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===Topic: ''Your Journey of Self-Discovery''===
===Group: [[11:11 Progress Group]]===
==Facilitators==
===Teacher: [[Thought Adjuster]]===
===TR: [[Oscar]]===
*Edited by Linda Abell
==Session==
===Lesson===
Thought Adjuster: “Many times your [[journey]] of [[self-discovery]] becomes a journey in which you have to face and defeat yourself. You will be confronted to see those things you don’t like about yourself — destructive [[habits]], unnecessary [[distractions]], hidden [[weaknesses]] — and [[accept]] them first before you can start to improve. This is the most difficult part — to accept there are some areas in your [[life]] that need improving or even overcoming for you to elevate yourself beyond what you are today. You can only [[progress]] when you leave behind those loads that tie you to your [[animal]] and [[material]] nature.
“It is very common for people to avoid those things they find displeasing about their [[personality]]. When someone has an ugly [[defect]] he or she hides it from others and from him- or herself to avoid [[shame]]. But even this [[action]] is a [[step]] in the right [[direction]] because it signals that the person knows there is a defect and therefore can take steps to improve the situation.
“Harder to eliminate are defects and [[weaknesses]] when a person [[decides]] nothing needs to be [[changed]]. This happens when you tell yourself that what you do, what you [[feel]] or what you [[think]] is not that bad — that there are others worse than you and that you are not [[hurting]] anyone else — perhaps just yourself. Many [[vices]] fall into this category and this makes them very hard to eliminate. The [[creature]] [[justifies]] his or her actions in several ways that prevents them from facing the [[reality]] of the need for change.
“The first thing to consider in this case is that if a vice, a [[behavior]] or a way of [[thinking]] has the [[potential]] to hurt you, it has to be removed from your life. Damaging your [[body]], [[your mind]] or [[your soul]] is as grave as damaging someone else. Your body, your mind and your soul were given to you by [[your Father]] and are treasures that were entrusted to you to do great things with them — create, not to destroy.
“It is your [[responsibility]] to invest the [[talents]] [[your Father]] has given you and produce a [[profit]]. To say you are not damaging others is no [[excuse]] to justify any activity, behavior, or way of thinking that doesn’t [[aspire]] to the [[ideal]] of emulating the [[perfection]] of your Father.
“[[Understand]] once and for all that you are what you entertain in your [[mind]] and [[heart]]. If you truly aspire to perfection you have to fill your mind and heart exclusively with that which is [[true, beautiful, and good]] and you have to remove [[everything]] that is opposite to those attributes. Fill your mind and heart with [[goodness]] and you will be good. Fill them with [[truth]] and you will be truthful. Fill them with [[beauty]] and you will be beautiful to the eyes of God. A creature filled with truth, beauty, and goodness exudes the [[aroma]] of the [[fruits of spirit]] and other souls are naturally [[attracted]] to these exalted beings.
“[[Sincerity]] is [[perceived]] without difficulties by those who search for it. Sincerity is only possible when the [[heart]] and [[soul]] of a creature is void of [[lies]] and falsehood and when there is nothing hidden from his [[siblings]]. Such sincerity doesn’t need [[words]] to be [[expressed]] because it [[flows]] spontaneously in the [[relationships]] that a human being filled with truth establishes with their [[peers]]. This is what you should aspire to for it represents the next step in your [[spiritual development]].
“Those who really [[love]] their [[neighbors]] and have a real interest in finding out what they can do to help them reach their [[potential]] are truly sincere. Those who really [[listen]] to their siblings’ words and their [[soul]]’s [[desires]] and who try to provide what they need are truly sincere. Those who don’t judge or [[segregate]] others because of their mistakes, but instead try to walk the better [[path]] so others are [[inspired]] to follow, are truly sincere. Truly sincere are those who in the [[presence]] of their brothers and sisters become so [[transparent]] that [[the Father]] can be seen through them.”
[[Category: The Teaching Mission: Dialogues]]
[[Category: 11:11 Progress Group]]
[[Category: Thought Adjuster]]
[[Category: Oscar]]
[[Category: Sincerity]]
[[Category: Self-mastery]]
[[Category: 2011]]
[[File:Teaching_buddha_small.jpg|right|frame]]
==Heading==
===Topic: ''Your Journey of Self-Discovery''===
===Group: [[11:11 Progress Group]]===
==Facilitators==
===Teacher: [[Thought Adjuster]]===
===TR: [[Oscar]]===
*Edited by Linda Abell
==Session==
===Lesson===
Thought Adjuster: “Many times your [[journey]] of [[self-discovery]] becomes a journey in which you have to face and defeat yourself. You will be confronted to see those things you don’t like about yourself — destructive [[habits]], unnecessary [[distractions]], hidden [[weaknesses]] — and [[accept]] them first before you can start to improve. This is the most difficult part — to accept there are some areas in your [[life]] that need improving or even overcoming for you to elevate yourself beyond what you are today. You can only [[progress]] when you leave behind those loads that tie you to your [[animal]] and [[material]] nature.
“It is very common for people to avoid those things they find displeasing about their [[personality]]. When someone has an ugly [[defect]] he or she hides it from others and from him- or herself to avoid [[shame]]. But even this [[action]] is a [[step]] in the right [[direction]] because it signals that the person knows there is a defect and therefore can take steps to improve the situation.
“Harder to eliminate are defects and [[weaknesses]] when a person [[decides]] nothing needs to be [[changed]]. This happens when you tell yourself that what you do, what you [[feel]] or what you [[think]] is not that bad — that there are others worse than you and that you are not [[hurting]] anyone else — perhaps just yourself. Many [[vices]] fall into this category and this makes them very hard to eliminate. The [[creature]] [[justifies]] his or her actions in several ways that prevents them from facing the [[reality]] of the need for change.
“The first thing to consider in this case is that if a vice, a [[behavior]] or a way of [[thinking]] has the [[potential]] to hurt you, it has to be removed from your life. Damaging your [[body]], [[your mind]] or [[your soul]] is as grave as damaging someone else. Your body, your mind and your soul were given to you by [[your Father]] and are treasures that were entrusted to you to do great things with them — create, not to destroy.
“It is your [[responsibility]] to invest the [[talents]] [[your Father]] has given you and produce a [[profit]]. To say you are not damaging others is no [[excuse]] to justify any activity, behavior, or way of thinking that doesn’t [[aspire]] to the [[ideal]] of emulating the [[perfection]] of your Father.
“[[Understand]] once and for all that you are what you entertain in your [[mind]] and [[heart]]. If you truly aspire to perfection you have to fill your mind and heart exclusively with that which is [[true, beautiful, and good]] and you have to remove [[everything]] that is opposite to those attributes. Fill your mind and heart with [[goodness]] and you will be good. Fill them with [[truth]] and you will be truthful. Fill them with [[beauty]] and you will be beautiful to the eyes of God. A creature filled with truth, beauty, and goodness exudes the [[aroma]] of the [[fruits of spirit]] and other souls are naturally [[attracted]] to these exalted beings.
“[[Sincerity]] is [[perceived]] without difficulties by those who search for it. Sincerity is only possible when the [[heart]] and [[soul]] of a creature is void of [[lies]] and falsehood and when there is nothing hidden from his [[siblings]]. Such sincerity doesn’t need [[words]] to be [[expressed]] because it [[flows]] spontaneously in the [[relationships]] that a human being filled with truth establishes with their [[peers]]. This is what you should aspire to for it represents the next step in your [[spiritual development]].
“Those who really [[love]] their [[neighbors]] and have a real interest in finding out what they can do to help them reach their [[potential]] are truly sincere. Those who really [[listen]] to their siblings’ words and their [[soul]]’s [[desires]] and who try to provide what they need are truly sincere. Those who don’t judge or [[segregate]] others because of their mistakes, but instead try to walk the better [[path]] so others are [[inspired]] to follow, are truly sincere. Truly sincere are those who in the [[presence]] of their brothers and sisters become so [[transparent]] that [[the Father]] can be seen through them.”
[[Category: The Teaching Mission: Dialogues]]
[[Category: 11:11 Progress Group]]
[[Category: Thought Adjuster]]
[[Category: Oscar]]
[[Category: Sincerity]]
[[Category: Self-mastery]]
[[Category: 2011]]
