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Group: Nashville, Tennessee

 

===Group: [[Nashville TeaM]]===

Teacher: HAM

 

===Teacher: [[Ham]]===

Topic: COMPASSION

===TR: [[Rebecca]]===

 

 

Ham: Greetings, children, I am Ham and I am happy that you have come here this evening. Our lesson tonight is about compassion for one's fellows.  

Ham: Greetings, children, I am Ham and I am happy that you have come here this evening. Our lesson tonight is about compassion for one's fellows. Compassion is a tenderness of heart, it is a willingness to be emotionally touched by another, a willingness to extend one's emotional self toward another and receive emotion in return.

 

Compassion is a tenderness of heart, it is a willingness to be emotionally touched by another, a willingness to extend one's emotional self toward another and receive emotion in return. Becoming increasingly compassionate, therefore, entails a progressive becoming fearless of one's own emotions. If you are afraid of feeling your own emotional state, you will be afraid of feeling another's.  

Becoming increasingly compassionate, therefore, entails a progressive becoming fearless of one's own emotions. If you are afraid of feeling your own emotional state, you will be afraid of feeling another's.

Becoming tenderhearted is a process and is not probably ever completed during your life. When one has true emotional fearlessness and tender-heartedness toward others combined with a willingness to be led by the father, then can true self-forgetfulness and service begin.

Becoming tenderhearted is a process and is not probably ever completed during your life. When one has true emotional fearlessness and tender-heartedness toward others combined with a willingness to be led by the father, then can true self-forgetfulness and service begin.

It is helpful to remember that life is not so much a struggle to win as it is a learning process which never ends. Once you release the pressure on yourselves that is involved in being successful in the eyes of the world, you can better relax and enjoy the process of learning those things which the Father wishes you to learn and therefore growing in the ways the Father wishes you to grow.

It is helpful to remember that life is not so much a struggle to win as it is a learning process which never ends. Once you release the pressure on yourselves that is involved in being successful in the eyes of the world, you can better relax and enjoy the process of learning those things which the Father wishes you to learn and therefore growing in the ways the Father wishes you to grow.

Sometimes we avoid introspection because during the struggle of life, of everyday work, there is a little fear that something might jump out of those dark places and trip you up and expose al of that to the rest of the world. So you try not to think about it or look at it or accept that you have anything which might be construed as being negative. The negativity is your own judgment, you are passing judgment on a part of yourself and I ask you is that wise? Not it is not. All that you are, all the imperfection, all the sides which are less than perfect, are part of everyone and it's all there to be integrated and exalted.

Sometimes we avoid introspection because during the struggle of life, of everyday work, there is a little fear that something might jump out of those dark places and trip you up and expose all of that to the rest of the world. So you try not to think about it or look at it or accept that you have anything which might be construed as being negative. The negativity is your own judgment, you are passing judgment on a part of yourself and I ask you is that wise? Not it is not. All that you are, all the imperfection, all the sides which are less than perfect, are part of everyone and it's all there to be integrated and exalted.

Most of the things you think of as faults are not necessarily so. As you judge others, you show evidence that you have judged yourself. Therefore, be fearless of your emotions, let them come. Be fearless of your memories, let them also come and grow then in your ability to love other people because you have grown in your ability to love yourself. Be understanding and compassionate with your own inner life and you will be better able to be compassionate with others.

Most of the things you think of as faults are not necessarily so. As you judge others, you show evidence that you have judged yourself. Therefore, be fearless of your emotions, let them come. Be fearless of your memories, let them also come and grow then in your ability to love other people because you have grown in your ability to love yourself. Be understanding and compassionate with your own inner life and you will be better able to be compassionate with others.

What are your questions.

What are your questions.

 

Q: It seems like so much of that and so much of life is the reluctance to feel pain and to avoid pain at all cost, experience pain.Ham: This is true, and yet a little pain in the experiencing, which is passing, creates a new place of love and stability and good feeling. You who have grown in the spirit know that all growth entails some little measure of pain, even disillusionment and that let down when you discover that you are not perfect, or at least weren't as perfect as you thought you were. But, the road to the Father is one of truth and there can be no illusion brought into that road. So, when you begin to think of yourself as a little above others, a little exempt from their lessons, usually you are about to enter a lesson.

Q: It seems like so much of that and so much of life is the reluctance to feel pain and to avoid pain at all cost, experience pain.Ham: This is true, and yet a little pain in the experiencing, which is passing, creates a new place of love and stability and good feeling. You who have grown in the spirit know that all growth entails some little measure of pain, even disillusionment and that let down when you discover that you are not perfect, or at least weren't as perfect as you thought you were. But, the road to the Father is one of truth and there can be no illusion brought into that road. So, when you begin to think of yourself as a little above others, a little exempt from their lessons, usually you are about to enter a lesson.

Ham: Of course. Yes, you have also made good progress. This trip showed you the progress you have made. You are now much more balanced and even tempered, more open to joy and experience. It is good to have time to just be. It is a time of enrichment, even though it is not a time of action. Cultivate these periods of just being. You do very well.

Ham: Of course. Yes, you have also made good progress. This trip showed you the progress you have made. You are now much more balanced and even tempered, more open to joy and experience. It is good to have time to just be. It is a time of enrichment, even though it is not a time of action. Cultivate these periods of just being. You do very well.

 

Once again my prayers and my love are with you all. Farewell.

Once again my prayers and my love are with you all. Farewell.