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*08/26/92 message
*08/26/92 message
===Lesson===
===Lesson===
Thank you Lord, for the endless chances that you give us to show the growth of our
Thank you Lord, for the endless [[chances]] that you give us to show the [[growth]] of our
understanding of how you would have us live. Thank you for the treats and challenges you place
[[understanding]] of how you would have us live. Thank you for the treats and [[challenges]] you place
for us -- like gumdrops beside a trail, we need only reach out to take.
for us -- like gumdrops beside a trail, we need only reach out to take.
Thank you for zapping me when someone says something with insight and growth potential.
Thank you for zapping me when someone says something with [[insight]] and [[growth]] [[potential]].
With faith in you, I know we will all make progress.
With [[faith]] in you, I know we will all make [[progress]].
===='''''[[Transmitting]]'''''====
Machiventa Melchizedek: You are remiss [in your regular [[stillness]] [[practice]], however, that arrow has flown. Let us go on from here. We [[wish]] for you to serve your [[companions]] in the period between now and the
[[development]] of another who will assist in the [[communication]] of the teacher's [[message]]. It is not
an onerous [[duty]].
Although legitimately and continuously open to [[challenge]] and question on grounds of [[accuracy]],
we think the ministry stands solidly, unassailably [[secure]] on the grounds of [[faith]] [[progress]]. It
emboldens the people, and makes them feel closer to their [[God]]. Therefore we freely admit the
problems of [[accuracy]], colorization, and consequent [[error]]. We are, after all, [[engaged]] in a ministry
-- not a Restatement. [[Books]] lend themselves to [[static]] [[policy]] [[statements]] of [[principle]]. This
ministry takes advantage of a [[quality]] only hinted at in [[books]] -- the [[dynamic]], ever-growing,
thrilling [[nature]] of the [[relationship]] between [[God]] and [[human]]. We make no attempt to [[secure]]
ourselves from [[error]].
===='''''[[Communication]]'''''====
You people question [[Perfection]] itself. Why should you take [[faith]]-[[offense]] at inaccuracies of
[[communication]]? How reliable are your own [[scientific]] communication [[systems]]? Very -- in [[theory]]
and [[design]], but putting such designs into [[service]] introduces undreamt [[complications]]. So it is with
us. It is the price of forward [[motion]], [[friction]]. It is a [[law]] of [[Nature]]. If the friction is unbearable,
[[retrogression]] is an [[option]]. So far, none have elected to [[abandon]] for reasons of too-[[offensive]]
[[error]].
We are far from the realms of [[Havona]]. Our [[efforts]] are inescapably rough of [[technique]], yet
ever [[pure]] of [[intent]], and productive of [[progress]] toward [[Perfection]].
Press on, then, in search of your own [[destiny]] of [[glorification]] - [[identity]] with the [[First Source
and Center]].
==Session 4==
==Session 4==
*08/28/92 message
*08/28/92 message
