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This often happens at crucial [[life]] [[junctures]] or consequent upon a major life [[decision]] so that your [[thinking]] is advanced , your decision reinforced, and your understanding is broadened in a [[moment]]. Then, of course, the moment passes and you are left to [[ponder]] its [[meaning]] and often attempt to regain that [[feeling]] of sublime [[peace]] and that unfathomable [[wisdom]] which has come and gone. Sometimes years pass and you find yourself back on the treadmill of everyday living trying to advance in the [[normal]] every day sense but that [[experience]] serves to keep [[guiding]] you on an [[unconscious]] level and you are often advancing spiritually even if at times you don't feel you are.
 
This often happens at crucial [[life]] [[junctures]] or consequent upon a major life [[decision]] so that your [[thinking]] is advanced , your decision reinforced, and your understanding is broadened in a [[moment]]. Then, of course, the moment passes and you are left to [[ponder]] its [[meaning]] and often attempt to regain that [[feeling]] of sublime [[peace]] and that unfathomable [[wisdom]] which has come and gone. Sometimes years pass and you find yourself back on the treadmill of everyday living trying to advance in the [[normal]] every day sense but that [[experience]] serves to keep [[guiding]] you on an [[unconscious]] level and you are often advancing spiritually even if at times you don't feel you are.
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In that way, you are like a little chipmunk [[daring]] about feeding on the [[seeds]] and the flowers and the Father is [[leading]] you by giving you little morsels to follow and though you may dart here and there you are still advancing towards him. [[The Father]] beckons with his [[love]]. Never does he [[force]] or overawe the human [[mind]].
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In that way, you are like a little chipmunk darting about feeding on the [[seeds]] and the flowers and the Father is [[leading]] you by giving you little morsels to follow and though you may dart here and there you are still advancing towards him. [[The Father]] beckons with his [[love]]. Never does he [[force]] or overawe the human [[mind]].
    
Do not [[fear]] that if you haven't [[received]] one of these [[sublime]] [[experiences]] for a while that you are somehow [[becoming]] less [[worthy]] of them. [[The Father]] lives within you and he knows what to give you at each time because his whole [[purpose]] is to pull you toward him even as you do this willingly and walk forward on your own.
 
Do not [[fear]] that if you haven't [[received]] one of these [[sublime]] [[experiences]] for a while that you are somehow [[becoming]] less [[worthy]] of them. [[The Father]] lives within you and he knows what to give you at each time because his whole [[purpose]] is to pull you toward him even as you do this willingly and walk forward on your own.
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===='''''[[Love]]'''''====
 
The second [[concept]] I wish to speak about is that of [[love]] and your [[experience]] of love and loving is somewhat similar in that you have periods of [[openness]], [[joy]], love freely [[expressed]] and then periods where you feel more withdrawn, more [[private]], perhaps more [[confused]] about your [[feelings]]. This is also normal and part of the [[process]]. There are times when you feel filled with love and loving towards everybody you meet. These are times of spiritual [[openness]] and times of lessened [[fear]] of love.
 
The second [[concept]] I wish to speak about is that of [[love]] and your [[experience]] of love and loving is somewhat similar in that you have periods of [[openness]], [[joy]], love freely [[expressed]] and then periods where you feel more withdrawn, more [[private]], perhaps more [[confused]] about your [[feelings]]. This is also normal and part of the [[process]]. There are times when you feel filled with love and loving towards everybody you meet. These are times of spiritual [[openness]] and times of lessened [[fear]] of love.