Surrender to God Within: Pathwork at the Soul Level

Images We are not born with a clear, undistorted perception of reality. Due to previous incarnations and childhood circumstances in this life, we see many situations in a distorted way. When these distortions develop into a firmly-held conclusion about life, we speak of an image. An image is made up of misconceptions, distorted feelings, and physic

The Higher Self, the Lower Self, and the Mask In an effort to represent human nature in its completeness, we can conceive of it in the shape of three concentric spheres. The outer sphere we call the mask self. This we fashion according to how we want others to see us, and how we would like to believe we are. The mask self is also a protection again

Daily Review The daily review is a practice to develop self-knowledge. The lectures suggest that every day we jot down moments of negative, disharmonious feelings, such as fear, indignation, anger, overreaction, or feeling victimized. In unconsciousness, we believe that the events causing such feelings come to us unbidden. However, reviewing our no

So, my friends, ascertain the exact nature of your inertia, and, even more important, how you rationalize it in order to indulge in it.

Stagnation and inertia are indeed the greatest evil. They are of matter, resisting the enlivening power of the spirit, of the eternal, which desires to penetrate the void. False receptivity is masked inertia. The more false receptivity exists, the less real receptivity is possible. The inability to receive love, pleasure, and fulfillment, and the c

This is why Jesus Christ, in his life on earth, always stressed that the evil-doer is nearer to God than the self-righteous, pretending-to-be-good person.

Maligners expose their evil and thus take the chance of being rebuked and having to face the consequences. Passive listeners cheat by trying to have it both ways: They derive as much negative gratification from the maligning as the active one, without risking any negative consequences, and even priding themselves that they really did not participat

The surrender of your will to God’s will and the dedication of your life, your talents, and attributes to the great plan not only make you flourish in your daily life but are the key to the unification of your split, where you are still torn between belief and unbelief, trust and fear, hate and love, ignorance and wisdom, separateness and union, de

Yet you are often too involved in your misperceptions of your reality and too blind about your role in your interaction with others to be able to set distorted perceptions right. You need the mirror of others. You need to learn to be open to them. You need to learn to give up your pretenses, and therefore your defenses, in your relationship with th