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Group: USA-California?

 

Teacher: IRUKA

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Lesson: Noting Your Reactions

===Teacher: [[Iruka]]===

 

===TR: [[Unknown]]===

 

Iruka: The love of God surrounds you, the joy of God enfolds you, the courage of God protects you, wherever you are, He is. Good afternoon I am Iruka, I am your friend and teacher. It is an especially beautiful afternoon, and yet very cold. I do not experience the cold as you do, but I can perceive it, so I am aware of how it is affecting you. But the sun is bright and like God's love, it pours down on you continuously, even through the clouds, even in the rain and the wind, I am of course paralleling this to personal storms in your life. When Father's love is always there, sometimes it is difficult to see because you are focused on the problems. But if you refocus you attention, you will see that He is there, that He will help, He will guide, and He will change your attitude. The situation itself may not change, but you will perceive it differently, and your attitude will be different and thus you will respond differently. That is how changes occur inside of you, your love, your focus changes, your understanding grows, you see with new eyes, with Father's eyes. In the same situation that several month's ago may have been devastating, now you find the joy, the love, and the hope. In your new insight, you become a beacon to others for that love, that hope, that joy. You become Father's representative, His lighthouse because through you others can perceive Him.

Iruka: The love of God surrounds you, the joy of God enfolds you, the courage of God protects you, wherever you are, He is. Good afternoon I am Iruka, I am your friend and teacher. It is an especially beautiful afternoon, and yet very cold. I do not experience the cold as you do, but I can perceive it, so I am aware of how it is affecting you. But the sun is bright and like God's love, it pours down on you continuously, even through the clouds, even in the rain and the wind, I am of course paralleling this to personal storms in your life.  

When Father's love is always there, sometimes it is difficult to see because you are focused on the problems. But if you refocus you attention, you will see that He is there, that He will help, He will guide, and He will change your attitude. The situation itself may not change, but you will perceive it differently, and your attitude will be different and thus you will respond differently. That is how changes occur inside of you, your love, your focus changes, your understanding grows, you see with new eyes, with Father's eyes. In the same situation that several month's ago may have been devastating, now you find the joy, the love, and the hope. In your new insight, you become a beacon to others for that love, that hope, that joy. You become Father's representative, His lighthouse because through you others can perceive Him.

Nothing I have said is new, but maybe the perception is a little different, the focus is changed. This was just to help you see things around you differently. We have talked about being conscious, living in the present, being aware of what is around you, several months ago, but I wanted to remind you to change your focus to right now, because by doing this you learn about yourself. You begin to understand why you are reacting to a certain situation. If you can focus on the steps that you go through, then your awareness grows and then your knowledge grows and if you choose to, you can change. This actually applies to almost any situation for instance, anger. If you practice becoming conscious when you get angry, and understand why you are angry, it may change how you respond.

Nothing I have said is new, but maybe the perception is a little different, the focus is changed. This was just to help you see things around you differently. We have talked about being conscious, living in the present, being aware of what is around you, several months ago, but I wanted to remind you to change your focus to right now, because by doing this you learn about yourself. You begin to understand why you are reacting to a certain situation. If you can focus on the steps that you go through, then your awareness grows and then your knowledge grows and if you choose to, you can change. This actually applies to almost any situation for instance, anger. If you practice becoming conscious when you get angry, and understand why you are angry, it may change how you respond.

You may realize the situation itself is not what is making you angry, something else is. A memory of a bad situation is coming back, you may be responding to something else. This is merely an example, but by being conscious you can be more in tune with yourself, more in tune with your body, and listen to its signals, and thereby improve your life, improve your health. We barely touched on this last week when I was trying to answer questions about how the body and the mind affect health. In large, it affects your whole life and I am planning several teachings under one major topic. As your awareness grows, your understanding will grow. This is not an easy subject, but part of it will be helped if you yourself notice what is happening to you throughout the week. So for now, I call your attention to what is happening to you. What is going on when your stomach suddenly tenses up, or maybe it affects your neck muscles which gives you a headache. Maybe you find yourself clenching your fists or your jaw, but something in your body reacts to something that happens during the day. My assignment is to notice your physical responses to unpleasant situations. If you are already aware of what happens, of what you do to yourself, expand your consciousness to also what happens in nice situations, when you are visiting with friends or relaxing. But my focus right now is for you to perceive what happens physically when something goes wrong in your environment, a fight, a traffic jam, bad news on the TV. Learn to read your body, and we will go from there. Now, I will accept questions.

You may realize the situation itself is not what is making you angry, something else is. A memory of a bad situation is coming back, you may be responding to something else. This is merely an example, but by being conscious you can be more in tune with yourself, more in tune with your body, and listen to its signals, and thereby improve your life, improve your health. We barely touched on this last week when I was trying to answer questions about how the body and the mind affect health. In large, it affects your whole life and I am planning several teachings under one major topic. As your awareness grows, your understanding will grow. This is not an easy subject, but part of it will be helped if you yourself notice what is happening to you throughout the week. So for now, I call your attention to what is happening to you. What is going on when your stomach suddenly tenses up, or maybe it affects your neck muscles which gives you a headache. Maybe you find yourself clenching your fists or your jaw, but something in your body reacts to something that happens during the day. My assignment is to notice your physical responses to unpleasant situations. If you are already aware of what happens, of what you do to yourself, expand your consciousness to also what happens in nice situations, when you are visiting with friends or relaxing. But my focus right now is for you to perceive what happens physically when something goes wrong in your environment, a fight, a traffic jam, bad news on the TV. Learn to read your body, and we will go from there. Now, I will accept questions.

 

E1: Hello Iruka, I won't change the subject yet, but in terms of your discussion....I am not sure if you are familiar with the Book of Job where Job made a statement 'that which I feared has come upon me'. Can you elaborate on that before I ask my question.

E1: Hello Iruka, I won't change the subject yet, but in terms of your discussion....I am not sure if you are familiar with the Book of Job where Job made a statement 'that which I feared has come upon me'. Can you elaborate on that before I ask my question.

Iruka: Actually this may take much longer than that, but go ahead.

Iruka: Actually this may take much longer than that, but go ahead.

 

I certainly enjoyed today, and look forward to seeing you next Sunday. Good bye.

I certainly enjoyed today, and look forward to seeing you next Sunday. Good bye.

Group: Good bye.

Group: Good bye.