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*08/28/92 message
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===Lesson===
===Lesson===
[Following a visit to the homeopath doctor for myself and Jade, and the doctor's immediate diagnosis of a complaint that I had thought improbable.]
[Following a visit to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeopathy homeopath doctor] for myself and Jade, and the doctor's immediate [[diagnosis]] of a complaint that I had thought improbable.]
===='''''[[Healing]]'''''====
Machiventa Melchizedek: As in matters of [[health]] improvement, there are many areas of [[information]] which either have non spiritual [[consequence]] or are easily discoverable by you without hardship or deprivation. You must live your own life, most especially must you fully live and [[control]] the [[material]] aspects of
your life. We will not [[guide]] you, nor will your [[Adjuster]] guide you, in [material] [[decisions]].
Still, the [[developments]] which you seek are [[legitimate]] and are implicit in the [[path]] of [[spiritual
progress]], but only as incidental benefits - not as achievable [[goals]]. They are by-products of a more
complete, more [[spiritual]], and more fully [[human]] life. You yourself seized on this [[idea]] in the [[past]]
with the [[expression]] Better to aim high, if then falling short the result will still score higher than if
the [[original]] point of aim was excessively [[modest]]. More simply, Aim high, and even if you strike
low, you still hit high.
===='''''[[Vision]]'''''====
The high mark for you people is to [[maintain]] the [[spiritual]] [[presence]] of [[mind]] that allows you to
remember to [[appeal]] for [[illumination]] of the better [[choice]]. The [[Adjuster]]'s work is effectively
blocked by the [[animal]] responses of [[fear]], [[anger]], and [[combat]] [[stress]]. None of you are capable or
ready yet to hear the [[Adjuster]]'s voice. You should [[work]], for now, on [[achieving]] the [[equanimity]]
and [[faith]] that replaces your typical [[descent]] into [[emergency]] [[status]] when you encounter some
impediment or threat in daily life. [[The universe]] is not so unfriendly that every situation screams
[[crisis]]. Try to lift your [[sight]]s a bit.
There is another [[perspective]] available -- a grand [[horizon]] -- if you are only [[bold]] enough to peek
over the walls of your [[prison]]-rut of [[habit]]. Make an [[effort]], now, to break the habit of dealing with
people and [[problems]] in the same tired, unproductive [[manner]]. Live a little! You are all young in
the [[spirit]], no matter how many aches you count in the [[mornings]]. You are too young to settle on
[[policy]] [[practices]], especially where human [[relations]] are concerned.
===='''''[[Perspective]]'''''====
We have covered this before, in the guises "Bare your [[breast]]", and "Not [[problems]], but
[[opportunities]]". Pull the curtains back, let some [[light]] flood in. [[Work]] in [[tolerant]] combination with
your [[brothers and sisters]]. Get [[control]] of yourselves -- it is not a [[static]] thing -- you can [[feel]] your [spiritual] muscles flex
and [[relax]], flex and relax. And when you can [[maintain]] a [[stable]] [[point of view]] for a few moments,
then ask about the higher [[path]]. First things first.
In order to be fully human, you must build on the [[animal]] [[foundation]] -- not deny it, not [[repress]]
it, not [[disguise]] it. You can see the trail in your own [[physiology]]: first, [[reptile]] [[brain]]; then [[mammal]]
brain overlying; finally, [[homo sapiens]] [[structure]] atop all. Get your hands on the wheel, then start
looking for [[signs]]. It cannot work in reverse order.
This is my advice for you: [[Govern]] yourselves, only then are you [[participating]] fully with [[God]], in
[[partnership]].
==Session 5==
==Session 5==
*AUGUST 30, 1992
*AUGUST 30, 1992