Changes

Created page with "Image:lighterstill.jpg right|frame ==Heading== ===Topic: ''How to Turn a Toughie into a Softie''=== ===Group: 11:11 Progress Group=..."
[[Image:lighterstill.jpg]]
[[File:Teaching_buddha_small.jpg|right|frame]]

==Heading==
===Topic: ''How to Turn a Toughie into a Softie''===
===Group: [[11:11 Progress Group]]===
==Facilitators==
===Teacher: [[Uteah]]===
===TR: [[Anyas]]===
==Session==
===Quote===
“… the [[evidence]] to all the world that you have been born of the [[spirit]] is that you sincerely love one another.” ([[142:5|142:5.4]])
===Lesson===
Teacher Uteah: “When you host a fancy dinner party, you ask your guests to bring a hearty [[appetite]]. Just the same, when you solicit Our input, you need to prep your spiritual taste buds for a memorable culinary [[experience]], as they will get a taste of Our lovingly concocted ‘daily special’. Indeed, Spirit does not compartmentalize Its [[love]]. The spiritual food It dishes up for you is thoroughly marinated in Love and [[Truth]] — the prevalent spices used in the Celestial Kitchen.

“This is the reason why [[Jesus]] constantly exhorted those who had ears to hear to love one another—a love that encompassed self-[[respect]] and self-love, as well as a healthy respect and love for others, including those ‘hard-to-love’.

“The [[proof]] that you have been born of the Spirit is that you get to regularly check names off your ‘hard-to-love list’. It is a personal transformative [[process]] — independent of the [[character]] improvements that those individuals may exhibit. Indeed, as you give Spirit an open-ended [[access]] to your inner sanctum, you undergo a mighty inner remodeling. Your capacity to love increases over [[time]], as you feel a growing [[compassion]] and empathy toward your challenged [[siblings]], thus overlooking their [[shadow]]y [[propensities]].

“Once you come to [[understand]] that their [[dysfunctional]] outbursts or [[behaviors]] are triggered by a deep-rooted emotional [[pain]], you wish to bring relief to them by alleviating their [[suffering]]. You are then guided to scout for their soft spots — the access code into their [[hearts]].

“Haven’t you often experienced that, when you genuinely show interest for someone’s life, even the toughest ones turn into softies, as your love and respect [[satisfy]] their innermost cravings.
===Closing===
“Dear ones, rather than responding in kind to misguided behaviors, take to heart to disarm them, allowing those who display them to let their guard down, thus becoming [[receptive]] to their much-needed love quota. Indeed, love will always hit the mark of opened hearts and, because it [[flows]], the initial [[stream]] of love, after quenching the [[thirst]] of such dried-up hearts, will dig a wider bed within them and hook them to the cosmic irrigation system of free-flowing love.”


[[Category: The Teaching Mission: Dialogues]]
[[Category: 11:11 Progress Group]]
[[Category: Uteah]]
[[Category: Anyas]]
[[Category: 2018]]