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==Session==

==Session==

===Opening===

===Opening===

PRAYER: (Matthew) Let's place ourselves in the presence of Christ Michael. (pause)

PRAYER: (Matthew) Let's place ourselves in the [[presence]] of [[Christ Michael]]. (pause)

"Master Teacher, we come to you today with light and happy hearts to place ourselves within the consciousness of your presence -- that is virtually everything that is -- and we don't pretend to be able to put ourselves truly within your presence because it would be totally overwhelming, but insofar as we can, we do; and we continually place ourselves in your presence and your care. Without your presence and protection we simply would not be. Your role as our intercessory, our presence before the Father, is more than appreciated, it is the divine plan; and for that we are forever grateful. We ask for whatever teaching you wish to present through your agenda and through your teacher, or teachers, that we may benefit by being ever wiser and ever more prudent in our dealings with ourselves and with others. And for this and everything else that is spoken or unspoken that you and our heavenly Father know within our beings, we are forever grateful. Amen"

"Master Teacher, we come to you today with [[light]] and [[happy]] hearts to place ourselves within the [[consciousness]] of your presence -- that is virtually everything that is -- and we don't pretend to be able to put ourselves truly within your presence because it would be totally overwhelming, but insofar as we can, we do; and we continually place ourselves in your presence and your [[care]]. Without your presence and protection we simply would not be. Your role as our [[intercessory]], our presence before [[the Father]], is more than appreciated, it is the divine plan; and for that we are forever [[grateful]]. We ask for whatever teaching you wish to present through your agenda and through your teacher, or teachers, that we may benefit by being ever wiser and ever more prudent in our dealings with ourselves and with others. And for this and everything else that is spoken or unspoken that you and our heavenly Father know within our beings, we are forever [[grateful]]. [[Amen]]"

TOMAS: Good afternoon, faithful flock, I am Tomas. Welcome, once again, to our secret sanctuary of serenity in one another's company. This plateau of trust that we have built as a basis of our association is inherent in our faith and trust in our Father/Creator.

TOMAS: Good afternoon, faithful flock, I am Tomas. Welcome, once again, to our secret [[sanctuary]] of serenity in one another's company. This [[plateau]] of [[trust]] that we have built as a basis of our association is [[inherent]] in our [[faith]] and trust in our Father/Creator.

Anyone here have a problem with gender depictions of the masculine as Deity?

Anyone here have a problem with [[gender]] depictions of the [[masculine]] as [[Deity]]?

Group: No

Group: No

===Lesson===

===Lesson===

TOMAS: I hope you understand that when I reference deity thus, it is all -encompassing. It is unspecified as to male or female, passive or aggressive, and the other elements of the dual nature of humans. This dual nature that you have, as well as the duality of your gender, is often misleading and inadvertently establishes a paradigm of opposition.

TOMAS: I hope you understand that when I reference [[deity]] thus, it is all -[[encompassing]]. It is unspecified as to male or female, passive or aggressive, and the other elements of the [[dual]] nature of humans. This dual nature that you have, as well as the duality of your [[gender]], is often misleading and inadvertently establishes a [[paradigm]] of [[opposition]].

Under no circumstances am I willing to allow a concept to be glossed-over, and/or lost, as a result of a mind blanking out my efforts on account of my vocabulary. If and when I have chosen to use a term which is contrary to your comprehension, or if the way in which I use words has caused you to feel unsettled, be overt about objecting to my phraseology which, you will understand, is automatically convoluted as a result of the fact that it is interpreted from my native language in order for you to understand it.

Under no circumstances am I willing to allow a concept to be glossed-over, and/or lost, as a result of a mind blanking out my efforts on account of my vocabulary. If and when I have chosen to use a term which is contrary to your [[comprehension]], or if the way in which I use words has caused you to feel unsettled, be overt about objecting to my phraseology which, you will understand, is automatically convoluted as a result of the [[fact]] that it is [[interpreted]] from my native language in order for you to understand it.

And so you can be assured there will be a down-stepping from my concept, if only because of our language difficulties. And so I urge you to help me in my teaching techniques and patterns, by admonishing me if I have not made myself clear or if the concept has not been understood.

And so you can be [[assured]] there will be a down-stepping from my [[concept]], if only because of our [[language]] difficulties. And so I urge you to help me in my teaching [[techniques]] and patterns, by [[admonishing]] me if I have not made myself clear or if the concept has not been understood.

There are so many difficulties in communication and yet the world and everything in it is engaged in an incessant expression of some perception of reality which hopes to fall upon fertile soil. We all want to be heard, we all want to be recognized, we all want to be appreciated without regard to gender or profession or belief system. This is the nature of friendship: that you enjoy each other for who you are, as you are.

There are so many difficulties in [[communication]] and yet the world and everything in it is engaged in an incessant [[expression]] of some perception of reality which hopes to fall upon fertile soil. We all want to be heard, we all want to be recognized, we all want to be appreciated without regard to gender or [[profession]] or [[belief]] system. This is the nature of [[friendship]]: that you enjoy each other for who you are, as you are.

While I was planning to discuss 'work' today in acknowledgment of Labor Day, I would like, rather, to take a holiday from labor myself and address instead an element of relationship which begins the process of engaging in successful conversations and communications with everyone you meet. That, of course, is the primary connection, the source of I Am, the First Source and Center that has willed Himself to share your experience and distributed Himself throughout the Universes of time and space as the indwelling spark of reality which you will come to know and appreciate over the course of your eternal career.

While I was planning to discuss '[[work]]' today in acknowledgment of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_day Labor Day], I would like, rather, to take a holiday from labor myself and address instead an element of [[relationship]] which begins the [[process]] of engaging in successful [[conversations]] and communications with everyone you meet. That, of course, is the primary connection, the source of I Am, the [[First Source and Center]] that has willed Himself to share your [[experience]] and distributed Himself throughout [[the Universe]]s of [[time and space]] as the [[Ta|indwelling spark of reality]] which you will come to know and appreciate over the [[course]] of your [[eternal career]].

The presence of the divine in your experience, as an entity, ennobles your existence. It lifts you from the realm of temporary into the potential of eternal. It adds illumination to shadows enabling you to rise above your fears. In knowing this entity, which is Love, it's immediate effect is to teach you about Love within your own nature, which is now becoming the nature of God because of your acknowledgment of the connection itself.

The presence of the [[divine]] in your [[experience]], as an entity, ennobles your [[existence]]. It lifts you from the realm of temporary into the [[potential]] of eternal. It adds [[illumination]] to [[shadows]] enabling you to rise above your [[fears]]. In knowing this entity, which is Love, it's immediate effect is to teach you about Love within your own nature, which is now [[becoming]] the [[nature of God]] because of your acknowledgment of the connection itself.

In the acceptance of yourself as an expression of divine love, and understanding your birthright as a child of God to have this limitless font of affection directed toward your development, you are rewarded with self- respect because you are the temple of the divine, you are the tabernacle of eternity, you hold immortality in your free will choices. Respecting yourself is now so vital an element of your reality you would not deign to refuse that same respect to those you encounter who are also indwelt. The modern phrase is namaste, - "the spirit in me greets the spirit in you". When the presence of mind is sufficiently compatible, there is effective relationship. Here now is the challenge and the perplexity, for each individual is so unique and so individually conditioned and programmed, each soul is so young, in terms of its future, and each configuration of human being comes equipped with its own definitions.

In the [[acceptance]] of yourself as an [[expression]] of divine [[love]], and understanding your birthright as a [[child of God]] to have this limitless font of [[affection]] directed toward your [[development]], you are rewarded with self- respect because you are the [[temple]] of the divine, you are the tabernacle of eternity, you hold [[immortality]] in your [[free will]] choices. Respecting yourself is now so vital an element of your reality you would not deign to refuse that same respect to those you encounter who are also indwelt. The modern phrase is [[namaste]], - "the spirit in me greets the spirit in you". When the presence of mind is sufficiently [[compatible]], there is effective relationship. Here now is the challenge and the perplexity, for each individual is so unique and so individually conditioned and programmed, each [[soul]] is so young, in terms of its [[future]], and each configuration of human being comes equipped with its own definitions.

It's like recognizing each other in like-mindedness -- you just feel as if you've known that person forever, and that no matter what differences there may be, they cannot rise to the level of interfering with the essential camaraderie that arose when your Consciousness greeted. Other relationships require effort. And some relationships are doomed even before they begin because they have no lasting frame of reference for intercourse.

It's like recognizing each other in like-mindedness -- you just feel as if you've known that person forever, and that no matter what differences there may be, they cannot rise to the level of interfering with the essential [[camaraderie]] that arose when your [[Consciousness]] greeted. Other [[relationships]] require effort. And some relationships are [[doomed]] even before they begin because they have no lasting [[frame of reference]] for [[intercourse]].

The labor of love revolves around reconstructing those realities that exist within you that enable you to rise above, or work through, the many separations that occur in communications and that sometimes break down so far as to bring about war.

The labor of love revolves around reconstructing those realities that exist within you that enable you to rise above, or work through, the many [[separations]] that occur in [[communications]] and that sometimes break down so far as to bring about [[war]].

We are devoted to the introduction of the God Fragment within, for this is a power that is able to provide the inner reflectivity that enables individuals to untangle their communication knots and flow readily and easily once more -- as any relationship will do, if and as it is able to find that common Source of life, which is always found to be sacred, regardless of dogma or conditioning or gender or other temporal concerns.

We are [[devoted]] to the introduction of the [[God Fragment within]], for this is a power that is able to provide the inner [[reflectivity]] that enables individuals to untangle their [[communication]] knots and flow readily and easily once more -- as any relationship will do, if and as it is able to find that common Source of life, which is always found to be [[sacred]], regardless of [[dogma]] or conditioning or [[gender]] or other temporal concerns.

This is why we stress Stillness, as Stillness is respite from the labors of life. I cannot resist referring to my notes on labor for the spirit is untiring. It never rests. It is always on duty. It has no 'Labor Day' in which to relinquish its innate draw to return to its own source for rest, resuscitation, relaxation, reverence and reward.

This is why we stress [[Stillness]], as Stillness is respite from the [[labors]] of life. I cannot resist referring to my notes on labor for [[Ta|the spirit]] is untiring. It never rests. It is always on [[duty]]. It has no 'Labor Day' in which to relinquish its innate draw to return to its own source for rest, resuscitation, [[relaxation]], [[reverence]] and reward.

I will check with my co-worker to see if she is celebrating today or if she is inclined to labor on behalf of the kingdom. Anatolia?

I will check with my co-worker to see if she is celebrating today or if she is inclined to labor on behalf of [[the kingdom]]. Anatolia?

ANATOLIA: I am right here. I have no difficulty communicating or being in like-mind with you and so I am ready when you are.

ANATOLIA: I am right here. I have no [[difficulty]] [[communicating]] or being in like-mind with you and so I am ready when you are.

TOMAS: Proceed. Let us hear your words.

TOMAS: Proceed. Let us hear your words.

ANATOLIA: There is only one primary message that I wish to bring to your attention today, not for any reason other than to pay some attention to Labor Day and to let it be appreciated for, not just a day off, but to give it the just due that it deserves -- and that is not with lengthy speeches or beseechings of labor class versus management and all of those dualistic, strident, age-old, and historic difficulties that have and continue to exist, but rather to give you a perspective which may lighten your load, and wherever possible, lighten the load of those who may be engaged in work related strife.

ANATOLIA: There is only one primary message that I wish to bring to your [[attention]] today, not for any reason other than to pay some attention to Labor Day and to let it be [[appreciated]] for, not just a day off, but to give it the just due that it deserves -- and that is not with lengthy speeches or beseechings of labor class versus management and all of those [[dualistic]], strident, age-old, and historic difficulties that have and continue to exist, but rather to give you a [[perspective]] which may lighten your load, and wherever possible, lighten the load of those who may be [[engaged]] in work related strife.

And that is to not be burdened with that which you find to be difficult, or that which you find to be truly laborious in one way or another -- because there are many types of work and many types of work which do require, as well as do not require, pay -- for work is work, no matter whether one does it for pay or not. There is pay which requires certain amount of homage or respect to the payer and in that respect one needs to follow certain protocol. In another respect, I wish for you to, now, level the playing field and remove any strife conditions that may exist and simply present to you what true labor is about and how it will relate to you now and in the long run.

And that is to not be [[burdened]] with that which you find to be [[difficult]], or that which you find to be truly laborious in one way or another -- because there are many types of work and many types of work which do require, as well as do not require, pay -- for work is work, no matter whether one does it for pay or not. There is pay which requires certain amount of [[homage]] or [[respect]] to the payer and in that respect one needs to follow certain [[protocol]]. In another respect, I wish for you to, now, level the playing field and remove any strife conditions that may exist and simply present to you what true labor is about and how it will relate to you now and in the long run.

This is not a long discourse on the value and benefits of labor. Rather it's simply a discourse on the value of striving forward. Whenever one does anything that is considered work, whether it's at the most elementary level, or at the most sophisticated levels you can imagine, whether it be a child coloring in a coloring book or whether it might involve surgical treatment or surgical procedures that a physician would engage in in order to right or reconstruct the physical vehicle, each and every one of these happens to be a labor.

This is not a long [[discourse]] on the [[value]] and benefits of [[labor]]. Rather it's simply a discourse on the value of striving forward. Whenever one does anything that is considered work, whether it's at the most elementary level, or at the most sophisticated levels you can [[imagine]], whether it be a child coloring in a coloring book or whether it might involve [[surgical]] treatment or surgical procedures that a [[physician]] would engage in in order to right or reconstruct the physical vehicle, each and every one of these happens to be a labor.

Without further example and without prolongation of that which we speak, I wish to simply say that as spirit beings, one of first and foremost considerations for our conversations with you, (is) to continually reinforce our relatedness as spirit beings, in the encasement and outside of the encasement of the physical vehicle. We are all one in that spiritual relationship, and it is as such that I wish for you to know, in this respect, is of spiritual vintage and that all effort and all moving forward is of a spiritual nature, and that while your physical being may be called upon to exert and to put forth effort that moves an item from one place to another and then on a more complex scale builds buildings or conducts such miraculous deeds that are evidenced in the physical, it all begins in the spiritual.

Without further example and without prolongation of that which we speak, I wish to simply say that as [[spirit]] [[beings]], one of first and foremost considerations for our [[conversations]] with you, (is) to continually reinforce our relatedness as spirit beings, in the encasement and outside of the encasement of the physical vehicle. We are all one in that spiritual relationship, and it is as such that I wish for you to know, in this respect, is of spiritual vintage and that all effort and all moving forward is of a spiritual nature, and that while your physical being may be called upon to exert and to put forth effort that moves an item from one place to another and then on a more complex scale builds buildings or conducts such miraculous deeds that are evidenced in the physical, it all begins in the spiritual.

So I simply wish for you to know that whenever you have the urge to even lift a finger, brush your hair, recondition the couch, fluff a pillow, or anything of exertion orientation, know that it is your will-being that brings about the initiation and the completion of each and every deed. It is this initiation of your will and it's decision to move forward that creates a new condition as a result of that which has its being within your being.

So I simply wish for you to know that whenever you have the urge to even lift a finger, brush your hair, recondition the couch, fluff a pillow, or anything of exertion orientation, know that it is your will-being that brings about the initiation and the completion of each and every deed. It is this initiation of your will and it's decision to move forward that creates a new condition as a result of that which has its being within your being.