Insomnia

76. Questions and Answers (Compiled from Private Sessions and Earlier Lectures)

Pathwork Guide Lecture No. 76   |   December 23, 1960

QUESTION: What is the difference between an emotionally mature and an immature person? How can you recognize it?

161. Unconscious Negativity Endangers Surrender of Ego to Involuntary Processes

Pathwork Guide Lecture No. 161   |   March 15, 1968

There are various states and processes in material life which afford humans the possibility of replenishing themselves from the universal source. One of the most automatic, generally accessible of these states is sleep. Human beings who are deeply troubled are so because they are too enmeshed in their ego. Insomnia occurs precisely because the ego is too predominant and the involuntary forces of life cannot take over.