View source for 1994-11-16-Future Is Now

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===Topic: ''Future is Now''===
===Group: [[Trinidad TeaM]]===

==Facilitators==
===Teacher: [[Anaston]]===
===TR: [[Anthony Porzio]]===

== Session==
===Opening===
Anthony: 1994, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humboldt_State_University Humboldt State University], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcata,_California Arcata, CA], Urantia Study Group. We are gathered here and are seeking [[guidance]] then on the [[spiritual]] level from our teacher/[[guides]] assigned for our Humboldt County area for the [[Melchizedek]] [[teaching mission]]. Both [[Anaston]] and [[Tenare]] are here with us,the [[Brilliant Evening Stars]]. Is there anything anybody wants to say? Any [[prayer]] or. . . Lynn, you usually have something nice to say.

Lynn: (laugh)

[[Anthony: to help us [[prepare]] ourselves more for this reception?]]

Lynn: Uh. Just that, just that, may all the [[divine]] [[presences]] in our life prepare us, open our [[hearts]] and clear our [[minds]] that we may be of highest [[service]].

Anthony: The [[love]] of [[God]] [[surrounds]] us. The [[presence]] of [[angels]] protect us. Wherever we are, God is. I open myself up as a [[transmitter]]/receiver. Please allow this [[connection]] to occur at this time. (pause)

Anaston: I am here. I am the [[light]]. I am the [[clear]] [[path]]. You are clear paths. And together we shall, now, [[explore]] the way of the [[spirit]]. 
===Lesson===
===='''''[[Brilliant Evening Stars]]''''', '''''[[Presence]]'''''====
As your teacher, Anaston, I am here to [[guide]] and uplift your [[hearts]] with the [[words]] that come from above. From higher [[wisdom]] and divine [[truth]]. Thank you for coming, to be here, together, to partake of our [[communications]]. It has been a long time since we've had a group session, although, in my [[time/space]] it has been very short. This being is being [[distracted]] at this moment by certain discomforts, however we can override this [[difficulty]] at this time with the great willingness to serve and [[transmit]]. Once again, thank you for gathering, for making your [[efforts]] to be here through the difficult weather situation. We are most [[happy]] to share with you our [[wisdom]], our [[light]], our [[joy]], and our love. I know you have many things on your [[minds]], many things that trouble and disturb you, that for which you have come to receive [[guidance]] and our wisdom, the wisdom of [[Brilliant Evening Stars]], the [[light]] beings. And we will uplift you, [[enlighten]] you one more step along the [[path]]. Hopefully, you will become more [[aware]] of our [[presence]], of the presence of the [[spirit]] realm. For you have within you always wherever you go the presence that comes from the spirit realm. And we always want for you to become more [[attuned]] to that presence within. Not that you shouldn't have these kinds of [[communications]], but that you should always feel independent of any outside source. So we are here to help you become more attuned to your inner [[guidance]]. And as we [[share]] [[collectively]], as we gather in small groups, in larger groups, and also, perhaps, sometimes, in large gatherings, we can feel the [[oneness]] of [[God]]. As we also enjoy the oneness that occurs when we join our [[hearts]], our open hearts, our open heart centers, and that we can [[resonate]] and [[vibrate]] in [[harmony]] with one another. This is always the fundamental teaching, the basics, but because of the [[confusion]] and the [[distortions]] of the human mind in this very confusing [[modern]] world, we must use our minds intellectually to gather [[information]] that will help and make further associations so that the inner [[experience]] becomes more expanded for us and the connections that take place between our [[intellect]] and our spiritual [[souls]], your spiritual soul will bring forth those flashes of [[insight]] that will [[illuminate]] your [[mind]], gladden your [[heart]], and encourage you further along as you [[progress]] God–ward, heaven–ward, and towards the era of [[light and life]]. Our [[words]] are meant to [[comfort]] you, as you take [[beliefs]] which you cherish and see them [[unfold]] before you as actualities. As you extend that [[belief]] outward now, into this circle, into this [[experience]], those connections are expanding at this very moment. Of course, you need help to do this. We are here to do this for you, to help you.

Tenare, who is [[silent]] this evening, is not inactive. Ever so [[quietly]], yet so efficiently, [[vibrationally]], you have felt her working since you came in this room this evening all of you have acknowledged our [[presence]]. And we are very [[grateful]] for your [[sensitivity]]. It is a good sign of your [[growth]] success of our work. Your sensitivities will affect all around you. Everywhere you go, you will notice more and more our [[presence]] which can extend to wherever you are any time. And so,as you become more aware of us, your comforting [[angels]] and your [[guides]], your personal guides, you extend [[this mission]], you extend the [[kingdom of God]] into the outer reaches of [[your planet]]. You take it with you. You enhance your environments. And, although those around you may not know why or how or may not even be [[aware]] of the [[changes]] that take place because of your [[efforts]] and your [[sensitivities]], you are. And you can see how it [[changes]] things. This is a [[power]] that you are given, a power that you have also helped create with your willingness to search for the [[truth]], your willingness to be [[guided]] and the [[humility]] of your [[hearts]] that open up for such spirit [[guidance]]. By and large all spirit in your [[experience]] is always as one, although the [[facets]] are many. All that matters to you and to us is that your lives improve each day, that you grasp a higher [[perception]] of divine and holy [[peace]] of mind and contentedness of [[heart]]. For not only shall you be content with your life as it is, but you shall also increase in [[grace]] and in [[communication]]. So that the [[desires]] that are awarded to your [[heart]] from above that you accept as your own, which is the will of God, shall also be [[satisfied]] and granted. And that you then will begin to [[relax]] more and more as you live your lives, according to [[the Father]]'s will that they become more normalized as it would be as if there were never any [[rebellion]] upon this world and you shall bring the [[kingdom of heaven]] in this way on [[earth]] as it is in heaven. For, you are a part of it. He won't come without you.

So, we thank you in deepest [[appreciation]] for your [[efforts]], though you may think they are for your own [[self]] [[purposes]]. That is all right. It is perfectly all right to be [[selfish]] for the will of God, for the [[grace]] and the gifts and the [[joy]] of God. It is entirely yours and you should be most desirous to have as much as you can. For what you get comes from a great limitless source and can only [[radiate]] as it overflows to others around you and you become much loved by your fellow [[mortals]] for your [[goodness]], for you [[peace]], and for the [[joy]] that you exude as you use these gifts, these powers to keep you on track in [[communication]] with all that is [[good]], [[beautiful]], and true.

We are with you, God is with you, and it is your [[training]] to become comfortable and at [[peace]] on your own world. Because you will do this, as you are doing it still yet, you will be the living [[proof]] that the [[kingdom of heaven]] is within and as you [[express]] your [[heart]] in your [[knowledge]] of this to others who inquire through [[casual]] conversation. They will come, perhaps a bit closer to [[understanding]] that the [[future]] is now, that God is here, and that all is well.
===='''''[[Pain]]''''', '''''[[Character]]'''''====
In your attentiveness to this [[phenomenon]] that is now occurring, we thank you for your [[love]] of [[God]], for we [[feel]] the [[affections]] of your [[heart]] as you [[express]] them, heavenly–ward. And we are so [[gratified]], so appreciative of your willingness to [[share]] that with us. And though you have [[pain]] in your [[life]], even while you pray, while you believe, while you feel the love of God, we ask you to bear these pains [[heroically]], for they are for definite [[purposes]]... it is part of your restructuring.

If you would avoid the [[pain]] that accompanies the restructuring of your [[character]], we would lose [[contact]] with you and you would then again need to search for where you left off. It is not God's will that you should suffer pain. Rather, it is God's will that you should [[triumph]] over your pain. But the [[grace]] that He gives you, knowing in your [[heart]] that it is only for a time, for the breakdown must occur before the restructuring begins. Perhaps not all entirely at once. You break down, you restructure, and then you have more [[strength]] to go deeper, but I [[assure]] you, this will not last forever, and you will be much [[strengthened]] by this [[process]]. For in your [[weakness]], you feel your pain and you [[think]] you are weak because of the pain, but it takes strength for you to deal with this pain, to face it. So know that the very [[fact]] that you are [[experiencing]] this discomfort means that you have already been strengthened to go further, to go deeper, to go to the core of your [[being]] and our [[energies]] are there with you, and you will [[feel]] the [[joy]] of our [[presence]].

You will willingly at that [[point]] [[understand]] and know why you must go through this. We will be with you and will see you through it, and you will [[triumph]] over it so that you will stand [[strong]] and firm in the full [[knowledge]] of the [[truth]] as reborn children of God. We ask you to bear it, it is your [[cross]], if you will. We ask you to [[endure]] it with the [[attitude]] that [[reflects]] [[confidence]] and [[trust]] in God. For, it is your [[faith]] that will bring you through into the new, into the renewed [[individual]] that you are [[becoming]]. This is very important. Very few people can understand the [[meaning]] of our words when we ask you to "suffer it for [[righteousness]] sake." For [[blessed]] you are who do suffer for [[righteousness]] sake, for you shall become righteous through and through, inwardly and outwardly. You are doing this for the world as well as for yourself, and for many [[future]] [[beings]] to come. We are asking you to be as [[courageous]] as y[[our Master]] who willingly suffered so that the will of God in His own [[experience]] would be [[demonstrated]]. Of course [[the Master]] was quite [[righteous]] in Himself. He did not need to suffer for righteousness sake. His was an act of [[love]] to show you that with [[God]], with God's [[love]] and [[energy]], with his presence and the presence of His servants, with your [[angel]] guides, you can [[endure]], you can [[triumph]] over suffering and [[achieve]] out of your own [[choice]] by an act of your own will, the [[greatness]] that you are [[becoming]].

You shall be [[strong]] and you shall be powerful in the [[spirit]]. But as [[the Master]] said, "Greater is he who has [[conquered]] himself than he who has conquered a [[city]]". You will [[progress]] and we will help you and it will not be easy, but you shall succeed and you shall be glad for it. (pause) This has been our teaching for this evening. We [[hope]] that it has been relevant for you. And if you care to comment or ask any [[questions]] within the [[context]].

Lynn: Anaston, I have a question. The restructuring –– is it considered to be [[physical]] or is it reconstructing in terms of casting out old [[belief]] systems and [[thought]] systems? And secondly, I [[assume]] the [[pain]] you speak of includes [[emotional]], [[psychic]] and [[physical]] pain.

Anaston: Yes, Lynn, you are on the right track now. All things are [[connected]] –– [[body]], [[mind]], [[spirit]], [[soul]]. In [[fact]], that is the [[purpose]] of this [[transformation]] [[process]], is to [[integrate]] you as complete and whole,even perfect [[human being]]s. Intellectually, you may [[accept]] new ideas for old and that will have an effect upon all phases of your existence. But your [[personal]] [[truth]], you own inner [[revelations]] of truth are where the restructuring of your [[character]] take place and at this point of your [[growth]] you must make a [[decision]].    You must decide first and foremost if you are willing to override your [[fear]] with [[faith]], to [[trust]] the [[process]] as it comes closer and closer to your [[feeling]] [[experience]]. It is important for you as an individual to excavate, as it were, and expand your capacity to [[receive]] the [[truth]], to receive the [[light]], and to receive the joy and the love in the present state of this world whereby the [[majority]] of human beings are born and raised, the conditions that limit their ability to [[receive]] and give [[love]] in the conditions that are [[social]], conditions that are of [[trauma]], of the many hurts and [[disappointments]] of having to live your life in such a [[confused]] and [[dark]] world.

These all form what you call your [[character]] structure. The way you respond to the outer world and the way that you [[protect]] yourself from the outer world because you have learned that you can be hurt, that your [[sensitivity]] can be a [[handicap]] and so you grow up in this fashion, vacillating between expansion and contraction, between [[fear]] and [[love]], looking for situations, perhaps, that you can open up your [[heart]] and [[express]] yourself, that perhaps you may let down your guard. Now, we are asking for you to have [[faith]] in [[God]]. To trust in such a way that will let your [[defenses]] become obsolete for you. As you [[progress]] spiritually, genuinely spiritually, the less need you will have need for them, because you do not see yourself as so [[vulnerable]] anymore? Perhaps you are not so threatened by the outside world, because you feel an inner [[strength]] that makes you feel invincible! This is no [[delusion]]. It is a [[paradox]], where you shall become both [[sensitive]] and [[invincible]].
===='''''[[Transformation]]''''', '''''[[Liberation]]'''''====
But yes, the restructuring must take place both [[physically]] as well as mentally, [[emotionally]] as well as [[spiritually]]. Because your [[body]] has become [[trained]], hardened in ways that protect your [[sensitivity]]. And some forms have actually made your sensitivity [[unconscious]]. It is a mental [[defense]] mechanism, a self–protective mechanism, a desensitizing [[mechanism]]. And with it goes the bitterness and the [[anger]], the resentment, while not even knowing at whom to direct those [[feelings]] towards.

[[God]] is close. We ask you to become [[aware]] of that closeness, to relinquish and [[sacrifice]] the [[fear]] that has desensitized you. For when you were [[born]], as all babies are, you were open, you were expanded, you reached beyond your [[limitations]] and you learned as you grew, to build [[barriers]], to arm yourself with shields of [[protection]]. It is [[natural]], the [[eons]] of [[generations]] that have passed, have transferred these protective tendencies and the condition of [[the planet]] and the world socially have reinforced the need in your [[mind]] to have these shields of protection. For you had not the [[access]] that you have now.

Yes, they were [[necessary]]. But now you are [[mature]] and you have the [[ability]] to make the [[choices]] that are necessary, to go beyond these self–imposed and [[society]]–imposed limitations, these [[barriers]], these protection shields. For as you grow spiritually, as you expand and [[vibrate]] with the force fields that we impart to you, you will [[experience]] the [[joy]] of living without previous protective shields. That your energy is a [[force]] in itself, far more surpassing the forces of [[fear]] and [[darkness]], the forces of [[attack]]. You will live in a way that shall [[free]] you, liberate you, from the need to see [[future]] encounters with others as potentially apprehensive experiences. You will look the others in the eyes and not flinch.

It is your striving, it is your [[hope]], it is your reaching towards [[God]], it is in your [[prayers]] that are heard that [[express]] this [[desire]] for [[strength]]. You want to be God–like. To be God–like is to be fearless. And so your muscles which are structured in certain [[manner]], in such a manner as to hold back certain [[expressions]], as to hold back energies as if the [[barriers]] and the shields were meant for your own [[self]], that you should not expand beyond, that you should be afraid, that you should be inhibited to reach out. These patterns of inhibition are trained by [[memory]] into your [[muscles]], into your [[nervous system]] and as fear has [[dominated]] your lives, your entire system has buckled over in [[fact]], by holding back the energies that your [[hearts]] have desperately wanted to [[express]]. And by withdrawing into yourselves, you have [[trained]] yourselves, you have trained your bodies to react in certain [[patterns]]. And so what would happen if you begin to let go of the [[thoughts]] and the [[emotions]] which charge these patterns and expand to where the [[limitations]] are against the contractions, against the fears, against the inhibitions of all [[emotional]] expressions including [[sexual]] experiences, sexual expressions of emotion, you will feel the [[barrier]]?

In your [[ignorance]], without [[enlightenment]], you have tried ways to get through the [[barriers]], to break through the barriers, when all you really needed to do was to let go. Through your own personal [[revelations]] and your own [[guidance]], you will let go. And as you let go, the hardness becomes softer. . . and the muscles that are held so tight, that are spasmic, that are built to protect you somehow from [[painful]] emotions, that softness must come from the hardness. And so, as your muscles begin to soften, as your nerves begin to [[relax]], as the dullness and the desensitivity and the numbness begins to become alive, there will be [[pain]]. There are toxins there that must be released. There are minerals and sedimentations that have built up in these immobilized areas.

Yes, [[the Master]] has said "I have come, that you may have [[life]] and have it more [[abundantly]]".

This [[transformation]] of your [[character]] is what He meant. And if you so will, you shall be [[free]], you shall be liberated, but only through [[spirit]] identification. As you have attempted liberation the past apart from spirit-identification you have gotten yourself into trouble. You have created conditions that were not only unsuccessful on the long term, but have done damage. We are here to give you the good news that you may have [[liberation]] without damage. You may have [[freedom]] without [[rebellion]], freedom without [[anger]], and you may [[touch]] your innermost [[souls]] once again, you may feel the deep gratifications of your most unexpressed longings and [[desires]]. You will become as you are intended to be, as [[God]] created you, as you have been deterred from [[becoming]], as the [[distortion]] of this world has distorted you, and the twisting of the [[truths]] of God have twisted you, you shall be restored.

It is an [[exciting]] and [[bold]] [[adventure]] and not but a few shall actually embark as [[compared]] to the vast numbers of those who [[choose]] to avoid the [[truth]], for [[fear]] that it will be too painful. It will be painful, but it shall not be any more than you can bear. And you have passed through the portals of [[death]] as the [[hero]] that you are, your life will be [[renewed]] and you will have the [[joy]] of experiences that are so new and fresh, [[perceptions]] that shall [[transcend]] your level of capabilities, present capabilities, that you will know that you have taken the only [[path]] that leads to [[life]]. So it is your choice along the way and you will cry out to God for help and for [[companionship]] and [[guidance]], for [[comfort]], and you will [[receive]] these things. So [[blessed]] are you! Blessed indeed are you who search. Blessed are you, the [[humble]], for yours is the [[Kingdom of Heaven]] and you will see the [[truth]] and you will be [[free]]. (pause)
===Dialogue===
Lynn: Well I thank you for your answer, Anaston, that certainly covered a lot of ground. It gave me a lot to [[think]] about.

Anaston: Did it answer your [[question]]?

Lynn: Yes, very well. It did. Thank you.

Anaston: I am glad.

Lynn: You know, I am ready and willing to be restructured.

Anaston: Yes, you are a [[brave]] [[soul]]. And you will be doing this as you will know as you do it with [[God]]. It is your job [[together]] to do, to [[renew]] your soul. It's a gigantic job and you are doing it for all, and all who do it shall [[transform]] this world. Sarah, dear Sarah. What is in your [[heart]].

Sarah: Thank you very much. That was. . . That was more than helpful. That spoke very directly to what I needed to hear and more. Thank you.

Anaston: And so we are enjoying here in this [[communion]] of [[hearts]], [[minds]], spirits and bodies and as you [[understand]] the [[nature]] of [[emotion]] which is [[Morontial]], or psychic, you will understand how we [[communicate]]. For your emotions are your [[vibrations]], your resonations, and we will see to it, if you allow us to resonate with you to the point of [[harmony]], that you shall experience the fullness of every joyful emotion. For even [[the Father]] himself, even this universe, the [[grand universe,]] is [[motivated]] by the will of God. What is this [[mysterious]] will of God? It is [[emotion]]. It is [[goodness]]. It is [[truth]]. It is [[beauty]]. And together they form what is greater that all of them together –– [[love]]. We want you to feel love! And we want to feel your [[expressions]] of love. We want your emotions to be [[liberated]] from [[fear]], to be freed from the [[distortions]] of error. That they may express [[pure]] [[love]]. This is the Father's will and this is our [[goal]]. Please, we hope that you stay with us and complete the [[journey]].

Sarah: Thank you. . .

Lynn: I thank you also.

Sarah: for such an honorable invitation.

Anaston: Now, maybe, perhaps, we can [[relax]] together without so much formality.

Lynn: You mean we can interrupt you?

Anaston: Please do.

Lynn: (laugh) Does the rain [[clear]] the negative [[vibrations]] from the [[air]], from the [[thoughts]], the thought spheres?

Anaston: You [[breathe]] the air as the rain cleanses, cleanses the [[atmosphere]], washing. It's [[bathing]], it's bringing new life from above to below.

Lynn: But does it affect, say, the negative thoughts, the metaphysical space?

Anaston: You hear the rain outside, you hear the raindrops hitting things, making what you call rain [[sounds]]. And yet, when every drop that hits a [[surface]], in every splatter there is a myriad of electromolecular and [[chemical]] reactions that take place. The [[energy]] that you seek to expand to your innermost core comes through this [[water]]. You [[absorb]] it. Do you enjoy walking through the rain?

Lynn: Mmm. I love walking through the rain.

Anaston: Because you [[breathe]] and you absorb the gifts of the rain as it restores the [[earth]] and the plants. Your world is called the water world for this reason. [[Life]] energies are carried through the water [[molecules]]. Although water can destroy, water brings [[life]]. A [[majority]] of your [[physical]] form is water. Yes, we are coming out of the [[deserts]] of [[emotion]], out of the emotional deserts into the life–bearing lushness of the emotional streams of moving [[energy]].
===Closing===
Lynn: Well, the [[time]] has come that I must leave. I don't mean to [[interrupt]] this session. I can take my book and see my [[friends]] next time.

Anaston: We will end this session now. We ask that you [[commune]] with us now for a few minutes before you leave. Just a few, as we depart in [[silence]], in [[oneness]], in stillness. We shall return. [[Farewell]].


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