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You have a method by which to counter the harder tests -- spiritual exercises. You have a way to strengthen yourself so that whatever shows up, if you've been doing your spiritual work, you will meet it, go with it, and add it to your repository of resources.

As you consciously learn to hold increased energy within yourself during your spiritual exercises, you will be able to ride the energy higher and higher as it thrusts out with even greater power.

It's understanding that lifts the consciousness. It's not saying "understanding"; it is living understanding, it is doing understanding, it is where, in the midst of misery, you still have understanding.

Spiritually, everything is on purpose and happening in ways that are for your upliftment, learning, and growth. In truth, nothing is happening against you ever. Take a moment in your day to tune within and get a hold of the divine consciousness where worry and fear cannot reside. Choose to move forward with the strength, courage and joy that is of the Spirit.

Q: How does one respond to certain aspects of society that are oppressive and still maintain one's individual or spiritual equilibrium? J-R: Well, to me, that's very easy to do because I maintain the physical body here, walking through this world that I would call oppressive, while I live in Spirit, which I would call freedom; and all I do is keep bringing the freedom into this level everywhere I find it.

When you feel like you'd like to give someone a piece of your mind, give them, instead, a piece of your heart; give them love.

Spiritual exercises are designed with the specific intention of getting you off the planet for good. And it is good.

We are such experts about what upsets us that it can go on without our even being aware of it, until one day we realize that we are feeling this enormous resentment and impatience with ourselves. When people come to me and tell me they have a lot of doubt, I usually find that they are just impatient. Often they don't have doubt, because they don't even know enough yet to doubt. If they don't know what is going on in the universe -- and they usually don't -- how can they possibly doubt it? They are just impatient for peace, for satisfaction. It is part of the human condition.

Q: Sometimes I feel shock pains in my body while doing spiritual exercises. Do you know what this is from? A: Sometimes these may be clearing energy. This type of thing can also happen as the Soul is pulling the Soul energy up from the body. It can have painful effects where it has been too attached, through desire, lack of use, or physical injuries. And, as always, if you have a concern about something in your physical body, I suggest that your first approach to handling it be to check it out with health practitioners.

Happiness is a blessing, which means you can be happy regardless. So choose to be happy. Do happy things, and do whatever you do in a happy way.