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<p>Sunday, December 5, 2004</p>
<p>Ham: Greetings, children, I am Ham and I am glad that we have this
evening together again. My children, we have undertaken a long journey
together and we have found the way to be pleasant but not entirely pain
free or smooth. The efforts you have made in the spirit are courageous
and entirely born of noble intention. You are each making great
progress as you grow in self-mastery and spiritual thinking. </p>
<p>The gradual process of the mind’s transition from material sensory
and drive domination toward increasing levels of spiritualized thought
has been gratifying for me to observe for I undertook such a journey in
my mortal life as well. The gradual relinquishing of the concerns of
the body is also part of the spiritualizing process. As you grow in and
of the spirit, your minds increasingly attach themselves to those
things of the spirit the mind can grasp relinquishing in the process
the old concerns of the material world, the body, and the ego. </p>
<p>The new life you have each been born into is a life of increasing
spiritual awareness and spiritual sensitivity. You are each gaining
also a higher spiritual perspective that puts you above the day by day
rumblings and conflicts that are inevitably part of existence. From
this peaceful vantage point, you can observe with some degree of
detachment the passions of the moment without those passions engulfing
you. </p>
<p>Do not worry about anything if you can avoid it. Worry is born of
fear and fear must be gradually eliminated from your lives. All your
energies are required in living the life of the spirit so that useless
energy drains like anxiety over anything at all becomes unaffordable.
The Father requires all of you in his grasp. </p>
<p>Q: When you said useless energy did you mean unused?</p>
<p>Ham: No, anxiety is a useless drain of your energy. </p>
<p>Spiritual preparation will also become more and more important in
your lives. The master said many times, "We will be none too ready when
the Father calls". And, so you my friends, will be none too ready when
the Master calls. </p>
<p>The work before you is light, for you will be given every tool you
need and all the instruction you require to carry forward any task the
Master should put you to. Once you realize how much support you really
have, you will be able to release anxiety on a very deep level for fear
can find little pockets to hide in, so to speak, and these hidden
pockets of fear must gradually be released as you come upon them. When
you come into periods of spiritual testing, you will have absolutely
nothing to fear for your fear will already have been released and you
will not be surprised or suddenly overcome by fear the way you once
were. </p>
<p>Your faith my friends is strong and getting stronger every day.
Faith is now not something you have as much as something you are. Faith
is part of your character, your make up. No longer is it something to
be had and lost, found or failed. You faith simply is part of your
life. This profound faithfulness cannot help but impress others on your
journey. Others see faith within you and are moved in their own faith. </p>
<p>Make no mistake my friends, your faith is certainly the bedrock of
character. Each movement you make in the world pulls you closer to the
Master and pulls the Master closer to you, if those movements be
consecrated to the doing of the Father’s will. Never will you be alone
in your struggles and this feeling of being surrounded by and pervaded
by God’s love forever vanquishes the fear of being alone, the fear of
isolation and estrangement. </p>
<p>Now you have within you the Father’s assurance over you heart that
you are his and his alone. None shall break this bond between parent
and child, between creator and creation. Accept this loving claim with
complete faith and trust, like a child accepts his fathers hand knowing
that hand is protection as well as guidance. </p>
<p>Gradually my friends you are emerging from the world of doubt into
the greater world of supreme self-assurance, assurance born of God’s
love, assurance born by your own surrendering to that love. Do the then
the tasks before you and keep the ear of the spirit open to the
Master’s calling. Let him guide you and all will be well. </p>
<p>What are your questions?</p>
<p>Q: Ham, Jim has asked for a message please, I think he needs some
guidance.</p>
<p>Ham: Yes my son, do not despair over things you cannot change but
realize and move toward those things in the spirit that can give you
comfort and direction in your earthly existence. Realize that the
Father constantly speaks to your soul saying, "Come son, come to my
arms". You are not alone. Listen to this voice. Learn to understand the
ever so gentle prodding your inner spirit gives you. And remember, if
something does not result the way you had thought, this my no means
signifies failure, just difference. Learn to accept the Father’s way
and let go of your human struggles to make things your way. Each
movement must be judged on one criterion only: are you moving toward
God or away from him? Everything else means very little. A human
failure might be a spiritual victory and visa versa. Learn to accept
the things, both large and small, the Father places before you. You way
will be revealed. Fear not, all is well. </p>
<p>Q: I want to thank you Ham for this great lesson tonight. You always
speak directly to me. </p>
<p>Ham: My daughter, you have come far and you have made ever better
progress over time in every way. You are one who is very integrated and
this process of personality unification continues. Human beings have
difficulties in life largely as a measure of their personal disunity so
that needs, desires, efforts, thoughts, are all going in different
directions. Your purpose to discern the Father’s will and then to carry
out that will serves to begin the great process of spiritual
integration. Continue in this path and all that is necessary will be
added unto you. </p>
<p>Q: Do you have anything for Rebecca?</p>
<p>Ham: Yes, my dear, you are doing very well. You have come far in
your own personal unification and this ease with the storms of passion
that can sometimes surround you will serve you very well. You have made
a great leap forward in this area lately and as you become ever more
effortless in letting go of consequences, you way will be light and
easy. Be at peace then, all is well.</p>
<p>Q: Jarad?</p>
<p>Ham: Yes my son, you do well. Have peace and courage. Each effort
you make to bring comfort and truth to others is important. Use each
opportunity to help to solidify the faith people need in God and
country. Human beings need to feel part of something greater than
themselves, some greater cause, some more noble aspiration. All people
feel validated through feeling they are part of a greater cause that is
just. Helping to clarify the things that are good, true, and just in
America is a help for those feeling uncertain and afraid. Be at peace
my son, you will have all you need moving forward. </p>
<p>Q: Do you have a personal message for Norbert?</p>
<p>Ham: Of course my son, you are doing well. Before you, there are
many challenges, many decisions to make. As you make more progress and
move into larger realms of the spirit, have no fear and do not be
tempted to fear. Fear is one thing neither you nor your countrymen can
afford. You must, both individually and as a nation, find your way past
fear in your determination not to succumb to fear. Those who live in
fear seek to spread it. Be secure in your faith so that you can reason
without emotion. The shield of God’s love will protect you from fear.
This is the most important thing to demonstrate. Hold the line on fear
and you will be fine. </p>
<p>Q: Do you have a message for Margie? </p>
<p>Ham: Yes, my daughter, you are doing well. It is with great joy that
you are welcomed in this group. Your angels rejoice each time you move
toward truth, and goodness, and beauty. Be open in your love. Indeed be
unafraid to love and to be loved my dear. Fear not. You are doing just
fine.</p>
<p>Q: Do you have a message for pz? </p>
<p>Ham: Yes, of course. Be at peace my dear, you do well. You are truly
learning much in the spirit at this time and your soul is expanding,
even now. As your heart opens to greater love, you must allow this love
to flow out to others wherever it will. In other words, you must
release control of your love and let your love simply exist as you
exist in the world. Find your way my dear where love leads you. Trust
in this love.</p>
<p>Q: Could David Harper have a private session this week?</p>
<p>Ham: Yes, Tuesday 2:00 PM.</p>
<p>Q: Do you have a personal message for Charlie B?</p>
<p>Ham: Yes my son, you are doing very well. Gradually you are letting
go of some old buried fears, and as these fears surface, they can be
somewhat disturbing. You are moving beyond that now, but every so often
some old buried fear will jump out at you and when this happens you
must examine it, find where it is coming from, and in that way release
it. </p>
<p>Q: Do you have any feedback for me this week?</p>
<p>Ham: Yes, my son. You are doing well. Each week you are taking steps
in your spiritual development. You are making great progress
integrating and unifying your personality over time. You are always
open to service and to serving Michael in your life. Mistake not, you
will be given ever greater trust in that as you grow in the spirit, the
things the Father trust you with also increase. So you are brought, one
step at a time, into ever greater levels of spiritual responsibility as
well as spiritual functioning. Have great peace in your heart, my son,
for you are doing very well. </p>
<p>Children, you are all doing very well. I would not tell you this if
it were not so. Trust increasingly in the Master’s hand and all will be
well. Until next week, my love and prayers are with you each. Farewell.
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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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To science God is a possibility, to psychology
a desirability, to philosopy a probability, to
religion a certainty, an actuality of religious
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