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===Lesson===

===Lesson===

The question to be answered today is: What is required so that The Days of Light and Life once begun will continue? What beliefs and what values underlie the existence of The Days of Light and Life? What factors are mandatory for The Days of Light and Life to exist, to come into existence and continue on? The answers are both simple and the extended answers are quite complex. We must give you these beginning lessons before we begin the "how to" lessons. These foundational lessons will continue for some time. The primary value that is necessary to underwrite, to be the foundation for The Days of Light and Life, is the value, the belief in sustainability. The Days of Light and Life only come into the existence of a planet whose history has become stabilized—not mediocre, not "ho hum," not ordinary—but stabilized. The days, years, decades, centuries that proceed the inauguration of The Days of Light and Life are years of great excitement, great civilizational developments, great stabilizing influences that begin and continue, that once begun, begin to gain momentum and hold a preponderance of energy, so that your world’s events become stabilized. There is the anticipation of stability. There is a distinction we draw between stability and sustainability. We will leave you to find those distinctions through this discussion.

The question to be answered today is: What is required so that The Days of [[Light and Life]] once begun will continue? What [[belief]]s and what [[value]]s underlie the existence of The Days of Light and Life? What factors are mandatory for The Days of Light and Life to exist, to come into existence and continue on? The answers are both simple and the extended answers are quite complex. We must give you these beginning lessons before we begin the "how to" lessons. These foundational lessons will continue for some time. The primary value that is necessary to underwrite, to be the foundation for The Days of Light and Life, is the value, the belief in sustainability. The Days of Light and Life only come into the existence of a planet whose [[history]] has become stabilized—not mediocre, not "ho hum," not ordinary—but stabilized. The days, years, decades, centuries that proceed the inauguration of The Days of Light and Life are years of great excitement, great [[civilization]]al developments, great stabilizing influences that begin and continue, that once begun, begin to gain momentum and hold a preponderance of [[energy]], so that your world’s events become stabilized. There is the anticipation of stability. There is a distinction we draw between stability and sustainability. We will leave you to find those distinctions through this discussion.

Even before peace is endemic upon your world, there must be the belief that it is possible. Before those beliefs can become widespread, there must be held at the core of each individual, the value that peace is possible, that stability, continuation is possible. If I were to set out homework for you to do, it would be simply to do this: To identify the values that underlie stability and sustainability. What values must you hold dear that will empower individuals to want and need stability and a life that is sustainable?

Even before peace is endemic upon your world, there must be the belief that it is possible. Before those beliefs can become widespread, there must be held at the core of each [[individual]], the value that peace is possible, that stability, continuation is possible. If I were to set out homework for you to do, it would be simply to do this: To identify the values that underlie stability and sustainability. What values must you hold dear that will empower individuals to want and need stability and a life that is sustainable?

This would be a wonderful working group exercise for a large group, where you would have perhaps 50-150 people who would meet to analyze the values of stability and sustainability. And in saying that, you are almost saying, "peace" as well. But peace requires more than belief, more than values—but we will discuss that later. If I were to set an assignment upon you, where I was physically present here with you, look each of you into the eye, and ask each of you to go out and bring in five people to a group meeting, would you do that? (Pause.) Would you do that, my friends? (Yes.) I would hope so. And I would ask this larger group to identify the values that they see as underlying sustainability, stability and peace.

This would be a wonderful working group exercise for a large group, where you would have perhaps 50-150 people who would meet to analyze the values of stability and sustainability. And in saying that, you are almost saying, "peace" as well. But peace requires more than belief, more than values—but we will discuss that later. If I were to set an assignment upon you, where I was physically present here with you, look each of you into the eye, and ask each of you to go out and bring in five people to a group meeting, would you do that? (Pause.) Would you do that, my friends? (Yes.) I would hope so. And I would ask this larger group to identify the values that they see as underlying sustainability, stability and peace.

You perhaps may be a member of a homeowners association. Lead by asking your question, "What would it take to sustain our community, this neighborhood, for the next two centuries?" Well, you might be laughed out of your meeting, but perhaps you would be taken seriously. For some, homeowner associations are a means to protect the bias of that neighborhood. It may be a way of maintaining mediocrity—houses of very similar colors, houses with similar sizes, similar yards, similar landscape. But what homeowners association would stand out as an exception, that took on the orientation towards sustainability for 200 years or 500 years? To do so, it must reorient its policies very differently.

You perhaps may be a member of a homeowners association. Lead by asking your question, "What would it take to sustain our community, this neighborhood, for the next two centuries?" Well, you might be laughed out of your meeting, but perhaps you would be taken seriously. For some, homeowner associations are a means to protect the bias of that neighborhood. It may be a way of maintaining mediocrity—houses of very similar colors, houses with similar sizes, similar yards, similar landscape. But what homeowners association would stand out as an exception, that took on the orientation towards sustainability for 200 years or 500 years? To do so, it must reorient its policies very differently.

It would begin to make policies concerning its sources of water, the treatment of its effluent, the schooling of its children, the enhancement of its neighborhood for the spiritual development—even the aesthetic development of individual’s appreciation for where they live. You are leaders. We are calling upon you to be leaders. We are asking you to raise questions—not to question authority, that you can do on your own—but to question the issues and policies that are existent now, that are short-term, short lived, and superficial.

It would begin to make policies concerning its sources of water, the treatment of its effluent, the schooling of its children, the enhancement of its neighborhood for the [[spiritual]] development—even the aesthetic development of individual’s appreciation for where they live. You are leaders. We are calling upon you to be leaders. We are asking you to raise questions—not to question [[authority]], that you can do on your own—but to question the issues and policies that are existent now, that are short-term, short lived, and superficial.

If you belong to, or are a member of a board of trustees in a large corporation—these are questions that would drive leadership in the corporation. It is not only the bottom line that is necessary to admire, appreciate, and respect, but [also] the long-term bottom line. There must be short-term goals, long-term goals, and exceedingly long-term goals. There are corporations that have existed already on your world for centuries. What is it that has assisted them in sustaining themselves? Which type of form of government has lasted the longest, over any era of the world? The Roman Empire lasted almost a 1000 years; how did it do that? What sustained it?

If you belong to, or are a member of a board of trustees in a large corporation—these are questions that would drive leadership in the corporation. It is not only the bottom line that is necessary to admire, appreciate, and respect, but [also] the long-term bottom line. There must be short-term goals, long-term goals, and exceedingly long-term goals. There are corporations that have existed already on your world for centuries. What is it that has assisted them in sustaining themselves? Which type of form of government has lasted the longest, over any era of the world? The Roman Empire lasted almost a 1000 years; how did it do that? What sustained it?

Perhaps the same policies would not work today, but perhaps the same perspectives would—but turned a different way. We could quite easily, today, tear apart your domestic policies and foreign policies, of this nation and your states in short order, but what would that prove? It would not prove much. Yes, you know that they are short-term, they are meant to make the administrations that are in power look better, that they are doing the right thing—looking right, that they are doing well so that their political party would become re-elected. These are all short-term, shallow, superficial reasons for existence as an authority of power.

Perhaps the same policies would not work today, but perhaps the same perspectives would—but turned a different way. We could quite easily, today, tear apart your domestic policies and foreign policies, of this nation and your states in short order, but what would that prove? It would not prove much. Yes, you know that they are short-term, they are meant to make the administrations that are in power look better, that they are doing the right thing—looking right, that they are doing well so that their political party would become re-elected. These are all short-term, shallow, superficial reasons for existence as an authority of power.

Now, let us take a long loop out and come to my office, the Office of Magisterial Son: What policies must the Magisterial Son exercise in the administration and expansion of the Magisterial Mission, to assist your world in coming into The Days of Light and Life successfully—not necessarily as quickly as possible, but effectively? These same policies of the Magisterial Mission are effective at your level. They are effective now. It only requires the belief that they are, that they can be effective now, and those beliefs must be backed up with the values that your world can become sustainable, that its people and its cultures can be sustained into the future.

Now, let us take a long loop out and come to my office, the Office of Magisterial Son: What policies must the Magisterial Son exercise in the administration and expansion of the Magisterial Mission, to assist your world in coming into The Days of Light and Life successfully—not necessarily as quickly as possible, but effectively? These same policies of the Magisterial Mission are effective at your level. They are effective now. It only requires the belief that they are, that they can be effective now, and those beliefs must be backed up with the values that your world can become sustainable, that its people and its [[culture]]s can be sustained into the future.

The chores that I give you to do, I have to do myself; my staff has to do willingly, gladly, and with anticipation. From your perspective, perhaps, dealing with your material world, your material dimensions, this is no easy task to ask of you, but this is—as we have said—doing so is incremental and developmental and will lead to the evolutionary development of your civilizations. Your cultures and civilizations must evolve, and along with them must evolve the values that underline a sustained society, sustained world, sustained industry, sustained technology, and sustained life styles. What is of value? What has value? What are your values? These are all important things to have in mind—you must have them! And you can only have them embedded into your lives by living them!

The chores that I give you to do, I have to do myself; my staff has to do willingly, gladly, and with anticipation. From your perspective, perhaps, dealing with your [[material]] world, your material dimensions, this is no easy task to ask of you, but this is—as we have said—doing so is incremental and developmental and will lead to the evolutionary development of your [[civilization]]s. Your cultures and civilizations must evolve, and along with them must evolve the values that underline a sustained society, sustained world, sustained industry, sustained technology, and sustained life styles. What is of value? What has value? What are your values? These are all important things to have in [[mind—you]] must have them! And you can only have them embedded into your lives by living them!

Now, I know my role, do you know yours? What is your role? We, my staff and myself, will not hand out little strips of paper to you telling you what your role is. You must raise your hand and say, "I can do this. This is what I want to do." "I can do this well, I’ve done this before, and I can do it again," or "I’ve done this once, I think I will try it again." Some will say, "I’ve never done that before, but I am willing—show me how," and my friends, we will. The roles that you design for yourself to assist the Magisterial Mission will likewise give you something meaningful to do in your life, now. Do you wonder what you can do? It is very clear to us: You have work to do! We first ask that you develop a need and the desire to assist us, to go about your business as we have suggested, as the teachers have suggested many times, in your daily business, wherever you go. We suggest positive options that guide and lead toward sustainability of your society, of your world.

Now, I know my role, do you know yours? What is your role? We, my staff and myself, will not hand out little strips of paper to you telling you what your role is. You must raise your hand and say, "I can do this. This is what I want to do." "I can do this well, I’ve done this before, and I can do it again," or "I’ve done this once, I think I will try it again." Some will say, "I’ve never done that before, but I am willing—show me how," and my friends, we will. The roles that you design for yourself to assist the Magisterial Mission will likewise give you something [[meaning]]ful to do in your life, now. Do you [[wonder]] what you can do? It is very clear to us: You have work to do! We first ask that you develop a need and the desire to assist us, to go about your business as we have suggested, as the teachers have suggested many times, in your daily business, wherever you go. We suggest positive options that guide and lead toward sustainability of your society, of your world.

Here in this state, you are dealing with a water crisis. The farmers cannot raise their crops anymore because they cannot draw water from the ground. Water that comes down the streams goes to cities, rather than farms that used to raise crops. Is this sustainable? Can this go on for the next two or three centuries? This is not a rhetorical question. This is a real question, one that you and your people in this society, in these states, will face—not think about—but you will face. Water policies throughout your world will be a great issue in the very near future. Too much water here, not enough there. What is equitable, what is fair, what brings oneness?

Here in this state, you are dealing with a water crisis. The farmers cannot raise their crops anymore because they cannot draw water from the ground. Water that comes down the streams goes to cities, rather than farms that used to raise crops. Is this sustainable? Can this go on for the next two or three centuries? This is not a rhetorical question. This is a real question, one that you and your people in this [[society]], in these states, will face—not think about—but you will face. Water policies throughout your world will be a great issue in the very near future. Too much water here, not enough there. What is equitable, what is fair, what brings oneness?

In these words that I share with you now, these underlie the values of beliefs of your future world. How will you participate in your role? What is your role? What are your values? The vision is clear for all of us, for myself and for you, we will live in a world of oneness, of unity, togetherness, and integration, where the borders are simply drawn on maps and do not exist in reality, do not exist politically or economically: To live in a world of oneness with one language, one culture, one belief. This under-girds and truly is the essence of The Days of Light and Life.

In these words that I share with you now, these underlie the values of beliefs of your future world. How will you participate in your role? What is your role? What are your values? The vision is clear for all of us, for myself and for you, we will live in a world of oneness, of unity, togetherness, and integration, where the borders are simply drawn on maps and do not exist in reality, do not exist politically or economically: To live in a world of oneness with one language, one culture, one belief. This under-girds and truly is the essence of The Days of Light and Life.

I know that many of you may be sarcastic, bitter, and cynical with hearing these words because it may not be possible in your lifetime—and truly it may not be, even for the youngest person here, or outside anywhere in your country. It may take many lifetimes, many generations to do this. We would not be disappointed if it did, but understand that it would be required to achieve the ends designed for your world by Christ Michael, by the Architects of his Local Universe, and in the design of the Grand Universe.

I know that many of you may be sarcastic, bitter, and cynical with hearing these words because it may not be possible in your lifetime—and truly it may not be, even for the youngest person here, or outside anywhere in your country. It may take many lifetimes, many generations to do this. We would not be disappointed if it did, but understand that it would be required to achieve the ends designed for your world by Christ Michael, by the Architects of his Local Universe, and in the design of the [[Grand Universe]].

You may ask a question such as, "What is normal for a world as ours?" Well, my friends, you are not on a normal world, so there are no normal circumstances given for your world. This is truly an experimental planet and so many things have gone awry that it is exponentially beyond experimental. It is now at the point of tremendous return for soul growth, yet at great risk for its existence. It is here that the greatest efforts of Christ Michael and his Administration are being applied, and similarly to other planets in the quarantine, who are now coming out of that stage.

You may ask a question such as, "What is normal for a world as ours?" Well, my friends, you are not on a normal world, so there are no normal circumstances given for your world. This is truly an [[experiment]]al planet and so many things have gone awry that it is exponentially beyond experimental. It is now at the point of tremendous return for soul growth, yet at great risk for its existence. It is here that the greatest efforts of Christ Michael and his Administration are being applied, and similarly to other planets in the quarantine, who are now coming out of that stage.

The vision for your world may be summed up in another question: What will the world look like when it is stabilized? (Which does not mean it is necessarily in a sustainable mode, but that it has been stabilized in economics and militarily for decades.) What would that look like? The other question that must follow is, "What can we do to bring our world now a little closer to that ideal?" Then, when you get to that ideal, you say, "What is necessary now to sustain this state?" In addition, once it is sustained, then you ask, "How can we make this a bit better? What is not quite right with it now, that we can improve?"

The [[vision]] for your world may be summed up in another question: What will the world look like when it is stabilized? (Which does not mean it is necessarily in a sustainable mode, but that it has been stabilized in [[economics]] and militarily for decades.) What would that look like? The other question that must follow is, "What can we do to bring our world now a little closer to that [[ideal]]?" Then, when you get to that ideal, you say, "What is necessary now to sustain this state?" In addition, once it is sustained, then you ask, "How can we make this a bit better? What is not quite right with it now, that we can improve?"

Now, in your homes, some of you are feeling threatened by your life, and what is around you. You have many worries about things you cannot control. You have fears that are out of your reach to resolve. If this is the case, then seriously, confidently, engage your day-to-day life controlling what you can. Be at peace. Begin peace with yourself. If you cannot control what is uncontrollable, then release it. If you still want to control it, then join with others to become more powerful. However, for those, individually, who want peace now, learn peace for yourself in your life, now. Live in this moment, now. Each of you breathes, now, in this moment. You cannot breathe yesterday. You cannot breathe tomorrow. You must breathe now. This is why the Buddhist "practice of the breath" is so powerful. It is now. It is immediate. It has palpable results and it keeps you focused in this moment. These are worthy pursuits and practices to pursue and to emulate in your life.

Now, in your homes, some of you are feeling threatened by your life, and what is around you. You have many worries about things you cannot control. You have fears that are out of your reach to resolve. If this is the case, then seriously, confidently, engage your day-to-day life controlling what you can. Be at peace. Begin peace with yourself. If you cannot control what is uncontrollable, then release it. If you still want to control it, then join with others to become more powerful. However, for those, individually, who want peace now, learn peace for yourself in your life, now. Live in this moment, now. Each of you breathes, now, in this moment. You cannot breathe yesterday. You cannot breathe tomorrow. You must breathe now. This is why the [[Buhhda|Buddhist]] "practice of the breath" is so powerful. It is now. It is immediate. It has palpable results and it keeps you focused in this moment. These are worthy pursuits and practices to pursue and to emulate in your life.

What can you do to sustain yourself? What are your values that underlie the belief that you can be sustained? Are they economic? Are they political? Are they religious? Are they spiritual? Are they temporal or are they eternal? Find your centers, children. Find your center. Find and know and live with what is meaningful, what is permanent, what is sustainable for you.

What can you do to sustain yourself? What are your values that underlie the belief that you can be sustained? Are they economic? Are they political? Are they religious? Are they [[spiritual]]? Are they temporal or are they eternal? Find your centers, children. Find your center. Find and know and live with what is meaningful, what is permanent, what is sustainable for you.

Some of you have witnessed and are a part of the sustainable energy practices that are now coming out in your technologies. Wind power is said to be sustainable. This is one small item, one small way of thinking of sustainability, but it is a beginning. It contains the seed-belief that it can be sustained. Yes, there must be maintenance—even parts must be replaced—but as a whole, the wind will always blow. As long as your world has differences in temperatures, there will be differences in air pressures, and there will be differences in wind velocities. Where there is a vacuum, it will be filled, and so there is wind.

Some of you have witnessed and are a part of the sustainable energy practices that are now coming out in your technologies. Wind power is said to be sustainable. This is one small item, one small way of thinking of sustainability, but it is a beginning. It contains the seed-belief that it can be sustained. Yes, there must be maintenance—even parts must be replaced—but as a whole, the wind will always blow. As long as your world has differences in temperatures, there will be differences in air pressures, and there will be differences in wind velocities. Where there is a vacuum, it will be filled, and so there is wind.

It is remarkable how ideas spread. We now have an example, wherever you go, that sustainability is possible on a technological basis. The idea that technological innovations are sustainable will become accepted as a normal belief, and that belief will drive entrepreneurs and inventors, to devise new technologies for other sustainable areas that need these devices. Then, the software: What kind of software do we need that will sustain the operation of these machines? Software is akin to thinking, knowing that it is possible, finding ways to make it possible.

It is remarkable how [[idea]]s spread. We now have an example, wherever you go, that sustainability is possible on a technological basis. The idea that technological innovations are sustainable will become accepted as a normal [[belief]], and that belief will drive entrepreneurs and inventors, to devise new technologies for other sustainable areas that need these devices. Then, the software: What kind of software do we need that will sustain the operation of these machines? Software is akin to [[thinking]], knowing that it is possible, finding ways to make it possible.

This idea of sustainability will creep over into your non-hardware organizations: Healthcare, healthy living, food production, child rearing, education, and societal maintenance. How do you maintain a society so it remains healthy? so that its members can actualize and develop their potential? and those that cannot are given opportunity to maximize what potential they have.

This idea of sustainability will creep over into your non-hardware organizations: Healthcare, healthy living, food production, child rearing, education, and societal maintenance. How do you maintain a society so it remains healthy? so that its members can actualize and develop their potential? and those that cannot are given opportunity to maximize what potential they have.

The idea, the beliefs, the values of sustainability must seep into the very core of all your social institutions, of all your political and economic institutions. They must become what you breathe every day, what you learn in school. Without this, there will be no Days of Light and Life. Without this, there will be no peace.

The [[idea]], the [[belief]]s, the [[value]]s of sustainability must seep into the very core of all your social institutions, of all your political and economic institutions. They must become what you breathe every day, what you learn in school. Without this, there will be no Days of Light and Life. Without this, there will be no peace.

Isn’t it so ironic that the inequity of air pressure creates sustainable electric output, but inequalities politically lead to violence, revolution and death for many? Equal pressure will create no wind and no electricity, but equal pressure among individuals in societies and nations, creates peace. So you value stability, equality, lack of pressure politically, but not with wind power. One must be adaptable in their values, in their beliefs, and discern the difference and how to apply them. You are beginning to live in a much more sophisticated world, that needs sophisticated, discerning thinking to live successfully, and to help your society and nation survive, begin to accept that peace is a possibility, and exercise yourselves to make it possible.

Isn’t it so [[irony||ironic]] that the inequity of air pressure creates sustainable electric output, but inequalities politically lead to violence, revolution and death for many? Equal pressure will create no wind and no electricity, but equal pressure among individuals in societies and nations, creates peace. So you value stability, equality, lack of pressure politically, but not with wind power. One must be adaptable in their values, in their beliefs, and discern the difference and how to apply them. You are beginning to live in a much more sophisticated world, that needs sophisticated, discerning [[thinking]] to live successfully, and to help your society and nation survive, begin to accept that peace is a possibility, and exercise yourselves to make it possible.

 

===Dialogue===

===Dialogue===

Student: Is our sun a thermonuclear power plant, or is it something else?

Student: Is our sun a thermonuclear power plant, or is it something else?