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===Topic: ''Two Aspects of Growth''===

 

Two Aspects of Growth

 

 

* Elyon (Jonathan TR): Friends, I greet you again, Elyon speaking. In times past I have greeted you with the line that I am your guide to under-standing, and other teachers greet their students with the line that they are "the one who loves you". I choose to reflect on these phrases today for there is significance in each.

 

Elyon (Jonathan TR): Friends, I greet you again, Elyon speaking. In times past I have greeted you with the line that I am your guide to under-standing, and other teachers greet their students with the line that they are "the one who loves you". I choose to reflect on these phrases today for there is significance in each.

Understanding is a process that is undertaken singly, one which each individual does for themselves, and therefore a teacher like myself can only be a guide. I cannot give understanding; I can only allow you to realize through the possibilities presented in such a context as today's lessons.

Understanding is a process that is undertaken singly, one which each individual does for themselves, and therefore a teacher like myself can only be a guide. I cannot give understanding; I can only allow you to realize through the possibilities presented in such a context as today's lessons.

The work you undertake to grow involves both these two aspects, the experience of love and the experience of expanding your awareness of reality. When I have expressed to you that I love you, I will assure you that this love has been from the onset of our teaching program and will always be for you in spite of your sense of success or failure to assimilate these teachings. I can, however, assure you that I have witnessed great progress in your understanding of the nature of morontia realities as they have been redefined and applied to your present level of existence. So, I would conclude that I am your guide to understanding, and I am one who loves you.

The work you undertake to grow involves both these two aspects, the experience of love and the experience of expanding your awareness of reality. When I have expressed to you that I love you, I will assure you that this love has been from the onset of our teaching program and will always be for you in spite of your sense of success or failure to assimilate these teachings. I can, however, assure you that I have witnessed great progress in your understanding of the nature of morontia realities as they have been redefined and applied to your present level of existence. So, I would conclude that I am your guide to understanding, and I am one who loves you.

 

Tom: Regarding healing, I'm reminded of a passage in The Urantia Book saying that material things must be known in order to be loved and spirit things must be loved in order to be known. In healing, the material need is on one end and spiritual solution is on the other. "I'll believe it when I see it" as opposed to "I'll see it when I believe it." The Father, of course, is free to place His hand in time as He wills. As His representative, it is my job to incorporate His will in my work. I know I don't need special incantations or abracadabra; I know the Father answers the soul's attitude, not the words. So, as a lady in a cancer ward said, we all pray for miracles but mostly they don't happen. Could you review some of the attitudes that patient and practitioner must cultivate in order to close the loop and allow the energy to flow?

Tom: Regarding healing, I'm reminded of a passage in The Urantia Book saying that material things must be known in order to be loved and spirit things must be loved in order to be known. In healing, the material need is on one end and spiritual solution is on the other. "I'll believe it when I see it" as opposed to "I'll see it when I believe it." The Father, of course, is free to place His hand in time as He wills. As His representative, it is my job to incorporate His will in my work. I know I don't need special incantations or abracadabra; I know the Father answers the soul's attitude, not the words. So, as a lady in a cancer ward said, we all pray for miracles but mostly they don't happen. Could you review some of the attitudes that patient and practitioner must cultivate in order to close the loop and allow the energy to flow?

Tom: Thanks, Elyon.

Tom: Thanks, Elyon.

 

Elyon: We are all students of the Father who loves each of us. May this love be shared freely with all. Until next time, farewell.

Elyon: We are all students of the Father who loves each of us. May this love be shared freely with all. Until next time, farewell.