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===Lesson===

===Lesson===

Michael: Good evening, this is Michael. Mother Spirit and I are happy to receive your love. It gives us such great power for in this we are like you. We derive such power from those we love and those who love us, those who are happy to share their life with us and add to our souls. In this we are very much like you, my children. We have our own power stemming from the very kind of beings that God has created us to be. We have the spiritual power of creativity, our amazing ability to generate something right out of ourselves.  And in your case, being a very time-and-space bound being, this is so critical, this spiritual power of yours, because it gives you the possibility of choice. You are not just a part of the landscape. You are a relatively autonomous being and your creativity gives you this choice, this possibility for free will, and to have your own life.  

Michael: Good evening, this is Michael. Mother Spirit and I are happy to receive your love. It gives us such great power for in this we are like you. We derive such power from those we love and those who love us, those who are happy to share their life with us and add to our souls. In this we are very much like you, my children. We have our own power stemming from the very kind of beings that God has created us to be. We have the spiritual power of creativity, our amazing ability to generate something right out of ourselves.  And in your case, being a very time-and-space bound being, this is so critical, this spiritual power of yours, because it gives you the possibility of choice. You are not just a part of the landscape. You are a relatively autonomous being and your creativity gives you this choice, this possibility for free will, and to have your own life.  

*(Self-power and other-power)  

*(Self-power and other-power)  

This is a direct gift of our Father’s--your own unique life, and you share it with us. But then there is not only self-power, there is other-power, the power we derive from being a host, a friend, a companion to God.  He is part of our lives, in your case a separate, unique bestowal, a gift of his presence that can generate discreet thoughts.  At some of your most trying, desperate moments, if you have the courage to still your panic and ask of him, he can say: Have you thought of this?  Have you considered that?  The next step is always there and if it is not in your possession, it is definitely in his.   

This is a direct gift of our Father’s--your own unique life, and you share it with us. But then there is not only self-power, there is other-power, the power we derive from being a host, a friend, a companion to God.  He is part of our lives, in your case a separate, unique bestowal, a gift of his presence that can generate discreet thoughts.  At some of your most trying, desperate moments, if you have the courage to still your panic and ask of him, he can say: Have you thought of this?  Have you considered that?  The next step is always there and if it is not in your possession, it is definitely in his.   

Your Urantia Book says that personality--this personal being that you are--is characterized by morality, an innate ability to choose.  Yet we’ve suggested that, like a physical muscle, this spiritual quality needs to be exercised.  So in your morning meditations or anytime throughout the day--your little mini-meditations, your little stopping to wander--one of the most devout and truly humble prayers is: Dear Father, what is the best thing to do next? There is that dimension of morality: What is the best thing I can do next? You see this opens you up, and in opening you up, it opens up the world that you are living in.

Your Urantia Book says that personality--this personal being that you are--is characterized by morality, an innate ability to choose.  Yet we’ve suggested that, like a physical muscle, this spiritual quality needs to be exercised.  So in your morning meditations or anytime throughout the day--your little mini-meditations, your little stopping to wander--one of the most devout and truly humble prayers is: Dear Father, what is the best thing to do next? There is that dimension of morality: What is the best thing I can do next? You see this opens you up, and in opening you up, it opens up the world that you are living in.

*(Realists and Romantics)   

*(Realists and Romantics)   

Maybe a Realist believes that “seeing is believing”--your whole empirical scientific method is based on this ability to work up an experiment and see what happens. That’s the determining factor. But your Romantics know that “believing is seeing.” Your whole orientation towards reality determines what you pick out of it as significant; what you disregard as insignificant; who seems to be telling the truth; who seems to be fabricating lies. It’s your inner sense of what you believe, what is your personal philosophy of life. This is what you will see reflected. So there is nothing more important; there is nothing truly more humbling and a gift you can give to all your fellows: to know what you believe and know how that is influencing what seems to be basic perception. For a better world, a better society can only come about when individuals more and more recognize their projections, recognize how they are interpreting their situation, and literally take responsibility for it.   

Maybe a Realist believes that “seeing is believing”--your whole empirical scientific method is based on this ability to work up an experiment and see what happens. That’s the determining factor. But your Romantics know that “believing is seeing.” Your whole orientation towards reality determines what you pick out of it as significant; what you disregard as insignificant; who seems to be telling the truth; who seems to be fabricating lies. It’s your inner sense of what you believe, what is your personal philosophy of life. This is what you will see reflected. So there is nothing more important; there is nothing truly more humbling and a gift you can give to all your fellows: to know what you believe and know how that is influencing what seems to be basic perception. For a better world, a better society can only come about when individuals more and more recognize their projections, recognize how they are interpreting their situation, and literally take responsibility for it.   

Now again I want to keep my lesson rather short this evening to make some time and space for conversation. So you can unmute--I believe it’s *6--and join the party.

Now again I want to keep my lesson rather short this evening to make some time and space for conversation. So you can unmute--I believe it’s *6--and join the party.

===Dialogue===

===Dialogue===

Student: Hello Michael, this is your friend and daughter, G.  Thank you for being here and thank you for your comfort and encouraging words and for the opportunity to engage in some dialogue and sharing of things. I don’t intend to stay on the phone the rest of the session, I only wanted to, what you might say, lubricate the gears, get the ball rolling. But I do have one thing I will share that came to my mind while you were talking about how it, is how in an instant we can panic. I identified with that so because I have this lung disease that isn’t getting any better, and I can go into a panic so quickly I’ve gotten used to it. I now know when I’m going into it so I just stop everything and put myself in your hands and just go into stillness.   

Student: Hello Michael, this is your friend and daughter, G.  Thank you for being here and thank you for your comfort and encouraging words and for the opportunity to engage in some dialogue and sharing of things. I don’t intend to stay on the phone the rest of the session, I only wanted to, what you might say, lubricate the gears, get the ball rolling. But I do have one thing I will share that came to my mind while you were talking about how it, is how in an instant we can panic. I identified with that so because I have this lung disease that isn’t getting any better, and I can go into a panic so quickly I’ve gotten used to it. I now know when I’m going into it so I just stop everything and put myself in your hands and just go into stillness.