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<p><font size="+1">04/03/2005</font></p>
<p><font size="+1">Ham:</font></p>
<p><font size="+1">Greetings, children, I am Ham and I am your teacher.
Each of you is experiencing a gradual increase in spiritual influence
in your lives. This spirit is certainly making his home within your
hearts as you make your way in this difficult world. Remember then to
release your fears and dissolve with laughter the stubborn ego nature
insisting on taking everything very seriously and very hard. </font></p>
<p><font size="+1">Let the Master himself comfort your hearts and
assuage your fears. And truly my friends, as you love him in return you
will grow in your knowledge of him and you will grow in being like him.
The Master’s gentle spirit goes before you and causes your way to be
made plain. And, my friends, as his gentle nature becomes part of your
nature, many things will smooth and be made easier over time. Gradually
in your experience, you will find yourself given ever greater vision or
conception of the truth, some bit of the true nature of reality. Be at
peace, and yet do not cease to hunger after increased righteousness.
You must allow yourselves the freedom to move ever toward a righteous
nature through righteous action. </font></p>
<p><font size="+1">It is said, the Master ever aimed toward increasing
self-respect. He upheld truth, and he always did the honorable thing in
all his personal dealings. He sought righteousness and hungered to live
it even as he thirsted for truth and also to live it as well. The
Master became a righteous man through upholding the right, the good,
and that which is best out of all options at every turn. Never did the
Master think of how the upholding of the right would effect him
personally. The Master cleared the temple of the money changers because
it was the right thing to do. He thought not of his own peril,
position, or comfort. </font></p>
<p><font size="+1">The Master spoke boldly concerning that which was
right and true and moral and good. He challenged the law of the
religious hierarchy by demonstrating and speaking about higher moral
values and realities. When there were whispers about him not washing
his hands, the Master said boldly "It is not what goes into a man’s
mouth that makes him unclean. It is what comes forth from his mouth".
Over and over again, he challenged the rigidity of the law and
especially when that rigidity sacrificed the higher moral value in
order for the law to be carried out. </font></p>
<p><font size="+1">The Master was the living truth, but he did not
assault men with this truth either. No, the Master was careful to form
the bread of life in such a way as to make it palatable to each person.
Said he, "Just as you would not give a baby meat and bread, so must you
make palatable those truths for your more immature brethren to accept".
All his life was an illustration of God finding the exact right
nutrients to give each individual. If you try to give the baby steak,
he will spit it out. And so it is with the truths of the Kingdom. You
must learn, as the Master learned, how to prepare the bread of life for
your fellows. </font></p>
<p><font size="+1">Hold on then to righteousness and do not pull away
from it. Uphold the best you know and do this in all areas of life so
that you can learn to respect yourselves and your actions completely.
Doing those things that disrespect yourself also disrespect him. </font></p>
<p><font size="+1">Q: Ham, death has been in the news a lot this past
week. I got a chance to hear many Christians interviewed, and I was
amazed at how shallow their understanding is of death. It seems that
many are very afraid of death, and that most have no idea of what the
afterlife is like. On the other hand, from what we were told about the
Pope, he faced his own death with faith. How can we help our Christian
brothers come to a better understanding of death, their own death and
the death of their loved ones?</font></p>
<p><font size="+1">Ham: There is no magic word that causes faith to be
strengthened. Each person’s faith is only strengthened through using
that faith. The passage of death is only fearful when one is unsure
about God and unsure about their relationship with God. Reminding
Christians they are sons and daughters of God is the best thing you can
do for their faith. Human beings are apt to forget who they are and
what their status is in the universe. They must be reminded from time
to time. When a person crosses from fear to faith, there may be times
of fear, but at that point faith will strengthen and fear will lessen.
This does not happen overnight. But it will happen. </font></p>
<p><font size="+1">Q: Perhaps I have trouble separating what people say
for political motives and what they think and feel about death. Even
so, the leaders seem to be confused about death. </font></p>
<p><font size="+1">Ham: Yes, there is much confusion in the world right
now. This is certainly true. </font></p>
<p><font size="+1">Q: Thank you so much for allowing us to feel so much
more confident and certain about these issues. I really appreciate all
that you have taught us about death and about what happens after death.
</font></p>
<p><font size="+1">Ham: Children, you are not confident and certain in
your faith because of me. You are confident and certain in your faith
because of your living connection with the spirit. I can give you
guidance, but I cannot force you to grow in the spirit. This is only
done through your own hard work in living. Be at peace. You are doing
well. </font></p>
<p><font size="+1">Q: As you know I follow Christian broadcasting much
like a hawk. Even though at times I have been confused by it, last
night it comes to me when I listen to these preachers that are molding
the minds of millions, literally, with their literal projections from
the old testament on to our current, not only our current world
situation, but prognosticating the end of the world from Ezekiel, among
others. It came to me that this is dissing Jesus in that he brought us
the new hope and the new truth and these people are either holding sway
over millions of fundamentalists, or influencing the thought pattern of
end of the worldism. It seems to me it is disrespectful of everything
that Christ Michael brought to us as the good news.</font></p>
<p><font size="+1">Ham: Yes my daughter, you are correct in this
assessment. And, once again, we discover there is great confusion in
the world..</font></p>
<p><font size="+1">Q: Isn’t it possible that these people who are
preaching apocalypse, that cannot be good for the general mind set. </font></p>
<p><font size="+1">Ham: Well, how many times has the end of the world
been proclaimed now?</font></p>
<p><font size="+1">Q: [Laughing] we don’t have enough fingers and toes
to count it.</font></p>
<p><font size="+1">Ham: Yes, ultimately, these old ancient mind sets
will be abandoned but this will not be very soon. </font></p>
<p><font size="+1">Q: What I take from your lesson is part of defending
righteousness is helping end this confusion, but what we have to do is
speak to the individual at a level that they can understand.</font></p>
<p><font size="+1">Ham: Yes, you are correct. </font></p>
<p><font size="+1">Q: Do you have anything for Rebecca?</font></p>
<p><font size="+1">Ham: Yes, my daughter, you are doing very well.
Rejoice in gratitude my dear for the Master is opening the way for you.
Push forward and you will find all the help you require at each step.
You are correct in your efforts to move forward. Simply receive that
which is given you, do the work that is set before you in joy and in
peace. Think not of the outcome, simply cling to the rock’s face and
climb. </font></p>
<p><font size="+1">Q: Jarad?</font></p>
<p><font size="+1">Ham: Yes my son, you are truly embracing a number of
changes simultaneously. You are accepting sides of yourself that you
had been at war with, that had been a source of inner conflict. But
now, you are opening these doors and finding nothing fearful behind
them. Rejoice as you gain self-assurance and self-acceptance. Your way
move forward in all areas. Keep balanced and you will find yourself
moving rapidly. </font></p>
<p><font size="+1">Q: Kerry would like a personal message?</font></p>
<p><font size="+1">Ham: Yes, my daughter, you are doing well. You have
faced many disappointments and difficult choices over the last year or
so. You must find peace within your heart, my daughter. It will not be
found anywhere else. Do not fear the future, nor should you fear the
past either. Simply find the work before you each day. Do that to the
best of your ability my dear and you will find your way, all the way to
eternity. </font></p>
<p><font size="+1">Q: Frankie would like a personal message please.</font></p>
<p><font size="+1">Ham: Certainly my son. You have bravely met a great
challenge and you will find this test to be quite life changing – not
so much in the body, but in the spirit. This experience, difficult as
it is, will give you more than it takes away. Rejoice then and be glad.
Rest and find peace within. Commune with the Master and do not worry
about the world around you. Rest and all will be well. </font></p>
<p><font size="+1">Q: Do you have a personal message for Charlie B?</font></p>
<p><font size="+1">Ham: Yes, my son, you do well. You are finding many
lessons and many truths the hard way, as all human beings do. Do not
worry where you should go, what you should do. The Master will speak to
your heart my son saying, this is the way. Follow him and you will be
well. </font></p>
<p><font size="+1">If there are no further questions, as always my
children, my love and my prayers are with you each. Until next week,
farewell.</font></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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To science God is a possibility, to psychology
a desirability, to philosopy a probability, to
religion a certainty, an actuality of religious
experience
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