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TOMAS:        Good evening. I am Tomas and I am proud to serve here in this configuration of student/teacher relationship.  I have served for many years and intend to be around for many more years. We have already begun and made great advancement in our plan. If you will look back upon your life over the past several years of knowing us and working with us, that is to say going into a prayerful state of mind and calling upon spirit to guide and direct your thoughts and your steps, you will see you have made progress.  It is good to look back and view your accomplishments.  

TOMAS:        Good evening. I am Tomas and I am proud to serve here in this configuration of student/teacher relationship.  I have served for many years and intend to be around for many more years. We have already begun and made great advancement in our plan. If you will look back upon your life over the past several years of knowing us and working with us, that is to say going into a prayerful state of mind and calling upon spirit to guide and direct your thoughts and your steps, you will see you have made progress.  It is good to look back and view your accomplishments.  

===Lesson===

===Lesson===

===='''''[[Faith]]''''', '''''[[Conflict]]'''''====

====''[[Faith]]'', ''[[Conflict]]''====

You have fought the good fight of faith.  Each of you has fought this good fight. Repeatedly you fight this good fight. And many times this manifests in arguments among and between you. Often your internet lists, discussion boards are crossed with indications of conflict. And while it would appear as though it was a situation of one versus the other, it is more true that it is the fight of faith … grappling with doubt – yours and others.  It is an essential part, a natural part of your evolution, as creatures of the realm and advancing souls into spirit. Even Jesus sometimes spoke harshly, and though many times it was construed or even intended to be addressed to those who would not hear him as he addressed them in the spirit, it was also for his own edification, encouragement and discipline. Sometimes we need to hear out loud those things that are essential for us to grasp.

You have fought the good fight of faith.  Each of you has fought this good fight. Repeatedly you fight this good fight. And many times this manifests in arguments among and between you. Often your internet lists, discussion boards are crossed with indications of conflict. And while it would appear as though it was a situation of one versus the other, it is more true that it is the fight of faith … grappling with doubt – yours and others.  It is an essential part, a natural part of your evolution, as creatures of the realm and advancing souls into spirit. Even Jesus sometimes spoke harshly, and though many times it was construed or even intended to be addressed to those who would not hear him as he addressed them in the spirit, it was also for his own edification, encouragement and discipline. Sometimes we need to hear out loud those things that are essential for us to grasp.

This is what relationship is. When you speak to someone, you don’t just speak to their mind, you speak to their heart, you speak to their spirit, you speak to their fears, their hopes; you speak to them whatever you have within yourself.  If you are confused, you will project your confusion outward and you will see them as confused. If you are angry, you will project that anger onto others and you will see them look back at you in anger. And if you are coming from a place of love and faith you will project that outward and you will see that projected back to you.  Faith and love are the clearest vision and from a place of faith and love, you can also see where you can serve.

This is what relationship is. When you speak to someone, you don’t just speak to their mind, you speak to their heart, you speak to their spirit, you speak to their fears, their hopes; you speak to them whatever you have within yourself.  If you are confused, you will project your confusion outward and you will see them as confused. If you are angry, you will project that anger onto others and you will see them look back at you in anger. And if you are coming from a place of love and faith you will project that outward and you will see that projected back to you.  Faith and love are the clearest vision and from a place of faith and love, you can also see where you can serve.

===='''''[[Correcting Time]]'''''====

====''[[Correcting Time]]''====

This is the importance, of course, of correcting time.  And as each new plateau comes along, each new adventure in your ascent, you will find new and different opportunities and challenges and difficulties to learn about, to master, to work through, to accomplish … and your valiant Adjuster experiences all these things with you. Through your experience, it experiences, it feels:  it feels your pain and your triumph; it feels your challenges and your hopes; it feels your loss and your gain; and all this reposes in the evolving Supreme … and so you create divinity as you go through these episodes.

This is the importance, of course, of correcting time.  And as each new plateau comes along, each new adventure in your ascent, you will find new and different opportunities and challenges and difficulties to learn about, to master, to work through, to accomplish … and your valiant Adjuster experiences all these things with you. Through your experience, it experiences, it feels:  it feels your pain and your triumph; it feels your challenges and your hopes; it feels your loss and your gain; and all this reposes in the evolving Supreme … and so you create divinity as you go through these episodes.

It is possible to understand that now, intellectually, and recognize that you are part of the whole, but it is difficult to perceive that as a reality when you are confronted by so many seemingly overwhelming challenges, finite challenges: the weather, storms, earthquakes, and all of that, notwithstanding there are political problems and domestic problems that require conscientious attention.  And these can be stressful.  But by holding your consciousness in that state of mind and being that represents light and life, as it was lived by the Master when he was here, it will be done.  And it will be done in joy and happiness as it is already for many and those of you who know this kind of joy and happiness in the spirit recognize one another. And while your allure may seem to some to be naiveté -- or even irresponsibility -- while it may seem to be imperfect and incomplete, there are aspects of your progress that can be seen as substantial and real, having such a good foothold, we will not slide backward but proceed from here.

It is possible to understand that now, intellectually, and recognize that you are part of the whole, but it is difficult to perceive that as a reality when you are confronted by so many seemingly overwhelming challenges, finite challenges: the weather, storms, earthquakes, and all of that, notwithstanding there are political problems and domestic problems that require conscientious attention.  And these can be stressful.  But by holding your consciousness in that state of mind and being that represents light and life, as it was lived by the Master when he was here, it will be done.  And it will be done in joy and happiness as it is already for many and those of you who know this kind of joy and happiness in the spirit recognize one another. And while your allure may seem to some to be naiveté -- or even irresponsibility -- while it may seem to be imperfect and incomplete, there are aspects of your progress that can be seen as substantial and real, having such a good foothold, we will not slide backward but proceed from here.

===='''''[[Encouragement]]====

====''[[Encouragement]]''====

My words this evening are not new. They are a simple pep talk, but I find that encouragement is an essential ingredient in grappling with these issues and problems that beset you. It is so easy for you to become discouraged and disheartened. You become very eager for the next adventure but at the first sign of difficulty you begin to flail about and blame others or look for an excuse to have a temper tantrum or lament, and so we attempt to encourage you as often as possible – not to coddle you, no, but as an indication of the fact that you are upheld, you are understood, and you are aided in your efforts.  

My words this evening are not new. They are a simple pep talk, but I find that encouragement is an essential ingredient in grappling with these issues and problems that beset you. It is so easy for you to become discouraged and disheartened. You become very eager for the next adventure but at the first sign of difficulty you begin to flail about and blame others or look for an excuse to have a temper tantrum or lament, and so we attempt to encourage you as often as possible – not to coddle you, no, but as an indication of the fact that you are upheld, you are understood, and you are aided in your efforts.  

What are our …?  I know what our long-term goals are: to move into the spirit of light and life. But in embracing the changes that are happening daily by means of electronic media– Let me just say, the work of the Most Highs in the kingdoms of men today seems to be proceeding at a rapid pace, in a rapid time. Could you speak to the outworking right now, which seem calamitous in numerous places but are really the outworking of the Most Highs as I am looking at them through the outworking of the planetary Supreme?

What are our …?  I know what our long-term goals are: to move into the spirit of light and life. But in embracing the changes that are happening daily by means of electronic media– Let me just say, the work of the Most Highs in the kingdoms of men today seems to be proceeding at a rapid pace, in a rapid time. Could you speak to the outworking right now, which seem calamitous in numerous places but are really the outworking of the Most Highs as I am looking at them through the outworking of the planetary Supreme?

===='''''[[Wealth]]'''''====

====''[[Wealth]]''====

TOMAS:        I would ask you to consider what a great leveling would look like.  A great leveling on your planet would bring up those who are in dire straits, as compared to those who are above it all; the extremely poor and extremely wealthy, the extremely sick and extremely healthy, the extremely young and the extremely old.  Find a great leveling space and allow that to be your meter that would represent some kind of equality, and begin to aspire to commend that as a goal.  

TOMAS:        I would ask you to consider what a great leveling would look like.  A great leveling on your planet would bring up those who are in dire straits, as compared to those who are above it all; the extremely poor and extremely wealthy, the extremely sick and extremely healthy, the extremely young and the extremely old.  Find a great leveling space and allow that to be your meter that would represent some kind of equality, and begin to aspire to commend that as a goal.  

Do what you can to encourage those who are needy to help themselves or to find assistance in some one of the organized channels that exist to help the needy.  If you are not lording it over them how much you have, they will then not feel envious of you.  And so, befriending people and sharing your spiritual riches, your cultural and social riches, is something you can do besides inviting those who are less flush to your home for dinner on occasion.

Do what you can to encourage those who are needy to help themselves or to find assistance in some one of the organized channels that exist to help the needy.  If you are not lording it over them how much you have, they will then not feel envious of you.  And so, befriending people and sharing your spiritual riches, your cultural and social riches, is something you can do besides inviting those who are less flush to your home for dinner on occasion.

===='''''[[Sexuality]]'''''====

====''[[Sexuality]]''====

And we certainly know you all can decline to be impressed with wealth and station if you were willing to stand by that value, yet so many of you are still in hot pursuit of material wealth and ease.  Just as we seek to see your world lift itself up from the huge influence of sexual prowess, it would help if you were not to find everything so titillating but rather regard the genders as sons and daughters of divinity, not simply toys, sex toys or amusement, for gratification.  

And we certainly know you all can decline to be impressed with wealth and station if you were willing to stand by that value, yet so many of you are still in hot pursuit of material wealth and ease.  Just as we seek to see your world lift itself up from the huge influence of sexual prowess, it would help if you were not to find everything so titillating but rather regard the genders as sons and daughters of divinity, not simply toys, sex toys or amusement, for gratification.  

Thus you need to listen.  You need to listen with ears to hear. And although it is not necessary that you respond to every belittling remark or every sexual innuendo, there will come a time when you will have an opportunity, when your Thought Adjuster will seek to be heard.  Avail yourself of that opportunity.  Open yourself to the possibility of being of service to humanity and help uplift their values.  

Thus you need to listen.  You need to listen with ears to hear. And although it is not necessary that you respond to every belittling remark or every sexual innuendo, there will come a time when you will have an opportunity, when your Thought Adjuster will seek to be heard.  Avail yourself of that opportunity.  Open yourself to the possibility of being of service to humanity and help uplift their values.  

===='''''[[Light and Life]]'''''====

====''[[Light and Life]]''====

Many people serve through committees, through organizations or through churches, but you can serve every day of your life by simply being centered and focused on the values that represent light and life … here and now, today.  Many times you serve best by staying out of the situation.  If you hear a husband and wife bickering, perhaps it is none of your business.  If you see a parent chastise a child in the supermarket, perhaps it is none of your business.  But there do come those occasions when the air is pregnant with potential and everything in you screams to speak out on behalf of truth beauty and goodness.  Do not restrain yourself when that opportunity presents itself; allow your Adjuster to speak for you. It doesn’t have to be loud, or colorful, or even literate.  Just be willing, and let the Spirit of Truth do its own work.

Many people serve through committees, through organizations or through churches, but you can serve every day of your life by simply being centered and focused on the values that represent light and life … here and now, today.  Many times you serve best by staying out of the situation.  If you hear a husband and wife bickering, perhaps it is none of your business.  If you see a parent chastise a child in the supermarket, perhaps it is none of your business.  But there do come those occasions when the air is pregnant with potential and everything in you screams to speak out on behalf of truth beauty and goodness.  Do not restrain yourself when that opportunity presents itself; allow your Adjuster to speak for you. It doesn’t have to be loud, or colorful, or even literate.  Just be willing, and let the Spirit of Truth do its own work.

We are such a strange and permutated planet of interest to the rest of the universe and we need to remember that the values of light and life are what living to and not the values of the sequentially progressive unrebellious planets.  And I appreciate your saying that to stimulate us, to remind us that we can leap that example of our orderly neighboring planet who are progressing normally, and work out the Urantian solution, the Urantian progression toward planetary light and life which will be its own portfolio of decisions.  I appreciate you jogging that.  

We are such a strange and permutated planet of interest to the rest of the universe and we need to remember that the values of light and life are what living to and not the values of the sequentially progressive unrebellious planets.  And I appreciate your saying that to stimulate us, to remind us that we can leap that example of our orderly neighboring planet who are progressing normally, and work out the Urantian solution, the Urantian progression toward planetary light and life which will be its own portfolio of decisions.  I appreciate you jogging that.  

===='''''[[Inner Life]]'''''====

====''[[Inner Life]]''====

TOMAS:        Let me just add that when they investigated to find out what would be the best family for Michael to be born into as the wee babe, they chose an ordinary family; they had good genetic composition, but they were not wealthy by any means. They worked. They were devoted. They were disciplined, but they were hardly rich. They did not investigate the wealthy Greeks or Romans; they looked carefully to find the values into which this son of God could and would best be able to cultivate a love of God and a means of conveying the gospel.  He never taught aspiring to wealth as our holy grail. Many of the values that are popular in your world today are indeed distorted because of the unfortunate distortion of values all the way back to the first revelation.  And so your past, as you pointed out, is not the ideal past to look to upon which to build your future.  Look within.  Look beyond the current circumstances.  

TOMAS:        Let me just add that when they investigated to find out what would be the best family for Michael to be born into as the wee babe, they chose an ordinary family; they had good genetic composition, but they were not wealthy by any means. They worked. They were devoted. They were disciplined, but they were hardly rich. They did not investigate the wealthy Greeks or Romans; they looked carefully to find the values into which this son of God could and would best be able to cultivate a love of God and a means of conveying the gospel.  He never taught aspiring to wealth as our holy grail. Many of the values that are popular in your world today are indeed distorted because of the unfortunate distortion of values all the way back to the first revelation.  And so your past, as you pointed out, is not the ideal past to look to upon which to build your future.  Look within.  Look beyond the current circumstances.