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==Session==

==Session==

===Opening===

===Opening===

TOMAS: Good afternoon, Coconuts. (the group had been playing around with the song lyric, "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27ve_Got_a_Lovely_Bunch_of_Coconuts a lovely bunch of coconuts]").

TOMAS: Good afternoon, Coconuts. (the group had been playing around with the song lyric, "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27ve_Got_a_Lovely_Bunch_of_Coconuts a lovely bunch of coconuts]").

I am Tomas, your teacher, your [[affectionate]], amused [[companion]] and occasional [[counselor]]. I am delighted to be in this [[configuration]] of believers. I am impressed with [[the circuitry]] which we enjoy ~ the [[energy]] that connects us, and the living [[connection]] that [[buoys]] us up into a realm of [[camaraderie]], [[communication]] and [[communion]] ~ in which we can communicate on a compatible level, which includes the interests of the [[human]] and the [[divine]].

I am Tomas, your teacher, your [[affectionate]], amused [[companion]] and occasional [[counselor]]. I am delighted to be in this [[configuration]] of believers. I am impressed with [[the circuitry]] which we enjoy ~ the [[energy]] that connects us, and the living [[connection]] that [[buoys]] us up into a realm of [[camaraderie]], [[communication]] and [[communion]] ~ in which we can communicate on a compatible level, which includes the interests of the [[human]] and the [[divine]].

TOMAS: Yes child, it would, indeed. [[Kindness]], however, is a [[quality]] that is overlooked, even while it is greatly needed. Kindness requires that you slow down, and be [[aware]] of how your words or actions are influencing others. There are few who are willing to slow down enough to see how a [[simple]] act of [[kindness]] is a [[reality]] which has even greater [[influence]] than things. And yet kindness is one of those qualities, which, like the [[Divine Virus]], is [[contagious]], and when you begin the chain of event by an act of kindness, it is like the ripple [[effect]] when a stone is dropped into the center of a pool of water. The ripples go out toward the shore and [[eventually]] subside but you have a least stirred the waters. And there are those too, who will pick up the ball and run with it and pass on Kindness until the body of [[humanity]] is like a pool in the rain with ripples connecting out from each raindrop dancing on the surface and refreshing and enlivening the entire body.

TOMAS: Yes child, it would, indeed. [[Kindness]], however, is a [[quality]] that is overlooked, even while it is greatly needed. Kindness requires that you slow down, and be [[aware]] of how your words or actions are influencing others. There are few who are willing to slow down enough to see how a [[simple]] act of [[kindness]] is a [[reality]] which has even greater [[influence]] than things. And yet kindness is one of those qualities, which, like the [[Divine Virus]], is [[contagious]], and when you begin the chain of event by an act of kindness, it is like the ripple [[effect]] when a stone is dropped into the center of a pool of water. The ripples go out toward the shore and [[eventually]] subside but you have a least stirred the waters. And there are those too, who will pick up the ball and run with it and pass on Kindness until the body of [[humanity]] is like a pool in the rain with ripples connecting out from each raindrop dancing on the surface and refreshing and enlivening the entire body.

The fact is, the '[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_acts_of_kindness random acts of kindness]' movement, which was recently popular, was an effort of the [[correcting time]] and it, like the [[Angel]] rage, has had permanent [[effects]]. Indeed, we are entering into the New [[Dawn]]. Even while there are still travesties and great [[trauma]]-dramas to come, the essential [[reality]] of Human [[Kindness]] is intact and alive as a result of those efforts that have already been perpetrated by [[conscious]] and conscientious souls such as yourselves.

The fact is, the '[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_acts_of_kindness random acts of kindness]' movement, which was recently popular, was an effort of the [[correcting time]] and it, like the [[Angel]] rage, has had permanent [[effects]]. Indeed, we are entering into the New [[Dawn]]. Even while there are still travesties and great [[trauma]]-dramas to come, the essential [[reality]] of Human [[Kindness]] is intact and alive as a result of those efforts that have already been perpetrated by [[conscious]] and conscientious souls such as yourselves.

This is the importance of [[encouragement]], for it is so easy for humans to become DIS-couraged in their ways and means of [[revealing]] the Greater Reality. This however is not a mere '[[social movement]]'; it is a [[galactic]] development. It is enhanced not only by human will but by [[Divine]] Will. It will not fail.

This is the importance of [[encouragement]], for it is so easy for humans to become DIS-couraged in their ways and means of [[revealing]] the Greater Reality. This however is not a mere '[[social movement]]'; it is a [[galactic]] development. It is enhanced not only by human will but by [[Divine]] Will. It will not fail.

Thus it is indeed [[complex]], for each [[configuration]] has its own energy, and each addition or subtraction effects the configuration, and you must [[adapt]] (in any case) to the pattern that is presented. Sometimes you [[effect]] the [[pattern]] and sometimes you respond to the pattern. Sometimes you feel good about what you have done and your ego is appropriately stroked. Sometimes your ego is outraged, overlooked, and you have to deal with that as well. The [[ego]] is not the [[enemy]] in these generalized situations. Your ego is your [[identity]], after all, in the reality in which you live. It is here to help you [[function]] and [[survive]] and provide well for your life. It is when it has gone beyond its purview, beyond its bounds of appropriate [[influence]], that it becomes problematic, when it insists on running the whole show and all the shows.

Thus it is indeed [[complex]], for each [[configuration]] has its own energy, and each addition or subtraction effects the configuration, and you must [[adapt]] (in any case) to the pattern that is presented. Sometimes you [[effect]] the [[pattern]] and sometimes you respond to the pattern. Sometimes you feel good about what you have done and your ego is appropriately stroked. Sometimes your ego is outraged, overlooked, and you have to deal with that as well. The [[ego]] is not the [[enemy]] in these generalized situations. Your ego is your [[identity]], after all, in the reality in which you live. It is here to help you [[function]] and [[survive]] and provide well for your life. It is when it has gone beyond its purview, beyond its bounds of appropriate [[influence]], that it becomes problematic, when it insists on running the whole show and all the shows.

In your spirit life you also enjoy acknowledgment and [[recognition]]. And this is your [[ego]] also, but it is [[healthy]]. It is your [[choice]], sometimes, to set aside your ego to enjoy the gifts of others; as in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performing_arts performing arts] - you are not activated except to enjoy the ego of others which delights in its [[performance]] ~ which is it's [[service]]. No, ego is not the automatic [[enemy]]. It is when the ego [[interferes]] with the drive to be [[Godlike]] and grow in God's likeness, that the ego can be obstructionistic to [[growth]], and it can help you turn a blind eye to that which is in your true best interest.

In your spirit life you also enjoy acknowledgment and [[recognition]]. And this is your [[ego]] also, but it is [[healthy]]. It is your [[choice]], sometimes, to set aside your ego to enjoy the gifts of others; as in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performing_arts performing arts] - you are not activated except to enjoy the ego of others which delights in its [[performance]] ~ which is it's [[service]]. No, ego is not the automatic [[enemy]]. It is when the ego [[interferes]] with the drive to be [[Godlike]] and grow in God's likeness, that the ego can be obstructionistic to [[growth]], and it can help you turn a blind eye to that which is in your true best interest.

But again, this can be found through [[reflection]], through [[meditation]], through taking these matters into [[stillness]] and working your way through the [[maze]] of thought [[processes]] to find out the [[wisdom]] of the moment. If you don't have time to act wisely, if you have to shoot from the hip in a moment, you may [[err]]; you may make the right choice. You have to let the chips fall where they may. But in the end it will need to [[become]] a choice on your part and you may need to make that [[choice]] habitually, many times, in order for it to become well ingrained in your [[personality]] pattern, in order for you to have mastered that aspect of your character which was not serving you well.

But again, this can be found through [[reflection]], through [[meditation]], through taking these matters into [[stillness]] and working your way through the [[maze]] of thought [[processes]] to find out the [[wisdom]] of the moment. If you don't have time to act wisely, if you have to shoot from the hip in a moment, you may [[err]]; you may make the right choice. You have to let the chips fall where they may. But in the end it will need to [[become]] a choice on your part and you may need to make that [[choice]] habitually, many times, in order for it to become well ingrained in your [[personality]] pattern, in order for you to have mastered that aspect of your character which was not serving you well.