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Group: Northern Colorado TeaM Group #22

===Topic: ''Community Leadership Models, Power & Control Issues''===

 

===Group: [[N. Colorado TeaM]]===

Topics:

 

===Teacher: [[Rayson]]===

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===TR: [[Daniel Raphael]]===

      Current Models: Political, Military, and Business

      Construct for Intentional Community

      Responsibilities for Leadership

      Consistency, Not Mediocrity

      Working Through Issues of Power and Control

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Teacher: Rayson (TR Daniel)

 

 

Good afternoon, friends, this is Rayson. It is good to be here with you once again. I so much appreciate your stability, your thoughtful, levelheaded acceptance and appreciation for what has been given to you. We who serve this Northern Colorado Teaching Mission Group know well of your enthusiasm, your tremendous joy and excitement about what has been shared with you, and what it offers to yourselves, to your communities and to your world.

Good afternoon, friends, this is Rayson. It is good to be here with you once again. I so much appreciate your stability, your thoughtful, levelheaded acceptance and appreciation for what has been given to you. We who serve this Northern Colorado Teaching Mission Group know well of your enthusiasm, your tremendous joy and excitement about what has been shared with you, and what it offers to yourselves, to your communities and to your world.

Let’s take a few moments now please, to go to that Stillness, that quiet place and in doing so, be mindful to connect to the merkaba, declare your intentions for being here and invoke the presence of Michael, Nebadonia and the Creator to fulfill your intentions. (Pause) Please bring your consciousness to the center.

Let’s take a few moments now please, to go to that Stillness, that quiet place and in doing so, be mindful to connect to the merkaba, declare your intentions for being here and invoke the presence of Michael, Nebadonia and the Creator to fulfill your intentions. (Pause) Please bring your consciousness to the center.

 

Today we will continue a very important lesson of community. If you would think of community as a ship, one ship in an armada, a fleet of ships, going in a direction towards Paradise of mortal, spiritual ascension, how would they get to their destination? They of course would have a fleet Admiral in charge, who would understand the overall plans and journey and mission of the armada. This admiral would be privy to the greatest designs of its nation and its positive purpose for its world. Think of the Admiral as Machiventa, who is privy to the grand plans of your planet with Michael, the plan is the Correcting Time. Now the Admiral cannot be on every ship, can he? Of course not. So this is shared with captains of each ship. And each ship has various departments/sections and work areas, and each of those has a leader who knows what they are to do in their respective area. And in the best armadas, every sailor knows the way, every sailor knows the function and mission and destination of its ship, and its fleet and its armada. Everyone is "operating on the same page." And should something happen to that sailor’s section chief, that sailor could take over, would take over. And if the Executive officer or First Mate found that the Captain of the ship had left or had died or was sleeping, they could continue the course of that ship, and so on. Every ship is a community, and every community is a ship. And every community needs leadership, and that is today’s topic—Leadership.

Today we will continue a very important lesson of community. If you would think of community as a ship, one ship in an armada, a fleet of ships, going in a direction towards Paradise of mortal, spiritual ascension, how would they get to their destination? They of course would have a fleet Admiral in charge, who would understand the overall plans and journey and mission of the armada. This admiral would be privy to the greatest designs of its nation and its positive purpose for its world. Think of the Admiral as Machiventa, who is privy to the grand plans of your planet with Michael, the plan is the Correcting Time. Now the Admiral cannot be on every ship, can he? Of course not. So this is shared with captains of each ship. And each ship has various departments/sections and work areas, and each of those has a leader who knows what they are to do in their respective area. And in the best armadas, every sailor knows the way, every sailor knows the function and mission and destination of its ship, and its fleet and its armada. Everyone is "operating on the same page." And should something happen to that sailor’s section chief, that sailor could take over, would take over. And if the Executive officer or First Mate found that the Captain of the ship had left or had died or was sleeping, they could continue the course of that ship, and so on. Every ship is a community, and every community is a ship. And every community needs leadership, and that is today’s topic—Leadership.

You realize from being taught in the Urantia Book, that opportunity for soul growth comes from making moral and ethical decisions. And you also know, that soul growth comes through service; and as you grow, so too, will you serve. But leadership of service that is stilled within yourself, that is not shared, with-holds from you the opportunity to grow in your soul’s growth by participating and sharing your thoughts. So it is important, soulfully important that leaders and followers actively participate. This does not lead to leadership by chaos, or leadership by committee opinion, but more so through leadership by consensus and revelation that is validated by individuals and others. [Pause]

You realize from being taught in the Urantia Book, that opportunity for soul growth comes from making moral and ethical decisions. And you also know, that soul growth comes through service; and as you grow, so too, will you serve. But leadership of service that is stilled within yourself, that is not shared, with-holds from you the opportunity to grow in your soul’s growth by participating and sharing your thoughts. So it is important, soulfully important that leaders and followers actively participate. This does not lead to leadership by chaos, or leadership by committee opinion, but more so through leadership by consensus and revelation that is validated by individuals and others. [Pause]

 

Student: May I ask a question? (Certainly.) In the Urantia Book—I believe it’s in the section on Life on a Neighboring Planet—they talk about leadership being prepared for by a "statesmanship method" where they apprentice up the line until they have experienced the whole gamut before they go through an election to become a leader. I can see that this is far superior to what we have with our "paid political process," where money rules. Do the Celestials have any ideas for ways that we can revamp our political system so that we can change to a statesmanship-type system?

Student: May I ask a question? (Certainly.) In the Urantia Book—I believe it’s in the section on Life on a Neighboring Planet—they talk about leadership being prepared for by a "statesmanship method" where they apprentice up the line until they have experienced the whole gamut before they go through an election to become a leader. I can see that this is far superior to what we have with our "paid political process," where money rules. Do the Celestials have any ideas for ways that we can revamp our political system so that we can change to a statesmanship-type system?

Rayson: You are welcome. There are many aspects already in place in your society that produce different attributes of leadership that could be replicated in an intentional community. The intentional communities have the possibility of existence and development now in your world, because there are so many supporting activities in your society that would lend themselves to this community. An intentional community will be far more than a piece of ground, a church or study center, and individuals living around it, going to church. It will be far more than that. And it will be far more than a commune; it will be far more than a discipleship, hidden away in the trees somewhere.

Rayson: You are welcome. There are many aspects already in place in your society that produce different attributes of leadership that could be replicated in an intentional community. The intentional communities have the possibility of existence and development now in your world, because there are so many supporting activities in your society that would lend themselves to this community. An intentional community will be far more than a piece of ground, a church or study center, and individuals living around it, going to church. It will be far more than that. And it will be far more than a commune; it will be far more than a discipleship, hidden away in the trees somewhere.

 

I know there must be one last question, and I will strive to answer that. And that is, we will not overlay a template of leadership upon your groups that strive to develop an intentional community, but work with the leadership that is there, and strive to instill in the group, the avenues of leadership and how to develop leadership. For if you accept that leadership exists at one point in an organization or community, then you have lost the idea. But leadership must be many points within that circle of a community. It is the thought, acceptance and belief in leadership that is the responsibility of each individual, and from there, we can assist you in developing your intentional communities in real, material ways. This closes our lesson for today unless there are further questions. (None.)

I know there must be one last question, and I will strive to answer that. And that is, we will not overlay a template of leadership upon your groups that strive to develop an intentional community, but work with the leadership that is there, and strive to instill in the group, the avenues of leadership and how to develop leadership. For if you accept that leadership exists at one point in an organization or community, then you have lost the idea. But leadership must be many points within that circle of a community. It is the thought, acceptance and belief in leadership that is the responsibility of each individual, and from there, we can assist you in developing your intentional communities in real, material ways. This closes our lesson for today unless there are further questions. (None.)

Thank you for your time. We will have one more session before we are in recess with Daniel, and we hope you will continue on with your every-other-week gatherings, so that we can continue on. Blessings to you. Good night. (Group: Thank you. We plan to continue on!)

Thank you for your time. We will have one more session before we are in recess with Daniel, and we hope you will continue on with your every-other-week gatherings, so that we can continue on. Blessings to you. Good night. (Group: Thank you. We plan to continue on!)