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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">ABRAHAM & MARY<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:date Month="8" Day="8"
Year="2005"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">AUGUST 8, 2005</SPAN></st1:date><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">WOODS CROSS GROUP<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">I
am ABRAHAM. You know these words happen by your own energy. Without your will to
allow Father’s plan to be put into action this would not happen. Of course you
could receive lessons on an individual level, but the strength of the many minds
here make our words more accurate, our intentions more pure, our thoughts more
balanced.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">While it seems you do very little to uplift Michael’s
cause, I can say that your efforts go far and wide. The fact that you need not
know the outcome of your efforts opens the channel of energy and helps to purify
thoughts and intentions. I am full with the fact that you carry on in the face
of your many struggles. I am inspired by your efforts to see the good in what
appears to be overwhelmingly bad. You may waver in heart and mind from time to
time, but your faith always wins. You work through it and always come out better
in mind and add growth to the soul. Well done.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">I
am MARY. What an honor for me to teach alongside of Abraham and at the same
time, be a student alongside of you. I also am overflowing with energy and hope
that to reach the masses, all we have to do is get through to the
few.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">In
recalling my mortal life, I realize my greatest enemy was my own mind, my own
thinking. This is why the Master taught so much about self-mastery. Education
was rare for a woman in that day. As I matured I realized I could learn more
from life experience than I could from any organized institution. The key to
learning, of course, was listening and being observant. Much of the time I had
to literally bite my tongue.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">In
my youth I could hardly hold back my urge to spout off my knowledge, as if
people would look at me like I was somebody important. With time, experience and
the Master’s help, I knew that I could be of much more assistance by learning
and having a questioning mind, instead of an attitude that was quite
knowledgeable and therefore, should be looked upon as
important.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">Father really put this theory into practice in my life.
Living revelation was my ministry. A quiet mind, little or no intention
connected me directly to Spirit and from that I knew things that even I was
amazed at. Of course this was simply used to minister to Father’s children, not
to boost my own self-esteem. Certainly was I honored that Father could make use
of someone I thought had little or no value. I became a part of the whole. I saw
with new eyes. I heard with new ears. I felt much more love than I ever thought
possible. I actually had access to a universe of information, again of course,
to minister to Father’s children.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">The
partner to the Master’s teaching on self-mastery was self-forgetfulness. I do
know living in the material body--that is so difficult. Many times I thought the
more active I was; the more I was able to serve. In the end, of course, I had no
energy and was really off center. Time alone is good. Stillness is good. So is
exercise. Creativity is rejuvenating. Fellowship is balancing. Study is
re-centering. The Spirit that is housed by a mortal body needs this care. The
mind needs a chance to refocus. Certainly is there much more stimulation in the
world today than there was in my day. It is busier and more confusing, taking up
more of the mind’s space and many times blocking spiritual knowledge and
energy.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">Off
the subject just a bit, I am made to think of the tremendous amounts of
medication people are on. Yes, yes, medication has certainly been useful for
many things, but a great deal of medication has been mind altering and
interfering with the very mechanisms that connect you to Spirit. I understand
the mortal life today is difficult and many individuals need some sort of
assistance, but I would say at least sixty percent of the medicines prescribed
today are quite unnecessary, especially those that alter the mind and
personality.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt">Humans were made to have emotions. You do get angry. You
do get depressed. It is okay to cry. It is okay to express injustice. Just
remember those practices that the soul needs to be balanced help you in
attaining self-mastery. It is perfectly acceptable to be mortal. Be observant.
Listen. Be teachable. With that I shall give the farewell. In the words of our
loving mentor, our love is ever growing for you each. Until next time,
shalom.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>