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Alas, the recorder was not plugged in for most of this long session, so we do not have it on record, but we will attempt to recap the highlights.]

Alas, the recorder was not plugged in for most of this long session, so we do not have it on record, but we will attempt to recap the highlights.]

===Opening===

===Opening===

MERIUM: Tomas' associate from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania Pittsburgh] Teacher Base, "told a story" of the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAbMazCRNso Old Lamp Lighter] from our literature, who went around lighting the street lamps, one at a time. In some cases the lamp was a [[solitary]] [[illumination]], but sometimes there were enough lights to encourage a [[social]] opening where townspeople could gather in safety, [[sharing]] their knowledge, thus world civilization was seeded through the Old Lamp Lighter. This was the theme carried throughout the session.]

MERIUM: Tomas' associate from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania Pittsburgh] Teacher Base, "told a story" of the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAbMazCRNso Old Lamp Lighter] from our literature, who went around lighting the street lamps, one at a time. In some cases the lamp was a [[solitary]] [[illumination]], but sometimes there were enough lights to encourage a [[social]] opening where townspeople could gather in safety, [[sharing]] their knowledge, thus world civilization was seeded through the Old Lamp Lighter. This was the theme carried throughout the session.]

TOMAS: Greetings and salutations. There was quite a bit of Tomas' message that kept referring back to the blessed [[assurance]] - that assurance of knowing that you know. In light of our new [[association]], Tomas asked if we had any questions from our sessions so far. During the Q&A - Esmerelda opened everything up commenting on seeing [[Jesus]] in the [[resurrection]] of everything in [[nature]] the previous week as [[Spring]] came into view - very befitting activity, considering today was Resurrection Sunday.

TOMAS: Greetings and salutations. There was quite a bit of Tomas' message that kept referring back to the blessed [[assurance]] - that assurance of knowing that you know. In light of our new [[association]], Tomas asked if we had any questions from our sessions so far. During the Q&A - Esmerelda opened everything up commenting on seeing [[Jesus]] in the [[resurrection]] of everything in [[nature]] the previous week as [[Spring]] came into view - very befitting activity, considering today was Resurrection Sunday.

Q&A: (1) Dorenda wondered about the Town Council meeting she attended in which she spoke regarding plans for the golf course and how that would impact upon the [[neighborhood]]. (2) Ann wondered about a School Teachers' Meeting she attended in which she stood firm on behalf of the [[children]] and wondered how she could have been more effective. (3) Angus wondered about the [[intensity]] of strife existent between the Palestinians and the Jews and how that situation might impact upon our lives and our world.

Q&A: (1) Dorenda wondered about the Town Council meeting she attended in which she spoke regarding plans for the golf course and how that would impact upon the [[neighborhood]]. (2) Ann wondered about a School Teachers' Meeting she attended in which she stood firm on behalf of the [[children]] and wondered how she could have been more effective. (3) Angus wondered about the [[intensity]] of strife existent between the Palestinians and the Jews and how that situation might impact upon our lives and our world.

Tomas warmed to these [[topics]]. Drawing upon his mortal [[experience]] as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_anthropology cultural anthropologist], he responded to these concerns. He then recommended we check the tape, whereupon we discovered it was not recording. "Side two" --

Tomas warmed to these [[topics]]. Drawing upon his mortal [[experience]] as a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_anthropology cultural anthropologist], he responded to these concerns. He then recommended we check the tape, whereupon we discovered it was not recording. "Side two" --

===='''''[[Emotion]]''''', '''''[[Drugs]]'''''====

===='''''[[Emotion]]''''', '''''[[Drugs]]'''''====

QUESTION: As someone who goes through enormous ranges of highs and lows in life, from [[inspiring]] [[creativity]] to crushing [[feelings]] of inadequacy and unworthiness, I often wonder how these emotional highs and lows help or hinder my [[spiritual growth]]. That is, are these [[diverse]] experiences of feeling and emotion of [[experiential]] [[value]], or are they merely [[animal]] characteristics that ride like excess baggage on my "higher [[learning]]"? Looked at from another perspective, do the current crop of antidepressants help or hinder our [[spiritual growth]] and [[experience]]?

QUESTION: As someone who goes through enormous ranges of highs and lows in life, from [[inspiring]] [[creativity]] to crushing [[feelings]] of inadequacy and unworthiness, I often wonder how these emotional highs and lows help or hinder my [[spiritual growth]]. That is, are these [[diverse]] experiences of feeling and emotion of [[experiential]] [[value]], or are they merely [[animal]] characteristics that ride like excess baggage on my "higher [[learning]]"? Looked at from another perspective, do the current crop of antidepressants help or hinder our [[spiritual growth]] and [[experience]]?

TOMAS: Hello. I welcome your question and appreciate your thorough coverage of the condition you [[inquire]] about. This field of [[emotion]] is, in the main, a part of your [[animal]] heritage. It is part of the marvelous palette of your creature [[existence]], but there are many who live entirely within the realm of emotions and exclude the [[influence]] of the [[intellect]] or the realm of the [[spirit]], even ignoring the physical plain. There are those who live intellectually and avoid [[emotions]] entirely, as if they were too messy to deal with. There are those who thrive in the spirit who appreciate how the emotional fields [[conspire]] to add a [[human]] dimension to the gift of sonship. There are those who live a purely physical life who regard emotions as their birthright and make no attempt to [[understand]] how they feel.

TOMAS: Hello. I welcome your question and appreciate your thorough coverage of the condition you [[inquire]] about. This field of [[emotion]] is, in the main, a part of your [[animal]] heritage. It is part of the marvelous palette of your creature [[existence]], but there are many who live entirely within the realm of emotions and exclude the [[influence]] of the [[intellect]] or the realm of the [[spirit]], even ignoring the physical plain. There are those who live intellectually and avoid [[emotions]] entirely, as if they were too messy to deal with. There are those who thrive in the spirit who appreciate how the emotional fields [[conspire]] to add a [[human]] dimension to the gift of sonship. There are those who live a purely physical life who regard emotions as their birthright and make no attempt to [[understand]] how they feel.

You have obviously entered into an area of [[growth]] that is giving you an [[opportunity]] to perceive your emotional base states, thus you are able to see how it is that you are [[happy]] at one moment and unhappy the next. Many [[moody]] people assume this as a way of life. Many people who are [[sensitive]] have anxiety they may be [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manic_depressive manic depressive] because they have such a dramatic range of feelings. There are many who have [[discovered]] that their diet has tremendous bearing on their [[emotions]]. There are many who have discovered that their emotions are where they [[escape]] to when they don't want to [[think]], and some who have recognized that they only want to think and don't want to feel.

You have obviously entered into an area of [[growth]] that is giving you an [[opportunity]] to perceive your emotional base states, thus you are able to see how it is that you are [[happy]] at one moment and unhappy the next. Many [[moody]] people assume this as a way of life. Many people who are [[sensitive]] have anxiety they may be [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manic_depressive manic depressive] because they have such a dramatic range of feelings. There are many who have [[discovered]] that their diet has tremendous bearing on their [[emotions]]. There are many who have discovered that their emotions are where they [[escape]] to when they don't want to [[think]], and some who have recognized that they only want to think and don't want to feel.

These emotional [[colors]] that are a part of your [[personality]] palette are able to be understood and therefore enjoyed and even mastered. Emotions can be effective [[tools]] in ministry. There are those also who would diminish the [[effects]] of their emotional life by regulating their [[synapse]]s through [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopharmacology pharmaceuticals]. I cannot state, as might a medical doctor, what an individual's physical condition is, nor is that my purview, but I can state that the propensity to witness life through the eyes of an artificial stabilizer, deprives themselves of the experience of getting to know themselves, and discovering for themselves their own well of natural resources that are a part of your packaging.

These emotional [[colors]] that are a part of your [[personality]] palette are able to be understood and therefore enjoyed and even mastered. Emotions can be effective [[tools]] in ministry. There are those also who would diminish the [[effects]] of their emotional life by regulating their [[synapse]]s through [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopharmacology pharmaceuticals]. I cannot state, as might a medical doctor, what an individual's physical condition is, nor is that my purview, but I can state that the propensity to witness life through the eyes of an artificial stabilizer, deprives themselves of the experience of getting to know themselves, and discovering for themselves their own well of natural resources that are a part of your packaging.

To stifle who you are, in order to make yourself presentable to a [[society]] in psychic disarray, is certainly [[compatible]] with the circumstances you find, but how [[honest]] is that? How have you served yourself and your [[Higher Self]] by submerging yourself? What a wonderful range of [[reality]] you are -- all of you! - and what a [[superhuman]] individual you can become if and when you know yourself, inside out, as an [[animal]], as a [[social]] creature, as a specimen of [[humanity]], and as a worker in the field. The more you know yourself, the less inclined you are to [[judge]] others. The more [[communion]] you can experience with your fellow human beings, the more you [[experientially]] bond with humanity. Does this bring us back into that Lamp Light, that [[social]] coming together that you may experience and [[share]] all [[knowledge]]? How can you share all of who you are, in all of your [[greatness]], as a fragment of the [[divine]], with [[personality]] [[expression]], if you cannot face yourse! lf -- your [[fears]], your [[desires]], your needs, your [[talents]], etc.?

To stifle who you are, in order to make yourself presentable to a [[society]] in psychic disarray, is certainly [[compatible]] with the circumstances you find, but how [[honest]] is that? How have you served yourself and your [[Higher Self]] by submerging yourself? What a wonderful range of [[reality]] you are -- all of you! - and what a [[superhuman]] individual you can become if and when you know yourself, inside out, as an [[animal]], as a [[social]] creature, as a specimen of [[humanity]], and as a worker in the field. The more you know yourself, the less inclined you are to [[judge]] others. The more [[communion]] you can experience with your fellow human beings, the more you [[experientially]] bond with humanity. Does this bring us back into that Lamp Light, that [[social]] coming together that you may experience and [[share]] all [[knowledge]]? How can you share all of who you are, in all of your [[greatness]], as a fragment of the [[divine]], with [[personality]] [[expression]], if you cannot face yourse! lf -- your [[fears]], your [[desires]], your needs, your [[talents]], etc.?