| Folly.......................15 | |
| my dearest ones, be in God! 69. THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| correct the situation. You will further see the folly of the unconscious desire to recreate the childhood | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| is utterly trustworthy. To distrust it is sheer folly, my friends. All you have reason to distrust | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| as to maintain health. It would be utter folly of the ego to control the functions that | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| an optical illusion. Nothing could be a greater folly and a greater act of warfare against your | 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| struggle so fiercely against it. This is such folly, for only in this separation are you helpless | 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION |
| a condition? This is why it is such folly to believe pleasure is possible in only an | 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT |
| have tasted it, you will surely find it folly not to remain in this state of being | 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE |
| in a different direction. Thus it is often folly to assume that it is tragic when a | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| love would indeed be impossible and giving a folly. Is it now conceivable for you to see | 174 SELF-ESTEEM |
| you by others or by life is utter folly. It is insanity to believe that any unhappiness | 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY |
| cannot bring unity with others. It is utter folly to expect it. You do not have to | 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW |
| and what you really are. And what a folly it is! For you deal yourself out of | 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT |
| consciousness fabricate in the way of delusion and folly. This is indeed a great and wonderful task | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| for it. Which, of course, is the ultimate folly. The fear of evil within is superfluous, because | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| Food........................48 | |
| comparison to the gain. This should give you food for thought. I suggest to each one of | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| use this contact will always be given what food they need, in spite of their imperfections. The | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| does not consciously remember it at all. A food, plant, animal or some such thing may have | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| talk is about the importance of the right food and vitamins, minerals, proteins, and diets. It is | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| vitamin deficiency. The soul and the spirit need food so badly, often without the person being aware | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| aware of the need. And only if this food is supplied, taken and digested, will all your | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| gets accustomed to eating the wrong kind of food that does not supply the essential factors the | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| connected with the cause of it all. Spiritual food does not come to you by itself. You | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| desire to receive it. You prepare your spiritual food by looking for the right source for you | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| need in the way of happiness and spiritual food in the faith you are accustomed to, remain | 19 JESUS CHRIST |
| perfection for which a continuous supply of spiritual food is necessary. It is also no coincidence that | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| by giving just the right amount of spiritual food at the right time, and at the same | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| fruitful this will be. It will give you food for thought; you will help each other and | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| the latter not always with the best possible food. But when it comes to spiritual nourishment, most | 31 SHAME |
| nourishment. However, the most important substance of spiritual food is self-development. Your innermost self, your divine spark | 31 SHAME |
| divine spark, is constantly crying out for this food, but your conscious being refuses to hear the | 31 SHAME |
| and fulfilled who partakes of this most important food: spiritual development. For there is no human being | 31 SHAME |
| these words has sufficient means to acquire this food. In my previous lectures I have mentioned several | 31 SHAME |
| that will not be the kind of spiritual food that helps you to discover where your feelings | 31 SHAME |
| do that, you will be giving yourself the food your spirit needs. Perhaps you now begin to | 31 SHAME |
| judge and compare. All this should be both food for thought and material for meditation. The meditation | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| kind of noise every time before he receives food. After some time he will respond instantly, knowing | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| some time he will respond instantly, knowing that food is now coming. When he hears the noise | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| about what I have said. There is much food for thought in what I told you, for | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| I would now like to give you further food for thought. Not only personal and individual images | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| it is not responsible for obtaining its own food and shelter. A wild animal is free, or | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| upon this only briefly, to give you some food for thought and to urge you to continue | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| may my words give you further material and food for your inner progress. They contain a very | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| to bite, to chew, to prepare the physical food so that your body can assimilate it. The | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| an image of God. I have given you food for thought that can become very fruitful for | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| material level humanity could not survive without them. Food, drink, shelter -- all that you need for | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| lecture, my friends. It will give you much food for thought and material for progress. Be blessed | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| of you. May these words again give you food, not only for further thought, but for insight | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| eaten for a while, you definitely do need food. If you do not get it, you cannot | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| token, you can have a false need for food. If your body has received all the food | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| food. If your body has received all the food it needs to remain healthy, but if a | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| it is in the most negative way, to food, to certain bodily functions, perhaps even to some | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| see the reality. Now, my friends, this is food for thought and material for further work, for | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| Children need love as much as they need food. They cannot obtain either solely from the fruits | 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF |
| of its search and unfoldment. It must be food for thought; otherwise, you will continue to fear | 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE |
| better overall view and will give you much food for thought which will be useful not only | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| be such a transformation, or a craving for food and drink. Full awareness of this shift will | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| true spiritual health. My dearest friends, the spiritual food I have offered you can indeed be taken | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| as to nurture and cultivate healthful habits regarding food, sleep, exercise, in order to maintain the involuntary | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| parents for all the basics of life: shelter, food, affection, protection, and, last but not least, for | 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY |
| your own efforts and resources your own shelter, food, affection, and safety, so you are also able | 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY |
| this principle holds true about everything else -- food, water, air. It also applies to the metabolism | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| compulsion, as for drugs, harmful stimulants, or unwholesome food, so can the mental and emotional organism become | 238 THE PULSE OF LIFE ON ALL LEVELS OF MANIFESTATION |
| Fool........................8 | |
| address God and say, Of course I cannot fool you, just as I cannot fool myself. True | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| I cannot fool you, just as I cannot fool myself. True, I want to be happy. But | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| nature of the wish, so as not to fool yourself into believing that you have done everything | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| selfishness, begins to rationalize the selfish desire and fool himself or herself about it. We can see | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| in their own unselfishness and in that way fool themselves about their real feelings and motives by | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| you should be aware of it. Do not fool yourself if you still act according to the | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| that happens, if you do not want to fool yourself about it, you will know where you | 21 THE FALL |
| on this path is that people tend to fool themselves about who they really are. Now I | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| Fooling.....................3 | |
| is your true nature and real self, thus fooling yourself and creating an inner lie. In other | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| is your lower self, and becoming hypocritical and fooling yourself. Even if you cannot or will not | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| I am weak, I have no willpower, is fooling himself because it appears much easier to be | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| Foolishly...................3 | |
| over, separated from your volitional processes. Moreover, you foolishly seem to assume that by pretending it does | 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES |
| the heavier the price you inevitably pay. You foolishly talk yourself into a hopeless situation because you | 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION |
| give too much to the latter because they foolishly fear that this shortchanges the former. The more | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| Foot........................9 | |
| through wild shrubbery and growth, setting down one foot after another in a slow but steady process | 36 PRAYER |
| did not exist. You cannot stand with one foot on this path and the other in your | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burning for burning. ANSWER: The meaning | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burning for burning. ANSWER: The meaning of these | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the ones who understand. Now let us continue. Foot: What is a foot? Moving. Standing on. Progress | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| Now let us continue. Foot: What is a foot? Moving. Standing on. Progress. Again, activity, but of | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| examine the difference in activity between hand and foot. The hand's activity is of a nature that | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| your task only half-heartedly. You live with one foot in heaven and one foot in hell, so | 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA |
| live with one foot in heaven and one foot in hell, so to speak. Heaven is that | 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA |