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Teachers:

===Group: [[N. Idaho TeaM]]===

 

Machiventa,

===Teacher: [[Machiventa]], [[Elyon]]===

 

===TR: [[Mark Rogers]], [[Jonathan]]===

Elyon

 

Topics:

Machiventa (Mark TR): This is Machiventa. I would take this opportunity to address you and bring you confirmation that the lesson plans we have long formulated for your benefit have been delivered in the most acceptable fashion by your teacher assistants on our side. We observe of you that you have retained a level of understanding of these lessons which we deem to fall within the acceptable level, and we are pleased to acknowledge that real progress has been made in this aspect of the Correcting Time.

 

 

Choice (Fixation, Firmness, Freedom)

 

 

* Machiventa (Mark TR): This is Machiventa. I would take this opportunity to address you and bring you confirmation that the lesson plans we have long formulated for your benefit have been delivered in the most acceptable fashion by your teacher assistants on our side. We observe of you that you have retained a level of understanding of these lessons which we deem to fall within the acceptable level, and we are pleased to acknowledge that real progress has been made in this aspect of the Correcting Time.

Many of the lessons have found root deep within your beings, and these sprouts are the promise of the future developments. While the learning process is certainly in no way completed or fulfilled, we see that significant progress has been made. I, being of an order desiring to implement action, urge you to reside with the aspects of our lesson plans which you now possess as part of your own being, and to look for opportunities wherein these well-seeded beds may be fruitful. I urge you to hold fast to these truths and realities as we proceed forward on a larger scale. By holding onto these broader perspectives and universal truths, individuals such as yourselves should not be caught quite so unaware or off guard when future events on your world provide the stimulus for much needed growth.

Many of the lessons have found root deep within your beings, and these sprouts are the promise of the future developments. While the learning process is certainly in no way completed or fulfilled, we see that significant progress has been made. I, being of an order desiring to implement action, urge you to reside with the aspects of our lesson plans which you now possess as part of your own being, and to look for opportunities wherein these well-seeded beds may be fruitful. I urge you to hold fast to these truths and realities as we proceed forward on a larger scale. By holding onto these broader perspectives and universal truths, individuals such as yourselves should not be caught quite so unaware or off guard when future events on your world provide the stimulus for much needed growth.

That is all.

That is all.

* Elyon (Jonathan): Greetings, friends. I am your teacher Elyon, happy once again to be in your presence to share in your fellowship.

Elyon (Jonathan): Greetings, friends. I am your teacher Elyon, happy once again to be in your presence to share in your fellowship.

It is a favorite topic of mine to address, that being choice, for it is of supreme importance throughout the evolutionary ascent. The Supreme is a vast ocean of potential time/space experience. It is alive, ever moving. The tides ebb and flow and create the energies wherein you may derive growth, while at the same time your ascent contributes to the dynamics of the Supreme currents.

It is a favorite topic of mine to address, that being choice, for it is of supreme importance throughout the evolutionary ascent. The Supreme is a vast ocean of potential time/space experience. It is alive, ever moving. The tides ebb and flow and create the energies wherein you may derive growth, while at the same time your ascent contributes to the dynamics of the Supreme currents.

There are three elements to choice that I will focus upon today. The first is freedom, the second firmness, and the third fixation.

There are three elements to choice that I will focus upon today. The first is freedom, the second firmness, and the third fixation.

Perhaps it is easiest to address fixation from the standpoint of stagnation, choice which has eliminated future potential. Let us consider ourselves each as a boat upon this ocean of the Supreme. You, as a vehicle, may choose your course of journey. If you fix your choice negatively, it is as if you had dropped your anchor and you are unable to sail forward. However, if you allow freedom in your volition you can roll with the tides; you can adjust your tack to achieve your destination.

Perhaps it is easiest to address fixation from the standpoint of stagnation, choice which has eliminated future potential. Let us consider ourselves each as a boat upon this ocean of the Supreme. You, as a vehicle, may choose your course of journey. If you fix your choice negatively, it is as if you had dropped your anchor and you are unable to sail forward. However, if you allow freedom in your volition you can roll with the tides; you can adjust your tack to achieve your destination.

But freedom must be accompanied with a firm hand at the helm, and that is your strength of conviction, your determination to reach your destiny, come what may, whether your journey is extended, having to adjust to the fluctuations of time, or whether your course is as direct as you first perceived. Firmness guarantees your arrival. Freedom allows you to adjust so that you attain your goal.

But freedom must be accompanied with a firm hand at the helm, and that is your strength of conviction, your determination to reach your destiny, come what may, whether your journey is extended, having to adjust to the fluctuations of time, or whether your course is as direct as you first perceived. Firmness guarantees your arrival. Freedom allows you to adjust so that you attain your goal.

Jada: Is fixation a sense of taking a rest from progression?

Jada: Is fixation a sense of taking a rest from progression?

* Elyon: I have attempted to illustrate that a decision that is firm allows flexibility where a decision that is fixed removes the potential for adjustment. A decision may be permanent but it must not fix. It ought to be firm and accommodating to the variabilities that face you in life. Does this clarify?

Elyon: I have attempted to illustrate that a decision that is firm allows flexibility where a decision that is fixed removes the potential for adjustment. A decision may be permanent but it must not fix. It ought to be firm and accommodating to the variabilities that face you in life. Does this clarify?

Jada: Yes.

Jada: Yes.

Mark: Would I be off base to say that is the resolve of a person, that you are resolved to a mission wherever it may take you?

Mark: Would I be off base to say that is the resolve of a person, that you are resolved to a mission wherever it may take you?

* Elyon: Good observation. Your resolution will accommodate adjustment. Your eyes are on the other shore, though you may have to make your way around islands to reach that goal. Your determination to make your journey will not change, though your course may have to adjust.

Elyon: Good observation. Your resolution will accommodate adjustment. Your eyes are on the other shore, though you may have to make your way around islands to reach that goal. Your determination to make your journey will not change, though your course may have to adjust.

Mark: That determination often comes from our faith that, even though there are stormy seas requiring adjustments, the storm will pass and we will make it. That gives the strength to face the storm head on and do what needs to be done to make it to still waters again.

Mark: That determination often comes from our faith that, even though there are stormy seas requiring adjustments, the storm will pass and we will make it. That gives the strength to face the storm head on and do what needs to be done to make it to still waters again.

* Elyon: Indeed. The fundamental of evolutionary life is constant change, dynamic interchange. The only thing constant is your ability to continually choose. Without change choice is irrelevant. It is not the Supreme purpose of the Father in this universe age to eliminate change; that has preceded the Supreme experience. Now the currents flow; personalities evolve, and, as you say, the storms will rise and fall. The days will be clear and stormy. This is a dynamic universe.

Elyon: Indeed. The fundamental of evolutionary life is constant change, dynamic interchange. The only thing constant is your ability to continually choose. Without change choice is irrelevant. It is not the Supreme purpose of the Father in this universe age to eliminate change; that has preceded the Supreme experience. Now the currents flow; personalities evolve, and, as you say, the storms will rise and fall. The days will be clear and stormy. This is a dynamic universe.

Mark: I get the sense from the teachers, even Machiventa this morning, that the potential for great change may be upon us. I want to tell all of you that I feel prepared for major changes as a result of your lessons. Thank you. Bring it on. We are equipped even for rough seas. Thank you for preparing us for sea-worthiness.

Mark: I get the sense from the teachers, even Machiventa this morning, that the potential for great change may be upon us. I want to tell all of you that I feel prepared for major changes as a result of your lessons. Thank you. Bring it on. We are equipped even for rough seas. Thank you for preparing us for sea-worthiness.

* Elyon: I acknowledge your feelings, and I discern that your sails are in good order, that your ropes are wound appropriately. You are ready to take on the seas.

Elyon: I acknowledge your feelings, and I discern that your sails are in good order, that your ropes are wound appropriately. You are ready to take on the seas.

Mary: Machiventa, I thank you for your many years of service and devotion to Urantia. You were here in the times of Abraham. We see Mother Teresa working in the gutters of India and what a blessed soul she is. I think you qualify for that, Machiventa. Urantia must be the lower end of the universe as far as desirable places. You have certainly been putting in your time. I appreciate you.

Mary: Machiventa, I thank you for your many years of service and devotion to Urantia. You were here in the times of Abraham. We see Mother Teresa working in the gutters of India and what a blessed soul she is. I think you qualify for that, Machiventa. Urantia must be the lower end of the universe as far as desirable places. You have certainly been putting in your time. I appreciate you.

* Machiventa (Mark): I accept your vocalizations of gratitude. I state that as a matter of course all glory and goodness are attributed to the Father, that you may have some difficulty in your perspective understanding such long term devotion to patiently wait out this master plan. But I tell you that as impressive as that may be to you, one of the Father's creations, I am equally impressed by your having come from your station in life of a created being to the embrace of the Father and the wisdom that is inherent with that embrace. In one short lifetime it is exceedingly rare to witness such spiritual progression, and I am often in awe of the steps you each have taken to be at this place with me here and now. We each have a great deal to learn one from the other and we each have a great deal to share with the other in our understanding of the greatness and the glory that is the Father. I recognize you as well.

Machiventa (Mark): I accept your vocalizations of gratitude. I state that as a matter of course all glory and goodness are attributed to the Father, that you may have some difficulty in your perspective understanding such long term devotion to patiently wait out this master plan. But I tell you that as impressive as that may be to you, one of the Father's creations, I am equally impressed by your having come from your station in life of a created being to the embrace of the Father and the wisdom that is inherent with that embrace. In one short lifetime it is exceedingly rare to witness such spiritual progression, and I am often in awe of the steps you each have taken to be at this place with me here and now. We each have a great deal to learn one from the other and we each have a great deal to share with the other in our understanding of the greatness and the glory that is the Father. I recognize you as well.

Evelyn: Could you say more about fixation? You are always so positive and not likely to point out our faults, and each of us can imagine our own fixations, but can you point out perhaps a group fixation? Something more specific.

Evelyn: Could you say more about fixation? You are always so positive and not likely to point out our faults, and each of us can imagine our own fixations, but can you point out perhaps a group fixation? Something more specific.

Firmly being directed toward the Supreme is a bit lofty. What fixations are impeding us today?

Firmly being directed toward the Supreme is a bit lofty. What fixations are impeding us today?

* Elyon (Jonathan): The purpose of my focus upon these words "fixation" and "firmness" was to underline the importance of flexibility. A boat will take on water if it is not allowed to sail freely. However, a directionless vessel will likewise lose its course and be blown afar. I would ask you to make this a test as you face decisions. Are you reacting in a static, stubborn way to conditions that confront you? Or are you holding firm, able to adjust and yet stay the course dynamically? I do not perceive a serious flaw with any one of you. I desire only to provide you with a technique that will help you during the difficult times of choice. It is good to be firm in resolve. It is not good to be fixed and stagnant. The only thing in all the universe that is unmoving is the Paradise Abode. All else is dynamic.

Elyon (Jonathan): The purpose of my focus upon these words "fixation" and "firmness" was to underline the importance of flexibility. A boat will take on water if it is not allowed to sail freely. However, a directionless vessel will likewise lose its course and be blown afar. I would ask you to make this a test as you face decisions. Are you reacting in a static, stubborn way to conditions that confront you? Or are you holding firm, able to adjust and yet stay the course dynamically? I do not perceive a serious flaw with any one of you. I desire only to provide you with a technique that will help you during the difficult times of choice. It is good to be firm in resolve. It is not good to be fixed and stagnant. The only thing in all the universe that is unmoving is the Paradise Abode. All else is dynamic.

One of the more difficult decisions to be made is that which entails the leaving behind of something once cherished. It brings a sense of potential loss and, if not appropriately addressed, can make some feel that perhaps what they were leaving was once wrong to have held on to. You know through the course of your growth that every stage is a stepping stone to another level of attainment and valid. Walk firmly. Do not become fixed at any step. Step strongly at each point. Be who you are as you are today, each day. And ever be ready to roll forward.

One of the more difficult decisions to be made is that which entails the leaving behind of something once cherished. It brings a sense of potential loss and, if not appropriately addressed, can make some feel that perhaps what they were leaving was once wrong to have held on to. You know through the course of your growth that every stage is a stepping stone to another level of attainment and valid. Walk firmly. Do not become fixed at any step. Step strongly at each point. Be who you are as you are today, each day. And ever be ready to roll forward.

Mary: We don't realize how often we make choices. A lot of choices are reflexive. We could be more conscious of choosing, that things aren't inevitable, like the choices of how to react in a situation. We think of choosing to act, but we also choose our attitudes. It would help to be more aware of our choosing when they aren't momentous choices.

Mary: We don't realize how often we make choices. A lot of choices are reflexive. We could be more conscious of choosing, that things aren't inevitable, like the choices of how to react in a situation. We think of choosing to act, but we also choose our attitudes. It would help to be more aware of our choosing when they aren't momentous choices.

* Elyon: Good point, and I would draw upon a word you said, "reflexive" and compare it to "repetitive" and parallel those with "fixation" and "firmness". Reflexive can occur almost without your ability to control. Repetitive is a decision to choose once again the same choice you made beforehand. That you have control over and can alter if the need arises.

Elyon: Good point, and I would draw upon a word you said, "reflexive" and compare it to "repetitive" and parallel those with "fixation" and "firmness". Reflexive can occur almost without your ability to control. Repetitive is a decision to choose once again the same choice you made beforehand. That you have control over and can alter if the need arises.

Mary: Choice can interrupt a habit we may have seen as reflexive. By engaging consciously we can interrupt a cycle in need of change. Now may be the time to interject choice and make it current and appropriate.

Mary: Choice can interrupt a habit we may have seen as reflexive. By engaging consciously we can interrupt a cycle in need of change. Now may be the time to interject choice and make it current and appropriate.

* Machiventa (Mark): Machiventa here again. I would offer you what may be a helpful, quick, flashcard type examination, when one is interested in discerning what one's fixation point may be in a given situation or what the anchor may be. One might simply ask yourself the following; "I would do great things if it were not for ____." That is, "I would do lofty things; I would be idealistic; I would follow my visions if it were not for ____". Therein you will find your tether; you will find what binds you to your fixation point. It could be a variety of things, but the urge to follow your loftiest ideal may be reined in, may be anchored, at a specific point. If you follow that back to the anchor you will find the source of your fixation. So, next time inspiration comes to you, say to yourself, "That is a great idea. I would do that except for ____", and then you have something for you to work on.

Machiventa (Mark): Machiventa here again. I would offer you what may be a helpful, quick, flashcard type examination, when one is interested in discerning what one's fixation point may be in a given situation or what the anchor may be. One might simply ask yourself the following; "I would do great things if it were not for ____." That is, "I would do lofty things; I would be idealistic; I would follow my visions if it were not for ____". Therein you will find your tether; you will find what binds you to your fixation point. It could be a variety of things, but the urge to follow your loftiest ideal may be reined in, may be anchored, at a specific point. If you follow that back to the anchor you will find the source of your fixation. So, next time inspiration comes to you, say to yourself, "That is a great idea. I would do that except for ____", and then you have something for you to work on.

Jonathan: We can be firm in saying, "I would (such and such)" and notice where we fix it, and then address those two points, what is desired to be accomplished and what we are using to thwart the purpose.

Jonathan: We can be firm in saying, "I would (such and such)" and notice where we fix it, and then address those two points, what is desired to be accomplished and what we are using to thwart the purpose.

* Machiventa: Even to take it one step further, rather than, "I would, if it were not for ____", "I will even if I have to overcome ____". That is the difference between the long range, "I will conquer" and the short range, "I would if it were not for ____". One denotes determination to conquer, the other denotes defeat at your anchor cable point.

Machiventa: Even to take it one step further, rather than, "I would, if it were not for ____", "I will even if I have to overcome ____". That is the difference between the long range, "I will conquer" and the short range, "I would if it were not for ____". One denotes determination to conquer, the other denotes defeat at your anchor cable point.

Tom: That's where we find our freedom.

Tom: That's where we find our freedom.

* Machiventa: Well said. Cut the tether if it does not serve you. You are entitled to cut the anchor cable.

Machiventa: Well said. Cut the tether if it does not serve you. You are entitled to cut the anchor cable.

Thank you, class.

Thank you, class.

* Elyon (Jonathan): This is Elyon. I would draw a close to our meeting by saying let's pull into port and take shore leave.

 

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