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==Facilitators==

==Facilitators==

===Teacher: [[Daniel]], [[Tomas]], [[Minearisa]]===

===Teacher: [[Daniel]], [[Tomas]], [[Minearisa]]===

===TR: [[Unknown]]===

===TR: [[Rutha]], [[Gerdean]]===

==Session==

==Session==

===Opening===

===Opening===

Daniel: "Greetings, my friends, I am Daniel, your guide and teacher. I am rejoicing tonight in being amongst you and feeling your comraderie and love for one another. It has been a short reprieve from my teaching for you but I have gleaned a lot from my visitation away.[Ed note: Daniel has been away attending a teacher's conference for two weeks.]

Daniel: "Greetings, my [[friends]], I am Daniel, your [[guide]] and [[teacher]]. I am rejoicing tonight in being amongst you and feeling your [[camaraderie]] and love for one another. It has been a short [[reprieve]] from my teaching for you but I have gleaned a lot from my visitation away.[Ed note: Daniel has been away attending a [[teacher]]'s [[conference]] for two weeks.]

===Lesson===

===Lesson===

This evening I will be saying goodbye to my friend and co-teacher here, Tomas, but the goodbye is not permanent and is only temporary, as you all know, in the [[ascension]] scheme. Many things, many occurrences take place, yet those who are spiritually bonded are never separated in [[spiritual]] connectedness. And so while it has been a delight having Tomas here as an added teacher for this great [[groups|group]] it will be wonderful for Tomas and other students to grow from his wise [[wisdom]] and loving [[presence]]. Indeed, Tomas is embedded in all of your hearts, a part of all of your experience, and his teachings will resonate for many [[aeon]]s as you work to displace the peas you have all been speaking so freely about.

This evening I will be saying [[goodbye]] to my friend and co-teacher here, Tomas, but the goodbye is not permanent and is only temporary, as you all know, in the [[ascension]] scheme. Many things, many occurrences take place, yet those who are spiritually bonded are never separated in [[spiritual]] [[connectedness]]. And so while it has been a delight having Tomas here as an added teacher for this great [[groups|group]] it will be [[wonderful]] for Tomas and other students to grow from his wise [[wisdom]] and loving [[presence]]. Indeed, Tomas is embedded in all of your [[hearts]], a part of all of your [[experience]], and his teachings will [[resonate]] for many [[aeon]]s as you work to displace the peas you have all been speaking so freely about.

We teachers fully understand the [[human]] [[quality]] of sorrow at the departure of a loved one. You will undoubtedly feel this sorrow but we encourage you to look upon this departure as that which will generate greater [[goodness|good]], that which will perpetuate greater [[thought]]. So rather than feeling sorrow, understand and feel the joy that this departure holds for the greater good of [[Urantia]] and the unfolding of Michael's plan.

[[the teachers|We teachers]] fully understand the [[human]] [[quality]] of [[sorrow]] at the departure of a loved one. You will undoubtedly feel this sorrow but we [[encourage]] you to look upon this departure as that which will generate greater [[goodness|good]], that which will perpetuate greater [[thought]]. So rather than feeling sorrow, understand and [[feel]] the [[joy]] that this departure holds for the greater good of [[Urantia]] and the [[unfolding]] of Michael's plan.

To you, Tomas, my sincere love and gratitude for your companionship. While it will be temporarily disjointed we have, and shall continue to be of great closeness. I will now turn this forum over to Tomas for his words to you this evening."

To you, Tomas, my [[sincere]] [[love]] and [[gratitude]] for your [[companionship]]. While it will be temporarily disjointed we have, and shall continue to be of great closeness. I will now turn this [[forum]] over to Tomas for his [[words]] to you this evening."

Tomas: "Good evening faithful flock and loyal students. Indeed, we are radiant in our joy this evening in many ways, for many reasons, and on many counts. It is with happiness that we receive the renewed Daniel into this [[community]] prior to my departure for the continuity provided by your association with your teachers is part of that which enables us all to bond as a living community. It would grieve me to have been whisked away without this opportunity to cement again the rapport which we have developed in these past many productive and fruitful months as co-teachers of you, and, indeed, of each other and the greater community.

Tomas: "Good evening [[faithful]] flock and [[loyal]] [[students]]. Indeed, we are [[radiant]] in our [[joy]] this evening in many ways, for many reasons, and on many counts. It is with [[happiness]] that we receive the [[renewed]] Daniel into this [[community]] prior to my departure for the continuity provided by your [[association]] with your teachers is part of that which enables us all to [[bond]] as a living [[community]]. It would [[grieve]] me to have been whisked away without this [[opportunity]] to cement again the [[rapport]] which we have developed in these [[past]] many productive and fruitful months as co-teachers of you, and, indeed, of each other and the greater community.

I initially want to thank Daniel for his graciousness in allowing me the honor and privilege of sharing his teacher base platform, for enabling my transmitter/receiver and I to develop the working of teamwork concepts, of being a willing participant of the plan of [[Michael]] in instigating this [[teacher corps]] and inaugurating this [[Correcting Time]]. In no uncertain terms I am indebted to Daniel and to you here assembled for my hands on experience as a teacher in this great mission. I am addressing now the subject which I have chosen to represent my 'swan song'. I have, as you well know, worked hard with you on numbers of matters requiring deep seated effort to uncover and discover deeper realms within yourselves, within your potentials. Many of these have brought about distress and subsequent progress. But I have not spent overmuch time on focusing on what surely for all of us is a favorite subject. I have saved the best for last, if you will, so that I would like to discuss briefly love.

I initially want to thank Daniel for his [[graciousness]] in allowing me the [[honor]] and [[privilege]] of [[sharing]] his [[teacher base]] platform, for enabling my transmitter/receiver and I to develop the working of teamwork [[concepts]], of being a willing participant of the plan of [[Michael]] in instigating this [[teacher corps]] and inaugurating this [[Correcting Time]]. In no uncertain terms I am indebted to Daniel and to you here assembled for my hands on [[experience]] as a teacher in this great mission. I am addressing now the subject which I have chosen to [[represent]] my '[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swan_song swan song]'. I have, as you well know, worked hard with you on numbers of matters requiring deep seated [[effort]] to uncover and [[discover]] deeper realms within yourselves, within your [[potentials]]. Many of these have brought about distress and subsequent [[progress]]. But I have not spent overmuch time on [[focusing]] on what surely for all of us is a favorite subject. I have saved the best for last, if you will, so that I would like to discuss briefly [[love]].

Fear not love. Love is a mustard seed and fear is a pea. Do not confuse these two. For love, although humbler than fear, is far greater and will multiply much farther than the pea plant. When you love in the triumphant [[spirit]] of the Creator, when you embrace this living [[reality]] and [[experience]] the glowing, growing reality from within yourself and out, through, toward, around and with your brothers and sisters in this living flower, you are enriched and made real. Your hopes are made real and your disappointments are lessened.

[[Fear]] not [[love]]. Love is a mustard seed and fear is a pea. Do not [[confuse]] these two. For love, although [[humbler]] than fear, is far greater and will multiply much farther than the pea plant. When you love in the triumphant [[spirit]] of the Creator, when you [[embrace]] this living [[reality]] and [[experience]] the glowing, growing [[reality]] from within yourself and out, through, toward, around and with your [[brothers and sisters]] in this living flower, you are enriched and made real. Your [[hopes]] are made real and your [[disappointments]] are lessened.

There is no recipe as great as love for cooking up a [[goodness|good]] life, yet the fear of love has constrained love in its own existence. In this instance of the departure of your friend, [[Gerdean]], from this group you will know sadness as will she. Yet had you not opened your hearts in love and learned to love one another what legacy would you have of each other? The temporary sorrow which exists when love changes is a small shadow in comparison to the radiance, the illumination, and the triumph of the love that you know, remember, and anticipate. And so of all the fears that you grapple with in your learning to become your greater reality the fear of love is the most heinous sin, unworthy of believers in the love of God.

There is no recipe as great as [[love]] for cooking up a [[goodness|good]] life, yet the [[fear]] of love has constrained love in its own [[existence]]. In this instance of the departure of your friend, [[Gerdean]], from this group you will know sadness as will she. Yet had you not opened your [[hearts]] in [[love]] and learned to love one another what [[legacy]] would you have of each other? The temporary sorrow which exists when [[love]] [[changes]] is a small [[shadow]] in comparison to the [[radiance]], the [[illumination]], and the triumph of the love that you know, remember, and [[anticipate]]. And so of all the fears that you grapple with in your [[learning]] to become your greater [[reality]] the fear of love is the most heinous sin, unworthy of [[believers]] in the [[love]] of [[God]].

With courage and gusto I leave you, my loyal friends, for I am filled with the love which we have shared. I am enriched as a result of my experience here with you and you are greater because of knowing me. We are family and our source is the Source of light, life, and love. God is love. I love you. That is all."

With [[courage]] and gusto I leave you, my [[loyal]] [[friends]], for I am filled with the love which we have [[shared]]. I am enriched as a result of my [[experience]] here with you and you are greater because of knowing me. We are [[family]] and our source is [[the Source]] of [[light]], [[life]], and [[love]]. God is love. I love you. That is all."

 

Daniel: "Thank you, my friend. This forum is open for questions."

===Dialogue===

===Dialogue===

Virginia: "Tomas, thank you. I would just like to say I wish you well in Butler. I know you will be travelling along with Karen on her trip. Thank you for being here and thank you for the excellent modeling you did as you said that we were better off because you had been here. I would certainly agree with that and thank you because it is so difficult for me to acknowledge a job well done by me. We appreciate the modeling of the teachers and what we can be as we extend our love to others."

Leetah: "Tomas, thank you. I would just like to say I wish you well in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butler,_Pennsylvania Butler]. I know you will be traveling along with Gerdean on her trip. Thank you for being here and thank you for the excellent modeling you did as you said that we were better off because you had been here. I would certainly [[agree]] with that and thank you because it is so [[difficult]] for me to acknowledge a job well done by me. We [[appreciate]] the modeling of [[the teachers]] and what we can be as we extend our love to others."

Tomas: "Thank you, daughter. Take it upon yourself to live up to the [[faith]] which you have and to the love which you have also within you. It is self limiting to negate your own good. It is not grandiose to acknowledge that you make a difference for this is why we live."

Tomas: "Thank you, daughter. Take it upon yourself to live up to the [[faith]] which you have and to the [[love]] which you have also within you. It is [[self]] limiting to negate your own [[good]]. It is not grandiose to acknowledge that you make a [[difference]] for this is why we live."

Virginia: "Thank you Tomas. That reminds me of a bookmark that I have that I look at occasionally in the morning. It says, 'Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't'. [Ed. note: author is [[Richard Bach]]] Thank you."

Leetah: "Thank you Tomas. That reminds me of a bookmark that I have that I look at occasionally in the morning. It says, 'Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't'. [Ed. note: author is [[Richard Bach]]] Thank you."

Nancy: "Tomas, I want to offer you my love and my thanks for the lessons that I have learned directly from you and the lessons I have learned in adapting to the changes in our [[groups|group]] when you and Karen joined us. All of those lessons have been incredibly valuable. I know, indeed, that I am much better off for having you in my life and Karen, Gerdean, in my life as well.

PamElla: "Tomas, I want to offer you my [[love]] and my [[thanks]] for the lessons that I have learned directly from you and the lessons I have learned in [[adapting]] to the [[changes]] in our [[groups|group]] when you and Gerdean joined us. All of those lessons have been incredibly valuable. I know, indeed, that I am much better off for having you in my [[life]] and Gerdean, in my life as well.

I am thinking about your swan song that you saved for the end, fear of love and the description of it as being the most heinous sin. I think your timing is more than just your swan song for this certainly is what I am realizing in myself one more time around on this cycle, how frightening it is to truly love and even more so to allow myself to be loved. I guess I don't really have a question. I just wanted to offer you my love. I know that you are still just a thought away by the circuits so I think it is Gerdean that I will miss even more, although I will miss the dynamic of the group and I will miss the 'dynamic duo' as David Schlundt so beautifully put it, the interplay between you and Daniel and the two TRs. It is just beautiful! So, anyway, thank you and I am sure I will be speaking with you again."

I am [[thinking]] about your swan song that you saved for the end, [[fear]] of [[love]] and the description of it as being the most heinous [[sin]]. I think your [[timing]] is more than just your swan song for this certainly is what I am realizing in myself one more time around on this [[cycle]], how frightening it is to truly [[love]] and even more so to allow myself to be loved. I guess I don't really have a [[question]]. I just wanted to offer you my love. I know that you are still just a [[thought]] away by the [[circuits]] so I think it is Gerdean that I will miss even more, although I will miss the [[dynamic]] of the group and I will miss the 'dynamic duo' as David Schlundt so beautifully put it, the interplay between you and Daniel and the two [[TR]]s. It is just beautiful! So, anyway, thank you and I am sure I will be speaking with you again."

Tomas: "Thank you, my daughter, for your words, your sentiments and your very evident growth, which is perhaps prompted and urged by the teachers but which is ultimately your own doing, your own application, your own desire for growth and your own aspiration to attain perfection. Your work has been exemplary and even though the status of 'dynamic duo' may be off into the sunset the next cinema which we have planned will also satisfy and entertain your evolving growth needs.

Tomas: "Thank you, my daughter, for your [[words]], your sentiments and your very [[evident]] [[growth]], which is perhaps prompted and urged by [[the teachers]] but which is ultimately your own doing, your own application, your own [[desire]] for [[growth]] and your own [[aspiration]] to [[attain]] [[perfection]]. Your work has been exemplary and even though the [[status]] of 'dynamic duo' may be off into the sunset the next cinema which we have planned will also satisfy and entertain your evolving [[growth]] needs.

I, too, will miss you as will my friend and yours, Gerdean. But the work which is tantamount in our life is ongoing. It is true that we are intending to succeed in this phase of [[Urantia]]'s development. It is urgent that we forge ahead, that we not falter in fear, that we diligently apply our best efforts toward bringing about the circuitry which will most benefit that apex of enlightenment, that will alter the course of Urantia unconditionally toward [[Light and Life]].

I, too, will miss you as will my friend and yours, Gerdean. But the work which is tantamount in our life is ongoing. It is true that we are intending to succeed in this phase of [[Urantia]]'s development. It is urgent that we forge ahead, that we not falter in fear, that we diligently apply our best efforts toward bringing about the circuitry which will most benefit that apex of enlightenment, that will alter the course of Urantia unconditionally toward [[Light and Life]].

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