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| whole. So humanity is fighting because their various interpretations sound like contradictions. In reality this is not | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| the meaning of each word expands as the interpretations become clearer to you and you see how | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| too great not to let errors and false interpretations slip in -- not to speak of the | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| in every living being -- and all three interpretations are right, without canceling each other out -- | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| divine, by outer means, by religious theories, theological interpretations -- thereby forcing themselves to live by misunderstood | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| I just gave is only one of many interpretations. It exclusively referred to activity and passivity. Many | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| exclusively referred to activity and passivity. Many other interpretations of this symbolism can be given on other | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| harm has come from these misunderstandings and superficial interpretations. In this case, forcing and guilt make love | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| lecture. ANSWER: As you know, there are many interpretations of the soul, and they may all be | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| as religion seems to imply in its misunderstood interpretations -- a reward for having been good. Bliss | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| confusion creates more frustration and anger. The faulty interpretations which are supposed to explain why the person | 185 MUTUALITY: A COSMIC PRINCIPLE AND LAW |
| of it, if you do not project untruthful interpretations into the cause of the undesirable experiences and | 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES |
| -- without denial or exaggeration, without imposing artificial interpretations on the event. Then no misconceptions, no negative | 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT |
| or fallacy. You must be very clear about interpretations you choose to make when you have certain | 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| realize how unrealistic your underlying assumptions, beliefs, and interpretations are, you cannot give up the defensive negativity | 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| become more flexible and try out new alternative interpretations. If the tendency to build a cluster of | 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES |
| an undefended way that is free from manipulative interpretations of the pain. Such interpretations only aim to | 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY |
| free from manipulative interpretations of the pain. Such interpretations only aim to annul the pain, whereas letting | 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY |
| benefit of the doubt. Make room for alternative interpretations. Trust, and give the other room to unfold | 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY |
| yourself to gloss over the negative thoughts and interpretations you harbor, to ignore seeing the deliberately built | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| I promise you that I will give you interpretations and answers that will be most useful and | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| lack of vision, your limited view, your distorted interpretations, your faulty outlook, your personal blocks. These seem | 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT |
| Interpreted.................34 | |
| threefold God in the sense it is often interpreted: it is simply the divine substance that every | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| instances where the sayings of Jesus cannot be interpreted in any other way. As a matter of | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| as well as the New Testament, can be interpreted on many levels. The lowest level would be | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| concise language, for otherwise they could not be interpreted for your intellectual understanding. These emotions are often | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| something important for God. Many people have mistakenly interpreted the law that governs a decision for God | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| purified spirits; or whether the Holy Ghost is interpreted as the divine spark in every living being | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| becomes a kleptomaniac out of a misunderstood, falsely interpreted current of I want to have. When I | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| been grossly misunderstood by humankind. It has been interpreted to mean that God is a punishing, cruel | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| damaging. This deeply hidden knowledge is not correctly interpreted by your consciousness. This voice merely means to | 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| also right that my words should not be interpreted to mean that our friend should give up | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| dream symbols? ANSWER: Yes, my friends, I have interpreted dream symbols in many years of training. But | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| it has been much misunderstood. It is often interpreted to mean the return into the spirit world | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| dwell in my breast? ANSWER: It can be interpreted to mean the higher and the lower self | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| the lower self. And it can also be interpreted to mean the duality between the idealized and | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| facts remained the same, but you no longer interpreted them in the same personal, self- diminishing way | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| the nonphysical. The symbol for earth might be interpreted in many ways: earth may be your outer | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| meaning of emotional reactions, are investigated and then interpreted into concise thought. It is fallacious to think | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| from involvement while frantically holding onto dependency is interpreted as the ability to love. If you ponder | 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF |
| life. The more realistically and truthfully experience is interpreted and assimilated, the more accurate the perception. The | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| this respect, my friends. This lecture may be interpreted as psychological material. But nothing could be further | 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE |
| I will not be misunderstood and my words interpreted to mean that you should embrace injustice and | 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING |
| vague emotions, on the other hand, if sincerely interpreted and put into words, would say, This is | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| considered an indication of sickness. Unhappiness is usually interpreted in a wrong, distorted way. The result is | 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS |
| what being good is; dependency, which is also interpreted to mean love for and concern with the | 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS |
| a matter of self-punishment, as it is currently interpreted. The violation of spiritual law within the psychic | 170 FEAR OF BLISS VERSUS LONGING FOR IT -- THE ENERGY CENTERS |
| some subdivisions, or counter-reflections, which might sometimes be interpreted as separate centers. For example, the center at | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| here or elsewhere, is very easily misunderstood when interpreted as a historical event that took place in | 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION |
| been misunderstood in many ways. It has been interpreted too literally to mean that you should allow | 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL |
| his or her environment. Any truth can be interpreted in different, yet correct, ways. Since tonight we | 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL |
| you and the event can only be symbolically interpreted. Later they will be incontrovertibly recognized as your | 211 OUTER EVENTS REFLECT SELF-CREATION -- THREE STAGES |
| awareness; none of these can be properly assessed, interpreted, or assimilated. That comes later. The state of | 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA |
| find that many moods or states you have interpreted to mean one thing have a yet deeper | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| is human consciousness, with its present limitations, that interpreted judgment to imply an unloving attitude on the | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |
| time when self-responsibility was little developed, grace was interpreted in this manner and was therefore easier to | 250 INNER AWARENESS OF GRACE -- EXPOSING THE DEFICIT |
| Interpreting................9 | |
| subjectively involved. QUESTION: Did I misunderstand then in interpreting what you said to mean that one should | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| some sort of formula we might adopt for interpreting dream symbols? ANSWER: Yes, my friends, I have | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| right. QUESTION: Can you give us suggestions for interpreting dreams? ANSWER: I am giving them constantly, but | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| else. They are torn between these two alternatives, interpreting every outer happening in terms of either needing | 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING |
| what it is that you actually believe, then interpreting what that means. This applies to anything that | 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY |
| resiliency, which comes from understanding reality and correctly interpreting what goes on in you, and in others | 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY |
| It is a wrong way of applying and interpreting the longing of the spiritual self. Now let | 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| friends, remember that there are different ways of interpreting this word. You may have knowledge on a | 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| any other way. QUESTION: I have difficulties in interpreting the messages that I receive and in believing | 220 REAWAKENING FROM PRE-INCARNATORY ANESTHESIA |
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| self-will. It depends entirely on the motive. Whoever interprets free, mature decision-making as self-will, should question himself | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| science is closer to the truth, although science interprets it a little differently. It leaves out many | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| from grace. What does this mean? Humankind usually interprets the Fall in a literal way, as an | 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL |
| Interrelated................5 | |
| foregoing, as everything in the human soul is interrelated. In the course of this work, we have | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| importance of your actions and reactions. The two interrelated tendencies of underestimation of the self and misinterpretation | 133 LOVE: NOT A COMMANDMENT, BUT SPONTANEOUS SOUL MOVEMENT OF THE INNER SELF |
| breathe and move. Therefore pulsation and breathing are interrelated. The movement of life is contained in both | 154 PULSATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| of pessimism and the daydreaming are very closely interrelated and not at all mutually exclusive. You may | 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM |
| restitution. Some of the above pains are obviously interrelated. For example, the unwillingness to clearly face and | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |
| Interrelationship...........8 | |
| her own need fulfilled. This is now the interrelationship of most human beings. Whether it happens in | 80 COOPERATION, COMMUNICATION, UNION |
| also. This will then make a more fruitful interrelationship. It will contribute more to your individual progress | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| link and therefore become unable to see their interrelationship. If they nevertheless attempt to make judgments, such | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| you will gain about yourself, your disturbances, your interrelationship with others, and about the world as a | 120 THE INDIVIDUAL AND HUMANITY |
| you must find the same principle, the same interrelationship. There always is a period of growth, its | 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES |
| In order to live meaningfully and dynamically, an interrelationship between them is necessary. I can recognize that | 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION |
| that you suffer from isolation, to that degree interrelationship must be problematic and painful for you. To | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| what an enormous role secrecy plays in the interrelationship between countries. Such relations are more marked by | 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY |