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Oft times it is sad to behold otherwise [[noble]] and [[intelligent]] [[creatures]] cowed by the inability to be [[honest]]. I, Tomas, your [[friend]], [[companion]], [[guide]] and [[teacher]], and servant of [[Christ Michael]], attempt to be honest with you, my flock. I would like to [[discuss]] honesty with you. Are there questions regarding honesty?

Oft times it is sad to behold otherwise [[noble]] and [[intelligent]] [[creatures]] cowed by the inability to be [[honest]]. I, Tomas, your [[friend]], [[companion]], [[guide]] and [[teacher]], and servant of [[Christ Michael]], attempt to be honest with you, my flock. I would like to [[discuss]] honesty with you. Are there questions regarding honesty?

===Dialogue===

===Dialogue===

Elizabeth: Well, I said to somebody that I knew, "These people from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe Europe] have never had a lesson in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Carnegie Dale Carnegie]!" and you ask them a question and they'll be [[honest]] and they'll be blunt. For instance, (and I'll say they are from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgaria Bulgaria]) I told her we had the same coat. And she says, "Oh, no! Yours is merely . .. Mine's an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpaca alpaca] and yours is just an imitation!" And that was fine. But I think that- in looking back at it, that was her [[personality]] [[type]], and I notice that about some people from Europe, they don't have this [[American]] way of kind of softening the answers a bit, and so I'm thinking that there's a higher kind of [[honesty]] that one strives for, perhaps an honesty in [[examining]] yourself and trying to be a person who cares about what [[Jesus]] [[Christ Michael]] thinks about you. To me, that perhaps is a [[definition]] of [[honesty]] and I'd be very interested in hearing yours . .. I did hear tapes from [[Pocatello TeaM|Pocatello]] and I know that you were [[discussing]] that issue at that time.

Elizabeth: Well, I said to somebody that I knew, "These people from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe Europe] have never had a lesson in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Carnegie Dale Carnegie]!" and you ask them a question and they'll be [[honest]] and they'll be blunt. For instance, (and I'll say they are from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgaria Bulgaria]) I told her we had the same coat. And she says, "Oh, no! Yours is merely . .. Mine's an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpaca alpaca] and yours is just an imitation!" And that was fine. But I think that- in looking back at it, that was her [[personality]] [[type]], and I notice that about some people from Europe, they don't have this [[American]] way of kind of softening the answers a bit, and so I'm thinking that there's a higher kind of [[honesty]] that one strives for, perhaps an honesty in [[examining]] yourself and trying to be a person who cares about what [[Jesus]] [[Christ Michael]] thinks about you. To me, that perhaps is a [[definition]] of [[honesty]] and I'd be very interested in hearing yours . .. I did hear tapes from [[Pocatello TeaM|Pocatello]] and I know that you were [[discussing]] that issue at that time.

TOMAS: First, in [[response]], yes, your associate, your European was [[brutally]] frank, and [[pompous]] in the bargain -- hardly [[worthy]] of a God-knowing [[individual]]. But you see she was attempting to make herself [[feel]] good at your expense and her underlying [[motive]] was apparent; she lied to herself. It is because she does not know that she is a daughter of the [[Most Highs]]. If she knew this [[truth]], she might offer you her coat.

TOMAS: First, in [[response]], yes, your associate, your European was [[brutally]] frank, and [[pompous]] in the bargain -- hardly [[worthy]] of a God-knowing [[individual]]. But you see she was attempting to make herself [[feel]] good at your expense and her underlying [[motive]] was apparent; she lied to herself. It is because she does not know that she is a daughter of the [[Most Highs]]. If she knew this [[truth]], she might offer you her coat.

Elizabeth: Well, I want to ask, isn't there a [[connection]] between [[humility]] and [[honesty]]? I think it's a combination that interests me.

Elizabeth: Well, I want to ask, isn't there a [[connection]] between [[humility]] and [[honesty]]? I think it's a combination that interests me.

TOMAS: A very good question, one which I am [[happy]] to respond to, for you are quite correct. In order for you to [[recognize]] your own [[identity]], it requires that you submit to the [[overcontrol]] of a [[Divine]] [[Being]], you (recognize) that you are not God, and so if you are having a [[relationship]] with this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher_Power Power] greater than yourself, you are smaller, and this is [[humbling]]. When this Power that you have submitted yourself to is living, loving [[energy]], your [[origin]] and your [[destiny]], you are delighted to seek [[guidance]] and acknowledge your smallness.

TOMAS: A very good question, one which I am [[happy]] to respond to, for you are quite correct. In order for you to [[recognize]] your own [[identity]], it requires that you submit to the [[overcontrol]] of a [[Divine]] [[Being]], you (recognize) that you are not God, and so if you are having a [[relationship]] with this [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher_Power Power] greater than yourself, you are smaller, and this is [[humbling]]. When this Power that you have submitted yourself to is living, loving [[energy]], your [[origin]] and your [[destiny]], you are delighted to seek [[guidance]] and acknowledge your smallness.

As a child you come to [[the Father]] in supplication and in [[praise]]. Truly, it is related to [[humility]], but humility, you see, is a great [[strength]]. Once you [[understand]] that your will is in [[alignment]] with His will, you understand the [[forces]] in support of your [[growth]]. You understand the [[source]] of your own [[self]]-[[respect]]. And so, whereas it may seem that [[humility]] is a lowly state, this is not the case, for your greatest [[ally]] now is the [[God]] of all [[creation]].

As a child you come to [[the Father]] in supplication and in [[praise]]. Truly, it is related to [[humility]], but humility, you see, is a great [[strength]]. Once you [[understand]] that your will is in [[alignment]] with His will, you understand the [[forces]] in support of your [[growth]]. You understand the [[source]] of your own [[self]]-[[respect]]. And so, whereas it may seem that [[humility]] is a lowly state, this is not the case, for your greatest [[ally]] now is the [[God]] of all [[creation]].

===='''''[[Deception]]''''', '''''[[Manner]]'''''====

===='''''[[Deception]]''''', '''''[[Manner]]'''''====

Elizabeth: There's another thing that's been on my [[mind]], which is that I have been watching "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_and_Prejudice_%281995_TV_series%29 Pride and Prejudice]," which ran for three nights, and I was [[contrasting]] our ways of relating with each other to the ways that they [[practiced]] in those very [[formal]] times. And in the [[Elite|moneyed classes]] of England, they were so much at [[leisure]] they spent a lot of time [[thinking]] about things that were, perhaps, inconsequential to us but in their lives they were quite important. So I'm looking at that and I'm trying to say, how [[honest]] were they with themselves?

Elizabeth: There's another thing that's been on my [[mind]], which is that I have been watching "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_and_Prejudice_%281995_TV_series%29 Pride and Prejudice]," which ran for three nights, and I was [[contrasting]] our ways of relating with each other to the ways that they [[practiced]] in those very [[formal]] times. And in the [[Elite|moneyed classes]] of England, they were so much at [[leisure]] they spent a lot of time [[thinking]] about things that were, perhaps, inconsequential to us but in their lives they were quite important. So I'm looking at that and I'm trying to say, how [[honest]] were they with themselves?

And also they considered it an important part of their [[development]] to be able to speak [[honestly]] but without . .. to be very, sort of, roundabout in the way they spoke. I mean, we don't do that at all. We . .. That isn't in our [[culture]] in the least little bit. I mean, it's a big [[contrast]] to see that.

And also they considered it an important part of their [[development]] to be able to speak [[honestly]] but without . .. to be very, sort of, roundabout in the way they spoke. I mean, we don't do that at all. We . .. That isn't in our [[culture]] in the least little bit. I mean, it's a big [[contrast]] to see that.

TOMAS: In regard to [[enlightened]] [[honesty]], the [[fruit of the spirit]], I have already elucidated my lesson; however, I am willing to chat regarding other aspects of honesty, especially from a relatively enlightened [[human being]], and [[observing]], [[pondering]], looking at your path in life is certainly something that a [[wise]] person would do.

TOMAS: In regard to [[enlightened]] [[honesty]], the [[fruit of the spirit]], I have already elucidated my lesson; however, I am willing to chat regarding other aspects of honesty, especially from a relatively enlightened [[human being]], and [[observing]], [[pondering]], looking at your path in life is certainly something that a [[wise]] person would do.

Elizabeth: When I look at it honestly, I think about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Theresa Mother Theresa], and I think that she was . .. to me, that was a marvelous [[pathway]], but she did say when she came to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania Pittsburgh], not to give up [[everything]] and go to India to do what she did. She did say that.

Elizabeth: When I look at it honestly, I think about [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Theresa Mother Theresa], and I think that she was . .. to me, that was a marvelous [[pathway]], but she did say when she came to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania Pittsburgh], not to give up [[everything]] and go to India to do what she did. She did say that.

TOMAS: It was very [[gracious]] of her to attempt to take you off the hook (group [[chuckle]]) and yet you will recall that a great portion of [[the Master]]'s ministry was [[focused]] on helping the sick in [[body]] and in [[mind]]. I [[understand]] that in your [[civilization]] it is difficult to assay how to do that, for there are so many [[social]] [[programs]] and civic organizations and so forth established to take care of the "less fortunate" it barely leaves the [[sensitive]] and caring servant of God anything to do.

TOMAS: It was very [[gracious]] of her to attempt to take you off the hook (group [[chuckle]]) and yet you will recall that a great portion of [[the Master]]'s ministry was [[focused]] on helping the sick in [[body]] and in [[mind]]. I [[understand]] that in your [[civilization]] it is difficult to assay how to do that, for there are so many [[social]] [[programs]] and civic organizations and so forth established to take care of the "less fortunate" it barely leaves the [[sensitive]] and caring servant of God anything to do.

TOMAS: Yes.

TOMAS: Yes.

Hunnah: I have not followed the life of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Theresa Mother Theresa], but the one remark that I heard that she made, puts [[service]], to me, in a nutshell. She said she serves the [[Christ]] and that's all that mattered. To the [[point]] where, I would assume, it doesn't matter who's in front of her because she only served One, and she's not [[distracted]] by a person's [[social]] setting or their [[appearance]], and the one nice thing about serving the way she does is she probably doesn't have to make carbon copies or carry a [[computer]].

Hunnah: I have not followed the life of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Theresa Mother Theresa], but the one remark that I heard that she made, puts [[service]], to me, in a nutshell. She said she serves the [[Christ]] and that's all that mattered. To the [[point]] where, I would assume, it doesn't matter who's in front of her because she only served One, and she's not [[distracted]] by a person's [[social]] setting or their [[appearance]], and the one nice thing about serving the way she does is she probably doesn't have to make carbon copies or carry a [[computer]].

When you were talking about [[honesty]] this evening, I saw it as the spine or the living [[virtue]], and [[integrity]] was part of the innerwoven [[pattern]] of honesty, and I was trying to think more of this --it's like having a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/verb verb] and then [[thinking]] of all the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adverb adverbs] that would go with it -- I was trying to think of some others, and I suppose [[patience]] would go with it, because if honesty is [[expressed]], there's a [[timing]], and a patience that goes with it. It's like a package, and it's always a little [[different]] every time it is [[practiced]]. But I really did like the [[idea]] of the [[simplicity]] of service, and yes we do a lot to -- we leave our [[conscious]] but everyone around us everyday is an [[opportunity]]. I'll get off my little salt box.

When you were talking about [[honesty]] this evening, I saw it as the spine or the living [[virtue]], and [[integrity]] was part of the innerwoven [[pattern]] of honesty, and I was trying to think more of this --it's like having a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/verb verb] and then [[thinking]] of all the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adverb adverbs] that would go with it -- I was trying to think of some others, and I suppose [[patience]] would go with it, because if honesty is [[expressed]], there's a [[timing]], and a patience that goes with it. It's like a package, and it's always a little [[different]] every time it is [[practiced]]. But I really did like the [[idea]] of the [[simplicity]] of service, and yes we do a lot to -- we leave our [[conscious]] but everyone around us everyday is an [[opportunity]]. I'll get off my little salt box.

===='''''[[Discovery]]'''''====

===='''''[[Discovery]]'''''====

TOMAS: I will point out to you at this juncture in our [[discourse]] that the [[deception]] that I referenced in your [[society]] when I discussed it as [[compared]] to "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_and_Prejudice_%281995_TV_series%29 Pride and Prejudice]" in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Austen Austin]'s day and age, the [[deceptions]] around you are the veils which create the [[darkness]]. Would that you would serve [[the Master]] by dissolving the veils, tearing down the curtains that [[separate]] you from one another, allowing the blinds to open. Cut through the unnecessary [[deception]] of your social [[mores]]; cut to the chase.

TOMAS: I will point out to you at this juncture in our [[discourse]] that the [[deception]] that I referenced in your [[society]] when I discussed it as [[compared]] to "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_and_Prejudice_%281995_TV_series%29 Pride and Prejudice]" in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Austen Austin]'s day and age, the [[deceptions]] around you are the veils which create the [[darkness]]. Would that you would serve [[the Master]] by dissolving the veils, tearing down the curtains that [[separate]] you from one another, allowing the blinds to open. Cut through the unnecessary [[deception]] of your social [[mores]]; cut to the chase.

The [[honesty]] you can accomplish is [[invigorating]] and refreshing like a cold dip on a hot day. It is also [[habit]] forming, as are all [[fruits of the spirit]]. In time, as these fruits become [[practiced]] in your [[life]], as your society evolves, beginning with your [[immediate]] society and extending outward, even new bursts forward in [[science]] and [[emotional]] and [[spiritual]] [[discovery]] will be made. How heartening to [[realize]] that we have not [[attained]] all there is to attain! That there are constantly new gifts, new vistas, new [[perspectives]], surprises on the [[horizon]], around each new corner, new [[opportunities]], new wisdom, new fruits to [[taste]] and savor.

The [[honesty]] you can accomplish is [[invigorating]] and refreshing like a cold dip on a hot day. It is also [[habit]] forming, as are all [[fruits of the spirit]]. In time, as these fruits become [[practiced]] in your [[life]], as your society evolves, beginning with your [[immediate]] society and extending outward, even new bursts forward in [[science]] and [[emotional]] and [[spiritual]] [[discovery]] will be made. How heartening to [[realize]] that we have not [[attained]] all there is to attain! That there are constantly new gifts, new vistas, new [[perspectives]], surprises on the [[horizon]], around each new corner, new [[opportunities]], new wisdom, new fruits to [[taste]] and savor.