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Ruth: A little withdrawal, huh?

Ruth: A little withdrawal, huh?

Hunnah: Ruth and I had the good fortune of gathering with some [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reiki Reiki] people at a church that seems to be [[becoming]] quite [[liberal]] and open to the many ways that are of [[expressions]] of good will. We had a very nice evening last night. We had a progressive feast this week, so we are [[happy]] about that.

Hunnah: Ruth and I had the good fortune of gathering with some [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reiki Reiki] people at a church that seems to be [[becoming]] quite [[liberal]] and open to the many ways that are of [[expressions]] of good will. We had a very nice evening last night. We had a progressive feast this week, so we are [[happy]] about that.

TOMAS: You are a good cross-section and well [[representative]] of the many activities which are taking place in this [[Correcting Time]]. It is good to see you coagulate your energies sufficiently to [[appreciate]] your sundry [[experiences]] and [[adventures]] among you. But also include, if you will, the many engaging occasions that are taking place outside of your [[intimate]] circle. I have been apprised of some rather [[wondrous]] things happening around your globe, and it is all we can do to keep [[reading]] the headlines, much less the small print, for there is so much going on of interest.

TOMAS: You are a good cross-section and well [[representative]] of the many activities which are taking place in this [[Correcting Time]]. It is good to see you coagulate your energies sufficiently to [[appreciate]] your sundry [[experiences]] and [[adventures]] among you. But also include, if you will, the many engaging occasions that are taking place outside of your [[intimate]] circle. I have been apprised of some rather [[wondrous]] things happening around your globe, and it is all we can do to keep [[reading]] the headlines, much less the small print, for there is so much going on of interest.

I overheard you [[lament]] your environment, Hailey, having to do with the, shall we say, backward aspects of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania Pittsburgh], but . ..

I overheard you [[lament]] your environment, Hailey, having to do with the, shall we say, backward aspects of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania Pittsburgh], but . ..

Hailey: I'm not worried about it.

Hailey: I'm not worried about it.

TOMAS: Yet to be planted.

TOMAS: Yet to be planted.

Loreenia: He also calls us [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Rascals the rascals].

Loreenia: He also calls us [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Rascals the rascals].

Hunnah: I hate to tell you what our [[culture]] does with pumpkins. They misuse them.

Hunnah: I hate to tell you what our [[culture]] does with pumpkins. They misuse them.

Group: That's right. (Laughter)

Group: That's right. (Laughter)

TOMAS: And I [[trust]] there is a great [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_o_Lantern jack-o-lantern] [[smile]] on each of your faces for your light to [[glow]] through.

TOMAS: And I [[trust]] there is a great [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_o_Lantern jack-o-lantern] [[smile]] on each of your faces for your light to [[glow]] through.

Ruth: Most of our faces are lit. We're sort of . .. Hunnah: Fed and sleepy.

Ruth: Most of our faces are lit. We're sort of . .. Hunnah: Fed and sleepy.

TOMAS: In order to have a friend you must prove yourself friendly, and if you are having a friend over to [[visit]] with you, the acceptable thing to do would be to turn off the television and sit down and [[focus]] your [[attention]] on the [[visitor]]. The same rudimentary [[courtesies]] are required in order to establish your [[relationship]] with your personal teacher, or for that matter, [[Our Father]], and in all cases of seeking spirit [[guidance]], it is difficult at first and time-consuming, but once your [[techniques]] have been mastered, or once you have an [[understanding]] of what is required and what the side-effects are, it is no longer so [[difficult]].

TOMAS: In order to have a friend you must prove yourself friendly, and if you are having a friend over to [[visit]] with you, the acceptable thing to do would be to turn off the television and sit down and [[focus]] your [[attention]] on the [[visitor]]. The same rudimentary [[courtesies]] are required in order to establish your [[relationship]] with your personal teacher, or for that matter, [[Our Father]], and in all cases of seeking spirit [[guidance]], it is difficult at first and time-consuming, but once your [[techniques]] have been mastered, or once you have an [[understanding]] of what is required and what the side-effects are, it is no longer so [[difficult]].

It is then like riding a bicycle and you can avoid or miss a [[conversation]] or a contact for several days and go right back and get in the swing of [[good]] [[quality]] contact, but unless and until that [[attainment]] is reached, it will require application, and I have [[witnessed]] you, Hunnah, discuss with your own personal teacher Jasmine that you need to [[journal]]. [[Write]] letters to her in order that you may begin to [[experience]] her responses to you. She can hold the pencil while she is writing and you hold the pencil while you are inquiring of her. It is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pas_de_deux pas de deux]. Allow that [[intimacy]]; allow that quality time together. Insist upon that space, not only from your external [[duties]], [[responsibilities]] and fun, but from your own [[distractions]], like your domestic [[duties]] and sense of being needed elsewhere.

It is then like riding a bicycle and you can avoid or miss a [[conversation]] or a contact for several days and go right back and get in the swing of [[good]] [[quality]] contact, but unless and until that [[attainment]] is reached, it will require application, and I have [[witnessed]] you, Hunnah, discuss with your own personal teacher Jasmine that you need to [[journal]]. [[Write]] letters to her in order that you may begin to [[experience]] her responses to you. She can hold the pencil while she is writing and you hold the pencil while you are inquiring of her. It is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pas_de_deux pas de deux]. Allow that [[intimacy]]; allow that quality time together. Insist upon that space, not only from your external [[duties]], [[responsibilities]] and fun, but from your own [[distractions]], like your domestic [[duties]] and sense of being needed elsewhere.

You need You, and you would benefit by your [[relationship]] with your personal teacher. The [[advantage]] of [[companionship]] is secondary to the [[value]] of her [[skill]] in helping you to learn how to be yourself and how to be true to yourself and how then to have the [[faith]] and [[courage]] to open yourself up to be an instrument of that gift which [[the Father]] would have you give. It is a way of checking in with yourself, so to speak, on a higher plane.

You need You, and you would benefit by your [[relationship]] with your personal teacher. The [[advantage]] of [[companionship]] is secondary to the [[value]] of her [[skill]] in helping you to learn how to be yourself and how to be true to yourself and how then to have the [[faith]] and [[courage]] to open yourself up to be an instrument of that gift which [[the Father]] would have you give. It is a way of checking in with yourself, so to speak, on a higher plane.

You have been taught and conditioned in some form or another, and it does take up space in your [[mind]] that you must serve whether you like it or not, and this is because of your cultural upbringing and your [[evolutionary]] [[status]]. It is a normal part of an evolutionary [[creature]] to have within its framework this [[understanding]] that you must do something in order to gain the approval of God or the [[spirit]] realms, and so everyone has vestiges of that within them, within their [[mind]].

You have been taught and conditioned in some form or another, and it does take up space in your [[mind]] that you must serve whether you like it or not, and this is because of your cultural upbringing and your [[evolutionary]] [[status]]. It is a normal part of an evolutionary [[creature]] to have within its framework this [[understanding]] that you must do something in order to gain the approval of God or the [[spirit]] realms, and so everyone has vestiges of that within them, within their [[mind]].

That is one element, but I was not speaking to that element so much as this other, and that being, that sometimes even as you opt to [[serve]] in [[love]], it turns out to be not so pleasant and I will use a very gross example of someone who is dear to you who has [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halitosis halitosis]. Someone truly needs to advise the culprit that he has a [[problem]], and a [[friend]] would do that service even though it were not a pleasant service, do you see?

That is one element, but I was not speaking to that element so much as this other, and that being, that sometimes even as you opt to [[serve]] in [[love]], it turns out to be not so pleasant and I will use a very gross example of someone who is dear to you who has [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halitosis halitosis]. Someone truly needs to advise the culprit that he has a [[problem]], and a [[friend]] would do that service even though it were not a pleasant service, do you see?

Leah: Yes.

Leah: Yes.

However, when you are [[enthused]] and moved to do something and you are [[excited]] and you [[feel]] the spirit move you, by that same token, you cannot set [[expectations]] on others that they will be so moved. Just because you feel moved does not mean everyone has to. This is part of the difficulty of coming forth as a new [[soul]], a newborn person. You stand out there by yourself, which is to say, you have left the [[autonomy]] of [[the masses]] and it takes great [[courage]] to know yourself.

However, when you are [[enthused]] and moved to do something and you are [[excited]] and you [[feel]] the spirit move you, by that same token, you cannot set [[expectations]] on others that they will be so moved. Just because you feel moved does not mean everyone has to. This is part of the difficulty of coming forth as a new [[soul]], a newborn person. You stand out there by yourself, which is to say, you have left the [[autonomy]] of [[the masses]] and it takes great [[courage]] to know yourself.

It is very [[exciting]] to see that you want to know your [[Self]], that you, even now as we talk, are [[struggling]] for an [[understanding]] of the right to be. I commend you, Leah, and your [[soul]]'s [[hunger]] for [[expression]] of your own right to be a [[child of God]] in [[the universe]], and not a [[puppet]] on a string for others' [[values]] and others' [[emotions]] to pull. That is not the [[dance]] that we [[aspire]] to do. That is not the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pas_de_deux pas de deux] of the ages.

It is very [[exciting]] to see that you want to know your [[Self]], that you, even now as we talk, are [[struggling]] for an [[understanding]] of the right to be. I commend you, Leah, and your [[soul]]'s [[hunger]] for [[expression]] of your own right to be a [[child of God]] in [[the universe]], and not a [[puppet]] on a string for others' [[values]] and others' [[emotions]] to pull. That is not the [[dance]] that we [[aspire]] to do. That is not the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pas_de_deux pas de deux] of the ages.

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===='''''[[Restraint]]'''''====

*Another situation "off the record"

*Another situation "off the record"

Leah: This week in our other session, you intimated that we had been [[luxuriating]] in the [[comfort]] of your [[presence]] and we should be [[thinking]] about what we ought to be doing, and I can hear in my mind what you're talking about . .. I hear the [[words]] giving, caring, and the word '[[community]]' is also used … and I was [[wondering]], are you talking about us doing a project? Or were you talking about 'we' as a [[community]], the group as a community? or?

Leah: This week in our other session, you intimated that we had been [[luxuriating]] in the [[comfort]] of your [[presence]] and we should be [[thinking]] about what we ought to be doing, and I can hear in my mind what you're talking about . .. I hear the [[words]] giving, caring, and the word '[[community]]' is also used … and I was [[wondering]], are you talking about us doing a project? Or were you talking about 'we' as a [[community]], the group as a community? or?

TOMAS: You are doing exactly what I asked you to do, and that is to [[think]] about what we might do as [[individuals]] or as a group in terms of outward [[expression]], in terms of community [[service]] or personal service. It is not a hard and fast assignment. It's just that I wanted to and want to keep you all apprised of the [[fact]] that [[the Master]] taught [[his apostles]] so that they would go out and [[preach]] and teach, not to stay in the Upper Chamber with Jesus year after year enjoying his [[companionship]]. Please forgive the [[analogy]]; I do not equate myself with [[Jesus]], but I do understand the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_student professional student syndrome], and our program, if you will, is that, we all get out there and do something "[http://ask.yahoo.com/19981103.html for the gipper]!"

TOMAS: You are doing exactly what I asked you to do, and that is to [[think]] about what we might do as [[individuals]] or as a group in terms of outward [[expression]], in terms of community [[service]] or personal service. It is not a hard and fast assignment. It's just that I wanted to and want to keep you all apprised of the [[fact]] that [[the Master]] taught [[his apostles]] so that they would go out and [[preach]] and teach, not to stay in the Upper Chamber with Jesus year after year enjoying his [[companionship]]. Please forgive the [[analogy]]; I do not equate myself with [[Jesus]], but I do understand the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_student professional student syndrome], and our program, if you will, is that, we all get out there and do something "[https://ask.yahoo.com/19981103.html for the gipper]!"

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