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Group: Pocatello, Idaho

 

Teachers: Daniel, Tomas

 

 

An open letter to Daniel of a critical nature and Daniel’s response.

 

Opening prayer

Opening prayer

It is my pleasure to open this meeting tonight. Tomas will address you first and provide you with a lesson, and, then, my friends, you will be given the platform to express your concerns. We will address this issue that is foremost in your minds following our lesson time. Thank you dear students, loving friends, for your generosity of heart. Now, Tomas, please proceed."

It is my pleasure to open this meeting tonight. Tomas will address you first and provide you with a lesson, and, then, my friends, you will be given the platform to express your concerns. We will address this issue that is foremost in your minds following our lesson time. Thank you dear students, loving friends, for your generosity of heart. Now, Tomas, please proceed."

 

Tomas(TR #2): "Thank you, Daniel, co-teacher, and good evening friends and loyal students. We have evolved to a point where it is desirous that we address a new facet of our Teaching Mission community. The growth of this family of believers has been on a steady course. The initial discourses focused on our existence in your realm and an ensuing process of assuring you of your value and in encouraging your understanding of love with subsequent related lessons of a spiritual nature.

Tomas(TR #2): "Thank you, Daniel, co-teacher, and good evening friends and loyal students. We have evolved to a point where it is desirous that we address a new facet of our Teaching Mission community. The growth of this family of believers has been on a steady course. The initial discourses focused on our existence in your realm and an ensuing process of assuring you of your value and in encouraging your understanding of love with subsequent related lessons of a spiritual nature.

And now my friends I know you have concerns on your mind. I ask that you again read me the letter although I am, of course, familiar with it. However, there are those that may perceive me as not being in your presence unless I am in TR contact, so I request that you read this letter now and that its contents be placed into the transcript in this manner." [Ed. comment: The letter was read, is printed as written, and regards the group meeting held 7-14-95.]

And now my friends I know you have concerns on your mind. I ask that you again read me the letter although I am, of course, familiar with it. However, there are those that may perceive me as not being in your presence unless I am in TR contact, so I request that you read this letter now and that its contents be placed into the transcript in this manner." [Ed. comment: The letter was read, is printed as written, and regards the group meeting held 7-14-95.]

AN OPEN LETTER TO DANIEL 5 August, 1995

===AN OPEN LETTER TO DANIEL===

*5 August, 1995

Two weeks ago you and I had a discussion. I had come to the Urantia meeting feeling very upset and unhappy. The new circuitry which had been installed on Monday that same week was causing me distress, both physically and mentally. The left side of my head was hot to the touch and painful. It felt unbalanced. My dreams were all about laboratory animals with sections of their skull removed and electrodes in their brains. At the meeting, I shared most of this with the group. I was certain that all I needed was to bring this to your attention. I trusted that you would do whatever was necessary to rectify the situation.

Two weeks ago you and I had a discussion. I had come to the Urantia meeting feeling very upset and unhappy. The new circuitry which had been installed on Monday that same week was causing me distress, both physically and mentally. The left side of my head was hot to the touch and painful. It felt unbalanced. My dreams were all about laboratory animals with sections of their skull removed and electrodes in their brains. At the meeting, I shared most of this with the group. I was certain that all I needed was to bring this to your attention. I trusted that you would do whatever was necessary to rectify the situation.

In my fifty-three years, there have been many groups who came on the national or international scene wanting to change the world. Most often, whatever was emphasized in their propaganda was exactly what they wanted to take from their followers. Groups who promote peace find themselves in the thick of the battle. If you sign on the bottom line for hope, be prepared for despair. Churches preach God's love and then manipulate their congregations through guilt and sin. Though the Urantia Book repelled me, the transcripts spoke of Love, of Trust, of having Free Will. All those nice nominalizations. I should have known better. The "hook" was the opportunity for spiritual growth. That made it very hard for a seeker to walk away. All the signs were there. I didn't want to read them. When a group which talks about Free Will teaches you that you have a "Thought Adjuster" who will, if you're good enough, become a "Thought Controller"- You are in trouble! When they tell you to Trust- plan on losing your initiative. If Daniel's tender mercies are any example, Love is about doing what you're told and not questioning his authority. Have you noticed that not one of them can do a thing without asking permission? I have a sense that their real Mission would have us all like little robots in their circuitry, marching in lock step through eternity. Believe me, Daniel, when I tell you that I will not be so deceived again. Since you are already in Hell, I'll see you when it freezes over. Janet Moore

In my fifty-three years, there have been many groups who came on the national or international scene wanting to change the world. Most often, whatever was emphasized in their propaganda was exactly what they wanted to take from their followers. Groups who promote peace find themselves in the thick of the battle. If you sign on the bottom line for hope, be prepared for despair. Churches preach God's love and then manipulate their congregations through guilt and sin. Though the Urantia Book repelled me, the transcripts spoke of Love, of Trust, of having Free Will. All those nice nominalizations. I should have known better. The "hook" was the opportunity for spiritual growth. That made it very hard for a seeker to walk away. All the signs were there. I didn't want to read them. When a group which talks about Free Will teaches you that you have a "Thought Adjuster" who will, if you're good enough, become a "Thought Controller"- You are in trouble! When they tell you to Trust- plan on losing your initiative. If Daniel's tender mercies are any example, Love is about doing what you're told and not questioning his authority. Have you noticed that not one of them can do a thing without asking permission? I have a sense that their real Mission would have us all like little robots in their circuitry, marching in lock step through eternity. Believe me, Daniel, when I tell you that I will not be so deceived again. Since you are already in Hell, I'll see you when it freezes over. Janet Moore

 

Daniel(TR #4): "Thank you Bill for reading this letter as requested.

Daniel(TR #4): "Thank you Bill for reading this letter as requested.

Tomas(TR #2): "I am going to interject. I understand your devotion to Daniel and your eagerness to hear his words, yet his vessel is not strong, and I am going to respond to your question in order that the TR may absorb the energy and gain strength while I put some out.

Tomas(TR #2): "I am going to interject. I understand your devotion to Daniel and your eagerness to hear his words, yet his vessel is not strong, and I am going to respond to your question in order that the TR may absorb the energy and gain strength while I put some out.

The situation regarding understanding of unconditional love is founded in understanding the ideal love of the Father as it permeates you. In your growth, you always may return to your Inner Bastian of Spiritual Strength and see that the loving ministry, the understanding, the Parental concern always overshadows the failings of the child. In your attempt, then, to accept your peers with unconditional love, it is necessary to sustain an ideation of them from that same standpoint which the Father Fragment has for you. And this is no easy order, for what is evident is not always true. What people present is not always the reality. What your expectations are is not necessarily what they are willing to put forth. The many lessons on diversity and variation of personality indicate that the Source of unconditional love is above and beyond those considerations of gender, culture, age, and etc., which makes for the difference in individuals.

The situation regarding understanding of unconditional love is founded in understanding the ideal love of the Father as it permeates you. In your growth, you always may return to your Inner Bastion of Spiritual Strength and see that the loving ministry, the understanding, the Parental concern always overshadows the failings of the child. In your attempt, then, to accept your peers with unconditional love, it is necessary to sustain an ideation of them from that same standpoint which the Father Fragment has for you. And this is no easy order, for what is evident is not always true. What people present is not always the reality. What your expectations are is not necessarily what they are willing to put forth. The many lessons on diversity and variation of personality indicate that the Source of unconditional love is above and beyond those considerations of gender, culture, age, and etc., which makes for the difference in individuals.

Unconditional love is a spiritual ideal and can only be sustained in the ideal. Your working relationships with your fellow human beings are the arena wherein you may reflect unconditional love relatively, for always will the truth seeker see himself in his fellows, will walk in his moccasins, and will recognize the human frailty which flesh is heir to. The love of Spirit is the love which enables you to accept yourself and your fellows with all their foibles unconditionally.

Unconditional love is a spiritual ideal and can only be sustained in the ideal. Your working relationships with your fellow human beings are the arena wherein you may reflect unconditional love relatively, for always will the truth seeker see himself in his fellows, will walk in his moccasins, and will recognize the human frailty which flesh is heir to. The love of Spirit is the love which enables you to accept yourself and your fellows with all their foibles unconditionally.

Daniel(TR #1): "Those who have grown in the Spirit, those who have become God aware realize that human weaknesses, human frailties, are part of the human existence and that it is okay. For truly God-conscious people act quickly to rectify, do not hold themselves in low esteem but rather are self aware to the point that they know that in God's care, in God's hands, all is well.

Daniel(TR #1): "Those who have grown in the Spirit, those who have become God aware realize that human weaknesses, human frailties, are part of the human existence and that it is okay. For truly God-conscious people act quickly to rectify, do not hold themselves in low esteem but rather are self aware to the point that they know that in God's care, in God's hands, all is well.

 

The night is late. Go in peace. Our love to you. Good evening."

The night is late. Go in peace. Our love to you. Good evening."

Debbie: Thank you, Daniel.

Debbie: Thank you, Daniel.