Changes

===Lesson===

===Lesson===

===='''''[[Conversion]]''''', '''''[[Ascension]]'''''====

===='''''[[Conversion]]''''', '''''[[Ascension]]'''''====

[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1998-11-29-Renewal#Renewal You recall that I spoke of renewal as a flight of stairs] and how at the nose of every tread you can see the ones ahead, yet in the deep of the tread it is hard to perceive the next level.

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1998-11-29-Renewal#Renewal You recall that I spoke of renewal as a flight of stairs] and how at the nose of every tread you can see the ones ahead, yet in the deep of the tread it is hard to perceive the next level.

[[Conversion]] often is [[perceived]] as a singular [[event]] where [[renewal]] is perceived as a continuing, recurring [[process]]. In [[light]] of our stairway I emphasize to you that conversion is also a recurring process and, itself, is [[two]]-phased. The first phase is like your traversing the stairway tread and reaching the riser where you need to climb again following the [[plateau]] of [[attainment]]. Here is the critical [[moment]] of [[decision]] where you encounter [[reluctance]], willingness to remain [[secure]], unwillingness to face new [[doubts]]. The ease of not having to struggle is a [[temptation]] to avoid the climb.

[[Conversion]] often is [[perceived]] as a singular [[event]] where [[renewal]] is perceived as a continuing, recurring [[process]]. In [[light]] of our stairway I emphasize to you that conversion is also a recurring process and, itself, is [[two]]-phased. The first phase is like your traversing the stairway tread and reaching the riser where you need to climb again following the [[plateau]] of [[attainment]]. Here is the critical [[moment]] of [[decision]] where you encounter [[reluctance]], willingness to remain [[secure]], unwillingness to face new [[doubts]]. The ease of not having to struggle is a [[temptation]] to avoid the climb.

You are all discrete [[personalities]] with your own [[boundaries]]. You are all -- and I really should add myself -- we are all together like grains of sand. We do not blend with each other as you might picture [[clay]] doing so. Yet we can be united one body of [[children of God]] through the [[infusion]] of His spiritual [[presence]] among us all, and you are [[trained]] to understand this [[principle]] through the presence of the [[Supreme]], the [[Spirit of Truth]]; the [[omniscient]], [[omnipresent]] [[Infinite Spirit]], and the [[Eternal Son]]. They are like the water, the [[ocean]], that penetrates all the grains of sand, all lifted up and, in [[fluidity]], moving together. Without this [[spirit]] [[influence]] you would all lie [[dormant]]. But with this infusion of [[divinity]] you all are mobile.

You are all discrete [[personalities]] with your own [[boundaries]]. You are all -- and I really should add myself -- we are all together like grains of sand. We do not blend with each other as you might picture [[clay]] doing so. Yet we can be united one body of [[children of God]] through the [[infusion]] of His spiritual [[presence]] among us all, and you are [[trained]] to understand this [[principle]] through the presence of the [[Supreme]], the [[Spirit of Truth]]; the [[omniscient]], [[omnipresent]] [[Infinite Spirit]], and the [[Eternal Son]]. They are like the water, the [[ocean]], that penetrates all the grains of sand, all lifted up and, in [[fluidity]], moving together. Without this [[spirit]] [[influence]] you would all lie [[dormant]]. But with this infusion of [[divinity]] you all are mobile.

You are continually rearranged, re-associated, creating new [[patterns]] simply through this displacement of [[personalities]] throughout [[the universe]]. So, when you do run into each other, crash into each other, bump into each other, [[realize]] that it is the fluid spirit that has given you [[motion]]. This [[fluidity]] will help you to approach [[forgiveness]], for, even though another may not have accomplished the spiritual tasks of [[attainment]] you have, they are nonetheless swept up in the same current of [[spirit]]. It is the spirit that is moving them as it is the spirit that is moving you, and your [[directions]] happen to [[collide]]. The difficulty you encounter is due to the [[awareness]] of your discrete [[individuality]] and your inability to blend. But the blend is nonetheless real in your common spiritual [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrodynamics hydrodynamics].

You are continually rearranged, re-associated, creating new [[patterns]] simply through this displacement of [[personalities]] throughout [[the universe]]. So, when you do run into each other, crash into each other, bump into each other, [[realize]] that it is the fluid spirit that has given you [[motion]]. This [[fluidity]] will help you to approach [[forgiveness]], for, even though another may not have accomplished the spiritual tasks of [[attainment]] you have, they are nonetheless swept up in the same current of [[spirit]]. It is the spirit that is moving them as it is the spirit that is moving you, and your [[directions]] happen to [[collide]]. The difficulty you encounter is due to the [[awareness]] of your discrete [[individuality]] and your inability to blend. But the blend is nonetheless real in your common spiritual [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrodynamics hydrodynamics].

To [[forgive]] does not mean you must invalidate your own [[standards]], your own [[beliefs]], in order to allow another theirs and their [[behavior]]. It is rather to understand that all the children that [[the Father]] has created are being moved by Him. If the [[decisions]] you make bring you closer to Him, He is pleased. If the decisions you make thwart His [[efforts]], He simply rearranges so that you, once again, have the [[chance]] to [[choose]].

To [[forgive]] does not mean you must invalidate your own [[standards]], your own [[beliefs]], in order to allow another theirs and their [[behavior]]. It is rather to understand that all the children that [[the Father]] has created are being moved by Him. If the [[decisions]] you make bring you closer to Him, He is pleased. If the decisions you make thwart His [[efforts]], He simply rearranges so that you, once again, have the [[chance]] to [[choose]].