| Humor.......................13 | |
| and your hurt little ego, and you can humor it a little bit without being so very | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| that you should force the joy away. But humor it and look at it with a little | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| all this anger, you will be able to humor yourself because you will see the preposterous demands | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| It may plunge you into depression and ill humor. The former disproportionately raises your self-confidence; the latter | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| insipid, that it has no variation, no individuality, humor, pleasure, and wit. You ascribe all that to | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| as diversified as badness. Only it has more humor, individuality, pleasure, because in health and maturity -- | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| not a machine, divorced from warmth, courage, and humor. The true self of every individual is the | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| self may obstruct this endeavor, may try to humor it and deny it. Do not give in | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| you to the degree that you recognize and humor your own resistance to self-awareness. Find your willingness | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| innermost nature. Total self-realization, therefore, brings laughter and humor and a lack of seriousness or heaviness. But | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| is joyous, pleasurable, it is light-hearted, it is humor. Humor is a significant divine aspect. There cannot | 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN |
| joyous, pleasurable, it is light-hearted, it is humor. Humor is a significant divine aspect. There cannot be | 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN |
| aspect. There cannot be beauty and love without humor. QUESTION: Competitiveness? Self-centeredness, wanting to be the center | 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN |
| Hundredfold.................4 | |
| a link gives out will be reciprocated a hundredfold. God will always show you how, in what | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| Yet whatever you give you are returned a hundredfold when spiritual values are concerned; whereas in material | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| He may give it back to you a hundredfold when the time is ripe. If you learn | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| to those incidents is exaggerated and distorted a hundredfold. You need to look at everything that hurt | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| Hundreds....................9 | |
| atomic energy was definitely known at that time, hundreds of thousands of years ago, when the world | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| measured by distance, these very radiant spheres are hundreds of thousands of miles away. And wherever the | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| could turn a knob and hear music played hundreds of miles away, or that you could turn | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| here or elsewhere, only a handful out of hundreds will really and truly take this path. Every | 21 THE FALL |
| were no worse than the wars you had hundreds and thousands of years ago, because it is | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the individual's personal inner conflicts. It will take hundreds and hundreds of years before humanity will have | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| personal inner conflicts. It will take hundreds and hundreds of years before humanity will have reached the | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| and it indeed takes thousands of lifetimes, not hundreds -- to purify the soul and to overcome | 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL |
| within one overall phase that may last many hundreds or even thousands of years, but each individual | 225 EVOLUTIONARY STAGES OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS |
| Hunger......................4 | |
| is no remedy for your sickness, so your hunger for love will remain, never to be stilled | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| infant does not know that the period of hunger will be over in a very short time | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| sufficient mature love and warmth, they continue to hunger for it throughout life unless this lack and | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| real demands. The driving force to still the hunger is misdirected. Real, legitimate needs can be satisfied | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| Hungry......................3 | |
| the world looks black. When the infant is hungry but for a few minutes, these minutes are | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| and lost, the more you feel empty and hungry -- maybe hungry for affection and understanding -- | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| more you feel empty and hungry -- maybe hungry for affection and understanding -- and the less | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| Hunt........................4 | |
| a great temptation to them and therefore they hunt greedily for it. They look for one subject | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| pleasure and when it is worn out they hunt elsewhere. This is an abuse and cannot continue | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| gain the security within yourself you so ardently hunt for elsewhere. But you constantly reach for false | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| of appearance values can never fulfill you. You hunt constantly for something that can never live up | 232 BEING VALUES VERSUS APPEARANCE VALUES -- SELF-IDENTIFICATION |
| Hurdle......................17 | |
| part of them, and this presents a great hurdle, even for those who have reached a certain | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| trying to teach ways to jump over this hurdle can ever be really successful, for seeking such | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| prohibition is at times, it represents the first hurdle of life. The child's attitude toward authority is | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| often unconscious reactions to authority indicate whether this hurdle has become a stepping stone toward maturity or | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| until you are ready to tackle the next hurdle. All this is not merely symbolic. These forms | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| your friends who can help you overcome the hurdle. Do not be too proud, even if they | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| admitting that you will not utilize it. This hurdle must be overcome under all circumstances if you | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| step on this path and overcome an important hurdle. Many of you may be stuck just in | 174 SELF-ESTEEM |
| supposed to transcend. This seems indeed an insurmountable hurdle. Thus, the struggle is really: How can you | 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE |
| transcend every limitation you seem to encounter. Whatever hurdle you come across, if you can believe that | 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| is meant to help you overcome this specific hurdle of changing, as you have already overcome so | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| privileged to make use of, there is no hurdle that cannot be overcome. So also with this | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| that cannot be overcome. So also with this hurdle. For this larger particular aspect, or hurdle, on | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| this hurdle. For this larger particular aspect, or hurdle, on your path, I want to talk about | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| in ever greater splendor. As you overcome each hurdle of the lower self, as you commit yourself | 222 TRANSFORMATION OF THE LOWER SELF |
| explaining and fashioning distorted reality is a tremendous hurdle. And if you have already attained, in some | 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION |
| practical, reality. How could you ever overcome the hurdle of your self-hate that festers underneath all your | 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION |
| Hurdles.....................17 | |
| their helping hand to bring you over those hurdles where you are struggling with the difficulties in | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| by finding and conquering your inner blocks and hurdles, in short, everything that stands in your way | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| the right answer. When you have overcome the hurdles within you and are mature enough to remain | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| let yourself become discouraged by the inevitable initial hurdles, eventually, little by little, you will learn to | 36 PRAYER |
| to search out and perhaps get over the hurdles that are in the way. Since they are | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| the relationship between the sexes also offers more hurdles and friction than any other relationship because personal | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| Before this can be done, a great many hurdles have to be overcome. It seems to you | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| resistance to change is one of the greatest hurdles to be overcome. It can be rationalized in | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| conclusions mingle with personal images, they are stubborn hurdles which can be eliminated only by full recognition | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| be deceptive -- but specifically where the personal hurdles bar the way because one fears the truth | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| within the self. When you have overcome the hurdles because your love of truth is greater, and | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| organic process of this path. After the first hurdles have been overcome, the path becomes a self-perpetuating | 173 BASIC ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES TO OPEN THE CENTERS - RIGHT ATTITUDE TOWARD FRUSTRATION |
| the human heart in order to overcome the hurdles, the temptations to self-deceit, which block the way | 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| as you have already overcome so many other hurdles. And, I assure you my friends, once you | 221 FAITH AND DOUBT IN TRUTH OR DISTORTION |
| Such conviction can come only after overcoming many hurdles and after facing this basic fear on different | 226 APPROACH TO SELF -- SELF-FORGIVENESS WITHOUT CONDONING THE LOWER SELF |
| others are different. You can go over these hurdles, and if you really want to, you can | 239 CHRISTMAS LECTURE 1975 |
| found this to be so, even though the hurdles seemed great at times. They always seem much | 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS |
| Hurried.....................3 | |
| have so often a wrong attitude in the hurried approach toward your development. This hurry indicates, on | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| man's inherent rhythm of growth that cannot be hurried. Yet it needs encouragement and preparation. It needs | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| life, a counteractive movement may be one of hurried, impatient pressure. Both derive from self-hate. When you | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| Hurry.......................18 | |
| completely on the surface. To be in a hurry to change these emotions is not only an | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| not only an impossible goal and therefore your hurry is futile and unrealistic, but this period of | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| accomplish something. And that is good. Do not hurry. Results develop organically out of immediate efforts and | 36 PRAYER |
| want to correct your soul tendencies in a hurry by drastic means -- which, of course, is | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| bring disappointment. It tends to be in a hurry believing one can whisk away deep-rooted personality problems | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| that you cannot change your emotions in a hurry, which the wrong interpretation of positive thinking tries | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| reach perfection -- the heavens -- in a hurry and by shortcuts through material means, is a | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| in the hurried approach toward your development. This hurry indicates, on the one hand, a strong idealized | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| to be now. On the other hand, the hurry also indicates this: As long as I am | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| frustration. Therefore, I must become perfect in a hurry, so as to be perfectly happy. This includes | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| you have had deep down all along. Your hurry to convince another person is often a reflection | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| acknowledge all emotions of pressure, impatience, forcing, intolerance, hurry, and learn from them. Why are they here | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| experience only if and when you remove your hurry, your lack of acceptance of yourself, your dependency | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| unjudgingly see what is, without being in a hurry about it -- that can renew the experience | 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION |
| expect the greatest of all truths in a hurry. I know that you have spent many years | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| will arise, of course. But let us not hurry ahead. Just concentrate on these three questions, without | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| QUESTION (Child): I want to know why I hurry through life. ANSWER: You hurry through life because | 239 CHRISTMAS LECTURE 1975 |
| know why I hurry through life. ANSWER: You hurry through life because you want to shut out | 239 CHRISTMAS LECTURE 1975 |