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Greetings, children and [[friends]], I delight to [[experience]] your [[presence]] here tonight. I am Ham and I wish this evening to discuss [[opportunity]] with you. Opportunity is always knocking, so to speak.
Greetings, children and [[friends]], I delight to [[experience]] your [[presence]] here tonight. I am Ham and I wish this evening to discuss [[opportunity]] with you. Opportunity is always knocking, so to speak.
===Lesson===
===Lesson===
===='''''[[Opportunity]]'''''====
Opportunity is [[graciously]] awaiting your [[response]]. The world is filled with opportunity. You must learn to [[exploit]] this opportunity, and not to dismiss or to squander it.
Opportunity is [[graciously]] awaiting your [[response]]. The world is filled with opportunity. You must learn to [[exploit]] this opportunity, and not to dismiss or to squander it.
Think not that it does not matter, because it matters [[intensely]] to you, to your world, and to the on looking [[universe]]. There is no planet watched more intensely than [[Urantia]] is. We monitor and watch and nutrure every [[human being]] on your planet in varying [[degrees]]. You here are watched more intently than others, your [[decisions]] and your actions are all of great interest to us. Do not think that you are working [[alone]] against insuperable odds, for you are given many of the threads which go into your [[fabric]]. Is this clear to everyone? Are you beginning to understand the [[responsibility]] you have to [[accept]] these threads.
Think not that it does not matter, because it matters [[intensely]] to you, to your world, and to the on looking [[universe]]. There is no planet watched more intensely than [[Urantia]] is. We monitor and watch and nutrure every [[human being]] on your planet in varying [[degrees]]. You here are watched more intently than others, your [[decisions]] and your actions are all of great interest to us. Do not think that you are working [[alone]] against insuperable odds, for you are given many of the threads which go into your [[fabric]]. Is this clear to everyone? Are you beginning to understand the [[responsibility]] you have to [[accept]] these threads.
===Dialogue===
===Dialogue===
Q: I worry that you can have too many threads you are working with and they get tangled in a knot and you have to stop and untangle them before you can get any weaving done. Can you give some insight into how to choose the best opportunity when faced with many?
===='''''[[Stillness]]''''', '''''[[Rest]]'''''====
Q: I worry that you can have too many threads you are working with and they get tangled in a [[knot]] and you have to stop and untangle them before you can get any [[weaving]] done. Can you give some [[insight]] into how to [[choose]] the best [[opportunity]] when faced with many?
Ham: Sometimes, the best opportunity is the stillness time to explore the inner world with the Father in peace and tranquility. The answers often are held in these times. The knots will untangle without your worrying about them.
Ham: Sometimes, the best [[opportunity]] is the [[stillness]] time to [[explore]] the inner world with [[the Father]] in peace and [[tranquility]]. The answers often are held in these times. The knots will untangle without your [[worrying]] about them.
Brodan, I have instructed you to rest more often, and you have not followed my advice. You run in high gear all the time, and have forgotten the value of the lower gears. The word leisure time for you is a couple of hours or a half hour here or there. I understand the pressure you feel, but I insist that you begin to take more rest time. This will actually solve a lot of your anxiety and worry.
Brodan, I have instructed you to [[rest]] more often, and you have not followed my [[advice]]. You run in high gear all the time, and have [[forgotten]] the [[value]] of the lower gears. The word [[leisure]] time for you is a couple of hours or a half hour here or there. I [[understand]] the [[pressure]] you feel, but I insist that you begin to take more rest time. This will actually solve a lot of your [[anxiety]] and worry.
Q: I might even be more fun to be around.
Q: I might even be more fun to be around.
Ham: That could be a refreshment for you as well. To take simple pleasure in others company without thinking in the back of your mind of things you need to do.
Ham: That could be a refreshment for you as well. To take [[simple]] [[pleasure]] in others company without [[thinking]] in the back of your [[mind]] of things you need to do.
Q: You were talking to Brodan about leisure, I was wondering how balanced I am as far as work and leisure and rest and making a full effort?
Q: You were talking to Brodan about [[leisure]], I was wondering how [[balanced]] I am as far as [[work]] and leisure and [[rest]] and making a full effort?
Ham: You are coming into a balance that is very beneficial to you. You were needing more work time and this is gradually coming out. More human interaction as well.
Ham: You are coming into a [[balance]] that is very beneficial to you. You were needing more work time and this is [[gradually]] coming out. More human [[interaction]] as well.
===='''''[[Progress]]'''''====
Q: My usual question.
Q: My usual question.
Ham: Son, your philosophy of living is changing. You recognize and understand value in others You are not restricted inside yourself as much. The reason that you are harsh with others is recognizing and seeing something of yourself there that needs to change. Gradually, you will not mask these tendencies and hide them from yourself, and you will change. We are watching you closely at this time, feeling that you are needing help in some areas. Ian will reveal herself to you in the days ahead to help you go through a psychological tunnel and emerge from this. Are you understanding this.
Ham: Son, your [[philosophy]] of living is [[changing]]. You recognize and [[understand]] [[value]] in others You are not restricted inside yourself as much. The reason that you are harsh with others is recognizing and seeing something of yourself there that needs to [[change]]. Gradually, you will not mask these [[tendencies]] and hide them from yourself, and you will [[change]]. We are watching you closely at this time, [[feeling]] that you are needing help in some areas. Ian will [[reveal]] herself to you in the days ahead to help you go through a [[psychological]] tunnel and emerge from this. Are you [[understanding]] this.
Q: Not yet.
Ham: You have a psychic [[block]] that prevents you from seeing yourself completely and this [[painful]] [[process]] is still, we are still working on it with you. The [[trait]] that you wish not to see is [[arrogance]]. Is this helping?
Q: Yes.
Q: Yes.
Q: Anything for Rebecca?
Q: Anything for Rebecca?
Ham: Yes, child, you are following instructions well and I am happy to work with you. We will speak again in the future, Neglect not meditation time.
Ham: Yes, child, you are following instructions well and I am [[happy]] to work with you. We will speak again in the [[future]], Neglect not [[meditation]] time.
Q: I would appreciate any advice you might have for me tonight.
Q: I would [[appreciate]] any [[advice]] you might have for me tonight.
Ham: Vontis, you are continuing to make progress and to understand yourself as well. Gradually, your psychic blocks are diminishing and you are growing in self acceptance. Don't worry about the future, for it is gradually coming together for you. Continue to experience interactions with those who can forward your progress. Don't fear the future, all is well. Have confidence and courage to be yourself and to display your fabric.
Ham: Vontis, you are continuing to make [[progress]] and to [[understand]] yourself as well. [[Gradually]], your psychic [[blocks]] are diminishing and you are [[growing]] in self [[acceptance]]. Don't worry about the [[future]], for it is gradually coming together for you. Continue to [[experience]] [[interactions]] with those who can forward your progress. Don't [[fear]] the [[future]], all is well. Have [[confidence]] and [[courage]] to be yourself and to display your [[fabric]].
===='''''[[Arrogance]]'''''====
Q: Ham, isn't [[arrogance]] just a [[pose?]] A compensation for low [[self-esteem]], the lack of [[feelings]] of self [[worth]]?
Ham: [[Arrogance]] is a taking of unearned [[position]], or a position which in the eyes of others is unearned. [[Jesus]] said, is it not better to take a lower seat at the table and be brought up than to arrogantly choose the seat of [[honor]] and be rebuffed? It is a matter of [[personal]] [[interaction]]. Humans always resent [[arrogance]], even when [[justified]], arrogance is seen as a lack of proper [[humility]].
[[Arrogance]] brings untold [[sorrows]], for it always [[attracts]] [[negativity]].
Q: It figures that would be it because that is what I always [[hated]] the most about other people.
===Closing===
===Closing===
Ham: If there are no further questions, I will bid you all a very good evening. Until next week farewell.
Ham: If there are no further [[questions]], I will bid you all a very good evening. Until next week [[farewell]].
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