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therefore feeling real. The crassest symptom is not feeling that your own death is a reality. To 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF
actual rivers or the rivers and streams of feeling. Is it not much wiser to remove the 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
you are always tempted to shove an unpleasant feeling aside in the hope that it will go 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
that happens to be in fear now. The feeling of being flooded by fear comes from bracing 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
than drowning in it. This will eliminate the feeling of danger. Although the fear will still be 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
cripples your determination and your entire world of feeling. You are bound by the old images, the 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
what inwardly you are as yet incapable of feeling, your inner mechanisms are still geared to faulty 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
how your consciousness is diminished, and how your feeling of being alive is reduced. The vibrancy of 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
of consciousness and fill you with the vibrant feeling of being truly alive. Your awareness, and therefore 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
not -- you will have more love. The feeling of strength, of well-being, of fulfillment, of trust 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
while you may succeed in disregarding the gnawing feeling of insecurity that clamors for alleviation. You may 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
the fetters of your habits in thinking and feeling prevent you from shedding these shackles. You may 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
comparison with sicker areas. You cannot imagine the feeling of joy, peace and security that is the 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
bound to bring hope and security. It eliminates feeling an innocent victim of circumstances beyond your control 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
Then, as all of you have discovered, the feeling of liberation and strength, of hope and light 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
by adhering to unexamined values, but by examining, feeling, and living according to your own perception. Then 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES
parent may overindulge the child to substitute for feeling irritated, and unwilling to tackle the problems the 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES
I think it would be a very shameful feeling not to be grateful for what was meant 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES
human consciousness fearfully watches over every stream of feeling, anxiously cutting out of the life stream that 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
social sense, responsibility, concern for, understanding of, and feeling with others so that they form a harmonious 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY
self- preservation rather than a matter of inner feeling. The transition from utter self-centeredness to concern for 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY
relationship, and cannot come out of a disturbed feeling in spite of certain recognitions, it is an 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
know from my previous talks, each emotion, each feeling, each thought, each attitude, each need is an 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
types of energy, corresponding to the type of feeling or need. The integrated individual with a full 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
conflict. If you believe that a need or feeling is necessarily wrong, this belief eventually makes it 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
guilt and shame about the existence of a feeling you believe you should not have -- while 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
it changes into its opposite, due to the feeling that the original emotion or need is unacceptable 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
for yourself often carries with it a vague feeling that this is wrong. Because the need to 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
sex is denied and superimposed with substitute needs. Feeling erroneously guilty about the natural need to receive 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
either giving and resenting it or receiving and feeling unfree, inhibited and guilty. He or she cannot 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
-- where one sees that the intensity of feeling is not commensurate with the occasion, yet is 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
the opposite or shifting the need or denied feeling into a different channel -- and to what 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
a result of denying the original need or feeling. Displacement, as discussed here, is horizontal, as it 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
that it is necessary to determine a negative feeling toward a person which is persistent and cannot 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
moment you allow yourself to feel the original feeling toward the parent in connection with the new 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
there any questions now? QUESTION: I have the feeling that, due to my childhood, I have in 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
as something wrong, regardless of how unconscious this feeling may be, they must fear their own sex 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
death. I showed that the conscious conviction and feeling about these three great forces may be only 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
all are determined by your unconscious thinking and feeling. This comprises a great deal more than is 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
connected with the fulfillment. It may be a feeling of not deserving this happiness. It may be 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
may be well. You may detect a vague feeling of familiar uneasiness which you used to push 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
you thought about the fulfillment. Is it a feeling of fear or false guilt that you do 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
Yes, I do, but I still have the feeling.... Can I give an example? I have always 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
constructive or destructive. It is the same with feeling, experiencing, and expressing the attitude of I want 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT
peaceful knowledge that all is well, increasing your feeling of security about yourself and life. This vast 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
dependent on something beyond your capacity. The vibrant feeling of being wholly alive, in stimulating peacefulness, fills 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
full possession of the meaning of these words, feeling the vibrant truth of the contact with the 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
in this connection, that you discover (a) the feeling of helplessness, vague hope and fear that something 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
of experiencing, the rich variety of experience without feeling harassed, and the bliss of effortlessly, steadily growing 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
only in certain areas. They have a vague feeling which, translated into concise words, would be, If 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES
individual registers at the time of transition a feeling like, Oh, is this what it is? How 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR
way you can discover this balance is by feeling into yourself and listening to your innermost soul 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
concerned in my private work. I have a feeling that I have a fear of self- responsibility 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION
version of essentially realizable wishes. Beware of the feeling of resignation that you can never have any 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF
course. You must not try to enforce such feeling. It will come by itself if you shelve 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF
that covers the foreign body gives you the feeling that you have love, generosity, unselfishness, and kindness 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
being rejected? ANSWER: It is intermingled. The immediate feeling is fear of rejection. This started very early 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
come from the inner self. Absolutely any real feeling is healthy and constructive and furthers growth in 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
anger, that individual is as yet incapable of feeling healthy anger. When the issue justifies anger, insecurity 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
and conflict. There is in it always the feeling of, I ought to love, therefore I think 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
the first spontaneous reaction to others is a feeling for and with them, a compassion or empathy 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
that enables one to watch others suffer without feeling discomfort oneself. Much of the world's evil is 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
and is eventually bound to dissolve the negative feeling. Confusing the impulse with the deed and therefore 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
one's inner life are always marked by this feeling of utter helplessness, while in the healthy areas 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
utter helplessness, while in the healthy areas this feeling is absent. It is obvious that helplessness and 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
seem to have no control over your spontaneous feeling reactions. This, too, can be quite frightening. You 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
may not be put into concise words, the feeling is: If I do not even have jurisdiction 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
areas where I have numbed my perception, experience, feeling, and sensitivity. Therefore, I wish to contact my 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
As you observe the emanation of your thinking, feeling, and reacting, and consequently observe this particular imbalance 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
understand more deeply their undesirability -- without, however, feeling diminished by your awareness. Whenever you are crushed 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF
burden. It also appears futile, leaving a confused feeling of what for? -- a feeling that there 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF
a confused feeling of what for? -- a feeling that there is no sense to anything if 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF
all there was to it and this prevailing feeling makes any way out impossible! You overlook the 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF
the simple fact that you determine your thought, feeling, and action, even how you want to feel 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF
course. Your belief that you must go on feeling destructively until something other than yourself liberates you 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF
labor under the illusion that you cannot help feeling as you do, or even thinking and acting 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF
half so. You can easily find the vague feeling of hiding something if you set out to 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF
them, and choose a constructive pattern of thinking, feeling and willing. In the areas of your momentary 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
all of you when you detect a slight feeling of anxiety and discomfort at the very idea 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
of deeply entrenched patterns of thinking, acting and feeling and cannot change instantly after some recognitions have 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
the inner center is just alive, full of feeling, energy, and capacity for experience, for pleasure, as 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
be otherwise? Even when you do admit to feeling rejected, you usually let it go at that 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
the street, observe the subtle, and yet distinct, feeling of how you perceive the strangers around you 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
other by, day in and day out, each feeling they are being singled out to be persecuted 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
This is often a subtle, not even detectable, feeling, which, nevertheless, is there. Once this feeling is 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
detectable, feeling, which, nevertheless, is there. Once this feeling is brought into awareness, you can begin to 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
road of evolution. It constitutes the difference between feeling like a helpless straw in the wind, a 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
little forgotten tool in a vast universe, and feeling one's self to be self- governing, autonomous. The 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
and lose my integrity. I have a slight feeling that this is not true, but I can't 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
that this is possibly a wrong conclusion. The feeling of helplessness or powerlessness is again the self-perpetuating 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
of this. ANSWER: There is in you a feeling that you do not want to assume the 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
male role. Have you become aware of this feeling? QUESTION: No. ANSWER: Well, this is it. Awareness 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
used. To do so, a free, happy, uninhibited feeling that cannot arise out of conflict must exist 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION
been attained. QUESTION: I stick to a guilt feeling because I get a negative, destructive pleasure out 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION
contain all your destructive patterns of believing, thinking, feeling, and willing, which make you fear giving up 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
this anxiety may register only as a vague feeling of unrest, of impatience, or irritation. Instead of 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
where the ego is concerned, I have the feeling that either the ego runs the show or 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
must grow. This will automatically give you the feeling that you have as much power to make 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
because it is unconscious -- only a vague feeling deep within the soul. But even when the 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
at the temporary truth of yourself. This means feeling what you feel; having the courage to transform 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
and yet not be a loser. Soon the feeling of not necessarily having to be a loser 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
whether it is expressed only in thinking and feeling or also in actual behavior. In order to 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY
possess the faculty of love. Love is a feeling that comes totally from the inner being. This 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY
many people attempt to do. It is a feeling that must be permitted. To give the self 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY
possibility of finding this nucleus of power, intelligence, feeling, and harmony by giving it every chance. You 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY
are produced when one talks oneself into a feeling that one does not have at all. It 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE
are false when the rudiments of the particular feeling actually exist and on one level of consciousness 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE
emotion, but cannot, due to blockage. Hence, the feeling is manipulated, artificially exaggerated or dramatized. Again, this 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE
opposites, more irreconcilable poles. For example, a false feeling of excitement is supposed to ward off numbness 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE
to ward off numbness, dullness, boredom. The real feeling of aliveness and vibrancy does not avoid anything 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE
it contains both stimulation and peace. The false feeling cannot combine apparent opposites, such as excitement and 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE
one extreme to the other. For a false feeling creates a lack of freedom, enslavement to the 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE
us take the example of love. The false feeling of love breeds and results in the conflict 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE
more frightening and peace-robbing than a real negative feeling. You all know that on this temporary plane 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE
beyond the immediate purpose of the specific real feeling. They never weaken the individual. They never drive 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE
much wants the feelings, wants the experience of feeling yourself alive and vibrant with the beauty of 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE
less alive, while this more intense state of feeling threatens you and makes you doubtful you can 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE
warmth and vibrancy, no matter how small the feeling may be to begin with. True feelings warm 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE
state in which you can observe yourself thinking, feeling, and acting destructively, while before you were at 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
Therefore it produces total pleasure for any living, feeling, perceiving consciousness. The more fully this consciousness is 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
the pleasure attached to your destructiveness. Instead of feeling guilty about this pleasure and consequently repressing it 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
you hold on equally to pleasure and destructiveness, feeling guilty and at the same time afraid of 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
otherwise there could be no problem or disharmonious feeling in you. It would be relatively easy to 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
even contradictory if you have never experienced this feeling. But those of you who have occasionally had 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION
to seek complete fulfillment, you separate yourself from feeling good. But often the temptation to remain in 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION
want -- first, by giving you a good feeling about yourself and by putting you in harmony 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION
liberated after certain clarifications and register a surging feeling of the life force in me during meditation 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS
total attention to what it is doing, thinking, feeling, and experiencing. This means wholeness, integrity, undivided motives 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION
of intuition that comes not in a vague feeling, but in concise words, in definite knowledge, graspable 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER
of the human predicament there always lies the feeling, If I do not hold on to myself 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER
myself. And once you are conscious of this feeling, you possess an important key, for you can 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER
one is in the moment. Because of this feeling, people pretend. This is a different kind of 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER
and so you falsify them. Because the real feeling seems so naked and exposed, so you create 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER
inconsequential, you take a tremendous step, my friends. Feeling this shame is the key to finding a 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER
this fact because you believe something is a feeling when you merely register a sensation or a 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
the ego processes, cannot rightfully be called a feeling. Why do humans fear the involuntary processes? Why 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
nature of the cosmic flow that any constructive feeling is. To let yourself be carried by it 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
is stopped when feelings are stopped. If the feeling is allowed to function by realizing that it 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
state of your inner direction. You want the feeling and you do not want it; you desire 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
processes within, you may come up with the feeling that these processes are chaotic, that only your 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
only your ego is orderly and safe. This feeling is, again, due to ignoring the self-regulating nature 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
living, breathing, pulsating, vibrating -- and therefore thinking, feeling, being -- go on and on. As far 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
let what is there come out, whatever the feeling may be. I emphasize again, to avoid all 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING
avoided if the full strength of a destructive feeling is directly expressed and lived through. The more 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING
becomes wicked, or one cuts out the very feeling that makes up its force, then it becomes 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING
myself facing a repeating problem, which is the feeling of being unacceptable -- by girls, especially. I 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
frightened of facing the reaction you have to feeling frustrated and rejected. If you feel unacceptable to 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

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