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any direction until the time of incarnation actually arrives. Again, beware of rash judgment; an easy and 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
during pregnancy. When finally the time of birth arrives, many spirits assist, so that the fluidal bodies 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION
will find it so. But until a person arrives there it would be dangerous to try to 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
One also has to know when the moment arrives to experience feelings that have been avoided. These 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS
 
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supposed to do? stands in the way of arriving at recognitions. It prevents you from finding the 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE
confuse the end result with the process of arriving at it. Many religious philosophies have taught this 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
shall now discuss two aspects of this search. Arriving at the blissful state one consciously or unconsciously 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS
That total plan is one configuration, one spiral. Arriving at your destination is the explosive, climactic point 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW
 
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the spirits of evil, hate, murder, envy, prideful arrogance and other vices. They are embodiments of all 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES
are nothing but a form of pride and arrogance. You want to be better than you actually 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS
his lack of humility, of his pride and arrogance in being so terribly upset about his fault 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS
and find what other characteristics his pride and arrogance have given rise to. Thus he will acquire 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS
God. There is often even a kind of arrogance toward others; perhaps not always in their outward 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH
your soul-sickness and error, productive of fear, pride, arrogance, ignorance, darkness, confusion, you are not only unhappy 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
is submissiveness, which seems so opposite to the arrogance of the aggressive success-seeker who denies needs, underneath 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
who denies needs, underneath the submissiveness as much arrogance and superiority will be found as in the 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
will confuse healthy self-assertion with this very same arrogance and superiority. The difference is subtle, but very 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
as much in order to discourage contempt and arrogance. Until only very recently insane people were considered 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
be manifold: hostility, humiliation, pride and shame, hurt, arrogance, self-importance, self-pity, insistence on unreasonable demands, and many 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
so specifically is still extremely hard. Your intellectual arrogance makes this so difficult. It is arrogant to 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE
is difficult because your intellectual knowledge refutes such arrogance and even creates shame. Also, admitting such an 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE
-- then rigid insistence on one's own way, arrogance in demanding special treatment from life, and the 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE
its consequences. He admitted that much of his arrogance and terrifying manner was a gambit to control 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE
more real. This power cannot lead to unrealistic arrogance, specialness, and self-idealization when you are constantly dealing 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF)
manifestations are -- whether it be cruelty, spite, arrogance, contempt, selfishness, indifference, greed, cheating, or something else 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
have these feelings, he assumed a position of arrogance and superiority over those who were physically weaker 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE
and the equation of self-value with pride and arrogance. Nothing could be further from the truth. If 232 BEING VALUES VERSUS APPEARANCE VALUES -- SELF-IDENTIFICATION
or a real expression? Underneath my superiority and arrogance, do I falter and doubt my intrinsic value 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD
self entered into the picture. It induced pride, arrogance and feelings of superiority toward those who did 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY
 
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also is God-given. Such people are just as arrogant as the reason-type who looks down on the 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION
something or other, makes you self- centered, proud, arrogant, superior -- or unhealthily submissive, which is bound 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
the overall view. With this outlook, they become arrogant. They judge wrongly, although what they see may 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
to which you aspire; how it makes you arrogant and intolerant; how it prohibits the humility of 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS
his defense against being hurt is to be arrogant, rejecting, superior, and fearful. All these are traits 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
is the pull into the opposite direction of arrogant aggressiveness and superiority. Whether you manifest it outwardly 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
-- perhaps again unconsciously. When you are aggressively arrogant, denying your own need to find love, affection 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
is quite the opposite, because it is proud, arrogant, and breeds self-deception and untruthfulness. I also want 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY
mutually exclusive. Self-responsibility and self-government do not mean arrogant overestimation of the little self. In fact, gradually 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
sees no shame or humiliation in giving up arrogant pride; it sees no lack of character in 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING
have your own way. You claim that an arrogant, unhealthy pride is self-love, when inwardly you merely 161 UNCONSCIOUS NEGATIVITY ENDANGERS SURRENDER OF EGO TO INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
intellectual arrogance makes this so difficult. It is arrogant to set yourself up above others, but it 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE
fear of feelings, of painful experiences, makes you arrogant and isolated, cruel and greedy, selfish and life-denying 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
self-responsibility is still confused with the previous blaming, arrogant, punitive attitude. Thus human beings are weakened and 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES
 
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two words of the prayer: Our Father. WHO ART IN HEAVEN. Heaven is within you, not outside 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER
You even have created a word for bad art and bad coloring: you call it kitsch. It 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK
can determine the aura from a piece of art or some object? ANSWER: Yes, that is right 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD
the spirit world, of course. For every specialty, art, or science -- and I have mentioned this 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW
Jesus meant when he said to Peter, Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
this particular pastime. Another may be drawn to art, another to science. Others just enjoys the beauty 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS
recreation in the spirit world. There is the art of interchange through conversation and play. All that 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS
their spiritual development with science, others with an art, still others perhaps in the kitchen, in nature 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY
need to sublimate, is the desire to produce art, and by that creation become immortal, the same 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
is also ignored. The desire for immortality through art is just another variation of the human entity's 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
true growth. So the wish for immortality through art, or science, or any other expression is, in 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
Nature symbolizes certain aspects of the human soul, art and artificiality symbolize others. You will learn to 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
have experienced this manifestation, not only in creative art, but also when a profound thought or feeling 104 INTELLECT AND WILL AS TOOLS OR HINDRANCES OF SELF-REALIZATION
bodily functions, perhaps even to some ideas, or art, or nature. It will be very useful, my 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
technical nature. It can be an influx in art, philosophy, or any realm of experience. The links 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME
the scale is love for abstract ideas, principles, art, nature. The love for one's profession can also 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
creation of a living being, the creation of art or science, a relationship, or the particular manner 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES
and thereby understanding their true significance, is the art and the aim of this pathwork. If your 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF
in, by cultivating and learning from without the art of mobility in relaxation. By working at it 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
the inner self. All acts of creation in art and science, all great inventions, all truly enriching 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
activity; there is also one's attitude to nature, art, pleasure and leisure, spiritual reality, self-development and permanent 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
through these explanations it will teach you the art of self-observation. Let us say, for example, that 165 EVOLUTIONARY PHASES IN RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REALMS OF FEELINGS, REASON, AND WILL
be it a new galaxy, a work of art, or a good relationship between human beings. This 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW
can approach life in all its different facets: art, nature, science. You can do all things, learn 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
about that. The more you progress in the art of meditation, the more aware you must become 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION)
feel the pain without resistance. Learn the great art of tuning in. Ask your innermost Godself for 200 THE COSMIC FEELING
ever-present ongoing divine voice inside you, requires the art of focusing within. You must also practice focusing 206 DESIRE: CREATIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE
path are indeed pioneers in learning the all-important art of making this distinction. Only in this way 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY
focus. But learning how to listen is an art in itself and often comes only later on 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE
may be a life situation, a work of art, a human organism, a musical tone that reaches 214 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS
The new kind of politics, science, economics, sociology, art -- everything that is part of living in 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION
make an important humanitarian contribution, a work of art, a scientific project, or the smallest, most insignificant 232 BEING VALUES VERSUS APPEARANCE VALUES -- SELF-IDENTIFICATION
blessed, my beloved friends. 237. LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION My most beloved friends, I 237 LEADERSHIP -- THE ART OF TRANSCENDING FRUSTRATION
whom you long to relate. It is an art that can and needs to be learned. Often 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY
development can be shared much more easily. The art of communicating, of self-expression, grows as you grow 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY
life of another to sustain its own life. Art sometimes reflects this blissful world because the soul 254 SURRENDER
it does require some labor. Communication is an art that everyone can and, indeed, must learn. It 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE
The next organic step is learning the great art of communication. This requires intention, thought, practice, self-observation 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE
you reveal yourself is what makes communication an art. If you explain yourself in a way that 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE
skill of communication, and practicing it as an art, you foster love and unity. How can you 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE

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