Fill ‘Er Up

MAY 24, 1980, 5:39 AM
W. WILLOW, STUDY

Yes, o son, this is a strange, colloquial expression that I present as a title today. Its symbolism is in its meaning: bring a container full to overflowing with that which shall power and energize the motor, producing movement and progression. And this has just happened to you. This trip was an experience in “fill ‘er up”. Today you shall begin to review the teachings during this period, and you shall see that you were filled as much with the sharing as with the hearing/writing that I direct. The servants with whom you shared reacted and were, generally, eager to hear from this source… you.

That was the first vivid example to you of how people can respond to spiritual messages when they come through a person that they have known in other ways. Yes, you think of the Tuesday noon group. If it meets this week, this shall be another opportunity of sharing… which also results in filling you up.

The route to “going dry” is the combination of not seeking these times of infilling with Me and of not sharing what you write with others. If you don’t share, it means you don’t care!

You already know you must get several of those clamp binders as the best means of holding these pages. Then organize them by date and at least by title. Leave room for some annotation below each, even though you won’t put much in now. For the trip you shall not carry all of the writings. You shall select a number of them… around twenty… and have these serve as those you shall share. They shall act to “prime the pump”. As you “give of yourself” you become “worthy to receive”.

I also have put a thought in your mind about starting your Sharing the Spirit seminar this summer. In fact, you might find enough interested folk around in these weeks between terms. Consider this, for these sharing sessions will definitely become “filling” sessions. Let Me give you several mini-examples.

The first deals with philosophies of teaching. The realist teacher can be one who just teaches the material of the course “straight and factual”. There is material to be learned but it is presented objectively and didactically, with no evidenced involvement by the teacher. If he or she does deal with spiritual matters the presentation, too, is didactic and impersonal… well organized and logical, without digressions and personal comments.

The experimentalist teacher, in contrast, organizes ways of learning that bring learners in active relationship with one another, and the sharing of spirits is allowed, even urged. The content of the learning may be non-spiritual, but the approaches make spiritual contacts likely. If the content does include the spiritual the organized approaches afford ways for the learners to share experiences and interpretations with one another.

The idealist teacher shares himself… his experiences and his interpretations. The approach may not be very organized… just an opportunity for telling her own story, which then may elicit others. The whole approach is based on a spiritual component to the teaching/learning process: learning is best when there is an intermingling of spirits, but particularly student and teacher.

Now, what are the merits of each in teaching, say, nutrition or growth and development? Then what are the merits of each in teaching of God’s Purposes… or the Book of Romans? That could be an interesting session.

Yes, o teaching and learning son of Mine, I welcome you to the Fount, and I am pleased when, in effect, you say, “Fill ‘er up!” I don’t want this, yet, to greatly alter your teaching style, though it can’t help but affect it in some ways. You must still be an acknowledged, capable professional in order to do this special task that I have for you. You must retain your competence in the secular aspects of health and resist being “pegged” as the “spiritual freak”. This is important. This must influence the rhythm that is your life as much as this spirit inthrust. You may have more difficulty, eventually, with this balance than you would in interjecting spiritual insights.

Anyway, welcome back. Share a lot today. And be filled in the process.

Shalom, o friend
6:45 AM