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| would like to ask a question of scientific interest. A scientist friend told me that humankind has | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| advanced in their development and having a specific interest may take on a particular task. They are | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| asked in order of their importance and their interest. If all the questions cannot be answered at | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| will fulfill His will, even against your apparent interest, in this little moment now! If you fulfill | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| own friends or family may not share your interest in this work, but they still know you | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| wants for you must be your own best interest, so you are not really making a sacrifice | 38 IMAGES |
| intuition, power of deduction, observation, a very warm interest in other people, positive feelings, also a certain | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| instance, when the subject is not of sufficient interest to devote what little time there is. ANSWER | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| given to you personally. It is of general interest. It is so easy to misunderstand and nurture | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| this group, but who read the lectures with interest. Attention has been brought to us that some | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| not advantageous and is definitely not in your interest. Or, to put it differently, unselfishness is healthily | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| objectivity and detachment from one's own involvement and interest -- outer, conscious, material ones, or inner, unconscious | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| Thus, the psyche reacts often to the best interest of the person, because the easy and pleasant | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| is damaging for you and against your best interest. You can also utter such instructions or intentions | 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES |
| factor is a certain egocentricity, a lack of interest in what is really going on and a | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| thoughts and mind with things that do not interest you. This must be a natural process which | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| present and more observant. You will take an interest in what is around you without feeling tension | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| the way, one may be full of questions, interest and participation. But when the work proceeds in | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| from the viewpoint that is now of most interest to you. Mind you, I will discuss just | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| Therefore you cannot act in your own best interest. Where it may be necessary to relinquish in | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| continuing to do what is against your best interest. Only awareness of your needs will enable you | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| will fully understand that this serves your own interest. Only when such feelings accompany the point of | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| the defense is unnecessary and against your own interest. Once you have gained this insight, it will | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| will, all of a sudden, neglect a healthy interest in his work. But harmony will gradually establish | 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES |
| reacts and how such reaction is against your interest. You have to observe this inner climate, the | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| the same token, you may have an equal interest in holding on to a hated image. Why | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| very same person may find it against his interest to do so. He may then come into | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| selfish, while all unselfishness automatically goes against your interest and gratification. Needless to say, this is not | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| others around them in mutuality of purpose and interest. They are free and independent, which is not | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| a group of people, or an activity or interest are supposed to furnish you with all the | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| to enjoy -- either peace or vibrancy and interest -- will bring an unnecessary deprivation of either | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| accepted and loved, they lose the spark of interest. This, too, is rationalized by claiming it to | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| factors discussed in this lecture. The spark, the interest, the dynamic flow exists only when there is | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| self and others seem separate, a conflict of interest will appear between the self and others, which | 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION |
| the other and act against your own best interest. You are then faced with a further conflict | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| you do not act purposefully, in the best interest of the universal laws within yourself, you do | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| them precisely is that you have a vested interest in keeping these things secret because you feel | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| to express itself. Observe what comes forth with interest, attention, and noninterference. To make this possible, request | 163 MIND ACTIVITY AND MIND RECEPTIVITY |
| are rampant. Therefore conflict between self-interest and the interest of others is inevitable. It seems, indeed, a | 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS |
| deepest level. However, even right and healthy self- interest almost always interferes with the egotistical self-interests of | 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS |
| self-responsibility. Healthy self-interest can, however, be against the interest of stagnation and non-growth of yourself and others | 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS |
| discover the unitive principle, you discover that your interest is never in opposition to the interests of | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| The illusion that self-interest must be against the interest of others is pierced. I hardly need to | 208 THE INNATE HUMAN CAPACITY TO CREATE |
| to look at your selfishness, your lack of interest to add to the universe. You may conceal | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| by monsters and there is an excitement and interest in them, like reading about them, then you | 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN |
| others. The distorted form of selfishness splits the interest of self and others; the right kind unifies | 223 THE ERA OF THE NEW AGE AND NEW CONSCIOUSNESS |
| being sacrificed by growing up, because your real interest cannot ever differ from that of others. In | 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE |
| you give up what seems to be your interest because you recognize that not doing so would | 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE |
| opinion, give up the facade and the self- interest that comes from the lower self, the need | 227 CHANGE FROM OUTER TO INNER LAWS IN THE NEW AGE |
| after the rebirth. They are no longer of interest, they no longer serve a purpose, so they | 230 THE UNIVERSALITY OF CHANGE -- REINCARNATIVE PROCESS IN THE SAME LIFE SPAN |
| person completely changes his or her sphere of interest in the course of a spiritual path. It | 230 THE UNIVERSALITY OF CHANGE -- REINCARNATIVE PROCESS IN THE SAME LIFE SPAN |
| self-interest out of the way. For if self- interest comes first, the channel is naturally blocked. With | 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS |
| that this is truly in your own best interest, even from a very human point of view | 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA |
| you will give up your personal pride, self- interest, small opportunism -- which all amounts to lack | 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY |
| your ears by the forces of darkness whose interest it is that you remain in pain, fear | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |
| you, His concern for you, His deep, abiding interest in every smallest detail of your life. As | 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION |
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| question. However, the same question opens up further interesting points, which I would like to discuss in | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| perfect. ANSWER: You have brought up a very interesting question that can provide a key. Science has | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| both want the same thing. The point is interesting only in a technical sense. The higher self | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| But as long as this is merely an interesting speculation, we do not give such information, because | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| not quite so. I think it will be interesting for you to hear briefly how a subject | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| you do this. That should be a very interesting phenomenon to you, for it should furnish you | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| that in itself would not be sufficient reason, interesting as this knowledge may be. You should always | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| these cases it will be very useful and interesting to find out when, at what opportunities, in | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| to make a proposition which should prove exceedingly interesting to all of you. There is so much | 48 THE LIFE FORCE IN THE UNIVERSE |
| about a subject that is neither important nor interesting to you, but another if you hold other | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| work. Why do you resist? It should be interesting to find out. What is the resistance based | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| human development. This fact should lend itself for interesting speculation and meditation, my friends. For where stagnation | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| does not make any difference. This would be interesting only from a historical point of view. With | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| that you even ask this question now is interesting from the point of view of your discovery | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| you to this point, you can make an interesting experiment. Observe your past life from the point | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| martyr, making a mockery of justice. It is interesting to note that the more defensive a person | 101 THE DEFENSE |
| It is a deep personal giving, a most interesting feeling. You feel as though you have lost | 102 THE SEVEN CARDINAL SINS |
| but they are there. It might be an interesting study for a historian who has the inner | 112 HUMANITYS RELATIONSHIP TO TIME |
| it will merely be an empty, although perhaps interesting, speculation. Do not ever forget the childhood hurts | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| practiced, these lectures may appear either as merely interesting or self-evident material, or far-fetched theory. When you | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| luxury -- indulged in merely because it is interesting, because it certainly cannot do any harm and | 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION |
| a peaceful joyousness that makes every moment vibrant, interesting, and totally free from anxiety or boredom. Each | 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING |
| that trying out a positive intentionality could be interesting and desirable for you. You could play at | 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| curiosity of the child to make learning intensely interesting and fascinating. Unfortunately, education as it is currently | 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION |
| history, which some now find dull, will become interesting when taught with this new consciousness. The approach | 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION |
| that God stands for. This leads to an interesting speculation, my dearest friends; namely, that the active | 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA |