[tmtranscripts] Abraham 2-19-01

[ellen]

MEETING WITH ABRAHAM -- ACCEPTANCE AND DOING OF FATHER'S WILL
FEBRUARY 19, 2001
WOODS CROSS GROUP

I am ABRAHAM. Greetings. I look forward to meeting with you here each week.
I learn as much as I teach. I love the study on the universal laws. The
momentum of time, space, eternity and destiny are fueled by the universal
laws. I appreciate the universal laws of truth, beauty and goodness because
they start with you from the beginning of existence and carry you onward
through eternity. Truth is our path; beauty helps us to appreciate the path
and goodness urges us to move forward upon the path, yes.

We have discussed redirecting focus through worship and following this it is
standard to discuss the universal law of acceptance and the doing of
Father's will. A child who attempts to leave from his home for the first
time is filled with the fear of unknowingness. He desires to reach his
destination, but is loath to leave the parents side. The unknowingness
creates images of unsafety in his mind and he cannot help clinging to his
parent's leg. With a little coaxing and encouragement from a wise parent
they can get the child to go a little beyond the front yard.

The child however, who is skilled in life's possibilities, might feel better
equipped to handle those things that might come before him. With education
and encouragement the destination is not so fearful. He is equipped with
some knowledge and feels that inner confidence and strength. Your
experiences today are your lessons to becoming skilled citizens in the
universe. That Spirit connection is the encouragement you need to venture
out beyond your own front yard.

Father uses various methods to educate His children, and although some of
these methods seem painful and trying, He is equipping you to have less fear
and feel more at ease in the universe. A parent who dares not send forth
their child out to have experience tells the child that he is not to be
trusted and not equipped to handle life's circumstances. He has little or no
self-confidence and lives in a world of unknowingness and fear.

Father would not purposefully put you in painful circumstances, but
experience at times does turn out to cause pain. Our Father, the good
Parent, puts before us those values and meanings that we need to learn from
life's experiences. He trusts us in our own ability and intentions. He
trusts the universal laws will bring knowledge and balance. He encourages us
to have faith in ourselves.

Many individuals would choose to stay behind closed doors in an effort to
feel safe--safe from experience, safe from the pain that experience can
bring. There is not much spiritual progress in this kind of safety. There is
only the fear of unknowingness. You cannot gain strength from not
exercising. You cannot reap the benefits of meanings and values if you shun
experience.

The universe does set up certain circumstances that teach you cosmic
citizenship. How can you learn when in a state of resistance and fear? How
can you progress spiritually when you do not make effort to bravely face the
road before you? Acceptance is key to gaining meanings and values from your
experience. To accept the lessons before you is not an invitation to
suffering, no, but to teach strength, endurance and self-confidence.
Acceptance is the practice of letting go of what you think you know to being
committed to staying teachable.

The worlds technology seems to promote a life of ease and many have such
resistance to anything that takes real effort. Acceptance asks you not to do
anything but be observant and spiritually connected so that you can find
Father's meanings and values. You can have confidence in your abilities as a
mortal child of God and cosmic citizen. So many say, "I would do the will of
God if only I knew what it was." Without understanding the law of acceptance
you will definitely have a difficult time discerning Father's will.

To have acceptance of those mortal things that befall you is to become
observant of the lesson therein and through spiritual connection being able
to discern Father's will in any given moment. To choose to be a doer of the
will is not so much being submissive or laying down to be used as a pawn,
no. Choosing to be a doer of Father's will is allowing your desired outcomes
to fall away and yes, in a sense loosing yourself, to slowing down, becoming
observant, not acting so much on impulse or emotion, but connecting with the
divine Parent and receiving guidance.

To be overcome with emotion is to push forth your desired expectations and
stumbling over Father's will. Our Master taught self-forgetfulness and in
this there was the acceptance of Father's will, self confidence in the
ability to carry out the will, peace in heart and mind that leaves you open
to meanings and values, yes, new understandings.

Forget not this week to stay with worship. Strengthen your divine
connection. Know that our good Parent is urging us onward through
experience. Can you trust in a Parent who has created the universes and
their inhabitants, and oversees the overall collective functioning? Do you
shun mortal experience so you will be kept safe or are you observant to the
lesson and open to spiritual progress? Can you live in this world as a
divine being and feel truly at home? Can you say if choosing the divine will
comes with a cost, and if so, what is it?

No questions this evening. Just know that I am ever appreciative to our
divine Parent that He has allowed me to be with you. As always my love goes
with you. Until next week, shalom.