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This is a great leap for many people, and for some of you already, this has been a point of heartache, that those you [[love]] dearly are not able to make this leap, this extension of [[belief]] to [[relationships]] with those of us who teach you from this level. And, indeed, there has been [[turmoil]] and [[pain]] for you in these relationships, because you feel this sense of belief, yourself, and there is no [[possibility]] of this for those you love. They are simply not ready or willing. We wish to [[comfort]] you regarding this, ask you please not to "burn bridges" in your own [[love]] and concern for any of those who feel this way. This is an [[opportunity]] for you to express a sense of [[compassion]] for their [[anxieties]] or [[fears]] regarding your [[choice]]. This is an opportunity for you to learn what it means to "keep your own [[counsel]]" in a sense of diplomatic [[respect]] for the other person's mindset. You will be given many [[opportunities]] to still continue with your heart's [[desire]] to work with us, if you will also [[choose]] to create a sense of [[stability]] and respect in these [[relationships]] with those you care for, who are most bothered by discussion, even, of this [[Teaching Mission]]. You may not see that clearly, yet. It may seem to you an either/or, black or white choice. "I choose this or I choose this." But I say to you, this is not the case. And if you will remember to [[honor]] the integrity of the [[commitment]] and love you feel for this person, these people, who respond to you this way, that we will, indeed, be most effective and ingenious in providing ways in which you will still be able to work with us.

This is a great leap for many people, and for some of you already, this has been a point of heartache, that those you [[love]] dearly are not able to make this leap, this extension of [[belief]] to [[relationships]] with those of us who teach you from this level. And, indeed, there has been [[turmoil]] and [[pain]] for you in these relationships, because you feel this sense of belief, yourself, and there is no [[possibility]] of this for those you love. They are simply not ready or willing. We wish to [[comfort]] you regarding this, ask you please not to "burn bridges" in your own [[love]] and concern for any of those who feel this way. This is an [[opportunity]] for you to express a sense of [[compassion]] for their [[anxieties]] or [[fears]] regarding your [[choice]]. This is an opportunity for you to learn what it means to "keep your own [[counsel]]" in a sense of diplomatic [[respect]] for the other person's mindset. You will be given many [[opportunities]] to still continue with your heart's [[desire]] to work with us, if you will also [[choose]] to create a sense of [[stability]] and respect in these [[relationships]] with those you care for, who are most bothered by discussion, even, of this [[Teaching Mission]]. You may not see that clearly, yet. It may seem to you an either/or, black or white choice. "I choose this or I choose this." But I say to you, this is not the case. And if you will remember to [[honor]] the integrity of the [[commitment]] and love you feel for this person, these people, who respond to you this way, that we will, indeed, be most effective and ingenious in providing ways in which you will still be able to work with us.

I hope this [[statement]] I have just made addresses an issue which does, indeed, concern some of you most greatly. Therefore, I chose to bring it up myself, rather than wait for a possible statement from any of you regarding this. If this has not yet been an issue for some of you--and we know for some of you this has been an easy [[path]] to choose to work with us--there may be points that will arise in the [[future]] where this will not be the case. And, I [[hope]] at those times, you will remember my words--"Don't burn your bridges with people whom you [[love]] and [[respect]] simply because you hold strongly to a [[belief]] in [[this Mission]]." There will be ways that will be offered to each of you where you can "have your cake and eat it, too." ([[Smiling]]) I will put it in that manner. And, I ask for your [[trust]] regarding this. [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=196:2_The_Religion_of_Jesus (see 196:2.7)]

I hope this [[statement]] I have just made addresses an issue which does, indeed, concern some of you most greatly. Therefore, I chose to bring it up myself, rather than wait for a possible statement from any of you regarding this. If this has not yet been an issue for some of you--and we know for some of you this has been an easy [[path]] to choose to work with us--there may be points that will arise in the [[future]] where this will not be the case. And, I [[hope]] at those times, you will remember my words--"Don't burn your bridges with people whom you [[love]] and [[respect]] simply because you hold strongly to a [[belief]] in [[this Mission]]." There will be ways that will be offered to each of you where you can "have your cake and eat it, too." ([[Smiling]]) I will put it in that manner. And, I ask for your [[trust]] regarding this. [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=196:2_The_Religion_of_Jesus (see 196:2.7)]

Student J: I would like to underscore a point you just made, in that we do not have to make a [[choice]], that it is not "either/or." And, in [[fact]], I believe we have learned from [[the Teachers]] in the Teaching Mission that what we are being taught to do is [[transcend]] all of the alternative [[paths]] that would deny us those [[relationships]] and that, in fact, we are learning to [[encompass]] all [[truth]], irrespective of its origin, or the path that it happens to be settled in. And, we don't have to leave anything behind. On the contrary, we learn to be the leavening of the bread of the [[paths]] that exist.

Student J: I would like to underscore a point you just made, in that we do not have to make a [[choice]], that it is not "either/or." And, in [[fact]], I believe we have learned from [[the Teachers]] in the Teaching Mission that what we are being taught to do is [[transcend]] all of the alternative [[paths]] that would deny us those [[relationships]] and that, in fact, we are learning to [[encompass]] all [[truth]], irrespective of its origin, or the path that it happens to be settled in. And, we don't have to leave anything behind. On the contrary, we learn to be the leavening of the bread of the [[paths]] that exist.