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Not long ago we talked about [[experimental]] life stations and how it is that you each have [[experienced]] a semblance of experimental life stations in your own lives at differing [[phases]] of your [[mortal]] [[existence]].  How [[difficult]] it can be to let go of a life [[experimental]] station once you have finished with it and [[difficult]] to launch upon the search for another one that will serve you in the next leg of your [[journey]]!  Be [[assured]] that you are always given “a [[hologram]]” in which to live.  Some of them are short-lived and some of them are extensive, depending upon the [[nature]] of you as a [[creature]] and the [[work]] you are undertaking and the circumstances of your [[existence]] at this point in [[time]].  But it will be [[created]] for you to [[accommodate]] your needs because that’s just the way it [[works]].  A lot of people go to a lot of trouble creating an [[environment]] for themselves only to have it pulled out from under them because it was not meant to be.

Not long ago we talked about [[experimental]] life stations and how it is that you each have [[experienced]] a semblance of experimental life stations in your own lives at differing [[phases]] of your [[mortal]] [[existence]].  How [[difficult]] it can be to let go of a life [[experimental]] station once you have finished with it and [[difficult]] to launch upon the search for another one that will serve you in the next leg of your [[journey]]!  Be [[assured]] that you are always given “a [[hologram]]” in which to live.  Some of them are short-lived and some of them are extensive, depending upon the [[nature]] of you as a [[creature]] and the [[work]] you are undertaking and the circumstances of your [[existence]] at this point in [[time]].  But it will be [[created]] for you to [[accommodate]] your needs because that’s just the way it [[works]].  A lot of people go to a lot of trouble creating an [[environment]] for themselves only to have it pulled out from under them because it was not meant to be.

===='''''[[Quality of Life]]'''''====

===='''''[[Quality of Life]]'''''====

I [[marvel]] at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industry industry] with which your [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building_Industry_Association_of_Washington housing industry] operates and the [[enthusiasm]] with which [[Youth|young people]] hasten to set themselves up in an experimental life station that is pre-programmed for them, in which they may never find themselves, and in some cases in which they are certainly [[doomed]] to fail, because they approach the [[matter]] of their life [[experience]] from the [[perspective]] of its trappings rather than its [[quality]] of [[living]].  Evidently they feel that “[[quality of living]]” means something other than what the [[spirit]] realm considers [[quality]] of life. Quality of life in a [[supernal]] sense has nothing to do with square footage or [[number]] of bedrooms or amenities or [[recreational]] facilities.  The needs of the [[body]] are such that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_nature Mother Nature] provides all the [[exercise]] you could possibly need, simply by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walking walking] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Swimming swimming] and [[working]] and [[playing]].  When you arrange your [[exercises]] and your recreation down to the nth [[degree]], you deprive yourself of the contact with mother [[earth]] that feeds your needs in a [[fundamental]] sense such as you would have by putting in a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden garden] or planting a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree tree], irrigating a ditch.  In your [[eagerness]] to become [[civilized]], you are [[sacrificing]] your [[connection]] to the [[earth]].

I [[marvel]] at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industry industry] with which your [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building_Industry_Association_of_Washington housing industry] operates and the [[enthusiasm]] with which [[Youth|young people]] hasten to set themselves up in an experimental life station that is pre-programmed for them, in which they may never find themselves, and in some cases in which they are certainly [[doomed]] to fail, because they approach the [[matter]] of their life [[experience]] from the [[perspective]] of its trappings rather than its [[quality]] of [[living]].  Evidently they feel that “[[quality of living]]” means something other than what the [[spirit]] realm considers [[quality]] of life. Quality of life in a [[supernal]] sense has nothing to do with square footage or [[number]] of bedrooms or amenities or [[recreational]] facilities.  The needs of the [[body]] are such that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_nature Mother Nature] provides all the [[exercise]] you could possibly need, simply by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walking walking] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Swimming swimming] and [[working]] and [[playing]].  When you arrange your [[exercises]] and your recreation down to the nth [[degree]], you deprive yourself of the contact with mother [[earth]] that feeds your needs in a [[fundamental]] sense such as you would have by putting in a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden garden] or planting a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree tree], irrigating a ditch.  In your [[eagerness]] to become [[civilized]], you are [[sacrificing]] your [[connection]] to the [[earth]].

   

   

Fortunately, these [[paradigms]] can be gotten into and out of fairly readily if you have any [[imagination]] at all, or any [[ambition]] or sense of [[exploration]], but for those who opt to [[embrace]] such a [[lifestyle]] and have the [[ability]] to adapt, the [[adventures]] then are perforce to be had in the confines and constraints of that “[[hologram]]” and there are tremendous varieties of [[mental]] amusement that can [[entertain]] one for a lifetime.  This is the [[nature]] of the [[material]] [[mind]] with its [[adaptability]] and [[creativity]].  One could [[literally]] live in the confines of a very small area for a lifetime and not go mad, simply because of its many [ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobbies hobbies] and interests, and now, with [[technology]], it is possible for you to find a cubicle somewhere and live in it for years on end without seeing the [[sun]].  Indeed, there are certain worlds that live this way.  The [[population]] has seen to it that they are crammed into honeycombs and they [[function]] like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ants ants], in a very [[regimented]] and [[disciplined]] way, making their [[society]] run and being very [[efficient]] and [[effective]], but at the expense of certain [[freedoms]].

Fortunately, these [[paradigms]] can be gotten into and out of fairly readily if you have any [[imagination]] at all, or any [[ambition]] or sense of [[exploration]], but for those who opt to [[embrace]] such a [[lifestyle]] and have the [[ability]] to adapt, the [[adventures]] then are perforce to be had in the confines and constraints of that “[[hologram]]” and there are tremendous varieties of [[mental]] amusement that can [[entertain]] one for a lifetime.  This is the [[nature]] of the [[material]] [[mind]] with its [[adaptability]] and [[creativity]].  One could [[literally]] live in the confines of a very small area for a lifetime and not go mad, simply because of its many [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobbies hobbies] and interests, and now, with [[technology]], it is possible for you to find a cubicle somewhere and live in it for years on end without seeing the [[sun]].  Indeed, there are certain worlds that live this way.  The [[population]] has seen to it that they are crammed into honeycombs and they [[function]] like [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ants ants], in a very [[regimented]] and [[disciplined]] way, making their [[society]] run and being very [[efficient]] and [[effective]], but at the expense of certain [[freedoms]].

===='''''[[Potential]]''''', '''''[[Growth]]'''''====

===='''''[[Potential]]''''', '''''[[Growth]]'''''====

I [[develop]] this [[idea]] to convey to you the [[possibilities]] of [[future]] [[developments]] for your [[planet]] here.  It has not been overrun with people.  It is not brought down by [[disease]].  It has not been [[destroyed]] by [ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollution pollution]. All these concerns are in the [[public]] eye but it is still “[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_195#195:9._CHRISTIANITY.27S_PROBLEM quivering on the brink” (195:9.2)] of some [[wondrous]] times ahead and the [[potential]] for creating a [[brave]] new world toward [[light and life]] is exciting.  In some ways, what you do from this point forward will [[determine]] what direction your world will take.  There are certainly those who feel that it will destroy itself, but we will not [[focus]] on that destructive [[angle]] for there are too many [[young people]] and [[idealists]] in our midst to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stimulation stimulate] and [[encourage]] and this is what I opt to do today, to stimulate and [[encourage]] the young people who have [[wondrous]] [[ideas]] about a better tomorrow for this [[planet]] in terms of [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Power/sun power], [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_Power wind power], [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_Power water power]; in terms of [[design]] of [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citiescities]; in terms of [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Transportation public transportation]; in terms of [[growing]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food food] and making sure that what you take into your [[body]] is [[good]] for you, wholesome, and that how you live in proximity with others is invigorating and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stimulation stimulating] and wholesome also so that your [[relationships]] are the [[foundation]] of your [[existence]] rather than [[economics]].

I [[develop]] this [[idea]] to convey to you the [[possibilities]] of [[future]] [[developments]] for your [[planet]] here.  It has not been overrun with people.  It is not brought down by [[disease]].  It has not been [[destroyed]] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollution pollution]. All these concerns are in the [[public]] eye but it is still “[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_195#195:9._CHRISTIANITY.27S_PROBLEM quivering on the brink” (195:9.2)] of some [[wondrous]] times ahead and the [[potential]] for creating a [[brave]] new world toward [[light and life]] is exciting.  In some ways, what you do from this point forward will [[determine]] what direction your world will take.  There are certainly those who feel that it will destroy itself, but we will not [[focus]] on that destructive [[angle]] for there are too many [[young people]] and [[idealists]] in our midst to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stimulation stimulate] and [[encourage]] and this is what I opt to do today, to stimulate and [[encourage]] the young people who have [[wondrous]] [[ideas]] about a better tomorrow for this [[planet]] in terms of [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Power/sun power], [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_Power wind power], [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_Power water power]; in terms of [[design]] of [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cities cities]; in terms of [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Transportation public transportation]; in terms of [[growing]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food food] and making sure that what you take into your [[body]] is [[good]] for you, wholesome, and that how you live in proximity with others is invigorating and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stimulation stimulating] and wholesome also so that your [[relationships]] are the [[foundation]] of your [[existence]] rather than [[economics]].

   

   

The [[relationship]] you have with each other and with the world, with the [[earth]], makes all the [[difference]].  The [[possibilities]] for a new and [[different]] approach to [[experimental]] life stations is on the forefront.  Experimental life stations that will take a piece of land and develop it as a young village, a young [[society]], and [[cultivate]] it as a living thing that will [[support]] its [[citizenry]] – wholesome, clean and [[healthy]] – something to thrive in.  I was fortunate to live on a world that had designated pockets of [[light and life]].  The entire [[planet]] was not settled in [[light and life]], no.  There were some (areas) that were like a [[disease]] that had to be cut away, [[alienated]] from those of us who were advanced and opted to live a [[progressive]] and [[spiritual]] [[Lifestyle|life style]]. And so even as your world has its [[turmoil]] and [[difficulties]], even as there are still some very [[primitive]] people that need to [[work]] out their basic [[natures]], there are among you who are [[peace]] lovers and [[altruists]] and there is no [[reason]] why you cannot pursue the dream of [[light and life]] for your area, your [[friends]] and [[family]], your little piece of the rock.  

The [[relationship]] you have with each other and with the world, with the [[earth]], makes all the [[difference]].  The [[possibilities]] for a new and [[different]] approach to [[experimental]] life stations is on the forefront.  Experimental life stations that will take a piece of land and develop it as a young village, a young [[society]], and [[cultivate]] it as a living thing that will [[support]] its [[citizenry]] – wholesome, clean and [[healthy]] – something to thrive in.  I was fortunate to live on a world that had designated pockets of [[light and life]].  The entire [[planet]] was not settled in [[light and life]], no.  There were some (areas) that were like a [[disease]] that had to be cut away, [[alienated]] from those of us who were advanced and opted to live a [[progressive]] and [[spiritual]] [[Lifestyle|life style]]. And so even as your world has its [[turmoil]] and [[difficulties]], even as there are still some very [[primitive]] people that need to [[work]] out their basic [[natures]], there are among you who are [[peace]] lovers and [[altruists]] and there is no [[reason]] why you cannot pursue the dream of [[light and life]] for your area, your [[friends]] and [[family]], your little piece of the rock.  

   

   

These kinds of stations are an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oasis oasis] and they are an example to others of how it can be done.  People can live in [[harmony]].  People can [[transcend]] their petty [[difficulties]].  People can figure out how to succeed in the face of [[difficulty]].  People can do it if they give themselves a [[chance]], if they work [[together]], and if they [[work]] with the [[spirit]] and the spirits that will help them do that very thing.  

These kinds of stations are an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oasis oasis] and they are an example to others of how it can be done.  People can live in [[harmony]].  People can [[transcend]] their petty [[difficulties]].  People can figure out how to succeed in the face of [[difficulty]].  People can do it if they give themselves a [[chance]], if they work [[together]], and if they [[work]] with the [[spirit]] and the spirits that will help them do that very thing.  

   

   

I know that [[the Master]] said “[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_137#137:8._SERMON_ON_THE_KINGDOM my kingdom is not of this world]” and I am not suggesting that you attempt to [[create]] a [[heaven]] on [[earth]] as a token of your [[devotion]] to [[religion]] or to [[the Master]] or to that which is [[sublime]] and [[holy]] – only to that which is [[humanly]] [[divine]], humanly [[sacred]], and that would be [[family]], cultivating the fields, tending to your people as the Family of Man, respecting one another and respecting the [[Earth]] plane that is your [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cradle cradle].  [[Humility]] is the hardest thing for people to [[embrace]].  They feel that in their [[aspiration]] for greatness they need grandness and grandness is not required.  [[Goodness]] is required, in order for you to be great.  

I know that [[the Master]] said “[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_137#137:8._SERMON_ON_THE_KINGDOM my kingdom is not of this world]” and I am not suggesting that you attempt to [[create]] a [[heaven]] on [[earth]] as a token of your [[devotion]] to [[religion]] or to [[the Master]] or to that which is [[sublime]] and [[holy]] – only to that which is [[humanly]] [[divine]], humanly [[sacred]], and that would be [[family]], cultivating the fields, tending to your people as the Family of Man, respecting one another and respecting the [[Earth]] plane that is your [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cradle cradle].  [[Humility]] is the hardest thing for people to [[embrace]].  They feel that in their [[aspiration]] for greatness they need grandness and grandness is not required.  [[Goodness]] is required, in order for you to be great.  

   

   

I intended to [[encourage]] you this evening. I [[hope]] you find yourself encouraged, at least those of you are young [[idealists]] and who would [[change]] the world to the better.  There is [[hope]] for you.  And there is great hope for this world, this [[planet]].  Do not let the naysayers get you down.  Do not let the [[wars]] and [[rumors]] of wars and the [[economic]] [[Turbulence|upheavals]] of your economy today destroy your [[appreciation]] for true [[peace]] and [[wealth]].  They reside within, and you have them both in [[abundance]].  Let go of that [[paradigm]] that is no longer serving and create a new paradigm, a new experimental life station that will eventually extend from coast to coast, from pole to pole, in a [[grid]] [[work]] of [[humanity]] [[embracing]] humanity.    [[Amen]].

I intended to [[encourage]] you this evening. I [[hope]] you find yourself encouraged, at least those of you are young [[idealists]] and who would [[change]] the world to the better.  There is [[hope]] for you.  And there is great hope for this world, this [[planet]].  Do not let the naysayers get you down.  Do not let the [[wars]] and [[rumors]] of wars and the [[economic]] [[Turbulence|upheavals]] of your economy today destroy your [[appreciation]] for true [[peace]] and [[wealth]].  They reside within, and you have them both in [[abundance]].  Let go of that [[paradigm]] that is no longer serving and create a new paradigm, a new experimental life station that will eventually extend from coast to coast, from pole to pole, in a [[grid]] [[work]] of [[humanity]] [[embracing]] humanity.    [[Amen]].

   

   

I am eager to engage with you in your lives and in your concerns.  I am here as your [[teacher]] not simply to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stimulation lecture] but to help you in your [[studies]], in your life studies, in whatever way I can.  Are there questions?

I am eager to engage with you in your lives and in your concerns.  I am here as your [[teacher]] not simply to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stimulation lecture] but to help you in your [[studies]], in your life studies, in whatever way I can.  Are there questions?

===Dialogue===

===Dialogue===

It takes us all [[together]] to create this large and living [[organism]] of [[love]] that will impel us into the [[phases]] of [[light and life]], that will be [[necessary]] to establish, and, having [[established]], we need to live within that [[paradigm]].  It takes time!  It’s not a matter of “Build it; they will come; now it’s done.”  No. “Build it, they will come, and we will learn the lessons that are [[inherent]] in that [[paradigm]] and then we will [[grow]] from there.”  It’s a [[process]], an ongoing process. It’s a fun process, really, if you can adopt the farther view.  

It takes us all [[together]] to create this large and living [[organism]] of [[love]] that will impel us into the [[phases]] of [[light and life]], that will be [[necessary]] to establish, and, having [[established]], we need to live within that [[paradigm]].  It takes time!  It’s not a matter of “Build it; they will come; now it’s done.”  No. “Build it, they will come, and we will learn the lessons that are [[inherent]] in that [[paradigm]] and then we will [[grow]] from there.”  It’s a [[process]], an ongoing process. It’s a fun process, really, if you can adopt the farther view.  

   

   

Anyway, to the extent that we fail in this [[group]] [[metamorphosing]], we are slowed down.  But we are not stopped because the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impetus impetus] lies within each member, each [[mortal]] that feels that calling, and that is everyone that is alive, really, certainly everyone that is alive to the [[revelation]].  And I say that “[[revelation]]” loosely, for revelation is a big [[word]] and covers a lot of territory, even as there are millions who could care less about [[revolution]] or [[revelation]] but want to live simply and quietly in their catacombs as they have done for [[generations]] and they, too, have their [[story]] and their importance.  They provide tremendous [[stability]] for those of you who launch out ahead of the others to forge new [[realities]], new experimental life stations.

Anyway, to the extent that we fail in this [[group]] [[metamorphosing]], we are slowed down.  But we are not stopped because the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impetus_%28mechanics%29 impetus] lies within each member, each [[mortal]] that feels that calling, and that is everyone that is alive, really, certainly everyone that is alive to the [[revelation]].  And I say that “[[revelation]]” loosely, for revelation is a big [[word]] and covers a lot of territory, even as there are millions who could care less about [[revolution]] or [[revelation]] but want to live simply and quietly in their catacombs as they have done for [[generations]] and they, too, have their [[story]] and their importance.  They provide tremendous [[stability]] for those of you who launch out ahead of the others to forge new [[realities]], new experimental life stations.

   

   

Yes, [[group]] is important but it doesn’t have to be like … well, [www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borg the Borg], to use a phrase as many of you are familiar with from [www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek Star Trek].  You don’t have to all [[think]] alike and [[act]] as one at the expense of [[individuality]] or [[creativity]].  Each of you has [[character]], each of you has interest in some field or other and those of you who are like-minded are often drawn to each other and if there are [[potentials]] to be had in that amalgamation, then it might behoove you to stay with that [[group]] for awhile. Perhaps it is like the [[social architect]] who gathers [[together]] those who are of like mind in order to accomplish certain tasks, in order to be productive, not just for the [[self]] but for the [[whole]].

Yes, [[group]] is important but it doesn’t have to be like … well, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borg_%28Star_Trek%29 the Borg], to use a phrase as many of you are familiar with from [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek Star Trek].  You don’t have to all [[think]] alike and [[act]] as one at the expense of [[individuality]] or [[creativity]].  Each of you has [[character]], each of you has interest in some field or other and those of you who are like-minded are often drawn to each other and if there are [[potentials]] to be had in that amalgamation, then it might behoove you to stay with that [[group]] for awhile. Perhaps it is like the [[social architect]] who gathers [[together]] those who are of like mind in order to accomplish certain tasks, in order to be productive, not just for the [[self]] but for the [[whole]].

   

   

There are many [[patterns]] from your upbringing on this distorted world that you carry with you into your [[Future|tomorrows]] and that get in the way of those very same tomorrows, and thus the need for continuing [[education]] in the fields of [[being]] all that  you can be [[individually]].  [[Personal]] correction is an on-going thing, and it will be throughout the [[mansion worlds]].  There is much remedial [[work]] ahead, even as you have accomplished so much.  In some cases you are barely recognizable from the [[individuals]] who blundered into the [[Teaching Mission]] 20 years ago, but there is no [[graduating]] from this.  Not at this point.  There is always something to learn, some new refinement.  This keeps you fresh.  It’s that [[thing]] about ‘[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_130#130:3._AT_ALEXANDRIA (130:3.7)] the [[teacher]] must always remain the student’.  Furthermore, it reveals your [[humility]], and while there (are those) who [[love]] a [[leader]] who has no flaws, they will [[love]] even more a [[leader]] who admits his faults and attempts to make rectification for them.  This is the kind of [[thing]] that endears people to their [[leaders]].  When your President, for example, can come out and say, “I wish I would have done that other choice.  I wish I had done it differently, but this is what I did and I’ll stand by it.  But if it comes up again, I’ll know better next time.” This is the kind of [[thing]] that while there are those who would [[love]] to pick him apart for being less than [[perfect]], will admire him for being able to say he doesn’t [[know]] [[everything]], because no one on this [[plane]] knows everything -- no one.

There are many [[patterns]] from your upbringing on this distorted world that you carry with you into your [[Future|tomorrows]] and that get in the way of those very same tomorrows, and thus the need for continuing [[education]] in the fields of [[being]] all that  you can be [[individually]].  [[Personal]] correction is an on-going thing, and it will be throughout the [[mansion worlds]].  There is much remedial [[work]] ahead, even as you have accomplished so much.  In some cases you are barely recognizable from the [[individuals]] who blundered into the [[Teaching Mission]] 20 years ago, but there is no [[graduating]] from this.  Not at this point.  There is always something to learn, some new refinement.  This keeps you fresh.  It’s that [[thing]] about ‘[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_130#130:3._AT_ALEXANDRIA the teacher must always remain the student (130:3.7)]’.  Furthermore, it reveals your [[humility]], and while there (are those) who [[love]] a [[leader]] who has no flaws, they will [[love]] even more a [[leader]] who admits his faults and attempts to make rectification for them.  This is the kind of [[thing]] that endears people to their [[leaders]].  When your President, for example, can come out and say, “I wish I would have done that other choice.  I wish I had done it differently, but this is what I did and I’ll stand by it.  But if it comes up again, I’ll know better next time.” This is the kind of [[thing]] that while there are those who would [[love]] to pick him apart for being less than [[perfect]], will admire him for being able to say he doesn’t [[know]] [[everything]], because no one on this [[plane]] knows everything -- no one.

   

   

This of [[course]] is the [[value]] of [[group]].  In the group, you [[share]] all [[knowledge]], so you bring forth what you know and you bring forth what you know and you bring forth what you know and you can find the [[consensus]] and you set forth your [[consensus]] as [[Collective Intelligence|group consciousness]].  This is something you can all live with.  It’s not something that someone set down as [[law]]; but is something that you all [[agreed]] upon as a [[community]]. This is important; it is [[teamwork]]; it is the most important [[thing]] you can learn here. You are not going to get much accomplished without the rudiments of teamwork.

This of [[course]] is the [[value]] of [[group]].  In the group, you [[share]] all [[knowledge]], so you bring forth what you know and you bring forth what you know and you bring forth what you know and you can find the [[consensus]] and you set forth your [[consensus]] as [[Collective Intelligence|group consciousness]].  This is something you can all live with.  It’s not something that someone set down as [[law]]; but is something that you all [[agreed]] upon as a [[community]]. This is important; it is [[teamwork]]; it is the most important [[thing]] you can learn here. You are not going to get much accomplished without the rudiments of teamwork.

   

   

Marty:  Well, you know we are totally [[trained]] in [[competition]], and we’re starting from a backward place, just looking at our [[religions]] on this world today.

Marty:  Well, you know we are totally [[trained]] in [[competition]], and we’re starting from a backward place, just looking at our [[religions]] on this world today.

===='''''[[Interdependence]]'''''====

===='''''[[Interdependence]]'''''====

TOMAS: Well, yes, I understand that, and to the extent that you [[understand]] that, we have an [[agreement]] that this is what we have to leave behind. Rather than sitting around all day commiserating about what we have to get rid of and making excuses for why we are not making better [[progress]], we need to [[accept]] the [[fact]] that this is where we came from but we are not going to stay there.  We’re going to bring it forward.  We are not going to use the same old [[tools]] and fall into the same old same trappings, [[ideally]].

TOMAS: Well, yes, I understand that, and to the extent that you [[understand]] that, we have an [[agreement]] that this is what we have to leave behind. Rather than sitting around all day commiserating about what we have to get rid of and making excuses for why we are not making better [[progress]], we need to [[accept]] the [[fact]] that this is where we came from but we are not going to stay there.  We’re going to bring it forward.  We are not going to use the same old [[tools]] and fall into the same old same trappings, [[ideally]].

TOMAS:  And I also want to say that there are two ways of looking at what I am saying.  One is [[literally]] and the other is [[metaphorically]].  If you [[practice]] the [[Stillness]] you are separating yourself from them Right Now.  You are [[developing]] a [[reality]] of your own; you are [[developing]] a [[spiritual]] [[reality]] and base of operations that has more [[power]] and more [[energy]] than what you were raised in.  And I’ll grant you that the current [[material]] and [[political]] [[paradigm]] on [[Urantia]] has tremendous [[power]], but it does not have as much power as that which you will find in [[Stillness]] and when those of you who are [[peers]] also adopt the [[practice]] of Stillness and the [[values]] [[inherent]] therein, you have a new [[playing]] field on which to operate. You are armor against that lesser [[reality]]. You have [[sanctuary]] from the [[cacophony]] of their [[propaganda]] beating around your head and shoulders.  You have the [[fruits of the spirit]] that live for you and [[represent]] [[light and life]] that your fellows can [[recognize]] and feed upon instead of trying to pull you down and suck you in and use you up.  

TOMAS:  And I also want to say that there are two ways of looking at what I am saying.  One is [[literally]] and the other is [[metaphorically]].  If you [[practice]] the [[Stillness]] you are separating yourself from them Right Now.  You are [[developing]] a [[reality]] of your own; you are [[developing]] a [[spiritual]] [[reality]] and base of operations that has more [[power]] and more [[energy]] than what you were raised in.  And I’ll grant you that the current [[material]] and [[political]] [[paradigm]] on [[Urantia]] has tremendous [[power]], but it does not have as much power as that which you will find in [[Stillness]] and when those of you who are [[peers]] also adopt the [[practice]] of Stillness and the [[values]] [[inherent]] therein, you have a new [[playing]] field on which to operate. You are armor against that lesser [[reality]]. You have [[sanctuary]] from the [[cacophony]] of their [[propaganda]] beating around your head and shoulders.  You have the [[fruits of the spirit]] that live for you and [[represent]] [[light and life]] that your fellows can [[recognize]] and feed upon instead of trying to pull you down and suck you in and use you up.  

   

   

You need to wrench yourself from that [[reality]].  In your [[mind]]’s eye is where it begins.  [[Eventually]] and [[gradually]] you become disassociated from those [[values]] and the values of [[eternity]] replace them.  This is part of our task, [[children]].  This is part of the challenge we face.  And if you as [[individuals]] can master these lessons and [[embrace]] the [[group]] [[consciousness]] that will help you move forward, you carry with you the entire [[destiny]] of your world, because the weight of all that [[history]] cannot keep up with you. It cannot.  It is [[error]] and will fall away like old buildings that deteriorate from time and use, so will these old [[paradigms]] of [[political]] [[reality]] or [[economic]] [[structure]] fall away and deteriorate and become as dust.  In the meanwhile, you have been building up your treasure in [[heaven]]; you have the [[strength]] of yourself and your [[associates]] in this new [[paradigm]] of [[value]] that you have created by your own [[Free will|will]] to [[Doing the will of God|do His will]], to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nurture nurture] your [[earth]] and cultivate it as well as your [[relationships]] and define your industry and … just redo it!

You need to wrench yourself from that [[reality]].  In your [[mind]]’s eye is where it begins.  [[Eventually]] and [[gradually]] you become disassociated from those [[values]] and the values of [[eternity]] replace them.  This is part of our task, [[children]].  This is part of the challenge we face.  And if you as [[individuals]] can master these lessons and [[embrace]] the [[group]] [[consciousness]] that will help you move forward, you carry with you the entire [[destiny]] of your world, because the weight of all that [[history]] cannot keep up with you. It cannot.  It is [[error]] and will fall away like old buildings that deteriorate from time and use, so will these old [[paradigms]] of [[political]] [[reality]] or [[economic]] [[structure]] fall away and deteriorate and become as dust.  In the meanwhile, you have been building up your treasure in [[heaven]]; you have the [[strength]] of yourself and your [[associates]] in this new [[paradigm]] of [[value]] that you have created by your own [[Free will|will]] to [[Doing the will of God|do His will]], to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nurture nurture] your [[earth]] and cultivate it as well as your [[relationships]] and define your industry and … just redo it!

   

   

You become new and then you make [[all things]] new.  But there is not much you can do about that old way of living.  Burn your bridges.  [[Embrace]] the new [[paradigm]]. [[Create]] a new [[opportunity]] for a new experimental life station to be created around you and according to your new needs. You need clean water, you need fresh air, you need [[good]] [[earth]], you need [[loving]] [[associations]] you need wholesome [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food food], you need sunshine, [[laughter]], [[affection]], clean [[thinking]], good [[thought]], stimulating [[ideas]], [[creativity]], [[time]], [[leisure]] for [[inventing]] and [[praying]].  You don’t need to live like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ants ants].  

You become new and then you make [[all things]] new.  But there is not much you can do about that old way of living.  Burn your bridges.  [[Embrace]] the new [[paradigm]]. [[Create]] a new [[opportunity]] for a new experimental life station to be created around you and according to your new needs. You need clean water, you need fresh air, you need [[good]] [[earth]], you need [[loving]] [[associations]] you need wholesome [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food food], you need sunshine, [[laughter]], [[affection]], clean [[thinking]], good [[thought]], stimulating [[ideas]], [[creativity]], [[time]], [[leisure]] for [[inventing]] and [[praying]].  You don’t need to live like [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ants ants].  

   

   

You know, Marty, the rewards of living outside the [[system]] -- the precious [[aura]] that surrounds your little patch of land and goat farm.  What a treasure!

You know, Marty, the rewards of living outside the [[system]] -- the precious [[aura]] that surrounds your little patch of land and goat farm.  What a treasure!

Marty:  Beyond [[belief]].

Marty:  Beyond [[belief]].

===='''''[[Simplicity]]'''''====

===='''''[[Simplicity]]'''''====

TOMAS:  There are, by the way, many third world peoples that find just such a treasure in their beasts of burden, in raising [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llama llamas] or [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goats goats] of their own.  People think that unless they have a big car and a nice condo and a [[health]] plan, they can’t be happy.  People can be happy with a [[simple]] life.  They can be and they are if they have [[family]] and [[friends]], [[laughter]] and [[love]], because they are already indwelt with [[divinity]]. They have [[everything]] they need right here.

TOMAS:  There are, by the way, many third world peoples that find just such a treasure in their beasts of burden, in raising [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llama llamas] or [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goats goats] of their own.  People think that unless they have a big car and a nice condo and a [[health]] plan, they can’t be happy.  People can be happy with a [[simple]] life.  They can be and they are if they have [[family]] and [[friends]], [[laughter]] and [[love]], because they are already indwelt with [[divinity]]. They have [[everything]] they need right here.

   

   

Marty:  And the [[blessing]] of the [[animals]] is enormous.  

Marty:  And the [[blessing]] of the [[animals]] is enormous.  

Marty:  They don’t even have [[personalities]] but so much of [[Michael|Father]] and [[Nebadonia|Mother]] come through them.

Marty:  They don’t even have [[personalities]] but so much of [[Michael|Father]] and [[Nebadonia|Mother]] come through them.

   

   

TOMAS:  We have such [[wonderful]] [[Creators]].  Michel and Nebadonia have gifted us all in our [[individual]] experimental life stations with so much.  I don’t have [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goats goats] where I live now but I have had the benefit of [[creatures]].

TOMAS:  We have such [[wonderful]] [[Creators]].  Michel and Nebadonia have gifted us all in our [[individual]] experimental life stations with so much.  I don’t have [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goats goats] where I live now but I have had the benefit of [[creatures]].

   

   

Marty:  [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_37#37:9._PERMANENT_CITIZENS_OF_THE_LOCAL_UNIVERSE Univitatia]?

Marty:  [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_37#37:9._PERMANENT_CITIZENS_OF_THE_LOCAL_UNIVERSE Univitatia]?

   

   

TOMAS:  I don’t get to see too many of those – not on this assignment, but I know when I need them they will be there for me.  I do remember well how I enjoyed my [[animals]] when I was a [[mortal]] as you enjoy yours -- not only pets but herds.  It’s hard work but it’s [[simple]] and [[gratifying]].  Well, one would say, “Here’s Tomas trying to get us all to become shepherds.”  You could do worse.

TOMAS:  I don’t get to see too many of those – not on this assignment, but I know when I need them they will be there for me.  I do remember well how I enjoyed my [[animals]] when I was a [[mortal]] as you enjoy yours -- not only pets but herds.  It’s hard work but it’s [[simple]] and [[gratifying]].  Well, one would say, “Here’s Tomas trying to get us all to become shepherds.”  You could do worse.

===Closing===

===Closing===

I see we are coming up on the end of our hour. Are there questions or concerns before we close?  (Pause)  Perhaps when I come back I will tell you about some of the [[adventures]] I have been having.  The other worlds in this reclamation have been [[ministered]] to by the [[Teacher Corps]] as well, so some of us have spent some time attempting to [[cultivate]] some of the other worlds that have been [[quarantined]].  It has been quite an [[adventure]].  There is always something to do.  But for now I will simply [[thank]] you for your companionship and for your ear.  It is an incredible [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forum_%28Roman%29 forum] that has been established, this [[Lightline TeaM|Light Line]].  And we will make every possible best use of it.  Thank you for [[supporting]] this odd meeting in the sky.  Go in [[peace]], knowing that you are smiled upon and watched over, companioned and cared for by myriad invisible helpers.  [[Amen]] and farewell.

I see we are coming up on the end of our hour. Are there questions or concerns before we close?  (Pause)  Perhaps when I come back I will tell you about some of the [[adventures]] I have been having.  The other worlds in this reclamation have been [[ministered]] to by the [[Teacher Corps]] as well, so some of us have spent some time attempting to [[cultivate]] some of the other worlds that have been [[quarantined]].  It has been quite an [[adventure]].  There is always something to do.  But for now I will simply [[thank]] you for your companionship and for your ear.  It is an incredible [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forum_%28Roman%29 forum] that has been established, this [[Lightline TeaM|Light Line]].  And we will make every possible best use of it.  Thank you for [[supporting]] this odd meeting in the sky.  Go in [[peace]], knowing that you are smiled upon and watched over, companioned and cared for by myriad invisible helpers.  [[Amen]] and farewell.

   

   

Students:  Thank you, Teacher Tomas.  Thank you very much.

Students:  Thank you, Teacher Tomas.  Thank you very much.