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(The delight of love)

(The delight of love)

   

   

MICHAEL:  Yes, this is truly my religion, and not just the religion about me.  This was what I did my best to teach my followers.  It was how they themselves could directly access the presence of God within them.  By doing so they could discern God’s will, and get in tune and in sync with the ultimate law of the universe.  This was how they could develop their will so they could choose and execute God’s will.  This is the essence, because it is spirit, my daughter, that unites.  It is because you are a spiritual being that your personality has the ability to unite you inside.  This, in turn, is what gives you the ability to unite with others, and to feel and experience together that which unites you all in a transcendent way.  And yes, this is intrinsically joyful.  This is the fun of it all.  This is the delight of love--loving and being loved.  Does this seem to accord with what you’ve experienced?

MICHAEL:  Yes, this is truly my [[religion]], and not just the religion about me.  This was what I did my best to teach my followers.  It was how they themselves could directly access the [[presence]] of God [[Thought Adjuster|within them]].  By doing so they could [[discern]] God’s will, and get in [[tune]] and in sync with the [[ultimate]] [[law]] of the [[universe]].  This was how they could develop their will so they could [[choose]] and [[Doing the will of God|execute God’s will]].  This is the [[essence]], because it is spirit, my daughter, that unites.  It is because you are a spiritual being that your [[personality]] has the ability to unite you inside.  This, in turn, is what gives you the ability to [[Unity|unite]] with others, and to feel and experience together that which unites you all in a [[transcendent]] way.  And yes, this is intrinsically joyful.  This is the fun of it all.  This is the [[Joy|delight]] of [[love]]--loving and being loved.  Does this seem to accord with what you’ve experienced?

   

   

Student:  Oh!--definitely!  In many respects it seems very simple, and yet we so often make it so complicated.  We try to build all these structures around it.  

Student:  Oh!--definitely!  In many respects it seems very [[simple]], and yet we so often make it so [[Complex|complicated]].  We try to build all these [[structures]] around it.  

   

   

MICHAEL:  It is nice to feel the impulse of spirit.  The essence of divinity is to share oneself--what we call spiritual generosity.  It’s the living, dynamic nature of God’s love that He wants to share with you, and that, having experienced this, you feel the same impulse to share it with others.  This is the true origin of your religious organizations--the socialization--the desire to build societies in which you can share this most precious part of your inner reality; to make it manifest outwardly in all the good acts and joyous comings-together.

MICHAEL:  It is nice to feel the [[Motion|impulse]] of spirit.  The [[essence]] of [[divinity]] is to share oneself--what we call spiritual [[generosity]].  It’s the living, [[dynamic]] nature of God’s love that He wants to share with you, and that, having experienced this, you feel the same impulse to share it with others.  This is the true [[origin]] of your religious organizations--the socialization--the [[desire]] to build [[societies]] in which you can share this most precious part of your inner reality; to make it [[manifest]] outwardly in all the [[good]] [[acts]] and joyous comings-together.

   

   

Because of geographical/cultural differences even on the very small-tribal level, this has been one of the more fundamental causes of warfare throughout human history--people literally meaning to decide on the battlefield whose God was greater than the others’.  Yet this also has meant just how important this relationship has always been to people.  They simply--profoundly--failed to realize their inner reality could only be offered to others; it could never be imposed.  But since you are capable of imposing physical and even mental conditions on each other, the more immature and self-centered among you do make that mistake--that they can impose spiritual realities upon someone else.  Freedom, freedom to choose, freedom to explore and seek God’s will, is of the very essence of His will.  

Because of [[Geography|geographical]]/[[Culture|cultural]] [[differences]] even on the very small-tribal level, this has been one of the more fundamental causes of [[warfare]] throughout human [[history]]--people [[literally]] meaning to decide on the battlefield whose God was greater than the others’.  Yet this also has meant just how important this [[relationship]] has always been to people.  They simply--[[profoundly]]--failed to realize their inner reality could only be offered to others; it could never be [[Arbitrary|imposed]].  But since you are capable of imposing [[physical]] and even mental conditions on each other, the more [[immature]] and self-centered among you do make that mistake--that they can impose spiritual realities upon someone else.  [[Freedom]], freedom to choose, freedom to [[explore]] and seek God’s will, is of the very essence of His will.  

   

   

And so, my dear, these getting-togethers of yours, do they give you this sense of freedom?

And so, my dear, these getting-togethers of yours, do they give you this sense of freedom?

   

   

Student:  Pretty much so.  I can see how there is a strong tendency to nail it all down--so to speak--and make it all just so, and get people to respond in a certain way.  But it would be nice to allow people to be free--to choose to come and go in whatever they believe; it would really make a difference.  

Student:  Pretty much so.  I can see how there is a strong tendency to [[Certainty|nail it all down]]--so to speak--and make it all just so, and get people to [[respond]] in a certain [[Manner|way]].  But it would be nice to allow people to be free--to choose to come and go in whatever they believe; it would really make a [[difference]].  

   

   

MICHAEL:  Well, once you socialize your religious feelings, there is some deliberate planning involved in getting together.  Since you are in such a mobile society these days, it means you are scattered around so much more now than in the past.  But by the same token, you can utilize all your modern modes of transportation and communication to get together again.  You begin to glimpse the meaning of meaning.  But all the planning, all the shopping and buying presents for each other, all the decorations and music, all this is to lead to that moment of literally being outside yourself in the sharing, the--ex--in ecstasy, is it not?  This is the laughter and the tears of joy, the profound worship, the profound thankfulness that we are!  And that we are unique beings given each other--all these other unique beings surrounding us.  

MICHAEL:  Well, once you socialize your religious [[feelings]], there is some deliberate [[planning]] involved in getting together.  Since you are in such a [[Dynamic|mobile]] [[society]] these days, it means you are scattered around so much more now than in the past.  But by the same token, you can utilize all your modern modes of transportation and [[communication]] to get together again.  You begin to glimpse the [[meaning]] of meaning.  But all the planning, all the shopping and buying presents for each other, all the decorations and [[music]], all this is to lead to that [[moment]] of literally being outside yourself in the [[sharing]], the--ex--in [[ecstasy]], is it not?  This is the [[laughter]] and the tears of joy, the [[profound]] [[worship]], the profound [[thankfulness]] that we are!  And that we are [[unique]] beings given each other--all these other unique beings surrounding us.  

   

   

So I hope you do achieve this ecstasy, my daughter, because you can only, in a sense, point yourself at it, and do your best to set up the conditions that let it come into being.  This is that other thing you cannot do alone, but are using Mother Spirit’s Adjutant of Council, or Gregariousness, that brings you together to share all this you can know.

So I hope you do achieve this [[ecstasy]], my daughter, because you can only, in a sense, point yourself at it, and do your best to set up the conditions that let it come into being.  This is that other thing you cannot do alone, but are using Mother Spirit’s [[Seven Adjutant Mind Spirits|Adjutant of Counsel]], or Gregariousness, that brings you together to [[share]] all this you can know.

   

   

Student:  So would you say that the religious impulse that was clearly evident in your life when you simply “passed by” was also there in everyone you met--that you shared that with?

Student:  So would you say that the religious impulse that was clearly [[evident]] in your life when you simply “passed by” was also there in everyone you met--that you shared that with?

   

   

MICHAEL:  Strictly for myself, back then, the ability to have others within me--within my consciousness--was, like your own, an ability I had to grow.  But I can say that after my baptism and regaining my self-awareness as a Creator Son, as Michael, that was my great thrill and joy from that moment on--to totally encompass folks, whether they were aware of this or not.  I think any of you who read the story of my life, either in various versions of the Christian bible or the Urantia book, were immediately struck with the fact that while some could recognize to a large degree the kind of person I was--the spiritual dimension I had, there were others who were quite blind to it.  For those who were very much afraid of this spirituality, who were immediately put off by me for what threat I posed to their social or political status, there was the supreme irony of their having spent their whole lives preparing for the coming of their notion of the Messiah, yet they could not recognize him when he stood before them.  It was with this supreme irony that I fulfilled prophesies.

MICHAEL:  Strictly for myself, back then, the ability to have others within me--within my [[consciousness]]--was, like your own, an ability I had to [[grow]].  But I can say that after my [[baptism]] and regaining my self-awareness as a [[Creator Son]], as Michael, that was my great thrill and [[joy]] from that [[moment]] on--to [[totally]] [[encompass]] folks, whether they were aware of this or not.  I [[think]] any of you who read [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents#Part_IV._The_Life_and_Teachings_of_Jesus the story of my life], either in various versions of the [[Christian bible]] or the [[Urantia book]], were [[immediately]] struck with the [[fact]] that while some could recognize to a large degree the kind of [[person]] I was--the spiritual [[dimension]] I had, there were others who were quite blind to it.  For those who were very much afraid of this [[spirituality]], who were immediately put off by me for what threat I posed to their social or [[political]] [[status]], there was the supreme [[irony]] of their having spent their whole lives preparing for the coming of their [[Concept|notion]] of the [[Messiah]], yet they could not recognize him when he stood before them.  It was with this supreme irony that I fulfilled [[Prophecy|prophesies]].

   

   

But yes, in my later years after I had achieved my own, shall we say, self-comprehension, when I became aware--much as you do in your own moments of enlightenment, become aware of your true nature as a spiritual being; from that moment on fellow human beings do become more transparent.  You are so much more capable of letting them in, and perceiving their spiritual nature as well.

But yes, in my later years after I had achieved my own, shall we say, self-[[comprehension]], when I became aware--much as you do in your own [[moments]] of [[enlightenment]], become aware of your true nature as a spiritual being; from that [[moment]] on fellow human beings do become more [[transparent]].  You are so much more capable of letting them in, and perceiving their spiritual nature as well.

   

   

Student:  So in that sense, your ability was greater in spite of their unwillingness, or maybe their unawareness of who and what you were.  Was their lack of spiritual maturity less of an impediment to you?  

Student:  So in that sense, your ability was greater in spite of their unwillingness, or maybe their unawareness of who and what you were.  Was their lack of spiritual [[maturity]] less of an impediment to you?  

   

   

MICHAEL:  Yes, my daughter, just as it is with you.  Once you are aware of your own spiritual nature, you can more readily perceive this in others, and how they, as unique individuals, are manifesting--or crippled in manifesting--that hallmark of spirit--creativity.  You are intuiting that the lack of inner spiritual development, which I could perceive directly, this lack of creativity was what handicapped them, and made them merely fearfully reactive.  If you will, they did not have the grace of humility to open themselves to something greater than themselves, which was right within them too--their own spiritual nature.  This rendered them incapable of recognizing mine--or each others’.  These are the poor-in-spirit individuals who live in cynicism and see all humanity either as victors or victims, powerful users of others, or mere chumps to be used.  That is their only frame of reference.

MICHAEL:  Yes, my daughter, just as it is with you.  Once you are aware of your own spiritual nature, you can more readily [[perceive]] this in others, and how they, as [[unique]] [[individuals]], are [[manifesting]]--or crippled in manifesting--that hallmark of spirit--[[creativity]].  You are [[Intuition|intuiting]] that the lack of inner spiritual [[Progress|development]], which I could perceive directly, this lack of creativity was what handicapped them, and made them merely fearfully reactive.  If you will, they did not have the [[grace]] of [[humility]] to open themselves to something greater than themselves, which was right within them too--their own spiritual nature.  This rendered them incapable of recognizing mine--or each others’.  These are the poor-in-spirit individuals who live in cynicism and see all [[humanity]] either as victors or victims, powerful users of others, or mere chumps to be used.  That is their only [[frame of reference]].

 

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(Personal choice)  

(Personal choice)