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| difficult to muster a daily discipline, then, after asking for help, search into yourself to find what | 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE |
| have no concept for it. Therefore I am asking you to try to feel into the meaning | 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES |
| are blessed in God. Go in peace. 7. ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS Greetings in the | 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS |
| is right, monetary compensation will be forthcoming without asking for it. The training period of three to | 9 PRAYER AND MEDITATION -- THE LORD'S PRAYER |
| one to know that? ANSWER: For example, by asking the help of your spirit friends, if you | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| by the proper meditation about self-honesty, then by asking yourself why it is so difficult. If you | 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD |
| the thou instead of the I and by asking God to give you the full vision of | 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION |
| you have to do is to think of asking God for His help. Many people say wonderful | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| and poetic words, but they seldom think of asking for help with their immediate spiritual problems. This | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| would be the wrong and immature way of asking. But if you ask the right way, trying | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| If you do this faithfully for a while, asking God for inspiration, help and strength, you will | 21 THE FALL |
| rather than taking time away from them by asking such questions, you will offer a gift to | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| ANSWER: Not necessarily. QUESTION: That's why I was asking, whether this can be avoided. ANSWER: Certainly. He | 23 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| direction and have to alter the direction by asking yourself about yourself and giving yourself extremely honest | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| the desire has to be wholehearted, not just asking God once perfunctorily. You must be filled with | 24 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| in brotherhood, in humility, and in detached understanding. Asking others about your faults may not always be | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| no God, I am not risking anything by asking, for then I cannot receive an answer from | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| will understand and help you, provided you are asking for this help and willing to trust Him | 28 COMMUNICATION WITH GOD -- DAILY REVIEW |
| issue, you will seldom find an answer by asking whether the action you contemplate is right or | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| ANSWER: This is a good question you are asking, my child, and I will answer you. Though | 30 SELF-WILL, PRIDE AND FEAR |
| you can give stronger doses of truth, always asking for inspiration and guidance. If you do that | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| If you pray to God in your disappointment, asking Him, Father, help me find out what it | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| for all to join together in sincere prayer asking for divine guidance, inspiration, and enlightenment. We have | 35 TURNING TO GOD |
| that happens from the viewpoint of spiritual development, asking God for help and understanding. You may have | 36 PRAYER |
| in the spirit of the real truth-seeker by asking: What is actually going on in me? then | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| When you think of some of your life-experiences, asking What could I possibly have had to do | 41 IMAGES: THE DAMAGE THEY DO |
| facetiously? QUESTION: No, I do not. I am asking whether polygamy is within the scheme of spiritual | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| message did not deal with the question of asking the advice or the opinion of other people | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| your meditation and pray in your own words, asking God to help you to become aware of | 47 THE WALL WITHIN |
| such instances you must deliberate and weigh carefully, asking God for enlightenment about which decision will bring | 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE |
| have opinions that you have accepted ready-made, without asking yourself whether they were really yours, and why | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| drawn. You can find the line only by asking yourself, checking your emotions, analyzing them for their | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| and not to go about making decisions without asking God for help. When you ask for guidance | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| that, you can take the next step by asking yourself why that negative tendency exists in you | 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE |
| that by investigating some of your reactions and asking yourself what they truly mean, when you come | 60 THE ABYSS OF ILLUSION -- FREEDOM AND SELF-RESPONSIBILITY |
| irresponsibility, but it is the very opposite. By asking this question, it is evident that for you | 63 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| really much rather do the selfish act. When asking yourself why, the answer will be that you | 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS |
| for another person can be formulated in words asking that the other person receive guidance, inspiration, and | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| But many of you may feel it about asking another human being for a favor. Basically it | 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| to you? Genuine, mature love is loving without asking. Is it mature to go on loving someone | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| of discovery, may produce a paralysis to prevent asking questions. It is as though the resisting psyche | 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| you pursue this self-questioning to the point of asking, Why do I want this? Why do I | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| a belief in life after death? I'm not asking about whether there is life after death. ANSWER | 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS |
| not true that prayer and turning to God, asking for help, is of great assistance to us | 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS |
| must continue bringing further hidden errors to light. Asking Why do I feel that way? will always | 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF |
| not necessary that you approach this decision by asking yourself which is which, because as long as | 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION |
| has disappeared. Accept also your still existing aggressiveness, asking yourself whether it is not a distortion of | 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS |
| how do these revisions take place? Begin by asking yourself: What were they really like? Try to | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| by strengthening and fortifying your will, and by asking in prayer and meditation to see the truth | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| productive life. It is right there for the asking, so much closer than you think. All you | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| to the old prayer of begging for help, asking God to do for him what he used | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| of being; that can be yours for the asking. You have a key now. Use it! Be | 105 HUMANITY'S RELATIONSHIP TO GOD IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT |
| each individual soul. They are yours for the asking. It is often sad for us to notice | 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF |
| well as what remains to be done, by asking yourself in what respect you now understand your | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| a visualization; how it seems that you are asking too much, despite the actual childish overdemanding that | 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE |
| on the way, you are almost there. With asking this question, and the light that flickered in | 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES |
| and others, look at your naked feelings by asking yourself what you expect of the other, what | 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN |
| tackling them as they barricade the way; of asking for help; of cultivating one's inner will to | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| squandering happiness that is all yours for the asking. You do not have to choose -- as | 125 TRANSITION FROM THE NO-CURRENT TO THE YES-CURRENT |
| Then mature self-responsibility and entrusting oneself to God, asking for His help, become one and the same | 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE |
| life. And this life is yours for the asking. The courageous steps all of you undertake here | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| you of it, you can do something by asking yourself the pertinent questions and subsequently finding the | 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT |
| to reach far enough into your own depths, asking: What did I create and what does it | 159 LIFE MANIFESTATION REFLECTS DUALISTIC ILLUSION |
| principle, my friends, and proceed from here on, asking yourself a number of questions, what will happen | 164 FURTHER ASPECTS OF POLARITY -- SELFISHNESS |
| there, constantly ready to be used for the asking. But as long as you enclose yourself within | 174 SELF-ESTEEM |
| others have to say in an honest way, asking but one thing, Is this a truth? Could | 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE |
| its best. You may begin each meditation by asking yourself, What do I really feel at this | 182 PROCESS OF MEDITATION (MEDITATION FOR THREE VOICES: EGO, LOWER SELF, HIGHER SELF) |
| to the lower, destructive part of the self, asking it to manifest and express itself. Subsequently, you | 194 MEDITATION: LAWS AND VARIOUS APPROACHES-SUMMARY (MEDITATION AS POSITIVE LIFE CREATION) |
| are endless and they are yours for the asking. However, important as it is to discover the | 195 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SPIRITUAL SELF TO OVERCOME NEGATIVE INTENTIONALITY |
| and effect. Once again, my friends, begin by asking yourselves: in what respect are you unhappy and | 200 THE COSMIC FEELING |
| exists? You can gauge it easily by simply asking, Where am I still unhappy? Where am I | 200 THE COSMIC FEELING |
| answer, and you can explore yourself further by asking, What do I contribute to this situation? How | 200 THE COSMIC FEELING |
| attentive to your inner movements, again and again asking for inner guidance, you will awaken and develop | 200 THE COSMIC FEELING |
| inspiration will direct you. Always work with meditation, asking for guidance and inspiration. This practice of making | 203 INTERPENETRATION OF THE DIVINE LIGHT SPARK INTO THE OUTER REGIONS - MIND EXERCISES |
| You can then take the next step by asking yourself, Is there no other possibility? Is this | 216 CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INCARNATORY PROCESS AND THE LIFE TASK |
| want to suggest here a very specific meditation, asking to contact the highest forces within and around | 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM |
| and intervention, by turning to Jesus Christ and asking for his personal presence and help, can you | 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA |
| subtle nature, for many years. All I am asking you now is to open yourselves up to | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |
| to new considerations and possibilities; I am not asking you to accept my words blindly. If my | 246 TRADITION: ITS DIVINE AND DISTORTED ASPECTS |
| and hostile. The hostility existed, but instead of asking themselves how they contributed to it and taking | 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY |
| by justifying their actions, and by not ever asking the crucial question, Could it be that He | 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY |