with dignity, pride in the desirable sense, character, self-value, and | 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY |
| of the great privilege, the great power, the dignity, the infinite possibility that this confers on you | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |
| effects. Let this new vision lend a new dignity to your life, a new motive for becoming | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |
| You resist the concept because it offends human dignity. You distrust a universe that is pedagogic and | 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT |