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2018-07-18-The Consolation Prizes of Defeat (view source)
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===Topic: ''The Consolation Prizes of Defeat''===
===Group: [[11:11 Progress Group]]===
==Facilitators==
===Teacher: [[Thought Adjuster]]===
===TR: [[Anyas]]===
==Session==
===Quote===
“… but the [[measure]] of your human force of [[character]] is your [[ability]] to resist the holding of [[grudges]] and your capacity to withstand brooding in the face of deep sorrow. [[Defeat]] is the true [[mirror]] in which you may honestly view your real [[self]].” ([[156:5]]).
===Lesson===
Thought Adjuster: “Let us ponder the above statement made by [[Jesus]] to His [[disciples]]. It is rich and weighty. Jesus Himself was not spared [[disappointments]] and sorrows. The bigger your [[heart]], the more moved it is by [[compassion]] and [[empathy]] and, in some way, the more [[vulnerable]] it becomes. You could say that the depth of your character is directly [[proportionate]] to the depth of your heart.
“Jesus exuded both. He did not [[receive]] them as ‘freebies’ because He was ‘special’ in the Divine Eyes. He lived as one of you — a man among men — and often voiced that [[the Father]] does not favor anyone, as He created all equal. This is the reason why Jesus knew by personal [[experience]] whereof He was speaking: His flawless character was brazenly attacked and defamed; His pure [[intentions]] and selfless [[actions]] were dragged through the mud of ill-intentioned misinterpretations; He felt the deep sorrow triggered by [[betrayal]]; He [[grieved]] over the loss of dear ones and [[endured]] many other grueling [[challenges]].
“He too had to figure out how to proactively respond to them in order to not fall prey to debilitating [[depression]] by wallowing in self-[[pity]]. He understood that each situation — independently of its positive or negative connotations — presented a growth [[opportunity]]. How you deal with success says a lot about yourself: Does it go to your head? Are you tripped by the pitfalls of self-[[admiration]]? Or are you merely growing a healthy self-[[respect]] and generously [[sharing]] your ‘How-To-Be-Successful’ with others? Those are subtle opportunities for character beautification under pleasant case scenarios.
“On the other hand, the school of hard knocks does not treat you with kid gloves but with boxing gloves. It more blatantly [[challenges]] your [[strength]] or [[weakness]] of character by laying everything on the line. [[Defeat]]s activate the [[invisible]] ink of your character [[traits]]. What do they [[reveal]]? Are they able to scrub away the [[graffiti]] of your character flaws and reveal your underlying breathtaking inner fresco? Or do they behave like bullies, brutally tearing away the band-aids you hurriedly applied to the areas of your being in need of TLC or acting like the harsh detergents that remove the carefully-applied coats of makeup that kept you operating in a [[survival]] mode of [[denial]]?
===Closing===
“When you stare [[defeat]] in the eyes, you get a brutally [[honest]] personal [[revelation]] that may knock the wind out of you, forcing you to your knees. Yet, from this humbling [[perspective]], you become aware of details that were previously hidden to you from the high perch of your [[ego]].
“Dear ones, keep in [[mind]] that defeat is not terminal. Rather, view it as a reset button that clearly discloses to you the next [[phase]] of your self-beautification [[project]]. Aren’t you better off now than when you were oblivious?”
[[Category: The Teaching Mission: Dialogues]]
[[Category: 11:11 Progress Group]]
[[Category: Thought Adjuster]]
[[Category: Anyas]]
[[Category: 2018]]
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==Heading==
===Topic: ''The Consolation Prizes of Defeat''===
===Group: [[11:11 Progress Group]]===
==Facilitators==
===Teacher: [[Thought Adjuster]]===
===TR: [[Anyas]]===
==Session==
===Quote===
“… but the [[measure]] of your human force of [[character]] is your [[ability]] to resist the holding of [[grudges]] and your capacity to withstand brooding in the face of deep sorrow. [[Defeat]] is the true [[mirror]] in which you may honestly view your real [[self]].” ([[156:5]]).
===Lesson===
Thought Adjuster: “Let us ponder the above statement made by [[Jesus]] to His [[disciples]]. It is rich and weighty. Jesus Himself was not spared [[disappointments]] and sorrows. The bigger your [[heart]], the more moved it is by [[compassion]] and [[empathy]] and, in some way, the more [[vulnerable]] it becomes. You could say that the depth of your character is directly [[proportionate]] to the depth of your heart.
“Jesus exuded both. He did not [[receive]] them as ‘freebies’ because He was ‘special’ in the Divine Eyes. He lived as one of you — a man among men — and often voiced that [[the Father]] does not favor anyone, as He created all equal. This is the reason why Jesus knew by personal [[experience]] whereof He was speaking: His flawless character was brazenly attacked and defamed; His pure [[intentions]] and selfless [[actions]] were dragged through the mud of ill-intentioned misinterpretations; He felt the deep sorrow triggered by [[betrayal]]; He [[grieved]] over the loss of dear ones and [[endured]] many other grueling [[challenges]].
“He too had to figure out how to proactively respond to them in order to not fall prey to debilitating [[depression]] by wallowing in self-[[pity]]. He understood that each situation — independently of its positive or negative connotations — presented a growth [[opportunity]]. How you deal with success says a lot about yourself: Does it go to your head? Are you tripped by the pitfalls of self-[[admiration]]? Or are you merely growing a healthy self-[[respect]] and generously [[sharing]] your ‘How-To-Be-Successful’ with others? Those are subtle opportunities for character beautification under pleasant case scenarios.
“On the other hand, the school of hard knocks does not treat you with kid gloves but with boxing gloves. It more blatantly [[challenges]] your [[strength]] or [[weakness]] of character by laying everything on the line. [[Defeat]]s activate the [[invisible]] ink of your character [[traits]]. What do they [[reveal]]? Are they able to scrub away the [[graffiti]] of your character flaws and reveal your underlying breathtaking inner fresco? Or do they behave like bullies, brutally tearing away the band-aids you hurriedly applied to the areas of your being in need of TLC or acting like the harsh detergents that remove the carefully-applied coats of makeup that kept you operating in a [[survival]] mode of [[denial]]?
===Closing===
“When you stare [[defeat]] in the eyes, you get a brutally [[honest]] personal [[revelation]] that may knock the wind out of you, forcing you to your knees. Yet, from this humbling [[perspective]], you become aware of details that were previously hidden to you from the high perch of your [[ego]].
“Dear ones, keep in [[mind]] that defeat is not terminal. Rather, view it as a reset button that clearly discloses to you the next [[phase]] of your self-beautification [[project]]. Aren’t you better off now than when you were oblivious?”
[[Category: The Teaching Mission: Dialogues]]
[[Category: 11:11 Progress Group]]
[[Category: Thought Adjuster]]
[[Category: Anyas]]
[[Category: 2018]]