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Q. Welmek, I couldn't pick a favorite paper either. I have a lot of favorite parts of [[the book]]; but one thing they all seem to have in common, or most of them, is that they are a [[practical]] [[application]] in everyday [[language]] of the [[truths]] in the book, for instance, "[[As Jesus Passed By]]" or the religion papers that Mary talked about. There's a section in paper "[[Paper 156 - The Sojourn at Tyre and Sidon|Sojourn at Tyre and Sidon]]" that I go back to on a regular basis because [[Jesus]] is trying to [[explain]] . . I guess he's trying to put what he's teaching into a way the [[apostles]] and [[disciples]] can look at themselves and see if they've made any [[progress]]. I can't read the whole thing here but I guess this would sum it up.."Are your [[ideals]] sufficiently high to insure your [[eternal]] [[salvation]] while your [[ideas]] are so [[practical]] as to render you a useful [[citizen]] to [[function]] on [[earth]] in [[association]] with your [[mortal]] fellows?"([[156:5 Jesus' Teaching at Tyre|156:5.16]]) If you [[read]] the section, for me it's a way of saying, "Well, am I doing any better?", I guess because I'm a [[practical]] person, and if I'm going to have a [[revelation]] of [[truth]], I have to be able to use it, or it really doesn't have the [[meaning]] for me I guess, that it should.

Q. Welmek, I couldn't pick a favorite paper either. I have a lot of favorite parts of [[the book]]; but one thing they all seem to have in common, or most of them, is that they are a [[practical]] [[application]] in everyday [[language]] of the [[truths]] in the book, for instance, "[[As Jesus Passed By]]" or the religion papers that Mary talked about. There's a section in paper "[[Paper 156 - The Sojourn at Tyre and Sidon|Sojourn at Tyre and Sidon]]" that I go back to on a regular basis because [[Jesus]] is trying to [[explain]] . . I guess he's trying to put what he's teaching into a way the [[apostles]] and [[disciples]] can look at themselves and see if they've made any [[progress]]. I can't read the whole thing here but I guess this would sum it up.."Are your [[ideals]] sufficiently high to insure your [[eternal]] [[salvation]] while your [[ideas]] are so [[practical]] as to render you a useful [[citizen]] to [[function]] on [[earth]] in [[association]] with your [[mortal]] fellows?"([[156:5 Jesus' Teaching at Tyre|156:5.16]]) If you [[read]] the section, for me it's a way of saying, "Well, am I doing any better?", I guess because I'm a [[practical]] person, and if I'm going to have a [[revelation]] of [[truth]], I have to be able to use it, or it really doesn't have the [[meaning]] for me I guess, that it should.

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A. And so it is now with all of you. You have [[read]] this [[text]], some of you for many years, yet the [[truth]] rang only softly. Now in your lives you are beginning to [[witness]] more of the [[reality]] of what has been already given to you. It is time for each one of you here this evening, in your own way, to take up the [[challenge]] and to move forward in your life. As I have said, never let anything get in the way of this [[goal]]. If you truly [[wish]] that which you are seeking now, by this [[consecrated]] [[effort]] on your part, it will be [[attained]]. It is not [[wishful thinking]] that will [[achieve]] it; it is hard [[work]]. But you must [[trust]] me when I tell you, for I have already [[fused]] with [[my spirit]], that there is hardly anything that I can [[compare]] this [[experience]] with. All of the hard [[work]] that I put forth in [[achieving]] this [[fusion]] was nothing in [[comparison]] to the reward that I received upon such [[fusion]]. Know that [[our universe]] is filled with [[love]] and that you have [[everything]] to look forward to. Be not [[discouraged]] when you find yourself at times where you feel [[disappointed]] because you have not lived up to that which you seek, to these [[ideals]] or [[goals]]. Simply gain [[control]] of yourself once again, re-[[think]] what you did, [[learn]] from the [[experience]] and rededicate yourself to the will. You will not ever be [[forsaken]]. You will never be lost. You will be led in this [[direction]] more fully by [[the spirit within]], and as time goes on, this spirit will, in more or less terms, be able to [[communicate]] directly to your [[mind]].

A. And so it is now with all of you. You have [[read]] this [[text]], some of you for many years, yet the [[truth]] rang only softly. Now in your lives you are beginning to [[witness]] more of the [[reality]] of what has been already given to you. It is time for each one of you here this evening, in your own way, to take up the [[challenge]] and to move forward in your life. As I have said, never let anything get in the way of this [[goal]]. If you truly [[wish]] that which you are seeking now, by this [[consecrated]] [[effort]] on your part, it will be [[attained]]. It is not [[wishful thinking]] that will [[achieve]] it; it is hard [[work]]. But you must [[trust]] me when I tell you, for I have already [[fused]] with [[Thought Adjuster|my spirit]], that there is hardly anything that I can [[compare]] this [[experience]] with. All of the hard [[work]] that I put forth in [[achieving]] this [[fusion]] was nothing in [[comparison]] to the reward that I received upon such [[fusion]]. Know that [[our universe]] is filled with [[love]] and that you have [[everything]] to look forward to. Be not [[discouraged]] when you find yourself at times where you feel [[disappointed]] because you have not lived up to that which you seek, to these [[ideals]] or [[goals]]. Simply gain [[control]] of yourself once again, re-[[think]] what you did, [[learn]] from the [[experience]] and rededicate yourself to the will. You will not ever be [[forsaken]]. You will never be lost. You will be led in this [[direction]] more fully by [[the spirit within]], and as time goes on, this spirit will, in more or less terms, be able to [[communicate]] directly to your [[mind]].

I remember my very first encounter with my [[Thought Adjuster|own spirit]], as far as a [[conscious]] [[communication]]. While I had much [[training]] that led me in this [[direction]], I must admit that I was still somewhat startled by this [[occasion]]. I was also [[comforted]] in the fact that indeed, [[everything]] that I knew and felt was now becoming [[real]]. And so it will be with you. The [[love]] that I felt by this [[communication]] is beyond my [[ability]] to communicate to you; but yet I know in your [[hearts]] you glimmer an [[understanding]] of such [[love]]. [[Rejoice]] in the [[fact]] that you are alive. Rejoice in the fact that [[the Father]] [[loves]] you and that you are all [[children]] of this Father. It is truly a [[wondrous]] time to be alive on [[your planet]], for there is so much that you can do to help your [[brothers and sisters]].

I remember my very first encounter with my [[Thought Adjuster|own spirit]], as far as a [[conscious]] [[communication]]. While I had much [[training]] that led me in this [[direction]], I must admit that I was still somewhat startled by this [[occasion]]. I was also [[comforted]] in the fact that indeed, [[everything]] that I knew and felt was now becoming [[real]]. And so it will be with you. The [[love]] that I felt by this [[communication]] is beyond my [[ability]] to communicate to you; but yet I know in your [[hearts]] you glimmer an [[understanding]] of such [[love]]. [[Rejoice]] in the [[fact]] that you are alive. Rejoice in the fact that [[the Father]] [[loves]] you and that you are all [[children]] of this Father. It is truly a [[wondrous]] time to be alive on [[your planet]], for there is so much that you can do to help your [[brothers and sisters]].

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===='''''[[Self Realization]]'''''====

Q. One of my favorite papers is the [[Rodan]] papers. There is so much in that paper about how we can live our daily lives. The thing that rang fresh in my [[heart]] was taking those strivings that are really high [[ideals]] and incorporating them into a daily way of life and making that into a [[religion]]. That was just so [[appealing]] to hear after [[struggling]] with the organized [[religions]] for so many years, to [[read]] that again with a new eye. It's what everyone has been saying tonight. There's a thread of commonality, that [[struggling]] for the [[ideal]], that [[faith]], to feel the love, to know with faith what you can [[attain]]. It just made a very deep [[impression]] on me, that we can live our [[religion]] every day.

Q. One of my favorite papers is the [[Rodan]] papers. There is so much in that paper about how we can live our daily lives. The thing that rang fresh in my [[heart]] was taking those strivings that are really high [[ideals]] and incorporating them into a daily way of life and making that into a [[religion]]. That was just so [[appealing]] to hear after [[struggling]] with the organized [[religions]] for so many years, to [[read]] that again with a new eye. It's what everyone has been saying tonight. There's a thread of commonality, that [[struggling]] for the [[ideal]], that [[faith]], to feel the love, to know with faith what you can [[attain]]. It just made a very deep [[impression]] on me, that we can live our [[religion]] every day.