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Daniel (Bill): Yes. Thank you for your [[eloquent]] and thoughtful [[sharing]].

Daniel (Bill): Yes. Thank you for your [[eloquent]] and thoughtful [[sharing]].

Virginia: Teachers, I am sure I have been affected by what I [[read]] this morning in [[Tomas]]'s ''Fruits of the Spirit''. It was undying [[hope]], and I think in terms of how in my [[past]], religion has been ridiculed as "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Preacher_and_the_Slave pie in the sky by and by]." And that probably was the religion I had, I don't know. But at the same time I realize that the [[Teaching Mission]] has made my [[relationship]] to God much more real in my [[life]] and has been a real nudge to spend [[quiet time]] with my [[Indwelling Spirit]] and with God. And I know that it's different because I no longer beat myself up as much as I used to, even though there are those times that I wish my [[actions]] to be better. I know that there is [[forgiveness]] and [[relationship]] and [[growth]] and this [[hope]] is very real. And I look at the [[contrast]] that Tomas made that it is not just the yearning that you have but it is [[hope]] for personal life and for [[this planet]] and for everyone I love and for everyone that I wish the very, very best for. And one of the greatest [[insights]] for me, for someone else it may not be at all, through [[the teachers]] or through the inner spirit, I am not sure, but the [[realization]] that anyone I pray for, God loves them much more than I could possibly love, and therefore my [[hope]] is [[rooted]] in something that is going to be a reality, a good [[reality]] forever.

Virginia: Teachers, I am sure I have been affected by what I [[read]] this morning in [[Tomas]]'s ''[http://www.harpofgod.org/bookstore.html Fruits of the Spirit]''. It was undying [[hope]], and I think in terms of how in my [[past]], religion has been ridiculed as "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Preacher_and_the_Slave pie in the sky by and by]." And that probably was the religion I had, I don't know. But at the same time I realize that the [[Teaching Mission]] has made my [[relationship]] to God much more real in my [[life]] and has been a real nudge to spend [[quiet time]] with my [[Indwelling Spirit]] and with God. And I know that it's different because I no longer beat myself up as much as I used to, even though there are those times that I wish my [[actions]] to be better. I know that there is [[forgiveness]] and [[relationship]] and [[growth]] and this [[hope]] is very real. And I look at the [[contrast]] that Tomas made that it is not just the yearning that you have but it is [[hope]] for personal life and for [[this planet]] and for everyone I love and for everyone that I wish the very, very best for. And one of the greatest [[insights]] for me, for someone else it may not be at all, through [[the teachers]] or through the inner spirit, I am not sure, but the [[realization]] that anyone I pray for, God loves them much more than I could possibly love, and therefore my [[hope]] is [[rooted]] in something that is going to be a reality, a good [[reality]] forever.

Daniel (Bill): My dear, you do well. The "pie in the sky" has come to [[earth]], and you are enjoying the sweet [[savor]] of [[experience]] that is real, of [[hope]] that is not [[ephemeral]], of [[spiritual growth]] that has really changed you and [[radiates]] from you to those who are willing to have [[light]] enter their [[dark]] corners. I thank you for [[sharing]], and I say have another piece of pie. ([[Laughter]])

Daniel (Bill): My dear, you do well. The "pie in the sky" has come to [[earth]], and you are enjoying the sweet [[savor]] of [[experience]] that is real, of [[hope]] that is not [[ephemeral]], of [[spiritual growth]] that has really changed you and [[radiates]] from you to those who are willing to have [[light]] enter their [[dark]] corners. I thank you for [[sharing]], and I say have another piece of pie. ([[Laughter]])

Barbara: I guess it's my turn. (Laughter.) I think there's been a tremendous shift on a lot of levels. As I was sitting here [[listening]] to everybody, [[listening]] to your comments, there's a real internal sense that things have shifted. It is hard to identify what those shifts are. I think that I am more true to what I am. I listen to myself. I'm not doing things because I should, I ought to, I'm supposed to-all of those [[motivations]] than you have when you're insecure. I think I am more contented, more [[satisfied]]. I have more of a sense of [[connection]] with people, with the world, with [[spirit]], with whatever. I just feel very different than I did four years ago. And I know that's kind of general, but there's lots of specific examples. It's almost a sense of being holistic, being together, [[integrated]]. The pieces fit. That's about it. Some of the things other people talked about I think I've felt those things too.

Barbara: I guess it's my turn. (Laughter.) I think there's been a tremendous shift on a lot of levels. As I was sitting here [[listening]] to everybody, [[listening]] to your comments, there's a real internal sense that things have shifted. It is hard to identify what those shifts are. I think that I am more true to what I am. I listen to myself. I'm not doing things because I should, I ought to, I'm supposed to-all of those [[motivations]] than you have when you're insecure. I think I am more contented, more [[satisfied]]. I have more of a sense of [[connection]] with people, with the world, with [[spirit]], with whatever. I just feel very different than I did four years ago. And I know that's kind of general, but there's lots of specific examples. It's almost a sense of being holistic, being together, [[integrated]]. The pieces fit. That's about it. Some of the things other people talked about I think I've felt those things too.

===Closing===

===Closing===

Daniel (Bill): The [[unification]] of your life around a sense of [[peace]], a natural unification rather than a [[struggle]] to put all things into one place, but rather the falling into [[natural]] position of your life, is my [[perception]], Barbara. Your longing for [[family]] has been met among these, your brothers and sisters. Yes, for all of you the [[concept]] of [[family]] has [[changed]]. You are beginning to recognize that [[the universe]] consists of your true family, only a small part of whom your have met so far. I, Daniel, am highly [[honored]] to be among such [[creative]], bright, but most of all spiritually [[earnest]] [[students]]! I truly love you with a whole heart, as do your personal teachers, and all of us celestials. Your [[guardian angels]] hold a special place which will [[manifest]] itself much more fully on the [[morontial]] spheres. We are indeed the [[family of God]]; and this world is coming into that [[awareness]].Go tonight and continue your contacts so that your [[perspective]] may not only be sustained, but enhanced. Good evening.

Daniel (Bill): The [[unification]] of your life around a sense of [[peace]], a natural unification rather than a [[struggle]] to put all things into one place, but rather the falling into [[natural]] position of your life, is my [[perception]], Barbara. Your longing for [[family]] has been met among these, your brothers and sisters. Yes, for all of you the [[concept]] of [[family]] has [[changed]]. You are beginning to recognize that [[the universe]] consists of your true family, only a small part of whom your have met so far. I, Daniel, am highly [[honored]] to be among such [[creative]], bright, but most of all spiritually [[earnest]] [[students]]! I truly love you with a whole heart, as do your personal teachers, and all of us celestials. Your [[guardian angels]] hold a special place which will [[manifest]] itself much more fully on the [[morontial]] spheres. We are indeed the [[family of God]]; and this world is coming into that [[awareness]].Go tonight and continue your contacts so that your [[perspective]] may not only be sustained, but enhanced. Good evening.