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| fulfills its task, but also because it can indulge in its particular weakness. On the other hand | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| I am going to say now. People often indulge in what is called daydreaming. No one thinks | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| reality they could create if they would not indulge in these particular thought forms. Are there any | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| you find two extremes. A number of people indulge in self-debasement, pulling themselves down in the eyes | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| subtle and hidden. What people say when they indulge in such behavior is, I am unhappy, you | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| of self-responsibility, and the expectation that God will indulge and pamper you. Now the question arises how | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| adult people. But even if you do not indulge in such fantasies anymore when you are slighted | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| nothing happens that is not self-caused will ever indulge in self-pity! If you are sorry for yourself | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| fate has come upon you, nor do you indulge in a false piety by suffering the consequences | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| harmful to go ahead on that assumption and indulge in the lowest instincts. Now, my friends, if | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| make you happy if you were allowed to indulge in it. The other misconception, that happiness is | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| as to make you unaware that you do indulge in them. You will notice them only after | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| useless and exhausting inner fight in which you indulge in a pastime that brings you nothing but | 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED |
| pleasure principle selfish and therefore destructive? Can you indulge in it without hurting others? And does the | 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY |
| and weaken the respective organs. The urge to indulge in strong physical exercise has the same function | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| being who does not, even consciously at times, indulge in fantasies. In them, you see yourself in | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| better. I cannot help it. You must always indulge me and allow me to get away with | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| one wants when one wants it, or to indulge in the wishful thinking of the child incapable | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| least resistance prevails in those thought processes that indulge in negativity, while the outer will fights, struggles | 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL |
| you free; the second appears when you pleasurably indulge in the other's wrongness, and this blinds you | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| lose your harmony and freedom because you again indulge in the negative pleasure principle. This is an | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| hole. ANSWER: Are you aware that while you indulge in the negativity you enjoy doing it? QUESTION | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| you might come across the answer that you indulge in vindictiveness, in striking out at others and | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| you have made a choice. You would rather indulge in resentments and self-pity, in making cases against | 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| have the power to overcome the temptation to indulge in resignation and self-pity. Therefore I say to | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| convince yourself. The artificiality of this role you indulge in must be unmasked. It always appears to | 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY |
| It means overcoming the often strong temptation to indulge in self-pity, resentment, complaining, and accusing -- overtly | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| avoid doing it yourself. To the degree you indulge yourself in this subtly negative attitude -- and | 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP |
| incentive to speed up personal development, or to indulge in it as the ultimate escape. Nevertheless, on | 181 THE MEANING OF THE HUMAN STRUGGLE |
| exactly as you are now. May you not indulge in anything, nor excuse it, but see it | 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW |
| reacting from habit and easily justifying it. You indulge in compulsive, negative, hopelessly circular thinking, and your | 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| long as you cling to this state and indulge in it. As long as all the tricks | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| unthinkable without discipline. And, conversely, the people who indulge themselves and who reject discipline are inevitably dependent | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| the despair remains. It is therefore foolish to indulge your resistances in the pathwork and to act | 200 THE COSMIC FEELING |
| with the hardships of life. She wanted to indulge in the pseudo-comfort of subjugation. This has turned | 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE |
| a virile faith in the positive. You all indulge very easily in wishful thinking. Then, to be | 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM |
| the same day or even within one hour indulge in daydreams and then perhaps in a matter | 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM |
| and then perhaps in a matter of minutes indulge in the superstition of negativity. You could accomplish | 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM |
| negativity to the wishful daydream. The more you indulge in the wishful daydream to escape from the | 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM |
| wish-fulfilling daydreams diminishes. Yet many of you still indulge in it, at least in certain areas of | 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM |
| deeper. Find the level where you also still indulge in the superstition of your negative beliefs. You | 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM |
| concerned with your lower-self desires, that you can indulge in every destructive action or attitude without facing | 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION |
| if you love yourself, do you then also indulge yourself? Do you then follow the line of | 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM |
| strength, of not succumbing to the temptation to indulge. The weak ruler who does not wish to | 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS |
| important, how you rationalize it in order to indulge in it. When you still feel weak, confused | 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA |
| believe them. It furthers a lower-self fixation to indulge in the negative pleasure of negative thoughts, suspicions | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |
| in a cheap and easy way. Those who indulge in it delude themselves that they can avoid | 253 CONTINUE YOUR STRUGGLE AND CEASE ALL STRUGGLE |
| It is also true that animals can never indulge in the useless cruelty and destructiveness which human | 254 SURRENDER |
| Indulged....................6 | |
| it has to do with sexuality, which is indulged in a spirit of egocentricity or isolation. It | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |
| it to be taken as a luxury -- indulged in merely because it is interesting, because it | 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION |
| their blindness led them into suffering. Thus, they indulged their destructive impulses. At later stages, humans learned | 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL |
| that a tummy-ache is a result of overeating indulged in a few hours earlier. In this case | 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT |
| deviated sexual expression is quite conscious and is indulged in and enjoyed to whatever degree it is | 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY |
| false needs. Take the need to be always indulged, for example. Again, as long as you fight | 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM |
| Indulgence..................11 | |
| that the universe is unjust -- to self- indulgence, rejection of self-responsibility, and the expectation that God | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| between the alternatives of either self-acceptance and self- indulgence, or repentance and self-hate. On one level of | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| the norm has been permissiveness, lack of discipline, indulgence. This does not mean that the parents' pent-up | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| child. They follow the new values by using indulgence and permissiveness to compensate for their latent hostility | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| not really conforming to present values, the pleasurable indulgence and permissiveness will create as many problematic conditions | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| types choose, as a way out, evasion through indulgence. This is a frequent occurrence, particularly in these | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| of investment on your part. Whoever still wants indulgence and easy, cheap results can never, never attain | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| using magic to coddle your laziness and self- indulgence. The same is true of science or any | 224 CREATIVE EMPTINESS |
| the false solution to self-love, which is self- indulgence and blaming others. You all know on your | 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM |
| lack of love. When you identify love with indulgence, and frustration with hate, then you are constantly | 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM |
| authority in return for a life of unrestricted indulgence. For this impossible aim you sacrifice your freedom | 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM |
| Indulgent...................9 | |
| true concept of God -- forgiving, good, loving, indulgent. This causes the personality to unconsciously think that | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| to the unconscious image and concept of an indulgent God. Many subdivisions and combinations of these two | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| appears stronger to begin with. The pampering and indulgent God-image is not simply added to the monster-image | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| much stronger one manifests. You may have one indulgent and one stern parent. Or you may even | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| stern parent. Or you may even have two indulgent parents, but a severe teacher instills fear in | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| or whether you reject self-responsibility and expect an indulgent, pampering god to fix your life, make decisions | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| without self-responsibility. Thus you wish for a pampering, indulgent god, like a parent who spoils his child | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| such as growing up in a permissive, pampering, indulgent environment, are. The psyche gets accustomed to it | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| some ways and, through their guilt, are particularly indulgent toward a child when it is sick, the | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| Indulges....................3 | |
| they experience authority as hostile. When parental authority indulges a child, authority will be felt as benign | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| it only exists toward others while the self indulges -- as many rulers have done and still | 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS |
| of full awareness. Yet around the person who indulges in this kind of negative behavior there is | 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA |