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| ==Session== | | ==Session== |
| ===Opening=== | | ===Opening=== |
− | TOMAS: Good evening, [[friends]] and [[neighbors]]. I am Tomas. I am glad to be here. As you might say in your [[culture]], “It is good to see and be seen.” Social [[intercourse]] takes two and so we have a forum here; indeed, we have a [[party]], a [[dance]] hall in which to [[circulate]] and exchange vows and [[prayers]] and messages which serve to uplift and [[encourage]] you in your daily path. Yes, there are [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frustration frustrations] along the way. It is not always easy. But the important [[thing]] is that you continue to try, that you don’t give up, and so let us commence. | + | TOMAS: Good evening, [[friends]] and [[neighbors]]. I am Tomas. I am glad to be here. As you might say in your [[culture]], “It is good to see and be seen.” Social [[intercourse]] takes two and so we have a forum here; indeed, we have a [[party]], a [[dance]] hall in which to [[circulate]] and exchange vows and [[prayers]] and messages which serve to uplift and [[encourage]] you in your daily path. Yes, there are [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/frustration frustrations] along the way. It is not always easy. But the important [[thing]] is that you continue to try, that you don’t give up, and so let us commence. |
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| ===Lesson=== | | ===Lesson=== |
| ===='''''[[Experiment]]''''', '''''[[Diversity]]'''''==== | | ===='''''[[Experiment]]''''', '''''[[Diversity]]'''''==== |
− | Greetings and [[welcome]] to you all again. I am Tomas, your [[teacher]]. I have [[thought]] that I would like to talk to you about [[experimental]] life stations, just to [[focus]] on the [[concept]]. As you know, those of you who are students of the [[Urantia text]], [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_36#36:2._THE_LIFE_CARRIER_WORLDS every tenth planet is an experimental world]. The others provide [[continuity]] throughout the [[universe]]; they don’t have the [[adventures]] and glitches that you have here that make your life so very rugged and such a [[challenge]]. They have challenges, of course, but not to the extent that you have here [where] there are so many [[variables]] and so many unscheduled [[developments]] -- unscheduled as far as your [[perception]] is concerned although they are of course quite in hand, quite under the [[control]] of those who take care of the living [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laboratory laboratories] of [[time and space]]. | + | Greetings and [[welcome]] to you all again. I am Tomas, your [[teacher]]. I have [[thought]] that I would like to talk to you about [[experimental]] life stations, just to [[focus]] on the [[concept]]. As you know, those of you who are students of the [[Urantia text]], [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_36#36:2._THE_LIFE_CARRIER_WORLDS every tenth planet is an experimental world]. The others provide [[continuity]] throughout the [[universe]]; they don’t have the [[adventures]] and glitches that you have here that make your life so very rugged and such a [[challenge]]. They have challenges, of course, but not to the extent that you have here [where] there are so many [[variables]] and so many unscheduled [[developments]] -- unscheduled as far as your [[perception]] is concerned although they are of course quite in hand, quite under the [[control]] of those who take care of the living [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laboratory laboratories] of [[time and space]]. |
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| The [[idea]], though, of life [[experimental]] stations, or experimental life stations, whichever way you [[choose]] to consider it, is an [[opportunity]] to [[think]] about the [[flexibility]] that life provides. When you go beyond here, when you leave [[Urantia]] and enter into the greater [[community]] of [[Mansonia]], you will meet with many people who have no [[idea]] what it’s like to be from a [[sphere]] such as this. The very [[fact]] of your [[experiences]] here, even without the [[Lucifer Rebellion|rebellion]] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_75 the default], would render you [[unique]] and [[different]], but I have some question in my [[mind]] as to whether you truly [[appreciate]] what it is to live in an experiential life station such as [[Urantia]]. | | The [[idea]], though, of life [[experimental]] stations, or experimental life stations, whichever way you [[choose]] to consider it, is an [[opportunity]] to [[think]] about the [[flexibility]] that life provides. When you go beyond here, when you leave [[Urantia]] and enter into the greater [[community]] of [[Mansonia]], you will meet with many people who have no [[idea]] what it’s like to be from a [[sphere]] such as this. The very [[fact]] of your [[experiences]] here, even without the [[Lucifer Rebellion|rebellion]] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_75 the default], would render you [[unique]] and [[different]], but I have some question in my [[mind]] as to whether you truly [[appreciate]] what it is to live in an experiential life station such as [[Urantia]]. |
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− | Let’s bring it down to a manageable size so that you might consider it more [[immediately]]. Take your [[society]], for example, your [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_society global] [[society]]. It is organized into different countries with [[different]] [[governments]], and they handle themselves differently accordingly. Different [[cultures]] have their ways, their climates, their [[languages]], and each one is its own life [[experimental]] station. | + | Let’s bring it down to a manageable size so that you might consider it more [[immediately]]. Take your [[society]], for example, your [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_society global] [[society]]. It is organized into different countries with [[different]] [[governments]], and they handle themselves differently accordingly. Different [[cultures]] have their ways, their climates, their [[languages]], and each one is its own life [[experimental]] station. |
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| Perhaps when you were a child you [[understood]] what your experimental life station was – your [[home]], your [[family]], your [[culture]], your ways. You were familiar with the foods you ate, how your relatives looked, more or less what they wore, how they smelled, how they [[laughed]], how they talked, how they [[worked]]. And then visiting another [[culture]] might have introduced you to people of a different [[color]], or people who dressed funny/[[strange]] compared to your [[family]]. Perhaps their food smelled [[different]] and strange, foreign/exotic, and you reacted or [[responded]] to that difference. The same will be true on [[Mansonia]] when you encounter people from other worlds. And you will have similar reactions and responses. One of the [[things]] that you can learn now and save yourself and everyone else the trouble later on is to [[recognize]] that there are [[inherent]] [[differences]] at different levels of [[development]] … and for a [[good]] [[reason]]. | | Perhaps when you were a child you [[understood]] what your experimental life station was – your [[home]], your [[family]], your [[culture]], your ways. You were familiar with the foods you ate, how your relatives looked, more or less what they wore, how they smelled, how they [[laughed]], how they talked, how they [[worked]]. And then visiting another [[culture]] might have introduced you to people of a different [[color]], or people who dressed funny/[[strange]] compared to your [[family]]. Perhaps their food smelled [[different]] and strange, foreign/exotic, and you reacted or [[responded]] to that difference. The same will be true on [[Mansonia]] when you encounter people from other worlds. And you will have similar reactions and responses. One of the [[things]] that you can learn now and save yourself and everyone else the trouble later on is to [[recognize]] that there are [[inherent]] [[differences]] at different levels of [[development]] … and for a [[good]] [[reason]]. |
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| Mike: Thirty-one. | | Mike: Thirty-one. |
| ===='''''[[Opportunity]]'''''==== | | ===='''''[[Opportunity]]'''''==== |
− | TOMAS: Yes. You have a tremendous [[future]] ahead of you here … for yourself and for those you will impact. You have an [[opportunity]] to be a hero. And I say this fully [[understanding]] that you think in terms of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman Superman] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiderman Spiderman] or one of those superheroes when I mention hero, or even [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odysseus Ulysses], but really I mean the kind of hero who will stand up and [[represent]] what is right, not what is popular, who will do the right thing by [[women]] and [[children]] and his fellow-men, even if it is not going to put [[money]] in his pocket or earn him an award. These are the heroes that are needed for the [[work]] about to commence … and in some cases, already having commenced. | + | TOMAS: Yes. You have a tremendous [[future]] ahead of you here … for yourself and for those you will impact. You have an [[opportunity]] to be a hero. And I say this fully [[understanding]] that you think in terms of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman Superman] or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiderman Spiderman] or one of those superheroes when I mention hero, or even [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odysseus Ulysses], but really I mean the kind of hero who will stand up and [[represent]] what is right, not what is popular, who will do the right thing by [[women]] and [[children]] and his fellow-men, even if it is not going to put [[money]] in his pocket or earn him an award. These are the heroes that are needed for the [[work]] about to commence … and in some cases, already having commenced. |
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| Mike: Well, thank you very much for that. That is incredibly [[inspirational]] to me, and it helps to boost my [[confidence]] in my own abilities to do just that. That has definitely been on my mind as well. Just to [[do the Father’s will]]. | | Mike: Well, thank you very much for that. That is incredibly [[inspirational]] to me, and it helps to boost my [[confidence]] in my own abilities to do just that. That has definitely been on my mind as well. Just to [[do the Father’s will]]. |
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| Mike: In times of [[difficulty]], especially, and I thank you very much, Tomas. | | Mike: In times of [[difficulty]], especially, and I thank you very much, Tomas. |
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− | TOMAS: You are welcome, Mike. And I would like to add that in a construct of the kingdom such as this world will become when it [[matures]] as an experimental life station, you will find much [[encouragement]] and [[support]] and camaraderie from and with your [[peers]]. Right now there seems to be a tremendous amount of vying for position and much of the old competitive paradigm is still imbedded in your [[collective]] [[consciousness]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Collective_unconscious], but this is passing away, and an era of [[cooperation]] and mutual [[support]] is on the [[horizon]]. Not a negative support, not as in ‘enabling’ or ‘rescuing’ or ‘coddling’ but in real support: in speaking man-top-man, working shoulder-to-shoulder, loving face-to-face. This is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Grit_(novel) true grit]. This is the real fun. This is the kind of stuff that makes your [[soul]] smile. | + | TOMAS: You are welcome, Mike. And I would like to add that in a construct of the kingdom such as this world will become when it [[matures]] as an experimental life station, you will find much [[encouragement]] and [[support]] and camaraderie from and with your [[peers]]. Right now there seems to be a tremendous amount of vying for position and much of the old competitive paradigm is still imbedded in your [[collective]] [[consciousness]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Collective_unconscious], but this is passing away, and an era of [[cooperation]] and mutual [[support]] is on the [[horizon]]. Not a negative support, not as in ‘enabling’ or ‘rescuing’ or ‘coddling’ but in real support: in speaking man-top-man, working shoulder-to-shoulder, loving face-to-face. This is the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Grit_(novel) true grit]. This is the real fun. This is the kind of stuff that makes your [[soul]] smile. |
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| ===Closing=== | | ===Closing=== |