| Imperfections...............67 | |
| To the extent you recoil from your own imperfections you do not possess yourself. Then you do | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| and free yourself of the fetters of the imperfections which alone rob you of your freedom. Then | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| is, first and foremost, the acceptance of one's imperfections. Then follows the inward integration of spiritual laws | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| you need to ask yourself, What are my imperfections? Where are my faults? What is my greatest | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| the truth, in spite of the still existing imperfections in the medium. To help reach personal perfection | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| what food they need, in spite of their imperfections. The communication will always promote their development and | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| further incarnations. Yet wherever there are faults and imperfections, the higher self is barred. And that is | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| patience, you can become aware of your own imperfections, unclean desires, and lower nature. At the same | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| people think they are quite alone with their imperfections, even though they may see and criticize the | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| even though they may see and criticize the imperfections of others all the time. This is one | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| difficult to reach through all the layers of imperfections is, however, in constant contact with the divine | 22 SALVATION |
| face yourself as you are with all your imperfections. If you do not face life first, you | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| can be attained by turning away from your imperfections and disregarding them. It is also the lower | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| can reach perfection only by going through your imperfections, not by going around them. You should meditate | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| able to change it. Realize that before your imperfections can change, you have so many other things | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| on your path, and therefore the still existing imperfections fulfill a definite purpose. This does not mean | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| find God unless you strive to overcome your imperfections. But on the other hand, you certainly cannot | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| the other hand, you certainly cannot overcome your imperfections by yourself alone, no matter how strong you | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| to meditate to recognize and evaluate your own imperfections, and then build a bridge from there. Next | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| at one stage your work is on the imperfections that form part of your lower self. At | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| God's help, even though due to your particular imperfections, you may not yet have close contact with | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| perfect, you cannot and must not resent others' imperfections, even though they may be different from your | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| own. It even means to accept your own imperfections, which does not mean that you should want | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| remain that way. You have to recognize your imperfections and accept for now that they actually do | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| actually do exist. Right now you possess many imperfections you have not yet accepted in a conscious | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| will are within you. It lies in your imperfections; it lies in every instance where you have | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| serene and give leeway for life's hindrances and imperfections that make it impossible to proceed speedily and | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| There will be easy excuses: the faults and imperfections of other people are supposed to be responsible | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| adopt a realistic and constructive attitude toward your imperfections. The more your self-respect is established, the less | 31 SHAME |
| to love a person, accepting his or her imperfections, not having to close your eyes to them | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| basis in your soul no matter how many imperfections still remain in you. However, the more you | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| less than intolerance. If you could accept the imperfections of the loved one, you would not need | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| For that purpose the next life needs certain imperfections in the environment, for if everything were perfect | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| I have taught you, for instance, that life's imperfections have to be accepted in that spirit. This | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| its healthy form, acceptance helps to shoulder one's imperfections and their consequences, recognizing that one cannot change | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| the middle path: accepting the effects of one's imperfections and going through them in a spirit of | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| ever a prey to circumstances and other people's imperfections, but really the master of your fate. You | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| feelings are hidden. Subconsciously you do register your imperfections and inadequacies and, although you do not want | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| exceptional. All human beings have inner problems and imperfections, images and wrong concepts. They manifest at times | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| In the last lecture you stated that the imperfections of another person cannot harm us. How about | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| another person cannot harm us. How about the imperfections of a teaching, a doctrine, a wrong method | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| plane and dealing at all times with the imperfections of people. By the same token, you will | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| point of view, in spite of the many imperfections which at this time of general human development | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| of general human development are inevitable anyway. These imperfections in each system take many forms and each | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| peace with yourself by accepting your still existing imperfections and will no longer harrow yourself trying for | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| accept them as a consequence of your accepted imperfections which you can now observe calmly, while gaining | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| including the necessary manifestations due to one's remaining imperfections. This is the only healthy approach. QUESTION: I | 75 THE GREAT TRANSITION IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT FROM ISOLATION TO UNION |
| an inordinate fear. The more you fear your imperfections, the more stringently you will moralize. The more | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| should not be like this, and whenever such imperfections trickle into your consciousness, you do not forgive | 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS |
| belief stands in your way more than your imperfections. Your misconception about divine perfection leads you to | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| particular alternative because, even though you recognize its imperfections, it still seems better to you than another | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| and to like yourself, in spite of your imperfections. But simultaneously you hear of the necessity of | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| Only when you can be relaxed about your imperfections and do not need to pretend in order | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| recapitulate. To begin with, the child suffers from imperfections in the parents' love and affection. It also | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| and acceptability are at stake because you have imperfections. If people would learn to deeply probe within | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| you do not take into consideration the human imperfections in all concerned? Do you fantasize in the | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| the moment. In this way you eliminate your imperfections much more effectively than by struggling against them | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| disposal. You all have to accept your own imperfections, as well as this life's imperfections, before you | 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF |
| your own imperfections, as well as this life's imperfections, before you can experience that absolute perfection that | 132 THE FUNCTION OF THE EGO IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL SELF |
| involved in relationships, if you fight against their imperfections and immaturities that hurt you, it is only | 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD |
| holds in the relationship between your own inner imperfections and your already purified parts. If you were | 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA |
| need to have the humility to see your imperfections. That in itself is the surest, fastest way | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| distorted as your fear of accepting your personal imperfections and blindnesses. On this path you have learned | 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY |
| through what seems the greatest of obstructions: the imperfections within and around you. You approach them, you | 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS |
| pay the price for them, when your unavoidable imperfections create conditions that you need to experience, explore | 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS |
| others of your accusations. You may well find imperfections in both yourself and others, but these imperfections | 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE |
| imperfections in both yourself and others, but these imperfections will have a new connotation that will free | 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE |
| Impersonal..................14 | |
| does not shout; it is a quiet, almost impersonal voice without any force behind it, contrary to | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| pleasant to hear what is easy or is impersonal. But, unfortunately, that would not correspond to truth | 21 THE FALL |
| work is useless if it is abstract and impersonal. Where you are unable to do so, bring | 31 SHAME |
| lead you to think that God is entirely impersonal and therefore to be feared even more. It | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| in the being of the laws. The apparently impersonal love of the laws that are -- understand | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| I am saying, you would realize that these impersonal laws are kind and completely good. It is | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| one day be capable to partake of the impersonal benign forces available to all beings in the | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| built-in law. As you know, it is totally impersonal. When conditions prevail that are compatible with it | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| might expect. The energy flows according to immutable, impersonal, built-in laws. The second aspect of this power | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| as the law of gravity. All laws, even impersonal, physical ones have come into existence from, through | 169 THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS |
| spiritual wisdom, universal truths -- and also the impersonal love feelings connected with this experience. Opening up | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| are not necessarily one. Energy can be an impersonal force that does not seem to contain or | 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL |
| the smallest and largest issues, in personal and impersonal issues. This way leads to the love of | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |
| included being an object for man's mostly quite impersonal lust, the woman received material security. Her only | 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE |