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We work at this level and have faith on the next level. And then we do spiritual exercises to transfer across. We don't have faith within ourselves. In the Bible it says, "Oh God, restore my faith to me. Oh, God, cure me of my disbelief." We can't do anything about that. So we say to God, "Give me your faith," which is God's essence. Then we have the strength to continue on. We have to ask, though, because Spirit will not inflict.

When you move out of the present moment -- the natural dwelling place of the true self -- life can seem overwhelming. The best way to confront any new challenge is to slowly and lovingly expand your energy field to meet, then encompass, the situation. If you take challenges one at a time, extending your energy in this way will be easy. If at any time you feel overwhelmed, take a few moments to become still; then move into being patient. You may have to be patient for a day, a month, a year, simply observing the situation. But everything changes, and if you maintain a state of loving observation, you will be able to outlast the difficulty.

When are you going to die? Are you as strong as you want to be spiritually? Then why don't you keep doing spiritual exercises (s.e.'s)? People respond that they don't know if the s.e.'s are strengthening them. Then along comes some problem. Kaboom! And you fall down and cry and moan and say, "God doesn't love me. Nobody loves me. I'm all alone in this world. How am I going to get through this?" Then you go inside where you've been doing spiritual exercises and you grab hold of the strength and you think, "Wow! This isn't as bad as I was dramatizing it to be. I'm doing pretty well here. I wonder how I'm doing pretty well?" It's because you were strengthening yourself, and you didn't know how strong you were. Along came the test and now you're being shown how strong you are. It's really wonderful. Instead of crying about the event, pat yourself on the back and claim the event.

Q: In spiritual exercises (s.e.'s), I had a wonderful, loving experience with the Traveler, and I later shared it with a friend. Afterwards, I wished I hadn't because trying to get across what happened was almost impossible, and I felt as if my experience was somehow lessened when I talked about it. A: You've described this pretty well. It's best not to share your inner experiences of Soul Transcendence and, instead, keep them sacred to yourself. It's a sacred experience when the Traveler comes to you in s.e.'s or dreams. You can share this with me or John Morton because we share in that with you, but it's best not to talk about it with others.

You forgive yourself your own stupidity and ignorance and lack of knowledge, and you forgive everybody else in the same instant. And at that moment, you're moving into enlightenment. Not only do you say, "I forgive you," but you also forgive as a process of beingness. Your attitude is one where you would reach down into the muck and mire of where someone is and gently lift them out and cleanse them from what they had on them, as bad and terrible as it may be.

I see the Divine Self as one who doesn't have worry or fear. In the Divine Self, loving and caring is the way. Your needs are met. You can experience that everything is on purpose and happening in a way that's for your upliftment, learning, and growth.

The true master realizes the opportunity of oneness with God in every experience, in every human being, and in every event.

You may be in a "not-making-sense" situation. Often we call that education, like, "What am I doing here and why am I learning all this stuff? What am I getting out of it? It doesn't make sense." Often it doesn't, not until you get out. Then the reason why you learned all that may make sense.

The beings who transcend these levels into God's realm, living in Soul eternal, are indeed blessed with that which is for the highest good.

No hunter places a trap while the animals are watching. Like a hunter, negativity tries to catch you with traps of negative thoughts and feelings. But if you are in a state of observation -- if you are watching -- you catch negativity off guard. You know where the trap is, and you avoid the place. Then that negativity, having no energy to sustain itself, dissolves.