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Michigan, US of A, August 15, 2009.
Teacher Ophelius.
Received by Chris.
Ophelius: "Today's message is about the discipline of sympathy.
To achieve the perfection and likeness of your heavenly Father, you
must attain a high level of sympathy for your brothers and sisters,
and in doing so, you gain the understanding of tolerance and reap the
survival values of wisdom through the self mastery of your emotions
and your reactions towards others. To have sympathy is to have the ability
and capacity to understand and share feelings with someone -- to put
yourself in their shoes, so to speak, without judgment or regard for
their intents or motives.
"When you act with sympathy for others, you find it easier to tolerate
the differing beliefs and opinions of others, regardless of how contrary
they are to your personal values. By looking back to an earlier time
in your own path, you can understand the sometimes ignorant and crude
reactions of others who are at different positions in the spiral of
soul development. To have sympathy you must consider the background
and the history of the individual; their education; their likes and
dislikes; their level of values -- in other words, what makes this person
the way they are? By understanding this, you have the ability to disarm
their fears and build a level of trust where you may then communicate
your feelings without offense.
"Having sympathy means you must take the time to listen to others,
putting their needs before your own, and finding common ground with
all the diverse personalities that surround you in your daily walk through
life. Understanding that each individual is indwelt with the living
Spirit of the Father, you can have sympathy in the brotherhood of this
fraternal pursuit to find God, and to be like Him, yet realizing that
all are on differing paths and varying levels of soul progression. It
is this diversity of being that makes such a colorful and beautiful
quilt of human experience so valuable a gift to the Supreme Being. Through
sympathy and understanding, you take out the fear and the disharmony
of living by accepting your brothers and sisters for who they are, while
learning to build bridges of trust and a progressive direction toward
higher ideals and values.
"By showing sympathy to others, you are also teaching them to have
sympathy by your example to accept them on their terms. The results
of having sympathy for others will manifest in greater joy of living;
less anger and frustration; and harmony of trust. Consider this my beloved,
and reach out to those who are misunderstood.
"Happy are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the sons of
God.
"Peace to you,
"The Circle of Seven."
© 11:11 Progress Group.
“The giving of self, the illumination
of truth, and the relief of suffering
are the noblest paths to higher consciousness.” – Teacher
Ophelius, 2009.
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