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Music: Dorenda on Piano:

Music: Dorenda on Piano:

Prelude: "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzqpkMJxyss You Are My Hiding Place]"

Prelude: "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzqpkMJxyss You Are My Hiding Place]"

Postlude: "[http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/i/w/iwilsing.htm I Will Sing the Wondrous Story]"

Postlude: "[https://cyberhymnal.org/htm/i/w/iwilsing.htm I Will Sing the Wondrous Story]"

Prayer: (Matthew) Let us place ourselves in the [[presence]] of [[Jesus]], the Christ.

Prayer: (Matthew) Let us place ourselves in the [[presence]] of [[Jesus]], the Christ.

TOMAS: You are a perfect example of the Perfection that we [[discussed]] last week. Carl, how has Hope impressed you?

TOMAS: You are a perfect example of the Perfection that we [[discussed]] last week. Carl, how has Hope impressed you?

Carl: There's a line from a [[song]] that we sing occasionally. It's called '[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0i2Ujf2DCU There's a River in Judea]' and it says, "Often times I [[dream]] of music of a River that freely [[flows]], And the song it sings is sweeter than honey, one everybody knows. Late at night I hear it singing and again I rise at dawn and it fills me up with Hope and good will - the will to go on."

Carl: There's a line from a [[song]] that we sing occasionally. It's called '[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0i2Ujf2DCU There's a River in Judea]' and it says, "Often times I [[dream]] of music of a River that freely [[flows]], And the song it sings is sweeter than honey, one everybody knows. Late at night I hear it singing and again I rise at dawn and it fills me up with Hope and good will - the will to go on."

TOMAS: You speak to the [[quality]] of Hope that is the [[comfort]] of all who struggle. The [[anticipation]] of better times. Thank you for your contribution.

TOMAS: You speak to the [[quality]] of Hope that is the [[comfort]] of all who struggle. The [[anticipation]] of better times. Thank you for your contribution.

There are many ways to look at [[Hope]]: from a bottom-up point of view, as --when you are at the bottom of the [[social]] structure or are the [[foundation]] upon which [[power]] has its base, Hope is the [[belief]] and [[desire]] which enables one to look out beyond their current struggle to become Living [[Faith]], beyond the current [[suffering]]. It is not as if it is a belief or understanding that the life one is then leading will become one of [[luxury]] or substitute servitude for being served. But rather it is the belief and the [[expectation]] that through [[denial]] and through self-[[sacrifice]] one's [[Soul]] will radiate and rebound to [[joys]] and [[grace]] far beyond the limitation of that [[experience]] at the moment.

There are many ways to look at [[Hope]]: from a bottom-up point of view, as --when you are at the bottom of the [[social]] structure or are the [[foundation]] upon which [[power]] has its base, Hope is the [[belief]] and [[desire]] which enables one to look out beyond their current struggle to become Living [[Faith]], beyond the current [[suffering]]. It is not as if it is a belief or understanding that the life one is then leading will become one of [[luxury]] or substitute servitude for being served. But rather it is the belief and the [[expectation]] that through [[denial]] and through self-[[sacrifice]] one's [[Soul]] will radiate and rebound to [[joys]] and [[grace]] far beyond the limitation of that [[experience]] at the moment.

In other words, one of the greatest examples in your world experience is that of the Negro [[slave]] of American vintage, and the vast array of both spiritual [[music]] and cultural [[practice]] that led to the potential [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Movement Civil Rights movement] that continues to be a part of the developing cultural [[growth]] of your [[society]]. that which came from unfathomable [[pain]], sorrow and utter despair. But despite such a scenario, the Hope that sprung from that [[experience]] far out-strips the misery and the pain that bred such sweetness and flowering to a new height and a new [[experience]].

In other words, one of the greatest examples in your world experience is that of the Negro [[slave]] of American vintage, and the vast array of both spiritual [[music]] and cultural [[practice]] that led to the potential [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Movement Civil Rights movement] that continues to be a part of the developing cultural [[growth]] of your [[society]]. that which came from unfathomable [[pain]], sorrow and utter despair. But despite such a scenario, the Hope that sprung from that [[experience]] far out-strips the misery and the pain that bred such sweetness and flowering to a new height and a new [[experience]].

This is not to dismiss the [[experience]] that was inhumane, [[cruel]] and brutal by any standards, but rather to show that the Hope that was lived and conveyed to future [[generations]] is the Fruit that came from such misery that superceded that which was the [[experience]].

This is not to dismiss the [[experience]] that was inhumane, [[cruel]] and brutal by any standards, but rather to show that the Hope that was lived and conveyed to future [[generations]] is the Fruit that came from such misery that superceded that which was the [[experience]].

Peace be upon you. Anatolia and I [[embrace]] you and look forward to our next session together. Farewell.

Peace be upon you. Anatolia and I [[embrace]] you and look forward to our next session together. Farewell.

==Note==

===Note===

The illuminated paper bag is a reference to last Sunday's lesson in which the illuminated paper bag was an illustration of the material being infused with divine light. On Monday, we drove to Santa Fe to hear and see presidential hopeful Congressman Dennis Kucinich at the High School and there in the middle of the gymnasium floor, serendipitously, was a six foot tall illuminated paper bag!

The [[illuminated]] paper bag is a reference to [[2003-04-27-Perfection of Attainment|last Sunday's lesson]] in which the illuminated paper bag was an [[illustration]] of the [[material]] [[being]] infused with [[divine]] [[light]]. On Monday, we drove to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe Santa Fe] to hear and see presidential hopeful Congressman [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Kucinich Dennis Kucinich] at the High School and there in the middle of the [[gymnasium]] floor, serendipitously, was a six foot tall illuminated paper bag!