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Marin TM Group
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Michael
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Prayer
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June 6, 2005
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===Topic: ''Prayer''===
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===Group: [[Marin TeaM]]===
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==Facilitators==
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===Teacher: [[Michael]]===
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===TR: [[JL]]===
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==Session==
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===Opening===
 
Dear Michael and Mother Spirit, Another special evening has come around and so we come to You with open hearts and open minds and ask You to help us be aware of the special presence of Yourselves that You bring to us. We want to thank You too for this series of lessons in which You are showing us there are many more dimensions to being human than we are aware of. We thank You for painting a picture of the kind of lives we are capable of living - tuned in to all these extra dimensions. Amen.
 
Dear Michael and Mother Spirit, Another special evening has come around and so we come to You with open hearts and open minds and ask You to help us be aware of the special presence of Yourselves that You bring to us. We want to thank You too for this series of lessons in which You are showing us there are many more dimensions to being human than we are aware of. We thank You for painting a picture of the kind of lives we are capable of living - tuned in to all these extra dimensions. Amen.
    
Michael: Good evening My children, this is Michael, your immediate spiritual father, and a son of our Universal Father with you. Indeed all personal beings in this vast universe are sons and daughters of God. We look to Him and we can appeal to Him for His absolute and infinite power and guidance to be given to us in the most appropriate way judged by His wisdom. And so we open ourselves in prayer most especially for that which we cannot know by ourselves alone. In the humility of opening ourselves to that which is greater and wiser than us, we strive as much as possible to recognize what is, almost by definition, unfamiliar - that which we cannot anticipate. So we have to keep in mind when we make a petition to higher spiritual sources, the next step is in receiving this insight, this new strength or, so often, the new direction we need to take in our spiritual journey. We have to be ready to accept what comes to us, initially without prejudice, for any kind of pre-judging this important information will only block it or reject it out of hand.
 
Michael: Good evening My children, this is Michael, your immediate spiritual father, and a son of our Universal Father with you. Indeed all personal beings in this vast universe are sons and daughters of God. We look to Him and we can appeal to Him for His absolute and infinite power and guidance to be given to us in the most appropriate way judged by His wisdom. And so we open ourselves in prayer most especially for that which we cannot know by ourselves alone. In the humility of opening ourselves to that which is greater and wiser than us, we strive as much as possible to recognize what is, almost by definition, unfamiliar - that which we cannot anticipate. So we have to keep in mind when we make a petition to higher spiritual sources, the next step is in receiving this insight, this new strength or, so often, the new direction we need to take in our spiritual journey. We have to be ready to accept what comes to us, initially without prejudice, for any kind of pre-judging this important information will only block it or reject it out of hand.
 
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===Lesson===
 
When you offer your prayers be as thorough and precise as you can be, first to help yourself by acknowledging what it is you feel you need. This will then help you so much in being able to accept the answer. As We have cautioned you before, there is often a gap, a period of time which comes between your petition and the answer. Think of this as the time it takes for you to realize what you have just asked for, for your prayer changes you and helps you see the situation you find yourself in; expressing your situation and what you feel you need helps bring you into the present moment. Then it takes a certain amount of time for you to turn yourselves around from this expression, to turn the focus from yourself toward that great Out There of the dimensions around you where We spirit beings dwell – while still We will answer you within a kind of Universal Inside that we all share. So this gap between your prayer and the answer you receive is entirely a function of your own being ready. Spirit is capable of answering you instantaneously from the vast potential They have of spontaneous creativity. But at the same time, since We are so sensitive as to hear your plea for help, We wait upon you until you are ready to receive Us. Don’t worry you are tying up Our time, My children, for We do not require what you know of as human patience. The more spiritually unified and capable of being spontaneous you become, the more you are paying attention to what is, as you put it - coming down - this moment, the less patience you will ever need. You will be acting more fully in accord with all the potential in the present moment, and there will be no part of you, in a sense apart, unengaged, waiting patiently. So We hear your prayers and We answer you as soon as you are ready.
 
When you offer your prayers be as thorough and precise as you can be, first to help yourself by acknowledging what it is you feel you need. This will then help you so much in being able to accept the answer. As We have cautioned you before, there is often a gap, a period of time which comes between your petition and the answer. Think of this as the time it takes for you to realize what you have just asked for, for your prayer changes you and helps you see the situation you find yourself in; expressing your situation and what you feel you need helps bring you into the present moment. Then it takes a certain amount of time for you to turn yourselves around from this expression, to turn the focus from yourself toward that great Out There of the dimensions around you where We spirit beings dwell – while still We will answer you within a kind of Universal Inside that we all share. So this gap between your prayer and the answer you receive is entirely a function of your own being ready. Spirit is capable of answering you instantaneously from the vast potential They have of spontaneous creativity. But at the same time, since We are so sensitive as to hear your plea for help, We wait upon you until you are ready to receive Us. Don’t worry you are tying up Our time, My children, for We do not require what you know of as human patience. The more spiritually unified and capable of being spontaneous you become, the more you are paying attention to what is, as you put it - coming down - this moment, the less patience you will ever need. You will be acting more fully in accord with all the potential in the present moment, and there will be no part of you, in a sense apart, unengaged, waiting patiently. So We hear your prayers and We answer you as soon as you are ready.
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If you have any questions or comments, My sons, I will be glad to hear them.
 
If you have any questions or comments, My sons, I will be glad to hear them.
 
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===Dialogue===
 
Student: Yes, Michael, I’d like to ask for more understanding on the quote of "keeping the conscience void of offence," as we wrestle with everyday necessities and spiritual value attainment.
 
Student: Yes, Michael, I’d like to ask for more understanding on the quote of "keeping the conscience void of offence," as we wrestle with everyday necessities and spiritual value attainment.
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Student: It keeps me on my toes! On some level it keeps me alert and keeps me alive. So…I guess.. I wouldn’t have it any other way.
 
Student: It keeps me on my toes! On some level it keeps me alert and keeps me alive. So…I guess.. I wouldn’t have it any other way.
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===Closing===
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Michael: That is really being in accord with the Father’s will. I think - from a human standpoint - the flavor of reality is often one of irony. Irony - if you can glimpse the completeness of reality with a sense of humor, for sometimes it comes across as a paradox when you are caught on the horns of a dilemma and reality can seem to be frightfully self-contradictory, or downright impossible. But it is not just a pendulum swinging back and forth between pain and pleasure, understanding and complication, irony and paradox, but it is that growing, absolutely existential reality of your soul, your personality’s true possession, that can persist and keep growing – forever. There is something happening here that can keep on happening, and it is both you and the purest fragment of your Father - inextricably tied together already, looking forward to being absolutely fused into one being someday. Your courage and your faith give you a taste of this even now. Rest in My peace. And rest also right in your own souls. You’ve earned them. Good evening.
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Michael: That is really being in accord with the Father’s will. I think - from a human standpoint - the flavor of reality is often one of irony. Irony - if you can glimpse the completeness of reality with a sense of humor, for sometimes it comes across as a paradox when you are caught on the horns of a dilemma and reality can seem to be frightfully self-contradictory, or downright impossible. But it is not just a pendulum swinging back and forth between pain and pleasure, understanding and complication, irony and paradox, but it is that growing, absolutely existential reality of your soul, your personality’s true possession, that can persist and keep growing – forever. There is something happening here that can keep on happening, and it is both you and the purest fragment of your Father - inextricably tied together already, looking forward to being absolutely fused into one being someday. Your courage and your faith give you a taste of this even now. Rest in My peace. And rest also right in your own souls. You’ve earned them. Good evening.
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