| will then have accepted another one of this earth life's rules, that the uncertainty also has to | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| amount to? It amounts to greed. On this earth sphere most people are greedy, not necessarily in | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| development you have planned in spirit for this earth. If this is neglected, no matter how much | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| entirely, for as long as you live on earth, the last word is not spoken and the | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| spheres of darkness--is easier there than on the earth plane. For that reason, development is slower in | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| lack the comprehensive view of the purpose of earth existence. On the other hand, an overambitious and | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| up or slowed down. Now, since life on earth is one long chain, and each life is | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| of development since the fall, not only the earth incarnations, but also all activities in-between. Each incarnation | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| clear that you have many chances on this earth to make changes for the better in your | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| life is all about. When life on the earth plane is finished, an account is made; everything | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| when one of the people is still on earth. This can happen in various ways, but I | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| of incarnation, the time comes for rebirth on earth. At that moment the entity is brought again | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| are planned to remain hidden in this particular earth life. When all has been considered, the entity | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| final plan is made for the life on earth to come. Special spirits are sent to various | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| set down and the conditions and preparations on earth checked, the entity is led into a different | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| mainly of what you might call, in your earth language, a hospital. Spiritual physicians are working there | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| physicians are working there. Many physicians on the earth plane have been incarnated from such hospital spheres | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| sphere. In a large section the lives on earth are prepared. The entity ready for incarnation appears | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| again it is different--different from what is on earth and from what you can imagine. The words | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| this exists. For you have nothing on your earth plane that is not a poor copy of | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| knowledge will only come back after life on earth has been completed; another part of knowledge will | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| another part of knowledge will come back during earth life, but only when the entity leaves the | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| have now two and-a-half billion people on this earth. According to any reliable census, this is the | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| about three times the number of the present earth population? spirits to be incarnated? ANSWER: My dear | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| fit into the general plan, concerning the entire earth sphere at any particular given time. The other | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| try to explain what I mean. On this earth sphere there is a considerable amount of disappointment | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| every divine force, aspect, or influx on this earth. One of the most misunderstood divine currents is | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| my friends. They are the byproduct of this earth sphere in which you live, partly at least | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| how an entity is prepared for life on earth; how plans for what should be accomplished and | 38 IMAGES |
| much more difficult in the following life on earth until the conflicts become so overwhelming that outside | 38 IMAGES |
| the last, best, and highest stage of this earth plane is the approach I have outlined here | 38 IMAGES |
| The moment you leave the gravitational field of earth, you will not be able to determine whether | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| very few purified beings who come to this earth in order to fulfill a mission. In the | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| what period of history, what part of the earth you live in, no matter what names are | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| are necessary to fulfill your work on this earth plane, therefore they should bring out the inner | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| grow. If a plant is left in the earth with its roots cut off, it cannot grow | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| for two to three hundred years, by your earth time measurement. In this period, existence cannot be | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| spreading all over and is also touching this earth sphere. Imbibe of this light, of this wonderful | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| in the beyond, as a rule, than on earth. We cannot generalize about animals either. Each case | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| There is no other reason for life on earth than to follow the road you have chosen | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| development, but the only reason for life on earth is purification and self-finding. There are many ways | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| That is the whole misunderstanding. Many people on earth misdirect their sexual forces and therefore think that | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| beings -- and thus with God. In the earth sphere, the erotic force is a propelling power | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| ANSWER: But my dear, this human sphere, the earth plane, will never have perfection. It is a | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| to think that a dreadful occurrence on this earth, even war, does not lead humanity toward development | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| reason is for this often painful existence on earth. You all know that life is to be | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| This is the explanation for all life on earth. But to know this is not in itself | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| manifestation of the ideal principle cannot exist on earth yet will not confuse you any longer. The | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| imperfect form of authority, as it manifests on earth, is necessary. In short, your rebellion will diminish | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| my dear ones, all the miseries on this earth, the real problems such as criminality, war, injustices | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| you and to your dear ones, here on earth as well as in the spirit world: blessings | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| lies in a very distant future measured by earth time. But in principle it certainly is possible | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| infinitesimal part of all this, even while on earth. Whoever approaches the stony and steep road of | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| maturity knows no selfishness. This is relative on earth, of course; it cannot be absolute as yet | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| matter is physical matter. For each life on earth you need this physical matter, but you shed | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| physical matter, but you shed it after each earth life. You also shed, soon after the so-called | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| circumstances. And when you come back to the earth plane life after life to learn just that | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| think of as love, in our terminology on earth, actually amounts to hatred. ANSWER: In cases that | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| Believing that is the human blindness of this earth sphere, due to restricted sight, to the fact | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| is no contradiction. Both are true on this earth sphere. When you stand before a decision in | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| from spirits that are still closer to the earth sphere. Such manifestations also have their purpose and | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| principle of expansion. The Son has come to earth. He has been incarnated. Incarnation is restriction, an | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| Plan of Salvation includes the entire creation. The earth sphere is but one part of it. Whether | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| but tune in on it, you on this earth plane could enjoy perfect happiness in every possible | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| being exists no more than complete perfection. This earth plane incarnates only those in whom there is | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| glory that life can be, even on this earth sphere. Learn to enjoy the serious and honest | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| can hear your souls shrieking for attention. The earth sphere produces this loud noise for us. When | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| that as long as you are incarnated on Earth, this can only be experienced to a limited | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| is to lead nations. The greatest evil of earth life is always the individual's overemphasis on outer | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| many more people the possibility to live on earth. That is the lesson to learn. If it | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| right direction. Let me assure you that Planet Earth could nourish and accommodate many many more people | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| forms that are just as real as your earth matter. The deeper and stronger a conviction is | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| by depicting landscapes as you know them on earth. There are shrubs and thickets, narrow ledges and | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| Some you may never even discover on this earth plane. But in principle, all are energy fields | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| absolutely. I can foresee a time on your earth plane -- some of you may still see | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| those who are at the end of their earth incarnations. The reason for more human beings now | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| accelerated conditions prevail. More souls can begin their earth cycle and more souls can come back sooner | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| soul; therefore, the entity is ready to start earth life after a shorter period of time in | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| seems to be many more people on this earth. And I wanted to know where they come | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| in order to come back into light. The earth sphere is a very important part of this | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| in various stages of development come to the earth sphere: those who have never been incarnated before | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| may come when fewer beings will come to earth for a while. It is not that the | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| been created before, they just appear on this earth sphere now because they are ready for it | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| to resume it faster. This may create certain earth problems, but these very problems can be the | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| of darkness are still very strong on the earth sphere. But that is certainly not an indication | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| times, the cruelty, crime and wickedness on this earth sphere would have been so much greater that | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| many beings from lower spheres to go through earth development now. You only see a very limited | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| a very limited aspect, as it appears on earth, thus ignoring all these factors. QUESTION: Why are | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| itself. As I said before, you on this earth sphere cannot see the balance and harmonization that | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| world of matter, as you know it on earth, does not exist in the same form in | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| one of the most flagrant illusions on the earth plane. Distortions can only be brought to the | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| methods of self-development, there are none on this earth which are one hundred percent truth, perfection, and | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| error, since you are living on this imperfect earth plane and dealing at all times with the | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| in perfection and truth that exist anywhere on earth. As long as an entity is not ready | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| find an unblurred manifestation of truth on this earth. Your choice lies only in finding it to | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the inevitability of deviation from truth anywhere on earth, and that this fact can never harm you | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| love as has never been witnessed on this earth before or since. If you reread the lecture | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| into the original unity, or oneness. On the earth plane, one particular aspect of development is union | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| one. Ever since the human race appeared on earth, certain misconceptions and mass images about the man-woman | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| you find peace and some justice on this earth plane. Woman was long forced to suppress her | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| human personality. Yet the cosmic current sweeping the earth plane, which always tries to harmonize and establish | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| will enable you to find unity on this earth to the fullest extent possible. This alone will | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| beings become one entity again. Union on this earth sphere between a man and a woman strives | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| Blessed is this evening. This day on your earth sphere indicates a very special day. It marks | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| of all created beings, that He came to earth and that His coming was the turning point | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| spirit of a human being to use an earth experience in the realm of the spirit world | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| after two billion years of developing life on earth. The other theory, which is still held by | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| God created each species in itself on the earth. ANSWER: The way of evolution is correct. Evolution | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| and now, while you are still on this earth plane. When you think or feel that selfishness | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| to take advice from their dear ones on earth rather than from other spirits. Therefore, there is | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| What does this mean? ANSWER: Your world on earth, as you all know from the lectures and | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| of certain conditions in this life on the earth plane and the spiritual laws of absolute reality | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| only as long as you live in this earth sphere with the limited outlook caused by your | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| forbidden? ANSWER: It refers to your life on earth, of course. It applies, just like the Tree | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| protection. They would not undertake the difficulty of earth life; they would be lazy. They might prefer | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| later if people would not hold on to earth life because they have no certainty yet. The | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| will not reduce the will to live on earth. On the contrary, developed beings will then welcome | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| contrary, developed beings will then welcome life on earth in another sense, and even more than before | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| they were uncertain. The joy of life on earth in the knowledge that there exists a much | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| of error. They will then find beauty in earth life, not because they think this is the | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| raised state of consciousness may make life on earth difficult; the outlook is rather gloomy because you | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| need. Eccl. 5:9: the profit of the earth is for all: the King himself is served | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| 19: Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth.... Matt. 19:24: It is easier for a | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| come to solve and time still remains on earth, something of the deeper buried conflicts may then | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| were necessary, help would not exist on this earth sphere. But the maximum help exists in conjunction | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| are represented by schools of thought on your earth plane. Life in itself is a school. The | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| regularity in them. The time measurement on your earth plane is entirely symbolic, whereas in real spiritual | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| is illusory. The only reality exists beyond your earth sphere. This is a matter not of geography | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| really means and why this world of the earth plane is illusory. As long as these are | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| this many times. You all know that your earth life is not perfect and this fact must | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| other does not. Since mature love on this earth is only present to a degree, the child | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| all great spirits who ever lived on this earth -- Jesus Christ, the Buddha, or any other | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| the few who do understand it leave this earth and leave the heritage of such teachings in | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| the spirit said, Stay here. Stay on this earth plane. Perhaps by being nervous and unrestful you | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| purpose for which you have come to this earth. No older person who is really serene and | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| developed spirit who undertakes a mission on this earth voluntarily takes on such suffering so as to | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| I have said repeatedly, the flesh means the earth matter that has to be accepted. The question | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |