<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1458" name=GENERATOR>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">ABRAHAM<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:date Month="8" Day="9"
Year="2004"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black">AUGUST 9,
2004</SPAN></st1:date><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman">WOODS CROSS
GROUP<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman">I am ABRAHAM.
Greetings. You certainly have me held captivated this evening by your thoughtful
discussion. You have each exhibited an example of a good teacher and a willing
student. For us to gather weekly--it is a rejuvenation in mind and spirit. For
some this meeting is their only spiritual
nutrition.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Over these
many years you have been continually digesting these and other lessons. Many
times mortals tend to hold fast to what they have learned spiritually for fear
they will forget it and somehow regress. This is good intentions no doubt;
however the desire to force these spiritual understandings into the intellect
and soul is in actuality reducing the ability to understand or learn. For you
that study your text book faithfully, it is admirable and most definitely the
book is always something to strive for. You cannot however study the written
word and become it without experience and a willingness to have a personal
relationship with Father.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Father is all
things to all people no matter what you may label Him to be. Some are defiant of
the suggestion toward gender and certainly this must be personally worked
through, and understood that Father is simply a word, but the spirit is what you
make of it. Perhaps you have had issues in your life that you believe would
certainly beat down the best of humankind. Maybe your experiences have made you
somewhat timid or perhaps cautious.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Through
effort made to understand the spiritual and mortal life, you can certainly
understand that experience has brought you where you are now. Experience has
been a good teacher and you may have excelled at learning or maybe fear has
slowed your progression. Either way, intellectual learning and knowledge does
not equal the value of experience. You each know that you can become a victim of
your life’s circumstances or become a master with the skills to manage your own
life and also assist others.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Just as a
home may become cluttered with things that are no longer of use, the mind or
arena of thought can become filled with information that no longer serves. This
statement leads me to the subject of stillness. Meditation or stillness is the
most cleansing exercise you can do for the mind. With everyday activities the
mind becomes cluttered with menial concerns, thereby slowing the intake of new
information.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman">If the mind
is cluttered with old beliefs that you are determined to keep then certainly is
spiritual receptivity diminished. The mind is a continuous mechanism which needs
to be calibrated from time to time. Say from this moment on you were just sat
upon the earth with a clean slate, no information whatsoever. Feel how that
opens the mind to learning and all the possibilities
thereof.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman">It is well
known that once a person believes they know everything, they stop learning. It
is well that you should rest in all ways--mind, body and spirit. It is well that
you should live a balanced life with equal amounts of work, rest and play. It is
wonderful that you keep the possibilities of life in motion and ever flowing.
Age does not give you wisdom. Experience does not even give you wisdom. Your
interpretation in allowing Father to live a full life with you is what brings
you wisdom.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman">This week let
us concentrate on cleansing the mind, body and soul. Let us allow our knowledge
to be a flowing current. Let us continue to encourage the child within to be
wondrous and enthusiastic about everything. Let us make effort to be an empty
vessel so that it can become full in spirit. That is all. Know that with each
passing week I grow to love you more and more. Go in peace. Until next time,
shalom.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>