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==Session==

==Session==

===Opening===

===Opening===

Prayer (Virginia): Father, First Source and Center: as we come together tonight, meet the deep needs of each heart. Help us to find moment by moment fellowship with you and to know your will as we make our decisions on this plane. As we listen tonight to the teachers give us insight that will help us to make less mistakes, and lead us on to the path of perfection that we all desire. Amen.

Prayer (Virginia): Father, [[First Source and Center]]: as we come together tonight, meet the deep needs of each [[heart]]. Help us to find moment by moment [[fellowship]] with you and to know your will as we make our [[decisions]] on this plane. As we [[listen]] tonight to the teachers give us [[insight]] that will help us to make less mistakes, and lead us on to the path of [[perfection]] that we all [[desire]]. Amen.

Daniel (Bill, Isaac): Greetings, my friends, my beloved students, my companions, I am Daniel, your guide, your teacher, your proud mentor. It is with great pleasure that I greet you this evening and let you know once again how my heart fills with love and pleasure to be in the midst of your company.

Daniel (Bill, Isaac): Greetings, my friends, my beloved [[students]], my [[companions]], I am Daniel, your guide, your teacher, your proud [[mentor]]. It is with great [[pleasure]] that I greet you this evening and let you know once again how my heart fills with love and [[pleasure]] to be in the midst of your company.

I will speak on behalf of Isaac for just a moment. He has been somewhat nervous because the topic was announced ahead of time, which tempted him to give it some thought, and produced those uncomfortable feelings of self-doubt. I wish to assure him at this point, (and you may strike this from the record at your judgement,) that despite his worries I, Daniel, will direct this teaching. If you are having difficulty in understanding the dilemma of being a TR, I would recommend that you attempt this difficult process for it combines the feeling of speaking in front of peers with the unconscious fears and issues of self esteem, which vary, of course, with the speaker, the TR involved.

I will speak on behalf of Isaac for just a moment. He has been somewhat nervous because the [[topic]] was announced ahead of time, which [[tempted]] him to give it some [[thought]], and produced those uncomfortable feelings of self-[[doubt]]. I wish to assure him at this point, (and you may strike this from the record at your judgement,) that despite his [[worries]] I, Daniel, will direct this teaching. If you are having difficulty in [[understanding]] the [[dilemma]] of being a TR, I would recommend that you attempt this difficult [[process]] for it combines the [[feeling]] of [[speaking]] in front of [[peers]] with the [[unconscious]] fears and issues of [[self esteem]], which vary, of course, with the speaker, the [[TR]] involved.

===Lesson===

===Lesson===

The reality of imperfection is a fundamental fact of this universe experience. Our whole career consists in the process of perfection attainment. We are destined to be perfected; we do not begin in that condition. Because of the culture in which you have been raised, (You were taught that there was once a perfect beginning and a fall from that perfection which then cursed all humankind with guilt and sin of another's doing.) the whole topic of making mistakes and being imperfect is weighed down with an inappropriate sense of guilt and shame. Guilt and shame are two of the most destructive emotions that have been foisted upon Urantians by this tragic, erroneous misconception of original sin. Therefor, when the topic of mistakes is discussed the straight forward rationality of it is so loaded with irrational feelings of guilt and shame that there is great difficulty in separating the difference between error, (making mistakes), and sin, (choosing deliberately to do the wrong or erroneous thing). Consequently, when people make mistakes they feel guilty for it arouses this confusion in their minds. Your self esteem is thereby damaged greatly for it is thrown back into that primitive shame and guilt of beingness, of the very existence of being born in sin as a member of the human race.Our textbook is very clear on this matter, and it is of great importance that this be understood. There is no innate sin upon each newborn child of Urantia. Children are born under the smile of God and with approval of the universe. They are God's children! You are God's children likewise, not born perfect, for this is not a perfect universe, but born with great potential, the potential to develop to the point where the mortal individual becomes the host for the divine spirit of The First Source and Center, and a potential being of Finaliter status. When it is understood that it is impossible in the universe of progressive evolution and transformative creation to ever achieve, either in a mythical past or in the current status, the state of perfection; when it is understood that this is not a possibility, and when it is further understood that there is no state of perfection that human kind has fallen from, then can your self esteem assume realistic proportions.

The reality of imperfection is a fundamental fact of this universe experience. Our whole career consists in the process of perfection attainment. We are destined to be perfected; we do not begin in that condition. Because of the culture in which you have been raised, (You were taught that there was once a perfect beginning and a fall from that perfection which then cursed all humankind with guilt and sin of another's doing.) the whole topic of making mistakes and being imperfect is weighed down with an inappropriate sense of guilt and shame. Guilt and shame are two of the most destructive emotions that have been foisted upon Urantians by this tragic, erroneous misconception of original sin. Therefor, when the topic of mistakes is discussed the straight forward rationality of it is so loaded with irrational feelings of guilt and shame that there is great difficulty in separating the difference between error, (making mistakes), and sin, (choosing deliberately to do the wrong or erroneous thing). Consequently, when people make mistakes they feel guilty for it arouses this confusion in their minds. Your self esteem is thereby damaged greatly for it is thrown back into that primitive shame and guilt of beingness, of the very existence of being born in sin as a member of the human race.Our textbook is very clear on this matter, and it is of great importance that this be understood. There is no innate sin upon each newborn child of Urantia. Children are born under the smile of God and with approval of the universe. They are God's children! You are God's children likewise, not born perfect, for this is not a perfect universe, but born with great potential, the potential to develop to the point where the mortal individual becomes the host for the divine spirit of The First Source and Center, and a potential being of Finaliter status. When it is understood that it is impossible in the universe of progressive evolution and transformative creation to ever achieve, either in a mythical past or in the current status, the state of perfection; when it is understood that this is not a possibility, and when it is further understood that there is no state of perfection that human kind has fallen from, then can your self esteem assume realistic proportions.