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Alkon (Bill/Isaac): Good evening, my friends, I am Alkon, Isaac's personal teacher. This evening I have been included in the format in order to [[share]] my concerns and [[wisdom]]. I wish to emphasize the [[distinction]] between loving the sinner and hating the [[sin]]. This distinction is of great import, for it is of the [[nature of Deity]]. It is natural for you, as [[mortals]], to think from the outside in and to attribute to yourselves and your fellows [[motivations]] which are directly connected with [[actions]]. And depending on the degree of [[evil]], of [[error]], or of sin in a person's [[actions]], are they judged by their fellows, and by themselves sometimes, as comprised of an evil or sinful [[self]].

Alkon (Bill/Isaac): Good evening, my friends, I am Alkon, Isaac's personal teacher. This evening I have been included in the format in order to [[share]] my concerns and [[wisdom]]. I wish to emphasize the [[distinction]] between loving the sinner and hating the [[sin]]. This distinction is of great import, for it is of the [[nature of Deity]]. It is natural for you, as [[mortals]], to think from the outside in and to attribute to yourselves and your fellows [[motivations]] which are directly connected with [[actions]]. And depending on the degree of [[evil]], of [[error]], or of sin in a person's [[actions]], are they judged by their fellows, and by themselves sometimes, as comprised of an evil or sinful [[self]].

Your [[culture]] has emphasized a [[false]] [[doctrine]], the so-called "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_man depravity of mankind]." It has encouraged irresponsibility by declaring that the [[evil]] and the [[error]] that you do is due to your [[nature]], inherited from your progenitor, [[Adam]]. With this philosophic [[background]], it is easy for everyone to [[accept]] this false [[judgment]] and [[condemn]] themselves and others when their [[actions]] are deemed to be in [[error]] or possibly even in [[sin]]. We who are part of this [[Teaching Corps]] have as one of our major objectives the disenfranchisement of this [[intellectual]] [[fraud]] and spiritual [[poison]] from the culture of [[this planet]]. Therefore have we been teaching you that your nature is not essentially [[evil]], fallen, etc., but that there exists in your minds that very fragment of [[Deity]], your [[Thought Adjuster]]/Mystery Monitor. I will not reiterate all of this which you are already [[clear]] about.

Your [[culture]] has emphasized a [[false]] [[doctrine]], the so-called "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_man depravity of mankind]." It has encouraged irresponsibility by declaring that the [[evil]] and the [[error]] that you do is due to your [[nature]], inherited from your progenitor, [[Adam]]. With this philosophic [[background]], it is easy for everyone to [[accept]] this false [[judgment]] and [[condemn]] themselves and others when their [[actions]] are deemed to be in [[error]] or possibly even in [[sin]]. We who are part of this [[Teaching Corps]] have as one of our major objectives the disenfranchisement of this [[intellectual]] [[fraud]] and spiritual [[poison]] from the culture of [[this planet]]. Therefore have we been teaching you that your nature is not essentially [[evil]], fallen, etc., but that there exists in your minds that very fragment of [[Deity]], your [[Thought Adjuster]]/Mystery Monitor. I will not reiterate all of this which you are already [[clear]] about.

Now that you [[understand]] that your essential [[nature]] is [[good]] and not evil, how then do you handle [[erroneous]] or [[sinful]] [[behavior]] in yourselves or others? The [[free will]] of the [[personality]] is capable of making wrong choices. Most of the time these are made in [[ignorance]], so we term them [[error]] or [[evil]] rather than [[sin]]. But there are those times when persons do deliberately choose to do that which they know is the way of [[darkness]] - not God's will., and in [[rebellion]] against their maker. Because your [[personalities]] are not basically evil but are basically [[good]], there is a slight weight given to the [[altruistic]], to the God-[[aligned]] choices by your [[Indwelling Monitor]] and by the [[Spirit of Truth]] which pervades your [[soul]] as well.

Now that you [[understand]] that your essential [[nature]] is [[good]] and not evil, how then do you handle [[erroneous]] or [[sinful]] [[behavior]] in yourselves or others? The [[free will]] of the [[personality]] is capable of making wrong choices. Most of the time these are made in [[ignorance]], so we term them [[error]] or [[evil]] rather than [[sin]]. But there are those times when persons do deliberately choose to do that which they know is the way of [[darkness]] - not God's will., and in [[rebellion]] against their maker. Because your [[personalities]] are not basically evil but are basically [[good]], there is a slight weight given to the [[altruistic]], to the God-[[aligned]] choices by your [[Indwelling Monitor]] and by the [[Spirit of Truth]] which pervades your [[soul]] as well.

My friends, I [[share]] with you these things so that you may continue this [[process]] of [[self]]- and other-[[forgiveness]], and take it to the completion of [[Supremacy]]. You do well. I am [[proud]] to be involved with [[mortals]] of such high resolve, with such [[sincere]] [[dedication]]. Thank you for your [[listening]] ears and your open [[hearts]].

My friends, I [[share]] with you these things so that you may continue this [[process]] of [[self]]- and other-[[forgiveness]], and take it to the completion of [[Supremacy]]. You do well. I am [[proud]] to be involved with [[mortals]] of such high resolve, with such [[sincere]] [[dedication]]. Thank you for your [[listening]] ears and your open [[hearts]].

===='''''[[Gratitude]]'''''====

===='''''[[Gratitude]]'''''====

Minearisa (Cathy): This is Minearisa. I [[congratulate]] you on your heartfelt [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1998-09-18-The_Group_and_the_Individual#Exercise exercise last week] and, to continue with Alkon's presentation of defining [[distinction]] between the [[sin]] and the sinner, I ask you to [[participate]] one more time in an [[exercise]]. In your [[quiet time]], as you [[dialog]] with [[celestials]] and your Heavenly Father and Mother, you often ask for things such as, for example, "Please, God, help me to have more [[patience]], for I know I am not patient enough with myself." My point this evening is to get the point across that when you make such a [[statement]], what you affirm in your [[conscious]], and more importantly your [[subconscious]] existence, is that of lack. I do not have enough [[patience]], I do not have enough [[love]], I do not have enough [[tolerance]]. So when you make these statements what you are doing is reinforcing in your own consciousness the [[fact]] that you lack what it is that you [[desire]] the most. And by putting those thoughts into concrete ideation, you tend to reinforce the [[fact]] that you lack them.

Minearisa (Cathy): This is Minearisa. I [[congratulate]] you on your heartfelt [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1998-09-18-The_Group_and_the_Individual#Exercise exercise last week] and, to continue with Alkon's presentation of defining [[distinction]] between the [[sin]] and the sinner, I ask you to [[participate]] one more time in an [[exercise]]. In your [[quiet time]], as you [[dialog]] with [[celestials]] and your Heavenly Father and Mother, you often ask for things such as, for example, "Please, God, help me to have more [[patience]], for I know I am not patient enough with myself." My point this evening is to get the point across that when you make such a [[statement]], what you affirm in your [[conscious]], and more importantly your [[subconscious]] existence, is that of lack. I do not have enough [[patience]], I do not have enough [[love]], I do not have enough [[tolerance]]. So when you make these statements what you are doing is reinforcing in your own consciousness the [[fact]] that you lack what it is that you [[desire]] the most. And by putting those thoughts into concrete ideation, you tend to reinforce the [[fact]] that you lack them.

An alternative approach is to give thanks for the tremendous strides you have made in the areas of [[patience]], [[love]] and [[tolerance]]. To [[express]] in [[gratitude]] that which you already have amplifies those [[qualities]] you wish to have more of. So tonight my assignment is to repeat last week's [[challenge]], but this time I would like for you to talk to that person who has wronged you, or whom you have wronged, from a position of [[gratitude]] - from a position of elevated spiritual [[consciousness]]. For example, you would be [[acting]] and [[reacting]] to that person from a more understanding level. You would be acting and [[reacting]] less out of [[fear]], less out of [[ego]]-hurt, and more from a position of understanding the [[intentionality]] of the other person rather than your [[perception]] of the hurtful word or the hurtful deed. I [[hope]] this is clear. I release this [[TR]] again to [[participate]].

An alternative approach is to give thanks for the tremendous strides you have made in the areas of [[patience]], [[love]] and [[tolerance]]. To [[express]] in [[gratitude]] that which you already have amplifies those [[qualities]] you wish to have more of. So tonight my assignment is to repeat last week's [[challenge]], but this time I would like for you to talk to that person who has wronged you, or whom you have wronged, from a position of [[gratitude]] - from a position of elevated spiritual [[consciousness]]. For example, you would be [[acting]] and [[reacting]] to that person from a more understanding level. You would be acting and [[reacting]] less out of [[fear]], less out of [[ego]]-hurt, and more from a position of understanding the [[intentionality]] of the other person rather than your [[perception]] of the hurtful word or the hurtful deed. I [[hope]] this is clear. I release this [[TR]] again to [[participate]].