| Directive...................7 | |
| key to the image. It is a strong directive, but by no means does it open the | 38 IMAGES |
| this very doubt and fear was an important directive and lesson for all. But even though they | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| the pain, but will give you a clear directive as to how to go on from here | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| Thought and will are temporary tools to give directive to your outer actions and intent. They can | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| again a helping hand, a stepping stone, a directive to gain further insight and to widen your | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| repeat: clarity and conviction, concise statement and unconflicted directive determine the force and energy of the process | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| can be realized. If you seek the right directive merely with the outer mind you will tend | 228 BALANCE |
| Directives..................4 | |
| that. You must use these words as guiding directives, so as to gain personal, emotional understanding from | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| yet know how to use the fine, sensitive directives one needs to contribute with one's knowing, at | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| make your own decisions. Rather you choose the directives of others in your obedience to rules. QUESTION | 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF |
| truth and love as your guideposts, as your directives to govern your life, to surrender to, to | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| Directs.....................14 | |
| as such is not afraid of danger; he directs his little boat well through the elements, and | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| wonderfully fulfilling task is still awaiting you. God directs it in such a marvelous way that it | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| criminal it is only because his free will directs him to give in to the lower part | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| you will feel that something thinks within you, directs you, sends you messages, gives you deep and | 21 THE FALL |
| either think that there is a God who directs their lives, and if they suffer, they have | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| be different. At other times, your real conscience directs you toward the very thing you desire most | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| it with yourself, as you should. The latter directs your thinking and feeling and perceiving into a | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| it goes out to another person, or he directs it to himself. Only the dissolution of this | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| the ego, the part of the consciousness that directs the will, crisis will occur to make structural | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| the nature of the consciousness that nourishes and directs the energy current in question. Hence, if the | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| guidance I have given in all these years directs you step by step through the maze of | 188 AFFECTING AND BEING AFFECTED |
| mind calls the higher self into play and directs it to give specific guidance. There are two | 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS |
| energy to move you where God in you directs you. Surrender to the divine power and guidance | 200 THE COSMIC FEELING |
| way the mind turns, which way the will directs it, which thought the mind chooses in any | 216 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INCARNATORY PROCESS AND THE LIFE TASK |
| Dirt........................7 | |
| two examples. There are spheres of slime and dirt, spheres of intense suffering through overcrowding or through | 21 THE FALL |
| to that treasure is by digging up the dirt, which means that you have to come in | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| for a while. You know that handling this dirt is worthwhile and necessary for freeing your treasure | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| souls: the beauty on one hand, or pollution, dirt, barrenness on the other. Significantly, nature and atmospheric | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| not damming up the river, you let the dirt and residue float freely to the surface to | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| have to wash the wound so that no dirt can prevent the healing process from taking place | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| It is as if you were to shove dirt under your furniture, where it cannot be seen | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| Dirty.......................6 | |
| it as though the sun were shining through dirty glass and the rays coming out on the | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| it. You will shed it like an old, dirty, heavy cloak you have no use for. Your | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| unconsciously held the common misconception that sex is dirty. The resulting inner split was that either he | 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS |
| simple, unconscious misconception. The misconception that sex is dirty led to the above-mentioned conflict, which led to | 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS |
| do, as well as false guilt for being dirty. The cut-off sexuality becomes therefore more and more | 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS |
| removed. The old restrictions that make sexuality a dirty, guilty secret no longer exist. It is important | 239 CHRISTMAS LECTURE 1975 |
| Disadvantage................50 | |
| path, even an advantage must turn into a disadvantage and a problem. In this case the masculine | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| or appear harmless, but is ultimately to your disadvantage. When and to what degree this can happen | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| to overcome it. As any difficulty or apparent disadvantage can be a cure, which it must be | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| because there is always a price or a disadvantage to any alternative; and to be wholly willing | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| before it becomes a certainty that the possible disadvantage may turn out to be real. On the | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| immaturely, with half-closed eyes, not accepting beforehand the disadvantage implicit in your choice. In this way, you | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| alternative will have an advantage and also a disadvantage, as long as you live in the world | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| so-called advantage. For you, an advantage and a disadvantage will continue to exist until you have worked | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| yourself up to those higher spheres where no disadvantage can befall you, even while still in the | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| hoped to gain the advantage without accepting the disadvantage. And often you even hope -- again without | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| of both alternatives and to be spared the disadvantage of either. This amounts to cheating life, and | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| is choosing the line of least resistance. The disadvantage here is that your conflicts, hungers, needs, and | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| not His. You think it would be a disadvantage, in some way, for you to surrender yourself | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| but also as causes of suffering and personal disadvantage to whoever violates the laws, even when this | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| child ignored -- that every advantage has a disadvantage. So when, with your insistent inner crying and | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| get the supposed advantage, you also get its disadvantage. You do not like the disadvantage you unconsciously | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| get its disadvantage. You do not like the disadvantage you unconsciously asked for, and think that life | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| that serving one's own ends often brings greater disadvantage than resisting such selfish impulses. At this level | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| bad and wrong and that it is a disadvantage to show them openly. Thus they hide the | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| be to your advantage that is to the disadvantage of another person. This is separateness -- and | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| you that at the same time is a disadvantage or hurt to another can in reality never | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| still filled with the untruth that any other's disadvantage may be your advantage; there are moments every | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| a brother or sister who thereby suffers a disadvantage ultimately demands a much higher price from you | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| I said before, namely that to cause any disadvantage to another cannot possibly be wise and be | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| outright wicked, or a wish to inflict material disadvantage on another person. Your petty vanity, your need | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| conditions, it may seem to you that this disadvantage is unjust and unbalanced and therefore a step | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| famous. Whatever appears like a negative aspect, a disadvantage, indicating lack of progress, is often just the | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| you, knowing it will not bring you any disadvantage. May these words take root in your souls | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| that you regard truth as being to your disadvantage. If you did not believe this, you would | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| for yourself. You always put yourself at a disadvantage, losing your dignity and self-respect. All this is | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| area. You may regret or dislike any material disadvantage resulting from the setback, but you will not | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| your being, that its absence will be a disadvantage of some sort. Your battle, your severe reaction | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| without understanding the irrational belief of advantage versus disadvantage. As long as such understanding is lacking, you | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| is even more difficult to discover the imagined disadvantage that makes you hold on to the condition | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| respect at least, that goodness is to your disadvantage. Of course, in reality this is not so | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| surroundings; or he may find it to his disadvantage because he fears losing the person he needs | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| advantage if it creates undue pain and unfair disadvantage for another. So, on the one side of | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| fulfilling his responsibilities in life appears as a disadvantage and sacrifice and therefore as loss of self | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| to the vast intelligence which knows of no disadvantage in any way or for anyone concerned: it | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| unconscious conclusions claim that it is to their disadvantage to grow and to their advantage to remain | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| I believe that any decision must result in disadvantage or harm to any of the parties, I | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| real risk, putting your life at a grave disadvantage, again death, in the deepest sense, or insisting | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| it as long as you believe that some disadvantage will result from your decision. That you are | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| impossible when one associates it with sacrifice and disadvantage. The very existence of a belief in punishment | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| will always manage to put yourself at a disadvantage; you will be driven into damaging behavior patterns | 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION |
| will be impoverished, put to some sort of disadvantage, while by grabbing for what you want and | 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING |
| you completely self-responsible, which you erroneously consider a disadvantage, overlooking the fact that only in self-responsibility can | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| they at first seem to impose a momentary disadvantage on you. You can cultivate an open and | 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM |
| they do something that seems momentarily to your disadvantage or feels unwelcome. You are no longer in | 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM |
| be temporarily hurt, rejected, or put at a disadvantage. It must include the courage to risk something | 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA |