| Artistic....................11 | |
| vague question about truth. What does the phrase artistic truth mean and how does it bear on | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| this term is a contradiction. Truth is objective. Artistic truth is the result of the truthfulness of | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| in spite of creative talent and ability, produce artistic truth. There is no separation. The overwhelming existence | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| of truthfulness will produce an overwhelming result of artistic truthfulness. QUESTION: What is the best technique for | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| This happens, for instance, if a creative and artistic person whose ability is already freed to a | 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION |
| doing good for society; by performing valuable scientific, artistic, or ethical work. Such pursuits are, in themselves | 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| is done in the spirit mentioned here. But artistic, scientific, or spiritual work can never succeed unless | 169 THE MASCULINE AND FEMININE PRINCIPLES IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS |
| pray or devote your energies to spiritual or artistic issues, this peace will be lacking if inner | 205 ORDER AS A UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLE |
| the practical application of the pathwork. In your artistic pursuits, you approach your creative processes in an | 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY |
| thought, a new state of consciousness, or an artistic creation, it may need time to complete itself | 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY |
| to this state of consciousness will experience such artistic expressions, or the beautiful expression of nature, as | 254 SURRENDER |
| Artists.....................4 | |
| overcome them. QUESTION: How come great individuals, scientists, artists -- in other words the great geniuses of | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| Creation. The ideal case would be that scientists, artists, or whoever else is contributing to the final | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| as you know. But there are so many artists, especially painters, who have not overcome any psychological | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| spontaneous manifestations of their inner being. The real artists and the great scientists make their important discoveries | 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING |
| Arts........................5 | |
| people believe themselves spiritual because they love the arts or because they pursue intellectual interests. This, however | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| curtailed. Many have different tasks: one in the arts, others in science, and so on. Oneness must | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| to other aspects of life, such as the arts, nature, ideas, will take on a new form | 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP |
| is necessary. You all see this in the arts and sciences. You cannot be inspired as a | 224 CREATIVE EMPTINESS |
| with this new approach, just as the healing arts and education will be. Knowledge of inner reality | 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION |
| Ascend......................3 | |
| away and live in poverty so as to ascend spiritually. Such a task may sometimes be demanded | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| your unconscious mind, can you develop spiritually and ascend in the true sense. Temporarily you will appear | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| willpower is, in truth, the only way to ascend in spirit. Thinking you can avoid this apparent | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| Ascending...................3 | |
| important for the human being, especially for his ascending development, because the executive will is part of | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| not need instruments to indicate whether they are ascending or descending. When explorers finally fly through outer | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| you come to the next stage in the ascending cycle, when you may become upset and restless | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| Ascent......................7 | |
| earth in such a way that your spiritual ascent is speeded up in the surroundings of imperfection | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| might be the greatest obstacle to my spiritual ascent? What are the faults which I have already | 8 MEDIUMSHIP -- HOW TO CONTACT GOD'S SPIRIT WORLD |
| little in comparison with the happiness of spiritual ascent. Thus, the beings who make the decisions for | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| as the climber occasionally does when making an ascent. While going forward, your glance is directed toward | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| have to disappear before you can begin your ascent. So what you have to learn first is | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| go through. At one period in the evolutionary ascent, the struggle is won. The commitment is made | 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW |
| of innocence through the laborious descent and simultaneous ascent of self-purification. Then power can merge with the | 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| Ascertain...................53 | |
| Each one of you can look inside to ascertain how deep the wish really is. For here | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| course for us it is very important to ascertain or at least get some intimation that the | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| Only when you do this consciously can you ascertain the existence in you of the various feelings | 16 SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT -- WILLPOWER |
| By observing your reactions you will learn to ascertain how far you have to come toward accepting | 21 THE FALL |
| find out who you are, you must first ascertain the desires in each of your daily reactions | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| of others. If sometimes it appears that way, ascertain the truth with absolute self-honesty. There are no | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| make foreground thoughts from background thoughts and to ascertain their importance, you will not only release a | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| right reaction, about a principle of general conduct. Ascertain if there is a contradiction of right principles | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| a part of your task in self-search to ascertain where false religion exists deep in your soul | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| and most indicative of all, self-pity. Once you ascertain these feelings, it will not be so difficult | 88 RELIGION: TRUE AND FALSE |
| that wants to receive everything but give nothing. Ascertain the selfishness and laziness in this voice once | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| relationships. When you verify this point, you will ascertain the source of the real guilt that produces | 108 FUNDAMENTAL GUILT FOR NOT LOVING -- OBLIGATIONS |
| doing something you are not yet ready for. Ascertain in your daily review, This or that factor | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| and therefore repressed. Each individual has to specifically ascertain in what particular respect of his or her | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| It is of utmost importance, my friends, to ascertain all your needs -- to what extent they | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| you have given them all a rightful place. Ascertain which particular needs cause you to feel guilty | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| needs cause you to feel guilty and ashamed. Ascertain which needs must remain unfulfilled due to your | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| your present activities and relationships in this light. Ascertain any possible overreaction, lingering or frequently recurring anxiety | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| determine the displacement. It is particularly important to ascertain to what degree you feel you ought not | 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION |
| begin to be aware of them. Try to ascertain to what extent and in what respect you | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| stronger than you think. It is important to ascertain it. Or have you arrived, at least in | 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES |
| meet and conquer this enemy is first to ascertain, admit, and articulate it. This approach will diminish | 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR |
| them, it is important to understand, and specifically ascertain, the unknown element about them. Then you have | 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR |
| cannot give up the false struggle. You must ascertain the tiny little voice which says no to | 131 INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPRESSION AND IMPRESSION |
| therefore is a dead-end street. You can also ascertain how you constantly fluctuate between the two equally | 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF |
| means -- after the above acknowledgements -- to ascertain why you endure your present situation. It is | 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY |
| subtle and elusive, that it is difficult to ascertain. Just because they are apparently so much in | 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY |
| are no more difficult to comprehend or to ascertain. The physical system contains an inherent healing force | 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION |
| doing together. Once this has happened, you can ascertain -- as some of you have begun to | 141 RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL OF PERFECTION |
| It means more than denial and failure to ascertain an inner state. Even this failure to ascertain | 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE |
| ascertain an inner state. Even this failure to ascertain may be subtle, for a state may be | 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE |
| to create it in reality. You have to ascertain how and why you are frightened of the | 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE |
| that may come your way. You have to ascertain that you feel more at ease when the | 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE |
| find this layer, to feel it, and to ascertain the condition you were in before you had | 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT |
| in this particular phase of your development, to ascertain the pleasurable aspect in your destructiveness. You must | 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT |
| degree pure pleasure must be rejected. When you ascertain in yourself that you fear and reject pleasure | 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT |
| thinking and willing faculties. It is easy to ascertain the truth of this statement when you ponder | 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF |
| this is a wonderful step. First of all, ascertain concisely what it is you are afraid of | 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT |
| on earth, who deserves very special privileges. To ascertain such a belief is difficult because your intellectual | 162 THREE LEVELS OF REALITY FOR INNER GUIDANCE |
| may come from dependent, self-alienating trends. Try to ascertain the desires behind each fear. This is my | 168 TWO BASIC WAYS OF LIFE: TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE CENTER |
| It is quite possible that you can first ascertain only the vague general feelings of self-disdain, without | 174 SELF-ESTEEM |
| burden is subtle and unpronounced. Once you can ascertain in full consciousness, I am afraid of pleasure | 177 PLEASURE -- THE FULL PULSATION OF LIFE |
| it with your intellect, but you cannot truly ascertain it within you until you use the consciousness | 189 SELF-IDENTIFICATION DETERMINED THROUGH STAGES OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| shows that no rules can be established to ascertain when an emotion is blocked out by knowledge | 190 IMPORTANCE OF EXPERIENCING ALL FEELINGS, INCLUDING FEAR - DYNAMIC STATE OF LAZINESS |
| They are integral manifestations in Creation. Once you ascertain the manner in which both principles express themselves | 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY |
| hardly news to you. You have yet to ascertain that the same holds true about consciousness. Consciousness | 217 THE PHENOMENON OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| path, no longer find it extremely difficult to ascertain where you do not want to assume self-responsibility | 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE |
| make the new women's movement truly meaningful, must ascertain within herself the part that has invited her | 229 WOMAN AND MAN IN THE NEW AGE |
| It may not happen. It is sufficient to ascertain no more than this voice, this word you | 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM |
| to love yourself, it is absolutely necessary to ascertain that you lack balance, that you are on | 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM |
| in security and without fear, unless you first ascertain that there is fear in you. For that | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| the principles of divine law. So, my friends, ascertain the exact nature of your inertia, and, even | 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA |
| the relief you resist most, that is, to ascertain the connections between the causes you set in | 249 THE PAIN OF INJUSTICE -- COSMIC RECORDS OF ALL EVENTS, DEEDS, EXPRESSIONS |