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 Fills.......................16
long as the goodness of the right course fills you with anxiety, you are still under the 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
This involvement is productive for all concerned and fills you and those in touch with you with 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
feeling of being wholly alive, in stimulating peacefulness, fills you even while you still experience the negative 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
reach your inner being, but suspecting something that fills you with dread and anxiety, you are instantly 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
level. Correcting each link in the chain reaction fills people with dread. They unreasonably fear this process 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION
that is important to you. The inner source fills you with rich feelings; it stimulates and calms 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION
willpower may build an eventful outer life that fills your inner void to a degree, as long 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
part of this great, slowly advancing wave that fills the outer regions. Your own life, your struggle 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES
peace and joy, awe and excitement. A revelation fills you that removes all dissension. You experience and 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS
that you are and that everything is. This fills you with indescribable joy, peace, security and gratitude 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS
of the divine state of life that inexorably fills the void. In this process the separated particles 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA
way that doesn't make you jealous but that fills you with awe, wonder, and gratitude. You begin 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA
one -- very gradually penetrates the void and fills the void. Once the void has been penetrated 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF
bringing light into it. Gradually, the ever-onward movement fills in the gaps of consciousness, and the original 228 BALANCE
untruth and fear and hate. The more life fills the void, the more immortality becomes an experienced 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA
not a person is conscious of it. It fills the heart precisely because it is within an 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE
 
 Film........................6
as you experience it again, looking at the film, a feeling of endless peace. It gives you 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION
pleasure. It is as though there were a film between you and experience, a thick, glazed film 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION
film between you and experience, a thick, glazed film, like a plastic wall. This wall separates you 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION
the gradual thinning and eventual dissolution of this film, so that you experience directly. The meaning of 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION
and wakes up to life, the thinner this film becomes, and the more directly one experiences life 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION
more directly one experiences life. The thicker the film is, the more aware you should become: Here 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION
 
 Filter......................3
considerably into the background, allowing certain information to filter through. At this point you are well launched 47 THE WALL WITHIN
on the level of cosmic truth and creation filter through the limited opening into the ego personality 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE
capacity to question and doubt the thoughts that filter through you. It is necessary to become aware 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL
 
 Finality....................7
as an effect -- accepted as such without finality, and yet with awareness of the rightness of 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
ceases the struggle. One accepts the negative without finality and with an objective, non-indulgent attitude. But on 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN
may misunderstand and confuse acceptance with condoning and finality. Acceptance merely means stopping the struggle against what 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT
you automatically assume. Everything you see has a finality and exclusiveness for you that permits no other 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
final. The demand of and belief in the finality of the present favorable mood also creates the 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES
final for as long as it lasts. This finality is an illusion, but only when you are 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES
without struggle and panic, without fearful ideas of finality -- will make you aware that there is 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES
 
 Finances....................3
your professional efforts and thus fear that your finances may suffer. Another may believe that not enough 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS
wealth, built on deficit. Your spiritual and emotional finances often manifest on the material level as well 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT
is extremely important for you to see that finances, economics, collective governmental procedures, follow exactly the same 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT
 
 Financial...................17
other things, and therefore seek security either in financial terms or through emotional ties. People also seek 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW
only a harmonious relationship with God can provide. Financial success, satisfying emotional ties, and professional recognition can 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW
me give you an example: If you desire financial security for the sake of enjoying that state 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE
separately a little later. But if you desire financial security for the sake of impressing others, or 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE
becomes a need for something other than what financial security is in itself. The goal then is 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE
by wrong motives, affect not so much the financial, but another area of the person's life. However 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE
Let me return to the example of desiring financial security. Suppose you desire it to impress those 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE
cared for as a child, not necessarily in financial matters but emotionally. So, artificially and dishonestly in 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
need and expect of them -- be it financial help, approval, love, or acceptance -- whenever anxiety 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF
between cause and effect. If you have no financial security, look inside to find the negative intent 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT
one's things. It may be directed to one's financial affairs, one's use of time. It may mean 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE
about ever having abundance and security on the financial level. You all know by now how to 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD
goes through severe crisis -- riots, revolution, war, financial collapse -- it is a result of waiting 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT
also realize a similar process in your personal financial affairs -- budget sessions are an integral part 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT
and condemned. Marriage was supposed to be a financial and social contract to satisfy other personality functions 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE
to satisfy other personality functions and lower motives. Financial and social advantages were of primary importance. Even 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE
that man's responsibility entailed much more than mere financial responsibility. Since woman was not considered a full-fledged 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE
 
 Financially.................5
if I may say so, is to give financially. It hurts least and it means the smallest 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW
really means. A businessman, outwardly successful, powerful, and financially secure, may be full of inner unrest and 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
the parents by standing on their own feet financially; by developing their capacity to love so they 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF
be responsible for him in all ways -- financially, emotionally, spiritually. He demands of them, at the 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE
person is a boss on whom you are financially dependent, or a mate whose love you crave 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
 
 Findhorn....................3
across the sea Peter and Eileen Caddy from Findhorn. As I said before, there is a very 238 THE PULSE OF LIFE ON ALL LEVELS OF MANIFESTATION
from across the sea. QUESTION: You spoke about Findhorn across the sea, and spoke then also about 238 THE PULSE OF LIFE ON ALL LEVELS OF MANIFESTATION
people who could come over now, soon, to Findhorn? ANSWER: This can be arranged, I am sure 238 THE PULSE OF LIFE ON ALL LEVELS OF MANIFESTATION
 
 Finding.....................324
overcome, and accepted. Take the specific problem of finding your path's direction to God and Christ, and 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE
happiness. It is not, as often believed, that finding God is giving to Him. I tell you 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE
of self-honesty. And people are very resourceful in finding excuses to justify why they do not need 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS
spirit world more easily. This of course means finding the path of perfection. Unfortunately, this is often 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD
the spiritually mature sense. It means, simply: God. Finding God is the only way happiness can be 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD
inner conditions as well as the outer, by finding and conquering your inner blocks and hurdles, in 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND
really are, by understanding your inner conflicts and finding out in what way you have, be it 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND
instance, since you cannot reach your goal without finding your own truth, you can free yourself of 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND
to be accepted first. You should go about finding the roots or the part of your lower 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK
phase of Brahman and want to go into finding the Brahman where all these things are one 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK
questions. QUESTION: May I have some help in finding the psychological problem underlying my physical condition? ANSWER 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW
about your present life. If you go about finding your deviations from divine law, you will be 18 FREE WILL
already discussed at length how to go about finding out what the will of God may be 18 FREE WILL
with the will of God, first go about finding it out in the manner I always prescribe 18 FREE WILL
started on this road. If you succeed in finding out something about yourself in the meantime, if 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
in you. If you overcome the resistance against finding out, if you keep awake through the days 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Peace be with you; be in God! 26. FINDING ONE'S FAULTS Greetings in the name of God 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS
concentration on the outer problem alone, instead of finding out the corresponding inner problem which is always 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS
of others to take advantage of your meekness. Finding the right course between these apparently contradictory courses 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS
will your puzzling life make sense. Only by finding God will the light of knowledge be yours 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW
first, What is it that I really want? Finding a clear answer to that question is important 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW
29. THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL Greetings in the name of the 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
of your development you need to concentrate on finding out what your lower self really is. This 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR
life, which alone is the proper basis for finding the Lord. Looking upon humanity, we of the 35 TURNING TO GOD
image by thinking back on your life and finding all the problems. Write them down. Include problems 38 IMAGES
able to reap more benefits. In addition, by finding your image, even to some degree, you may 38 IMAGES
With such currents, you will never succeed in finding and dissolving your image. You must be in 38 IMAGES
several lifetimes. I spoke about the importance of finding these images. That is the only way you 39 IMAGE-FINDING
that you will become well rounded. A new finding usually does not fit into the mental picture 39 IMAGE-FINDING
matters greatly. And now some further advice about finding your images. The task is hard. I am 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
You must not be dismayed. On the contrary, finding the pieces of information will be extremely useful 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
understood yourselves and your images. My dear friends, finding out that you yourself are responsible is a 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
you as long as you feel guilt at finding your inner errors. But once you have overcome 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
freedom. This conflict can be resolved only by finding out why and how you have curtailed your 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
can be in viewing yourself and your suffering, finding out the causes and eliminating them, the faster 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
this search. You are always so concerned with finding out about your previous incarnations. It would be 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
about your future. By knowing your images and finding and understanding them truly, you can very well 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
and mature, you can overcome your resistance to finding out the reality. You must know which one 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
would apply for instance to love. QUESTION: In finding and purifying oneself, can a predominantly intellectual individual 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
purification process, all these types must begin by finding and being true to their natures; only then 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
of adventure it is supposed to be, forever finding new vistas, instead of simply being carried as 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
touch the experience of revealing themselves and of finding the soul of the other person. They avoid 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
an adventurous personality is looking and looking, always finding another part of a being, always revealing himself 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
mistake than to remain indefinitely in it without finding an effective remedy. One should not, however, leave 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
you when you attempt to find yourself by finding your desires. Although consciously and outwardly your life 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
And then you do not understand! So in finding yourself, you must consider not only that you 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
that is the sorting out of your emotions, finding their meaning, facing all that you have looked 47 THE WALL WITHIN
when your resistance to face yourself manifested in finding excuses and rationalizations for not going on such 47 THE WALL WITHIN
of yourself, you will have a difficult time finding it. So the only place to seek either 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
be unreal. Therefore, you cannot accept the new finding. But you should understand deeply that it is 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
willingness to adjust to any undesired condition by finding out what can be learned from it -- 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS
find the emotional and subjective reasons behind it. Finding your motives requires the utmost self-honesty, and a 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS
this conviction is wrong, the remedy is in finding in your own life how you have caused 52 THE GOD-IMAGE
make half the effort you usually make when finding other's faults to recognizing your own, you will 52 THE GOD-IMAGE
toward the self, instead of being outgoing and finding the bridge to the next person. QUESTION: Is 53 SELF-LOVE
to be a stimulation. The remedy is in finding the inner fear of letting go, of giving 53 SELF-LOVE
Plan of Salvation, can only be determined by finding the Holy Ghost within yourself. How this is 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
some instances, or not, as in others. By finding the cause in your own erroneous actions and 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
and everything falls into place. Go on developing, finding yourself, and believe that whatever happens in accordance 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
he or she will never really succeed in finding what he searches for. The expanding forces must 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES
yourself -- and therefore others -- better by finding out whether you overemphasize that in you which 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES
are not directed toward the goal itself. By finding and facing them squarely, you will automatically eliminate 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE
not approach the search with the idea of finding something you have had no inkling of. The 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE
is not a compromise. You have difficulty in finding the right middle way perhaps? Yes. Let me 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE
of arriving at recognitions. It prevents you from finding the truth about yourself. It blocks you. First 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE
concept, the only one he knows. Instead of finding the right way by changing the wrong concept 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS
have inevitably occurred. As long as a true finding leaves you still unable to change your attitude 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS
the healthy emotions could begin to grow, that finding is not yet sufficient -- a basic truth 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS
well. However, it may be that only after finding one's unresolved conflicts can one have the strength 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
to develop yourself. In your prayers, concentrate on finding the truth about yourself, on realizing what you 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
validity of your fear by jumping in and finding yourself afloat. You then see that it is 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY
on this earth. Your choice lies only in finding it to a greater or lesser extent. The 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
analyzing your innermost emotions in each individual case; finding those desires that may run contrary to your 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
direction, but misunderstands the necessary procedure of first finding all within that deviates from the right principle 62 MAN AND WOMAN
in marriage. In the simplest terms, union is finding the other on as many levels as possible 62 MAN AND WOMAN
work, through self-search, through effort and through the finding of images to be cast off. Today, a 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
As was pointed out now, it means, foremost, finding out how you caused certain effects in your 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
creativity? ANSWER: There is only one answer: by finding the inner obstacles, that is, by taking the 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
run. The only durable and real answer is finding that in the soul which is petrified, which 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
footsteps the way it is rightly understood, by finding your inner truth, by facing your innermost self 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The selfishness has merely shifted. The process of finding out what is really going on cannot be 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS
that you can eliminate these doubts only by finding yourself, by purifying the hidden parts of the 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
you have another clue to your guilt. By finding all this, you make amends. To find these 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
find that, you will find your self-betrayal. By finding the wrong concepts and then, little by little 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
phase of the work will lead you. By finding and understanding how the betrayal applies to your 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
used, however, to give certain relief while still finding the inner causes, or if it is used 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS
will often be necessary to continue searching and finding these destructive images in all their aspects and 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES
concerned with three major approaches: (1) Continuation of finding and dissolving your images, wrong conclusions, and deviations 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES
dissolving your images, wrong conclusions, and deviations. (2) Finding your suppressed creative forces, directions, and activities and 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES
notice that the help God gives you in finding yourself always exceeds your efforts, once you really 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
way you know that what you are now finding as a new recognition, with a new understanding 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING
energetic. So it is always a question of finding the real trend or emotion. No asset can 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING
time of waiting can be used constructively for finding and eliminating those reasons. The time one has 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING
find the way to maturity and love by finding where, how, and why you do not love 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING
for other human relationships with the aim of finding the maturity you really need and want. In 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS
vicious circle. It is useful to start by finding your own provocation, perhaps in response to an 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS
connected with. Then it is a question of finding the block that causes this particular obstruction. When 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS
person. I say again, the remedy lies in finding one's own obstructions and divisions within that make 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
has been covered since those early stages of finding your faults. You may remember my telling you 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
burden that it generates too much resistance to finding yourself. If you approach your inner findings in 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
and the most essential prerequisite for permanence is finding and solving your hidden conflicts. Moreover, it is 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
you to make constructive use of any negative finding within yourself. It will also heighten your creative 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION
struggle on this one path, this path of finding yourselves and developing yourselves to become the person 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION

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