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parents do not love each other. Since the love-capacity of any parent is imperfect, the child misunderstands 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
also learn to evaluate the manifestation of your love-capacity. The two extremes are always close by. You 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
that he or she falls short in his love-capacity. In this partner the free and spontaneous expression 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
responsibility of parenthood. Thus their healthy and mature love-capacity will increase to its full potential, and affect 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
the childish craving subtly merges with the mature love-capacity, so the individual's justification remains that, If I 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
-- that gives meaning to life. Without the love-capacity your life will be empty, meaningless, shallow. You 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
primary step is always self-understanding, from which your love-capacity grows. Although this is not new, it needs 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
defenses and resistances, you reach a point of love-capacity, you simultaneously become much better equipped to accept 115 PERCEPTION, DETERMINATION, LOVE AS ASPECTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
 
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love, yet only on condition that they are loved first. Such a safe bargain not only locks 4 WORLD WEARINESS
can give themselves totally, not only to a loved one, but also to any situation in life 5 HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELF OR HAPPINESS AS A LINK IN THE CHAIN OF LIFE
intimation that the ties we have with our loved ones will remain in existence. ANSWER: That's exactly 6 THE HUMAN ROLE IN THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL UNIVERSES
point of view. I can promise you, my loved ones, that if you are truly desirous to 12 THE ORDER AND DIVERSITY OF THE SPIRITUAL WORLDS-THE PROCESS OF REINCARNATION
the earth plane. There you will rediscover contacts, loved ones, old friends. And when reincarnation is no 18 FREE WILL
can never be sure that you are really loved and appreciated. For this little voice in you 31 SHAME
an individual's character. One way is putting the loved one on too high a place. In other 32 DECISION-MAKING
a place. In other words, you invest the loved one with a perfection he or she does 32 DECISION-MAKING
true. It must be a burden to the loved one to be overestimated. Sometimes consciously, though more 32 DECISION-MAKING
overestimated. Sometimes consciously, though more often unconsciously, the loved subject will sense it and will therefore feel 32 DECISION-MAKING
they never really feel comfortable, at ease, and loved for their own sake and for their real 32 DECISION-MAKING
love, neither beneficial to you nor to the loved subject. It is to some measure in your 32 DECISION-MAKING
you will really bestow a gift on your loved one who will then feel free of your 32 DECISION-MAKING
is the small self that should not be loved, that must be severely treated by yourself. But 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH
If you could accept the imperfections of the loved one, you would not need to close your 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH
particular intolerance in people who feel themselves specially loved by God. There is often even a kind 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH
spiritually less developed, he or she is still loved by God. This will be a wonderful exercise 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH
many struggling men and women longing to be loved who do not know that what they actually 35 TURNING TO GOD
not happened in your life that other people loved you as best they knew how, but since 35 TURNING TO GOD
concentrate when you pray, for instance, for your loved ones. First, you engage in the mental process 36 PRAYER
unhappy souls and human beings generally. Praying for loved ones -- which is easy. Your prayers should 36 PRAYER
close your eyes to the faults of the loved one, but will do the opposite. If you 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
pride: the one you have chosen as your loved one and the one who has chosen you 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
the one who has chosen you as the loved one must not have faults which you do 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
that you need an idealized version of the loved person. Your love is not true love if 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
in being blind to the faults of your loved ones, a crisis, a shakeup, and a painful 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
that you do see the faults of your loved ones. Yes, you may see some of their 42 CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS -- OBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVITY
you were torn between the desire to be loved and accepted, therefore to rebel against authority was 47 THE WALL WITHIN
essential lower self you would certainly not be loved and admired. Therefore, the desire for goodness is 47 THE WALL WITHIN
authority. The conflict came into existence because you loved them. You may wonder how to solve the 47 THE WALL WITHIN
right middle way. The person for whom the loved one becomes the authority because of an overdependency 47 THE WALL WITHIN
they are intellectually. The child desires to be loved; in fact, it needs to be loved. If 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
be loved; in fact, it needs to be loved. If an adult existed who was able to 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
to the child that it is not sufficiently loved. This frustration causes the child to feel rejected 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
not love at the same time, if it loved in its own way and did not desire 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
and happiness and to become happy and be loved. The second conscience is motivated by weakness and 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
where it started, and the need to be loved and admired becomes much more compulsive than it 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
the same degree as you desire to be loved, thereby taking the risk of life, will love 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
and craving for love, and wants to be loved and cherished, cared for and admired even by 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
to give. They also insisted that you be loved exclusively. And you still live -- unconsciously -- 50 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
from another person? Can we expect to be loved with all our faults? ANSWER: The expectancy of 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS
safe only if I were sure to be loved as much as I love. It takes a 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS
cultivated. You asked, Can we expect to be loved with our faults? Perhaps the best attitude would 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS
attitude would be that you expect to be loved with your faults as much as you love 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS
about your fears of not being accepted and loved. All these attitudes cause self- contempt and feelings 53 SELF-LOVE
many people develop an illness to punish their loved ones, to force them to be tender, sympathetic 53 SELF-LOVE
Therefore, I want the world, my surroundings, my loved ones, God, to see how much I suffer 53 SELF-LOVE
need to be perfect in order to be loved and to be happy, and in the other 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS
In addition, you resent that you are not loved just as you are. It seems to you 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS
seems to you that you ought to be loved unconditionally. This aspect reveals again that you demand 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS
of happiness, is as follows: If I am loved, I am paid homage, I possess a subject 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS
in a moment. So if you are not loved and find it impossible to love in return 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS
you please? Do you not wish to be loved and approved by everyone, without exception? Do you 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS
if my will were done, if I were loved and approved of. I have no intention of 58 THE DESIRE FOR HAPPINESS AND THE DESIRE FOR UNHAPPINESS
your desire for happiness, you would not be loved or approved of. Since love and approval are 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS
I cannot be happy if I am not loved and approved of. Therefore, I must become unhappy 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS
hopeless if you couldn't be happy without being loved, and you cannot be loved when you are 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS
happy without being loved, and you cannot be loved when you are happy, for happiness is selfish 64 OUTER WILL AND INNER WILL -- MISCONCEPTION ABOUT SELFISHNESS
souls, the strong desire to communicate with departed loved ones almost always has at its root this 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
in the beyond -- no matter how much loved, how dear to you -- will lessen in 65 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
emotional life. The child would like to be loved and approved of to a much greater extent 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
one to begin with, and who might have loved and cherished you in a much more satisfying 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
of your betrayal of the one who has loved you most for the one who has given 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
sex instinct mingles with the longing to be loved by the rejecting parent. Whenever this is the 66 SHAME OF THE HIGHER SELF
OR SUPPRESSION OF THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED Greetings, my dearest friends. Blessings for each one 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
some degree, to everyone. The desire to be loved exists in every human soul. This desire in 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
order to fulfill the soul's longing to be loved, the human being often chooses a wrong way 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
I have a right to long for being loved. This can happen, provided that I, on my 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
this respect is that the longing for being loved is something to be ashamed of. Thus the 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
is wrong for me to seek to be loved. I have no right to be loved, I 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
be loved. I have no right to be loved, I am not worthy of it. That is 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
would realize that the real you can be loved and will be loved. The vicious circle would 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
real you can be loved and will be loved. The vicious circle would be broken. Now, what 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
way? You substitute for your desire to be loved the desire to be approved of, to shine 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
are mere substitutes for your longing to be loved. The frequent tendency to conform, to be the 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
more substitute trends for the longing to be loved, but I cannot possibly enumerate all of them 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
people not loving you, whereas you could be loved if you were free of the entire layer 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
not you who are too inadequate to be loved, but that the substitute layer that you artificially 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
you can find the original desire to be loved and the sadness that you are not loved 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
loved and the sadness that you are not loved as you could be. Think how very frequently 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
then understand the reason why you were not loved as much as you wished and will see 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
conviction that you desire love but are not loved in the manner and in the measure of 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
and shame. You see, the desire to be loved, in itself, is entirely creative, if stripped of 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
behind this entire facade your desire to be loved. You may not necessarily desire the love of 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
But the desire to be maturely and rightly loved persists in you, submerged by your fight for 69 THE FOLLY OF WATCHING FOR RESULTS WHILE ON THE PATH; THE VALID DESIRE TO BE LOVED
I have just described. You long to be loved, while you are unable to give love -- 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
their weakness. You want to be understood and loved in spite of your shortcomings, but you are 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
no longer dread the abyss of not being loved in return -- or as much as you 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
As you thus grow and mature, not being loved, or being disapproved of, will not upset you 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
from the abyss of illusion that not being loved spells terror. Broadly speaking, this is the way 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
observing some very selfish and undeveloped persons being loved and living in pleasant surroundings, would that mean 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
talks, we discussed the legitimate desire to be loved. We also discussed how the immature part of 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
is, the more he or she craves being loved without taking the apparent risk of loving. The 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
to love, the greater your desire to be loved becomes. The greater the discrepancy, the more you 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
are unwilling to give. Your desire to be loved is legitimate only if you are prepared to 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
to claim one does not wish to be loved. Some people have withdrawn so far and found 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
-- have a proportionately great desire to be loved. This is an equation and must come out 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
you love, you should not desire to be loved. But your desire will be less strenuous, less 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
of loving produces the urgent desire to be loved, approved of, and so on, the more rigidly 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
For instance, if you ardently desire to be loved by or to impress a particular person, you 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
all-black view in you. Your urgency to be loved by a specific person causes the illusory construction 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
You will come to see that not being loved to the desired degree is a consequence of 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
to atone for this guilt, as though being loved were a confirmation that the hidden voice of 71 REALITY AND ILLUSION CONCENTRATION EXERCISES
creatures are. Its impossible wants are: to be loved by all, to be loved totally, to have 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING
are: to be loved by all, to be loved totally, to have every wish gratified instantly, and 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING
have every wish gratified instantly, and to be loved in spite of its unreasonableness and selfishness. This 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING
there seems no danger to you in being loved. Letting go of the self-willed forcing current results 72 THE FEAR OF LOVING
frequently mentioned how the child desires to be loved exclusively and without limits. In other words, the 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS
In other words, the child's desire to be loved is unrealistic. Yet it is also true that 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS
repetition, will you no longer cry to be loved by the parent. Instead, you will look for 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS
need and want. In not demanding to be loved as a child, you will be equally willing 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS
you will find the hurt of not being loved. When you experience the hurt of not being 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS
When you experience the hurt of not being loved in your current dilemma, it will serve to 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS
so. You will no longer need to be loved as you needed to be loved when you 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS
to be loved as you needed to be loved when you were a child. First you become 73 COMPULSION TO RECREATE AND OVERCOME CHILDHOOD HURTS
unfaithfulness by your own childish craving to be loved instead of giving love maturely, by your fears 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS
your desire to be happy, or to be loved. Being loved is a necessary requirement for being 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
to be happy, or to be loved. Being loved is a necessary requirement for being happy and 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
take the place of your desire to be loved; it may also be an additional factor. There 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
simply mean that your will is to be loved and admired. At other times you may feel 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
you really wish, that you can never be loved and respected, that life and the world is 77 SELF-CONFIDENCE: ITS TRUE ORIGIN AND WHAT PROHIBITS IT
is the desire for love -- to be loved and to love -- both realistic and unrealistic 78 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
many varieties. There is the desire to be loved and the rejection of love. There is the 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
you are, in order to belong, to be loved and accepted, it also applies to negative emotions 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
will then belong and be accepted, admired and loved. Then, after making your choice, you will learn 79 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
love and the childish craving need to be loved. With the help of this awareness you free 81 CONFLICTS IN THE WORLD OF DUALITY
issues ultimately lead to the question of being loved versus not being loved, and therefore to life 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
the question of being loved versus not being loved, and therefore to life versus death. When, from 82 THE CONQUEST OF DUALITY SYMBOLIZED IN THE LIFE AND DEATH OF JESUS
you had the impression you were no longer loved. No wonder badness associated itself with punishment and 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE
The feeling is, If only I would be loved, everything would be all right. In other words 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
no longer valid. In the search to be loved -- apart from the craving for pleasure supreme 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
there is the element of, I must be loved, so that I can believe in my own 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
self-image simultaneously demand one to love and be loved by everyone and to conquer them. For such 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
On the one hand, the need to be loved is very strong. But on the other side 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
just as much as he craves to be loved. So the temper tantrum may be a combination 84 LOVE, POWER, SERENITY AS DIVINE ATTRIBUTES AND AS DISTORTIONS
a human being feels threatened by not being loved, admired, approved of or agreed with, the danger 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT
in the unconscious belief that they will be loved and thus receive pleasure. The third pseudo-solution, namely 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT
their self-effacement is offered in return for being loved. Because their self-effacement takes the place of loving 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT
because you would be criticized and therefore not loved. So you develop a double guilt: one over 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT
it is possible to belong and to be loved while you dull your world of feeling into 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
and not about the childish need to be loved and cherished which is so often confused with 89 EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND ITS FUNCTION
in certain directions. The real need for being loved was already repressed by the time the image 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
have to be successful in order to be loved. And: Approval for my professional work is one 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
work is one and the same as being loved. Images of this sort are quite frequent. But 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
formed. If the man in the example is loved anyway, a little investigation would prove that the 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
real need of this person is to be loved and to love; to have a real, meaningful 93 THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAIN IMAGE, REPRESSED NEEDS, AND DEFENSES
will be unhappy, or disapproved of, or not loved. Or, the fear is, If the other person 97 PERFECTIONISM OBSTRUCTS HAPPINESS -- MANIPULATION OF EMOTIONS
your soul you have a craving to be loved. When this craving reaches your awareness, it is 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
aware of his or her need to be loved, and yet the heart is devoid of loving 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE
do not love, but merely expect to be loved. You do not see that others, too, have 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
will find first the stringent need to be loved just as the child needs to receive love 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
cannot be said that the need to be loved is childish and immature. It is only so 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS
the truth came out, you would not be loved and worthy of respect, and you defend yourself 101 THE DEFENSE
harm you, unless you think you cannot be loved and respected if something to be criticized is 101 THE DEFENSE
to love. Since you do want to be loved, your main concern has been your lack of 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
point of view. What if you have really loved and yet were rebuffed, rejected? Many of you 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
fear is that those he loves, all his loved ones, are hostile toward each other. And if 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
the spirit world. Yet we know that our loved ones are developing too. They, too, are working 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES
receiving love as a child wants to be loved. Second, they have to find the distorted concepts 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING
All they feel is their need to be loved which they confuse with genuine feelings of affection 107 THREE ASPECTS THAT PREVENT LOVING
I wanted to ask about restitution to the loved ones in the spirit world. Apart from what 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
and are good to that person, that this loved person will not be affected by the selfishness 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
do to one, you do to another. The loved one is as much affected as you yourself 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
Mature adults do not wait helplessly to be loved, however. Love comes to them by their own 113 IDENTIFICATION WITH THE SELF
decisions; self-confidence; the ability to love and be loved; the ability to receive and to give; the 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
thereby seems to renounce the privilege of being loved, which he erroneously believes is given only to 116 REACHING THE SPIRITUAL CENTER-STRUGGLE BETWEEN LOWER SELF AND SUPERIMPOSED CONSCIENCE
be ashamed when you are told you are loved as a child, but don't feel it. GUIDE 117 SHAME: A LEGACY OF CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, EVEN FAVORABLE ONES
principle. Hence, when the baby is caressed, fed, loved, it experiences acute physical pleasure in contact with 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE
I am not ready to love and be loved. But I know that love is a universal 121 DISPLACEMENT, SUBSTITUTION, SUPERIMPOSITION
emotionally dependent in her excessive need of being loved and approved, or mentally dependent in order to 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
love, or one's need to love and be loved? Doesn't self-forgetting create stronger needs which may be 122 SELF-FULFILLMENT THROUGH SELF-REALIZATION AS MAN OR WOMAN
manifest as fear of the loss of a loved one. And so can fear of losing one's 123 LIBERATION AND PEACE BY OVERCOMING FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
consideration as the self. Others can be liked, loved, and esteemed as oneself -- but never at 127 EVOLUTION'S FOUR STAGES: AUTOMATIC REFLEXES, AWARENESS, UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING
field, it may be a happy relationship, being loved and fulfilled on all levels of your being 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
I will believe in the possibility of being loved. I sincerely wish to become acutely aware of 128 LIMITATIONS CREATED THROUGH ILLUSORY ALTERNATIVES
own immediate advantage for the sake of a loved one, without forever giving up all your rights 129 WINNER VERSUS LOSER: INTERPLAY BETWEEN THE SELF AND CREATIVE FORCES
that people consciously wish to be accepted and loved, but unconsciously, they cannot respond to a completely 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
people feel too secure in being accepted and loved, they lose the spark of interest. This, too 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS
fearlessly. At the same time, you free the loved one. You do not force, you do not 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
need not fear to love and to be loved. You must realize, in this frame of mind 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
self-effacing submission, self-destruction for the sake of the loved one. To be loved, in the distorted version 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
the sake of the loved one. To be loved, in the distorted version, is to possess and 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
distorted version, is to possess and control the loved one completely. Hence the fear that to love 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
of not being able to control -- being loved -- lead to the false version of letting 137 BALANCE OF INNER AND OUTER CONTROL
companionship, intimacy, and the knowledge that you are loved as you are, because you love as you 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS
seems to be guaranteed when you are totally loved, accepted, and served by others, and you hope 143 UNITY AND DUALITY
am selfish, I will be rejected, despised, not loved, left alone. And that is suffering too. In 145 RESPONDING TO THE CALL OF LIFE
the path I found out that I never loved anything or anyone; my only way of loving 146 POSITIVE CONCEPT OF LIFE-FEARLESSNESS TO LOVE-BALANCE BETWEEN ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY
desires for the rights and desires of the loved one. So the way out seems to deny 147 THE NATURE OF LIFE AND HUMAN NATURE
for so long. This one-sided insistence on being loved by a person one deeply resents and wishes 157 INFINITE POSSIBILITIES OF EXPERIENCE HINDERED BY EMOTIONAL DEPENDENCY
case exist in the feeling of not being loved; in another, in the fear of being left 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE
of pain, and the pain of not being loved and protected, warmed and accepted. The conditions are 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE
that they would love if only they were loved first, and that it is dreadfully dangerous to 179 CHAIN REACTIONS IN THE DYNAMICS OF CREATIVE LIFE SUBSTANCE
through severe changes outwardly. You have lost a loved one, you may have coped with the most 183 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CRISIS
power of the blessings. Be in peace my loved ones. 187. (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF 186 VENTURE IN MUTUALITY: HEALING FORCE TO CHANGE NEGATIVE INNER WILL
find your true capacity to love and be loved -- not as a mere ideal, or an 188 AFFECTING AND BEING AFFECTED
frustration, to never be criticized, to be always loved and loved your way. Until you recognize and 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
never be criticized, to be always loved and loved your way. Until you recognize and abandon these 191 INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCE
will be less dependent on being praised and loved because they will be able to give themselves 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS
be confused with the neurotic need to be loved. But this confusion between the two needs is 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS
it invariably says: I need to be always loved and approved of by everyone. If I am 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS
with the unfulfillment of your demand to be loved and approved of by everybody is vague. The 192 REAL AND FALSE NEEDS
on appreciation and approval from others, on being loved, and on being successful in terms of the 204 WHAT IS THE PATH?
receptive to it. You are all blessed and loved. 207. THE SPIRITUAL SYMBOLISM AND SIGNIFICANCE OF SEXUALITY 206 DESIRE: CREATIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE
feelings will make you equally secure about being loved. You will experience the deep satisfaction of giving 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE
this demand because you cannot stand not being loved. Aren't you entitled to love? Doesn't the universe 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD
mentioned the apparent conflict of wanting to be loved, respected and appreciated and your pushing for it 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD
richness. You are entitled to want to be loved, or to have money, or to have fulfillment 213 THE SPIRITUAL AND THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF LET GO, LET GOD
-- and/or risk the possible loss of the loved one. You hope to avoid all risks, discomforts 215 PSYCHIC NUCLEAR POINTS CONTINUED -- PROCESS IN THE NOW
but they are not any more lovable or loved than you are. Allow yourself to know that 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN
harsh word does not mean you are not loved. The important thing is that you know you 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN
anything, that you are protected and guided and loved, you have to see what these fears are 219 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE -- MESSAGE TO THE CHILDREN
helped out of this state is to be loved. But when love is given to you, no 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD
fallacy of the thought that if you were loved you could then also love, no longer has 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD
movement of the word, will loving and being loved become a oneness, and not an impossible division 233 THE POWER OF THE WORD
in this meeting. You are all blessed, my loved ones. This most poetic lecture was given in 235 THE ANATOMY OF CONTRACTION
is courage. To love is courage because the loved one may not always respond according to your 236 THE SUPERSTITION OF PESSIMISM
truth can bring truth; only the loving and loved ones can give love. Let yourself experience this 238 THE PULSE OF LIFE ON ALL LEVELS OF MANIFESTATION
experience strong sexual feelings for the woman he loved, honored, and respected. Sometimes the unconscious fear of 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE
finds himself unable to experience sexuality with a loved woman. In many cases, however, the split exists 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE
you essentially desire to share with all your loved ones needs to be kept to yourself until 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY
keeps to prepare a lovely surprise for a loved one. This is not really a secret, for 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY
You will never really know whether you are loved and accepted. You must always fear and distrust 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY

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