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Group: Nashville, Tennessee

 

Teacher: HAM

===Group: [[Nashville TeaM]]===

 

Topic: Forgiveness

===Teacher: [[Ham]]===

 

===TR: [[Rebecca]]===

 

Ham: Greetings, children, I am Ham and I am grateful that you have come this day. Tonight, our lesson shall revolve around forgiveness once more. What does it mean to forgive? Forgiveness is the act of aligning oneself with God, with abandoning your perspective for the Father's perspective. Forgiveness means letting go of the old view and adopting something new and greater. When you forgive, you abandon a part of yourself that is unprogressing, you let go of feelings of ego injury and expand your awareness from the smaller self to a greater self. You allow God's vision of yourself or others to become your own.

Ham: Greetings, children, I am Ham and I am grateful that you have come this day. Tonight, our lesson shall revolve around forgiveness once more. What does it mean to forgive?

Forgiveness is the act of aligning oneself with God, with abandoning your perspective for the Father's perspective. Forgiveness means letting go of the old view and adopting something new and greater. When you forgive, you abandon a part of yourself that is unprogressing, you let go of feelings of ego injury and expand your awareness from the smaller self to a greater self. You allow God's vision of yourself or others to become your own.

Acceptance is God-like. Acceptance without judgment is the act of adopting the Father's viewpoint. The Father's love condemns no one. The Father's love accepts repentance and washes away sin. When you come to see your self as the Father sees you - your pure soul, without sin, without regret of sin, and without guilt -- it becomes step by step easier to accept others as the Father has accepted you and allowed you to accept yourself.

Acceptance is God-like. Acceptance without judgment is the act of adopting the Father's viewpoint. The Father's love condemns no one. The Father's love accepts repentance and washes away sin. When you come to see your self as the Father sees you - your pure soul, without sin, without regret of sin, and without guilt -- it becomes step by step easier to accept others as the Father has accepted you and allowed you to accept yourself.

Though your personal pride may sustain injury, though your body many suffer and die, there is a greater part of you that is not affected by any of this. That part is immortal, that part is directly gazing upon the Father's face always. So do not mourn over the smaller problems of life, the injuries and failures that are part of living. Rejoice, rather, in that which is eternal and always remains in a state of loving grace. Seek after that greater part of you all your lives and you will find a great deal of it.

Though your personal pride may sustain injury, though your body many suffer and die, there is a greater part of you that is not affected by any of this. That part is immortal, that part is directly gazing upon the Father's face always. So do not mourn over the smaller problems of life, the injuries and failures that are part of living. Rejoice, rather, in that which is eternal and always remains in a state of loving grace. Seek after that greater part of you all your lives and you will find a great deal of it.

Are there any questions?Q: When you are conditioned to expect reactions, want to forgive, but it is hard. Suppose someone has hurt you repeatedly. You want to forgiven them, but you are conditioned to react to them as though they are going to hurt you each time.

Are there any questions?

Q: When you are conditioned to expect reactions, want to forgive, but it is hard. Suppose someone has hurt you repeatedly. You want to forgiven them, but you are conditioned to react to them as though they are going to hurt you each time.

Ham: Yes. Remember the apostles came to Jesus and asked how many times should my brother sin against me and I forgive him. And in the humanity, they estimated that seven times would be enough and the eighth time would demand the justice of the old testament that they had been taught. But Jesus said the them, you must forgive him seventy times seven times, even an infinite number of times. Forgiveness knows no boundaries and now you in your humanity say. I have been hurt and I carry that into each new interaction in expectation of more hurtful behavior on the part of my brother. And I say to you that you . You must put down the burden of being hurt. Recognize that what gets hurt is actually just a small part of you and there is a much greater you who observes this and is trying to pull the smaller you into alignment with the greater you. This requires repeated forgiveness and complete forgiveness every time. That way you can align yourself with the Father's will and not be caught in a place where you are pulling the higher self into the dictates of your lower nature for the lower nature seeks revenge, seeks retribution. The higher self gives forgiveness freely without having to be asked. Often it helps to pray for the other person because then you start to put yourself in his place and see what he needs. Prayer is a mighty force for changing one's attitude. Is this helping?

Ham: Yes. Remember the apostles came to Jesus and asked how many times should my brother sin against me and I forgive him. And in the humanity, they estimated that seven times would be enough and the eighth time would demand the justice of the old testament that they had been taught. But Jesus said the them, you must forgive him seventy times seven times, even an infinite number of times. Forgiveness knows no boundaries and now you in your humanity say. I have been hurt and I carry that into each new interaction in expectation of more hurtful behavior on the part of my brother. And I say to you that you . You must put down the burden of being hurt. Recognize that what gets hurt is actually just a small part of you and there is a much greater you who observes this and is trying to pull the smaller you into alignment with the greater you. This requires repeated forgiveness and complete forgiveness every time. That way you can align yourself with the Father's will and not be caught in a place where you are pulling the higher self into the dictates of your lower nature for the lower nature seeks revenge, seeks retribution. The higher self gives forgiveness freely without having to be asked. Often it helps to pray for the other person because then you start to put yourself in his place and see what he needs. Prayer is a mighty force for changing one's attitude. Is this helping?

Know in your hearts, all of you, that you are exactly where the Father wants you to be. This is a profound thought, one that requires full self acceptance and forgiveness to realize. But it is so. You are each where the Father wants you to be. You are handling just what you can in your level of spiritual growth. Put your growth first and you will be given more as you are able to handle it. Truly, you are in the Father's hands. Let go, accept, and love.

Know in your hearts, all of you, that you are exactly where the Father wants you to be. This is a profound thought, one that requires full self acceptance and forgiveness to realize. But it is so. You are each where the Father wants you to be. You are handling just what you can in your level of spiritual growth. Put your growth first and you will be given more as you are able to handle it. Truly, you are in the Father's hands. Let go, accept, and love.