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== Session==

== Session==

===Opening===

===Opening===

Ham: Greetings my children, I am Ham and I am grateful to have you all here again this evening. Tonight, we shall discuss harmony.

Ham: Greetings my children, I am Ham and I am [[grateful]] to have you all here again this evening. Tonight, we shall [[discuss]] [[harmony]].

===Lesson===

===Lesson===

Love is harmony. Harmony is a state when all is various and different and yet comes together in such a way that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Harmony exists everywhere in nature. All of the individual life forms, with their own individual imperative, somehow work together to create a balanced system where all are provided for and all have a freedom in their self-expression.

[[Love]] is [[harmony]]. Harmony is a state when all is various and [[different]] and yet comes together in such a way that [[the whole]] is greater than the sum of the parts. Harmony exists [[everywhere]] in [[nature]]. All of the individual life forms, with their own individual [[imperative]], somehow work together to create a [[balanced]] system where all are provided for and all have a [[freedom]] in their self-[[expression]].

Harmony exists in the highest art. It exists in music, of course, but also in every other kind of art. When art is truly harmonious, it is also beautiful. There is also harmony to be found in social situations. Just now you each expressed your opinions and yet maintained harmony among you. You were able to do so because you have love for each other.

Harmony exists in the highest [[art]]. It exists in [[music]], of course, but also in every other kind of art. When art is truly harmonious, it is also [[beautiful]]. There is also harmony to be found in [[social]] situations. Just now you each [[expressed]] your [[opinions]] and yet maintained harmony among you. You were able to do so because you have [[love]] for each other.

Harmony is God’s plan for each and all. The Father wills that all human beings should reside together in harmony and he desires that each individual should have harmony in his or her life as well. As you progress in your ability to love one another, so do you progress in your ability to have harmonious relations. All of your eternal life will consist of working in groups. You will all have tremendous opportunities to fine tune your own abilities to find harmony in every conceivable situation.

[[Harmony]] is God’s plan for each and all. [[The Father]] wills that all [[human being]]s should reside together in harmony and he [[desires]] that each individual should have harmony in his or her [[life]] as well. As you [[progress]] in your [[ability]] to love one another, so do you progress in your [[ability]] to have harmonious relations. All of your eternal life will consist of working in [[groups]]. You will all have tremendous [[opportunities]] to fine [[tune]] your own abilities to find harmony in every conceivable situation.

The immature person often finds that creating disharmony creates a place for him or her, that seeking out and even causing problems creates a way to distinguish oneself from others. This is true also of nations and groups of nations, tribes and families or groups of tribes and families, religions also. It’s like a child disrupting a group of adults and doing it to feel important, to feel valuable. So too, your entire world now is going through a type of post-adolescence when one is not sure if one wants to be a child or try to grow into adulthood. You are still at a stage where you are unsure of what adulthood means.

The immature person often finds that creating disharmony creates a place for him or her, that seeking out and even causing [[problems]] creates a way to distinguish oneself from others. This is true also of [[nations]] and groups of nations, [[tribes]] and [[families]] or groups of tribes and families, [[religions]] also. It’s like a child disrupting a group of adults and doing it to [[feel]] important, to feel valuable. So too, your entire world now is going through a type of post-[[adolescence]] when one is not sure if one wants to be a child or try to grow into [[adulthood]]. You are still at a [[stage]] where you are unsure of what [[adulthood]] means.

I tell you now that maturity requires the increasing ability to work harmoniously with increasingly different others. It is a shame that your inability to do this on a national or super-national level causes such extreme suffering as it does. Blaming others and the pursuit of revenge are all adolescent fantasies. Revenge is a childish thing which must be put aside in your own lives as well as the lives of larger groups. Peace and harmony will not become real on this world until your peoples can put down these toys of childhood, these half-formed ideas, and incomprehensions.

I tell you now that [[maturity]] requires the increasing [[ability]] to work harmoniously with increasingly [[different]] others. It is a [[shame]] that your inability to do this on a national or super-national level causes such [[extreme]] [[suffering]] as it does. [[Blaming]] others and the pursuit of [[revenge]] are all adolescent [[fantasies]]. Revenge is a childish thing which must be put aside in your own lives as well as the lives of larger groups. [[Peace]] and harmony will not become real on this world until your peoples can put down these toys of [[childhood]], these half-formed ideas, and incomprehensions.

I would like now for each of you to discuss your own growth in the areas we have discussed, growth in harmonious relationships.

I would like now for each of you to discuss your own [[growth]] in the areas we have discussed, growth in [[harmonious]] [[relationships]].

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Ham: Greetings again. These discussions are very important because they help you bring things out and make them real to yourself. You have all made very much progress and you all do very well. There is no one who is left behind in these lessons, no one who is not progressing and growing. You are all enjoying this progress, even though at times if feels painful or feels very uncomfortable. The more you are growing, the less comfortable you are. That is why growth occurs in spurts, so you can maintain a balance while you grow.

Ham: Greetings again. These [[discussions]] are very important because they help you bring things out and make them real to yourself. You have all made very much [[progress]] and you all do very well. There is no one who is left behind in these lessons, no one who is not [[progressing]] and [[growing]]. You are all enjoying this progress, even though at times if feels [[painful]] or feels very uncomfortable. The more you are growing, the less [[comfortable]] you are. That is why growth occurs in spurts, so you can [[maintain]] a [[balance]] while you grow.

Let us begin the question and answer section of our discussion.

Let us begin the question and answer section of our discussion.