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hints, help, and direction for searching, discovering, and applying the outer knowledge to the inner problems, which 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS
in a new way. He will succeed in applying what he knows in his daily silent hour 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS
one's faults, learning the spiritual laws generally and applying them particularly and personally, and so on. The 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND
it means to be completely conscious. It includes applying the findings at all times to one's reactions 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE
has been absorbed by the outward movement and applying it properly to the self; and rest, preservation 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES
can only trace the emotions and reactions by applying certain methods in your work, by learning how 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS
taken with great care. You should abstain from applying my answer to each case you may hear 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
You cannot try to understand this principle by applying it to the number of people you are 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
concept. Henceforth you have the actual possibility of applying it to a particular aspect of your inner 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING
know that. Now, this is a general answer, applying to many. If there is anything unclear in 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE
you have to get to the point of applying the outer knowledge that goodness means productive living 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
-- and this you can do only by applying it to yourself -- then you will realize 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
is the same, of course, but I am applying it now on a much deeper level. Here 118 DUALITY THROUGH ILLUSION -- TRANSFERENCE
your eye in wishful thinking and persisting in applying a forcing current because you do not wish 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
be only one side: the other side is applying awareness to unify opposing forces. I showed the 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
life, and you can understand this principle as applying to all of life. The better this is 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
such a field of force. The fundamental ones, applying to all human beings, are: attitude toward work 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
experiences, or connects with the deeper human problem applying to all individuals that I discussed in this 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER
hearing these words you have the possibility of applying them to your personal situation. Where are you 174 SELF-ESTEEM
theory, but deeply knowing its immediate value and applying it every day of your life. On the 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION
shut it off. The first step must be applying the theory that destructiveness, evil, is not a 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
specific situation. Opening up your innermost being to applying this material. Do not apply it only theoretically 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
higher self. It is a wrong way of applying and interpreting the longing of the spiritual self 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
of the ego. This is a well-known phenomenon applying to all human beings and is easy to 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
resorting to hopelessness or to pushing, holding, and applying pressure from above. Step number two: see that 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD
in this lecture, observing it in you and applying what I have said, it will make a 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM
love, truth, means growing into a mature humanity. Applying this concept to the topic of Jesus Christ 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY
 
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of tremendous help. You cannot even begin to appreciate how much you can help in that way 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW
presence of people who cannot as yet fully appreciate this communication with God's world is a test 20 GOD: THE CREATION
in conditions of which you can only vaguely appreciate the extreme difficulty, even with these explanations. To 22 SALVATION
do you think? Am I right? I would appreciate your opinion about this person's qualities and faults 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
favorable to those who agree with you, who appreciate, admire or love you. In those who please 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
good or bad as long as they love, appreciate, approve, and protect him or her. All evaluation 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
through those times of error. How could you appreciate truth if you had not gone through error 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
kind encourages awareness of repressed needs. You will appreciate by now how important this is. But, my 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS
As you learn in each moment to value, appreciate and enjoy what life offers you, you must 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
life and that you fail to enjoy and appreciate. When you ignore the oneness between your innermost 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY
important for you, my friends, to grasp and appreciate this fact. The bliss I speak of is 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS
expression of greater progress than you can perhaps appreciate at this moment. As a result of the 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS
and growth than he or she can possibly appreciate. There is no other salvation than the discovery 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION
immature. They recoil, not because they do not appreciate you as an individual, but because they cannot 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT
separating attitude makes it impossible for me to appreciate people at all. It was suggested to me 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
from giving in to primitive impulses. You will appreciate the importance of this step in the entity's 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL
knowing, feeling, and perceiving. As you can now appreciate, it requires a great deal of honesty, discipline 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION
and the more you will know that and appreciate yourself. It is the same with pain: the 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL
a deep ability to be grateful and to appreciate others, yourself, and the whole creative universe. A 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE
wait in faith that the person who will appreciate and freely want what I have to give 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD
if others do not seem to love and appreciate you, that is not necessarily the truth. A 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN
the ride, nor will you be able to appreciate all the wonderful new experiences awaiting you. You 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE
grains from the husks, so that you can appreciate and benefit from the timeless wisdom of these 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING
 
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be sure that you are really loved and appreciated. For this little voice in you keeps saying 31 SHAME
or with some friends. Their good intent is appreciated. But I should like to tell them that 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE
will strengthen your true independence, so that being appreciated by others will no longer be the yardstick 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
person, ultimately. I would like to be somehow appreciated by this person more than I actually am 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
at the price of guilt. You will be appreciated, simply because it is no longer your aim 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS
it is no longer your aim to be appreciated. You will no longer be ashamed of being 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS
conflict of wanting to be loved, respected and appreciated and your pushing for it. I also spoke 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD
 
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slip by. You miss out on seeing and appreciating the most beautiful things right in front of 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND
what in you is actually worth accepting and appreciating. To unroll this entire process is painful at 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
something else in me that would justify my appreciating and loving myself, that deserves esteem and fulfillment 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD
 
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are given by heaven as a token of appreciation for your honest endeavors, for your humility and 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE
fulfill a task mainly to receive recognition and appreciation, or perhaps to cut a heroic figure. No 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH
in a profession whereby they might gain admiration, appreciation, and some degree of power. However, if true 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW
of you believes that if you receive sufficient appreciation from others, it will make up for the 31 SHAME
yourself and gaining true security and the true appreciation of your friends. For they who are spiritually 31 SHAME
willing to sacrifice the need for human warmth, appreciation and love. This is a high price to 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES
do not respect yourself and lack esteem and appreciation for yourself as a human being, the next 174 SELF-ESTEEM
this new process and nurse it with your appreciation of one another and by expressing your innermost 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES
to receive care, nursing, good feelings, attention, and appreciation of its own uniqueness. If these needs are 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS
on what happens around you. You depend on appreciation and approval from others, on being loved, and 204 WHAT IS THE PATH?
happens you are condemned to live without approval, appreciation, love or success. This is another dualistic misunderstanding 204 WHAT IS THE PATH?
center and then must forfeit all love and appreciation from others and be alone, or I must 204 WHAT IS THE PATH?
utilitarian after all. You give it care. Your appreciation makes the machine respond, even with its extremely 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS
same time, other people's true giving, and the appreciation, the abundance in material and emotional goods they 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION
act out will create self-honor, tenderness, and deep appreciation for the self. The distortion of this balance 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM
and love, gratitude for the beauty of creation, appreciation of and joy about it must also create 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY
so does your vision expand to a greater appreciation of the beauty of the Creator and creation 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS
 
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longing for pleasure supreme, as well as your apprehension of death in all its facets. This is 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
do not give love. Therefore the child feels apprehension and anxiety toward women when he becomes an 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
You will detect a hardening, a fearfulness, an apprehension, a desire to reject whatever it is that 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
you into this life-giving force. Only when misgivings, apprehension, and the old, as yet unresolved problems regain 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
your demands often remain unfulfilled. Also face your apprehension of other people's demands on you which may 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
wall, a cloud that hinders insight. Self-will causes apprehension that what you find may force you to 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
Fears become burdens, but here the absence of apprehension will bring further relief. If you no longer 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS
must fear death, and vice versa. But any apprehension, aside from death, when you truly analyze it 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE
physical level, the emotional reaction to and the apprehension of falling and crushing when the ego is 152 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EGO AND THE UNIVERSAL POWER
she is open, joyful, without a trace of apprehension, and therefore can expand in a harmonious way 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS
emotional, mental, spiritual -- without a trace of apprehension, tension, tight greed or separateness. It is the 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS
one. You can certainly sense shyness, uncertainty, insecurity, apprehension about being rejected or criticized, as well as 174 SELF-ESTEEM
present, for instance a vague, half-aware anxiety and apprehension. On one level it is due to the 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES
can endure it with less and less anguish, apprehension and anxiety. Sensitive listening into your most subtle 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES
of despair into bitterness, isolation, faithlessness -- the apprehension that there is no way out for you 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
existence is believed to be the only reality, apprehension, fear, and despair are inevitable. These illusory perceptions 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS
energy content. The underlying feeling might be fear, apprehension, anxiety about the complexity of what the self 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS
ask for the force tonight because I feel apprehension about this new phase on this new spiral 235 THE ANATOMY OF CONTRACTION
the force to be able to face the apprehension that I feel mounting and to be able 235 THE ANATOMY OF CONTRACTION
do let it leave, but are full of apprehension, fear and distrust, chances are you will not 241 DYNAMICS OF MOVEMENT AND RESISTANCE TO ITS NATURE

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