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 Forgets.....................4
further and further from its original source, it forgets its essence and becomes oblivious of its own 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER
even on those rare occasions when the personality forgets to establish the contact, when, perhaps, an old 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE
to perceive the help. When the disconnected mind forgets the greater truth of being, the conscious ego 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES
Lord loves you personally, cares for you, never forgets you and always protects you, no matter what 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION
 
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instead of how wrong the other person is, forgetting your own little hurt and the apparent injustice 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
rather to your facing yourself honestly and entirely forgetting, for the time being, the question: What am 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE
It knows only the immediate pain or pleasure, forgetting that in the relatively near future these strongly 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
You will go on from where you are, forgetting and forgiving truly inside of you, without even 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS
have the courage to examine the issues while forgetting the rule, you cannot come into selfhood, you 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
spiritual and the psychological are two different approaches. Forgetting these terms for the moment, you will understand 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
be aware of it. Awareness counts so much. Forgetting the living meaning of a word is a 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
as not to risk the danger of self- forgetting. This is a much more fundamental aspect of 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
cramps up to get what you want consciously, forgetting that it is not the ego alone that 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF
lost on that step and overindulge in it, forgetting the subsequent steps, which are: seeing the unreality 209 THE ROSCOE LECTURE: INSPIRATION FOR THE PATHWORK CENTER
already experienced the blissfulness of it. But your forgetting is not really forgetting. It is a deliberate 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF
of it. But your forgetting is not really forgetting. It is a deliberate intent of that other 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF
little attitudes of the lower self, without ever forgetting who you really are. The very fact of 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF
extreme. The woman has become militant, thereby often forgetting her heart and her love for the man 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE
 
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already reached a certain level on the path. FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES. The prayer says, Forgive us 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
path. FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES. The prayer says, Forgive us, not me alone. This includes all human 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
and whom you may not be able to forgive completely. If you honestly wish that God may 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
completely. If you honestly wish that God may forgive them, then you are liberated from a dark 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
Think what these words contain: God should not forgive only you and those whom you love, but 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
Only one who is thus liberated within can forgive others totally. You cannot expect forgiveness if you 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
forgiveness if you are not completely ready to forgive others. And whoever has experienced, comprehended, and felt 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
felt God's forgiveness should also be able to forgive himself. And this leads to the next line 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
this leads to the next line: AS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US. How many people 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
do not have the slightest intention to truly forgive. Here, too, there is often self- deception. While 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
help in order to be able to really forgive. And you do need help in order to 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
too, has to be confronted: Do I truly forgive all people from the bottom of my heart 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
more than it harms those whom you cannot forgive. LEAD US IN OUR TEMPTATIONS. I repeat for 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
ANSWER: You all know, the answer is to forgive. But to do it, to be really able 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
much more harmful than knowing you still cannot forgive, knowing this imperfection. So the first step is 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
to have sufficient vision to be able to forgive wholeheartedly. And try to pray for the person 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Furthermore, ask yourself: Do I really want to forgive? You will then see that part of you 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
is equally important, not only in order to forgive, but for your development altogether, is the realization 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
make it so much easier for you to forgive truly. Then you will be able to embrace 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
after a personal hurt or injustice and quietly forgive, and when to stand up and fight against 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS
humbly to a fellow creature, I was wrong; forgive me. In spite of what you often think 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY
forgiving them for the hurt. You can only forgive and let go if you recognize your deeply 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS
past, cannot come to terms with it, cannot forgive, cannot understand and accept, this very child in 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS
of self-improvement, the more we understand others and forgive, the more our emotional reactions will become toned 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION
But while they are still present, you must forgive yourself. You can easily do so when you 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
your bitterness and self- pity you fail to forgive yourself for this imperfection. You moralize with yourself 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS
imperfections trickle into your consciousness, you do not forgive yourself. You hate and punish yourself. All this 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS
see that it is possible to accept and forgive yourself, while still knowing the intrinsic sinfulness within 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
hear that you should learn to accept, to forgive, and to like yourself, in spite of your 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
you must first learn to accept and to forgive yourself. For that very reason we remained for 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT
let go of its emotional impact, unable to forgive and forget. But, mainly, a much more subtle 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS
-- to give the best of yourself, to forgive and forget what harm life seems to have 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING
is love. As long as you refuse to forgive and wish to be resentful with life -- 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING
one and the same pain. You will then forgive yourself as you forgive others, as it was 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT
pain. You will then forgive yourself as you forgive others, as it was said in one of 201 DEMAGNETIZING NEGATIVE FORCE FIELDS -- PAIN OF GUILT
be rejected, nothing whatever you cannot accept and forgive. The only thing that is truly destructive and 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN
of you where you do not want to forgive, to understand the truth, and where you want 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE
to pray for this ability: to love, to forgive, to understand, and to see that what you 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE
 
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to change, you will feel that you are forgiven and liberated and will know that a burden 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
your good intention, you talk yourself into having forgiven, while in reality you are doing no such 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
God. The negative aspects must be fully accepted, forgiven and seen in context with the whole personality 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF
self-forgiveness. Therefore you experience that God has already forgiven you all along. You then experience the light 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY
were totally bad people. They can never be forgiven. I cannot face this possibility. I must deny 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY
immersed in the conviction that they cannot be forgiven and that they are therefore doomed to suffer 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION
 
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or discourage you. When you ask God for forgiveness with this healthy repentance and really want to 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
then is it possible to ask God for forgiveness, which includes the request to be helped and 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
within can forgive others totally. You cannot expect forgiveness if you are not completely ready to forgive 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
And whoever has experienced, comprehended, and felt God's forgiveness should also be able to forgive himself. And 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
is so difficult for you to achieve complete forgiveness, because you lack the understanding of the other 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
you. Try to strengthen your love, understanding, and forgiveness so as to be able to partake of 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
love, with all its subdivisions of compassion, understanding, forgiveness, union, communication, brotherhood, sacrifice, as a rigid, one-sided 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
is but a caricature of true love, understanding, forgiveness, or compassion. The poison of the underlying motive 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
keep fostering in you a spirit of self-acceptance, forgiveness, and tolerance with yourself. There comes a time 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
through the split of a positive idea: self- forgiveness and fully facing one's sin. Both derive from 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
still too often. The truth must prevail with forgiveness and understanding, with a readiness to understand deeper 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN
of facing this lower self deserves the mercy, forgiveness, and love that human beings have been praying 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF
Christ say, again and again, that God is forgiveness? Is He not always here with His mercy 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY
truth. Salvation means, among other things, Christ's endless forgiveness and acceptance. It means that you can always 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION
Ask for the bread of God's mercy, love, forgiveness and personal help in all ways, and you 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION
break in consciousness. Christ's demonstration of supreme love, forgiveness and mercy -- of acceptance due to the 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION
life. It was no longer futile to try. Forgiveness for all sins, for every transgression exists already 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION
not for the experience of Christ's personal love, forgiveness, acceptance and total vision of you? How could 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION

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