| Frictions...................13 | |
| are challenged. And this they are, by the frictions and conflicts arising from the differences in outlook | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| and advance faster in spiritual development precisely because frictions exist. Without friction, development can never proceed. It | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| overlook this simple logic, and persistently take the frictions in your life as though they had nothing | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| meeting. You might discuss how best to eliminate frictions; what you could do to learn from them | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| Reach out for it, especially when disagreements and frictions separate you. Tonight I should like to discuss | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| same with spiritual and emotional growth. Let the frictions and irritations be a lesson to you. They | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| contribute in this work by learning from the frictions in your everyday life. Do that, my friends | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| elements the separation is more difficult to overcome. Frictions cannot be smoothed over as easily as they | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| has less of a chance to bring out frictions, therefore in that sense it is easier to | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| what needs to be recognized, problems, illness, worries, frictions and other difficulties will therefore simply cease is | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| of self-contempt, guilt, weakness, unfulfillment, and many outer frictions and difficulties which are the final result of | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| have already mentioned the helplessness. I mentioned the frictions and constrictions when the blame for the lack | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| its effect, and one day the difficulties and frictions that are inevitable in such a venture at | 209 THE ROSCOE LECTURE: INSPIRATION FOR THE PATHWORK CENTER |
| Friday......................3 | |
| you tell us the spiritual significance of Good Friday, please? ANSWER: The spiritual significance of Good Friday | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| Friday, please? ANSWER: The spiritual significance of Good Friday is to take the cross that you have | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| of my last lecture. On this day, Good Friday, Jesus Christ brought his life to a culmination | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| Friendly....................3 | |
| a while; the scenery becomes a little more friendly and brighter. Then you go on again. Sometimes | 36 PRAYER |
| conviction that the universe is good, loving, benign, friendly. There cannot be death, hate cannot win out | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the destructiveness and turn to a constructive, inclusive, friendly attitude toward life and others. You still do | 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION |
| Friendship..................21 | |
| be true to some degree. The advantages of friendship, companionship, mutual respect, and a pleasant life together | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| make such a journey together. QUESTION: How does friendship between two people fit into this picture? ANSWER | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| between two people fit into this picture? ANSWER: Friendship is brotherly love. Such friendship can also exist | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| this picture? ANSWER: Friendship is brotherly love. Such friendship can also exist between man and woman. Eros | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| union easier than in other relationships such as friendship for instance. It is easier because it is | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| to offer you genuine love and affection or friendship or help in some way, and for one | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| area of life, like professional fulfillment, marriage, or friendship. Indetermination may create tension and conflict in a | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| for? Has anyone of you an idea? Giving. Friendship. Action. Taking. ANSWER: Taking and giving. Yes. All | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| give, take, receive; which can be extended in friendship. Hence, the symbol of the hand represents a | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| or in your personal relationships, like marriage or friendship, makes no difference. Your world here on earth | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| mere human beings who do. Neither are love, friendship, or help acknowledged as important. The pride in | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| such a case, not even one of casual friendship. Mature men and women will have understanding and | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |
| kind of relationship -- be it partnership, love, friendship, whatever -- they have to go through various | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| self-alienated states, you may have as genuine a friendship as your are capable of, yet feel yourself | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| perhaps it produces an overinvolvement with a specific friendship into which you shift all the feelings and | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| you experience understanding, warmth, acceptance, love, and true friendship. You have learned to a considerable degree to | 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF |
| spirit aims for rich fulfillment of love, abundance, friendship, communication, even for recognition and respect. But in | 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM |
| relationships: to man/woman partnerships, to every kind of friendship, and finally to the relationship between countries. Keeping | 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY |
| will always find more love, more respect, more friendship, more help, more recognition of your real values | 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY |
| substitutes, unless you open yourself up. The word friendship becomes a farce if you feel there is | 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY |
| On the outer level you may not achieve friendship with them, for it takes both parties to | 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE |
| Friendships.................5 | |
| to detect, in your marital partners, in your friendships, or in other human relationships. In your subconscious | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| -- whether in partnership relations or in personal friendships -- that needs and wants to possess can | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| any kind of relationship: mates, parents and children, friendships, or business contacts. The tendency to make yourself | 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP |
| one mate, and the satisfaction of deep, open friendships. Pleasure will no longer frighten you because you | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| increasing joy, love, peace, security, strength, creativity, deep friendships and unity. Even these first steps of transforming | 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF |
| Fright......................25 | |
| fast as you would have it. Recognize your fright of every little hurt and disappointment. As you | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| more frightened they will be of you, and fright has never yet induced love. Nor does the | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| your integrity. All these defenses stem from your fright of being exposed to the possibility of danger | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| nature, when faced with actual danger, feels only fright and anger. In the rare instances of real | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| on the defensive, however, the predominant feelings are fright and anger. I hardly need to discuss how | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| whole range of your feelings is reduced to fright and anger precisely because this enables you to | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| in the criticism? Observe your inner reaction of fright. You will soon discover that your fright is | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| of fright. You will soon discover that your fright is unjustified, even if the criticism is wrong | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| In such cases the predominant emotions will be fright and anger. The people may be unaware that | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| psyche resists such change; the recognition of your fright of such change, and the cause of it | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| a case is to detect the reaction of fright, or anxiety, or feelings of loss, or merely | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| simply a part of human communication, and your fright and refusal to engage are unjustified. Such reaction | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| calm observation to perceive truthfully, whether this concerns fright of what others might do to you, or | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| of what others might do to you, or fright of your own unconscious. In the last lecture | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| being peaceful becomes lifeless and finally ends in fright. False feelings always create problems on the dualistic | 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE |
| -- whether it causes mild annoyance or stark fright or anything in-between -- remain inwardly relaxed. Observe | 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| by shrinking back from this fact in tension, fright, and contraction? Certainly not. This would only make | 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| not. This would only make it worse. By fright and contraction the person would express a refusal | 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| -- no wonder the system reacts first with fright and alarm. It requires a period of re-orientation | 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| worsens the subjective experience. However, the fight and fright exist also in the less crass manifestations of | 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION |
| own metabolism, its own rhythm or turnover. The fright of meeting this person is due to the | 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION |
| touch you, you shrink back from it in fright. The fright is caused by a wrong conclusion | 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION |
| you shrink back from it in fright. The fright is caused by a wrong conclusion. Experience of | 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION |
| conscious, let them be, and observe them without fright. You will see how easy it is to | 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL |
| you need to go into the abyss of fright, loneliness, helplessness, pain, and the anger generated by | 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS |
| Frighten....................12 | |
| weaknesses, but also all things that confuse and frighten you. Due to an unconscious wrong conclusion, you | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| remains unknown, it will lose its ability to frighten you because now you admit to yourself, I | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| which you need to go through will not frighten you anymore. It will make sense to you | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| one another. The demands and the forcing current frighten away the other person, even if the demands | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| Your response to the demands of others may frighten you so much that you may withdraw more | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| if need be, the possibility that life will frighten you will decrease. Once you examine yourself and | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| you will find that such knowingness did not frighten you. Quite the contrary. You felt warm and | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| and what motivates them, they will cease to frighten you, for you will be able to determine | 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL |
| death manifestation. When this is understood, nothing can frighten and faze you. You can only understand this | 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION |
| of sharing is possible. It will no longer frighten you, will no longer beset you with conscious | 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP |
| of deep, open friendships. Pleasure will no longer frighten you because you now know in every pore | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| a sense of your own values rather than frighten you. It will motivate you to unfold all | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |