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<H1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT color=#0000ff size=5>Special Session #19 –
Spiritual Pragmatism – Aug. 13, 2010</FONT></H1>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Teacher:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><B>Monjoronson</B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Topics:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: green">Practical
Spirituality<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: green"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Achieving peacefulness, balance and centeredness<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: green"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Growth
through making decisions from options available<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: green"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Practice stillness—God within you has much to say!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: green"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Comparison to others is unproductive<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: green"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Your
social practices are essential to your spiritual growth<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: green"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Social
support groups<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: green"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Setting
the patterns for spiritual growth in the future<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: green"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Dealing
with emotional turmoil<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: green"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Responding to someone dominated by ego and need for
power<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: green"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Growing
past ego to be in humility<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: green"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The
practicality of Jesus’ teachings<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: green"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Right-mindedness and spiritual pragmatism<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: green"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Defining spiritual pragmatism<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: green"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A model
for businesses and other social institutions<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: green"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Practicing intentional consciousness with spiritual
pragmatism<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: green"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In what
ways is our culture the least spiritually pragmatic?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: green"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Universe operates without push, without force, without
power.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: green"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Patience, tolerance and forbearance<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: green"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Pragmatism of an evolved spirituality</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>TR:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Daniel Raphael</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Moderator:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Vicki Vanderheyden</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<H2 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3>August 13, 2010</FONT></H2>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B>Vicki:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><I>Dear Father, once again we gather,
asking you to encircuit us with your truth, beauty and goodness, and we give
gratitude in a humble way to this and to all unseen helpers who allow this to
happen.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We ask for your guidance at
this time.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Amen.<o:p></o:p></I></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><I> <o:p></o:p></I></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B>MONJORONSON:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Good morning, this is Monjoronson.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(Good morning, Monjoronson.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is awfully good to hear your
voice.)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Thank you, it is good to
hear your voice as well; it is good to be in your presence.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I have not presented many lessons lately
through this group, but I would like to do so occasionally in the future as
necessary.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B>Vicki:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We welcome that.</P>
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style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<H3 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><U><FONT color=#008000 size=3>Practical
Spirituality</FONT></U></H3>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B>MONJORONSON:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Today, I would like to speak to you
about “Practical Spirituality.”<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Many people become confused when they think in terms of what is
religious, and think in terms of religion and their spirituality, and in the
context of their daily lives.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In
the most undeveloped stage, individuals see religions as “out there,” away from
themselves, as institutions, as buildings, organizations, authorities, doctrines
and documents you put on shelves, and a place where you go and socialize for one
to two hours per week on Sundays.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>That is the sum total of religions and religious context for most people
in technically developed nations.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>This does not begin to touch upon the pragmatics of spiritual
development, and how your spiritual relationship, your relationship with spirit
can have a tremendous effect upon your practical day-to-day life’s
developments.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<H3 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><U><FONT color=#008000 size=3>Achieving
peacefulness, balance and centeredness</FONT></U></H3>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>I would first like to begin
telling you about the practicality, the pragmatics of developing a practical
spirituality.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We begin by seeing
that it is not “out there;” it is not in another location, but within you.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is a personal practice of becoming
acquainted with your self as an evolving individual, and this precedes going
within and being in the stillness.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>The pragmatics of developing a practical spirituality begins with
understanding yourself, becoming at peace, rather than in conflict and emotional
turmoil day-to-day and hour-to-hour.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>It is acquiring a centeredness and a balance in yourself, where you are
grounded into the earth; you are neither “airy fairy” nor so deeply grounded
that you do not understand or participate and know that the world around you is
a spiritual being, has spiritual energies that engulf you and enfold you and
empower you, to fulfill all that you desire to come into your life.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>The mind and the emotional body
that is in upheaval and destruction is not capable, is not able to sustain the
peace of mind and centeredness where practical spirituality can become
applied.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Your first practice then
must begin within yourselves, to become at peace, to accept your situation in
life as it is, but one that you can improve with your spiritual
development.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If you are in turmoil,
then it is important that you seek out assistance to become peaceful in your
mind and your emotions, and in your social existence.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Particularly it is important that you
become at peace with yourself, that you do not see yourself as needing to become
better or more prosperous, more powerful or have more authority and control than
other people, but that you live in peace and you accept yourself as you
are.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Saying these things does not
diminish your need to grow—not at all.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>You will continue to grow, and as you grow, more authority and power will
be given to you that is honest, authentic and genuine, which is appropriate for
your growth.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Not that you control
other people or their lives, unless they come to you and ask you for assistance
or they come to you and they are employed by you—or they are under your
tutelage, and you are their teacher.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>So this is the beginning of a
practical spirituality.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This is
necessary because you need a quiet mind, one that is open to spirit, one that is
open to insight, suggestions, and so on, from your Thought Adjuster, your
Guardians and midwayers and other teachers who are near to you.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>These are the ones who assist you in
your daily life to find your way, in your spiritual growth and development.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This lifetime is a lifetime of
education; [as] you go from one plateau to another of personal growth, and the
more powerful and more knowledgeable you become, the more that you are required
to learn and be at peace, and to let the flow of the universe become a part of
your life, and you invite it to become a part of your life.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There is a oneness in the universe to
which you become more closely attuned, as you grow in your spirituality.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<H3 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><U><FONT color=#008000 size=3>Growth through
making decisions from options available</FONT></U></H3>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>The practical spirituality that
we speak of is not the kind where you live in a monastery or a convent and
practice your spiritual development through a regimen of daily life of
simplicity and practice.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>No, this
is one where you live in your daily life where you are, as you are, and you
engage the development of your life in the world wherein you live.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You are students of life.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>When you open yourself and ask for
options for decisions for growth, know that spirit will be there to deliver
those options to you.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Your
decisions are sacred to us; they are inviolate; no one will choose for you, and
require you to follow that decision.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Your decisions are your own, and you are responsible for them.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In a practical spirituality, with a
practical relationship with your spiritual guardians, you can ask for assistance
and guidance, to become more aware of what the options of life mean for you;
what they have available to you; what they mean in total.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>These options in life may be a new job;
it could be a new car; it could be whether to have children or not; it may be
whether to be in partnership with someone else; it may be to decide whether you
would be better off, or that you would improve your spiritual growth by not
being in relationship with someone—or by being in relationship with someone
[else].<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You grow where you are.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>When you ask for growth, when you
ask for movement into your life, know that options will be given.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Very seldom do teachers<SPAN
style="COLOR: red"> </SPAN>touch you on the shoulder and say, “Okay, here is a
program of options for you.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Choose
one which seems best for you.”<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>No,
it does not work that way.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Rather,
it may be that if you are looking for a job, someone calls you up unexpectedly,
a friend whom you have not seen for five years and says, “Hey, would you be
interested in this job position?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I
know that you have some skills which would fit with it, and we would like you to
take a look at this company with us, to see if this would be available for
you.”<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Do not be surprised, too, if
someone knocks on your door and asks you if you would like to begin a paper
route, in your spare time.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You see,
the universe does not know the difference between large or small
opportunities.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Options are options;
they come to you and you decide.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>The worst-case scenarios where you ask for options for your life, you are
given options and you make no decisions, you make no choices.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You present the universe with a state of
confusion, and so your teachers will sit back and wait for you to activate
yourself to move ahead.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Decisions then action are
required to move ahead in your spiritual growth.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Practical spirituality involves
practical decisions about your practical life in all aspects.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You are not instantaneously given a
morontial body while you are here on this world; you would have to fuse to
achieve that end.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Yes, and there
are individuals who do fuse during this mortal lifetime, even on this backward
planet.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And there will be more that
occur in the future, and even some who you will become aware of in the future of
your lives.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This will be, perhaps,
more stupendous, more publicly exciting than any activity or any other incident
which would occur in recent history, to have a fusion occur on your planet and
be viewed and witnessed by thousands of people would be quite an occasion, don’t
you think?</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B>Vicki:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Yes, that’s for sure.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<H3 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><U><FONT color=#008000 size=3>Practice
stillness—God within you has much to say!</FONT></U></H3>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B>MONJORONSON:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Certainly.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Practical spirituality involves this
lifetime in your world, where you are.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Now the enhancement of this relationship between yourself and spirit is
enhanced and developed by your spiritual empowerment, where you work not only in
the outer, but you work on the inner, where you meditate once or twice a day,
where you are in stillness, where you quiet your mind to assist you to hear
spirit speak to you.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>God within you
has much to say!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>God within you,
your Thought Adjuster, has tremendous amounts of guidance to give you.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>When you still your mind, and it can
speak and your mind can hear, those moments of quiet, even a few seconds at a
time are important for the inner development of your spiritual life.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And as you develop on the inner, your
outer life will change as well, if you desire it to.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<H3 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><U><FONT color=#008000 size=3>Comparison to
others is unproductive</FONT></U></H3>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>There are many advanced
individuals who have stayed with the same employment, the same life situation,
for decades.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Their outer [persona]
does not reflect, necessarily the inner spiritual development.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As well, when you develop your inner
capacity and you develop the outer [to complement it], you are truly assisting
God the Supreme to develop in its capacity.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And when you fuse with your Thought
Adjuster that will surely become a part of God the Supreme’s being.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You present a gift to it through your
life.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Practical Spirituality is not
one sided—it is many sided.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is
your inner mind; it is how you speak to yourself, how you feel about
yourself.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is in relationship to
others, how you feel in relationship to them, your importance or your
non-importance; whether you have the same authority and capacities as others
do.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It has to do with how you deal
with material wealth, or material poverty.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Your practical spirituality speaks much about your life as you review
your life in context of the outer.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Many of you hold yourself in comparison to others all the time; I wish
you to stop this activity, as it is unproductive and it puts you in a state of
envy, which is not productive.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<H3 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><U><FONT color=#008000 size=3>Your social
practices are essential to your spiritual growth and development
</FONT></U></H3>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>The fears of your being, whether
physical, mental, emotional, social or spiritual and material, are the realms in
which you examine your life, and in which you work your practical spirituality.
<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Many of you see yourselves as
developing yourself, alone; that you are concerned with your own personal
spiritual development.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There is a
practical element beyond the outer and the inner for yourself, and that is the
inner and the outer and with others. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You are social beings.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As you grow in your spirituality, you
come into service to others and for others, and in serving others, you serve
yourself, you serve Christ Michael, you serve your Thought Adjuster and you
serve God the Supreme.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>You can ask others to begin
holding meditations together.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It
may be that you would sponsor a workshop, where you would teach others.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You would invite others into the growth
process as individuals in a social setting.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As you will always be social beings in a
social universe, your social practices now are essential to your spiritual
growth and development.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Many of you
are socially receding, and that is not held against you one bit.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Others of you are quite socially
aggressive, and enjoy being with others, you enjoy teaching others, you enjoy
being a student with others; you enjoy holding workshops and retreats to share
in camaraderie and fellowship, and the wonderment of spiritual beings enjoying
each other as spiritual beings in a social setting.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You have much to do in your lives, for
yourself and for others.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>You have children, and so your
practical spirituality involves sharing your spiritual life with your children,
so that they may make choices about their infinite career with knowledge and
with awareness, and that they can choose whether to be with you in the
afterlife, or not.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Practical
spirituality involves those pragmatics of life, which are fundamental to your
survival.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Many of you worry about
your current situation in the world, as your world seems to be in turmoil and
many geophysical cataclysms are occurring, almost on a regular basis.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Your survival also involves the
practical nature of your spirituality, for making decisions.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Some of you will not take any
precautions in the event of an emergency, and so you will seek spirit assistance
during crisis—this is wonderful.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Some of you will take precautions and prepare for the future, and when
crises occur, you too, will seek spirit to assist you during this crisis.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This is very practical; on one hand, the
practicality involves preparing for those crises, on a material basis, and
others of you will prepare only for the spiritual necessities during crisis; the
choice is yours.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>The emphasis of this lesson today
is upon your work with yourself, and your work with others.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In your work of being aware of others,
being aware of yourself, many of you are self-critical.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Many of you are aware of others and you
are critical of others, about how they proceed with their spirituality.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Both of these situations say so much
about yourself; if you love yourself, you will accept yourself.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If you love others, you will accept them
as they are, where they are, and if you see that they are in need of teaching
then you will approach them and ask them what they know about this area where
you feel that they have an impoverishment of spirit.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Then, if you see that and they are aware
of it, you may offer your assistance to help them grow.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is all about growth; it is not about
competition; it is all about sharing; it is all about integration.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is not about selfishness or
separation, my friends, but working together.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<H3 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><U><FONT color=#008000 size=3>Social support
groups</FONT></U></H3>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Your world needs this practical
spirituality.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You do not have to
practice it in a church, though the wonderful nature of a church and a
congregation or parish is that it provides you with a stable infrastructure of
fellowship, which is so necessary during personal, social and global
catastrophes.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You have a support
group.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Many of you who are alone,
who are spiritually evolved, oftentimes are socially immature, so that when
crises come, you have difficulty surviving by yourself.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This is quite natural and quite
normal.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Do not be surprised if this
occurs in you—even those of you who are vastly spiritually evolved, for there is
a need for support from others, who have shared the same calamities that you
have, that you are now going through. </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN> </P>
<H3 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><U><FONT color=#008000 size=3>Setting the
patterns for spiritual growth in the future</FONT></U></H3>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>We wish you to apply your
practical spirituality to yourself and to others, to see your world as an
opportunity in which to grow; it is a school to learn how to apply this
practical nature of spirituality.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>This is not solely for this realm, as you will have an evolving
spirituality on the morontial realm, where you will practice your spiritual
evolution in the same and very similar manners as you learn now, by ingraining
these patterns of growth and the applications of your spirituality on a
practical nature, you will have that engrained in you for the afterlife, when
you are in the morontial realm.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And
when you fully become conscious of where you are and who you are and what your
life is about, you will be able to launch yourself out with your Guardian in
your new program of spiritual growth in the schools that are available to
you.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There you will learn how to
interact with others on the morontial realm in very similar manners as you do
now.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Setting the pattern now for
your spiritual growth, will assist you tremendously in the future.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>This concludes my lesson for
today.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If you have questions
regarding it, and I hope there are many questions, as I have offered you many
nuances on which to ask; I would be glad to answer them now or in the
future.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If there are questions now,
please present them.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B>Vicki:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Thank you, Monjoronson. You talked about
the fact that practical spirituality precedes stillness, and it reminds me of
many hours recently, when I have been in the emotional turmoil of grief.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>How does one respond to or cope with
that, prior to stillness, so that he/she is capable of going into a stillness
session?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="COLOR: red"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<H3 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><U><FONT color=#008000 size=3>Dealing with
emotional turmoil</FONT></U></H3>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B>MONJORONSON:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>One of the most essential aspects of
practical spirituality is accepting yourself as you are, where you are, knowing
that as you are and where you are is only a starting point for the future.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>By being in denial of your grief, by
being in denial of your loss, you forestall the approach to understanding and
awareness and appreciation of your experiences.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>By accepting them, accepting your grief,
by accepting your tears and crying your bereavement, then you accept where you
are and know that it is a real part of your being.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This prepares you for stillness today
and in the days in the future.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>When
you are in denial of the loss, when you are in denial or repudiate your grief,
then you forestall the balance of yourself, the peacefulness of yourself and the
balance of emotion that you seek.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Acceptance is a point of departure for growth, and this is how you will
grow and how you will be able to enter into stillness.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Grieve, cry, bemoan your situation and
empty yourself of these things and emotions and this will prepare you for your
stillness even more.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B>Vicki:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Okay, thank you.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I’m going to move on.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>When we encounter someone who is
dominated by a sense of ego and power in their actions, how do we respond to
them in a spiritually pragmatic way that is effective?</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<H3 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><U><FONT color=#008000 size=3>Responding to
someone dominated by ego and need for power</FONT></U></H3>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B>MONJORONSON:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This too, requires acceptance.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You accept them where they are, as they
are, and rather than trying to deny accepting them where they are and as they
are, and try to change them to how you think they should be, you accept
them.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And in accepting them, you
see that they are as they are.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I
know this sounds befuddling, but it truly is a matter of accepting others as
they are, where they are, rather than trying to improve them.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>When you try to improve them, according
to your standards, you see them as separate from yourself.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Whereas if you accept them where they
are, you become integrated with them by accepting them.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This does not mean that you accept their
behavior or their ego state, or their actions, but you accept them as an
individual where they are, knowing that they perhaps need to grow.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>How is it that you would assign yourself
as the one to teach them?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This is
an important question to ask.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Rather it may be that you might ask that individual, “How do you find
this approach in dealing with others to be productive and to lead others into
right action?”<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Their answers will
assist you in how you may move ahead to aid them in their growth, regarding
their ego, their needs for power and control.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>It is not that you would want to
walk past them and ignore them; it is much as though you would see a wayfarer on
the road without sandals who had a large thorn in their foot, and they needed
assistance to remove it.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Would you
stop and ask them if they needed assistance in dealing with their problem?<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Surely you would.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If you walked by, that would put you in
a position of arrogance or condescension from them, and you would be separate
from them.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is important to offer
assistance to others who you see in need, in a way that they may accept that
they may become open to your suggestions.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<H3 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><U><FONT color=#008000 size=3>Growing past ego
to be in humility</FONT></U></H3>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>If, however, you see this person
is closed as Jesus saw the young man on the road whose heart was closed, and he
walked past him without making comment to him.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He knew that he was not open or
receptive to any suggestions from Jesus.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>This is a determination that you will need to make.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The question and situation you bring
forward is one which is endemic upon your world.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There are so many people pointing to
others as being in error, where they themselves have not looked at themselves in
a similar manner.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It requires a
tremendous openness to grow past one’s ego, to be in humility, to live humbly in
relationship to others, as a way of empowering yourself and others.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You set the example by how you approach
this person, and it is something to be done carefully, with caution and with
love.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B>Vicki:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It seems, Monjoronson, that much of what
we’ve lost in Christ Michael’s teachings needs to be revived, possibly in the
name of spiritual pragmatism.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Would
you agree with that?</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<H3 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><U><FONT color=#008000 size=3>The practicality
of Jesus’ teachings</FONT></U></H3>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B>MONJORONSON:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Most definitely!<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I agree with that.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>His teachings were very practical in
nature.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The feeding of the 5,000
was an example of that—practical applied spirituality.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>He did not do it as a show piece; he did
not do it as a lesson; he simply did it.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>It was a practical need to feed many people, and so he applied mind over
matter to provide the provisions for this large group of people.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This is an example of the empowered mind
over matter in the practical application of an evolved spirituality.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B>Vicki:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>So when we talk about the act of
spiritual pragmatism, we’re really talking about the concept of
right-mindedness.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Is that
correct?</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<H3 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><U><FONT color=#008000 size=3>Right-mindedness
and spiritual pragmatism</FONT></U></H3>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B>MONJORONSON:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>That is correct.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Right-mindedness is not something that
you do once a week for an hour.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Right-mindedness is a condition of mind that is ongoing.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You see, the very nature of spiritual
pragmatism requires a mind that is empowered 24 hours a day—24/7 as you
say.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is not something that is
done occasionally; it is a state of mind, and a state of mind conditions the
life where you live and the evolved nature of your spirituality has a direct
effect upon the evolution of your mind.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Remember, mind is infinite in its capacity to grow, therefore mind has
the evolving capacity to take on a more practical and pragmatic nature in your
interaction with your day-to-day life.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B>Vicki:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If we could define spiritual pragmatics,
let’s say, in terms of just a few central words that would guide us—what would
you say they were?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>One that I came
up with in your lesson was acceptance—could you give me a few more?</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<H3 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><U><FONT color=#008000 size=3>Defining spiritual
pragmatism</FONT></U></H3>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B>MONJORONSON:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Yes, “acceptance” is one; “consistency”
is another; “constant” is another; and a particularly important word is
“invested.”<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Invested means that you
are already committed to something.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Invested means that you have already put in, invested the energy
necessary to bring something about, that is state of mind, it is reviewing the
options, making a choice, making a decision for action and then taking
action.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This is not separate from
your life, whether it is making your lunch for your workday, or for being in
stillness with the Father within.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>You must make decisions and take action, knowing that what you need is
provided.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You take the necessary
action to engage and invoke the action and co-creative partnership with spirit
and universe energies to fulfill your choices.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class=MsoNormal>[<B>Daniel:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>That was a good question, Vicki.]</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoBodyTextIndent><B>Vicki:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is very hard to be consistent, unless
you’re invested or committed to it.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Yes, I can see the relationship between these words.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>If we could create, Monjoronson,
a better model for spiritual pragmatism in the business sector, what would this
look like?</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"
class=MsoBodyTextIndent>[<B>Daniel:</B><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>You are tough!</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><B>Vicki:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I don’t mean to be, it’s just my mind—it
goes everywhere!]</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<H3 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><U><FONT color=#008000 size=3>A model for
businesses and other social institutions</FONT></U></H3>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B>MONJORONSON:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Perhaps, most central, to applying
spiritual pragmatism to the business environment, is to begin striving to build
or devise your business community, your business environment as becoming
sustainable.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You’ll find that
spiritual pragmatism offers a sustaining ideal and offers a basis for designing
sustainable environments, including that which is in business.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Your question begs for a major
revolution of thought and values in your business environment.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Spiritual pragmatism is thoroughly
invested in and by the values of a sustainable world on all levels.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B>Vicki:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Then the same would apply to our
educational sector and our governing structures and practices…<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Spiritual pragmatism then is value
based, is that correct?</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B>MONJORONSON:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Yes, it is.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You see, I began the lesson by
encouraging you to develop your spiritual growth, your capacity for spiritual
pragmatism, by developing its evolution “within” yourself—the emphasis is on
“within.”<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Once you do that, then
you engage that in your relationship to your world.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If you are at peace within yourself,
then you would like to see peace as you live within your world.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Now, that takes it to another step as we
went from intra-personal relationship, to inter-personal relationships, and now
you have given us course and direction [in] our relationship to social
institutions.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Practical
spirituality then takes on the area of social sustainability.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>These are in many ways very
similar.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Your personal
sustainability as a spiritual being in a material world depends upon the
continuous action of your spiritual designs within yourself, as you apply them
to your world outside yourself.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Now, you are beginning to think in terms of your world and the social
institutions, and strive to apply those same values of sustainability to your
world.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Yes, those values are very
similar; they are quite identical.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<H3 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><U><FONT color=#008000 size=3>Practicing
intentional consciousness with spiritual pragmatism</FONT></U></H3>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B>Vicki:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>So then, another concept that we had
talked about [in] sessions before, is intentional consciousness.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(Exactly.)<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And it sounds like spiritual pragmatism
being that it begins within, is very much a practice of intentional
consciousness as well?</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B>MONJORONSON:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Voila!<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Yes, you have discovered the kernel of
this discussion.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Intentional
consciousness is directly connected to spiritual pragmatism.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B>Vicki:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I’ve had some time to think about
spiritual pragmatism and what I thought it meant </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B>MONJORONSON:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Holding intentional consciousness allows
you to then project your spiritual consciousness into the pragmatics of living
in a material world.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You have
allowed them to become inseparable.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>When you combine these two, then you have engaged yourself as a spiritual
being in a material world on a 24/7 basis for practical results that show up in
your life as peace and prosperity, harmony, divine order, divine timing and
development.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You see this in
evidence where there is serendipity and coincidence in your life.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>These show that you are in the “bottom
of the groove” of spiritual living, that divine timing, divine order, divine
development, serendipity, coincidence and so on, are evidence in your life that
you are practicing spiritual pragmatism.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>And you are to be applauded for this, and this is a measurable
achievement in your life.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Do not
disregard those incidences of serendipity and divine coincidence when they
arrive in your life, but clap your hands and say, “Hallelujah, this is
wonderful!” and move on.</P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B>Vicki:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>That was an interesting perspective, and
I will definitely think of that when it happens in my life.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I think, Monjoronson, I’m beginning to
understand.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>When we have
intentional consciousness, it must come from within, and if we keep that
intentional consciousness at the forefront of our mind, it becomes more of a
constant, more consistent; it becomes the vision that drives our lives.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Is that correct?</P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B>MONJORONSON:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>That is correct.</P>
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<H3 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><U><FONT color=#008000 size=3>In what ways is
our culture the least spiritually pragmatic?</FONT></U></H3>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B>Vicki:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It’s very helpful.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In our culture, where do you see us as
the least spiritually pragmatic?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B>MONJORONSON:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As a culture, and this includes
millions, if not billions of people, in the areas where you are least
spiritually pragmatic is in your relationships, in your intimate love
relationships and with money.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And
also in your personal relationships with power, control, and authority.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>These seem to be separate from your
practice of a spiritual nature.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As
I review your trainings that you have had—and I mean “you” as a social
collective in your culture—have not been well taught about the pragmatic
spirituality in your relationships, or with your ego and your inner needs for
power, authority and control, and this affects how you behave in your love
relationships and with anything having to do with money.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You see this as completely separate,
whereas in a more evolved, developed society, with a better educational system
that includes the pragmatics of spirituality these are integrated into social
learning practices.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B>Vicki:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I think it’s been a reoccurring theme in
our discussions regarding our culture and our social institutions, being that we
have one standard for when we go to church, and another standard for how we
live.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Would you agree,
Monjoronson</P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><SPAN
style="COLOR: green">Universe operates without push, without force, without
power.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B>MONJORONSON:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Exactly.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The point of this lesson is that there
is no separation, that you practice your spirituality all the time, whether you
are sleeping or awake, and that you practice it in the practical elements of
your life.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You live in a “push
society” and this works against a nature of letting the developments around you
occur in order and in right development.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>You want it when you want it, and you want it now!<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And, you want it perfect, and this is
not how the universe operates.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The
universe is a process; it is developmental, and your spirituality takes on a
practical nature when it engages that process and that developmental progression
— without push, without force, without power.</P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B>Vicki:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Thank you!<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>So now we’re talking about patience and
tolerance…</P>
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<H3 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><U><FONT color=#008000 size=3>Patience,
tolerance and forbearance</FONT></U></H3>
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class=MsoNormal><STRONG> <o:p></o:p></STRONG></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B>MONJORONSON:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Yes, and forbearance.</P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B>Vicki:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And forbearance, and now it’s becoming
more concrete, I think.</P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B>MONJORONSON:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Yes.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I most appreciate your questions that
help this lesson become more succinct and understandable, i.e. more practical
for those who read it.</P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B>Vicki:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Well, thank you, and Monjoronson, I
can’t express my gratitude for bringing these concepts to the forefront for us,
because we need to hear them, over and over again.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I see the same themes running through
our sessions together, and by continually revisiting them, hopefully, they will
make a lasting impression.</P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B>MONJORONSON:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We hope so as well.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As we progress now during this traumatic
transition era of your world, applied spirituality, spiritual pragmatism, is and
will be more essential for finding peace and harmony and letting your world come
into balance as it is going to, with or without you.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You will need to learn—you must
learn—new skills of letting the world “do its thing,” to let it work through its
processes, rather than trying to fight it.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>You, as a nation, this Western nation of the United States, has the most
difficult time with itself as it tries to force itself to become more
productive, more efficient, more controlled and more directed, and this is not
how the universe works.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There must
be a balance between a conscious effort to improve the future and a passive,
empowered “letting” the world develop and become more improved.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B>Vicki:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As we continue on through this period of
turmoil and catastrophe, I am concerned that many will experience long-term
stress.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And so, Monjoronson, if we
can “let it be,” so to speak and exercise acceptance, patience and tolerance,
while consistently practicing intentional consciousness, this will eliminate or
at least temper some of that long-term stress that may occur among people as
they go through these catastrophes. Is that true?</P>
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<H3 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><U><FONT color=#008000 size=3>Pragmatism of an
evolved spirituality</FONT></U></H3>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B>MONJORONSON:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>That is true.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Yes, your pragmatism of an evolved
spirituality lets you be at peace, without having angst, without having
anxieties about watching the world do what it is doing.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You do not need to get involved in
everything to force things to develop as you hope they would.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Just as you see where your friends need
assistance, oftentimes just being passive and accepting them and loving them as
they are, assist them to grow into their new nature, and so too with your
world.</P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B>Vicki:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>That was very helpful, because I think
we all feel we need to… we don’t always understand how to comfort, and how to
help.</P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>All of this, Monjoronson, reminds
me of the saying that became quite popular a while ago and maybe a little
overused, where one would ask, “What would Jesus do?”<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Would you relate that to spiritual
pragmatism?</P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B>MONJORONSON:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Yes, I could relate that to Christ
Michael when he was here as Jesus, but this is a bit off-putting, simply because
it again, while it is a good way of [using] the model of Jesus to accept what
would Jesus do, the practical, pragmatic spirituality requires that you “know”
what Jesus would do, and act on it.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Asking, “What would Jesus do?” <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>is not a rhetorical question.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It is a question of pragmatic
spirituality that you incorporate into yourself; it is not a question that you
ask just as a curiosity question, but something that you learn from, and
eventually you will find that question is asked less and less often.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>What would Jesus do becomes a part of
your nature and his pragmatic spirituality becomes the mantle that you wear all
day long and all night long.</P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B>Vicki:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>So, what you are saying is that for some
people they wouldn’t internalize this.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>It requires internalization, to the point where you act upon it.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Is that correct?</P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B>MONJORONSON:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Yes, that’s correct.</P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B>Vicki:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Well, thank you!<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I think with this poor phone connection,
it might be time to close this session, unless you have more that you would like
to share?</P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B>MONJORONSON:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>No, all is well.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Thank you for the invitation to be here
and the opportunity to speak to you.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Thank you again for your commitment to Christ Michael and Machiventa and
to the work that all three of us do.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Good day.</P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B>Vicki:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Good day, Monjoronson, and thank you so
much for your presence with us.</P>
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