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(The spirit among friends)   

(The spirit among friends)   

   

   

MICHAEL:  Good evening my children, this is Michael.  I am very happy, very pleased to share this time with you.  Mother Spirit and I once teased you with the notion that this is how one and one make three, that when two people get together and really enjoy each other, it seems there is some third thing that comes into existence.  And this is real, this emerging surround of enjoying the spiritual dimension of human reality.  It’s always here; you are always connected through your Thought Adjusters, through the pure spirits of God’s presence within you, but when you get together--and this might be by telephone or email or your delightful Christmas cards--however it is you get together and share your lives with each other--this is making manifest and bringing into being, acknowledging and delighting in this spiritual dimension that so often goes un-noticed.

MICHAEL:  Good evening my children, this is Michael.  I am very [[happy]], very pleased to [[share]] this [[time]] with you.  [[Mother Spirit]] and I once teased you with the [[Idea|notion]] that this is how one and one make three, that when two people get together and really [[Joy|enjoy]] each other, it seems there is some third thing that comes into [[existence]].  And this is real, this emerging surround of enjoying the [[spiritual]] [[dimension]] of [[human]] [[reality]].  It’s always here; you are always [[connected]] through your [[Thought Adjusters]], through the [[pure]] [[spirits]] of [[God]]’s [[presence]] [[Inner Life|within you]], but when you get together--and this [[Chance|might]] be by telephone or email or your delightful [[Christmas]] cards--however it is you get together and share your lives with each other--this is making [[manifest]] and bringing into [[being]], acknowledging and delighting in this spiritual dimension that so often goes un-noticed.

   

   

For many this is just an inexplicable feeling good to be with a friend.  It’s almost a definition of friendship--being with those people who simply delight you to be near even beyond your own ability to know why.  The feeling seems to just spring up of it’s own.  And it’s that springing up of life and joy within you that is, in its final analysis, inexplicable.  It just happens.  So much of your curiosity is directed at this happening to know why, so you can do it again, you end up simply marveling at it.  This is the unfathomable wonder of friendship, this extra dimension that comes into being when you get together.     

For many this is just an inexplicable [[feeling]] [[good]] to be with a [[friend]].  It’s almost a definition of friendship--being with those people who simply delight you to be near even beyond your own ability to [[know]] why.  The feeling seems to just spring up of it’s own.  And it’s that springing up of life and [[joy]] within you that is, in its final [[analysis]], [[Mystery|inexplicable]].  It just happens.  So much of your [[curiosity]] is directed at this [[Event|happening]] to know why, so you can do it again, you end up simply [[Wonder|marveling]] at it.  This is the unfathomable wonder of [[friendship]], this extra [[dimension]] that comes into being when you get together.     

   

   

You have that rather cynical expression that misery loves company.  But seen in this light, that’s a rather negative way of seeing, actually a put-down, of human nature, that when you are miserable you just want to lay it on someone else--just heap your burden on someone else.  But that doesn’t really work, does it? There are burdens that are yours alone to bear, and relief cannot be found in just any kind of simple company which might only make it worse.  Though misery may love company, it’s not just any company is it?  Think of all the hardships the human race has known.  Think of the fear and the pain you yourself have known and how it is lightened, not just by company, but by that special company you call friends.

You have that rather cynical [[expression]] that misery loves company.  But seen in this [[light]], that’s a rather [[negative]] way of [[Vision|seeing]], actually a put-down, of [[human]] [[nature]], that when you are miserable you just want to lay it on someone else--just heap your burden on someone else.  But that doesn’t really [[work]], does it? There are burdens that are yours alone to bear, and relief cannot be found in just any kind of simple company which might only make it worse.  Though misery may [[love]] company, it’s not just any company is it?  Think of all the [[Challenge|hardships]] the human [[race]] has known.  Think of the [[fear]] and the [[pain]] you yourself have known and how it is lightened, not just by company, but by that special company you call friends.

   

   

It’s the sharing within friendship that destroys misery.  It’s the very existence, the very demonstration, if you will, of the reality of friendship, of this spiritual dimension of human reality; that is what works.  This is what has enabled the human race to face and conquer all the tooth and claw of the animal world, all the hardships of life--the hunger and pain and exposure--even the sure knowledge of inevitable death: all of this has been more than counter-balanced by the sheer reality of friendship.

It’s the [[sharing]] within friendship that destroys misery.  It’s the very [[existence]], the very [[demonstration]], if you will, of the [[reality]] of friendship, of this spiritual dimension of human reality; that is what [[works]].  This is what has enabled the human race to face and conquer all the tooth and claw of the [[animal]] world, all the hardships of life--the hunger and [[pain]] and exposure--even the sure [[knowledge]] of inevitable [[death]]: all of this has been more than counter-[[balanced]] by the sheer reality of friendship.

   

   

There’s a corollary here that beauty also conquers fear.  Just being in the presence of something or someone demonstrating the quality of beauty--the very existence of such a thing--mitigates that anxiety.  Beauty enables a person to say, Yes I am in pain, but look at what a beautiful sunset there is; how lovely is this person here with me as we are doing all we can for each other.  In each moment of life there is that which makes living worthwhile.

There’s a corollary here that [[beauty]] also conquers fear.  Just being in the [[presence]] of something or someone demonstrating the [[quality]] of beauty--the very existence of such a [[thing]]--mitigates that [[anxiety]].  Beauty enables a [[person]] to say, Yes I am in pain, but look at what a beautiful sunset there is; how lovely is this person here with me as we are [[Action|doing]] all we can for each other.  In each [[moment]] of life there is that which makes living [[Worth|worthwhile]].

 

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(The spiritual glow of humanity)

(The spiritual glow of humanity)