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The outer world will not so much give you the answers to the things you need. These will come from within. The outer world gives you the [[opportunity]] to share what you have found. When you have found this, you will [[feel]] the need to [[share]] it with others. If they do not return it, you will not feel resentment, you will not feel [[anger]]. You will only feel [[compassion]] for you know they have not found real love in their lives. So what does it mean to learn to love? You must learn [[the source]] of real true love. Then you must learn to seek this [[love]], and when you feel it inside you will learn to share it with others. I will pause and entertain [[questions]] and comments

The outer world will not so much give you the answers to the things you need. These will come from within. The outer world gives you the [[opportunity]] to share what you have found. When you have found this, you will [[feel]] the need to [[share]] it with others. If they do not return it, you will not feel resentment, you will not feel [[anger]]. You will only feel [[compassion]] for you know they have not found real love in their lives. So what does it mean to learn to love? You must learn [[the source]] of real true love. Then you must learn to seek this [[love]], and when you feel it inside you will learn to share it with others. I will pause and entertain [[questions]] and comments

===Dialogue===

===Dialogue===

Q: Synposis of comment: moving from the external focus to more of an internal focus as it relates to faith, student asking Welmek for his comments.

Q: [[Synopsis]] of comment: moving from the external [[focus]] to more of an [[Inner Life|internal]] focus as it relates to [[faith]], student asking Welmek for his comments.

Welmek: The inward path is the movement towards true reality. The more spirit-led, the more spirit filled, the more real you become. Many are afraid to choose the path because they feel that it will change them. Oh, I guarantee you it will change you. But change you to what? You see, in your childish images you think you must be Mother Theresa, or you must give up your wordly goods, or you must never have desire for sexual pleasure, or you must never want the finer things of life. You have all of these images taught to you about what it means to live a spirit-filled life. I say to you, let go of all of these images. What does it mean, what does our Father offer you in this choice? It means that you can enjoy all of the things of life, there is nothing wrong with physical pleasures, there is nothing wrong with the material things that bring you joy and happiness. There is wonderful joy in relationships. All of these are here for you to enjoy. But, this change will bring you more love, more peace, more joy, more happiness, more patience, more tolerance. These are the fruits of the spirit, all else is child-like teaching of those who do not understand.

Welmek: The inward [[path]] is the movement towards true [[reality]]. The more [[spirit]]-led, the more spirit filled, the more [[real]] you [[become]]. Many are afraid to [[choose]] the path because they [[feel]] that it will [[change]] them. Oh, I guarantee you it will change you. But change you to what? You see, in your childish images you think you must be [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Theresa Mother Theresa], or you must give up your wordly [[goods]], or you must never have [[desire]] for [[sexual]] [[pleasure]], or you must never want the finer [[things]] of life. You have all of these images taught to you about what it means to live a [[spirit]]-filled life. I say to you, let go of all of these [[images]]. What does it mean, what does [[our Father]] offer you in this [[choice]]? It means that you can enjoy all of the things of life, there is nothing wrong with physical [[pleasures]], there is nothing wrong with the material [[things]] that bring you [[joy]] and [[happiness]]. There is wonderful joy in [[relationships]]. All of these are here for you to enjoy. But, this [[change]] will bring you more [[love]], more [[peace]], more [[joy]], more [[happiness]], more [[patience]], more [[tolerance]]. These are [[the fruits]] of the spirit, all else is child-like teaching of those who do not [[understand]].

So, would it be so bad to feel more love, peace, joy, tolerance and happiness if your life? Is that not a change you would welcome? These are what are real. These are the way the people live in the universe. They live in joy, in love, in peace, in patience, in tolerance, in compassion, in service. This is what is real. So do not let these false concepts hold you back, for the change will come very slowly. It will not be radical. You must still work your jobs; you must still take care of your family. All of these are real, all are important. No one would ever want you to not handle your responsibilities, but would it not be better to fulfill your responsibilities, to do your jobs, to take care of your families with a feeling of love, joy, peace, and compassion within you? Would it not lighten your load?

So, would it be so bad to [[feel]] more [[love]], [[peace]], [[joy]], [[tolerance]] and [[happiness]] if your life? Is that not a [[change]] you would welcome? These are what are [[real]]. These are the way the people live in [[the universe]]. They live in joy, in love, in peace, in patience, in tolerance, in [[compassion]], in [[service]]. This is what is real. So do not let these [[false]] [[concepts]] hold you back, for the change will come very slowly. It will not be [[radical]]. You must still [[work]] your jobs; you must still take care of your [[family]]. All of these are real, all are important. No one would ever want you to not handle your [[responsibilities]], but would it not be better to fulfill your responsibilities, to do your jobs, to take care of your families with a [[feeling]] of [[love]], joy, peace, and compassion within you? Would it not lighten your load?

The spirit path does not make your life more difficult. It makes it easier. But you must trust, you must have some faith that these words are real. Then, you must walk this path for a while to see if, in fact, it is true. All of you have begun this path to varying degrees, and to those who have tasted a greater feeling of love within--patience, tolerance, joy in their life--do you wish to turn back? I think your answer is no. You can live in the material world and you can still do it and find the love, happiness and joy you seek. But instead of expecting all of your brothers and sisters to provide it for you, you will learn to provide it for yourself. And if you provide it for yourself, you will not only have more than enough for yourself, you will overflow and be able to give others what they need. Many will sense this in you, many will seek it from you. In time they will also learn that the source is not you, the source is within them. You may be able to help them make this rebirth, help them be born again. What does it mean to be born again? It means to refocus your growth and attention to the inner world; into a new direction.

The [[spirit]] [[path]] does not make your life more [[difficult]]. It makes it easier. But you must [[trust]], you must have some faith that these words are real. Then, you must walk this [[path]] for a while to see if, in [[fact]], it is true. All of you have begun this path to varying degrees, and to those who have [[tasted]] a greater [[feeling]] of love within--patience, tolerance, joy in their life--do you wish to turn back? I think your answer is no. You can live in the [[material world]] and you can still do it and find the [[love]], [[happiness]] and [[joy]] you seek. But instead of [[expecting]] all of your brothers and sisters to provide it for you, you will learn to provide it for yourself. And if you provide it for yourself, you will not only have more than enough for yourself, you will [[overflow]] and be able to give others what they need. Many will sense this in you, many will seek it from you. In time they will also learn that the [[source]] is not you, the source is within them. You may be able to help them make this rebirth, help them be [[born again]]. What does it mean to be born again? It means to refocus your [[growth]] and [[attention]] to the [[inner world]]; into a new [[direction]].

Question about [[choices]] and how to be led more by the [[superconscious]] mind as opposed to operating or being [[motivated]] from the [[subconscious]] mind of [[repressed]] [[thoughts]] and [[fears]].

Question about choices and how to be led more by the superconscious mind as opposed to operating or being motivated from the subconscious mind of repressed thoughts and fears.

Welmek: The [[roots]] go very deeply. I would recommend this as a [[process]] for [[change]]. We have talked about it before, but it is one of the great benefits of your [[stillness]] [[practice]] and one of the many reasons we recommend it to you. God is the greatest [[counselor]]; God is the greatest [[therapist]]. Let’s say that in a [[relationship]] with someone else, you feel bitter, [[resentful]] and there are many levels of your [[consciousness]]. These [[feelings]] are rooted and you elevate them to your normal level of [[ego]] consciousness, you search and scan your [[experiences]] and your [[feelings]]. When you do not find a way, at this level of ego consciousness, to eliminate these [[feelings]], you do not know what to do. And so sometimes you turn to your brothers and sisters for their advice; their [[counsel]]. And they do the best they can to help you [[discover]], uncover, what might be the [[source]] of these feelings. This process of [[discussing]] is helpful to some degree. But you must [[understand]] that it is still occurring at a lower level of consciousness which is the level of your [[ego]] consciousness. You are still only using your and perhaps your [[counselor]]’s level of experience to [[discern]] what the true nature of the problem is and how to remedy it.

Welmek: The roots go very deeply. I would recommend this as a process for change. We have talked about it before, but it is one of the great benefits of your stillness practice and one of the many reasons we recommend it to you. God is the greatest counselor; God is the greatest therapist. Let’s say that in a relationship with someone else, you feel bitter, resentful and there are many levels of your consciousness. These feelings are rooted and you elevate them to your normal level of ego consciousness, you search and scan your experiences and your feelings. When you do not find a way, at this level of ego consciousness, to eliminate these feelings, you do not know what to do. And so sometimes you turn to your brothers and sisters for their advice; their counsel. And they do the best they can to help you discover, uncover, what might be the source of these feelings. This process of discussing is helpful to some degree. But you must understand that it is still occurring at a lower level of consciousness which is the level of your ego consciousness. You are still only using your and perhaps your counselor’s level of experience to discern what the true nature of the problem is and how to remedy it.

Now, if you take two humans with 30-50 years of [[experience]] with all of their own problems and difficulties and you put them together, what is the [[opportunity]] for them to find a truly [[enlightened]] solution? I say to you, it is [[limited]]. It is sometimes the [[blind]] leading the blind, but it is better than not attempting at all, and sometimes [[positive]] [[steps]] can be made. But suppose you take this same feeling and in your moments of stillness and [[contact]] with God in [[feeling]] safe and [[secure]] in His presence, you bring up from these roots your most [[difficult]] thoughts, feelings or experiences. You bring them up into your [[consciousness]] while you are [[surrounded]] in this [[feeling]] of [[peace]] and [[love]]; what do you think will happen to these [[thoughts]], feelings or experiences that have you have attached so much [[negativity]] to? You have brought them up into the [[light]], so first God will give you a way to see them and the light will crowd out the [[darkness]], and the light will make you lose your [[fear]] of these thoughts, feelings or [[experiences]]. You will be able to encircle this [[thought]], feeling or experience to see it from all [[different]] angles or [[perspectives]]. And as you see it more fully, you will [[understand]] it more fully, and as you understand it more fully, you will no longer be threatened by it, fearful of it. In time it will actually [[dissolve]]. It will still be there in your [[memory]], but now all of the [[negativity]] and fear has been removed from it. So, now it is there only as an experience, only as a building block of [[understanding]]. It is no longer [[controlling]] you or bringing you this negativity or fear.

Now, if you take two humans with 30-50 years of experience with all of their own problems and difficulties and you put them together, what is the opportunity for them to find a truly enlightened solution? I say to you, it is limited. It is sometimes the blind leading the blind, but it is better than not attempting at all, and sometimes positive steps can be made. But suppose you take this same feeling and in your moments of stillness and contact with God in feeling safe and secure in His presence, you bring up from these roots your most difficult thoughts, feelings or experiences. You bring them up into your consciousness while you are surrounded in this feeling of peace and love; what do you think will happen to these thoughts, feelings or experiences that have you have attached so much negativity to? You have brought them up into the light, so first God will give you a way to see them and the light will crowd out the darkness, and the light will make you lose your fear of these thoughts, feelings or experiences. You will be able to encircle this thought, feeling or experience to see it from all different angles or perspectives. And as you see it more fully, you will understand it more fully, and as you understand it more fully, you will no longer be threatened by it, fearful of it. In time it will actually dissolve. It will still be there in your memory, but now all of the negativity and fear has been removed from it. So, now it is there only as an experience, only as a building block of understanding. It is no longer controlling you or bringing you this negativity or fear.

I say to you my friends: this is the truest [[therapy]] you can [[imagine]]. God will help you [[see]] things in a new way, help you lose that [[fear]] and replace it with [[love]] and [[compassion]]. When you see someone else and do not understand what they do or why they did it, take this into [[stillness]]. Ask God to see this person, see this experience in a new way, and I [[assure]] you that He will. It may not be totally gone, it may take several attempts to be totally freeing, but in time it will no longer be a [[problem]]. You will learn to see others from what their [[motivation]] might have been, learn to see others as just little children who often do not know the correct way to behave. You may disapprove of their [[actions]], but you still feel [[love]] or compassion for them as a brother or sister on [[this world]].

Welmek: Let me [[clarify]]. To say that the outer world is unimportant or totally [[illusory]] is not correct. I say this in my [[explanation]] to help you [[focus]] upon what is more real. The material world is real, my friend, it is a place where through your [[mechanism]] of [[sensing]] and [[experiencing]], you can find a certain amount of [[satisfaction]], of [[love]]. All of these things can be found on your world and through your brothers and sisters. What I say is, they are not [[illusory]], they are real; but they are [[transitory]]…perhaps that is the better word to use. Because you know that the [[love]] they give you one day may not be there the next. So, my point is to tell you that to find the true, real and permanent non-changing love, you must seek the love from within for this is the [[source]] that does not [[change]]. The material world is there for you, to serve in both [[directions]]. You can move out and [[experience]] the material world to [[taste]] of love through your brothers and sisters. Most people get their first taste of love not from [[God]], but from other [[humans]]. So other humans and the material world serves to give us our first taste and lessons, these first [[experiences]]. As I said earlier, not only does it serve as an arena for you to begin to accumulate experience upon which you can build your [[understanding]] of [[meanings]] and [[values]]. Then it serves as an arena for you to [[share]], to [[practice]] this [[love]]. So it is a two-way [[opportunity]] and arena for you to utilize. It is not [[illusory]]. Your children are real, your brothers and sisters in this room are real. But the material world is [[transitory]], things [[change]] from one day to the next. [[Relationships]] change, jobs change, all things continue to change because they are in flux.

 

Q: How can I remember that? I forget that the material world cannot give me these things, yet I continue to seek it there.

 

Welmek: Let me clarify. To say that the outer world is unimportant or totally illusory is not correct. I say this in my explanation to help you focus upon what is more real. The material world is real, my friend, it is a place where through your mechanism of sensing and experiencing, you can find a certain amount of satisfaction, of love. All of these things can be found on your world and through your brothers and sisters. What I say is, they are not illusory, they are real; but they are transitory…perhaps that is the better word to use. Because you know that the love they give you one day may not be there the next. So, my point is to tell you that to find the true, real and permanent non-changing love, you must seek the love from within for this is the source that does not change. The material world is there for you, to serve in both directions. You can move out and experience the material world to taste of love through your brothers and sisters. Most people get their first taste of love not from God, but from other humans. So other humans and the material world serves to give us our first taste and lessons, these first experiences. As I said earlier, not only does it serve as an arena for you to begin to accumulate experience upon which you can build your understanding of meanings and values. Then it serves as an arena for you to share, to practice this love. So it is a two-way opportunity and arena for you to utilize. It is not illusory. Your children are real, your brothers and sisters in this room are real. But the material world is transitory, things change from one day to the next. Relationships change, jobs change, all things continue to change because they are in flux.

Q: How can I remember that? I forget that the material world cannot give me these things, yet I continue to seek it there.

Welmek: Because is that not where you first found it? And if you first found [[love]] from your [[wife]], from your [[children]], if you first found something of [[satisfaction]], in doing a good job or doing something well, if these are your first sources of the [[taste]] of these things in [[life]], then is it only natural it would take [[time]] for you to [[realize]] there may be other sources more [[real]]. It is a [[transition]], a [[change]]. As I say, you do still find some [[love]], and [[joy]] and [[happiness]] in all of these things? You are living in a material world; in your daily life you must [[focus]] and spend much of your time in work and in these other pursuits. And so this fills much of your day, it fills much of your [[consciousness]]. Do not be so hard on yourself. What I say to you is that this is [[normal]] for [[human being]]s because of all the time you must spend in dealing with the realities of just living on [[this world]]. The best way to keep this in your [[consciousness]] is to spend each day, to seek that [[time]] with God. If you do this, it keeps you in [[balance]], it keeps a more balanced [[focus]] as you walk each and as you [[experience]] new things. It will take time for the shift.

Welmek: Because is that not where you first found it? And if you first found love from your wife, from your children, if you first found something of satisfaction, in doing a good job or doing something well, if these are your first sources of the taste of these things in life, then is it only natural it would take time for you to realize there may be other sources more real. It is a transition, a change. As I say, you do still find some love, and joy and happiness in all of these things? You are living in a material world; in your daily life you must focus and spend much of your time in work and in these other pursuits. And so this fills much of your day, it fills much of your consciousness. Do not be so hard on yourself. What I say to you is that this is normal for human beings because of all the time you must spend in dealing with the realities of just living on this world. The best way to keep this in your consciousness is to spend each day, to seek that time with God. If you do this, it keeps you in balance, it keeps a more balanced focus as you walk each and as you experience new things. It will take time for the shift.

[[Imagine]] a [[scale]] in your [[mind]]. Your [[experience]] tells you that most of the [[material]] world, which is one scale, provides you with the [[things]] you seek. [[Imagine]] there is a little nugget of [[truth]] on the other scale. Now, the scale is very unbalanced initially, is it not? As you go into [[stillness]], as these realities grow within you, you continue to add nuggets of [[love]], [[truth]], [[experience]] to the other side. Slowly but surely the focus upon the material world begins to [[evaporate]], to [[dissolve]], to [[erode]]. So what will happen over time, will the scale not become more balanced? If you continue, then where in the end is it possible for the great weight to be? It would be on the side of [[spirit]], would it not, rather than on the [[material]]? It would be difficult for you to totally tip the scale in the other [[direction]] in this short lifetime, but you are trying. When you are [[free]] from the material [[body]], from the need to spend so much time in your pursuit of work everyday, when you [[awaken]] on the [[mansion worlds]], it will not be quite so difficult to [[balance]] these things. But for now it is difficult and you must do the best you can. Do not be hard on yourself for you must spend [[time]] at your work and the other things you must do to [[survive]] this [[material world]].

Imagine a scale in your mind. Your experience tells you that most of the material world, which is one scale, provides you with the things you seek. Imagine there is a little nugget of truth on the other scale. Now, the scale is very unbalanced initially, is it not? As you go into stillness, as these realities grow within you, you continue to add nuggets of love, truth, experience to the other side. Slowly but surely the focus upon the material world begins to evaporate, to dissolve, to erode. So what will happen over time, will the scale not become more balanced? If you continue, then where in the end is it possible for the great weight to be? It would be on the side of spirit, would it not, rather than on the material? It would be difficult for you to totally tip the scale in the other direction in this short lifetime, but you are trying. When you are free from the material body, from the need to spend so much time in your pursuit of work everyday, when you awaken on the mansion worlds, it will not be quite so difficult to balance these things. But for now it is difficult and you must do the best you can. Do not be hard on yourself for you must spend time at your work and the other things you must do to survive this material world.

As these [[concepts]] grow in your [[consciousness]] you will find that even as you look at these [[experiences]] in your material world, it will begin to be seen through new eyes. Do you [[remember]] my [[analogy]] of wearing the glasses? I said that you have three sets of glasses. One set is that you look at only the [[material]] world through the glasses that have the lenses of the [[ego]]. That is much of your day. Then, when you go into [[stillness]] you wear another set of glasses whose lenses are only the eyes of [[spirit]]. They see only [[love]] and [[joy]] and [[good]]. But if you wear the glasses that have the [[dual]] lenses, one allowing you to see the material world as it is and the other allowing you to see God and the spirit world as it is, then when you look at each person through both you will always be in [[balance]]. This is the way [[the Master]] saw the world. He did not pretend that [[evil]] and [[suffering]] did not exist. He saw it every day, he saw it through the [[light]] of [[spirit]]. In the light of spirit he saw that it could be [[transformed]]. [[Love]] and [[goodness]] and [[service]] could transform the material world. So, by always looking through both lenses he could always remain in [[balance]]; he always saw the way things were and the way they could be. This allowed him to continue to walk every day to serve, to make the world a better place each day. He saw each day as a new [[opportunity]] to make it a little bit better. This is the opportunity you and everyone else have. But if you do not seek and find the [[love]]--the [[truth]] of [[spirit]]--then you cannot wear this pair of glasses.

===Closing===

===Closing===

So our lesson has been to learn to love. Before it was to learn to live. We will continue and we will move to what it means to love to live and love to learn. Good day, my friends.

So our lesson has been to [[learn]] to [[love]]. Before it was to learn to live. We will continue and we will move to what it means to love to live and love to learn. Good day, my [[friends]].

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