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Don't put too much emphasis on the present. You will learn to [[balance]] your [[viewpoint]] with one eye on the [[future]], and one on the [[past]], and so, the [[present]] is relieved of its tremendous [[burden]]. I ask you each to take time and look backwards, realize how far you have come. So then you can set your [[goals]] in the future so that the ups and downs of the present time are not so earth shaking. When you are experiencing the [[pressures]] of success, likewise should you ask yourself, is this God's will, and if it could be, [[learn]] from this. Learn to let the present pressures be lifted by likewise looking to the [[future]] and recognizing your smallness in the vastness of [[the universe]]. When looking behind you may well take [[satisfaction]] from where you have come from.

Don't put too much emphasis on the present. You will learn to [[balance]] your [[viewpoint]] with one eye on the [[future]], and one on the [[past]], and so, the [[present]] is relieved of its tremendous [[burden]]. I ask you each to take time and look backwards, realize how far you have come. So then you can set your [[goals]] in the future so that the ups and downs of the present time are not so earth shaking. When you are experiencing the [[pressures]] of success, likewise should you ask yourself, is this God's will, and if it could be, [[learn]] from this. Learn to let the present pressures be lifted by likewise looking to the [[future]] and recognizing your smallness in the vastness of [[the universe]]. When looking behind you may well take [[satisfaction]] from where you have come from.

[[Life]]'s [[pressures]] should periodically be set aside, no matter if the pressures are thought to be [[negative]] or [[positive]]. [[Rest]] is very important. And I say this again for you who have not heeded this [[advice]]. You simply must have rest time, m the [[future]], as you [[plan]] your time, plan time for rest and take this time even if you don't feel you need it right now. Pressures of living on [[your world]] are very great. Your [[societies]] are all geared to increase pressure on [[humans]]. And all pressure, though [[necessary]] perhaps, is detrimental and will exact a toll on humans, both mentally and physically as well. When you realize the [[necessity]] of [[rest]] there will be increasing [[balance]] and stability in the mental life and this will [[reflect]] in the [[physical]] life.

[[Life]]'s [[pressures]] should periodically be set aside, no matter if the pressures are thought to be [[negative]] or [[positive]]. [[Rest]] is very important. And I say this again for you who have not heeded this [[advice]]. You simply must have rest time, in the [[future]], as you [[plan]] your time, plan time for rest and take this time even if you don't feel you need it right now. Pressures of living on [[your world]] are very great. Your [[societies]] are all geared to increase pressure on [[humans]]. And all pressure, though [[necessary]] perhaps, is detrimental and will exact a toll on humans, both mentally and physically as well. When you realize the [[necessity]] of [[rest]] there will be increasing [[balance]] and stability in the mental life and this will [[reflect]] in the [[physical]] life.

This is my message this evening and though it is not long, nor is it profound, I repeat this in the hopes that you will take this seriously. Ideally I would have you take off a week every month. However, I know this is impossible and that you seldom receive prolonged periods of rest.

This is my message this evening and though it is not long, nor is it profound, I repeat this in the hopes that you will take this seriously. Ideally I would have you take off a week every month. However, I know this is impossible and that you seldom receive prolonged periods of rest.

Questions?

Questions?

===Dialogue===

===Dialogue===

Q: I understand the importance of [[rest]] and I would be thrilled to get 8 hours of [[sleep]] at night. I think a lot of people when they take time off have [[family]] [[obligations]]. When you take time off, the 'to do list' gets longer. There is so much to do then when you add what you want to do. I just get further and further behind.

Q: I understand the importance of [[rest]] and I would be thrilled to get 8 hours of [[sleep]] at night. I think a lot of people when they take time off have [[family]] [[obligations]]. When you take time off, the 'to do list' gets longer. There is so much to do then when you add what you want to do. I just get further and further behind.

HAM: Yes, the scheduling of [[modern]] life is too rigid.

HAM: Yes, the scheduling of [[modern]] life is too rigid.

Q: This [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_management time management] course I took said, if something is a [[value]] to you, that you could make time to work on it. I tried this, and since it was a [[value]], I felt less [[guilty]] about doing it.

Q: This [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_management time management] course I took said, if something is a [[value]] to you, that you could make time to work on it. I tried this, and since it was a [[value]], I felt less [[guilty]] about doing it.

HAM: Yes, exactly. Once you [[understand]] the [[value]] of [[rest]], then there is no [[guilt]] in scheduling this time.

HAM: Yes, exactly. Once you [[understand]] the [[value]] of [[rest]], then there is no [[guilt]] in scheduling this time.

HAM: [[Understanding]] the [[life of Jesus]] sheds much [[light]] on the value He placed upon [[rest]]. Much of this, of course, has been lost through the centuries, and so men mistakenly place too high a value on [[work]] to the exclusion of a [[balanced]] life. Had they recognized the value of rest, their effectiveness would have been increased.

HAM: [[Understanding]] the [[life of Jesus]] sheds much [[light]] on the value He placed upon [[rest]]. Much of this, of course, has been lost through the centuries, and so men mistakenly place too high a value on [[work]] to the exclusion of a [[balanced]] life. Had they recognized the value of rest, their effectiveness would have been increased.

Q: What is you [[opinion]] of watching [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television television] as a way to [[rest]]?

Q: What is you [[opinion]] of watching [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television television] as a way to [[rest]]?

HAM: It can be useful and it is so utilized throughout [[society]]. However, the [[attention]] that it requires is not truly restful.

HAM: It can be useful and it is so utilized throughout [[society]]. However, the [[attention]] that it requires is not truly restful.