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Once you pass through into that realm of [[faith]] – living faith – you tap into that which is within you and you tap into what is available to you at that point.  It will be [[different]] for everyone because everyone is a different [[level]] of [[growth]] and [[personality]] [[expression]].  There are many [[different]] [[levels]] of [[awareness]] and [[consciousness]] and none of them are wrong.  They are appropriate for where you are in your [[development]].
 
Once you pass through into that realm of [[faith]] – living faith – you tap into that which is within you and you tap into what is available to you at that point.  It will be [[different]] for everyone because everyone is a different [[level]] of [[growth]] and [[personality]] [[expression]].  There are many [[different]] [[levels]] of [[awareness]] and [[consciousness]] and none of them are wrong.  They are appropriate for where you are in your [[development]].
 
   
 
   
When it is said that you are [[equal]] [[spiritually]], or that [[God]] is no respecter of [[persons]], you are in the comfortable position of [[knowing]] that you are in [[God]]’s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hands hands], that whatever, wherever and however you [[express]] yourself, it is [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/appropriate appropriate] for you right [[now]].     
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When it is said that you are [[equal]] [[spiritually]], or that [[God]] is no respecter of [[persons]], you are in the comfortable position of [[knowing]] that you are in [[God]]’s [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hands hands], that whatever, wherever and however you [[express]] yourself, it is [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/appropriate appropriate] for you right [[now]].     
 
   
 
   
As you [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Senses#Audition hear] yourself, you can learn from yourself.  You can learn from yourself by hearing yourself, in [[fact]], far better than you can by hearing someone else, even by [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Senses#Audition hearing] someone else [[reflect]] back to you your own [[thoughts]]; therefore, there is nothing like your own [[personal]] [[experience]] to teach you what you need to know. In the [[process]], yes, your imperfections and your incompleteness will be [[revealed]], but there is no one here who is [[perfect]] and complete, and so that is nothing to [[worry]] about, nothing that should inhibit your [[expression]] of who you are at this time.  
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As you [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Senses#Audition hear] yourself, you can learn from yourself.  You can learn from yourself by hearing yourself, in [[fact]], far better than you can by hearing someone else, even by [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Senses#Audition hearing] someone else [[reflect]] back to you your own [[thoughts]]; therefore, there is nothing like your own [[personal]] [[experience]] to teach you what you need to know. In the [[process]], yes, your imperfections and your incompleteness will be [[revealed]], but there is no one here who is [[perfect]] and complete, and so that is nothing to [[worry]] about, nothing that should inhibit your [[expression]] of who you are at this time.  
 
   
 
   
There is a certain amount of [[exposure]] that comes when you open your mouth in such a way as these [[T/R]]s do.  It’s very much like [[intimate]] [[sharing]] and sometimes when you share intimately you are a little [[embarrassed]] perhaps by how [[intimate]] you [[shared]] and perhaps you didn’t [[intend]] to reveal so much about yourself and you feel [[exposed]], you feel [[naked]] before [[God]] and your [[peers]].  Sometimes that exposing yourself like that comes back to [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Haunt haunt] you, but most of the time it [[strengthens]] you and helps you [[clarify]] who you are and what you know.  It is peculiar and hard for you to [[believe]], perhaps, but your every [[utterance]] is helpful in some way =-= providing you want to be helpful.  This is the second part of the key.  The first part is [[stillness]] and the second is the [[desire]] to [[serve]].  The desire to serve is turning the key in the lock so that the door will open.  Both of these are very [[Inner Life|internal]] [[processes]].  They are [[commitments]].  They are [[soul]] commitments on your part.  Now the [[wonder]] and [[glory]] of these kinds of [[soul]] [[commitments]] come in the rush of [[awareness]] that you are not [[alone]], you are [[assisted]], and you are a part of a tremendous [[organism]] of living [[love]].  You have a [[right]] to be here; you are loved and [[appreciated]] regardless of your less than [[perfect]] [[efforts]].  
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There is a certain amount of [[exposure]] that comes when you open your mouth in such a way as these [[T/R]]s do.  It’s very much like [[intimate]] [[sharing]] and sometimes when you share intimately you are a little [[embarrassed]] perhaps by how [[intimate]] you [[shared]] and perhaps you didn’t [[intend]] to reveal so much about yourself and you feel [[exposed]], you feel [[naked]] before [[God]] and your [[peers]].  Sometimes that exposing yourself like that comes back to [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Haunt haunt] you, but most of the time it [[strengthens]] you and helps you [[clarify]] who you are and what you know.  It is peculiar and hard for you to [[believe]], perhaps, but your every [[utterance]] is helpful in some way =-= providing you want to be helpful.  This is the second part of the key.  The first part is [[stillness]] and the second is the [[desire]] to [[serve]].  The desire to serve is turning the key in the lock so that the door will open.  Both of these are very [[Inner Life|internal]] [[processes]].  They are [[commitments]].  They are [[soul]] commitments on your part.  Now the [[wonder]] and [[glory]] of these kinds of [[soul]] [[commitments]] come in the rush of [[awareness]] that you are not [[alone]], you are [[assisted]], and you are a part of a tremendous [[organism]] of living [[love]].  You have a [[right]] to be here; you are loved and [[appreciated]] regardless of your less than [[perfect]] [[efforts]].  
 
   
 
   
[[Humanity]] is [[hungry]] for [[truth]], [[beauty]] and [[goodness]][http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_56#56:10._TRUTH.2C_BEAUTY.2C_AND_GOODNESS].  They are desperate to see [[divinity]] [[revealed]], and when it can be revealed through their fellow [[human]] [[beings]], it is enough to restore [[faith]] in [[humanity]] and the [[faith]] in [[humanity]] has been sorely [[wounded]] as the [[Turbulence|tumultuous]] [[new age]] – this past [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century century] – has barreled down upon you.  If [[God]] in his [[heaven]] cannot be seen or [[trusted]] or known by many in the evolving [[religions]], he can certainly be known [[personally]] through [[revealed]] [[religion]][http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION], and one of the ways that [[god]] is revealed is through you.  This is the task. This is why we have come.  To teach you to teach [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_171#171:7._.22_AS_JESUS_PASSED_BY_.22 as you pass by] in your own right as [[Jesus]] did, so shall you do.  
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[[Humanity]] is [[hungry]] for [[truth]], [[beauty]] and [[goodness]][https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_56#56:10._TRUTH.2C_BEAUTY.2C_AND_GOODNESS].  They are desperate to see [[divinity]] [[revealed]], and when it can be revealed through their fellow [[human]] [[beings]], it is enough to restore [[faith]] in [[humanity]] and the [[faith]] in [[humanity]] has been sorely [[wounded]] as the [[Turbulence|tumultuous]] [[new age]] – this past [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century century] – has barreled down upon you.  If [[God]] in his [[heaven]] cannot be seen or [[trusted]] or known by many in the evolving [[religions]], he can certainly be known [[personally]] through [[revealed]] [[religion]][https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION], and one of the ways that [[god]] is revealed is through you.  This is the task. This is why we have come.  To teach you to teach [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_171#171:7._.22_AS_JESUS_PASSED_BY_.22 as you pass by] in your own right as [[Jesus]] did, so shall you do.  
 
   
 
   
 
Now, I am not suggesting that you become anyone other than yourself.  You do not need to [[change]] your [[name]] or [[Dress|adorn]] yourself fin precious raiment you need only be [[mindful]] of the [[fact]] that through [[stillness]] and a [[desire]] to be of [[service]] you enter into a new realm of ''reality''.  You begin with the [[stillness]].
 
Now, I am not suggesting that you become anyone other than yourself.  You do not need to [[change]] your [[name]] or [[Dress|adorn]] yourself fin precious raiment you need only be [[mindful]] of the [[fact]] that through [[stillness]] and a [[desire]] to be of [[service]] you enter into a new realm of ''reality''.  You begin with the [[stillness]].
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Have you then [[experienced]] the thrill of opening your mouth and allowing [[God]] to [[speak]] through you?  Have you on occasion been [[self]]-forgetting and interested in the [[moment]], caught up in the [[magic]] of the [[moment]], and heard yourself speaking such [[things]] that even impressed you?  Have you listened to yourself and said, “Wow! Where did that come from?”  That is you [[being]] all that you can be. Not merely a [[mortal]] of the realm but a mortal of the realm with [[divine]] [[consciousness]].  You become a [[co-creator]] then with your [[divine]] [[Adjuster]] and/or other [[agencies]] of the divine Adjuster – heavenly helpers all, who yearn to [[assist]] you in your [[process]].  Once you begin to open your [[mind]] and [[heart]], your [[Voice]] will also.  Your throat will also open and the [[words]] will indeed pour forth, addressing the needs of the [[moment]].   
 
Have you then [[experienced]] the thrill of opening your mouth and allowing [[God]] to [[speak]] through you?  Have you on occasion been [[self]]-forgetting and interested in the [[moment]], caught up in the [[magic]] of the [[moment]], and heard yourself speaking such [[things]] that even impressed you?  Have you listened to yourself and said, “Wow! Where did that come from?”  That is you [[being]] all that you can be. Not merely a [[mortal]] of the realm but a mortal of the realm with [[divine]] [[consciousness]].  You become a [[co-creator]] then with your [[divine]] [[Adjuster]] and/or other [[agencies]] of the divine Adjuster – heavenly helpers all, who yearn to [[assist]] you in your [[process]].  Once you begin to open your [[mind]] and [[heart]], your [[Voice]] will also.  Your throat will also open and the [[words]] will indeed pour forth, addressing the needs of the [[moment]].   
 
   
 
   
Now, they may not be what some people would call [[inspired]].  They may be about how to fix the carburetor; they may be about why the cake went flat, but if you [[desire]] to be of [[service]], you have the [[capacity]] to teach and to [[manifest]] godly qualities as [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_171#171:7._.22_AS_JESUS_PASSED_BY_.22 you pass by].  [[Jesus]] spent most of his life doing just this kind of [[thing]], doing ordinary [[work]] as an ordinary man of the realm, even though he was an extraordinary [[creator son]] of the [[universe]]. Yes, towards the last he did do some incredible [[things]] and we all like to [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/appropriate admire] and [[emulate]] him as much as possible but our task may not be the same task that he had to do. We are not [[creator son]]s. We have our own [[work]] to do. And if and when we are [[sensitive]] to this new [[foundation]] [[born]] of the [[spirit]], we will be [[guided]] and led in [[all things]] and we will find [[satisfaction]] in all things, even that which is [[humble]] and to some [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Mundane mundane]. And the [[wonderful]] [[thing]] is that on occasion you will strew your pearls of [[wisdom]], bringing [[Joy|good cheer]], salving their [[fears]], [[reflecting]] the [[divine]] [[nature]] and this is the good news, the [[good]] [[work]].
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Now, they may not be what some people would call [[inspired]].  They may be about how to fix the carburetor; they may be about why the cake went flat, but if you [[desire]] to be of [[service]], you have the [[capacity]] to teach and to [[manifest]] godly qualities as [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_171#171:7._.22_AS_JESUS_PASSED_BY_.22 you pass by].  [[Jesus]] spent most of his life doing just this kind of [[thing]], doing ordinary [[work]] as an ordinary man of the realm, even though he was an extraordinary [[creator son]] of the [[universe]]. Yes, towards the last he did do some incredible [[things]] and we all like to [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/appropriate admire] and [[emulate]] him as much as possible but our task may not be the same task that he had to do. We are not [[creator son]]s. We have our own [[work]] to do. And if and when we are [[sensitive]] to this new [[foundation]] [[born]] of the [[spirit]], we will be [[guided]] and led in [[all things]] and we will find [[satisfaction]] in all things, even that which is [[humble]] and to some [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Mundane mundane]. And the [[wonderful]] [[thing]] is that on occasion you will strew your pearls of [[wisdom]], bringing [[Joy|good cheer]], salving their [[fears]], [[reflecting]] the [[divine]] [[nature]] and this is the good news, the [[good]] [[work]].
    
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Paul:              I start it this way:  
 
Paul:              I start it this way:  
 
   
 
   
“Into each life some rain must fall.  Sometimes it is like a raging torrent that [[descends]] in sheets, soaking all the [[inhabitants]].  Sometimes it reaches the [[earth]] in cold shards like bits of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass glass] intermingling with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice ice] [[particles]].  Sometimes it descends upon us like [[turbulent]] [[seas]] roiled up by an approaching hurricane.  Sometimes the rain falls from our eyes wetting the green grass for into each life, rain must fall. For just recently I told Father, “I do not want to [[learn]] this lesson, for this lesson cannot be learned as we read [[facts]] and figures from a [[book]].  This lesson must be learned as we live this life on such a [[planet]] as this. How can we learn what it is like to [[love]] another unconditionally?  Is it not when we [[experience]] vicariously the [[love]] that [[flows]] through us from the [[infinite]] [[First Source and Center|Source]]?  If we could look through the eyes of [[our Father]] and see others as he sees that one, would we finally [[understand]]?  Is it not so that when we [[love]] another unconditionally we are beginning to pull back the layers that hide the Infinite One from our [[sight]]?
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“Into each life some rain must fall.  Sometimes it is like a raging torrent that [[descends]] in sheets, soaking all the [[inhabitants]].  Sometimes it reaches the [[earth]] in cold shards like bits of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass glass] intermingling with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice ice] [[particles]].  Sometimes it descends upon us like [[turbulent]] [[seas]] roiled up by an approaching hurricane.  Sometimes the rain falls from our eyes wetting the green grass for into each life, rain must fall. For just recently I told Father, “I do not want to [[learn]] this lesson, for this lesson cannot be learned as we read [[facts]] and figures from a [[book]].  This lesson must be learned as we live this life on such a [[planet]] as this. How can we learn what it is like to [[love]] another unconditionally?  Is it not when we [[experience]] vicariously the [[love]] that [[flows]] through us from the [[infinite]] [[First Source and Center|Source]]?  If we could look through the eyes of [[our Father]] and see others as he sees that one, would we finally [[understand]]?  Is it not so that when we [[love]] another unconditionally we are beginning to pull back the layers that hide the Infinite One from our [[sight]]?
 
   
 
   
“Into each life the [[sun]] will shine. Sometimes it appears as it peeks behind a covering cloud.  We see the [[sun]]’s [[rays]] desiring to break through the veil and then the warmth of our [[star]] burns away the [[water]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haunt vapor] that has obscured our [[vision]].  Sometimes we [[awaken]] before [[sunrise]] and watch as our golden bright [[orb]] [[illuminates]] those [[things]] that had previously languished in the [[darkness]].  We no longer [[wonder]] what [[surrounded]] us in the [[darkness]] because [[light]] has exploded in all its [[glory]] to [[expose]] the [[wonders]] of [[creation]].  In the [[hearts]] of each one is a hidden [[star]] waiting to peek from behind covering [[gases]], even from our view.  Yet, as [[love]] coalesces and forms a ring around our [[hearts]], a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernova supernova] explodes, revealing all of its [[glories]] and all of its [[secrets]] to all [[creation]]. For [[the Father]] within is like a hidden star waiting for the right conditions to germinate. Like all-[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pervasive pervasive] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen hydrogen] [[gas]], unconditional love is the glue that holds [[all things]] [[together]].  
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“Into each life the [[sun]] will shine. Sometimes it appears as it peeks behind a covering cloud.  We see the [[sun]]’s [[rays]] desiring to break through the veil and then the warmth of our [[star]] burns away the [[water]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haunt vapor] that has obscured our [[vision]].  Sometimes we [[awaken]] before [[sunrise]] and watch as our golden bright [[orb]] [[illuminates]] those [[things]] that had previously languished in the [[darkness]].  We no longer [[wonder]] what [[surrounded]] us in the [[darkness]] because [[light]] has exploded in all its [[glory]] to [[expose]] the [[wonders]] of [[creation]].  In the [[hearts]] of each one is a hidden [[star]] waiting to peek from behind covering [[gases]], even from our view.  Yet, as [[love]] coalesces and forms a ring around our [[hearts]], a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernova supernova] explodes, revealing all of its [[glories]] and all of its [[secrets]] to all [[creation]]. For [[the Father]] within is like a hidden star waiting for the right conditions to germinate. Like all-[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pervasive pervasive] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen hydrogen] [[gas]], unconditional love is the glue that holds [[all things]] [[together]].  
 
   
 
   
 
“Into each life tears will fall, for each tear that we shed is [[evidence]] that we [[love]] another more than we love ourselves.  The tears of another caused my [[heart]] to break.  In those tears I found my heart and my [[soul]].  Love was rolling down a cheek finding its way to the deepest part of my [[soul]]. ‘[[Father]]!’ I cried. ‘I do not want to learn this lesson.’  And in the depths of my [[despair]] and my heartache, I learned the lesson of unconditional [[love]] so the rain clouds went away and the clouds moved from my [[view]].  A [[star]] was born.  A star burst from the confines of my [[heart]], and when the [[gases]] subsided and the star settled into [[orbit]], I saw the [[One]].  I saw the One hidden from my view.  I [[discovered]] the One hidden within and living by my side because I learned the lesson of unconditional [[love]].”  
 
“Into each life tears will fall, for each tear that we shed is [[evidence]] that we [[love]] another more than we love ourselves.  The tears of another caused my [[heart]] to break.  In those tears I found my heart and my [[soul]].  Love was rolling down a cheek finding its way to the deepest part of my [[soul]]. ‘[[Father]]!’ I cried. ‘I do not want to learn this lesson.’  And in the depths of my [[despair]] and my heartache, I learned the lesson of unconditional [[love]] so the rain clouds went away and the clouds moved from my [[view]].  A [[star]] was born.  A star burst from the confines of my [[heart]], and when the [[gases]] subsided and the star settled into [[orbit]], I saw the [[One]].  I saw the One hidden from my view.  I [[discovered]] the One hidden within and living by my side because I learned the lesson of unconditional [[love]].”  
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Paul:              Thank you very much.
 
Paul:              Thank you very much.
 
   
 
   
TOMAS:        You have [[potential]] and might consider finding an avenue for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publishing publishing] such [[poetic]] works.
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TOMAS:        You have [[potential]] and might consider finding an avenue for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publishing publishing] such [[poetic]] works.
 
   
 
   
 
Paul:              Well, thank you very much, Tomas.  I [[appreciate]] that, and I’m just glad that I could [[share]] that with all of you and I certainly [[appreciate]] you and all of the Teachers coming in to help us as well.  Thank you very much.
 
Paul:              Well, thank you very much, Tomas.  I [[appreciate]] that, and I’m just glad that I could [[share]] that with all of you and I certainly [[appreciate]] you and all of the Teachers coming in to help us as well.  Thank you very much.