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One solution is what you are exploring, my [[children]], being able to see through ingrained [[prejudices]] and [[stereotyping]] to [[individuals]].  It may seem like a [[paradox]] or a contradiction you stumble over, over and over again, but your very [[individual]] uniqueness is what you all have in common.  Yet this seeming [[paradox]] can turn into a deeper [[appreciation]] of both your [[differences]] and shared [[humanity]] [[reflecting]] each other.  This is how everyone gets to keep their most precious cultural [[identity]].  They [[appreciate]] their ties with the long [[history]] of their [[group]], yet [[welcome]] a growing [[ability]] to [[embrace]] so many other [[different]] folks as [[God]]’s [[universal]] [[children]].

One solution is what you are exploring, my [[children]], being able to see through ingrained [[prejudices]] and [[stereotyping]] to [[individuals]].  It may seem like a [[paradox]] or a contradiction you stumble over, over and over again, but your very [[individual]] uniqueness is what you all have in common.  Yet this seeming [[paradox]] can turn into a deeper [[appreciation]] of both your [[differences]] and shared [[humanity]] [[reflecting]] each other.  This is how everyone gets to keep their most precious cultural [[identity]].  They [[appreciate]] their ties with the long [[history]] of their [[group]], yet [[welcome]] a growing [[ability]] to [[embrace]] so many other [[different]] folks as [[God]]’s [[universal]] [[children]].

   

   

So we’ve had our lessons on the enormous [[differences]] that exist on [[Urantia]]. This lack of a unifying worldwide [[culture]] yet is partly due to the failures of your [[Planetary Prince]] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF his staff], and then later your [[Material Son and Daughter]], [[Adam and Eve]].  There are near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleolithic stone-age] [[tribes]] still in the jungles and backwaters of your world, all the while you have folks living in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_space outer space].  Right there is the re-capitulation of the [[technological]] [[evolution]] of the [[human]] [[race]], and, as [[Michael]] said in his last lesson, there’s a real [[limit]] to which folks can walk in someone else’s shoes and truly [[appreciate]] what they go through in their day to day life.  Just the specialization in the more [[technologically]] advanced [[cultures]] can mean that [[neighbors]] living side by side sometimes can barely [[understand]] how each other lives their days.  One can be involved in hands-on [[physical]] [[work]], [[compared]] to which his [[neighbor]] deals in realms of pure [[financial]] [[abstraction]].  Both can be equally productive and [[necessary]].

So we’ve had our lessons on the enormous [[differences]] that exist on [[Urantia]]. This lack of a unifying worldwide [[culture]] yet is partly due to the failures of your [[Planetary Prince]] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF his staff], and then later your [[Material Son and Daughter]], [[Adam and Eve]].  There are near [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleolithic stone-age] [[tribes]] still in the jungles and backwaters of your world, all the while you have folks living in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_space outer space].  Right there is the re-capitulation of the [[technological]] [[evolution]] of the [[human]] [[race]], and, as [[Michael]] said in his last lesson, there’s a real [[limit]] to which folks can walk in someone else’s shoes and truly [[appreciate]] what they go through in their day to day life.  Just the specialization in the more [[technologically]] advanced [[cultures]] can mean that [[neighbors]] living side by side sometimes can barely [[understand]] how each other lives their days.  One can be involved in hands-on [[physical]] [[work]], [[compared]] to which his [[neighbor]] deals in realms of pure [[financial]] [[abstraction]].  Both can be equally productive and [[necessary]].

===='''''[[Relationship]]''''', '''''[[Attitude]]'''''====  

===='''''[[Relationship]]''''', '''''[[Attitude]]'''''====  

So [[think]] about all that’s wrapped up in that one little [[word]]--[[relationship]].  Your [[Urantia book]] introduces the [concept] that life is not only what takes place within you--your [[Heart|heartbeat]], your [[breathing]], turning your [[food]] into [[energy]], all that your [[mind]] is capable of [[thinking]] and [[remembering]], all your [[spirit]] is capable of valuing and creating.  [[Human]] life is not only all this inner [[reality]], it’s equally what happens between the [[organism]] and its [[environment]].  For most people not living as [[hermits]] off in the woods somewhere, the really great part of their [[environment]] is the other people in it, as well as their [[homes]], their cars-- all their [[possessions]].  These are your [[family]], your [[friends]], your near acquaintances, and [[work]]-mates, all those others, as you say, you come into casual [[contact]] with just walking down a [[city]] street.   

So [[think]] about all that’s wrapped up in that one little [[word]]--[[relationship]].  Your [[Urantia book]] introduces the [concept] that life is not only what takes place within you--your [[Heart|heartbeat]], your [[breathing]], turning your [[food]] into [[energy]], all that your [[mind]] is capable of [[thinking]] and [[remembering]], all your [[spirit]] is capable of valuing and creating.  [[Human]] life is not only all this inner [[reality]], it’s equally what happens between the [[organism]] and its [[environment]].  For most people not living as [[hermits]] off in the woods somewhere, the really great part of their [[environment]] is the other people in it, as well as their [[homes]], their cars-- all their [[possessions]].  These are your [[family]], your [[friends]], your near acquaintances, and [[work]]-mates, all those others, as you say, you come into casual [[contact]] with just walking down a [[city]] street.   

So, my [[children]], if you think about it, a [[good]] way to behave, yourself, is right there in your [[ideal]] of the kind of [[person]] you’d enjoy meeting.  In my very first lesson with this group I [[challenged]] you to think of a better world, a world filled with more [[spiritually]] [[appreciative]] people.  Another way is to [[imagine]] what the [[Morontia worlds]] must be like where everyone’s [[character]] and soul are so much more apparent and willing to be [[shared]].  Then [[think]] of how much of this you could accomplish day by day if only you could have that [[strong]], delightful and [[playful]] [[orientation]].  Let yourselves go.  Forget yourselves.  Relinquish yourselves with this enormous [[strength]] of [[spiritual]] [[assurance]] and [[determination]]--your most [[sincere]] [[attitude]]--your willingness and ability to relate.

So, my [[children]], if you think about it, a [[good]] way to behave, yourself, is right there in your [[ideal]] of the kind of [[person]] you’d enjoy meeting.  In my very first lesson with this group I [[challenged]] you to think of a better world, a world filled with more [[spiritually]] [[appreciative]] people.  Another way is to [[imagine]] what the [[Morontia worlds]] must be like where everyone’s [[character]] and soul are so much more apparent and willing to be [[shared]].  Then [[think]] of how much of this you could accomplish day by day if only you could have that [[strong]], delightful and [[playful]] [[orientation]].  Let yourselves go.  Forget yourselves.  Relinquish yourselves with this enormous [[strength]] of [[spiritual]] [[assurance]] and [[determination]]--your most [[sincere]] [[attitude]]--your willingness and ability to relate.

   

   

If there is a [[critique]] we could make in a most general way about some of your more [[modern]] folks, it’s what you’ve begun to [[recognize]] as “[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cocooning cocooning]”--living in a [[self]]-[[chosen]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pupa#Cocoon cocoon].  The very specialization you all enjoy in a highly advanced [[technological]] [[society]] enables folks to live so much more alone by themselves with only the TV and the [[internet]] for company.  These are [[marvelous]] [[inventions]], [[wonderful]] [[sources]] of [[information]] on, now, worldwide [[activities]], [[cultures]], and [[history]], available at your fingertips.  But it’s not the same as [[being]] out there meeting other folks and doing all kinds of things [[together]], [[work]] and [[play]].

If there is a [[critique]] we could make in a most general way about some of your more [[modern]] folks, it’s what you’ve begun to [[recognize]] as “[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cocooning cocooning]”--living in a [[self]]-[[chosen]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pupa#Cocoon cocoon].  The very specialization you all enjoy in a highly advanced [[technological]] [[society]] enables folks to live so much more alone by themselves with only the TV and the [[internet]] for company.  These are [[marvelous]] [[inventions]], [[wonderful]] [[sources]] of [[information]] on, now, worldwide [[activities]], [[cultures]], and [[history]], available at your fingertips.  But it’s not the same as [[being]] out there meeting other folks and doing all kinds of things [[together]], [[work]] and [[play]].

   

   

In his last lesson [[Michael]] teased you with the notion of rediscovering the great art of [[conversation]], being able to [[entertain]] yourself and each other with your own [[creativity]], resisting the [[temptation]] to be merely passive consumers of [[entertainment]].  So spend some time and [[meditate]] on your [[relationships]], my [[children]].  See if you can feel what we mean by a higher [[consciousness]] that can expand and [[grow]] to [[encompass]] more and more [[differences]].  [[Welcoming]] this [[challenge]] is the best way to [[exercise]] your [[spirit]].  Keep this [[spiritual]] [[orientation]] deep inside: all-inclusiveness.  Be unafraid to look upon any other [[human condition]] whatsoever, and bring all of the folks of the world you can be [[aware]] of, bring them all inside you.  Be willing to stretch your own limited notions of what [[humanity]] means, and what it means to be [[human]].  Be willing to see everyone, every [[man]], [[woman]], and [[child]] as your [[Siblings|brother and sister]], for only then can you truly [[appreciate]] [[God]]’s [[infinite]] [[power]] in creating so many [[unique]] [[personalities]], even on one little [[planet]] among billions.   

In his last lesson [[Michael]] teased you with the notion of rediscovering the great art of [[conversation]], being able to [[entertain]] yourself and each other with your own [[creativity]], resisting the [[temptation]] to be merely passive consumers of [[entertainment]].  So spend some time and [[meditate]] on your [[relationships]], my [[children]].  See if you can feel what we mean by a higher [[consciousness]] that can expand and [[grow]] to [[encompass]] more and more [[differences]].  [[Welcoming]] this [[challenge]] is the best way to [[exercise]] your [[spirit]].  Keep this [[spiritual]] [[orientation]] deep inside: all-inclusiveness.  Be unafraid to look upon any other [[human condition]] whatsoever, and bring all of the folks of the world you can be [[aware]] of, bring them all inside you.  Be willing to stretch your own limited notions of what [[humanity]] means, and what it means to be [[human]].  Be willing to see everyone, every [[man]], [[woman]], and [[child]] as your [[Siblings|brother and sister]], for only then can you truly [[appreciate]] [[God]]’s [[infinite]] [[power]] in creating so many [[unique]] [[personalities]], even on one little [[planet]] among billions.   

Student:  Yes, Mother, you’ve [[touched]] upon so many [[things]] I’ve been [[thinking]] about, mainly, what it is to be truly [[human]] and appreciating each [[person]]’s [[uniqueness]]--that adds so much flavor to our lives?  For myself, it’s when I relinquish a need for [[control]] that I feel I‘m coming from a [[space]] of [[integrity]] and [[love]], rather than from how I think [[things]] should be.  I’m allowing myself to [[experience]] and [[explore]] that [[infinitude]] of [[being]] you [[expressed]] tonight.  

Student:  Yes, Mother, you’ve [[touched]] upon so many [[things]] I’ve been [[thinking]] about, mainly, what it is to be truly [[human]] and appreciating each [[person]]’s [[uniqueness]]--that adds so much flavor to our lives?  For myself, it’s when I relinquish a need for [[control]] that I feel I‘m coming from a [[space]] of [[integrity]] and [[love]], rather than from how I think [[things]] should be.  I’m allowing myself to [[experience]] and [[explore]] that [[infinitude]] of [[being]] you [[expressed]] tonight.  

   

   

There’s a spaciousness to ourselves we need to tap into.  There’s a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_field_theory unified field] of [[consciousness]] and [[intelligence]] we’re also becoming [[aware]] of through our [[science]] and its [[ideas]] of [[singularity]].  Yet it’s always been there.  It’s only our [[developing]] our innate sense of this that is [[changing]].  We get so bogged down with [[points of view]], and [[negativity]], and [[hatred]], and [[scarcity]]--[[ideologies]] and [[prejudices]]; we are missing the [[total]] picture.  We fight for [[things]] senselessly, that have no true [[meaning]] in the grand [[scheme]] of the [[cosmos]].

There’s a spaciousness to ourselves we need to tap into.  There’s a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_field_theory unified field] of [[consciousness]] and [[intelligence]] we’re also becoming [[aware]] of through our [[science]] and its [[ideas]] of [[singularity]].  Yet it’s always been there.  It’s only our [[developing]] our innate sense of this that is [[changing]].  We get so bogged down with [[points of view]], and [[negativity]], and [[hatred]], and [[scarcity]]--[[ideologies]] and [[prejudices]]; we are missing the [[total]] picture.  We fight for [[things]] senselessly, that have no true [[meaning]] in the grand [[scheme]] of the [[cosmos]].

   

   

So I really [[appreciate]] what you said tonight.  I try to truly appreciate each [[relationship]] I’m a part of--or not a part of.  We’re all [[brothers and sisters]].  I feel so blessed to be able to know that [[God]] is in each one of them, no matter how much or how little they have in life [[compared]] to me.  [[God]] doesn’t [[love]] someone because they’re [[Wealth|rich]], or because they’re homeless and [[poor]].  At times I get disheartened because I feel I’m not [[accepting]] the fullness of my [[potential]].  So how do I [[access]] this [[potential]] we all have?--to, like, instantaneously access all that we need?--or, in the blink of an eye, [[transport]] ourselves from here to there?  

So I really [[appreciate]] what you said tonight.  I try to truly appreciate each [[relationship]] I’m a part of--or not a part of.  We’re all [[brothers and sisters]].  I feel so blessed to be able to know that [[God]] is in each one of them, no matter how much or how little they have in life [[compared]] to me.  [[God]] doesn’t [[love]] someone because they’re [[Wealth|rich]], or because they’re homeless and [[poor]].  At times I get disheartened because I feel I’m not [[accepting]] the fullness of my [[potential]].  So how do I [[access]] this [[potential]] we all have?--to, like, instantaneously access all that we need?--or, in the blink of an eye, [[transport]] ourselves from here to there?  

===='''''[[Meaning]]'''''====

===='''''[[Meaning]]'''''====

*When things seem meaningless

*When things seem meaningless

NEBADONIA:  You are very welcome, my son.  I enjoy how you ask and then answer yourself, because it does help you keep your [[orientation]] toward that open, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_field_theory universal field] that is, ultimately and singularly, God’s will.  If you’re looking for a [[challenge]] to tap into your [[potential]], let me offer the [[viewpoint]] of [[Michael]]’s and mine that nothing is, as you suggested, meaningless.  So perhaps when you [[reflect]] on those [[things]] you feel are meaningless--we know what you mean by that--but see if you can [[perceive]] that nothing that happens--whether [[peaceful]] or [[warlike]] between people--is without its sufficient [[causes]] and [[effects]] when you include all their [[understandings]] and [[intentions]].  This sense of meaninglessness of yours is only your own [[evaluation]] of an [[event]]; perhaps one you [[share]] with, or derived from, others of a like [[mind]].  As we’ve taught before: [[everything]] that exists has a [[physical]], [[mental]], or [[spiritual]]/[[creative]] [[cause]]--in [[human]] [[events]], a combination of all of these.  So the [[meaning]] of any [[human]] [[event]] can be extremely [[complex]] and, in so many instances, deliberately hidden for a [[purpose]].  And even [[Michael]] and I would hesitate to say what is of [[absolute]] or [[ultimate]] [[value]] in the grand [[scheme]] of the [[cosmos]].

NEBADONIA:  You are very welcome, my son.  I enjoy how you ask and then answer yourself, because it does help you keep your [[orientation]] toward that open, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_field_theory universal field] that is, ultimately and singularly, God’s will.  If you’re looking for a [[challenge]] to tap into your [[potential]], let me offer the [[viewpoint]] of [[Michael]]’s and mine that nothing is, as you suggested, meaningless.  So perhaps when you [[reflect]] on those [[things]] you feel are meaningless--we know what you mean by that--but see if you can [[perceive]] that nothing that happens--whether [[peaceful]] or [[warlike]] between people--is without its sufficient [[causes]] and [[effects]] when you include all their [[understandings]] and [[intentions]].  This sense of meaninglessness of yours is only your own [[evaluation]] of an [[event]]; perhaps one you [[share]] with, or derived from, others of a like [[mind]].  As we’ve taught before: [[everything]] that exists has a [[physical]], [[mental]], or [[spiritual]]/[[creative]] [[cause]]--in [[human]] [[events]], a combination of all of these.  So the [[meaning]] of any [[human]] [[event]] can be extremely [[complex]] and, in so many instances, deliberately hidden for a [[purpose]].  And even [[Michael]] and I would hesitate to say what is of [[absolute]] or [[ultimate]] [[value]] in the grand [[scheme]] of the [[cosmos]].

   

   

The [[challenge]] is to [[recognize]] that this [[perception]] of meaninglessness--so seemingly obvious at times, so out there and [[objective]]--as I spoke of in my lesson--is your own [[value]]-[[projection]], originating within you.  This [[truth]] is really [[difficult]] to [[realize]] because the [[perception]] is [[automatic]] and instantaneous.  To get through a [[projection]] to the underlying, more truly [[objective]] [[reality]] and [[meaning]] of an [[event]] has to start with fully [[comprehending]] and [[accepting]] this principle: nothing that happens is meaningless from a [[spiritually]]/inclusive [[point of view]].  You have to reject the seemingly obvious [[perception]] and go deeper.  You’re rejecting [[simple]]-mindedness and [[superficiality]] for [[complexity]], breadth, and depth.

The [[challenge]] is to [[recognize]] that this [[perception]] of meaninglessness--so seemingly obvious at times, so out there and [[objective]]--as I spoke of in my lesson--is your own [[value]]-[[projection]], originating within you.  This [[truth]] is really [[difficult]] to [[realize]] because the [[perception]] is [[automatic]] and instantaneous.  To get through a [[projection]] to the underlying, more truly [[objective]] [[reality]] and [[meaning]] of an [[event]] has to start with fully [[comprehending]] and [[accepting]] this principle: nothing that happens is meaningless from a [[spiritually]]/inclusive [[point of view]].  You have to reject the seemingly obvious [[perception]] and go deeper.  You’re rejecting [[simple]]-mindedness and [[superficiality]] for [[complexity]], breadth, and depth.