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===Topic: ''A Balanced Life''===
 
===Topic: ''A Balanced Life''===
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==Session==
 
==Session==
 
===Blessings 1===
 
===Blessings 1===
:This is a poem of Blessings
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*Olfana 11/10/93
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May the white light of God fill your heart.
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:'''''This is a [[poem]] of [[Blessings]]'''''
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May the beauty of love fill your soul.
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May the white [[light]] of [[God]] fill your [[heart]].
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Enter the temple in peace.
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May the [[beauty]] of [[love]] fill your [[soul]].
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This is the rapture. Behold!
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Enter the [[temple]] in [[peace]].
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Now I and the Father are one.
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This is the [[rapture]]. Behold!
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May this moment remain in my soul.
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Now I and [[the Father]] are one.
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God's love is the power. Behold!
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May this [[moment]] remain in my [[soul]].
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From Him to the Son,
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God's [[love]] is the [[power]]. Behold!
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From Him to [[the Son]],
    
We are One!
 
We are One!
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====Closing====
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===Closing===
Father, grant us your glory in our lives.
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Father, grant us your [[glory]] in our lives.
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We, who serve you, give thanks for the beauty in this work.
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We, who serve you, give thanks for the [[beauty]] in this [[work]].
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May we ever seek to affirm the righteousness of your creation.
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May we ever seek to affirm the [[righteousness]] of your [[creation]].
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[[Amen]].
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Amen.
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====Note 1====
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Olfana 11/10/93
   
===Blessings 2===
 
===Blessings 2===
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*Olfana 1/13/94
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God's protective [[love]] [[surrounds]] you.
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God's protective love surrounds you.
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His [[energy]] charges your system.
 
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His energy charges your system.
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All goodness comes from the Father.
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All [[goodness]] comes from [[the Father]].
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Take his love, and use it to serve Him in your life.
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Take his [[love]], and use it to serve Him in your life.
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You are a cherished child of the Father.
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You are a cherished child of [[the Father]].
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All praise to Him!
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All [[praise]] to Him!
====Note====
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===Blessings 3===
 
===Blessings 3===
Father, protect us from all fear.
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*Olfana 2/12/94
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Father, protect us from all [[fear]].
    
Let your love surround us, heal us, and lift us toward you.
 
Let your love surround us, heal us, and lift us toward you.
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Rain down upon us the cleansing drops of your merciful love.
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Rain down upon us the cleansing drops of your [[merciful]] [[love]].
====Note 3====
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===Blessings 4===
===Blessings 4===                                       
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*Olfana 4/05/94                                     
 
Father, Protect us.
 
Father, Protect us.
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Increase our willingness to grow in understanding of your truth.
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Increase our willingness to [[grow]] in [[understanding]] of your [[truth]].
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Let us join together as God's creation, and unite our intentions with faith.
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Let us join [[together]] as [[God]]'s [[creation]], and unite our [[intentions]] with [[faith]].  
====Note 4====
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===Blessings 5===
 
===Blessings 5===
Father, you light our hearts.
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*Olfana 4/25/94
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Father, you [[light]] our [[hearts]].
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You fill us with divine energy which causes us to know you.
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You fill us with [[divine]] [[energy]] which causes us to know you.
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Please grant us opportunities to share this love with others.
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Please grant us [[opportunities]] to [[share]] this [[love]] with others.
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Help us to understand that when we reach out in love,
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Help us to [[understand]] that when we reach out in [[love]],
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We extend your presence in our lives.
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We extend your [[presence]] in our lives.
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Father hold us to your heart.
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[[Father]] hold us to your [[heart]].
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Keep us, tenderly, near you.
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Keep us, [[tenderly]], near you.
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Allow your love, your light, your power,
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Allow your [[love]], your [[light]], your [[power]],
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To fill our beings and strengthen us.
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To fill our [[beings]] and [[strengthen]] us.
====Note 5====
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Olfana 4/05/94
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===Blessing 6===
 
===Blessing 6===
Father, Guide us in truth.
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*Olfana 5/12/94
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Father, [[Guide]] us in [[truth]].
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Lead us to your temple.
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Lead us to your [[temple]].
    
Allow us to enter there
 
Allow us to enter there
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And kneel in worship.
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And kneel in [[worship]].
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In such contemplation of your being
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In such [[contemplation]] of your [[being]]
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We are redeemed, reborn, and made in spirit.
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We are [[redeemed]], [[reborn]], and made in [[spirit]].
    
Grant us, Father
 
Grant us, Father
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This opportunity to seek you
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This [[opportunity]] to seek you
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In all the days of our creation.
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In all the days of our [[creation]].
    
You are the Rose of Love
 
You are the Rose of Love
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Which blossoms in our hearts
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Which blossoms in our [[hearts]]
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And penetrates our beings
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And [[penetrates]] our beings
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With the beautiful fragrance of your love and spirit.
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With the [[beautiful]] [[fragrance]] of your [[love]] and spirit.
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Allow us to breathe in this fragrance
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Allow us to [[breathe]] in this [[fragrance]]
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As we breathe in the life-giving energy
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As we breathe in the life-giving [[energy]]
    
Which you pour down upon us
 
Which you pour down upon us
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Throughout time and all eternity.
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Throughout [[time]] and all [[eternity]].
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Father, Forgive us our hesitancy,
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Father, [[Forgive]] us our [[hesitancy]],
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Our moments of weakness,
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Our moments of [[weakness]],
    
Our times of demoralization.
 
Our times of demoralization.
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Help us to remember you.
 
Help us to remember you.
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Help us to renew our faith,
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Help us to [[renew]] our [[faith]],
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Daily, hourly, moment by moment.
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Daily, hourly, moment by [[moment]].
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Lead us in our search for your truth, beauty, and goodness.
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Lead us in our search for your [[truth, beauty, and goodness]].
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Inspire us, Father, in our dreams.
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[[Inspire]] us, Father, in our [[dreams]].
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