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Ham: This is true, and yet a little pain in the experiencing, which is passing, creates a new place of [[love]] and [[stability]] and [[good]] [[feeling]]. You who have grown in the spirit know that all growth entails some little measure of [[pain]], even [[disillusionment]] and that let down when you [[discover]] that you are not [[perfect]], or at least weren't as perfect as you [[thought]] you were. But, the road to [[the Father]] is one of [[truth]] and there can be no [[illusion]] brought into that road. So, when you begin to think of yourself as a little above others, a little exempt from their lessons, usually you are about to enter a lesson.
 
Ham: This is true, and yet a little pain in the experiencing, which is passing, creates a new place of [[love]] and [[stability]] and [[good]] [[feeling]]. You who have grown in the spirit know that all growth entails some little measure of [[pain]], even [[disillusionment]] and that let down when you [[discover]] that you are not [[perfect]], or at least weren't as perfect as you [[thought]] you were. But, the road to [[the Father]] is one of [[truth]] and there can be no [[illusion]] brought into that road. So, when you begin to think of yourself as a little above others, a little exempt from their lessons, usually you are about to enter a lesson.
 
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===='''''[[Emotion]]'''''====
Q: Is the problem of experiencing emotions one where people are blocked from experiencing certain emotions or they don't respond to certain situations with appropriate emotions?
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Q: Is the [[problem]] of experiencing emotions one where people are [[blocked]] from experiencing certain emotions or they don't respond to certain situations with appropriate emotions?
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Ham: Yes, it is both because often when one is unable to experience that feeling of empathy or understanding which free emotional intercourse would allow, one substitutes another emotion. This happens all the time in subtle ways that you perhaps are not even aware of. Is this helping?
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Ham: Yes, it is both because often when one is unable to [[experience]] that [[feeling]] of [[empathy]] or [[understanding]] which free emotional [[intercourse]] would allow, one substitutes another emotion. This happens all the time in [[subtle]] ways that you perhaps are not even aware of. Is this helping?
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Q: So if I consistently misread someone's emotion is that a sign that I am blocking an emotion myself.
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Q: So if I consistently misread someone's emotion is that a sign that I am [[blocking]] an emotion myself.
    
Ham: It could be.
 
Ham: It could be.
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Ham: When someone annoys you, there is a [[resistance]] to [[compassion]], yes. There is a resistance to identification and then the question is why, why is that resistance there and that as they say is the crux of the [[problem]].
 
Ham: When someone annoys you, there is a [[resistance]] to [[compassion]], yes. There is a resistance to identification and then the question is why, why is that resistance there and that as they say is the crux of the [[problem]].
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===='''''[[Superconsciousness]]'''''====
 
Q: What part of the [[mind]] makes the [[choice]] as to what [[information]] is allowed to pass from the [[unconscious]] mind into the [[conscious]] mind.
 
Q: What part of the [[mind]] makes the [[choice]] as to what [[information]] is allowed to pass from the [[unconscious]] mind into the [[conscious]] mind.