| Generalities................3 | |
| for the purpose of handing out information about generalities, no matter how lofty the spiritual truths may | 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS |
| about your already purified state or speak in generalities. It will point out with love and firmness | 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA |
| speaks in wisdom and love -- not in generalities, but specifically to you -- you will know | 224 CREATIVE EMPTINESS |
| Generalization..............10 | |
| destroyed. The wrong conclusions derive, first, from the generalization. The reality is that not all people have | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| be materialistic. However, it would be a gross generalization to state that all, or even most, reason-types | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| will be able to divorce yourself from the generalization that one automatically has to react against any | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| you what course to take. About this, no generalization can be made. The discovery of the selfish | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| for her and identification with her. So no generalization can be made here either. To generalize is | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| The time varies with each individual. Again, no generalization can or should be made. That would only | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| reality now turns into illusion, because no such generalization can be valid. The generalization freezes into a | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| because no such generalization can be valid. The generalization freezes into a rigid, inflexible mass in the | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| the most dangerous things in dream interpretation is generalization. Beware of it. Always use the personal, subjective | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| fulfillment is constructive. You must see that every generalization you have made about why you were not | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| Generalizations.............19 | |
| and so forth. But beware of rules and generalizations here. There are none. So the genes are | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| unavoidable hardships of life, and you then make generalizations from them. These generalizations later establish themselves as | 38 IMAGES |
| and you then make generalizations from them. These generalizations later establish themselves as preconceived ideas. The conclusions | 38 IMAGES |
| the dissolution of your images. There are several generalizations that apply to images. One is that human | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| flexible. It knows none of the rigidities and generalizations of the human misinterpretations of divine law. Such | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| In other cases it is not so. Again, generalizations may lead to error. You see, the original | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| this question, I want to emphasize that all generalizations should be taken with great care. You should | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| harbor wrong impressions and conclusions formed into rigid generalizations about different aspects of life. We call these | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| ANSWER: You cannot pinpoint the cause so easily. Generalizations may be misleading. Each case is different. In | 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS |
| person who does not care for either? ANSWER: Generalizations, my friends, are very dangerous. Anything is a | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| of something. But beware of readymade opinions and generalizations. They are very misleading. The assumption that the | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| spiritual development? ANSWER: I am very careful about generalizations. Perhaps; or it might also be a question | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| responsible for all the images, wrong conclusions, petrifications, generalizations, and all that is crippling in you. So | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| causes you to stick to misconceptions, wrong conclusions, generalizations that are always half-truths, at best? This applies | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| reactions based on deeply imprinted wrong conclusions and generalizations. Everything we have discussed in the lectures on | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| that you are driven by unreasonable fears, superstitions, generalizations, obsolete situations that have no bearing on the | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| images in the pathwork to define misconceptions and generalizations which form very limited and fixed closed systems | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| the mind becomes lazy, preferring handed-down rules and generalizations that may or may not apply to one's | 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF |
| uses truth often in a misplaced way, in generalizations that do not fit the occasion. The self | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| Generalize..................29 | |
| perhaps not good for Westerners? ANSWER: I cannot generalize. It depends totally on the individual. A meditation | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| spirits is wrong. Human nature tends, unfortunately, to generalize everything, instead of making proper distinctions. The contact | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| So much depends on the individual. You cannot generalize. There are some spirits who, provided of course | 18 FREE WILL |
| in most cases. But here too, one cannot generalize. There may be an instance where an atheist | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| you tend so very much to oversimplify and generalize. Now I will retire into my world and | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| also to others around them. Again, we cannot generalize, for there may be instances when it is | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| to judge, not to compare, and not to generalize in these matters. You can see only this | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| warned us. Which is right? ANSWER: You cannot generalize. For some people it is right to do | 36 PRAYER |
| making must be wrong. Because children tend to generalize, they disregard all other alternatives and project their | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| as a rule, than on earth. We cannot generalize about animals either. Each case may be a | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| most cases -- and here I can safely generalize -- avoidance of partnership is unhealthy. It is | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| lot from one's past and present mistakes. To generalize that divorce is wrong in any case is | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| do it as a must? ANSWER: One cannot generalize. It depends on what the case is and | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| no generalization can be made here either. To generalize is always dangerous. Of course, one should also | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| human advantages. Spiritually speaking, it is hard to generalize. There are so many aspects of the human | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| look for in the woman? ANSWER: You cannot generalize that. It might be one of so many | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| more complicated and conflicting. It is impossible to generalize. Each case is unique and has to be | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| common diseases of humanity is a tendency to generalize and standardize, which has more far-reaching effects than | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| it was affected by the human tendency to generalize and standardize, to make rules and dogmas supposed | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| cases when it is not. I cannot possibly generalize. I would have to know the specific case | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| the paying off -- are combined. We cannot generalize and it is not necessary to know what | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| as strong anymore. ANSWER: It is difficult to generalize. A certain stage of development does tone down | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| significance is the only answer. One can never generalize. If two people grow together in any kind | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| and fall of civilizations and races if you generalize now the state of adolescence? Did they rise | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| use of language in ambiguous ways. One can generalize about the truth while avoiding specific truths about | 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS |
| faster. As far as it is possible to generalize, I can say that by now many of | 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS |
| not only feelings but concepts as well. You generalize from single occurrences and hold on to the | 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS |
| hence neurosis, destructiveness, deadness. It is false to generalize that no child can help but react in | 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE |
| within that framework represents stagnation. But one cannot generalize about when one or the other applies. Each | 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS |
| Generate....................20 | |
| indivisible; it never diminishes. The more love you generate, the more it multiplies itself. I do not | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| life force will fill you and will automatically generate these feelings without any direct endeavor on your | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| and thus learning true humility. This awareness will generate a new strength in you even before you | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| later time. For the love and goodwill you generate by praying for another person definitely makes an | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| well. They do not recognize that such tactics generate inner reactions that are bound to destroy their | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| say a success in social life -- will generate this reaction in your unconscious. Only close analysis | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| not realize how great a destructive energy you generate by being unaware of your unfulfillment. The repression | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| to be exerted first, by the self, to generate sufficient momentum so that it becomes free- flowing | 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES |
| of their energy, the more renewed energy they generate within. For that is the law of the | 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER |
| are coming forth; to the degree that you generate these within you, you shall be able to | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| and actions that your attitudes and inner concepts generate. Thus a meaningful and safe procedure will be | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| and the unworkable pseudosolutions and behavior patterns they generate. Ever since we started together on this path | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| is, the more of these attributes it must generate. It is an ongoing, never-ending process of steady | 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS |
| of my friends here have done -- must generate more of the great universal power that is | 186 VENTURE IN MUTUALITY: HEALING FORCE TO CHANGE NEGATIVE INNER WILL |
| become convinced of the great power you thus generate have learned that the specific focusing and conscious | 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS |
| it become a spontaneous expression. You can thus generate a marvelous energy here which can be used | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| help you to realize what power you can generate when rightly channeled. Let yourself be inspired and | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| makes the successive steps easier. This process could generate tremendous spiritual energy through your meditation and commitment | 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| in the meditation that follows, with which you generate more of this beautiful energy, for inspiration. Use | 200 THE COSMIC FEELING |
| stronger and stronger light into your environment. You generate a new energy you need to nurture most | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |