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===Dialogue===

===Dialogue===

Marty:  Thank you Teacher Tomas.  I want to thank you very much for this subject you brought up tonight.  I have been [[thinking]] about all of the help that we are getting from the [[celestial]] [[beings]] who are all flocking to help us and what I have begun to [[realize]] is that it is help that is being offered and the [[initiative]]s need to be taken by us.  That was what was making it so interesting because of the need for us to be able to [[develop]] our [[relationships]], to be able to [[work]] [[together]], to make [[group]] [[decisions]] on how to bring our [[planet]] ahead to relate to the [[universe]], to all of the neighbors that are coming to our shores.  Just an interesting [[thing]] to see how we are going to do that, and that is the kind of help I think we need the most, is how to [[work]] [[together]].

Marty:  Thank you Teacher Tomas.  I want to thank you very much for this subject you brought up tonight.  I have been [[thinking]] about all of the help that we are getting from the [[celestial]] [[beings]] who are all flocking to help us and what I have begun to [[realize]] is that it is help that is being offered and the [[initiative]]s need to be taken by us.  That was what was making it so interesting because of the need for us to be able to [[develop]] our [[relationships]], to be able to [[work]] [[together]], to make [[group]] [[decisions]] on how to bring our [[planet]] ahead to relate to the [[universe]], to all of the neighbors that are coming to our shores.  Just an interesting [[thing]] to see how we are going to do that, and that is the kind of help I think we need the most, is how to [[work]] [[together]].

TOMAS:  Well, you certainly have addressed the most potent workforce and the most challenging [[problem]].  [[Learning]] to work [[together]] is truly the issue.  This is why we have tried to [[encourage]] the [[group]] [[concept]], to have a Teacher who has a [[group]], to cultivate that group as a [[community]], because that community has strength.  Some people together can do more than one or two alone.  This is elemental [[physics]].  Prior to [[Teacher Corps|the Teachers]] coming along and encouraging this [[idea]] of [[group]], the [[Urantia Book]] students were also [[encouraged]] to develop [[Societies]].  There is a [[reason]] for this. And we have had tremendous success on one hand and tremendous [[disappointment]] on the other because, yes, one is the [[groups]] keep splitting up, but that is not a problem. This is an example of [[growth]] and [[adaptability]].  

TOMAS:  Well, you certainly have addressed the most potent workforce and the most challenging [[problem]].  [[Learning]] to work [[together]] is truly the issue.  This is why we have tried to [[encourage]] the [[group]] [[concept]], to have a Teacher who has a [[group]], to cultivate that group as a [[community]], because that community has strength.  Some people together can do more than one or two alone.  This is elemental [[physics]].  Prior to [[Teacher Corps|the Teachers]] coming along and encouraging this [[idea]] of [[group]], the [[Urantia Book]] students were also [[encouraged]] to develop [[Societies]].  There is a [[reason]] for this. And we have had tremendous success on one hand and tremendous [[disappointment]] on the other because, yes, one is the [[groups]] keep splitting up, but that is not a problem. This is an example of [[growth]] and [[adaptability]].  

   

   

   

   

Marty:  Well, you know we are totally [[trained]] in [[competition]], and we’re starting from a backward place, just looking at our [[religions]] on this world today.

Marty:  Well, you know we are totally [[trained]] in [[competition]], and we’re starting from a backward place, just looking at our [[religions]] on this world today.

TOMAS: Well, yes, I understand that, and to the extent that you [[understand]] that, we have an [[agreement]] that this is what we have to leave behind. Rather than sitting around all day commiserating about what we have to get rid of and making excuses for why we are not making better [[progress]], we need to [[accept]] the [[fact]] that this is where we came from but we are not going to stay there.  We’re going to bring it forward.  We are not going to use the same old [[tools]] and fall into the same old same trappings, [[ideally]].

TOMAS: Well, yes, I understand that, and to the extent that you [[understand]] that, we have an [[agreement]] that this is what we have to leave behind. Rather than sitting around all day commiserating about what we have to get rid of and making excuses for why we are not making better [[progress]], we need to [[accept]] the [[fact]] that this is where we came from but we are not going to stay there.  We’re going to bring it forward.  We are not going to use the same old [[tools]] and fall into the same old same trappings, [[ideally]].

   

   

   

   

Marty:  I can understand that.

Marty:  I can understand that.

TOMAS:  And I also want to say that there are two ways of looking at what I am saying.  One is [[literally]] and the other is [[metaphorically]].  If you [[practice]] the [[Stillness]] you are separating yourself from them Right Now.  You are [[developing]] a [[reality]] of your own; you are [[developing]] a [[spiritual]] [[reality]] and base of operations that has more [[power]] and more [[energy]] than what you were raised in.  And I’ll grant you that the current [[material]] and [[political]] [[paradigm]] on [[Urantia]] has tremendous [[power]], but it does not have as much power as that which you will find in [[Stillness]] and when those of you who are [[peers]] also adopt the [[practice]] of Stillness and the [[values]] [[inherent]] therein, you have a new [[playing]] field on which to operate. You are armor against that lesser [[reality]]. You have [[sanctuary]] from the [[cacophony]] of their [[propaganda]] beating around your head and shoulders.  You have the [[fruits of the spirit]] that live for you and [[represent]] [[light and life]] that your fellows can [[recognize]] and feed upon instead of trying to pull you down and suck you in and use you up.  

TOMAS:  And I also want to say that there are two ways of looking at what I am saying.  One is [[literally]] and the other is [[metaphorically]].  If you [[practice]] the [[Stillness]] you are separating yourself from them Right Now.  You are [[developing]] a [[reality]] of your own; you are [[developing]] a [[spiritual]] [[reality]] and base of operations that has more [[power]] and more [[energy]] than what you were raised in.  And I’ll grant you that the current [[material]] and [[political]] [[paradigm]] on [[Urantia]] has tremendous [[power]], but it does not have as much power as that which you will find in [[Stillness]] and when those of you who are [[peers]] also adopt the [[practice]] of Stillness and the [[values]] [[inherent]] therein, you have a new [[playing]] field on which to operate. You are armor against that lesser [[reality]]. You have [[sanctuary]] from the [[cacophony]] of their [[propaganda]] beating around your head and shoulders.  You have the [[fruits of the spirit]] that live for you and [[represent]] [[light and life]] that your fellows can [[recognize]] and feed upon instead of trying to pull you down and suck you in and use you up.  

   

   

   

   

Marty:  Beyond [[belief]].

Marty:  Beyond [[belief]].

TOMAS:  There are, by the way, many third world peoples that find just such a treasure in their beasts of burden, in raising [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llama llamas] or [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goats goats] of their own.  People think that unless they have a big car and a nice condo and a [[health]] plan, they can’t be happy.  People can be happy with a [[simple]] life.  They can be and they are if they have [[family]] and [[friends]], [[laughter]] and [[love]], because they are already indwelt with [[divinity]]. They have [[everything]] they need right here.

TOMAS:  There are, by the way, many third world peoples that find just such a treasure in their beasts of burden, in raising [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llama llamas] or [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goats goats] of their own.  People think that unless they have a big car and a nice condo and a [[health]] plan, they can’t be happy.  People can be happy with a [[simple]] life.  They can be and they are if they have [[family]] and [[friends]], [[laughter]] and [[love]], because they are already indwelt with [[divinity]]. They have [[everything]] they need right here.