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Having [[maturity]] is not a reason to preclude your childlikeness. Childlikeness in and of itself is not a [[character]] [[defect]]. Indeed, in the spiritual sense, it is an asset and [[necessary]] to anyone who would be born of the spirit.
Having [[maturity]] is not a reason to preclude your childlikeness. Childlikeness in and of itself is not a [[character]] [[defect]]. Indeed, in the spiritual sense, it is an asset and [[necessary]] to anyone who would be born of the spirit.
===='''''[[Response]]'''''====
Leah: So are we saying that . . . Could we summarize this with something like, um, [[character]] is [[response]] rather than [[reaction]]?
Leah: So are we saying that . . . Could we summarize this with something like, um, [[character]] is [[response]] rather than [[reaction]]?
Leah: Tomas was certainly accurate when he said we could spend several years on this [[discussion]].
Leah: Tomas was certainly accurate when he said we could spend several years on this [[discussion]].
===Closing===
===Closing===
TOMAS: I will not carry on our [[discourse]] this evening, as I [[perceive]] that your plates have been piled high with stuff to ingest, chew, swallow, or spit out, and so in [[hope]] of your [[eventual]] [[satisfaction]] and nourishment, I will close for the evening, but of course I will ask you to [[ponder]] our lesson well of this evening and perhaps in particular you might [[observe]] yourself as you go about your [[business]] this week and observe (and it is up to you not to your [[neighbor]] to carry that clipboard and pencil) and ascertain if you have reacted or responded to the myriad individual situations which are presented in a day in the [[life]].
TOMAS: I will not carry on our [[discourse]] this evening, as I [[perceive]] that your plates have been piled high with stuff to ingest, chew, swallow, or spit out, and so in [[hope]] of your [[eventual]] [[satisfaction]] and nourishment, I will close for the evening, but of course I will ask you to [[ponder]] our lesson well of this evening and perhaps in particular you might [[observe]] yourself as you go about your [[business]] this week and observe (and it is up to you not to your [[neighbor]] to carry that clipboard and pencil) and ascertain if you have reacted or responded to the myriad individual situations which are presented in a day in the [[life]].
