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Group: Good evening, Tomas.

Group: Good evening, Tomas.

TOMAS: . .. your teacher. [[[Delay]] for adjusting [[circuitry]].]

TOMAS: . .. your teacher. [[Delay]] for adjusting [[circuitry]].]

We have been quite [[busy]], all of us. It is exhilarating to see your grasp of [[truth, beauty, and goodness]], to [[anticipate]] your eager [[hunger]] even before my arrival, by the very [[nature]] of your responses to the lessons. The [[thought]] processes which have taken place in your minds has up-stepped your own [[circuits]] such that your lives are more active today than they have been in quite some time, and I am proud to call you my [[students]], for the [[unity]] in your [[diversity]] is [[becoming]] firm and real.

We have been quite [[busy]], all of us. It is exhilarating to see your grasp of [[truth, beauty, and goodness]], to [[anticipate]] your eager [[hunger]] even before my arrival, by the very [[nature]] of your responses to the lessons. The [[thought]] processes which have taken place in your minds has up-stepped your own [[circuits]] such that your lives are more active today than they have been in quite some time, and I am proud to call you my [[students]], for the [[unity]] in your [[diversity]] is [[becoming]] firm and real.

I have heard [[testimony]] from virtually each of you recently that [[confirms]]/affirms your [[reality]] response to our gatherings. This is not to my credit, but to the credit of you, my students, for there is no [[growth]] without your willingness to grow; and although it is and has been a steady increase for you since your own [[decision]]-making [[process]] in the [[ascent]], it has been [[exciting]] for me, for us in the [[Teacher Corps]], to behold how firmly and finely you have responded to [[the Mission]] effort.

I have heard [[testimony]] from virtually each of you recently that [[confirms]]/affirms your [[reality]] response to our gatherings. This is not to my credit, but to the credit of you, my students, for there is no [[growth]] without your willingness to grow; and although it is and has been a steady increase for you since your own [[decision]]-making [[process]] in the [[ascent]], it has been [[exciting]] for me, for us in the [[Teacher Corps]], to behold how firmly and finely you have responded to [[the Mission]] effort.

===Lesson===

===Lesson===

Along those lines and in keeping with our lesson plan … our established format for the Pittsburgh pumpkins … I will address a furtherance of [[1996-09-19-Unselfish Devotion|last week's lesson]] having to do with [[unselfish]] [[devotion]]. I know you have all had a [[chance]] to devote a [[quality]] moment in time to the substance of the lesson. You have all been able to review, at some point, what true devotions you have engendered in your life's [[experience]]. But I [[promised]] that this evening I would speak to you somewhat about how it is that you/we may take this [[fruit of the spirit]] to its nth degree, ascertain how it is that devotion to [[the Father]] will bring about the desired fruits in our lives.

Along those lines and in keeping with our lesson plan … our established format for the Pittsburgh pumpkins … I will address a furtherance of [[1996-09-19-Unselfish Devotion|last week's lesson]] having to do with [[unselfish]] [[devotion]]. I know you have all had a [[chance]] to devote a [[quality]] moment in time to the substance of the lesson. You have all been able to review, at some point, what true devotions you have engendered in your life's [[experience]]. But I [[promised]] that this evening I would speak to you somewhat about how it is that you/we may take this [[fruit of the spirit]] to its nth degree, ascertain how it is that devotion to [[the Father]] will bring about the desired fruits in our lives.