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(What is worship?)

(What is worship?)

   

   

MICHAEL:  Yes my son, as you have been told, as you’ve read, the ability, even the desire--the impetus to worship and feel thankful means you have crossed over a threshold, and not only in the general sense of the dividing line between the animal and the human, but right in your own life.  You have all personally crossed this threshold.  Sometime as a young child you moved beyond a kind of monkey-see--monkey-do kind of behavior to make a quality of decision.  You chose to do something your own creative spirit suggested and it granted you the quality of free will dignity, the dignity of being a full, if still little human being.  The realization of a potential that was with you from conception finally was manifest.  You experienced the dimensions of worship and wisdom in their most primal sense by this first act of choice with an upwelling feeling of the kind of joy and delight of being alive that transcends any kind of merriment an animal might know.   

MICHAEL:  Yes my son, as you have been told, as you’ve read, the ability, even the [[desire]]--the [[Inertia|impetus]] to worship and feel [[thankful]] means you have crossed over a threshold, and not only in the general sense of the dividing line between the [[animal]] and the [[human]], but right in your own life.  You have all [[personally]] crossed this threshold.  Sometime as a young child you moved beyond a kind of monkey-see--monkey-do kind of [[behavior]] to make a [[quality]] of [[decision]].  You chose to do something your own [[creative]] [[spirit]] suggested and it granted you the [[quality]] of [[free will]] [[dignity]], the dignity of being a full, if still little human being.  The [[realization]] of a [[potential]] that was with you from [[Origin|conception]] finally was [[manifest]].  You experienced the [[dimensions]] of [[worship]] and [[wisdom]] in their most primal sense by this first [[act]] of choice with an upwelling [[feeling]] of the kind of [[joy]] and delight of being alive that transcends any kind of merriment an animal might know.   

   

   

Even though incapable of being consciously articulated yet, my son, this was your first worship.  Your joy of being alive resounded in Mother Spirit and myself, and in our Universal Father, as a profound thankfulness.  This joy, this delight in just being alive gave you the recognition you have a life.  Hopefully, even later, came the understanding that this life you have is somewhat unique to you.  This uniqueness is your God-given personality, a further augmentation of this awareness of all that you are.  And so, most fundamentally, worship is your thankfulness for being alive, and all that your soul is capable of experiencing that I touched on tonight, all the hope and all the fear.

Even though incapable of being consciously [[Expression|articulated]] yet, my son, this was your first [[worship]].  Your joy of being alive [[Resonance|resounded]] in [[Mother Spirit]] and myself, and in our [[Universal Father]], as a [[profound]] [[thankfulness]].  This joy, this delight in just being alive gave you the recognition you have a life.  Hopefully, even later, came the [[understanding]] that this life you have is somewhat [[unique]] to you.  This uniqueness is your God-given [[personality]], a further augmentation of this [[awareness]] of all that you are.  And so, most fundamentally, worship is your thankfulness for being alive, and all that your [[soul]] is capable of experiencing that I [[touched]] on tonight, all the [[hope]] and all the [[fear]].

   

   

This thankfulness is the most fundamental thing that registers directly with Mother Spirit and myself, and with our Father.  Its coming was instantaneous with the presence of God within you.  It was the birth of your soul.  Though it had such unconscious beginnings, just a welling up within you as a small child, you crossed a threshold and became aware as you laughed and giggled and rolled around from time to time with the sheer exuberance of a young human being.  

This thankfulness is the most fundamental [[thing]] that registers directly with Mother Spirit and myself, and with [[our Father]].  Its coming was [[Simultaneity|instantaneous]] with the [[Thought Adjuster|presence of God within you]].  It was the birth of your [[soul]].  Though it had such unconscious beginnings, just a welling up within you as a small child, you crossed a threshold and became aware as you [[laughed]] and giggled and rolled around from time to time with the sheer exuberance of a young human being.  

   

   

This worship, this thankfulness forms a connection with your Father--with His presence within you, and with all those positive qualities numbering in the hundreds you can experience in life.  First the perception of them, and then the appreciation of all these positive qualities that come under truth and beauty and goodness; this too is worship.  This too is saying, Thank you, Father, that these qualities of yours are real, and that I am such a being who can experience them, and know them, and make them my own.

This [[worship]], this thankfulness forms a [[connection]] with your Father--with His presence within you, and with all those positive [[qualities]] numbering in the hundreds you can experience in life.  First the [[perception]] of them, and then the appreciation of all these positive qualities that come under [[truth]] and [[beauty]] and [[goodness]]; this too is [[worship]].  This too is saying, Thank you, Father, that these qualities of yours are real, and that I am such a being who can experience them, and know them, and make them my own.

   

   

This is how worship begins and gives rise to the consciousness wherein you decide to send a beam of love and thankfulness to God, to Mother Spirit and me.  It can be those little mini-meditations throughout your day when you simply say, Hello God!--thank You for me.  And rest in the glory of the feelings you get with His reply.  Then letting His love flow through you to another; this is the most wonderful worship of all.  This is sharing your worship with another in the most direct way.  You’re thanking Him by being His helping hand, reaching out to touch, and be touched.

This is how worship begins and gives rise to the [[consciousness]] wherein you decide to send a beam of [[love]] and thankfulness to [[God]], to Mother Spirit and me.  It can be those little mini-[[meditations]] throughout your day when you simply say, Hello God!--thank You for me.  And [[rest]] in the [[glory]] of the feelings you get with His reply.  Then letting His love [[flow]] through you to another; this is the most wonderful worship of all.  This is [[sharing]] your worship with another in the most direct way.  You’re thanking Him by being His helping hand, reaching out to [[touch]], and be touched.

   

   

So all of these, my son, are worship--that which rises spontaneously within you and you allow to happen, all the way to the more formal prayer of thankfulness you express in your mind.  It’s all worship.  It’s all part of being a human being, and being aware you have so much to be thankful for.  Does this give you some sense of the profound meaning, the marvelous extent all wrapped up in that one little word ?

So all of these, my son, are worship--that which rises [[spontaneously]] within you and you allow to happen, all the way to the more [[formal]] [[prayer]] of thankfulness you [[express]] in your [[mind]].  It’s all worship.  It’s all part of being a human being, and being aware you have so much to be thankful for.  Does this give you some sense of the [[profound]] [[meaning]], the marvelous extent all wrapped up in that one little [[word]] ?

   

   

Student:  Yes, it’s a beginning.  I guess I was looking for a neat little formula I could use so I wouldn’t make any mistakes about it.  But I see there is none, just maybe spontaneous expressions of joy--it looks like to me.

Student:  Yes, it’s a beginning.  I guess I was looking for a neat little [[formula]] I could use so I wouldn’t make any [[Error|mistakes]] about it.  But I see there is none, just maybe spontaneous [[expressions]] of joy--it looks like to me.

   

   

MICHAEL:  Well, you could say in one word: thankfulness.

MICHAEL:  Well, you could say in one word: [[thankfulness]].

   

   

Student:  Yeah, now it seems too simple but…yes, it is.

Student:  Yeah, now it seems too simple but…yes, it is.

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(Creativity and personal spirit)

(Creativity and personal spirit)