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Daniel: Let us continue in the [[silence]] for a few minutes to [[relax]] and become centered and open to our Father/Brother’s guidance and [[presence]]. (Pause) Please come to center, bring your attention to the [[axis]] of the [[merkaba]].

Daniel: Let us continue in the [[silence]] for a few minutes to [[relax]] and become centered and open to our Father/Brother’s guidance and [[presence]]. (Pause) Please come to center, bring your attention to the [[axis]] of the [[merkaba]].

RAYSON: Good afternoon, this is Rayson. Welcome to another bright, beautiful, Sunday afternoon. We have been observing your [[efforts]] for [[outreach]] into the Denver area. This effort goes far beyond that, my friends, as your friends and others hear of this educational extension at this site. You will know that your successes are many as you see these new anchors being formed up and down the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_Range Front Range]. You are instrumental in the outreach of the [[Teaching Mission]], and far more than the Teaching Mission —the [[Correcting Time]]. And of course, the larger picture of that is a way of life that abides by the Father’s will, that strain of love and [[cooperation]] and [[coordination]] between each of you so that there is the [[harmony]] and the [[vibration]] of light, which is love, throughout your lives and the lives of others that is typical of [[the universe]]. By your example of living and with your [[relationship]] to [[your angels]] and Celestial Teachers, others who are not members of the TM will know of the beneficial effects of your [[association]] with the Teaching Mission.

RAYSON: Good afternoon, this is Rayson. Welcome to another bright, beautiful, Sunday afternoon. We have been observing your [[efforts]] for [[outreach]] into the Denver area. This effort goes far beyond that, my friends, as your friends and others hear of this educational extension at this site. You will know that your successes are many as you see these new anchors being formed up and down the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_Range Front Range]. You are instrumental in the outreach of the [[Teaching Mission]], and far more than the Teaching Mission —the [[Correcting Time]]. And of course, the larger picture of that is a way of life that abides by the Father’s will, that strain of love and [[cooperation]] and [[coordination]] between each of you so that there is the [[harmony]] and the [[vibration]] of light, which is love, throughout your lives and the lives of others that is typical of [[the universe]]. By your example of living and with your [[relationship]] to [[your angels]] and Celestial Teachers, others who are not members of the TM will know of the beneficial effects of your [[association]] with the Teaching Mission.

===Lesson===

===Lesson===

As you come in contact with people who are curious about the [[Teaching Mission]], we urge you to offer the [[services]] of experienced TM members to them. We suggest that you provide a referral to those who are interested in the work that you are doing, what your group is doing, to those who could be of [[assistance]]. This is very normal in the larger universe; this occurs all the time in the [[morontial]] realm. The networking on this side is [[intense]], it is immense, it is [[complex]] and it is complete—particularly complete. Though there is never an [[obligation]], there is always a willingness to [[share]] this information with others, and so you may assume safely that your TM mortal friends would be willing to be of assistance to those who are [[curious]], as they are capable of doing. As known TRs are scarce in this region, those who are available are willing to [[participate]] and share this aspect of the Teaching Mission with those who have not experienced it. There will later come those who can teach, those who are capable teachers of this [[skill]]. Not everyone, as you know, is capable of teaching the TR [[technique]], which this one has himself admitted.

As you come in contact with people who are curious about the [[Teaching Mission]], we urge you to offer the [[services]] of experienced TM members to them. We suggest that you provide a referral to those who are interested in the work that you are doing, what your group is doing, to those who could be of [[assistance]]. This is very normal in the larger universe; this occurs all the time in the [[morontial]] realm. The networking on this side is [[intense]], it is immense, it is [[complex]] and it is complete—particularly complete. Though there is never an [[obligation]], there is always a willingness to [[share]] this information with others, and so you may assume safely that your TM mortal friends would be willing to be of assistance to those who are [[curious]], as they are capable of doing. As known TRs are scarce in this region, those who are available are willing to [[participate]] and share this aspect of the Teaching Mission with those who have not experienced it. There will later come those who can teach, those who are capable teachers of this [[skill]]. Not everyone, as you know, is capable of teaching the TR [[technique]], which this one has himself admitted.

These [[individuals]] who are now beginning to be [[connected]] to these efforts are feeding themselves through these teachings, through lessons from other groups. And though they may live in [[isolation]] where no [[Urantia Book]] or [[Teaching Mission]] group exists, they nonetheless are growing. Fifteen years is but a snap of the fingers, my friends, as we see it, and in this snap of the fingers, we have seen great [[progress]] on your world. Those individuals who hunger, who have not been fed, have not had their thirst for [[spiritual development]] quenched, are finding that this is a source of much open-ended [[growth]] and potential, the potential that they can explore from within themselves and in association with others. You may see as [[metaphor]], us standing around patting each other on the back, saying [[congratulations]], and in many ways, that is true, that is what is occurring. You have done a good job, and we see the fruits of our labors too. This is only the beginning, the fifteen years, a snap of the fingers—imagine the length of time for clapping or snapping your fingers to a song, whose duration is for decades and for centuries—you will find at the close of that song, that the world will not be the same as it is now. So I enjoin you to continue, I enjoin you to reach out in your [[associations]] and in those who have similar thoughts, those who have similar ideas, those holistic efforts to unite the spiritual and the emotional and the psychical and the living [[practices]] into one practice of living where there is a [[continuum]].

These [[individuals]] who are now beginning to be [[connected]] to these efforts are feeding themselves through these teachings, through lessons from other groups. And though they may live in [[isolation]] where no [[Urantia Book]] or [[Teaching Mission]] group exists, they nonetheless are growing. Fifteen years is but a snap of the fingers, my friends, as we see it, and in this snap of the fingers, we have seen great [[progress]] on your world. Those individuals who hunger, who have not been fed, have not had their thirst for [[spiritual development]] quenched, are finding that this is a source of much open-ended [[growth]] and potential, the potential that they can explore from within themselves and in association with others. You may see as [[metaphor]], us standing around patting each other on the back, saying [[congratulations]], and in many ways, that is true, that is what is occurring. You have done a good job, and we see the fruits of our labors too. This is only the beginning, the fifteen years, a snap of the fingers—imagine the length of time for clapping or snapping your fingers to a song, whose duration is for decades and for centuries—you will find at the close of that song, that the world will not be the same as it is now. So I enjoin you to continue, I enjoin you to reach out in your [[associations]] and in those who have similar thoughts, those who have similar ideas, those holistic efforts to unite the spiritual and the emotional and the psychical and the living [[practices]] into one practice of living where there is a [[continuum]].

I am going to switch subjects now, if you don’t mind, but before that, if you have questions concerning this extension program of [[outreach]] of the [[Teaching Mission]], which you are seeing in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver,_Colorado Denver] and in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden,_Colorado Golden] and many other cities, and the associations that are developing, please ask them now.

I am going to switch subjects now, if you don’t mind, but before that, if you have questions concerning this extension program of [[outreach]] of the [[Teaching Mission]], which you are seeing in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver,_Colorado Denver] and in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden,_Colorado Golden] and many other cities, and the associations that are developing, please ask them now.

===Dialogue===

===Dialogue===

Student: There was recent comment of the [[Most Highs]] having control of the situations of the world and my question is, if I think of them trying to [[change]], or deciding to change people or leaders, then that is probably not a good [[assumption]] since it goes against the Father’s will of us having [[free will]]. So how do they change? Is it a matter of throwing [[cataclysms]] in front of some of these events, physical cataclysms—which I know they can control through [[Power Centers]]—or by some other means? Is this something that you can [[clarify]] a little bit more for me?

Student: There was recent comment of the [[Most Highs]] having control of the situations of the world and my question is, if I think of them trying to [[change]], or deciding to change people or leaders, then that is probably not a good [[assumption]] since it goes against the Father’s will of us having [[free will]]. So how do they change? Is it a matter of throwing [[cataclysms]] in front of some of these events, physical cataclysms—which I know they can control through [[Power Centers]]—or by some other means? Is this something that you can [[clarify]] a little bit more for me?

As you know, there is an immense [[acceleration]] of scientific [[knowledge]] within your more technologically advanced nations. There will come a time before long, where there will be a renaissance of philosophical [[discussion]], which will [[herald]] the uncovering, the revealing of the grains of unity that exist in each religion that has a center of God. Even those religions that do not espouse God, but which do not deny God, will come to this same central point—it is indisputable, inarguable, that the Creator is the point of origin for all that exists after creation. And each religion must relate itself effectively to that point, as well as the [[scientific]] and [[theological]] [[communities]]. Both scientific and philosophical thought will expand and find [[union]] by asking questions relating to that central point.

As you know, there is an immense [[acceleration]] of scientific [[knowledge]] within your more technologically advanced nations. There will come a time before long, where there will be a renaissance of philosophical [[discussion]], which will [[herald]] the uncovering, the revealing of the grains of unity that exist in each religion that has a center of God. Even those religions that do not espouse God, but which do not deny God, will come to this same central point—it is indisputable, inarguable, that the Creator is the point of origin for all that exists after creation. And each religion must relate itself effectively to that point, as well as the [[scientific]] and [[theological]] [[communities]]. Both scientific and philosophical thought will expand and find [[union]] by asking questions relating to that central point.

As far as you being a potent [[force]] for the elimination of disunity and disharmony between your religion and all of [[Islam]], forget it—do not waste your time. Apply yourself in loving ways to where you live; do not generalize your [[thoughts]] about the people of Muslim faith, to those individuals who live next door. Generalizations and labeling discolor your [[appreciation]] of [[individuals]] due to [[bias]] of the general group. Doing so is grossly unfair. You do not [[accept]] that for yourself from others. Do not [[project]] it to them. And when I say "you" my dear friend, I do not mean solely yourself, but all those who read this and hear this. There is so much libel that goes on between your [[religions]], but when you come face-to-face with helping your [[neighbor]] who is of the Islamic faith, you would treat them no differently than neighbors of your own [[faith]]. I hope you would treat them the same as neighbors on the other side of the street, or next-door who is of [[Buddhist]] faith, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taosm Taoist], or [[Christian]] faith. Whoever calls in need, respond alike with [[compassion]]. You would do no less than Jesus would do at that time, in that situation. And even he did not try to bridge the gaps between all of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire Roman Empire] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism Jewish] faith, but he began where he began, with individuals, knowing that his [[participation]] in their lives was powerful and effective in the long term. And if he was able to affect one [[individual]], that was a grand [[victory]]! And look what has happened—the young man who died before his middle age has affected well over a third of all the population of your world. Do not diminish or minimize your own [[abilities]] to make a significant affect upon those who you know. You will never know, during this mortal era, how far your [[influence]] goes forward when you help individuals.

As far as you being a potent [[force]] for the elimination of disunity and disharmony between your religion and all of [[Islam]], forget it—do not waste your time. Apply yourself in loving ways to where you live; do not generalize your [[thoughts]] about the people of Muslim faith, to those individuals who live next door. Generalizations and labeling discolor your [[appreciation]] of [[individuals]] due to [[bias]] of the general group. Doing so is grossly unfair. You do not [[accept]] that for yourself from others. Do not [[project]] it to them. And when I say "you" my dear friend, I do not mean solely yourself, but all those who read this and hear this. There is so much libel that goes on between your [[religions]], but when you come face-to-face with helping your [[neighbor]] who is of the Islamic faith, you would treat them no differently than neighbors of your own [[faith]]. I hope you would treat them the same as neighbors on the other side of the street, or next-door who is of [[Buddhist]] faith, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taosm Taoist], or [[Christian]] faith. Whoever calls in need, respond alike with [[compassion]]. You would do no less than Jesus would do at that time, in that situation. And even he did not try to bridge the gaps between all of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire Roman Empire] and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism Jewish] faith, but he began where he began, with individuals, knowing that his [[participation]] in their lives was powerful and effective in the long term. And if he was able to affect one [[individual]], that was a grand [[victory]]! And look what has happened—the young man who died before his middle age has affected well over a third of all the population of your world. Do not diminish or minimize your own [[abilities]] to make a significant affect upon those who you know. You will never know, during this mortal era, how far your [[influence]] goes forward when you help individuals.

===='''''[[Most Highs]]'''''====

===='''''[[Most Highs]]'''''====

Now your second question, that of the [[Most Highs]]’ influence in your lives and the lives of others: Never will you see a crushing or powerful [[influence]] of the Most Highs to affect a [[change]] in any one [[individual]]. However, the Most Highs definitely are influential in the circumstances around [[individuals]]—where they live, where they work, those [[cultures]] around them that impinge their lives, which affect their [[thinking]]—nowhere will you ever see any direct influence to usurp individual will. Remember, the Most Highs have been around a long time; their goals are long term. Their [[influence]] upon your planet will only be slightly less long than the [[Midwayers]] who came here in the beginning and will continue on throughout the days of [[Light and Life]] on this planet. The work of the Most Highs will be essentially completed, long before then.

Now your second question, that of the [[Most Highs]]’ influence in your lives and the lives of others: Never will you see a crushing or powerful [[influence]] of the Most Highs to affect a [[change]] in any one [[individual]]. However, the Most Highs definitely are influential in the circumstances around [[individuals]]—where they live, where they work, those [[cultures]] around them that impinge their lives, which affect their [[thinking]]—nowhere will you ever see any direct influence to usurp individual will. Remember, the Most Highs have been around a long time; their goals are long term. Their [[influence]] upon your planet will only be slightly less long than the [[Midwayers]] who came here in the beginning and will continue on throughout the days of [[Light and Life]] on this planet. The work of the Most Highs will be essentially completed, long before then.

Think of the work of the [[Most Highs]] as similar to making steel: How do you make steel? You don’t go out to a hole in the ground and pull out rods of steel, but you take the elements that will [[eventually]] be used to make iron and then forge it into steel. Elemental iron, plus additives, plus [[physical]] exertion upon the structure of the metal, makes steel—fairly basic [[elements]]. And what are the basic elements of your world? They are the [[land]] you live on, (and yes there may be [[cataclysms]] in the land,) and there is [[air]], and there is [[fire]], and there is [[society]], associations—and even in associations, it is not individuals who are changed, but the slight influences around them. It is much like what happened in your country many decades ago: Individuals crossed this [[wilderness]] and tamed it, putting dams in front of the mighty rivers, as they did not want the uneven [[influence]] of water to erode their farms, flood their houses, and kill their children and livestock, but to be used to nurture the [[land]] by making its [[flow]] even and steady; and to use the running water to generate [[power]].

Think of the work of the [[Most Highs]] as similar to making steel: How do you make steel? You don’t go out to a hole in the ground and pull out rods of steel, but you take the elements that will [[eventually]] be used to make iron and then forge it into steel. Elemental iron, plus additives, plus [[physical]] exertion upon the structure of the metal, makes steel—fairly basic [[elements]]. And what are the basic elements of your world? They are the [[land]] you live on, (and yes there may be [[cataclysms]] in the land,) and there is [[air]], and there is [[fire]], and there is [[society]], associations—and even in associations, it is not individuals who are changed, but the slight influences around them. It is much like what happened in your country many decades ago: Individuals crossed this [[wilderness]] and tamed it, putting dams in front of the mighty rivers, as they did not want the uneven [[influence]] of water to erode their farms, flood their houses, and kill their children and livestock, but to be used to nurture the [[land]] by making its [[flow]] even and steady; and to use the running water to generate [[power]].

This is a similar influence of the [[Most Highs]]. They are here in very general ways; their [[influence]] is very generalized. We do not have permission to disclose how they do influence [[individuals]], but it is not through direct [[cataclysmic]] personal [[tragedy]] or through [[manipulating]] their [[mind]] mechanisms. If you were to use an [[electrical]] [[grid]] system and the power control centers and those individuals who control that power, you can understand the influence of the [[Most Highs]] more completely. Now, you are thinking to last year or the year before when your [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enron#California.27s_deregulation_and_subsequent_energy_crisis power grid experienced many ups and downs of manipulations, which were contrived to earn some electrical association’s huge amounts of extra income], which was secured by unjust, unfair and unethical means from the common electrical user. This is not how the Most Highs work!

This is a similar influence of the [[Most Highs]]. They are here in very general ways; their [[influence]] is very generalized. We do not have permission to disclose how they do influence [[individuals]], but it is not through direct [[cataclysmic]] personal [[tragedy]] or through [[manipulating]] their [[mind]] mechanisms. If you were to use an [[electrical]] [[grid]] system and the power control centers and those individuals who control that power, you can understand the influence of the [[Most Highs]] more completely. Now, you are thinking to last year or the year before when your [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enron#California.27s_deregulation_and_subsequent_energy_crisis power grid experienced many ups and downs of manipulations, which were contrived to earn some electrical association’s huge amounts of extra income], which was secured by unjust, unfair and unethical means from the common electrical user. This is not how the Most Highs work!

Even-handed management for the greatest benefit of all exemplifies the work of the [[Most Highs]]. That is an important, underlying [[principle]] for the [[administration]] of the affairs of man on your world—an even-handed [[application]] of [[influence]] for the highest and greatest good of the greatest number of people. The [[Most Highs]] are not interested in lining the pockets of already rich individuals, but they are most interested in making life more productive for all individuals. Much like the electrical grid system, everyone enjoys [[electrical]] power, to pump water, to cool refrigerators, freezers, to mix bread and to power batteries that operate electric vehicles, and so on. It is even-handed. It is much like the Most Highs being the Grand Utilities Commission, governing the water, the electrical, the gas, the sewer—all those aspects that underlie the [[maintenance]] of [[society]]. Yet there is more! Not only do they maintain and [[sustain]] your [[society]], but also they create, and bring about changes, which necessitate [[growth]], education, ingenuity, and diversity. Their influence is mighty and powerful, "even," and it is long term.

Even-handed management for the greatest benefit of all exemplifies the work of the [[Most Highs]]. That is an important, underlying [[principle]] for the [[administration]] of the affairs of man on your world—an even-handed [[application]] of [[influence]] for the highest and greatest good of the greatest number of people. The [[Most Highs]] are not interested in lining the pockets of already rich individuals, but they are most interested in making life more productive for all individuals. Much like the electrical grid system, everyone enjoys [[electrical]] power, to pump water, to cool refrigerators, freezers, to mix bread and to power batteries that operate electric vehicles, and so on. It is even-handed. It is much like the Most Highs being the Grand Utilities Commission, governing the water, the electrical, the gas, the sewer—all those aspects that underlie the [[maintenance]] of [[society]]. Yet there is more! Not only do they maintain and [[sustain]] your [[society]], but also they create, and bring about changes, which necessitate [[growth]], education, ingenuity, and diversity. Their influence is mighty and powerful, "even," and it is long term.