[tmtranscripts] Abraham 12-30-01

[ellen]

MEETING WITH ABRAHAM -- LIVE ON PURPOSE
DECEMBER 30, 2001
WOODS CROSS GROUP

I am ABRAHAM. Greetings. Your group is literally a bright light on the
planet. Your willingness to keep pursuing the spiritual life is always an
inspiration to me. It is small groups such as this that will create great
change. Even though you are all quite different you each have common goals.

As the new year approaches many of you will make resolutions and goals to
work toward throughout the year. While this is commendable, many times it is
somewhat of a disappointment when these goals are not fulfilled, and there
it is we find yet another thing to regret about ourselves.

When you focus on living intentionally, living on purpose, you are committed
to having any experience that comes your way, good or bad. You are committed
to being willing to experience and learn and grow from it. You that gather
in these weekly meeting and others who are committed to fight the good fight
of faith are co-creators in destiny. To be a co-creator you must allow
yourselves to be spirit led.

Without divine guidance we would surely live an existence of chaos and
disorder. In the willingness to be spirit led we find comfort and confidence
to move about in the world, to live intentionally, to be a participator
instead of a spectator. To live on purpose you commit to Father that you can
do the Kingdom work for the soul purpose of glorifying Him.

Tonight I would say a few words on living a life of regret. To be regretful
of the past experience is to invalidate yourself as a learning spiritual
being. To continually replay those remorseful mistakes in your mind keeps
you from living life intentionally. Those regretful experiences keep you in
fear of venturing towards new avenues in mortal living. Regret is heavy and
bonding and not in the present moment awareness.

Certainly we are accountable for all our actions, but to be so fear-stricken
by regretful past experiences is to close off to the new. Your experience
has been your best teacher. Your mistakes have been assignments. Those
experiences you most regret have taught you the greatest lessons. Some
individuals can be so regretful of missed opportunities, chances not taken,
and spend a lifetime in self-punishment. This is not liberty and allowing
growth. This is discouraging and taking away personal confidence.

I realize you must make decisions everyday and all you can hope for is that
you were spirit-led in them. There is no doubt you will make mistakes. Do
not allow those mistakes to weigh you down with regret, taking from you your
God given right to have liberty. Yes, live intentionally, allow yourselves
to be spirit-led. Know that mistakes are inevitable, but do not discourage
that spirit within to keep pursuing that divine path. Have the courage to be
held accountable for your actions. You do whatever it takes to correct, but
do not allow regret to take from you your feelings of worthiness and
confidence as a beloved child of God. Do not allow those past dark clouds of
regret to keep hanging over you blocking out new light.

There was a man who had a disagreement with his father. It was really quite
meaningless and petty, but these two individuals did not have anything more
to do with each other. The obstinacy of the two individuals had taken away
many years of what could have been a loving and uplifting relationship. This
man's father had died without ever having resolved these issues.

Of course, the man was quite regretful and with a great self-loathing. Most
everyday he came across one thing or another that would remind him how petty
and small he had been with his father. The pain and regret was soulfully
crushing. He tried to make excuses for his behavior, but he found those
empty and dissatisfying. He attempted to put the blame of the disintegrating
relationship onto his stubborn father, but that also proved to be creating
further unresolved issues.

The man's regret led to seeking avenues of escape. He became an alcoholic
and was abusive to his wife and children. This also led to him losing his
family and again facing further regret. Had this man been spiritually stable
he could have perhaps taken these steps towards healing instead. Facing the
fact that he had been petty and small in the first place would have been
crushing to the ego, but opening up the learning spirit.

The man could have realized he is an imperfect being and admitted he was ego
led. He could have accepted the challenge that humility brings. Humility is
an opening for God to reach the child-soul. Instead of regretting the man
should have faced the realities of what really happened and simply grieved,
grieved for as long as he needed to. Praying for understanding and guidance
would have been another great assistance to him.

Yes, the man would have had regret, but in facing it courageously he could
have dealt with it in the moment. He could find that place where he could
challenge regret and not have regret control him. This man could have
bravely held himself accountable for his wrong actions and put them honestly
before God.

Will God punish him? No. Father will however show him those areas that need
improvement. Father will enhance understanding and show the reasons why this
man acted in the manner that he did. This is a process really to work
through to guard against the weight of being regretful and going through
with self-punishment.

In living intentionally go forth with spiritual power and purpose of an
adult in the Kingdom. Be not afraid as the hiding child, dragging a heavy
bag of regrets, with eyes toward the ground, feeling separated from God and
the world. Move with forward purpose, not with backward regret. Be not
afraid to be held accountable for your decisions and actions. This is all a
part of the adventure, children. You are not an ignorant victim of the
mortal life, no. You are intelligent spiritual seeking challengers. Do not
allow regret to lead to more regret, more mistakes. Heal those regretful
moments with Father at the time they happen.

Our fellow from the story could have avoided alcoholism and the loss of his
family had he dealt with the present regret. The closer you are to the
spiritual life, the more you will walk with spiritual comfort and
confidence, the more you will feel at home in the world, the more you will
trust in Father and your ability to be spirit led. Put your human regrets
into a spiritual perspective--that they are merely lessons that probably
most everyone who dwells in this mortal body will experience at one time or
another.

I am unable to take questions this evening, but I would ask you to journal
this weeks lessons contemplation's. Are there unresolved regrets that burden
you down and keep you in a cycle of further regret, further self-punishment?
What steps can you take toward freeing yourself from that burden that takes
from you your self-confidence, your spiritual comfort? What mortal habits or
actions are you engaging in to cover over the pain of past regret and how
can you break free? Know that always my love is increasing each time we
meet. Until next week, shalom.