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| Let us speak first about fellow Kingdom believers, your brothers and sisters in the [[spirit]], those in whom you recognize a [[God-consciousness]], your friends in the spirit. You are opening yourself to lightening your [[burden]] when you can speak with them in [[confidence]] and in [[trust]] that they will hear you as a fellow sojourner and respect your confidence that they will give back to you in kind what [[the Father]] gives back to you when you speak to Him in confiding trust. | | Let us speak first about fellow Kingdom believers, your brothers and sisters in the [[spirit]], those in whom you recognize a [[God-consciousness]], your friends in the spirit. You are opening yourself to lightening your [[burden]] when you can speak with them in [[confidence]] and in [[trust]] that they will hear you as a fellow sojourner and respect your confidence that they will give back to you in kind what [[the Father]] gives back to you when you speak to Him in confiding trust. |
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− | When you speak with the non-believer, it behooves you to be as wise as serpents and peaceful as doves;[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_10] it behooves you to whet their appetite for [[truth]]; it behooves you to [[encourage]] them to know [[the Father]], for in knowing the Father, they are welcomed into this fraternity wherein you have confiding [[trust]] in one another. Many of your distresses are brought about, as you all well know, by placing your trust in sources which fall short of the goals of [[eternity]], which fall short of the [[recognition]] of [[God]]. It is worthy of the [[adventure]] to attempt to none-the-less convey a confiding trust even in your [[enemies]], for it gives them an [[opportunity]] to make a [[choice]]. Every [[decision]] that is made brings the mortal closer to [[ascending]] one step further, every moment provides unlimited [[opportunities]] to [[the kingdom]] [[seeker]]. | + | When you speak with the non-believer, it behooves you to be as wise as serpents and peaceful as doves;[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_10] it behooves you to whet their appetite for [[truth]]; it behooves you to [[encourage]] them to know [[the Father]], for in knowing the Father, they are welcomed into this fraternity wherein you have confiding [[trust]] in one another. Many of your distresses are brought about, as you all well know, by placing your trust in sources which fall short of the goals of [[eternity]], which fall short of the [[recognition]] of [[God]]. It is worthy of the [[adventure]] to attempt to none-the-less convey a confiding trust even in your [[enemies]], for it gives them an [[opportunity]] to make a [[choice]]. Every [[decision]] that is made brings the mortal closer to [[ascending]] one step further, every moment provides unlimited [[opportunities]] to [[the kingdom]] [[seeker]]. |
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| Returning to your fellowship, your immediate [[associations]], which we know is the arena in which you [[work]], [[play]], [[function]], have [[influence]] and are influenced by, your arena is where you must learn to have confiding trust. [[Trust]] is a difficult thing for you mortals to undertake, for your trust has been [[betrayed]] often. Your [[Planetary Prince]] betrayed the trust when he set forth [[53:3 The Lucifer Manifesto|his Manifesto]], and your entire [[evolution]] since those early, early times has been founded on this distrust. | | Returning to your fellowship, your immediate [[associations]], which we know is the arena in which you [[work]], [[play]], [[function]], have [[influence]] and are influenced by, your arena is where you must learn to have confiding trust. [[Trust]] is a difficult thing for you mortals to undertake, for your trust has been [[betrayed]] often. Your [[Planetary Prince]] betrayed the trust when he set forth [[53:3 The Lucifer Manifesto|his Manifesto]], and your entire [[evolution]] since those early, early times has been founded on this distrust. |
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| As to your remark, Elizabeth, I would like to [[reiterate]] something from the lost lesson of last week, that being that this ability to [[engage]] in confiding [[trust]] with your fellows is a [[method]] of involving yourself in the human race. It [[bonds]] you with people in an [[intimate]] way that can never be brought about by mere social banter, for it is a [[soul]] to soul situation. There is no [[friendship]] without a certain amount of confiding [[trust]]. There is no real [[marriage]] without confiding trust. How, indeed, can one give so much of oneself to someone without some [[degree]] of trust? As we study further certain subjects such as [[intimacy]] we will gain yet broader [[understanding]].... | | As to your remark, Elizabeth, I would like to [[reiterate]] something from the lost lesson of last week, that being that this ability to [[engage]] in confiding [[trust]] with your fellows is a [[method]] of involving yourself in the human race. It [[bonds]] you with people in an [[intimate]] way that can never be brought about by mere social banter, for it is a [[soul]] to soul situation. There is no [[friendship]] without a certain amount of confiding [[trust]]. There is no real [[marriage]] without confiding trust. How, indeed, can one give so much of oneself to someone without some [[degree]] of trust? As we study further certain subjects such as [[intimacy]] we will gain yet broader [[understanding]].... |
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− | [Gerdean: Recently Tomas had a private session with one of his students, during which time he explained to the student the process whereby I admit him. This student suggested that I reveal that information to the group and so I shall. | + | ===='''''[[Transmitting]]'''''==== |
| + | [Gerdean: Recently Tomas had a [[private]] session with one of his [[students]], during which time he [[explained]] to the student the [[process]] whereby I admit him. This student suggested that I [[reveal]] that [[information]] to the group and so I shall. |
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− | "You may wonder what goes on in that period of a few minutes' time before Tomas begins to speak. What happens is that I first take a few moments to talk with Michael. When I perceive his presence, I ask for his guidance and seek his blessing; I ask him to direct the transmitting/ receiving process such that I have a clear mind with which the teachers may work, that my motives be sincere, that my intentions be to serve; and then I ask to be brought into the presence of the Father. | + | "You may [[wonder]] what goes on in that period of a few minutes' time before Tomas begins to speak. What happens is that I first take a few moments to talk with [[Michael]]. When I [[perceive]] his [[presence]], I ask for his [[guidance]] and seek his [[blessing]]; I ask him to direct the [[transmitting]]/ receiving process such that I have a [[clear]] mind with which [[the teachers]] may work, that my [[motives]] be [[sincere]], that my [[intentions]] be to serve; and then I ask to be brought into the [[presence]] of [[the Father]]. |
− | In the presence of the Father, I wash myself in the Living Water. I bow before Him and allow myself to become very small — so small that I am a mere shadow on the back wall, so that my inner chamber may be expanded to include the presence of the teachers. When I am certain that my ego is at bay, I rest assured and await the awareness of the presence of the teacher."] | + | In the presence of the Father, I wash myself in the Living Water. I [[bow]] before Him and allow myself to become very small — so small that I am a mere [[shadow]] on the back wall, so that my inner chamber may be expanded to include the [[presence]] of [[the teachers]]. When I am certain that my [[ego]] is at bay, I rest [[assured]] and await the awareness of the [[presence]] of the teacher."] |
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