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range of feelings in every human being. Every human being has, in both a positive and a 101 THE DEFENSE
times are among the difficult intricacies of the human psyche. The more you understand the limitless possibilities 101 THE DEFENSE
understand the limitless possibilities and potentials of any human being, the further do you come in understanding 101 THE DEFENSE
further do you come in understanding a particular human being. On the other hand, the more you 101 THE DEFENSE
you believe, either consciously or unconsciously, that a human being is only this or only that, in 101 THE DEFENSE
In a strange way, the unconscious aim of human beings is to limit the human personality, because 101 THE DEFENSE
aim of human beings is to limit the human personality, because they believe that if there is 101 THE DEFENSE
believe that if there is less to a human being, it is easier to know one another 101 THE DEFENSE
dietary laws were given at a time when human beings' scientific and hygienic knowledge was so insufficient 101 THE DEFENSE
be obvious that it is lust. Yet all human beings have some of it. Where there is 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
leads away from communication, from bridging gaps between human beings, is a sin. Of course, there is 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
no difference; they are all the same. Most human beings are not even aware that they feel 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
it in ever so small a way, to human society and its development. All human beings, no 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
way, to human society and its development. All human beings, no matter how much you may look 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
spiritual development. The fulfillment and happiness of every human being is a necessity for the entire evolution 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
It depends on the many intricacies of the human personality in relation to life circumstances. But the 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
if not entirely eliminated. You know how contagious human behavior is. Thoughts and emotions are also contagious 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
is no longer possible and even constructive for human beings to merely obey a commandment in their 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
all have the same common denominator. Since the human personality is in conflict and not one-dimensional, one 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
that. They will perceive the contradictoriness of the human being and will be able to apply this 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
well as any commandments, represent universal tendencies. The human psyche is not separated into clearly defined compartments 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
Creator. God's infinite greatness is such that no human being can even remotely understand it. As you 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
or thought is not half as great as human beings want to believe. This happens especially when 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
different kinds of love together here -- general human relationship and erotic love -- and this is 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
partner? ANSWER: This applies to any kind of human relationship. QUESTION: I'm becoming aware of a new 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
feelings of affection, respect, liking for the other human being are there, together with certain common basic 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
in your work, in your activities, in your human relationships. May you all learn to accept yourselves 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
to discuss another facet of love, will, and human relationship. You know from life and from your 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
be no fulfillment of any sort without good human relationships. And good human relationships are impossible without 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
any sort without good human relationships. And good human relationships are impossible without love. Nor can you 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
that love is the key to life and human relationships. Why then, you may ask yourself, does 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
there always selfish, greedy, immature currents in the human soul? But then no one could ever receive 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
no one could ever receive love, since no human being is quite perfect. At the same time 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
when to let go, when to have warm human feelings of sympathy and understanding, with no demand 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
were sick. This attitude would then establish a human relationship, whereas your greedy egocentric giving destroys it 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
maturity, self-reliance, and self-respect, but richer in your human relationships. But, again: If you are as yet 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
to sadism. No. But since everything in the human psyche is interconnected, in some instances one may 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
by one, but by many facets in the human soul. As to your second question, there is 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
love and my will are directed toward a human relationship where there is an incompatibility, then the 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
again shows a complete misconception of what the human being is and what life is. It is 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
exists -- we cannot say none since no human being is free of it -- the only 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
a state of becoming, in awareness. Here the human being is striving, using intellect and will, to 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
as I said, matter could not be mastered. Human beings need to learn, they need their memory 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
answer now. All I can say is that human education, at this point, is so wrong. It 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
not always follow in this order, because the human personality is not made up of one level 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
either in the body or without body through human mediums, have passed on great wisdom, yet their 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
just what you are doing. But every single human being helps toward that end. No one's efforts 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
are used to associating the word relationship with human beings around you. But in truth, this word 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
responds to other animals, to nature, and to human beings. The scale of the capacity to relate 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
the capacity to relate is much wider among human beings than you remotely realize at the moment 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
begin with those on the lowest scale among human beings. That would be the completely insane person 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
inner isolation. They can hardly relate to other human beings. But since they are still alive, they 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
me immediately go to the highest form of human beings. These are people who relate beautifully; who 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
long as you cannot admit that you are human and that you need help in exposing your 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
is sought because of the richness of different human beings and of one's relationship to them in 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
relationship which is always free. QUESTION: Between two human beings who want to relate, but both, for 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
who wants to be infallible exists in every human being. It may often be true that a 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
be considered can be found in almost all human beings to some degree. Yet, one of these 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING
your genuine reactions, recognizing that you are a human being with many unpurified emotions, with many childish 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING
effects. Why it should be so hard for human beings to accept that they live in a 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING
the cause or the effect to you. Sometimes human beings can see both. Sometimes they can see 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING
the most constructive step toward removing them. The human error is always that you want to deny 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING
the soul's survival. This world is full of human beings whose soul forces are more or less 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS
for this. The most difficult thing for a human being is to face the lower self, and 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT
proper timing in approaching this deepest cause of human unhappiness and disease of soul. As long as 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT
into first expressing the real guilt to another human being so that you cease to carry it 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT
ANSWER: The easiest way to explain this in human terms would be to choose the word wish 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT
unconfused, unsplit: that is a blessing. If a human being were capable of expressing a wish for 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT
receive it is something that defies your imagination. Human beings can have such wishes, and therefore give 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT
Wishes are energy currents. The wish of a human being in a state of conflict is counteracted 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT
this means is impossible to visualize. Unfortunately, most human beings do not know how to cope with 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT
This may also extend into the areas of human relationships. In your self-alienated states, you may have 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
everything into a pigeonhole, a compartment, to label human experience. This only rigidifies life and the experience 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
In many instances, what may appear to the human eye as two different life manifestations may, in 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
said it in different words. It is the human being's blindness and error to believe that if 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
connected with the foregoing, as everything in the human soul is interrelated. In the course of this 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS
occasions, the demands are simply a part of human communication, and your fright and refusal to engage 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS
too limited to describe a dimension inaccessible to human language. This is why higher dimensions can never 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS
it briefly again. In the first place, the human view is very limited. Whenever effect does not 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS
often far removed in time. In other words, human beings may experience the effect of a cause 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS
fairy tales in the personal development of the human being? ANSWER: If the questioner has in mind 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS
myth, drama, or fairy tales have upon a human being, the question has already been answered by 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS
who has the great courage and dignity, the human dignity, to want to develop, to grow and 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS
that they do have a very practical application. Human existence on earth, in the dimension of the 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME
fragment, called time, is at the disposal of human beings so that they can grow, fulfill themselves 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME
Let us now discuss the particular conflict that human beings have with time. Each one of you 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME
steps of self-investigation. As I have already indicated, human beings strive to reach a freer dimension of 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME
opposite on the other end of the conflict. Human beings fear the future while they strive forward 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME
of others. This condition exists in almost every human being, in one form or another, only in 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF
dealing with more than the natural need for human interdependence, which never causes anxiety or other negative 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF
your hidden emotions to reach the surface. All human attitudes and feelings can be compared to streams 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
wish. Learn to accept that you are only human and are not despicable because you harbor the 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
harbor the same weaknesses as all your fellow human beings. Thus you will be kinder toward yourself 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
the fear, if you can say, I, a human being like many others, am now in fear 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
for the inner organization of life. The average human being does not have all inner faculties in 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
growth proceeds along the scale, from animal to human. Now you may say that the human being's 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
to human. Now you may say that the human being's movement does not exceed the animal's. This 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
of true aliveness is so very rare among human beings because most do not even search in 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
past cannot be stressed enough. The majority of human beings go through life never knowing to what 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
the greatest factor responsible for all the misery human beings have managed to afflict on themselves. This 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
degree required in a close relationship with another human being, where one's senses have to be alert 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
understanding and turn your attention to the things human beings can learn, namely to give to and 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
learn, namely to give to and love other human beings. So it is possible, as I often 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
of lesser value than the intimate relationship of human love that requires practical involvement, the flexibility of 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
to be the product of a less evolved human being than the apparent serenity of a person 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
worldly interests. There are two fundamental attitudes among human beings. One type of personality searches for God 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
lower self is not only that part of human nature where faults and character-defects lie. It also 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
be found that the most valuable prize a human being has to offer to life is held 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
be gone, thus rejecting your state of being human? Do you also deny something in yourself that 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
conscience, coming from the divine center of the human spirit. But they usually ignore the vast difference 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
superimposed conscience. In their eagerness to make the human being a better creature, the forces of society 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
that induces you to reject yourself as a human being. Between its demands and the demands of 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
even fully establishing relationship in its true sense. Human beings can only truly become human -- and 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
true sense. Human beings can only truly become human -- and therefore eventually divine -- if man 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
fight against their manhood and their womanhood. All human beings are endowed with both masculine and feminine 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
do whatever they do wholeheartedly, be it a human relationship, be it reading a book or taking 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
one single act, with all the sanctions of human society, if this act does not stem from 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
political, social, religious, or relating to any other human activity or attitude, from the viewpoint of ready-made 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
an inner disturbance. To atone for having common human failings, such as impatience or irritation, parents may 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES
angle is vastly overlooked in the exploration of human psychic disturbances. I again emphasize that conduct alone 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES
of children as well as to any other human relationship or situation. Confusion always signals that knowledge 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES
of pleasurable childhood experience and shame. If a human being wants to reproduce pleasurable childhood conditions in 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES
you. Blessed be this hour. So long as human beings are negatively involved with life, they must 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
cycle of births into this sphere cease and human development continue in other spheres, offering new conditions 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
as accurately as possible within the limitations of human language how this very distinct inner way of 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
conflict that is responsible for your being a human entity and living in this particular sphere of 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
a similar way, all relationships and interactions between human beings must constantly bypass each other. Outflowing currents 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
with their patients. But only segments of this human predicament are comprehended within the framework of the 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
know, on the deepest level all cosmic and human aspects unify. A long time ago, I gave 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
principle applies equally to every aspect of the human entity. On the physical level it is easy 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
alive. There are many degrees of consciousness. The human being is the first creature in the upward 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
the faculties for experiencing maximum pleasure are thwarted. Human beings are meant to experience maximum pleasure, but 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
sense of wrongness about the free development of human faculties to experience universal bliss combines with personal 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
sexual forces. They are all one stream. If human consciousness fearfully watches over every stream of feeling 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
love between the sexes, but every kind of human love. The great spiritual love force knows no 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
physical pleasure more strongly than the average adult human being. The infant is not burdened with guilts 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
changes. It undergoes the same process as general human development. The more the person grows, the more 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
inhibiting fear of sin, but by the entire human organism growing up and out of itself. Fear 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
instincts inward, as is true of any other human reactions. When a person is ashamed of hate 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
more you fulfill your spiritual destiny. Beyond the human sphere, this reaching out is infinitely extended, but 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
out is infinitely extended, but this is beyond human comprehension. The concept of spiritual union is mostly 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
spiritual union is mostly a theoretical one for human beings, although at this stage it can be 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
experience. It is often the case that a human being functions erotically or sexually only in connection 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
must ultimately be connected with this facet of human development. All human beings contain within their psyches 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
connected with this facet of human development. All human beings contain within their psyches the infants they 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
that stems from humanity's strong separation of general human affection from the erotic sexual flow. In reality 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
force embodies greatness, beauty, and purity. It is human impurity that makes one facet of the life 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
to the one-celled life organism, to the individual human entity, and to humanity as a whole. There 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY
same relationship exists between the totality of one human being and each of his cells, or particles 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY

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