Changes

==Session==

==Session==

===Opening===

===Opening===

"We are very pleased to be here again. I have most enjoyed listening to your conversation in which you seem to be recognizing that our love is always available to you. We commend you for your willingness to share this experience with others. It is part of that contagion of love. You will of course begin to see how our vibrations alter your own, and as a result, your vibrations effect others, big and small, and they in turn, as the light grows stronger within them, will in time and space make contact with others. We are involved together in creating many associations of love which we would hope some day to encompass your world.

"We are very pleased to be here again. I have most enjoyed [[listening]] to your [[conversation]] in which you seem to be recognizing that our [[love]] is always available to you. We commend you for your willingness to [[share]] this [[experience]] with others. It is part of that [[contagion]] of [[love]]. You will of course begin to see how our [[vibrations]] alter your own, and as a result, your vibrations effect others, big and small, and they in turn, as the [[light]] grows stronger within them, will in [[time and space]] make contact with others. We are involved together in creating many [[associations]] of love which we would [[hope]] some day to [[encompass]] your world.

===Lesson===

===Lesson===

I am Legion. I wish to tell you that it is your faith that is the miracle every one seeks. It is your faith that will guide you always to our love and guidance. Faith is always a mastery of the mind as it is connected to the heart. As you master this connection, you repeatedly have experience of contact with our love. You notice how the bark of the dog may echo across the land, or the fall of a tree may send ripples across the water. This is how your daily effort to master your faith, to bring the power of your faith into your reality, will have its effect upon your world and among others, as your contact with love echoes and ripples forth.

I am Legion. I wish to tell you that it is your [[faith]] that is the [[miracle]] every one seeks. It is your faith that will [[guide]] you always to our love and guidance. Faith is always a mastery of the [[mind]] as it is connected to the [[heart]]. As you master this connection, you repeatedly have [[experience]] of contact with our love. You notice how the bark of the dog may [[echo]] across the land, or the fall of a tree may send ripples across the water. This is how your daily [[effort]] to master your [[faith]], to bring the power of your faith into your [[reality]], will have its effect upon your world and among others, as your contact with love echoes and ripples forth.

We would talk to you now about your faith in each other, which demands of you the ability to accept differences, disappointments, and joys that are sometimes yours to share with another, and sometimes yours to watch from afar. Your faith must be two-fold: exactly as it is to have faith in me. You must have faith in your ability to love. You must have faith in your ability to be loved. When you are in trouble, or trying to make a change, you can turn to me, or our Father, our Mother, and you can say, "Love me." You then will have our love. You will discover we are most happy that you have called for our love to shower upon you, to bring you comfort.

We would talk to you now about your [[faith]] in each other, which demands of you the [[ability]] to accept [[differences]], [[disappointments]], and [[joys]] that are sometimes yours to [[share]] with another, and sometimes yours to watch from afar. Your faith must be two-fold: exactly as it is to have faith in me. You must have faith in your ability to love. You must have faith in your ability to be loved. When you are in trouble, or trying to make a [[change]], you can turn to me, or [[our Father]], our [[Nebadonia|Mother]], and you can say, "Love me." You then will have our love. You will [[discover]] we are most [[happy]] that you have called for our love to shower upon you, to bring you [[comfort]].

If your heart is open, you experience the receiving of great comfort and joy, even in the muddle of darkness. It is in this experience of our love, as we bring it to you, that we hope for you to maximize your ability to give love away. Of course, it never goes away, once you recognize the mutual vibration that is established between us and yourselves, between yourselves and us, and between yourselves and others, and they to you. It is much as one might see the laughing Buddha whose great soft marvelous belly and folds of being ripple with joy, and suffering. It is in peaceful stillness that joy embraces disappointment, and disappointment recognizes joy. It is this stillness, that you may also call "awareness," or "being awake."

If your heart is open, you [[experience]] the receiving of great [[comfort]] and [[joy]], even in the muddle of [[darkness]]. It is in this experience of our love, as we bring it to you, that we [[hope]] for you to maximize your [[ability]] to give love away. Of course, it never goes away, once you recognize the mutual [[vibration]] that is established between us and yourselves, between yourselves and us, and between yourselves and others, and they to you. It is much as one might see the laughing [[Buddha]] whose great soft marvelous belly and folds of being ripple with [[joy]], and [[suffering]]. It is in peaceful [[stillness]] that joy embraces [[disappointment]], and disappointment recognizes joy. It is this stillness, that you may also call "awareness," or "being [[awake]]."

If you have any questions to ask about faith, I will remain here today. If you wish to speak with Alana, she is ready. We will give you time."

If you have any [[questions]] to ask about [[faith]], I will remain here today. If you wish to speak with Alana, she is ready. We will give you time."

"I am Alana. I welcome your questions."

"I am Alana. I welcome your [[questions]]."

===Dialogue===

===Dialogue===

O : "I have a question of faith that I have pondered many times over many years  I can not understand how in certain life circumstances my faith is so little, and in other situations it is just there. I believe it has to do with some electro-chemical reaction in me. I would like to have some explanation why faith is sometimes so easy to train like a muscle, and at other times it is so difficult."

O : "I have a question of [[faith]] that I have pondered many times over many years  I can not [[understand]] how in certain life circumstances my faith is so little, and in other situations it is just there. I believe it has to do with some [[electro-chemical]] [[reaction]] in me. I would like to have some [[explanation]] why faith is sometimes so easy to train like a muscle, and at other times it is so [[difficult]]."

"Thank you. You are of course a complicated organism. We have spoken before about the power of love to move through your bodies and to change your lives. We have spoken about the need to replenish this supply of energy on a daily basis, to "plug in" to the stillness to "recharge the batteries" for ten minutes a day.

"Thank you. You are of course a [[complicated]] [[organism]]. We have spoken before about the [[power]] of [[love]] to move through your [[bodies]] and to [[change]] your lives. We have spoken about the need to replenish this supply of [[energy]] on a daily basis, to "plug in" to the [[stillness]] to "recharge the batteries" for ten minutes a day.

It is of course also true that this energy affects your physical body which is run by many laws of physicality, to which you refer, but faith is not such a mechanical idea, unless you wish to see the necessity of repetition, or repeated choice, as something mechanical. Your faith is always and ever a choice. This lifts it up beyond your physical make-up. There are some who might say to you that your most difficult times are a blessing, not a bane upon existence. It is in your most difficult times that you must make the effort to make the choice to continue to have faith and to see with God¹s love. These are the times when choice, choosing your faith, becomes most intimately known and understood.

It is of course also true that this energy affects your physical [[body]] which is run by many laws of physicality, to which you refer, but [[faith]] is not such a [[mechanical]] idea, unless you wish to see the [[necessity]] of repetition, or repeated choice, as something mechanical. Your faith is always and ever a choice. This lifts it up beyond your [[physical]] make-up. There are some who might say to you that your most [[difficult]] times are a [[blessing]], not a bane upon existence. It is in your most difficult times that you must make the [[effort]] to make the choice to continue to have faith and to see with God¹s love. These are the times when choice, choosing your faith, becomes most [[intimately]] known and understood.

We can not be sloppy about our choices. This is not a criticism, it is simply to respect that in the beginning we make "mistakes" excuse me, Legion would wish me to tell you this on your physical planet you begin as children, and if as a child you are brought to the understanding of God¹s love, you will have a simple faith. Some proceed through their life on earth with this simple faith augmented and never challenged or taken away. Most of you must augment your simple faith of the child by your own efforts. This, as we have said before, is part of the experience you call "to be born again." Once you can combine this innocence and purity of faith with all your experiences upon your troubled planet then you have a faith of remarkable strength. It is the faith that embraces joy and disappointment. It is the faith that embraces life with love. Your contact with others will have a distinct flavor.

We can not be sloppy about our [[choices]]. This is not a [[criticism]], it is simply to [[respect]] that in the beginning we make "mistakes" excuse me, Legion would wish me to tell you this on your physical planet you begin as children, and if as a child you are brought to the [[understanding]] of God¹s love, you will have a [[simple]] [[faith]]. Some proceed through their life on earth with this simple faith augmented and never [[challenged]] or taken away. Most of you must augment your simple faith of the child by your own efforts. This, as we have said before, is part of the experience you call "to be [[born again]]." Once you can combine this [[innocence]] and [[purity]] of faith with all your experiences upon your troubled planet then you have a faith of remarkable [[strength]]. It is the faith that embraces [[joy]] and [[disappointment]]. It is the faith that embraces life with love. Your contact with others will have a distinct flavor.

There is need for both kinds of faith. That one which has never been sullied, as you might say, by the terrible troubles of the planet. And that one that has the strength of re-creating, or creating newly. Faith which has suffered the fear that you are lost and unloved. These two kinds of faith are similar, I must tell you, in that faith requires that you pray, that you ask for love to be given to you, and that you give your love as it has been given unto you. You should see here that it is not just faith in our Father, our Mother, our love, it is also faith in you, of which we speak. You may notice sometimes that when you are knocking on the door of faith and you think the door will not open, you may discover that it was in yourself that the door was closed against yourself. Our door is always open. When you turn to me, that is your open door. But I agree it is not simple.

There is need for both kinds of faith. That one which has never been sullied, as you might say, by the terrible troubles of the planet. And that one that has the strength of re-creating, or creating newly. Faith which has suffered the fear that you are lost and unloved. These two kinds of faith are similar, I must tell you, in that faith requires that you pray, that you ask for love to be given to you, and that you give your love as it has been given unto you. You should see here that it is not just faith in our Father, our Mother, our love, it is also faith in you, of which we speak. You may notice sometimes that when you are knocking on the door of faith and you think the door will not open, you may discover that it was in yourself that the door was closed against yourself. Our door is always open. When you turn to me, that is your open door. But I agree it is not simple.