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self-deception. Such people believe themselves to be very humble, while in reality they only want to take 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS
serves God's will. Accept the message with a humble and patiently detached attitude, without wanting to know 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD
is wise to adopt a patiently detached and humble attitude, because all knowledge in this area is 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD
demand admiration for itself. It will be a humble servant and will always give God the honor 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD
in the first place, to be able to humble yourself. No one likes to hear that, my 21 THE FALL
you to follow in His footsteps and remain humble, letting God take over. Immediately after Christ had 22 SALVATION
will be able to be understanding, loving, and humble enough not to have to prove themselves right 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS
is free of self-pampering and is pure and humble, God's will can clearly manifest, no matter how 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
time for grace, because your attitude is not humble. You take it upon yourself to judge, and 31 SHAME
you cannot seem to penetrate, ask yourself, How humble is my attitude? Nurse these words instead of 31 SHAME
the desire to open up and to be humble, but does so indiscriminately and therefore no good 31 SHAME
standing back, if need be. Try to be humble where you are lacking in humility. Do not 32 DECISION-MAKING
God in prayer will automatically have a more humble attitude. Even people who constantly blame others and 36 PRAYER
change their way of thinking and become more humble. Gradually but surely, this new attitude will become 36 PRAYER
sign of pride? In prayer you learn to humble yourself; it is another medicine for your soul 36 PRAYER
and dignity cannot coexist. The soul that can humble itself when it is appropriate knows true dignity 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY
positive and constructive self-search, in an attitude of humble acceptance. How much more courageous it is to 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
you pray to God you quite naturally feel humble. And to appear so humble in front of 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
quite naturally feel humble. And to appear so humble in front of others makes you feel as 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
feel as though you were humiliated. To be humble is what a part of your emotions wants 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
yourself, and that is pride. For the truly humble person does not fear to show himself as 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
and to sympathize, to be generous, to be humble -- you are bound to betray also those 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
wholeheartedly, to love, to be unselfish, to be humble, to relinquish the egocentricity of the frightened child 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
using your will and reason for honest and humble self-confrontation, you can safely allow yourself to feel 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL
you see the negation and become honest and humble enough to give voice to it as it 166 PERCEIVING, REACTING, EXPRESSING
state. This attitude renounces special treatment; it is humble and generous in dispensing with the temptation to 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE
wise, generous, loving, creative, self-assertive, unfolding, aware, courageous, humble self, with all its innate dignity and nobility 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS
and then visualize yourself in a confident, patient, humble state of mind in which the universe can 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD
first substantial step, being strong enough, generous enough, humble enough, honest enough, not to exert force over 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD
an honest attitude. It is objective. It is humble. So the first leap into the unknown -- 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION
that people who think little of themselves are humble and good. One of the many dualistic misconceptions 232 BEING VALUES VERSUS APPEARANCE VALUES -- SELF-IDENTIFICATION
most specifically. Pray in the simplest and most humble way for Christ's intervention to help you attain 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING
that religion often calls salvation. Be wise and humble enough to know that you may attain an 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING
 
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little ego. Love between the sexes is a humbling experience and therefore the enemy of pride. Your 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
seem, appears humiliating. In order to avoid the humbling truth that the little self is not all-powerful 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
 
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a little pain, but shoulder it courageously and humbly, not making your own little comfort so important 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND
in which you have put yourself. Take yourself humbly and without feelings of guilt: This is the 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND
then and there you should learn to accept humbly that your ego prevents your seeing the truth 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS
of a sudden when you are able to humbly reveal yourself. The law of brotherhood is working 31 SHAME
effectively. In this endeavor I will patiently and humbly wait until the grace of God is given 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH
dignity. Is there anything more dignified than saying humbly to a fellow creature, I was wrong; forgive 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY
accept your inability to become perfect quickly, you humbly accept temporary unhappiness. There is a vast difference 38 IMAGES
the degree that you cope with defeat honestly, humbly, with dignity and poise; without embellishment, projection, humiliation 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION
participation in your own inner life, provided you humbly ask for it. On the other hand, it 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
also fail to fulfill themselves. They seem to humbly and trustingly let God do it, forever waiting 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY
a childish, undeveloped state. If such people plead humbly enough, they imagine the wish will be granted 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION)
you become commensurately capable of sustaining pleasure. By humbly and honestly admitting your hate and expressing it 200 THE COSMIC FEELING
If you want the truth, open yourself, and humbly ask: What do I need to see in 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA
real perfection. It may seem paradoxical, but accepting humbly your imperfect state and looking at it creatively 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE
 
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their own self, and thus they will indeed humiliate themselves and be humiliated by the other. It 4 WORLD WEARINESS
to help further spiritual development, it will never humiliate or hurt in an unpleasant way. On the 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD
to harm and slight you, to reject and humiliate you, you must toughen yourself. Cruelty is almost 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
you assume that any authority is out to humiliate and abuse you, your total surrender to God 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
 
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thus they will indeed humiliate themselves and be humiliated by the other. It will happen in an 4 WORLD WEARINESS
are so afraid of exactly that -- being humiliated -- that they cut themselves completely off from 4 WORLD WEARINESS
be disappointed, but they will not be unduly humiliated. Real love will never make you lose your 4 WORLD WEARINESS
own? None of you! If you yourself are humiliated, you are hurt; if the other person is 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR
you are hurt; if the other person is humiliated in the same way, you may feel sorry 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR
hurt vanity as though another human being were humiliated. No. Rather, learn not to make yourself so 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR
others makes you feel as though you were humiliated. To be humble is what a part of 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
but when it comes to receiving, they feel humiliated -- therefore often unduly obligated. Yet, there is 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES
wrong conclusion that to receive means to be humiliated. But find out further why? What brought this 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES
love. Consider also that the child feels deeply humiliated when it yearns for love and affection but 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
is wrong about it. You also unconsciously feel humiliated by the constant nagging desire that can never 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION
superiority of the power type, who feels particularly humiliated and exposed by this dependency on love, who 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
times, so you will not feel exposed and humiliated when you suffer defeat. You will thus gain 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION
in the emotions. For instance, when you feel humiliated, one set of emotions recognizes that what the 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION
to take a risk of being hurt or humiliated again. Since this cannot happen, your defenses become 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
be fulfilled. If not, you feel weakened and humiliated. Since such fulfillment of every wish, such constant 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
angry. In pride, due to inferiority, you feel humiliated when you are hurt because you give someone 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS
of the unknown, fear of being hurt and humiliated, fear of and refusal to experience past and 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY
humiliation. The person who resists humility must be humiliated because the resistance must always finally come to 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL
up in a sexual inclination to be hurt, humiliated, or rejected. There are innumerable possibilities and meanings 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY
egotistic self- righteousness. However, if you feel personally humiliated by being wrong, by being imperfect, by having 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION
 
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for whatever motive. For another, it might be humiliating to show yourself as you are without a 21 THE FALL
it to God, gives you the impression of humiliating yourself, and that is pride. For the truly 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
so much humility and thus threatens to be humiliating. By revealing yourself to another human being, you 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
mind the idea forms that to love is humiliating. Since the most desirable person for the child 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
you will cease to fear that love is humiliating; that humility, generosity, affection, and a demonstration of 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
but feeling sad seems to many people so humiliating that they prefer to be angry and therefore 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS
by subtly coloring that which seems painful and humiliating for you; how you belittle others who are 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION
hated rules against one's will would be very humiliating. Therefore the psyche pretends to accept these rules 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
False religion encouraged fear, dependency, helplessness, and a humiliating, though often very subtle, tendency to appease. This 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
of the image was so painful and so humiliating that you did not wish to face it 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
unpleasant, faulty aspects of yourself that are painful, humiliating and unflattering. You have by now learned that 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
she fears and associates with a state of humiliating helplessness. She erroneously feels that being hurt and 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
this surrender, strange as this may seem, appears humiliating. In order to avoid the humbling truth that 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
-- because conceding always appears like a submissive, humiliating giving in. It is only through love that 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
may really experience pleasure, but this, too, is humiliating to expose, so you create false pleasure. This 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER
often create fear. The idea that it is humiliating to have certain feelings or be in certain 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS
and makes open, flexible movement appear threatening and/or humiliating. Pride and fear are necessarily coupled to selfwill 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
and humility and leaves out both pride and humiliating submission. If you are ready for this possibility 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES
For example, loving no longer appears weakening and humiliating. On the contrary, it creates a healthy pride 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS

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