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Line 140: − + − + − + − + + + + + − 8/26/92 message from Machiventa Melchizedek+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − You are remiss [in your regular stillness practice], however, that arrow has flown. Let us go − on from here. We wish for you to serve your companions in the period between now and the − development of another who will assist in the communication of the teacher's message. It is not − an onerous duty. − Although legitimately and continuously open to challenge and question on grounds of accuracy, − we think the ministry stands solidly, unassailably secure on the grounds of faith progress. It − emboldens the people, and makes them feel closer to their God. Therefore we freely admit the − problems of accuracy, colorization, and consequent error. We are, after all, engaged in a ministry − -- not a Restatement. Books lend themselves to static policy statements of principle. This − ministry takes advantage of a quality only hinted at in books -- the dynamic, ever-growing, − thrilling nature of the relationship between God and human. We make no attempt to secure − ourselves from error. − You people question Perfection itself. Why should you take faith-offense at inaccuracies of − communication? How reliable are your own scientific communication systems? Very -- in theory − and design, but putting such designs into service introduces undreamt complications. So it is with − us. It is the price of forward motion, friction. It is a law of Nature. If the friction is unbearable, − retrogression is an option. So far, none have elected to abandon for reasons of too-offensive − error. − We are far from the realms of Havona. Our efforts are inescapably rough of technique, yet − ever pure of intent, and productive of progress toward Perfection. − Press on, then, in search of your own destiny of glorification - identity with the First Source − and Center. − + + + + + + + + + + − 8/28/92 message from Machiventa Melchizedek+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + − As in matters of health improvement, there are many areas of information which either have no − spiritual consequence or are easily discoverable by you without hardship or deprivation. You − must live your own life, most especially must you fully live and control the material aspects of − your life. We will not guide you, nor will your Adjuster guide you, in [material] decisions. − Still, the developments which you seek are legitimate and are implicit in the path of spiritual − progress, but only as incidental benefits - not as achievable goals. They are by-products of a more − complete, more spiritual, and more fully human life. You yourself seized on this idea in the past − with the expression Better to aim high, if then falling short the result will still score higher than if − the original point of aim was excessively modest. More simply, Aim high, and even if you strike − low, you still hit high. − The high mark for you people is to maintain the spiritual presence of mind that allows you to − remember to appeal for illumination of the better choice. The Adjuster's work is effectively − blocked by the animal responses of fear, anger, and combat stress. None of you are capable or − ready yet to hear the Adjuster's voice. You should work, for now, on achieving the equanimity − and faith that replaces your typical descent into emergency status when you encounter some − impediment or threat in daily life. The universe is not so unfriendly that every situation screams − crisis. Try to lift your sights a bit. − There is another perspective available -- a grand horizon -- if you are only bold enough to peek − over the walls of your prison-rut of habit. Make an effort, now, to break the habit of dealing with − people and problems in the same tired, unproductive manner. Live a little! You are all young in − the spirit, no matter how many aches you count in the mornings. You are too young to settle on − policy practices, especially where human relations are concerned. − We have covered this before, in the guises "Bare your breast", and "Not problems, but − opportunities". Pull the curtains back, let some light flood in. Work in tolerant combination with − your brothers and sisters. − Get control of yourselves -- it is not a static thing -- you can feel your [spiritual] muscles flex − and relax, flex and relax. And when you can maintain a stable point of view for a few moments, − then ask about the higher path. First things first. − In order to be fully human, you must build on the animal foundation -- not deny it, not repress − it, not disguise it. You can see the trail in your own physiology: first, reptile brain; then mammal − brain overlying; finally, homo sapiens structure atop all. Get your hands on the wheel, then start − looking for signs. It cannot work in reverse order. − This is my advice for you: Govern yourselves, only then are you participating fully with God, in − partnership. − ===Lesson===+ − − + − + − + − + + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + − + + + + + + + + − + − + − + − + − + + − + − + − + − + − + + + Line 274:
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This material life [[experience]] is denied to most of the
This material life [[experience]] is denied to most of the
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_30 orders of creatures] in [[the Universe]]. You are those selected by the great [[God]] to see the entire
[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_30 orders of creatures] in [[the Universe]]. You are those selected by the great [[God]] to see the entire
[[scope]] of [[creation]]-from the lowest to the most [[infinite]]. The fact of [[material life]] [[inevitably]] creates
[[scope]] of [[creation]]-from the lowest to the most [[infinite]]. The fact of [[material life]] [[inevitably]] creates
some severe restrictions upon your [[time]] yet, particularly in your [[modern]] [[society]], we feel that
some severe restrictions upon your [[time]] yet, particularly in your [[modern]] [[society]], we feel that
*08/26/92 message
*08/26/92 message
===Lesson===
===Lesson===
Thank you Lord, for the endless chances that you give us to show the growth of our
Thank you Lord, for the endless [[chances]] that you give us to show the [[growth]] of our
understanding of how you would have us live. Thank you for the treats and challenges you place
[[understanding]] of how you would have us live. Thank you for the treats and [[challenges]] you place
for us -- like gumdrops beside a trail, we need only reach out to take.
for us -- like gumdrops beside a trail, we need only reach out to take.
Thank you for zapping me when someone says something with insight and growth potential.
Thank you for zapping me when someone says something with [[insight]] and [[growth]] [[potential]].
With faith in you, I know we will all make progress.
With [[faith]] in you, I know we will all make [[progress]].
===='''''[[Transmitting]]'''''====
Machiventa Melchizedek: You are remiss [in your regular [[stillness]] [[practice]], however, that arrow has flown. Let us go on from here. We [[wish]] for you to serve your [[companions]] in the period between now and the
[[development]] of another who will assist in the [[communication]] of the teacher's [[message]]. It is not
an onerous [[duty]].
Although legitimately and continuously open to [[challenge]] and question on grounds of [[accuracy]],
we think the ministry stands solidly, unassailably [[secure]] on the grounds of [[faith]] [[progress]]. It
emboldens the people, and makes them feel closer to their [[God]]. Therefore we freely admit the
problems of [[accuracy]], colorization, and consequent [[error]]. We are, after all, [[engaged]] in a ministry
-- not a Restatement. [[Books]] lend themselves to [[static]] [[policy]] [[statements]] of [[principle]]. This
ministry takes advantage of a [[quality]] only hinted at in [[books]] -- the [[dynamic]], ever-growing,
thrilling [[nature]] of the [[relationship]] between [[God]] and [[human]]. We make no attempt to [[secure]]
ourselves from [[error]].
===='''''[[Communication]]'''''====
You people question [[Perfection]] itself. Why should you take [[faith]]-[[offense]] at inaccuracies of
[[communication]]? How reliable are your own [[scientific]] communication [[systems]]? Very -- in [[theory]]
and [[design]], but putting such designs into [[service]] introduces undreamt [[complications]]. So it is with
us. It is the price of forward [[motion]], [[friction]]. It is a [[law]] of [[Nature]]. If the friction is unbearable,
[[retrogression]] is an [[option]]. So far, none have elected to [[abandon]] for reasons of too-[[offensive]]
[[error]].
We are far from the realms of [[Havona]]. Our [[efforts]] are inescapably rough of [[technique]], yet
ever [[pure]] of [[intent]], and productive of [[progress]] toward [[Perfection]].
Press on, then, in search of your own [[destiny]] of [[glorification]] - [[identity]] with the [[First Source
and Center]].
==Session 4==
==Session 4==
*08/28/92 message
*08/28/92 message
===Lesson===
===Lesson===
[Following a visit to the homeopath doctor for myself and Jade, and the doctor's immediate diagnosis of a complaint that I had thought improbable.]
[Following a visit to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeopathy homeopath doctor] for myself and Jade, and the doctor's immediate [[diagnosis]] of a complaint that I had thought improbable.]
===='''''[[Healing]]'''''====
Machiventa Melchizedek: As in matters of [[health]] improvement, there are many areas of [[information]] which either have non spiritual [[consequence]] or are easily discoverable by you without hardship or deprivation. You must live your own life, most especially must you fully live and [[control]] the [[material]] aspects of
your life. We will not [[guide]] you, nor will your [[Adjuster]] guide you, in [[material]] [[decisions]].
Still, the [[developments]] which you seek are [[legitimate]] and are implicit in the [[path]] of [[spiritual
progress]], but only as incidental benefits - not as achievable [[goals]]. They are by-products of a more
complete, more [[spiritual]], and more fully [[human]] life. You yourself seized on this [[idea]] in the [[past]]
with the [[expression]] Better to aim high, if then falling short the result will still score higher than if
the [[original]] point of aim was excessively [[modest]]. More simply, Aim high, and even if you strike
low, you still hit high.
===='''''[[Vision]]'''''====
The high mark for you people is to [[maintain]] the [[spiritual]] [[presence]] of [[mind]] that allows you to
remember to [[appeal]] for [[illumination]] of the better [[choice]]. The [[Adjuster]]'s work is effectively
blocked by the [[animal]] responses of [[fear]], [[anger]], and [[combat]] [[stress]]. None of you are capable or
ready yet to hear the [[Adjuster]]'s voice. You should [[work]], for now, on [[achieving]] the [[equanimity]]
and [[faith]] that replaces your typical [[descent]] into [[emergency]] [[status]] when you encounter some
impediment or threat in daily life. [[The universe]] is not so unfriendly that every situation screams
[[crisis]]. Try to lift your [[sight]]s a bit.
There is another [[perspective]] available -- a grand [[horizon]] -- if you are only [[bold]] enough to peek
over the walls of your [[prison]]-rut of [[habit]]. Make an [[effort]], now, to break the habit of dealing with
people and [[problems]] in the same tired, unproductive [[manner]]. Live a little! You are all young in
the [[spirit]], no matter how many aches you count in the [[mornings]]. You are too young to settle on
[[policy]] [[practices]], especially where human [[relations]] are concerned.
===='''''[[Self-mastery]]'''''====
We have covered this before, in the guises "Bare your [[breast]]", and "Not [[problems]], but
[[opportunities]]". Pull the curtains back, let some [[light]] flood in. [[Work]] in [[tolerant]] combination with
your [[brothers and sisters]]. Get [[control]] of yourselves -- it is not a [[static]] thing -- you can [[feel]] your [[spiritual]] muscles flex
and [[relax]], flex and relax. And when you can [[maintain]] a [[stable]] [[point of view]] for a few moments,
then ask about the higher [[path]]. First things first.
In order to be fully human, you must build on the [[animal]] [[foundation]] -- not deny it, not [[repress]]
it, not [[disguise]] it. You can see the trail in your own [[physiology]]: first, [[reptile]] [[brain]]; then [[mammal]]
brain overlying; finally, [[homo sapiens]] [[structure]] atop all. Get your hands on the wheel, then start
looking for [[signs]]. It cannot work in reverse order.
This is my advice for you: [[Govern]] yourselves, only then are you [[participating]] fully with [[God]], in
[[partnership]].
==Session 5==
==Session 5==
*AUGUST 30, 1992
*AUGUST 30, 1992
WILL: The [[love]] of [[God]] [[surrounds]] us. The love of God enfolds us. The love of God [[supports]]
WILL: The love of God surrounds us. The love of God enfolds us. The love of God supports
us. Wherever we gather, He is.
us. Wherever we gather, He is.
Good evening, I am your teacher, Will, who loves you. You do not know how long this
group was under observation while we waited for things to develop. It is good to hear the jokes
Good evening, I am your [[teacher]], Will, who [[loves]] you. You do not know how long this
and laughter. It was not always this way. This is a happy crew and we are glad of it. Tonight we
[[group]] was under [[observation]] while we waited for things to [[develop]]. It is good to hear the [[jokes]]
have a new friend to join our group. One who comes whole heartedly and enthusiastically. You,
and [[laughter]]. It was not always this way. This is a [[happy]] crew and we are glad of it. Tonight we
have a new [[friend]] to join our [[group]]. One who comes whole heartedly and [[enthusiastically]]. You,
Dennis are welcome here.
Dennis are welcome here.
Faith and service are what we are about and we have spent many weeks now discussing what
is faith. Perhaps we should take a few moments and discuss what is not faith. The idea of faith is
===Lesson===
not fully satisfied by a mere belief. For example, if a person should say, I believe there is God.
===='''''[[Faith]]'''''====
He lives in heaven far away. That is not faith. Or if a person should say, I have felt the presence
[[Faith]] and [[service]] are what we are about and we have spent many weeks now [[discussing]] what
of God in the church or one time when I was alone in the mountains. That is not faith either.
is [[faith]]. Perhaps we should take a few [[moments]] and discuss what is not faith. The [[idea]] of [[faith]] is
Faith is walking down the street and knowing that no matter what happens, you are in God's
not fully [[satisfied]] by a mere [[belief]]. For example, if a [[person]] should say, I [[believe]] there is [[God]].
hands. Faith is assigning all your cares and problems and letting go of them forever. Faith is
He lives in [[heaven]] far away. That is not [[faith]]. Or if a person should say, I have [[felt]] the [[presence]]
when you go to sleep at night with a free and relaxed conscious knowing that you will wake up
of [[God]] in the [[church]] or one time when I was [[alone]] in the [[mountains]]. That is not [[faith]] either.
again tomorrow and it will be the same world. Faith is having goals that are worth working for
[[Faith]] is walking down the street and [[knowing]] that no matter what happens, you are in [[God]]'s
and improving yourself, for your own benefit and for the benefit of others. Faith is having the
hands. [[Faith]] is assigning all your [[cares]] and [[problems]] and letting go of them forever. [[Faith]] is
doorway swept so that you would not be ashamed to invite God in any time. Faith is allowing
when you go to [[sleep]] at night with a [[free]] and relaxed [[conscience]] knowing that you will [[wake]] up
God in by the back door as well as the front. Faith is calling on God for company not because
again tomorrow and it will be the same world. [[Faith]] is having [[goals]] that are [[worth]] working for
you have some problem, but just for the companionship. Faith is showing your true self candidly
and improving yourself, for your own benefit and for the benefit of others. [[Faith]] is having the
and sincerely to your companions in the life experience because you know God would not turn
doorway swept so that you would not be [[ashamed]] to [[invite]] [[God]] in any time. [[Faith]] is allowing
out a bad product.
God in by the back door as well as the front. [[Faith]] is calling on [[God]] for company not because
In the old days, there were ecstatic descriptions of God. People would go on for pages and
you have some [[problem]], but just for the [[companionship]]. Faith is showing your true [[self]] candidly
pages about His fine qualities. Everything that was good, everything that was just. They call Him
and [[sincerely]] to your [[companions]] in the life [[experience]] because you know God would not turn
omnipresent and omniscient and all forgiving. All those things are true. But He is a personal God
out a bad [[product]].
also. He desires your company. Although admittedly, it is not easy to discern exactly when, from
what we can tell, He desires our company always. He is actually interested in the things that we
In the old days, there were [[ecstatic]] [[descriptions]] of [[God]]. People would go on for pages and
are learning, the thoughts that we have, the insights that we have gained. He especially likes our
pages about His fine [[qualities]]. Everything that was [[good]], everything that was [[just]]. They call Him
exhilaration with a new discovery. He is apparently always thinking of us. His kind and indulgent
[[omnipresent]] and [[omniscient]] and all [[forgiving]]. All those things are [[true]]. But He is a [[personal]] [[God]]
attention supports the smooth operation of entire universes. He hangs the stars in the sky and yet
also. He [[desires]] your company. Although admittedly, it is not easy to [[discern]] exactly when, from
at the same time He desires to live in partnership with us every moment even while we sleep. All
what we can tell, He desires our company always. He is actually interested in the [[things]] that we
these things are expressions of His kindness and His love for us.
are [[learning]], the [[thoughts]] that we have, the [[insights]] that we have gained. He especially likes our
By faith we open the door to His love and let the light come in. He is a generous God. He is
[[exhilaration]] with a new [[discovery]]. He is apparently always [[thinking]] of us. His [[kind]] and indulgent
kind to even those who deny His existence. He is fair to those who work against all that He
[[attention]] [[supports]] the smooth operation of entire [[universes]]. He hangs the [[stars]] in the [[sky]] and yet
stands for. He desires us as His partners; just Him and you, two by two. He has time enough for
at the [[same time]] He [[desires]] to live in [[partnership]] with us every [[moment]] even while we [[sleep]]. All
all. The trick for you to take advantage of all of this is to attune yourself to the better way. You
these things are [[expressions]] of His [[kindness]] and His [[love]] for us.
can think of it like tuning a radio. This time, to the goodness station. No bad news, only good or
even the bad news seems good. This is what Melchizedek was referring to about maintaining the
By [[faith]] we open the door to His [[love]] and let the [[light]] come in. He is a [[generous]] [[God]]. He is
certain presence of mind. It takes some effort. All of us go through life in the state of diminished
[[kind]] to even those who deny His [[existence]]. He is [[fair]] to those who work against all that He
presence like a daydream denying many things. Our Father would have us open our eyes, look
stands for. He [[desires]] us as His [[partners]]; just Him and you, two by two. He has time enough for
around, listen to birds. Don't just shuffle along with your head down. It is possible to be alive
all.
and awake and in partnership with God even on a sweltering muggy Friday afternoon at 3:00 out
===='''''[[Attunement]]'''''====
The trick for you to take [[advantage]] of all of this is to [[attune]] yourself to the better way. You
can [[think]] of it like [[tuning]] a [[radio]]. This time, to the [[goodness]] station. No bad news, only [[good]] or
even the bad news seems good. This is what [[Melchizedek]] was referring to about [[maintaining]] the
certain [[presence]] of [[mind]]. It takes some [[effort]]. All of us go through life in the [[state]] of diminished
[[presence]] like a daydream denying many things. [[Our Father]] would have us open our eyes, look
around, [[listen]] to birds. Don't just shuffle along with your head down. It is possible to be alive
and [[awake]] and in [[partnership]] with [[God]] even on a sweltering muggy Friday afternoon at 3:00 out
on the sidewalk. You should try it. We think that you will like it.
on the sidewalk. You should try it. We think that you will like it.
He has given this chance at life even though this life is clearly not the perfect life. We are not
ready for a perfect life. You should enjoy the life that you have. Make living an active event, not
He has given this [[chance]] at life even though this life is [[clearly]] not the [[perfect]] life. We are not
just something that happens to us. It is not a passive process. We should live our lives
ready for a perfect life. You should [[enjoy]] the life that you have. Make living an [[active]] [[event]], not
affirmatively and in order to do so, it is much easier if we invite God to share it with us. He relies
just something that happens to us. It is not a [[passive]] [[process]]. We should live our lives
on us to show Him things that He would not otherwise experience. So during this coming week,
affirmatively and in order to do so, it is much easier if we [[invite]] [[God]] to [[share]] it with us. He relies
on us to show Him things that He would not otherwise [[experience]]. So during this coming week,
let us all try to spend more time alert and alive, a little closer to the edge and, by living our lives
let us all try to spend more time alert and alive, a little closer to the edge and, by living our lives
this way, we will be demonstrating faith.
this way, we will be [[demonstrating]] [[faith]].
That is all I have to say. I look forward to our meeting next week and making new friends.
We invite your participation and stand ready to communicate with you while you entertain your
That is all I have to say. I look forward to our meeting next week and making new [[friends]].
friends from afar. God bless you and keep you.
We invite your [[participation]] and stand ready to [[communicate]] with you while you entertain your
Shalom.
[[friends]] from afar. [[God]] [[bless]] you and keep you.
[[Shalom]].
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