| Discontented................3 | |
| these chains, you will feel frustrated, unhappy, and discontented with your life. Begin to act now so | 18 FREE WILL |
| does to the extent he or she feels discontented with life. To the extent life begins to | 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| joy; when they do not, they will be discontented and anxious. Living with one other person in | 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS |
| Discontinued................3 | |
| the monad. In other words, it can be discontinued. Is that so? ANSWER: Certainly. Anything that is | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| so? ANSWER: Certainly. Anything that is superficial is discontinued. Only what reaches the deeper layers of your | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| will never rebel when an old tradition is discontinued, or when it is replaced by new customs | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |
| Discord.....................4 | |
| resistance and vanity, practices self-deception and thrives on discord. But, in the long run, even a weak | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| with whom you just happen to be in discord. It does not have to be always a | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| that leads toward union and fulfillment. It is discord, and spreads disharmony and isolation. Those who are | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| it can be found in this maze of discord. You wonder if you are your best qualities | 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| Discourage..................15 | |
| repentance which would never drag you down or discourage you. When you ask God for forgiveness with | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| outer problems in your life, that should not discourage you. For the outer form of the inner | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| with me privately will have noticed that I discourage such questions. If I were to tell you | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| You will come to see how often you discourage the best in you, not only due to | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| and still make sense. These words need not discourage you, my friends. It is understandable that you | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| time, you all know that. This should never discourage you. You have to gather the little pieces | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| you encounter when doing these exercises should not discourage or deter you. If you persevere, you will | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| they are unreliable in this state. Since you discourage their growth, you live by your mental faculties | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| sin and evil as much in order to discourage contempt and arrogance. Until only very recently insane | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| a priori as something wrong, it will inevitably discourage the healthy striving of the soul, so that | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| center, 2) observe the mechanics by which you discourage its manifestations and toughen the vulnerable spot; 3 | 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY |
| to find the subtle, hidden area where they discourage the full natural flow of feelings, where they | 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE |
| to effect a real opening. This should not discourage you. When you are inwardly ready, you will | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| human terms. You know, my friends, that I discourage the taking of drugs for many reasons. But | 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE |
| beloved friends, this lecture should by no means discourage you, no matter how far away you may | 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE |
| Discouraged.................39 | |
| If you realize this, you will not be discouraged when you are busy on this first half | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| and by so doing you will inevitably become discouraged eventually because your endeavors will always wind up | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| are the days when you feel low and discouraged and doubtful. Then it becomes imperative for you | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| be formed. So if you are low and discouraged, do not give in to your mood so | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| into your problems, and you will not be discouraged anymore by an apparent standstill. At the very | 36 PRAYER |
| into a major phase. You must not get discouraged when at first the disorganization is so great | 36 PRAYER |
| done. If you do not let yourself become discouraged by the inevitable initial hurdles, eventually, little by | 36 PRAYER |
| Do not despair when you are sad and discouraged, there is no reason. For life is eternal | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| difficulty understanding the other world. You often feel discouraged because to bridge the gap between the sexes | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the same time he has deliberately suppressed and discouraged the unfoldment of his emotional and intuitive nature | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| also because it is, or seems to be, discouraged by your environment. The last lecture about the | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| heavier and your soul becomes more and more discouraged. For those of my friends who have not | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| them through each time anew. Do not become discouraged if you still find part of your old | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| hindered if you have neglected emotional growth and discouraged yourself from experiencing the world of feeling. Why | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| you would feel angry at yourself and be discouraged. Or else, you may be in such a | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| path to freedom. Do not let yourself be discouraged when you temporarily find yourself in a seeming | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| this life, you have a tendency to be discouraged or even to feel, What is the use | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| If, at such a time, you are not discouraged and do not give way to the feeling | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| a time of fruition. Some of you feel discouraged. Your question is: Where does this path get | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| Therefore, I say to those friends who feel discouraged and stagnating to ask themselves very truthfully: Is | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| the process of growth may often feel temporarily discouraged, believing they are going around in circles. Inwardly | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| on searching, even though at times you feel discouraged. You will not regret it, provided you do | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| effort, even if at the moment you feel discouraged or hopeless, must be crowned with success if | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| in spite of them. You are not yet discouraged by repeated disappointments. The hopelessness, depression, and sense | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| relapse and your personal inadequacy. Thus you become discouraged, fall into despair and stem against the flow | 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING |
| warring opposites. Hence you will no longer be discouraged, nor will you particularly suffer when you do | 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING |
| those who were responsible for your upbringing: they discouraged the best in you without knowing what they | 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| forced either. It can only be encouraged or discouraged, just as feelings can. Feelings and the creative | 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF |
| misunderstand the process. Such people become disappointed and discouraged; they start to use less effort and thus | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| see how the very aspects that may have discouraged you at first were the necessary initial steps | 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL |
| manifestations of your unconscious processes. Do not be discouraged and feel lost because you do not yet | 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE |
| you. To those of you here who are discouraged and feel hopeless about yourselves, I can say | 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| deal of acting out. This must be vigorously discouraged. There is no necessity for it. Not doing | 206 DESIRE: CREATIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE |
| environment or themselves. Children's self-destructive acts must be discouraged by their elders. This is hardly possible or | 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION |
| It takes even more courage to not be discouraged. You feel courage in all of your body | 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM |
| hand you push forward in impatience. You become discouraged and wonder why you do not grow faster | 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE |
| to make so little sense that you become discouraged when you see this reaction in you again | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |
| your daily meditations. When you are unhappy, fearful, discouraged, in darkness, know at least that you are | 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT |
| When difficulties come, it is human to be discouraged. When you are puzzled or in pain, when | 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE |
| Discouragement..............13 | |
| own faults properly means neither self-abusing despair and discouragement because you discover yourself to be more imperfect | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| that seem to be a reason for your discouragement. But deep down, this is the real reason | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| you have a visible explanation for your deep discouragement. This is easier to bear than the absence | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| you were convinced had been resolved, disappointment and discouragement may be a greater stumbling block than the | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the fight against change, this is due to discouragement with yourself, with your apparent relapses, for you | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| will your confusion, and then your depression and discouragement, disappear. Let us review in brief how an | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| perfectionistic is such a strain, leads to such discouragement and rigidity and pretense, that growth becomes impossible | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| and courageously going through the temporary periods of discouragement and resistance, you will come to the point | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| many forms. I repeat, wherever there is stagnation, discouragement, and depression about the validity of your work | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| which then come as a double disappointment and discouragement. The only way change can come about is | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| you gradually come to the point of utter discouragement. Each time the pseudo-solutions fail to work you | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| to know it without self-pressure, without self-moralizing, without discouragement. All these forcing attitudes are destructive and erroneous | 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE |
| further negative emotions, such as doubt, fear and discouragement. I am talking about this topic because I | 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS |
| Discourages.................4 | |
| real self from coming out. Thus it systematically discourages your inner nature from functioning, from guiding you | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| you are familiar. The discrepancy both frightens and discourages you. Your fear is, in fact, one of | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| suffers to the degree that she defeats and discourages the functioning of her femininity. So she, too | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| education as it is currently practiced smothers and discourages the child's innate curiosity. Children have millions of | 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION |