spiritual growth

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spiritual growth (Paper 103) (100:1-2secs) (101:6sec). See also God: consciousness of God; God: finding God; growth; religion; spiritual communion; spiritual rebirth; submission
achievement
by elimination of selfish qualities of love (100:2.4)
by faith and revelation (19:5.12)
by falling in love with truth (157:2.2)
by Father identification (106:9.11)
by gradual stages (39:4.12)
by integration of truth, beauty, and goodness (44:7.2-4) (196:3.23-24)
by maintaining living connection with Jesus (180:2.1)
by obeying divine leadings (34:5.5)
by recognition of spiritual poverty (100:2.1)
by sincerity and steadfastness of God-seeking decisions (112:2.20)
by spiritual transformation (156:5.5)
by wholehearted devotion to supreme values (100:1.6)
dependent on knowledge and wisdom (5:1.3-8) (65:8.4)
dependent on living spiritual connection; continuously bearing spiritual fruit (100:2.1)
discovering good and right technique of reacting to ever-recurring situations (101:9.5)
divine rest essential to effective utilization of spirit energy (44:5.10)
divine technique in approach to Divinity (27:4.2)
entirely dependent on mind endowment (36:2.18)
every step must be willing, intelligent, cheerful (34:6.11)
exchange human mind for mind of Jesus (48:6.26)
faith must be vigorously exercised (100:3.7) (102:1.1)
go forward in righteousness or retrogress into sin (156:2.6)
greatest s.g. in mind of perfect poise, housed in body of clean habits (110:6.4)
greatest spiritual jeopardy is partial progress (99:4.8)
greatest where external pressures are minimum (103:5.11)
grows out of divine capacity for action (28:6.18)
inevitable result of choosing Father’s will (1:3.6)
leads from stagnation through conflict to co-ordination (100:5.2)
learning to be loyal, then to love, then to be filial (39:4.11)
limited by capacity of receptivity and love for Father (3:4.6)
love supplies soil for (100:0.2)
may be natural and gradual, or may occur in a crisis (65:8.6) (100:2.8) (100:5.3) (129:4.2)
moral and spiritual adjustments can be instant (81:6.40)
none without conscious effort, determinations (103:2.1,6)
not accelerated by artificial situations (136:8.8)
our thoughts, not our feelings, lead us Godward (101:1.3)
some truth essential to s.g. must be superconsciously received (19:5.9)
soul made divine by what it strives to do, not by what it does (48:7.24)
stimulated by intimate association with other religionists (100:0.2)
when man and God enter into partnership, no limitation can be placed upon future possibilities (118:5.2)
where we are is not so important as direction of progress, what we are striving to become (111:1.5) (147:5.7)
apostles made more s.g. in 1 month alone than in 4 years with Jesus (194:2.9)
defined as
ability to know God; urge to be like him (5:5.1) (133:6.5)
awakening to needs, discernment of meanings, discovery of values (100:2.2)
fruit of divinity (56:10.20)
human self entering new relationship with divine self (13:1.21)
indicating nearness to God, usefulness to fellow beings (100:2.4)
letting go of God that he may refresh our souls (160:3.1)
measure of Adjuster attunement, Fatherlikeness (5:2.4) (100:2.5) (106:9.11)
never-ending voyage of discovery into absoluteness of Father (106:9.11)
partnership with God in perfection attainment (54:2.2)
reality proportional to spiritual content (103:9.12)
signifying creative activities in superconscious (100:1.9)
unvaryingly unconscious (100:1.8,9)
discourse on spiritual freedom (162:7sec)
error directly proportional to content of materialism (102:4.4)
experience remains the same over generations (5:5.12)
experience with God transcends logic or controversy (1:6.6)
Father requires growth in grace (150:5.2) (193:2.2)
gland chemistry influences spiritual receptivity (49:5.19)
God has given us himself that we may be like him (32:4.12)
inconceivable spiritual difference between Father and man (5:1.1)
individual mortal is never retarded by universe government (55:11.6)
intellectual mistakes did not interfere with apostles’ s.g. (194:2.9)
Jesus’ faith destroyed every conflicting desire (196:0.5)
Jesus’ s.g. resulted from singleness of purpose, unselfish devotion (196:2.7)
little to do with planetary material prosperity (110:6.19)
modern civilization at standstill in (81:6.25)
more honor to those who start at bottom (32:3.10)
mortals cannot fully understand (5:5.6)
overview (101:6.7)
precise definitions limit believer’s spiritual imagination (179:5.4-5)
problems of spiritual growth (100:4sec)
difficulties must be encountered for growth of soul (154:2.5)
early arrested if satisfied with slight attainments (101:7.4)
foolish to attempt too sudden acceleration of (92:2.4)
fringe of conflict must be traversed (159:3.7) (160:1.6)
impatience is spirit poison (48:7.20)
no s.g. without psychic conflict, spiritual agitation (100:4.2)
overindulgence destructive of (147:5.9)
unbalanced s.g. produces fanatical interpretation of spirit leadings (110:6.4)
quest for God is endless! (106:7.5-6)
result of spiritual growth
12 reactions showing existence of Adjusters (101:3.4-17)
bearing fruits of the spirit (5:2.4)
evidenced by love, ministry, worship (100:1.5,8) (100:2.2)
experience of divine companionship (5:5.10)
peace experienced, provided we continue in consecrated living (160:5.10)
substantiation of moral values (5:5.9)
unifies personality by love; yields peace which passes all understanding (5:5.8) (100:4.3)
we can attain same satisfaction in experience with Father as did Jesus (101:6.17)
should subject itself to intelligent criticism (5:5.12) (99:3.7)
spiritual forces unerringly seek and attain original levels; carry us along (34:6.4)
temporal conditions do not inhibit s.g. by soul dedicated to Father (100:1.6)

Cross-references

See also God: consciousness of God
See also God: finding God
See also growth
See also religion
See also spiritual communion
See also spiritual rebirth
See also submission

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