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| become the opposite extreme of no ambition, and imbalance would result. The spiritual person in particular has | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| are often directed into wrong channels, aside from imbalance or predominance. For instance, where reason should prevail | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| over-emphasis on the outgoing quality hinders progress. This imbalance, as well as the objection, is an expression | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| down, may think this is destruction, chaos and imbalance. Only with the knowledge of the complete picture | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| whole. In the individual personality a state of imbalance and disharmony is engendered, and a burden of | 62 MAN AND WOMAN |
| is domineering and strong, but inwardly such an imbalance in the relationship exists very definitely. You must | 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF |
| currents. It may be an indication of some imbalance. There may be a strong unconscious inclination to | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| other? ANSWER: Indeed, very often there is an imbalance between these two legs, with one leg more | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| one leg more developed than the other. This imbalance hinders the integration of the human being. Among | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| an imagined need for safety, stems from the imbalance of inner weight. You focus your entire attention | 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION |
| aggressive where it is healthy and constructive. One imbalance always causes another. Thus, establishing balance comes from | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| happiness and peace. It may appear as an imbalance when the entire life and its needs are | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| approval. Whether or not the overemphasis brings an imbalance to the life of the person, in the | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| will find the underlying causes for such an imbalance, and the more you will speed the process | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| loving again. You find yourself in this destructive imbalance many times without really being aware of it | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| be better able to verify it. Such an imbalance of going from one extreme to the other | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| aware of its real cause. The result is imbalance: either you lean over backwards to allow others | 109 SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH THROUGH RESTITUTION FOR REAL GUILT |
| this particular light. You will find that an imbalance does exist: You have excessive demands, on the | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| preponderance of one is surely a sign of imbalance. Introspection must lead to outgoingness, to spontaneity, to | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| give and receive love, affection, pleasure, such an imbalance has to be recognized and the reason found | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| overreaction, tension, frustration, and the inner disorder and imbalance which is always the result of lack of | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| where illusion and false concepts create duality, an imbalance comes into being: control exists where it should | 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING |
| more one fears letting go, the greater the imbalance of the soul movements, and consequently the greater | 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR |
| this is so at times, most often an imbalance exists: underdeveloped in one area of your personality | 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF |
| disposal for attaining a full, rich life. The imbalance this failure creates induces rigidity where flexibility should | 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL |
| of self where resilient firmness should prevail. The imbalance is always caused by the ignorance of, and | 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL |
| numbness leads to evil, it becomes clear that imbalance and lack of control are also connected with | 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL |
| but surely come nearer to straightening out this imbalance of motion. As you proceed in reorienting your | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| feeling, and reacting, and consequently observe this particular imbalance, you will also see that the same imbalance | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| imbalance, you will also see that the same imbalance affects your physical body. Since the principle of | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| physical levels follow suit automatically as the psychological imbalance is straightened out. This does not mean, however | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| progress on your path, you will observe this imbalance of control within your personality. Then you can | 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL |
| disturbance itself that creates the pain, but the imbalance and a special sort of tension caused by | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| course, everything that is over, exaggerated, implies an imbalance, a disturbance. QUESTION: How can we fight it | 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION |
| tight to the very ego which created the imbalance in the first place is no solution. Only | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| larger self. This is the story of the imbalance of the human psyche and it explains why | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| the deepest sense, all mental illness, all emotional imbalance is a result of a deliberate intensification of | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| desires and deceive themselves on the other. This imbalance must give way to balance on both sides | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| humans where it should and could if an imbalance had not taken place in the system. It | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| makes them more uniquely themselves by eliminating distortions, imbalance, destructiveness. The personality must become compatible with this | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| and denial of involuntary processes create a tremendous imbalance in the personality. To a greater or lesser | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| not amenable to ego- control can only create imbalance, pressure, tension, anxiety, and will finally manifest negative | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| overemphasizing the intellect. You are used to this imbalance without even knowing what you do and what | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| out of the ego, you must be in imbalance. You must be enmeshed in problems. It is | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| if you have unresolved inner problems, such an imbalance is inevitable. For, no matter what side you | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| is always present where there are unresolved problems, imbalance, distortion, unfulfillment. The struggle between the self and | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| are quite conscious of your true struggle, the imbalance will become comprehensible, and a reorientation can begin | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| after you have observed and temporarily accepted their imbalance, so as to understand it. As I said | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| To what degree and in what way the imbalance exists varies in each case and must be | 169 THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS |
| be right and the other wrong, distortion and imbalance result. One end of the active-passive spectrum will | 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS |
| creative outlets that yield the deepest satisfaction. An imbalance of these two aspects of creation is particularly | 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW |
| or unconscious misconceptions of the mind and an imbalance of the inner and outer will, feelings are | 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS |
| all other levels, every misconception, every distortion and imbalance of the will functioning, and every refusal to | 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS |
| the ego should perform. Disharmony and distortion create imbalance and a false lack of control exists where | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| and feminine principles, if there is distortion and imbalance there, then this must inevitably also manifest in | 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY |
| insisting attitudes is antithetical to divine consciousness. An imbalance of trust is at work here. The little | 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD |
| These others count heavily because they create an imbalance and a discrepancy. Did you get off your | 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS |
| physical level, balance is order and creates order. Imbalance is disorder, but it creates more disorder only | 228 BALANCE |
| harmony of feelings. It leads to more harmony. Imbalance, of course, means disharmony, negative feelings. Disharmony must | 228 BALANCE |
| must lead to more balance and more sanity. Imbalance, on the mental level, means insanity, which again | 228 BALANCE |
| and balance just sufficient to sustain life. In imbalance, pleasurable warmth turns into unbearable heat and purifying | 228 BALANCE |
| iciness. Both can kill. The same goes for imbalance and exaggeration in every other physical manifestation or | 228 BALANCE |
| illusory disconnection must also create a temporary, illusory imbalance, leading to chaos and disintegration. But because the | 228 BALANCE |
| the chaos and disintegration are only temporary. The imbalance that the onward movement of the light causes | 228 BALANCE |
| separateness. In separateness itself there must also be imbalance. But such imbalance is simply a step toward | 228 BALANCE |
| itself there must also be imbalance. But such imbalance is simply a step toward a greater balance | 228 BALANCE |
| Illness of any kind is the result of imbalance. The healthy body keeps itself balanced. The consciousness | 228 BALANCE |
| in you rebels against the disharmony and the imbalance that have been temporarily created by factors as | 228 BALANCE |
| Your instinct is to battle against disorder and imbalance. Yet it is precisely this disorder and imbalance | 228 BALANCE |
| imbalance. Yet it is precisely this disorder and imbalance that affords you the opportunity to give up | 228 BALANCE |
| you consider the momentary discomfort of the temporary imbalance in this light will you find a truer | 228 BALANCE |
| balancing structure that may manifest at first as imbalance simply because you obstruct the movement and fight | 228 BALANCE |
| state must contain the active. Otherwise there is imbalance. A person cannot truly be active unless that | 228 BALANCE |
| tonight. I realize now the pain of the imbalance in my life. I realize that there is | 228 BALANCE |
| one level -- the lower self -- the imbalance is deliberately sought in order to prove, as | 228 BALANCE |
| toward meaningful inner guidance. On another level, the imbalance is due to ignorance of the reality and | 228 BALANCE |
| these two levels: The lower self can create imbalance out of ignorance that both rest and work | 228 BALANCE |
| This is what I meant by saying that imbalance defeats itself. You need to conceive of yourself | 228 BALANCE |
| that is the only way to safeguard against imbalance and disharmony within -- and thus against creating | 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE |
| combine both the active and receptive principles, otherwise imbalance exists. No true man can be a man | 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE |
| quite organic or harmonious, so that then an imbalance is created and at certain times energy is | 239 CHRISTMAS LECTURE 1975 |
| of the growing organism, and is denied, an imbalance often accrues. The denied movement seeks an outlet | 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE |
| done and still do -- then a hurtful imbalance comes about. This is why your path teaches | 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS |
| situation it is too frightening to admit the imbalance and mismanagement. When sufficient faith is lacking, the | 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT |
| topic. You have become aware of a certain imbalance within your structure. Balances constantly change when one | 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT |
| is not a constant way of life, the imbalance must create unfavorable conditions. You can see sometimes | 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS |
| completely even. This is not necessary. If the imbalance between inner and outer growth does not become | 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE |
| be adjusted. No crisis will accrue from this imbalance. It is all in the scheme of things | 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE |
| awareness and clear intention into straightening out the imbalance. Visualize yourself taking a firm stand against all | 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION |