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Arcadia, California

 

Teachers: JarEl, Thorson

===Group: [[Arcadia TeaM]]===

 

===Teacher: [[JarEl]], [[Thorson]]===

 

 

THORSON: I'd like to say a few words to you this evening about the love of the Father. The Father's love is not an intellectual pursuit. It does not contain rational analysis. Neither can it be scientifically studied as factual, but nonetheless it is real and it is powerful. It is the function of the divine spiritual essence resident within which is constantly attuning the mind to open the heart to this well spring of love. This seems to be the greatest challenge for most of the humans on this planet. is to lessen the fear and distrust and to be able to soften to this love. If you are in your mind, in your head all the time, you are not going to access this bountiful wellspring of love. Love springs forth as it is needed, as you begin to show a concern for others. As you begin to remove the importance of yourself and honor just the simple respect and importance of other, through this channel of love, part of the challenge to access this love is to access an open relationship with God.

THORSON: I'd like to say a few words to you this evening about the love of the Father.  

The Father's love is not an intellectual pursuit. It does not contain rational analysis. Neither can it be scientifically studied as factual, but nonetheless it is real and it is powerful. It is the function of the divine spiritual essence resident within which is constantly attuning the mind to open the heart to this well spring of love. This seems to be the greatest challenge for most of the humans on this planet. is to lessen the fear and distrust and to be able to soften to this love. If you are in your mind, in your head all the time, you are not going to access this bountiful wellspring of love. Love springs forth as it is needed, as you begin to show a concern for others. As you begin to remove the importance of yourself and honor just the simple respect and importance of other, through this channel of love, part of the challenge to access this love is to access an open relationship with God.

You do not have to understand what this love is to possess it. You do not have to understand what it is to give this love. You don't really have to understand where it comes from. But, as you do begin to show forth love, you do get a sense of where it originates and you get the sense of it's source.

You do not have to understand what this love is to possess it. You do not have to understand what it is to give this love. You don't really have to understand where it comes from. But, as you do begin to show forth love, you do get a sense of where it originates and you get the sense of it's source.

To those of you who come here, week after week to this so called teaching mission, to those of you who read the so call Urantia Book and who are involved in spiritual practices and spiritual studies.. . God has so called you forth to offer you a greater responsibility. A responsibility to change and grown yourself and to begin to forth these fruits in your daily relationships with others. For the most part, you are not asked to join a crusade, to sell everything you own, to relocate. For the most part, you are asked just to use what you have and how you are just around you. This is the least that is asked of you. It is asked in a way in which you are influenced by this. You begin to notice as you practice and as you begin to show forth to those around you these fruits of the spirit........you begin to access a greater and intimate influence through the divine presence. This is one of the keys to spiritual development. It is not totally a linear progression.......so that just sitting in meditation and contacting is not going transform you spiritually. It is the harmony which begins to show forth from how you live and how you act and what you practice which begins to develop into spiritual learning. It is this dimensional aspect.

To those of you who come here, week after week to this so called teaching mission, to those of you who read the so call Urantia Book and who are involved in spiritual practices and spiritual studies.. . God has so called you forth to offer you a greater responsibility. A responsibility to change and grown yourself and to begin to forth these fruits in your daily relationships with others. For the most part, you are not asked to join a crusade, to sell everything you own, to relocate. For the most part, you are asked just to use what you have and how you are just around you. This is the least that is asked of you. It is asked in a way in which you are influenced by this. You begin to notice as you practice and as you begin to show forth to those around you these fruits of the spirit........you begin to access a greater and intimate influence through the divine presence. This is one of the keys to spiritual development. It is not totally a linear progression.......so that just sitting in meditation and contacting is not going transform you spiritually. It is the harmony which begins to show forth from how you live and how you act and what you practice which begins to develop into spiritual learning. It is this dimensional aspect.

These choices that you are faced with, these options. to live your life and give lip service to God within, or to really believe and trust in this God, to dedicate the life you are given, to learn to access and know this God, to become intimate friends with this presence within and begin to love those around you. You will find in many cases, that if you intend to love someone, you may eventually come to actually like them. This is not necessarily always a prerequisite. The challenge here is to allow love to transform you. Love alone. This was a pertinent and wonderful lesson by Thorson earlier about this transforming quality and nature of this love and accessing this love within. Love in also influence.

These choices that you are faced with, these options. to live your life and give lip service to God within, or to really believe and trust in this God, to dedicate the life you are given, to learn to access and know this God, to become intimate friends with this presence within and begin to love those around you. You will find in many cases, that if you intend to love someone, you may eventually come to actually like them. This is not necessarily always a prerequisite. The challenge here is to allow love to transform you. Love alone. This was a pertinent and wonderful lesson by Thorson earlier about this transforming quality and nature of this love and accessing this love within. Love in also influence.

It not intentionally personally specifically, but it is good that I am hitting close to home (in response to Mike's statement). This is part of the challenge of living a human life in the times in which you live in today. More and more, time is speeded up. There is not enough to take time to really do things correctly, so one is really challenged to take the time to do one or two things correctly than to hap-hazardedly do three or four things. This is the difference that being rounded in a spiritual base begins to make in your life. It begins to give you a larger perspective of purpose. It show you in your relationship to time. The time you spend on earth and it shows you a much larger perspective of time that you will continue to grown and live and develop on the spiritual worlds to come when you leave this planet. From that perspective, it is not necessary to be in such a hurry. To be haphazard about how you do things. Make sure no matter what you are doing or how nondescript or simple it may be, that you take the time to do what you are doing correctly. Many of you take time to visit friends and acquaintances who are sick or are in the hospital. Many times, those of you in the group have been such situations have enjoyed the time that people took to come and visit. Making the time is also very important in doing a few more spiritual practices. In all of this, if you can hold love, you will really begin to benefit from this perspective.  

It not intentionally personally specifically, but it is good that I am hitting close to home (in response to Mike's statement). This is part of the challenge of living a human life in the times in which you live in today. More and more, time is speeded up. There is not enough to take time to really do things correctly, so one is really challenged to take the time to do one or two things correctly than to hap-hazardedly do three or four things. This is the difference that being rounded in a spiritual base begins to make in your life. It begins to give you a larger perspective of purpose. It show you in your relationship to time. The time you spend on earth and it shows you a much larger perspective of time that you will continue to grown and live and develop on the spiritual worlds to come when you leave this planet. From that perspective, it is not necessary to be in such a hurry. To be haphazard about how you do things. Make sure no matter what you are doing or how nondescript or simple it may be, that you take the time to do what you are doing correctly. Many of you take time to visit friends and acquaintances who are sick or are in the hospital. Many times, those of you in the group have been such situations have enjoyed the time that people took to come and visit. Making the time is also very important in doing a few more spiritual practices. In all of this, if you can hold love, you will really begin to benefit from this perspective.  

If something appears in your life and you are not sure how to integrate this, what it means if you just take this situation and hold it in love it will begin to define itself a lot clearer to you. Love has an uncanny ability to show how something remotely impossible can actually be done. This is the challenge with the spiritual life and spiritual living is to take the remote possibility that you as a mortal human with this basic genetic make-up and these baser influences can actually begin to access and open to the divine presence and to begin to slowly transform and shift the emphasis from me to God, and to be able to take and hold forth this presence of love which is in your heart, you will begin to see things quite differently. Love has a way of making a black and white situation all of a sudden colorful, or to take a gray and dour situation and give it life.

If something appears in your life and you are not sure how to integrate this, what it means if you just take this situation and hold it in love it will begin to define itself a lot clearer to you. Love has an uncanny ability to show how something remotely impossible can actually be done. This is the challenge with the spiritual life and spiritual living is to take the remote possibility that you as a mortal human with this basic genetic make-up and these baser influences can actually begin to access and open to the divine presence and to begin to slowly transform and shift the emphasis from me to God, and to be able to take and hold forth this presence of love which is in your heart, you will begin to see things quite differently. Love has a way of making a black and white situation all of a sudden colorful, or to take a gray and dour situation and give it life.

 

This is all I am interested in saying to you this evening. In the coming weeks, find a situation that you challenge yourself to show forth love to this situation against what your mind is telling you, against what ever you are holding on to or what ever it is that you may feel, force yourself to open up to this situation with the intention of love and letting love make something of this situation.

This is all I am interested in saying to you this evening. In the coming weeks, find a situation that you challenge yourself to show forth love to this situation against what your mind is telling you, against what ever you are holding on to or what ever it is that you may feel, force yourself to open up to this situation with the intention of love and letting love make something of this situation.

I thank you Nell for the wonderful metaphor for it certainly is true. You are asked to do a lot. You are asked to use the resources that you have and what seems like a lot begins to shift once you fully begin to integrate the resource. The resource of the Thought Adjuster. The resource of the Spirit of Truth. The resource of the Adjutants, the resource of the angelic helpers, the resource of your own will and ability to make decisions. Yes, it is true, you are complex beings as pieced together from all of these different parts. Remember that no one person is ever tested beyond their capacity. Many times you are tests just to your capacity and if for no other reason for you to experience your capacity.

I thank you Nell for the wonderful metaphor for it certainly is true. You are asked to do a lot. You are asked to use the resources that you have and what seems like a lot begins to shift once you fully begin to integrate the resource. The resource of the Thought Adjuster. The resource of the Spirit of Truth. The resource of the Adjutants, the resource of the angelic helpers, the resource of your own will and ability to make decisions. Yes, it is true, you are complex beings as pieced together from all of these different parts. Remember that no one person is ever tested beyond their capacity. Many times you are tests just to your capacity and if for no other reason for you to experience your capacity.

Thank you.

Thank you.