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Other Bantam New Age Books of interest to readers of THE PATHWORK OF SELF- TRANSFORMATION: BEYOND SUPERNATURE by Lyall Watson CHANNELING: HOW TO REACH OUT TO YOUR SPIRIT GUIDE by Kathryn Ridall, Ph.D. CREATIVE VISUALIZATION by Shakti Gawain EDGAR CAYCE: THE SLEEPING PROPHET by Jess Stearn EMMANUEL’S BOOK: A MANUAL FOR LIVING COMFORTABLY IN THE COSMOS compiled by Pat Rodegast and Judith Stanton EMMANUEL’S BOOK II: THE CHOICE FOR LOVE compiled by Pat Rodegast and Judith Stanton FOCUSING by Eugene T. Gendlin, Ph.D. GOING WITHIN by Shirley MacLaine IF YOU MEET THE BUDDHA ON THE ROAD, KILL HIM! by Sheldon Kopp JOURNEY OF AWAKENING by Ram Dass HANDS OF LIGHT by Barbara Ann Brennan THE LAZY MAN’S GUIDE TO ENLIGHTENMENT by Thaddeus Golas LIFE AFTER LIFE by Raymond A. Moody, Jr., M.D. OTHER LIVES, OTHER SELVES by Roger J. Woolger, Ph.D. THE SETH BOOKS by Jane Roberts SHAMBHALA by Chögyam Trungpa SOULMATES by Jess Stearn SPIRIT COMMUNICATION by Kevin Ryerson and Stephanie Harolde THE PATHWORK OF SELF-TRANSFORMATION A Bantam Book / May 1990 Bantam New Age and the accompanying figure design as well as the statement “the search for meaning, growth and change” are trademarks of Bantam Books. All rights reserved. Copyright © 1990 by The Pathwork Foundation. Cover photo copyright © 1990 by James Enright / Stockphotos, Inc. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. For information address: Bantam Books. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Guide (Spirit) The pathwork of self-transformation / [channeled] by Eva Pierrakos. p. cm. eISBN: 978-0-30783047-0 1. Spirit writings. 2. Self-realization—Miscellanea. 3. Spiritual life—Miscellanea. I. Pierrakos, Eva, 1915–1979. II. Title. BF1301.G94 1990 89–27802 133.9′3—dc20 Published simultaneously in the United States and Canada Bantam Books are published by Bantam Books, a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc. Its trademark, consisting of the words “Bantam Books” and the portrayal of a rooster, is Registered in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and in other countries. Marca Registrada. Bantam Books, New York, New York. v3.1 Contents Cover Other Bantam New Age Books Title Page Copyright Introduction 1 What Is the Path? • Longing for a Larger and More Fulfilling State of Consciousness • The False Desire • The Realistic Longing • Learning to Endure the State of Bliss • The Pathwork and Psychotherapy • The Pathwork and Spiritual Practice • How to Find Your Real Self • Positivity and Negativity Are One Energy Current • “Images,” or Wrong Conclusions • Progress on the Path • Freeing Your Spiritual Self • Giving Up Illusions • Being Lived Through by the Spirit 2 The Idealized Self-Image • The Higher Self, the Lower Self, and the Mask • Fear of Pain and Punishment • The Moral Mask of the Idealized Self • Self-Acceptance • The Inner Tyrant • Estrangement from the Real Self • Giving Up the Idealized Self • Coming Home 3 Compulsion to Recreate and Overcome Childhood Hurts • The Lack of Mature Love • Attempts to Remedy the Childhood Hurt in Adulthood • The Fallacy of this Strategy • Reexperiencing the Childhood Hurt • How to Stop Recreating? 4 The Real God and the God-Image • The False Concept of God • Dissolving the God-Image • God Is Not Unjust • The True Concept of God • The Eternal, Divine Laws • God Is in You and Creates Through You 5 Unity and Duality • Understanding Is the Way to the Unified Plane • Obstructions to Finding the Real Self • Your Ego Versus Your Divine Center • The Transition from Dualistic Error to Unified Truth 6 The Forces of Love, Eros, and Sex • The Spiritual Meaning of the Erotic Force • The Difference Between Eros and Love • The Fear of Eros and the Fear of Love • The Sex Force • The Ideal Partnership of Love • The Search for the Other Soul • The Pitfalls of Marriage • True Marriage • Separateness • Choice of Partner • Eros as a Bridge 7 The Spiritual Significance of Relationship • Unequal Development of Parts of Consciousness • Elements of Dissension and Unification • Fulfillment as a Yardstick for Personal Development • Who Is Responsible for the Relationship? • Destructive Interactions • How to Reach for Fulfillment and Pleasure 8 Emotional Growth and Its Function • Numbing of Feelings to Avoid Unhappiness • Isolation • The Need to Exercise the Emotions • Allowing Immature Feelings to Surface • How to Activate the Growth Process • What Is True Security? • If the Feelings Are Stunted, Love Cannot Grow 9 Real and False Needs • Awakening the Dormant Spiritual Potentials • The Unfulfillment of the Child’s Legitimate Needs • How to Dissolve the Pain of the Unfulfilled Legitimate Needs • Overcoming the Resistance to Exposing False Needs • Present Suffering Is the Result of Pursuing False Needs • Letting Go of the Demand for Fulfillment of Unreal Needs 10 Infinite Possibilities of Experience Hindered by Emotional Dependency • Everything in the World Exists in a State of Potentiality • Avoidance Motivation Closes Out New Vistas • A Cluster of Popular Misconceptions • Devices to Hide Weakness and Dependency on Others • The Child Within You Still Wants Validation from Others • Vicious Circle and Forcing-Current • Let Go—Let Out • Take Off the Leash Around Your Neck 11 The Spiritual Meaning of Crisis • The Self-Perpetuating Force of Negative Emotions • Crisis Can Put an End to Negative Self-Perpetuation • Growth Is Possible Without “Dark Nights” • Outer Crisis and Inner Crisis • Leaving Crises Behind • The Message of Crises 12 The Meaning of Evil and Its Transcendence • Does Evil Exist? • Right Acceptance of Evil • Evil as Distorted Creative Power • Liberating the Inner Beauty • Transformation 13 Self-Esteem • The Inner Conflict Between Self-Indulgence and Self-Rejection • What Brings Self-Respect? • Using the Power of the Conscious Mind • Reconnection with the Instinctual Life • Unifying Love and Pleasure
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