Next Section   Home   

Previous Section

 
 Loss........................82
earthly catastrophe can ever be. Compared to the loss of spiritual life, the loss of earthly life 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES
Compared to the loss of spiritual life, the loss of earthly life means nothing. Cause and effect 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES
does not make any difference. Due to his loss of memory and his failure to believe what 18 FREE WILL
in the first stages, will be at a loss. Not knowing why he or she has to 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS
medicine regardless of the fact that sorrow and loss may follow due to other psychological factors. However 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX
but you will not be affected by the loss in the same way. A similar relationship exists 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS
for anything. This may leave you at a loss. Also, you expect to find something staggering. Yes 56 CAPACITY TO WISH -- HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY MOTIVES IN DESIRE
doing or getting what you compulsively need, the loss will seem out of all proportion. Intellectually you 59 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
a book called Cosmic Consciousness. It says, The loss of the sense of sin is one of 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
that makes your illusion impossible to maintain. The loss of your illusion causes an all-black view in 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
or, not receiving it, to discover that the loss is not half as tragic as the child 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
which may be inconvenient means acceptance of reality, loss of your fear of loving, and the cultivation 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING
to have which include both a fear of loss and fear of the unknown. This again ties 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING
pleasure drive. In that sense death also means loss, change, and the unknown that may actually contain 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
degree that you desire. You say, Death, or loss, is unavoidable anyway, so I might just as 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
still there and it can cause disease, accident, loss, and outer failure in many ways. When you 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE
greatness in that you can admit defeat without loss of dignity. This very attitude actually brings dignity 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION
one would seem a major personal disaster, a loss of face, another will not experience as such 85 DISTORTIONS OF THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION
insecure, frightened, and restless, you are at a loss. You feel worse because now you do not 87 THE NEXT PHASE ON THE PATH; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
of all, there will be no sense of loss, of giving up something precious. Neither will you 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS
of another person may indeed feel at a loss to understand even remotely what I am talking 92 REPRESSED NEEDS - RELINQUISHING BLIND NEEDS - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REACTIONS
manifests in pity. QUESTION: It is more the loss that I feel than identification. ANSWER: It is 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
your emotions. The quality of the pain of loss does not contain the fear, bitterness, self-pity, struggle 94 SIN AND NEUROSIS -- UNIFYING THE INNER SPLIT
in addition to healthy grief. But if the loss is felt as painful without a feeling of 95 SELF-ALIENATION AND THE WAY BACK TO THE REAL SELF
overactivity comes from the same root as energy loss and is only a superimposition. It is your 96 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; COMMENTS ON LAZINESS AS SYMPTOM OF SELF-ALIENATION
submissiveness that is born out of fear of loss or disapproval -- will you derive and give 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
acceptance of lack of perfection conducive to a loss of ambition for further development? ANSWER: Not at 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
kind of daydreaming as well as other considerations. Loss of conscious desires, wishes and goals, or hopelessness 98 WISHFUL DAYDREAMS
it. Let us take the example of the loss of a beloved person through death. If you 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
-- your feeling is due purely to this loss. Here is something you cannot change; you know 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
being. When you are depressed due to the loss of a beloved person, there are in you 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
you attribute that to the legitimate pain of loss. Thus you have shifted your emotions and used 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
or what have you -- or whether the loss has merely triggered off some unresolved, festering inner 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
the unhealthy state of depression. The example of loss through death is purposely a crass one. There 106 SADNESS VERSUS DEPRESSION -- RELATIONSHIP
a pretense. It goes further than that. One's loss of identity, due to self-alienation, makes a pretense 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
reaction of fright, or anxiety, or feelings of loss, or merely the unwillingness to look further in 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
as a disadvantage and sacrifice and therefore as loss of self. He also fears having to let 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
lack of actual or irrational protection, by the loss of others. Just because these considerations are not 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
or seems, endangered, or whether you fear the loss of others. Fear of coping with life can 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
with life can manifest as fear of the loss of a loved one. And so can fear 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
outer event -- be it rejection, criticism, or loss -- can cause suffering, one is in illusion 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
are unhappy at the moment because of a loss or disturbance. Nevertheless, peace comes into you when 126 CONTACT WITH THE LIFE FORCE
fear of risk, fear of change, fear of loss, fear of the unknown, fear of pain, fear 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING
the soul movements, and consequently the greater the loss of the final control over destiny. The tight 130 FINDING TRUE ABUNDANCE BY GOING THROUGH YOUR FEAR
flexibility should exist, as well as a helpless loss of self where resilient firmness should prevail. The 134 THE CONCEPT OF EVIL
guilt, more pretense, more neurosis, and therefore more loss of healthy control over that in you which 136 THE ILLUSORY FEAR OF THE SELF
and to contribute, does not therefore imply a loss of control. You are in the true sense 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
individuality. Yet only in a negative context does loss of control lead to death or to a 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
of control lead to death or to a loss of power over oneself. Ultimately mental disturbance is 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
are to life, then you will not fear loss of control because loss of ego-control will lead 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
you will not fear loss of control because loss of ego-control will lead to more control in 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
on to control must finally lead to the loss of control. All great spiritual truths seem contradictory 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
on how holding on to control leads to loss of control? ANSWER: When the conflict exists because 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
guards them from life must lead to a loss of control, to an inability to cope, in 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
you fear losing yourself without the ego faculties. Loss of ego means death to you because you 142 THE LONGING FOR AND THE FEAR OF HAPPINESS -- THE FEAR OF RELEASING THE LITTLE EGO
rightness. Any way you turn you find death, loss, annihilation. The harder you fight for and against 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
upset. You feel inwardly threatened and at a loss. Outwardly, even the apparently desirable aspects of your 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING
not cry over something that is actually no loss at all. Nor will you be misled into 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING
it should, even must, be! For the actual loss or absence of a desired good hurts much 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING
much less when one does not see this loss or absence as a negative sign. But when 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING
be, things would not happen this way, the loss is much more painful. When, instead, you see 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING
results in the conflict of submission and slavery, loss of dignity for the sake of giving in 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE
be any fear of losing yourself, because such loss of self will be experienced as bringing you 148 POSITIVITY AND NEGATIVITY: ONE ENERGY CURRENT
body, you might be endangered, particularly by the loss of your genitals. This misconception occurs frequently, which 150 SELF-LIKING: THE CONDITION FOR UNIVERSAL STATE OF BLISS
more threatening than the negative ones regarding the loss of control and individuality. The fear may exist 153 THE SELF-REGULATING NATURE OF INVOLUNTARY PROCESSES
happiness that knows no fear of ending or loss or unwelcome byproducts. It is the kind of 158 THE EGO'S COOPERATION WITH OR OBSTRUCTION OF THE REAL SELF
on the scale does not warrant self-deprivation. Each loss will soon be discovered to be illusory. Increasingly 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS
a spirit of trusting expectation, your necessary momentary loss will soon turn out to be a gain 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS
your fear, tightness of centers, and sense of loss. Then the life forces will bubble and surge 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS
tangible life experiences and you feel at a loss, believing that what life brings is totally independent 175 CONSCIOUSNESS: FASCINATION WITH CREATION
changes and objectively traumatic events -- wars, revolution, loss of fortune and home, illness. Yet you may 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS
lives, bunched up in stronger episodes. Utter darkness, loss, pain, and confusion alternate with heights of golden 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS
personality. This limitation is, of course, a terrible loss. Not being aware of that within which is 184 THE MEANING OF EVIL AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE
present state, your fear of pain -- the loss becomes a tragedy and not a predictable stage 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES
you and others means in terms of the loss of love and also the pain of guilt 202 PSYCHIC INTERACTION OF NEGATIVITY
letting others be, even if this means a loss at the moment. Let go in trust and 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD
show your feelings, the consequences may incur the loss of that person whom you need and are 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW
this case, confrontation -- and/or risk the possible loss of the loved one. You hope to avoid 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW
commitment to all of the self, hence increasing loss of fear of self, trust in self, trust 218 THE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS
anxiety, the feeling of being at a total loss. For you truly confront a wall which you 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE
happiness, and when you do lose it, the loss -- like the previous happy state -- has 235 THE ANATOMY OF CONTRACTION
to feel more secure and less afraid of loss. Now it is very important, my friends, that 240 ASPECTS OF THE ANATOMY OF LOVE: SELF-LOVE, STRUCTURE, FREEDOM

Next Section   Home   

Top of Section