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true of almost all of them, in one form or another. There might be a fear that 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW
is not correct. There are many parts that form a whole. And it does not necessarily have 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW
through a process where new subtle bodies can form around the original divine spark, nearer to the 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW
know, each thought and feeling is a substantial form in the spirit world, and no thought is 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW
a particular friend -- perhaps in a different form than you human beings can conceive of at 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW
You can be quite sure of that. Its form remains preserved, so to speak, and will have 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW
they want something, or when they think or form ideas, they believe it happens in the brain 18 FREE WILL
In the spirit world all abstract ideas have form and substance. That is how individuals build their 18 FREE WILL
him. Such falseness will also create a corresponding form. But what and when and how a person 18 FREE WILL
be found elsewhere too, though perhaps in another form. So this was certainly not the only purpose 19 JESUS CHRIST
as well as all creatures in their highest form of development, can dissolve this fluid substance so 20 GOD: THE CREATION
in half, so to speak, is the last form before reunion with one's original state can take 20 GOD: THE CREATION
are different, of course, due to the new form of matter; but then, circumstances vary in all 21 THE FALL
gradually, human beings came into existence in material form through various intermediate states. When this happened, a 21 THE FALL
what will exist -- through a more direct form of communication, namely what you now call mediumship 21 THE FALL
have repeatedly said, everything is concrete, everything is form. In your world only material objects have form 22 SALVATION
form. In your world only material objects have form and the so-called abstract things do not have 22 SALVATION
and the so-called abstract things do not have form, for they are invisible to you. This is 22 SALVATION
is not so in spirit. Love is a form. When you have a beautiful thought it will 22 SALVATION
have a beautiful thought it will create one form. When you have a wicked thought, it will 22 SALVATION
have a wicked thought, it will create another form, a concrete form for us. I beg you 22 SALVATION
thought, it will create another form, a concrete form for us. I beg you to keep this 22 SALVATION
on earth, had taken place in exactly that form. Of course, this was not the way it 22 SALVATION
Luciferic world, whether the influence comes in the form of direct inspiration or through unwitting human instruments 22 SALVATION
the higher spirits can manifest, either in the form of light or in their actual form. If 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
the form of light or in their actual form. If these higher spirits do not take certain 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
the others and will not go through this form of human incarnation. If he would be the 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
soul, the outpouring of energy forms in the form of warfare will cease to exist. There is 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
occasionally, to give advice in a more specific form. Thank you. QUESTION: You have told us how 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
disciples after His death, it was also a form of communication. There are many different forms. Later 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
of lower development, they show themselves in outer form as those beings for these very good reasons 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
again and do they represent in a symbolic form psychological aspects of human types? ANSWER: There are 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
fallen spirits was not chosen in an arbitrary form but is, in fact, a result of the 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
them to you, at least in a condensed form: I have mentioned that in the Fall, a 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
particles will connect when they reach a higher form of existence, just as when the dual beings 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
will come back in the same or similar form until you have learned the lesson. Those who 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS
It is most difficult for human beings to form the right thoughts at the right moment. The 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS
that all truth meets finally in one universal form. When you have reached this awareness, you will 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS
way. Then this path will not be another form of escape. It will be reality, as it 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH
a thought will be in you in the form of a question. So you may be inspired 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH
stage your work is on the imperfections that form part of your lower self. At another stage 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW
caused you disharmony in any manner, shape, or form. Even if at the beginning you cannot understand 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW
as their personified entities are visible in the form of rays or fine threads running through the 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
like to do your discovery work in the form of daily review, there are other ways of 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
will come back to you gradually, in the form of more truthful and harmonious interactions. Now the 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
my teachings. Actually, the two possibilities you mentioned form a whole. As long as there is conflict 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
emanation of these forces, condensed in a spiritual form of extremely fine texture, creates these beings, and 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR
are recognizable in this reservoir and yet they form one harmonious whole. They emanate from the sphere 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR
exceptional. This may happen too. QUESTION: In what form do spirits who are still undeveloped see higher 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR
up to you. When guidance appears in the form of an unpleasant test, you cannot fully understand 31 SHAME
treatment of these fluids and a highly specialized form of processing; there is a refraction and an 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
Is it correct that birth, and time and form of death, are determined by an unchangeable destiny 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
opposite. So the time, as well as the form of death, can vary according to which of 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
strengthen all of you. Such activity is another form of knocking in order to receive divine inspiration 35 TURNING TO GOD
with these new insights by forming the thought form from various angles. Ask God each day what 36 PRAYER
unconscious mind so that a good imprint can form within yourself. The process amounts to instructing your 36 PRAYER
what they mean, so that they gain clearer form in your mind and help you to achieve 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY
experiences. These impressions or attitudes usually take the form of conclusions in the mind of the person 38 IMAGES
see the whole thought process as a spiritual form -- or image. You might contend that people 38 IMAGES
There are many more. The wrong conclusions that form an image are drawn from ignorance and half-knowledge 38 IMAGES
often failed to realize is that images seldom form in this life, no matter how early they 38 IMAGES
another. That is why certain incidents do not form an image in people who are free of 38 IMAGES
free of a particular conflict. Yet they will form one in a person's soul who has brought 38 IMAGES
that wishes to deny life in its present form. Only then will you have acquired the humility 38 IMAGES
your image, even to some degree, you may form a pretty accurate idea of what you have 38 IMAGES
the wrong inner impression exists as a rigid form that controls all the events in your life 39 IMAGE-FINDING
relive the original feelings that led you to form the attitude in the first place, and without 39 IMAGE-FINDING
creates reactions and conclusions that assume a rigid form. We call this rigid form an image. The 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
assume a rigid form. We call this rigid form an image. The image consists of certain impressions 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
asked: What is more important, knowledge in the form of general knowledge, science, knowledge of the universe 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
of an image. A complex in its manifest form is a camouflage of its real content. For 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
your soul appears to us like a hardened form. The healthy soul where there is no image 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
image shows itself to us as a glowing form, and, like the universe, is continuously in motion 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
will be inspired to draw such an image form and around it, outside the image, paint the 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
not have a karmic origin, they would not form an image in the first place. It would 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
whether it has a slightly different and modified form. Your objection to the faults you observe in 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
wrong in the other person! There is another form of extreme subjectivity that comes from the same 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
compelled to see this person in an idealized form. No, it is a weakness and often a 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
doubt about it. For the thought is a form, just as much as the spoken word. In 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
and effect, and therefore is a much weaker form than the word that is thought and deeply 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
that matter? It is nothing else but a form of pride. For he who is so afraid 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
As these separated particles develop, they unite and form a whole. The waking-up process of an animal 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
answered. The prayer is often answered in a form that seems unpleasant to you -- a conflict 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
know the other than the self, you may form certain conclusions about your fellow creatures from the 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
have all three in balance? ANSWER: The ideal form is in balance, but that does not mean 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
through mediumship or spirit communication in some other form. In other teachings it says that one can 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
be attained in any other way. And to form a durable and solid relationship in a marriage 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
Celibacy is supposed to be a highly spiritualized form of development in certain religious sects. On the 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
your present reactions to daily occurrences. They will form one whole picture. When you search for your 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
must vary. The mass image is a strong form. It has to be reckoned with. According to 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
I suppose that racial and religious images also form part of the mass images? ANSWER: Of course 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
a certain courage, the rebellion will take a form in which he or she openly fights and 47 THE WALL WITHIN
resists. This can take place from its mildest form of personal and private attitudes, spanning the whole 47 THE WALL WITHIN
parties, anarchist groups, or committing crime. The strongest form of this attitude will be found in the 47 THE WALL WITHIN
the person who commits antisocial acts. The mildest form may not even be noticeable to others. Nevertheless 47 THE WALL WITHIN
attained. You will understand that even the imperfect form of authority, as it manifests on earth, is 47 THE WALL WITHIN
concept of human authority as such, in whatever form it may present itself. Do you understand what 47 THE WALL WITHIN
realize that the first category, the most primitive form of hypocrisy, is distasteful, therefore you suppress your 47 THE WALL WITHIN
you choose it as when you build a form in your material world. You make your choice 47 THE WALL WITHIN
the wall, resistance is inevitable, and only the form and manifestation of the resistance will be different 47 THE WALL WITHIN
the same time, it will help many to form a bond. We encourage and we bless this 47 THE WALL WITHIN
a person who finds that with a particular form of authority he is unconsciously a law-upholder, but 47 THE WALL WITHIN
while one rebels consciously, particularly against a certain form of authority, the foundation for change is laid 47 THE WALL WITHIN
will gradually transform their bodies to a spiritual form. This is so, although its realization lies in 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE
error, all deviation from truth in every possible form. For truth is God. On this path, in 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
But recognize that the rebellion and anger too form only a superficial layer and look behind them 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
have said previously about expectation, especially in the form of positive thinking as opposed to acceptance? ANSWER 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
of these basic religious attitudes has a healthy form, which become distorted when you embrace its extreme 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
can be abused and misinterpreted. In its healthy form, acceptance helps to shoulder one's imperfections and their 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
may develop a sickness which will be a form of childish temper tantrum, or they may simply 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
degree of density. The densest is the human form, the physical body, at least from your sphere 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
next step might be continuous tantrums in one form or another, and finally a breakdown in the 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS
What about the problem of being unable to form an opinion on a subject on which the 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS
is of importance to you and you cannot form an opinion, then you should look into yourself 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS
will find out why you are unable to form an opinion. What are the psychological reasons behind 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS
responsibility. That may be behind the inability to form an opinion. From a little and seemingly unimportant 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS
-- I should rather say, unwilling -- to form an opinion for psychological and emotional reasons that 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS
combination of these two kinds of authority will form their image about God. To the degree a 52 THE GOD-IMAGE
be responsible for it -- self-punishment or a form of aggressiveness toward others, punishing them by one's 52 THE GOD-IMAGE
her outer self. This is a very crass form of sickness and comparatively rare. I want to 53 SELF-LOVE
which is much more prevalent than the crass form. A person may be in love with certain 53 SELF-LOVE
with yourself or with your life, in one form or another. For whenever there is such a 53 SELF-LOVE
another. For whenever there is such a wrong form of self-love, rejection, imagined or real, must have 53 SELF-LOVE
as in the immature adult, there exists another form of punishment, the wish to punish another. If 53 SELF-LOVE
that both are the result of the wrong form of self-love. As far as egocentricity is concerned 53 SELF-LOVE
QUESTION: What about narcissism? ANSWER: That is a form of self-love. It can manifest in various ways 53 SELF-LOVE
One of the possibilities can be an excessive form of self-love. Other factors also enter. Another reason 53 SELF-LOVE
these principles cannot be found. They penetrate and form the human soul as well. In other words 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES
to the coarsest. They exist in their pure form as well as in deviation and distortion. I 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES
principle of expansion in its pure and harmonious form manifests as creativity, growth, building, forward movement, search 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES
deviate from these three principles in their perfect form; in what way and why does this happen 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES
seem to contradict the statement that the highest form of existence, the state of being, is static 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES
we might say that it is the highest form. Intuition is never wrong. An instinct can be 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES
to do with it. Even if the outer form of life is similar -- although it is 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES
worthy motives and plausible rationalizations. The subtler the form of manifestation, the more difficult it will be 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE
a few times in their lives, in one form or another. This occurrence is hardly ever understood 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE
so helpless. This way out also takes the form of the following inner argument: Since there is 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS
as self-pity is, for instance. But the crasser form of enjoying unhappiness is enjoying the process of 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS
are the same in the healthy and developed form? ANSWER: I will try to find the right 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS
originally healthy wish turns compulsive. This is one form of compulsion. There are other forms, but they 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
from the Spirit World during sleep is one form -- there are others. You may not necessarily 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
remember the instructions immediately or directly in the form they were given to you. You may not 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
with the Spirit World outwardly, or in the form you have mentioned, expecting the Spirit World to 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
greater is their impact, the more substantial their form. At times I have described the path you 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY
it is rigid; and the more rigid a form, the stronger is its substance. If this is 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY
its substance. If this is so with a form created from untruth, you will easily see that 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY
I should like to discuss one common soul form which, to some degree, exists in every human 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY
existence and gradually discovering its unreality will this form dissolve, little by little. This can happen only 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY
on earth, does not exist in the same form in other realms. QUESTION: Can you tell us 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
deviations, so-called neuroses and sicknesses are in one form or another always a dishonesty. Because it is 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

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