[tmtranscripts] A lesson from Ham, 2000

[Bill Kelly]

For several reasons I am posting a lesson from Ham given to Bill on March 
17th, 2000.
Virginia

03-17-2000

Ham (Bill/Isaac): Greetings, my children.  This is Ham.  I am here with you 
this evening on invitation of Daniel and Andronason to share in the teacher 
exchange that we will be facilitating more and more as time goes on.  Of 
course it is a special delight for me to see you as a unified group this 
evening with your sisters from the Southland now present in your 
midst.  (Editor: Two members of the Woods Cross group were present.)

Have no concerns that the membership of the teaching mission is in decline 
for the fluctuations in participation are characteristic of all human 
groups, and indeed were a source of both joy and anxiety for Michael’s 
original apostles.

I wish to speak this evening once again about LOVE.  As you mature in your 
spiritual progression, as you move from mortal understanding to morontial 
mota and gain greater insights, you are also learning that the word love 
denotes an ever-greater and  expanding reality approaching cosmic 
manifestation.  Indeed there are many who are beginning to understand that 
love is more a matter of the will than it is a matter of feelings.  It is 
possible for you to choose to love.  Your mortal flesh follows suit with 
feelings that you would normally attribute as affection.

Love is an attitude, an intention of service toward your brothers and 
sisters.  Love is the desire to do good to others, and when it is wholly 
sincere, it will result in actions.  You see, if love was based upon 
feelings it would be limited only to those you feel comfortable with and 
who you approve of.  When our Master entreated us to love our enemies, he 
totally transcended the realm of feeling in terms of a door of 
entrance.  If you are commanded to love your enemies and love were based 
upon your feelings, this would be totally absurd and impossible.  We are 
enjoined to love our enemies.  Therefor logically and truly this love is 
not ultimately or initially a matter of warm, fuzzy feelings.  To love our 
enemies is to be God-like and to recognize that the status of “enemy” is in 
a large part a perceptive category.  The reality of that other person is, 
in almost all cases, really as another son or daughter of God.

If your enemy should be not of normal mind then this is of a different 
situation, and in that case these words do not apply.  The matter of 
discernment as to where another person whom you term “enemy” is in fact a 
faith son or daughter is not something that you can easily 
decide.  Therefor we recommend that you take the default position that this 
is so—that your enemy is, in fact, a brother or sister of the same Parents 
and worthy of love, as you are kin.  When you attempt to love an enemy, 
think to yourself, what good could I desire for this other person?  What 
could I pray for, wish for, and even possibly help effect that would be in 
the best interest of this, my enemy?  To love another is a matter of 
intention, a matter of attitude.

Love takes no count of worthiness before the bar of judgmental human 
nature.  Love is patient and kind.  It is not paranoid.  It does not 
imagine evil about other people, but always expects the best.  And as Paul 
so beautifully stated, love never fails.  Love is the attitude of God.  It 
is the essence of God’s nature.  It was out of God’s loving heart that he 
decided to create the worlds of time and space—because he desired to share 
his nature, his existence, his joy, with other personalities.  Love begets 
love.  It creates new opportunities.  Love rejoices in diversity and in the 
expansion of reality.  Love is never self-centered, never scraping, stingy, 
rude or abrupt.  Love expands to embrace all others.  Therefor love is the 
greatest thing, the greatest reality in the universe.  Knowledge is 
constantly expanding, and that which is superceded falls away like 
scaffolding.  Our expectations for the future are imperfect, and will be 
fulfilled in ways greater than we can imagine, but love remains the staple, 
the foundation, the quest and the eternal prize.

I have completed my comments, and I appreciate the opportunity to once 
again address you, my dear students and my dear friends.  One moment please.

Daniel (Bob S): I am Daniel, your teacher, guide, and friend, and elder 
brother.  My children, your attendance tonight is most rewarding to those 
of us gathered here to meet with you.  The efforts you make to gather at 
these weekly sessions (demonstrates) a faith, a courage, an openness which 
belies the normal weaknesses of human mortality.  I regret I feel unable to 
convey to you through the words of your language the importance to which 
your elder brothers and sisters attach to your gatherings.  For now you 
must take my word for it, but I trust by now my word has some importance in 
your lives, and until I find a better way to describe it, I trust this will 
suffice.

This evening there are gathered on our side the usual numbers, large 
numbers of beings.  There is however one additional being here tonight, who 
will now take the floor.  One moment please.

Rudicia (Bill): Greetings, my name is Rudicia.  I am a Destiny Guardian 
Seraphim, one of your sisters who rejoices to provide you with ministry, 
with comfort, with opportunity, with love.  While your world has recognized 
us in its cultures and has given us a measure of honor, few are those who 
understand or know that one of our purposes is to keep you awake so that 
you don’t fall asleep and miss your life, (Laughter.) as the poster so 
aptly states.  No, we are not sadistic—

Virginia: I knew you were going to say that word.  (Laughter.)

Rudicia (Bill): It is not a pleasure for us to inflict circumstances, 
except that we take the long view that if you benefit from them and make 
the right decisions, they are good medicine.

I am speaking tonight because one of your number has graduated from your 
so-called, “veil of tears”, as you will either do in like pattern, or 
possibly in fusion transformation.  We who remain unseen to you in this 
life will be your bosom companions and we will be visible after you leave 
this mortal estate.  You will understand then how many times we whispered 
in your ears, gently nudged you in a direction, but never in violation of 
your free will, carried you through some raging waters, and prayed for you 
frequently.  I speak today so that you will know or at least catch a 
glimpse of the love that showers down upon you through the many agencies of 
God’s marvelous creation.  We, your sisters, just a little above you, are 
part of those agencies.  Have no concern for Rachel.  (Editor: Rachel is 
the recently deceased member of the Woods Cross group.)  Her ascension 
career had already begun in the flesh.  She continues her morontia 
ascension.  Great is the joy of one whose spiritual awareness is of the 
caliber of this, your sister, for the mansion worlds do not seem strange, 
but have the same flavor of “home” that Paradise has.

In conclusion I would say to try to practice the stillness while you are 
doing other things, so that your awareness may continually be lifted and 
heightened, that you may be always aware that you are not alone, that you 
are in the presence of great love.  Thank you for your concentration, your 
respect and your cooperation.

Ken: Thank you.
Rudicia (Bill): And now I return the meeting to teacher Daniel.

Daniel (Bob S): My friends, we trust these words from our sister, Rudicia, 
will find a home in your intellect and in your souls.

It is now time for questions and answers.  If there are comments or 
questions we would deem it our responsibility and our great joy to blend 
our collective intellect to yours.  (Laughter.)  Are there questions, my 
friends?

Alene: I have just a comment.  Thank you very much the piece of news about 
Rachel.  I knew it already.  Just to hear it was wonderful.  Thank you.

Daniel (Bob S): We take great delight in when possible to provide you with 
support, and guidance.  We cannot always so assist you in your intellectual 
and emotional times of stress.  So when we can it is our great pleasure to 
be able to put arms around you, so to speak.  Are there other questions or 
comments?

Virginia: Ham, I really appreciate the words you gave concern love.  And 
certainly intellectually it is easier to love your enemies and to wish them 
well and desire the very best for them.  It was very nice to know you don’t 
have to feel those affectional feelings, because that of course is a very 
difficult, emotional experience.  When you are at the receiving end, you 
don’t understand.  I just really appreciated your comments on the whole 
lesson.  I want to read it again, because I really believe that love is the 
answer, but to be able to express it is something else.

Ham (Bill): A word of caution, my dear.  Yes, it’s true.  Love is not 
essentially a feeling, but eventually what the heart intends.  And choosing 
good intentions for another will eventually lead through the process of 
forgiveness to the feelings (which) following suit.  This may not occur 
completely in the mortal life, but eventually in the reconciliation and the 
rapport that develops on the Mansion Worlds and other morontia spheres love 
becomes fully unified in intention and in feeling.  My emphasis however was 
to the essential and initial process, which begins with attitude and 
intention.  As I said, thank you for your feedback that this was helpful 
for you.  Also my dear, many, many people struggle ( perhaps I should say 
all struggle) at one time or another with this issue of loving one’s enemies.

Virginia: Thank you again, Ham, and I really am looking forward to a full 
understanding of my sisters and brothers.  Can’t wait.  (Laughter.)

Ham (Bill): Yes it is indeed one of the greatest experiences that occurs, 
especially to persons from retarded planets such as Urantia, when they 
experience the culture of the Morontia Worlds.  If your planet were a 
normal world by now there would be much more of this occurring.  However in 
groups such as this and other places, light and life is here.  It is just 
not here on a planetary basis yet.  Are there other comments on my 
lesson?  I would be eager to interact.

Ken: Yes, Ham.  I too enjoyed your lesson, and related it to a lesson your 
gave awhile back concerning the fact of going within and letting the Father 
guide you.  And by doing so understanding this love and respecting your 
fellow man, and accepting him as your brother or sister, that eventually by 
doing so you can make changes in the material world.  I believe that was 
your lesson.  And I can see the tie in between the two this evening.  I 
thank you.

Ham (Bill): You are most welcome, Ken.  Actually, whether the lesson be 
attributed to me or Daniel or any of the rest of our teaching staff, is not 
terribly important.  The truth of the lesson, however, is.  And yes, we 
have been teaching these concepts to you since we began.  You are rising 
imperceptibly, but still in reality, to higher and higher levels of 
comprehension, of experience, of soul-growth.

Daniel (Bill): My friends, this is Daniel.  Let us stand now and grasp each 
other’s hands, and conclude our time together.  We will remain with you 
while you socialize or share.  Thank you for being flexible, and trying 
this new format.  You see how the timing was most propitious.  Oh yes, 
Abraham is present and desires to conclude our meeting with prayer.

Abraham (Bill): I am Abraham, your friend, your compatriot, your teacher, 
your admirer.  Let us worship God.

Oh perfect shining Love, central in the universe and spread ever 
throughout, we your children worship you.  We adore you.  We are 
overwhelmed with your goodness and your mercy, with your joy and your heart 
of love.  We thank you for personality existence, for the grandeur of 
choice, and the ability that we are given to co-create with you ourselves 
and other manifestations of that ever expanding love that reaches for 
perfection, the perfectedness of Supreme experience.  I thank you for 
these, my friends, my brothers, my sisters who had the courage to share 
their hearts with you and believe the words that we have spoken.  May they 
win the battle with self by surrendering to the power of love and in that 
victory share abundantly with everyone they meet.  Michael, our creator 
brother, we follow your footsteps.  We admire you beyond measure.  We 
desire to be your hands and feet, your voices, your heart of love.  May it 
be so.  Amen.




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