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===Lesson===

===Lesson===

===='''''[[Steadfastness]]''''', '''''[[Value]]'''''====

===='''''[[Steadfastness]]''''', '''''[[Value]]'''''====

Tonight's lesson will be a [[discussion]] of [[steadfastness]]. All of you are steadfast in some things and are vacillatory in others. Which is important, which is unimportant? You all tend to cling with great steadfastness to unimportant or inconsequential [[habits]] likes or dislikes while other things which may hold greater importance for you, you [[vacillate]] and cannot hold fast to it.

Tonight's lesson will be a [[discussion]] of [[steadfastness]]. All of you are steadfast in some things and are vacillatory in others. Which is important, which is unimportant? You all tend to cling with great steadfastness to unimportant or inconsequential [[habits]] likes or dislikes while other things which may hold greater importance for you, you vacillate and cannot hold fast to it.

When it comes to one's [[self]], it is [[difficult]] to sort [[values]]. What may be [[comfortable]] or pleasant, you tend to place, mistakenly, value upon it and what may be difficult, demanding, or taxing, though it may hold the greater value, you value it less. Sometimes circumstances will [[force]] you to reevaluate your lives and your values and sometimes in a blinding flash of [[insight]], you will see where true [[value]] lies. But, then the daily grind of [[existence]] continues on and you [[gradually]] slide back into a more comfortable [[understanding]] of your [[values]]. The struggle for higher values is not in the [[intellectual]] realm, it is not in finding [[philosophical]] [[structures]], the struggle for values, which in [[reality]] is the enhancement of [[life]], goes on on the everyday level.

When it comes to one's [[self]], it is [[difficult]] to sort [[values]]. What may be [[comfortable]] or pleasant, you tend to place, mistakenly, value upon it and what may be difficult, demanding, or taxing, though it may hold the greater value, you value it less. Sometimes circumstances will [[force]] you to reevaluate your lives and your values and sometimes in a blinding flash of [[insight]], you will see where true [[value]] lies. But, then the daily grind of [[existence]] continues on and you [[gradually]] slide back into a more comfortable [[understanding]] of your [[values]]. The struggle for higher values is not in the [[intellectual]] realm, it is not in finding [[philosophical]] [[structures]], the struggle for values, which in [[reality]] is the enhancement of [[life]], goes on on the everyday level.

Children, your [[angels]] [[literally]] [[weep]] at seeing you throwing [[time]] away in your [[busy]] lives. Many of you even now see a [[step]] you must take, and you avoid this step by finding all the demands of the [[material]] world too pressing. You are all so [[busy]] with what I must do to face the [[question]] "who am I, what is my [[purpose]]"? [[Life]] is a continual [[struggle]] of finding [[values]], and of replacing old values with new and higher values, and this struggle is very real. [[Eventually]], when there is a step that must be made and this struggle is not overcome and this new [[value]] does not replace the old one, you become [[trapped]], and this trap is very [[dangerous]] because it takes some [[trauma]] to [[shock]] you into breaking out of it. [[Health]] can be endangered, livelihood, [[relationships]], many things.

Children, your [[angels]] [[literally]] [[weep]] at seeing you throwing [[time]] away in your [[busy]] lives. Many of you even now see a [[step]] you must take, and you avoid this step by finding all the demands of the [[material]] world too pressing. You are all so [[busy]] with what I must do to face the [[question]] "who am I, what is my [[purpose]]"? [[Life]] is a continual [[struggle]] of finding [[values]], and of replacing old values with new and higher values, and this struggle is very real. [[Eventually]], when there is a step that must be made and this struggle is not overcome and this new [[value]] does not replace the old one, you become [[trapped]], and this trap is very [[dangerous]] because it takes some [[trauma]] to [[shock]] you into breaking out of it. [[Health]] can be endangered, livelihood, [[relationships]], many things.

You must instead, [[struggle]] to [[recognize]] the higher [[value]] and to pull that value into your lives, letting go of your old [[patterns]] because [[spiritual growth]] requires you to change. It requires you to break out of [[Comfort Zone|comfort patterns]], and [[embrace]] the new.

You must instead, [[struggle]] to [[recognize]] the higher [[value]] and to pull that value into your lives, letting go of your old [[patterns]] because [[spiritual growth]] requires you to change. It requires you to break out of [[Comfort zone|comfort patterns]], and [[embrace]] the new.

Are you all following my [[words]]? Do you have any [[questions]]?

Are you all following my [[words]]? Do you have any [[questions]]?

===Dialogue===

===Dialogue===

Q: Our [[values]] are not so much what we say they are, but they are [[reflected]] in the choices we make in every day life and that is where we need to [[focus]] in order to have [[spiritual growth]].

Q: Our [[values]] are not so much what we say they are, but they are [[reflected]] in the choices we make in every day life and that is where we need to [[focus]] in order to have [[spiritual growth]].

Ham: Yes.

Ham: Yes.

===='''''[[Stillness]]''''', '''''[[Growth]]'''''====

===='''''[[Stillness]]''''', '''''[[Growth]]'''''====

Q: When I, in pursuing, my way, especially like when I get into a new area of [[meditation]], or like recently with my [[husband]] it brought me to a new [[spiritual]] place. When I get there it is so [[wondrous]], I want to stay there. It feels so [[good]], I don't want to move forward instead I want to stay there and [[capture]]. Is this also what you are talking about in seeking higher spiritual value, in continuing to [[grow]] like that?

Q: When I, in pursuing, my way, especially like when I get into a new area of [[meditation]], or like recently with my [[husband]] it brought me to a new [[spiritual]] place. When I get there it is so [[wondrous]], I want to stay there. It feels so [[good]], I don't want to move forward instead I want to stay there and capture. Is this also what you are talking about in seeking higher spiritual value, in continuing to [[grow]] like that?

Ham: [[Meditation]] is essential to [[spiritual growth]]. You must set time aside everyday for personal [[communion]] with [[the Father]] and with our beloved [[the Master|Master]]. But, there is some [[danger]] with using the [[meditation]] time as an [[avoidance]] [[mechanism]]. Is this what you are referring to?

Ham: [[Meditation]] is essential to [[spiritual growth]]. You must set time aside everyday for personal [[communion]] with [[the Father]] and with our beloved [[the Master|Master]]. But, there is some [[danger]] with using the [[meditation]] time as an [[avoidance]] [[mechanism]]. Is this what you are referring to?

Q: No, I am talking about my own [[experience]], and wanting more [[awareness]], wanting more [[information]] that shows me I am going the right way spiritually. I guess a [[simple]] way to say this is, am I going the right way?

Q: No, I am talking about my own [[experience]], and wanting more [[awareness]], wanting more [[information]] that shows me I am going the right way spiritually. I guess a [[simple]] way to say this is, am I going the right way?

Ham: There are always [[Ebb and Flow|peaks and valleys]] in the [[journey]] of [[spiritual growth]]. One cannot stay on the [[Summit|mountain top]] of [[ecstasy]] forever, but must [[descend]] into the [[valley]] of [[experience]] as well. Both of these are part of the journey. One must [[experience]] life in its full [[measure]], both of [[pain]] and [[joy]]. This is [[unified]] in the spiritual [[experience]], but the world demands both. Peter said to [[the master]], "can we not stay on the mountain top for we are loathe to go back into the world". ([[158:1|158:1.9]]But, the master led them back into the world. Spiritually, the [[comfort]] you take in your [[reading]], and fellowship, is all correct, and I [[understand]] the [[temptation]] to remain in a comforting [[belief]] system when the truth demands that you follow it down into the [[valley]]. Is this helping. Q: Yes. Ham: Questions?

Ham: There are always [[Ebb and flow|peaks and valleys]] in the [[journey]] of [[spiritual growth]]. One cannot stay on the [[Summit|mountain top]] of [[ecstasy]] forever, but must [[descend]] into the [[valley]] of [[experience]] as well. Both of these are part of the journey. One must [[experience]] life in its full [[measure]], both of [[pain]] and [[joy]]. This is [[unified]] in the spiritual [[experience]], but the world demands both. Peter said to [[the master]], "can we not stay on the mountain top for we are loathe to go back into the world". ([[158:1|158:1.9]]But, the master led them back into the world. Spiritually, the [[comfort]] you take in your [[reading]], and fellowship, is all correct, and I [[understand]] the [[temptation]] to remain in a comforting [[belief]] system when the truth demands that you follow it down into the [[valley]]. Is this helping. Q: Yes. Ham: Questions?

 

===='''''[[Health]]'''''====

===='''''[[Health]]'''''====

Q: My [[health]], recently, has seemed so much better since my [[husband]]'s [[accident]], my [[pain]] has been lower and I have been [[feeling]] so much better. There is part of me wants to [[believe]] that is real, and there is part of me that is so used to [[growing]] from [[pain]] that it is unreal. Can you give me some [[guidance]] on that, is it real?

Q: My [[health]], recently, has seemed so much better since my [[husband]]'s [[accident]], my [[pain]] has been lower and I have been [[feeling]] so much better. There is part of me wants to [[believe]] that is real, and there is part of me that is so used to [[growing]] from [[pain]] that it is unreal. Can you give me some [[guidance]] on that, is it real?

[[Category: Soul]]

[[Category: Soul]]

[[Category: Acceptance]]

[[Category: Acceptance]]

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