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==Session==
==Session==
===Opening===
===Opening===
Dear [[Michael]] and [[Mother Spirit]], Looking over what’s been a few years of your [[lessons]] to this [[group]], I noticed one of the major [[themes]] both of you talk about, right next to the [[fatherhood]] of [[God]], His [[Free will|will]] in the [[Creation]], and the [[Siblinghood|brotherhood and sisterhood]] of all the people living on [[Urantia]]; right next to this is the [[uniqueness]] of each [[personality]] and the growing/[[developing]] [[individuality]] of each [[person]]. It seems the major [[difference]] here is that the [[intrinsic]] [[uniqueness]] of each [[personality]] is created by [[God]], whereas [[individuality]] is what we are able to [[develop]] ourselves in all aspects of our [[being]]--[[body]], [[mind]], [[spirit]], and [[soul]]. In this sense we are [[created]] [[unique]] [[personalities]] but we grow into becoming [[individuals]] by a [[process]]--as [[psychologists]] put it--of [[individualization]]. Is this correct, or could you [[clarify]] this distinction a bit more for us? Thank you.
Dear [[Michael]] and [[Mother Spirit]], Looking over what’s been a few years of your [[lessons]] to this [[group]], I noticed one of the major [[themes]] both of you talk about, right next to the [[fatherhood]] of [[God]], His [[Free will|will]] in the [[Creation]], and the [[Siblings|brotherhood and sisterhood]] of all the people living on [[Urantia]]; right next to this is the [[uniqueness]] of each [[personality]] and the growing/[[developing]] [[individuality]] of each [[person]]. It seems the major [[difference]] here is that the [[intrinsic]] [[uniqueness]] of each [[personality]] is created by [[God]], whereas [[individuality]] is what we are able to [[develop]] ourselves in all aspects of our [[being]]--[[body]], [[mind]], [[spirit]], and [[soul]]. In this sense we are [[created]] [[unique]] [[personalities]] but we grow into becoming [[individuals]] by a [[process]]--as [[psychologists]] put it--of [[individualization]]. Is this correct, or could you [[clarify]] this distinction a bit more for us? Thank you.
MICHAEL: Good evening, my sons, this is Michael, and I am glad as always to be with you this evening. [[Mother Spirit]] and I do [[appreciate]] the [[effort]] you go through to get here, and then the way you open your [[hearts]] to feel and open your [[minds]] to [[entertain]] and get an inner [[experience]] from what we say. You keep in [[mind]], my dear ones, this is what we truly wish to offer and [[share]] with you. Each lesson we give is not a [[formal]] [[lecture]] but only something for you to [[entertain]] as best you can. Just let yourselves feel along with what we’re saying and [[share]] a [[moment]] with the way we see [[things]]. Have no [[fear]] if it doesn’t accord with your basic [[beliefs]]. This [[experience]] can do you no harm and you will pop up again to yourself. But you will have had this [[experience]], for at least to some extent and for a little while, of [[sharing]] our [[thoughts]] with us. We do know to whom we’re speaking and the probable [[audience]] that will be reading these [[words]] in the [[future]], so we are in part directing ourselves at this larger [[audience]] as well. That being said, we do enjoy your comments and our [[discussions]] with you here, so we’re glad to see you.
MICHAEL: Good evening, my sons, this is Michael, and I am glad as always to be with you this evening. [[Mother Spirit]] and I do [[appreciate]] the [[effort]] you go through to get here, and then the way you open your [[hearts]] to feel and open your [[minds]] to [[entertain]] and get an inner [[experience]] from what we say. You keep in [[mind]], my dear ones, this is what we truly wish to offer and [[share]] with you. Each lesson we give is not a [[formal]] [[lecture]] but only something for you to [[entertain]] as best you can. Just let yourselves feel along with what we’re saying and [[share]] a [[moment]] with the way we see [[things]]. Have no [[fear]] if it doesn’t accord with your basic [[beliefs]]. This [[experience]] can do you no harm and you will pop up again to yourself. But you will have had this [[experience]], for at least to some extent and for a little while, of [[sharing]] our [[thoughts]] with us. We do know to whom we’re speaking and the probable [[audience]] that will be reading these [[words]] in the [[future]], so we are in part directing ourselves at this larger [[audience]] as well. That being said, we do enjoy your comments and our [[discussions]] with you here, so we’re glad to see you.