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===Lesson===

===Lesson===

===='''''[[Isolation]]'''''====

===='''''[[Isolation]]'''''====

I wanted to speak to you a bit today about the tendency of [[mortals]] to languish in [[isolation]], which is a tendency that can be cultivated as a response to the limitations that beset you in a [[cultural]] [[paradigm]].  The more [[populated]] the world becomes, it would seem, the less opportunity you have to feel that pinch of isolation that would lead to languishing, but in [[truth]], a crowd is a very lonely place to be.  It is like the [[maelstrom]], the exterior of the hurricane in which you find yourself in the peaceful eye.  You really don’t want to hang around in that energetic [[chaos]], [[progressive]] but destructive, any longer than is avoidable, but the alternative is the isolation of self-imposed [[exile]] from others whose [[existence]] is another [[whirling dervish]].  This is the [[manner]] of electro-[[chemical]] [[beings]].  They are able to bounce off the walls and off of each other much like bumper cars until such [[time]] as they have [[Cosmos|order]] and a good orderly direction, which often requires [[rules]], guidelines and [[disciplines]] which most folk are not willing to undertake even to accomplish the [[peace]] which passes all [[understanding]].

I wanted to speak to you a bit today about the tendency of [[mortals]] to languish in [[isolation]], which is a tendency that can be cultivated as a response to the limitations that beset you in a [[cultural]] [[paradigm]].  The more [[populated]] the world becomes, it would seem, the less opportunity you have to feel that pinch of isolation that would lead to languishing, but in [[truth]], a crowd is a very lonely place to be.  It is like the [[maelstrom]], the exterior of the hurricane in which you find yourself in the peaceful eye.  You really don’t want to hang around in that energetic [[chaos]], [[progressive]] but destructive, any longer than is avoidable, but the alternative is the isolation of self-imposed [[exile]] from others whose [[existence]] is another [[whirling dervish]].  This is the [[manner]] of electro-[[chemical]] [[beings]].  They are able to bounce off the walls and off of each other much like bumper cars until such [[time]] as they have [[Cosmos|order]] and a good orderly direction, which often requires rules, guidelines and [[disciplines]] which most folk are not willing to undertake even to accomplish the [[peace]] which passes all [[understanding]].

   

   

Let’s take this a bit further and socialize it.  If you can follow my illustration here, think of each of you as that electrochemical whirling dervish, grounded by the [[immediate]] and [[eternal]] [[Stillness|point]] of [[reference]] that is unchanging.  You have then the [[challenge]] of recognizing and identifying with, even working with that unchanging [[personality]] reality of another [[entity]] all the while by-passing and stepping over the constant effects of the electrochemical [[environment]] that lays between you like a moat.  The [[atmosphere]] must be by-passed. And yet each of you spill so much into your atmosphere, it is coming at you and going out from you almost incessantly, simply by the [[nature]] of your [[physical]] and [[chemical]] composition.  You may seek to [[function]] completely from [[Thought Adjuster|the center within][http://press.daynal.org/catalog/center_within.html], but no matter how earnest and sincere your efforts are to be perfect and to [[reflect]] [[perfection]], you cannot control what happens to the [[energy]] you call your own when it escapes from your [[sanctuary]] and explodes into the external [[environment]], which lays between you and your [[peers]].  And still one languishes in [[isolation]].  So how does one overcome that middle ground / turf?

Let’s take this a bit further and socialize it.  If you can follow my illustration here, think of each of you as that electrochemical whirling dervish, grounded by the [[immediate]] and [[eternal]] [[Stillness|point]] of [[reference]] that is unchanging.  You have then the [[challenge]] of recognizing and identifying with, even working with that unchanging [[personality]] reality of another [[entity]] all the while by-passing and stepping over the constant effects of the electrochemical [[environment]] that lays between you like a moat.  The [[atmosphere]] must be by-passed. And yet each of you spill so much into your atmosphere, it is coming at you and going out from you almost incessantly, simply by the [[nature]] of your [[physical]] and [[chemical]] composition.  You may seek to [[function]] completely from [[Thought Adjuster|the center within][http://press.daynal.org/catalog/center_within.html], but no matter how earnest and sincere your efforts are to be perfect and to [[reflect]] [[perfection]], you cannot control what happens to the [[energy]] you call your own when it escapes from your [[sanctuary]] and explodes into the external [[environment]], which lays between you and your [[peers]].  And still one languishes in [[isolation]].  So how does one overcome that middle ground / turf?

You are admonished to learn to [[perceive]] the presence of God in one another and in yourself.  Many people [[think]] that this is a [[state]] of [[sublime]] [[peace]] and it is, but it is much more.  It is [[Everything|all things]]; it is all [[encompassing]]; it even encompasses the [[chaos]] that is your environment.  It is [[expectations]] about what [[God]] is or how people should project that [[energy]] that causes such social unrest.  This is also why people will put up with the chaos and imperfection that is part of the [[human condition]], even to the extent of putting up with [[abuse]] – so as not to feel the pinch of [[isolation]]. Yes, it is possible to live within your sanctuary with God as your constant companion, but it does not render you useful to the world outside if you cannot relate to the world outside and identify with it, even in its chaos.

You are admonished to learn to [[perceive]] the presence of God in one another and in yourself.  Many people [[think]] that this is a [[state]] of [[sublime]] [[peace]] and it is, but it is much more.  It is [[Everything|all things]]; it is all [[encompassing]]; it even encompasses the [[chaos]] that is your environment.  It is [[expectations]] about what [[God]] is or how people should project that [[energy]] that causes such social unrest.  This is also why people will put up with the chaos and imperfection that is part of the [[human condition]], even to the extent of putting up with [[abuse]] – so as not to feel the pinch of [[isolation]]. Yes, it is possible to live within your sanctuary with God as your constant companion, but it does not render you useful to the world outside if you cannot relate to the world outside and identify with it, even in its chaos.

   

   

The chief inhibitor to this being a productive and [[compassionate]] reality for many of you is the inability to recognize the [[presence]] of [[Thought Adjuster|God within]].  You have closed yourself off to protect yourself from that [[emotional]] and mental excitement.  You have put up [[boundaries]] such that nothing can get through – either in or out – and you end up isolated, wherein you languish.  Now, you may not even realize you are languishing.  You may think you are being serene.  You may think this is peace when it may actually be stagnancy. And these nuances of [[mortal]] [[reality]] can come and go often in the course of any and all [[individuals]].  

The chief inhibitor to this being a productive and [[compassionate]] reality for many of you is the inability to recognize the [[presence]] of [[Thought Adjuster|God within]].  You have closed yourself off to protect yourself from that [[emotional]] and mental excitement.  You have put up boundaries such that nothing can get through – either in or out – and you end up isolated, wherein you languish.  Now, you may not even realize you are languishing.  You may think you are being serene.  You may think this is peace when it may actually be stagnancy. And these nuances of [[mortal]] [[reality]] can come and go often in the course of any and all [[individuals]].  

   

   

When people feel the need for [[Society|socialization]], they generally find a way to make a connection with other people, through calling them on the telephone or going to visit them or even going to the mall where they may be [[assured]] of a [[population]] much like themselves – [[individuals]] in [[motion]], carrying on the [[business]] of living.  This diminishes the sense of isolation and of languishing, and so shopping is a great stimulator of [[energy]] on many levels.  It soothes the savage breast (the savage beast as well) and temporarily pacifies the electrochemical environment.  It is something on which to [[focus]], something [[self-gratifying]].

When people feel the need for [[Society|socialization]], they generally find a way to make a connection with other people, through calling them on the telephone or going to visit them or even going to the mall where they may be [[assured]] of a [[population]] much like themselves – [[individuals]] in [[motion]], carrying on the [[business]] of living.  This diminishes the sense of isolation and of languishing, and so shopping is a great stimulator of [[energy]] on many levels.  It soothes the savage breast (the savage beast as well) and temporarily pacifies the electrochemical environment.  It is something on which to [[focus]], something [[self-gratifying]].

   

   

Does anyone have anything they would like to ask, any questions about what I’ve talked about, or anything at all? We’ve got the [[opportunity]] and I have managed to interject my little message and so I would like to hear from you, should you like to open yourself and enter the energetic avenues of possibility that lay between us.

Does anyone have anything they would like to ask, any questions about what I’ve talked about, or anything at all? We’ve got the [[opportunity]] and I have managed to interject my little message and so I would like to hear from you, should you like to open yourself and enter the energetic avenues of possibility that lay between us.

===Dialogue===

===Dialogue===

Student #1:  Can I ask about the [[health]] of my friend, G.H.?

Student #1:  Can I ask about the [[health]] of my friend, G.H.?