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That is my lesson this evening. It is a review. It is a recap of an earlier lesson on [[trust]]. Many teachers have spoken of trust, for it is [[essential]] that you engage in trust. My and your associate [[Tomas]] is unavailable at this time and later I will also be [[focusing]] energies on another matter, but I am here now, Tomas is available through [[circuitry]], and we are mindful of your [[growth]] needs, therefore, dear children and close [[companions]], what shall we address this evening in our open [[forum]]?"
That is my lesson this evening. It is a review. It is a recap of an earlier lesson on [[trust]]. Many teachers have spoken of trust, for it is [[essential]] that you engage in trust. My and your associate [[Tomas]] is unavailable at this time and later I will also be [[focusing]] energies on another matter, but I am here now, Tomas is available through [[circuitry]], and we are mindful of your [[growth]] needs, therefore, dear children and close [[companions]], what shall we address this evening in our open [[forum]]?"
===Dialogue===
===Dialogue===
===='''''[[Adjustment]]'''''====
===='''''[[Adjustment]]''''', '''''[[Circuits]]'''''====
Jane: "Daniel, I'm sure you [[listened]] to the [[sharing]] before the [[meeting]] so I think you already know what I want. I want this stuff off! I trusted and I don't think I'm very [[happy]] with the results; and now I will trust that some proper [[adjustments]] will be made."
Jane: "Daniel, I'm sure you [[listened]] to the [[sharing]] before the [[meeting]] so I think you already know what I want. I want this stuff off! I trusted and I don't think I'm very [[happy]] with the results; and now I will trust that some proper [[adjustments]] will be made."
There are, as I said earlier, augmented [[power]] and [[energy]] evident this evening. It is not within my purview to identify those energies except to say that they are [[natural]] and loving. I would suggest that perhaps your volume is turned up too loud and that if you were to [[relax]] your volume, it might help your condition.
There are, as I said earlier, augmented [[power]] and [[energy]] evident this evening. It is not within my purview to identify those energies except to say that they are [[natural]] and loving. I would suggest that perhaps your volume is turned up too loud and that if you were to [[relax]] your volume, it might help your condition.
My child, I am at a loss as to how to [[console]] you or minister to you. My [[advice]], which you have not asked for, is to seek [[healing]] from the [[Infinite Spirit]]. Seek [[comfort]] and [[rest]]. Allow yourself time to wade through life's [[vicissitudes]] at a [[pace]] which is [[compatible]] to your own system. Do not allow others [[expectations]] of you or [[anticipations]] of you or demands of you to [[stress]] you. Indeed, do not allow your own expectations, anticipations and demands to stress you.
My child, I am at a loss as to how to [[console]] you or minister to you. My [[advice]], which you have not asked for, is to seek [[healing]] from the [[Infinite Spirit]]. Seek [[comfort]] and [[rest]]. Allow yourself time to wade through life's [[vicissitudes]] at a [[pace]] which is [[compatible]] to your own system. Do not allow others [[expectations]] of you or [[anticipation]]s of you or demands of you to [[stress]] you. Indeed, do not allow your own expectations, anticipations and demands to stress you.
[[Rest]] in the knowledge that you are [[safe]] in the loving arms of your personal [[Creator]]. Accept that nurturance. Allow your entire [[being]] to be washed with those warm, [[womb]]-like waters which [[heal]] and soothe and nourish. Set aside your equipment. It does not become you.
[[Rest]] in the knowledge that you are [[safe]] in the loving arms of your personal [[Creator]]. Accept that nurturance. Allow your entire [[being]] to be washed with those warm, [[womb]]-like waters which [[heal]] and soothe and nourish. Set aside your equipment. It does not become you.
The expansion of [[circuitry]] is a [[natural]] result of being re-connected with [[cosmic]] [[energy]]. Any being may access this energy. [[Resistance]] to this energy will not stop the [[energy]] but it is not required that any mortal being grasp it. This spiritual flood-light rains on the just and the unjust, the [[rich]] and the [[poor]], the this and the that.
The expansion of [[circuitry]] is a [[natural]] result of being re-connected with [[cosmic]] [[energy]]. Any being may access this energy. [[Resistance]] to this energy will not stop the [[energy]] but it is not required that any mortal being grasp it. This spiritual flood-light rains on the just and the unjust, the [[rich]] and the [[poor]], the this and the that.
There are [[beings]], mortal beings, who have sought [[spiritual]] [[reality]], who have indeed found spiritual realities along the way, who seek even now for greater spiritual realities for this is their acknowledged [[path]]. For them, greater doors will open, greater [[lights]] will shine, greater energies will be available. In [[contrast]], those who chose to ignore the spiritual renaissance can remain in their mode and are as well loved and tended to in their sphere of reality as are the Bright & Shining Morning Stars.
There are [[beings]], mortal beings, who have sought [[spiritual]] [[reality]], who have indeed found spiritual realities along the way, who seek even now for greater spiritual realities for this is their acknowledged [[path]]. For them, greater doors will open, greater [[lights]] will shine, greater energies will be available. In [[contrast]], those who chose to ignore the spiritual renaissance can remain in their mode and are as well loved and tended to in their sphere of [[reality]] as are the Bright & Shining Morning Stars.
So yes, this spiritual power and energy is available to everyone. There are no 'chosen people' in this classroom.
So yes, this spiritual [[power]] and [[energy]] is available to everyone. There are no '[[chosen people]]' in this classroom.
Has that satisfied you, TiEl? (no response)
Has that [[satisfied]] you, TiEl? (no response)
Before the baton is passed, I want to convey to you how dear you are to me and to many others, how we respect your integrity and enjoy your spunk. Your tender-hearted core is a true flowering example of love personified, and I appreciate being permitted to engage in conversation with you. Do challenge me/us again. Do consider me to be your devoted friend."
Before the baton is passed, I want to convey to you how dear you are to me and to many others, how we [[respect]] your [[integrity]] and enjoy your spunk. Your tender-hearted core is a true flowering example of [[love]] personified, and I [[appreciate]] being permitted to [[engage]] in conversation with you. Do challenge me/us again. Do consider me to be your devoted [[friend]]."
Rutha: "Daniel, while I was sitting here listening to the dialog between you and Jane, I could not help but [[feel]] a lot of [[energy]], of Jane's energy, and I would just like to offer.... This is what I saw happening here, because I feel like maybe there's been . .. I'm [[hoping]] that maybe the [[insight]] that I was given during this time might help Jane in [[interpreting]] what you said, because I know Daniel so much closer, so correct me, please, but I see that you said to Jane that,... Well, let me just preface this, because . .. I can say this because I have [[experienced]] to some degree what has happened here.
We all go through dark nights of the soul. Sometimes they're not just nights, they're months. Sometimes they're a year and it just seems like it's forever and you just can't ever get to the bottom layer. You just keep peeling and peeling. And during that whole time that you're peeling this stuff off, it seems sometimes, there's a place where this stuff just kind of collects. This has happened to me. And I see that what maybe has happened to Jan is that the opening of the circuitry and her purging of so many things and trying to come to grips with 'Who I am'' as a human, and 'Who I am as a child of God'; and so there has been this purging and it's all kind of collected. I'm maybe guessing that it's collected by her ear and it's, you know, it's like with a baby, you have to burp the baby! She's ready to be burped. It's all collected right here. I know it's a kind of a gross picture but to me maybe this is what has happened.
We all go through [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Night_of_the_Soul dark nights of the soul]. Sometimes they're not just nights, they're months. Sometimes they're a year and it just seems like it's forever and you just can't ever get to the bottom layer. You just keep peeling and peeling. And during that whole [[time]] that you're peeling this stuff off, it seems sometimes, there's a place where this stuff just kind of collects. This has happened to me. And I see that what maybe has happened to Jane is that the opening of the [[circuitry]] and her purging of so many things and trying to come to grips with 'Who I am'' as a [[human]], and 'Who I am as a [[child of God]]'; and so there has been this purging and it's all kind of collected. I'm maybe guessing that it's collected by her ear and it's, you know, it's like with a baby, you have to burp the baby! She's ready to be burped. It's all collected right here. I know it's a kind of a [[gross]] picture but to me maybe this is what has happened.
And at the same time, the circuitry is opened up and she's beginning to develop that higher range of consciousness, but it's very frightening, and you do--you want to scream, you want to holler, because it's... you want it so bad but at the same time it's very frightening, it's very scary and you don't want it, and it does seem painful, but that's the human aspect of it. The spiritual aspect is not painful, as Daniel very beautifully stated, that that isn't what's bothering us; it's our humanness.
And at the same time, the [[circuitry]] is opened up and she's beginning to develop that higher range of [[consciousness]], but it's very [[frightening]], and you do--you want to scream, you want to holler, because it's... you want it so bad but at the same time it's very frightening, it's very scary and you don't want it, and it does seem [[painful]], but that's the human aspect of it. The spiritual aspect is not [[painful]], as Daniel very beautifully stated, that that isn't what's bothering us; it's our [[humanness]].
And so I see that what Jan is experiencing might be a physical thing which she is interpreting as being circuitry and perhaps it's just the purging of other stuff that's collecting where the circuitry is supposed to be connecting. That's just what I feel might be happening.
And so I see that what Jan is [[experiencing]] might be a [[physical]] thing which she is [[interpreting]] as being [[circuitry]] and perhaps it's just the purging of other stuff that's collecting where the circuitry is supposed to be connecting. That's just what I feel might be happening.
Anyway, I took it from Daniel, too, that in no way was the [[discourse]] made to be belittling or to put you in a lower [[position]] as a child and Daniel as a higher [[guide]]. I took it as being straight-forward, talking across to you, not down, and so . .. and that was my gut [[feeling]] that what was happening here is that you were shrinking and at the same time I could feel Daniel [[thinking]] he wanted you to expand and realize that when he said to drop this [[mechanical]] devise, he was saying to drop it in the [[spiritual]] sense and let the spiritual rise, and realize that it was more of a [[physical]] reality.
Anyway, Daniel, you can correct me or whatever.
DANIEL: Thank you, Rutha, I am not going to correct you for there was nothing remiss in what you stated. Your [[exposition]] was fine mortal [[camaraderie]] and upholding of your [[understandings]]. I am not inclined to correct anything which does not need correcting.
Jane: Rutha and Daniel, the reason I felt like a child was because Daniel stated although — no he was not [[condescending]], nor did I feel that he was any time — but he stated something to the [[effect]], you know, 'we decide what is appropriate'. That is how you treat a child. If you're dealing with an [[equal]], you approach the individual and say, 'It's felt that you've reached such and such [[position]]', you know, 'We felt it would be appropriate to do this', but at least you approach the person, you do not — a [[parent]] decides for a child what is appropriate. When the child is an adult you no longer decide what is appropriate and do it. You ask them first. And because of that, I still felt as if I was treated like a child. And when I said I didn't like it — although Daniel was very nice about it — it's like 'We've decided this is what's appropriate and this is the way it's going to be'.
DANIEL: I am trying to find the proper [[analogy]], the proper picturization to [[respond]] to where I [[perceive]] you are in your [[understanding]], and I ask you to picture a flower which is in bud, in tight, robust bud, and it is apparent that this bud must bloom now. What alternative is there except to acknowledge the development of this bloom? When one [[ascends]], one [[attains]] and there are subsequent results. This is [[cause]] and [[effect]]. This is a [[law]].
The [[difficulty]] is that you have evolved into your own [[morontia soul]], your own [[awareness]] of your [[potential]], on perhaps a slightly different pivot than you have been accustomed. It is still in keeping with who you are and what you have [[attained]] and what you have done to get where you are today that these new developments take place. Like the flower which was once a [[seed]] or a bulb, it has grown as you have grown, and the flower needs to open to the [[sun]]. Is it the fault of anyone that [[perfection]] is being [[attained]] and [[revealed]]? It is your willingness to grow along spiritual lines, your willingness to seek [[reality]], to serve your own understanding of [[divinity]], your healing gifts and your human [[compassion]] which has brought you to the point of flowering.
That coincides with the opening of the [[circuits]] on [[Urantia]] and your [[experience]] is the same as is and will be the [[experience]] of many countless others, even these present here today. There are certainly unique variations on the [[theme]], yet all mortals are at this same [[threshold]]. Those who will be affected will be affected poignantly; those who opt not to be affected will be affected anyway, but not in a contributory [[manner]] as will those who, like you, [[accept]] this willing. Or relatively willingly, for regardless of the [[evolutionary]] [[status]], you are still all [[animal]] origin beings and the animal mind balks at being [[weaned]] from its [[habit]] patterns and comfortable nests of [[belief]] and habit.
Now we perhaps see eye to eye a little better, daughter? And perhaps my referencing you 'daughter' and 'child' has given you an extra mode sludge to deal with. What say you, pal?
Jane: I'm sure that I'm not any [[different]] than every other person this room. Last week when I asked a [[question]] about [[meditation]], I wasn't asking so much for myself, but because I feel that every person in this room has been on the same [[path]] I have, that there's not one person that there's not one person that hasn't spent years and years seeking and asking and looking for answers and I certainly don't want my [[experience]] to keep anyone else back, give them [[doubts]]. I just have to fight it out by myself, and I know that all the rest of the group in their own way each one of them will go through this too. So all I can say is I [[hope]] for each of them that most flowers bloom painlessly and joyfully and don't fight opening every petal and I wish for everyone who's going through this that it could be a much more [[joyful]] [[process]]. Thank you.
DANIEL: Thank you, my friend.
Rutha: Daniel, I have a -- I just want to make a comment of [[gratitude]] to you and all [[the teachers]]. It was a quite a [[realization]] to me this week when I attended a [[funeral]] (and I won't give the name of the [[church]] but the church was beautiful). I went in there and I sat down with the big stained glass window and the alter (I shouldn't say [[altar]] I don't know what they call it. Where they do the [[preaching]]. In Catholic church it would be an altar), but anyway, it made me feel very sad, in a way, because I really longed to be in a big, grand [[congregation]] like this church would hold. And then the [[funeral]] began and the [[preaching]] — the music was beautiful, it was [[good]]. It was something we could [[sing]] here! It was very good, (which, you know, that sometimes can be a [[problem]]) but I was so -- almost moved to [[tears]] when at this funeral, which should be a time of really, as we would say, a glad time. Sad in [[human]] terms but it should be a glad time in terms of [[spiritual growth]].
And it seems all that was put down was how awful we are, what [[sinners]], and I don't know how many times they brought up about the blood [[atonement]], [[Jesus]] coming and dying for or [[sins]] and they -- I mean, it wasn't just sins, they actually named a [[litany]] of things, and I tell you, by the time I walked out I was, you know, I was no bigger than an ant, you know, with the [[burden]] of being so awful, and it was — it's such a reprieve to have you sit there and tell us that we are doing well despite the imperfections that we have. And I just think that at the [[moment]] when they started all this horrible thing, all my longing to be in that [[church]] faded rapidly.
That was just a [[human]] longing and I'm just so thankful for the groups, the [[Teaching Mission]] groups, the [[Urantia Book|Urantia groups]] across the country and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unity_Church Unity groups], all groups that preach that we are imperfect beings but also that we are not just sinners, that we do make gains and we are loved and that, you know, we don't have to be on a [[guilt]] trip. You know, it wasn't because of our sins that [[Jesus]] came here, but He came here to [[reveal]] [[the Father]] and to obtain Him through [[experience]]. So, I just wanted to thank you. It's made a difference in my life.
DANIEL: I am not the one to thank for that, my [[friend]]. We all are responsive to [[Michael]] here, for he saw through your [[prayers]] and supplications that the [[darkness]] under which you had burdened had reached its [[saturation]] point, that the [[mercy]] lag was ended, that your needs and [[prayers]] be answered and fulfilled. The cries of you who believe without seeing, who know [[your Father]] would not think ill of you, you have helped raise the curtain on this [[new age]]. You have pulled back the shroud by your [[determination]] that God reveal himself to his children, and you have done this in [[faith]].
The cathedrals and houses of [[worship]] which you referenced are your [[cultural]] [[heritage]]. They well up within you the [[desire]] to [[worship]] the Lord God, and this right and [[privilege]] and [[devotion]] is your natural inheritance as [[ascending sons and daughters]]. Pray for those who feel [[responsible]] for the [[death]] of [[truth, beauty and goodness]] as you pray for more workers in the field. Your [[love]] is stronger than their [[fear]] and self-loathing. Turn your worries into loving arrows to fall deep in the [[hearts]] of those who [[sleep]], those who embrace illness, those who despair and distrust.
Great, truly great things are transpiring on [[Urantia]] today. Your active [[support]] of your own spiritual [[faith]], your support of one another in their faith is making a [[difference]]. These spiritual [[channels]] which are opening, these spiritual connections which are being made are [[impacting]] your world in significant and noticeable ways. It is in your [[nature]] to be short-sighted. In time you will look back and it will suddenly be [[clear]] to you how dramatically you have changed. Welcome to [[change]] and indeed it has been so.
We in the [[Teaching Corps]], we in the [[spiritual]] and [[morontial]] realms who minister to you and [[grow]] with you are equally [[grateful]] for the grand [[adventure]], the [[opportunity]] to serve [[Urantia|this unique planet]], the origin of Joshua Ben Joseph, [[Creator Son|Creator]] of this [[local universe]]. Truly wondrous is our experience, yours and mine.
And lest we forget, there are [[contingencies]] going to Hawaii today. Perhaps that might account for some of the variations in [[energies]]. At any rate, it is an exciting [[atmosphere]], and your own [[devoted]] [[presence]] here this evening has been as gratifying as any congregation large or small, here or there.
Rutha: Thank you, Daniel. Indeed, if we were in a large congregation we certainly couldn't get the [[intimate]] [[sharing]] and [[growth]] that we have [[received]] from our sharing time and from the questions that we can ask [[the teachers]] in the lessons; and to that and I would like to thank our loving parent [[Christ Michael]] and the teachers and you, Daniel, and Tomas
===Closing===
DANIEL: Dear [[friends]], you might [[appreciate]] that this [[T/R]] is [[exhausted]]. If you have an additional question, however, I am open to it since the [[forum]] has been somewhat [[focused]] this evening. Has anyone a question which they would like addressed?
Then, my dear [[loyal]] students of [[truth]] and my close friends and [[companions]], I will call this meeting to a close. We are trusting that your growth is in keeping with your capacities, that your [[eagerness]] is compatible with your capacities, that your reluctances are in [[harmony]] with your reposes. Be [[tender]] with yourselves and each other. Be [[kind]] to your [[soul]], which is young. The [[strength]] you feel is only beginning to develop. Your true strength lies in your and our Eternal Parent, therefore, ask for His strength to [[sustain]] you in your growing [[experiences]]. Trust as a child that our Father/Mother is [[leading]] you in accordance with His wishes and in your own appropriate [[time and space]].
Until we speak again next week or during the interim, I am truly your [[devoted]] [[companion]], [[friend]], [[guide]], [[teacher]], Daniel. Good night.
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[[Category: The Teaching Mission: Dialogues]]
