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quick to answer and quite distinct and often loud. The only way for a person to determine 11 SELF-KNOWLEDGE -- THE GREAT PLAN -- THE SPIRIT WORLD
do not have to do it in a loud voice. Explain certain things that you are learning 27 ESCAPE POSSIBLE ALSO ON THE PATH
words, sufficient, or does formulation and verbalization in loud words make prayer more effective? ANSWER: Silent prayer 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
shrieking for attention. The earth sphere produces this loud noise for us. When we approach your plane 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE
approach your plane, all souls send forth this loud calling and clamoring, inaudible to your ears. But 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE
us. The voice of the soul is a loud one. All emotions produce sounds, but the loud 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE
loud one. All emotions produce sounds, but the loud voice claiming self-importance does not produce a very 57 THE MASS IMAGE OF SELF-IMPORTANCE
signals for something unattended to. They are a loud message for those who can hear it. The 180 THE SPIRITUAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIP
yourself, become calm and receptive, quiet the busy, loud mind. Start with the premise that there is 200 THE COSMIC FEELING
word, whether the word is spoken with a loud voice or spoken in silence with an inner 232 BEING VALUES VERSUS APPEARANCE VALUES -- SELF-IDENTIFICATION
so. You can say a word with a loud voice or silently, and the silent word is 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD
to listen to it more than to the loud clamoring of the other voice, which never wants 256 INNER SPACE, FOCUSED EMPTINESS
 
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obey it because your compulsive conscience speaks too loudly. This voice says, I am too guilty. I 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
of feelings is a strong, grasping forcing current, loudly proclaiming, I want! In order to get what 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
you who have encountered the tense nucleus which loudly claims, I want will feel my words; you 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
is completely overlooked, no matter how clearly and loudly it speaks through a person's sexual inclinations, whether 207 THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY
result of those words you speak -- sometimes loudly, without knowing what you say and why you 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD
earth sphere with signs, with symbols which say loudly and clearly that nothing is ever lost, that 258 PERSONAL CONTACT WITH JESUS CHRIST-POSITIVE AGGRESSION-REAL MEANING OF SALVATION
 
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spirit. When seeing a beautiful flower or a lovable little animal you believe that they exist only 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES
attitude that is bound to make you less lovable. If you were to give up this wrong 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
he or she is not good enough or lovable enough. When you think and feel that way 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
emotionally, you experience yourself as wonderful, good, perfect, lovable, faultless. In the second case, a little criticism 90 MORALIZING -- DISPROPORTIONATE REACTIONS -- NEEDS
originally deduced that if he had been more lovable, his mother would have given him more of 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
defense mechanisms to preserve your status as a lovable human being. You use such heavy fighting equipment 101 THE DEFENSE
ability to love will make you feel more lovable and so you will be able to say 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING
appearing less in the eyes of others, less lovable and respectable, inviting belittlement and humiliation. Find how 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES
struggle. People believe that in order to be lovable and honorable they must never be wrong. This 198 TRANSITION TO POSITIVE INTENTIONALITY
have more, but they are not any more lovable or loved than you are. Allow yourself to 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN
Allow yourself to know that you are very lovable to God. And God is within you. Within 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN
important thing is that you know you are lovable even if you are naughty, even if you 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN
belief is that you would no longer be lovable if this or that negativity were indeed true 247 THE MASS IMAGES OF JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY
 
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bring you God's blessings. My dear friends, God's love penetrates the entire creation. It is a living 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS
are in search of this powerful beam of love, whether consciously or unconsciously. The longing to feel 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS
consciously or unconsciously. The longing to feel this love drives, pulls, spurs humans and spirits. They will 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS
and their messages will be translated correctly. The love for God, the longing for God, is the 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS
get quite close to you -- though divine love is always close by, watching that everything goes 2 DECISIONS AND TESTS
the spiritual laws within yourself, and learn to love, you will get closer to your fellow humans 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE
other qualities, whether it is the capacity to love, to have tolerance, kindliness, or anything else. And 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE
I do want what is good, I do love God. And I will take the time and 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE
taken upon himself for you, out of his love. All those who meditate and reflect upon these 3 CHOOSING YOUR DESTINY -- THE WILL TO CHANGE
life of a human being. As a consequence love does not come back to them in the 4 WORLD WEARINESS
often that human beings are indeed yearning for love and are even willing to give love, yet 4 WORLD WEARINESS
for love and are even willing to give love, yet only on condition that they are loved 4 WORLD WEARINESS
and that must block the stream of genuine love, having a contrary direction. The blocking goes against 4 WORLD WEARINESS
own self so seriously, you can give your love freely. Then your love is pristine and unadulterated 4 WORLD WEARINESS
you can give your love freely. Then your love is pristine and unadulterated, because the thou, with 4 WORLD WEARINESS
even that individuals who fit this description cannot love at all. There may be a few people 4 WORLD WEARINESS
around them to whom they reveal all their love. Yet they will not be able to avoid 4 WORLD WEARINESS
in respect to those few beloved people, their love would not be concentrated on just a small 4 WORLD WEARINESS
they would reach out with a fully committed love, not afraid of taking risks, even to the 4 WORLD WEARINESS
behind, except in very rare cases. Naturally, your love would be different toward each individual, because you 4 WORLD WEARINESS
otherwise. You know also from experience that your love for your mother is different from your love 4 WORLD WEARINESS
love for your mother is different from your love for your mate, that your love for your 4 WORLD WEARINESS
from your love for your mate, that your love for your sister or brother is different from 4 WORLD WEARINESS
your sister or brother is different from your love for your child, your love for your father 4 WORLD WEARINESS
different from your love for your child, your love for your father different from your love for 4 WORLD WEARINESS
your love for your father different from your love for a friend, and it even differs from 4 WORLD WEARINESS
to friend. There are so many varieties of love currents, and they all have substance and form 4 WORLD WEARINESS
a wide variety. And the human capacity to love would be large enough to produce all the 4 WORLD WEARINESS
would not stand in the way. When you love someone very much, you often have the vague 4 WORLD WEARINESS
feeling that then you must be taking some love away from someone else whom you may want 4 WORLD WEARINESS
from someone else whom you may want to love even more, and you have the same feeling 4 WORLD WEARINESS
you have the same feeling about someone else's love for you; it seems as if one person 4 WORLD WEARINESS
to be shortchanged in favor of another as love is being shared. Yet genuine, healthy love is 4 WORLD WEARINESS
as love is being shared. Yet genuine, healthy love is indivisible; it never diminishes. The more love 4 WORLD WEARINESS
love is indivisible; it never diminishes. The more love you generate, the more it multiplies itself. I 4 WORLD WEARINESS
loves more, never less. How can genuine, healthy love be attained? Not by trying to force yourself 4 WORLD WEARINESS
attained? Not by trying to force yourself to love; this does not work. It can be reached 4 WORLD WEARINESS
made the first step toward attaining true, genuine love, and thus also toward lifting the feelings of 4 WORLD WEARINESS
in this respect. When people concentrate all their love on one person, and they do this in 4 WORLD WEARINESS
is not healthy in this area, then the love for this one person will weaken them. They 4 WORLD WEARINESS
They may be so afraid to lose the love of the other that they cannot be true 4 WORLD WEARINESS
that self-debasement is the sign of real, great love; however, they are deceiving themselves. Others are so 4 WORLD WEARINESS
completely off from too strong feelings. When you love in a healthy and genuine way, you never 4 WORLD WEARINESS
you will perceive the difference. Those who can love in a genuine way without being afraid that 4 WORLD WEARINESS
own integrity out of fear of losing the love of their beloveds. They may be disappointed, but 4 WORLD WEARINESS
but they will not be unduly humiliated. Real love will never make you lose your dignity; you 4 WORLD WEARINESS
you respect and not humiliation or exploitation. Healthy love will open your eyes instead of making you 4 WORLD WEARINESS
to the fulfillment of your own wishes. Genuine love is healthy, and as such free from masochistic 4 WORLD WEARINESS
-- is a major obstacle to attaining real love; and fear can be present only when you 4 WORLD WEARINESS
and fear can be present only when you love yourself too much in some respect, when you 4 WORLD WEARINESS
will happen to them if they let themselves love. Fear covers your eyes with a heavy veil 4 WORLD WEARINESS
You can neither see yourself nor others. Genuine love is not blind, for it can come only 4 WORLD WEARINESS
the right way, while the wrong kind of love is weak and weakening, and will thus make 4 WORLD WEARINESS
in the wrong way. As I said, real love creates a natural dignity very different from false 4 WORLD WEARINESS
One part of the soul wants to give love -- and therefore also to receive love. Whatever 4 WORLD WEARINESS
give love -- and therefore also to receive love. Whatever you give comes back to you as 4 WORLD WEARINESS
life because you do not want to give love, out of anxiety and over-sensitivity, then you must 4 WORLD WEARINESS
that you will stay solitary and will lack love. Certain joys and satisfactions must then be given 4 WORLD WEARINESS
out. When as a consequence the longing for love, fulfillment, light, brotherhood and fusion with another being 4 WORLD WEARINESS
to find the way out. Even when people love God and want the good, they so often 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE
always show you how, in what form, your love and knowledge and happiness can be passed on 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE
of its components that a person may desire: love, strength, health, freedom -- everything. Whatever one wants 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE
overthrown. God's laws were created in wisdom and love, and those who revolt against them out of 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE
it to a stranger or to someone I love, or to a relative? If I can only 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE
do the most good. If you follow your love feelings, you would certainly give it to the 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE
would certainly give it to the person you love most. Such a choice however might easily be 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE
is this: When you yearn for happiness and love, fill yourselves with thoughts about how you can 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE
yourselves how much you want happiness, harmony, light, love, freedom. Then see that until now, in your 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE
means to make others happier, to give and love more. If you have such an intention, the 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE
To make other people joyful, to give them love, warmth, consolation, and deep understanding when they are 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE
a deep inner commitment to purify yourselves, to love better, understand and help others. Whoever can awaken 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE
that everyone has is a sick and shortsighted love, while God's love for you is a clean 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES
is a sick and shortsighted love, while God's love for you is a clean, strong, healthy love 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES
love for you is a clean, strong, healthy love, and therefore a more farsighted and benevolent love 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES
love, and therefore a more farsighted and benevolent love, intent on giving you the best. What God 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES
the development, the more will the band of love which ties one soul to the other become 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES
that we are bound to each other by love. All who are connected with this band of 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES
All who are connected with this band of love will feel the other's pain with the same 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES
steps are reached, the feeling of brotherhood, of love, of at-oneness with the Thou, every Thou, is 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES
its own in ever-increasing freedom, light, understanding, and love. So you can see the kernel of truth 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES
also be no contact with others, whether in love or otherwise. And it is not only that 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES
it is not only that the bond of love will remain between you and those who were 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES
what is achieved through your spiritual development -- love, understanding, and so on -- can never be 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES
every respect, be it a personal spiritual experience, love for your neighbor or compassion, or whatever. Imagine 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES
taking a path of self-search and discipline, of love and humility, in order to establish contact with 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES
that many people believe themselves spiritual because they love the arts or because they pursue intellectual interests 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES
or because you believe this buys recognition and love from your surroundings. Yet when the action is 7 ASKING FOR HELP AND HELPING OTHERS

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