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Prayer: Dear Michael and Mother Spirit, Tonight we offer our prayers for Your help, not for ourselves but for our brothers and sisters who are suffering and living in pain. This may be the physical pain of injuries or disease; it may be the mental anguish of suffering some terrible loss of someone very near and deeply loved, or some natural catastrophe that wiped out their home or whole community. And for some it may be a spiritual pain--the sense of meaninglessness, as if nothing means anything any more, and there’s no value to what they do or what they see in life. We ask You to minister to them. Be in their hearts. Offer them hope and the courage to face another day. For ourselves, we ask You to help us be generous of our resources and our time to help those who so desperately need it. Amen.

Prayer: Dear Michael and Mother Spirit, Tonight we offer our prayers for Your help, not for ourselves but for our brothers and sisters who are suffering and living in pain. This may be the physical pain of injuries or disease; it may be the mental anguish of suffering some terrible loss of someone very near and deeply loved, or some natural catastrophe that wiped out their home or whole community. And for some it may be a spiritual pain--the sense of meaninglessness, as if nothing means anything any more, and there’s no value to what they do or what they see in life. We ask You to minister to them. Be in their hearts. Offer them hope and the courage to face another day. For ourselves, we ask You to help us be generous of our resources and our time to help those who so desperately need it. Amen.

*(The reality of pain)

*'''(The reality of pain)'''

MICHAEL: Good evening, My sons, this is Michael. I hear your prayer and I take it into My own heart and send forth My strength that beats in the living hearts of all My children.

MICHAEL: Good evening, My sons, this is Michael. I hear your prayer and I take it into My own heart and send forth My strength that beats in the living hearts of all My children.

The question is: Your last statement--does that mean that I perceive what I see… Wait a minute. Is my perception of reality all that I have? Like the way I see things; is that it? There’s obviously a reality quite separate from the way I see things. I thought I had that figured out at one time, but I’m not sure any more. Any enlightenment would be very nice—helpful.

The question is: Your last statement--does that mean that I perceive what I see… Wait a minute. Is my perception of reality all that I have? Like the way I see things; is that it? There’s obviously a reality quite separate from the way I see things. I thought I had that figured out at one time, but I’m not sure any more. Any enlightenment would be very nice—helpful.

(Objectivity and subjectivity)

*'''(Objectivity and subjectivity)'''

MICHAEL: Yes, My son. I call your attention to a lesson We gave some weeks ago on the difference between what you term objective and subjective. This has been a puzzle for the human need to understand oneself and ones place in the world. Many of your finest thinkers and philosophers have taken it head-on.

MICHAEL: Yes, My son. I call your attention to a lesson We gave some weeks ago on the difference between what you term objective and subjective. This has been a puzzle for the human need to understand oneself and ones place in the world. Many of your finest thinkers and philosophers have taken it head-on.