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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">DATE:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>January 3, 2013</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">LOCATION:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Light Line</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">T/R:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Gerdean O’Dell</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">TEACHER:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>0802-AB [Secondary Midwayer JACK]</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">TOPIC:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Expectations and Disappointment</P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Prayer:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Let’s focus ourselves on a spirit
reality, be it in our inner citadel, or in the starry heavens, or wherever it is
that you perceive your spirit reality is. Inward and upward is the name of the
game, they say, so I’ll try to do that – inward and upward to a divine
presence.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Divine Presence that I worship and adore set
me on a path of progressive ascension attainment, grace, and all the things that
my heart desires, whether I know it or not. My life is in your hands. Knowing
that, I rejoice. I rejoice, too, in the knowledge that each one of these people
who are on-line here with me this evening in this Light Line format are equally
and also motivated to grow near You, and so, lead the way. Send us a teacher,
someone we can talk to, that we can rap with and all that jazz.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></I></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><o:p> </o:p></I></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Thank you, Father God, Mother Spirit,
Michael/Nebadonia and all the home team for the wonderful life we live in
faith.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Amen.<o:p></o:p></I></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">0802-AB JACK here</B>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Welcome to the Dan Patrick Show.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>No! It’s the Howdy Doody Show.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>No, it’s not.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Is it the Wheel of Fortune?<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Of course not!<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It’s the Teaching Mission! Another
program to tune into for edification and entertainment. </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>I’m feeling very lively this
evening, stepping very lively.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I
had a chance to transmit yesterday to the Rio Rancho TeaM which has revived
after a long hiatus and I feel revved and ready to go; however, I am willing to
share, and so I defer to the Teacher Corps or those other unassigned entities
who serve us here, to step up and address the needs of you and we who long to
know more about our place in the universe and what we can do here to expedite
matters on behalf of Kingdom-building and soul development.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>I have in front of me a question
from the Idaho group that was submitted telephonically this afternoon. It
pointed out that in 2003 Tomas was talking with his group and made reference to
second-milers and the questioner wanted to know if there was a third mile, did
we ever attain a point where we become third-milers, or is second-miler as far
as we can go.<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>First let me convey a big hug to
that person who asked the question, for it is the kind of question that a
delightful, innocent, faith-child might ask. It is also the kind of question
that is very typical of mortals because they are very linear-minded and
interested in excelling. Who does not like a gold star on their paper for a job
well done? Who does not enjoy graduating from a lower to a higher level? And why
would anyone want to stay on a second-mile status when the possibility of a
third-mile status loomed large?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Well, you do endear yourselves to us here, we who have spent 37,000 years
already treading the second-mile bicycle we’ve been given. It doesn’t matter if
you’ve treaded the eighth, the eightieth, the eight hundredth or the
80,000<SUP>th</SUP>. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You’re not
going to get any faster or any father than you would by going the second mile
only.<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>Of course it is a metaphor for
those who just do what they can to get by and those who really put their heart
into it. You have to be careful, in fact, in pushing on to attain a third level
because you could become overboard real fast; you can lose your balance and fall
flat. That’s not progressive. Going the second mile however is noble, admirable
and quite sufficient. It’s well beyond just doing what you can to squeak by, but
it’s safer than pressing forward into danger and risk-taking, for whatever
reason.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Second-mile efforts
are just going to have to do. </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Now, having said that, and being
mindful of how the mortal mind works, let me add my little disclaimer here that
I suspect there will be those out there who disagree with me, who would like to
take exception to my words and point out how it is essential that the Third Mile
Club form and perhaps accomplish great works because they have stepped out of
the second-mile syndrome. And there is something to be said for that, too, but
I’m not here to argue.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I reiterate:
It’s just a metaphor.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Like the
apostles wanted to quibble about what Jesus’ parable meant, it means what you
want it to mean. Make the best of it.<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>I have a question now from those
of you who tuned in about the days passing without the expected hoopla. This is
such a sad saw that we have seen how many times before, and I don’t want to say
“When are you going to learn?” because that seems unkind. You are going to learn
as we all learn: one step at a time, one lesson at a time, one day at a time,
one heart break at a time if necessary. Disappointments are a part of the
process of maturation.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The road is
littered with precious memories of days gone by in which one hope or another has
been dashed.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Jesus wept. The
material son and daughter here succumbed. And so you are not the only ones to
feel the weight of the world on your shoulders not be lifted.<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>I’m not going to feed you a lot
of psychobabble about expectations. You all know enough about expectations that
you can simply remind yourself that we have to be cautious about them because
there are so many variables possible. There is almost nothing set in stone. When
Ham said, “Welcome to change” it was not just one change he was talking about.
It was a series of changes, a multitude of changes, a parade of changes, and
they change daily. You adapt, you morph, you adjust, you become a part of the
paradigm and Whoops! There it goes again. And you must adjust and adapt again
and some more. It gets tiresome, I know. This is why you are urged to practice
Stillness and to balance work with play, study with humor. These kinds of things
take the onus off of living life on life’s terms.<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>Variety is the spice of life;
monotony stunts your growth. So much of this growth is put upon you so that you
don’t become too complacent, too set in your ways, so if there is anything you
can expect, it’s something different than what you expected.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>That does not, however, address the pain
of loss and ideals and hopes and anticipation and all the good things that come
along with the expectations, the belief, the promise of things to come. It
requires a stalwart soul to carry on in the face of such disappointment, but
perhaps it will make of you a second-miler. Perhaps you will not let others do
your thinking for you, or set forth plans on your behalf without your
participation, your full-hearted consecration, without the entire community
being a part of it, without, shall we say, a democratic process.<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 live in an organism, a living
organism.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The organism must be
observed and kept wholesome and healthy by your involvement. Your doubts, your
fears, your anxieties, your imperfections, your egos, are all necessary for that
is the fodder upon which we feed. As those imperfections are revealed and worked
through, we can witness the results, the effects of the efforts, and having
witnessed it ourselves, having experienced it personally, we can begin to learn
to trust it. But that takes effort. </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Alas, when you start out, you all
-- without exception -- become disillusioned at some point because someone you
trusted betrayed you, or something that you believed in turned out to be a
fallacy. This has happened to every single individual who has breathed life.
It’s a part of the process. It not only happens once, it happens frequently;
even after you know better, it can still happen but it happens less frequently
and it is less devastating because you are growing in the process of working
through all these many layers of imperfection. </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>There are many, I know, who decry
the process at all, simply will not admit they have any imperfections about
them: no character trait, no habit, no experiential history; have never made a
mistake, have never had a bad relationship, cannot admit to any flaw. Well,
their day will come. Sooner or later everyone will be brought to their knees or
they will die, very simple. They are either on God’s side or not.<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>Now, don’t go around pointing
your finger at people saying, “You are not on God’s side!” because you don’t
know. You don’t know whose side anybody is on. Half the time you don’t even know
what side <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">you</I> are on. And sometimes
life’s situations or circumstances are quite confusing, quite convoluted --
moral dilemmas, ethical problems – it is difficult to know what God would do,
what you would do if you were God. “What would Jesus do?” Why do we even ask?
Because we don’t know already.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>But we can watch and participate
and assist in the process such that we can ascertain to some extent or the
other, who is growing in spirit reality, who is relinquishing their baggage, who
is participating and contributing and who is going for a ride, and further, who
are those so out front, strutting down the third mile, that they are making
waves that virtually drown those people who are trying to follow in their wake.
</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>The bottom line is set forth
perhaps in the Zen adage: “chop wood, haul water” and although that sounds quite
boring and dull, it is really quite secure and very happy. The meek shall
inherit the earth and they are happy to have wood to chop and water to haul.
They find tremendous joy in the simple things in life. They share these simple
things with others and their life is enriched. They are the recipients of
tremendous bounty, even if that bounty is only peace of mind, intellectual
peace, social harmony and other gifts of the spirit.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>But you have to let spirit
prevail. It will! This is the lesson that has not yet been learned. It will if
you back off and let it!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There are
those who are so fearful that it’s not going to turn out the way they want it
to, not in their lifetime, they are not going to make a mark on destiny, that
they are not going to be noticed by their peers, that they are not going to be
able to leave anything of an inheritance to their planet where they spent so
many decades … they allow their personal ambitions, even spiritual ambitions to
enter in and take over -- as if doing it for God was some excuse to run over
people, or to betray people. These are the issues politicians and philosophers
have discussed for centuries about a means to an end. Does the end justify the
means? </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Start out simple. Simply. And if
you are successful at that simple level, you will be given more to do, and if
you start out simply in concert with others, you will be given the opportunity
to work well with more others. How you work together is at least as important as
anything you can learn on this planet. Teamwork is a critical essential for
advancement. It’s a difficult project, however, because you have no real
mentors. The planetary prince has been useless; the material son and daughter
abandoned you; Machiventa did what he could (and what he can) but he was only
here for a few years, and he cultivated the Hebrews, the Jewish race who
rejected Jesus Christ, who was crucified. Now those are some pretty dire
circumstances for you to inherit and I tell you it is no wonder you look for a
miracle, you need someone to fix it.<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 no wonder you look to
voices of authority to lead you. It is understandable, but after a point, it is
only sensible for you to begin to take counsel with yourself and your own
perception of divinity, rightly or wrongly.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>At least <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">it’s
on you</I></B> as to how you set yourself up. You don’t have to blame others for
it; you can take responsibility for your own illusions, delusions, aspirations;
you can learn to count the cost of the choices you make and decide if <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">this</I> is the way you want to go or if you
want to go <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">this </I>way. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Which way makes more sense, given the
circumstances that you know personally -- not because someone has advised you,
but because you have come to these conclusions based on your own counsel with
your own indwelling god fragment and/or any of the myriad helpers that work with
and through your mind to educate you and edify you as to such things as mercy,
justice, kindness, honesty, fraternity, brotherhood, values like this Values
that matter. Values that make this world more meaningful; values that make your
life rich, here and now.<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>This is the way to go. It’s the
way you will be made more happy, your family will be made more happy, the world
will be made more happy. Become open to learning about yourself; share yourself
then with others. Sharing yourself with others is sharing the inner life and the
inner life ultimately is divine, but most people, if not all people, have built
up defense mechanisms; they have a closet full of skeletons, of things they are
ashamed to admit even to themselves, much less others; there are so many fears
rampant in the human being it’s a miracle any of you get out of bed in the
morning and I say this in true sympathy. This is one of things that higher
celestials admire about you. They do not understand fear but they know that you
are up against something when you face life everyday and they admire that about
you. </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>So you see, you have courage.
Even though many of you don’t think of it has having courage, you just do it
because that’s what you were taught and that’s what you are supposed to do and
that is what is expected of you. But I would ask you to think about those
things, those very simple things because they will teach you about yourself and
the more you know about yourself, the more you will know about others because
they are a reflection of who you are. </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>You know how many times you have
been told: every time you point your finger at someone there are three pointing
back at you. So when you accuse someone of setting you up, of betraying you, of
lying to you, of manipulating you, stealing your time, your energy, etc., when
you point your finger at them and blame them for something, you also have to
look to yourself and say “What is my part in this?”<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It’s too easy for you to say “I didn’t
do anything. They are the ones who lied. They are the one who set me up.”<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But you left yourself open for that to
happen. </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>You thought they knew more than
you did. You were under the misguided impression that they had some kind of
authority over you and your soul. And that kind of behavior will go on until you
don’t let it happen anymore.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And by
“you” I mean plural.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You need to
learn this lesson. It is still a young world and there are many people who
follow along, like sheep to the slaughter. And so instead of being disappointed,
rejoice that you have not been slaughtered. You have perhaps been slapped upside
the head with a dose of reality; you have perhaps been doused with a bucket of
cold water that is unpleasant and cold, but you’re still breathing; you’re still
standing upright and By Jove, you know a little bit more about yourself than you
did last week.<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>The lessons now are to not become
angry or vengeful; do not seek vengeance. And sometimes this is the hard part,
especially in your first go-round or two with this kind of experience. Don’t
become hard-hearted; don’t lose faith in everyone just because of a couple
setbacks. There are well-meaning men and women who really have no desire to harm
you but who really do what they think is right and so they are forgivable
offenses, but it is your duty now to observe and make certain that it doesn’t
happen again – that it doesn’t happen to you and, to the extent it is
reasonable, to others. </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>You don’t want to turn into the
morality police, wagging your finger at every statement or gesture that arouses
your fears or suspicions.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Hole in,
pull yourself in, pull yourself together.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Hone in on that citadel, that quiet place, that font of energy and power
that resides within you. Go there for direction on what to do with all that you
feel, all that rage, envy, fury, anger, disappointment, resentment – take all
that and whatever else, accept it as yours, and work it, work through it, accept
it and deal with it and train it. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Master it.<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>All these are feelings that make
your life rich and full.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>When those
days come, when you experience those wondrous times, which I know you have all
had and will have again, of rejoicing and camaraderie in the spirit, when you
have this convivial feeling with your peers, your family, and you laugh and you
have this swelling of your heart and you know that all is right with the world,
you have things to be grateful for, you can look at your reserve tank, your
cosmic credits, and find in there that you worked through your anger without
hurting somebody; you worked through your disappointment without taking it out
on someone else; you worked through your resentment until it lost its flavor and
you spit it out as worthless.<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>These are serious
accomplishments. This is serious, permanent progress.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This is morontia-izing at its best, and
as you do this, as you develop your soul, you assure your fusion with your
Adjuster. You are then put to work helping others, and it feels so good to be
able to pass on what you know. It feels very good to have something to offer
someone that has lasting value! And, as they say, it is more blessed to give
than to receive. So give thanks that you had this terrible disappointment
because it won’t happen again. Not that way. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Not through that avenue, or that lie, or
that distortion, or that individual, or that concept. You have owned your part
in it and you are better for it.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>That is your accomplishment; how can you not feel gratitude for the
circumstances that gave rise to your own betterment? </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Now begins the process of healing
and mending.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Rome was not built in
a day, neither is Light and Life.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>But we can and do create little pockets here and there, precious moments
now and then, that provide a glimmer that help us see that these experiential
lessons, as painful as they are, as devastating as they can be in the moment,
are not such a big deal in retrospect, but just another in life’s experiences
that sets you on the path of perfection.<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>I have talked nearly an hour
straight, but I’ll tell you what.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I
can hear you listening. Even though I have said nothing new, I can feel your
“ears to hear” paying attention … not to me but to the Spirit of Truth. </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Just in case I don’t know what
I’m talking about, I invite you to utilize the last moments we have left -- we
have ten minutes -- to open the floodgates and come in and rake me over the
coals or whatever. It’s your turn. Talk to me. And remember that we are talking
to one another. We are in a group setting here, and there is tremendous strength
in group consciousness.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Just
push star six and we’ll all hear you.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>(Pause)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Is there anybody
there?</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Gary:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Yes, I’m here.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I’m trying to digest all that.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">JACK:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Alright. </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Gary:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It was quite, quite informative,
really.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But to revert to myself,
it’s been a couple of years and I still haven’t made contact with my TA, even
though I’ve tried repeatedly, and so I guess we try to rely on other people and
their so-called contacts. <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><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">JACK:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You may be<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>expecting more from your Thought
Adjuster than is appropriate, expecting your Thought Adjuster to speak to you
man-to-man, as it were, as you and I are speaking. You have a long wait.
Ordinarily the Thought Adjuster cannot talk to his or her human until after the
final psychic circle has been reached, and most people have not reached that
level. Do not feel ashamed or embarrassed to not hear your Thought Adjuster
direct. It does not mean you are doing something wrong. (Nor does it mean you
are supposed to listen to someone else, because they may be on a lower psychic
circle than you are and talking through their hat!)<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Chances are you hear yours just fine,
just not as you expected.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Gary:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or as I think it should be.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">JACK:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or as you think it should be. Leave
yourself open to new interpretations. Have more faith in your Fragment. I know
It has faith in you.<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><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Gary:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Well, it sure is a lot to think
about.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It was a great talk.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Great talk.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">JACK:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I’m glad you appreciated it.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Gary:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I just hope I can benefit from it.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Thank you! </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">JACK:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Yes.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(Pause)</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Linda:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This is Linda, from North Carolina.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Can you hear me?</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">JACK:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Hi, Linda. Yes, I hear you very
clearly.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Linda:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I wanted to say I am very encouraged and
I appreciate what you said tonight and I think you hit the nail right on the
head with a hammer as far as getting to the real crux of the problem here, and
I’ll certainly be taking to heart everything you said about false expectations
and I really loved what you said about “cut wood, tote water” -- just getting
back to the simple things of life and seeing openings for ways to help
others.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I think the answers lie in
simplicity of life, and so that’s what I hope to start moving toward, but thank
you very much.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">JACK:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Thank you, dear.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I appreciate your feedback. And I’m
encouraged to learn that the message hit the mark. It serves no purpose to
blaming or condemning those who for one reason or another lead others astray. A
community would do well to discuss these things among themselves openly, without
fear of repercussion or retaliation. People feel things, and they feel things
for a reason. Sometimes the reason is unfounded, but sometimes there’s a reason
for it; there’s something to it. And rather than shaming each other into silence
or suggesting that it’s not Christian thinking, or ‘why can’t you just all get
along?’ you need to learn how to talk to each other. </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>If you are going to be <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">a
community</I></B> of fellow believers, you need to learn to trust each other;
you need to learn to trust yourself with your peers. When you go into the
company of your others, such as on this call this evening, you need to know that
you are in a trusted environment where you will not be scolded or shamed, where
your feelings will be respected. What a travesty is played out when people clam
up and stuff their feelings because they feel they would meet with disapproval
from their loved ones. Loved ones will hear you; they will share your feelings
and concerns through empathy.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And
in this way, you can share your inner life with others. No man is an island.</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>This kind of socializing has
tremendous power, but to slap each other around as if you were without feeling,
without sensitivity, is worse than rude, it is barbaric, and if you want to
develop a society that resembles Light and Life, you need to learn fundamental
goodness.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Jesus suffered the little
children. Why can’t we suffer one another to come forward and babble or cry or
whine or tattle or whatever is necessary for that person to feel at home?
Eventually little children outgrow the need to whine and tattle because they
know they are supported, they are loved, and they are bigger than that.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It’s a process. Take a deep breath and
begin again.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As they say, ‘get back
on the horse and ride’. Beautiful, beautiful cousins.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You make the long wait worth it.<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>Well, kids, it’s time to go.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Later!</P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Group:</B><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Thank you, Jack!</P>
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