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==Session==
 
==Session==
 
===Lesson===
 
===Lesson===
Malvantra (Sheila TR): As there are very many illnesses on your planet, there are, indeed, that many healings. You are all healers in various aspects. Healing can be of the physical, the mental. Many need healing of confusion they experience. Many need healing for compassion. Some need healing to rid anger and hate, and this goes on. It is your uniqueness that gives you the ability to heal in the areas where it is needed. Because of your lack of understanding of which areas need healing, there is much healing going on that you are unaware of. We would encourage you to continue to explore your own ideas, feelings, love for your brothers and sisters here, for the healing has not stopped. It is continuing and growing.
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===='''''[[Healing]]'''''====
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Malvantra (Sheila TR): As there are very many illnesses on [[your planet]], there are, indeed, that many [[healings]]. You are all healers in various aspects. Healing can be of the [[physical]], the [[mental]]. Many need healing of [[confusion]] they [[experience]]. Many need healing for [[compassion]]. Some need healing to rid [[anger]] and [[hate]], and this goes on. It is your [[uniqueness]] that gives you the ability to heal in the areas where it is needed. Because of your lack of [[understanding]] of which areas need healing, there is much healing going on that you are unaware of. We would [[encourage]] you to continue to [[explore]] your own [[ideas]], [[feelings]], [[love]] for your brothers and sisters here, for the healing has not stopped. It is continuing and growing.
  
You are of greatness. The only thing lacking is your acknowledgment of the settled works that are going on with your participation with one another. Even a healing of the moment, a healing for the day, is as much a miracle as for perhaps 5 or 10 years. They are equal in the exchange of love. The exchange of love is the ultimate healing; it is the ultimate miracle, and it is truly our Father's will how long this can be for. The relationship between the one who needs healing and the Father is truly the only one real relationship. The transfer of love between you and the one who needs healing is the transfer of God, the love being the true healer.
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You are of [[greatness]]. The only thing lacking is your acknowledgment of the settled [[works]] that are going on with your [[participation]] with one another. Even a healing of the moment, a healing for the day, is as much a [[miracle]] as for perhaps 5 or 10 years. They are [[equal]] in the exchange of [[love]]. The exchange of love is the [[ultimate]] [[healing]]; it is the ultimate [[miracle]], and it is truly our Father's will how long this can be for. The [[relationship]] between the one who needs healing and [[the Father]] is truly the only one real [[relationship]]. The transfer of [[love]] between you and the one who needs healing is the transfer of God, the love being the true [[healer]].
  
With each association with the idea of healing you have placed healing within yourself. This is truly an experience that can be valued for yourself as well, for what you give is returned. Your exchange of love is the ultimate gift. I encourage this gift-giving to everyone who you encounter. The exchange of love will discourage disease, and this will be how Light and Life will be achieved.
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With each [[association]] with the [[idea]] of healing you have placed healing within yourself. This is truly an [[experience]] that can be valued for yourself as well, for what you give is returned. Your exchange of [[love]] is the [[ultimate]] gift. I encourage this gift-giving to everyone who you encounter. The exchange of [[love]] will discourage [[disease]], and this will be how [[Light and Life]] will be achieved.
  
Thank you for this time. I send my love as a healing to you all. In exchange you may send your love to the next. May we begin this domino effect of healing and continue, for in time it will be possible that the greater mass will be healed and continue to stay that way.
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Thank you for this [[time]]. I send my [[love]] as a [[healing]] to you all. In exchange you may send your [[love]] to the next. May we begin this domino effect of [[healing]] and continue, for in time it will be possible that the greater mass will be healed and continue to stay that way.
  
I am Malvantra; I wish upon you a good day.
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I am Malvantra; I wish upon you a [[good]] day.
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===='''''[[Perspective]]'''''====
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Elyon (Mark): Greetings, this is your [[friend]] and one among you in service, Elyon. I would offer a few brief [[perspectives]], one that from my perspective of [[time]] you all will very shortly be awarded new [[senses]] of [[appreciation]] as to [[function]] and [[relationship]], as to your pieces in the [[puzzle]]. To all those who [[sincerely]] [[desire]] to function in [[accordance]] with the highest [[values]] they [[perceive]], you will be awarded an enhanced appreciation of these values and of your function in relation to them. From my [[vantage point]] I see this as coming to pass quickly. Perhaps from your vantage point, a little longer.
  
Elyon (Mark): Greetings, this is your friend and one among you in service, Elyon. I would offer a few brief perspectives, one that from my perspective of time you all will very shortly be awarded new senses of appreciation as to function and relationship, as to your pieces in the puzzle. To all those who sincerely desire to function in accordance with the highest values they perceive, you will be awarded an enhanced appreciation of these values and of your function in relation to them. From my vantage point I see this as coming to pass quickly. Perhaps from your vantage point, a little longer.
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I would also urge you to refrain from making [[judgements]] regarding the [[value]] of either [[disease]] or of the [[healing]] thereof. Picture, if you will, the [[fact]] that many of the diseases among your people are unobservable in their very causes and are only slightly [[visible]] in their [[effects]]. I would suggest to you that healing is the same [[principle]]. One does not readily [[observe]] the many [[facets]] and [[potentials]] of the healing [[process]], rather one simply observes the seemingly limited effects. Therefore I would propose that you are not privy to all of the [[information]]. You are not knowledgeable as to the inner workings of the [[disease]] or of the cure. Therefore, to draw [[conclusions]] and [[formulate]] [[opinions]] based on the [[effects]] will simply prove inaccurate or incomplete. It will not be for some time in your [[ascension]] that you are granted more complete [[wisdom]] as to [[causes and effects]], with which the better to make a determination. We [[realize]] that from your [[perspective]] much seems [[random]] and even negative when those around you suffer seemingly needlessly. I will tell you but you will not fully [[embrace]] the fact that there is a [[purpose]] surrounding every [[function]] attending any [[individual]].
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===='''''[[Faith]]'''''====
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You have mentioned [[faith]] as a [[potential]] powerful [[tool]] to use in affecting the [[course]], and you are correct. Faith is a very powerful tool and one to be honed during your [[life]] on [[this planet]]; the finer the edge you can hone your faith to, the more [[effective]] it will be for you in this life. If you were granted with complete success at all times in your endeavors to alter any given situation, the element of faith which you are [[responsible]] for honing would not be nearly so finely tuned as it will be with your constantly reaching out in [[faith]], even in the face of [[adversity]] or apparent [[failure]]. Things which may seem your greatest hardship at this time are indeed your greatest faith builders if you allow them to so [[function]]. You may call this a [[necessary]] [[evil]] at times, to permit you the [[fertile]] ground for honing the faith skills. There is never an [[effort]] at any unnecessary [[cruelty]] or hardship on any [[individual]]. However, many times the [[vicissitudes]] of life are simply allowed to run their [[natural]] [[course]] as a means for a proving ground, as a [[learning]] [[skill]] to be used by whoever is contacted and whoever [[surrounds]] the situation.
  
I would also urge you to refrain from making judgements regarding the value of either disease or of the healing thereof. Picture, if you will, the fact that many of the diseases among your people are unobservable in their very causes and are only slightly visible in their effects. I would suggest to you that healing is the same principle. One does not readily observe the many facets and potentials of the healing process, rather one simply observes the seemingly limited effects. Therefore I would propose that you are not privy to all of the information. You are not knowledgeable as to the inner workings of the disease or of the cure. Therefore, to draw conclusions and formulate opinions based on the effects will simply prove inaccurate or incomplete. It will not be for some time in your ascension that you are granted more complete wisdom as to causes and effects, with which the better to make a determination. We realize that from your perspective much seems random and even negative when those around you suffer seemingly needlessly. I will tell you but you will not fully embrace the fact that there is a purpose surrounding every function attending any individual.
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I would always [[encourage]] you, however, to develop this [[faith]] skill, as it does have an [[impact]] upon your personal relation to a given situation. It is not possible for your [[faith]] to radically redetermine another's condition or [[path]], but it is very possible that the [[degree]] that you have developed your faith may very well alter or change the course in any situation arising involving your own person. So, [[doubt]] not the [[value]] of this [[tool]] and seek to hone this skill in this life, since in no other life will you be provided the [[fertile]] ground for this development as you are in this life.
  
You have mentioned faith as a potential powerful tool to use in affecting the course, and you are correct. Faith is a very powerful tool and one to be honed during your life on this planet; the finer the edge you can hone your faith to, the more effective it will be for you in this life. If you were granted with complete success at all times in your endeavors to alter any given situation, the element of faith which you are responsible for honing would not be nearly so finely tuned as it will be with your constantly reaching out in faith, even in the face of adversity or apparent failure. Things which may seem your greatest hardship at this time are indeed your greatest faith builders if you allow them to so function. You may call this a necessary evil at times, to permit you the fertile ground for honing the faith skills. There is never an effort at any unnecessary cruelty or hardship on any individual. However, many times the vicissitudes of life are simply allowed to run their natural course as a means for a proving ground, as a learning skill to be used by whoever is contacted and whoever surrounds the situation.
+
There is an apparent multitude of [[teachers]] available today. I would remove myself from center field to allow for any of the other teachers. I would be [[happy]] to entertain any comments or questions should they be directed at me.
  
I would always encourage you, however, to develop this faith skill, as it does have an impact upon your personal relation to a given situation. It is not possible for your faith to radically redetermine another's condition or path, but it is very possible that the degree that you have developed your faith may very well alter or change the course in any situation arising involving your own person. So, doubt not the value of this tool and seek to hone this skill in this life, since in no other life will you be provided the fertile ground for this development as you are in this life.
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John: In the book "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutants_Down_Under Mutants Down Under]" there were two [[tribe]] members who did some [[energy]] work on a broken leg that was healed in a day. Was it their [[faith]] that allowed them to do it, theirs and the patient's?
  
There is an apparent multitude of teachers available today. I would remove myself from center field to allow for any of the other teachers. I would be happy to entertain any comments or questions should they be directed at me.
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Elyon: Indeed, from time to time great [[faith]] is exhibited in individuals causing a [[phenomenon]] which you might recognize as a [[timewarp]] or alteration of sorts. When such [[supreme]] faith is exhibited it is indeed an actual [[fact]] that the [[individuals]] involved can circumvent certain effects of [[time]] and [[nature]]. This represents a supreme [[attainment]] for a [[mortal]] and is an exceedingly rare occurrence but has to do with [[supreme]] [[faith]] and [[trust]] and willingness to believe. [[Modern]] man is largely consumed with [[facts]] and is extremely [[hesitant]] to accept any [[reality]] contradictory to the known stated facts of his world. In fact, there are very few constant, unchangeable [[facts]] in your world. You simply, as a people, [[function]] on what you have previously [[observed]] as being [[consistent]]. This does not mean that there are not irregularities in this but rather that as a whole this [[cause]] is preceded by this [[effect]], more often than not.
  
John: In the book "Mutants Down Under" there were two tribe members who did some energy work on a broken leg that was healed in a day. Was it their faith that allowed them to do it, theirs and the patient's?
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I would [[cause]] you to [[reflect]] on the [[statement]] of [[Michael]] to believe as a child, not to believe in an immature state but rather to believe in an [[accepting]] and open-minded condition so as to not be preconditioned that [[phenomenon]] always follow the same [[path]] and have the same effect. In fact, this is an extremely [[fluid]] sphere, and, while most things happen a certain way most of the time, there are vast exceptions to the rules. These exceptions are determined largely by one's willingness to [[accept]] a different scenario than the usual one. This happens constantly throughout [[humanity]] in small instances everyday: things do not happen according to [[plan]]; so-called [[miracles]], so-called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_of_God acts of God], so-called [[synchronicities]]. These are slight variations or aberrations from the [[normal]] operating procedures of physical [[effects]]. Is this sufficient?
 
 
Elyon: Indeed, from time to time great faith is exhibited in individuals causing a phenomenon which you might recognize as a timewarp or alteration of sorts. When such supreme faith is exhibited it is indeed an actual fact that the individuals involved can circumvent certain effects of time and nature. This represents a supreme attainment for a mortal and is an exceedingly rare occurrence but has to do with Supreme faith and trust and willingness to believe. Modern man is largely consumed with facts and is extremely hesitant to accept any reality contradictory to the known stated facts of his world. In fact, there are very few constant, unchangeable facts in your world. You simply, as a people, function on what you have previously observed as being consistent. This does not mean that there are not irregularities in this but rather that as a whole this cause is preceded by this effect, more often than not.
 
 
 
I would cause you to reflect on the statement of Michael to believe as a child, not to believe in an immature state but rather to believe in an accepting and open-minded condition so as to not be preconditioned that phenomenon always follow the same path and have the same effect. In fact, this is an extremely fluid sphere, and, while most things happen a certain way most of the time, there are vast exceptions to the rules. These exceptions are determined largely by one's willingness to accept a different scenario than the usual one. This happens constantly throughout humanity in small instances everyday: things do not happen according to plan; so-called miracles, so-called acts of God, so-called synchronicities. These are slight variations or aberrations from the normal operating procedures of physical effects. Is this sufficient?
 
  
 
John: Yes, thank you.
 
John: Yes, thank you.
  
unidentified (Michael): Please allow me to offer a perspective. Do your motions through your life as a point with a ray of light following. As you proceed you encounter other points. These chance encounters offer you opportunities of different sorts of manifestations; sometimes you will be asked to assist as a healer, other times as a counselor; sometimes it is your turn to learn, to receive. But take the opportunity at each intersection to recognize potentials and to actualize them in the form that is appropriate at that point in time and space.
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===='''''[[Potential]]'''''====
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unidentified (Michael): Please allow me to offer a [[perspective]]. Do your [[motions]] through your [[life]] as a point with a ray of [[light]] following? As you [[proceed]] you encounter other points. These [[chance]] encounters offer you [[opportunities]] of different sorts of [[manifestations]]; sometimes you will be asked to assist as a [[healer]], other times as a [[counselor]]; sometimes it is your turn to learn, to [[receive]]. But take the [[opportunity]] at each intersection to [[recognize]] [[potentials]] and to [[actualize]] them in the form that is appropriate at that point in [[time and space]].
  
Now look further ahead and see that in your fairly near future many points of light will be converging at your conference. The potentials here are compounded. You can count on activities to take place that will promote your growth and understanding. We see opportunities like this ahead and prepare for them. We have our hopes and expectations. We see you as seasoned kindling ready for ignition. (chuckles) Come prepared, for we have made preparations.
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Now look further ahead and see that in your fairly near [[future]] many points of light will be [[converging]] at your [[conference]]. The potentials here are compounded. You can count on activities to take place that will promote your [[growth]] and [[understanding]]. We see opportunities like this ahead and [[prepare]] for them. We have our [[hopes]] and [[expectations]]. We see you as seasoned [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firelighting kindling] ready for [[ignition]]. (chuckles) Come prepared, for we have made [[preparations]].
  
 
Thank you.
 
Thank you.
 
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===='''''[[Receptivity]]'''''====
Elyon (Mark): An exercise in preparation might very well be to look at your accepted framework of reality as a potential limitation to your growth. In the next period of days strive to be more aware of your comfort zone; your framework of accepted truth should be examined as potentially a limitation in your complete experience of total reality. I urge you to examine your set of realities, and at each opportunity raise the question to yourself, "Would I be willing to extend beyond my boundaries of comfort and known reality to accept a higher and different reality? Am I willing to step outside my sphere of comfort in faith to experience the greater sphere of all? Have I in any way painted myself into a corner with my reality?" This exercise is designed simply to increase the scope of your awareness that you may be open to benefits to be derived from the experience of your conference, to approach more as a small child who simply observes and does not attempt to rule whether or not this fits in with their reality. Small children accept everything they observe as their reality until they are conditioned not to do so. Therefore I urge you to take this stance and arrive at the conference with a more open mind than you have enjoyed so that you may come away from the conference with even greater benefits than you would have imagined. I'm sure you will all function most adequately under these guides.
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Elyon (Mark): An exercise in [[preparation]] might very well be to look at your [[accepted]] [[framework]] of [[reality]] as a [[potential]] [[limitation]] to your [[growth]]. In the next period of days strive to be more aware of your [[comfort zone]]; your framework of accepted [[truth]] should be examined as potentially a limitation in your complete [[experience]] of [[total]] [[reality]]. I urge you to [[examine]] your set of realities, and at each [[opportunity]] raise the [[question]] to yourself, "Would I be willing to extend beyond my [[boundaries]] of [[comfort]] and known reality to [[accept]] a higher and different reality? Am I willing to step outside my sphere of [[comfort]] in [[faith]] to experience the greater sphere of all? Have I in any way painted myself into a corner with my [[reality]]?" This exercise is designed simply to increase the [[scope]] of your [[awareness]] that you may be open to benefits to be derived from the [[experience]] of your [[conference]], to approach more as a small child who simply [[observes]] and does not attempt to rule whether or not this fits in with their [[reality]]. Small children [[accept]] [[everything]] they observe as their reality until they are conditioned not to do so. Therefore I urge you to take this stance and arrive at the [[conference]] with a more open mind than you have enjoyed so that you may come away from the [[conference]] with even greater benefits than you would have [[imagined]]. I'm sure you will all [[function]] most adequately under these [[guides]].
 
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===='''''[[Presence]]'''''====
Michael (Jonathan): At times I leave my ranchhouse on Salvington, and I visit the big city of Paradise to commune with the Father, to be refreshed and to fellowship with the many homesteaders about the universe. When I return to the countryside of Nebadon and visit the back fourty as I do today with you, I find the great grid of the Father's love is encircuited even out here. I do with all earnest intent wish to forever implant within you the solemn awareness that the Father is no further away than within your own being. I have realized this as I walked on your world, and I wish that my children continually develop this same understanding and above all experience this understanding. You are my flock, and I care for you deeply, for not only do I bring the Father from Paradise to you, I am in the care of my Father who resides within you. Though we look to Him who is the highest of all, we must likewise realize that every one of us contains this same divine source. This is the secret of love and of peace on earth. With this I charge you all to love one another.
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Michael (Jonathan): At times I leave my ranchhouse on [[Salvington]], and I [[visit]] the big city of [[Paradise]] to [[commune]] with [[the Father]], to be refreshed and to fellowship with the many homesteaders about [[the universe]]. When I return to the [[countryside]] of [[Nebadon]] and visit the back fourth as I do today with you, I find the great [[grid]] of the Father's [[love]] is encircuited even out here. I do with all [[earnest]] [[intent]] wish to forever implant within you the [[solemn]] awareness that [[the Father]] is no further away than within your own [[being]]. I have [[realized]] this as I walked on your world, and I wish that my children continually [[develop]] this same [[understanding]] and above all [[experience]] this understanding. You are my flock, and I care for you deeply, for not only do I bring [[the Father]] from [[Paradise]] to you, I am in the [[care]] of my Father who resides within you. Though we look to Him who is the highest of all, we must likewise realize that every one of us contains this same [[divine]] [[source]]. This is the [[secret]] of [[love]] and of [[peace]] on earth. With this I charge you all to [[love]] one another.
  
 
Ginny: Thank you, Michael, for your loving words.
 
Ginny: Thank you, Michael, for your loving words.
 
===Closing===
 
===Closing===
Will (Mary): The love of God surrounds this planet. The love of God resides within each of your hearts. It reaches out in all known and unknown reality to touch everything. It is everything; it is the highest reality engulfing each of you as individuals, engulfing all of us as a group. It is the ultimate source of our unity. It is our goal; it is our purpose. Proceed forth in conscious acceptance of this. Accept your role in this scheme of things as you encounter it. You are all beautiful children of God. Beauty is manifest within each of you as individuals. Go forth bearing the truth as you know it to others, to yourself, to God Himself. The will of God need not be so mysterious.
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Will (Mary): The [[love]] of [[God]] [[surrounds]] [[this planet]]. The love of God resides within each of your [[hearts]]. It reaches out in all known and [[unknown]] [[reality]] to [[touch]] [[everything]]. It is everything; it is the highest reality engulfing each of you as [[individuals]], engulfing all of us as a [[group]]. It is the [[ultimate]] source of our [[unity]]. It is our [[goal]]; it is our [[purpose]]. Proceed forth in conscious [[acceptance]] of this. Accept your [[role]] in this scheme of things as you encounter it. You are all [[beautiful]] [[children of God]]. [[Beauty]] is [[manifest]] within each of you as individuals. Go forth bearing the [[truth]] as you know it to others, to yourself, to God Himself. The will of God need not be so [[mysterious]].
  
Mary: I believe this to be Will.
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Mary: I [[believe]] this to be Will.
  
 
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Topic: Values of Your Function

Group: Spokane TeaM

Facilitators

Teacher: Elyon, Malvantra, Michael, Will

TR: Sheila, Mark Rogers, Mary Rogers, Jonathan

Session

Lesson

Healing

Malvantra (Sheila TR): As there are very many illnesses on your planet, there are, indeed, that many healings. You are all healers in various aspects. Healing can be of the physical, the mental. Many need healing of confusion they experience. Many need healing for compassion. Some need healing to rid anger and hate, and this goes on. It is your uniqueness that gives you the ability to heal in the areas where it is needed. Because of your lack of understanding of which areas need healing, there is much healing going on that you are unaware of. We would encourage you to continue to explore your own ideas, feelings, love for your brothers and sisters here, for the healing has not stopped. It is continuing and growing.

You are of greatness. The only thing lacking is your acknowledgment of the settled works that are going on with your participation with one another. Even a healing of the moment, a healing for the day, is as much a miracle as for perhaps 5 or 10 years. They are equal in the exchange of love. The exchange of love is the ultimate healing; it is the ultimate miracle, and it is truly our Father's will how long this can be for. The relationship between the one who needs healing and the Father is truly the only one real relationship. The transfer of love between you and the one who needs healing is the transfer of God, the love being the true healer.

With each association with the idea of healing you have placed healing within yourself. This is truly an experience that can be valued for yourself as well, for what you give is returned. Your exchange of love is the ultimate gift. I encourage this gift-giving to everyone who you encounter. The exchange of love will discourage disease, and this will be how Light and Life will be achieved.

Thank you for this time. I send my love as a healing to you all. In exchange you may send your love to the next. May we begin this domino effect of healing and continue, for in time it will be possible that the greater mass will be healed and continue to stay that way.

I am Malvantra; I wish upon you a good day.

Perspective

Elyon (Mark): Greetings, this is your friend and one among you in service, Elyon. I would offer a few brief perspectives, one that from my perspective of time you all will very shortly be awarded new senses of appreciation as to function and relationship, as to your pieces in the puzzle. To all those who sincerely desire to function in accordance with the highest values they perceive, you will be awarded an enhanced appreciation of these values and of your function in relation to them. From my vantage point I see this as coming to pass quickly. Perhaps from your vantage point, a little longer.

I would also urge you to refrain from making judgements regarding the value of either disease or of the healing thereof. Picture, if you will, the fact that many of the diseases among your people are unobservable in their very causes and are only slightly visible in their effects. I would suggest to you that healing is the same principle. One does not readily observe the many facets and potentials of the healing process, rather one simply observes the seemingly limited effects. Therefore I would propose that you are not privy to all of the information. You are not knowledgeable as to the inner workings of the disease or of the cure. Therefore, to draw conclusions and formulate opinions based on the effects will simply prove inaccurate or incomplete. It will not be for some time in your ascension that you are granted more complete wisdom as to causes and effects, with which the better to make a determination. We realize that from your perspective much seems random and even negative when those around you suffer seemingly needlessly. I will tell you but you will not fully embrace the fact that there is a purpose surrounding every function attending any individual.

Faith

You have mentioned faith as a potential powerful tool to use in affecting the course, and you are correct. Faith is a very powerful tool and one to be honed during your life on this planet; the finer the edge you can hone your faith to, the more effective it will be for you in this life. If you were granted with complete success at all times in your endeavors to alter any given situation, the element of faith which you are responsible for honing would not be nearly so finely tuned as it will be with your constantly reaching out in faith, even in the face of adversity or apparent failure. Things which may seem your greatest hardship at this time are indeed your greatest faith builders if you allow them to so function. You may call this a necessary evil at times, to permit you the fertile ground for honing the faith skills. There is never an effort at any unnecessary cruelty or hardship on any individual. However, many times the vicissitudes of life are simply allowed to run their natural course as a means for a proving ground, as a learning skill to be used by whoever is contacted and whoever surrounds the situation.

I would always encourage you, however, to develop this faith skill, as it does have an impact upon your personal relation to a given situation. It is not possible for your faith to radically redetermine another's condition or path, but it is very possible that the degree that you have developed your faith may very well alter or change the course in any situation arising involving your own person. So, doubt not the value of this tool and seek to hone this skill in this life, since in no other life will you be provided the fertile ground for this development as you are in this life.

There is an apparent multitude of teachers available today. I would remove myself from center field to allow for any of the other teachers. I would be happy to entertain any comments or questions should they be directed at me.

John: In the book "Mutants Down Under" there were two tribe members who did some energy work on a broken leg that was healed in a day. Was it their faith that allowed them to do it, theirs and the patient's?

Elyon: Indeed, from time to time great faith is exhibited in individuals causing a phenomenon which you might recognize as a timewarp or alteration of sorts. When such supreme faith is exhibited it is indeed an actual fact that the individuals involved can circumvent certain effects of time and nature. This represents a supreme attainment for a mortal and is an exceedingly rare occurrence but has to do with supreme faith and trust and willingness to believe. Modern man is largely consumed with facts and is extremely hesitant to accept any reality contradictory to the known stated facts of his world. In fact, there are very few constant, unchangeable facts in your world. You simply, as a people, function on what you have previously observed as being consistent. This does not mean that there are not irregularities in this but rather that as a whole this cause is preceded by this effect, more often than not.

I would cause you to reflect on the statement of Michael to believe as a child, not to believe in an immature state but rather to believe in an accepting and open-minded condition so as to not be preconditioned that phenomenon always follow the same path and have the same effect. In fact, this is an extremely fluid sphere, and, while most things happen a certain way most of the time, there are vast exceptions to the rules. These exceptions are determined largely by one's willingness to accept a different scenario than the usual one. This happens constantly throughout humanity in small instances everyday: things do not happen according to plan; so-called miracles, so-called acts of God, so-called synchronicities. These are slight variations or aberrations from the normal operating procedures of physical effects. Is this sufficient?

John: Yes, thank you.

Potential

unidentified (Michael): Please allow me to offer a perspective. Do your motions through your life as a point with a ray of light following? As you proceed you encounter other points. These chance encounters offer you opportunities of different sorts of manifestations; sometimes you will be asked to assist as a healer, other times as a counselor; sometimes it is your turn to learn, to receive. But take the opportunity at each intersection to recognize potentials and to actualize them in the form that is appropriate at that point in time and space.

Now look further ahead and see that in your fairly near future many points of light will be converging at your conference. The potentials here are compounded. You can count on activities to take place that will promote your growth and understanding. We see opportunities like this ahead and prepare for them. We have our hopes and expectations. We see you as seasoned kindling ready for ignition. (chuckles) Come prepared, for we have made preparations.

Thank you.

Receptivity

Elyon (Mark): An exercise in preparation might very well be to look at your accepted framework of reality as a potential limitation to your growth. In the next period of days strive to be more aware of your comfort zone; your framework of accepted truth should be examined as potentially a limitation in your complete experience of total reality. I urge you to examine your set of realities, and at each opportunity raise the question to yourself, "Would I be willing to extend beyond my boundaries of comfort and known reality to accept a higher and different reality? Am I willing to step outside my sphere of comfort in faith to experience the greater sphere of all? Have I in any way painted myself into a corner with my reality?" This exercise is designed simply to increase the scope of your awareness that you may be open to benefits to be derived from the experience of your conference, to approach more as a small child who simply observes and does not attempt to rule whether or not this fits in with their reality. Small children accept everything they observe as their reality until they are conditioned not to do so. Therefore I urge you to take this stance and arrive at the conference with a more open mind than you have enjoyed so that you may come away from the conference with even greater benefits than you would have imagined. I'm sure you will all function most adequately under these guides.

Presence

Michael (Jonathan): At times I leave my ranchhouse on Salvington, and I visit the big city of Paradise to commune with the Father, to be refreshed and to fellowship with the many homesteaders about the universe. When I return to the countryside of Nebadon and visit the back fourth as I do today with you, I find the great grid of the Father's love is encircuited even out here. I do with all earnest intent wish to forever implant within you the solemn awareness that the Father is no further away than within your own being. I have realized this as I walked on your world, and I wish that my children continually develop this same understanding and above all experience this understanding. You are my flock, and I care for you deeply, for not only do I bring the Father from Paradise to you, I am in the care of my Father who resides within you. Though we look to Him who is the highest of all, we must likewise realize that every one of us contains this same divine source. This is the secret of love and of peace on earth. With this I charge you all to love one another.

Ginny: Thank you, Michael, for your loving words.

Closing

Will (Mary): The love of God surrounds this planet. The love of God resides within each of your hearts. It reaches out in all known and unknown reality to touch everything. It is everything; it is the highest reality engulfing each of you as individuals, engulfing all of us as a group. It is the ultimate source of our unity. It is our goal; it is our purpose. Proceed forth in conscious acceptance of this. Accept your role in this scheme of things as you encounter it. You are all beautiful children of God. Beauty is manifest within each of you as individuals. Go forth bearing the truth as you know it to others, to yourself, to God Himself. The will of God need not be so mysterious.

Mary: I believe this to be Will.