Awareness

127. Evolution’s Four Stages: Automatic Reflexes, Awareness, Understanding, Knowing

Pathwork Guide Lecture No. 127   |   October 2, 1964

On any real path of development, regardless of the approach, the areas in which you are unfree and automatic must be revealed.

133. Love: Not a Commandment, But Spontaneous Soul Movement of the Inner Self

Pathwork Guide Lecture No. 133   |   April 30, 1965

Let us look deeper into the topic of love now. In this way we can come a step closer to obtaining the greatest of all keys to the true life — not by following forced, artificial, superimposed commands from the intellect, but the spontaneous inner activity of the heart.

140. Conflict of Positive Versus Negative Oriented Pleasure as the Origin of Pain

Pathwork Guide Lecture No. 140   |   February 4, 1966

The principle I explain here holds true on all levels. It is indeed ascertainable on the physical level. The physical system, like all other systems or planes, also strives toward wholeness and health. When a disturbing force pulls in an opposite direction, the pull of the two directions creates the pain. You can tell that this is what actually causes the pain because when the struggle is given up and the individual lets go and gives in to the pain, the pain stops.

217. The Phenomenon of Consciousness

Pathwork Guide Lecture No. 217   |   January 9, 1974

Consciousness permeates all being, all creation, all existence—everything that is. In your dualistic realm, you speak of consciousness and energy as if they were two separate phenomena. This is incorrect. Consciousness is a creator of energy and energy must contain consciousness—various aspects of consciousness, perhaps “variations” of consciousness, as well as degrees.