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| Q: Can you suggest specific ways to improve our [[discernment]]? | | Q: Can you suggest specific ways to improve our [[discernment]]? |
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− | Ham: It seems to me that most of you go through most of your lives like you were [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_walking sleep walking] always [[thinking]] of something else, always imagining [[future]] [[events]], very seldom in the present time. The best way to improve [[discernment]] is to live more in the present time, the now, and then you will begin to [[appreciate]] the [[beauty]] and the specialness in more things. | + | Ham: It seems to me that most of you go through most of your lives like you were [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_walking sleep walking] always [[thinking]] of something else, always imagining [[future]] [[events]], very seldom in the present time. The best way to improve [[discernment]] is to live more in the present time, the now, and then you will begin to [[appreciate]] the [[beauty]] and the specialness in more things. |
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− | Q: What exact [[manifestation]] of [[fear]] causes this now avoidance? I remember in [[dreams]] when I was a kid, when I was in a bad place, and later when I took [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lsd acid], there was this awful [[horror]] of these [[choices]], this terrible fear of choice, the [[necessity]] of making choice. | + | Q: What exact [[manifestation]] of [[fear]] causes this now avoidance? I remember in [[dreams]] when I was a kid, when I was in a bad place, and later when I took [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lsd acid], there was this awful [[horror]] of these [[choices]], this terrible fear of choice, the [[necessity]] of making choice. |
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| Ham: I don't think that you are afraid to make choices, maybe afraid of [[pressure]], but . . | | Ham: I don't think that you are afraid to make choices, maybe afraid of [[pressure]], but . . |
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| Ham: Yes. | | Ham: Yes. |
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− | Q: Sometimes, in my [[life]], in the process of making a difficult [[decision]], I have experienced what I perceive to be signs, with some divine aspect. Is this possible, or is it [[dangerous]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_thinking magical thinking] to look for [[signs]] or when signs are seemingly presented to us to take them as [[evidence]]? | + | Q: Sometimes, in my [[life]], in the process of making a difficult [[decision]], I have experienced what I perceive to be signs, with some divine aspect. Is this possible, or is it [[dangerous]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_thinking magical thinking] to look for [[signs]] or when signs are seemingly presented to us to take them as [[evidence]]? |
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| Ham: I would say that each person's [[thought adjuster]] works with that person in their own [[unique]] way, so what would be [[dangerous]] [[thinking]] for one person is perfectly fine for someone else. Ultimately, you and your inner spirit work [[together]] and he knows your thinking and I would not presume to pass [[judgment]] on anything like that. | | Ham: I would say that each person's [[thought adjuster]] works with that person in their own [[unique]] way, so what would be [[dangerous]] [[thinking]] for one person is perfectly fine for someone else. Ultimately, you and your inner spirit work [[together]] and he knows your thinking and I would not presume to pass [[judgment]] on anything like that. |