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MERIUM: Someday, as you get to know me, you will be able to tell me about it yourself! Indeed, you remind me of our session on Tuesday, but I will only titillate you by that [[hint]], and so you must find out by [[hearsay]] how we carried on, on Tuesday, but this evening I would like to [[discuss]], but briefly, this thing about the [[meek]].

MERIUM: Someday, as you get to know me, you will be able to tell me about it yourself! Indeed, you remind me of our session on Tuesday, but I will only titillate you by that [[hint]], and so you must find out by [[hearsay]] how we carried on, on Tuesday, but this evening I would like to [[discuss]], but briefly, this thing about the [[meek]].

You have, some of you, been [[discussing]] the [[meek]]. The meek are easy to discuss for they do not threaten. Like the [[elderly]] man and woman, like the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butler,_Pennsylvania Butler] citizens, like the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday_school Sunday School] children, these are examples of the meek. There is no threat from them. They are easy to recognize, easy to [[observe]]. Theirs' truly is the [[Kingdom of Heaven]]. They have not only [[inherited]] the [[earth]], they are quite [[comfortable]] upon it. They make themselves at [[home]] here. They have no [[argument]] with their Maker or their lot in [[life]]. They have [[accepted]] and [[adjusted]]. They are not [[angry]]. They are not impatient. They are [[meek]] and they are beloved. They are not troublemakers, they are not rabble-rousers, they are not do-gooders, they are not movers and shakers. They are [[meek]], easily accessible, too easily [[vulnerable]].

You have, some of you, been [[discussing]] the [[meek]]. The meek are easy to discuss for they do not threaten. Like the [[elderly]] man and woman, like the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butler,_Pennsylvania Butler] citizens, like the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday_school Sunday School] children, these are examples of the meek. There is no threat from them. They are easy to recognize, easy to [[observe]]. Theirs' truly is the [[Kingdom of Heaven]]. They have not only [[inherited]] the [[earth]], they are quite [[comfortable]] upon it. They make themselves at [[home]] here. They have no [[argument]] with their Maker or their lot in [[life]]. They have [[accepted]] and [[adjusted]]. They are not [[angry]]. They are not impatient. They are [[meek]] and they are beloved. They are not troublemakers, they are not rabble-rousers, they are not do-gooders, they are not movers and shakers. They are [[meek]], easily accessible, too easily [[vulnerable]].

Elizabeth: Well one person who isn't [[meek]] is ___ [[[spouse]] of a group member]. He was an example of a [[personality]] that wasn't meek.

Elizabeth: Well one person who isn't [[meek]] is ___ [[[spouse]] of a group member]. He was an example of a [[personality]] that wasn't meek.

Elizabeth: Well, in speaking about [[personalities]], sometimes I feel a little concerned because I enjoy putting personalities around me that I find easy to deal with and pleasant and I don't think I'm getting a lot of [[practice]] in dealing with the other type of people, and so I think maybe I'm not using my time here to learn as much as I should, but I prefer not to have to do it unless it's thrust upon me.

Elizabeth: Well, in speaking about [[personalities]], sometimes I feel a little concerned because I enjoy putting personalities around me that I find easy to deal with and pleasant and I don't think I'm getting a lot of [[practice]] in dealing with the other type of people, and so I think maybe I'm not using my time here to learn as much as I should, but I prefer not to have to do it unless it's thrust upon me.

I certainly did put in a lot of years with my [[father]], who was a bit of a [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/curmudgeon curmudgeon] personality, so maybe I got a lot of [[practice]] there, I'm not sure, but I was getting the [[idea]] that you were saying something to us about a lot of our [[growth]] is going to take place in our [[relationships]] with these [[diverse]] [[personalities]]. Is that correct, Tomas?

I certainly did put in a lot of years with my [[father]], who was a bit of a [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/curmudgeon curmudgeon] personality, so maybe I got a lot of [[practice]] there, I'm not sure, but I was getting the [[idea]] that you were saying something to us about a lot of our [[growth]] is going to take place in our [[relationships]] with these [[diverse]] [[personalities]]. Is that correct, Tomas?

TOMAS: That is certainly correct. And this will be so throughout [[eternity]].

TOMAS: That is certainly correct. And this will be so throughout [[eternity]].

It is perhaps not your liking to fraternize with the ilk of the [[Alpheus twins]]. Granted they are not what one would call [[socially]] [[fragrant]], [[intellectually]] challenging or [[stimulating]], [[creatively]] stimulating, even spiritually [[compatible]], but they are important, you see, for they are your brothers. They are part of your [[family]], and although you can [[insulate]] yourself and educate yourself and so forth, you will one day need to [[accept]] your fellowship leanings.

It is perhaps not your liking to fraternize with the ilk of the [[Alpheus twins]]. Granted they are not what one would call [[socially]] [[fragrant]], [[intellectually]] challenging or [[stimulating]], [[creatively]] stimulating, even spiritually [[compatible]], but they are important, you see, for they are your brothers. They are part of your [[family]], and although you can [[insulate]] yourself and educate yourself and so forth, you will one day need to [[accept]] your fellowship leanings.

There is no [[satisfaction]] as deep as [[recognizing]] the fraternity of siblings in the [[spirit]], and in the spirit it matters not whether you are [[clever]] or smart or witty, but that you are real. In time you will yearn to [[become]] not more [[gracious]], more refined, more well [[insulated]], but more real. Indeed, as you grow in the [[spirit]] you become more Real, and like "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Velveteen_Rabbit The Velveteen Rabbit]," this is not done by remaining [[insulated]] and on a shelf, but it comes from being rubbed and hugged and scratched and buffeted until your whiskers fall off.

There is no [[satisfaction]] as deep as [[recognizing]] the fraternity of siblings in the [[spirit]], and in the spirit it matters not whether you are [[clever]] or smart or witty, but that you are real. In time you will yearn to [[become]] not more [[gracious]], more refined, more well [[insulated]], but more real. Indeed, as you grow in the [[spirit]] you become more Real, and like "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Velveteen_Rabbit The Velveteen Rabbit]," this is not done by remaining [[insulated]] and on a shelf, but it comes from being rubbed and hugged and scratched and buffeted until your whiskers fall off.

I [[understand]] that the [[structure]] of your [[life]] has deep [[roots]]. Great [[history]] goes into this [[insulated]] [[existence]] in which you have found yourself. But it is true, as you say, that your [[eternity]] in front of you involves [[adapting]] to other personalities and it is a good time and place here and now to begin, recognizing that all attached humans to these [[personalities]] are not necessarily what you would call lovely. It is hard to love unlovely [[mankind]], but it is an aspect of Sonship that you want for your brothers even that which they do not know that they want for themselves.

I [[understand]] that the [[structure]] of your [[life]] has deep [[roots]]. Great [[history]] goes into this [[insulated]] [[existence]] in which you have found yourself. But it is true, as you say, that your [[eternity]] in front of you involves [[adapting]] to other personalities and it is a good time and place here and now to begin, recognizing that all attached humans to these [[personalities]] are not necessarily what you would call lovely. It is hard to love unlovely [[mankind]], but it is an aspect of Sonship that you want for your brothers even that which they do not know that they want for themselves.

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