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==Heading==
===Topic: ''On Worship''===
===Group: [[Unknown]]===
==Facilitators==
===Teacher: [[Amanson]]===
===TR: [[Mark Turnbull]]===
==Session==
===Opening===
Tonight we shall speak on [[Worship]], the greatest activity in which a [[human being]] can engage, for it takes
all forms: [[service]] is worship; [[prayer]] is worship; [[singing]] is worship. Anything providing a longing to
connect and deliver the sacred trust you have in the Sacred and the Sacred has in you is worthy of being
called Worship.
===Lesson===
Worship in its common definition, the one usually associated with the [[word]], is a conscious [[revelation]]
from within of adherence to a Higher Power -- a devoted [[love]], a stated love to a power greater than
ourselves. But that is only partly worship. Worship, as has been said, is any activity that will connect you
with that Living [[Presence]] you are [[inspired]] to worship. So, being on one’s knees, hands folded in the
traditional sense, in the traditional [[posture]], this is but one small definition of the act of Worship. Given
your propensity to express your dedication to this greater Source, the original [[Source]], this great battery
of Love, it makes sense that any activity you would engage in for the [[purpose]] of spreading this Love is
Worship. The small bit of [[change]] you hand to the [[homeless]] person is Worship; the [[smile]] you give to a
passing stranger on the street is Worship; the helping hand you lend a [[neighbor]] is Worship; the deep
[[breath]] you take upon completing a task is Worship.
For what is Worship but the acknowledgement of your own need to worship? This inner urge, this
[[spontaneous]] ‘thank you’, this [[affection]] that springs from deep within your very [[soul]] that would link
itself up to the [[Higher Power]] calling down to you: this linkage is Worship. This [[embrace]] is Worship. It is
not a dry, arid exercise of [[hope]]; it is a rich passionate blood-invigorating embrace of the highest [[Truth]] as
you know it. Love rains down like rain from a cloud that you stand beneath umbrella-less, happily
absorbing, getting soaked by, this grand [[vibration]] of the healthy and holy [[healing]] power of Love, sent by
the Author of Love because you asked. In your worship you thought you were merely giving devotion.
But in this act you are receiving an equal amount – a greater amount – of devotion from on high,
devotion to you: true love sent your way through the gate that you had opened to send yours His way
(choose your pronoun).
[[Life]] is itself Worship when lived with [[sensitivity]] to its nuances, nuances that are redolent with worship-
worthy qualities. You are surrounded by the results of an interior worship, that which you give your
[[thought]] and [[focus]] to; your heart. This surrounding landscape is a [[reflection]] of your worship. The
interactions you experience during the day?... these are reflections of your worship for they become
your worship. “Worship is the act of [[time]] striking step with [[eternity]].” This is a quote from a precious
book. And it is true. Christ himself loves your worship for it reflects his acts through you. You become his
worshipper on earth. Not worshipping him but worshipping his children, your brothers and sisters,
through these acts of love, the [[individual]] acts of love which, as has been said, are themselves Worship. It
doesn’t merely extend upwards from the pews of a church, Worship extends outward, horizontally, from
the [[altar]] of your [[heart]].
Worship is the very stuff of life. It is life [[transformed]] as [[Appreciation]], as [[Gratitude]], and is the motivating
power behind [[Truth, Beauty, and Goodness]] on the earth plane. Worship extends itself beyond itself, and
its magnificence is reflected far and wide in the eyes, through the hands, beaming from the heart of
each individual worshipper as they recognize one another, whether they know it or not.
Worship is life itself. Live. Live. Amen.
[[Category: The Teaching Mission: Dialogues]]
[[Category: Unknown]]
[[Category: Amanson]]
[[Category: Mark Turnbull]]
[[Category: 2022]]
[[File:Teaching_buddha_small.jpg|right|frame]]
==Heading==
===Topic: ''On Worship''===
===Group: [[Unknown]]===
==Facilitators==
===Teacher: [[Amanson]]===
===TR: [[Mark Turnbull]]===
==Session==
===Opening===
Tonight we shall speak on [[Worship]], the greatest activity in which a [[human being]] can engage, for it takes
all forms: [[service]] is worship; [[prayer]] is worship; [[singing]] is worship. Anything providing a longing to
connect and deliver the sacred trust you have in the Sacred and the Sacred has in you is worthy of being
called Worship.
===Lesson===
Worship in its common definition, the one usually associated with the [[word]], is a conscious [[revelation]]
from within of adherence to a Higher Power -- a devoted [[love]], a stated love to a power greater than
ourselves. But that is only partly worship. Worship, as has been said, is any activity that will connect you
with that Living [[Presence]] you are [[inspired]] to worship. So, being on one’s knees, hands folded in the
traditional sense, in the traditional [[posture]], this is but one small definition of the act of Worship. Given
your propensity to express your dedication to this greater Source, the original [[Source]], this great battery
of Love, it makes sense that any activity you would engage in for the [[purpose]] of spreading this Love is
Worship. The small bit of [[change]] you hand to the [[homeless]] person is Worship; the [[smile]] you give to a
passing stranger on the street is Worship; the helping hand you lend a [[neighbor]] is Worship; the deep
[[breath]] you take upon completing a task is Worship.
For what is Worship but the acknowledgement of your own need to worship? This inner urge, this
[[spontaneous]] ‘thank you’, this [[affection]] that springs from deep within your very [[soul]] that would link
itself up to the [[Higher Power]] calling down to you: this linkage is Worship. This [[embrace]] is Worship. It is
not a dry, arid exercise of [[hope]]; it is a rich passionate blood-invigorating embrace of the highest [[Truth]] as
you know it. Love rains down like rain from a cloud that you stand beneath umbrella-less, happily
absorbing, getting soaked by, this grand [[vibration]] of the healthy and holy [[healing]] power of Love, sent by
the Author of Love because you asked. In your worship you thought you were merely giving devotion.
But in this act you are receiving an equal amount – a greater amount – of devotion from on high,
devotion to you: true love sent your way through the gate that you had opened to send yours His way
(choose your pronoun).
[[Life]] is itself Worship when lived with [[sensitivity]] to its nuances, nuances that are redolent with worship-
worthy qualities. You are surrounded by the results of an interior worship, that which you give your
[[thought]] and [[focus]] to; your heart. This surrounding landscape is a [[reflection]] of your worship. The
interactions you experience during the day?... these are reflections of your worship for they become
your worship. “Worship is the act of [[time]] striking step with [[eternity]].” This is a quote from a precious
book. And it is true. Christ himself loves your worship for it reflects his acts through you. You become his
worshipper on earth. Not worshipping him but worshipping his children, your brothers and sisters,
through these acts of love, the [[individual]] acts of love which, as has been said, are themselves Worship. It
doesn’t merely extend upwards from the pews of a church, Worship extends outward, horizontally, from
the [[altar]] of your [[heart]].
Worship is the very stuff of life. It is life [[transformed]] as [[Appreciation]], as [[Gratitude]], and is the motivating
power behind [[Truth, Beauty, and Goodness]] on the earth plane. Worship extends itself beyond itself, and
its magnificence is reflected far and wide in the eyes, through the hands, beaming from the heart of
each individual worshipper as they recognize one another, whether they know it or not.
Worship is life itself. Live. Live. Amen.
[[Category: The Teaching Mission: Dialogues]]
[[Category: Unknown]]
[[Category: Amanson]]
[[Category: Mark Turnbull]]
[[Category: 2022]]
