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The [[course]] of your human [[life]] has taught you that you begin unfamiliar with all aspects of life. It takes a child decades to [[become]] familiar enough to be considered an [[adult]], one who is well versed in life realities. You are in a similar situation spiritually. You are entering realms in which you are currently not altogether familiar although you are [[becoming]] more so each day. As your educational experience [[proceeds]], you are coming to realize that what was unfamiliar to you at one point is now part of the [[foundation]] on which more spiritual [[truths]] are built, and you are finding yourselves taking for granted some of your earlier [[problems]], your earlier equations.

The [[course]] of your human [[life]] has taught you that you begin unfamiliar with all aspects of life. It takes a child decades to [[become]] familiar enough to be considered an [[adult]], one who is well versed in life realities. You are in a similar situation spiritually. You are entering realms in which you are currently not altogether familiar although you are [[becoming]] more so each day. As your educational experience [[proceeds]], you are coming to realize that what was unfamiliar to you at one point is now part of the [[foundation]] on which more spiritual [[truths]] are built, and you are finding yourselves taking for granted some of your earlier [[problems]], your earlier equations.

Much as it took many, many years of [[practice]] and [[diligence]] to learn how to do an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebra algebraic] problem, it could take many, many years to become proficient at the [[practice]] of entering the spiritual realm on command and with [[certainty]]. This should not be [[surprising]] to you although it is easy as an adult to forget the long period it took for you to become familiar even with your own life [[surroundings]]. Grant yourself this time of [[learning]] and [[experience]]. Realize that it is a [[process]] that only starts now. You will not complete this process in this [[life]]. You will not be here long enough, nearly, to do that.

Much as it took many, many years of [[practice]] and [[diligence]] to learn how to do an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebra algebraic] problem, it could take many, many years to become proficient at the [[practice]] of entering the spiritual realm on command and with [[certainty]]. This should not be [[surprising]] to you although it is easy as an adult to forget the long period it took for you to become familiar even with your own life [[surroundings]]. Grant yourself this time of [[learning]] and [[experience]]. Realize that it is a [[process]] that only starts now. You will not complete this process in this [[life]]. You will not be here long enough, nearly, to do that.

So, grant that it is an ongoing, continuing [[process]] which you are beginning now, indeed, have begun in [[earnest]] for some time. [[Realize]] that as with [[math]] or [[music]] or any other [[physical]] [[principles]], it must be a disciplined [[practice]] in order to become proficient. If you do not practice a musical instrument you will rise to a level of proficiency and remain there. If you do not practice [[stillness]], you will remain at the level that your [[growth]] dictates. Indeed, your growth dictates to you the [[desire]] for more [[stillness]]. You each feel it in your yearning for spiritual [[truths]], and you will [[accept]] this discipline and this principle much as you accepted the fact that you had to go to school as a child.

So, grant that it is an ongoing, continuing [[process]] which you are beginning now, indeed, have begun in [[earnest]] for some time. [[Realize]] that as with [[math]] or [[music]] or any other [[physical]] [[principles]], it must be a disciplined [[practice]] in order to become proficient. If you do not practice a musical instrument you will rise to a level of proficiency and remain there. If you do not practice [[stillness]], you will remain at the level that your [[growth]] dictates. Indeed, your growth dictates to you the [[desire]] for more [[stillness]]. You each feel it in your yearning for spiritual [[truths]], and you will [[accept]] this discipline and this principle much as you accepted the fact that you had to go to school as a child.