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<p>11/16/2003</p>
<p>Ham: Greetings, children, I am Ham and I am glad to have you here this
evening. Tonight, let us discuss your ever widening spheres of forbearance
and understanding. Many times we have discussed tolerance and forbearance.
Let us discuss this as a growing attitude, for when you exercise faith,
you can be unmoved whatever the surrounding chaos. This attitude of calm
and peace lends the reaction of forbearance. </p>
<p>Let your faith be as un unmovable stone, a firm center, a point of gravity.
In this place, you can be tolerant of those things which once frightened
you, which once threw you off balance. Faith gives you that certitude, that
unshakable confidence in God’s protection and mercy which allows freedom
from fear. </p>
<p>We have spoken of forbearance in terms of intensity, how many times should
my brother sin against me and I forgive him. But this forbearing attitude,
must stretch wide as well. It must give you the confidence to always to
return good for evil, to return courtesy for rudeness, to return a smile
for a frown. Those whose minds are staid on God are at peace within and
the world may buffet about them outwardly, but inwardly is profound peace
and this peace is the key to forbearance. </p>
<p>When a human being goes in partnership with the Master, when you allow
him entry into your heart and complete sovereignty there, then are you given
more strength than you ever could have realized. The spiritual peace is
something very strong and unshakable. It is not something which is easily
swayed, or a dreamy imagination of nirvana. No, spiritual peace encompasses
the whole personality. It lends gravity, weight, and permanence to your
character. For those who are certain about one’s relationship to God, nothing
that happens in this world can shake that or change it. </p>
<p>My friends, you are doing very well. You are developing a relationship
with God. This achievement of the spirit cannot be overstated for then this
relationship will bestow upon you all that is needful in your lives. But
more than that, your relationship with Michael will also give you wisdom
and wisdom is something very rare among human beings. </p>
<p>As you continue to receive his love and his blessings in your lives, you
will become ever more naturally courageous, naturally confident and sure
of yourselves. You will have spiritual drawing power which will bring you
that which is necessary in your journey. And all these things will be easy,
natural, and quite effortless. </p>
<p>Each of you has a path before you. Bring the Master along for each step
of the way and all will be plain and clear. No longer will you be frozen
by the fear of perhaps you have been in error, you have done something completely
selfish. For if you start heading in that direction, the master will pull
you back, he will help you, and he will show you the better way. </p>
<p>As you move forward upon your path, allow the master to comfort your mind
and steady your hearts. Remember always that the work is important, but
you yourselves should not take on the importance. Get yourselves out of
the way and your fears will go with it. Follow the Master’s leading and
you will not be in error. This is not to say that you may not make small
mistakes, or you will suddenly become perfect, of course not. But you will
begin to think of your lives as service to him and this will lighten your
burden not increase it. </p>
<p>Let your faith be unmovable and let the ripples of loving kindness spread
out from there. Approach each fellow human being with love and doors will
open. </p>
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David G. Schlundt, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Department of Psychology
Vanderbilt University
301 Wilson Hall
Nashville, TN 37203
Phone: (615)322-7800
Fax: (615) 343-8449
Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:David.Schlundt@Vanderbilt.edu">David.Schlundt@Vanderbilt.edu</a>
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Beauty is that which attracts the soul,
and that which loves to give and not
to receive
Kahlil Gibran
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