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Often it is taught that there exists a [[war in heaven]] between the [[forces]] of [[evil]] and [[goodness]], that the [[battle]] is being waged to save [[souls]] from a [[doom]] brought on by an [[iniquitous]] being. Michael is not longing for the faith-grasp of his children and their entrance into the [[conscious]] [[participation]] in the family of God in order to take away contributors, members, from the [[evil]] forces. No. This supposed war is long over. Now what Michael seeks is much in [[experience]] like the gardener who [[sows]] many [[seeds]] and each day emerges from his dwelling to [[observe]] in the fields how many have sprouted, how many have come into his fold; not to win [[victory]] over an opposing [[force]], but rather to [[experience]] the [[joy]] of new life.

Often it is taught that there exists a [[war in heaven]] between the [[forces]] of [[evil]] and [[goodness]], that the [[battle]] is being waged to save [[souls]] from a [[doom]] brought on by an [[iniquitous]] being. Michael is not longing for the faith-grasp of his children and their entrance into the [[conscious]] [[participation]] in the family of God in order to take away contributors, members, from the [[evil]] forces. No. This supposed war is long over. Now what Michael seeks is much in [[experience]] like the gardener who [[sows]] many [[seeds]] and each day emerges from his dwelling to [[observe]] in the fields how many have sprouted, how many have come into his fold; not to win [[victory]] over an opposing [[force]], but rather to [[experience]] the [[joy]] of new life.

This particular time [[cycle]] for humans on [[this world]] also signals a [[change]] in time counting, your [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000 2000]th year according to your current calendar. This primes everyone to be [[sensitive]] to [[changes]], not only changes that will bear upon you externally, but the [[potential]] to initiate change in yourself. These [[symbolic]] turnstiles are effective in [[motivating]] [[decision]] and fostering reconsideration of your [[motives]] and directions and engaging in newer or loftier endeavors. So, as you celebrate [[the Master's birth]] and anticipate the turn of your year, rely on [[sot|Michael's returned spirit]] to be your beacon of [[truth]]. As you can be any character in this traditional [[story]], know that all [[actors]] in the play revolve around this bestowed spirit, and this bestowed spirit is present now with each of you and always.

This particular time [[cycle]] for humans on [[this world]] also signals a [[change]] in time counting, your [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000 2000]th year according to your current calendar. This primes everyone to be [[sensitive]] to [[changes]], not only changes that will bear upon you externally, but the [[potential]] to initiate change in yourself. These [[symbolic]] turnstiles are effective in [[motivating]] [[decision]] and fostering reconsideration of your [[motives]] and directions and engaging in newer or loftier endeavors. So, as you celebrate [[the Master's birth]] and anticipate the turn of your year, rely on [[sot|Michael's returned spirit]] to be your beacon of [[truth]]. As you can be any character in this traditional [[story]], know that all [[actors]] in the play revolve around this bestowed spirit, and this bestowed spirit is present now with each of you and always.

I can [[receive]] your [[questions]] if you have some at this time.

I can [[receive]] your [[questions]] if you have some at this time.

===Dialogue===

===Dialogue===

===='''''[[Philosophy]]''''', [[Light and Life]]'''''====

===='''''[[Philosophy]]''''', [[Light and Life]]'''''====

Tom: I recently heard an interview with a notable [[scientist]] who was asked what was the most significant [[event]] of the past millennium. He answered, the invention of the [[scientific method]]. Prior to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo Galileo] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton Newton] scientific attempts were hazy and [[superstitious]].

Tom: I recently heard an interview with a notable [[scientist]] who was asked what was the most significant [[event]] of the past millennium. He answered, the invention of the [[scientific method]]. Prior to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo Galileo] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton Newton] scientific attempts were hazy and [[superstitious]].

I realize I take this gift for granted. [[Primitive man]] could only count to [[three]], and we have some in the room here who can count up to twenty! Can we postulate a [[philosophical]] [[model]], even a [[spiritual]] model, incorporating those same methods of [[problem solving]]? Is there a [[morontia]] version of that? The solution to spiritual problems centers around [[love]]. [[The triangles]] begin with [[love]] and filter down. Are your teachings the "spiritual [[method]]"?

I realize I take this gift for granted. [[Primitive man]] could only count to [[three]], and we have some in the room here who can count up to twenty! Can we postulate a [[philosophical]] [[model]], even a [[spiritual]] model, incorporating those same methods of [[problem solving]]? Is there a [[morontia]] version of that? The solution to spiritual problems centers around [[love]]. [[The triangles]] begin with [[love]] and filter down. Are your teachings the "spiritual [[method]]"?

Malvantra: The spiritual [[method]] has been long stated upon [[this world]] and you know it well. It can be summarized as "[[the gospel]] of Jesus". The application of this [[method]] of seeking to do the Father's will and love and [[service]] to your fellows and to treat all as you would [[perceive]] in your best how the Father would treat His other children; these methods of [[spirit]] will solve many [[problems]].

Malvantra: The spiritual [[method]] has been long stated upon [[this world]] and you know it well. It can be summarized as "[[the gospel]] of Jesus". The application of this [[method]] of seeking to do the Father's will and love and [[service]] to your fellows and to treat all as you would [[perceive]] in your best how the Father would treat His other children; these methods of [[spirit]] will solve many [[problems]].

To work with your comment about the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_millennium past millennium] initiating the rise in formalized [[scientific]] thinking, the next millennium will witness a greater need for and certainly, in response, an enactment of this [[spiritual]] [[method]], for, as your [[technological]] concerns of the change of date in your computers could effect many [[functions]] around the world, you are realizing with a greater poignancy your global [[interconnectedness]]. This global interconnectedness is the spiritual [[brotherhood]] on [[this world]], and it can no longer be ignored. The factionalizations, the [[sectarianism]], all these elements will have to [[dissipate]].

To work with your comment about the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_millennium past millennium] initiating the rise in formalized [[scientific]] thinking, the next millennium will witness a greater need for and certainly, in response, an enactment of this [[spiritual]] [[method]], for, as your [[technological]] concerns of the change of date in your computers could effect many [[functions]] around the world, you are realizing with a greater poignancy your global [[interconnectedness]]. This global interconnectedness is the spiritual [[brotherhood]] on [[this world]], and it can no longer be ignored. The factionalizations, the [[sectarianism]], all these elements will have to [[dissipate]].

As you have indicated, the [[superstitions]] that drove [[scientific]] [[discovery]] before the development of scientific [[methodology]], these inhibitors of spiritual method must also be discarded like those [[superstitions]]. Following the application of this [[truth]] of [[the gospel]] there will be the next [[phase]] of human development on this world, and that will be the [[philosophic]] method where you come to terms with both of the prior [[manners]] of [[thinking]] and [[problem solving]] and develop these two into a [[compatibility]]. This will be the beginning of [[Light and Life]].

As you have indicated, the [[superstitions]] that drove [[scientific]] [[discovery]] before the development of scientific [[methodology]], these inhibitors of spiritual method must also be discarded like those [[superstitions]]. Following the application of this [[truth]] of [[the gospel]] there will be the next [[phase]] of human development on this world, and that will be the [[philosophic]] method where you come to terms with both of the prior [[manners]] of [[thinking]] and [[problem solving]] and develop these two into a [[compatibility]]. This will be the beginning of [[Light and Life]].

===='''''[[Time]]''''', '''''[[Apocalypse]]'''''====

===='''''[[Time]]''''', '''''[[Apocalypse]]'''''====

I also would like to add a footnote to this discussion of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_millennium your millennium]. We [[celestial]] [[observers]] do not place much [[value]] upon this [[change]] of your calendar. We count your cycles based upon the change of [[epochs]]. Currently [[this planet]] is in its [[52:5|post-bestowal epoch]]. This is the significant [[change]] in the world that we observe and look forward to the arrival of the next [[epoch]], and that is independent of the number of years that may transpire based on your yearly counting systems. I say this to make it known that we who are assigned to this world to bring you the message of [[Michael]] and the [[truths]] of [[the Father]] are not in any way pulling strings, working behind the curtains, to bring about some worldly [[event]] at the beginning of a year that would [[wake]] you up. Know in [[reality]] that this has been going on and will continue to go on all the time, in the sense that we will work every day at every hour to help you [[awaken]]. But we will not bomb the world with some sudden [[explosion]] of spiritual [[realization]] to shake you to [[awareness]] on any given day or at any specific time. To [[illustrate]] this principle I remind you that [[Michael's birth]] on this world which began the [[events]] of the new epoch were done [[quietly]] without the [[fanfare]], without the [[cataclysmic]] upheavals, that is often so [[desired]] in [[human]] experience.

I also would like to add a footnote to this discussion of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_millennium your millennium]. We [[celestial]] [[observers]] do not place much [[value]] upon this [[change]] of your calendar. We count your cycles based upon the change of [[epochs]]. Currently [[this planet]] is in its [[52:5|post-bestowal epoch]]. This is the significant [[change]] in the world that we observe and look forward to the arrival of the next [[epoch]], and that is independent of the number of years that may transpire based on your yearly counting systems. I say this to make it known that we who are assigned to this world to bring you the message of [[Michael]] and the [[truths]] of [[the Father]] are not in any way pulling strings, working behind the curtains, to bring about some worldly [[event]] at the beginning of a year that would [[wake]] you up. Know in [[reality]] that this has been going on and will continue to go on all the time, in the sense that we will work every day at every hour to help you [[awaken]]. But we will not bomb the world with some sudden [[explosion]] of spiritual [[realization]] to shake you to [[awareness]] on any given day or at any specific time. To [[illustrate]] this principle I remind you that [[Michael's birth]] on this world which began the [[events]] of the new epoch were done [[quietly]] without the [[fanfare]], without the [[cataclysmic]] upheavals, that is often so [[desired]] in [[human]] experience.

===='''''[[Spirit of Truth]]''''', '''''[[Confidence]]'''''====

===='''''[[Spirit of Truth]]''''', '''''[[Confidence]]'''''====

I am delighted to [[witness]] your [[discussion]] this morning on [[faith]], [[problem solving]], [[healing]], and [[guidance]]. When the [[apostles]] first received the outpouring of the [[Spirit of Truth]], they had a new [[confidence]] about them. They felt empowered to teach like they never had before because they felt that now they didn't teach for [[Jesus]], they taught with him. This [[confidence]] is not a confidence of a bolstered [[pride]], rather it is a confidence of the [[assurance]] of the ability to [[commune]] with, to confide in, [[the Master]] to effect the ministry that he, in his creator view, can [[perceive]] is best to bestow. I [[encourage]] you all to use this [[confidence]] often. When [[uncertainty]] comes your way do not mask the insecurity with a [[confidence]] of [[self]] only, but approach this uncertainty with a [[communal]] sense of confidence, a confiding [[communion]] with [[the Master]], and you will discover greater [[faith]], greater strength, to pursue the [[goodness]] that lies within the complication, the problem, that exists before you.

I am delighted to [[witness]] your [[discussion]] this morning on [[faith]], [[problem solving]], [[healing]], and [[guidance]]. When the [[apostles]] first received the outpouring of the [[Spirit of Truth]], they had a new [[confidence]] about them. They felt empowered to teach like they never had before because they felt that now they didn't teach for [[Jesus]], they taught with him. This [[confidence]] is not a confidence of a bolstered [[pride]], rather it is a confidence of the [[assurance]] of the ability to [[commune]] with, to confide in, [[the Master]] to effect the ministry that he, in his creator view, can [[perceive]] is best to bestow. I [[encourage]] you all to use this [[confidence]] often. When [[uncertainty]] comes your way do not mask the insecurity with a [[confidence]] of [[self]] only, but approach this uncertainty with a [[communal]] sense of confidence, a confiding [[communion]] with [[the Master]], and you will discover greater [[faith]], greater strength, to pursue the [[goodness]] that lies within the complication, the problem, that exists before you.