| part of it. But can you do really good to other people as long as your impure | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| You may be able to perform a good act and consider this a good deed. Yet | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| perform a good act and consider this a good deed. Yet it is not really a good | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| good deed. Yet it is not really a good deed if it is not supported by purified | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| all and if I just try to be good and behave right, that should be sufficient. Why | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| of this obligation works out for your own good, because by overcoming your lower self you free | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| should suffice for spiritual development if you are good and do not harm others. What constitutes harm | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| you possibly can about yourself, about all your good qualities and all your faults. Write down a | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| problem you have kept to yourself without hearing good advice, will cause it to all of a | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| in this way, you have made a very good beginning. If you take all the faults you | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| for further self-understanding. This might be a very good way to begin, dear friends. Those of you | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| coming from the spirit world. Nevertheless, enough sincere good will may be present to enable the spirit | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| present to enable the spirit world to do good. God's spirit world needs workers in all groups | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| others do. And this may be a very good direction for you because this must, in a | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| take for granted that, because of your outer good will and sometimes superficial good intentions, these resisting | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| of your outer good will and sometimes superficial good intentions, these resisting parts of yours are something | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| by this negative side in you that the good or positive side in you that wants the | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| hands with the palms upward, for in a good meditation, whether it is a trance session or | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| them but also because you will realize how good and how strengthening these hardships were for you | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| how strong you are and no matter how good your will may be. You do need God's | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| will have much more strength left for the good and proper desires where an active force is | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| will see that it becomes second nature, a good habit without which you would not and should | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| comprises everything: you can use free will for good or bad ends. That is up to you | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| you can positively know whether a right and good instinct or a wrong and false one guides | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| not need a particular revelation, but with your good efforts and God's help enlisted in prayer, you | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| you have a right desire coming from a good motive. At the same time there is also | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| process is to say, In addition to my good motive, there is also a selfish or vain | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| a selfish or vain motive hidden under the good cause. Take the example of a person who | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| and pure motives to help other people. These good motives exist indubitably. At the same time, the | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| desire-current of the lower self mingles with the good motives, perhaps as the ego's vain desire to | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| to consider your honest motives behind your apparent good motives; that will determine the right or wrong | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| is not necessarily bad, and it may be good. For, spiritually speaking, the price is sometimes too | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| higher self which recognizes that this is not good, so it prevents you from achieving success. You | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| in the long run cause more harm than good. With this I certainly do not wish to | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| More precisely, his goal or endeavor is a good one, just as the goal of a sincere | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| goal of a sincere soldier may be a good one, but he selects the wrong means to | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| represent every divine aspect in creation and every good quality or virtue you can possibly think of | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| of purification. This may give some of you good material for meditation. At the present stage of | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| repeat that free will can be used for good or for bad; this is important. You cannot | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| is important. You cannot say it serves only good purposes, for, as just said, it can be | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| that we become happy? ANSWER: This is a good question you are asking, my child, and I | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| our soul has learned? ANSWER: There are many good reasons for that. In the first place, the | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| for its own value, and therefore it is good that they believe these ideas come to them | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| the angels of God show themselves. There are good reasons for that too, but it does not | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| to the real self. It is not how good you are or how many weaknesses you still | 31 SHAME |
| like children; you do not know what is good for you. And God's helpers who are all | 31 SHAME |
| I will also point out what the underlying good quality behind each fault is, for there is | 31 SHAME |
| fault that is not a distortion of something good and pure. Try this as an exercise yourself | 31 SHAME |
| humble, but does so indiscriminately and therefore no good is coming from it -- only harm and | 31 SHAME |
| happens. You see, it will not do any good to tell such a person to choose to | 31 SHAME |
| of you. All things work together for the good for those who love God. Let us examine | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| explain that all things work together for the good? And this is, indeed, the truth, my friends | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| and purification, whatever happens must be for the good! Only when you have reached a certain stage | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| mishap, or misfortune that does not carry some good for one who follows this path and thus | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| him or her will not be for the good; later on these supposedly best things might create | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| that might only begin to work for the good in future incarnations at the moment this path | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| a person's development nothing is for the ultimate good. However, from that time on, which is the | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| happened and will happen, must be for the good. And for those of my friends who are | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| past and present. If you can find some good in them, you will have taken a further | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| is still lacking and you cannot find the good in a particular situation or happening, it must | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| you will know that this is not a good and healthy love, neither beneficial to you nor | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| faults and lead you back to their original good quality. I will do it here with both | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| means in the light of spiritual law. The good quality that was once the underlying factor of | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| but distortions or extreme manifestations of a once good quality. Furthermore, remember that it is possible to | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| your emotions have followed suit to your outer good will and that in this respect you have | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| and what is in your unconscious, undermining that good and true desire by a contrary emotional current | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| do so, because you want to be a good child, still doing it against your will. You | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| extreme is concerned -- overambitiousness -- the original good quality is a strong willpower, a readiness to | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| all of you; blessed is this hour. Many good, kind and even spiritual people say, when hearing | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| when hearing these lectures, that it is not good to think so much about the self. They | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| apt to believe that they are doing something good; at the same time they are holding on | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| ability and thus doing a great deal of good. However, even more is expected of just such | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| will be able to help others and do good works for them. Think critically about yourself and | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| better understanding that nothing in itself is ever good or bad, right or wrong. How it is | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| aside. You do this so often in sincere good will, for part of you does not want | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| Here we have one of those cases where good and pure motives -- the desire to come | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| for one instant that this is right and good. It is part of the growing process that | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| purify them. Separate the wrong motives from the good ones in one and the same action/reaction pattern | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| your faith is lacking. For you are a good person, and as a good person you want | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| you are a good person, and as a good person you want to become better, more whole | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| purer, more loving, so as to do more good wherever you are. Even if you cannot undertake | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| of the entity, these decisions are not always good. There are people who tend to be lazy | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| often be an easier life than would be good for them. They still lack the comprehensive view | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| judgment was faulty, this then will be a good lesson and maybe the only way it could | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| missing part of the information. It is for good reasons that, for the sake of your own | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| of consciousness where information of this sort is good for you and for those around you. Therefore | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| indication that your last incarnation was a very good one. It may be the result of merits | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| think of each quality, each trend, each attitude, good or bad, as a power current, which it | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| been accomplished. The same may apply to a good trend or a talent. The spirit specialists examine | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| prolongation of life is necessarily a proof of good fulfillment. It may be that way, but it | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| not quite clear before. It may be very good to adopt right now the idea that each | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| with such findings, whether they are used for good or for evil, selfish, destructive purposes. In the | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| divine guidance, inspiration, and enlightenment. We have many good reasons to wish for the proper organization of | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| What I have suggested will afford a very good opportunity for everyone exploring the causes and solutions | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| unselfishness. So this will work only for the good. Not one of you should feel shy. If | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| If your shyness stands in the way, a good part of your vanity has not been overcome | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| much can you connect your faults with your good qualities? And your faults with each other? Can | 36 PRAYER |
| it to you would not do you any good. The forms I speak of do exist, my | 36 PRAYER |
| manifestation of inner problems. An infinite variety of good and bad currents influence one another. I promised | 36 PRAYER |
| so difficult, but uniting your feelings with your good will may be a lengthier task. Pray for | 36 PRAYER |
| all beings. Such thoughts create clear, light, and good forms that will definitely have effect. This most | 36 PRAYER |
| people are not capable of cultivating compassionate and good thoughts throughout their daily lives. While they can | 36 PRAYER |
| thoughts and feelings you cultivate in prayer create good, clear, and harmonious forms. These forms will eventually | 36 PRAYER |
| love God and I try to be a good person; I do not need to pray unless | 36 PRAYER |
| always apt to become the pitfall for many good things. One of the difficulties in experiencing the | 36 PRAYER |
| become a habit, and that, though they are good words as such, you do not feel as | 36 PRAYER |
| gradually impress your unconscious mind so that a good imprint can form within yourself. The process amounts | 36 PRAYER |
| another part of me is still struggling against good wishes for certain people. In this way, you | 36 PRAYER |
| is God's will for you and it is good for your development and spiritual growth. Pray for | 36 PRAYER |
| day you will accomplish something. And that is good. Do not hurry. Results develop organically out of | 36 PRAYER |
| the day; and, again, the evening should be good for peace, is this not so? ANSWER: Oh | 36 PRAYER |
| covered over by many layers presented as the good and the real. You, and many people like | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| divine way; to accept everything life brings, both good and bad -- and to retain a positive | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| currents that pose for what is true and good and right. In your world the tendency to | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| many; only the confusion and misrepresentation of the good will have the effect at which the forces | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| no particular incident, just try to find the good in the other and quietly look for the | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| been influenced by hurt pride. Show your own good sides in sincerity; show the generosity in your | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| practicing what I suggest here, you will do good for yourselves and also for any other person | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| to recognize your faults; you are full of good intentions to overcome them; and you may even | 38 IMAGES |
| fearlessly accept and shoulder them. It is a good beginning to review your life, concisely enumerating all | 38 IMAGES |
| additional incentive. Actually, it would be a very good exercise in meditation to think about what your | 38 IMAGES |
| you automatically again begin to work for the good. It is very true that to take a | 38 IMAGES |
| pray specifically for willpower and courage for a good purpose, as outlined in this lecture, the prayer | 38 IMAGES |
| you will get something else, provided it is good and according to law. It is so very | 38 IMAGES |
| use it where it does the most real good for you. Do not use it for nonessentials | 38 IMAGES |
| world this is not so. I have a good reason to mention these notions of time and | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| it is wrong to say a person is good or bad. That far you have come. But | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| also holds true for every individual tendency -- good or bad. If you have this general understanding | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| carefully, otherwise it will do more harm than good. People with this kind of image are very | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| a selfish prayer and it will do no good at all. For only a pure spiritual force | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| dishonest. Nevertheless, an untrue thought, innocent and in good faith as it may be, cannot meet with | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| do not find the answer, it is a good beginning to pray for the will to recognize | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| is certainly not selfish to pray for the good of other creatures. If you can bring yourself | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| is impossible. An unhappy person may do a good deed, a single unselfish act, but cannot possibly | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| while you are trying your best to be good and decent. You may think of others whose | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| the most direct way possible. This is a good example of harmonious interplay between the active and | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| of the personality, the protective measure seems very good and logical. Still, you cannot help but realize | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| that spiritual development alone would bring the highest good without it being integrated with the knowledge of | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| intellect, your conscious layers, are convinced of your good motives because of the rationalizations you have concocted | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| the most primitive emotions. It knows what feels good or bad. It knows love and pleasure when | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| a shock in certain cases, then it was good for the entity. It had to go through | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| go through it. And if it was not good for the entity to experience a shock, it | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| certain instances, the knowledge of previous lives is good and helpful for your development, then it will | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| those in need. ANSWER: The motive is a good one. There is only one really good way | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| a good one. There is only one really good way for such a development, and that is | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| if the beginning is difficult. The forces of good, the strong, golden rays of Christ will fill | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| you also deviate from what is right and good in a similar way. Furthermore, the fault of | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| the fault of the other may coexist with good qualities you yourself do not possess. Thus your | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| person whom I judge so harshly have some good qualities that I lack? Then think of the | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| qualities that I lack? Then think of the good qualities the other possesses and you lack. Remember | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |