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Each individual is a furrow and each [[individual]] as far as you can ascertain is available for fruition. As you strew your [[seeds]] without [[thought]], you are carefree and many seeds are caught by [[hungry]] [[souls]]. These plantings are viable, and valid. But in specifically planting one [[germ]] of [[truth]] in a hungry furrow, you have affected the [[eternal]] career of a fellow [[being]]. It is here that I will refer you to [[the Master]] and think in terms of ears to hear. As you see my [[words]] form a [[picture]] in your mind, your [[heart]], your gut. Feel the [[truth]] of that picture. The words are made part of your [[soil]]. You are not requested to be an [[intellectual]] teacher, no, but a planter of [[seeds]] in that tender marrow which will most benefit all. Thank you for your [[words]], my daughter, and for your loving [[embrace]] of [[truth]]."

Each individual is a furrow and each [[individual]] as far as you can ascertain is available for fruition. As you strew your [[seeds]] without [[thought]], you are carefree and many seeds are caught by [[hungry]] [[souls]]. These plantings are viable, and valid. But in specifically planting one [[germ]] of [[truth]] in a hungry furrow, you have affected the [[eternal]] career of a fellow [[being]]. It is here that I will refer you to [[the Master]] and think in terms of ears to hear. As you see my [[words]] form a [[picture]] in your mind, your [[heart]], your gut. Feel the [[truth]] of that picture. The words are made part of your [[soil]]. You are not requested to be an [[intellectual]] teacher, no, but a planter of [[seeds]] in that tender marrow which will most benefit all. Thank you for your [[words]], my daughter, and for your loving [[embrace]] of [[truth]]."

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===='''''[[Violence]]'''''====

Leetah: "Thank you Tomas. I do have a [[question]] and that is...one of the great [[disappointments]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_city_bombing the last two weeks] is to realize that the press has brought to the forefront those things that brought a lot of [[fear]] into my [[mind]]. And that the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_right extreme right] truly believes that they are the `Army of the Lord' and one they feel is prepared to fight against the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antichrist Antichrist] and for the Lord. It is incongruent to me that [[violence]] brings about a peaceful world. I don't know what my question is. If you have a comment I would certainly appreciate it."

Leetah: "Thank you Tomas. I do have a [[question]] and that is...one of the great [[disappointments]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_city_bombing the last two weeks] is to realize that the press has brought to the forefront those things that brought a lot of [[fear]] into my [[mind]]. And that the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_right extreme right] truly believes that they are the `Army of the Lord' and one they feel is prepared to fight against the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antichrist Antichrist] and for the Lord. It is incongruent to me that [[violence]] brings about a peaceful world. I don't know what my question is. If you have a comment I would certainly appreciate it."

Tomas: "You tread in troubled waters, waters which we watch closely and work [[diligently]] to curtail a floodtide of disaster. Any [[being]] who presumes to press his/her/its [[values]] on another by [[force]] is in [[error]]. These are age old lessons which will require yet more time before the [[resolution]] can be reached. The [[conflicts]] in [[past]] eras have often been religious battles/[[wars]] over the [[truth]] of a stand, the right of a [[principle]] or a people. How long it will require [[Urantia]] to learn depends much upon its willingness to adhere to [[the calling]] of its [[soul]], hence our [[presence]] on [[Urantia]] and your involvement in this [[structure]] of [[fortification]]. In that [[light]] there are still growth events which will need to occur, and, as you all well know, [[growth]] is often [[turbulent]] and seemingly destructive of [[value]]. We refer you to earlier lessons including [[1995-04-28-Influence & Disappointment|last week's lesson on disappointment]] for [[pondering]]. The [[fact]] of our work and our [[relative]] success is not [[contingent]] upon those rebel [[attitudes]] which will fight for their [[rights]] as [[mankind]] has done for centuries. What is it that you [[fear]]?"

Tomas: "You tread in troubled waters, waters which we watch closely and work [[diligently]] to curtail a floodtide of disaster. Any [[being]] who presumes to press his/her/its [[values]] on another by [[force]] is in [[error]]. These are age old lessons which will require yet more time before the [[resolution]] can be reached. The [[conflicts]] in [[past]] eras have often been religious battles/[[wars]] over the [[truth]] of a stand, the right of a [[principle]] or a people. How long it will require [[Urantia]] to learn depends much upon its willingness to adhere to [[the calling]] of its [[soul]], hence our [[presence]] on [[Urantia]] and your involvement in this [[structure]] of [[fortification]]. In that [[light]] there are still growth events which will need to occur, and, as you all well know, [[growth]] is often [[turbulent]] and seemingly destructive of [[value]]. We refer you to earlier lessons including [[1995-04-28-Influence & Disappointment|last week's lesson on disappointment]] for [[pondering]]. The [[fact]] of our work and our [[relative]] success is not [[contingent]] upon those rebel [[attitudes]] which will fight for their [[rights]] as [[mankind]] has done for centuries. What is it that you [[fear]]?"