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DATE: April 2, 2006

===Topic: ''Know Thyself, Political Sub-Culture''===

LOCATION: Central NM, USA

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

T/R: Gerdean

===Teacher: [[Tomas]], [[Merium]]===

 

===TR: [[Gerdean]]===

 

MERIUM: May I come in? I am Merium. It's so soft and gentle in here, I feel I am going to wake the baby. What a lovely repose you have mastered. Speaking of the Master, he is here with us, and I'll tell you that he said it pleased him that you remembered to stop at the well on the way to gather your eggs ~ he who is the well. It gives him a chance to bless you in your comings and goings, to plant a kiss upon your brow, to encourage you on your way. On your way where? Wherever it is he sends you out to play, or wherever you by your own devising find adventurous.

MERIUM: May I come in? I am Merium. It's so soft and gentle in here, I feel I am going to wake the baby. What a lovely repose you have mastered. Speaking of the Master, he is here with us, and I'll tell you that he said it pleased him that you remembered to stop at the well on the way to gather your eggs ~ he who is the well. It gives him a chance to bless you in your comings and goings, to plant a kiss upon your brow, to encourage you on your way. On your way where? Wherever it is he sends you out to play, or wherever you by your own devising find adventurous.

But before I fluff up your pillows, which hardly yet need fluffing, I have a friend and visitor here who would like to say Hello.

But before I fluff up your pillows, which hardly yet need fluffing, I have a friend and visitor here who would like to say Hello.

TOMAS: I am Tomas. Group: Hello, Tomas. TOMAS: Hello, Renault. How good to see you. Renault: Likewise.

TOMAS: I am Tomas. Group: Hello, Tomas.  

 

TOMAS: Hello, Renault. How good to see you.  

 

Renault: Likewise.

TOMAS: And my chary couple, Thoroah and Gerdean. Blessings be upon you. I have been engaged in learning some new things, and have been enjoying the effects Merium has had on you and on the group here. I am going to come back and spend some time in this base again and keep Merium company as we have before worked together in the Butler camp and the Pittsburgh post.

TOMAS: And my chary couple, Thoroah and Gerdean. Blessings be upon you. I have been engaged in learning some new things, and have been enjoying the effects Merium has had on you and on the group here. I am going to come back and spend some time in this base again and keep Merium company as we have before worked together in the Butler camp and the Pittsburgh post.

 

We'll talk today about LIFE. Life is entirely too big to be defined. Every creature has some understanding of life, dependent on its own consciousness of being, and even those who are not conscious of consciousness are still aware of life. Life is mechanical as well as spiritual. It is inclusive of a gamut of realities. It may be personal; it may remain impersonal. It may be instructional; it may be institutional. Life is divine and life is carnal, as well.

We'll talk today about LIFE. Life is entirely too big to be defined. Every creature has some understanding of life, dependent on its own consciousness of being, and even those who are not conscious of consciousness are still aware of life. Life is mechanical as well as spiritual. It is inclusive of a gamut of realities. It may be personal; it may remain impersonal. It may be instructional; it may be institutional. Life is divine and life is carnal, as well.

MERIUM: Are you asleep? Shall we open the windows? I hear the influence of nature around you and sense the climate influences (and other influences as well), so I would suggest we lighten up and fluff the pillows, perhaps allowing our consciousness to enliven in such a way as to either respond to Tomas' lesson or engage in some other repartee that would allow us to say we had a pleasant time instead of one of those dull lectures for which Tomas is so famous.

MERIUM: Are you asleep? Shall we open the windows? I hear the influence of nature around you and sense the climate influences (and other influences as well), so I would suggest we lighten up and fluff the pillows, perhaps allowing our consciousness to enliven in such a way as to either respond to Tomas' lesson or engage in some other repartee that would allow us to say we had a pleasant time instead of one of those dull lectures for which Tomas is so famous.

Thoroah: It wasn't hard. It wasn't dull. MERIUM: Well, I'm certainly glad to hear you say so. Renault: I'll speak up. Let you know I'm here. MERIUM: Okay. What do you want to talk about, while you are speaking up?

MERIUM: Oh, that was Tomas. Do you want to talk to Tomas again?  

Renault: You had started to say something about politics. What was it that you were going to say? MERIUM: Oh, that was Tomas. Do you want to talk to Tomas again? Renault: Well, just, did he complete his … what he was going to tell us about politics?

Renault: Well, just, did he complete his … what he was going to tell us about politics?

TOMAS: Yes, I did, actually. I was only using it as an example of a part of the whole, as if it were a civilization inside a civilization, or a system within a system.

TOMAS: Yes, I did, actually. I was only using it as an example of a part of the whole, as if it were a civilization inside a civilization, or a system within a system.

Renault: Um-hum. Sub-culture. TOMAS: Sub-culture, yes.

Renault: Um-hum. Sub-culture.  

 

TOMAS: Sub-culture, yes.

Renault: Politics is something we think about some of the time. It is not necessarily all-consuming in all of our lives. It does affect all our lives, but I don't think we actually -- we talk about it sometimes but then we move on.

Renault: Politics is something we think about some of the time. It is not necessarily all-consuming in all of our lives. It does affect all our lives, but I don't think we actually -- we talk about it sometimes but then we move on.

Renault: Probably having to do with the situation of the world and what we hear about in the news, about happenings in the world, some sort of political news rather than any other category.

Renault: Probably having to do with the situation of the world and what we hear about in the news, about happenings in the world, some sort of political news rather than any other category.

TOMAS: Based on government? Based on-- Renault: Yeah. TOMAS: -- nation life. Renault: Yeah. TOMAS: Or political parties. Political -- Renault: Ideas. TOMAS: Ideologies. Renault: Gleanings. What's important. What they do with our money, our funds.

TOMAS: Based on government? Based on--

 

Renault: Yeah.  

 

TOMAS: -- nation life.  

 

Renault: Yeah. TOMAS: Or political parties. Political --  

 

Renault: Ideas.  

 

TOMAS: Ideologies. Renault: Gleanings. What's important. What they do with our money, our funds.

TOMAS: Money. Civilization.

TOMAS: Money. Civilization.

"Parties" is such a misnomer anyway, because, well, "parties" is a misnomer in itself, perhaps based on human gregariousness … that any time people get together they are having a good time.

"Parties" is such a misnomer anyway, because, well, "parties" is a misnomer in itself, perhaps based on human gregariousness … that any time people get together they are having a good time.

Renault: What strikes you funny? Gerdean: His playing with definitions. Renault: Party? Gerdean: Yeah. As if to say, "they don't sound like they're having that much fun!" Renault: Yeah. Really.

Renault: What strikes you funny?  

 

Gerdean: His playing with definitions.  

 

Renault: Party?  

 

Gerdean: Yeah. As if to say, "they don't sound like they're having that much fun!"  

 

Renault: Yeah. Really.

TOMAS: You really are talking about blocs. And perhaps 20 or 30 blocs might represent a limited local power, like a province or something.

TOMAS: You really are talking about blocs. And perhaps 20 or 30 blocs might represent a limited local power, like a province or something.

Renault: Representation, yeah. One representative for so many thousand people.

Renault: Representation, yeah. One representative for so many thousand people.

TOMAS: Well that's certainly a system. That's the system of government that you live with. Renault: We all agree to it.

TOMAS: Well that's certainly a system. That's the system of government that you live with.  

 

Renault: We all agree to it.

TOMAS: Well, someone agreed to it originally and others are following suit. Not everyone is overtly engaged in upholding the system.

TOMAS: Well, someone agreed to it originally and others are following suit. Not everyone is overtly engaged in upholding the system.

Thoroah: I thought of the idea three-party system. You have the Beauty party, the Truth party, and the Goodness party.

Thoroah: I thought of the idea three-party system. You have the Beauty party, the Truth party, and the Goodness party.

TOMAS: That sounds like a plan. Can you be a party to all the parties at once? Thoroah: You certain can! That's the whole deal! Hopefully they'd all fit together real well. TOMAS: They might even come alive! Well, I feel better now. Shall I give you back to Merium?

TOMAS: That sounds like a plan. Can you be a party to all the parties at once?  

Renault: Thank you, Tomas. Thoroah: Thanks a lot. Renault: Love having you.

 

 

Renault: Thank you,  

 

Tomas. Thoroah: Thanks a lot.

 

Renault: Love having you.

MERIUM: I've always enjoyed working with Uncle Tomas. He's very easy to work with, you know. Most of us are!

MERIUM: I've always enjoyed working with Uncle Tomas. He's very easy to work with, you know. Most of us are!

It certainly would eliminate a lot of judgment, wouldn't it?

It certainly would eliminate a lot of judgment, wouldn't it?

Group: Yes. MERIUM: And "control issues"? Authority issues. Renault: Be who you want to be. Your highest and best. MERIUM: Be who you are. Oh, I saw a question come up. What if you are gay? Renault: Be who you are.

Group: Yes.

 

MERIUM: And "control issues"? Authority issues.  

 

Renault: Be who you want to be. Your highest and best.  

 

MERIUM: Be who you are. Oh, I saw a question come up. What if you are gay?  

 

Renault: Be who you are.

MERIUM: Well, that word "gay" is about as peculiar as the word "party." Group: (Chuckles)

MERIUM: Well, that word "gay" is about as peculiar as the word "party." Group: (Chuckles)

There are, of course, a lot of people who aren't who they are, or who don't behave as they are but how they should.

There are, of course, a lot of people who aren't who they are, or who don't behave as they are but how they should.

Renault: Some people are confused about how to behave. They think they're "being haved." MERIUM: Well, it comes back to that thing about how people judge. Renault: Um-hum. One another.

Renault: Some people are confused about how to behave. They think they're "being haved."  

 

MERIUM: Well, it comes back to that thing about how people judge. Renault: Um-hum. One another.

MERIUM: Instead of just being who they are. They worry about what other people are doing, and how they are manifesting. It's totally unnecessary.

MERIUM: Instead of just being who they are. They worry about what other people are doing, and how they are manifesting. It's totally unnecessary.

MERIUM: Or even fertilizing or aerating seeds that you know are there because they were just revealed to you in the course of natural living. Encouraging the positive is as viable a method of behavior modification as condemning.

MERIUM: Or even fertilizing or aerating seeds that you know are there because they were just revealed to you in the course of natural living. Encouraging the positive is as viable a method of behavior modification as condemning.

Renault: Um-hum. Better. Better. MERIUM: Yes, even better.

Renault: Um-hum. Better. Better.  

 

MERIUM: Yes, even better.

Now, you know what they say about those who "love 'em and leave 'em" … who will say they love you and turn around tomorrow and break your heart. Those of you who know something about love, about true love, about divine love, ought to have a solid base from which to operate, ought to have a real conviction in your soul as to the love you know, and one of the ways that the door opens between you and humanity is, one at a time, to have an instant in which your divine love, your genuine ThySelf love shines upon your fellow and they see it. They respond to it. You can see it in the light in their eyes that they reverberated to the truth, beauty and/or goodness that you showed them. This is no mere seduction. This is the development of cosmic consciousness. Sometimes called Christ Consciousness.

Now, you know what they say about those who "love 'em and leave 'em" … who will say they love you and turn around tomorrow and break your heart. Those of you who know something about love, about true love, about divine love, ought to have a solid base from which to operate, ought to have a real conviction in your soul as to the love you know, and one of the ways that the door opens between you and humanity is, one at a time, to have an instant in which your divine love, your genuine ThySelf love shines upon your fellow and they see it. They respond to it. You can see it in the light in their eyes that they reverberated to the truth, beauty and/or goodness that you showed them. This is no mere seduction. This is the development of cosmic consciousness. Sometimes called Christ Consciousness.

I think I'm losing the connection here. Perhaps it is time to sign off for the afternoon.

Thoroah: Thank you.  

Renault: It's been some pretty powerful stuff. Thoroah: Thank you. MERIUM: Well, it has certainly been our pleasure, you know.

MERIUM: Well, it has certainly been our pleasure, you know.

Renault: And we appreciate the fact that even though we were late, you kept the appointment. Thank you.

Renault: And we appreciate the fact that even though we were late, you kept the appointment. Thank you.

MERIUM: -- go astray, yes. Bye-bye!

MERIUM: -- go astray, yes. Bye-bye!

Renault: Bye! Thanks you very much. Thoroah: Next time!

Renault: Bye! Thanks you very much.  

 

Thoroah: Next time!