| Languages...................15 | |
| the spirits learn language? And can they use languages not known to the medium? ANSWER: I will | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| in the spirit world do not use human languages among each other, of course. They do not | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| that is our language. We spirits only learn languages for very definite and good purposes. In other | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| beings, we need the knowledge of your human languages, not only in connection with mediumship. When a | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| in our way and that even applies to languages. How that applies is impossible for you to | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| So it is easier for us to learn languages than it is for human beings. As far | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| to it too, using the word tongues for languages -- that a language is spoken through a | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| must distinguish between the two kinds of picture languages. The one you experience in dreams only appears | 76 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures) |
| these contradictions, which can be symbolized as different languages, you do not understand yourself. Chaos comes into | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| inner problems exist in different groups, nations, religions, languages. All of them are symbolic of the inner | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| is always the effect. Whether you examine nations, languages and religions, or atmospheric conditions, it makes no | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| barrier among peoples is not the difference of languages. You can see that the difference of languages | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| languages. You can see that the difference of languages on earth is indeed a symbol of something | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| You do not have this distinction in all languages. However, for many other trends or qualities only | 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT |
| than the knowledge of a dozen foreign earth languages. The work of this path is manifold. We | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| Lap.........................4 | |
| that you should put your hands in your lap and not do anything, but that you say | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| not even have to support them in your lap any more. They will lift by their own | 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH |
| and the beyond were just put into your lap either by retention of memory or other means | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| you cannot sit with your hands in your lap, waiting for things to change, instead of changing | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| Largest.....................6 | |
| In spirit, however, the smallest is also the largest. For you this is difficult to comprehend, but | 10 MALE AND FEMALE INCARNATIONS: THEIR RHYTHMS AND CAUSES |
| individual life situation as well as to the largest scale of world government. How can all this | 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS |
| deep meaning in your own existence, from the largest issues to the most mundane and seemingly insignificant | 243 THE GREAT EXISTENTIAL FEAR AND LONGING |
| human life takes form. It exists on the largest social scale and on the smallest, most temporary | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |
| the way to truth in the smallest and largest issues, in personal and impersonal issues. This way | 248 THREE PRINCIPLES OF THE FORCES OF EVIL -- PERSONIFICATION OF EVIL |
| of life all exist in smallest and in largest measures, based on the same creative conditions and | 255 THE BIRTHING PROCESS -- COSMIC PULSE |
| Lasting.....................31 | |
| make you really happy. You could not build lasting happiness; it would have to dissolve. Only when | 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS |
| own faults. Indirect influence is always effective and lasting. Example is always more convincing than words, persuasion | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| is ever in vain. These are the only lasting values which will never fade; they will be | 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE |
| for which we have paid the price, brings lasting happiness. It cannot be otherwise. QUESTION: How can | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| spiritual or emotional growth. Shortcuts never have any lasting effect and are therefore always a farce. Shortcuts | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| They are very effective, very quick, but never lasting. Slow growth and development, however, are in accordance | 13 POSITIVE THINKING: THE RIGHT AND THE WRONG KIND |
| of the problem. That will be the only lasting success -- the only one, my dear! If | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| of events until the new discovery makes its lasting impression. When a child finds out that what | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| are waiting to regenerate you with a very lasting effect. Let them flow into you, my dear | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| deeper and stronger a conviction is, the more lasting and substantial are these forms. They exist in | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| not say that it does not. But how lasting and how satisfying the result is will depend | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| being part of the personality cannot have a lasting effect. There are many other ways, methods, systems | 67 QUESTION AND ANSWERS |
| and feel their reality. May they have a lasting effect. May you continue to grow, as you | 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| self-recognitions that one has accepted fully. QUESTION: Isn't lasting improvement also a yardstick? ANSWER: Yes. What I | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| ANSWER: Yes. What I said before leads to lasting improvement. Such lasting improvement is bound to come | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| I said before leads to lasting improvement. Such lasting improvement is bound to come if such an | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| one's obstructions and finally resolving them. To expect lasting improvement simply because you have had such an | 91 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| imprinted in the soul that is productive and lasting, long after the superficial layers of the mind | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| and general improvements exist in a genuine and lasting way exactly to the degree that man has | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| manner of speaking. It will not leave a lasting mark other than the benefit of increased understanding | 111 SOUL-SUBSTANCE -- COPING WITH DEMANDS |
| just in outer gestures, it must have a lasting effect on your psyche and the direction of | 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE |
| step means a substantial and significant growth of lasting value, of lasting impact. Be blessed, all of | 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE |
| substantial and significant growth of lasting value, of lasting impact. Be blessed, all of you! Receive the | 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE |
| -- you must begin to experience genuine and lasting relief. I want you to work along these | 139 DEADENING OF THE LIVE CENTER THROUGH MISINTERPRETATION OF REALITY |
| science, all great inventions, all truly enriching and lasting values emanate from the inner being, as do | 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO |
| that comes from this extended understanding is of lasting value. It affects your self-realization and your daily | 143 UNITY AND DUALITY |
| never really does so in a genuine and lasting way. QUESTION: But wouldn't contact give strength to | 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY |
| that is really worthwhile, meaningful and fulfilling, of lasting value, can ever be a product of ego | 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES |
| unreal issues. When discovery does not lead to lasting relief, change, and greater inner and outer freedom | 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS |
| short-lived pleasure. The pleasure will be deeper, more lasting, and totally free of guilt when you combine | 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| and security, peace and pleasure, becomes deeper, longer lasting, and less fraught with subsequent fearful contraction. You | 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD |
| Lastingly...................3 | |
| only endeavor on your part that can truly, lastingly be successful. Receive these special forces, all of | 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY |
| Otherwise they will not be successful, that is, lastingly and profoundly successful. If the human heart does | 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| fact. Outer reforms, regardless how efficient, will work lastingly only when more people do what I advise | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| Late........................13 | |
| more harmful than if it were heard too late. Yes, my friends, this is so! On the | 20 GOD: THE CREATION |
| the course of one's life, sometimes even quite late. For all that there is a good reason | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| it has to be done. No matter how late you think it is, it is never too | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| you think it is, it is never too late. Whatever you accomplish on this earth will have | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| of this life, for it is never too late and always well worth the effort! Your remaining | 38 IMAGES |
| your life in vain. It is never too late to begin. Many of you are filled with | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| your present emotions, that it is never too late. The same factors, if transposed into healthy currents | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| and treat the cause before it is too late. The same mechanism applies to your soul life | 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS |
| the process of my work, I have, of late, occasionally felt the need to give love, and | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| if the detection of the no-current happened too late, the person will still know that other ways | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| and also the knowledge that it is too late. ANSWER: You see, you have discovered here a | 124 THE LANGUAGE OF THE UNCONSCIOUS |
| courage to acknowledge this longing, no matter how late in life, and then begin by allowing for | 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING |
| infinite space of creation. This causes a slow, late and organic deterioration of the body. When the | 216 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INCARNATORY PROCESS AND THE LIFE TASK |
| Latent......................6 | |
| your freedom. Then you have to unfold your latent inner perfection. When you have clearly crystallized your | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| the way only truth can. It will liberate latent powers and healing forces for your body and | 21 THE FALL |
| thing: Where bondage exists -- whether manifest or latent -- a certain amount of masochism and sadism | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| while they are not really there, but are latent in some degree without being manifested. These are | 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS |
| will manifest. The less it exists, the more latent the creativity will be. In such cases, the | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| using indulgence and permissiveness to compensate for their latent hostility. Conforming to the new rules may outwardly | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |