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One of the most important aspects of a [[maturing]] and [[God-conscious]] [[individual]] is the ability to take off the many layers, the many [[masks]] that are worn, and be the [[divine]] yet [[human]] [[personality]] that you are. Those who are in [[enlightened]] God-consciousness are able to be who they really are and are not afraid of [[attack]], [[ridicule]] or discredit from another because of [[beliefs]], personal [[appearance]] or any of the human [[traits]] that you possess. And so over time many of you have been coming to this [[realization]] and you are able to be more of who you are to more and more people. This is a sign of your [[maturing]] and your [[growth]]. I [[applaud]] each of you when you are able to peel off another layer, take off another [[mask]], that the central core and [[light]] that you can be for the world becomes more apparent to those around you. The [[light]] of which you are burns brightly, but is [[camouflaged]] and shielded behind the many layers of pretense. And so today's lesson will deal with looking at the [[concept]] of [[ideal]] and [[values]].

One of the most important aspects of a [[maturing]] and [[God-conscious]] [[individual]] is the ability to take off the many layers, the many [[masks]] that are worn, and be the [[divine]] yet [[human]] [[personality]] that you are. Those who are in [[enlightened]] God-consciousness are able to be who they really are and are not afraid of [[attack]], [[ridicule]] or discredit from another because of [[beliefs]], personal [[appearance]] or any of the human [[traits]] that you possess. And so over time many of you have been coming to this [[realization]] and you are able to be more of who you are to more and more people. This is a sign of your [[maturing]] and your [[growth]]. I [[applaud]] each of you when you are able to peel off another layer, take off another [[mask]], that the central core and [[light]] that you can be for the world becomes more apparent to those around you. The [[light]] of which you are burns brightly, but is [[camouflaged]] and shielded behind the many layers of pretense. And so today's lesson will deal with looking at the [[concept]] of [[ideal]] and [[values]].

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What is the [[ideal]]? What are the [[values]] that you hold? Is there a [[difference]]? What is the difference? Do you [[perceive]] the ideal much differently than you do your [[values]]? What is it that you [[value]] in terms of [[spirituality]]?

What is the [[ideal]]? What are the [[values]] that you hold? Is there a [[difference]]? What is the difference? Do you [[perceive]] the ideal much differently than you do your [[values]]? What is it that you [[value]] in terms of [[spirituality]]?

Let us look at the word [[value]]. In the [[human]] [[context]] these are those things which you hold up as a [[moral]] platitude to [[guide]] your life by, an [[idea]] from which you try to live out your life, the [[values]] you have. The [[ideal]] is seen in a [[different]] light in that the ideal is often [[thought]] of as only that which can be [[manifested]] within the [[mind]], that ideal that can only be thought of as something that is not really [[attainable]]. And so I ask you tonight to look into your own [[personal]] lives. Do you see what you value, your values as something that are [[attainable]] or do you hold it up here as something that is not always within your grasp? I will, after you have all [[spoken]], try to put forth to you a [[concept]] of why and how the [[ideal]] is able to be incorporated in your life. And so is my [[question]] to you [[understood]] enough that you can [[speak]] freely about this?

Let us look at the word [[value]]. In the [[human]] [[context]] these are those things which you hold up as a [[moral]] platitude to [[guide]] your life by, an [[idea]] from which you try to live out your life, the [[values]] you have. The [[ideal]] is seen in a [[different]] light in that the ideal is often [[thought]] of as only that which can be [[manifested]] within the [[mind]], that ideal that can only be thought of as something that is not really [[attainable]]. And so I ask you tonight to look into your own [[personal]] lives. Do you see what you value, your values as something that are [[attainable]] or do you hold it up here as something that is not always within your grasp? I will, after you have all [[spoken]], try to put forth to you a [[concept]] of why and how the [[ideal]] is able to be incorporated in your life. And so is my [[question]] to you [[understood]] enough that you can [[speak]] freely about this?

===Dialogue===

===Dialogue===

B1: "I'm a little confused, Daniel, about [[value]] as you have just [[discussed]] it. To me value is that which you [[consider]] worth putting [[time]] and [[energy]] into, whether it be a [[thing]], an [[activity]], a [[relationship]]. Is that how you are defining the [[word]]?"

B1: "I'm a little confused, Daniel, about [[value]] as you have just [[discussed]] it. To me value is that which you [[consider]] worth putting [[time]] and [[energy]] into, whether it be a [[thing]], an [[activity]], a [[relationship]]. Is that how you are defining the [[word]]?"