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===Topic: ''UB Textbook, ACIM, White Buffalo''===

===Topic: ''UB Textbook, ACIM, White Buffalo''===

===Group: [[Rio Rancho TeaM]]===

===Group: [[Pittsburgh TeaM]]===

==Facilitators==

==Facilitators==

===Teacher: [[Tomas]]===

===Teacher: [[Tomas]]===

==Session==

==Session==

===Opening===

===Opening===

TOMAS: Good afternoon, faithful friends. I am Tomas. I am your Teacher, your guide and your companion. It gives me great joy to be harmoniously in the presence of those who share that desire to be at peace and in resonance with Reality which is our Source and our goal.

TOMAS: Good afternoon, [[faithful]] [[friends]]. I am Tomas. I am your teacher, your [[guide]] and your [[companion]]. It gives me great joy to be harmoniously in the [[presence]] of those who share that desire to be at [[peace]] and in [[resonance]] with [[reality]] which is [[First Source and Center|our Source]] and our goal.

Many celestial hosts hover today in honor of you who are here. Welcome you to this format of communication as you have welcomed me.

Many [[celestial hosts]] hover today in [[honor]] of you who are here. Welcome you to this format of [[communication]] as you have welcomed me.

===Lesson===

===Lesson===

Inasmuch as I am new in your community, that is to say, in your consciousness (for I have been and will be part of your community here on Urantia for some time), I am in process of developing a sensitivity to you as individuals with your unique backgrounds, belief systems, personal experiences, traumas, miracles and conditionings which serve to constitute who you are in your being today. I am developing this sensitivity to you that I might serve you, and in order that in our working together we will create the confidence and strength which will then enable us to move mighty steps forward in faith, and which will subsequently move others in terms of their faith also.

Inasmuch as I am new in your [[community]], that is to say, in your [[consciousness]] (for I have been and will be part of your community here on [[Urantia]] for some time), I am in [[process]] of developing a [[sensitivity]] to you as [[individuals]] with your [[unique]] [[backgrounds]], [[belief]] systems, personal [[experiences]], [[traumas]], [[miracles]] and conditionings which serve to constitute who you are in your being today. I am developing this sensitivity to you that I might serve you, and in order that in our working [[together]] we will create the [[confidence]] and [[strength]] which will then enable us to move mighty steps forward in [[faith]], and which will subsequently move others in terms of their faith also.

"How," you might ask, "can a mere [[mortal]] affect the [[faith]] of another individual, for is not faith a very [[personal]] matter?" Indeed, this is so, but as your faith is founded, well-grounded, [[shared]] and amplified, as you develop the [[sensitivity]] of which I speak toward other individuals’ backgrounds, including their own range of [[experience]], trauma, miracles, cultural conditioning, etc., you can then instill and foster their own faith in their own [[reality]], much as the more advanced of you have already learned from those sources which have brought forth in your being -- that [[resonance]] of knowing, that deep core of [[understanding]] which says to you, "Yes, this is [[truth]]." "This you know to be true." And so those many, many [[mortals]] who have not yet [[awakened]] to the music of the [[celestial]] [[symphony]], who still cower in uncertainty, these are individuals you may reach as a ministry to [[the mission]].

"How," you might ask, "can a mere mortal affect the faith of another individual, for is not faith a very personal matter?" Indeed, this is so, but as your faith is founded, well-grounded, shared and amplified, as you develop the sensitivity of which I speak toward other individuals’ backgrounds, including their own range of experience, trauma, miracles, cultural conditioning, etc., you can then instill and foster their own faith in their own reality, much as the more advanced of you have already learned from those sources which have brought forth in your being -- that resonance of knowing, that deep core of understanding which says to you, "Yes, this is truth." "This you know to be true." And so those many, many mortals who have not yet awakened to the music of the celestial symphony, who still cower in uncertainty, these are individuals you may reach as a ministry to the mission.

A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_wave tidal wave] of [[correction]] is required on [[Urantia]] for the [[waves]] of [[truth]] to wash over all [[humanity]], to cleanse your realm of its many [[distortions]] and [[fallacies]], its many [[scars]] from [[betrayal]] and distrust. Much work is required, and although we [[radiate]] the [[joy]] of knowing a facet of [[divinity]] and celebrate that [[reality]] in one another, it is our aim and goal to spread those [[seeds]], to "spread [[the gospel]]" which will [[illuminate]] all.

I have mentioned that I am a worker, and you see now that I am a talker as well. I am, however, truly a gregarious and [[social]] [[being]] and, in keeping with our [[camaraderie]], I will close my introductory remarks and open this [[forum]] up for questions.

 

I have mentioned that I am a worker, and you see now that I am a talker as well. I am, however, truly a gregarious and social being and, in keeping with our camaraderie, I will close my introductory remarks and open this forum up for questions.

===Dialogue===

===Dialogue===

Mrs. M: I had a question, Tomas. It’s really a very sincere question. I guess a lot of my questions I just throw out because I’m uncomfortable with silence, but this one has been on my mind for quite some time and that is, when I first got the Urantia Book, I thought it was completely adequate and wonderful, but when the Course in Miracles came along, I thought this completed the Book for me, in a sense, and I like to carry one in one arm and one in the other -- and Mrs. McD is our very excellent student of that course – but I began to think, after the Teaching Mission came through, that this in itself could have completed the Book in some way for me.

Mrs. M: I had a question, Tomas. It’s really a very [[sincere]] question. I guess a lot of my questions I just throw out because I’m uncomfortable with [[silence]], but this one has been on my [[mind]] for quite some time and that is, when I first got the [[Urantia Book]], I thought it was completely adequate and [[wonderful]], but when the [[Course in Miracles]] came along, I [[thought]] this completed [[the Book]] for me, in a sense, and I like to carry one in one arm and one in the other -- and Mrs. McD is our very excellent student of that course – but I began to think, after the [[Teaching Mission]] came through, that this in itself could have completed the Book in some way for me.

And so I began to wonder if that was the original plan, to give the Book to our planet and then to have the transmitters enhance what we already supposedly would have learned, and … because there was a warmth and a humanity about it, and there was so much kindness and love that I felt from the Teachers beyond that which we have experienced usually here … so I just wondered if that was part of the original plan. I’ve said this to people who have accepted and not accepted the transmitting, so I’m curious about your answer.

And so I began to [[wonder]] if that was the original [[plan]], to give [[the Book]] to [[our planet]] and then to have the [[transmitters]] enhance what we already supposedly would have learned, and … because there was a warmth and a humanity about it, and there was so much [[kindness]] and [[love]] that I felt from [[the Teachers]] beyond that which we have [[experienced]] usually here … so I just wondered if that was part of the original plan. I’ve said this to people who have accepted and not accepted the [[transmitting]], so I’m curious about your answer.

TOMAS: I will respond to your outpouring.

TOMAS: I will respond to your outpouring.

The fifth epochal revelation is that, and as when any great gift is bestowed thus, the time has been planned, the time is auspicious. The textbook, that is The Urantia Book, is more than adequate for your intellectual comprehension of cosmology and history and so forth at this point. Remember, it is only the fifth epochal revelation, not the entire story yet.

The [[fifth epochal revelation]] is that, and as when any great gift is [[bestowed]] thus, the time has been planned, the time is auspicious. The textbook, that is The Urantia Book, is more than adequate for your [[intellectual]] [[comprehension]] of [[cosmology]] and [[history]] and so forth at this point. Remember, it is only the fifth epochal revelation, not the entire story yet.

The Teaching Mission now, this offshoot of the fifth epochal revelation, is also timely and necessary for the truths in the Urantia Book to become actualized and realized in a framework compatible to the import of the Fifth Epochal Revelation to Urantia. In other words, in some ways the Teaching Mission is the workbook to the textbook.

The [[Teaching Mission]] now, this offshoot of the fifth epochal revelation, is also timely and [[necessary]] for the [[truths]] in the Urantia Book to become actualized and realized in a framework compatible to the import of the Fifth Epochal Revelation to [[Urantia]]. In other words, in some ways the Teaching Mission is the workbook to the textbook.

Now, let me remark, if you will, regarding the gift and the current hunger and popularity regarding "A Course in Miracles" which is a fine and valuable contribution to upliftment of humanity and is very soul-satisfying to the participant, and this is because the Thought Adjuster is acknowledged, the deep core reality of the individual is strummed, and the harmony of the soul is caressed into awakening, and is responding to divinity in a way that, particularly, your Christianity has not induced whereas that the quiet mammoth of the Occident has had to sustain during these many years of quiet evolutionary growth.

Now, let me remark, if you will, regarding the gift and the current [[hunger]] and popularity regarding "[[A Course in Miracles]]" which is a fine and valuable contribution to upliftment of [[humanity]] and is very [[soul]]-satisfying to the [[participant]], and this is because the [[Thought Adjuster]] is acknowledged, the deep core [[reality]] of the [[individual]] is strummed, and the harmony of the [[soul]] is caressed into awakening, and is responding to [[divinity]] in a way that, particularly, your [[Christianity]] has not induced whereas that the quiet mammoth of the [[Occident]] has had to sustain during these [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Christianity many years of quiet evolutionary growth].

Your Christianity has had the Bible but the people of India and other cultures (not exposed to Christian missionaries and Christ and so forth) have had truths and realities that have sustained them, as is normal and right. Now we find in this renaissance of spiritual flowering, this time of the fifth epochal revelation, this time of surging forward in spiritual progress is benefited by the wisdom and insight of those who have not been influenced by, and in some cases sullied by the aspects of Christianity that have not made Christ a personal experience, that have not encouraged the living reality of the individual with a Godhead as a living spiritual reality.

Your [[Christianity]] has had the [[Bible]] but the people of India and other cultures (not exposed to Christian missionaries and Christ and so forth) have had [[truths]] and realities that have sustained them, as is [[normal]] and right. Now we find in this [[renaissance]] of spiritual flowering, this time of the fifth epochal revelation, this time of surging forward in [[spiritual progress]] is benefited by the [[wisdom]] and [[insight]] of those who have not been influenced by, and in some cases sullied by the aspects of Christianity that have not made [[Christ]] a personal experience, that have not [[encouraged]] the living reality of the [[individual]] with a Godhead as a living spiritual reality.

This is all part of the progress scheduled for Urantia at this time. And all things certainly are synchronized to augment each other. Have I responded to your inquiry?

This is all part of the [[progress]] scheduled for [[Urantia]] at this time. And all things certainly are [[synchronized]] to augment each other. Have I [[responded]] to your inquiry?

Mrs. M: Yes, I appreciate that answer and I’m going to, well, read it over again when we get a transcript for it because that’s very helpful, too. Thank you for your excellent answer.

Mrs. M: Yes, I appreciate that answer and I’m going to, well, read it over again when we get a [[transcript]] for it because that’s very helpful, too. Thank you for your excellent answer.

TOMAS: And for your question.

TOMAS: And for your question.

TOMAS: I will say that your question is appropriate to the [[theme]] that we have been developing for, again, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Buffalo_Calf_Woman white buffalo] is representational of a [[culture]]’s coming into a new surge of [[spiritual]] [[awakening]]. In many cases these [[truths]], these peoples’ truths, which have sustained them for centuries, are now being [[shared]]. The white buffalo has long represented this [[renaissance]], this spiritual surge forward, which is occurring now … (as you may know, because of the reconnecting of the broadcast [[circuitry]], having to do with the [[adjudication]] of the [[Lucifer Rebellion]] and your being re-connected to your rightful place as a part of the living [[organism]] of this [[superuniverse]].) Well! That was quite a parenthetical [[expression]].

 

TOMAS: I will say that your question is appropriate to the theme that we have been developing for, again, the white buffalo us representational of a culture’s coming into a new surge of spiritual awakening. In many cases these truths, these peoples’ truths, which have sustained them for centuries, are now being shared. The white buffalo has long represented this renaissance, this spiritual surge forward, which is occurring now … (as you may know, because of the reconnecting of the broadcast circuitry, having to do with the adjudication of the Lucifer Rebellion and your being re-connected to your rightful place as a part of the living organism of this superuniverse.) Well! That was quite a parenthetical expression.

 

The white buffalo is to the Native Americans that symbol which is, in their culture, a great impetus and sign of their value. The Great Spirit, which is the Father of the red race and which, indeed, is our Father also, has given to Its/His/Her children various cultural manifestations of faith. The eagle, which soars at poignant times, bespeaks great messages and mysteries to the individual who is sensitive and respectful of the eagle and what it represents. Likewise, the many, many animals of the realm, which have come to represent certain symbols of courage or pride or stealth, have been honored.

Remember that even the animals of the realm fall under the guidance and protection of the spiritual realms and so why should they not also contribute, in their way, to the mighty song of dance and praise which is being experienced by seekers and believers in all faiths, in our evolutionary trek upward? Is this satisfying to your soul?

The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Buffalo_Calf_Woman white buffalo] is to the Native Americans that symbol which is, in their culture, a great impetus and sign of their value. [[Epoch 1|The Great Spirit]], which is [[the Father]] of the [[64:6 The Six Sangik Races of Urantia|red race]] and which, indeed, is [[our Father]] also, has given to Its/His/Her children various cultural [[manifestations]] of [[faith]]. The eagle, which soars at [[poignant]] times, bespeaks great [[messages]] and [[mysteries]] to the [[individual]] who is sensitive and respectful of the eagle and what it represents. Likewise, the many, many [[animals]] of the realm, which have come to represent certain [[symbols]] of [[courage]] or pride or [[stealth]], have been [[honored]].

Mrs. P: Yes, thank you very much. It augments what I was feeling.

Remember that even the [[animals]] of the realm fall under the [[guidance]] and protection of the [[spiritual]] realms and so why should they not also contribute, in their way, to the mighty [[song]] of [[dance]] and [[praise]] which is being [[experienced]] by [[seekers]] and believers in all faiths, in our evolutionary trek upward? Is this satisfying to your [[soul]]?

Mrs. M: Tomas, we love to, in our planet, we love to play with these numbers and thinking they mean something, and we experienced what we think was the year 2,000 last year, and it seemed that everything that happened on our planet in a spiritual way that year, was connected with this wonderful beginning of the next millennium, and I just wondered if you would comment on that. It’s not an important issue, of course.

Mrs. M: Tomas, we [[love]] to, in [[our planet]], we love to [[play]] with these [[numbers]] and thinking they mean something, and we experienced what we think was the year [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000 2,000] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian_calendar last year], and it seemed that [[everything]] that happened on our planet in a [[spiritual]] way that year, was connected with this wonderful beginning of the next millennium, and I just [[wondered]] if you would comment on that. It’s not an important issue, of course.

TOMAS: We are into the new millennium, and although your common calendars have not caught up with the truth yet, it will, and it is not so essential that your calendars are all synchronized so much as it is that you recognize that it is chronologically a divine time for change. Even your politicians ring out the need for change. And certainly a millennium is a calendar notice that if all is not well, now is a good time to do something about it for future millennia.

TOMAS: We are into the new millennium, and although your common calendars have not caught up with the truth yet, it will, and it is not so essential that your calendars are all synchronized so much as it is that you recognize that it is chronologically a divine time for change. Even your politicians ring out the need for change. And certainly a millennium is a calendar notice that if all is not well, now is a good time to do something about it for future millennia.