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==141:5. SPIRITUAL UNITY==

==141:5. SPIRITUAL UNITY==

141:5.1 One of the most [[eventful]] of all the evening [[conferences]] at Amathus was the session having to do with the [[discussion]] of [[spiritual]] [[unity]]. [[James, the Apostle|James Zebedee]] had asked, " Master, how shall we [[learn]] to see alike and thereby enjoy more [[harmony]] among ourselves? " When [[Jesus]] heard this question, he was stirred within his [[spirit]], so much so that he replied: " James, James, when did I teach you that you should all see alike? I have come into the world to [[proclaim]] [[spiritual]] [[liberty]] to the end that [[mortals]] may be empowered to live [[individual]] lives of [[originality]] and [[freedom]] before [[God]]. I do not [[desire]] that [[social]] [[harmony]] and fraternal [[peace]] shall be purchased by the [[sacrifice]] of [[free]] [[personality]] and [[spiritual]] [[originality]]. What I require of you, my [[apostles]], is spirit [[unity]] —and that you can [[experience]] in the [[joy]] of your united [[dedication]] to the wholehearted [[doing of the will of my Father]] in heaven. You do not have to see alike or feel alike or even [[think]] alike in order [[spiritually]] to be alike. [[Spiritual]] [[unity]] is derived from the [[consciousness]] that each of you is indwelt, and increasingly [[dominated]], by the [[Thought Adjuster|spirit gift]] of [[Universal Father|the heavenly Father]]. Your apostolic [[harmony]] must [[grow]] out of the [[fact]] that the [[spirit]] [[hope]] of each of you is [[identical]] in [[origin]], [[nature]], and [[destiny]].

141:5.1 One of the most [[eventful]] of all the evening [[conferences]] at [http://books.google.com/books?id=-o3XAAAAMAAJ&q=amathus&dq=amathus&hl=en&ei=jgyNTZzrD82ftgfZoPHADQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEYQ6AEwBjgU Amathus] was the session having to do with the [[discussion]] of [[spiritual]] [[unity]]. [[James, the Apostle|James Zebedee]] had asked, " Master, how shall we [[learn]] to see alike and thereby enjoy more [[harmony]] among ourselves? " When [[Jesus]] heard this question, he was stirred within his [[spirit]], so much so that he replied: " James, James, when did I teach you that you should all see alike? I have come into the world to [[proclaim]] [[spiritual]] [[liberty]] to the end that [[mortals]] may be empowered to live [[individual]] lives of [[originality]] and [[freedom]] before [[God]]. I do not [[desire]] that [[social]] [[harmony]] and fraternal [[peace]] shall be purchased by the [[sacrifice]] of [[free]] [[personality]] and [[spiritual]] [[originality]]. What I require of you, my [[apostles]], is spirit [[unity]] —and that you can [[experience]] in the [[joy]] of your united [[dedication]] to the wholehearted [[doing of the will of my Father]] in heaven. You do not have to see alike or feel alike or even [[think]] alike in order [[spiritually]] to be alike. [[Spiritual]] [[unity]] is derived from the [[consciousness]] that each of you is indwelt, and increasingly [[dominated]], by the [[Thought Adjuster|spirit gift]] of [[Universal Father|the heavenly Father]]. Your apostolic [[harmony]] must [[grow]] out of the [[fact]] that the [[spirit]] [[hope]] of each of you is [[identical]] in [[origin]], [[nature]], and [[destiny]].

141:5.2 " In this way you may [[experience]] a perfected [[unity]] of spirit [[purpose]] and spirit [[understanding]] growing out of the [[mutual]] [[consciousness]] of the [[identity]] of each of your [[Thought Adjusters|indwelling Paradise spirits]]; and you may enjoy all of this [[profound]] spiritual [[unity]] in the very face of the utmost [[diversity]] of your [[individual]] [[attitudes]] of [[intellectual]] [[thinking]], [[temperamental]] [[feeling]], and [[social]] [[conduct]]. Your [[personalities]] may be refreshingly [[diverse]] and markedly [[different]], while your [[spiritual]] [[natures]] and spirit fruits of [[divine]] [[worship]] and brotherly [[love]] may be so unified that all who behold your lives will of a surety take cognizance of this [[spirit]] [[identity]] and [[soul]] [[unity]]; they will [[recognize]] that you have been with me and have thereby learned, and acceptably, how to [[do the will of the Father]] in heaven. You can [[achieve]] the [[unity]] of the [[service]] of [[God]] even while you render such [[service]] in [[accordance]] with the [[technique]] of your own [[original]] [[endowments]] of [[mind]], [[body]], and [[soul]].

141:5.2 " In this way you may [[experience]] a perfected [[unity]] of spirit [[purpose]] and spirit [[understanding]] growing out of the [[mutual]] [[consciousness]] of the [[identity]] of each of your [[Thought Adjusters|indwelling Paradise spirits]]; and you may enjoy all of this [[profound]] spiritual [[unity]] in the very face of the utmost [[diversity]] of your [[individual]] [[attitudes]] of [[intellectual]] [[thinking]], [[temperamental]] [[feeling]], and [[social]] [[conduct]]. Your [[personalities]] may be refreshingly [[diverse]] and markedly [[different]], while your [[spiritual]] [[natures]] and spirit fruits of [[divine]] [[worship]] and brotherly [[love]] may be so unified that all who behold your lives will of a surety take cognizance of this [[spirit]] [[identity]] and [[soul]] [[unity]]; they will [[recognize]] that you have been with me and have thereby learned, and acceptably, how to [[do the will of the Father]] in heaven. You can [[achieve]] the [[unity]] of the [[service]] of [[God]] even while you render such [[service]] in [[accordance]] with the [[technique]] of your own [[original]] [[endowments]] of [[mind]], [[body]], and [[soul]].