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It is [[wonderful]] to be so well [[balanced]] as to be able to identify with your [[materiality]] and your [[spirituality]]. To deny either, as I have said many times, is to invite [[disaster]], inasmuch as you are material [[creatures]] and you are called upon to be [[perfect]] in your sphere as the Father is perfect in His. And so I would like to ask you this evening to [[focus]] for a moment on what you regard as perfection for you in your sphere. You, Celeste, in your [[sharing]] indicated a [[prayer]] given by a young woman: "Father, create me to be the woman you would have me be." And this is a prayer of a sane person, who would say, "bring all of my faculties to the fore; help me be all that I can be, [[human]] and [[divine]] in one". An excellent prayer. An excellent example of a [[unified]] [[personality]].

It is [[wonderful]] to be so well [[balanced]] as to be able to identify with your [[materiality]] and your [[spirituality]]. To deny either, as I have said many times, is to invite [[disaster]], inasmuch as you are material [[creatures]] and you are called upon to be [[perfect]] in your sphere as the Father is perfect in His. And so I would like to ask you this evening to [[focus]] for a moment on what you regard as perfection for you in your sphere. You, Celeste, in your [[sharing]] indicated a [[prayer]] given by a young woman: "Father, create me to be the woman you would have me be." And this is a prayer of a sane person, who would say, "bring all of my faculties to the fore; help me be all that I can be, [[human]] and [[divine]] in one". An excellent prayer. An excellent example of a [[unified]] [[personality]].

It is also true that a unified personality can become so comfortable in this [[identity]], that it can [[function]] fully in both realms at one time. You can with one hand josh and caress, while on the other you can [[praise]] and [[counsel]]. You can [[become]] a dignified son or daughter of God in the flesh. I bring this to your [[attention]] this evening to enable you to be comfortable with yourself in the face of the [[anticipated]] increased insurgence. You have [[discussed]]/ we have discussed/ you are aware of the snowballing [[energies]] as we approach the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_millennium calendar millennia].

It is also true that a unified personality can become so comfortable in this [[identity]], that it can [[function]] fully in both realms at one time. You can with one hand josh and caress, while on the other you can [[praise]] and [[counsel]]. You can [[become]] a dignified son or daughter of God in the flesh. I bring this to your [[attention]] this evening to enable you to be comfortable with yourself in the face of the [[anticipated]] increased insurgence. You have [[discussed]]/ we have discussed/ you are aware of the snowballing [[energies]] as we approach the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_millennium calendar millennia].

We have now been mindful of how far we have come in these recent years toward opening [[the circuits]] on [[Urantia]] to everyone who is interested in [[connecting]]. And at last we have your [[forerunners]] paving the way through the [[media]] to bring to you Ambassadors, readied now, [[practiced]], [[balanced]], [[integrated]], loving, joyous, helpful, [[happy]] individuals, [[prepared]] for the [[progress]] which we have awaited in the term "Urantia hovers on the brink." ([[195:9|195:9.2]]) You each, at this moment, are hovering on the brink, and you may well ask yourselves, "Am I ready? Am I ready to [[manifest]] the [[fruits of the spirit]] in my life in such a way as they will know that I have been with [[Michael]] and I have sworn my [[loyalty]] to him, that I have [[consecrated]] my will to serve him, that I have been reborn of the spirit, that I AM a child of God, and that, as a [[faith son]]/daughter, I AM astounded by the [[miracles]] of [[life]] and the opening of [[light and life]] before me -- all the while, able to [[comfort]] and [[counsel]] those behind you who are also advancing in their [[ascension]].

We have now been mindful of how far we have come in these recent years toward opening [[the circuits]] on [[Urantia]] to everyone who is interested in [[connecting]]. And at last we have your [[forerunners]] paving the way through the [[media]] to bring to you Ambassadors, readied now, [[practiced]], [[balanced]], [[integrated]], loving, joyous, helpful, [[happy]] individuals, [[prepared]] for the [[progress]] which we have awaited in the term "Urantia hovers on the brink." ([[195:9|195:9.2]]) You each, at this moment, are hovering on the brink, and you may well ask yourselves, "Am I ready? Am I ready to [[manifest]] the [[fruits of the spirit]] in my life in such a way as they will know that I have been with [[Michael]] and I have sworn my [[loyalty]] to him, that I have [[consecrated]] my will to serve him, that I have been reborn of the spirit, that I AM a child of God, and that, as a [[faith son]]/daughter, I AM astounded by the [[miracles]] of [[life]] and the opening of [[light and life]] before me -- all the while, able to [[comfort]] and [[counsel]] those behind you who are also advancing in their [[ascension]].

TOMAS: There is not much to figure, Elyssia. They are [[evolved religions]]. If they are evolved religions, they are what man has created out of his need for religion, and so it is by the [[authority]] of man in search of God that these positions exist. They are [[secret]] only inasmuch as and to the extent that these positions are fulfilled by men who are close to [[the Father]], and this requires NOT a [[philosophy]] or a [[theology]], but a personal spiritual [[experience]]. That is the personal [[relationship]] between the mortal and [[the Father]]. In both cases, in [[church]] and [[state]], these being man-made [[institutions]], evolved in your societies . ...

TOMAS: There is not much to figure, Elyssia. They are [[evolved religions]]. If they are evolved religions, they are what man has created out of his need for religion, and so it is by the [[authority]] of man in search of God that these positions exist. They are [[secret]] only inasmuch as and to the extent that these positions are fulfilled by men who are close to [[the Father]], and this requires NOT a [[philosophy]] or a [[theology]], but a personal spiritual [[experience]]. That is the personal [[relationship]] between the mortal and [[the Father]]. In both cases, in [[church]] and [[state]], these being man-made [[institutions]], evolved in your societies . ...

ELYSSIA:  We have a [[hero]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson Thomas Jefferson], they are shooting him down because he was a lonely widower on a plantation and had a [[relationship]] with a slave and they are not even representing him, I feel, with any degree of [[accuracy]], in order to make this president seem acceptable. And so we had a hero and they are shooting him down....

ELYSSIA:  We have a [[hero]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson Thomas Jefferson], they are shooting him down because he was a lonely widower on a plantation and had a [[relationship]] with a slave and they are not even representing him, I feel, with any degree of [[accuracy]], in order to make this president seem acceptable. And so we had a hero and they are shooting him down....

TOMAS: I am not going to discuss heroics in terms of your evolved [[society]], your evolved civilization. These are human heroes. I am not going to [[discuss]] human heroes. I am discussing [[spiritual]] [[reality]]. You seem to want to stay in the evolving spheres. I am trying to live in the [[revealed]] spheres. Your [[definition]] of "hero" must [[change]]. You have had heroic figures in the [[past]], but not many, and not for a long period of time because we are talking about a [[temporal]] reality, and so the [[value]] of temporal heroes is limited to the role they play in the time they play them. The [[status]] of the [[Reserve Corps]], those who function very much as heroes and heroines in time of [[emergency]] of a spiritual nature may never be mentioned. It is possible that one would never know that they existed, but they have impacted on the development of your [[spiritual]] [[reality]]. This is the facet of heroics I refer to -- the [[quality]] of heroics. Your president does not [[attain]] to that level. None of your presidents have attained to that level.

TOMAS: I am not going to discuss heroics in terms of your evolved [[society]], your evolved civilization. These are human heroes. I am not going to [[discuss]] human heroes. I am discussing [[spiritual]] [[reality]]. You seem to want to stay in the evolving spheres. I am trying to live in the [[revealed]] spheres. Your [[definition]] of "hero" must [[change]]. You have had heroic figures in the [[past]], but not many, and not for a long period of time because we are talking about a [[temporal]] reality, and so the [[value]] of temporal heroes is limited to the role they play in the time they play them. The [[status]] of the [[Reserve Corps]], those who function very much as heroes and heroines in time of [[emergency]] of a spiritual nature may never be mentioned. It is possible that one would never know that they existed, but they have impacted on the development of your [[spiritual]] [[reality]]. This is the facet of heroics I refer to -- the [[quality]] of heroics. Your president does not [[attain]] to that level. None of your presidents have attained to that level.

TOMAS: Yes.

TOMAS: Yes.

ELYSSIA: ... so if that would help me to be more heroic, then maybe I ought to [[concentrate]] more upon that. What can you do to . ..? Now, I have a book called "[http://www.amazon.com/The-Hero-Within-Classic-Reprint/dp/B009CMMF00 The Hero Within]" -- maybe I just better read that book. Somebody has been trying to make me read it for the last five years.

ELYSSIA: ... so if that would help me to be more heroic, then maybe I ought to [[concentrate]] more upon that. What can you do to . ..? Now, I have a book called "[https://www.amazon.com/The-Hero-Within-Classic-Reprint/dp/B009CMMF00 The Hero Within]" -- maybe I just better read that book. Somebody has been trying to make me read it for the last five years.

TOMAS: That might be a [[good]] [[idea]].

TOMAS: That might be a [[good]] [[idea]].

ELYSSIA: In your [[society]], you had access to tremendous [[truth]]. You told us how you were [[conscious]] of the [[presence]] of God almost all the time. Now, could you describe the way some of your contemporaries developed into heroes.

ELYSSIA: In your [[society]], you had access to tremendous [[truth]]. You told us how you were [[conscious]] of the [[presence]] of God almost all the time. Now, could you describe the way some of your contemporaries developed into heroes.

TOMAS: You have a [[frame of reference]] in the [[Urantia Book]] that speaks of [[supermortals]]. It is this supermortal [[quality]] that is heroic. It does not mean that you have muscles like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules Hercules] or money like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._Rockefeller Rockefeller]. It does not mean that you are the world's greatest this or the world's greatest that. Heroic qualities are indeed from within. But in the eyes of the [[spirit]], if they have been all that they can be within the pattern of [[perfection]], then they have met the mark, thus making them -- and you -- heroic. Are you going to be heroic in your moment to moment [[existence]] by maintaining your [[integrity]] in and through the [[spirit]] and in your [[service]] to [[mankind]]?

TOMAS: You have a [[frame of reference]] in the [[Urantia Book]] that speaks of [[supermortals]]. It is this supermortal [[quality]] that is heroic. It does not mean that you have muscles like [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules Hercules] or money like [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._Rockefeller Rockefeller]. It does not mean that you are the world's greatest this or the world's greatest that. Heroic qualities are indeed from within. But in the eyes of the [[spirit]], if they have been all that they can be within the pattern of [[perfection]], then they have met the mark, thus making them -- and you -- heroic. Are you going to be heroic in your moment to moment [[existence]] by maintaining your [[integrity]] in and through the [[spirit]] and in your [[service]] to [[mankind]]?

RACHEL: Well, thank you, Tomas. I'm feeling woefully inadequate after tonight's [[discussion]].

RACHEL: Well, thank you, Tomas. I'm feeling woefully inadequate after tonight's [[discussion]].