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The Shape of Becoming

Small choices can grow into lasting patterns. Explore inherited circumstances, agency, grace, and the work of becoming heavenly through the Resonance Model.

4:11 · Includes opening and closing disclosures

How does a life take shape? The Shape of Becoming uses the image of small wavelets forming a larger wavefront to explore how repeated choices can shape character, family patterns, and communities. The Resonance Model’s law of propensity describes our inherited starting conditions, while agency, repentance, consecration, and the grace of Jesus Christ open possibilities for growth. A teaching film about becoming heavenly and helping heavenly principles take root on earth.

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Where we begin

Family habits, opportunities, and material circumstances influence our starting point. The model calls these tendencies propensity. They do not establish a person’s worth or determine every future choice.

How patterns change

Combine and Compound describe patterns growing through repetition. Compare and Correct invite examination, repentance, and repair. Consecrate and Continue connect that participation to prayer, covenants, service, and the grace of Christ.

A purpose beyond ourselves

The film connects personal growth with care for neighbors, the building of Zion, and the promised redemption of the earth. Its wavefront animation is an analogy for developing patterns, not scientific proof of spiritual claims.

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