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you. And if you send out your inner feelers, you will all know that you are not 47 THE WALL WITHIN
You sabotage communication either by frightening the tentative feelers of the other soul back into withdrawal, or 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION
become a reality if you use all your feelers, your inner sensitivity, to attune to the meaning 238 THE PULSE OF LIFE ON ALL LEVELS OF MANIFESTATION
 
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into these levels. They are: Doing, thinking and feeling. The most difficult task is on the emotional 1 THE SEA OF LIFE
your future life on earth. Every act, thought, feeling has its form, which then builds the spiritual 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE
subject as the theme of today's lectures. The feeling grows from several roots, therefore there are a 4 WORLD WEARINESS
greater the deviation is -- then a vague feeling of sadness and longing can grip them at 4 WORLD WEARINESS
of the word; they cannot move out a feeling which is vital in the life of a 4 WORLD WEARINESS
in the right and fulfilling way. Then a feeling of weariness is the answer of their souls 4 WORLD WEARINESS
in the soul which then can elicit the feeling of world weariness, since the person will remain 4 WORLD WEARINESS
I with its vanity and pride. Then the feeling of unfulfillment, of vague yearning, will disappear, since 4 WORLD WEARINESS
someone very much, you often have the vague feeling that then you must be taking some love 4 WORLD WEARINESS
love even more, and you have the same feeling about someone else's love for you; it seems 4 WORLD WEARINESS
all its strength, with every single current of feeling, to abide by the spiritual laws. It wants 4 WORLD WEARINESS
in self-pity you try to reproduce this remembered feeling, but in circumstances which are no longer the 4 WORLD WEARINESS
your pain. Because of this difference, the same feeling can in one case be right and healthy 4 WORLD WEARINESS
path. When the highest steps are reached, the feeling of brotherhood, of love, of at-oneness with the 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES
requirement for a spiritual experience and for the feeling of great bliss that accompanies it, it is 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES
given by those who have had them. Any feeling is difficult to express in words. The higher 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES
reaction, pretending it is not there, until the feeling sinks into the unconscious. It is precisely this 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS
the action is not supported by a corresponding feeling, it becomes a lie. If you courageously fight 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS
other fault you may still have, and by feeling how much joy you can experience by letting 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS
entirely on God, yet they cannot experience the feeling clearly, and they waver in their loneliness, because 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS
while completely takes possession of one. This wonderful feeling, though, does not stay with you forever. Hearing 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD
will one day come to the point of feeling the need to give God something back in 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD
attitude is, how mistaken both in thought and feeling. It is much better to start with the 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD
a matter of thinking, meditation is prayer with feeling, it engages the soul forces as compared to 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
though they may not have the power of feeling forms, can nevertheless manifest their own greatness when 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
concentration in prayer, and the liberation of the feeling currents, which brings about some loosening of the 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
It does not have to be always a feeling of hatred; it is enough to be irritated 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
a personal nature. But whenever there is a feeling of heaviness, of anger, of resistance, of fear 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
for real what they can see and touch; feeling states cannot be seen or touched. When we 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES
can experience a faint echo of this blissful feeling of melting into oneness when overtaken by a 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES
of melting into oneness when overtaken by a feeling of immense bliss. You can perhaps sense how 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES
larger meaning and connect your knowledge with your feeling. Then insight will grow in you, for which 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES
here. Only when you bring together knowledge and feeling will you gain insights by reading inspired literature 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES
right path, however, and you have that deep feeling of contentment and fulfillment yet there are still 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD
experience it again, looking at the film, a feeling of endless peace. It gives you a sense 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION
the imperfection living in your lower nature without feeling too disturbed about it, after a while you 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND
by thoughts, but also by feelings, since a feeling is really just an unthought thought not yet 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK
Although thought creates a different form than a feeling does, nevertheless, both create very definite and substantial 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK
all of you -- you must have a feeling of victory, or liberation. It is as if 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD
such as difficulties, hardships, and tests. If that feeling does not accompany such information, do not trust 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD
through a dream perhaps, or through your own feeling of enlightenment. Nothing can shake this deep knowledge 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER
other spheres. QUESTION: If there is a sudden feeling of happiness about us or an occasional pleasant 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER
has given you, in some way, a disharmonious feeling or reaction. And no matter how wrong the 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW
that way. As you know, each thought and feeling is a substantial form in the spirit world 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW
result. There is no action, thought, or even feeling that does not produce a result. Some effects 18 FREE WILL
shell behind. Your whole personality, your thinking, your feeling, and your opinions if they are very deeply 18 FREE WILL
So when a person dies with a fanatic feeling of patriotism, he or she will not feel 18 FREE WILL
these thoughts quite so far; nevertheless, that slight feeling of resistance against Christ in a number of 19 JESUS CHRIST
for light. This would perhaps constitute the only feeling these beings had at that time. Very gradually 21 THE FALL
one of the subtle bodies, just as all feeling is in another subtle body. The subtle bodies 21 THE FALL
body, where all purified and perfect thinking and feeling will have integrated into the last, ultimate and 21 THE FALL
life in its various aspects. But thinking or feeling belongs to different realms and therefore take place 21 THE FALL
-- for as you know, every thought, every feeling, every ambition, and every act is formed in 22 SALVATION
truth, and rather believe you are living and feeling and thinking in this or that respect according 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
what you have been so far incapable of feeling. Instead, use your efforts in the direction of 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS
lives, and because wrong habits of thinking and feeling have implanted themselves deeper and deeper in you 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS
actual results can manifest in your life. A feeling of deep contentment and peace will come to 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS
God, it will always leave you with a feeling of emptiness, dissatisfaction, or even frustration. So if 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW
is always the same: you cannot conquer any feeling as long as you are afraid to face 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW
to face it. I promise you that any feeling you have will not be half as frightening 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW
will feel so right in every respect. This feeling is what distinguishes God's way from your human 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW
not a thought or an idea but a feeling -- is a vague impression of a very 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW
You let them slip by. If an unpleasant feeling comes up in you, you are very quick 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR
you may see once again how every inner feeling can be right when it comes from the 31 SHAME
this fault, so as to prevent you from feeling guilty. For no fault has been added on 32 DECISION-MAKING
that I am not speaking personally since this feeling exists in so many people. In other words 32 DECISION-MAKING
In the last lecture you talked about the feeling of shame that manifests itself in guilt feelings 32 DECISION-MAKING
of this kind there often is an unrecognized feeling that he or she is something special to 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH
possess God for himself. This is a harmful feeling -- and also a dangerous one. Dangerous because 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH
anyone else in the eyes of God. The feeling that you are something special to God can 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH
should be, is there not somewhere a hidden feeling you have never acknowledged in which you believe 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH
God than other people? The root of this feeling may even exist in people whose faith is 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH
process unfolds. And if you find that the feeling of being special may apply to you at 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH
one person will grow up with a strong feeling of God-consciousness, perhaps even in spite of atheistic 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
person in frustration often turns to God. The feeling is, God will not disappoint me. God has 35 TURNING TO GOD
act of unselfish giving will bring you a feeling of happiness and security that never comes to 35 TURNING TO GOD
accepted all that life stands for. Any disharmonious feeling you have in connection with the adversities in 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY
yourself. Ask yourself: What do I mean by feeling as I do? Am I struggling against life's 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY
you have discovered deeper levels of consciousness. This feeling cannot be forced; it cannot be controlled. It 39 IMAGE-FINDING
inappropriate defenses. But if you realize that this feeling of isolation is common to everyone, that it 39 IMAGE-FINDING
manifestation. You can no longer connect with the feeling of reality you have tasted at other times 39 IMAGE-FINDING
an unpleasant sensation. To encounter them with a feeling of guilt will get you nowhere. Realize that 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
you are, you do not realize what the feeling of guilt really means. In fact, it is 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
you as great a power, as great a feeling of security as surging ahead on this road 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
But if you face your wrong conclusions by feeling them, by reexperiencing all the emotions consciously, you 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
bodies that they can endure dreadful injuries without feeling any pain. They have learned to accept the 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
in these chains, you kick against the world, feeling it unjust, and often even wallow in self-pity 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
my dear ones. You will have a strong feeling of certainty. It will appear to you as 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
knowledge of it will make you free. That feeling of freedom I mentioned may occasionally occur already 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
images, you may at times already experience this feeling of freedom, but how much more so when 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
or else hides the discovery in the unconscious, feeling guilty about having found something unworthy in the 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
will discover that your embarrassment comes from a feeling of humiliation. When you pray to God you 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
will cancel out all the disharmony, all the feeling of injustice or sadness, defiance or misery. Just 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
themselves that only they are capable of truly feeling. They secretly look down on people they derogatorily 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
good intuition and is sometimes less afraid of feeling and inner experience than is the reason- type 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
experience, of giving one's self up to a feeling without knowing the outcome and the possible advantage 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
Aside from this triad -- willing, thinking, and feeling -- are there any other types? ANSWER: Yes 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
eros, many people would never experience the great feeling and beauty that is contained in real love 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
known. The utterly selfish person will, while this feeling lasts, have unselfish impulses. Lazy people will get 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
be. As I said before, many use this feeling of happiness carelessly and greedily, never passing the 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
currents will weaken with time. I cannot help feeling that way now, but I hope to become 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
intensity, not in the characteristic or type. A feeling is more potent and intense than any thought 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
law of affinity, because the forms of thought, feeling, and desire attract that which corresponds. The whole 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
point, there is so much controversy and personal feeling that the image prejudice will prevent nearly everyone 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
actually remember -- perhaps only as a vague feeling, but nevertheless remember -- just when you decided 47 THE WALL WITHIN
have already integrated the right concept at the feeling level -- seeing how your emotions still deviate 47 THE WALL WITHIN
other hand, is the product of your thinking, feeling, and being, and it is formed from them 47 THE WALL WITHIN
the problem which is that you cannot help feeling dependent on the one you love, and therefore 47 THE WALL WITHIN
or rather exactly these -- has experienced a feeling of peace, strength, and a sense of being 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE
is the kind of pain of becoming sick, feeling the symptoms of an onsetting illness. One is 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE
to help another. You must have had that feeling to know what it is like; only then 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE
to stress that it is an unjustified guilt feeling when you blame yourself for not being perfect 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
as such. Its existence is no reason for feeling guilty. You act on a misunderstanding when you 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
feel guilty about a God-given force instead of feeling guilty about your fear of loving, which is 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
friends realize that an illogical way of thinking, feeling, and reacting exists in every personality, even though 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
guilt has a further, and again inevitable, reaction. Feeling guilty, the unconscious says, I desire to be 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
eradicated, yet, due to this deeply hidden guilt feeling, the stronger one desires happiness, the guiltier one 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
in humanity as a whole. Only by deeply feeling into yourself and only by complete self-honesty -- 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
these goals? Inevitably the result must be a feeling of inadequacy and inferiority. Since you do not 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
Would such a child still have a guilt feeling? ANSWER: Outer manifestations often occur in children. Whenever 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
different from her or his surroundings, has a feeling of not belonging, of being isolated and unique 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS

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