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People are not disposable units. It is valuable in this group that you have these associations over a long period of [[time]] and you allow yourselves to [[change]]. You give each other room to [[grow]] as you are growing, and you [[adapt]] to each other over the years. This is [[wonderful]] to see. The [[friendships]] you have formed and forged in this [[group]] will remain with you throughout your lives. Be at [[peace]] with yourselves and with each other...allow time to pass as you work through the many intricacies of such [[intimate]] friendships. Don't think that you have to solve everything at once. Open your [[hearts]] in love for each other, pray for each other or for the group as a whole and always let your [[intentions]] be toward [[pure]] friendship, asking nothing - receiving the other person in a completeness in the most complete way that you can. Have [[faith]] and [[trust]], my children - trust in [[Jesus]] enough to follow in his [[footsteps]] and be a friend to all as you pass by.

People are not disposable units. It is valuable in this group that you have these associations over a long period of [[time]] and you allow yourselves to [[change]]. You give each other room to [[grow]] as you are growing, and you [[adapt]] to each other over the years. This is [[wonderful]] to see. The [[friendships]] you have formed and forged in this [[group]] will remain with you throughout your lives. Be at [[peace]] with yourselves and with each other...allow time to pass as you work through the many intricacies of such [[intimate]] friendships. Don't think that you have to solve everything at once. Open your [[hearts]] in love for each other, pray for each other or for the group as a whole and always let your [[intentions]] be toward [[pure]] friendship, asking nothing - receiving the other person in a completeness in the most complete way that you can. Have [[faith]] and [[trust]], my children - trust in [[Jesus]] enough to follow in his [[footsteps]] and be a friend to all as you pass by.

Are there any questions at this time?

Are there any [[questions]] at this time?

===Dialogue===

===Dialogue===

Hal: You know there is a new thing going on now unfamiliar to our culture where young people go to school and shoot people and teachers - that never used to happen - can you explain that phenomenon?

Hal: You know there is a new thing going on now unfamiliar to our [[culture]] where young people go to [[school]] and shoot people and teachers - that never used to happen - can you [[explain]] that [[phenomenon]]?

Ham: Well, there are many factors, of course. There is such a great loss of family and community cohesion. Young people feel quite alone and adrift in the world. Your society has gone very far in the secular direction, where there is little sense of community faith. Personality isolation is very frightening, especially for young people. They are confused in the conflicting messages they receive in the adult world. Is there a God, is there not a God??? Am I alone in the universe??? These shootings are linked to suicide where suicide is a solitary act, these shootings are acts of the most extreme pain and sense of being completely lost and wanting to inflict that pain on to others. Mixed with that is a wanting to draw attention to that pain, to themselves. To have a moment, if they are not love, they are feared and noticed So that their lives are not insignificant. It is very sad and your country collectively shakes its head and asks, how did we come to this, but the roots were planted long ago. Is this helping?

Ham: Well, there are many [[factors]], of course. There is such a great loss of [[family]] and [[community]] [[cohesion]]. Young people feel quite [[alone]] and adrift in the world. Your [[society]] has gone very far in the [[secular]] direction, where there is little sense of community [[faith]]. Personality [[isolation]] is very frightening, especially for young people. They are [[confused]] in the conflicting messages they receive in the adult world. Is there a God, is there not a God??? Am I [[alone]] in [[the universe]]??? These shootings are linked to [[suicide]] where suicide is a [[solitary]] act, these shootings are acts of the most [[extreme]] [[pain]] and sense of being completely lost and wanting to inflict that pain on to others. Mixed with that is a wanting to draw [[attention]] to that pain, to themselves. To have a moment, if they are not love, they are [[feared]] and noticed So that their lives are not insignificant. It is very sad and your country [[collectively]] shakes its head and asks, how did we come to this, but the [[roots]] were planted long ago. Is this helping?

Hal: Yes. I was thinking and wondering if TV makes a difference - because when I was in school . . . people were picked on, but nobody ever thought of these acts. Has the line between reality and unreality been blurred - you know what I'm trying to ask, I'm sure.

Hal: Yes. I was [[thinking]] and wondering if [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV TV] makes a [[difference]] - because when I was in [[school]] . . . people were picked on, but nobody ever thought of these [[acts]]. Has the line between [[reality]] and unreality been blurred - you know what I'm trying to ask, I'm sure.

Ham: Yes. Your entertainment has glorified violence for a long time and presented it as a solution to every problem, but also, the publicity gained by these acts is a motivating factor for the children, yes.

Ham: Yes. Your [[entertainment]] has [[glorified]] [[violence]] for a long time and presented it as a solution to every [[problem]], but also, the [[publicity]] gained by these acts is a [[motivating]] factor for the children, yes.

Hal: Thank You

Hal: Thank You

I have a question: Recently I had to end a friendship, and I wonder if I handled it in the most loving way, in the way that the Father would have handled it?

Ham: Well, my son, these kinds of situations are always [[difficult]]. I cannot say that you handled it in a perfectly [[God-like]] way, because this is a human [[interaction]], and thus had to be handled in a human way, as loving as it could be. You must each now find your own [[strength]] to go forward and find [[forgiveness]] for each other in your [[hearts]] and [[eventual]] [[acceptance]]. Be at ease my son.

Ham: Well, my son, these kinds of situations are always difficult. I cannot say that you handled it in a perfectly God-like way, because this is a human interaction, and thus had to be handled in a human way, as loving as it could be. You must each now find your own strength to go forward and find forgiveness for each other in your hearts and eventual acceptance. Be at ease my son.

Ham - there's a term I hear lately called [http://www.wikihow.com/Recognize-a-Toxic-Friend Toxic Friendship] and it refers to friendships that are really [[negative]] and draining . . . .

Ham - there's a term I hear lately called Toxic Friendship and it refers to friendships that are really negative and draining . . . .

Ham: Yes, of course. Very often your [[love]] is [[rejected]] or [[manipulated]]. As people grow, especially in [[man]] and [[woman]] relationships, which are the closest and most [[intense]] [[relationships]], often times one person will grow in the [[spirit]], and the other one is not ready to move that far yet. And may be very resentful of the person who is growing. In this situation, [[the Father]] is actually allowing you to [[separate]]. It is said that the Father brings two people together until such time as he wills them apart. And this may happen many times in he [[course]] of one's life and it does not mean that you are somehow [[failing]] and often times it only means that you are [[growing]]. When the Father truly brings two people together, they will stay [[together]] and no [[force]] can pull them apart. Simply understand that if you are going through a time when you are going through different relationships, this is a time of [[growth]], even a time of [[preparing]] with someone who will last a much longer time. Is this helping

Hal: Yes, I was smoking some very [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marijuna good medicine] at the time, and my question would be if it's appropriate to seek additional [[enlightenment]] through such herbs, or rather should we take the long [[path]] to enlightenment through [[meditation]] and a concentration on [[stillness]] and the spiritual [[contemplation]]?

Ham: The use of various [[drugs]] can be a [http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090620225217AAFrsox two-edged sword]. On the one hand, it can allow you flashes of [[insight]], but on the other hand, it can make it easier for you to believe your own [[illusions]]. After a while, it is hard to tell which is which. These questions are for you, yourself to answer. Each person must make these [[decisions]] for themselves. I will say, though, that the [[spiritual]] [[path]], in the long run, is not necessarily well served. Use these substances in [[moderation]] and with caution. That is all.

 

 

Ham: The use of various drugs can be a two-edged sword. On the one hand, it can allow you flashes of insight, but on the other hand, it can make it easier for you to believe your own illusions. After a while, it is hard to tell which is which. These questions are for you, yourself to answer. Each person must make these decisions for themselves. I will say, though, that the spiritual path, in the long run, is not necessarily well served. Use these substances in moderation and with caution. That is all.

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