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| We are getting stuck on ourselves, or other things, and need to be turned around. Yet | | We are getting stuck on ourselves, or other things, and need to be turned around. Yet |
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| much. Thank you. Amen. | | much. Thank you. Amen. |
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| Michael: Good evening. This is Michael and I would be delighted as always to fulfill any | | Michael: Good evening. This is Michael and I would be delighted as always to fulfill any |
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| so he can share himself with all of his children. | | so he can share himself with all of his children. |
− | *(To turn things around)
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| + | (To turn things around) |
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| I’d like to start just by re-emphasizing some of the points Mother Spirit brought out last | | I’d like to start just by re-emphasizing some of the points Mother Spirit brought out last |
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| more or less take you away if you haven’t the determination, the gumption, the | | more or less take you away if you haven’t the determination, the gumption, the |
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− | where-with-all to stand up against them. So the first thing is to get a continuity of your own self. You literally create a stronger | + | where-with-all to stand up against them. |
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| + | So the first thing is to get a continuity of your own self. You literally create a stronger |
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| self--for yourself!--that can continue this determination. | | self--for yourself!--that can continue this determination. |
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− | *(The need for meditation, open-minded reflection)
| + | (The need for meditation, open-minded reflection) |
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| The best way--sometimes the only way--of doing this is through meditation. Really | | The best way--sometimes the only way--of doing this is through meditation. Really |
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| So the main message that Mother Spirit gave you was about meditating and doing so | | So the main message that Mother Spirit gave you was about meditating and doing so |
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| address this problem I’m having? How do I turn things around?” | | address this problem I’m having? How do I turn things around?” |
− | *(Record your meditations)
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| + | (Record your meditations) |
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| Then, to continue this daily continuity, don’t hesitate to use some physical means to | | Then, to continue this daily continuity, don’t hesitate to use some physical means to |
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| re-read these messages to yourself. | | re-read these messages to yourself. |
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| Again: this is creating a continuous, day-to-day self when you feel lost or helpless in the | | Again: this is creating a continuous, day-to-day self when you feel lost or helpless in the |
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| folks around you who might be slipping away. | | folks around you who might be slipping away. |
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− | *(It is up to you to initiate change)
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| You can break out of a re-actionary, knee-jerk kind of relationship with others for, as | | You can break out of a re-actionary, knee-jerk kind of relationship with others for, as |
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| children or your own parents. | | children or your own parents. |
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| Do this rather than falling back into a kind of blaming habit like, “Why don’t they pay | | Do this rather than falling back into a kind of blaming habit like, “Why don’t they pay |
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| stuck in a growing corruption over the years. | | stuck in a growing corruption over the years. |
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− | *(The spiritual value of democracy)
| + | (The spiritual value of democracy) |
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| Let me emphasize the value of what you call a democracy, a political unit that | | Let me emphasize the value of what you call a democracy, a political unit that |
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| Yet you have only to look at your nightly news to see how, not exactly rare, but still | | Yet you have only to look at your nightly news to see how, not exactly rare, but still |
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| ways of hurting others. This is still taking place on your world. | | ways of hurting others. This is still taking place on your world. |
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| You have those most cynical regimes where every so many years they have a great | | You have those most cynical regimes where every so many years they have a great |
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| regimented law is forcibly instilled. | | regimented law is forcibly instilled. |
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| So for those of you who will come to hear or read my words, who do live in a relatively | | So for those of you who will come to hear or read my words, who do live in a relatively |
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| women. | | women. |
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− | *(The freedom of personal expression)
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| Think of all your songs, and novels and short stories in all your entertainment to be | | Think of all your songs, and novels and short stories in all your entertainment to be |
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| some strict code of behavior. | | some strict code of behavior. |
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| This is that blossoming of individuality that I taught even when I was among you two | | This is that blossoming of individuality that I taught even when I was among you two |
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| personality right from God. | | personality right from God. |
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| This is how you turn things around in your own life. This is how you recognize this in | | This is how you turn things around in your own life. This is how you recognize this in |
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| they are that unique variety right from God. | | they are that unique variety right from God. |
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| This is that little seed in every single person, the unique personality that can be | | This is that little seed in every single person, the unique personality that can be |
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| that was. | | that was. |
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− | *(Have faith in God’s unique creations—other folks)
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| And so, my dear ones, have this faith in God’s creation. Delight in it, in all its | | And so, my dear ones, have this faith in God’s creation. Delight in it, in all its |
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| It’s where each individual is most directly and fundamentally tuned in to something | | It’s where each individual is most directly and fundamentally tuned in to something |
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| uniqueness. | | uniqueness. |
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| Student: Hello. Thank you so much. This has been resonating with me. I got to spend a | | Student: Hello. Thank you so much. This has been resonating with me. I got to spend a |
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| having our backs. | | having our backs. |
− | *(Confronting physical addictions)
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| + | (Confronting physical addictions) |
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| Michael: Oh!--my dear!--thank you so much. I truly appreciate your thanks for Mother | | Michael: Oh!--my dear!--thank you so much. I truly appreciate your thanks for Mother |
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| But it is so good that you do get away and tune in to a self that exists without all of the | | But it is so good that you do get away and tune in to a self that exists without all of the |
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| I am so glad you are finding in Mother Spirit’s lesson what I wanted to reemphasize | | I am so glad you are finding in Mother Spirit’s lesson what I wanted to reemphasize |
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| again, minute to minute, because it has such a physical component. | | again, minute to minute, because it has such a physical component. |
− | *(Appreciating other folks’ difficulties)
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| + | (Appreciating other folks’ difficulties) |
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| It can give you an appreciation then too for how different peoples can get beyond a | | It can give you an appreciation then too for how different peoples can get beyond a |
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| you have been once upon a time. | | you have been once upon a time. |
− | *(The magic of sharing one’s life with others)
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| + | (The magic of sharing one’s life with others) |
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| And so on that positive note let me wrap up this evening’s lesson. Once again I will | | And so on that positive note let me wrap up this evening’s lesson. Once again I will |
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| and earnest in asking for help, if only what to do next. | | and earnest in asking for help, if only what to do next. |
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| All of this becomes part of your soul. It’s what you are internalizing and setting | | All of this becomes part of your soul. It’s what you are internalizing and setting |
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| share them with us, for Mother Spirit and I are part of you. | | share them with us, for Mother Spirit and I are part of you. |
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− | *(Expanding to embrace your God co-authored soul)
| + | (Expanding to embrace your God co-authored soul) |
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| We will meet face to face some day when you have become one with your soul, | | We will meet face to face some day when you have become one with your soul, |
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| Mother Spirit sends you her love, and we both wish you a wonderful Good Evening. | | Mother Spirit sends you her love, and we both wish you a wonderful Good Evening. |