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Q. WELMEK, this is Mark. I've [[pondered]] that [[question]] and found it very [[difficult]] inside myself to answer it. It seems that my [[limitations]] only come from my own [[human]] [[qualities]]. I really don't know what [[question]] to ask concerning this. I guess I'm [[confused]] and [[feel]] that my only [[limitation]] to my [[spiritual growth]] is my own [[human]] inefficiencies, if you will. Does this make sense?

Q. WELMEK, this is Mark. I've [[pondered]] that [[question]] and found it very [[difficult]] inside myself to answer it. It seems that my [[limitations]] only come from my own [[human]] [[qualities]]. I really don't know what [[question]] to ask concerning this. I guess I'm [[confused]] and [[feel]] that my only [[limitation]] to my [[spiritual growth]] is my own [[human]] inefficiencies, if you will. Does this make sense?

A. Of course. It is not easy in one sense. Again, you are of [[animal]] [[origin]]. You have a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biochemistry biochemical] [[nature]]. All of these things make it more [[difficult]] for the [[Adjuster]] and the [[angels]] and other spirit [[influences]] to [[communicate]] to your [[minds]]. You should not, again, become [[discouraged]] when you [[realize]] that you're [[human]]. This is your first life, this is your beginning. You will not necessarily achieve [[total]] [[perfection]] in this one short life. The important thing is that you continue to try, that you continue to seek [[guidance]] from [[the Father]]. In time, if you continue, all of these [[questions]], all of these apparent [[stumbling blocks]] will become clear to you and you will see how to circumvent them or how to overcome them. It is mostly a matter of what you [[desire]] to be. If your desire is for inner [[peace]] and inner [[happiness]], if your [[desire]] it to allow [[God]]'s [[love]] to [[flow]] through you, there is [[literally]] nothing that can stand in your way. Continue to try and all of these things will become more [[clear]] to you.

A. Of course. It is not easy in one sense. Again, you are of [[animal]] [[origin]]. You have a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biochemistry biochemical] [[nature]]. All of these things make it more [[difficult]] for the [[Adjuster]] and the [[angels]] and other spirit [[influences]] to [[communicate]] to your [[minds]]. You should not, again, become [[discouraged]] when you [[realize]] that you're [[human]]. This is your first life, this is your beginning. You will not necessarily achieve [[total]] [[perfection]] in this one short life. The important thing is that you continue to try, that you continue to seek [[guidance]] from [[the Father]]. In time, if you continue, all of these [[questions]], all of these apparent [[stumbling blocks]] will become clear to you and you will see how to circumvent them or how to overcome them. It is mostly a matter of what you [[desire]] to be. If your desire is for inner [[peace]] and inner [[happiness]], if your [[desire]] it to allow [[God]]'s [[love]] to [[flow]] through you, there is [[literally]] nothing that can stand in your way. Continue to try and all of these things will become more [[clear]] to you.

Q. My question was just answered, thank you.

Q. My question was just answered, thank you.

Q. Do you have any suggestions that can help me build a closer [[relationship]] with [[the Father]]? In the [[past]] you've suggested [[prayer]] in a [[conversational]] form, and I found this very helpful; but I [[wondered]] if there were some other avenues I could use to expand on this and also to help build [[trust]].

Q. Do you have any suggestions that can help me build a closer [[relationship]] with [[the Father]]? In the [[past]] you've suggested [[prayer]] in a [[conversational]] form, and I found this very helpful; but I [[wondered]] if there were some other avenues I could use to expand on this and also to help build [[trust]].

A. Building the [[relationship]] with [[the Father]] is not something that you do once and it stops. It is an [[experience]] that continually [[grows]] and deepens, just as your [[relationship]] with any other [[being]] would be. Never [[think]] that because you do this for a while that your [[understanding]] has become [[saturated]] somehow. Do not be [[discouraged]] if you do not feel significant leaps or [[degrees]] in your [[understanding]] day by day. It is a [[gradual]] [[process]] that goes on. I and my [[associates]] continue also to [[work]] with this. Your [[question]] about [[trust]] is perhaps best answered by trying to [[understand]] and look at [[parent]]-[[child]] [[relationships]]. The [[Adjuster]] is there to guide you in your life, to guide you in your [[understanding]] of [[the universe]], to guide you in your understanding and [[appreciation]] and [[communication]] with [[God]]. When [[obstacles]] or lessons are placed in your life [[path]], the basic [[human]] [[reaction]] is to want to run away, to find a way to avoid the [[problem]], to pretend it does not exist, or to in a sense try to [[wish]] it away. Most of you by now have come to the [[realization]] that it [[simply]] does not work that way. If you avoid it this time, it will simply come around in some new form, some new [[disguise]]. If you look at the [[love]] that you have for your own [[children]], and you look at how you [[guide]] them, would you ask a young child, a 4 or 5- year-old to [[study]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculus calculus] or some high form of [[mathematics]]? Of course you would not, and your [[reasoning]] would be that this lesson is beyond the current readiness, the current capability of this [[child]]. As you search your [[mind]] as a [[parent]], you try to guide your child in steps, in small increments of [[understanding]] that broaden and [[enlighten]] their understanding but are not too much [[truth]], too much light for them to [[understand]] or too [[complex]] for what their [[mind]] can [[comprehend]] at that [[time]].

A. Building the [[relationship]] with [[the Father]] is not something that you do once and it stops. It is an [[experience]] that continually [[grows]] and deepens, just as your [[relationship]] with any other [[being]] would be. Never [[think]] that because you do this for a while that your [[understanding]] has become [[saturated]] somehow. Do not be [[discouraged]] if you do not feel significant leaps or [[degrees]] in your [[understanding]] day by day. It is a [[gradual]] [[process]] that goes on. I and my [[associates]] continue also to [[work]] with this. Your [[question]] about [[trust]] is perhaps best answered by trying to [[understand]] and look at [[parent]]-[[child]] [[relationships]]. The [[Adjuster]] is there to guide you in your life, to guide you in your [[understanding]] of [[the universe]], to guide you in your understanding and [[appreciation]] and [[communication]] with [[God]]. When [[obstacles]] or lessons are placed in your life [[path]], the basic [[human]] [[reaction]] is to want to run away, to find a way to avoid the [[problem]], to pretend it does not exist, or to in a sense try to [[wish]] it away. Most of you by now have come to the [[realization]] that it [[simply]] does not work that way. If you avoid it this time, it will simply come around in some new form, some new [[disguise]]. If you look at the [[love]] that you have for your own [[children]], and you look at how you [[guide]] them, would you ask a young child, a 4 or 5- year-old to [[study]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculus calculus] or some high form of [[mathematics]]? Of course you would not, and your [[reasoning]] would be that this lesson is beyond the current readiness, the current capability of this [[child]]. As you search your [[mind]] as a [[parent]], you try to guide your child in steps, in small increments of [[understanding]] that broaden and [[enlighten]] their understanding but are not too much [[truth]], too much light for them to [[understand]] or too [[complex]] for what their [[mind]] can [[comprehend]] at that [[time]].

The [[Adjuster]] guides you in this same loving way. There is never a task, never a [[challenge]] that you are given that the [[Adjuster]] cannot guide your through. The [[secret]] is you do not ask for the help of the [[Adjuster]]. You use your own [[minds]], you use your own wills to solve the [[problem]], and often you find that this is not enough, that this does not produce the kinds of solutions that you want. If you [[believe]] that you truly have a [[fragment]] of [[the Father]] residing within you who [[loves]] you and is willing to be your guide, it baffles me why you would not turn to this [[person]]. You turn to [[friends]], you turn to [[therapists]] or other types of [[experts]] in your [[society]]. Their [[understanding]], their [[knowledge]], is..cannot even begin to [[measure]] up to the [[knowledge]] and understanding and the [[love]] for you that the [[Adjuster]] has. Therefore, why do you turn exclusively to these sources when you have the most [[wonderful]] source imaginable within you?

The [[Adjuster]] guides you in this same loving way. There is never a task, never a [[challenge]] that you are given that the [[Adjuster]] cannot guide your through. The [[secret]] is you do not ask for the help of the [[Adjuster]]. You use your own [[minds]], you use your own wills to solve the [[problem]], and often you find that this is not enough, that this does not produce the kinds of solutions that you want. If you [[believe]] that you truly have a [[fragment]] of [[the Father]] residing within you who [[loves]] you and is willing to be your guide, it baffles me why you would not turn to this [[person]]. You turn to [[friends]], you turn to [[therapists]] or other types of [[experts]] in your [[society]]. Their [[understanding]], their [[knowledge]], is..cannot even begin to [[measure]] up to the [[knowledge]] and understanding and the [[love]] for you that the [[Adjuster]] has. Therefore, why do you turn exclusively to these sources when you have the most [[wonderful]] source imaginable within you?

Q.WELMEK, my question is how can I [[discipline]] my mind to eradicate some of these wild [[imaginings]] I have, preconceived notions of the [[future]] or things that may or may not [[materialize]]? It's [[essentially]] a matter of [[trust]] that in time [[all things]] will be worked out. In the meantime, how do I do the daily mindal [[discipline]] to learn to [[love]] and [[trust]] more freely?

Q.WELMEK, my question is how can I [[discipline]] my mind to eradicate some of these wild [[imaginings]] I have, preconceived notions of the [[future]] or things that may or may not [[materialize]]? It's [[essentially]] a matter of [[trust]] that in time [[all things]] will be worked out. In the meantime, how do I do the daily mindal [[discipline]] to learn to [[love]] and [[trust]] more freely?

A. There is a saying that "[[Truth]] is [[stranger]] than [[fiction]]."[http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/truth-is-stranger-than-fiction.html] [[Think]] about this. As you seek inner [[guidance]] and as you become [[aware]] that you are a child of [[the universe]] and that you have an [[eternity]] to [[grow]], gather new [[experience]], to [[love]], to [[share]], to see [[beautiful]] things beyond your [[imagination]], you will begin to see that you don't have to [[worry]] about imagining things. You begin to look at each new day and ask and begin to think "What will this day unfold?" "What new lessons will be brought?" "What new people will I meet?" "What new [[experiences]] will be brought into my life?" If you begin to look at each day in this way, you will find that you do not have to [[manufacture]] things.

A. There is a saying that "[[Truth]] is [[stranger]] than [[fiction]]."[https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/truth-is-stranger-than-fiction.html] [[Think]] about this. As you seek inner [[guidance]] and as you become [[aware]] that you are a child of [[the universe]] and that you have an [[eternity]] to [[grow]], gather new [[experience]], to [[love]], to [[share]], to see [[beautiful]] things beyond your [[imagination]], you will begin to see that you don't have to [[worry]] about imagining things. You begin to look at each new day and ask and begin to think "What will this day unfold?" "What new lessons will be brought?" "What new people will I meet?" "What new [[experiences]] will be brought into my life?" If you begin to look at each day in this way, you will find that you do not have to [[manufacture]] things.

You simply look at each day in [[wonderment]] at the new things that will be brought into your life and simply allow each day to [[unfold]]. It is a change in [[perspective]], but it is important to [[focus]] on each and to look at each day as a new [[opportunity]], a new chance for new [[experiences]], and [[beauty]] and [[love]] to be brought into your life and for you to [[share]] [[beauty]] and [[love]] with others.

You simply look at each day in [[wonderment]] at the new things that will be brought into your life and simply allow each day to [[unfold]]. It is a change in [[perspective]], but it is important to [[focus]] on each and to look at each day as a new [[opportunity]], a new chance for new [[experiences]], and [[beauty]] and [[love]] to be brought into your life and for you to [[share]] [[beauty]] and [[love]] with others.

KARLA: Might I suggest that those people that have not..that this is their first attendance, if they have [[questions]] that we give them [[priority]].

KARLA: Might I suggest that those people that have not..that this is their first attendance, if they have [[questions]] that we give them [[priority]].

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Q. WELMEK, my name is David. This is my second time here; I was here first over the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day Labor Day] weekend. I come from a [[community]] about an hour away, and I have primarily [[studied]] the [[Course in Miracles]] and have [[participated]] in a group that studies A [[Course in Miracles]]. But many of us in this study group have read some of the [[Urantia Book]], and all of us who have [[read]] it have been greatly inspired by the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=UB#Part_IV._The_Life_and_Teachings_of_Jesus fourth section, the life of Jesus]. I've read the [[transcripts]] and have been really helped by that. I [[personally]] would absolutely love to have our own [[teacher]]. Is this appropriate for a [[group]] like ours?

Q. WELMEK, my name is David. This is my second time here; I was here first over the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day Labor Day] weekend. I come from a [[community]] about an hour away, and I have primarily [[studied]] the [[Course in Miracles]] and have [[participated]] in a group that studies A [[Course in Miracles]]. But many of us in this study group have read some of the [[Urantia Book]], and all of us who have [[read]] it have been greatly inspired by the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=UB#Part_IV._The_Life_and_Teachings_of_Jesus fourth section, the life of Jesus]. I've read the [[transcripts]] and have been really helped by that. I [[personally]] would absolutely love to have our own [[teacher]]. Is this appropriate for a [[group]] like ours?

A. To have a [[teacher]] is appropriate for any [[group]] that so [[desires]]. Continue in your [[study]] and we will see what can be done.

A. To have a [[teacher]] is appropriate for any [[group]] that so [[desires]]. Continue in your [[study]] and we will see what can be done.

Q. Marva is on [[vacation]] this week, but she asked me to ask this for her. During her [[personal]] session last week, you spoke of the "[[Essence]] of the Child", and she was so moved. She was not able to get it on tape, she had run out of tape; but she [[thought]] it would be wonderful for the group to hear it; and she asked me to ask you if you would [[repeat]] that.

Q. Marva is on [[vacation]] this week, but she asked me to ask this for her. During her [[personal]] session last week, you spoke of the "[[Essence]] of the Child", and she was so moved. She was not able to get it on tape, she had run out of tape; but she [[thought]] it would be wonderful for the group to hear it; and she asked me to ask you if you would [[repeat]] that.

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===='''''[[Essence]]'''''====

A. The [[essence]] of the child has to do with the [[attitude]] that one takes towards [[the Father]], towards the [[guidance]] of the Father. There is a [[statement]] in your text that says [[Jesus]] was childlike but he was not childish. There is a big [[difference]] in these two [[attitudes]]. Think in your own [[minds]] of how a young child, let us say of 4, 5 or 6 years of age comes to you and looks to you. When you look in their eyes, what do you see? You see [[hope]], you see the [[future]], you see [[wonderment]], you see [[love]]. All of the [[potential]] that exists within the [[human being]] is especially present when you look into the [http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/moodyblues/eyesofachildpart1.html eyes of a young child]. [[Understand]] that while you are older and you look around and you see others in [[adult]] bodies, all of that same [[potential]], all of that same [[essence]] that strikes you when you see a young child is there within each of you.

A. The [[essence]] of the child has to do with the [[attitude]] that one takes towards [[the Father]], towards the [[guidance]] of the Father. There is a [[statement]] in your text that says [[Jesus]] was childlike but he was not childish. There is a big [[difference]] in these two [[attitudes]]. Think in your own [[minds]] of how a young child, let us say of 4, 5 or 6 years of age comes to you and looks to you. When you look in their eyes, what do you see? You see [[hope]], you see the [[future]], you see [[wonderment]], you see [[love]]. All of the [[potential]] that exists within the [[human being]] is especially present when you look into the [https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/moodyblues/eyesofachildpart1.html eyes of a young child]. [[Understand]] that while you are older and you look around and you see others in [[adult]] bodies, all of that same [[potential]], all of that same [[essence]] that strikes you when you see a young child is there within each of you.

You must [[simply]] learn to look beyond the [[physical]] [[presence]] to [[discern]] that young child, that [[essence]] of the child, within each of your [[brothers and sisters]]. Within each of them is [[Thought Adjuster|a spirit]] that longs for [[love]], for [[companionship]], for [[beauty]], for all of the [[good]] things that life has to offer. If you look at this child and you see this [[beauty]] and all of this [[essence]], you see the highest and the most [[beautiful]] that exists within humans. If you can [[learn]] to see this still resident in each of your [[brothers and sisters]], no matter what age, then you are truly [[learning]] to see them as [[Michael]] wants you to see them; and just as you would treat this child in a loving, guiding, considerate, [[compassionate]] way, so also if you see this child in each of your [[brothers and sisters]] you can also treat them in that same way.

You must [[simply]] learn to look beyond the [[physical]] [[presence]] to [[discern]] that young child, that [[essence]] of the child, within each of your [[brothers and sisters]]. Within each of them is [[Thought Adjuster|a spirit]] that longs for [[love]], for [[companionship]], for [[beauty]], for all of the [[good]] things that life has to offer. If you look at this child and you see this [[beauty]] and all of this [[essence]], you see the highest and the most [[beautiful]] that exists within humans. If you can [[learn]] to see this still resident in each of your [[brothers and sisters]], no matter what age, then you are truly [[learning]] to see them as [[Michael]] wants you to see them; and just as you would treat this child in a loving, guiding, considerate, [[compassionate]] way, so also if you see this child in each of your [[brothers and sisters]] you can also treat them in that same way.