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MONJORONSON:  Well, yes!  You have been for some time!  This is what all this newness is about, all this [[change]] which was spoken of some time ago.  I [[understand]] there has been a question presented – a fairly lengthy question - having to do with something I said sometime in the [[past]].  Would you like to present that for the [[record]]?

MONJORONSON:  Well, yes!  You have been for some time!  This is what all this newness is about, all this [[change]] which was spoken of some time ago.  I [[understand]] there has been a question presented – a fairly lengthy question - having to do with something I said sometime in the [[past]].  Would you like to present that for the [[record]]?

   

   

Student:          “On [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Population_Reduction-2006-06-11 June 11, 2006], you [[stated]] this with regard to [[population]] reduction:  ‘It is [[Inevitable|unavoidable]]; it is now in [[preparation]], we are [[aware]] that there are [[forces]] in your world which will [[change]] the [[population]] level dramatically in a very brief period of [[time]].’

Student:          “On [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Population_Reduction-2006-06-11 June 11, 2006], you [[stated]] this with regard to [[population]] reduction:  ‘It is [[Inevitable|unavoidable]]; it is now in [[preparation]], we are [[aware]] that there are [[forces]] in your world which will [[change]] the [[population]] level dramatically in a very brief period of [[time]].’

   

   

“I have been [[reading]] about the [[leaders]] of our world and how they [[desire]] to cull the world’s [[population]].  One leader stated over thirty years ago that the population needed to be reduced by eighty percent.  These same [[leaders]] [[think]] that they are superior to the rest of the [[races]] of [[mankind]].  They are looking for worldwide global domination and [[genocide]] is one way to get what they are seeking.

“I have been [[reading]] about the [[leaders]] of our world and how they [[desire]] to cull the world’s [[population]].  One leader stated over thirty years ago that the population needed to be reduced by eighty percent.  These same [[leaders]] [[think]] that they are superior to the rest of the [[races]] of [[mankind]].  They are looking for worldwide global domination and [[genocide]] is one way to get what they are seeking.

Since [[Christ]], there have indeed been [[powers]] that have arisen. [[Rome]], of course, was in command when he lived here but since then there has been many [[changes]] in [[government]], there have been new [[powers]] and they have taken turns at being the [[power]] to [[fear]] at any given time.  This is the [[nature]] of the beast -- the one which seeks to take over, that seeks [[power]], that seeks to rule over [[everything]] and everyone.  Some of these are [[beneficent]] powers.  Some are [[evil]] and they too come and go.  They come into [[being]] and they die out, if for no other reason than because they are [[finite]], they are [[temporal]] and they cannot last forever.  So yes, there are certain [[families]], beginning with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medici_Family Medici’s] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages middle ages], and other [[families]] more recent.  There is the elite that you equate to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skull_and_Bones skull and crossbones], the upper 400, those who have the bulk of the [[wealth]], who think they own the world and they do indeed make life miserable for many, but so do [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquitoes mosquitoes].  You can [[transcend]] their [[influence]].

Since [[Christ]], there have indeed been [[powers]] that have arisen. [[Rome]], of course, was in command when he lived here but since then there has been many [[changes]] in [[government]], there have been new [[powers]] and they have taken turns at being the [[power]] to [[fear]] at any given time.  This is the [[nature]] of the beast -- the one which seeks to take over, that seeks [[power]], that seeks to rule over [[everything]] and everyone.  Some of these are [[beneficent]] powers.  Some are [[evil]] and they too come and go.  They come into [[being]] and they die out, if for no other reason than because they are [[finite]], they are [[temporal]] and they cannot last forever.  So yes, there are certain [[families]], beginning with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medici_Family Medici’s] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages middle ages], and other [[families]] more recent.  There is the elite that you equate to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skull_and_Bones skull and crossbones], the upper 400, those who have the bulk of the [[wealth]], who think they own the world and they do indeed make life miserable for many, but so do [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquitoes mosquitoes].  You can [[transcend]] their [[influence]].

   

   

As for their [[manipulating]] people under them, there is a certain [[truth]] to that, but the more you [[fear]] their [[power]] over you, the more power you give them.  Jesus said, “[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_133_-_The_Return_From_Rome#133:4._PERSONAL_WORK_IN_CORINTH Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s].”  If you comply with certain rudimentary [[behaviors]], you can slip through the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar radar] of their eagle eye and live an ordinary life, even a [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resplendent resplendent] life, without being a threat to their standing.  Do they destroy [[races]] of people?  Do they [[encourage]] [[genocide]]?  Do they [[contribute]] to the demise of entire peoples and nations?  Yes, they have and they will attempt to [[continue]] to do what they [[feel]] is [[necessary]] to hold at bay those [[forces]] which threaten their base of operations, and that includes their [[wealth]], for they [[worship]] [[wealth]], you see, as well as [[power]], and their [[ability]] to [[manipulate]] peoples and principalities, nations, and [[governments]].  And yet they are no more [[evil]], in general, than the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church Catholic Church], or the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFL-CIO AFL-CIO] or the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_Scouts_of_America Boy Scouts of America].  

As for their [[manipulating]] people under them, there is a certain [[truth]] to that, but the more you [[fear]] their [[power]] over you, the more power you give them.  Jesus said, “[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_133_-_The_Return_From_Rome#133:4._PERSONAL_WORK_IN_CORINTH Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s].”  If you comply with certain rudimentary [[behaviors]], you can slip through the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar radar] of their eagle eye and live an ordinary life, even a [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resplendent resplendent] life, without being a threat to their standing.  Do they destroy [[races]] of people?  Do they [[encourage]] [[genocide]]?  Do they [[contribute]] to the demise of entire peoples and nations?  Yes, they have and they will attempt to [[continue]] to do what they [[feel]] is [[necessary]] to hold at bay those [[forces]] which threaten their base of operations, and that includes their [[wealth]], for they [[worship]] [[wealth]], you see, as well as [[power]], and their [[ability]] to [[manipulate]] peoples and principalities, nations, and [[governments]].  And yet they are no more [[evil]], in general, than the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church Catholic Church], or the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFL-CIO AFL-CIO] or the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_Scouts_of_America Boy Scouts of America].  

   

   

[[Everything]] is [[relative]], you see.  And you can give in to their [[influence]] or step outside of their influence because you have [[free will]].  The [[power]] that is [[inherent]] in you is greater than the [[power]] of all these [[wealthy]] old families who like to pull your strings.  You don’t have to [[respond]] to their [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Shadow_Puppets-2006-01-16 puppeteering].  You don’t have to succumb or kowtow just because they have [[power]]. [[God]] has more power.  I have more [[power]].  The [[angels]] have more power.  The [[midwayers]] have more power.  You have more power.  You need to [[discern]] how you can [[access]] your own power and join it with the power of your own kind so as to quietly go about doing [[good]].  

[[Everything]] is [[relative]], you see.  And you can give in to their [[influence]] or step outside of their influence because you have [[free will]].  The [[power]] that is [[inherent]] in you is greater than the [[power]] of all these [[wealthy]] old families who like to pull your strings.  You don’t have to [[respond]] to their [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Shadow_Puppets-2006-01-16 puppeteering].  You don’t have to succumb or kowtow just because they have [[power]]. [[God]] has more power.  I have more [[power]].  The [[angels]] have more power.  The [[midwayers]] have more power.  You have more power.  You need to [[discern]] how you can [[access]] your own power and join it with the power of your own kind so as to quietly go about doing [[good]].  

   

   

If you want to start a [[revolution]], that’s a sure-fire way to get into trouble.  It will call [[attention]] to yourself and trouble will come down upon you like rain, but if you simply go about doing [[good]], rendering unto Caesar just enough and rendering unto [[God]] all there is, you cannot go astray.  You have the [[potential]] within you as an [[individual]] to be a part of a [[movement]] that will [[change]] the course of [[planetary]] [[history]].  The physical disasters that befall your world are the [[opportunities]] that exist for you to [[minister]] to your fellowmen and to build anew that which is left in the wake of disaster.  As you might say, “When you are handed lemons, make lemonade.”

If you want to start a [[revolution]], that’s a sure-fire way to get into trouble.  It will call [[attention]] to yourself and trouble will come down upon you like rain, but if you simply go about doing [[good]], rendering unto Caesar just enough and rendering unto [[God]] all there is, you cannot go astray.  You have the [[potential]] within you as an [[individual]] to be a part of a [[movement]] that will [[change]] the course of [[planetary]] [[history]].  The physical disasters that befall your world are the [[opportunities]] that exist for you to [[minister]] to your fellowmen and to build anew that which is left in the wake of disaster.  As you might say, “When you are handed lemons, make lemonade.”

I [[appreciate]] the invitation to come and address these concerns.  Are there other concerns we can deal with before I leave?  

I [[appreciate]] the invitation to come and address these concerns.  Are there other concerns we can deal with before I leave?  

   

   

Student:  I [[remember]] there was an [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Strategy_for_Urantia-2010-03-31 example of you coming and being the supervisor of a factory] that had been destroyed and you were here to help build the factory back up.  I [[thought]] that was an excellent metaphor.  So how is the restructuring of the factory going?  Are we on [[time]]?  Are we making [[progress]] … in the restructuring [[metaphor]]?

Student:  I [[remember]] there was an [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Strategy_for_Urantia-2010-03-31 example of you coming and being the supervisor of a factory] that had been destroyed and you were here to help build the factory back up.  I [[thought]] that was an excellent metaphor.  So how is the restructuring of the factory going?  Are we on [[time]]?  Are we making [[progress]] … in the restructuring [[metaphor]]?

   

   

MONJORONSON:  Frankly that is not something for you to worry about.

MONJORONSON:  Frankly that is not something for you to worry about.

Student:          Outside consultants.

Student:          Outside consultants.

   

   

MONJORONSON:  Outside consultants … or “[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_53#53:3._THE_LUCIFER_MANIFESTO foreign potentates],” if you like.  But it’s your factory, your product, your job, your [[community]], and your accomplishment.

MONJORONSON:  Outside consultants … or “[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_53#53:3._THE_LUCIFER_MANIFESTO foreign potentates],” if you like.  But it’s your factory, your product, your job, your [[community]], and your accomplishment.

   

   

Student:          Well, I [[think]] we’ve got everybody working on it here … a lot of people working on a lot of uplifting projects.   

Student:          Well, I [[think]] we’ve got everybody working on it here … a lot of people working on a lot of uplifting projects.   

Gerdean:        I have a question, Merium.  Sometimes I hear you saying – and by “you” I mean you and all the other [[supernals]] -- “You just have to [[believe]]; we’ll do all the [[work]].”  And other times I hear you say “You’re the arms and legs in this outfit.  YOU have to do all the work.”  I also hear discrepancies as to … I hear sometimes “It’s our job to see to it that it gets done,” and sometimes it is, “If we would just follow the [[spirit]] and be [[obedient]] to the [[spirit]], it will lead the way and we don’t have to [[worry]] about how it gets done.”  So when the rubber meets the road, I get a little [[confused]] as to when [[human]] [[Free will|will]] is required and when it isn’t.  Obviously we don’t always know that our will is in [[synch]] with [[divine]] will, but in [[faith]] we [[assume]] that it is and in that [[context]] I’d like a little [[clarification]], if it’s possible, as to how to undertake some of these projects that seem to be suggested.  “This is the [[challenge]],” they say. “This is the project.  This is the deal.  This is the [[work]].  This is the task.” So where do we say, “Okay, I’m going to do something about it”? And how do we know that is not our self will interjecting?  So … can you give some [[clarification]] as to that, if you [[understand]] my question?

Gerdean:        I have a question, Merium.  Sometimes I hear you saying – and by “you” I mean you and all the other [[supernals]] -- “You just have to [[believe]]; we’ll do all the [[work]].”  And other times I hear you say “You’re the arms and legs in this outfit.  YOU have to do all the work.”  I also hear discrepancies as to … I hear sometimes “It’s our job to see to it that it gets done,” and sometimes it is, “If we would just follow the [[spirit]] and be [[obedient]] to the [[spirit]], it will lead the way and we don’t have to [[worry]] about how it gets done.”  So when the rubber meets the road, I get a little [[confused]] as to when [[human]] [[Free will|will]] is required and when it isn’t.  Obviously we don’t always know that our will is in [[synch]] with [[divine]] will, but in [[faith]] we [[assume]] that it is and in that [[context]] I’d like a little [[clarification]], if it’s possible, as to how to undertake some of these projects that seem to be suggested.  “This is the [[challenge]],” they say. “This is the project.  This is the deal.  This is the [[work]].  This is the task.” So where do we say, “Okay, I’m going to do something about it”? And how do we know that is not our self will interjecting?  So … can you give some [[clarification]] as to that, if you [[understand]] my question?

   

   

MERIUM:    Yes, I think perhaps I can, but in order for me to do that, I will have to tell you a [[story]].  I will have to take you into [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_never_land Never Never Land], into the realm of the [[Spirit]], which operates whether you do or not.  It has [[purpose]].  It has [[pattern]].  It has [[design]].  You could even say it has [[predestination]].  And so it is hard-wired to operate [[progressively]], productively, [[efficiently]], [[creatively]].  You come along and [[decide]] you want to help.  It doesn’t take much for the [[universe]] to kick in.  In [[fact]], many times all you have to do is make a [[decision]] to do something and the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29 power directors] kick in, the [[midwayers]] pitch in, and the next piece of [[paradise]] [[perfection]] falls into place.  

MERIUM:    Yes, I think perhaps I can, but in order for me to do that, I will have to tell you a [[story]].  I will have to take you into [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_never_land Never Never Land], into the realm of the [[Spirit]], which operates whether you do or not.  It has [[purpose]].  It has [[pattern]].  It has [[design]].  You could even say it has [[predestination]].  And so it is hard-wired to operate [[progressively]], productively, [[efficiently]], [[creatively]].  You come along and [[decide]] you want to help.  It doesn’t take much for the [[universe]] to kick in.  In [[fact]], many times all you have to do is make a [[decision]] to do something and the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29 power directors] kick in, the [[midwayers]] pitch in, and the next piece of [[paradise]] [[perfection]] falls into place.  

   

   

Student:  Just waiting for your [[decision]].

Student:  Just waiting for your [[decision]].

You’ve been in a situation where you were supposed to do a chore and you ran into one obstacle after the other until your supervisor hollered at you for malingering, for being lazy, or irresponsible, and while you could [[rationalize]] and [[justify]] yourself up one side and down the other, you have to acknowledge that there was something not working – most likely yourself.  And so there is a lot of that that goes on.  There is a lot of looking busy and attempting to be productive, but very little [[actual]] [[doing]] it.  This is why we [[remind]] you frequently that you have to do it, even when it comes right down to it, you don’t have to do that much.  You just have to be willing.  

You’ve been in a situation where you were supposed to do a chore and you ran into one obstacle after the other until your supervisor hollered at you for malingering, for being lazy, or irresponsible, and while you could [[rationalize]] and [[justify]] yourself up one side and down the other, you have to acknowledge that there was something not working – most likely yourself.  And so there is a lot of that that goes on.  There is a lot of looking busy and attempting to be productive, but very little [[actual]] [[doing]] it.  This is why we [[remind]] you frequently that you have to do it, even when it comes right down to it, you don’t have to do that much.  You just have to be willing.  

   

   

This ties in with the saying that “it is the striving that counts.” [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_48#48:7._MORONTIA_MOTA It is not so much what you do as what you are striving to do that matters. (48:7.24)]  As long as you are striving, you are pushing the rock up the hill; as long as you are striving, you have your eye on the prize.  But when you stop striving, you are like that cat that has become complacent, as well as content.  It knows a mouse is walking by and doesn’t care.  As compared to the cat that allows the mouse to walk by but is completely cognizant of every move it makes.  We want you to be cognizant of the movements taking place so that you can be ready to [[act]] on a [[moment]]’s notice, because if you can act on a moment’s notice, you are ready to [[speak]] for [[the Master]] when he wants you to speak through.  

This ties in with the saying that “it is the striving that counts.” [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_48#48:7._MORONTIA_MOTA It is not so much what you do as what you are striving to do that matters. (48:7.24)]  As long as you are striving, you are pushing the rock up the hill; as long as you are striving, you have your eye on the prize.  But when you stop striving, you are like that cat that has become complacent, as well as content.  It knows a mouse is walking by and doesn’t care.  As compared to the cat that allows the mouse to walk by but is completely cognizant of every move it makes.  We want you to be cognizant of the movements taking place so that you can be ready to [[act]] on a [[moment]]’s notice, because if you can act on a moment’s notice, you are ready to [[speak]] for [[the Master]] when he wants you to speak through.  

   

   

You are there as a willing worker in the field, ready to move a large clump of [[earth]] out of the way so that a [[seed]] can grow.  Being [[ready]], being willing, is more than half the battle.  Many times, however, when you seek to take the entire undertaking on by yourself, you undermine your own [[good]] [[intentions]].  In addition, you deprive your [[peers]] of the [[opportunity]] to help.  Oddly enough, these life [[opportunities]] provide you with little lessons in [[harmony]] -- harmony with your [[God]], harmony with yourself, and harmony with your [[environment]], including your fellows -- and if there is one [[thing]] we all [[enjoy]] it is [[harmony]].

You are there as a willing worker in the field, ready to move a large clump of [[earth]] out of the way so that a [[seed]] can grow.  Being [[ready]], being willing, is more than half the battle.  Many times, however, when you seek to take the entire undertaking on by yourself, you undermine your own [[good]] [[intentions]].  In addition, you deprive your [[peers]] of the [[opportunity]] to help.  Oddly enough, these life [[opportunities]] provide you with little lessons in [[harmony]] -- harmony with your [[God]], harmony with yourself, and harmony with your [[environment]], including your fellows -- and if there is one [[thing]] we all [[enjoy]] it is [[harmony]].