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It (whatever you would take upon yourselves), therefore, is [[contingent]] upon what you as a group could agree upon as a group and then be willing to abide by the [[guidance]] of our [[Creator Son]] and his administrative staff to [[counsel]] with you and you with them in the unfoldingment of your mortal project toward [[light and life]] in your material realms.

It (whatever you would take upon yourselves), therefore, is [[contingent]] upon what you as a group could agree upon as a group and then be willing to abide by the [[guidance]] of our [[Creator Son]] and his administrative staff to [[counsel]] with you and you with them in the unfoldingment of your mortal project toward [[light and life]] in your material realms.

I am bringing this up today because it would seem that the [[timing]] is good, for there is an [[event]] coming up in which you as a [[community]] will be interwoven in a communal attempt to promulgate the [[value]] of the [[fifth epochal revelation]] to the inhabitants of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsuburgh,_Pennsylvania Pittsburgh] and you will be in the [[mainstream]] of your [[culture]] here, buffeted by the excitement and super-glory of many [[egos]], many energies, many [[metaphysical]] [[maelstroms]] -- in a word, a very dynamic environment. It is an [[opportunity]] for you to practice your capacities to not strive with men.

I am bringing this up today because it would seem that the [[timing]] is good, for there is an [[event]] coming up in which you as a [[community]] will be interwoven in a communal attempt to promulgate the [[value]] of the [[fifth epochal revelation]] to the inhabitants of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsuburgh,_Pennsylvania Pittsburgh] and you will be in the [[mainstream]] of your [[culture]] here, buffeted by the excitement and super-glory of many [[egos]], many energies, many [[metaphysical]] [[maelstroms]] -- in a word, a very dynamic environment. It is an [[opportunity]] for you to practice your capacities to not strive with men.

It is not required that you compete with the other exhibitors for [[attention]]. Your [[devotion]] to the [[Urantia Book]], if indeed you have such devotion, your [[appreciation]] for its [[truths]], stands on your [[expression]]. If you are careless, you can be swept downstream, but if you are a tree which has its [[roots]] well anchored, you can stand nobly by and watch the [[emotional]] excitement of the arena create powerful [[energy]] fields which are unfocused and [[divergent]]. It is a good [[practice]] run for you as a group to determine your [[potential]] for [[future]] works as a group in terms of [[conation]] building.

It is not required that you compete with the other exhibitors for [[attention]]. Your [[devotion]] to the [[Urantia Book]], if indeed you have such devotion, your [[appreciation]] for its [[truths]], stands on your [[expression]]. If you are careless, you can be swept downstream, but if you are a tree which has its [[roots]] well anchored, you can stand nobly by and watch the [[emotional]] excitement of the arena create powerful [[energy]] fields which are unfocused and [[divergent]]. It is a good [[practice]] run for you as a group to determine your [[potential]] for [[future]] works as a group in terms of [[conation]] building.

Mrs. M: Well, how could we... We would need help from your side in order to [[comprehend]] how to [[focus]] that type energy.

Mrs. M: Well, how could we... We would need help from your side in order to [[comprehend]] how to [[focus]] that type energy.

Mrs. Ml: Are we speaking of [[projects]] in the [[community]], for instance, helping as a group to help some of the children in the InnerCity read? or do you want us to help the children of the women who are being battered? There's a battered women's shelter here and I'm sure those women need help with their [[children]] occasionally. Should we go to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvation_Army Salvation Army] and tell them that we are a unit and that we can work together and that we can do some [[service]]? I mean, is that what you're talking about? I'm really [[confused]].

Mrs. Ml: Are we speaking of [[projects]] in the [[community]], for instance, helping as a group to help some of the children in the InnerCity read? or do you want us to help the children of the women who are being battered? There's a battered women's shelter here and I'm sure those women need help with their [[children]] occasionally. Should we go to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvation_Army Salvation Army] and tell them that we are a unit and that we can work together and that we can do some [[service]]? I mean, is that what you're talking about? I'm really [[confused]].

TOMAS: I am sorry. I have no [[desire]] to instill confusion in your [[mind]].

TOMAS: I am sorry. I have no [[desire]] to instill confusion in your [[mind]].

TOMAS: But I am interested in all of these [[responses]] and [[reactions]], so let us be patient with one another and let me respond to you somewhat before I go back to the earlier [[reference]] to the [[energy]] at the Expo.

TOMAS: But I am interested in all of these [[responses]] and [[reactions]], so let us be patient with one another and let me respond to you somewhat before I go back to the earlier [[reference]] to the [[energy]] at the Expo.

I will say that I am not commending you to a specific [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Way United Way] project. I [[understand]] that there are [[social]] [[services]] required thick and thin. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Brothers Big Brothers] and all, ad infinitum, are seeking [[volunteer]] help and all are to some degree [[worthy]] service outlets. And, as [[individuals]], if you have a personal vigilance in that area, it is [[encouraged]] that you serve in that capacity individually.

I will say that I am not commending you to a specific [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Way United Way] project. I [[understand]] that there are [[social]] [[services]] required thick and thin. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Brothers Big Brothers] and all, ad infinitum, are seeking [[volunteer]] help and all are to some degree [[worthy]] service outlets. And, as [[individuals]], if you have a personal vigilance in that area, it is [[encouraged]] that you serve in that capacity individually.

As a [[group]] I am not suggesting that you go down en masse to the Salvation Army or the battered women's center or the [[hospitals]]. I am not recommending that at this point for it is premature, and I will not tell you where to go at any rate. I am offering to [[assist]] the evolution of your [[group]] to contribute to the evolution of [[your planet]], and I am offering the opportunity to [[observe]] how you work together and how you can effect and impact energies by your upcoming Expo where you may [[practice]] being maturely [[focused]] on your [[purpose]].

As a [[group]] I am not suggesting that you go down en masse to the Salvation Army or the battered women's center or the [[hospitals]]. I am not recommending that at this point for it is premature, and I will not tell you where to go at any rate. I am offering to [[assist]] the evolution of your [[group]] to contribute to the evolution of [[your planet]], and I am offering the opportunity to [[observe]] how you work together and how you can effect and impact energies by your upcoming Expo where you may [[practice]] being maturely [[focused]] on your [[purpose]].

Mrs. McD: Then could I ask you also to make some comments of [[discernment]] between psychic and spiritual?

Mrs. McD: Then could I ask you also to make some comments of [[discernment]] between psychic and spiritual?

TOMAS: Unless I am mistaken, I believe we are splitting hairs about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychism psychism].

TOMAS: Unless I am mistaken, I believe we are splitting hairs about [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychism psychism].

Mrs. McD: Well, I don't know if we're splitting hairs. I just would like to have a clearer [[definition]] within my mind between the adjective psychic and the adjective [[spiritual]].

Mrs. McD: Well, I don't know if we're splitting hairs. I just would like to have a clearer [[definition]] within my mind between the adjective psychic and the adjective [[spiritual]].

Getting along in this kingdom is an [[exercise]], which has only begun. All throughout [[eternity]] you will be [[adapting]] to other [[personalities]], and now is as good a time as any to begin. [[Love]] is more [[contagious]] than [[hate]] and, in [[essence]], it would benefit everyone if the [[differences]] could be appreciated and [[transcended]] rather than earmarked as a [[problem]], for we are embarked on this [[journey]] together, and in order to get things accomplished for the new era, we must learn to maintain a [[happy]] [[family]] one way or another.

Getting along in this kingdom is an [[exercise]], which has only begun. All throughout [[eternity]] you will be [[adapting]] to other [[personalities]], and now is as good a time as any to begin. [[Love]] is more [[contagious]] than [[hate]] and, in [[essence]], it would benefit everyone if the [[differences]] could be appreciated and [[transcended]] rather than earmarked as a [[problem]], for we are embarked on this [[journey]] together, and in order to get things accomplished for the new era, we must learn to maintain a [[happy]] [[family]] one way or another.

[[Love]], obviously, is the [[answer]], the bottom line, but even there, you [[understand]], there are many [[interpretations]] of [[love,]] and so we must learn to get along that we might work together. The work is what is important.

[[Love]], obviously, is the [[answer]], the bottom line, but even there, you [[understand]], there are many [[interpretations]] of [[love]], and so we must learn to get along that we might work together. The work is what is important.

 

===Closing===

===Closing===

My friends, I am going to take my leave for this afternoon. I [[realize]] I came in with a different toolbox than I normally do, but I [[understand]] that when children are unoccupied for any ungainly length of time they run into [[mischief]] and this is an opportune time for us to apply ourselves to the [[work]] at hand, not so much on the inside job, although that continues continually, but on the [[social]] and more [[public]] aspects of your individual [[faith]] and your [[collective]] body of faithers.

My friends, I am going to take my leave for this afternoon. I [[realize]] I came in with a different toolbox than I normally do, but I [[understand]] that when children are unoccupied for any ungainly length of time they run into [[mischief]] and this is an opportune time for us to apply ourselves to the [[work]] at hand, not so much on the inside job, although that continues continually, but on the [[social]] and more [[public]] aspects of your individual [[faith]] and your [[collective]] body of faithers.