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I would attempt to [[clarify]] some of your questioning of [[ego]] and [[personality]]. Your personalities are packed full of [[potential]]; much of which you will not realize, and it resides with you for ages. Only a little of what is in your storehouse is only now beginning to come to your [[attention]].

I would attempt to [[clarify]] some of your questioning of [[ego]] and [[personality]]. Your personalities are packed full of [[potential]]; much of which you will not realize, and it resides with you for ages. Only a little of what is in your storehouse is only now beginning to come to your [[attention]].

The [[expression]] of your [[personality]] powers is often described as [[ego]]. Ego is a flawed attempt to [[express]] personality that is unskilled at expressing its [[talents]]. I do not use "flawed" to indicate that ego is wrong any more than you would consider a poorly penned word to be wrong simply because the [[writing]] is not [[calligraphic]]. Picture, if you would, a large amount of dough in a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colander colander] being pressed through the holes as you would do to make noodles. Each strand is one limited expression of your [[personality]]. Each opening is your incomplete [[ego]]-like [[aperture]].

The [[expression]] of your [[personality]] powers is often described as [[ego]]. Ego is a flawed attempt to [[express]] personality that is unskilled at expressing its [[talents]]. I do not use "flawed" to indicate that ego is wrong any more than you would consider a poorly penned word to be wrong simply because the [[writing]] is not [[calligraphic]]. Picture, if you would, a large amount of dough in a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colander colander] being pressed through the holes as you would do to make noodles. Each strand is one limited expression of your [[personality]]. Each opening is your incomplete [[ego]]-like [[aperture]].

When you [[describe]] your ego as an element to [[control]] or dispense with, you are merely recognizing the constriction of aperture. To be more like [[the Father]] is not to be less like yourself, but rather to be wide open to allow all of you to be [[revealed]], thus revealing the Father. This will take a long time. I remind you that you are only scratching the [[surface]] of the [[mysterious]] gift of [[personality]] that you are.

When you [[describe]] your ego as an element to [[control]] or dispense with, you are merely recognizing the constriction of aperture. To be more like [[the Father]] is not to be less like yourself, but rather to be wide open to allow all of you to be [[revealed]], thus revealing the Father. This will take a long time. I remind you that you are only scratching the [[surface]] of the [[mysterious]] gift of [[personality]] that you are.

To return to [[ideals]] and [[ideas]], an ideal can contain [[infinite]] ideas wherein it is defined and [[expressed]]. [[Humankind]] has been struggling with the issue of the exaltation of [[self]] since the [[dawn]] of [[civilization]], since the [[skill]] for [[socialization]] began to develop. Many of your [[animals]] struggle to preserve [[self]]; man attempts to exalt self. Improperly directed, it becomes what you commonly consider [[selfish]] [[ego]]. Properly directed it can be viewed as an [[ascending]] child toward [[perfection]] and [[the Father]]. This is a constant struggle within you to properly orient this natural tendency of the [[human being]].

To return to [[ideals]] and [[ideas]], an ideal can contain [[infinite]] ideas wherein it is defined and [[expressed]]. [[Humankind]] has been struggling with the issue of the exaltation of [[self]] since the [[dawn]] of [[civilization]], since the [[skill]] for [[socialization]] began to develop. Many of your [[animals]] struggle to preserve [[self]]; man attempts to exalt self. Improperly directed, it becomes what you commonly consider [[selfish]] [[ego]]. Properly directed it can be viewed as an [[ascending]] child toward [[perfection]] and [[the Father]]. This is a constant struggle within you to properly orient this natural tendency of the [[human being]].

You have been intrusted with great [[power]]. To eliminate you, your human [[self]], from the overall assembly of your greater [[being]] would disrupt the [[potentials]] placed into your charge. Pause to [[reflect]] one [[moment]] that even [[TA|God's presence]] is subservient to your directive [[choice]]. [[Accepting]] you and applying yourself is the [[boldness]] we ask. All this is appropriate when understood in the [[pattern]] like an [[ideal]] and an idea, for your [[understanding]] of the overall [[configuration]] of your entire being will [[orient]] your [[expression]] [[tbg|truthfully, beautifully, and with goodness]]. For instance, you can invent a knife and generate the [[idea]] that it cuts things, severs, that it opens things. Now it has the [[potential]] to be [[dangerous]]. It also has the potential to be a [[surgeon]]'s [[tool]]. The ideal qualifies the idea, but the idea in [[action]] creates usefulness. Here is where your [[ego]] comes in, in [[personality]] [[expression]] and in living your [[understanding]] of [[the Father]]'s will.

You have been intrusted with great [[power]]. To eliminate you, your human [[self]], from the overall assembly of your greater [[being]] would disrupt the [[potentials]] placed into your charge. Pause to [[reflect]] one [[moment]] that even [[Ta|God's presence]] is subservient to your directive [[choice]]. [[Accepting]] you and applying yourself is the [[boldness]] we ask. All this is appropriate when understood in the [[pattern]] like an [[ideal]] and an idea, for your [[understanding]] of the overall [[configuration]] of your entire being will [[orient]] your [[expression]] [[tbg|truthfully, beautifully, and with goodness]]. For instance, you can invent a knife and generate the [[idea]] that it cuts things, severs, that it opens things. Now it has the [[potential]] to be [[dangerous]]. It also has the potential to be a [[surgeon]]'s [[tool]]. The ideal qualifies the idea, but the idea in [[action]] creates usefulness. Here is where your [[ego]] comes in, in [[personality]] [[expression]] and in living your [[understanding]] of [[the Father]]'s will.

I hope I have created some [[thoughts]] for you to consider today. Reflective [[comparison]] of various [[topics]] can strengthen [[insight]] into each of them, even when the topics are seemingly different. I am through with my [[statements]].

I hope I have created some [[thoughts]] for you to consider today. Reflective [[comparison]] of various [[topics]] can strengthen [[insight]] into each of them, even when the topics are seemingly different. I am through with my [[statements]].

===Dialogue===

===Dialogue===

===='''''[[Personality]]''''', '''''[[Ego]]'''''====

===='''''[[Personality]]''''', '''''[[Ego]]'''''====

Elyon (Jonathan): I would add one more comment. We have not [[discussed]] [[soul]], and I would point out that the [[relationship]] of an [[idea]] to an [[ideal]] gives meaningful significance. The relationship of [[self]] to [[God]] is [[soul]], meaningful significance.

Elyon (Jonathan): I would add one more comment. We have not [[discussed]] [[soul]], and I would point out that the [[relationship]] of an [[idea]] to an [[ideal]] gives meaningful significance. The relationship of [[self]] to [[God]] is [[soul]], meaningful significance.

===='''''[[Soul]]'''''====

===='''''[[Soul]]'''''====

I return to the [[idea]] of flour and water for noodles; the mixing of flour and water creates the [[potential]] for significance and [[meaning]], but meaning and significance only [[become]] real when it is warmed, whether it be noodles of various shapes or cookies. Such is the [[evolution of soul]]. This is the variety God seeks in [[time and space]]. To know the will of the Father is to be an [[aware]] [[personality]] of His [[reality]] and His [[desires]]. But to [[do the will of the Father]] is to be an active [[expressive]] [[personality]]. Doing is the [[soul]]. Knowing is the [[personality]].

I return to the [[idea]] of flour and water for noodles; the mixing of flour and water creates the [[potential]] for significance and [[meaning]], but meaning and significance only [[become]] real when it is warmed, whether it be noodles of various shapes or cookies. Such is the [[evolution of soul]]. This is the variety God seeks in [[time and space]]. To know the will of the Father is to be an [[aware]] [[personality]] of His [[reality]] and His [[desires]]. But to [[do the will of the Father]] is to be an active [[expressive]] [[personality]]. Doing is the [[soul]]. Knowing is the [[personality]].