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Group: South East Idaho TeaM, Pocatello, Idaho

===Group: [[SE Idaho TeaM]]===

This is Nancy, I will pray. Thank you for the [[opportunity]] to be together, to learn, and to [[grow]]. Thank you for the Eternity before us, that we may not achieve [[perfection]] today, or even tomorrow, or even in a millennium. Amen

Teacher: Daniel

Daniel (Nancy): Greetings, my friends, and students. I am Daniel, your faithful bringer of tidings, of great [[satisfaction]], in my [[relationship]] to each of you. As I relate to you week after week, I smile with the joy of the great [[affection]] that I feel, for each of you. You continue to delight me. My role as your facilitator, friend, teacher, and guide continues to delight me. I bubble with [[pleasure]] in this assignment.

I have, in no way, grown [[weary]], or [[bored]], or restless, yearning for new [[adventures]], NO! My place is here with you and will continue to be so, for the visible [[future]]. The idea is, I am not going anywhere and neither are you.

 

Today I wish to introduce a new format. The smaller size of this group may assist in this [[experimental]] design, by being more [[casual]], more intimate; instead of a lesson followed by questions, or alternatively a lesson that is the result of us questioning you, how about a lesson that begins with your questions, with your choosing the [[topic]]. Please take a few moments/minutes to reflect within, from a receptive place, a guided place, bring forth your questions. We wish for this to be a fully participatory format. To achieve that result, our wish is that after you have all had the opportunity to reflect, that you each put forth your current thoughts, concerns, and then we will create a lesson in response. Please ! avail yourself of the stillness, and search for that topic. As you become aware of that which you wish to ask, would you please feel free to lay-it-out there.

 

 

 

I have, in no way, grown weary, or bored, or restless, yearning for new adventures, NO! My place is here with you and will continue to be so, for the visible future. The idea is, I am not going anywhere and neither are you.

 

Today I wish to introduce a new format. The smaller size of this group may assist in this experimental design, by being more casual, more intimate; instead of a lesson followed by questions, or alternatively a lesson that is the result of us questioning you, how about a lesson that begins with your questions, with your choosing the topic. Please take a few moments/minutes to reflect within, from a receptive place, a guided place, bring forth your questions. We wish for this to be a fully participatory format. To achieve that result, our wish is that after you have all had the opportunity to reflect, that you each put forth your current thoughts, concerns, and then we will create a lesson in response. Please ! avail yourself of the stillness, and search for that topic. As you become aware of that which you wish to ask, would you please feel free to lay-it-out there.

Ken: Do I understand you correctly, to say, that we should all speak and then you will develop a lesson plan on what we all say.

Ken: Do I understand you correctly, to say, that we should all speak and then you will develop a lesson plan on what we all say.

Daniel: Yes. (Thank you)

Daniel: Yes. (Thank you)

 

 

Daniel: Is there anyone with a thought ready to begin a discussion?

Daniel: Is there anyone with a thought ready to begin a discussion?

So I believe the theme for today’s lesson is the interweaving of the mortal human being, the animal nature, with the spiritual nature. How does one achieve that which Michael, in the person of Jesus, accomplished in such a short time?

So I believe the theme for today’s lesson is the interweaving of the mortal human being, the animal nature, with the spiritual nature. How does one achieve that which Michael, in the person of Jesus, accomplished in such a short time?

 

The stillness has been our topic in many nuanced ways for these many years, since the beginning of our time together. The stillness is where, as you know, you connect to God. What I wish to emphasize at this moment, is that lack of clarity does not mean lack of success. Your crankiness is understood. It is part of the natural, human makeup, to feel frustrated.

The stillness has been our topic in many nuanced ways for these many years, since the beginning of our time together. The stillness is where, as you know, you connect to God. What I wish to emphasize at this moment, is that lack of clarity does not mean lack of success. Your crankiness is understood. It is part of the natural, human makeup, to feel frustrated.

To understand the stillness, to experience the stillness, think of that which brings you the sense (of) calm, and peace. This could be an evening walk where you hear the distant sounds of dogs barking, or birds settling in for the night. You smell freshly cut grass, you see the change and play of light, shadows lengthening, the sky turns pink, and so forth. What I am describing is your animal views of your senses; and yet you are using them without a particular purpose. You are not seeing in order to read print to gain knowledge, you are not smelling to detect whether food is good or bad, you are not listening to a barrage of information, rather, instead of using your senses to take in information, there is a sense of expansiveness, of not using your s! enses, of being. In that time there is a calm, this is stillness. Some individuals experience a sense of oneness with God’s creation through physical activities, such as skiing. They stand at the top of the mountain, they smell the air, they feel the rush of the wind, they move with the mountain. Again, there is that sense of being in the moment. Certainly not all skiers would have this, if one is planning their route, fearing the slope etc., that is not there. So, stillness is an attitude of openness. To be receptive means to be open.

To understand the stillness, to experience the stillness, think of that which brings you the sense (of) calm, and peace. This could be an evening walk where you hear the distant sounds of dogs barking, or birds settling in for the night. You smell freshly cut grass, you see the change and play of light, shadows lengthening, the sky turns pink, and so forth. What I am describing is your animal views of your senses; and yet you are using them without a particular purpose. You are not seeing in order to read print to gain knowledge, you are not smelling to detect whether food is good or bad, you are not listening to a barrage of information, rather, instead of using your senses to take in information, there is a sense of expansiveness, of not using your senses, of being. In that time there is a calm, this is stillness. Some individuals experience a sense of oneness with God’s creation through physical activities, such as skiing. They stand at the top of the mountain, they smell the air, they feel the rush of the wind, they move with the mountain. Again, there is that sense of being in the moment. Certainly not all skiers would have this, if one is planning their route, fearing the slope etc., that is not there. So, stillness is an attitude of openness. To be receptive means to be open.

There is a difference between stillness and communication with teachers, such as I. Early on we talked of genetic makeup that makes it more difficult for some, than for others, or the reverse makes it easier for some, than others, to make this type of contact. However, this does not mean that the guidance, love, direction, and knowledge of the Father are not occurring.

There is a difference between stillness and communication with teachers, such as I. Early on we talked of genetic makeup that makes it more difficult for some, than for others, or the reverse makes it easier for some, than others, to make this type of contact. However, this does not mean that the guidance, love, direction, and knowledge of the Father are not occurring.

I am positive that my words have not fully, or even marginally perhaps, addressed the thoughts expressed tonight, and so I will now open the floor to more specific questions, that I may assist more personally.

I am positive that my words have not fully, or even marginally perhaps, addressed the thoughts expressed tonight, and so I will now open the floor to more specific questions, that I may assist more personally.

 

Virginia: Daniel, I really thank you for the expression, they have to be right, so they could not acknowledge the miracle that Jesus did, in the raising of Lazarus. That makes perfect sense to me, because we can be so blind by trying to be right, instead of seeing reality as it is. As far as silence and meditation, and getting rid of this mortal life, I keep thinking of God’s promises that spirituality happens unconsciously, and that things are happening whether or not we feel they are, and that’s what I would love to believe more than I feel. I hang on to the promise that most of our growth is unconscious.

Virginia: Daniel, I really thank you for the expression, they have to be right, so they could not acknowledge the miracle that Jesus did, in the raising of Lazarus. That makes perfect sense to me, because we can be so blind by trying to be right, instead of seeing reality as it is. As far as silence and meditation, and getting rid of this mortal life, I keep thinking of God’s promises that spirituality happens unconsciously, and that things are happening whether or not we feel they are, and that’s what I would love to believe more than I feel. I hang on to the promise that most of our growth is unconscious.

Daniel: You are most welcome.

Daniel: You are most welcome.

 

Then, my friends, if it is mutually agreed, that the plate is full, shall we stand… is there any other thought?

Then, my friends, if it is mutually agreed, that the plate is full, shall we stand… is there any other thought?

Father, I stand among these precious children of Yours, and I ask that they have peace, and the trust, and the faith, that comes from knowing You. Be with them this next week as they find You in the way that suits them best. Amen.

Father, I stand among these precious children of Yours, and I ask that they have peace, and the trust, and the faith, that comes from knowing You. Be with them this next week as they find You in the way that suits them best. Amen.