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"Who am I" is the most sought after question in the [[universe]]. "Who am I" is the central question in our lives, here and beyond. "Who am I" has deep [[meaning]] and significance in life. When this question is asked for the first time, it signals a [[spiritual]] awakening and continues throughout this life. The quest for your true self-hood [[identity]] is lifelong, even onto [[Paradise]].

MAY 11, 1992

You may think of these potentials as boughs on a tree - branches. Each branch grows, sprouts new branches, which grow and sprout new branches again. In this way a mighty tree is grown over time from a seedling, which on first sight resembles not a mighty tree--it is potential.

"Who am I" is the most sought after question in the universe. "Who am I" is the central question in our lives, here and beyond. "Who am I" has deep meaning and significance in life. When this question is asked for the first time, it signals a spiritual awakening and continues throughout this life. The quest for your true self-hood identity is lifelong, even onto Paradise. There are within each and every person/personality seeds of potentiality, which when watered and nourished begin to sprout into actuality. Through life these potentials are given opportunity to sprout, as it were, to grow into actuals--self-hood. What was once only a thought of God becomes a steadfast universe reality within our existence. Through life there are many, many of these potentials which become real within. Life is a process of making potentials into actuals, actuality and reality. For example, within a child who is frightened by the dark, there exist the potential of a truly courageous and dominate character. In the child it is only potential and it takes time and life experience for this potential to grow into reality and actual character possession of the full grown man. You may think of these potentials as boughs on a tree - branches. Each branch grows, sprouts new branches, which grow and sprout new branches again. In this way a mighty tree is grown over time from a seedling, which on first sight resembles not a mighty tree--it is potential. Many of the contrary, or what you may consider negative influences in your lives, are in reality bringing forth a potential character reality within. For example, a child may be a test to an adult when crying, wanting attention, and so forth. When the adult grows from this experience a wiser way to handle a child, this is permanent and does not revert. Once you have acquired wisdom, through adversity or not, it is a permanent part of your self-hood. One who is truly wise finds the correct or most correct manner he can deal with a given situation and this may lead to more and more refinement. Like a branch on a tree sprouting, this branch is a permanent part of the tree. Life is full of sorrow and joy, of heartache, and happiness, of feelings of self-doubt, and exuberant confidence. Life is a challenge and through this challenge you are to grow within - grow those character aspects which enable you to more effectively live. Life never ends. Life goes beyond this short existence into eternity. How great is this experience and how great is this soul who grows from it. Life is never stagnate. It is always moving, changing, growing, diversifying. A challenge? Yes. But, in life, if you discover defeat, are you truly defeated? No. Only temporarily blocked. One must learn to discover our true potential from these life situations. If you stumble, do you not arise again? In life, if you stumble, rise and walk on. These daily tests and toils and worries are all a part of your growth toward God. How insignificant they appear when seen in this true light. Who am I? Each person is a unique and individual expression of God. Who am I becoming? Each person has the potential to grow in this realization of self- hood. That this self-hood can be a reflection of God, even partial and incomplete, but true and unique, and there is no one else who has the ability you do. Who will I be? You are becoming yourself in truth, the self which is deeper and more true than you are at this moment. Always is the self revealing its deepest, truest, most beautiful secrets. Little by little this growth towards God is revealing the child at the same time. The child is no less or no greater than all children, all are uniquely wonderful, all are uniquely finding self expression. Those finding self- expression are finding God-expression. Each child is in a vast and seemingly endless universe of beings/persons, and all are experiencing this wonder of ascension. Beings who are created perfect, who lack experiential growth, truly envy those who have it. Though no less precious to God our Father, truly do they appreciate what wonders are wrought in His works; that such strong, yet fine characters are created in this way. Look well to the future. See yourselves in transition. Do not try to hold onto what is fading, for life is new growth, new paths, new opportunity, new life. Life comes from life and springing there from - creates life and growth in endless abundance. Never is there stagnation and dormancy in truly living life. Walk firmly and tall through your daily works, which even though may cause you grief, know in the end its' true purpose, and so much will your load be lightened. Jesus as He lived His life on Urantia was not given an easy road. On the contrary, His path was very rugged, yet He is the divine example of man made perfect. So can you in your lives, in your rugged paths, begin to show forth the divine within. God as represented by your Indwelling Spirit, is active in your lives. He is not sitting aloof watching your life, he is part of it. He is part of you. He is living and suffering and watching you growing - in toil and fret. He is right there with you, not in some far away place. He is not waiting for you to come to Him. He comes to you and He is with you always. Always remember this in your minds when life is burdensome, when your tasks are difficult, know that God, Himself is with you, right with you.

Many of the contrary, or what you may consider [[negative]] influences in your lives, are in [[reality]] bringing forth a potential [[character]] [[reality]] within. For example, a child may be a test to an adult when crying, wanting attention, and so forth. When the adult grows from this experience a wiser way to handle a child, this is permanent and does not revert.  

QUESTION: If we don't grasp a potential that we have for our life, do we loose it, or does it come back in another opportunity?

QUESTION: If we don't grasp a potential that we have for our life, do we loose it, or does it come back in another opportunity?

QUESTION: What can one do to better recognize potentials that we have?

QUESTION: What can one do to better recognize potentials that we have?

HAM: This is a danger in free will' life. For in allowing free will choosing, is the potential great for unbalanced living. It is wise to recognize potentials - yes, and allow for their full development. When a potential goes un-actualized it may or may not have consequences in life. For instance; a person who has potential to be very gracious, and yet persists in abrasive action toward others, he stifles his potential and grows a little crookedly - you would say, so that his potential of wise and gracious action is limited by his persistence in being rude. This, in turn, creates further potentials in other directions. Life is filled with these and many of our fine trees are slightly unbalanced here and there. The mansion world experience is in fact designed to correct these deficiencies, if they are not corrected here.

HAM: This is a danger in free will' life. For in allowing free will choosing, is the potential great for unbalanced living. It is wise to recognize potentials - yes, and allow for their full development. When a potential goes un-actualized it may or may not have consequences in life. For instance; a person who has potential to be very gracious, and yet persists in abrasive action toward others, he stifles his potential and grows a little crookedly - you would say, so that his potential of wise and gracious action is limited by his persistence in being rude. This, in turn, creates further potentials in other directions. Life is filled with these and many of our fine trees are slightly unbalanced here and there. The [[Mansion Worlds|mansion world experience]] is in [[fact]] designed to correct these deficiencies, if they are not corrected here.