Changes

Student: Perhaps about the [[problem]] personality. It seems to me that people's personalities can [[change]] dramatically over the [[course]] of the lifetime.

Student: Perhaps about the [[problem]] personality. It seems to me that people's personalities can [[change]] dramatically over the [[course]] of the lifetime.

Welmek: Your cultural [[definition]] of personality varies greatly from the personality definition that is in [[your text]], that is the personality definition that [[the universe]] depicts. I would say that personality is changeless. However, what [[changes]] in a person is the outlook, is the [[perspective]], and the [[behavior]] varies according to how a person perceives his or her environment. This is conditioned upon several [[factors]]: the [[genetic]] imprint, the [[family]] environment, the cultural [[mores]], the [[receptivity]] of [[truth]], the call within of the [[Father fragment]], and the person's choice to fully [[cooperate]] with the spirit. All of these components modify the [[personality's]] [[behavior]]. It does not modify the personality itself. It modifies internal environment and the outward behavior. Do you see? Do you need further [[clarification]]?

Welmek: Your cultural [[definition]] of personality varies greatly from the personality definition that is in [[your text]], that is the personality definition that [[the universe]] depicts. I would say that personality is changeless. However, what [[changes]] in a person is the outlook, is the [[perspective]], and the [[behavior]] varies according to how a person perceives his or her environment. This is conditioned upon several [[factors]]: the [[genetic]] imprint, the [[family]] environment, the cultural [[mores]], the [[receptivity]] of [[truth]], the call within of the [[Father fragment]], and the person's choice to fully [[cooperate]] with the spirit. All of these components modify the [[personality]'s] [[behavior]]. It does not modify the personality itself. It modifies internal environment and the outward behavior. Do you see? Do you need further [[clarification]]?

These are very involved [[concepts]] for you to fully [[embrace]]. I would say that if you were to look at a person who at one point has a lot of inner [[turmoil]] in life, you might see [[mood]] swings, you might see [[anger]] and [[frustration]]. And then you might see, at some point, that this person had some involvement with a positive person and so the person's behavior begins to become more loving and [[compassionate]], and the anger begins to disappear and the [[resentment]] begins to fade. What has changed in this person? It is their [[personality]] or is it their outlook and behavior? A person's essential [[essence]] stays the same. How they relate to their [[environment]] becomes more [[reflective]] of the true nature of reality. Each person at their sum and substance is a [[child of God]]. Within them is [[love]], is [[patience]], is [[goodness]], is the element of [[the Father]]'s real and stable nature. There are many [[factors]] and many ways in which to [[express]] their [[personality]] (inaudible). You are each [[becoming]] a diamond from this rough hewn rock that is your [[animal nature]]. With each change and [[decision]] that is rooted in the Father's will you are polishing off a piece of that rough smudged rock and [[becoming]] a beautiful [[gem]]. Does this help?

These are very involved [[concepts]] for you to fully [[embrace]]. I would say that if you were to look at a person who at one point has a lot of inner [[turmoil]] in life, you might see [[mood]] swings, you might see [[anger]] and [[frustration]]. And then you might see, at some point, that this person had some involvement with a positive person and so the person's behavior begins to become more loving and [[compassionate]], and the anger begins to disappear and the [[resentment]] begins to fade. What has changed in this person? It is their [[personality]] or is it their outlook and behavior? A person's essential [[essence]] stays the same. How they relate to their [[environment]] becomes more [[reflective]] of the true nature of reality. Each person at their sum and substance is a [[child of God]]. Within them is [[love]], is [[patience]], is [[goodness]], is the element of [[the Father]]'s real and stable nature. There are many [[factors]] and many ways in which to [[express]] their [[personality]] (inaudible). You are each [[becoming]] a diamond from this rough hewn rock that is your [[animal nature]]. With each change and [[decision]] that is rooted in the Father's will you are polishing off a piece of that rough smudged rock and [[becoming]] a beautiful [[gem]]. Does this help?

Will this [[change]] be a material outworking of your life? It is only for you to [[decide]] where you will live, what job you will have; how you will [[manifest]] your physical life is entirely up to you. [[The Father]] gives you much [[discretion]] to determine how you will live in the material world. But your [[material]] life can be more fully [[stabilized]] when you are more [[secure]] in the [[realization]] of who you are at the spiritual level, and to have the [[conscious]] [[realization]] and [[feeling]], emotional [[attachment]] of who you are as a child of God. This will help you through the deprivations in your material life, for you will find that what you [[valued]] or what was important to you begins to alter, and those material [[things]] that you once placed a high regard on do not seem to important. Are there other [[questions]] this evening?

Will this [[change]] be a material outworking of your life? It is only for you to [[decide]] where you will live, what job you will have; how you will [[manifest]] your physical life is entirely up to you. [[The Father]] gives you much [[discretion]] to determine how you will live in the material world. But your [[material]] life can be more fully [[stabilized]] when you are more [[secure]] in the [[realization]] of who you are at the spiritual level, and to have the [[conscious]] [[realization]] and [[feeling]], emotional [[attachment]] of who you are as a child of God. This will help you through the deprivations in your material life, for you will find that what you [[valued]] or what was important to you begins to alter, and those material [[things]] that you once placed a high regard on do not seem to important. Are there other [[questions]] this evening?

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Student: How do we get rid of the smudges?

Student: How do we get rid of the smudges?