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It is not often I [[observe]] on your world that many of your daily [[activities]] contribute to much [[serenity]]. The pace of [[transactions]] of your contemporary era is increasingly closing the gap between call and [[response]], between submission and return.  To find a point in your day, a gap, wherein you may pause and [[recollect]], is often difficult.  I am one to teach the great [[value]] of [[stillness]], of the [[time]] of [[Silence|quiet]] in the [[presence]] of [[God]].  

It is not often I [[observe]] on your world that many of your daily [[activities]] contribute to much [[serenity]]. The pace of [[transactions]] of your contemporary era is increasingly closing the gap between call and [[response]], between submission and return.  To find a point in your day, a gap, wherein you may pause and [[recollect]], is often difficult.  I am one to teach the great [[value]] of [[stillness]], of the [[time]] of [[Silence|quiet]] in the [[presence]] of [[God]].  

        

        

My master and yours, Michael, our [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:5._RELATION_OF_MASTER_SONS_TO_THE_UNIVERSE Sovereign Son], said at one point, “Before Abraham I am.”[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_8]  Now we all know that he said this not as the [[human]] [[Jesus]] but as the [[Creator Son]] Michael.  And you also know that even as he said this he was indwelt by [[the Father]]'s divine Spirit, the Mystery Monitor, the [[Thought Adjuster]].  You too have the Father’s Spirit; the [[spark]] of [[divinity]] resides at the [[center]] of your [[being]], the [[nucleus]] of your [[soul]]; it is the anchor of your [[personality]].  This pure spirit of God hails from [[Paradise]] and Paradise is motionless.  All the [[universe]] is in constant, [[dynamic]] [[motion]], [[energy]] whirling in [[circles]], in subcircles, in constant [[channels]] of [[force]] and [[power]].  But upon [[Paradise]] there is [[peace]] and [[stillness]].  

My master and yours, Michael, our [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:5._RELATION_OF_MASTER_SONS_TO_THE_UNIVERSE Sovereign Son], said at one point, “Before Abraham I am.”[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_8]  Now we all know that he said this not as the [[human]] [[Jesus]] but as the [[Creator Son]] Michael.  And you also know that even as he said this he was indwelt by [[the Father]]'s divine Spirit, the Mystery Monitor, the [[Thought Adjuster]].  You too have the Father’s Spirit; the [[spark]] of [[divinity]] resides at the [[center]] of your [[being]], the [[nucleus]] of your [[soul]]; it is the anchor of your [[personality]].  This pure spirit of God hails from [[Paradise]] and Paradise is motionless.  All the [[universe]] is in constant, [[dynamic]] [[motion]], [[energy]] whirling in [[circles]], in subcircles, in constant [[channels]] of [[force]] and [[power]].  But upon [[Paradise]] there is [[peace]] and [[stillness]].  

        

        

At the [[center]] of your [[being]], the condition of [[Paradise]] prevails.  It is a [[tranquillity]] that hums with [[divinity]], that purrs with [[perfection]].  It is also a [[brilliance]] of [[majesty]].  It is as spectacular as the [[center]] of the [[universe]], the present location of the [[God]] of All.  When you sit in [[stillness]] you are turning your [[mind]]’s eye to this [[holy]] [[presence]].  When [[consciousness]] tastes the [[beauty]] of [[serenity]] it begins to look for modes of [[action]] wherein serenity may condition [[behavior]] and modify [[relationships]] that [[peace]] prevails.  In the [[course]] of your daily life, [[serenity]] may be [[manifest]] not in the stagnation of [[silence]] but in the [[dynamics]] of [[composure]], a [[balance]].  

At the [[center]] of your [[being]], the condition of [[Paradise]] prevails.  It is a [[tranquillity]] that hums with [[divinity]], that purrs with [[perfection]].  It is also a [[brilliance]] of [[majesty]].  It is as spectacular as the [[center]] of the [[universe]], the present location of the [[God]] of All.  When you sit in [[stillness]] you are turning your [[mind]]’s eye to this [[holy]] [[presence]].  When [[consciousness]] tastes the [[beauty]] of [[serenity]] it begins to look for modes of [[action]] wherein serenity may condition [[behavior]] and modify [[relationships]] that [[peace]] prevails.  In the [[course]] of your daily life, [[serenity]] may be [[manifest]] not in the stagnation of [[silence]] but in the [[dynamics]] of [[composure]], a [[balance]].  

Entering into the [[presence]] of [[God]] enlarges your [[being]] that you may [[embrace]] all of your [[activities]], [[responsibilities]], assignments with a new sense of [[balance]], with a new sense of priority, just as a juggler will start with just one item, add two, three, four, or more.  That [[individual]] may also subtract back to one. [[Serenity]] brings you a sense of [[control]], of [[choice]] of what to add and what to subtract.  

Entering into the [[presence]] of [[God]] enlarges your [[being]] that you may [[embrace]] all of your [[activities]], [[responsibilities]], assignments with a new sense of [[balance]], with a new sense of priority, just as a juggler will start with just one item, add two, three, four, or more.  That [[individual]] may also subtract back to one. [[Serenity]] brings you a sense of [[control]], of [[choice]] of what to add and what to subtract.  

        

        

When your day becomes as hectic as a swarm of flies, all [[things]] swirling about in such [[Chaos|chaotic]] order, take a [[moment]]; [[visualize]] the [[transformation]] of these flies into a [http://www.cs.swarthmore.edu/~polinsky/cs97/outline.html flock of birds][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5cjFGqSPI4] and see them [[coordinate]] their [[movements]] into [[one]].  Then [[perceive]] them all coming to rest on a branch, each one still.  Find that calm and then let your day take to air again, this [[time]] with a [[course]], with a [[purpose]] and a plan.  

When your day becomes as hectic as a swarm of flies, all [[things]] swirling about in such [[Chaos|chaotic]] order, take a [[moment]]; [[visualize]] the [[transformation]] of these flies into a [https://www.cs.swarthmore.edu/~polinsky/cs97/outline.html flock of birds][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5cjFGqSPI4] and see them [[coordinate]] their [[movements]] into [[one]].  Then [[perceive]] them all coming to rest on a branch, each one still.  Find that calm and then let your day take to air again, this [[time]] with a [[course]], with a [[purpose]] and a plan.  

        

        

It brings me great [[joy]] to [[interface]] with my [[Siblings|brothers and sisters]] of this [[planet]] [[Urantia]], and so I offer you the [[opportunity]] to ask a question, make an [[observation]], or [[express]] a comment.  Please do so.  

It brings me great [[joy]] to [[interface]] with my [[Siblings|brothers and sisters]] of this [[planet]] [[Urantia]], and so I offer you the [[opportunity]] to ask a question, make an [[observation]], or [[express]] a comment.  Please do so.