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Group: S. E. Idaho TeaM, Pocatello, Idaho
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Teacher: Daniel
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Topic: Grateful Enjoyment vs Hedonism
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August 12, 2003
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==Heading==
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===Topic: ''Grateful Enjoyment vs. Hedonism''===
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===Group: [[SE Idaho TeaM]]===
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==Facilitators==
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===Teacher: [[Daniel]]===
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===TR: [[Bill K.]]===
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== Session==
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===Opening===
 
Daniel(Bill): Be at peace, my friends. I am Daniel. Let us pray.
 
Daniel(Bill): Be at peace, my friends. I am Daniel. Let us pray.
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Daniel(Bill): This is Daniel, your teacher, your friend, your guide, and your joyous companion. Your hymn says, "All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small, all things wise and wonderful, the Lord God made them all!" I wish tonight to focus our attention on the experience of grateful enjoyment.
 
Daniel(Bill): This is Daniel, your teacher, your friend, your guide, and your joyous companion. Your hymn says, "All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small, all things wise and wonderful, the Lord God made them all!" I wish tonight to focus our attention on the experience of grateful enjoyment.
 
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===Lesson===
 
"All things bright and beautiful, all things wise and wonderful", do you not harmonize with those thoughts? Have you not experienced a sense of awe, of the majesty, of the perfection, of the works of our Creator as you look at everything around you: yes, creatures great and small, other people, your brothers and sisters, and the very universe of universes which stretches out in incomprehensible majesty in the night sky when darkness is allowed to illuminate the heavens? Grateful enjoyment comes from the knowledge of who you are and how you fit in to all that is.
 
"All things bright and beautiful, all things wise and wonderful", do you not harmonize with those thoughts? Have you not experienced a sense of awe, of the majesty, of the perfection, of the works of our Creator as you look at everything around you: yes, creatures great and small, other people, your brothers and sisters, and the very universe of universes which stretches out in incomprehensible majesty in the night sky when darkness is allowed to illuminate the heavens? Grateful enjoyment comes from the knowledge of who you are and how you fit in to all that is.
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I will stop now and we can discuss this, or you can ask me questions, if you wish. The floor is yours.
 
I will stop now and we can discuss this, or you can ask me questions, if you wish. The floor is yours.
 
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===Dialogue===
 
LaReen: Daniel, I appreciate this lesson tonight. I have been feeling disconnected spiritually for a week, now. I guess the bottom line, that it comes down to, is remembering who I am, where I came from, and where I am returning home to. Daniel: Yes, my dear. That is the most important thing that you can know: to know yourself, who you are, where you came from, and where you are going, as you say. In that understanding you then know also how you are related to everyone and everything else. I am glad that my words have been helpful to you, yes.
 
LaReen: Daniel, I appreciate this lesson tonight. I have been feeling disconnected spiritually for a week, now. I guess the bottom line, that it comes down to, is remembering who I am, where I came from, and where I am returning home to. Daniel: Yes, my dear. That is the most important thing that you can know: to know yourself, who you are, where you came from, and where you are going, as you say. In that understanding you then know also how you are related to everyone and everything else. I am glad that my words have been helpful to you, yes.
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Daniel: You are welcome. (Pause) Well, if there are no further questions let us stand again and hold hands. Klarixiska desires to give our final prayer.
 
Daniel: You are welcome. (Pause) Well, if there are no further questions let us stand again and hold hands. Klarixiska desires to give our final prayer.
 
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===Closing===
 
Klarixiska(Bill): Our Father, our Mother, we are Your children. May Your peace, devoid of disharmony, but full of joy, comfort, and compassion so fill our lives that it crowds out all anxiety, suppresses all ego centered anger, and keeps us ever mindful of who we are as we relate to the rest of creation. Send these, my dear brothers and sisters, to a new day tomorrow, after a good night's rest. May their eyes be open to see the beauty that surrounds them. May their hearts vibrate with the truth that they know. May their lives display the goodness which results therefrom. In the name of Michael. Amen.
 
Klarixiska(Bill): Our Father, our Mother, we are Your children. May Your peace, devoid of disharmony, but full of joy, comfort, and compassion so fill our lives that it crowds out all anxiety, suppresses all ego centered anger, and keeps us ever mindful of who we are as we relate to the rest of creation. Send these, my dear brothers and sisters, to a new day tomorrow, after a good night's rest. May their eyes be open to see the beauty that surrounds them. May their hearts vibrate with the truth that they know. May their lives display the goodness which results therefrom. In the name of Michael. Amen.
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[[Category: The Teaching Mission: Dialogues]]
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[[Category: SE Idaho TeaM]]
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[[Category: Daniel]]
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[[Category: Klarixiska]]
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[[Category: Bill K.]]
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[[Category: 2003]]

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