| Ego-........................7 | |
| or protected -- or both; the need for ego- gratification. All these are legitimate needs, provided they | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| of this total commitment to life? Of relinquishing ego- identification? Of the positive manifestations that can enrich | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| to control something that is not amenable to ego- control can only create imbalance, pressure, tension, anxiety | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| more you cultivate such attitudes, the more the ego- self becomes compatible with the real self. Therefore | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| will of the unconscious. Therefore the outer or ego- consciousness must treat the unconscious -- even the | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| and therefore the more harassed it becomes. Isolated ego- existence arises from ignorance and pride in the | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| forth, which then manifests as an apparently separated ego- consciousness. It is the task of this separated | 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES |
| Ego-attitude................1 | |
| the more heightened the pleasure. Intensity is an ego-attitude and prohibits the letting go of the ego | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| Ego-attributes..............1 | |
| attitudes. They are mutually interdependent. Use the positive ego-attributes for the effort to overcome resistance and also | 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS |
| Ego-body....................1 | |
| degree as when you are free from the ego-body state. That is, you do constantly create, whether | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| Ego-bound...................1 | |
| exceeds the limited present state. Only the isolated ego-bound entity experiences the terror of finiteness. Distrust and | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| Ego-centeredness............3 | |
| of taking risks, or out of a crass ego-centeredness. Such withdrawal into a self-created world may yield | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| outer unselfishness can camouflage your emotional selfishness or ego-centeredness. You may give away your possessions, but you | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| detachment is to be detached from one's own ego-centeredness. Thereby the person obtains a certain objectivity, which | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| Egocentric..................21 | |
| masochistic or sadistic tendencies; it will not be egocentric or violate your personality. I want you to | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| worth. When you withdraw into seclusion and become egocentric, you thwart not only others but yourself. Emotional | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| itself. It always depends on whether it is egocentric, separated and loveless because of emotional immaturity or | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| who think too much of themselves, who are egocentric. They do not ever think of others and | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| person, you haven't an inkling that you are egocentric or selfish. To desire health because in your | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| individual. The second basic force is the inverted, egocentric principle by which most human beings still live | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| will truly experience the truth that the more egocentric you are, the less self-confident you can be | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| Its claims for perfection are motivated by purely egocentric reasons, and this very egocentricity makes self-confidence impossible | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| the truth. Nothing induces greater insecurity than being egocentric. Egocentricity calls for fixed, prescribed behavior patterns and | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| to eliminate the danger not by becoming less egocentric but by becoming more so and creating regulations | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| to love. Anyone in that condition is selfish, egocentric, blind, and cannot understand others. Immaturity means separateness | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |
| it is not wanted is as insensitive, as egocentric, and as greedy as loving too little. You | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| then establish a human relationship, whereas your greedy egocentric giving destroys it. Let the other person be | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| for manipulation, if you examine it, stems from egocentric fear and an over-cautiousness about letting go to | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| am hiding my real guilt because I am egocentric? ANSWER: You are quite right, but you will | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| this self-betrayal is bound to make you more egocentric and more closed up toward others, to yourself | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| requires practical involvement, the flexibility of putting one's egocentric aims below the needs of the other person | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| a strange and apparently paradoxical balance: the more egocentric the little child within a person is, the | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| to receive. The weaker and more helpless such egocentric people become, the more they tend to blame | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| and explore the causes embedded in your own egocentric childish level. Meditation is an absolute prerequisite here | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| to mention that not only actual infants make egocentric and antagonistic claims to omnipotence. Undeveloped, immature and | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| Egocentricity...............31 | |
| more and more in a wall of separateness, egocentricity and blindness. These qualities make you commit deeds | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| would you care to elaborate on self-pity and egocentricity? ANSWER: It goes without saying that both are | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| the wrong form of self-love. As far as egocentricity is concerned, I believe this has been answered | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| - - therefore as unselfishness and lack of egocentricity, as search for union or for anything outside | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| it stands for dishonesty, hypocrisy, cowardice, avarice, selfishness, egocentricity, separateness. The static principle in its positive aspect | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| child is in you with all its selfishness, egocentricity, one-sidedness and unfair demands. Thus you are in | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| posture is, your facial expression. This is not egocentricity, nor does it lead to it, my friends | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| coping with life. Another factor is a certain egocentricity, a lack of interest in what is really | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| the moment. Of course you have your basic egocentricity, but if you own up to it, you | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| motivated by purely egocentric reasons, and this very egocentricity makes self-confidence impossible. The great freedom of coming | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| these motives will reveal the fundamental selfishness and egocentricity prevailing in this attitude, just as much as | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| truth. Nothing induces greater insecurity than being egocentric. Egocentricity calls for fixed, prescribed behavior patterns and rules | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| so and creating regulations supposed to safeguard your egocentricity. Thus you find yourself in another one of | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| get along with others despite so much immature egocentricity. Alone, you are now advanced enough, generally speaking | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| so-called neurosis always contains selfishness, greed, pride, cowardice, egocentricity, and ruthlessness in one form or another. If | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| by obstructions in the psyche, such as selfishness, egocentricity, fearfulness and cowardice. Every time even a particle | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| sexuality, which is indulged in a spirit of egocentricity or isolation. It is the childish attitude of | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |
| find particularly how this holds true, how this egocentricity manifests. It has to become more than mere | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| prevail: blindness, laziness of thinking and feeling, selfishness, egocentricity, cruelty, vindictiveness, and so on. The first step | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| relationship that is often turbulent because of blind egocentricity, selfishness, or possessiveness may certainly appear to be | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| describe it is as an emotional climate of egocentricity. Regardless of good intentions, unselfish acts, considerate attitudes | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| unselfish acts, considerate attitudes, this inner world of egocentricity continues to exist. The stronger the good intentions | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| the persisting negativity. The more the childish, one-sided egocentricity is hidden in guilt and shame, the less | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| well as of the subtle overall climate of egocentricity and self- concern to the exclusion of all | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| transition when you leave the isolated life of egocentricity and of greed. You demand the most from | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| to another person. On the other hand, when egocentricity has been outgrown and you can experience yourself | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| be unselfish, to be humble, to relinquish the egocentricity of the frightened child, to allow others to | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| infant's claim to omnipotence as immaturity and destructive egocentricity. It is that, but it is also much | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| others. This is what creates its destructiveness and egocentricity. The ego makes power a dangerous weapon, as | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| truthful admission. And as you accept the infantile egocentricity within you, you light another candle. For by | 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN |
| grow. Only in the acceptance of the infantile egocentricity can you find the birth of the Christ | 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN |
| Ego-consciousness...........14 | |
| Let us begin with infancy. An infant lacks ego-consciousness. There is no self-consciousness, no sense of self | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| on helping you to understand the relationship between ego-consciousness and universal intelligence. We shall continue to do | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| creative living that is the God-consciousness. Although the ego-consciousness is ill equipped to handle life by itself | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| give up destructiveness. The limitation is that the ego-consciousness cannot execute this alone and must turn for | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| yourself; you are active when you use your ego-consciousness to enlist the help of the spiritual consciousness | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| the instrument. Later, it will work between your ego-consciousness and the source of all life within yourself | 186 VENTURE IN MUTUALITY: HEALING FORCE TO CHANGE NEGATIVE INNER WILL |
| to expand this state, because the split- off ego-consciousness fears that doing so will annihilate you. You | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| the cycle of incarnations, to reintegrate this split-off ego-consciousness and to regain forever wider and deeper portions | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| of the self. Humanity believes that this split-off ego-consciousness is the real self. You identify with your | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| When your spiritual center begins to manifest, your ego-consciousness integrates with it and you begin to be | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| hear only beauty. You will hear what your ego-consciousness is ready to receive. The divine voice cannot | 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA |
| however, the movement is hindered as the outer ego-consciousness resists the process, makes itself insensitive to it | 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE |
| the higher self are beautiful, but in the ego-consciousness become untrue, off center, distorted and neurotic. You | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| first abandon the distortions, on the level of ego-consciousness, before they can reemerge as truth on a | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |