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==Session==

==Session==

===Opening===

===Opening===

*Music: Dorenda playing, "[http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/In_the_Garden/ In the Garden]"

*Music: Dorenda playing, "[https://library.timelesstruths.org/music/In_the_Garden/ In the Garden]"

TOMAS: Good afternoon. I am Tomas. I am [[proud]] to be here in your midst today. You are beauteous blooms in the [[garden]] of the Master Gardener, the Creator of all [[truth, beauty, and goodness]]. I walk among you and see your beauty and my [[heart]] calls out to yours to [[embrace]] your spirit; thus we come together in a [[communion]] that gives rise to increased bonding of spirit fellowship.

TOMAS: Good afternoon. I am Tomas. I am [[proud]] to be here in your midst today. You are beauteous blooms in the [[garden]] of the Master Gardener, the Creator of all [[truth, beauty, and goodness]]. I walk among you and see your beauty and my [[heart]] calls out to yours to [[embrace]] your spirit; thus we come together in a [[communion]] that gives rise to increased bonding of spirit fellowship.

The final quality of [[Fatherhood]] I'd like to pause for a moment to [[appreciate]], is the [[nature of God]] that envelops even those [[rebellious]] sons and [[adventurous]] [[youth]] who would turn their back on His plans and [[dreams]] for the sons' best interests, and who does not [[alienate]] Himself, but holds himself open to [[receive]] his wayward offspring and [[embrace]] them even before they think to return [[home]] to his bosom. How [[forgiving]] the Father seems from our [[perspective]], but from the divine point of view, the lost sheep are simply that - and thus he sends those of us who will, into the field to aid the [[Good Shepherd]] in finding the lost sheep, in embracing them back into the fold of the Father's love and the Mother's family.

The final quality of [[Fatherhood]] I'd like to pause for a moment to [[appreciate]], is the [[nature of God]] that envelops even those [[rebellious]] sons and [[adventurous]] [[youth]] who would turn their back on His plans and [[dreams]] for the sons' best interests, and who does not [[alienate]] Himself, but holds himself open to [[receive]] his wayward offspring and [[embrace]] them even before they think to return [[home]] to his bosom. How [[forgiving]] the Father seems from our [[perspective]], but from the divine point of view, the lost sheep are simply that - and thus he sends those of us who will, into the field to aid the [[Good Shepherd]] in finding the lost sheep, in embracing them back into the fold of the Father's love and the Mother's family.

Happy [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father's_Day Father's Day] to all of you. Let us all lift our [[voice]] in [[praise]] and [[thanksgiving]] of the Father of all who has created such a wondrous universe that we might [[experience]] life and [[share]] the [[creative]] nature with Him.

Happy [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father's_Day Father's Day] to all of you. Let us all lift our [[voice]] in [[praise]] and [[thanksgiving]] of the Father of all who has created such a wondrous universe that we might [[experience]] life and [[share]] the [[creative]] nature with Him.

Indeed, He has [[prepared]] a feast for us today! I behold your [[personality]] [[presence]] in this [[configuration]] and yearn to reach out to touch you all as [[the Father]] has and come to know you better. In this way our [[family]] is embellished and emboldened to go forth in [[confidence]] of our kinship in [[spirit]] reality. How are you all this afternoon? How can we engage one another in [[communication]] and communion to the greater delight of us all?

Indeed, He has [[prepared]] a feast for us today! I behold your [[personality]] [[presence]] in this [[configuration]] and yearn to reach out to touch you all as [[the Father]] has and come to know you better. In this way our [[family]] is embellished and emboldened to go forth in [[confidence]] of our kinship in [[spirit]] reality. How are you all this afternoon? How can we engage one another in [[communication]] and communion to the greater delight of us all?

THOROAH: Thank you, Tomas. This is from our friend John whose [[wife]] and [[family]] we met last weekend. They are going to be coming down occasionally. They couldn't make it today, but while discussing that with him, I mentioned to him that I talked to you and you said there was no [[problem]] if they couldn't make it today, so I think John half took me serious. I had to [[explain]] to him that I hadn't really talked to you but you had probably talked to his [[Thought Adjuster]], so he got all kinds of interest out of that, and he wrote back:

THOROAH: Thank you, Tomas. This is from our friend John whose [[wife]] and [[family]] we met last weekend. They are going to be coming down occasionally. They couldn't make it today, but while discussing that with him, I mentioned to him that I talked to you and you said there was no [[problem]] if they couldn't make it today, so I think John half took me serious. I had to [[explain]] to him that I hadn't really talked to you but you had probably talked to his [[Thought Adjuster]], so he got all kinds of interest out of that, and he wrote back:

"Has Tomas given the name of his [[home]] [[planet]]? I'm wondering what it's called." He goes on. "If he has met our [[Adjusters]], has he been here?" (To [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Alamos,_New_Mexico Los Alamos], where John and Suzanne live.) "Or does he actually have to make the trip? I do believe it's possible. I've just not had the [[experience]] of overtly [[conscious]] contact with any being, even my [[Thought Adjuster]]. I have had some pretty incredible personal experiences. But they happen infrequently. I don't have experience with fully conscious, at-will [[communications]] with spirit guides. So that is why the questions. Thanks in advance for any insight."

"Has Tomas given the name of his [[home]] [[planet]]? I'm wondering what it's called." He goes on. "If he has met our [[Adjusters]], has he been here?" (To [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Alamos,_New_Mexico Los Alamos], where John and Suzanne live.) "Or does he actually have to make the trip? I do believe it's possible. I've just not had the [[experience]] of overtly [[conscious]] contact with any being, even my [[Thought Adjuster]]. I have had some pretty incredible personal experiences. But they happen infrequently. I don't have experience with fully conscious, at-will [[communications]] with spirit guides. So that is why the questions. Thanks in advance for any insight."

I didn't pretend to give him any [[insight]], Tomas. I thought I'd let you handle it.

I didn't pretend to give him any [[insight]], Tomas. I thought I'd let you handle it.

You are a brother in the [[spirit]], John, and these are your brothers and sisters and your [[consciousness]] of your spirit kin will increase as your [[desire]] to know [[the Father]] increases, and you will then have [[opportunity]] to [[practice]] your Fatherly skills and divine [[affection]] in the arena of your [[mortal]] life, and that will include these fellows who regard you already as one with them.

You are a brother in the [[spirit]], John, and these are your brothers and sisters and your [[consciousness]] of your spirit kin will increase as your [[desire]] to know [[the Father]] increases, and you will then have [[opportunity]] to [[practice]] your Fatherly skills and divine [[affection]] in the arena of your [[mortal]] life, and that will include these fellows who regard you already as one with them.

I have been to what you would call [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Alamos,_New_Mexico Los Alamos], but my sense of geographic [[boundaries]] are not the same [as yours]. I have been to all your [[homes]], so to speak, because I am working with your [[presences]]. I don't pay much attention to your physical dwelling places. I am interested in the [[light]] that you are. But there are others who are interested in your [[environment]], and often attend to you in your home environments. The various orders of [[angels]] having a great influence over the [[midwayers]] - those beings who are midway between men and angels - who are your closest spirit cousins, who [[interact]] with you in your lives, even now, and of which you are largely unaware.

I have been to what you would call [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Alamos,_New_Mexico Los Alamos], but my sense of geographic [[boundaries]] are not the same [as yours]. I have been to all your [[homes]], so to speak, because I am working with your [[presences]]. I don't pay much attention to your physical dwelling places. I am interested in the [[light]] that you are. But there are others who are interested in your [[environment]], and often attend to you in your home environments. The various orders of [[angels]] having a great influence over the [[midwayers]] - those beings who are midway between men and angels - who are your closest spirit cousins, who [[interact]] with you in your lives, even now, and of which you are largely unaware.

But this is what I wanted to come back to. The [[fact]] that [[the universe]] is astir with [[life]], and as you allow yourself to begin to [[perceive]] through spirit eyes, as [[Jesus]] admonished his followers to see with eyes to see and to hear with ears to hear, you become aware of another [[dimension]] of living reality, and this dimension is filled with celestial guides and [[ministering spirits]] and [[messenger hosts]], many of whom are exclusively devoted to your upbringing as extensions of [[the Father]], as we hope to instill in you a similar sense of your Selves that will radiate out into your environment and reinforce the [[reality of God]] in the [[material world]] as well.

But this is what I wanted to come back to. The [[fact]] that [[the universe]] is astir with [[life]], and as you allow yourself to begin to [[perceive]] through spirit eyes, as [[Jesus]] admonished his followers to see with eyes to see and to hear with ears to hear, you become aware of another [[dimension]] of living reality, and this dimension is filled with celestial guides and [[ministering spirits]] and [[messenger hosts]], many of whom are exclusively devoted to your upbringing as extensions of [[the Father]], as we hope to instill in you a similar sense of your Selves that will radiate out into your environment and reinforce the [[reality of God]] in the [[material world]] as well.

Our [[language]] was different, obviously, by far, on my world. We had evolved different [[sounds]] and the name of the world itself would be foreign to your ears, perhaps, but I can tell you that my home world was under the [[guidance]] of our original [[Material Son and Daughter]], our planetary [[Adam and Eve]]. And I lived at a time when they had managed to civilize a great percentage of the globe. Outside the land masses were other lesser evolved [[tribes]], lacking in [[civility]] and [[grace]]. By comparison our country (you would say) was highly evolved.

Our [[language]] was different, obviously, by far, on my world. We had evolved different [[sounds]] and the name of the world itself would be foreign to your ears, perhaps, but I can tell you that my home world was under the [[guidance]] of our original [[Material Son and Daughter]], our planetary [[Adam and Eve]]. And I lived at a time when they had managed to civilize a great percentage of the globe. Outside the land masses were other lesser evolved [[tribes]], lacking in [[civility]] and [[grace]]. By comparison our country (you would say) was highly evolved.

I had a [[wife]]. Her name was Janus. We had four sons. I was a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Anthropology Cultural Anthropologist]. I studied the peoples on the outside and brought back information that was used to lend a hand in attempts to civilize and uplift those more [[primitive]] and rather [[barbaric]] peoples, but I found them also to be [[fascinating]] and oddly endearing. My planet might be compared to a word you would understand as ''Almaria''. The name of my home world was Almaria, as your home world is [[Urantia]].

I had a [[wife]]. Her name was Janus. We had four sons. I was a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Anthropology Cultural Anthropologist]. I studied the peoples on the outside and brought back information that was used to lend a hand in attempts to civilize and uplift those more [[primitive]] and rather [[barbaric]] peoples, but I found them also to be [[fascinating]] and oddly endearing. My planet might be compared to a word you would understand as ''Almaria''. The name of my home world was Almaria, as your home world is [[Urantia]].

Our planet had not yet had a visit from an [[Avonal Son]]. It would obviously not be the [[Creator Son]]. The Creator Son had chosen to come to [[Urantia]] for his [[final bestowal]], but those [[other worlds]] in a universe that do not get to host the [[Creator Son]], have the opportunity to experience an Avonal Son, and he had not yet arrived by the time I made my way out of the flesh and began my [[ascent]] through the [[mansion worlds]]. So in effect, my world was much younger than your world, but it was in a way more advanced because it had not suffered from the [[Lucifer Rebellion]], it was not isolated, and our Adam and Eve had not defaulted. That perhaps gives you some background on my [[human]] [[experience]].

Our planet had not yet had a visit from an [[Avonal Son]]. It would obviously not be the [[Creator Son]]. The Creator Son had chosen to come to [[Urantia]] for his [[final bestowal]], but those [[other worlds]] in a universe that do not get to host the [[Creator Son]], have the opportunity to experience an Avonal Son, and he had not yet arrived by the time I made my way out of the flesh and began my [[ascent]] through the [[mansion worlds]]. So in effect, my world was much younger than your world, but it was in a way more advanced because it had not suffered from the [[Lucifer Rebellion]], it was not isolated, and our Adam and Eve had not defaulted. That perhaps gives you some background on my [[human]] [[experience]].