| Examples....................52 | |
| to bypass but which he now sees as examples of his selfish behavior. Such recognitions will make | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| point. In time, however, you will perhaps, through examples and certain explanations, better understand what circumstances can | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| only a small general outline and a few examples. Certainly, for those who have not yet concerned | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| one who has done it. There are other examples where physical functions are completely controlled. When this | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| spiritual sense, of course -- are just two examples. There are spheres of slime and dirt, spheres | 21 THE FALL |
| regularly without an obvious reason are just two examples. There are many more. The wrong conclusions that | 38 IMAGES |
| most significant virtues. Let us take a few examples to make this a little clearer. Consider the | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| important for you. Let me give you some examples. There is a mass image about the duration | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| this subject? QUESTION: Could you give us some examples of abuse of the life force? ANSWER: The | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| other person. I will give you some random examples that I am sure many of you have | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| brought up here is only one of many examples. This does not happen to be important for | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| healthy impulses; instead, you pick the most drastic examples for your experiment. The drastic examples are the | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| most drastic examples for your experiment. The drastic examples are the selfish impulses. Only by a growing | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| to give a few of the most obvious examples. With this in mind you will be able | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| who cling to faith out of fear are examples of those who want to avoid confronting the | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| and effect. Even if the general explanation and examples I cite here should happen to apply to | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| in turn. These are only a few general examples of the compromise that seeks to combine the | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| latter disproportionately lowers it. There are many other examples, but you will have to discover these reactions | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| had relinquished something. Look perhaps first for positive examples; they might make it much easier for you | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| on the horizon, and create confusion. The two examples I have given will show you how wrong | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| of the self-indulgence in self-acceptance. These are just examples, but you can find the same in any | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| may help with clarification, perhaps by way of examples. Personal exposure is not necessary unless desired by | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| you with the equipment you need, including strong examples that approach the problem from a new angle | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| the caricature of a woman. These are good examples which can be used in your self-search and | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| This may be so. These are partly good examples. Such participation will help you to assimilate my | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| life and death. These are but a few examples of how life on earth presents itself in | 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE |
| made sufficient progress in this respect can bring examples. These will offer the greatest possible enlightenment. The | 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE |
| will offer the greatest possible enlightenment. The personal examples may then be extended, so that what I | 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE |
| additional help. To clarify confusions and difficulties, bring examples of the split concepts and subsequent conflicts that | 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE |
| attitude toward each parent. When you present practical examples, I can show how to go on from | 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE |
| the truth. I suggest you bring personal, real examples, for they lend themselves very well to the | 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE |
| will then answer all questions and discuss all examples or problems brought to me. I want to | 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE |
| humanity as a whole. If we receive such examples from some participants, this may prove of great | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| taken place. Let us again take some illustrative examples. An overconcern with one's creative abilities hardly leaves | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| and battle against the other as evil. These examples should make you sense that in reality it | 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS |
| and expresses the distorted feminine principle. Both these examples are also applicable to women. Because the manifestation | 169 THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS |
| and productive or unhealthy and destructive. The following examples will help to illustrate the principle: To live | 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS |
| -- as shallow. These and many, many other examples illustrate the illusion of partisanship, of judging one | 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS |
| spiteful resistance to good feelings. All these are examples of negative creating. Those of you who work | 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY |
| shame, self-assertion with unacceptable aggression. These are typical examples of false unifications that must first be disunited | 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS |
| that were totally negated and ignored before. Some examples of new attitudes are: setting a positive goal | 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| parties involved. Confusion, self-blame, deadness of feelings, are examples of responses which bring forth the as yet | 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT |
| approach. It is a task that will set examples. You will have to go about it slowly | 209 THE ROSCOE LECTURE: INSPIRATION FOR THE PATHWORK CENTER |
| the seekers who have finally recognized the true examples. When done in a truthful and creative way | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| your concept of what really exists in these examples is either still absent or so misconceived that | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| important process for you to visualize intuitively. The examples I gave are very simple. Yet even in | 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW |
| are very simple. Yet even in these simple examples, you can perhaps imagine how many psychic nuclear | 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW |
| contained in the creation of each of these examples. The smallest particle of air is in itself | 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW |
| larger scheme, again, as I illustrated with other examples. I only wish to convey that the smallest | 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW |
| my friends, realize, though you have seen some examples of this. As you grow further, you will | 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW |
| 2) projection, (3) denial. I will give simple examples of each to use for your further self-exploration | 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW |
| the other? I could name many more such examples. Seeing the connection between them will give you | 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS |
| Exceeds.....................4 | |
| carry them out. Only when a particular issue exceeds their degree of knowledge do they have to | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| help God gives you in finding yourself always exceeds your efforts, once you really and unconditionally decide | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| extension and movement of the spirit by far exceeds that of the body. Once this thought is | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| cuts off the vision of real life that exceeds the limited present state. Only the isolated ego-bound | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| Excellent...................4 | |
| this path of self-purification, it may be an excellent exercise and meditation to think of all the | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| no one can convince you. You will find excellent arguments to prove that it is not so | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| no group activities. It may give you an excellent preparation for our work together next year when | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| the building material is solid, beautiful, and of excellent quality. Some is defective, a cheap imitation, and | 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL |
| Exceptional.................7 | |
| through spirit communication. There have always been some exceptional, wise humans to whom others could be guided | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| As a manifestation from the higher worlds, at exceptional occasions, the higher spirits can manifest, either in | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| not be clear remembering unless the circumstances are exceptional. This may happen too. QUESTION: In what form | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| worrying about whether or not such fluctuation is exceptional. All human beings have inner problems and imperfections | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| of it is essential. There may be isolated, exceptional cases where one parent offers a sufficient degree | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| fleetingly, and to a relatively small degree during exceptional states in their life. Most people are usually | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| However, despite the severity of his illness, his exceptional intelligence, good will, honesty, perseverance, and courage to | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| Excessive...................37 | |
| it is -- your problem, your decision, your excessive attachment -- and present it to God. Open | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| Realize that this causes all your misery. This excessive fear makes you behave like a person so | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| person. QUESTION: Is there any possible connection between excessive self-love and homosexuality? ANSWER: There may be. It | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| manifold. One of the possibilities can be an excessive form of self-love. Other factors also enter. Another | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| enter. Another reason for homosexuality may be an excessive fear of women in a man, or of | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| contradictory factors may all play a role simultaneously. Excessive self-love, leading to homosexuality, or at least being | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| that the world is now in fear of excessive growth of population, of population explosion? ANSWER: If | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| you to understand also the origin of the excessive demand. The need comes from a vague memory | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| is that it is impossible to gratify such excessive expectations on this earth given the reality that | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| a need to triumph over others, competitiveness, and excessive demands. The idealized self-image will be set up | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| guilt, but deeply hidden, you will also find excessive demands, no less than those in the aggressive | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| be a ruthless selfishness, self-centered pride and superiority, excessive demands and often even cruel impulses toward others | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| connection with the idealized self-image, and with the excessive demands and expectations you have of yourself -- | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| can be borne, while false needs have an excessive and compulsive force. Because of this you often | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| the only way to safeguard yourself against the excessive, and perhaps even childish demands of others is | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| and on those around you. For instance, their excessive demands may immediately diminish when they sense a | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| find that an imbalance does exist: You have excessive demands, on the one hand, in that you | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| in some instances the demands of others are excessive and childish. On other occasions, the demands are | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| to engage are unjustified. Such reaction indicates an excessive demand on your part: wanting the advantages of | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| attitude. Where were you oblivious of your own excessive demands? They may reside perhaps in another area | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| which may be exerted by society. Your blind, excessive standards make it impossible to reach the inner | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| personality. She either becomes emotionally dependent in her excessive need of being loved and approved, or mentally | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| yourself. Apart from the frequent unreasonableness of unconscious excessive demands on your part, it may also happen | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| others. Do you not know that your unconscious excessive demands make you prone to the unconscious excessive | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| excessive demands make you prone to the unconscious excessive demands of others? And these two forces make | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| lack of awareness of one's own needs creates excessive one-sided demands, disappointment and fear must create a | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| overcomes stagnation; calm prevails where frantic unrest created excessive movement. I should now like to give a | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| you are incapable of paying, or which seems excessive. Happiness must further not only individual self-expression, expansion | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| as a final effect, an outer immobility, paralysis, excessive passivity. These extremes are always the result of | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| result is inertia. Misapplied will and action produce excessive tension. Where the mind should be receptive, not | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| people are too impatient, their pathwork is stopped. Excessive tension is always an expression of misunderstanding the | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| forcing results--sometimes alternately but often simultaneously -- in excessive tension and anxiety on the one hand, and | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| what you do not wish to experience. This excessive wanting and not wanting creates not only a | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| for the neurotic patterns of your own child. Excessive guilt for your child's problems is based on | 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS |
| fear of pleasure will consciously manifest in an excessive striving for pleasure, in an anxiety about not | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| creates tension, separateness, contraction. It comes from an excessive ego-orientation and is therefore totally alien to a | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| negativity has been conducting me. This negativity is excessive control and contempt. Going from that lower voice | 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA |