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Q. Thank you, I [[understand]]. My last question is: concerning the second [[phase]] of the [[Urantia]] [[revelation]], when [[Urantia Text|the book]] was first given to us in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1934 early 20th century], was the [[plan]] to always have the..this phase at a later date, or was the plan installed because you saw that the book [[readers]] were not perhaps living up to the teachings of [[Jesus]] that were directed in the book?

Q. Thank you, I [[understand]]. My last question is: concerning the second [[phase]] of the [[Urantia]] [[revelation]], when [[Urantia Text|the book]] was first given to us in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1934 early 20th century], was the [[plan]] to always have the..this phase at a later date, or was the plan installed because you saw that the book [[readers]] were not perhaps living up to the teachings of [[Jesus]] that were directed in the book?

A. The [[First Revelatory Commission|commission]] [[recognized]] that there would be a need for further [[assistance]], for as you have [[witnessed]] now in your life, it takes more than just a [[book]] to make one [[act]]. You have [[intellectualized]] what you can from many of your [[books]] of [[truth]]. Now the call to [[action]] is at hand. However, we did not [[anticipate]] the [[rate]] of [[growth]], the [[acceleration]] of this [[process]] as we [[witness]] it now. I had no [[idea]] back then that there would be the millions upon millions of [[personalities]] that now [[inhabit]] y[[our planet]] with me. I am deeply moved and [[excited]] by this and it tells me with full surety that not only will we be successful, but we will seek this success at a much quicker [[rate]] than what I [[anticipated]].

A. The [[First Revelatory Commission|commission]] [[recognized]] that there would be a need for further [[assistance]], for as you have [[witnessed]] now in your life, it takes more than just a [[book]] to make one [[act]]. You have [[intellectualized]] what you can from many of your [[books]] of [[truth]]. Now the call to [[action]] is at hand. However, we did not [[anticipate]] the [[rate]] of [[growth]], the [[acceleration]] of this [[process]] as we [[witness]] it now. I had no [[idea]] back then that there would be the millions upon millions of [[personalities]] that now inhabit y[[our planet]] with me. I am deeply moved and [[excited]] by this and it tells me with full surety that not only will we be successful, but we will seek this success at a much quicker [[rate]] than what I [[anticipated]].

Q. Did you see when the [[teaching mission]] came that the [[humans]] were very, very primed and really ready to go with this?

Q. Did you see when the [[teaching mission]] came that the [[humans]] were very, very primed and really ready to go with this?

A. The [[stage]] had been set for a while. Indeed, there had been [[spiritual pressure]] applied from above for many of your years now. [[Urantia Text|The text]] gives you a [[frame of reference]] and now we are here to do what the [[apostles]] hopefully would have done and that is [[rejoicing]] in the [[fact]] of your brotherhood with each other and the Fatherhood with [[God]]. This [[truth]] will [[literally]] set you [[free]]; and as a [[universal]] [[citizen]], this is what you are. However, lack of [[understanding]] coupled with [[freedom]] equals, at times, [[chaos]], as you now are [[witnessing]] on your world.

A. The [[stage]] had been set for a while. Indeed, there had been [[spiritual pressure]] applied from above for many of your years now. [[Urantia Text|The text]] gives you a [[frame of reference]] and now we are here to do what the [[apostles]] hopefully would have done and that is [[rejoicing]] in the [[fact]] of your brotherhood with each other and the Fatherhood with [[God]]. This [[truth]] will [[literally]] set you [[free]]; and as a [[universal]] [[citizen]], this is what you are. However, lack of [[understanding]] coupled with [[freedom]] equals, at times, [[chaos]], as you now are [[witnessing]] on your world.

===='''''[[Mysticism]]'''''====

===='''''[[Mysticism]]'''''====

Q. Machiventa, I have a couple of questions I would like to ask you. This is my second time here. Last week, I believe that [[Welmek]] stated that we should envision in our [[minds]] our highest [[concept]] of [[God]] during our [[meditations]]. I was reading in the [[Urantia Book]] on [[100:5|page l099]] that it states "Under no circumstances should the trance-like state of visionary consciousness be cultivated as a religious experience."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=100:5_Conversion_and_Mysticism (100:5.8)] There are also other [[references]] to this section on the [[dangers]] of [[mysticism]]. Could you [[explain]] that to me?

Q. Machiventa, I have a couple of questions I would like to ask you. This is my second time here. Last week, I believe that [[Welmek]] stated that we should envision in our [[minds]] our highest [[concept]] of [[God]] during our [[meditations]]. I was reading in the [[Urantia Book]] on [[100:5|page l099]] that it states "Under no circumstances should the trance-like state of visionary consciousness be cultivated as a religious experience."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=100:5_Conversion_and_Mysticism (100:5.8)] There are also other [[references]] to this section on the [[dangers]] of [[mysticism]]. Could you [[explain]] that to me?