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LIANA: Ever Ready?

LIANA: Ever Ready?

TOMAS: Lifetime guarantee. An excellent [[Christmas]] gift, an ever ready battery! Who could not enjoy such a gift? To be activated and charged each time they come into contact with you! This is, in [[fact]], a [[reflection]] of the [[dynamic]] life of the religionist, the [[circuit]] of life that allows you to operate. I and others have been appreciating your sense of acknowledgment of our [[allegories]], [[analogies]], [[parables]], picturizations. I will point out to you that you do the same thing entirely. Indeed, Liana, this evening when you laid out the 21 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarot tarot cards], you were drawing an allegorical picture of an [[understanding]] of [[the cosmos]]. It is unfortunate that there are those who [[fear]] your [[creative]] ministries. These tools and toys of [[spirituality]] are enchanting, albeit imperfect, and yet who is to say which of these tools and toys are effectual or ineffectual if they are reaching the people? All of you have an [[opportunity]] to develop a ministry in and with tools and toys you find work for you. No one says you have to use the same ones for all [[eternity]]!

TOMAS: Lifetime guarantee. An excellent [[Christmas]] gift, an ever ready battery! Who could not enjoy such a gift? To be activated and charged each time they come into contact with you! This is, in [[fact]], a [[reflection]] of the [[dynamic]] life of the religionist, the [[circuit]] of life that allows you to operate. I and others have been appreciating your sense of acknowledgment of our [[allegories]], [[analogies]], [[parables]], picturizations. I will point out to you that you do the same thing entirely. Indeed, Liana, this evening when you laid out the 21 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarot tarot cards], you were drawing an allegorical picture of an [[understanding]] of [[the cosmos]]. It is unfortunate that there are those who [[fear]] your [[creative]] ministries. These tools and toys of [[spirituality]] are enchanting, albeit imperfect, and yet who is to say which of these tools and toys are effectual or ineffectual if they are reaching the people? All of you have an [[opportunity]] to develop a ministry in and with tools and toys you find work for you. No one says you have to use the same ones for all [[eternity]]!

There is [[infinite]] variation in these teaching [[opportunities]]. One of the [[advantages]] of developing interests, such as you have in [[interpreting]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarot the cards], and as others have in interpreting [[chakras]] and the like, is that it enables you to [[become]] fluid in your [[thought]] processes and [[courageous]] in your exposition in your [[understanding]], or AN understanding, of a [[reality]] which is expansive, is [[creative]]. It whets the appetite. There are some who have no [[hunger]], no taste, for such. Pass them by. There are many, many ministries. Do you think that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_drummer_boy little drummer boy] is not valued for the gift he brings? Amahl and the night visitors?

There is [[infinite]] variation in these teaching [[opportunities]]. One of the [[advantages]] of developing interests, such as you have in [[interpreting]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarot the cards], and as others have in interpreting [[chakras]] and the like, is that it enables you to [[become]] fluid in your [[thought]] processes and [[courageous]] in your exposition in your [[understanding]], or AN understanding, of a [[reality]] which is expansive, is [[creative]]. It whets the appetite. There are some who have no [[hunger]], no taste, for such. Pass them by. There are many, many ministries. Do you think that the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_drummer_boy little drummer boy] is not valued for the gift he brings? Amahl and the night visitors?

All of these [[allegories]] and [[fairy tales]] are retelling the same [[story]]. In the [[symphony]] which we have [[discussed]] many times, the drum, of course, does not sound like the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picollo piccollo], and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cello cello] does not sound like the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xylophone xylophone], but are they not each an instrument? And, in that, are they not all the same? It is in the [[music]]. It is in the [[coordination]] and the [[respect]] for the sound and the [[timing]] of each other's instrument that allows for the [[orchestra]] to [[play]]. If you all remember who the Conductor is and what the music is for, you can bring all of your [[tools]] and toys to the theater, to the [[stage]], to the arena wherein you live your life and perform your ministries, where you enjoy yourself, being yourself, doing what you [[love]] to do, to [[reveal]] to others how it is that you [[perceive]] [[the Master]] and/or [[His universe]].

All of these [[allegories]] and [[fairy tales]] are retelling the same [[story]]. In the [[symphony]] which we have [[discussed]] many times, the drum, of course, does not sound like the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picollo piccollo], and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cello cello] does not sound like the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xylophone xylophone], but are they not each an instrument? And, in that, are they not all the same? It is in the [[music]]. It is in the [[coordination]] and the [[respect]] for the sound and the [[timing]] of each other's instrument that allows for the [[orchestra]] to [[play]]. If you all remember who the Conductor is and what the music is for, you can bring all of your [[tools]] and toys to the theater, to the [[stage]], to the arena wherein you live your life and perform your ministries, where you enjoy yourself, being yourself, doing what you [[love]] to do, to [[reveal]] to others how it is that you [[perceive]] [[the Master]] and/or [[His universe]].

You are rejoicing in sonship, daughtership, and bringing good [[cheer]], offering [[hope]], [[liberating]] the captives by your [[efforts]]. You have brought gifts on behalf of the Christ child to [[Urantia]]. Noel. Noel. It would seem that [[we teachers]] are learning your [[culture]]. We are beginning to - or I should say I AM beginning to [[understand]] your festivals and holidays. I am attempting to understand you because that way I can love you more, of course, but it also enables me to be a better teacher to you, for you. As you best understand who you are trying to teach, who you are trying to [[reveal]] [[the Father]] to, you are [[becoming]] adept and educated and skilled. You are becoming a better teacher and [[preacher]]. You are applying yourself to the [[subtle]] and not so subtle nuances of [[God-consciousness]]. You have learned how to use the tools and toys which have been given to you as [[gifts of the spirit]].

You are rejoicing in sonship, daughtership, and bringing good [[cheer]], offering [[hope]], [[liberating]] the captives by your [[efforts]]. You have brought gifts on behalf of the Christ child to [[Urantia]]. Noel. Noel. It would seem that [[we teachers]] are learning your [[culture]]. We are beginning to - or I should say I AM beginning to [[understand]] your festivals and holidays. I am attempting to understand you because that way I can love you more, of course, but it also enables me to be a better teacher to you, for you. As you best understand who you are trying to teach, who you are trying to [[reveal]] [[the Father]] to, you are [[becoming]] adept and educated and skilled. You are becoming a better teacher and [[preacher]]. You are applying yourself to the [[subtle]] and not so subtle nuances of [[God-consciousness]]. You have learned how to use the tools and toys which have been given to you as [[gifts of the spirit]].