Woods Cross Utah Group

MEETING WITH ABRAHAM

YOUR PLACE IN THE WORLD

APRIL 17, 1995

I am ABRAHAM. I feel energized by all the enthusiasm here tonight. Yes, it appears that all stand ready for new steps toward enlightenment.

My last two lessons were seemingly controversial causing much untangling of the thought process. Relationships are an extremely important step in your spiritual attainment. I would ask, did everyone find a way to include our fellow brothers and sisters? Were you impressed by certain examples of either the motherly or fatherly roles? It would be beneficial for this group to make an effort to provide good parental examples to your fellow brothers and sisters.

I wish to speak on your place in the world. I would ask you, do you really feel at home in the world? Can you walk into a public setting and feel that you are a child of God? When you observe other people, do you look at these other people as a child of God, as your brother and sister?

Many everyday find it difficult to feel they belong in the world. Many find that they are so different that it leaves them with a feeling of separation. Be it man or woman or child, all have experienced this feeling of separation. It is said, "we are not of this world," and that is true, but also I would say, "there is a greater purpose for our existence in this world."

Many mortals that feel this separation from society, this may be partially self imposed. This feeling is mostly imagined. This feel of homelessness in this world is mostly taught from generation to generation. This feeling of not belonging is learned as a child.

Many times children unknowing of the consequences will inflict another child with this feeling of separation. Also, many adults tend to separate themselves from what they believe to be abnormal, not common, not fitting in the average mold of society. Those who have traveled their own path, those who have marched to a different drummer appear to be cast out from the so-called average in society.

People of this world having been through this isolation period, have a worldwide feeling of discomfort on their home planet. I would like to say this feeling of homelessness, this feeling of separateness from your fellows, will soon come to an end.

This week I would ask you to make an effort to feel more at home in the world, feel that you belong. Look at your brothers and sisters as though they also belong. Abandon your feelings of transience, abandon your feelings of unworthiness or not belonging. Let not another persons ignorance make you feel separate, alone.

I would say to you, along with feeling at home yourself, to include a brother or a sister in that same feeling of belonging. Individuality, YES. Acceptance, YES. Unity in diversity, YES. A feeling of not belonging, not included, not a part of the world, NO.

When this world can feel at ease in their place of birth, in their world or origin, when the people of this planet are accepting of one another’s place in the world, then shall we see a giant step towards Brotherhood on Earth. Any questions?

N.: Abraham, I just had a thought I would like to go over with you. We just celebrated the resurrection of Christ yesterday, as you know. It has been almost 2000, years and the thought I was thinking was that man’s acceptance of his brothers and sisters to live on this earth, have the same rights. Today we seem to be as it was 2000 years ago with the same problems, just 2000 years older. Nothing has really changed in some respects. Well, I can’t say that, in the finite, but general terms, it seems that we have not advanced too far. Secondly with that statement, I would like to say....you said something about there would be a change soon. I would like you to expound on that if you could please.

ABRAHAM: Yes, evolution is slow. In the days of old, people, groups of various religious orders, various political parties, would feel superior to their counterparts, thereby, excluding them. Today we find this world’s citizen retreats or excludes themselves. This is why we ask for all, man, woman, child, to feel at home in the world. Could you repeat the second part of your question?

N.: You made a statement that soon there would be a change in either attitudes of the people, or maybe a system circuits opening up that would get into peoples brains that where they would want and have the free will to make a change and accept people, and people would feel like they belong, be at home on this world instead of being separated from it. If it weren’t 2000 years ago and it isn’t today...it doesn’t appear to be so today... what is going to be the thing to change it? Is it going to be all of a sudden people are going to wake up and say, "hey, ya know I got the idea I belong here today." What is going to change this? Is it going to take another 2000 years, 5000 years for man to get it?

ABRAHAM: Hopefully not. The change takes place at this very moment. The embracing of fellow brothers and sisters is occurring more and more each day. At another time we may discuss the delivery of thoughts which helps in a more swift changing of old ideas, old habits. Possibly next week we will discuss this thought delivery further. Does this help? (Thank you very much. Yes it does.)

W.: To continue on the thread that began, is this change occurring on an individual basis as we are opening up to heart-full communications with our brothers and sisters, sharing more truthful, personal, revealing, feeling, connection? Is this in line with the change that you are addressing, creating more safety I guess?

ABRAHAM: Yes. Ham once described a rock/pebble being thrown into a pond and the ripples that come out from the pebble/rock. This acceptance of each other is spreading like the ripples on a pond. Individual, yes. Small groups too. The Reserve Corps also aids us in these worldwide transformations. More questions?

C.: Abraham, your lesson was quite intriguing because I noticed just what you are saying....one or two or three and then a group of people. There seems to be a great difference in embracing a brother and sister, versus just tolerating or accepting them. This embracing is a bigger word, has a much more rippling effect out of it. Am I kind of catching the thing here?

ABRAHAM: Yes. Tolerance and understanding are important but not necessary steps to embracing a fellow brother or sister. Accepting each others differences, knowing that a person may have some strange quality about them, and being able to overlook the strange qualities of another, and embrace the child of God in that person. More questions?

R.: Abraham, along those lines it gives us an opportunity for a question that C. and I discussed last week. And that is that both of us have been approached by people who would like to attend this meeting. We thought rather than to try to second guess what you thought would be a good thing, we’d ask you to give some guidelines about invitations to new people who would like to come.

ABRAHAM: If space is adequate I see no reason for them not to come. Your judgment, your assessment is trusted. You decide if my presence, and this groups’ fellowship, would be beneficial to them. Then by all means invite them. More question?

C.: Are our meetings proceeding in the direction you would like them or would you like to be more individual, personal things coming out, kind of like they are here tonight? That’s a question a couple of us had last week.

ABRAHAM: If you are receiving my message, if you find them helpful to your daily living, I would say the meetings are proceeding sufficiently. One more question.

N.: Abraham, I have a question. It is kind of personal. There are times when I feel like I need a correction, a course correction, where I am not....I don’t feel like I am going down the right spiritual path, the morontia path, or working in that direction. I feel I am not achieving those goals. In one sense I feel like I have gone backwards. I haven’t gone forward. It seems try as I might, at times I just can’t get past the void. I can’t get past it. I was just wondering if you could give me any suggestions, any help, any guidance? I tried to go within, find the stillness. Sometimes it seems to work, sometimes it doesn’t. My outside life, my professional career at this time, has a lot to play on that cause it is a very, very difficult situation at best right now, where I am employed. I think I am trying to analyze this while I am talking to you. I am finding the direction that I want to go, I don’t feel like I am heading that way. It’s okay if you don’t understand what I am saying, cause I am not sure.

ABRAHAM: Common is your plight. Many mortals feel as though they are spinning their wheels. Spiritual growth is not seen until time has passed. I would say this feeling is not regression. If this is appearing to you in this way and you feel there is a problem then, yes, there may be. I would recommend not doing the same thing over and over again... not trying to fit the same piece of one puzzle into another puzzle. Like a record player with the needle stuck, sometimes we need a little tap to get us going.

N.: (Do you have a tap? Laughter.)

ABRAHAM: That would be Father. I also recommend, don’t be too harsh with yourself or too concerned with your spiritual path. Your essence, that is your soul, is fully capable of recognizing the direction in which Father’s compass points. With that I would wish you much joy in your discoveries, in your search for traces of the Father. Shalom.