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==Heading==
===Topic: ''Of Individuals and Groups''===
===Group: [[11:11 Progress Group]]===
==Facilitators==
===Teacher: [[Thought Adjuster]]===
===TR: [[Oscar]]===
==Session==
===Lesson===
Thought Adjuster: “In these times your [[society]] needs to reconsider the [[value]] of a human life. The great [[diversity]] in [[personalities]] that inhabit [[this world]] and the almost endless differences in the [[talents]], [[skills]], and [[minds]] of [[human being]]s makes it confusing for some to [[accept]] the [[equality]] and the value of each original personality. You have to consider life by [[focusing]] on the [[individual]] first and then in the [[group]].
“This individual focus should not be [[interpreted]] as an excuse to satisfy the [[selfish]] and basest human impulses. The focus we propose is an effort to elevate the quality of the [[spiritual]] life of each person, one by one. It is there – in your personal life – where each one of you should focus your [[intellectual]], [[moral]], and even your physical resources to start working for your spiritual [[progress]]. When you work toward this goal the results will [[inevitably]] benefit the group and humankind as a whole.
“[[Civilizations]] do not become great by their [[collective]] achievements. The intellectual, moral, and spiritual level of a civilization is based on the [[individual]] [[greatness]] of its members. Great collective achievements become possible only when most of the [[individuals]] in a group strive to [[express]] the best of themselves. When you look at the great civilizations of the past you may notice the [[presence]] of some remarkable individuals. The Greek civilization produced a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Plato]. The Roman civilization produced a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Virgil]. The Victorian civilization produced a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Darwin Darwin]. Each civilization has some outstanding individuals and this gives you the [[false]] impression that only these special individuals are required to promote achievements, ideas, or advances.
“However, this is a [[fallacy]]. These individuals that fill the pages of your history were supported by others of similar or higher quality. These [[famous]] individuals were the result of the influence of those around them and they owe a lot to their [[parents]], their [[teachers]], and their peers of the time in which they lived. The great advances of a society are only possible when most of its members work to make them possible, even if this work is, in [[appearance]], intended to elevate the quality of the individual spiritual life and it remains [[unknown]] to [[the masses]].
“Today, when you strive to elevate your [[thinking]] to spiritual levels and to make your own life an increasingly faithful [[expression]] of the [[tbg|goodness, beauty, and truth]] [[inspired]] by the [[Ta|presence of God within you]], you can be sure that the benefits will not only be for you. Being better each day is the best you can do for the benefit of your world and the entire [[universe]]. And this supreme [[consecration]] to the [[will of God]] is possible wherever you may be upon [[this planet]], in whatever situation you are living, inside every [[culture]], nation, or social group where you find yourself. This is why the human life of each inhabitant of this world should be appreciated by its true value, because each life has the potential to be one more impulse toward the establishment of an age of [[light and life]] in [[this world]].”
[[Category: The Teaching Mission: Dialogues]]
[[Category: 11:11 Progress Group]]
[[Category: Thought Adjuster]]
[[Category: Oscar]]
[[Category: Individual]]
[[Category: 2013]]
[[File:Teaching_buddha_small.jpg|right|frame]]
==Heading==
===Topic: ''Of Individuals and Groups''===
===Group: [[11:11 Progress Group]]===
==Facilitators==
===Teacher: [[Thought Adjuster]]===
===TR: [[Oscar]]===
==Session==
===Lesson===
Thought Adjuster: “In these times your [[society]] needs to reconsider the [[value]] of a human life. The great [[diversity]] in [[personalities]] that inhabit [[this world]] and the almost endless differences in the [[talents]], [[skills]], and [[minds]] of [[human being]]s makes it confusing for some to [[accept]] the [[equality]] and the value of each original personality. You have to consider life by [[focusing]] on the [[individual]] first and then in the [[group]].
“This individual focus should not be [[interpreted]] as an excuse to satisfy the [[selfish]] and basest human impulses. The focus we propose is an effort to elevate the quality of the [[spiritual]] life of each person, one by one. It is there – in your personal life – where each one of you should focus your [[intellectual]], [[moral]], and even your physical resources to start working for your spiritual [[progress]]. When you work toward this goal the results will [[inevitably]] benefit the group and humankind as a whole.
“[[Civilizations]] do not become great by their [[collective]] achievements. The intellectual, moral, and spiritual level of a civilization is based on the [[individual]] [[greatness]] of its members. Great collective achievements become possible only when most of the [[individuals]] in a group strive to [[express]] the best of themselves. When you look at the great civilizations of the past you may notice the [[presence]] of some remarkable individuals. The Greek civilization produced a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Plato]. The Roman civilization produced a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Virgil]. The Victorian civilization produced a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Darwin Darwin]. Each civilization has some outstanding individuals and this gives you the [[false]] impression that only these special individuals are required to promote achievements, ideas, or advances.
“However, this is a [[fallacy]]. These individuals that fill the pages of your history were supported by others of similar or higher quality. These [[famous]] individuals were the result of the influence of those around them and they owe a lot to their [[parents]], their [[teachers]], and their peers of the time in which they lived. The great advances of a society are only possible when most of its members work to make them possible, even if this work is, in [[appearance]], intended to elevate the quality of the individual spiritual life and it remains [[unknown]] to [[the masses]].
“Today, when you strive to elevate your [[thinking]] to spiritual levels and to make your own life an increasingly faithful [[expression]] of the [[tbg|goodness, beauty, and truth]] [[inspired]] by the [[Ta|presence of God within you]], you can be sure that the benefits will not only be for you. Being better each day is the best you can do for the benefit of your world and the entire [[universe]]. And this supreme [[consecration]] to the [[will of God]] is possible wherever you may be upon [[this planet]], in whatever situation you are living, inside every [[culture]], nation, or social group where you find yourself. This is why the human life of each inhabitant of this world should be appreciated by its true value, because each life has the potential to be one more impulse toward the establishment of an age of [[light and life]] in [[this world]].”
[[Category: The Teaching Mission: Dialogues]]
[[Category: 11:11 Progress Group]]
[[Category: Thought Adjuster]]
[[Category: Oscar]]
[[Category: Individual]]
[[Category: 2013]]
