Question: Whenever I listen to any dictation, I take it in as if I am echoing it. I repeat it as I listen in my own mind, as if making a duplicate. Is this cause for concern?
Answer from the Ascended Master Mother Mary through Kim Michaels. This answer was given during the 2026 American Webinar.
No, it is not. There are various ways to take in a dictation. And if this is one way that comes to you spontaneously, then do it or rather let it unfold. You are not doing it deliberately, you are just letting it unfold. For that matter, we have said that you can also repeat a dictation out loud. You can read it from a written dictation, or you can read it along with the recording so that you are verbalizing, you are speaking the words along with the master. We are not really encouraging you to memorize dictations because, as we have said many times, it is not so much a matter of you understanding it intellectually as you allowing the words to create a shift where you suddenly see something that you did not see before.
Really, it is important if you want to maximize the opportunities for such a shift to be as neutral as possible when you are listening to a dictation. Just strive to be in a neutral state of mind where you allow the dictation to take you beyond your current state of mind.
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