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<p>01/25/2004</p>
<p>Ham: Greetings, children, I am Ham and I am happy to be here this evening.
This connection is tenuous this evening. My friends, all is well. Do not
be concerned over what you should do or what you have not done. Rather,
give yourselves some breathing room. </p>
<p>Sometimes it is that human beings are caught up in difficulties of your
own making. If you do not find enough wrong with your lives you will sometimes
exaggerate the problems in order to feel comfortable. Everyone likes to
feel valuable and needed and so when things are quiet, it is tempting to
draw more attention to the smaller difficulties so that there will be no
void in your busy life, no break. </p>
<p>It is important to find faith in those empty moments during times when
you are not immediately needed, when you are not busy with the details of
living. It is in these moments that you will discover and build your relationship
with the Master, when you open the door of your heart to receiving and disengage
the mental engine for a moment. Meditation is a valuable tool and it will
give you the tools you need to find faith in those empty moments. </p>
<p>Learn to wait upon the Master. Learn to give him your attention. But above
all, learn to bring him in to your mind at all times, not just times of
need or times of meditation. Little by little you will notice his presence.
Just be open to that presence. You don’t need to be a master at prayer and
meditation – just willing, just open. Once you have made your decision to
place your hand in his, he will guide you, he will comfort you, he will
give you the outlook and the attitude you require to tackle any problem.
His love never wavers. It is steady, calm, and complete. You need do nothing
to deserve it. Your responsibility is only to receive. </p>
<p>Work all during this coming week on your receiving of his love. Find any
blocks where you may not feel worthy and remove them. Practice resting in
his arms and receiving his security. </p>
<p>My friends, you are all very diligent. You sometimes want to work when
resting and allowance would serve you better. Think on this this week and
we will take questions again next week. Our time will be brief so as not
to overly tax Rebecca’s body strength. As always, my prayers and my love
are with you. Farewell. </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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Many of the temporal troubles of mortal man
grow out of his twofold relation to the
cosmos. Man is part of nature -- he exists
in nature -- and yet he is able to transcend
nature. Man is finite, but he is indwelt by
a spark of infinity.
The Urantia Book - page 1221
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.urantia.org/">http://www.urantia.org/</a>
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