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What hurricane am I talking about, here? I am not talking about the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_Keys Florida Keys]. I am talking about the hurricane of mis-creation, of manifold misperceptions, the [[confusion]] wrought by the [[contagious]] aspects of [[chaos]], the malignant [[virus]] of [[fear]], the downside of [[emotional]] [[experience]], and the arena in which you work out your [[destiny]]. This [[maelstrom]] of [[confusion]] is like a torrent, a torrential storm which will sweep up "everything in its wake and carry if head over heels downstream into a vast [[ocean]] of void and obliteration if you are not [[aware]] of its [[power]] and if you are not grounded in your [[roots]] of [[faith]].

What hurricane am I talking about, here? I am not talking about the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_Keys Florida Keys]. I am talking about the hurricane of mis-creation, of manifold misperceptions, the [[confusion]] wrought by the [[contagious]] aspects of [[chaos]], the malignant [[virus]] of [[fear]], the downside of [[emotional]] [[experience]], and the arena in which you work out your [[destiny]]. This [[maelstrom]] of [[confusion]] is like a torrent, a torrential storm which will sweep up "everything in its wake and carry if head over heels downstream into a vast [[ocean]] of void and obliteration if you are not [[aware]] of its [[power]] and if you are not grounded in your [[roots]] of [[faith]].

I recall the [[tale]] of the young tree, which grows on the side of a [[mountain]], in the rooks, and where the [[winds]] of life have beat upon it, and bent its trunk, flattened against the cliff, and yet the sapling free has dug in deep its [[roots]], into the crevices of rock, the fissures in which a [[fragment]] of nourishment can be found, where the [[source]] of life has embedded [[nutrition]] in the deep cracks, and this tree has sought out that food, has reached its roots deep into the hard ground to find those rich veins of fossil fuel that feed its [[strength]] and ability to hold firm, and with each passing [[season]] its roots are hardened and [[strengthened]] and with each storm its grasp on [[reality]] is firmer and more [[secure]], and this has now allowed the young sapling to grow into a sturdy tree in spite of its shaky [[origins]], its dubious potential.

I recall the [[tale]] of the young tree, which grows on the side of a [[mountain]], in the rocks, and where the [[winds]] of life have beat upon it, and bent its trunk, flattened against the cliff, and yet the sapling free has dug in deep its [[roots]], into the crevices of rock, the fissures in which a [[fragment]] of nourishment can be found, where the [[source]] of life has embedded [[nutrition]] in the deep cracks, and this tree has sought out that food, has reached its roots deep into the hard ground to find those rich veins of fossil fuel that feed its [[strength]] and ability to hold firm, and with each passing [[season]] its roots are hardened and [[strengthened]] and with each storm its grasp on [[reality]] is firmer and more [[secure]], and this has now allowed the young sapling to grow into a sturdy tree in spite of its shaky [[origins]], its dubious potential.

In the face of a [[struggle]] to [[survive]], it has learned to thrive because it has learned how to take [[root]], and no matter how hard the hurricane beats upon the tree, attempting to rip it from its [[foundation]], no, matter how bitter cold or how hot, no matter the sleet and rain and snow beat upon it, in [[season]], if begins to bud and cast its welcome [[shade]] upon the rocks to provide a mossy, [[fertile]] [[home]] for other [[life]].

In the face of a [[struggle]] to [[survive]], it has learned to thrive because it has learned how to take [[root]], and no matter how hard the hurricane beats upon the tree, attempting to rip it from its [[foundation]], no, matter how bitter cold or how hot, no matter the sleet and rain and snow beat upon it, in [[season]], if begins to bud and cast its welcome [[shade]] upon the rocks to provide a mossy, [[fertile]] [[home]] for other [[life]].

TOMAS: I would love to, and I [[appreciate]] your inviting me to do what I have come here to do, although, [[trust]] me, my [[social]] [[intercourse]] with you is equally important.

TOMAS: I would love to, and I [[appreciate]] your inviting me to do what I have come here to do, although, [[trust]] me, my [[social]] [[intercourse]] with you is equally important.

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===='''''[[Emotion]]'''''====

I have been thinking this week about what to address you with, and have reviewed my lesson plans available, but as always, it is the true [[calling]] when I hear you all entertain yourselves and find the fruit of your labors to point up to me what your needs appear to be from how you relate among yourselves. Today in your [[study]], in [[Paper 103|your Paper]], there was adequate material to provide lessons for several months, but the element which I heard prevail and which also ties in with what I had been [[thinking]] about this week, has to do with the [[emotional]] realms of you as [[aspiring]] [[unified]] [[personalities]], as up-and-coming [[morontial]] beings. And of the [[diversity]] and philosophic [[differences]] which are presented in this diverse group, one thing that is uniform in all of [[humanity]] is the element of [[emotion]], and in many ways it is the emotional arena which, in [[fact]], is the winds and storms which press you against the hard wall.

I have been thinking this week about what to address you with, and have reviewed my lesson plans available, but as always, it is the true [[calling]] when I hear you all entertain yourselves and find the fruit of your labors to point up to me what your needs appear to be from how you relate among yourselves. Today in your [[study]], in [[Paper 103|your Paper]], there was adequate material to provide lessons for several months, but the element which I heard prevail and which also ties in with what I had been [[thinking]] about this week, has to do with the [[emotional]] realms of you as [[aspiring]] [[unified]] [[personalities]], as up-and-coming [[morontial]] beings. And of the [[diversity]] and philosophic [[differences]] which are presented in this diverse group, one thing that is uniform in all of [[humanity]] is the element of [[emotion]], and in many ways it is the emotional arena which, in [[fact]], is the winds and storms which press you against the hard wall.