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Ruth: Yes, I wanted to talk to you. Okay. Number one. (There are a couple things) First off, you told my niece -- not to [[worry]]. You were right, of course. She has found a young man who is more or less kind of helping to straighten her out, which we are very [[grateful]] for. I [[hope]] he continues to be a [[positive]] [[influence]]. [Referring to [[counsel]] Tomas gave in an earlier session.] Number two. I don't know if I draw these people to me or if I just [[accidentally]] am in the right place at the wrong time and they appear, but I ran into a [[gentleman]] at the Laundromat (of course), who proceeded to instruct me in the [[fact]] that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan Klan] was very [[good]], and that we should continue to rid the world of all the inferior [[races]], and that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler Hitler] was a wonderful person, and I was tired and cranky and my blood was at a boil, but I [[thought]] to myself, "Well, you're going to have an awful lot of [[chances]] to live this all over again!" and-- Tomas, is there a reason why these people keep finding me? Or was I just at the right place at the wrong time?

Ruth: Yes, I wanted to talk to you. Okay. Number one. (There are a couple things) First off, you told my niece -- not to [[worry]]. You were right, of course. She has found a young man who is more or less kind of helping to straighten her out, which we are very [[grateful]] for. I [[hope]] he continues to be a [[positive]] [[influence]]. [Referring to [[counsel]] Tomas gave in an earlier session.] Number two. I don't know if I draw these people to me or if I just [[accidentally]] am in the right place at the wrong time and they appear, but I ran into a [[gentleman]] at the Laundromat (of course), who proceeded to instruct me in the [[fact]] that the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan Klan] was very [[good]], and that we should continue to rid the world of all the inferior [[races]], and that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler Hitler] was a wonderful person, and I was tired and cranky and my blood was at a boil, but I [[thought]] to myself, "Well, you're going to have an awful lot of [[chances]] to live this all over again!" and-- Tomas, is there a reason why these people keep finding me? Or was I just at the right place at the wrong time?

TOMAS: It is purely [[conjecture]], my dear, but I will [[interpret]] even so, as it relates to our [[discourse]] in general this evening, and it goes back to Iyana's [[lament]] about [[teaching]] and [[preaching]], and how it is that so many people don't want to know, while she is so [[eager]] to [[share]]. And we discussed planting [[seeds]] and stirring them up, whetting their [[appetite]].

TOMAS: It is purely [[conjecture]], my dear, but I will [[interpret]] even so, as it relates to our [[discourse]] in general this evening, and it goes back to Iyana's [[lament]] about [[teaching]] and [[preaching]], and how it is that so many people don't want to know, while she is so [[eager]] to [[share]]. And we discussed planting [[seeds]] and stirring them up, whetting their [[appetite]].

Ruth: Also, Tomas, I had a situation that came up, rather long. My brother-in-law's brother, he's very [[fundamentalist]]. I gave him a [[massage]] and we were talking. He wants to go into my type of work and he proceeded to question me on [[spirituality]] and how could I do this. And the spiritual level. How was it affected by the [[different]] [[modalities]]? And without trying to be too evasive, I tried to give him an answer that he could [[accept]]. And I reasoned there is a reason for all things that happen, but sometimes I need a lot more help with my [[words]].

Ruth: Also, Tomas, I had a situation that came up, rather long. My brother-in-law's brother, he's very [[fundamentalist]]. I gave him a [[massage]] and we were talking. He wants to go into my type of work and he proceeded to question me on [[spirituality]] and how could I do this. And the spiritual level. How was it affected by the [[different]] [[modalities]]? And without trying to be too evasive, I tried to give him an answer that he could [[accept]]. And I reasoned there is a reason for all things that happen, but sometimes I need a lot more help with my [[words]].

TOMAS: Your words are fine. It is your delivery of them, your [[perceptions]] of them that might need some boning up. Your [[instincts]] in this instance, up against a "[[fundamentalist]] [[Christian]]," are to not [[alienate]] him through [[dogma]] but to [[encourage]] him through your [[understanding]] of the [[spirit]], which may or may not be his understanding of the spirit. In which case, referencing the [[energy]], the [[physics]] of the [[human being]], the life [[force]] within the spinal column, and so forth, the more [[mechanistic]] facets of [[therapeutic]] [[touch]], [[healing]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reiki Reiki] --

TOMAS: Your words are fine. It is your delivery of them, your [[perceptions]] of them that might need some boning up. Your [[instincts]] in this instance, up against a "[[fundamentalist]] [[Christian]]," are to not [[alienate]] him through [[dogma]] but to [[encourage]] him through your [[understanding]] of the [[spirit]], which may or may not be his understanding of the spirit. In which case, referencing the [[energy]], the [[physics]] of the [[human being]], the life [[force]] within the spinal column, and so forth, the more [[mechanistic]] facets of [[therapeutic]] [[touch]], [[healing]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reiki Reiki] --

Ruth: Oh, I didn't get into Reiki. I didn't think he could handle Reiki. I just -- I just told him about [[therapeutic]] [[touch]].

Ruth: Oh, I didn't get into Reiki. I didn't think he could handle Reiki. I just -- I just told him about [[therapeutic]] [[touch]].