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"Enduring" is the qualifier, and [[enduring]] is so far removed from your [[culture]] of today which is so inundated with fast food, quick print, easy on, easy off and disposable [[representations]] of [[reality]]. You have no [[frame of reference]] for what is enduring. Enduring a five minute line at the bank is often more than you can bear; how can you in good [[faith]] [[respect]] the [[quality]] of enduring peace as a way of life? And yet, if it is not undertaken as a way of life, by you first, and soon by many others, until most have complied by the new [[standard]], how else will we develop such an [[appreciation]] for world wide and all pervasive enduring peace as a quality of [[reality]] throughout [[the universe]]?

"Enduring" is the qualifier, and [[enduring]] is so far removed from your [[culture]] of today which is so inundated with fast food, quick print, easy on, easy off and disposable [[representations]] of [[reality]]. You have no [[frame of reference]] for what is enduring. Enduring a five minute line at the bank is often more than you can bear; how can you in good [[faith]] [[respect]] the [[quality]] of enduring peace as a way of life? And yet, if it is not undertaken as a way of life, by you first, and soon by many others, until most have complied by the new [[standard]], how else will we develop such an [[appreciation]] for world wide and all pervasive enduring peace as a quality of [[reality]] throughout [[the universe]]?

The [[challenge]] for you then is to realize that you can retain the thrill of [[existence]] even as you reside within the boundaries of [[peace]], for then you have all that quality time and space within which to develop meaningful [[investigations]] into [[righteousness]] and reality levels heretofore unavailable to you because you were perforce following the [[flirtations]] with your more [[primitive]] nature and the lesser natures of your beloved brethren. You have been [[admonished]] to "gird up the loins of your mind." When this is in [[effect]], it is easier to see how your [[self-mastery]] [[reveals]] itself; or, alternately, how your lesser nature is in the [[practice]] of taking your higher nature for a walk down [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_Lane Penny Lane].

The [[challenge]] for you then is to realize that you can retain the thrill of [[existence]] even as you reside within the boundaries of [[peace]], for then you have all that quality time and space within which to develop meaningful [[investigations]] into [[righteousness]] and reality levels heretofore unavailable to you because you were perforce following the [[flirtations]] with your more [[primitive]] nature and the lesser natures of your beloved brethren. You have been [[admonished]] to "gird up the loins of your mind." When this is in [[effect]], it is easier to see how your [[self-mastery]] [[reveals]] itself; or, alternately, how your lesser nature is in the [[practice]] of taking your higher nature for a walk down [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_Lane Penny Lane].

The reward for fostering the [[value]] of enduring [[peace]] is the quality of [[fraternity]] that results, the [[freedom]] to enjoy that which is portrayed by your spiritual [[fragrance]] in the social fields wherein trade and [[commerce]] are an active part of your [[community]] [[interactions]] and sense of [[satisfaction]]. You begin to put peace into your quality lives on a daily basis, unyielding as to allowing yourself to be toppled by the ebullient and immature [[enthusiasm]] of others. I speak to you as [[apostles]] and [[teachers]], as noble sons and daughters of our Creators, as members of my [[family]].

The reward for fostering the [[value]] of enduring [[peace]] is the quality of [[fraternity]] that results, the [[freedom]] to enjoy that which is portrayed by your spiritual [[fragrance]] in the social fields wherein trade and [[commerce]] are an active part of your [[community]] [[interactions]] and sense of [[satisfaction]]. You begin to put peace into your quality lives on a daily basis, unyielding as to allowing yourself to be toppled by the ebullient and immature [[enthusiasm]] of others. I speak to you as [[apostles]] and [[teachers]], as noble sons and daughters of our Creators, as members of my [[family]].

THOROAH: We had a question; this also kind of fits in there, I think "What does it mean to be [[immune]] to [[disappointment]]?"

THOROAH: We had a question; this also kind of fits in there, I think "What does it mean to be [[immune]] to [[disappointment]]?"

TOMAS: I appreciate the question. The nature of the question provokes my mind, [[challenges]] my [[creativity]], stimulates my desire to convey [[truth, beauty, and goodness]], but what indeed does it mean to be immune to disappointment? It is very much, this question, like a child might ask, "What is it like to live in France?" or what you might ask, Thoroah, "Paulo, what is it like to live in an [[architectural sphere]]?" For truly, at this point in your [[growth]], you are in need of a disappointing experience every now and again, in order for you to develop some [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Grit_%28novel%29 true grit].

TOMAS: I appreciate the question. The nature of the question provokes my mind, [[challenges]] my [[creativity]], stimulates my desire to convey [[truth, beauty, and goodness]], but what indeed does it mean to be immune to disappointment? It is very much, this question, like a child might ask, "What is it like to live in France?" or what you might ask, Thoroah, "Paulo, what is it like to live in an [[architectural sphere]]?" For truly, at this point in your [[growth]], you are in need of a disappointing experience every now and again, in order for you to develop some [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Grit_%28novel%29 true grit].

As if you were a sapling, a young tree, whose [[seed]] took [[root]] in the crevice of a rock, that grows now on the side of a cliff; having held on for so long, so tenaciously, it is essentially [[adhered]] to the rock so that it cannot fall, cannot blow away. This is how it is when you are [[immune]] to [[disappointment]]. You have your self so firmly entrenched in [[reality]], you are not mindful of the gales that would rip you from your [[foundations]]. They blow past you as meaningless as gnats or butterflies in the [[wind]].

As if you were a sapling, a young tree, whose [[seed]] took [[root]] in the crevice of a rock, that grows now on the side of a cliff; having held on for so long, so tenaciously, it is essentially [[adhered]] to the rock so that it cannot fall, cannot blow away. This is how it is when you are [[immune]] to [[disappointment]]. You have your self so firmly entrenched in [[reality]], you are not mindful of the gales that would rip you from your [[foundations]]. They blow past you as meaningless as gnats or butterflies in the [[wind]].

THOROAH: Last week you mentioned or alluded to your housing. Not just necessarily your housing but as we've learned, we have a host of [[visitors]] from many [[dimensions]] around [[Urantia|this sphere]] and you alluded to housing, an "[[architectural sphere]]" if you will, where you dwell in your temporary [[duty]] here.

THOROAH: Last week you mentioned or alluded to your housing. Not just necessarily your housing but as we've learned, we have a host of [[visitors]] from many [[dimensions]] around [[Urantia|this sphere]] and you alluded to housing, an "[[architectural sphere]]" if you will, where you dwell in your temporary [[duty]] here.

PAULO: Indeed we do have housing provided, those of us who are on [[this mission]] to [[Urantia]]. It's a far different sort of apartamente than you are familiar with, but it's one that enables us to see into your lives so quickly. You would have to [[imagine]] it as, perhaps, a space ship environment that had a lot of monitoring screens so that we can see all over the place from the deck. We can network in ways that you would rightfully be [[jealous]] of; therefore we can encircle the globe more as if we were the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_the_Round_Table Knights of the Round Table] sitting at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_the_Round_Table#History Round Table], in the center of which was carved out a circle and in the middle of which hung suspended planet [[Urantia]] and we are able to discuss it's [[developments]] as they happen.

PAULO: Indeed we do have housing provided, those of us who are on [[this mission]] to [[Urantia]]. It's a far different sort of apartamente than you are familiar with, but it's one that enables us to see into your lives so quickly. You would have to [[imagine]] it as, perhaps, a space ship environment that had a lot of monitoring screens so that we can see all over the place from the deck. We can network in ways that you would rightfully be [[jealous]] of; therefore we can encircle the globe more as if we were the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_the_Round_Table Knights of the Round Table] sitting at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_the_Round_Table#History Round Table], in the center of which was carved out a circle and in the middle of which hung suspended planet [[Urantia]] and we are able to discuss it's [[developments]] as they happen.

This is the [[architectural sphere]] I am most familiar with. However, I have been to the daily [[counsel]] meetings, the [[morning]] briefings, as a [[visitor]], and have been able to see that their set-up, their architectural sphere is quite different, although similar.

This is the [[architectural sphere]] I am most familiar with. However, I have been to the daily [[counsel]] meetings, the [[morning]] briefings, as a [[visitor]], and have been able to see that their set-up, their architectural sphere is quite different, although similar.

And so whatever it is that a body needs to do, there is an environment provided wherein the body may be housed and made ready to [[perform]] when and as required. It's as if, like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Janeway Captain Janeway], we all had our own "ready room" and so we have a degree of [[privacy]] but it's right down the hall from where everyone gathers in [[anticipation]] of the latest developments in the [[unfolding]] of the re-encircuitment of the peoples and systems of [[Urantia]]. I have to assume that you are seeing this in your [[mind's eye]], Thoroah, as a [[UFO]], for I said . ..

And so whatever it is that a body needs to do, there is an environment provided wherein the body may be housed and made ready to [[perform]] when and as required. It's as if, like [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Janeway Captain Janeway], we all had our own "ready room" and so we have a degree of [[privacy]] but it's right down the hall from where everyone gathers in [[anticipation]] of the latest developments in the [[unfolding]] of the re-encircuitment of the peoples and systems of [[Urantia]]. I have to assume that you are seeing this in your [[mind's eye]], Thoroah, as a [[UFO]], for I said . ..

THOROAH: "Space ship."

THOROAH: "Space ship."

PAULO: . .. something about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek Star Trek].

PAULO: . .. something about [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek Star Trek].

THOROAH: Well, I'm [[thinking]] along that line, yes, in the sense that an [[architectural sphere]], we might think of it in terms of a space ship, however, we've heard descriptions now that talk about these monstrous constructions, miles wide, miles in [[circumference]], which would in my mind be more like a sphere, per se, than a "space ship" and to be, from our [[perspective]], somewhat [[holographic]] in nature and able to be seen at certain [[vibrational]] levels depending on how it [[coordinates]] between humans and the coordinates you're operating with.

THOROAH: Well, I'm [[thinking]] along that line, yes, in the sense that an [[architectural sphere]], we might think of it in terms of a space ship, however, we've heard descriptions now that talk about these monstrous constructions, miles wide, miles in [[circumference]], which would in my mind be more like a sphere, per se, than a "space ship" and to be, from our [[perspective]], somewhat [[holographic]] in nature and able to be seen at certain [[vibrational]] levels depending on how it [[coordinates]] between humans and the coordinates you're operating with.

Enlarge that concept now to incorporate the [[galaxy]] and you have a fair representation of how the differing [[levels of reality]] are able to co-exist in [[time and space]] even while on an individual and independent [[orbit]] of [[evolution]] or development. Also, many of these life forms and [[entities]] are mobile and many of them are relatively fixed, and so there is a great deal of reliance upon [[pattern]] and recognition of [[design]].

Enlarge that concept now to incorporate the [[galaxy]] and you have a fair representation of how the differing [[levels of reality]] are able to co-exist in [[time and space]] even while on an individual and independent [[orbit]] of [[evolution]] or development. Also, many of these life forms and [[entities]] are mobile and many of them are relatively fixed, and so there is a great deal of reliance upon [[pattern]] and recognition of [[design]].

THOROAH: Could some of the [[pattern]] and [[design]] that everyone relies on, can that relate to some of the things that we look at in a Star-Trek'ian kind of way, of certain [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate stargates], as they're called? Certain pathways for certain energies are directed on [[purpose]]?

THOROAH: Could some of the [[pattern]] and [[design]] that everyone relies on, can that relate to some of the things that we look at in a Star-Trek'ian kind of way, of certain [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate stargates], as they're called? Certain pathways for certain energies are directed on [[purpose]]?

PAULO: I suspect so, however I have not been here long and I have not seen all the [[episodes]]. (Giggles) Even so I do understand your mental mechanisms to register half-here, half-there [[phenomenon]] that might be mistaken for [[morontial]] when it is in fact [[material]], but in a different state of [[existence]], such that you can't see each other, or one can't see the other, rather like a mirror on one side, window on the other situation. My reference to patterns and designs, however, has much to do with the activity in [[the universe]], the tremendous and diverse comings and goings of all manner of [[reality]]. It looks like empty space to you. Well, I have news for you. It is full of universes of [[time and space]].

PAULO: I suspect so, however I have not been here long and I have not seen all the [[episodes]]. (Giggles) Even so I do understand your mental mechanisms to register half-here, half-there [[phenomenon]] that might be mistaken for [[morontial]] when it is in fact [[material]], but in a different state of [[existence]], such that you can't see each other, or one can't see the other, rather like a mirror on one side, window on the other situation. My reference to patterns and designs, however, has much to do with the activity in [[the universe]], the tremendous and diverse comings and goings of all manner of [[reality]]. It looks like empty space to you. Well, I have news for you. It is full of universes of [[time and space]].

THOROAH: So [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_traffic_control air traffic control] must be rather [[complex]].

THOROAH: So [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_traffic_control air traffic control] must be rather [[complex]].

PAULO: Highly complex and fine-tuned "well organized [[channels]]," as they say. There are indeed massive craft(s) that [[escape]] your [[radar]] because they are out of range, just like certain sonar is not heard by all [[mammals]] but is painfully apparent to some.

PAULO: Highly complex and fine-tuned "well organized [[channels]]," as they say. There are indeed massive craft(s) that [[escape]] your [[radar]] because they are out of range, just like certain sonar is not heard by all [[mammals]] but is painfully apparent to some.