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Your fine teacher, Daniel, took you on a most efficacious walk into the [[wonders]] of your beingness in connection with your [[animal]] origins. We did not [[design]] [[the universe]] so that "animal origins" would be a lowly and [[humiliating]] status, no. We, your Mother and I, designed this universe so that you could fully [[experience]] the [[pleasure]] of living in the flesh, of being bone and muscle and blood vessel, of having an [[organic]] computer as your [[brain]], of being able to [[touch]] each other [TR touches people on both sides of himself] and know that you are one in connection of that animal [[reality]].

Your fine teacher, Daniel, took you on a most efficacious walk into the [[wonders]] of your beingness in connection with your [[animal]] origins. We did not [[design]] [[the universe]] so that "animal origins" would be a lowly and [[humiliating]] status, no. We, your Mother and I, designed this universe so that you could fully [[experience]] the [[pleasure]] of living in the flesh, of being bone and muscle and blood vessel, of having an [[organic]] computer as your [[brain]], of being able to [[touch]] each other [TR touches people on both sides of himself] and know that you are one in connection of that animal [[reality]].

Yes, I enjoyed living in this mortal [[body]] that I had created! [[Imagine]] the [[wonder]] that I experienced in my [[adolescence]] as it became clear to me that I was actually the designer and creator of this world that I was living in! Only at first did I have faint [[thoughts]] of this which I dismissed as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalomania megalomaniac] tendencies. I was careful, very careful not to tell anyone of these [[thoughts]]. But, as I grew older I became more and more [[aware]] of Who I was before I had [[incarnated]] as a man, as a baby, as a man to become. You will never know that particular experience; you are not [[Creator Son]]s [[becoming]] aware of your status. Long before I knew that I was dwelling in a body of my own creation I was [[happy]] to be a joyful kid, full of questions. But always did I know that [[profound]] [[love]] which I recognized in my [[parents]] as a reflection of something that I knew even more deeply. That is why by the time I was twelve I knew that my father's [[religion]] was [[flawed]], that the God of their [[understanding]] was not my Father. Yes, I knew that early on.

Yes, I enjoyed living in this mortal [[body]] that I had created! [[Imagine]] the [[wonder]] that I experienced in my [[adolescence]] as it became clear to me that I was actually the designer and creator of this world that I was living in! Only at first did I have faint [[thoughts]] of this which I dismissed as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalomania megalomaniac] tendencies. I was careful, very careful not to tell anyone of these [[thoughts]]. But, as I grew older I became more and more [[aware]] of Who I was before I had [[incarnated]] as a man, as a baby, as a man to become. You will never know that particular experience; you are not [[Creator Son]]s [[becoming]] aware of your status. Long before I knew that I was dwelling in a body of my own creation I was [[happy]] to be a joyful kid, full of questions. But always did I know that [[profound]] [[love]] which I recognized in my [[parents]] as a reflection of something that I knew even more deeply. That is why by the time I was twelve I knew that my father's [[religion]] was [[flawed]], that the God of their [[understanding]] was not my Father. Yes, I knew that early on.

So, tonight, I want you to know how completely I [[understand]] you, my dear friends, my dear brothers and sisters! I am not some sorrowful figure hanging on a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucifix crucifix], overwhelmed with the [[sin]] of the world, a [[sacrificial]] offering to an [[angry]] God to compensate for the innate [[evil]] of human nature. No! I am your brother. I am your joyful brother. I am your [[triumphant]] brother. I am your older brother. I do know the way, for I am the way in human flesh. Can you feel our common [[humanity]], my dear friends? Can you feel it? (Group: Yes!) Thank you. Thank you. I did not achieve my [[divinity]] by human [[effort]], but I did achieve my [[perfected]] [[humanity]] status by my efforts. Yes, I had an [[advantage]] over you. My [[Ta|Divine Monitor]] was none other than the One that indwelt [[Machiventa]]. It was very skilled. My Divine nature as a [[Michael Son]] was not something that you [[share]] either. But even though I had these [[advantages]] my human achievements were always done without the help of my divine nature. Not all my acts were solely from my human nature, no. I did act as a combined [[personality]]. But the achievement of my humanity was done as an [[animal]] origin being like yourselves.

So, tonight, I want you to know how completely I [[understand]] you, my dear friends, my dear brothers and sisters! I am not some sorrowful figure hanging on a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucifix crucifix], overwhelmed with the [[sin]] of the world, a [[sacrificial]] offering to an [[angry]] God to compensate for the innate [[evil]] of human nature. No! I am your brother. I am your joyful brother. I am your [[triumphant]] brother. I am your older brother. I do know the way, for I am the way in human flesh. Can you feel our common [[humanity]], my dear friends? Can you feel it? (Group: Yes!) Thank you. Thank you. I did not achieve my [[divinity]] by human [[effort]], but I did achieve my [[perfected]] [[humanity]] status by my efforts. Yes, I had an [[advantage]] over you. My [[Ta|Divine Monitor]] was none other than the One that indwelt [[Machiventa]]. It was very skilled. My Divine nature as a [[Michael Son]] was not something that you [[share]] either. But even though I had these [[advantages]] my human achievements were always done without the help of my divine nature. Not all my acts were solely from my human nature, no. I did act as a combined [[personality]]. But the achievement of my humanity was done as an [[animal]] origin being like yourselves.

Yes, [[this world]] really needs joyful [[humor]], not [[cynical]] humor. It needs the [[pleasure]] of seeing one's own [[progress]] and using that progress as a background to then laugh at one's previous immaturity, just as you laugh at the things children say when they do not [[understand]] what the words mean. Humor that is healthy appreciates [[progress]]. It does not make fun of [[self]] or others, as you know. So I want to say to you, "Keep on lightening up.

Yes, [[this world]] really needs joyful [[humor]], not [[cynical]] humor. It needs the [[pleasure]] of seeing one's own [[progress]] and using that progress as a background to then laugh at one's previous immaturity, just as you laugh at the things children say when they do not [[understand]] what the words mean. Humor that is healthy appreciates [[progress]]. It does not make fun of [[self]] or others, as you know. So I want to say to you, "Keep on lightening up.

Keep on lightening up!"

Keep on lightening up!"

[[Our Father]] will have His way in the end. That which will not [[cooperate]] with Him will not continue. [[Evil]], [[sin]], and [[iniquity]] are time limited. They will not [[persist]]. I know it's hard living on [[this planet]]. In some ways I think it is harder for you than it was for me, for things are more [[complicated]]. I know some of you want to wave [[magic]] [[wand]]s that would eviscerate [[free will]] choice among those whom you deem to be unworthy by [[virtue]] of their [[behavior]]. Be careful with that thinking, my friends! For you are all a mix of levels of [[maturity]]. You all are capable of error. Do not judge your brothers and sisters. No magic wand will be provided for it is [[contrary]] to my Father's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_directive prime directive].

[[Our Father]] will have His way in the end. That which will not [[cooperate]] with Him will not continue. [[Evil]], [[sin]], and [[iniquity]] are time limited. They will not [[persist]]. I know it's hard living on [[this planet]]. In some ways I think it is harder for you than it was for me, for things are more [[complicated]]. I know some of you want to wave [[magic]] [[wand]]s that would eviscerate [[free will]] choice among those whom you deem to be unworthy by [[virtue]] of their [[behavior]]. Be careful with that thinking, my friends! For you are all a mix of levels of [[maturity]]. You all are capable of error. Do not judge your brothers and sisters. No magic wand will be provided for it is [[contrary]] to my Father's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_directive prime directive].

I was [[tempted]] with the [[magic]] [[wand]], remember? I was very strongly tempted to use my [[power]], to summon legions of [[angels]] to my side, to do things my way. Oh, yes, I was tempted in my human nature. That was not an unreal imaginary [[experience]]. I understood my brother and sister [[Adam and Eve]] better after I was in this flesh. I could understand how [[frustrated]] they got and how they thought that they knew best. When I said to my Father, "If it is possible take this cup away from me", of course I thought there might be that possibility. I didn't see why I had to die in such a [[manner]] until I was [[reconciled]] to my [[guidance]]. Then I was truly able to say, "Nevertheless, not my will but Yours be done". My basic unquestioning [[trust]] in my Father triumphed. I knew that even though I couldn't understand it, at that moment, He had never let me down; that I was completing [[119:7 The Seventh and Final Bestowal|my bestowal]] experience on a broader canvass than many of many of my brothers of my order; that it was not a mistake on the part of my Father and your Father.

I was [[tempted]] with the [[magic]] [[wand]], remember? I was very strongly tempted to use my [[power]], to summon legions of [[angels]] to my side, to do things my way. Oh, yes, I was tempted in my human nature. That was not an unreal imaginary [[experience]]. I understood my brother and sister [[Adam and Eve]] better after I was in this flesh. I could understand how [[frustrated]] they got and how they thought that they knew best. When I said to my Father, "If it is possible take this cup away from me", of course I thought there might be that possibility. I didn't see why I had to die in such a [[manner]] until I was [[reconciled]] to my [[guidance]]. Then I was truly able to say, "Nevertheless, not my will but Yours be done". My basic unquestioning [[trust]] in my Father triumphed. I knew that even though I couldn't understand it, at that moment, He had never let me down; that I was completing [[119:7 The Seventh and Final Bestowal|my bestowal]] experience on a broader canvass than many of many of my brothers of my order; that it was not a mistake on the part of my Father and your Father.

After hearing from [[Michael]] the group discussed passages in the [[Urantia Book]] which related to his lesson. The following passage pertained as is quoted here]

After hearing from [[Michael]] the group discussed passages in the [[Urantia Book]] which related to his lesson. The following passage pertained as is quoted here]

"By the end of the twenty-ninth year Jesus of Nazareth had virtually finished the living of the life required of mortals as sojourners in the flesh. He came on earth the fullness of God to be manifest to man; he had now become well-nigh the perfection of man awaiting the occasion to become manifest to God. And he did all of this before he was thirty years of age." [[129:4 The Human Jesus|Urantia Book, page 1426]]

By the end of the twenty-ninth year [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] had virtually finished the living of the life required of [[mortals]] as [[sojourners]] in the [[flesh]]. He came on [[earth]] the fullness of [[God]] to be [[manifest]] to man; he had now become well-nigh the [[perfection]] of man awaiting the occasion to become [[manifest]] to [[God]]. And he did all of this before he was thirty years of age. [[129:4 The Human Jesus|Urantia Book, page 1426]]