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Letting go. Let us make this the [[topic]] of our lesson tonight for letting go is [[paramount]] to being able to [[communicate]] not only with teachers and the [[God Fragment]] but also with one another; and it is paramount to living a rich, full, and complete [[life]]. To let go, of course, entails [[trust]], [[faith]] and [[patience]].

Letting go. Let us make this the [[topic]] of our lesson tonight for letting go is [[paramount]] to being able to [[communicate]] not only with teachers and the [[God Fragment]] but also with one another; and it is paramount to living a rich, full, and complete [[life]]. To let go, of course, entails [[trust]], [[faith]] and [[patience]].

But it is somehow more than these three. To let go is to be at [[peace]] with who you are as a beloved child of the [[First Source and Center]], and to be at peace and in [[assurance]] of the great [[overcare]] and love of this [[First Source and Center]]; to truly believe that God knows you, loves you, and desires only good for you. With this, then, comes the ability to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freefall freefall]. I use the word `freefall' because letting go reminds this [[TR]] of an [[experience]] in a ropes course climbing to the top of a tall tree that had a disc shaped platform nailed with a single nail into the top of the tree. From that platform people were asked to let go, to step off and to freefall. They were harnessed and caught before hitting the ground. This TR's [[experience]] was that she could not freefall, could not let go. She did jump off the top and was caught. But never did she allow herself the [[luxury]] of the thrill of the fall, of [[feeling]] the [[safety]] of [[God]]'s [[love]] around her. She had no [[doubt]] that the harness would catch her. So her refusal to freefall [[mystified]] her for sometime until she recognized this [[experience]] as an ultimate [[symbol]] of her need to be in [[control]], and in falling through the air there is no control. So letting go, freefalling means completely to give over [[control]] to your [[Thought Adjuster]], that [[Indwelling Spirit]], to help you make your [[decisions]]. Your only decision is to be in [[alignment]] with the [[will of our Father]], our Mother. How, then, does this relate to [[meditation]]?

But it is somehow more than these three. To let go is to be at [[peace]] with who you are as a beloved child of the [[First Source and Center]], and to be at peace and in [[assurance]] of the great [[overcare]] and love of this [[First Source and Center]]; to truly believe that God knows you, loves you, and desires only good for you. With this, then, comes the ability to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freefall freefall]. I use the word `freefall' because letting go reminds this [[TR]] of an [[experience]] in a ropes course climbing to the top of a tall tree that had a disc shaped platform nailed with a single nail into the top of the tree. From that platform people were asked to let go, to step off and to freefall. They were harnessed and caught before hitting the ground. This TR's [[experience]] was that she could not freefall, could not let go. She did jump off the top and was caught. But never did she allow herself the [[luxury]] of the thrill of the fall, of [[feeling]] the [[safety]] of [[God]]'s [[love]] around her. She had no [[doubt]] that the harness would catch her. So her refusal to freefall [[mystified]] her for sometime until she recognized this [[experience]] as an ultimate [[symbol]] of her need to be in [[control]], and in falling through the air there is no control. So letting go, freefalling means completely to give over [[control]] to your [[Thought Adjuster]], that [[Indwelling Spirit]], to help you make your [[decisions]]. Your only decision is to be in [[alignment]] with the [[will of our Father]], our Mother. How, then, does this relate to [[meditation]]?

Often a [[blockage]] in reaching the awaiting [[communicating]] teacher or other friend of various orders or in [[discerning]] the [[voice]] of that [[Indwelling Spirit]] is the need to [[control]] the [[process]]. Rather than trying to reach that teacher, to reach that Fragment, one might attempt to give over completely instead and passively allow the teacher to reach you. It is a matter of [[passive]] [[receptivity]] without [[expectation]], a matter of centering one's [[focus]] in one's center. My TR is very concerned that this answer is not helpful, however, I ask you, Ken, and others to comment please."

Often a [[blockage]] in reaching the awaiting [[communicating]] teacher or other friend of various orders or in [[discerning]] the [[voice]] of that [[Indwelling Spirit]] is the need to [[control]] the [[process]]. Rather than trying to reach that teacher, to reach that Fragment, one might attempt to give over completely instead and passively allow the teacher to reach you. It is a matter of [[passive]] [[receptivity]] without [[expectation]], a matter of centering one's [[focus]] in one's center. My TR is very concerned that this answer is not helpful, however, I ask you, Ken, and others to comment please."

Kent: "You summarized the lessons of the last three and a half years that we have had, briefly. We have dealt with this subject before. Being in [[control]] is a strong issue with me, with others; letting go, your [[analogy]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freefall freefall] was good. It did help. Again, you put more food on my plate for me to consume. It gives me better [[insight]], more to think about. I did learn from that."

Kent: "You summarized the lessons of the last three and a half years that we have had, briefly. We have dealt with this subject before. Being in [[control]] is a strong issue with me, with others; letting go, your [[analogy]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freefall freefall] was good. It did help. Again, you put more food on my plate for me to consume. It gives me better [[insight]], more to think about. I did learn from that."

Rutha: "Indeed, Daniel, the [[words]] of passive [[resistance]] I think applies amply to my [[life]] and probably everybody here. We do like to be in [[control]] and it is really hard when you go into meditation not to seek that control. But when we do just turn over it does work; and I thank you for your [[words]]."

Rutha: "Indeed, Daniel, the [[words]] of passive [[resistance]] I think applies amply to my [[life]] and probably everybody here. We do like to be in [[control]] and it is really hard when you go into meditation not to seek that control. But when we do just turn over it does work; and I thank you for your [[words]]."

Would that I could now [[respond]] to this matter of [[revelation]] of [[reality]] in the [[experience]] of the believer. This is one of my more dear subjects as I have [[witnessed]] again and again the mortal condition of [[evolutionary]] [[growth]] and too many times have I seen the forward movement of a [[soul]] stagger under the [[confused]] weight of psychic [[changes]] which are a natural part of growth. The [[reference]] in [[your text]] that there is no real [[growth]] without [[agitation]] in your [[mind]] need not be a stumbling block to pursuing [[faith]], the emergent [[reality]] from the growth experience. Many times we teachers have analogized the child in school who learns in early grades only to learn further, deeper, more relevant truth towards [[graduation]]. And this is the same with [[spiritual]] [[truth]], that what is appropriate for a young mind and [[soul]] will be [[transformed]] through time and experience into new realities.

Would that I could now [[respond]] to this matter of [[revelation]] of [[reality]] in the [[experience]] of the believer. This is one of my more dear subjects as I have [[witnessed]] again and again the mortal condition of [[evolutionary]] [[growth]] and too many times have I seen the forward movement of a [[soul]] stagger under the [[confused]] weight of psychic [[changes]] which are a natural part of growth. The [[reference]] in [[your text]] that there is no real [[growth]] without [[agitation]] in your [[mind]] need not be a stumbling block to pursuing [[faith]], the emergent [[reality]] from the growth experience. Many times we teachers have analogized the child in school who learns in early grades only to learn further, deeper, more relevant truth towards [[graduation]]. And this is the same with [[spiritual]] [[truth]], that what is appropriate for a young mind and [[soul]] will be [[transformed]] through time and experience into new realities.

The [[analogy]] of the snake [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molting molting] its skin each [[season]] can be likened to the [[spiritual growth]] of one who is engaged in this expansion [[process]], for the old skin no longer contains the [[morontial]] realities which are developing in the [[soul]] of the mortal. It is not so terrifying once a season or two has passed and the skin has molted successfully on those occasions. It becomes easier to [[accept]] that a change is coming about during the interim time while the old is falling away and the new is coming to be. There is some [[confusion]], some delicacy, but assuredly the [[growth]] will come to pass if you are [[earnest]] about your [[desire]] to [[do His will]], if you are earnest in desiring to follow the leading of [[Spirit]], to respond to the urgings of [[intelligences]] and spirits and realities which are gently and [[consistently]] urging you into the next realm of [[understanding]].

The [[analogy]] of the snake [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molting molting] its skin each [[season]] can be likened to the [[spiritual growth]] of one who is engaged in this expansion [[process]], for the old skin no longer contains the [[morontial]] realities which are developing in the [[soul]] of the mortal. It is not so terrifying once a season or two has passed and the skin has molted successfully on those occasions. It becomes easier to [[accept]] that a change is coming about during the interim time while the old is falling away and the new is coming to be. There is some [[confusion]], some delicacy, but assuredly the [[growth]] will come to pass if you are [[earnest]] about your [[desire]] to [[do His will]], if you are earnest in desiring to follow the leading of [[Spirit]], to respond to the urgings of [[intelligences]] and spirits and realities which are gently and [[consistently]] urging you into the next realm of [[understanding]].

It is not, incidentally, uncommon for the [[growth]] to become so significant on occasion as to entirely replace a familiar [[pattern]] of [[belief]] of the [[Godhead]] Itself. The experience of spiritual rebirth is much like the experience of the snake molting its skin for new life emerges. These unveilings, these peelings of the onion are ongoing throughout your [[career]]. The [[perfecting]] process requires that old [[scaffolding]] be torn down as the new [[structure]] is built on the old [[foundation]]. This, as I say, is a favorite [[theme]] of mine therefor I will not elaborate ad infinitum. But I wanted to [[respond]] to the prompt and ask you, dear enquirer, if this has [[touched]] upon your concern."

It is not, incidentally, uncommon for the [[growth]] to become so significant on occasion as to entirely replace a familiar [[pattern]] of [[belief]] of the [[Godhead]] Itself. The experience of spiritual rebirth is much like the experience of the snake molting its skin for new life emerges. These unveilings, these peelings of the onion are ongoing throughout your [[career]]. The [[perfecting]] process requires that old [[scaffolding]] be torn down as the new [[structure]] is built on the old [[foundation]]. This, as I say, is a favorite [[theme]] of mine therefor I will not elaborate ad infinitum. But I wanted to [[respond]] to the prompt and ask you, dear enquirer, if this has [[touched]] upon your concern."

DANIEL: Yes, it is a [[violation]] of [[free will]] to impose upon another what they do not want to hear, are not ready for. Often in one's [[zeal]] to be of [[service]] and to be helpful individuals do [[violate]] other's free will. And so I would direct you to the life of [[the Master]]. The Master did not offer [[opinions]], advice, or try to 'help' another who had not the [[desire]] for it. Christ [[Michael]] only answered the questions that were asked, only offered [[advice]] to those who were open and desirous and only was of [[service]] in order to bring others into higher [[understandings]] that they might help themselves. It is not of [[service]] to do for others what they can do for themselves and it takes away from them their [[growth]] [[experience]] to have a [[zealous]], loving helper, overdo. Steve, have you more? Please [[respond]] so that I know if we are [[communicating]].

DANIEL: Yes, it is a [[violation]] of [[free will]] to impose upon another what they do not want to hear, are not ready for. Often in one's [[zeal]] to be of [[service]] and to be helpful individuals do [[violate]] other's free will. And so I would direct you to the life of [[the Master]]. The Master did not offer [[opinions]], advice, or try to 'help' another who had not the [[desire]] for it. Christ [[Michael]] only answered the questions that were asked, only offered [[advice]] to those who were open and desirous and only was of [[service]] in order to bring others into higher [[understandings]] that they might help themselves. It is not of [[service]] to do for others what they can do for themselves and it takes away from them their [[growth]] [[experience]] to have a [[zealous]], loving helper, overdo. Steve, have you more? Please [[respond]] so that I know if we are [[communicating]].

Steve: Well, we have. And I can see if we get involved with this we are walking a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tightrope tightrope] without a net -- well, we do have a net under us. We are walking a tightrope. And I [[understand]] what you said and I thank you for your reply.

Steve: Well, we have. And I can see if we get involved with this we are walking a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tightrope tightrope] without a net -- well, we do have a net under us. We are walking a tightrope. And I [[understand]] what you said and I thank you for your reply.

DANIEL: You are welcome. Tomas do you have further comments for Steve?

DANIEL: You are welcome. Tomas do you have further comments for Steve?