| Finest......................6 | |
| higher self or divine spark. This is the finest and most radiant of the subtle bodies, with | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| law of cause and effect is to the finest detail an organic, infinitely just and harmonious process | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| a very finely calibrated instrument that shows the finest and most subtle aspects of the relationship and | 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP |
| is why the exploration and confrontation with the finest nuances of your innermost being must be made | 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE |
| a very focused and attentive way, using your finest inner perceptions, you cannot fail to perceive that | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| of life, on all levels -- from the finest vibrations and radiations to the crudest matter -- | 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT |
| Finger......................15 | |
| to you without your having to move a finger, I can assure you. Coming back to the | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| very strict, pedantic school teacher who shakes His finger at you and does not understand so many | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| grace none of His creatures could lift a finger. Many people seek God in the wrong way | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| do with that? I did not lift a finger to make it happen, it just came to | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| my dear friends, that you cannot put your finger on it by looking at your outer actions | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| a new phase which I can't put my finger on. ANSWER: Of course it is a new | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| a child, you really could not put your finger on what was lacking. You were outwardly given | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| questions only about what you can put your finger on. The little, seemingly insignificant things that confuse | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| feel guilty, without being able to put your finger on it. You do not know why you | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| every day. If you will just point your finger at them, you will, by that very action | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| at the time, you could not put your finger on it, analyze it in so many words | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| with the distorted motivation. Once you put your finger on the fear, you can directly treat it | 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR |
| anything that might appear as pointing an accusing finger at you. The implication of you do not | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| may not even be able to put your finger on exactly what you strive so hard for | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| higher inspiration only when he goes through the finger exercises and the hours of practice that make | 224 CREATIVE EMPTINESS |
| Fingers.....................4 | |
| no longer be running like sand through your fingers. You will have something definite to hold on | 36 PRAYER |
| Everything seems to run like sand between my fingers; I not only fail to find fulfillment, but | 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING |
| fear that your life is slipping through your fingers without your having realized its essence, its beauty | 200 THE COSMIC FEELING |
| right now, ever-present at the tips of your fingers. All that you fear and strain away from | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |
| Finish......................7 | |
| incarnation to completion in the spirit state, to finish tasks already begun and to shed some burdens | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| much longer for anyone as a spirit to finish the task begun on earth -- if it | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| to your work on the path. Let me finish this topic by briefly describing what a healthy | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| when the inner being is enlisted. Let us finish this lecture with the following suggestion for meditation | 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL |
| own destructiveness, and trust the universal powers to finish lawfully what you have deliberately set in motion | 169 THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS |
| have lived, culminating in the very thought you finish thinking this minute. After this explosion the pieces | 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS |
| individual may then begin many things and never finish, or be unable to endure staying in the | 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE |
| Finite......................11 | |
| Violation of anything divine must therefore perforce be finite. You cannot infinitely twist the law. Your violation | 38 IMAGES |
| the total number of spirits incarnated and discarnated finite, and if so, does that number remain constant | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the total number of spirits incarnated and discarnated finite and if so, does the number remain constant | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| secret chamber. Since the self is felt as finite and not as infinite, every activity has a | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| insecurity. It is such an insufficient life, so finite. This is frightening, for no one really wants | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| becomes liberation itself. Even self-realization is no specific, finite goal. The person with the gravest afflictions and | 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL |
| The other direction, away from the center, is finite. The more the individual moves in this direction | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| precisely because of its finiteness, or what seems finite in its present limited state. It is self-evident | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| since nothing in creation is ever final or finite, the released energies form new spiral organizations, new | 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS |
| perceive what is beyond it. The mind is finite and it must aim to spread the boundaries | 224 CREATIVE EMPTINESS |
| release permeates the total personality and transcends the finite. It truly spiritualizes the body and materializes the | 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE |
| Finiteness..................7 | |
| activity has a beginning and an end. In finiteness fulfillment is a flat, accomplished end and must | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| the isolated ego-bound entity experiences the terror of finiteness. Distrust and suspiciousness are not only part of | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| It is intrinsically unhappy, precisely because of its finiteness, or what seems finite in its present limited | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| falsified. Hence the ego sees and experiences only finiteness: the disconnected, meaningless universe in which it is | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| versus the illusion of death, the illusion of finiteness. But every one of these steps could have | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| must aim to spread the boundaries of its finiteness until it measures up with the infinite that | 224 CREATIVE EMPTINESS |
| and frightened there must be an idea of finiteness that is simply locked into your mind; thus | 224 CREATIVE EMPTINESS |
| Fire........................25 | |
| better than people who have more water or fire signs. Where there is too much of air | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| there is too much of air, water, and fire, this meditation will be wrong. Is this correct | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| particular characteristic of great strength of love, the fire of divine love. This love force would turn | 21 THE FALL |
| turn around into its opposite and create a fire of hatred and wickedness; thus a very disharmonious | 21 THE FALL |
| as in the divine world. These spheres of fire or of icy coldness -- in the spiritual | 21 THE FALL |
| not be quite so cold any more; the fire not so hot anymore; the filth not quite | 21 THE FALL |
| different example: One dog is burned by a fire and gets hurt. Whenever he sees fire afterward | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| a fire and gets hurt. Whenever he sees fire afterward, he will be frightened, particularly if he | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| but several times. The image has formed that fire hurts, the conclusion made that all fire hurts | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| that fire hurts, the conclusion made that all fire hurts. Another dog may experience fire only as | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| that all fire hurts. Another dog may experience fire only as something pleasant. When the fire is | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| experience fire only as something pleasant. When the fire is lit, he is with his master at | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| him. So this dog will not have a fire image. So you see that the same procedure | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| many children in Chicago who burned in a fire. When those little spirits come into the spirit | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| such a large group is burned in a fire? Isn't there some sort of wrong thinking or | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| Sacrifice. Purification. Inner desire for development. ANSWER: The fire of love. The burning of being alive, of | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| it is composed of the words that mean fire and water. Can you tie this together? ANSWER | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| make so much more sense. The meanings of fire are: the fire of life, living, loving, enthusiasm | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| more sense. The meanings of fire are: the fire of life, living, loving, enthusiasm, healthy activity, spiritual | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| being, a healthy passivity. Both healthy activity -- fire -- and healthy passivity -- water -- are | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| -- water -- are processes of purification. Both fire and water can be cleansing processes, and both | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| his response will not add fuel to the fire because, perceiving reality much better, he will know | 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE |
| white-glowing mass of energy. It is a constant fire that continually bubbles and explodes within itself. Each | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| occur close together. Suppose the small child touches fire and burns itself. It will comprehend that the | 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT |
| and burns itself. It will comprehend that the fire is a cause and the burning sensation an | 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT |
| Firm........................48 | |
| journey reaches its destination. The destination is the firm land, the world of spirit, your true home | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| a result of their choices, they have no firm ground under their feet. They do not belong | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| control. They need to be helped with a firm hand -- not the way they, being blind | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| least of all spiritual security, harmony and a firm foothold. QUESTION: How shall we feel or react | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| all make mistakes in judgment. People have very firm opinions about any subject from religion to politics | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| will appear to you as if you had firm ground under your feet for the first time | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| to learn to know yourself and gain a firm stronghold on life count as very little time | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| you are lost. You believe you lose the firm ground under your feet, that your whole world | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| Church. With this convocation, he specifically expressed his firm opposition to communism and seemed to make hating | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| be positive in the sense of taking a firm stand, of not running away. Or it can | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| a real solid self that will stand on firm ground. For only in the mature emotions, in | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| unfulfillment, you have the opportunity to gain a firm hold on your home ground, if you wish | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| and guilt, which must rob you of the firm ground under your feet that only being yourself | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| productive attitude or feeling -- can grow on firm foundations, without any falsity? To talk about artificial | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| a whole. Think, for example, of a business firm. Different officers fulfill certain tasks, each taking on | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| Only this will bring true security, resting on firm ground, that will withstand the storms of life | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| awareness will you begin to live on the firm ground of peace and reality. Now let us | 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE |
| spiritual and emotional medication. Every tight or too firm conviction in connection with your work on the | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| you have nothing to fear. You stand on firm ground. Fulfillment of any expression of your self | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| your experiencing slight and hurt, you have a firm foundation from which to proceed. As long as | 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY |
| the universal self. They form a thin but firm screen that blocks out the life-giving force. They | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| cause these emotions. Do this ego-cooperation in a firm, relaxed way. Relaxation must be combined with full | 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| and its willpower must be poised in a firm but relaxed way. The resistant and destructive unconscious | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| wanting must be affirmed in calm trust and firm conviction. The voluntary must make room for the | 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS |
| The more you express the desire and the firm intent to see another, larger reality behind the | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| the more this is an indication that a firm inner No exists. Instead of wasting energy in | 186 VENTURE IN MUTUALITY: HEALING FORCE TO CHANGE NEGATIVE INNER WILL |
| adapted to the size and purpose of the firm. It is appropriate and therefore harmonious. But when | 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY |
| is safe. He or she stands on the firm ground of reality, fulfilling the functions of the | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| through you when your ego stands on the firm ground built by self-discipline. Create a new climate | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| movement. The no is not a decided, harmonious, firm strength that grows out of true dignity and | 206 DESIRE: CREATIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE |
| open and sweet. Even if the movement is firm, it can still feel sweet. It can be | 206 DESIRE: CREATIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE |
| problems contained within your desire. How strong and firm is the desire? Does it flow smoothly or | 206 DESIRE: CREATIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE |
| voice. Then your faith will stand on a firm, realistic foundation. To the degree you are aware | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| is the quality of being centered within, being firm, self-assertive, standing your own ground, being secure in | 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN |
| a temporary leap that will land you on firm ground. The firm ground is a reality of | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| that will land you on firm ground. The firm ground is a reality of a new kind | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| this new kind of reality from a truly firm ground where you can rest and function, you | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| openness, positiveness and love. To find this new firm ground that is conflictless, you must make a | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| wrongly -- then you do not have the firm foundation necessary for a true leader. Leadership means | 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION |
| its childish demands, you will find that being firm with yourself is as much an expression of | 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM |
| love as is tenderness. If you can be firm with yourself, as opposed to self-destructively and unlovingly | 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM |
| outer environment and will rest on a very firm ground. This is monarchy and feudalism in the | 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS |
| except to finding the truth. This commitment is firm and is always expressed toward the Creator. Thus | 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY |
| that you become capable of fighting and standing firm. As you grow in autonomy and self-creation, you | 254 SURRENDER |
| no contradiction or duality between surrendering and standing firm. In fact, it will be clear to you | 254 SURRENDER |
| hopelessness and false surrender. Here you must stand firm and realize the power embedded in your thought | 254 SURRENDER |
| have discussed in this lecture: surrendering and standing firm, yielding and self-assertion, giving in and fighting for | 254 SURRENDER |
| straightening out the imbalance. Visualize yourself taking a firm stand against all thoughts that are negative and | 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION |