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==Session 2==

==Session 2==

November 29, 1998, Part 2

November 29, 1998, Part 2

TOPIC: Trust

TOPIC: [[Trust]]

TOMAS: I am Tomas, and I also thank you, my young friend Jack for your kind visit to my students, your cousins. You are wise in admonishing our peers here to reserve worship for the Father, but I am also inclined to add that a reverence for divinity is always in order, and to the extent that we are a ll related to divinity in one way or another, it would behoove us to develop an appreciation for one another that included respect and reverence for that which is of the Father within us all.

TOMAS: I am Tomas, and I also thank you, my young friend Jack for your kind [[visit]] to my [[students]], your cousins. You are [[wise]] in admonishing our [[peers]] here to reserve worship for [[the Father]], but I am also inclined to add that a [[reverence]] for [[divinity]] is always in order, and to the extent that we are all related to divinity in one way or another, it would behoove us to develop an [[appreciation]] for one another that included [[respect]] and reverence for that which is of the Father within us all.

===Lesson===

===Lesson===

This afternoon, my friends, I would like to speak to you for a moment about trust. You read this afternoon about The Spirits of Trust. You read about their interest in promoting a level of operation which is a result of your ability to open up in faith of your destiny path and trust that which has been presented. Faith, you know, is a gift, and it is enlarged and expanded because of your trust. It therefore is your decision that expands your trust or curtails your trust. Trust is a result of your free will. (One moment )

This afternoon, my friends, I would like to speak to you for a moment about [[trust]]. You read this afternoon about [[39:5|The Spirits of Trust]]. You read about their interest in promoting a level of operation which is a result of your [[ability]] to open up in [[faith]] of your [[destiny]] [[path]] and trust that which has been presented. Faith, you know, is a gift, and it is enlarged and expanded because of your trust. It therefore is your [[decision]] that expands your trust or curtails your trust. Trust is a result of your [[free will]]. (One moment )

ELYSSIA:I have never thought of it that way before, that trust is a matter of my free will, but I can see the connection. Now those words have increase d my understanding of it. I like what they said about God today, because they said even God trusted Himself to do these marvelous things for us, He puts trust in us. That was in our Paper.

ELYSSIA:I have never [[thought]] of it that way before, that [[trust]] is a matter of my [[free will]], but I can see the connection. Now those words have increase d my [[understanding]] of it. I like what they said about God today, because they said even God trusted Himself to do these marvelous things for us, He puts trust in us. That was in our Paper.

TOMAS:He gives a part of Himself, he intrusts Himself, to you in your G od fragment, that It may work with you, to divine your thinking, trusting that you will seek communion with this Source of all good.

TOMAS:He gives a part of Himself, he entrusts Himself, to you in your [[God fragment]], that It may work with you, to divine your [[thinking]], trusting that you will seek [[communion]] with this Source of all [[good]].

You earlier discussed the deer in the wood behind your house, and remarked upon the seeming trust these four-footed creatures had in their overt eye contact with you. The remark was made that they seem so vulnerable there. And the comparison was made that you children of earth are like the deer-- Vulnerable, to be frightened, or shot. These deer are ministered to by the Mother through the adjutant mind spirit of courage. Their little hearts tremble as they hear loud noises, as they see a human tromping nearby, slamming doors, wielding objects. But they have also a sense of safety and security in the moment of their being.

You earlier [[discussed]] the deer in the wood behind your house, and remarked upon the seeming [[trust]] these four-footed creatures had in their overt eye contact with you. The remark was made that they seem so [[vulnerable]] there. And the [[comparison]] was made that you children of earth are like the deer-- Vulnerable, to be frightened, or shot. These deer are ministered to by [[the Mother]] through the [[adjutant mind spirit]] of [[courage]]. Their little [[hearts]] tremble as they hear loud noises, as they see a human tromping nearby, slamming doors, wielding objects. But they have also a sense of [[safety]] and [[security]] in the [[moment]] of their [[being]].

I ask you each, if you will, to look at your ability to trust as these deer must look at their environment and their life. What keeps them from turning on their heels and running into the wood? A sense of security and safety in their being. If you also could develop a sense of safety and security in your being, in your being indwelt by God himself - not only through the Divine Minister's adjutant mind spirits or the Michael Son's Spirit of Truth - bu t by the Father's very Self, you would know you can feel safe and secure - as you are and where you are. And you can learn to trust also.

I ask you each, if you will, to look at your [[ability]] to trust as these deer must look at their [[environment]] and their [[life]]. What keeps them from turning on their heels and running into the wood? A sense of [[security]] and safety in their being. If you also could develop a sense of safety and security in your [[being]], in your being indwelt by God himself - not only through the [[Divine Minister]]'s [[adjutant mind spirits]] or the [[Michael]] Son's [[Spirit of Truth]] - but by [[Ta|the Father's very Self]], you would know you can feel safe and secure - as you are and where you are. And you can learn to [[trust]] also.

Safety and security in the spirit is the only viable security you've got. It would behoove you to become acquainted with this reality to the extent that you trusted it implicitly.

[[Safety]] and [[security]] in the spirit is the only viable security you've got. It would behoove you to become acquainted with this [[reality]] to the extent that you [[trusted]] it implicitly.

===Dialogue===

===Dialogue===

ELYSSIA:Why can't we trust more? It doesn't look, when you look around , like you can trust life here for things, or that kind of thing, but you can trust in the fact that you can turn to God, and that seems to be what I have discerned. I would like to ask you for your input.

ELYSSIA:Why can't we [[trust]] more? It doesn't look, when you look around , like you can trust [[life]] here for things, or that kind of thing, but you can trust in the [[fact]] that you can turn to God, and that seems to be what I have [[discerned]]. I would like to ask you for your input.

TOMAS:Go further.

TOMAS:Go further.

ELYSSIA:Well, I'm looking around me and I know that at my age I can't t trust my body, and my husband too. And so I'm having some sense of betrayal of the physical, so to speak.

ELYSSIA:Well, I'm looking around me and I know that at my age I can't t trust my [[body]], and my [[husband]] too. And so I'm having some sense of [[betrayal]] of the [[physical]], so to speak.

TOMAS:Vulnerability.

TOMAS: [[Vulnerability]].

ELYSSIA:Yes, but I just come up with that answer, that I can turn to the Father within for comfort and guidance, and He has proved this in the past tome so many times.

ELYSSIA:Yes, but I just come up with that answer, that I can turn to [[the Father]] within for [[comfort]] and [[guidance]], and He has proved this in the [[past]] tome so many times.

TOMAS:He has proven himself to you. How do you prove yourself to him?

TOMAS:He has proven himself to you. How do you prove yourself to him?

ELYSSIA:By turning to him when I find myself caught up in fear.

ELYSSIA:By turning to him when I find myself caught up in [[fear]].

TOMAS:Good. Then you are doing what you can to establish and reinforce your trust in him.

TOMAS: Good. Then you are doing what you can to establish and reinforce your trust in him.

ELYSSIA:That's good to know.

ELYSSIA:That's good to know.

RACHEL:This whole conversation's pretty interesting, Tomas, because I've just been running around the same old trust thing. I was having this conversation with God just yesterday, about trusting him! And I said, well, the bottom line was: Do you trust God? And I guess I have to! Because there's nothing really in this world that I CAN trust other than that Source!

RACHEL:This whole [[conversation]]'s pretty interesting, Tomas, because I've just been running around the same old [[trust]] thing. I was having this [[conversation]] with God just yesterday, about trusting him! And I said, well, the bottom line was: Do you trust God? And I guess I have to! Because there's nothing really in this world that I CAN trust other than [[the Source|that Source]]!

TOMAS:You have certainly intellectually resolved it!

TOMAS:You have certainly [[intellectually]] [[resolved]] it!

RACHEL:Yeah, I've intellectually resolved it, but I'm being plagued by doubts and things these days.

RACHEL:Yeah, I've intellectually resolved it, but I'm being plagued by [[doubts]] and things these days.

TOMAS:Perhaps what you need to do, all of you, who are troubled with distrust, troubled with distrust of the Father and His path for you, or your understanding of your path through Him, is remind yourself of what you have learned, what experiences you have experienced, what lessons you have attained, what wisdoms you have assimilated, what accomplishments you have overcome. You sometimes become too focused on the moment, to the exclusion of perspective.

TOMAS:Perhaps what you need to do, all of you, who are troubled with distrust, troubled with distrust of [[the Father]] and His [[path]] for you, or your [[understanding]] of your path through Him, is remind yourself of what you have [[learned]], what [[experiences]] you have experienced, what lessons you have [[attained]], what [[wisdoms]] you have [[assimilated]], what accomplishments you have overcome. You sometimes become too [[focused]] on the moment, to the exclusion of [[perspective]].

RACHEL:It's difficult, you know. I suppose in growing up in this world that there hasn't been one person I could trust not one, not even my own parents, to be there when I needed them, so it's kind of a difficult thing to adjust to.

RACHEL:It's difficult, you know. I suppose in growing up in [[this world]] that there hasn't been one person I could trust not one, not even my own [[parents]], to be there when I needed them, so it's kind of a [[difficult]] thing to [[adjust]] to.

TOMAS:It is nothing to adjust to; it is something to embrace. It is a new reality entirely, reality. It is in fact upon your plate. If you say that you have been discovering that you have no choice, then you must now trust the choice that has been presented to you: The Father Himself.

TOMAS:It is nothing to [[adjust]] to; it is something to [[embrace]]. It is a new [[reality]] entirely, reality. It is in [[fact]] upon your plate. If you say that you have been [[discovering]] that you have no [[choice]], then you must now trust the choice that has been presented to you: [[The Father]] Himself.

RACHEL:You know, I feel like my soul trusts the Father explicitly, without a doubt. It's my mind.

RACHEL:You know, I feel like my [[soul]] trusts the Father explicitly, without a [[doubt]]. It's my [[mind]].

TOMAS:Yes. Give your mind, then, to Him.

TOMAS:Yes. Give your mind, then, to Him.

RACHEL:Well I said that, but then He said, "But you always take it back !"

RACHEL:Well I said that, but then He said, "But you always take it back !"

TOMAS:Are these not those spiritual habits that are so troublesome until they are mastered?

TOMAS:Are these not those spiritual [[habits]] that are so troublesome until they are mastered?

RACHEL:I suppose, yes, they are.

RACHEL:I suppose, yes, they are.

RACHEL:Oh, that's very true. I mean, I look back on my life and see so many things - where I didn't even KNOW Him!

RACHEL:Oh, that's very true. I mean, I look back on my [[life]] and see so many things - where I didn't even KNOW Him!

TOMAS:Good. Now you're on the right track.

TOMAS:Good. Now you're on the right track.

RACHEL:When I wasn't even fully conscious, so I say to myself, "How can you have doubts in trust when He was there before you even knew Him? And now that you know him!" It seems ridiculous. But it's going to a deeper level of trust.

RACHEL:When I wasn't even fully [[conscious]], so I say to myself, "How can you have doubts in [[trust]] when He was there before you even knew Him? And now that you know him!" It seems ridiculous. But it's going to a deeper level of [[trust]].

TOMAS:This is then a decent assignment for you for the next few days. Accept your trust in that which you know to be your perspective as a result of your quiet time with that God within you that gives you your very being.

TOMAS:This is then a decent [[assignment]] for you for the next few days. [[Accept]] your [[trust]] in that which you know to be your [[perspective]] as a result of your [[quiet time]] with that [[God within]] you that gives you your very [[being]].

===Closing===

===Closing===

Are there (anymore) questions this evening?

Are there (anymore) [[questions]] this evening?

 

==Session 3==                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

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Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 01:23:26 EST

Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 01:23:26 EST