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===Topic: ''About Worship''===
===Group: [[11:11 Progress Group]]===
==Facilitators==
===Teacher: [[Thought Adjuster]]===
===TR: [[Oscar]]===
==Session==
===Lesson===
Thought Adjuster: “Every [[person]] has their own unique way of [[worship]] and there is not a [[uniform]] method to turn your [[attention]] toward [[your Father]]. Today there are still many remnants of the [[86:7|primitive methods of worship]], from the times in which [[human being]]s thought of [[our Father]] as a jealous God or a king demanding the [[adulation]] of His subjects.
“Those who have taken the time to get to know [[God]] better and have discovered in Him their Creator Father, know that God never demands anything, because this would imply the abolition of [[free will]]. Our Father [[desires]] the [[love]] of [[His children]], as long as this love is [[sincere]], [[spontaneous]] and natural. A human [[father]] would never be content with reverence and [[fear]] from his children. A human father would desire a [[relationship]] with his children, filled with [[friendship]], [[trust]], respect and above all, real love. If a human father can expect and deserves this superior kind of relationship with his children, how could our Celestial Father expect and deserve any less?
“A human [[mother]] enjoys when her children come visit her on mother’s day. This is a very special occasion for mothers because it represents an [[opportunity]] to spend some time with their children, talk to them, know about their lives and enjoy each other’s company. [[Imagine]] a mother’s [[disappointment]] if her children came on mother’s day just to honor her, perform some ceremonies, offer some gifts and then just leave without allowing even a couple of minutes just to talk.
“[[Songs]], [[praise]] and other [[practices]], are not something bad, but they should never replace the personal time each person should [[dedicate]] to cultivate the connection with their Father — to establish a relationship of friendship and authentic love with the Creator. It is during those moments that [[your soul]] is more [[perceptive]] to the spiritual [[influences]] your Father wants to provide and when you [[receive]] the spiritual sustenance that will help you [[become]] increasingly more [[like God]], the object of your true and intelligent [[worship]].
“The [[Paper 99|social aspects of human religions]] are not bad either, as long as they don’t become a substitute for personal religion — the [[individual]] effort to know your Father’s will and to try to [[manifest]] this will in your life. Once a person has awoken to the true nature of the [[relationship]] with God and to her position as a child of this loving Father, she will start to [[worship]] in a more [[spontaneous]] and natural way, free of [[rituals]] and [[superstitions]] that don’t add any spiritual [[value]] to life.”
[[Category: The Teaching Mission: Dialogues]]
[[Category: 11:11 Progress Group]]
[[Category: Thought Adjuster]]
[[Category: Oscar]]
[[Category: Worship]]
[[Category: 2012]]
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==Heading==
===Topic: ''About Worship''===
===Group: [[11:11 Progress Group]]===
==Facilitators==
===Teacher: [[Thought Adjuster]]===
===TR: [[Oscar]]===
==Session==
===Lesson===
Thought Adjuster: “Every [[person]] has their own unique way of [[worship]] and there is not a [[uniform]] method to turn your [[attention]] toward [[your Father]]. Today there are still many remnants of the [[86:7|primitive methods of worship]], from the times in which [[human being]]s thought of [[our Father]] as a jealous God or a king demanding the [[adulation]] of His subjects.
“Those who have taken the time to get to know [[God]] better and have discovered in Him their Creator Father, know that God never demands anything, because this would imply the abolition of [[free will]]. Our Father [[desires]] the [[love]] of [[His children]], as long as this love is [[sincere]], [[spontaneous]] and natural. A human [[father]] would never be content with reverence and [[fear]] from his children. A human father would desire a [[relationship]] with his children, filled with [[friendship]], [[trust]], respect and above all, real love. If a human father can expect and deserves this superior kind of relationship with his children, how could our Celestial Father expect and deserve any less?
“A human [[mother]] enjoys when her children come visit her on mother’s day. This is a very special occasion for mothers because it represents an [[opportunity]] to spend some time with their children, talk to them, know about their lives and enjoy each other’s company. [[Imagine]] a mother’s [[disappointment]] if her children came on mother’s day just to honor her, perform some ceremonies, offer some gifts and then just leave without allowing even a couple of minutes just to talk.
“[[Songs]], [[praise]] and other [[practices]], are not something bad, but they should never replace the personal time each person should [[dedicate]] to cultivate the connection with their Father — to establish a relationship of friendship and authentic love with the Creator. It is during those moments that [[your soul]] is more [[perceptive]] to the spiritual [[influences]] your Father wants to provide and when you [[receive]] the spiritual sustenance that will help you [[become]] increasingly more [[like God]], the object of your true and intelligent [[worship]].
“The [[Paper 99|social aspects of human religions]] are not bad either, as long as they don’t become a substitute for personal religion — the [[individual]] effort to know your Father’s will and to try to [[manifest]] this will in your life. Once a person has awoken to the true nature of the [[relationship]] with God and to her position as a child of this loving Father, she will start to [[worship]] in a more [[spontaneous]] and natural way, free of [[rituals]] and [[superstitions]] that don’t add any spiritual [[value]] to life.”
[[Category: The Teaching Mission: Dialogues]]
[[Category: 11:11 Progress Group]]
[[Category: Thought Adjuster]]
[[Category: Oscar]]
[[Category: Worship]]
[[Category: 2012]]
