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===Topic: ''Spiritual Feelings''===
===Group: [[11:11 Progress Group]]===
==Facilitators==
===Teacher: [[Thought Adjuster]]===
===TR: [[Oscar]]===
==Session==
===Lesson===
Thought Adjuster: “[[Spiritual]] matters are very hard to explain using the resources of the [[human mind]]. Your mind is material and can only offer explanations for those things that are within its conceptual [[frame of reference]]. It is very hard for your mind to explain realities far removed from everything you know and from spiritual realities in that category.
“However [[human being]]s have a spiritual nature and some of this nature must therefore be perceptible for them. These [[perceptions]] reside in the realm of [[feelings]]. However, human beings often have a confounding view of their own feelings.
“In this [[discussion]] we are not considering sensations and the mental results of the stimuli captured by the [[senses]]. We are not considering either imaginary [[feelings]] — those created from the [[false]] needs created by [[the mind]]. Feeling lonely, feeling unworthy, feeling afraid, are a few examples of feelings created by your mind.
“True feelings are those that arise [[spontaneously]] in a human being without requiring any [[participation]] of the mind. True [[affection]] is a good example. This affection normally develops among strangers once they start to know each other and it is spontaneous and natural. Those involved in a sincere [[friendship]] normally don’t plan to create that [[relationship]] or to feel those feelings. They happen naturally even if in their minds they don’t even suspect what is happening. Many times members of the same [[family]] do not [[share]] the same depth of affection that is experienced with friends or lovers, even when the social norms, the customs, and [[logic]] dictates that family, clan or tribe should come first.
“These feelings of sincere [[affection]] are not based on anything [[material]] and can’t be explained easily, but for those who experience them, they are very real, so much that they don’t need any proof or confirmation of the [[reality]] of their feelings.
“True [[faith]] is sincere [[affection]] for the things of [[the Father]]. It is the experience of a creature who is striving to know his or her Father and is having some success. This is the beginning of a [[friendship]] with the [[Creator]]. A human being can never feel true affection for a mental creation, for an [[ideal]], or a product of his or her own [[imagination]]. A true friendship must be corresponded and the affection can only by fed by [[reciprocal]] affection. Those who learn to love the Father receive even more love in exchange. They feel this affection and this sensation that provides them with security and [[courage]] to face the challenges of mortal life.
===Closing===
“Search within your [[heart]] and you will find all you need. [[The Father]] is available within your [[being]], closer than any other person. Search for Him there and you will find Him. Do not waste your time attempting to explain how this occurs, just feel it and [[experience]] it. This will [[translate]] into subtle and almost imperceptible [[changes]] in the moment, but looking back from the point of view gained by experience and the normal progression of [[time]], you will discover how your life became better by this [[friendship]] you decided to cultivate.”
[[Category: The Teaching Mission: Dialogues]]
[[Category: 11:11 Progress Group]]
[[Category: Thought Adjuster]]
[[Category: Oscar]]
[[Category: Feeling]]
[[Category: 2012]]
[[File:Teaching_buddha_small.jpg|right|frame]]
==Heading==
===Topic: ''Spiritual Feelings''===
===Group: [[11:11 Progress Group]]===
==Facilitators==
===Teacher: [[Thought Adjuster]]===
===TR: [[Oscar]]===
==Session==
===Lesson===
Thought Adjuster: “[[Spiritual]] matters are very hard to explain using the resources of the [[human mind]]. Your mind is material and can only offer explanations for those things that are within its conceptual [[frame of reference]]. It is very hard for your mind to explain realities far removed from everything you know and from spiritual realities in that category.
“However [[human being]]s have a spiritual nature and some of this nature must therefore be perceptible for them. These [[perceptions]] reside in the realm of [[feelings]]. However, human beings often have a confounding view of their own feelings.
“In this [[discussion]] we are not considering sensations and the mental results of the stimuli captured by the [[senses]]. We are not considering either imaginary [[feelings]] — those created from the [[false]] needs created by [[the mind]]. Feeling lonely, feeling unworthy, feeling afraid, are a few examples of feelings created by your mind.
“True feelings are those that arise [[spontaneously]] in a human being without requiring any [[participation]] of the mind. True [[affection]] is a good example. This affection normally develops among strangers once they start to know each other and it is spontaneous and natural. Those involved in a sincere [[friendship]] normally don’t plan to create that [[relationship]] or to feel those feelings. They happen naturally even if in their minds they don’t even suspect what is happening. Many times members of the same [[family]] do not [[share]] the same depth of affection that is experienced with friends or lovers, even when the social norms, the customs, and [[logic]] dictates that family, clan or tribe should come first.
“These feelings of sincere [[affection]] are not based on anything [[material]] and can’t be explained easily, but for those who experience them, they are very real, so much that they don’t need any proof or confirmation of the [[reality]] of their feelings.
“True [[faith]] is sincere [[affection]] for the things of [[the Father]]. It is the experience of a creature who is striving to know his or her Father and is having some success. This is the beginning of a [[friendship]] with the [[Creator]]. A human being can never feel true affection for a mental creation, for an [[ideal]], or a product of his or her own [[imagination]]. A true friendship must be corresponded and the affection can only by fed by [[reciprocal]] affection. Those who learn to love the Father receive even more love in exchange. They feel this affection and this sensation that provides them with security and [[courage]] to face the challenges of mortal life.
===Closing===
“Search within your [[heart]] and you will find all you need. [[The Father]] is available within your [[being]], closer than any other person. Search for Him there and you will find Him. Do not waste your time attempting to explain how this occurs, just feel it and [[experience]] it. This will [[translate]] into subtle and almost imperceptible [[changes]] in the moment, but looking back from the point of view gained by experience and the normal progression of [[time]], you will discover how your life became better by this [[friendship]] you decided to cultivate.”
[[Category: The Teaching Mission: Dialogues]]
[[Category: 11:11 Progress Group]]
[[Category: Thought Adjuster]]
[[Category: Oscar]]
[[Category: Feeling]]
[[Category: 2012]]
