| Grasped.....................13 | |
| therefore to some unreal thing that cannot be grasped. People only take for real what they can | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| it is the smallest unit that may be grasped by the human brain, which means that there | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| against the surrender. Some human philosophies have actually grasped this. Through such insight, these philosophies have come | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| in such a way that it can be grasped, even by those who are spiritually advanced. Thus | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| easy to find. Only after you have thoughtfully grasped your image will you be in a position | 38 IMAGES |
| this responsibility only if you have at least grasped the real meaning of self-responsibility. Otherwise, your responsibility | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| an outright rigidity because a rigidity can be grasped. A negative fluidity is slippery like a gelatinous | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| of life, hence must be fought for and grasped. Convinced that fulfillment is impossible, you cannot dare | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| process and remain passive recipients, they have not grasped the nature of life and the part they | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| appear as mutually exclusive opposites -- one being grasped at, the other being tensely denied -- puts | 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS |
| problem within yourself you simply have not yet grasped. This is a most important point. I would | 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT |
| extremely important for all of you. When fully grasped, it will aid you further in overcoming another | 254 SURRENDER |
| is why outer reality can never be quite grasped. Life can never be truly understood and experientially | 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS |
| Grasping....................15 | |
| lends itself very well to deep meditations. By grasping some of this truth, you may come to | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| I can very well understand your difficulty in grasping what I say here. To be able to | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| Underneath both sets of feelings is a strong, grasping forcing current, loudly proclaiming, I want! In order | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| out to grab and receive in a raw, grasping way rather than in a healthy, flexible, receptive | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| think so. Then it becomes a matter of grasping at straws. COMMENT: Right. You see, any such | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| You see, any such pseudo-solution is always a grasping at straws because the child, seeking solutions to | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| rather letting go of an attitude of emotional grasping. Be aware that the peace, strength, and self-confidence | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| this world, with the slow process of striving, grasping, and drowning, is very much at the core | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| least, there is a chance of understanding, of grasping, of sensing, be it only in rare moments | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| due predominantly to reasons of fear, greed, and grasping; due to being unable to genuinely relate to | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| completely free from the cramped intensity in either grasping or avoiding. One grasps because one fears not | 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT |
| in a constant state of painful tension, anxious grasping, needless denial. The consequences are pain and frustration | 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS |
| inwardly relaxed. See your own inner rushing, driving, grasping. Observe it, until you can stop it. It | 200 THE COSMIC FEELING |
| distortion turns from loving receptivity and nurturing to grasping, grabbing, stealing, holding tight, catching, and taking without | 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY |
| one of the important tools. Without the intellect grasping and understanding these laws and processes the personality | 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION |
| Grass.......................3 | |
| life force penetrates everything that grows: plants, trees, grass, flowers, fruits, vegetables, the animal world, even the | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| complicated than those, say, of a blade of grass. This is because the human being has proportionately | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| possibilities for varied self-expression than the blade of grass. As I said, the life force streaming into | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| Grateful....................11 | |
| of God's world. And you should never be grateful to anyone else but God. Whether it is | 21 THE FALL |
| all the reason in the world to be grateful to Him. Through Him you now have the | 22 SALVATION |
| that we in the spirit world are deeply grateful to God for your good efforts, for your | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| in your feelings and in your mind. Be grateful for any symptom that shows your inner state | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| us in turn, and for this we are grateful. For without your good will we could not | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| if they get any favor, obligated instead of grateful. ANSWER: In that moment either a compulsive element | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| progress beyond recognizing my shortcomings and would be grateful for indications of additional shortcomings not yet recognized | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| be a very shameful feeling not to be grateful for what was meant to be good, if | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| of universal development. I cannot tell you how grateful you will be to yourself for not shirking | 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE |
| There will come a deep ability to be grateful and to appreciate others, yourself, and the whole | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| and the pleasure of living, and you are grateful for this richness of life with others in | 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS |
| Gratefulness................8 | |
| health or any talent, in a spirit of gratefulness, to use the freedom from worries that money | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| at least from a certain degree on, is gratefulness to the person without whose deed no one | 19 JESUS CHRIST |
| be accomplished. However, when the time comes and gratefulness for the greatest deed without which you would | 19 JESUS CHRIST |
| your returning to God, he deserves your personal gratefulness and some contact from you: you will not | 19 JESUS CHRIST |
| Think of this sacrifice these days with particular gratefulness. It was done for each and every one | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| and is easily confused with the feeling of gratefulness and joy of living, which are purely positive | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| will be able to retain your gladness, your gratefulness, your joy in whatever good you have, without | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| you become of it, the more joy and gratefulness must spread in your heart. The unending beauty | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| Gratification...............66 | |
| his will at all costs. For him the gratification of his personal desires stands so much in | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| feelings and inner reactions that also put the gratification of the ego in the foreground. This is | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| wish to do your best because you desire gratification for your vanity? Is your desire to do | 18 FREE WILL |
| the necessary price and therefore merely wants ego gratification. This part wants to fulfill a task mainly | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| a price to be paid for each desired gratification, does not alter the circumstances in the least | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| fear, since the self-will is still demanding its gratification. If you meditate on these words, my friends | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| again in constant fear, being afraid that the gratification of your pride will not be granted to | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| everyone who stands in the way of the gratification of their desires. But you who are on | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| see where your self-will, pride, and ego claim gratification that your higher self deems wrong. Those who | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| that the purpose of life is not the gratification of self-will and that the sole purpose of | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| pride and self-will. Self-will: because you crave the gratification of your pride so much that you either | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| yourself. Your mask has not brought you the gratification you thought to obtain through it. Finally, this | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| from others this would feel like the same gratification which I originally yearned for and which was | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| you recognize 1) your substitute emotions which find gratification through the subtle current of forcing others to | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| spirit surge to heights of unreasonable joy or gratification, beyond all proportion to its real value, and | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| illusory childhood world is the desire for instant gratification, the total lack of patience. If you lack | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| the more healthy and enduring will be the gratification of your pleasure drive. Your first step is | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| illusion of self versus the other. Often the gratification of an instinct or the fulfillment of a | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| by a reflection on the time element. Instant gratification -- the child's way -- often sets one's | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| other reasons you cannot at once receive the gratification you long for, you can cultivate this wider | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| death to you. When you give up instant gratification but retain the attitude of keeping alive, in | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| these seem to block the way toward the gratification of your wish for pleasure supreme. You do | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| Now an incident occurs where you receive this gratification. People do act according to this desire of | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| up to. But it is enough that the gratification of a false value occurs to make you | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| if your needs are repressed, the urge for gratification becomes much stronger. This is logical, because awareness | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| capable of relinquishing the urgent pressure for immediate gratification if you keep in mind the farsighted knowledge | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| in mind the farsighted knowledge that postponing the gratification serves the interests of your healthy needs, if | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| knot. In such a case the pressure for gratification reaches such a pitch that it becomes impossible | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| of the marks of immaturity. This lack of gratification combined with frustration then confirms that you are | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| into hiding and that causes you to pursue gratification compulsively. Under the accompanying self-castigation, the urgency becomes | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| their legitimacy makes it possible to pursue their gratification. In order to do so, frustration sometimes becomes | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| prevails. You cannot relinquish even the slightest immediate gratification, and thereby you sabotage the possibility of fulfilling | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| battles against the world that does not offer gratification gratuitously. Only your own wholehearted determination can induce | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| two mutually exclusive drives -- for and against gratification of the needs -- is largely a product | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| what is necessary, step by step, to obtain gratification for your real needs. But self-respect must be | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| free of the illusion of hoping to bring gratification for repressed needs, you are capable of seeing | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| by this particular person will yield you no gratification anyway, and you will be free to find | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| false need brings a shallow, temporary, and short-lived gratification, often at the expense of another person, or | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| need produces something constructive for everyone concerned. Your gratification will also be constructive for others, and it | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| Thus, the child could experience some kind of gratification, provided he struggled hard enough to be successful | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| all unselfishness automatically goes against your interest and gratification. Needless to say, this is not so in | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| to give up your childish desire for instant gratification of all your wishes. These resistances cut you | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| so that a small wish or a small gratification of your vanity overrules more important issues for | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| to it, and when life later prohibits similar gratification, the personality is driven to seek to duplicate | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| what stood in the way of its immediate gratification. Up to this day, there are always those | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| A generally ignored need is that of ego gratification. The most enlightened people are under the impression | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| of ability to give the ego its necessary gratification is a result of ignoring its healthy, unexaggerated | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| need some measure of approval, some degree of gratification of my ego, chances are, provided you do | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| protected -- or both; the need for ego- gratification. All these are legitimate needs, provided they are | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| you went way overboard by denying yourself every gratification and fulfillment. You feel extremely guilty, not only | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| one's self will and the compulsion to obtain gratification, while being fully aware of the right to | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| then become resentful of those who prohibit your gratification. You must become resentful of life, which seemingly | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| person who, inwardly or outwardly, rebels against postponed gratification is angry, exclusive, negative, tense, and stubborn. All | 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION |
| great, for anger and self-pity offer a substitute gratification. The ego must make its most constructive inner | 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION |
| against any frustration. The adamant demand for instant gratification says, I want to be happy and feel | 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION |
| natural, which alone can bring meaning and fulfillment, gratification and bliss. Perversely, humans fear nothing as much | 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| The word pleasure includes all personal happiness, fulfillment, gratification on all levels, self-interest, self-assertion. In this duality | 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION |
| can reach for every possible delight, pleasure, fulfillment, gratification, ecstasy, and be, at the same time, a | 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION |
| are in shallow, unsatisfactory relationships which lack depth, gratification and intimacy, where you reveal yourself only superficially | 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW |
| non-fulfillment of these insatiable demands for total, unconditional gratification of selfwill and pride seems indeed a catastrophic | 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS |
| honored, you derive a great momentary sense of gratification and confirmation of yourself -- you might even | 232 BEING VALUES VERSUS APPEARANCE VALUES -- SELF-IDENTIFICATION |
| You may feel occasional happiness and fulfillment, or gratification of your desires, yet this never relieves the | 235 THE ANATOMY OF CONTRACTION |
| most infantile misconceptions and unreal needs for instant gratification. You feel that everything has to be exactly | 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION |
| necessary and voluntary giving up of an immediate gratification is totally rejected by those who follow, but | 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS |
| it both ways: they derive as much negative gratification from the maligning as the active one, without | 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA |
| to remain in them and savor their passing gratification; through the deliberate overcoming of this temptation. The | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |