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===Lesson===

===Lesson===

I will draw from Evelyn's discussion of quality of fabric to give my lesson today. She pointed out that the finer the thread, the tightness of its spin, the quantity of threads per inch increases the durability of the fabric. This is true with spiritual experience. I will broaden that term "spiritual experience" to mean more than simply an experience with religion or even religiously recognized contexts. You all have worked in the realm of soul growth long enough to understand that many experiences contribute to you in a spiritual manner, even though they are not cloaked in that context. Jesus served in small ways and in so doing transformed the world. Every experience in your life is much like the weaving of thread through fabric. The apparently insignificant events of your day are much like tightly spun thread. Singly it appears so frail. Could a fine filament contribute substantially to your spiritual stature when a braided rope appears so much stronger?

I will draw from Evelyn's discussion of [[quality]] of [[fabric]] to give my lesson today. She pointed out that the finer the thread, the tightness of its spin, the [[quantity]] of threads per inch increases the durability of the fabric. This is true with [[spiritual]] [[experience]]. I will broaden that term "spiritual experience" to mean more than simply an experience with [[religion]] or even religiously recognized [[context]]s. You all have worked in the realm of [[soul]] [[growth]] long enough to understand that many [[experience]]s contribute to you in a spiritual [[manner]], even though they are not cloaked in that [[context]]. Jesus served in small ways and in so doing [[transform]]ed the world. Every experience in your life is much like the weaving of thread through fabric. The apparently insignificant events of your day are much like tightly spun thread. Singly it appears so frail. Could a fine [[filament]] contribute substantially to your spiritual stature when a braided rope appears so much stronger?

Yet in the course of time you weave a fine linen, very strong, very durable. Every event you undertake is like the passing of the shuttle again. Never discount the quality of the experience because of its apparent insignificance standing on its own. You are creating a masterpiece with the compilation of experiences and their coordination through your attention and willingness to creatively interweave your multiple experiences into a comprehensive reality that is your soul. Of course, experiences filled with truth and beauty and goodness provide a finer quality to the accumulation to all the experiences that make up your being. However, as you mortals have come to appreciate, multi-colored thread creates another level of appreciation of a fine fabric in its pattern, in its artistry. Not only does the fabric function for what it's created to do, but it brings into its function an appreciative level that is independent of its intended purpose. This relative independence is variable; it can be altered depending on your artistic orientation. All of you are colorizing your soul experiences through your decisions. You engage in an activity or refrain by freewill choice coupled with natural and social and moral requirements and guidance. Such choice creates the variability that emerges as your tapestry, that displays in wholeness what you are becoming in spiritual status, in spiritual nature. It is one thing to be merely finely woven; it is another to display a uniqueness that is the expression of your creative self and to display a reflection of divine pattern as it has become intermixed with your seemingly endless mundane episodes of life. Those little events weave back and forth and up and down constantly. You are the one who choose the colorization, who establishes the patterns. These are the "as you pass by" experiences; few are the ones who provide great quakes of change in life. Far more numerous are those humble and quiet workers in Michael's universe. These tireless laborers create in Nebadon a tightly woven fabric that represents Michael and Mother Spirit.

Yet in the course of time you weave a fine linen, very strong, very durable. Every [[event]] you undertake is like the passing of the shuttle again. Never discount the [[quality]] of the experience because of its apparent insignificance standing on its own. You are creating a masterpiece with the compilation of experiences and their coordination through your attention and willingness to creatively interweave your multiple experiences into a comprehensive [[reality]] that is your [[soul]]. Of course, experiences filled with [[truth]] and [[beauty]] and [[goodness]] provide a finer quality to the accumulation to all the experiences that make up your [[being]]. However, as you [[mortals]] have come to appreciate, multi-colored thread creates another level of appreciation of a fine fabric in its [[pattern]], in its artistry. Not only does the fabric [[function]] for what it's created to do, but it brings into its function an appreciative level that is independent of its intended [[purpose]]. This [[relative]] [[independence]] is variable; it can be altered depending on your artistic orientation.  

It is not done with one or two great individuals; it is done through the compilation of all the soul experiences of every creature throughout this universe. You do it in your daily life with your soul. We all do it with our daily lives for Michael and Mother Spirit in the Supreme. There are times when your intermixing with other beings of freewill nature cause you to feel stretched or wrinkled, to be distorted, to be folded, altering your well pressed soul fabric. Thus enters the important requirement or need for stillness to smooth out those wrinkles to put you back in peace, to stretch the mind long enough to appreciate all that you have undergone, to step above the daily weave to appreciate what is emerging in your life as your life. This is your demonstration to the world of your relationship with God and, in that partnership, your creative expression of a living reality. I hold hands with you today in honor of our great Creator and in the joy of our association in our mutual recognition of our purpose for Michael and Mother Spirit.

 

It is not done with one or two great [[individual]]s; it is done through the compilation of all the soul experiences of every [[creature]] throughout this [[universe]]. You do it in your daily life with your soul. We all do it with our daily lives for Michael and Mother Spirit in [[the Supreme]]. There are times when your intermixing with other beings of freewill nature cause you to feel stretched or wrinkled, to be distorted, to be folded, altering your well pressed soul fabric. Thus enters the important requirement or need for [[stillness]] to smooth out those wrinkles to put you back in peace, to stretch the mind long enough to appreciate all that you have undergone, to step above the daily weave to appreciate what is emerging in your life as your life. This is your [[demonstration]] to the world of your [[relationship]] with [[God]] and, in that partnership, your creative expression of a living reality. I hold hands with you today in honor of our great [[Creator]] and in the [[joy]] of our association in our mutual recognition of our purpose for Michael and Mother Spirit.

 

It is indeed delightful to have ones like yourselves in company who understand that there is more to life than simply advancing yourself in fame or fortune. Accumulation of [[things]] is merely external placement of objects which are not you. It is the accumulation of [[experience]] that is you and will go with you as you ascend. All that about you that is around you will stay, fade into the distant past. Guard your experiences, they are the quality of what you are becoming. Worry not over any given experience being more valuable or less valuable. The [[beauty]] of [[soul]] growth is in the interweaving, for a given experience may seem to be a crushing blow to your [[ideals]] and to your hopes, but it is supported by the adjacent experiences that have given you strength, that have lifted you up. Be artful, be [[creative]], in looking for coloration. Be willing to undergo an unusual experience. Choose [[wisely]] that it does not tear and rend your soul project, but look for the opportunity to embellish your experiences. I am [[content]] with what I wish to express today, and I would be more than happy to be the one to receive your questions.

===Dialogue===

===Dialogue===

Evelyn: That was beautiful. Sometimes the unpleasant things we go through eventually work out. I think of the imagery of a slub in thread, a thick spot or irregularity. Once the fabric is woven slubs can add character and texture even though technically they are imperfections.

Evelyn: That was beautiful. Sometimes the unpleasant things we go through eventually work out. I think of the imagery of a slub in thread, a thick spot or irregularity. Once the fabric is woven slubs can add character and texture even though technically they are imperfections.