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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 “[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 [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/Cities cities]; 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 “[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 [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_%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.

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, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borg_%28Star_Trek%29 the Borg], to use a phrase as many of you are familiar with from [http://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 ‘[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.

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.

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:  [https://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]?

===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.