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Group: Good evening, Tomas.

Group: Good evening, Tomas.

TOMAS: Good evening to you, also. It is wonderful to be here and how we have enjoyed your studies! How diligently you have applied yourself to the comprehension of a very vast and very complex concept. I have come this evening to, hopefully, help you understand some of what you have read regarding Paradise, and it ties in very nicely with my on-going lesson from the beginning having to do with the mandate to "Be ye perfect, even as I am perfect" - that mandate which the Father has given all of his creation, including myself.

TOMAS: Good evening to you, also. It is [[wonderful]] to be here and how we have enjoyed your [[studies]]! How [[diligently]] you have applied yourself to the [[comprehension]] of a very vast and very [[complex]] concept. I have come this evening to, hopefully, help you understand some of what you have read regarding [[Paradise]], and it ties in very nicely with my on-going lesson from the beginning having to do with the [[mandate]] to "Be ye perfect, even as I am perfect" - that mandate which [[the Father]] has given all of his [[creation]], including myself.

===Lesson===

===Lesson===

Many moons ago I spoke with you regarding your being a microcosm of the universe, and I would get more specific now regarding this universe. More to the point, that you yourself, as an extension of the creation of the Father, are a microcosm of Paradise perfection as well. Let us apply the brain to this concept more than the heart, for your understanding, and consider yourself now:

''Many moons ago'' I spoke with you regarding your being a [[microcosm]] of [[the universe]], and I would get more specific now regarding this universe. More to the [[point]], that you yourself, as an extension of the [[creation]] of [[the Father]], are a [[microcosm]] of [[Paradise]] [[perfection]] as well. Let us apply the [[brain]] to this concept more than the [[heart]], for your understanding, and consider yourself now:

Within yourself there is paradise, where God lives -- your inner citadel of the spirit. When you practice stillness, you set aside your physical interests and put at rest your mental activities and you focus on the living reality of the Father, and when you attain ideal stillness, you are experiencing your own version of Upper Paradise. This is where God lives. There is no time and no space. There is no beginning and no ending. There is the Divine Presence, there is perfection, there is total peace and there is love.

Within yourself there is [[Paradise]], where God lives -- your inner [[citadel]] of the [[spirit]]. When you [[practice]] [[stillness]], you set aside your [[physical]] interests and put at rest your mental activities and you [[focus]] on the living [[reality]] of the Father, and when you attain ideal stillness, you are experiencing your own version of Upper Paradise. This is where God lives. There is no time and no space. There is no beginning and no ending. There is the Divine Presence, there is perfection, there is total peace and there is love.

This you can equate to yourself, can you not?

This you can equate to yourself, can you not?