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===TR: [[Chris Maurus]]===

===TR: [[Chris Maurus]]===

==Session 1==

==Session 1==

*Edited by Linda Abell

*Edited by Linda Abell

===Lesson===

===Lesson===

Because you are imperfect, so too, is your [[understanding]] of these big questions and so you must recognize and [[accept]] that what you know and [[believe]] today may not be as true tomorrow and with this understanding do you develop an “open mind.” An open mind is always ready to be filled with new ideas that will continue to expand your understanding.  [[Acceptance]] is the glue for building an elastic belief system that is “willing” to [[change]] and grow when [[experience]] begins to validate the new ideas or answers to the questions being asked. Acceptance also means that you are willing to admit to yourself the [[error]] of old beliefs that no longer serve you.  

Because you are imperfect, so too, is your [[understanding]] of these big questions and so you must recognize and [[accept]] that what you know and [[believe]] today may not be as true tomorrow and with this understanding do you develop an “open mind.” An open mind is always ready to be filled with new ideas that will continue to expand your understanding.  [[Acceptance]] is the glue for building an elastic belief system that is “willing” to [[change]] and grow when [[experience]] begins to validate the new ideas or answers to the questions being asked. Acceptance also means that you are willing to admit to yourself the [[error]] of old beliefs that no longer serve you.  

 

We will continue with these elements on deep [[thinking]], [[belief]] and [[acceptance]] in the next message and [[examine]] the importance of [[discernment]] in the acceptance process.  

We will continue with these elements on deep [[thinking]], [[belief]] and [[acceptance]] in the next message and [[examine]] the importance of [[discernment]] in the acceptance process.  

The SUMERIAN

The SUMERIAN

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==Session 2==

This is a new teacher that I suspect will be contributing to our spiritual education for an unknown period.

===Lesson===

 

 

There is an adage on your world that says, “You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.” That may be true for some dogs, but I [[assure]] you that is not the case for the [[human soul]], for spiritual [[maturity]] and a perfecting discernment process is a part of the never-ending expansion of [[the mind]] which leads to [[perfection]]. It is most unfortunate that the elderly on your world have mostly given up on mind expansion and instead choose to pass the day with mind numbing [[entertainments]] and [[idleness]]. Your societies have imposed the idea that when a [[citizen]] can no longer be productive at making [[money]], that they have no worth. This idea is very powerful when it is accepted on a [[planetary]] scale, it is like the very [[cancers]] and illnesses that [[plague]] the elderly. On other more progressive worlds in [[the universe]], the elderly are the patriarchs of [[knowledge]] and they are highly valued for their experience and for the expansion of their minds. Only when the physical limitations of [[brain]] function prevent this expansion do they “[[retire]]” into more therapeutic self-care as they await [[fusion]] with their [[Thought Adjusters]].

 

 

 

 

The SUMERIAN: Today, dear students, in continuation of our [[study]] of the ''Elements of Development'', I would like for you to [[participate]] in an exercise of [[the mind]]. I would like for you to slow down; forget about the world around you for a moment; forget about your [[worries]] for the future; forget about your [[regrets]] of the past, and take a look deep inside yourself in this moment. Bring yourself onto the hallowed grounds of the true [[essence]] of your [[being]]. Explore the living, conscious awareness of the [[self]] and think deeply about what life actually is — that you are a living, breathing, [[thinking]], self-aware entity — a beautiful and marvelous being of [[complexity]] and [[sovereignty]] — with [[volition]] and power to think and choose as you will. See your life as if looking at a movie in rapid forward motion from your [[birth]] into this world until the present. Think about all the thoughts you have ever had up until this moment and think about the thoughts and questions you have asked as you have had each new [[experience]] in this life — as a child, as [[adolescence]], and as an [[adult]]. Ask the question: “Why am I here?”

 

That thinking part of you — your [[consciousness]], is not physical, but of [[spirit]], yet you have a physical body that allows you to interact with your environment in this time-space [[dimension]]. That thinking part of you is the driver of this physical body. Now, if you sit and really think about it, can you even [[imagine]] that this thinking part of you will ever cease to exist? Think about this thought for a moment — see yourself on your deathbed and imagine your very last [[breath]]. Try to imagine your [[identity]], your [[personality]], your consciousness—all that you are and have become — the thinking part of you, that it will someday vanish with the physical [[death]] of the vehicle you occupy. Can you honestly imagine this? I challenge even the [[atheist]], if he or she is true to themselves, that they cannot grasp a state of absolute nothingness — it is not possible. Why is it that you cannot grasp this concept?

 

Take this concept of nothingness into [[meditation]] and clear all chatter, thoughts, and human [[language]] from [[your mind]]. If you can truly achieve this state of mind, you will find that within the [[silence]], there is an expansion of mind — not a diminution. You sense that you are a part of something bigger than yourself and that you are connected to a life force of [[infinite]] magnitude. There is a [[paradox]] here. How can you be “here” in this world — in this dimension of time with your sovereign consciousness and also be a part of something expansive? Now, think about the paradox of the concept of [[eternity]] — to live without end — to be a part of something that is expansive and connected — that continues to [[explore]] and experience new ideas. Is this not a “state” of being that runs through you at every moment of your life? Think about this with great [[wonder]] and [[sincerity]]. Do you not think that your consciousness is eternal? If you cannot grasp the concept of absolute nothingness, then what “state” remains?

 

Now think about the [[concept]]: “Within you is contained the [[presence]] of [[the Whole]].” That expansion of mind you feel in the suspension of [[thought]] and in the silence of mind is a glimpse of the Whole. Again, ask yourself with sincere wonder: “Why am I here?” As you consider this [[exercise]] and approach it again and again, you will begin to sense and experience instances of enormous realization — a kind of “super self-awareness.” This experience is the paradox of infinity. You cannot [[express]] this in words, but you will understand it in the pit of [[your soul]] because you “live.” To “live” is to “be” and to “be” is a state of eternal “[[now]]” — an unending [[adventure]]. If therefore you can understand this paradox in the pit of [[the soul]], which is beyond human language, can you believe it with the [[conscious]] mind? This “belief” is the [[seed]] of expansion and the [[catalyst]] for your ever widening view and [[understanding]] of the paradox of the Whole within the part — [[Ta|the God within]].