| what I have to give to God. This knowledge must be the material for further self-purification -- | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| further self-purification -- nothing less. And before this knowledge is made available, this attitude has to be | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| see into the soul to know how much knowledge this person can digest without shock, how the | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| behind, so to speak, a lot of His knowledge. In spite of this, He is so great | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| this, He is so great that considerably more knowledge remained with Him than with any other being | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| being. Still, the greatest, the last of His knowledge and light, He could not take with Him | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| you might say, the symbols -- of His knowledge, His glory and elatedness, which He could not | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| He left behind. And only then would full knowledge would come to Him again. The same principle | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the surroundings. Through this process some of the knowledge remains behind -- not all, but some. It | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| you may need for the morrow, or the knowledge that you may need for the morrow. This | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| inability in this or any other respect. The knowledge that you are still not giving up what | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| your lower nature -- and this is priceless knowledge on the path of purification. Go with this | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| a truly sincere desire. Therefore, rejoice in this knowledge, rejoice upward with a truly sincere desire. Rejoice | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| should meditate on these teachings, so that this knowledge may eventually grow from being superficial and intellectual | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| You should meditate on this daily until such knowledge becomes part of you and until you are | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| you learn to live with this truth and knowledge, you will conquer. Then you will meet your | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| will prevent your losing your hold on the knowledge. The written words in black and white can | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| yourself. Later on, when you have gained further knowledge about yourself and about your subconscious trends, you | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| able to combine certain factors of your first-found knowledge, provided it is clearly and concisely expressed. After | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| the latter case they at least had the knowledge and opportunity of seeing other means of reaching | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| the opposite of fear is love. But this knowledge in itself will not be sufficient for you | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| you have to have a great deal of knowledge, because this intellectual knowledge will be given to | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| a great deal of knowledge, because this intellectual knowledge will be given to you in one way | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| his views, and compare this with the spiritual knowledge you are gaining now, and see where this | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| you are gaining now, and see where this knowledge may be missing in him. Because of that | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| thought. But first think what lack of spiritual knowledge may be a hindrance for him now, then | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| Only by finding God will the light of knowledge be yours -- not necessarily general or abstract | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| be yours -- not necessarily general or abstract knowledge, for that is of lesser importance. It will | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| is of lesser importance. It will be personal knowledge. You will understand why you had to go | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| hope to do this by seeking general, abstract knowledge of God or by doing certain spiritual exercises | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| for God, you will have that experience. The knowledge, the certainty, and the reality which you will | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| then, paradoxically you can still only receive this knowledge if you are prepared to sacrifice for God | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| would not be sufficient reason, interesting as this knowledge may be. You should always get some practical | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| your emotions as well as in your superficial knowledge, and you will rechannel the wrongly used active | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| You will be surprised how much relief this knowledge alone will already bring you, provided you have | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| subterfuges. You will be relieved by the mere knowledge, for that will explain the mishaps of your | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| contrary to God's will, even without any metaphysical knowledge. In other cases, you may have to probe | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| there is blindness caused through lack of self- knowledge, and as long as people do not purify | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| the cycle of incarnations, to bring out the knowledge I can put through simply by the medium | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| human being's unconscious were so penetrated with such knowledge that merely going into a trance would suffice | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| at the same time you have the inner knowledge of your deeper being, the higher self that | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| very well that these wishes are unfulfillable. This knowledge creates fear, since the self-will is still demanding | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| spiritual worlds between incarnations is blotted out. If knowledge of the existence of spirits, the vast worlds | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| would be too easy. The highest treasure of knowledge must be fought for and paid for with | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| it, for it is the highest gift. If knowledge of your past lives and the beyond were | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| about what you are supposed to accomplish. Painful knowledge might be connected with it which you cannot | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| is asleep and your spirit is free; this knowledge remains in your unconscious and can affect you | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| Consciously, you have to fight for everything, for knowledge, as well as for spiritual development. By fighting | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| must indicate that some important piece of self- knowledge is still missing. For if it were not | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| that it is God's grace when this complete knowledge to which I do not even give the | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| of unconsciousness that a great part of its knowledge will only come back after life on earth | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| on earth has been completed; another part of knowledge will come back during earth life, but only | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| the answer. It is God's will that certain knowledge can only be given to a human being | 34 PREPARATION FOR REINCARNATION |
| the beginning. You have a considerable amount of knowledge in your brain that from our standpoint we | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| that from our standpoint we do not consider knowledge. The knowledge you have in your soul, knowledge | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| our standpoint we do not consider knowledge. The knowledge you have in your soul, knowledge that penetrates | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| knowledge. The knowledge you have in your soul, knowledge that penetrates your being through and through, forever | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| now. It will also give you a better knowledge of how much you continue to deviate from | 36 PRAYER |
| mind. As the personality grows up, your intellectual knowledge contradicts your emotional knowledge. You therefore push down | 38 IMAGES |
| grows up, your intellectual knowledge contradicts your emotional knowledge. You therefore push down the emotional knowledge until | 38 IMAGES |
| emotional knowledge. You therefore push down the emotional knowledge until it disappears from consciousness. The more emotional | 38 IMAGES |
| until it disappears from consciousness. The more emotional knowledge is hidden, the more potent the image becomes | 38 IMAGES |
| dissolve it, there are still cases where the knowledge of all the pertinent facts would be very | 38 IMAGES |
| image can often be successfully treated without the knowledge of its origin in a previous life. But | 38 IMAGES |
| previous life. But there are cases where the knowledge of the carry-over principle would be invaluable. In | 38 IMAGES |
| a new chain reaction. Or the person represses knowledge about the childhood incident but realizes intellectually that | 38 IMAGES |
| concerned with your next one. With some spiritual knowledge and some intuition about yourself, you shall be | 38 IMAGES |
| general understanding, my friends, if you impress this knowledge on your mind, it will be much easier | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| practical points of view. Work with the newly-found knowledge by reexperiencing the feelings it evokes. Then think | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| a deeper level and apply it to the knowledge you have found. This may not be easy | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| found out an important and significant piece of knowledge about your soul, nothing more is necessary. You | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| more is necessary. You can have the theoretical knowledge and still go right on reacting the same | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| it will become more remote, a merely theoretical knowledge in your brain, while underneath you go on | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| emotional reactions and wrong conclusions with your intellectual knowledge. Emotions are more habit-bound than outer tendencies; moreover | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| attention. You are so used to shoving uncomfortable knowledge into your subconscious that you cannot get rid | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| is the only possible way. Take the newly-found knowledge and view it from various angles. Pray and | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| meditate on the deeper level of this new knowledge rather than on the outer level on which | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| feel, and afraid to love. The outer intellectual knowledge you may gain through spiritual teachings may support | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| to justify itself and its image. With the knowledge you have gained since, you will now understand | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| of what you now know, although temporarily this knowledge sits only in your brain, and to wait | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| to wait until you become filled with this knowledge again. Be blessed, my dear ones. 40. MORE | 39 IMAGE-FINDING |
| is often confused with humility and repentance. This knowledge of what to expect, this healthy attitude, this | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| have brought over from former incarnations. The definite knowledge that a certain state is karmic would only | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| of my students asked: What is more important, knowledge in the form of general knowledge, science, knowledge | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| more important, knowledge in the form of general knowledge, science, knowledge of the universe, the manifested world | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| knowledge in the form of general knowledge, science, knowledge of the universe, the manifested world, or emotional | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| the universe, the manifested world, or emotional self- knowledge? Clearly, emotional self-knowledge is more important. But what | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| highest good without it being integrated with the knowledge of the manifested world. ANSWER: There are many | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| lead to the same spiritual reality as self- knowledge, no matter how much science may be abused | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| Could there be a person almost without manifested knowledge who could still reach into the highest sphere | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| you integrate your emotions with your superficial outer knowledge, if the latter follows a higher ethical line | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| may be incarnated with a certain amount of knowledge. Your present environment may offer you additional knowledge | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| knowledge. Your present environment may offer you additional knowledge. It is up to you what you do | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| use it on a superficial level? Then this knowledge will be gone after the outer subtle body | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| integrate your real self with this new outer knowledge for the purpose of development, then the knowledge | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| knowledge for the purpose of development, then the knowledge you are privileged to absorb in this environment | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| this liberation by outer means such as intellectual knowledge, or by outer events, whereby it cannot possibly | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| it finds and therefore will push this unpleasant knowledge into the unconscious and, because it feels guilty | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| will be sufficient. If, in certain instances, the knowledge of previous lives is good and helpful for | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| all aspects, and all of a sudden the knowledge will be there. And then you will not | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| even before you can dissolve it, the mere knowledge of it will make you free. That feeling | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| Jesus Christ died on the cross in full knowledge of his freely chosen fate. His life and | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| If you approach this particular search with the knowledge that your love, instead of weakening, must grow | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| all religions from that point of view. The knowledge of universal facts is a help and an | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| I would like to say this: Since all knowledge is contained within you, something of that truth | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| it is the adventure, the search for the knowledge of the other soul. This desire lives in | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| each other. Two developed souls, who have a knowledge of purification in their subconscious, though they may | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| you find yourself alone, you may, with this knowledge and this truth, repair the damage that you | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| purify unless you know yourself. And although self- knowledge is not always identical with purification, to a | 45 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS DESIRES |
| time. Most people with even a little spiritual knowledge know in a general way what this life | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| find out their deeper meaning. And with that knowledge you find the particular reason and purpose of | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| or her whole cycle of incarnations. That this knowledge can be brought forth is the result of | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| authority, as such, is an enemy force. The knowledge of all this will help you build the | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| remained a child. Because of your lack of knowledge and mature insight, the forces of evil could | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| through self-search and not to your intellectual surface knowledge. Try to apply all this to the recognitions | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| it means that you have not used this knowledge properly. You have not yet applied it to | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| completely. You have not made connections between this knowledge and other trends. You have not realized the | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| again, it means you have not used this knowledge to the full extent. The other obstacle to | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| Fatigue is a symptom that you are suppressing knowledge and recognitions from yourself. Let fatigue be an | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| an intellectual knowing, without emotionally reliving it, the knowledge will not help you. To repeat: if you | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| reaction will just be another piece of theoretical knowledge you have absorbed, entirely separated from your emotions | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| emotional tendencies, requirements, and desires from you conscious knowledge. You may know perfectly well, and even preach | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| in your emotions, still deviate from such intellectual knowledge. The discrepancy has to be made fully conscious | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| -- without being ashamed, and apply your conscious knowledge to them, catching yourself whenever you fall back | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| will give you confidence and the deep, absolute knowledge that you have nothing to fear. There is | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| how to evaluate it. The mere discovery and knowledge of the possible hidden selfish motive will show | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| Once experienced, it is easier to recapture the knowledge and then you can build on it. If | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| you know that the distortion is wrong, the knowledge is actually of no benefit. You will not | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| as such is sinful. Of course, lacking deeper knowledge, religions had to assert the sinfulness of sex | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| that your feelings seldom agree with your intellectual knowledge on this subject. Why not? Because as a | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| far as my -- or any spirit's -- knowledge of human language is concerned, I have this | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| I manifest, and through her mouth and physical knowledge -- language, for instance -- I express myself | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| in your work you can benefit from this knowledge. Let us now consider these principles separately in | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| Incidentally, do not try to force this new knowledge into your work. Remain aware of it, think | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| work. Remain aware of it, think about it. Knowledge has to grow naturally, never forcefully. Cultivation of | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| the awareness without pressure will eventually make this knowledge really yours. Then you will verify what I | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| properly assimilated and come to terms with the knowledge you have gained, the happier the times of | 55 THREE COSMIC PRINCIPLES: THE EXPANDING, THE RESTRICTING, AND THE STATIC PRINCIPLES |
| in the deepest regions of your being. Superficial knowledge is not enough. Yes, there is also personal | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| explore the unconscious, you have to dig for knowledge so completely out of reach that you do | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| hold true tomorrow, when you have gained additional knowledge, not only generally speaking, but also about yourself | 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE |
| them and come to terms with them, your knowledge of them persists. You cannot eradicate that. So | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| are one above a certain level. A vague knowledge of this still exists in the superconscious memory | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| inner perception -- not that of the outer knowledge. Again I say, you never think these thoughts | 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS |
| such. Increased awareness will bring out all the knowledge that is within yourself, and this includes knowledge | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| knowledge that is within yourself, and this includes knowledge that is given to you during sleep. Only | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| during sleep. Only by understanding yourself can given knowledge be fruitful. Otherwise, at best, it will have | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| a condition in which you are open to knowledge coming from within yourself is created naturally. Instruction | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| without being aware as to how this new knowledge came to you, will be that sometime after | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |