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 Fates.......................5
your life with that of another, or the fates of two people you know. If you seem 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
you realize that you, not God and the fates, are to blame, your revolt may turn against 38 IMAGES
of others, be it people, be it the fates, be it God, be it life itself. But 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
see that it is not God, nor the fates, nor an unjust world order where you have 52 THE GOD-IMAGE
crave for makes you blame others, circumstances, the fates, or bad luck, instead of seeing how you 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
 
 Father......................50
love for your child, your love for your father different from your love for a friend, and 4 WORLD WEARINESS
its brothers and sisters and with the Heavenly Father. It is very difficult to explain this to 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES
ready to hear even what is unpleasant, saying, Father, your will be done, I want the truth 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD
how it can solve all your problems. OUR FATHER. When you think of the meaning of these 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
these words, you presumably picture God as the father of all beings. But as you say the 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
the first two words of the prayer: Our Father. WHO ART IN HEAVEN. Heaven is within you 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
THY NAME. You hallow the name of the Father by trying to fathom His laws and fulfill 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
of all ask God, Is it Thy will, Father? I will be open to receive Thy answer 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD
you to ask in this way: Show me, Father, the real reason for my difficulties, so that 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW
he is not God. He is not the Father, or the Creator. Some say Jesus was just 19 JESUS CHRIST
Christ. Therefore, some religions refer to God the Father and God the Son. You can see that 20 GOD: THE CREATION
and organize, would also be bound to the Father in the Kingdom of Heaven and could never 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
of purification. Go with this resistance to the Father and ask Him to help you. Realize that 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
help you to be receptive to it. Pray: Father, is this thy truth? Is this thy will 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS
this life or in another, of a human father you may have had. It may dangerously color 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW
effect. It would be the same if a father allowed a murderer to come into his house 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
very particular position in his relationship to the Father; he is something quite unique and thinks he 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH
difficult situation. Just hold on to this thought: Father, give me a clear outlook, even though I 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH
a greater influence, in another those of the father. In one instance genes of the parents do 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
the mother, as well as that of the father, may often determine a change. If the parents 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
can be made if the mother, or the father, or both, change their attitude during pregnancy, either 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
pray to God in your disappointment, asking Him, Father, help me find out what it is within 35 TURNING TO GOD
a sign that you have withheld from your Father in Heaven a part of your soul. A 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY
a spirit of humility with the attitude of Father, Thy will be done is the right thing 38 IMAGES
your self-will and can say, and mean it: Father, Thy will be done, let me be Thy 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
mother very much, and despises and fears his father, this, too, may cause homosexuality, because he wants 53 SELF-LOVE
to find out for you. QUESTION: Well, the Father principle in the Creation is clearly expressed. It 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES
said in the Gnostic teachings that in the Father we are born, in the Son we die 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES
in the Christ principle. ANSWER: Quite right. The Father is the Creator, therefore stands for the principle 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES
was advised to speak every day with her father... ANSWER: In the first place, one can talk 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
that the rejecter seems unloving. The mother or father is desirable also because that which is wanted 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
mother will care for her children or a father will provide for his family. That is so 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)
One of the last words of Christ was, Father, Thy will be done. Taken as an example 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
think there might be some need for a father. Those are my motives. I have a few 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
it cannot possibly be that there is a Father who leads life for us. It is up 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
hand, man postulates that God is an omnipotent Father who acts at will; who rewards you if 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
role you play. You may actually be a father, yet your self-estrangement makes it appear as though 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
though you merely play the role of a father. You may truly be an employer, yet you 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
a hurt. PARTICIPANT: If a girl loves her father very much she may ask for the same 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES
The child may experience the love for the father, almost in a sexual way, and later she 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES
The double relationship from the child to both father and mother is another symbol of the splits 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
difficulties. When you discover how you relive your father and mother within yourself and continue to respond 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
two unsatisfactory alternatives. You react forever to your father and your mother in the way of life 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
I feel toward any person possibly representing my father or my mother. I have been quite aware 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF
on studying the negative aspects, centered on the father image. I have asked myself lately if by 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
at. I concentrate on this mixture of a father image and a concept of maleness. I think 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
is all a question between you and your father. You have to ask yourself the relevant questions 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE
questions. What do you really feel about your father? What do you believe he felt about you 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE
as a child, still want to have a father and a mother figure. This is true in 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS
that what you secretly wanted from a superior father authority you have shifted onto a mate. You 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE
 
 Fathom......................4
only medicine there is. Through this you can fathom the vastness of divine wisdom in its magnificent 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE
the name of the Father by trying to fathom His laws and fulfill them. Because for every 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
farther away from you than you can ever fathom. To find God, you need to recognize your 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW
in you in a way you cannot even fathom yet. Be blessed by the great strength that 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY
 
 Fatigue.....................7
Without suppression and self-deception, spring would revive you. Fatigue is a symptom that you are suppressing knowledge 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
are suppressing knowledge and recognitions from yourself. Let fatigue be an incentive to redoubling your intention and 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
without strain be more alert and concentrated without fatigue. You will then begin to function better in 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS
disapproval, or just to survive, creates resentment and fatigue, and thus causes greater resentment by making every 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
appears a welcome relief from the effort and fatigue to struggle against the self. When a short-circuit 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
of creative possibilities boredom is impossible, as is fatigue, since fatigue is merely a result of the 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER
possibilities boredom is impossible, as is fatigue, since fatigue is merely a result of the forces set 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER
 
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maximum of achievement to cast off a particular fault, to set something right with a fellow human 1 THE SEA OF LIFE
seed in you; it must be a special fault which has to be recognized and dealt with 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE
never gives anything to anybody, that is a fault. For someone who is very avaricious, material giving 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE
would be a helpful practice to overcome the fault. Yet, generally, people are more easily inclined to 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE
my sins. How terrible that I have this fault! And whenever they encounter it, they throw themselves 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS
This is how I am. I have this fault. I know it takes struggle, willpower and patience 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS
example. A person is fighting his selfishness. This fault is in almost everybody. Some have it to 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS
arrogance in being so terribly upset about his fault. He needs to meditate to see how very 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS
visualizing yourself free from selfishness, or whatever other fault you may still have, and by feeling how 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS
Where are my faults? What is my greatest fault, which might be the greatest obstacle to my 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD
on this path and get caught in a fault they fail to recognize and therefore fail to 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD
people. For each unrecognized, unconscious emotion, each unrecognized fault that a person does not work on, each 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD
occur either in an orderly fashion. Therefore the fault could apportion to the feminine part what should 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES
people find themselves in any situation without their fault is not true. There is no such thing 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES
up. When that is the case, a personal fault is always responsible, however great the self-deception. Faults 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES
truly repents and by this development overcomes the fault that caused the sin, the sin is extinguished 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES
cannot overcome what you do not know. Each fault is nothing more or less than a chain 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD
disharmony with another person, it is necessarily one's fault. ANSWER: I did not say that. The actual 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD
may be in a whole chain reaction, one fault leading to another, until finally the manifestation appears 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD
lie. It is therefore better to commit a fault outwardly again and again, if it is recognized 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD
only on a path of self-knowledge. Find the fault in you that is responsible for your outer 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND
responsible for your outer hardship and eliminate the fault, knowing that the outer manifestation of the root 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND
can be expected of you. A so-called minor fault may count just as heavily for you as 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD
murder who influences a human being. If your fault is selfishness, there will be a selfishness specialist 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD
a selfishness specialist attached to you. If your fault is that you are inclined to furious outbursts 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD
have this envy specialist around because of this fault. So you must bear in mind that it 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD
often you follow these inspirations. The stronger the fault is within you and the less aware you 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD
not do so, the moment you overcome a fault, you fight against your lower self, you desire 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER
you who will encourage you further in this fault. And so on. What comes out of you 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER
from God. It is not so much the fault in itself that is damaging, but rather that 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER
I said often that stumbling into the same fault in itself is not bad, provided it is 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER
his soul. Perhaps such a person overcomes another fault, even though he has not lived his life 18 FREE WILL
world. And that it has happened is the fault of humankind. You have invented labels to which 19 JESUS CHRIST
Christianity after the life of Jesus was another fault grown out of the same bad root of 19 JESUS CHRIST
the original divine aspect of them. For no fault could come into existence by itself; it is 20 GOD: THE CREATION
meditating on what the opposite of any particular fault is; how you might react and feel if 21 THE FALL
hindrance to the unfoldment of love. For each fault is just that. It blurs the love force 21 THE FALL
qualities may be partly influenced by an unconscious fault or wrong inner current. These trends and tendencies 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS
development, you find that you have one particular fault and you are trying to overcome it through 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS
perforce blind to your surroundings. And each individual fault of yours stands in the way of unfolding 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS
it is often necessary to consider the same fault or trait from new angles, under a different 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS
as to understand the various effects this same fault may have on your surroundings. When you say 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS
never is. Usually it is not just one fault that is responsible, because one fault is always 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH
just one fault that is responsible, because one fault is always connected with another. There is a 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH
a step further. You all know that each fault is a violation of some spiritual law. You 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH
some spiritual law. You may, perhaps, present a fault to me in a lecture session; ask me 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH
you which spiritual law is broken by this fault. And this will then give you the proper 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH
you the proper meditation how to handle the fault. And so you can make further connections if 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH
the violation of the spiritual law by this fault of yours that is responsible for your immediate 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH
that part of yourself too, not merely the fault itself. You have to realize there is a 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH
to realize. You may not think fear a fault, but I am telling you that it is 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH
for you to understand why fear is a fault. First you should understand that these three main 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH
time after having stumbled again over the same fault you become so despondent that you despair of 31 SHAME
if another person were to display the same fault either in the same way or perhaps in 31 SHAME
irritated when another human being displays the same fault you are somewhat proud of in yourself. Once 31 SHAME
proud of in yourself. Once you approach the fault from this point of view, you will lose 31 SHAME
pride persists, however, you cannot possibly overcome the fault. I will be very happy to let you 31 SHAME
happy to let you present to me any fault you choose for analysis. I will show you 31 SHAME
I will show you how to analyze the fault, how it leads to other faults, and what 31 SHAME
I will also show you how every single fault, weakness, or imperfection is a direct hindrance to 31 SHAME
out what the underlying good quality behind each fault is, for there is no fault that is 31 SHAME
behind each fault is, for there is no fault that is not a distortion of something good 31 SHAME
how each misfortune will touch off a particular fault or reveal ignorance of an emotional current running 32 DECISION-MAKING
the shortcoming of lack of ambition, this very fault can tempt to hold on to the positive 32 DECISION-MAKING
its harmfulness. However, you should remember that your fault has a positive side or background, so to 32 DECISION-MAKING
you strength in your work to overcome this fault, so as to prevent you from feeling guilty 32 DECISION-MAKING
to prevent you from feeling guilty. For no fault has been added on to you; all faults 32 DECISION-MAKING
remember that it is possible to have a fault in one area of your personality, but in 32 DECISION-MAKING
overcome it. You have not truly overcome this fault as long as you still have to force 32 DECISION-MAKING
in. QUESTION: I wanted to know what the fault is in a situation when you have feelings 32 DECISION-MAKING
really benefit spiritually. The overcoming of a single fault, the full recognition of a single shortcoming, contributes 35 TURNING TO GOD
divine grace; every effort to overcome the slightest fault opens a door to grace. It is pride 35 TURNING TO GOD
unconscious reasoning. The conscious effort to overcome the fault remains fruitless because the roots of the image 38 IMAGES
these reactions actually are nothing less than a fault, or several faults that exist on a deeper 39 IMAGE-FINDING
that you already knew that you had this fault, thereby preventing yourself from realizing that you have 39 IMAGE-FINDING
existence. But it is necessary to approach this fault as something new, in spite of your familiarity 39 IMAGE-FINDING
cannot be so. I do not have this fault. As a matter of fact, the direct opposite 39 IMAGE-FINDING
the shame very strongly. You may have a fault that is infinitely worse than what you are 39 IMAGE-FINDING
discuss it openly with others. Some much lesser fault or tendency that has no apparent connection with 39 IMAGE-FINDING
tendency that has no apparent connection with a fault or sin causes you acute shame, however, as 39 IMAGE-FINDING
a corresponding strength in the universe, whereas every fault is a twisted strength. A complex too is 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
in a way other than a merely simple fault which is on the surface. It comes out 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
purify, you cannot eliminate a problem or a fault if you do not first become aware of 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
phenomenon that what you see as a grave fault in others you often do not see in 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
in yourself. It makes no difference whether the fault is exactly the same or whether it has 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
and good in a similar way. Furthermore, the fault of the other may coexist with good qualities 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
perhaps in a different way, have a similar fault? And doesn't the person whom I judge so 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
even if your beloved is accused of a fault he or she does not possess. Considering the 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
when you are proud -- which is a fault -- you feel guilty? The unconscious of the 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
in its self-directedness and egotism. Your unconscious sexual fault, therefore, lies in the misdirection and separateness of 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
reactions that are not always obvious. Each human fault contributes to separateness and is of itself a 52 THE GOD-IMAGE
therefore away from truth. If you analyze each fault, you will find that it exists because it 52 THE GOD-IMAGE
how much the other person may be at fault. If you are free of images, illusions, wrong 52 THE GOD-IMAGE
she is convinced that it is positively another's fault. Try to build your concept of unity of 53 SELF-LOVE
I suffer and how little it is my fault, how much I became the victim of circumstances 53 SELF-LOVE
much easier to say it is all God's fault? You may not pronounce these words even in 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
want would be removed. Therefore, it is 'their' fault. My failures are due only to the denying 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS
the same token, Adam was as much at fault by being too passive in a wrong and 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
matter how much the parents were actually at fault. I might say that this is one of 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
feels guilty about a common human failure or fault. Upon further analysis you will find that there 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
that is not ready to give up this fault or weakness, for reasons still hidden. Therefore you 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
defense mechanism, the pseudo- protective armor of this fault, is useless, senseless. It does not work. When 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
only if you try to give up the fault compulsively, while inwardly you cling to it for 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
your soul that says, I must have that fault because otherwise I would expose myself and be 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
life, no matter how apparent the other person's fault may seem to you. Find your own involvement 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS
that people make a virtue out of a fault. Those who are inert may deceive themselves and 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING
of proving that others, or situations are at fault, not your innermost conflicts which make you adopt 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS
ones: self-will, pride, and fear. No matter which fault you take, examining it profoundly, you will always 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
that would say, because of this or that fault in the other person. This is not the 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
that little hurtful truths come from a personal fault or weakness, be it pride, vanity, self-will, rebellion 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
it with the excuse that it is the fault of others, of life, of fate. You will 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE
one must never resent, despise, dislike, blame, find fault with others, and so on. As a result 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
never assert oneself, always give in, never find fault with others, love everybody, never recognize one's own 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
anything and that everything must automatically be your fault. You will learn to discriminate. You will discover 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT
what you think you should be. The one fault distorts your whole vision and you are now 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS
is generally assumed that laziness is simply a fault. This is a very superficial evaluation, however. Laziness 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
very superficial evaluation, however. Laziness is not a fault to be commanded away by sheer will. But 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
experience them in their living reality -- at fault, surely, but now understood in their dynamics -- 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
that people reject a person due to a fault or weakness alone. If you observe life around 101 THE DEFENSE
is why a free admission of the worst fault or distortion will bring forth acceptance, while a 101 THE DEFENSE
not like you less because you have this fault, and that you are willing to face it 101 THE DEFENSE
by corruption in high places, is this a fault? Does the light on the path make us 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
what should be our attitude? Is it a fault?), and moralizing with others. As I often say 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
opposite, and not making restitution for the original fault. Such double-edged guilt produces false guilt, accompanied by 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT
matter how deep a problem, how severe a fault, it could never create an abiding disturbance if 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
receive. I said before that if the original fault were fully conscious, there would be comparatively little 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
because of your fear that others will find fault with you and reject you, but also because 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
moralizing is a tortured inner movement; recognizing the fault in question is unbearably painful only because the 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
to convey an honest intent to see the fault and observe high standards of morality because one 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
never burdened by an unpleasant admission of a fault, no matter what it may be, precisely because 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
you will find that in each instance the fault is supposed to ward off something that you 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY
would actually happen if you didn't have this fault? These questions must be precisely posed. The possibility 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY
expand your view of the significance of the fault in question and its effect on others, whether 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY
to truly and sincerely want to shed a fault it is essential to comprehend its effect on 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY
When you are no longer sure that the fault protects you, and possibly even see that you 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY
want to put the energy invested in the fault into a new, constructive attitude that will replace 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY
either the one or the other person at fault, no solution exists. Neither of the two alternatives 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
is bad and against me, it is everyone's fault but my own that I am miserable. The 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
this fact. Thus the struggle to pin the fault outside the self goes on and on. The 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT
faults and evils of humanity. Fear is a fault because it implies distrust; it arises out of 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT
is negatively affected, no matter how blatantly at fault the other one may be. A person of 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
result of ill luck, or is someone else's fault. It takes time and growth to experience the 186 VENTURE IN MUTUALITY: HEALING FORCE TO CHANGE NEGATIVE INNER WILL
uses every conceivable negativity known to humanity; any fault; any violation of integrity, truth, love, and divine 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
and the guilt of Where am I at fault in my misery? How have I caused it 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY
pretending you are innocent and good, your only fault being that you have not yet learned to 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM
this necessary, healthy discipline, is as much at fault and does as much damage as the one 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS
difficult to change a destructive, negative attitude or fault even though you have become very aware of 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA

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