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It has been said that [[emotions]] are [[exhausting]] and this is true in those instances where emotions are allowed [[free]] reign and [[expression]]. The [[human]] [[experience]] is augmented by this range of [[reality]]. Even the [[spirit]] beings [[share]] many of your emotions and Daniel and I are certainly [[sympathetic]] to what you [[endure]] and also how you rejoice.
It has been said that [[emotions]] are [[exhausting]] and this is true in those instances where emotions are allowed [[free]] reign and [[expression]]. The [[human]] [[experience]] is augmented by this range of [[reality]]. Even the [[spirit]] beings [[share]] many of your emotions and Daniel and I are certainly [[sympathetic]] to what you [[endure]] and also how you rejoice.
I see a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swamp swamp], an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everglade everglade], if your will, of [[emotion]] on [[Urantia]]; and as you walk your [[path]] you sometimes get embroiled in the quicksand of a [[negative]] [[emotion]] or skip along [[islands]] of lily pads and eagerly [[grace]] the surface of the [[earth]] with your [[being]]. Also in this trek across this everglade you might [[perceive]] of beginning with a barren [[desert]], a veritable vacuum of [[textures]], [[colors]], sensation, [[smells]], etc. In entering the terrain of the [[emotions]] it can be [[frightening]] and overwhelming and you can [[conceive]] that you might easily become lost or misled. Yet if you become travel wise in the arena of emotion you will, like a veteran traveler, know the ins and outs of the [[emotional]] [[spheres]]. Experience will teach you how to sidestep some of the more all consuming [[negative]] emotions and also will help you determine to what extent you can swing through the vines of the trees of [[happiness]] without hurting yourselves.
I see a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swamp swamp], an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everglades everglade], if your will, of [[emotion]] on [[Urantia]]; and as you walk your [[path]] you sometimes get embroiled in the quicksand of a [[negative]] [[emotion]] or skip along [[islands]] of lily pads and eagerly [[grace]] the surface of the [[earth]] with your [[being]]. Also in this trek across this everglade you might [[perceive]] of beginning with a barren [[desert]], a veritable vacuum of [[textures]], [[colors]], sensation, [[smells]], etc. In entering the terrain of the [[emotions]] it can be [[frightening]] and overwhelming and you can [[conceive]] that you might easily become lost or misled. Yet if you become travel wise in the arena of emotion you will, like a veteran traveler, know the ins and outs of the [[emotional]] [[spheres]]. Experience will teach you how to sidestep some of the more all consuming [[negative]] emotions and also will help you determine to what extent you can swing through the vines of the trees of [[happiness]] without hurting yourselves.
In the [[journey]] through this terrain there is at the other end a clearing. Having learned how to go through this [[experiential]]/[[emotional]] realm on the other side you find [[freedom]] from the constraints and demands of emotion. When you are free of emotion's downside, if you will, you are now able to set that aside and [[devote]] those energies (which are supposedly required to live [[life]]) and invest that [[energy]] in uplifting [[prayer]] and [[worship]], which state of [[being]] provides the [[stamina]], nourishment, and [[power]] to return to the everglades for assisting your fellow travelers.
In the [[journey]] through this terrain there is at the other end a clearing. Having learned how to go through this [[experiential]]/[[emotional]] realm on the other side you find [[freedom]] from the constraints and demands of emotion. When you are free of emotion's downside, if you will, you are now able to set that aside and [[devote]] those energies (which are supposedly required to live [[life]]) and invest that [[energy]] in uplifting [[prayer]] and [[worship]], which state of [[being]] provides the [[stamina]], nourishment, and [[power]] to return to the everglades for assisting your fellow travelers.
DANIEL: Thank you, Tomas, for your [[wise]] and [[colorful]] [[words]]. Be not [[condemning]] of your [[emotions]], but be [[wise]] to your [[reactions]]. This meeting is now open for questions.
DANIEL: Thank you, Tomas, for your [[wise]] and [[colorful]] [[words]]. Be not [[condemning]] of your [[emotions]], but be [[wise]] to your [[reactions]]. This meeting is now open for questions.
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