| Giver.......................3 | |
| you step by step. God is a generous giver, my dear ones. You will realize that when | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| At the same time, the subject resents the giver of love, because deep down they feel that | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| principle. The mother in this case is the giver, and in that capacity the truly feminine woman | 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY |
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| actions with God's laws, and to refrain from giving in to their lowest instincts. More is required | 1 THE SEA OF LIFE |
| switches accordingly. When one just drifts along, without giving a thought to the true meaning of life | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| taking risks, even to the extent of lovingly giving just as much importance to the other person's | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| always true to your self, exactly because through giving up the little ego you will no longer | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| Again, they do this out of fear of giving up their little selves, or of taking risks | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| course, you have to start the cycle by giving first and not waiting for the other to | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| not waiting for the other to start by giving to you. This part of the soul wants | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| to lose their luster because the law of giving and receiving has been violated. If you are | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| will blossom in freedom without being bound inside. Giving energy to further the upward development of human | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| willing to see farther, even if this means giving up self-will, spite, self-righteousness, and other negative currents | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| not, as often believed, that finding God is giving to Him. I tell you all this so | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| opened. QUESTION: You spoke to us before about giving our happiness to others, that is, to give | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| would like to hear. What I meant by giving happiness was much more than giving material things | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| meant by giving happiness was much more than giving material things. Such giving is not always possible | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| was much more than giving material things. Such giving is not always possible and, I can confidently | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| fault. For someone who is very avaricious, material giving would be a helpful practice to overcome the | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| is much more difficult. What I mean about giving happiness is this: When you yearn for happiness | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| to God. No, the question is not the giving of some material thing; this would be much | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| a more farsighted and benevolent love, intent on giving you the best. What God sends your way | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| gained, yet they are not truly capable of giving such help and will, instead, be weakened. Rather | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| that being on this path consists in not giving up, but continuing to press on steadily. That | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| it. If a medium is really capable of giving help, it would be absurd to devote her | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| life. And now, my dear ones, I withdraw, giving God's blessings to each one of you. May | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| for the future, always only as a framework giving each soul enough space to determine the time | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| may get into conflict with your surroundings by giving in to your lower self, you may still | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| the most limited intelligence to realize that by giving in to this desire he or she will | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| agree with their still predominant lower-self feelings. Their giving and their generosity are just a sham. In | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| into all the details now. I am just giving you a general overview. QUESTION: There is a | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| Besides, one does not have to choose between giving in to the lower self and creating a | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| restored. This law has to do with the giving up of the ego-self which Jesus taught. Only | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| for the purpose of creating, of fulfilling, of giving something to other people and not in order | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| is half-hearted and full of reservations. I am giving you these words so that you will know | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| one happy. There are many different kinds of giving, however. For many people the easiest way out | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| you do it consciously or unconsciously, is not giving love. On the other hand, you decidedly give | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| be stubborn. Do not believe that this means giving in or showing lack of character, my friends | 19 JESUS CHRIST |
| of each individual belonging to your group by giving just the right amount of spiritual food at | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| the discussion on the Pistis Sophia , whether after giving excerpts and covering the material in about five | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the direction by asking yourself about yourself and giving yourself extremely honest answers. Meditate on this. Find | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| How can we be certain that we are giving up so completely that the idea of gain | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| respect. The knowledge that you are still not giving up what you want to gain, even though | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| is a great difference between creating evil, or giving free will and power to God's creatures who | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| on some of the pertinent words I am giving here, you will certainly be successful, long before | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| for you to know how to fight against giving in to these moods. Choose these days to | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| keep this division in mind, so I am giving you this task, my friends. Those of you | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| most often what is most difficult for you: giving up your pride, your fear, your self-will, your | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| so that you may become a source of giving and serving. In essence, this means that the | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| really are which includes your lower self, with giving in to the impulses of your lower self | 31 SHAME |
| work. When you do that, you will be giving yourself the food your spirit needs. Perhaps you | 31 SHAME |
| always makes emotional decisions maturely. I am again giving you strong material to work with on your | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| will vanish, and with it your resentment. By giving up, I do not necessarily mean a person | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| think of other people by helping them, by giving up some selfishness, and by sacrificing something in | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| want to cheat: you want to receive without giving fully. You set limits. You calculate. You extend | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| some love, even before you are capable of giving real love, your act of unselfish giving will | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| of giving real love, your act of unselfish giving will bring you a feeling of happiness and | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| And the group should deliberate on it, each giving an opinion from the point of view of | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| a wholehearted decision for God? It always involves giving up something. It may mean letting go of | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| not give up anything, but the act of giving up, which is how this surrender appears to | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| that governs a decision for God to mean giving up the world and retiring to a cloister | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| give you the whole of Him. Only by giving yourself to God will you be at peace | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| will be able to counteract it by not giving much heed to it. You will free yourself | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| from a distance and consciously controlling them, neither giving vent to them nor suppressing them. If you | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| of the lower self. If you cannot help giving in to the lower self at times, you | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| of consciousness, however, believes that happiness results from giving in to all the desires coming from the | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| that seems hardest to you. Perhaps it is giving up your pride, going through your apparent shame | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| methods, the help and the guidance I am giving you, it becomes possible to change them. During | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| to accept the oncoming pain without any revolt, giving themselves up to it. Thus they are in | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| an integral part of the life experience, of giving one's self up to a feeling without knowing | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| for: facing and admitting the wrong desires without giving in to them, and yet without suppressing their | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| as hideouts. The unconscious is congenitally opposed to giving up its subterfuges. It considers coming out into | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| letting go of yourself entirely. The fear of giving up the self is a very common failing | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| one another than you may think. The true giving up will choose the right way and the | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| the object that may take advantage of the giving up the self. And the fear of this | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| creates the extreme of prohibiting the self from giving itself up at all. Maturity is conscious understanding | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| of your personality and integrate with warm, loving, giving, unselfish feelings. Instead, it has remained childish in | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| very moment you understand their lack of reason. Giving them leeway, and realizing that they are habit-bound | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| what can be learned from it -- by giving up the battle against it, relaxing inwardly, and | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| only contributes to your self-contempt. The act of giving up the intention to cheat life will purify | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| price from you than what you lose by giving up such bargains. There exists also another wrong | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| finding the inner fear of letting go, of giving oneself, of revealing the self and seeking the | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| who cannot receive. They may be capable of giving, but when it comes to receiving, they feel | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| it, allow it to exist -- not by giving in to it or by not trying to | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| now stands in the way of the world giving me what I want would be removed. Therefore | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| heretofore you could hardly do so, only after giving up your own will where you hung onto | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| not be misunderstood. I do not refer to giving up something needlessly, or merely because it is | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| you happy. I do not even refer to giving up something you have or possess. Nor do | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| this consumes strength. You can see now that giving up the world of Utopia appears to you | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| of Utopia appears to you as the abyss. Giving up Utopia seems to you the greatest danger | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| arbitrary. Once you realize how much you fear giving up Utopia in all its ramifications, you will | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| abortive. QUESTION: What exactly is meant by man giving spiritual birth? ANSWER: Man in his real creative | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| in an entity's nature which is capable of giving birth. In woman, the female side is mostly | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| However, this does not prevent her from also giving mental and spiritual birth at other times, when | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| be what you are. This does not mean giving in to your lower nature. The real you | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| evolve a free and happy being, capable of giving freedom, happiness and love to others. For that | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| child has withheld the love and the free giving of feelings, love must be something shameful one | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| that it is not love that makes the giving parent weak, but other attributes. It may be | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| unconsciously consider his or her very act of giving as a weakness that deserves contempt. The betrayal | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| of what you display as love and as giving yourself may not come out of your real | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| as a substitute for the real? The loving, giving, outgoing personality you may be at times might | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| I just explained, the shame of loving and giving causes you to hide your true self behind | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| learn how to make the generous gesture of giving freedom to others not only to be wrong | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| subjectivity is one of the greatest blocks to giving and receiving love, especially so because it is | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| extreme of locking your heart in fear of giving love because of the hurt that may result | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| to meet life, unafraid of loving, unafraid of giving up the strong self-will current, will meet even | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| mind; you will give more to others. The giving will not always take the same form. In | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| as these twisted conditions prevailed in you. By giving freedom, you give basic human respect, regardless of | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| When you realize that love does not mean giving up dignity, self-government, and freedom, you will not | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| appropriate to give simple respect and affection. By giving up a little of what you want -- | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| kind of love you could be capable of giving right now, and, when such love is given | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| fear is healthy. It is like a signal, giving you the opportunity to do something about it | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| This failing is due to guilt because real, giving, warming, comforting love is absent in their own | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| will seek love in a different way, by giving it instead of expecting it. It must always | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| fruitful and bring real results, the process of giving up the recreation must go beyond mere intellectual | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| frustration, your anger, your hostility, your withdrawal from giving out love and affection, all these trends of | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| because this partner has a great capacity for giving affection outwardly, the inhibition manifests so subtly that | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| own childish craving to be loved instead of giving love maturely, by your fears and inhibitions and | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| will you hold back your creative forces from giving and loving. You will not substitute the genuine | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| You think you have to be opposed to giving up your individual right to be happy and | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| appears to you as though what you are giving up is something valuable, but once you decide | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| I don't feel that this lecture was about giving instructions other than to proceed with the general | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| degree of consciousness believes that happiness results from giving in to all the desires coming out of | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| that seems hardest for you -- perhaps by giving up your pride, by going through your apparent | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |