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==Session==

==Session==

===Opening===

===Opening===

Ham: Greetings my children, I am Ham and I am [[happy]] to have you here this evening. The [[understanding]] and [[loyalty]] you all exhibit is [[touching]] to my [[heart]]. We are glad that you are here to usher in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_year new year] with all its [[promise]], all its joy and [[hope]] for the new millennium to come. This is a time when it is natural for you to think about your [[progress]] over this past year. Let me [[assure]] you that you have each made wonderful, [[good]], strong [[progress]] spiritually which will aid you tremendously during the [[challenges]] that await you each in the coming year. This time is one for rejoicing and also for some stock-taking, for [[reflection]] as to how you have progressed over this year. It would be god for you each to [[express]] your [[reflection]] at this time. Beginning with Rebecca, please express how you feel you have progressed this year, and also where you feel you need to make progress.

Ham: Greetings my children, I am Ham and I am [[happy]] to have you here this evening. The [[understanding]] and [[loyalty]] you all exhibit is [[touching]] to my [[heart]]. We are glad that you are here to usher in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_year new year] with all its [[promise]], all its joy and [[hope]] for the new millennium to come. This is a time when it is natural for you to think about your [[progress]] over this past year. Let me [[assure]] you that you have each made wonderful, [[good]], strong [[progress]] spiritually which will aid you tremendously during the [[challenges]] that await you each in the coming year. This time is one for rejoicing and also for some stock-taking, for [[reflection]] as to how you have progressed over this year. It would be god for you each to [[express]] your [[reflection]] at this time. Beginning with Rebecca, please express how you feel you have progressed this year, and also where you feel you need to make progress.

===Dialogue===

===Dialogue===

Rebecca: (paraphrased) Made progress in being in the [[now]] and in [[happiness]] and self-fulfillment. Starting to know who I am better - made progress going back in [[childhood]] and working through things, progress in [[integrating]] parts of myself, but need to make more progress with this.

Rebecca: (paraphrased) Made progress in being in the [[now]] and in [[happiness]] and self-fulfillment. Starting to know who I am better - made progress going back in [[childhood]] and working through things, progress in [[integrating]] parts of myself, but need to make more progress with this.

Jarad: (paraphrased) Hard for me to see myself. Made [[progress]] in [[humility]] and [[thinking]] less [[negatively]] about others and myself. Less outbursts at people. Need to make progress in [[self]] [[sabotage]] and self restraint and dependance on "other than spiritual energies."

Jarad: (paraphrased) Hard for me to see myself. Made [[progress]] in [[humility]] and [[thinking]] less [[negatively]] about others and myself. Less outbursts at people. Need to make progress in [[self]] [[sabotage]] and self restraint and dependance on "other than spiritual energies."

Ricallo: (paraphrased) I feel I have [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backslide back-slid] the past few months. This seems to be a watershed [[moment]] when old [[behaviors]] are coming back and I have to either face them once and forever or run. I’m really uncomfortable the last month or so. [[Pain]] is a [[cornerstone]] of [[growth]] so I realize its for our own benefit, but the [[confusion]] and self-[[doubt]] has really risen to the forefront. When you’re in the middle of it and living it, it’s hard to realize it for what it is.

Ricallo: (paraphrased) I feel I have [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backslide back-slid] the past few months. This seems to be a watershed [[moment]] when old [[behaviors]] are coming back and I have to either face them once and forever or run. I’m really uncomfortable the last month or so. [[Pain]] is a [[cornerstone]] of [[growth]] so I realize its for our own benefit, but the [[confusion]] and self-[[doubt]] has really risen to the forefront. When you’re in the middle of it and living it, it’s hard to realize it for what it is.

Ham: Yes, these times are indeed filled with [[difficulties]] for a [[purpose]]. You, each one, cannot get through the old [[patterns]] and [[blockages]] that occur without challenge, without circumstances which challenge you. Yes, Rebecca, you and Jarad have come through a year of quite severe [[testing]] and are now at a period of [[quiescence]], when you are [[resting]] and consolidating the [[growth]] you have achieved through these difficulties.

Ham: Yes, these times are indeed filled with [[difficulties]] for a [[purpose]]. You, each one, cannot get through the old [[patterns]] and [[blockages]] that occur without challenge, without circumstances which challenge you. Yes, Rebecca, you and Jarad have come through a year of quite severe [[testing]] and are now at a period of [[quiescence]], when you are [[resting]] and consolidating the [[growth]] you have achieved through these difficulties.

You who would grow in [[the Father]]’s Love, who would grow toward Him in His [[security]], in His [[peace]], in His [[joy]] and [[faith]], you must be ready to endure trials of an earthly nature; and not only one, but many. Each trial, which comes before you, is one which will steady you, which will give you greater [[gravity]], greater [[feeling]] of being planted in the earth, a greater feeling of having endured and of being able to endure. No [[human being]] who has ever accomplished anything truly worthwhile, has done so without first experiencing great [[suffering]], [[trials]] and [[tribulation]]. These things you will look upon with spiritual eyes as being wonderful gifts, not terrible [[tragedies]], for each trial forces you to ask the [[question]], who am I? Who am I really? What are my [[decisions]] based on who I am? Am I a person who is buffeted about by the slings and arrows of fortune? Do the winds of [[chance]] throw me off [[balance]]? Or am I steady, regardless of the fortunes of [[time]], which come and go; or the [[fashions]] of time, which also come and go? [[Everything]] changes.

You who would grow in [[the Father]]’s Love, who would grow toward Him in His [[security]], in His [[peace]], in His [[joy]] and [[faith]], you must be ready to endure trials of an earthly nature; and not only one, but many. Each trial, which comes before you, is one which will steady you, which will give you greater [[gravity]], greater [[feeling]] of being planted in the earth, a greater feeling of having endured and of being able to endure. No [[human being]] who has ever accomplished anything truly worthwhile, has done so without first experiencing great [[suffering]], [[trials]] and [[tribulation]]. These things you will look upon with spiritual eyes as being wonderful gifts, not terrible [[tragedies]], for each trial forces you to ask the [[question]], who am I? Who am I really? What are my [[decisions]] based on who I am? Am I a person who is buffeted about by the slings and arrows of fortune? Do the winds of [[chance]] throw me off [[balance]]? Or am I steady, regardless of the fortunes of [[time]], which come and go; or the [[fashions]] of time, which also come and go? [[Everything]] changes.

You three have [[endured]] much and have been made much greater than you were for this endurance. You are [[learning]] as you endure to be a beacon of steadiness for your fellows, to be a source of [[inspiration]] for having endured great [[uncertainty]], great [[tribulation]], without having been thrown into old patterns of instability. You who have had [[problems]] with alcohol and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substance_abuse substance abuse], have indeed endured some of the greatest testing that a human being can endure. These little things that are happening now are nothing [[compared]] with what you have been through.

You three have [[endured]] much and have been made much greater than you were for this endurance. You are [[learning]] as you endure to be a beacon of steadiness for your fellows, to be a source of [[inspiration]] for having endured great [[uncertainty]], great [[tribulation]], without having been thrown into old patterns of instability. You who have had [[problems]] with alcohol and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substance_abuse substance abuse], have indeed endured some of the greatest testing that a human being can endure. These little things that are happening now are nothing [[compared]] with what you have been through.

[[The Father]] has called you. Are you willing to take up his broom and seep the streets if need be? Are you willing to walk [[humbly]] with Him in whatever it is that He gives your hands to do? Are you willing to [[receive]] earthly [[praise]] for that which He has given you without it pushing you off [[balance]] and causing you to be [[arrogant]] or at least not [[humble]]? Are you prepared for what the Father will give you? He is always certain that you are. He will put into your hands that which you should have, that which gives you what you need.

[[The Father]] has called you. Are you willing to take up his broom and seep the streets if need be? Are you willing to walk [[humbly]] with Him in whatever it is that He gives your hands to do? Are you willing to [[receive]] earthly [[praise]] for that which He has given you without it pushing you off [[balance]] and causing you to be [[arrogant]] or at least not [[humble]]? Are you prepared for what the Father will give you? He is always certain that you are. He will put into your hands that which you should have, that which gives you what you need.