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Wow, among other things, here is a wonderful mini-course for dealing with the moments of our lives and what we are about.<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Very, very helpful.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Thanks Merium and Gerdean,</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Thea</div><div><br><div><div>On Sep 9, 2007, at 2:41 PM, Gerdean wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'GoudyOlSt BT'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><p><b>MERIUM:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>There<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>is</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>a way for you do that, and that is to love the cycle you are in. The sooner you can find its value, the sooner you can find divine reality within it, the sooner you can forgive it, accept it, embrace it, love it, bless it, and give yourself to it, the sooner you will be released from that level and allowed to go on to the next challenge. And so however long you take on any given ride, on any experiential venture, is going to depend on you as to how long it takes you to master that level. You can complain all day about a situation and think you can escape it by moving from here to there but if you have not mastered the lessons of that level, you are only moving around; you are not advancing.</p><p>It is in the mastery of each level that mastery is accomplished through divine reality, living love, in truth beauty and goodness. You cannot escape the process of becoming. You cannot skip over a grade and expect to graduate<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>cum laude</i>. There are no shortcuts. And yet the good news is that each level may be mastered if you can remember the message of the opening prayer/song that Men-o-pah sang, that Jesus is with you, that he goes with you through all these troubles. You and he will then together be able to find within each situation that which has value and is value. You will see with a new view and love even unlovely humankind with a dynamic affection.</p><p>You don't master them [others], you master yourself. And in the process of self-mastery, these little irritations fall away. They become part of the scenery. You have advanced in experiential wisdom, and as you acquire experiential wisdom you ascend the psychic circles until eventually your constant companion is God Himself. Is that helpful?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>