| Masked......................6 | |
| is, however, a hidden and distorted wrong extreme masked and covered over by many layers presented as | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| up the two. Be careful, my friends, with masked and misrepresented divine currents that pose for what | 37 ACCEPTANCE, RIGHT AND WRONG WAY -- DIGNITY IN HUMILITY |
| aspects. Or, the person's true nature may be masked. For example, a basically emotional person chooses, because | 43 THREE BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES: REASON, WILL, EMOTION |
| these feelings, which might have been denied and masked by apparent certainty, contentment, sociability. Such a revelation | 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS |
| self -- the more your higher self is masked. Again, you can be conscious of this tactic | 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS |
| is totally stagnant and inert. False receptivity is masked inertia. The more false receptivity exists, the less | 244 BE IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD -- THE EVIL OF INERTIA |
| Masks.......................38 | |
| discover your lower self, and shed all the masks and all the covering layers, you will begin | 14 THE HIGHER SELF, THE LOWER SELF, AND THE MASK |
| inexperienced in differentiating and in pulling off your masks, you believe the pretexts and self-illusions, the voice | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| self-purification, and self-knowledge. It is tearing off your masks; tearing away all your self-delusions about yourself and | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| some pain? Self-recognition and the tearing off of masks is always painful during the process, although it | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| show yourself as you really are, without any masks -- even if it means a little humiliation | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| might even embarrass others. Just take off your masks naturally and unostentatiously. Find out what and who | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| to certain events; you begin to pull off masks and stop pretenses. You can find out where | 17 THE CALL -- DAILY REVIEW |
| direction, for then you are cleansed of all masks and wrong motives. You can train your willpower | 18 FREE WILL |
| is way down, deeply hidden, first under protective masks of falseness that have really nothing to do | 18 FREE WILL |
| thus purifying the basic good trends from all masks of self-deception and from influences caused by character | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| to some degree the process of uncovering your masks and wrong motives, which will stand you in | 25 THE PATH: INITIAL STEPS, PREPARATION, AND DECISIONS |
| at least one person, with the minimum of masks and defenses possible, you imbibe a very healthy | 26 FINDING ONE'S FAULTS |
| spots. From the moment you take off your masks and the rose-colored glasses you use when you | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| the work of self-examination and tearing down your masks, His answer will become ever more clear, so | 29 THE FORCES OF ACTIVITY AND PASSIVITY -- FINDING GOD'S WILL |
| hidden. QUESTION: But what if that same person masks the true faults and invents artificial guilts to | 31 SHAME |
| in your power to help destroy the harmful masks of others. This you can do not only | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| but merely for a badly chosen mask. All masks are bad, even the apparently pleasant ones. However | 32 DECISION-MAKING |
| those he loves. This is another of the masks people so often put on. Real tolerance and | 33 OCCUPATION WITH SELF -- RIGHT AND WRONG FAITH |
| you think you know each other already. All masks must fall, not only the superficial but the | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| you think you know each other already. All masks must fall, not only the superficial but the | 44 THE FORCES OF LOVE, EROS, AND SEX |
| into a virtue under various religious or spiritual masks and into the denial of all sexual experience | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| unfolds, freeing itself of all the layers and masks, and thus you are capable of affecting the | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| You penetrate right through their superimposed layers and masks. That is the case, as I explained before | 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| really one and the same. The idealized self masks the real self. It pretends to be something | 83 THE IDEALIZED SELF-IMAGE |
| is brought out into daylight. Your superimposed hope masks an inner hopelessness that says, If I let | 110 HOPE AND FAITH AND OTHER KEY CONCEPTS DISCUSSED IN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS |
| person as being what you really are, without masks and pretenses, without separating mechanisms which you still | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| have to use. When you dispense with the masks and barriers you have so ardently put up | 138 THE HUMAN PREDICAMENT OF DESIRE FOR, AND FEAR OF, CLOSENESS |
| you are to others, but only with your masks and covers on. This is not honest contact | 151 INTENSITY: AN OBSTACLE TO SELF-REALIZATION |
| in order to conceal your destructiveness. All these masks are hypocritical. They always display the opposite of | 176 OVERCOMING NEGATIVITY |
| them. You did away with your pretenses and masks. You did not defend yourself against unpleasant feelings | 187 (THE WAY TO HANDLE) ALTERNATION OF EXPANSIVE AND CONTRACTING STATES |
| of the mask self and observe how it masks itself and what defenses it uses in order | 193 RÉSUMÉ OF THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THE PATHWORK: ITS AIM AND PROCESS |
| who still have to battle within their own masks and defenses, with their own negative intentionalities, experience | 196 COMMITMENT: CAUSE AND EFFECT |
| make to achieve an entirely imaginary gain. All masks and defenses, pretenses and false shame of exposure | 199 THE MEANING OF THE EGO AND ITS TRANSCENDENCE |
| self, exposure of what exists now, elimination of masks and pretenses, and the experience of one's naked | 204 WHAT IS THE PATH? |
| learn to be real, to function without your masks and pretenses. Consequently you begin to feel comfortable | 210 VISUALIZATION PROCESS FOR GROWING INTO THE UNITIVE STATE |
| mask self. Education will prevent the formation of masks and start self- purification early. Such is the | 231 NEW AGE EDUCATION |
| the mutual venture. Rebellion against any authority often masks your own hidden desire to have power over | 245 CAUSE AND EFFECT ON VARIOUS LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS |
| never existed in the way it does now. Masks are beginning to fall, lower-self aspects begin to | 257 ASPECTS OF THE NEW DIVINE INFLUX: COMMUNICATION, GROUP CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPOSURE |
| Mask-self...................4 | |
| might happen is that this may encourage his mask-self, which is not quite the same thing. The | 15 INFLUENCE BETWEEN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD AND THE MATERIAL WORLD |
| becoming overly permissive and sentimental, developing a false, mask-self acceptance that is only an appearance. You can | 234 PERFECTION, IMMORTALITY, OMNIPOTENCE |
| especially in political life, still operates on the mask-self level. In one sense this is progress, in | 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS |
| can be identified and evaluated, which makes the mask-self superfluous. This is the only road to the | 242 THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF POLITICAL SYSTEMS |
| Masochism...................28 | |
| sickly enjoyment of suffering -- you call it masochism -- is caused by specific tendencies. On the | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| this is the only healthy way, avoiding both masochism and cringing revolt -- will pain finally cease | 40 MORE ON IMAGE-FINDING: A SUMMARY |
| manifestation you represent. Not loving yourself brings self-punishment, masochism, denial of your personality. Not loving yourself prohibits | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| manifest or latent -- a certain amount of masochism and sadism must always exist. Masochism arises out | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| amount of masochism and sadism must always exist. Masochism arises out of the unhealthy reason of compulsive | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| and subconsciously. Resentment directed to the self is masochism. It is the very same resentment: in sadism | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| reaches out to the other self, whereas in masochism it turns back to one's own self. QUESTION | 54 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| will try to obtain happiness by self-effacement and masochism, thinking to combine the needs for pleasure and | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| would mean heaven. QUESTION: Could you talk about masochism? ANSWER: This has been discussed in previous lectures | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| will automatically understand the tendency of self-rejection called masochism. To recapitulate briefly, I would say that self-rejection | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| personality structures create a more active process of masochism. Self-rejection in itself is masochistic. But it is | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| in pain. I still do not mean physical masochism; it may manifest only on a psychic level | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| Healthy pleasure seems hopelessly unattainable. In other words, masochism is a giving up. If the ego is | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| to live, love, and to have pleasure -- masochism is the result. The world seems to deny | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| have discussed and found are really processes of masochism, because the images, whose patterns embody a negative | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| of the psyche, then we are dealing with masochism, no matter how unaware of the enjoyment or | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| meaning of them, they are lost. The word masochism was used. Along with it comes the opposite | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| word algolagnia to refer to both sadism and masochism, calling one positive, the other negative. How do | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| concerned. It is very shortsighted to believe that masochism indicates a better character trend than sadism. I | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| you suggest? ANSWER: Apart from the question of masochism about which I have spoken considerably in the | 100 MEETING THE PAIN OF DESTRUCTIVE PATTERNS |
| the same token, it may be connected with masochism. Both sadism and masochism, which, as you know | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| may be connected with masochism. Both sadism and masochism, which, as you know, are only two sides | 103 HARM OF TOO MUCH LOVE GIVING -- CONSTRUCTIVE AND DESTRUCTIVE WILL FORCES |
| to indifference and sloth, to stagnation and even masochism. It leads to the cruelty of not caring | 114 STRUGGLE: HEALTHY AND UNHEALTHY |
| the conflicted psyche may be called perversion or masochism, it is still a blessing. The life force | 119 MOVEMENT, CONSCIOUSNESS, EXPERIENCE: PLEASURE, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE |
| suffering, humiliation, or hostility. This is then called masochism or sadism. Do you understand now? ANSWER: Yes | 135 MOBILITY IN RELAXATION-SUFFERING THROUGH ATTACHMENT OF LIFE FORCE TO NEGATIVE SITUATIONS |
| self-produced and inevitable must not be confused with masochism, deliberate self-destruction, or hopeless resignation. It requires an | 160 CONCILIATION OF THE INNER SPLIT |
| human dignity. This interpretation has preached meekness and masochism that are not in keeping with divine truth | 197 ENERGY AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN DISTORTION: EVIL |
| frigidity, or with negative expression as in sadism, masochism, fetishism. To a degree, it may be necessary | 251 THE EVOLUTION AND SPIRITUAL MEANING OF MARRIAGE -- NEW AGE MARRIAGE |
| Masochistic.................24 | |
| love is healthy, and as such free from masochistic or sadistic tendencies; it will not be egocentric | 4 WORLD WEARINESS |
| are unnecessary. In its sick sense, acceptance fosters masochistic tendencies, hopelessness, and the self-deception of indulging in | 49 OBSTACLES ON THE PATH: OLD STUFF, WRONG GUILT, AND WHO, ME? |
| you should accept wrong in a sick and masochistic way, wanting to be tortured or wronged just | 51 IMPORTANCE OF FORMING INDEPENDENT OPINIONS |
| in the right spirit -- neither in a masochistic, self-destroying attitude, nor in an attitude of fear | 52 THE GOD-IMAGE |
| any decision. Either you are being selfish or masochistic, because in not considering yourself with healthy self-respect | 53 SELF-LOVE |
| difference between love and sentimental weakness, love and masochistic dependency -- and thus distance themselves from real | 68 SUPPRESSION OF POSITIVE AND CREATIVE TENDENCIES - THOUGHT PROCESSES |
| be reconciled with the current misconception that the masochistic tendency to allow the unhealthy instincts of others | 70 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| give in an attitude of self-hurt, submission, and masochistic self-punishment, nor will you hold back your creative | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| feelings will usually fluctuate in this period between masochistic submissiveness on the one hand and hostile resentment | 74 CONFUSIONS AND HAZY MOTIVATIONS |
| with all the accompanying self-effacement, appeasement, self-denial, and masochistic sacrificing, the underlying core may be a ruthless | 86 THE INSTINCTS OF SELF-PRESERVATION AND PROCREATION IN CONFLICT |
| active process of masochism. Self-rejection in itself is masochistic. But it is a question of degree. As | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| this force will stop the sadistic and the masochistic current. So these two forces are really one | 99 FALSIFIED IMPRESSIONS OF PARENTS: THEIR CAUSE AND CURE |
| a destructive way of embracing pain, or a masochistic, self- punishing element that in itself harbors and | 140 CONFLICT OF POSITIVE VERSUS NEGATIVE ORIENTED PLEASURE AS THE ORIGIN OF PAIN |
| should not be done in a spirit of masochistic self-denial. It should be done with the open | 144 THE PROCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE OF GROWING |
| On the sexual level, such an individual is masochistic. Now, of course, no one is simply one | 149 COSMIC PULL TOWARD UNION -- FRUSTRATION |
| greater the natural, generous giving is, the less masochistic, suffering, and self-depriving the personality becomes. The more | 155 FEAR OF SELF -- GIVING AND RECEIVING |
| against yourself. What is more sexual is the masochistic element. On the one hand, you need to | 156 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
| of accepting negative emotions, I do not mean masochistic, self-denying, morbid attitudes toward negative experience. You are | 167 FROZEN LIFE CENTER BECOMES ALIVE |
| resentments against the injustices of life, and the masochistic game of harping on one's case against life | 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS |
| it can be submission and a disguise for masochistic self-denial. Again, if self-assertion is healthy, the adaptability | 171 SPIRITUAL LAWS |
| so easily confused with negativity, resignation, and even masochistic self-denial. Religion's postulate that the good person must | 172 THE LIFE ENERGY CENTERS |
| it untrue that acceptance of pain implies a masochistic, sacrificial weakness and submission, but quite the contrary | 206 DESIRE: CREATIVE OR DESTRUCTIVE |
| to a cause beyond your little ego implies masochistic suffering and deprivation, poverty, and frustration of personal | 212 CLAIMING THE TOTAL CAPACITY FOR GREATNESS |
| pain, the pain by association, the pain of masochistic self-punishment that identifies with what appears to be | 252 PRIVACY AND SECRECY |