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==Session==

==Session==

===Opening===

===Opening===

Elyon (Jonathan TR): Greetings to you, my friends. This is Elyon. You are my fellow shipmates. As your captain I would speak today on thoughts, as it has been part of your discussion. Perhaps more correctly I would say it is more about attitude in general than thinking specific thoughts.

Elyon (Jonathan TR): Greetings to you, my friends. This is Elyon. You are my fellow shipmates. As your captain I would speak today on [[thoughts]], as it has been part of your [[discussion]]. Perhaps more correctly I would say it is more about [[attitude]] in general than thinking specific thoughts.

===Lesson===

===Lesson===

The captain of a vessel must of necessity ever be on the lookout for obstructions, objects below the surface, which may be hazardous to the smooth sailing of that ship. Any good captain will avoid these danger points. However it is not the goal of the captain to spend every waking moment looking for the dangers and avoiding them. Rather it is the goal of the captain to locate the shipping channels, the deep waters, and to make headway within them.

The captain of a vessel must of [[necessity]] ever be on the lookout for obstructions, objects below the [[surface]], which may be hazardous to the smooth sailing of that ship. Any good captain will avoid these [[danger]] points. However it is not the [[goal]] of the captain to spend every [[waking]] moment looking for the dangers and avoiding them. Rather it is the goal of the captain to locate the shipping [[channels]], the deep waters, and to make headway within them.

So it is with your thoughts. Treat them not as would a sentry guarding a gate, ever watching for the bad ones and screening them out. Instead be more like a collector, one whose mind’s eye is focused towards a specific goal. The goal in this case is positive spiritual perspective. A collector will note the uncollectible only in passing and forget it, strictly seeking that which is desired. A guard may prevent the entry of the unwanted; a collector seeks the possession of the wanted.

So it is with your [[thoughts]]. Treat them not as would a sentry guarding a gate, ever watching for the bad ones and screening them out. Instead be more like a collector, one whose [[mind’s eye]] is focused towards a specific goal. The goal in this case is [[positive]] spiritual [[perspective]]. A collector will note the uncollectible only in passing and forget it, strictly seeking that which is desired. A guard may prevent the entry of the unwanted; a collector seeks the possession of the wanted.

As you leverage the power of your mind with the aim of greater spiritualizing influence on your entire being, you will find the best progress as you take your mind into the deep shipping channels where there is good speed and safety, to mark the points of hazard but keeping ever clear your journey’s goal.

As you [[leverage]] the [[power]] of your [[mind]] with the aim of greater spiritualizing [[influence]] on your entire [[being]], you will find the best [[progress]] as you take your mind into the deep shipping [[channels]] where there is good speed and safety, to mark the points of [[hazard]] but keeping ever clear your [[journey]]’s goal.

Thoughts may be likened to paper airplanes, and your attitude may be likened to the currents of air. If you have established an attitude spiritually stable, personally motivated toward truth, beauty, and goodness, you have created currents in your mind-state on which your thoughts may sail and do so favorably both for self and for others. A vessel too heavy to fly will not leave the ground, and it will become increasingly easy for you to leave your bad thoughts grounded, for your attitude will be such that these heavier thoughts will not take to flight. I anticipate some would ask, yes, however, as much as I do seek to have a good attitude, these bad thoughts come my way. To which I answer, your responsibility not only is to have strong attitudinal currents upon which your thoughts may sail but to also spend your energy constructing good craft with which you may sail upon these attitudinal currents. As I return to the idea of the captain who does avoid the rocks, he is not looking for the rocks; he is looking for the open channel. Do not look for your heavy planes that won’t fly. Construct the lighter craft that can go aloft.

Thoughts may be likened to paper airplanes, and your attitude may be likened to the currents of air. If you have established an attitude spiritually stable, personally motivated toward truth, beauty, and goodness, you have created currents in your mind-state on which your thoughts may sail and do so favorably both for self and for others. A vessel too heavy to fly will not leave the ground, and it will become increasingly easy for you to leave your bad thoughts grounded, for your attitude will be such that these heavier thoughts will not take to flight. I anticipate some would ask, yes, however, as much as I do seek to have a good attitude, these bad thoughts come my way. To which I answer, your responsibility not only is to have strong attitudinal currents upon which your thoughts may sail but to also spend your energy constructing good craft with which you may sail upon these attitudinal currents. As I return to the idea of the captain who does avoid the rocks, he is not looking for the rocks; he is looking for the open channel. Do not look for your heavy planes that won’t fly. Construct the lighter craft that can go aloft.