| Eternality..................9 | |
| other. Within three-dimensional time itself the sense of eternality grows, life itself expands. As a person becomes | 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| more creativity and more intrinsic knowledge of life's eternality versus the illusion of death, the illusion of | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| light. With this new safety, a sense of eternality is created in the self. The deepest feelings | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| This is the All, in its infinity and eternality, inexorably filling the vacuum, until there is no | 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES |
| infinity of life, power, wisdom, love, beauty, and eternality. For all the whole is also contained in | 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES |
| in your life, in order to discover the eternality of life. Only then will you live fearlessly | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| the plunge. When this happens, a measure of eternality will manifest in your life right now. It | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| momentary manifestations seem to stop. This sense of eternality is the true bliss. For when there is | 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW |
| on the more internal levels of infinity and eternality a greater, fuller life exists, which is free | 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA |
| Eternally...................26 | |
| back to you as a wave in an eternally pulsating cycle. Of course, you have to start | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| which will never fade; they will be yours eternally. The more you postpone the purification of your | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| have freed themselves. But they throw the immutable, eternally moving, absolute, divine truth into one basket with | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| the individuality of the soul, which truly and eternally exists in a heightened form. Both are true | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| In the same way, the fixed and yet eternally moving spiritual laws, which pertain to every possibility | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| the ultimate being, the indestructible being that lives eternally. The soul is one of the subtle bodies | 21 THE FALL |
| Plan of Salvation, since no one should be eternally damned, not even Lucifer himself. And so that | 22 SALVATION |
| life, in whatever way it manifests, must exist eternally, for non- eternal life is no life and | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| flexible truth of the life stream, which is eternally independent of small wish-fulfillments. If you cannot trust | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| of all religions. For the divine laws work eternally within the psyche and this will be more | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| and relaxed enough to follow the stream of eternally changing conditions emanating from others, from yourself, from | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| Until this change takes place, you must be eternally in the whirlpool of wanting and fearing the | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| heart to the positive, dynamic experience, which moves eternally toward further unfoldment, greater happiness, more inclusion. You | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| the way. This life is a continuum, an eternally moving process, that can be sensed only when | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| hold on makes life scary, for life is eternally moving. When you find that the movement is | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| It is not inherently so. The power works eternally, neutrally and unquestioningly, according to the entity's consciousness | 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION |
| in every breath and every move of their eternally living existence. At a certain point this human-divine | 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL |
| willing to lose your life to gain it eternally. Psychologically, it means that without the willingness to | 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS |
| as opposed to resentful; fulfilled, as opposed to eternally wanting and empty; joyful and content, as opposed | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| are undeserving of joy your needs must remain eternally unfulfilled. If you feel undeserving and unfulfilled you | 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT |
| Everything that is alive is animated by the eternally divine consciousness. And consciousness is eternally moving forth | 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF |
| by the eternally divine consciousness. And consciousness is eternally moving forth and changing manifestation in its myriad | 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF |
| course completely contrary to reality. For life is eternally moving and where life is withdrawn, movement stops | 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF |
| God actually is, or must at least seem, eternally contrary to your desires. It often is so | 232 BEING VALUES VERSUS APPEARANCE VALUES -- SELF-IDENTIFICATION |
| and outer riches because you know they are eternally and inexorably replaced in a never-ending stream. The | 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT |
| and that they are therefore doomed to suffer eternally. This, in turn, took all the incentive away | 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION |
| Eternity....................7 | |
| nothing compared to the bliss and happiness of eternity after the self-inflicted misery has been experienced. The | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| but for a few minutes, these minutes are eternity, not only because it lacks a time concept | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| I do not want to use the word eternity. This other dimension behind time is still not | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| East, whence you came, symbolizes one point of eternity, if I may express myself in such a | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| life, penetrating the infinite void and thus bringing eternity and light into the nonlife and darkness until | 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF |
| truly heavenly. This manifestation is the distortion of eternity. It is hopelessness itself as if no change | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |
| that is meant to be yours for all eternity. Allow this experience to strengthen your determination to | 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY |
| Etheric.....................8 | |
| of the subtle bodies does. Is that the etheric or the astral body? ANSWER: Well, my dear | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| the subtle bodies leave the physical body. The etheric double, as it is often called, is the | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| than the other subtle bodies. After death, this etheric double disintegrates -- not always immediately, but after | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| spirit is an entity that has maintained its etheric double due to its inner state of mind | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| inner state of mind. During natural sleep, the etheric double remains in the physical body, while the | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| out too, but, if sleep is natural, the etheric double will remain. Therefore, it is sensitive to | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| pain or other physical sensations. Under anesthesia, the etheric double goes out: therefore one is insensitive to | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| Is this a case of mind-reading, perception of etheric bodies, or is it possible that the spirit | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| Ethical.....................14 | |
| my dear, depends entirely on the spiritual, moral, ethical attitude of all concerned. The thing itself is | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| lead a decent life and are a so-called ethical person who does no harm to others and | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| right or wrong action for you, not the ethical value of the action itself. As long as | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| and decent. You may think of others whose ethical standards are infinitely lower than your own and | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| outer knowledge, if the latter follows a higher ethical line as is often the case. That is | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| do may at first appear contrary to the ethical and moral law of your environment. Though this | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| standard rules, regulations, and dogmas, no matter how ethical they may be. They can only show right | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| wrong, the good and the bad from an ethical standpoint. Rather, I told you to evaluate these | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| has come for a new evaluation from an ethical and spiritual viewpoint. Look inward to determine where | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| which are not and cannot be considered good, ethical, or moral. Aggressive, hostile, proud, overambitious trends are | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| spite of feeling superior in spiritual development or ethical standards, and may wistfully think, If only I | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| their emotions guide their lives without recognizing the ethical laws? ANSWER: I must say that I expected | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| often you are convinced that your actions are ethical and moral even though you may already have | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| for society; by performing valuable scientific, artistic, or ethical work. Such pursuits are, in themselves, constructive and | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| Ethics......................8 | |
| may not even violate the recognized standards of ethics in your society. And yet, what you want | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| even atheists, but who have high standards of ethics and morals, do know what is right and | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| that that is wrong -- the sense of ethics even of an irreligious person is already developed | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| truth, a philosophical truth; it may be pure ethics and morals, without any religious implications; it may | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| conscience will never be at variance with divine ethics and morals. So if you have the courage | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| person rebels against laws and all standards of ethics and morals, he or she does so because | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| law for protection. There was no code of ethics which ostracized an offender. Humans fluctuated between ruling | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| totally driven by emotions and desires, regardless of ethics and morality. So for that stage the development | 224 CREATIVE EMPTINESS |
| Euphoric....................3 | |
| soul will have no particular desire for such euphoric states of elation. Your desire will rather be | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| must the subsequent road lead away from such euphoric states. Does that answer your question? QUESTION: Yes | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| and happiness could not possibly be called a euphoric state of elation. Again, as in the question | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |