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==Session==

==Session==

===Opening===

===Opening===

 

Ham: Greetings children, I am Ham and I am [[grateful]] to you that you each have chosen this evening to attend our [[discussion]] session. We are continuing our lessons concerning [[acceptance]] and open-heartedness.  

Ham: Greetings children, I am Ham and I am grateful to you that you each have chosen this evening to attend our discussion session. We are continuing our lessons concerning acceptance and open-heartedness. The essential nature of God welcoming and God understanding is the attitude of having an open heart, of accepting and releasing love and all its ramifications; forgiveness, understanding, acceptance, tolerance: those things which are thought of as fruits of the spirit, are indeed the action of love in the world.

===Lesson===

===Lesson===

So what does it mean to have an open heart, to welcome the spirit of our Father into your soul? It is an attitude of humility and an attitude of complete childlike trust. It is the act of complete vulnerability, of accepting the purity of a child, accepting your own pure-heatedness, being completely un-deceitful, completely open to all that is. Being open to the Father’s love, simultaneously makes one open to the world as well. It softens the heart and mind, giving one and open, honest, soft-heated attitude toward the Father’s other children. When the Master said, "How many times must you forgive your brethren? You must forgive infinitely, for each insult the world hurls upon you, you must return that insult with love and forgiveness." Because when you harden your heart toward one person or several people, you are closing off that part of your heart that must receive the Father’s love, that love that must pass through to all of His children.

So what does it mean to have an [[open]] [[heart]], to welcome the [[Ta|spirit of our Father]] into [[your soul]]? It is an attitude of [[humility]] and an attitude of complete childlike [[trust]]. It is the act of complete [[vulnerability]], of accepting the [[purity]] of a child, accepting your own pure-heatedness, being completely un-[[deceitful]], completely open to all that is. Being open to the Father’s love, [[simultaneously]] makes one open to the world as well. It [[softens]] the [[heart]] and [[mind]], giving one an open, [[honest]], soft-heated attitude toward [[the Father]]'s other children. When [[the Master]] said, "How many times must you [[forgive]] your brethren? You must forgive [[infinitely]], for each [[insult]] the world hurls upon you, you must return that insult with [[love]] and [[forgiveness]]." Because when you harden your heart toward one person or several people, you are closing off that [[part]] of your heart that must [[receive]] [[the Father]]’s love, that love that must pass through to all of His children.

When the Master instructed that we must, if receiving a blow on one cheek, we must turn the other to receive what will come. We must do something that shows even more vulnerability, something that exposes one even further, rather than taking steps to strike back. This is probably the most difficult lesson for you living in the world of much cruelty and injustice. To completely follow Him. It is essential to continually make oneself vulnerable to the slings and arrows of the world and to receive those blows without vengeance or thought of revenge. When you learn to take all that someone will throw at you without striking back, when you learn the art of this, you will know very much. For in this manner, you always win. When you take all the anger, all the insult, all the hurt and fear of someone else, and turn back on them, love and forgiveness, then you have truly triumphed in the spirit and have learned a great lesson on earth.

When [[the Master]] instructed that we must, if [[receiving]] a blow on one cheek, we must turn the other to receive what will come. We must do something that shows even more [[vulnerability]], something that [[exposes]] one even further, rather than taking steps to strike back. This is probably the most difficult lesson for you living in the world of much [[cruelty]] and injustice. To completely follow Him. It is [[essential]] to continually make oneself [[vulnerable]] to the slings and arrows of the world and to [[receive]] those blows without [[vengeance]] or [[thought]] of [[revenge]]. When you learn to take all that someone will throw at you without striking back, when you learn [[Art of Living|the art of this]], you will know very much. For in this [[manner]], you always win. When you take all the [[anger]], all the [[insult]], all the hurt and [[fear]] of someone else, and turn back on them, [[love]] and [[forgiveness]], then you have truly triumphed in the spirit and have learned a great lesson on [[earth]].

People are frightened children. They harm each other out of fear more than any other emotion. A wise parent understand that when their child strikes out in fear, that to remove that fear, you must absorb their childish behavior, their crying, their hitting out, their childish action and comfort that child so that the fear is released and replaced with love. How many times has your Heavenly Father reached out his arms toward you when you have refused his comfort and remained in your fearful or angry attitude. But the Father does not withdraw His love. The Father intensifies His efforts to show you His love. So must you intensify your efforts to show love to those who show you no love, who show you anger, or fear, or hurt.

People are frightened children. They harm each other out of fear more than any other emotion. A wise parent understand that when their child strikes out in fear, that to remove that fear, you must absorb their childish behavior, their crying, their hitting out, their childish action and comfort that child so that the fear is released and replaced with love. How many times has your Heavenly Father reached out his arms toward you when you have refused his comfort and remained in your fearful or angry attitude. But the Father does not withdraw His love. The Father intensifies His efforts to show you His love. So must you intensify your efforts to show love to those who show you no love, who show you anger, or fear, or hurt.