[tmtranscripts] Welmek, Oct 24, 2002

[Donna DIngillo]

WELMEK – THANKFULNESS
October 24, 2002


Greetings. This is your friend and teacher, Welmek. How delighted I am to
be with you this evening. How inspired am I to present another tidbit of
truth for you to chew on and to digest in keeping with our fullness
theme.

That which I wish to address with you tonight is the theme of
thankfulness. We began this theme with the idea of the term gratefulness
and the two variations of meaning on this word, great fullness and
gratefulness. And tonight, in keeping with the theme of fullness, the
idea of thankfulness is a somewhat different variation on the idea of
appreciation.

Thankfulness is an active term. It is a term of giving thanks and being
appreciative. As you look at your life, and you see recurring themes of
spiritual growth wrap around you, what is it that you are most
appreciative of – or thankful for? 

Spend a few moments now in addressing your spirit. Allow the uprising of
your heart’s appreciation swell within your mind and soul. Spend a few
moments enjoying this sensation, and when you have sated yourself we will
continue. (pause)  Now as you stay in the stilled state of mind, I will
ask some questions that you can answer to yourself in silence:

- Do you sense the outworking and the guidance of your spirit in this
theme? (pause)
- Is this guiding hand of spirit of value to you? (pause)

Student: Good evening, Welmek. I think that the guiding hand keeps us, at
least it keeps me, focused on the things that I am thankful for in my
spiritual life. Without the gentle guidance, I think sometimes my
thankfulness gets wrapped up in more of the material plane. 

But I am very thankful for both planes. I find that I am very thankful
for my emotional life. There was a time in my life, when I seemed to be
overwhelmingly sad. And there was another time where I could not cry, and
I am truly thankful I can both laugh and cry and have the emotional
experiences too. 

Welmek: The range of expression of human life is wide, indeed, as you are
beginning to appreciate the nature of feelings and how they are
orchestrated by a loving and benevolent conductor. Your comments are very
well presented in the context of the lesson that I have planned for you
this evening. And so I will address them more in a few moments. But I
would ask that you continue to participate in the exercise. For there are
a few more questions I would like to pose to the group. 

- The next question is how aware are you of this spirit guidance in your
daily life? (pause)
-  And my last question: Do you feel the value you associate with the
guidance of spirit to be equally proportionate to the thankfulness that
you render this guidance? (pause)

Please share your comments with me when you are ready. (pause)

Student: Welmek, I can say that I am aware now of being less thankful for
the accumulated spiritual gifts that I have had over a long period of
time that have brought me to this arena – which I consider to be at the
pinnacle of anything that I can imagine – in the spiritual realm and in
the worldly realm. So that this lesson tonight is inspiring me to
activate my thankfulness a lot more often, a lot more consciously, and
just a deeper level of appreciation. Thanks.

Welmek: Thank you for your honesty in sharing that with me. 

Student: Welmek, when you first spoke of thankfulness I felt an
overwhelming rush of thankfulness – thankfulness for the unfolding of the
realization of all the gifts that the Father bestows upon me: the gifts
of this kingdom. And then when you asked do I feel the presence of the
spirit leading me, I am greatly aware of its presence.

But I don’t often feel that I am taking the necessary time to hear the
guidance that is being offered. And it seems to put me in situations
where I am having a hard time expressing my thankfulness for these
incredible gifts. So I feel a little bit ashamed right now when you bring
this up. And I give that shame to the Father, and ask for His love to
in-fill.

Welmek: I thank you, too, for your honesty. I will make more comments
when everyone has shared with me. 

Student: Yes, Welmek, I am just thankful for the opportunity to be here,
and to experience – and actually feel – the deepening expansion of my
faith. I actually feel nourished, and nurtured, and loved by spirit. And
I feel thankful that I am able to believe in my children as my Father
believes in me, and to believe in my roommate. And I do feel led with
every breath that I take, in the work that I do, materially and
spiritually.  And I firmly believe that without God I am nothing. I
always thought that I am everything. 

Welmek: Using this exercise of appreciating the hand of the divine in
your life is a springboard for greater Father awareness – and for the
exquisite gifts that you have been given. A thankful heart and mind is
what relaxes the spirit, and leads you into the realm of worship – where
you find true soul union and rest.

If you value continued unfoldment and gradual increasing appreciation of
the hand of the divine in your life, you will find these moments of
thankfulness catalyzing your desire for worship. The more you appreciate
that which has been given to you, the more thank full you become.

The fuller you are of this appreciation, the more will your spirit source
impress upon your mind the qualities and the blessings of the Father; and
you will naturally incline your mind toward rest, union, harmonization,
which are all elements of true worship.

It is common in human experience to take things for granted, to pay
cursory attention to the good things that you have been given. For they
are many, and always do they surround you. And sometimes you do not see
them clearly or distinctly, or uniquely, as the individual blessings they
are in your life.

Celebration of what you have been given is what thankfulness is all
about. Does it not lighten your heart with joy to feel these blessings,
to feel how you have been enriched and ennobled? The heart full of
thanksgiving is actively striving to tell the Divine Source of how good
it makes you feel to be so blessed. What joy you give to the Father when
you acknowledge His gifts to you! 

As the Father reflects and refracts His joy into your heart, your ability
and your sensing-appreciation of these blessings accrue, and you feel at
peace. And you find rest. This level of worship is what so identifies
your soul with everything that is real and spirit: all of the values, all
of the meanings, all of the facts of the nature and beauty of God. This,
my friends to me, is a seamless and porous pathway to true union with the
Father. And if this is what you desire in the core of your being, then
actively be in this state of thanksgiving. 

Giving thanks and being full of thanks – thankfulness – will unify you
with the Father so steadfastly, so immersing yourself in all of the
Father, so that more can be given to you. This worshipful rest is
expansive. It is life-enhancing. 

The thought forms that are being presented in this lesson pale in
comparison to what is actually accruing in your soul as you develop more
of this thankfulness in your daily regime and ritual. And it is important
to encompass this thanksgiving as a daily part of your rituals, so that
you can be aware of how the divine hand is with you moment to moment –
and guiding you ever so gently, subtly, deftly – and taking you into
higher and deeper and richer realms of spiritual treasures. 

I will pause now and seek your comments.  

Student: Welmek, it seems that you are giving a hint as to how to become
more able to communicate directly  and hear back directly from Michael
and the Mother Spirit or the Paradise Father  by choosing to dwell in
this realm of thank fullness, and to realize, as you just said, the value
of it being a moment to moment experience. That was something I was
looking for. I sort of saw it, but really overlooked it. Your bringing it
back directly to our attention is highly appreciated, and I am thankful
for that.

Welmek: My dear friend and brother, I am thankful that you see the value
in these lessons. For what I was intimating to all of you tonight was
more than a mere hint. It was a direct link of how to cultivate that
attitude of true worship that precedes the reflection of the Thought
Adjuster more directly onto your mind.

In seeking to be in this state of thanksgiving – and being in
thankfulness – surely you are activating so many more spiritual
potentials in you that you can only begin to fathom are there. The more
you appreciate what has been given to you, the more can be added. It is
this simple, my friend.

Student: Well, I got the message, and I thank you again. 

Welmek: You are most welcome.

Student: Welmek, when I am in that state of thankfulness, there is such
joy and trust and graciousness about life, and I find that when I embrace
my thankfulness – especially during those periods of change and moving –
I find that I am so thankful for all the wonderful friends here and where
I am going. 

I begin to realize that in thankfulness I am part of a bigger movement, a
bigger emotion. It is hard to explain, but I noticed today I was just
giving thanks all over the place for all the feelings coming through. And
I want you to know that I am very thankful for having this experience of
having you as my teacher for awhile. It will something that will carry
dear to me. 

Welmek: My dear sister, I too have enjoyed associating with you. And I
appreciate the range of expression you are experiencing as you undergo
another life transition. You are highly valued, and devotedly cared for,
by many celestial personalities who cheer you onward as you venture out
in faith now.

Your association with we who teach you is only just beginning, for you
only need to call on us at any moment’s notice, and we will respond. Seek
now the guidance of those who wish to instruct you more fully and
intimately in the ways of spirit, so that you use all the help available
to you now and in the future. 

You are not alone, nor have you ever been alone. Now you are more
consciously awakened to that which surrounds you in spirit. And so, allow
those portals of communication to yield to that which desires to be more
active and stimulated within you.

You have such potential to develop. It is only your choice in allowing
yourself to be more firmly dominated by faith that will precede the more
conscious reception of the words of those who wish to instruct you. I am
very grateful that I have played a role in this aspect of your life. And
know that should you seek to continue this level of instruction, our
association has only just begun. 

Carry this attitude of thankfulness deep within your heart and soul, my
sister, for it will keep you secure and confident in where you are being
guided. Does this help?

Student: Oh yes. Thank you very much, and I will hold you close always. 

Welmek: You will be sent forth with much love and spiritual energy to
propel you on a very hopeful direction.

Student: Thank you.

Student: My brother, my teacher, my friend, your lesson this evening
seemed to have brought me to new heights of worship for the Father, and
for His beautiful, beautiful gifts. I am so thankful for this simple
lesson, and for the great truths it has brought forth. Thank you.

Welmek: My dear friend, it is the simple truths that are the most
powerful, are they not? (Yes, absolutely)  Be in our Father’s peace now. 

Student: Welmek, my thankfulness, I am thankful towards, or should I say,
positive anticipation of what is to come in my life, and the lives of
people around me and my children, that I am thankful for things that are
unseen at this moment – that I am heading towards a greater expansion of
who I am and what I can give to this world and this universe. 

I am thankful for the life that I have experienced, and the challenges
that have come forth and made me stronger in my faith, and that I am
being guided toward greater expression of who I am – in expression of my
gifts that have been bestowed. I am grateful and thankful for my
open-mindedness, and able to embrace all people, no matter what religion
or race or creed. I am thankful for so much. 

Welmek: My brother, the most beautiful gift you can give to the Father is
an open mind.  The opening of the mind and all of its attributes: the
sensing ability, the intellectual humility, the feeling awareness, this
is what is prized in the universe, to be this open and reflective conduit
of all that is the Father, all that is the Son, all that is the Spirit. 

For it is from your source that all of the potentials in you that can be
activated. And what you are sensing now within you is a deepening of the
working within you to increasingly actualize all of the qualities and
attributes and experiences you are now realizing – making real – and
contributing to the unfolding of the divine plan for the Supreme Being.
What greater gift to the Father is there, than this open mind? 

There is no limit as to how much you can grow. Truly, your potential is
so vast, so far-reaching; and you are so young in spirit that this
thankfulness is truly part of how it is that you activate those
potentials within you.  Especially, to use it as a gauge to see how far
you have grown from your animal roots. 

The reciprocal nature of thankfulness is such that when the human is
fully appreciative of what has been given, the Father is appreciative of
the child’s grateful humility and offers more. 

Rise up, my brethren, open your minds even more than you already have.
What awaits you is more joy, more beauty, more grandeur, more majesty and
glory. Do not deprive yourselves. This is your birthright. This is your
destiny. Drink in deeply of all of the riches and the treasures being
offered to you. Let your being grow so full of thanks that the restful
worship that you feel transcends the human nature, unifies you with the
Father, and makes you truly One. Good evening.