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One which [[focused]] on [[love]] for fellowmen and women, [[expressed]] through loving and kind [[service]] for their needs. The [[mechanism]] which [[the Master]] employed to choose which persons to help is the identical [[method]] available to you. He needed to [[travel]] to no distant or special place in order to go about [[the Father]]'s business. A life totally [[dedicated]] to service can be fully [[exercised]] without any such travel or dedication to foreign service.

One which [[focused]] on [[love]] for fellowmen and women, [[expressed]] through loving and kind [[service]] for their needs. The [[mechanism]] which [[the Master]] employed to choose which persons to help is the identical [[method]] available to you. He needed to [[travel]] to no distant or special place in order to go about [[the Father]]'s business. A life totally [[dedicated]] to service can be fully [[exercised]] without any such travel or dedication to foreign service.

[[Meaning]], is all around you, you have but to [[perceive]] it. If we use the example of this one serving here tonight, let us [[examine]] for a moment where the meaning occurred in this search for a dated piece of sentimental [[literature]]. (Ed: Eric had been asked by a friend of his to search for a particular [[poem]] that he had been required to memorize as a [[young man]]. The poem, entitled, "[http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/abou-ben-adhem/ Abou Ben Adhem" by Leigh Hunt], was timely and quite [[meaningful]] to us.)

[[Meaning]], is all around you, you have but to [[perceive]] it. If we use the example of this one serving here tonight, let us [[examine]] for a moment where the meaning occurred in this search for a dated piece of sentimental [[literature]]. (Ed: Eric had been asked by a friend of his to search for a particular [[poem]] that he had been required to memorize as a [[young man]]. The poem, entitled, "[https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/abou-ben-adhem/ Abou Ben Adhem" by Leigh Hunt], was timely and quite [[meaningful]] to us.)

Will continues: Was there a [[meaning]] in the request for a nostalgic piece? A little. Was there meaning in [[agreement]] to conduct the [[research]]? A little. Was there meaning in the [[act]] of physically going to the place for the research? Only a little. Was there [[meaning]] in the [[reading]] of the material that was requested and acquired? Only a little. The meaning occurred not in the [[perception]] of the [[spiritual gravity]] of the material, but in its rendition here tonight. That's where it paid off. Yet this entire [[exercise]] could have been fully discharged without any [[perception]] of deeper [[meaning]] in any regard whatever. Your entire lives are very like this. There is not great [[meaning]] in searching, but there are small [[signals]] made to you by people many times each day, which offer you [[opportunities]] for loving [[service]] and [[expression]] of [[devotion]] to [[the Master]]'s teachings, and the teachings laid out and well described in the [[Urantia Book]] itself. Because of the accumulation of [[habits]] [[inherent]] in the material life, you have grown used to, and accustomed to small signals which portend great [[meaning]] for your lives. We have said before, and I repeat again tonight, there are innumerable [[opportunities]] for you to perform loving [[service]], daily, yet you remain unaware of it. Not through any lack of [[perceptive]] ability, but [[simply]] because you are used to the [[business]] of [[life]] and you're not paying [[attention]].

Will continues: Was there a [[meaning]] in the request for a nostalgic piece? A little. Was there meaning in [[agreement]] to conduct the [[research]]? A little. Was there meaning in the [[act]] of physically going to the place for the research? Only a little. Was there [[meaning]] in the [[reading]] of the material that was requested and acquired? Only a little. The meaning occurred not in the [[perception]] of the [[spiritual gravity]] of the material, but in its rendition here tonight. That's where it paid off. Yet this entire [[exercise]] could have been fully discharged without any [[perception]] of deeper [[meaning]] in any regard whatever. Your entire lives are very like this. There is not great [[meaning]] in searching, but there are small [[signals]] made to you by people many times each day, which offer you [[opportunities]] for loving [[service]] and [[expression]] of [[devotion]] to [[the Master]]'s teachings, and the teachings laid out and well described in the [[Urantia Book]] itself. Because of the accumulation of [[habits]] [[inherent]] in the material life, you have grown used to, and accustomed to small signals which portend great [[meaning]] for your lives. We have said before, and I repeat again tonight, there are innumerable [[opportunities]] for you to perform loving [[service]], daily, yet you remain unaware of it. Not through any lack of [[perceptive]] ability, but [[simply]] because you are used to the [[business]] of [[life]] and you're not paying [[attention]].

If you could do these things for one day, the [[conference]] will be a piece of cake. It is [[inherent]] in the [[structures]], in the [[directions]] of the life [[energy]] in your time and [[society]] that you pay close [[attention]] to the form of things, but when you walk in [[God]]'s [[light]], things have a way of taking care of themselves. [[Relax]], do the minimum amount of competent [[work]] necessary to insure reasonable success of your [[conference]]. Things will work out. To undertake such a [[project]] is itself stressful. Your efforts count for much. But no [[effort]] is worth the price of [[progress]] if it causes you to lose [[sight]] of the main [[intention]] and [[effort]], which in your case, as I perceive, is to [[share]] brother and sisterhood with like minded persons of both greater and lesser ability to [[communicate]], and who have genuine and [[casual]] interests in the [[Teaching Mission]]. We think you are doing fine, and frankly we were somewhat [[surprised]] that you undertook this [[effort]]. In God's scheme, all things work out. He apparently has [[structured]] things so that they even work out for the best! Please excuse the imprecision of my answer.

If you could do these things for one day, the [[conference]] will be a piece of cake. It is [[inherent]] in the [[structures]], in the [[directions]] of the life [[energy]] in your time and [[society]] that you pay close [[attention]] to the form of things, but when you walk in [[God]]'s [[light]], things have a way of taking care of themselves. [[Relax]], do the minimum amount of competent [[work]] necessary to insure reasonable success of your [[conference]]. Things will work out. To undertake such a [[project]] is itself stressful. Your efforts count for much. But no [[effort]] is worth the price of [[progress]] if it causes you to lose [[sight]] of the main [[intention]] and [[effort]], which in your case, as I perceive, is to [[share]] brother and sisterhood with like minded persons of both greater and lesser ability to [[communicate]], and who have genuine and [[casual]] interests in the [[Teaching Mission]]. We think you are doing fine, and frankly we were somewhat [[surprised]] that you undertook this [[effort]]. In God's scheme, all things work out. He apparently has [[structured]] things so that they even work out for the best! Please excuse the imprecision of my answer.

Ron: Will, do you care to comment from a [[spiritual]] [[perspective]] on the terrible event that occurred in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing Oklahoma city] last week?

Ron: Will, do you care to comment from a [[spiritual]] [[perspective]] on the terrible event that occurred in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing Oklahoma city] last week?

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Will: The perpetrators of such [[events]] and their supporters live in an atmosphere devoid of [[normal]] [[human]] social [[considerations]]. They are spiritually maimed, and rather than seek [[solace]], seek power through [[association]] with other [[defective]] [[personalities]]. In your language these [[organizations]] are typically referred to as cells, which we find to be an apt description, for these cells are scattered throughout all of the [[societies]] on [[your planet]], and lend themselves to [[analogy]] remarkably akin to that describing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ cancer] cells. A [[healthy]] animal body, just like a healthy society is normally capable of [[surrounding]] these cells and isolating them so that they do no harm, however, it is a real [[possibility]] that such events may occur with increasing [[frequency]], as additional numbers of people become [[alienated]] from the [[normal]] bounds of human familial decency, and are [[trained]] through unhappy [[experience]] and [[manipulation]] by evil doers to wreak this havoc upon other unsuspecting people. These people are maimed; they have been harmed by the [[experiences]] of [[life]], and lack the where-with-all to [[divine]] anything [[positive]] from these [[negative]] experiences. And by [[isolating]] themselves, they guarantee that their [[chances]] of making further [[spiritual progress]] are substantially diminished. No [[humans]] thrive in [[isolation]], yet it remains our [[duty]] just as it remains your duty, to [[steadfastly]] advance the [[message]] of [[the Father]]'s [[love]] and [[the Master]]'s message of brotherly love, through undemanding [[service]]. And we ask that you remain open to the possibility that these people will turn their lives around. Next [[question]].

Will: The perpetrators of such [[events]] and their supporters live in an atmosphere devoid of [[normal]] [[human]] social [[considerations]]. They are spiritually maimed, and rather than seek [[solace]], seek power through [[association]] with other [[defective]] [[personalities]]. In your language these [[organizations]] are typically referred to as cells, which we find to be an apt description, for these cells are scattered throughout all of the [[societies]] on [[your planet]], and lend themselves to [[analogy]] remarkably akin to that describing [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ cancer] cells. A [[healthy]] animal body, just like a healthy society is normally capable of [[surrounding]] these cells and isolating them so that they do no harm, however, it is a real [[possibility]] that such events may occur with increasing [[frequency]], as additional numbers of people become [[alienated]] from the [[normal]] bounds of human familial decency, and are [[trained]] through unhappy [[experience]] and [[manipulation]] by evil doers to wreak this havoc upon other unsuspecting people. These people are maimed; they have been harmed by the [[experiences]] of [[life]], and lack the where-with-all to [[divine]] anything [[positive]] from these [[negative]] experiences. And by [[isolating]] themselves, they guarantee that their [[chances]] of making further [[spiritual progress]] are substantially diminished. No [[humans]] thrive in [[isolation]], yet it remains our [[duty]] just as it remains your duty, to [[steadfastly]] advance the [[message]] of [[the Father]]'s [[love]] and [[the Master]]'s message of brotherly love, through undemanding [[service]]. And we ask that you remain open to the possibility that these people will turn their lives around. Next [[question]].

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