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Daniel: Good afternoon. I am Daniel. I am your [[teacher]]. The past week has been one of [[challenges]], yet one of [[growth]] for you. Continue to be in the [[present]], in the now, to continue to allow your [[humanness]] to be a [[wonderful]] part of your life. One cannot be complete, [[whole]], unless you incorporate all [[aspects]] of what you are. Each area in your life needs [[nourishment]]. And so while you live, always keep the [[balance]] of your [[humanness]] and your [[spirituality]] in line. Those who have learned this [[concept]] and those who live in this regard, have found that their lives are full, are all [[encompassing]], and that they actually can derive [[joy]] and [[satisfaction]] in meeting the [[challenges]] of the [[material]] life. And so continue to make the human [[plane]] your working plane to grow [[spiritually]] and yet to become your [[potential]] as a [[human]] as well.

Daniel: Good afternoon. I am Daniel. I am your [[teacher]]. The past week has been one of [[challenges]], yet one of [[growth]] for you. Continue to be in the [[present]], in the now, to continue to allow your [[humanness]] to be a [[wonderful]] part of your life. One cannot be complete, [[whole]], unless you incorporate all [[aspects]] of what you are. Each area in your life needs [[nourishment]]. And so while you live, always keep the [[balance]] of your [[humanness]] and your [[spirituality]] in line. Those who have learned this [[concept]] and those who live in this regard, have found that their lives are full, are all [[encompassing]], and that they actually can derive [[joy]] and [[satisfaction]] in meeting the [[challenges]] of the [[material]] life. And so continue to make the human [[plane]] your working plane to grow [[spiritually]] and yet to become your [[potential]] as a [[human]] as well.

===Lesson===

===Lesson===

===='''''[[Progress]]'''''====

===='''''[[Progress]]''''', '''''[[Purpose]]'''''====

Life and the [[experiences]] gained here are very special, as you will someday in your [[ascent]] [[realize]] the importance of this [[plane]] of [[existence]]. It is often difficult for you when you are working and going through your everyday [[trials]] to keep all in [[perspective]]. The [[time]] you spend with [[the Father]] in the [[quiet]] [[solitude]] will help you in keeping this [[perspective]], so that you will be able to live your life [[joyfully]] and to the fullest. Because life is a [[process]], and because it is [[developmental]] in many regards, you start out on the lowest plane, always working from the aspect of the baser [[animal]] characteristics that are a [[part]] of you. And as you take your steps daily, because of the [[thought]] [[processes]] and the [[ability]] to [[think]] and [[reason]], and because of the [[Indwelling Spirit]] within you, you are pulled along to higher more [[progressive]] [[planes]] of [[thought]], [[action]], and [[understanding]].

Life and the [[experiences]] gained here are very special, as you will someday in your [[ascent]] [[realize]] the importance of this [[plane]] of [[existence]]. It is often difficult for you when you are working and going through your everyday [[trials]] to keep all in [[perspective]]. The [[time]] you spend with [[the Father]] in the [[quiet]] [[solitude]] will help you in keeping this [[perspective]], so that you will be able to live your life [[joyfully]] and to the fullest. Because life is a [[process]], and because it is [[developmental]] in many regards, you start out on the lowest plane, always working from the aspect of the baser [[animal]] characteristics that are a [[part]] of you. And as you take your steps daily, because of the [[thought]] [[processes]] and the [[ability]] to [[think]] and [[reason]], and because of the [[Indwelling Spirit]] within you, you are pulled along to higher more [[progressive]] [[planes]] of [[thought]], [[action]], and [[understanding]].

And so my [[friends]], you here have come a long way on your [[journey]] in [[understanding]] the [[purposes]] of life. Many are there in this [[plane]] of [[existence]] now, who understand [[intellectually]], but do not or have not [[experienced]] [[spiritually]] those things which make the [[concept]] of the [[First Source and Center]] a [[vital]] [[reality]] for the [[individual]]. An example of this is the [[disciple]] [[Judas]]. While he [[understood]] much intellectually he was immature and was stifled in his spiritual [[ascent]]. And so what is asked of you is to be able to keep in [[balance]] so that you can continue along your [[developmental]] [[path]] toward [[the Father]] as well as your spiritual [[ascent]] to Him. Developmental ascent is [[learning]] and [[growing]] on a day to day basis in your [[humanness]].

And so my [[friends]], you here have come a long way on your [[journey]] in [[understanding]] the [[purposes]] of life. Many are there in this [[plane]] of [[existence]] now, who understand [[intellectually]], but do not or have not [[experienced]] [[spiritually]] those things which make the [[concept]] of the [[First Source and Center]] a [[vital]] [[reality]] for the [[individual]]. An example of this is the [[disciple]] [[Judas]]. While he [[understood]] much intellectually he was immature and was stifled in his spiritual [[ascent]]. And so what is asked of you is to be able to keep in [[balance]] so that you can continue along your [[developmental]] [[path]] toward [[the Father]] as well as your spiritual [[ascent]] to Him. Developmental ascent is [[learning]] and [[growing]] on a day to day basis in your [[humanness]].

===='''''[[Experience]]'''''====

===='''''[[Experience]]'''''====

If you will look at the young child in their formative years, there is much [[change]] and [[growth]] seen in them. They start out as a very [[ego]] centered [[being]], [[feeling]] and only knowing that the world revolves around them. A child cries and an [[adult]] appears. The child cries and he is fed, changed, or played with, given [[love]]. And through his many steps in [[growth]] he [[realizes]] that the world in which he lives does [[respect]], does fit into his [[framework]] of [[thought]] in that he is able to [[effect]] [[change]]. He begins to learn the aspect of [[cause]] and [[effect]]. As the child [[grows]], however, he begins to develop other higher [[potentials]] which give him the [[understanding]] that he is not the only person in the world, that life does not revolve around him. And so you who are [[ascending]] are like the child in this regard as well, in that you must start on a very low level and work toward higher ones to come into the true [[reality]] of what it means to be a daughter or son of the [[First Source and Center]]. Many [[understand]] this [[intellectually]], but through the [[experiences]] of life, through the [[desire]] to understand [[the Father]], you are brought in a knowing, a [[feeling]] from within, an internalization, if you will speak of what it really means, to be the daughter and the son of [[the Father]].

If you will look at the young child in their formative years, there is much [[change]] and [[growth]] seen in them. They start out as a very [[ego]] centered [[being]], [[feeling]] and only knowing that the world revolves around them. A child cries and an [[adult]] appears. The child cries and he is fed, changed, or played with, given [[love]]. And through his many steps in [[growth]] he [[realizes]] that the world in which he lives does [[respect]], does fit into his [[framework]] of [[thought]] in that he is able to [[effect]] [[change]]. He begins to learn the aspect of [[cause]] and [[effect]]. As the child [[grows]], however, he begins to develop other higher [[potentials]] which give him the [[understanding]] that he is not the only person in the world, that life does not revolve around him. And so you who are [[ascending]] are like the child in this regard as well, in that you must start on a very low level and work toward higher ones to come into the true [[reality]] of what it means to be a daughter or son of the [[First Source and Center]]. Many [[understand]] this [[intellectually]], but through the [[experiences]] of life, through the [[desire]] to understand [[the Father]], you are brought in a knowing, a [[feeling]] from within, an internalization, if you will speak of what it really means, to be the daughter and the son of [[the Father]].