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self that constantly draws you away from this inner work. Here are thoughts I could observe in 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS
others. For there is nothing as contagious as inner currents, be they positive or negative. So do 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS
that will already free you of one little inner chain. I would suggest, my friends, that all 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS
you do that, train yourself to observe your inner reactions when you deal with the unpleasant within 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS
far, where you still have difficulties, what your inner reactions are, and perhaps plan together what pertinent 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS
in one or two respects to their own inner makeup. This applies even to people who have 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH
a stubborn resistance to facing their outer and inner dilemmas. Oh yes, the outer conflicts are always 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH
outer conflict is only a reflection of the inner one. Yet people so often have the wrong 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH
this problem is in direct connection with an inner wrong attitude of yours and pray for recognition 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH
the connection of your outer problem with the inner one, guidance can be given; or rather, the 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH
though you do escape from some of your inner conflicts, you must face stronger repercussions if you 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH
from the inside because you have made an inner change and therefore you will act differently in 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH
an outer situation as a result of your inner change. Once you have discovered this, you will 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH
You are simply unaware of it because your inner gaze is pointed to another direction. But the 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH
If you try to formulate concisely an unpleasant inner reaction of yours, you will always come to 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH
to what extent. So begin to observe these inner reactions of yours and analyze them in these 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH
for some time, eventually these strong reactions and inner desires and pressures will become weaker. They will 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH
that would be so much easier. These are inner things. They comprise most often what is most 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH
should I sacrifice? If you can articulate this inner doubt, my dear ones, that is already a 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW
a clue concerning what is wrong in your inner makeup, but you will at least see some 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW
unconscious conscious and you will discover your own inner trends. You will most certainly recognize definite patterns 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW
soul and gradually it will affect the entire inner makeup of the person. Any person on the 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
that could only be changed by a different inner activity, there is a pressure and an inner 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
inner activity, there is a pressure and an inner pushing against a stone wall. As long as 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
fulfill the will of God means overcoming your inner resistances and for that you do need activity 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
You may be surprised how this newly- discovered inner wanting deviates from your conscious desires. But do 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
It is about the outer will and the inner will. By the latter I do not only 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
do not only mean the subconscious will. The inner will I speak of can be made conscious 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
outer will. After becoming quiet and consulting the inner will, the person will find out that the 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
will, the person will find out that the inner will does not conform with the outer one 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
you do not discover it first? If the inner will is right, it exists very quietly from 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
well as possible at the present stage, their inner will should be directed toward that end, without 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
tense and will only delay the process. The inner will must want the right thing and the 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
times it has to become more passive. The inner will has to be active, but quietly, as 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
count against him. What counts is a person's inner attitudes, feelings, reactions, motives, and sense of responsibility 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
fanatical and inflexible, people should test their real inner motives and then they may find out that 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL
while at the same time you have the inner knowledge of your deeper being, the higher self 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR
responsible for your own disharmony and your own inner conflicts. But there are times when you cannot 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR
within yourself. And this will so change your inner attitude and your emanations that you will have 31 SHAME
what you are and refuse to make the inner effort to become what you want to be 31 SHAME
of what you feel; a question of your inner attitude. In order to adjust your emotions from 31 SHAME
the foundation to a very healthy and normal inner attitude. Think and meditate about this, my friends 31 SHAME
who is detached from your problems and your inner struggles may see things in the right light 31 SHAME
Thus you may see once again how every inner feeling can be right when it comes from 31 SHAME
more happiness, the more self-respect, and the more inner joy and peace will you feel after the 31 SHAME
Divine Law. If you do know all your inner weak points, you will come to understand that 32 DECISION-MAKING
For what robs you of your peace and inner harmony is never what others do, but always 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH
always and solely your own wrong attitudes and inner fights against conditions you cannot change, and what 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH
issue of faith versus doubt, or any other inner problem makes no difference. Once you have acknowledged 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH
always in their outward behavior, but in their inner attitude. Try in your meditations to choose a 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH
through spiritual development and the refinement of the inner senses. The religions will subtly, gradually, but surely 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
thoughts, your efforts, and in your times of inner quietness. Continue to search in your heart for 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
trying to believe that the reason for such inner action is that you can find God better 35 TURNING TO GOD
should be arranged with the friends of the inner nucleus. At this opportunity the friend in need 35 TURNING TO GOD
to show you first how to understand the inner causes responsible for the outer effect. I show 35 TURNING TO GOD
find one's own violations and how to change inner currents indicates the true and mature spirituality that 35 TURNING TO GOD
everyone exploring the causes and solutions of the inner and outer conflicts on the path in the 35 TURNING TO GOD
God means liberation; it means freedom from your inner chains. In order to find God, you must 36 PRAYER
way, with God as your final goal. Your inner stubbornness and prejudices create conflicts in your soul 36 PRAYER
alike or have the same outer manifestation of inner problems. An infinite variety of good and bad 36 PRAYER
are nothing else than the manifestation of your inner shortcomings. It is not easy to reach this 36 PRAYER
display goodwill toward self- development -- have an inner image which makes them feel that they are 36 PRAYER
These forms will eventually help you change your inner and often unconscious attitudes rooted in pride, self-will 36 PRAYER
and your reactions to them relate to your inner vicious circle. You can thus resist the temptation 36 PRAYER
darkness constructively, you will also find your own inner causes for the dark hours. Apart from all 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY
life. Your unwillingness to accept life, or your inner struggle with acceptance, may manifest in many ways 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY
beneficial if such incidents were brought to the inner circle. The time will come when you will 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY
of the image are unconscious and the whole inner reasoning process is hidden from the intellect. And 38 IMAGES
if to a magnet on account of such inner images. This may be difficult for you to 38 IMAGES
prepared so that the conflicts should bring the inner problems of the particular person to the surface 38 IMAGES
up. Either the person will actually follow the inner conclusion, which is no longer conscious, or perhaps 38 IMAGES
of the price you pay for your ignorant inner conclusions. Start searching for the image by thinking 38 IMAGES
only once in your life, independent of any inner image. That is possible. This, too, is based 38 IMAGES
Do not let yourself be dissuaded by your inner resistance. For that resistance is just as erroneous 38 IMAGES
sacrifices, the worse their guilt becomes until true inner happiness is conceived. Such guilt is always a 38 IMAGES
particularly in the last lecture, I discussed the inner images, the wrong impressions and conclusions that a 39 IMAGE-FINDING
to ask one of the people of the inner group to work with you, for it cannot 39 IMAGE-FINDING
and strengths. In the last analysis, the wrong inner impression exists as a rigid form that controls 39 IMAGE-FINDING
your hurts, conflicts, and problems. Regard your wrong inner attitudes as ignorance and error. Actually, that is 39 IMAGE-FINDING
be able to see the connection with an inner attitude that may so far have escaped your 39 IMAGE-FINDING
after you have gained some understanding of your inner reactions and their bearing on outer events will 39 IMAGE-FINDING
your outer personality. Once you realize that your inner reactions come from a faulty attitude, there are 39 IMAGE-FINDING
come across known reactions or faults in your inner images, beware of the attitude that you already 39 IMAGE-FINDING
courage. By uncovering certain emotional reactions, tendencies and inner conditions, they come face to face with the 39 IMAGE-FINDING
at the findings on the level of the inner self, you have to go deeper. There are 39 IMAGE-FINDING
way. It is not sufficient to find an inner understanding about your hidden trends and reactions and 39 IMAGE-FINDING
is that, strangely, everything connected with these distorted inner images causes you acute shame, even when the 39 IMAGE-FINDING
of desirelessness and renunciation to rationalize away your inner fears of life, of love, and of being 39 IMAGE-FINDING
in length according to the personality and the inner problems to be solved, the flow is cut 39 IMAGE-FINDING
life only if you search first for the inner causes, the wrong conclusions; in short, your images 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
revolt is guilt. When you approach your own inner, hidden images -- the causes of your suffering 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
life -- you have to anticipate coming across inner misconceptions that will first give you an unpleasant 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
a vast amount of isolated information about your inner reactions. By letting your emotions come to the 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
long as you feel guilt at finding your inner errors. But once you have overcome this error 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
change your emotions, your images, or your habitual inner reactions. It will come to you the moment 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
And the more you escape this in your inner life, the more chained you become. Straining in 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
this dependency on yourself. If you understand your inner motivations and how they have actually brought you 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
earth plane, therefore they should bring out the inner person. The inner subtle bodies remain. These are 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
they should bring out the inner person. The inner subtle bodies remain. These are the very layers 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
no person who does not have them. Such inner impressions are formed in young years, and from 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
not conscious. If you can truly find this inner reasoning, if you let it come out into 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
some degree, even before you have changed your inner attitude, by the mere fact that you had 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
not remember offhand your emotions, your reactions, your inner intentions, and your conclusions. You cannot remember them 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
to recognize the primitive way in which your inner emotional reasoning functions. Considered in the light of 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
has a disadvantage. So when, with your insistent inner crying and demanding, you get the supposed advantage 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
you will probably be more concerned with your inner conflicts and with the wrongness of the conclusions 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
you would never pay any attention to your inner disharmonies. Karma, as you all know, is nothing 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
effects, that which you call karmic results. An inner violation in the emotions, remaining hidden in the 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO
your own state of mind, with your own inner peace and harmony. But when they see beauty 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
can purify yourself. How can you recognize your inner conflict unless it manifests outwardly? Only then can 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
misery. Just turn your attention to your own inner reactions, my friends, when you feel unjustly treated 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
own prayer was answered. When you see your inner error, all the friction between you and your 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
dear friends, we will continue to explore the inner wrong conclusions that have created so much trouble 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
emotions do, or vice versa. When, in your inner work, you penetrate your soul, your images, your 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
and is sometimes less afraid of feeling and inner experience than is the reason- type. However, the 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
Human teachers also can help you remove your inner obstructions. There have always been great teachers who 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
other being, as well as for self-revelation, requires inner activity and alertness. But since people are often 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
alertness. But since people are often tempted into inner inactivity, while outer activity may be all the 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
things is not the determining factor. First the inner basis has to be established. Then you will 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
other soul means going into the state of inner being; the doing is only an incidental result 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
her personality. However, when it comes to the inner nucleus, the door is shut. Eros then departs 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
in the way. Since they are due to inner mistakes, the partners could try to make the 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
again and again whatever is wrong in your inner reactions. Thus will you cultivate the very change 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
experience a change of consciousness, a change of inner concepts when your emotions really begin to be 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
must pick out the various strings of your inner knot one by one, pull them apart, and 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
fields, they attract circumstances that correspond to the inner conflicts. And you never know that your conflicting 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
take you a step further toward dissolving your inner conflicts. You will then see how the respective 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
end: spiritual evolvement, union, freedom from one's own inner chains. If you look at history from this 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES
where your outer problems are connected to your inner conflicts, where you react emotionally in a way 47 THE WALL WITHIN
hidden rebellion. Both react immaturely and ignorantly. The inner motivations of the law-upholder described here are rooted 47 THE WALL WITHIN
same motives and attitudes, but recognize your own inner tendencies and currents. Thus, the law-upholder, motivated by 47 THE WALL WITHIN
strongly. If you examine your life and your inner reactions in this respect, it will not be 47 THE WALL WITHIN
come across it. They will blindly react without inner discrimination, because they have no concept that a 47 THE WALL WITHIN
good motives are surely also contained in these inner decisions, but also weak ones. And it is 47 THE WALL WITHIN
should -- the outer, as well as the inner law -- but with a different attitude, with 47 THE WALL WITHIN
always be a painful one, particularly if the inner root is not sought while the outer remedy 47 THE WALL WITHIN
because humanity has neglected to look for the inner roots of the problems. So it is with 47 THE WALL WITHIN
on your part to begin to understand the inner and deeper meaning, and to see the wider 47 THE WALL WITHIN
and soothing when one has made up one's inner mind not to fight against it anymore. As 47 THE WALL WITHIN
that which you are. The substance of your inner wall is partly your goodwill that is ineffective 47 THE WALL WITHIN
not more. The admission of certain faults and inner negativities will pacify those who help me to 47 THE WALL WITHIN
to be formed, similar to the first so-called inner circle. We would recommend this very much. In 47 THE WALL WITHIN
of you. And if you send out your inner feelers, you will all know that you are 47 THE WALL WITHIN
divine law is violated. For divine law is inner freedom. You can gain inner freedom only by 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE
divine law is inner freedom. You can gain inner freedom only by liberating yourself from errors. As 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE
to the symptoms. The more you dissolve the inner obstructions, the petrifications, by facing your misconceptions, misunderstandings 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE
felt the relief of the recognitions, and experienced inner changes. Before this experience and sense of relief 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE
the right conclusion? If you will consider your inner problems from this angle -- after you have 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
deeper feelings away because of an outer or inner must, you cannot succeed. This must indicates not 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
be blamed for. Thus you argue with your inner voice of absurd guilt, trying to convince it 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?
you will avoid these dangers; your outer and inner reactions will become one. So let us be 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME?

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