*      Amanson: Let us speak tonight on coincidence, those meetings in time that seem uncannily planned, because, for the most part, they are. “Planned by whom?” you ask. Ah, “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” Now, young Hamlet said these words 400 years ago and they are still fresh, as if new minted today.

Coincidence, or as you tend to spell it ‘co-incidents’, happen on a grid. They are shuffled in the simplest yet complex fashion behind the scenes (‘beyond the veil’ to you). And life is structured on a need-to-know basis! The truth is what appears as coincidence – a chance meeting; the appropriate word overheard; the confluence of stars; schedules that are somehow magically made to mesh – is the result of vibrational pull, and of necessity a way is cleared in the lives of the persons (i.e. frequencies) creating those vibrations.

When one is aligned with a purer vibration, a vibration bereft of fear, worry, the concerns that disrupt the connection to the central switchboard (I use a very human image), your calls can get through, so to speak; an even flow is established and happy co-incidents result. But when the wires get crossed, static invades the frequency and one’s vibration is altered, made irregular, volatile, anything but ‘free-flowing’. * Then, although ‘coincidence’ can happen, it is the result of a different program, an actual moment of chance, random, which is very low percentage in your world; far, far more meetings are the result of Truth in action, the Oneness displaying itself in mufti, unity in variety.

I hear your question about the statement “Every encounter is by divine appointment.” Yes, but is every encounter a coincidence? No. Here we are talking about those surprising examples of “What are the odds?!”; “How in the world…!”; “Who would have thought?!” There is much – and more! —that goes on behind the scenes than you could possibly know, but to turn yourself to this reckoning through faith, through the quiet activity of aligning yourself with, if not a whole-hearted belief in such a phenomenon (let alone a knowledge) then at least to the possibility of it, is a step in the right direction. Let its actuality seep slowly at first into your mind through your imagination, then let that gradual acquaintance become the foundation for a genuine introduction into the higher vibrational world of the co-incident, a world where the divine escorts the human along the path of interior relationships, resulting in the peace of mind becoming a citizen of so high and clear a vision of the inner workings of the world.

· [When asked how these vibrations get so distorted, Amanson said, “Man buries himself under his own angst”]

June 8

This is Amanson. I’m here to speak tonight – from a glance you gave it in your activities earlier this evening – on Tradition. Tradition is time, tangible. Tradition is that link in a chain that continues linking, drawing more and more enthusiasm from its participants as time and the tradition goes on. It will link one generation with another; one century with another; it will link the great-great-great grandchildren with their great-great-great grandparents.

Tradition can be stifling if it is not exposed to fresh air, fresh thinking, fresh joys and enthusiasms as years go on. It began for a purpose and the purpose is an inner need to worship, although some would consider it - this worship - mere observation. But tradition begins in joy, in creation of a heart-felt activity that in the tradition’s origin expresses love and devotion and enthusiasm for humankind, for the community, for the family, through this activity. It is an emblem of one’s love; often of fun, of communication between individuals as the years go on and the tradition takes hold, takes shape and takes hold. The fun grows, the meaning grows, because you know it has been assembled by others before you and has taken on a momentum of its own. The meaning of any tradition is the link that establishes in humanity the continuing river of Truth, Beauty, and Goodness that animates mankind and brings your fervor to the fore in the joyous opportunity to honor those who have gone before, and to look forward to those who will someday also participate in the enjoyment of the tradition.

Your thinking need not become hide-bound as concerns these well-established activities. As I have said, they need fresh air, fresh thinking, fresh approaches. But at the core is what was established many years before: it is the giving of the heart; it is the sighing of the attendee’s breath in unison, in harmony, with breaths of centuries of attendees before. So you hold hands with a grand chain of people, whether in a family tradition or a nation’s tradition or a world tradition, a community’s tradition; all those who have gone before you and participated in this tradition, they hold hands with you when you in your present day participate in that tradition. It is a way of grounding the Spirit to the earth life, bringing the two into alignment. This is how we believe; this is how we celebrate. This is the way Spirit can make itself known in the lives of a community, a society, a family. It needn’t be a religious tradition at all, but just a tradition. For the Spirit that animates it is ever the same, whereas the generations that participate in it, that activate the actual doing of the tradition, they change. They change. The years go by but the Spirit remains the same. This is tradition’s glory. This is tradition’s purpose – to stay, in a manner of speaking, acquainted with the ancestors and then to stay present with them; to let them visit once again, as you will one day visit once again in the years, the decades, the centuries to come. You will be welcomed in by those who have come after you because you too celebrated this tradition in which they now participate. It’s a way of Love. It says “I love you, we are having love, we are giving love, we are being love as we celebrate this honored tradition”, whatever it is. It is mankind being true to itself, honoring their earthly mothers and fathers, honoring their spirit mothers and fathers; Mother and Father. For the Spirit is ever fresh – always One, always new. But traditions, they are gloriously old. It is a pungent combination.

Pay heed to the traditions. Strike step with them. Give them your time. Make it worthwhile. They will nourish you. For it is that blend of the ‘passing parade’ and the eternal Now that nourishes both aspects and will be forever treasured on your planet, for it brings Beauty, Truth and Goodness, and these are the values around which the entire lesson plan revolves.

Traditions will fade but other ones will take their place, for, again, they are Love in activity - the spirit world meeting the physical world - when the hands are busy, the eyes are bright, the mouth is laughing, the spirit is shining and the world is all the better for it.

There are some traditions that should fade, for they have not an expanding world’s best interest at heart. They do not espouse Beauty, Truth and Goodness. They are merely habits. Those must be examined and altered for a changing world. The traditions we speak of – family histories, racial histories, [have] time itself as an ally. And for time to become an ally is a most beneficial development.

Love your traditions. Change the ones that don’t bring joy, comfort, or love. But celebrate the ones that do. Actively participate in them. For centuries from now others will celebrate you for having engaged in so loving a pastime. Bring your heart to the surface of the world through these celebrated traditions for they link you with all humanity. And that is so important now. That is what is needed now. Amen.