| Fortunate...................10 | |
| attitude. A happening that seems to you very fortunate can turn out to be very unfavorable if | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| the best of it. And you who are fortunate enough to be on this path can learn | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| arbitrarily favors a few and punishes some less fortunate creatures. The other imagined god who rewards you | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| to continue on this path of self-finding. How fortunate you are! For, the liberation, the true joy | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| are aware of this God-image makes you extremely fortunate; many others are not aware of it at | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| fear facing any illusion they may have are fortunate indeed. Their path lies before them unobstructed. From | 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE |
| that this is the way it must be. Fortunate are those who have the courage to acknowledge | 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING |
| not defended against anything. But possibly you were fortunate on that day to come into the psychic | 188 AFFECTING AND BEING AFFECTED |
| from the one you have chosen. You are fortunate that the progress of your pathwork has brought | 200 THE COSMIC FEELING |
| that may be helpful. You are all extremely fortunate in growing up with truth, with understandings that | 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN |
| Fortune.....................3 | |
| may prove herself worthy during periods of good fortune, working even more actively on her spiritual development | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| above you, arbitrarily handing out reward and punishment, fortune and misfortune. But in your health, in accord | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| objectively traumatic events -- wars, revolution, loss of fortune and home, illness. Yet you may inwardly have | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| Forward.....................95 | |
| inner currents will help you quite a bit forward. Again and again take the resolution to face | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| make you stronger, freer and happier; with every forward step you will understand better the meaning of | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| in which you have so much to look forward to. Your sense of time will also gradually | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| my friends. That state is something to look forward to, indeed. It will not happen suddenly, but | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| will be a great liberation, a great step forward -- and this in itself will make it | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the incident, knowing that it helped you upward, forward, nearer to God, to perfection, to happiness that | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| my dear ones, that is already a step forward, believe it or not! In this way your | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| desires, which push and pull them backward and forward, left and right. QUESTION: Does that mean that | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| fellow's different conceptions--nevertheless, this is a great step forward. Tomorrow they will not feel they have to | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| found that, you have made a major step forward in your search, for then you possess a | 38 IMAGES |
| as a byproduct, it is still a step forward in the realization of truth. Only by purifying | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| circles, you will have made a major step forward. Slowly but surely you will begin to understand | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| proceed on this path. Consider that each step forward may, at times, bring you temporarily into a | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| your images, you will make a great step forward. It is not easy, because you are unaware | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| it does not mean being pessimistic or looking forward to negative happenings if they are unnecessary. In | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| conscience, you will have taken a great step forward. The good and pure divine conscience is, of | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| and harmonious form manifests as creativity, growth, building, forward movement, search, activity, the outgoing quality necessary to | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| restriction stands for regression, going backward instead of forward, holding up progress, going in the wrong direction | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| back, although for the good purpose of going forward. While the Holy Ghost represents the static principle | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| growth. When you make an effort to go forward, to use your energy, to search for truth | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| you, you will have made a major step forward in the direction of inner freedom. The example | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| backward countries was used, implying that we are forward. Does it seem that way to you? ANSWER | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| react -- and this is a great step forward. Yet, through long habit, your soul forces are | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| to me that it represents a great step forward to the individual and to humanity and it | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| occasionally does when making an ascent. While going forward, your glance is directed toward a particular or | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| not show. This is a very important step forward, my friends. There are two basic currents in | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| an end, but it is certainly a step forward on the path of truth. Only by purifying | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| whatever comes your way will smoothly carry you forward. While you are in unreality, you know two | 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT |
| Although this is slow work, each tiny step forward brings liberation and matters a great deal. This | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| not notice how decisive is each tiny step forward. Each step seems little, and yet it counts | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| you tackle a new aspect, but each step forward brings more strength. QUESTION: We are on this | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| of opposites. One is the surging spirit going forward, the other is the supposed safety in sameness | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| in reality you are not moving one inch forward because you are too tired to reach the | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| reactions, you will again come a great step forward. You see, my friends, your misunderstanding is that | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| answers help again to bring you a step forward into the right direction. May a small grain | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| victory -- it will be a great step forward. You will be close to resolving a sick | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| defense mechanism. Feeling it is a great step forward; you will come to see how this mechanism | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| you. You have nothing but joy to look forward to. Soon you may reach the point where | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| ANSWER: Yes, you have made an important step forward, but you have not continued. You have remained | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| of you. Blessed is this hour. Each step forward on this path brings you closer to a | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| afraid for yourself, you will not risk going forward and reaching out toward others. Whoever reaches out | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |
| become aware of the significance of your rushing forward. You will no longer consider this an asset | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| pathwork remains dynamic and alive in a beautiful forward surge, in the meaningful endeavor of growing. These | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| Human beings fear the future while they strive forward into it, because the future also means death | 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME |
| wish generates two contradictory soul movements: one strains forward, the other holds back. Needless to say, the | 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME |
| for the contradictory soul movements. If you strain forward you do so because in one way or | 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME |
| this now without utilizing it. That is the forward movement which also causes your fear of growing | 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME |
| Therefore you hold back while you also push forward. Fear of death exists in many forms and | 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME |
| time by holding it back or pushing it forward. You would not need to fear, or wish | 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF |
| either pulling back into the past or pushing forward into the future you seek the wrong remedy | 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF |
| next circle is made, the reality of the forward movement will fill you to the depth of | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| tonight's lecture again help you advance a step forward on your path. Perhaps it may also encourage | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| even ask this question indicates a tremendous step forward and a vast new opening of insight into | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| and fairness. A large step will be taken forward if this capacity is acquired; a step leading | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| so very important. It is a vast step forward compared to the belief that one is free | 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN |
| one often unwittingly prolongs by fighting against going forward. Truthful concepts cannot mold life as long as | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| peaceful experience. You will taste real security, looking forward to every moment, knowing joy through fearlessness. You | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| yet unknown phase of your life you look forward to without qualms. Dying is produced by the | 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR |
| an ease in letting your soul- movements flow forward in the beautiful rhythm of the cosmos permeates | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| you go on. What you have to look forward to in the time to come will be | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| will gather an ever-increasing power to sweep you forward. The further removed you are in your mental | 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION |
| life to come have much more to look forward to, for you will now fortify your own | 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE |
| lecture will enable you to make another step forward on your path toward finding yourself. There is | 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION |
| phase of existence, although they may even look forward to the new beginning. Every new beginning presupposes | 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION |
| will gather momentum and strength for further surging forward. Your inner soul movements must live these principles | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| your further undertakings for spiritual growth. Each step forward brings you nearer to the realization of who | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| make available the powers in you to surge forward; you will be able to dip into the | 174 SELF-ESTEEM |
| of experiencing pleasure. The more you can look forward to a full and blissful existence, the less | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| on unity. Expansion into life is a constant forward movement that turns an alien and apparently hostile | 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS |
| and struggle. It requires a poised and relaxed forward movement into life. The effort must be disciplined | 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS |
| is impossible, search for unconscious reluctance to move forward. Relaxed movement is pleasurable in itself, while rigid | 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS |
| unification. As a result of such misconceptions, all forward movement appears dangerous. The stagnating, restricting, limiting life | 178 THE UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE OF GROWTH DYNAMICS |
| back from it as it is to go forward. Human beings are continually confronted with the deep | 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| through so strongly. Not only those who came forward personally benefited from this force, but to a | 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES |
| set in motion because the inner expansion pushes forward and the outer blocks stifle it. This leads | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| I say to you, my dear ones: Surge forward on this road of exploring. Admitting your negative | 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT |
| you have indeed experienced it, that every step forward on the path reveals new vistas that are | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| Ask God in you whether you should come forward, and how. If you truly surrender to God's | 200 THE COSMIC FEELING |
| task. This is a wonderful thing to look forward to. Just think of the meaning of it | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| place. For you this represents a great step forward on the evolutionary scale. In the third stage | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| done with. Learning will become something to look forward to. It will offer many keys and deeply | 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION |
| will experience school as a privilege they look forward to, even though learning includes hard work and | 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION |
| and contracting. Each expansion moves the eternal life forward and enlivens the void with spirit. As I | 238 THE PULSE OF LIFE ON ALL LEVELS OF MANIFESTATION |
| nucleus, until it is ready to thrust itself forward anew, billowing further into the void, fulfilling its | 238 THE PULSE OF LIFE ON ALL LEVELS OF MANIFESTATION |
| of constant billowing, thrusting, expanding and withdrawing, pulsating forward and pulsating back. Pulling back is part of | 238 THE PULSE OF LIFE ON ALL LEVELS OF MANIFESTATION |
| most beloved centers. QUESTIONER: Thank you, we look forward to that emerging. My beloved friends, angels of | 238 THE PULSE OF LIFE ON ALL LEVELS OF MANIFESTATION |
| your whole being and direction -- will move forward and go through stages that constantly change. When | 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE |
| or attitude. On the one hand you push forward in impatience. You become discouraged and wonder why | 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE |
| a second. It is your task to surge forward deeply into the world of matter, filling the | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| for physical life expresses the divine spirit surging forward into the void, creating matter and form and | 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA |
| describe the divine plan: to push the spirit forward, outward, gradually filling the void. As I have | 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA |
| earth sphere is ready for a big step forward. All the inner faculties have been prepared for | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |
| duality. In that phase, duality is already a forward movement in the evolutionary plan. Only when consciousness | 254 SURRENDER |
| can therefore have a greater staying power. The forward thrust of the pulse beat can penetrate deeper | 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE |
| and flow of the sea. The tide flows forward in great masses, only to recede and diminish | 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION |