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Student:  So would you say that the religious impulse that was clearly [[evident]] in your life when you simply “passed by” was also there in everyone you met--that you shared that with?

Student:  So would you say that the religious impulse that was clearly [[evident]] in your life when you simply “passed by” was also there in everyone you met--that you shared that with?

   

   

MICHAEL:  Strictly for myself, back then, the ability to have others within me--within my [[consciousness]]--was, like your own, an ability I had to [[grow]].  But I can say that after my [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptism baptism] and regaining my self-awareness as a [[Creator Son]], as Michael, that was my great thrill and [[joy]] from that [[moment]] on--to [[totally]] [[encompass]] folks, whether they were aware of this or not.  I [[think]] any of you who read [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents#Part_IV._The_Life_and_Teachings_of_Jesus the story of my life], either in various versions of the [[Christian bible]] or the [[Urantia book]], were [[immediately]] struck with the [[fact]] that while some could recognize to a large degree the kind of [[person]] I was--the spiritual [[dimension]] I had, there were others who were quite blind to it.  For those who were very much afraid of this [[spirituality]], who were immediately put off by me for what threat I posed to their social or [[political]] [[status]], there was the supreme [[irony]] of their having spent their whole lives preparing for the coming of their [[Concept|notion]] of the [[Messiah]], yet they could not recognize him when he stood before them.  It was with this supreme irony that I fulfilled [[Prophecy|prophesies]].

MICHAEL:  Strictly for myself, back then, the ability to have others within me--within my [[consciousness]]--was, like your own, an ability I had to [[grow]].  But I can say that after my [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptism baptism] and regaining my self-awareness as a [[Creator Son]], as Michael, that was my great thrill and [[joy]] from that [[moment]] on--to [[totally]] [[encompass]] folks, whether they were aware of this or not.  I [[think]] any of you who read [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents#Part_IV._The_Life_and_Teachings_of_Jesus the story of my life], either in various versions of the [[Christian bible]] or the [[Urantia book]], were [[immediately]] struck with the [[fact]] that while some could recognize to a large degree the kind of [[person]] I was--the spiritual [[dimension]] I had, there were others who were quite blind to it.  For those who were very much afraid of this [[spirituality]], who were immediately put off by me for what threat I posed to their social or [[political]] [[status]], there was the supreme [[irony]] of their having spent their whole lives preparing for the coming of their [[Concept|notion]] of the [[Messiah]], yet they could not recognize him when he stood before them.  It was with this supreme irony that I fulfilled [[Prophecy|prophesies]].

   

   

But yes, in my later years after I had achieved my own, shall we say, self-[[comprehension]], when I became aware--much as you do in your own [[moments]] of [[enlightenment]], become aware of your true nature as a spiritual being; from that [[moment]] on fellow human beings do become more [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transparency_and_translucency transparent].  You are so much more capable of letting them in, and perceiving their spiritual nature as well.

But yes, in my later years after I had achieved my own, shall we say, self-[[comprehension]], when I became aware--much as you do in your own [[moments]] of [[enlightenment]], become aware of your true nature as a spiritual being; from that [[moment]] on fellow human beings do become more [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transparency_and_translucency transparent].  You are so much more capable of letting them in, and perceiving their spiritual nature as well.