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<p>07/11/2004</p>
<p>Ham: Greetings, my friends, I am Ham and I am happy that we have
this discussion time together each week. You are each firmly settled
upon the spiritual path. You have each had testing and trials that have
challenged your steadfastness. You have had temptation to challenge
your determination and you have experienced disappointment to challenge
your dedication to the Father’s will. This life is designed in order
that your faith will be strengthened through the experience of living
through so much uncertainty. </p>
<p>This life is not structured that you should simply leap from triumph
to triumph without challenge, without questioning. No, this existence,
this mortal world, was meant to be a test of faith from beginning to
end and when you emerge on the mansion worlds, your faith will be
tested, tempered, and true. You will be entrusted with some of the most
sensitive assignments the universe has to offer. You will be chosen for
assignments which require steadfast courage and unwavering commitment. </p>
<p>In many ways, your world is an experiment. On this world, the Master
is demonstrating how advanced truth can be revealed in such a way
through his mission, through his life, that this truth will then
reverberate, grow, and live through the lives of his children down
through the ages. He is demonstrating, for all the universe to see, how
his living spirit is enough to guide, direct, and foster life more
abundantly in his children. The Master is demonstrating how those who
believe without seeing can develop the greatest, strongest, and most
sublime faith in existence on his evolutionary worlds. The Master
continues to send his spirit in greater measure so that those who can
receive, do receive. And, each of you are among those in the forefront
of receiving his spirit in the greatest measure possible. Through your
faith, my children, through the hard tests, through the demonstration
of your purpose, does the Master live again upon your world. </p>
<p>Your lives are gradually but certainly becoming demonstrations of
his service through your actions and through your words are you brining
forth the Master’s spirit upon this thirsting world. You have tasted
his living water. You have given forth his living water. You are
becoming living founts of truth in a world filled with confusion,
doubt, and uncertainty. As you come to embody the Master’s spirit in
ever increasing measure, be assured you will be tested at every new
level of being for always must you become in the habit of turning over
your will to the Father and turning over your will to the Master. </p>
<p>This is a great responsibility to carry. You have each come forward
out of much turmoil and confusion and gradually but surely you have
honed your faith, you have strengthened your convictions, you have come
to understand yourselves and you have come to understand God’s love in
ever increasing measure. My children, you have been called forth in
love and you are becoming increasingly love-dominated. Love is your
motivation, love is your goal and this is the mark of true faith. </p>
<p>The love of God is not weak, it is not boastful out of uncertainty,
it is not wavering or changing. It is not arrogant, it is not ever
frightened. The love of life is not the same as a fear of death. Love
of life grows out of a decrease in fear, including fear of death. Love
of life and love of creation is part of the rejection of fear. Fear and
the quest for some measure of certainty in personal religion drives
fanaticism. </p>
<p>Love, born of the certainty of love, anchors the truth perception of
personal spiritual experience. Love and truth are also two sides of the
same coin. The certainty that comes from the marriage of love and truth
creates that peace which passes understanding. When you reach through
truth and love that place of peace, then are you capable of leading
others into truth and love. Without that peaceful certainty, that calm
abandon of your own will, you will find your efforts limited. But with
that peace, and the love and the truth create that peace, you will have
unbounded potential. </p>
<p>Each person must conquer fear in his or her own life before that
person can be of real service to others. Fear can never conquer love,
but fear can effectively blot it out of a heart temporarily. Fear can
create conditions in which lies are elevated and hatred is exalted.
Fear always tends to breed evil, error, and iniquity. Love always tends
to breed righteousness, health, and service. If you would follow the
Master and serve your fellows, you must first love them, you must first
abandon your own will to love, you must first conquer your own fears.
Only then can you find true purpose in serving God. </p>
<p>It has been a great mistake that the churches representing Christ
should have introduced fear as a motivating factor for the Master
himself never did this. His admonition to his disciples was constantly,
let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. It is,
indeed, for this generation to be examples of fearless love. It is,
indeed, for this generation to begin the process of weaning the world’s
religions away from fear. It is, indeed, for this generation to
demonstrate the possibility of the Master living anew within your
hearts and your lives, your words and your actions. </p>
<p>The Master was free of those things that show fear in the
personality. He was free of pretense. He was always superbly and
uniquely genuine and as his spirit lives within your hearts, so will
you also be superbly unique and genuine and free of affectation or
pretense. The chains of fear are subtle. The fear of shame and
embarrassment is acute, but is this not also fear that must be
conquered? The Master stood openly, nakedly exposed to the world at all
times. He stood vulnerable to evil, but unafraid of it. Always did the
Master expose the weakness of the fear-driven religion he was born
into. And, always was he understanding, lenient, forgiving, and
tolerant of the fear in others. Never did he condemn a person for being
afraid. But he did try to strengthen their faith through his love. </p>
<p>Peter denounced the Master three times out of fear, an
uncontrollable impulse. And in forgiving this, as the Master walked
with Peter in his risen form, he asked him three times, "Peter do you
love me" and each time when Peter answered in the affirmative, he lost
that fear and was freed of those chains. After the Master strengthened
his faith through his love, Peter never again shrank from physical
challenge or ridicule. </p>
<p>Think on this through the coming week. Redeem your own fears, your
own weaknesses through affirming your love of the Master and the
Father. Allow this love to break the chains of fear which still may
bind you in some way. We will discuss this again in the future. But for
now, let us proceed with the questions. </p>
<p>Q: Could I have a message please Ham?</p>
<p>Ham: Of course my son. My son, you do very well. Indeed, these weeks
have been a time of reorientation of your soul, a time when you are
coming to reject fear and to reject fear of the unknown especially. In
addressing the fear of the unknown, it is imperative that you come to
more fully trust the one who knows the future, the one who holds your
destiny in his hand, the one who has mapped out your path and knows
what is the very best thing that should happen next and after that and
after that. As you release your anxiety and grow in trust of God, you
will find the day to day coping very much easier and your burdens
greatly lightened. Do not succumb to the temptation of adding to your
burdens. Human beings are vulnerable to this impulse because of guilt.
But the Master does not mean for you to carry this guilt nor does he
mean for you to pile on the added burdens guilt requires. In any
situation where there is a choice, choose love. In this way, your path
will be certain and your fortunes assured. </p>
<p>Q: I was wondering if I had a teacher and if so what is the mode of
contact?</p>
<p>Ham: Yes, of course my son, you have a teacher. He contacts you
through your creativity, through your writing. It might behoove you now
to set a time when he can write to you, directly, where you do not
conceive of the word until it is given and it is written. This skill
will develop. Do not expect a long dissertation, but a few words, then
a sentence, then a few sentences. Let it develop slowly without
pressure. </p>
<p>Q: Do you have a name?</p>
<p>Ham: Let him give it to you.</p>
<p>Q: Yes Ham, may I have a personal message please?</p>
<p>Ham: Of course my son, at this time you are showing great courage
and great steadfastness of faith. You are coming into an ever greater
realization of love and an acceptance of peace. Do not be afraid of
truth, do not be afraid of reality the way it is. For all these things,
even this prolonged illness, is part of God’s purpose, part of your
life’s testing. No more, but no less either. Find gratitude in your
heart and develop this attitude, this feeling, this emotion. For you
are one truly blessed in many areas through many channels and
directions. Truly my son, even in this difficult time, you will find an
increased level of happiness, serenity, and peace and these things are
more permanent than they ever were before. Come to accept each day as a
blessing. Come to love more and more completely. Come to surrender your
soul to love in ever greater measure and this illness will have
achieved a great purpose. Banish fear. Banish fear of illness and fear
of death. Grow instead in love, the love which transcends life, love
which creates all things, including happiness and contentment. And
above all, my son, accept the Master’s great love for you personally.
Not love in the abstract, but person to person love, strong and true.
And know that this real experience of the Master’s great love will be
part of you throughout eternity. As you confront and go through the
trials ahead, allow each one to create the condition of ever greater
surrender to love. It is said when you seek God, you seek after
everything and when you have found God, you have found everything.
Truly realize, my son, you have found everything. </p>
<p>Q: Do you have anything for Rebecca?</p>
<p>Ham: Of course. My daughter, you have before you ever greater tests
and trials. You will be equal to each one so long as you cleave ever
more closely to the Master and his love. Allow his love to completely
enfold, guide, and direct your life in its entirety. Put forth
everything and you will be given everything. Abandon all, and you will
have all. Surrender self, and you will become ever more truly a
manifestation of your greater self. Be at ease, my friends, all that is
required will be available to you so long as you continually abandon
your will for the will of God. Nothing less will suffice. It is time
now to grow into a greater level of functioning, a greater level of
wisdom and calm purpose. </p>
<p>Q: Jarad?</p>
<p>Ham: My son Jarad, you are also entering into a time of crossing a
threshold when you will be stripped of your old reliable props and
supports. It is a time for you to realize they are unnecessary and a
burden. It is time now for you to begin inhabiting a larger house. It
is time to expand who you are and how you feel toward life and other
human beings in general. It is time to release the last vestige of fear
that tethers you to the old realities. Allow your life to be a
spontaneous expression of the Master’s great love. Allow yourself to be
happy and release the old chains of self-doubt which is fear, which is
born of fear and embrace instead all those things born of love, which
is true confidence, greater courage, spontaneous self-expression, and
spontaneous love. Grow and expand in this greater house, this greater
level you have reached. Find what is there, explore what you have now
my son and be fearless, calm, single minded in your determination and
completely genuinely in love with God. Allow him to lead you, allow him
to carry every burden, every burden! Allow yourself to be free. </p>
<p>Q: From Zura: HAM, DO YOU HAVE A MESSAGE FOR ME?</p>
<p>Ham: My daughter, have faith. The great challenge of your life is
coming swiftly upon you and you are equal to it. You faith is great,
greater than you know. It is time now to continually choose faith and
love over fear and despair. Even now you are attended by a mighty
angel. His wings protect you and the Father’s love enfolds you. Have no
fear. Rather, be at peace. In faith, put your hand in the hand of
Jesus. Accept his love and all will be well. </p>
<p>Q: Personal message for Marije.</p>
<p>Ham: Yes. My dear, you do very well. You must also continue to
exercise your faith. Allow your love to grow in increasing abundance.
Accept the blessings from the Master’s hand and do not be inhibited
from expressing your faith. As you move forward in life, know for
certain the Master himself walks with you and is there for you at every
turn. Let his spirit enter your heart more and more. You are doing very
well in all things. Be at peace, my dear.</p>
<p>Q: Two questions from Hal's friend: 1) Are the teachings of Gene
Scott on the money? 2) Is my wife true to me?</p>
<p>Ham: Yes, let us take the first question first. My son, you are
doing very well. The teachings of this man or any other man will have a
place in your life for a time, but it is not meant that you should sit
at the feet of any man, rather as you grow in the spirit, will you
certainly come into ever greater personal contact with the Master’s
very spirit. It is he himself who will whisper in your ear. Pay heed to
this. Do not pay heed to that. For it is his truth you are seeking and
he himself will lead you into all truth, as is his promise. As to
question number two, it is always best to trust those who are closest
to you and when this trust is broken, then to have understanding and
forgiveness. The human heart itself, as the Master said, is capable of
great deceit. And it is very difficult to put out the fires of doubt
and jealousy and suspicion once they are kindled. The Master never
employed suspicion against anyone. Even when betrayed, the Master was
forgiving. He asked that Judas not take the final step that he knew was
coming. But even then, he was careful to let the choice be his. And
now, it is important that you not push a situation forward into
something more severe and concrete than it needs to be. Be careful to
show forth loving confidence, even as the Master did. Pull back and do
not push. Let things be a little bit. Let things calm. And, now let me
move on a little bit in my addressing of this man. My son, you are
beginning to walk in an ever more spiritual path. This path may take
you many places and as you progress, you will leave behind those things
which do not serve you and you will take up increasingly those things
which do serve you well. Be calm and have patience with yourself. Do
not be surprised at your humanness or the humanness of others. Practice
forgiveness, but practice it first with yourself. See yourself through
the loving eyes of the Master and forgive your youthful excesses as the
Master would and as the Master does. Release all your requirements
towards self-condemnation and self-sabotage. Simply accept the great
unchallengeable fact of your sonship with God. As you return to his
house after wondering in the wilderness of selfishness and
self-indulgence, accept his welcoming love, accept his mantle upon your
shoulders, accept his delight with your soul. And above all things,
accept his love for it is infinite, complete, secure, and unfathomable.
Steady yourself on the strength of his love. Strengthen your faith as
you reach out to him in increasing measure and increasing completeness.
Consecrate you will with his will, your purpose with his purpose, and
your being with his being. Then, accept his love as a child, accept his
comfort, and the security of his everlasting arms. Do all this with the
faith and trust of a child and you will be carried on his shoulder the
rest of the way home. Have no fear. Grow in love and in loving
certainty of his presence. All else will be added unto you.</p>
<p>Q: Do you have a personal message for Charlie B?</p>
<p>Ham: Of course. My son, it is important that you continue to closely
heed the Master’s spirit. Let there be no time in which you grow apart
from this or allow yourself to wander away from his loving presence.
Continue to fine tune your skills of the spirit so that you are brought
ever closer and more firmly under the Master’s guiding arm allowing him
to show you, "this way my son, follow me". Do not falter, nor grow weak
in your commitment. Allow each challenge to strengthen your faith and
make firmer your purpose.</p>
<p>Q: Do you have any feedback for me this week?</p>
<p>Ham: Yes, my son, of course. My son, it is true that increasing
happiness is coming into your life as you ever more closely cleave to
the Master’s spirit. Over most of your life, and from a young age, you
were convinced that somehow you were unworthy of happiness and complete
contentment. But, in recent times you have come through some
difficulties and only by cleaving closely to the Master did you find
your way. This is as it should be. Allow yourself to be happy in the
now and allow this increasing happiness to invade every aspect of your
life. No longer do you strive in isolated loneliness. No, rather now
are you joined with the Master and all his angels and all his helpers.
Increasingly, you are allowing them to take over the burdens of the
moment and instead you are brining in the master’s spirit rather than
pushing it away. This is a big step forward for from a young age you
were prone to suffering in silence and you have been reluctant to
relinquish this deep inner burden until now. There are indeed few men
as certain and as comfortable with their faith as you are. Continue to
grow in this comfort and continue to grow in happiness. Your way is
assured, simply believe, trust and obey to the best of your ability.
All else is taken care of. Rejoice then. Embrace happiness and feel
yourself to be truly deserving of your place at the table. </p>
<p>My love and prayers are with you until next week. Farewell. </p>
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