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| the smaller the danger that you can be harmed by lesser developed beings, and the greater your | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| which is easiest: those who can still be harmed spiritually through contacts with less developed souls are | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| other hand, people who can no longer be harmed, for whom these disharmonious contacts are but tests | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| bring yourself to pray for those who have harmed you -- and mean it - - that | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| with the apparent paradox that you cannot be harmed by other people. Yet it would be harmful | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| you to truly understand how you are not harmed by the influence of others. But if your | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| it certainly appears as though the parents had harmed the child, nevertheless, in reality it is not | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| bring yourself to pray for those who have harmed you -- and mean it. That in itself | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| secure enough to know your life cannot be harmed by circumstances outside yourself, no matter how painful | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| you, and possibly even see that you are harmed rather than benefited by it, when you also | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| negative aspect -- so that no one is harmed, not by acting out -- then you will | 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| do in the Pathwork where no one is harmed. Letting out fear and anger makes room for | 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY |
| situations of mutual consent where no one is harmed or forced, they can lead to a more | 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE |
| Harmful.....................131 | |
| is so wonderful. Nothing will happen that is harmful or creates disharmony. But you have to do | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| will, because they are aware of unpleasant or harmful experiences with people on a lower level, withdraw | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| contact with people of a lower development is harmful. Here one can sometimes make a mistake by | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| a dark spiritual form in you, which attracts harmful energies and dark influences. Think what these words | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| this way or that way. It can become harmful or beneficial. When a masculine element seems to | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| inspiration coming from such spirits. It is extremely harmful, however, to seek contact with spirits other than | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| of God. The harm is manifold. It is harmful not only spiritually, but also physically. Human beings | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| it may be. And this is the most harmful of all things! Therefore, it is imperative to | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| that you will not commit crimes or do harmful things to others. Besides, one does not have | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| that. You believe that it is not a harmful pastime, since you do not harm anyone with | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| not harm anyone with it. But it is harmful to yourselves. I will try to explain why | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| in reality, not in fantasy. Daydreaming is very harmful because when you are doing it, you are | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| of day-dreaming; however, what you mean is also harmful, but in a different way. Here again, all | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| quickly certain key words and labels. This is harmful. It would sometimes be better if you did | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| completely obsolete at the present time and quite harmful. Yet, unaware of the existence of these old | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| many thoughts are wasted in unproductive and even harmful brooding. If that same time could be used | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| so difficult to determine which information may be harmful for some of the listeners and readers while | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| a truth heard too soon can be more harmful than if it were heard too late. Yes | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| thing. And that, of course, is much more harmful than knowing you still cannot forgive, knowing this | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| law. All of you are unconsciously following this harmful process all the time, even though some of | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| fears are infinitely more frequent and also more harmful than the obvious and pronounced fears. If you | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| delve into the subconscious, that it can be harmful. ANSWER: Well, it can be harmful if it | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| can be harmful. ANSWER: Well, it can be harmful if it is done by people who do | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| most precious jewel, and it can be very harmful. It is the same here. It just depends | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| also infected with such ideas. This is very harmful. My dear friends, what I have said to | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| to oneself is often infinitely more dangerous and harmful than lying to others. Why is it more | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| only happen through development -- it may be harmful for you to know certain things. During your | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| make you even prouder, and pride is more harmful than many other faults. Apart from that, the | 31 SHAME |
| you are. That is one of the most harmful human tendencies, my friends. When you show yourself | 31 SHAME |
| measure in your power to help destroy the harmful masks of others. This you can do not | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| second-hand opinion that occupation with the self is harmful. They misuse this truth to rationalize their wrong | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| can possess God for himself. This is a harmful feeling -- and also a dangerous one. Dangerous | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| to the opposite extreme, which is just as harmful as the old reaction and just as bound | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| in other ways which may be much more harmful. Only in the very rarest cases does the | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| that were neither bad nor in any way harmful -- in childhood as well as later -- | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| the authority is not only unjust, but generally harmful, narrow-minded and unconstructive. Now, if the person happens | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| such lack of balance exists, other unhealthy and harmful currents prevail, and the balance has to be | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| completely wrong. Then you need to learn how harmful selfishness is -- harmful not only to people | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| need to learn how harmful selfishness is -- harmful not only to people you come in contact | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| to people you come in contact with, but harmful to yourself. And selfishness is no less harmful | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| harmful to yourself. And selfishness is no less harmful if hidden and covered by surface reactions that | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| have reached a certain point, it would be harmful in many respects to remain in a rigid | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| arrived at through mature deliberation, it is more harmful to the soul than a wrong opinion honestly | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| as dependent. Now you can surely see how harmful it is to hold opinions that you did | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| honest. You do not have to commit a harmful and selfish act to be honest. It is | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| any longer. Even the good course would be harmful to you if you were unaware of your | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| similar emotions, is not only ineffective but even harmful for the personality -- at least as long | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| of his innermost self. For, self-delusion is more harmful than the worst outer conduct or deed. Therefore | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| way the immature person experiences sex, it is harmful because of its self- centeredness and separateness from | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| laws cannot be in any way bad or harmful or disadvantageous. I beg of you, think about | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| growth cannot be assimilated, and is, therefore, more harmful than constructive. So the principle of restriction also | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| stands for assimilation. Unassimilated growth must, eventually, turn harmful. Only assimilated, step-by-step growth is organic, healthful and | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| An instinct can be wrong. It can be harmful, it can come from the lower nature of | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| instance, the desire to impress others is also harmful. What happens when you set out to impress | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| eyes of others. You see, a wrong and harmful motive in a desire need not be outright | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| many repercussions and creates a chain reaction of harmful results for yourself as well as for others | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| simultaneously in many a soul. Both are equally harmful and are the result of the same unhealthy | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| As long as you do not know how harmful a condition is, you cannot have the necessary | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| realize that your wrong concept is useless and harmful. When it comes, discard it -- not outwardly | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| rather than the sex, this will have very harmful effects. The incident of Adam and Eve is | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| to begin with, in both sexes, but become harmful when misdirected. Do you understand? Does that make | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| is suppressed, and thereby mischanneled, can it be harmful. If curiosity can express legitimately and combine with | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| necessarily mean that you want something bad or harmful, or when you cannot accept the imperfection of | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| For, misunderstood, such knowledge could indeed be very harmful. If a man's lower nature remains dominant, he | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| go ahead, following your lowest instincts, that is harmful to others. Both are true, my friends. But | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| harmed by other people. Yet it would be harmful to go ahead on that assumption and indulge | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| makes a person prey to the fear of harmful influences from outside. Once people are well established | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| them. Needless to say that this is extremely harmful. Secondly, these mass images have resulted in a | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| an unhealthy exaggeration, in a stalemate, in something harmful. Only both together make a harmonious whole in | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| have to believe in God. It only creates harmful reactions, such as compulsion, guilt, resistance or rebellion | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| lower nature. The real you will not desire harmful acts. This work will bring out the real | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the path of self-search will eliminate such temporary, harmful confusions. QUESTION: How does one go about increasing | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| be justified because your desire may actually be harmful to others or to yourself. At times, your | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| sense of self-responsibility which is spiritually the most harmful act imaginable. We are concerned less with the | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| part in determining whether or not it is harmful. For instance, if unrecognized, selfish, vain motives play | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| fully recognized by the hypnotist, may be less harmful than the unrecognized ones. Therefore, a person who | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| But there are aspects of it which are harmful, even if the hypnotist fulfills the stated requirements | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| progress is very wrong and can be most harmful. When you are born, you always bring your | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| way for, misunderstood, it could indeed be very harmful. Could you clarify this statement for us? I | 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING |
| question of preventing the struggling soul from gaining harmful and hindering knowledge, or helping the soul to | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| the inner being that may be just as harmful. QUESTION: Is it possible for you to give | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| unhealthy phenomenon. It can be a distorted and harmful process in the religionist's as well as the | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| Find in yourself this element that is more harmful than you now can realize. You cripple yourself | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| Even if you should succeed, another, perhaps more harmful, symptom will come forth. Rather, use such manifestations | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| a reasonable halt to something that is obviously harmful; I mean ceasing to use the muscles at | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| significance will make it possible to change these harmful tendencies. This moralizing tendency may exist in many | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| to be repressed. They are not, in themselves, harmful and sinful. But humanity has not as yet | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| then there is something wrong that is most harmful for you. You cling to the need for | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| also fear to face fully that which is harmful to others, because you fear the whip of | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| being unaware of your unfulfillment. The repression is harmful for two reasons: first, if you had chosen | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| never defend yourself against a flagrant lie, or harmful rumor. This falls under the category of realistic | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| approach. You have learned that it is very harmful to force yourself to feel love when you | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| gain a clearer view. It is just as harmful and destructive to love too much, and thus | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| the imperfect feelings of hostility will be less harmful than the compulsion to overcome them. In such | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| If the will is too strong, it is harmful, and if it is too little it will | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| not discriminate and refrain from acting in ways harmful to others and to themselves. In other words | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| growth of your inner being, discipline is very harmful. If you discipline your thoughts and emotions, you | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| see that not the imperfection itself is so harmful, but the lack of awareness of it; the | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| not be neglected. We have discussed before how harmful barriers are. The emphasis then was on yourself | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| parrot repeating a word. This mechanical usage is harmful. It has the very opposite effect to what | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| between yourself and your helper. This is more harmful than the free admission, I am not ready | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| which encourage that in you which is so harmful. Shifting original needs into different channels may take | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| constantly weakened by your awareness and is less harmful than a puny but sluggishly obstinate one that | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| crass, in the long run it is more harmful, for active cruelty induces quicker counterreactions. Passive indifference | 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL |
| cruelty acted out, but it is just as harmful in the long run. The third stage of | 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL |
| difference whether you feel or act in destructive, harmful ways. Hence, the entire trouble area is denied | 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL |
| underlying problem. The wrong attitude about frustration is harmful for obvious reasons. It impairs relationships, self-respect, and | 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION |
| transition to clearly understand that there is a harmful way of letting go, a distorted version of | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| it, just as there is a distorted and harmful version of discipline. Self-realization - - the full | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| proper letting go. Neither attitude can ever be harmful if practiced in an utterly truthful way, by | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| environment in the ignorant belief that they are harmful and may lead to danger, and later by | 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING |
| deny this truth is one of the most harmful errors. Body, soul, mind, and spirit wither without | 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY |
| if it becomes a habit, it is extremely harmful. When something alive is deadened, all experience stops | 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE |
| shrinking from the feared pain and thereby creating harmful, life-defeating attitudes, you will learn to cope with | 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE |
| I must not have that now is so harmful. What I advise is not necessarily giving up | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| are only momentary. At worst, they can be harmful in effecting an opening in an individual who | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| side-effect. The realization and precise understanding of the harmful effects on you and on others must become | 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY |
| be hindering the willingness. Nothing could be more harmful than denying that the self is unwilling to | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| development. It is indeed one of the most harmful and illusory processes imaginable. Perhaps only a few | 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP |
| and denied, but fully accepted, will never become harmful. To the degree they are seen, faced, and | 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| of an outer occurrence would not be so harmful, except that such an unrealistic phobia must be | 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE |
| and blocks bar the way, then a very harmful process is set in motion because the inner | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| arises from the fear that truth can be harmful, and in turn, resistance to truth compounds this | 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL |
| you expose the ugliness. This cannot ever be harmful if you do not then use this stage | 200 THE COSMIC FEELING |
| energy. Your denial always implies inner or outer harmful acts toward others and may therefore truly be | 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY |
| much less loving and much more deceptive and harmful than when you admit your hate. Admitting your | 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY |
| way of life, while outgoingness and extroversion are harmful and erroneous. Others claim the exact opposite. Still | 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE |
| is insidious and poisonous. It is much more harmful, my friends, than it may seem, for it | 232 BEING VALUES VERSUS APPEARANCE VALUES -- SELF-IDENTIFICATION |
| to the point of compulsion, as for drugs, harmful stimulants, or unwholesome food, so can the mental | 238 THE PULSE OF LIFE ON ALL LEVELS OF MANIFESTATION |
| your weakness, your cowardliness, are really not so harmful, and perhaps are even more spiritual than the | 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA |
| friends; namely, that the active principle in distortion, harmful and murderous as it may be, could never | 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA |