[tmtranscripts] Ham on finding yourself

[David Schlundt, Ph.D.]

06/05/2005

Ham: Greetings, children, I am Ham and I am happy that we have come 
together once more. This evening, let us discuss finding yourselves and 
growing into the divine template. Your real selves is something that you 
discover and grow into over time. You cannot define yourselves. You are 
a living, growing, changing being. Every time you decide you are this, 
shortly you will discover that you have changed and that old definition 
no longer works. It is impossible to simply decide who you are or what 
you shall be. No, to be your authentic self is a process of 
self-discovery and self-revelation. You cannot simply contain your 
selves within the boundaries you have settled on or soon you will be 
pushing up against those boundaries and growing past them.

Defining yourself is a trap. It is a way to stifle who you are rather 
than be who you are becoming. The inner self is continually pushing 
outward and this new vulnerable part brings with it some fear of change 
and this can lead you to stifle your growth. But every person should 
seek instead to grow and change and to learn how to welcome this change 
rather than fear it. Finding your ways my friends comes with finding 
your selves. For the way toward God is also a matter of welcoming his 
spirit within you and welcoming the changes this spirit wrought in your 
lives and so on.

The fruits of the spirit - joy, love, along with the solid grounding in 
reality: forbearance, temperance - these things will lead you the full 
fruition of your life's potential. Potentials becoming actualized are 
first like the tender green shoot easily broken, vulnerable, and subject 
to those influences that can be hurtful and damaging. But as you grow in 
the spirit, these new shoots become stronger and every more fully 
developed, able to withstand the wind and the rain, the heat, and the 
insects of life so to speak.

Do not be dissuaded from accepting all the growth you can. Turn your 
souls toward the source of your growth and open yourselves to this life 
giving influence. Sometimes when people are frightened, it is easier to 
withdraw and to pull back to old patterns that seem safer. And as you 
withdraw and block out the fear, you are also blocking out that life 
giving source as well. Fear inevitably leads toward a state of dying 
while love leads toward a state of growth. When fear presents itself, 
you must make a conscious effort to reject it but you must also allow 
those unconscious fears to bubble up to the consciousness so that you 
can reject them as well. Have great joy instead and let the divine love 
course through your being. Removing fear opens up those channels where 
fear was clogging the divine love flow through your being.

Said the Master, I am the vine and you are my branches. As you grow in 
the spirit, you take part of his body, you become part of him and an 
expression of him in the world. Releasing fear is the letting go of 
resistence and when you no longer resist, the divine love, then you 
begin to express that love and to be that love.

You must all be at ease my friends for you are all making progress in 
the removing of your fears. Have the courage to accept every bit of love 
you can each day. Have the courage to bear those vulnerable new shoots 
so that they may bear fruit in the future.

What are your questions?

Q: Do you have anything for me tonight Ham?

Ham: Yes, my daughter, of course. In all things you are doing well. You 
are moving forward and yet you are also learning to have patience and to 
wait as you must. You have been very self-reliant all you life but you 
must now learn to rely upon the Master instead. Have courage my daughter 
for in all things you will find the strength you need for what is 
required of you. You are doing very well. Simply be good to yourself. 
You will have all you require.

Q: Do you have anything for Rebecca?

Ham: Yes, daughter, you are learning how strong you can be. But in this 
strength you must also be vulnerable as well. Have courage and 
confidence as you move forward. You will have many difficult tests and 
thus you will need all your growth to be balanced and weighty so that 
your feet are firmly planted for the struggles ahead. Be at peace my 
daughter, you do well.

Q: Jarad?

Ham: My son Jarad, you are also clearing out some old branches that no 
longer serve you. You are allowing the pruning process, so to speak, to 
occur and this will strengthen you and keep your energy moving forward 
rather than holding on to the past. Each effort will be showing progress 
for at each new opening of the spirit, your growth will be rapid. Be 
patient with yourself and trust that you will have all you need moving 
forward.

Q: Jim is losing his vision, what can you tell him?

Ham: My son, this is indeed unfortunate and is a test for your faith and 
your courage. The Master has never abandoned you and he will never do 
so. As you tackle this new challenge, remember that he goes through it 
with you and he will assuage your fears and pull you closer to him as 
you cope with each new development. You have some tissue damage within 
the eyeballs themselves that is degenerating. But it is not at all 
certain how much vision you will lose, but some. This will likely 
stabilize and the progression will slow. Each step will be difficult, 
but with the Master it can be handled. Do not fear my son. Keep your 
hand in his for all things have their purpose, even those things that 
seem cruel at the time. Be at peace.

Q: Howard would like a personal message?

Ham: Certainly. My son, you do well. You are moving in the right 
direction and coming to find yourself again after losing your way for a 
while. Everything is bearable, everything can be done. Don't worry for 
the Master and his angels are working to bring you back into the fold, 
so to speak. Fear not, for all things are becoming new. It is simply for 
you to let them now. Learning how not to block your growth is your 
lesson now.

Q: Do you have a personal message for Charlie B?

Ham: Yes my son, you are doing well. Let not your heart be troubled my 
son and neither let it be afraid. What is before you can be handled. 
Look behind you to see how much you have handled already. Let the Master 
take your hand and guide you gently within the ways of the spirit. Each 
test you meet strengthens you for the tests ahead. Welcome then those 
difficulties that serve to strengthen you. Be at peace my son. You are 
doing well.

In all things, you are doing well my son. You must be strengthened 
through partaking of the spirit. You are learning to accept the rhythm 
of spiritual growth and as you accept this to and fro, your balance will 
increase and your stability will increase as well. You are a person 
strong on the outside, strong to others, and inwardly you are sometimes 
doubting this strength and are prone to self-doubt. But be of good 
cheer. Release this doubting and take hold firmly of the Master's hand 
accepting his love as a child accepts the love of a true parent. You are 
doing just fine.

Until next week my friends, know that my love and prayers are with you 
daily. Farewell.

 
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David G. Schlundt, PH.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
301 Wilson Hall
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN  37203

Phone: (615) 322-7800
E-mail: David.Schlundt at Vanderbilt.Edu

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Belief has attained the level of faith when it motivates life and shapes 
the mode of living. The acceptance of a teaching as true is not faith; 
that is mere belief. Neither is certainty nor conviction faith. A state 
of mind attains to faith levels only when it actually dominates the mode 
of living.... Faith does not shackle the creative imagination, neither 
does it maintain an unreasoning prejudice toward the discoveries of 
scientific investigation. Faith vitalizes religion and constrains the 
religionist heroically to live the golden rule. The zeal of faith is 
according to knowledge, and its strivings are the preludes to sublime 
peace. ---The Urantia Book, Page 43
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