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feelings causes an inordinate fear. The more you fear your imperfections, the more stringently you will moralize 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS
result and the origin of this predicament. Rigidity, fear, insecurity, intolerance -- all these exist in you 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS
into yourself and others. Hence, you will not fear criticism, nor frustration, nor failure as if they 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS
true in you. In humanity's insecurity, in the fear and denial of human imperfection, people borrow what 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS
find that one of the reasons is the fear that you will be unable to control yourself 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
this knowledge and intent, you have nothing to fear in that direction. As to the fear of 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
to fear in that direction. As to the fear of discovering that you are not your idealized 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
more time and work. You have nothing to fear. The only cause for worry is to be 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
one must be perfect, not because of the fear not to be perfect, but simply because one 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
to have it your way. You will feel fear and anxiety at the thought that you act 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
do not heed them out of a general fear of disapproval and a lack of belief in 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
feeling of futility about life, of hopelessness, a fear of coping with life's difficulties. It might be 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
a futility, lack of self-confidence, and therefore the fear of coping with life's difficulties exists. The tiredness 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
be attained through healthy means because too much fear and inhibition exist in the soul. A true 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
God. If you want this, there is a fear in you to meet life full face and 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
is false religion that leads to obedience and fear. It is so destructive, reinforcing weakness instead of 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
has come into being not only because you fear the risks of life, love, and involvement, but 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS
and more dependent on others, and therefore you fear others. The tragic thing is that your dependency 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS
in a battle with yourself which heightens the fear of giving up a precious defense. The impatience 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS
resistance to growth and change and to the fear of letting go of familiar, although defective, behavior 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
doing so, he not only represses the painful fear, but he also represses the entire process of 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
not so much that you withdraw because you fear others, but because you cannot cope, caught between 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
or annihilated. Make conscious what it is you fear would happen to you without this defense. What 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
passivity in me and that generates a certain fear, too. ANSWER: I could really only repeat what 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
The discrepancy both frightens and discourages you. Your fear is, in fact, one of the greatest stumbling 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
about it, may have committed it out of fear, compulsion or greed, to receive love and approval 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
You are afraid of forgiving yourself because you fear your craving for self-indulgence. You also fear to 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
you fear your craving for self-indulgence. You also fear to face fully that which is harmful to 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
that which is harmful to others, because you fear the whip of your self-hate. Once you can 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
with this friend. What the friend experiences, you fear for yourself. The fear is repressed and therefore 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
the friend experiences, you fear for yourself. The fear is repressed and therefore you can't deal with 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
But the additional element in your pain is fear. And where fear is, identification occurs. The nature 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
element in your pain is fear. And where fear is, identification occurs. The nature of these two 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
the pain of loss does not contain the fear, bitterness, self-pity, struggle, and hardness contained in the 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
is the very opposite of that which you fear and rebel against. And so, my friends, be 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
-- to make choices and decisions -- because fear and anxiety are gone. In making a proper 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
fulfilled according to schedule, so to speak. Your fear of failure is not so acute because of 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
you have failed because you are inferior. Your fear of responsibility is not so great because of 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
but because failure to fulfill implies your inferiority. Fear of frustration of pleasure is not so acute 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
somewhere a tightness, a prejudice, a closeness, a fear of relinquishing a preconceived idea. This, of course 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
within you. Free them from error, evasion, the fear of facing the truth about yourself. Desist from 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
If your incentive to develop is based on fear of not seeing your mate again, of not 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
again, of not being good enough, this very fear is a product of your bitter, unreasonable rebellion 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
insignificant earthly thing, in the state of frantic fear in which you find yourself, and which is 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
in me? ANSWER: You see, my son, your fear is based on change itself, of giving up 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
know, is that of remaining a child. Your fear is part of the helpless baby that you 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
a consoling, pleasant message from outside yourself. Your fear of facing yourself makes you turn away from 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
knowledge from within. You act in truth without fear. When you reach this, you suddenly know that 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
human body one is in and the human fear on recognizes. You cannot chase it away and 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
the unhealthy submissiveness that is born out of fear of loss or disapproval -- will you derive 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
is to make conscious what you feel, desire, fear, and then to find your own innermost goal 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
grow. A wrong kind of caution, an unrealistic fear, and a forceful will -- the forcing current 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
being hurt, of feeling rejected. Your shame and fear of these emotions make you superimpose the hard 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
falls into the circle of pride, self-will, and fear? ANSWER: Where there is perfectionism, which prohibits growth 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
it, all three are present: pride, self-will, and fear. There is the pride of wanting and needing 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
to you who work on this path. The fear must exist in a double way. On the 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
On the one hand, it exists because you fear that If I am not perfect, I will 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
or disapproved of, or not loved. Or, the fear is, If the other person is imperfect, he 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
my happiness. You try to push this constant fear away by self- will and by the pride 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
pride of pretense. Then there is the second fear which is a particularly poisonous one, the fear 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
fear which is a particularly poisonous one, the fear of exposure that you are not as perfect 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
you want to have rather than the basic fear you do not wish to face: the fear 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS
fear you do not wish to face: the fear of being yourself. Since these are not your 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS
long as I do not face my real fear, I do not mind having other fears. But 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS
of course. Beneath this glorification there may be fear, and, under the fear, hate. Protecting yourself from 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
glorification there may be fear, and, under the fear, hate. Protecting yourself from facing this hate can 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
on you becomes nullified, as it were. You fear -- erroneously of course -- that if you 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
in their reality, you may find a certain fear and resistance to do so. Focus on it 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
is unhealthy and false. If it comes from fear, guilt, or wanting to appease so as to 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
after understanding has been gained, the sting of fear, resentment, self- negation, and self-rejection will vanish. And 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
unsatisfactory as a solution. Dependency on others creates fear and helplessness. It further diminishes your lack of 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
explore these possibilities, instead of rejecting them in fear. Thus, and thus only, will the fulfillment come 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
then you become aware of the pain. The fear is an inadvertent result of the evasion that 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
with than any result of evasion, be it fear or anything else. Since fear vanishes only after 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
evasion, be it fear or anything else. Since fear vanishes only after it is faced, met, and 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
do not wish to love, and live in fear of being hurt, if you do not wish 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
person come near you, out of the unconscious fear of facing exposure, and you are bound over 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
knot, or wall within, when you withdraw in fear and close yourself up, meaning to protect yourself 101 THE DEFENSE
many other emotions can be felt, apart from fear and anger. If you are constantly on the 101 THE DEFENSE
against exposure brings forth contempt, dislike, rejection, and fear, and is bound to make the other person 101 THE DEFENSE
dislike each other so easily. They would not fear each other. The erroneous feeling that you are 101 THE DEFENSE
which you have to defend, often makes you fear and dislike others. So does the erroneous hurt 101 THE DEFENSE
you feel diminishes your value. Another cause of fear and dislike of others is the erroneous feeling 101 THE DEFENSE
whose defenses are more obvious. For them the fear of attack is so great and the confidence 101 THE DEFENSE
of the defense-mechanisms I have discussed. In your fear of being hurt, you defend yourself by becoming 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
are effects instead of causes. Also, hatred and fear are not mentioned. They too are cause and 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
to the inner causes. QUESTION: And why is fear not mentioned? ANSWER: Because fear is not an 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
And why is fear not mentioned? ANSWER: Because fear is not an act. It is an involuntary 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
be eliminated by a direct admonition not to fear. Fear can only be tackled by a process 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
eliminated by a direct admonition not to fear. Fear can only be tackled by a process of 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
cause. If you tell people, You must not fear because it is a sin, this will not 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
false concepts, then they will see that irrational fear is always selfish and separating, and they will 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
will no longer find cause for such irrational fear. It is more or less the same with 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
hate and with anger. QUESTION: The conquest of fear in Matthew is by way of faith in 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
God. Only in this way can you conquer fear. QUESTION: It seems to me that the seven 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
the Ten Commandments, which are definitely based on fear, or create fear in their application. ANSWER: Yes 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
which are definitely based on fear, or create fear in their application. ANSWER: Yes. Every teaching, if 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
Every teaching, if misapplied and misunderstood, will create fear. A rigid commandment, if pronounced without the possibility 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
underlying obstructions to following such commandments, will produce fear and guilt, and therefore hate. Today it is 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
causes. QUESTION: I wanted to ask about the fear of the Lord. In the Bible it is 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
In the Bible it is said that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
beginning of wisdom. Have we properly understood the fear? Have we evolved beyond this? ANSWER: This question 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
of semantics and of wrong translation. The word fear is extremely misleading and damaging. The original meaning 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
when you ignored it. QUESTION: Is not the fear of the Lord an element out of the 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
you are thinking about it, but out of fear or any other reason do not execute the 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
when not committing the act is due to fear and not to love and understanding. You know 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
you repress these feelings and desires out of fear and guilt, the results are even worse. You 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
the one thing that will free you from fear and guilt. QUESTION: In today's Post, Harry Golden 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
of a need to impress, or out of fear of rejection, mature people will not conform at 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
Be in God! See 30, Self-will, Pride, and Fear 103. HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
your current makes that other person withdraw in fear. When you are unaware of your own inner 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
whenever love is offered to you? In your fear, could it be that you fail even to 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
not you. If your will is determined by fear, you do not even get to the real 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
for my little grandson. He is living in fear most of the time. As a result of 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
of the time. As a result of this fear, he constantly gets sick. Now this fear is 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
this fear, he constantly gets sick. Now this fear is that those he loves, all his loved 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
feelings that are evidently responsible for the child's fear. The more compulsively you want to get rid 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
him and in all of you. It increases fear and guilt all around. However, if you face 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
will relieve the strained atmosphere which produces his fear. The strain is caused more by your compulsive 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
approved, as well as your guilt, and your fear. Until such time, you can help him by 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
person aiming at liberation does not have to fear negative circumstances. There is no need to use 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
you really are, you would have nothing to fear. In order to do so, you would have 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
liberate you more and more, after the initial fear of it has proven unreasonable; if only you 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
only you continue and do not let this fear stop you, but face it, examine it, grasp 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
But simultaneously, man's spiritual and emotional immaturity producing fear and many other problematic emotions, colors this concept 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
yet separate power from cruelty, he begins to fear this God of his own projection. Thus he 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
on personal needs, on wishful thinking, and on fear. The more this proceeds, the falser the concept 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
a belief in God. This comes predominantly from fear, evasion, escapism, wishful-thinking, denial of self-responsibility. The latter 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
obedient to rules. Simultaneously, it frees him from fear of being punished. In some ways, it brings 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
God which the mind has created out of fear, weakness, and wishful-thinking. He no longer acts because 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
He lives in the now. He does not fear his imperfection and does not fear God's punishing 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
does not fear his imperfection and does not fear God's punishing him for it. He can see 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
but the lack of awareness of it; the fear of being punished for it; the pride of 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
to understand what I am saying. Man's inordinate fear of suffering is utterly unrealistic, and again a 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
actually connects the links, he will no longer fear it. He will see the key, long before 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
suffering is not half as frightening as his fear of, and attitude towards it. To a slight 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
experienced this. You have experienced that when you fear something before it happens, it is so much 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
of the mind, the immaturity and inadequacy cause fear, clinging, helplessness, dependence; when wishful-thinking and greed, unacceptance 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
The outcome may not necessarily be as you fear it. But whether or not it is, no 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
with that person. You may experience your own fear of death and your fear of the passing 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
experience your own fear of death and your fear of the passing of life which you do 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
the whole, they love, relate, and do not fear involvement. They have freed themselves from defense. Such 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
know it. This is due to your unconscious fear of exposure, to your various inner conflicts. As 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
Thus you live in isolation and unfulfillment. You fear death because you let life pass by in 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
sought hastily, compulsively, due predominantly to reasons of fear, greed, and grasping; due to being unable to 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
manipulation, if you examine it, stems from egocentric fear and an over-cautiousness about letting go to feeling 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
are not always right. They will no longer fear being wrong, and will therefore enter into a 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
but is not yet secure enough not to fear that the experience may turn out to have 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
is recognized, then all is well, and the fear of being wrong will vanish. You will realize 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
of the curve is the awareness of the fear of being wrong, due to the unfounded danger 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
your limited view is there any need to fear. The more you remove the shackles of your 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP

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