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Iruka: Occasionally, but after the [[Thought Adjuster]] has been [[assigned]] to you it is very rare, very rare but there are [[exceptions]]. But for your [[understanding]] it would be OK to think that He does never leave. Do you see how my answer is the [[truth]] but changed by your [[perception]]. You will never feel [[alone]] and it would only be for short periods of time, and very rarely.

Iruka: Occasionally, but after the [[Thought Adjuster]] has been [[assigned]] to you it is very rare, very rare but there are [[exceptions]]. But for your [[understanding]] it would be OK to think that He does never leave. Do you see how my answer is the [[truth]] but changed by your [[perception]]. You will never feel [[alone]] and it would only be for short periods of time, and very rarely.

S1: Hello Iruka, I had a very interesting [[discussion]] with a woman who is very spiritually minded and as I [[listened]] to myself, basically my [[goal]] was to convince this woman why I should be admitted to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastoral_counseling pastoral counseling] program, I wanted to pursue that. And as I was talking about the spirit and we were thinking about this, I heard myself say, 'well I solved so many [[problems]], I came from this background, and I did this and I did that and I accomplished all this myself, that is why I should be able to [[counsel]] people about [[God]]' And then I said wait a minute, that is not exactly what I said but that is the short of it. Is it possible that I just really didn't [[understand]] the workings of the spirit within me, [[Thought Adjuster|God's spirit]] and that in [[fact]] a lot of the [[ideas]] which I claimed were my own and solutions to my [[problems]] were actually God's spirit [[leading]] me through the [[super-consciousness]] of my [[mind]].

S1: Hello Iruka, I had a very interesting [[discussion]] with a woman who is very spiritually minded and as I [[listened]] to myself, basically my [[goal]] was to convince this woman why I should be admitted to a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastoral_counseling pastoral counseling] program, I wanted to pursue that. And as I was talking about the spirit and we were thinking about this, I heard myself say, 'well I solved so many [[problems]], I came from this background, and I did this and I did that and I accomplished all this myself, that is why I should be able to [[counsel]] people about [[God]]' And then I said wait a minute, that is not exactly what I said but that is the short of it. Is it possible that I just really didn't [[understand]] the workings of the spirit within me, [[Thought Adjuster|God's spirit]] and that in [[fact]] a lot of the [[ideas]] which I claimed were my own and solutions to my [[problems]] were actually God's spirit [[leading]] me through the [[super-consciousness]] of my [[mind]].

Iruka: Certainly, yes. [[The Father]] will try to give you [[guidance]] any way that He can, and there might be little things in [[life]] that point you the way. There will be times when an [[individual]] is so wrapped up in [[problems]] that they do not pick up any of the leading or [[guidance]], and then at other times they are more [[conscious]] and more aware. This is where you hear that someone has had a flash of [[insight]] or suddenly saw the [[answer]] to a [[problem]] because they were more conscious and they started looking beyond themselves. A [[problem]] tends to make a person [[selfish]] or self-centered and so they are [[focused]] on themselves in [[relationship]] to the [[problem]]. And when they are able to step aside and look around, that is when [[the Father]]'s leading will [[touch]] them and they will suddenly have an [[understanding]] or they can see what a possible answer could be. So yes [[the Father]] is always sending you His [[love]] and trying to send you His [[guidance]]. And so often we are just not [[listening]].

Iruka: Certainly, yes. [[The Father]] will try to give you [[guidance]] any way that He can, and there might be little things in [[life]] that point you the way. There will be times when an [[individual]] is so wrapped up in [[problems]] that they do not pick up any of the leading or [[guidance]], and then at other times they are more [[conscious]] and more aware. This is where you hear that someone has had a flash of [[insight]] or suddenly saw the [[answer]] to a [[problem]] because they were more conscious and they started looking beyond themselves. A [[problem]] tends to make a person [[selfish]] or self-centered and so they are [[focused]] on themselves in [[relationship]] to the [[problem]]. And when they are able to step aside and look around, that is when [[the Father]]'s leading will [[touch]] them and they will suddenly have an [[understanding]] or they can see what a possible answer could be. So yes [[the Father]] is always sending you His [[love]] and trying to send you His [[guidance]]. And so often we are just not [[listening]].

S2: Yes I can see that. It seems so hard to shake though, I think that is for me the [[focal point]] is giving up the [[dreams]] of being [[famous]] and giving up a [[discipline]]...switching a discipline to the [[spiritual]] arena rather than to the [[mechanical]] worldly arena. It seems to be working, it seems to be working but I am removing myself from it and not totally enveloping myself in that discipline of the [[silence]] and the sitting...

S2: Yes I can see that. It seems so hard to shake though, I think that is for me the [[focal point]] is giving up the [[dreams]] of being [[famous]] and giving up a [[discipline]]...switching a discipline to the [[spiritual]] arena rather than to the [[mechanical]] worldly arena. It seems to be working, it seems to be working but I am removing myself from it and not totally enveloping myself in that discipline of the [[silence]] and the sitting...

Iruka: This is indeed [[frightening]]. This is not what the world is telling you. The world is saying 'buy our products and wear these clothes and you will be [[beautiful]] or run or do this or do that' but when you start [[listening]] to the [[inner voice]] and following [[God]], your life becomes [[balanced]]. Inside you start to [[feel]] whole and there is a calm, a [[peace]], a [[joy]], that you get from [[the Father]] and it may be that every one of your [[goals]], for [[fame]] and whatever else, may come true. But that is no longer your first goal. Your first goal is to [[love]] [[the Father]] and [[do His will]]. So it is scary, because this is not what you hear every day on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television TV] and in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspaper paper]. You are indeed taking a different [[path]] and you are...you can think of it that you are breaking trail, you are breaking your own trail. There has been no one that has gone where you are going in exactly the same way. That can be [[scary]], but know that [[the Father]] is always with you and that He loves you and that you will find Him, and in doing that you may find all of your other [[goals]] too. And then the interesting thing is these goals will no longer be so [[wonderful]] or be so [[appealing]]. You may become [[famous]] and find that certain [[freedoms]] are now gone, or you may find that it was not what you thought it was. But it is a big step to give up one [[goal]] and shift to another goal. It is [[frightening]], but know that [[the Father]] loves you, He wants what is best for you. Does this help?

Iruka: This is indeed [[frightening]]. This is not what the world is telling you. The world is saying 'buy our products and wear these clothes and you will be [[beautiful]] or run or do this or do that' but when you start [[listening]] to the [[inner voice]] and following [[God]], your life becomes [[balanced]]. Inside you start to [[feel]] whole and there is a calm, a [[peace]], a [[joy]], that you get from [[the Father]] and it may be that every one of your [[goals]], for [[fame]] and whatever else, may come true. But that is no longer your first goal. Your first goal is to [[love]] [[the Father]] and [[do His will]]. So it is scary, because this is not what you hear every day on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television TV] and in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspaper paper]. You are indeed taking a different [[path]] and you are...you can think of it that you are breaking trail, you are breaking your own trail. There has been no one that has gone where you are going in exactly the same way. That can be [[scary]], but know that [[the Father]] is always with you and that He loves you and that you will find Him, and in doing that you may find all of your other [[goals]] too. And then the interesting thing is these goals will no longer be so [[wonderful]] or be so [[appealing]]. You may become [[famous]] and find that certain [[freedoms]] are now gone, or you may find that it was not what you thought it was. But it is a big step to give up one [[goal]] and shift to another goal. It is [[frightening]], but know that [[the Father]] loves you, He wants what is best for you. Does this help?

S2: Yes, during the last course I was teaching, at one [[point]] I was talking about trouble shooting and how you have to learn how to [[relax]] and I made a joke that was..part of the [[joke]] was that you should [[relax]] by drinking beer and I had a whole [[litany]] of things that you could do to [[relax]] and this fellow from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria Nigeria] picked it up and went ballistic on me in class. He [[evidently]] had been thinking [[negative]] [[thoughts]] and the negativeness, the [[energy]] of his reply was semi-[[shocking]] and at that moment I tried to talk to the [[thought adjuster]] in front of 20 people and I mean I didn't really know what to say...I just said I'm sorry, I didn't mean to drink, I meant to relax..that is what I said. But afterwards the class, the rest of the class became on my side because of that. I didn't sit there and try to [[argue]] with him and I mean that is the kind of [[battle]] that I go through when I am teaching and I am [[wondering]]...can my [[relationship]] with the [[thought adjuster]] get to the point where I can actually get [[guidance]] in that momentary [[crisis]] or does it have to go through this long... through the [[super consciousness]] and dribble into my [[brain]] later at night. Is it possible...does the [[thought adjuster]], can it live that closely to my life, or can I live as close to it, if that occurs.

S2: Yes, during the last course I was teaching, at one [[point]] I was talking about trouble shooting and how you have to learn how to [[relax]] and I made a joke that was..part of the [[joke]] was that you should [[relax]] by drinking beer and I had a whole [[litany]] of things that you could do to [[relax]] and this fellow from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria Nigeria] picked it up and went ballistic on me in class. He [[evidently]] had been thinking [[negative]] [[thoughts]] and the negativeness, the [[energy]] of his reply was semi-[[shocking]] and at that moment I tried to talk to the [[thought adjuster]] in front of 20 people and I mean I didn't really know what to say...I just said I'm sorry, I didn't mean to drink, I meant to relax..that is what I said. But afterwards the class, the rest of the class became on my side because of that. I didn't sit there and try to [[argue]] with him and I mean that is the kind of [[battle]] that I go through when I am teaching and I am [[wondering]]...can my [[relationship]] with the [[thought adjuster]] get to the point where I can actually get [[guidance]] in that momentary [[crisis]] or does it have to go through this long... through the [[super consciousness]] and dribble into my [[brain]] later at night. Is it possible...does the [[thought adjuster]], can it live that closely to my life, or can I live as close to it, if that occurs.

Iruka: The second way you put it is the best [[example]]. You move close or far away. He stays in one place. But yes, [[absolutely]] you can become centered and [[conscious]] in that you will be fed [[ideas]] in brief [[words]] or not in words, an [[idea]] will come for you to handle the situation, or it can come trickling in days later as you say. But this is something that takes [[practice]] and the more you use it the better you get at it. And this is a perfect [[example]] of today's lesson of [[changing]] your [[perception]] just a little to see someone else's [[viewpoint]]. You meant it as a [[joke]] or as a way to [[relax]], to drink the beer to relax, and this person it maybe [[forbidden]] to him to ever drink. It may be a [[sin]] in his [[culture]], or his [[religion]] and then be aware of the [[addiction]] problems and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholism alcoholism] that is rampant not only in this country but all over the world. So this is a good example of the lesson today, of maybe you could [[change]] your joke a little since alcoholism is so devastating to [[families]] and to the whole culture right now. But back to the [[other]], this can happen while you are teaching, these little flashes of [[insight]], these [[words]] from the [[thought adjuster]] can help you become [[creative]]. In all areas of your life this can be helpful and the more you do it, the easier it becomes and the more you will [[recognize]] [[the Father]]'s [[voice]]. Does this answer?

Iruka: The second way you put it is the best [[example]]. You move close or far away. He stays in one place. But yes, [[absolutely]] you can become centered and [[conscious]] in that you will be fed [[ideas]] in brief [[words]] or not in words, an [[idea]] will come for you to handle the situation, or it can come trickling in days later as you say. But this is something that takes [[practice]] and the more you use it the better you get at it. And this is a perfect [[example]] of today's lesson of [[changing]] your [[perception]] just a little to see someone else's [[viewpoint]]. You meant it as a [[joke]] or as a way to [[relax]], to drink the beer to relax, and this person it maybe [[forbidden]] to him to ever drink. It may be a [[sin]] in his [[culture]], or his [[religion]] and then be aware of the [[addiction]] problems and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholism alcoholism] that is rampant not only in this country but all over the world. So this is a good example of the lesson today, of maybe you could [[change]] your joke a little since alcoholism is so devastating to [[families]] and to the whole culture right now. But back to the [[other]], this can happen while you are teaching, these little flashes of [[insight]], these [[words]] from the [[thought adjuster]] can help you become [[creative]]. In all areas of your life this can be helpful and the more you do it, the easier it becomes and the more you will [[recognize]] [[the Father]]'s [[voice]]. Does this answer?

S2: Yes, I have already changed my joke. Thanks.

S2: Yes, I have already changed my joke. Thanks.