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==Heading==
===Topic: ''Enduring Peace''===
===Group: [[Rio Rancho TeaM]]===
==Facilitators==
===Teacher: [[Tomas]]===
===TR: [[Gerdean]]===
==Session==
===Opening===
Prayer: [[Father]] [[God]], [[wake]] us up. Help us get past the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lethargy lethargy] of [[Spring|springtime]] and [[listen]] to Your [[voice]]. Send us Your [[voice]] through Your [[heavenly]] helpers who want to help us, who are [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eager eager] to help us, who have something to say to us. Open our ears that we might [[hear]]. Open our [[minds]] eye that we might see something new and invigorating, something we can pass on. [[Amen]].”
TOMAS: I am Tomas, your [[teacher]], glad to be here with you today. I have been called out of [[hibernation]], as it were, and find myself [[enjoying]] once more the [[soiree]] of yesteryear, when we would get [[together]] and pursue the [[course]] of the [[spirit]]. There are so many diversions and distractions along the way. Of course, you have a saying about that, to the [[effect]] that it is not the [[destination]] that is important but the [[journey]] itself. There is much to be said for that. The [[experiential]] path is what it is. If you were to be [[touched]] with a [[magic]] [[wand]], [[immediately]] being made [[perfect]], [[immortal]] and [[spirit]], you would have no experiential [[contribution]] for [[the Supreme]], which is in some ways the dues we pay, the price of a ticket for the [[journey]] [[home]] to [[the Father]] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=A_Study_of_the_Master_Universe beyond].
Perhaps in the [[lassitude]] of your [[atmosphere]], this lazy warm early late [[spring]] day, lolling around in [[peace]] and comfort, [[solitude]] and [[sanctuary]], as the construct where you go when you are at ease and at [[peace]], is a good [[time]] to [[ponder]] the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Fruits_of_the_spirit fruit of the spirit, ''Enduring Peace''.
===Lesson===
''Enduring Peace'' is not easy to come by, particularly for the [[querulous]] [[mortal]] who seems to [[love]] to [[Argument|quarrel and bicker]] as squirrels will do. In many ways quarreling is a [[habit]]. It is also a [[voice]] that breaks the [[silence]], like chickens clucking in a barnyard, providing companionship and [[sociability]] to other hens and chicks. These [[manifestations]] of lively [[communications]] need not be considered [[hostile]] or problematic. They are simply a part of your [[composition]] as [[mortals]], but when this [[temperament]] is stirred up, when it is offended, when it is severe enough to make you rise up from your comfort zone and move out from your [[citadel]] of the [[spirit]], it can be quite bothersome indeed. It can broach hostilities and thus the [[peace]] is broken. ''Enduring peace'' is lost.
You look around your [[planet]] at the world conditions in [[existence]] today, at the hostilities, at the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_24 wars and rumors of wars][http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_134_-_The_Transition_Years#134:6._LAW.2C_LIBERTY.2C_AND_SOVEREIGNTY]. Not only are nations rising up against nations, but the very [[planet]] is in turmoil. [[Weather]] [[patterns]] are shifting. [[Radical]] [[action]] is coming forth from mother [[nature]] in terms of [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricanes hurricanes] and [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/ earthquakes], torrential rains and [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drought uncommon dry spells], or cold snaps. It’s very dramatic on your world. It is particularly [[dynamic]] on your world at this time because of [[two]] things: one being
:*[[communications]] have allowed you to [[see]] into parts of the [[Earth|globe]] that you never could see before and the [[media]] is on the job, as it were, with high tech cameras and so forth to bring you right into the lap of misery. And
:*you have become more [[sensitive]]. You have been spending [[quality]] [[time]] in [[Stillness]] with [[the Master]] [[contemplating]] [[values]] and [[meanings]], [[aspiring]] to a brave new world where [[harmony]] and [[brotherhood]] reign. The [[violence]] and [[conflict]] of the [[Evolutionary Worlds|evolving world]] is more distracting and more unnerving than ever before. For you.
There are times when, in the [[course]] of [[Geologic Timescale|geologic evolution]], there are [[ages]] that pass before any major [[change]] come to bring in a new age -- a new [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Age ice age], or something like the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devonian age of fishes]. You here are entering into a [[new age]] as well, and there is [[geologic]] [[turmoil]] to go with it, and it will be quite some time before it settles down into a way of life, a [[pattern]] of life that will [[endure]] for [[millennia]]. It is an exciting time to live, but it is also exhausting. Fine for the [[Youth|young folk]], but more [[difficult]] for those of you who have begun to [[embrace]] your approach to [[Mansion Worlds|Mansonia]], where you are slowing down, so as to better [[connect]] with that train when it comes by.
''Enduring peace'' comes from [[appreciating]] your place in the [[universe]] and the [[time]] in which you live it. It was [[chosen]] for you. You were chosen for it. The [[configuration]] is [[ideal]] for you. It is precisely what you came to do and what you started out to do. You may [[rest]] in [[peace]] that [[things]] are coming to pass as “it is written.”[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_43#43:5._THE_EDENTIA_FATHERS_SINCE_THE_LUCIFER_REBELLION] In that, you can [[enjoy]] enduring [[peace]] even in the face of the temporary [[tumult]]. You can [[maintain]] perspective and continue to have an appropriate degree of detachment, and appropriate degree of [[compassion]], [[empathy]] and [[mercy]]. You are able to extend these because deep within you, you have come to know ''enduring peace''. You are an extension of [[peace]]. You are the [[offspring]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.9 Prince of Peace].
You have known about [[war]], [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_53_-_The_Lucifer_Rebellion#53:5._NATURE_OF_THE_CONFLICT war in heaven], war on [[earth]], [[civil war]] in your [[nation]] and in your own [[soul]]. And having a [[perspective]] on [[war]], you are able to turn your full [[attention]] to the [[study]] of [[peace]]. Relinquish yourself to [[peace]]. [[Surrender]] to peace. Succumb to peace. [[Rest]] in peace. The more you are [[able]] to [[reflect]] this [[quality]] of ''[[enduring]] [[peace]]'', the more [[visible]] your [[presence]] becomes, the more [[influence]] you bring to bear on your [[environment]], the more your very [[presence]] impacts those around you. You will stop them in their tracks. You will be an [[immediate]] [[reflector]] of the [[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.9 Prince of Peace] and the [[value]] of ''enduring peace'' and their own [[hunger]] to know [[peace]] and to dwell therein when you remind others or each other of these [[qualities]] that are befitting our ever-peaceful Lord. You bring a [[quality of life]] that is refreshing to behold, to [[explore]], to [[experience]].
''Enduring peace'' comes only when you [[study]] [[war]] no more, when you no longer find battles appealing, [[romantic]], or justifiable. And look at the indignities going on in your world. Is it any [[wonder]] that people rise up against such maltreatment? Is it any wonder that [[peace]] seems so far away, so impossible to grasp? What a [[challenge]] it is for you then, my [[students]], to go into the world as an [[ambassador]] of the [[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.9 Prince of Peace] and [[express]] your concerns about how [[humanity]] treats one another and how it stewards the [[earth]].
Your [[character]], your strong character will give your [[voice]] [[authority]], even as you are able to [[maintain]] your [[enduring]] [[peace]]. This is [[wisdom]]. [[Demonstrate]] [[wisdom]]. [[Teach]] people what [[wisdom]] looks like, [[feels]] like. You [[know]] it. It is within you. It is a [[fruit of the spirit.]] Enduring peace is like [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papaya papaya]; ripe papaya is smooth, creamy, sweet, nutritious, without lumps, very palatable, very comforting, very exotic, and very easy. Today looks like a papaya kind of day, feels like a papaya kind of day.
Have you enough [[energy]] and will to engage in [[conversation]]? Or would you rather just watch the clouds roll by?
Group: No questions or concerns, only [[geological]] or [[environme]]ntal concerns.
TOMAS: Well, yes, I can [[understand]] why you would have [[geological]] concerns. The world is watching and it is going to be quite a [[learning]] [[experience]] for all of you. [[Stewardship]] is a [[responsibility]] that ought not be taken advantage of. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill oil spill] was not [[planned]], of course. It was not [[deliberately]] brought on. Indeed more precautions could have been taken. They certainly [[manifest]] caution when it comes to [[Healing|curing]] certain [[diseases]], but no matter. [[Accidents]] happen in the [[finite]] world and although some [[accidents]] are quite serious, for the most part life goes on and something will have been [[learned]] from the distraction. I cannot [[predict]] what that might be.
One would [[hope]] it would be a more [[profound]] [[reverence]] for mother [[earth]], but even that must be cautiously approached because you have only recently come out of an era of [[nature]] [[worship]]; there are some of you who would say that you still [[worship]] oil and other minerals or goods that come from the [[Ocean|sea]], the air, or the fields, although it is really more an [[appreciation]] for what can be gotten than a [[fear]] of what should be [[worshipped]]. For the most part, what men [[worship]] is still what they [[fear]]. For the most part it has not occurred to people to worship what they [[love]], in the [[divine]] sense. They don’t know [[God]] well enough to [[worship]] him out of [[gratitude]] for the gifts of life that He gives.
Your [[classes]] that you take, the [[Judaism|Jewish]] class, the first four chapters of [[Book of Genesis|Genesis]] have shown you how much you have not changed since [[Adam and Eve]] lived on your [[planet]]. You still have [[commitments]] and [[betrayals]], [[temptation]] and triumph, [[guilt]] and [[shame]] and so forth -- [[adultery]], [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder murder], and [[envy]]. There are just so many more of you now than there were then; you cover more territory so it has simply multiplied manifold, [[sociologically]] speaking, but [[individually]] speaking you still are dealing with the same [[personal]] [[problems]].
[[Amazing]] how so many people, knowing that they are only going to [[experience]] these same things, [[choose]] not to engage in [[experiential]] living anymore but choose to live in their [[intellect]] instead. This is a way of slowing down the [[progress]] of an [[evolving world]]. Living in the [[mind]] [[crystallizes]] the [[energy]]. It makes of your world a [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mausoleum mausoleum] or a [[Gallery|museum]] more than an amusement park or a shopping mall or a place of [[social]] [[interaction]].
They had some trouble in their day, too, though. They had [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagues plagues], [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drought drought], [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famine famine], just as they did in [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma Oklahoma] in your lifetime have the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_Bowl dust bowl]. [[Ecological]] [[events]] occur, social events occur, each [[Epoch|new age]] provides a new backdrop in which to [[learn]] the same [[fundamental]] lessons – all the while advancing the [[unseen]], unknowable [[dimension]] of [[spirit]] that becomes the [[experiential]] [[God]][http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Supreme]. It is like each lifetime, each [[generation]], tills the [[soil]], plants the [[seeds]], [[harvest]]s the crop and stores the grain that goes into the sustenance of the next [[generation]] and even the next, and so as the years go by, you add on to this store of [[experiential]] [[wisdom]], able to borrow upon your [[Ancestors|forefathers]] but never able to completely side-step the [[necessity]] of the [[experiences]] themselves.
Renault: Every year I have to pull [http://www.wikipedia.orgwiki/Weeds weeds]. They never go away.
TOMAS: It just becomes a new [[configuration]] of how to deal with the [[challenge]]. Well, it’s [[good]] to see that there is such ''[[enduring]] [[peace]]'' in this [[environment]].
Renault: And we certainly have [[beautiful]] flowers.
===Closing===
TOMAS: Yes, you do have a [[beautiful]] world. Even with its trouble spots, it is still a beautiful world. Invite me back again sometime.
Renault: Anytime. [[Love]] to have you back, Tomas.
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==Heading==
===Topic: ''Enduring Peace''===
===Group: [[Rio Rancho TeaM]]===
==Facilitators==
===Teacher: [[Tomas]]===
===TR: [[Gerdean]]===
==Session==
===Opening===
Prayer: [[Father]] [[God]], [[wake]] us up. Help us get past the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lethargy lethargy] of [[Spring|springtime]] and [[listen]] to Your [[voice]]. Send us Your [[voice]] through Your [[heavenly]] helpers who want to help us, who are [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eager eager] to help us, who have something to say to us. Open our ears that we might [[hear]]. Open our [[minds]] eye that we might see something new and invigorating, something we can pass on. [[Amen]].”
TOMAS: I am Tomas, your [[teacher]], glad to be here with you today. I have been called out of [[hibernation]], as it were, and find myself [[enjoying]] once more the [[soiree]] of yesteryear, when we would get [[together]] and pursue the [[course]] of the [[spirit]]. There are so many diversions and distractions along the way. Of course, you have a saying about that, to the [[effect]] that it is not the [[destination]] that is important but the [[journey]] itself. There is much to be said for that. The [[experiential]] path is what it is. If you were to be [[touched]] with a [[magic]] [[wand]], [[immediately]] being made [[perfect]], [[immortal]] and [[spirit]], you would have no experiential [[contribution]] for [[the Supreme]], which is in some ways the dues we pay, the price of a ticket for the [[journey]] [[home]] to [[the Father]] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=A_Study_of_the_Master_Universe beyond].
Perhaps in the [[lassitude]] of your [[atmosphere]], this lazy warm early late [[spring]] day, lolling around in [[peace]] and comfort, [[solitude]] and [[sanctuary]], as the construct where you go when you are at ease and at [[peace]], is a good [[time]] to [[ponder]] the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Fruits_of_the_spirit fruit of the spirit, ''Enduring Peace''.
===Lesson===
''Enduring Peace'' is not easy to come by, particularly for the [[querulous]] [[mortal]] who seems to [[love]] to [[Argument|quarrel and bicker]] as squirrels will do. In many ways quarreling is a [[habit]]. It is also a [[voice]] that breaks the [[silence]], like chickens clucking in a barnyard, providing companionship and [[sociability]] to other hens and chicks. These [[manifestations]] of lively [[communications]] need not be considered [[hostile]] or problematic. They are simply a part of your [[composition]] as [[mortals]], but when this [[temperament]] is stirred up, when it is offended, when it is severe enough to make you rise up from your comfort zone and move out from your [[citadel]] of the [[spirit]], it can be quite bothersome indeed. It can broach hostilities and thus the [[peace]] is broken. ''Enduring peace'' is lost.
You look around your [[planet]] at the world conditions in [[existence]] today, at the hostilities, at the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_24 wars and rumors of wars][http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_134_-_The_Transition_Years#134:6._LAW.2C_LIBERTY.2C_AND_SOVEREIGNTY]. Not only are nations rising up against nations, but the very [[planet]] is in turmoil. [[Weather]] [[patterns]] are shifting. [[Radical]] [[action]] is coming forth from mother [[nature]] in terms of [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricanes hurricanes] and [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/ earthquakes], torrential rains and [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drought uncommon dry spells], or cold snaps. It’s very dramatic on your world. It is particularly [[dynamic]] on your world at this time because of [[two]] things: one being
:*[[communications]] have allowed you to [[see]] into parts of the [[Earth|globe]] that you never could see before and the [[media]] is on the job, as it were, with high tech cameras and so forth to bring you right into the lap of misery. And
:*you have become more [[sensitive]]. You have been spending [[quality]] [[time]] in [[Stillness]] with [[the Master]] [[contemplating]] [[values]] and [[meanings]], [[aspiring]] to a brave new world where [[harmony]] and [[brotherhood]] reign. The [[violence]] and [[conflict]] of the [[Evolutionary Worlds|evolving world]] is more distracting and more unnerving than ever before. For you.
There are times when, in the [[course]] of [[Geologic Timescale|geologic evolution]], there are [[ages]] that pass before any major [[change]] come to bring in a new age -- a new [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Age ice age], or something like the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devonian age of fishes]. You here are entering into a [[new age]] as well, and there is [[geologic]] [[turmoil]] to go with it, and it will be quite some time before it settles down into a way of life, a [[pattern]] of life that will [[endure]] for [[millennia]]. It is an exciting time to live, but it is also exhausting. Fine for the [[Youth|young folk]], but more [[difficult]] for those of you who have begun to [[embrace]] your approach to [[Mansion Worlds|Mansonia]], where you are slowing down, so as to better [[connect]] with that train when it comes by.
''Enduring peace'' comes from [[appreciating]] your place in the [[universe]] and the [[time]] in which you live it. It was [[chosen]] for you. You were chosen for it. The [[configuration]] is [[ideal]] for you. It is precisely what you came to do and what you started out to do. You may [[rest]] in [[peace]] that [[things]] are coming to pass as “it is written.”[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_43#43:5._THE_EDENTIA_FATHERS_SINCE_THE_LUCIFER_REBELLION] In that, you can [[enjoy]] enduring [[peace]] even in the face of the temporary [[tumult]]. You can [[maintain]] perspective and continue to have an appropriate degree of detachment, and appropriate degree of [[compassion]], [[empathy]] and [[mercy]]. You are able to extend these because deep within you, you have come to know ''enduring peace''. You are an extension of [[peace]]. You are the [[offspring]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.9 Prince of Peace].
You have known about [[war]], [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_53_-_The_Lucifer_Rebellion#53:5._NATURE_OF_THE_CONFLICT war in heaven], war on [[earth]], [[civil war]] in your [[nation]] and in your own [[soul]]. And having a [[perspective]] on [[war]], you are able to turn your full [[attention]] to the [[study]] of [[peace]]. Relinquish yourself to [[peace]]. [[Surrender]] to peace. Succumb to peace. [[Rest]] in peace. The more you are [[able]] to [[reflect]] this [[quality]] of ''[[enduring]] [[peace]]'', the more [[visible]] your [[presence]] becomes, the more [[influence]] you bring to bear on your [[environment]], the more your very [[presence]] impacts those around you. You will stop them in their tracks. You will be an [[immediate]] [[reflector]] of the [[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.9 Prince of Peace] and the [[value]] of ''enduring peace'' and their own [[hunger]] to know [[peace]] and to dwell therein when you remind others or each other of these [[qualities]] that are befitting our ever-peaceful Lord. You bring a [[quality of life]] that is refreshing to behold, to [[explore]], to [[experience]].
''Enduring peace'' comes only when you [[study]] [[war]] no more, when you no longer find battles appealing, [[romantic]], or justifiable. And look at the indignities going on in your world. Is it any [[wonder]] that people rise up against such maltreatment? Is it any wonder that [[peace]] seems so far away, so impossible to grasp? What a [[challenge]] it is for you then, my [[students]], to go into the world as an [[ambassador]] of the [[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.9 Prince of Peace] and [[express]] your concerns about how [[humanity]] treats one another and how it stewards the [[earth]].
Your [[character]], your strong character will give your [[voice]] [[authority]], even as you are able to [[maintain]] your [[enduring]] [[peace]]. This is [[wisdom]]. [[Demonstrate]] [[wisdom]]. [[Teach]] people what [[wisdom]] looks like, [[feels]] like. You [[know]] it. It is within you. It is a [[fruit of the spirit.]] Enduring peace is like [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papaya papaya]; ripe papaya is smooth, creamy, sweet, nutritious, without lumps, very palatable, very comforting, very exotic, and very easy. Today looks like a papaya kind of day, feels like a papaya kind of day.
Have you enough [[energy]] and will to engage in [[conversation]]? Or would you rather just watch the clouds roll by?
Group: No questions or concerns, only [[geological]] or [[environme]]ntal concerns.
TOMAS: Well, yes, I can [[understand]] why you would have [[geological]] concerns. The world is watching and it is going to be quite a [[learning]] [[experience]] for all of you. [[Stewardship]] is a [[responsibility]] that ought not be taken advantage of. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill oil spill] was not [[planned]], of course. It was not [[deliberately]] brought on. Indeed more precautions could have been taken. They certainly [[manifest]] caution when it comes to [[Healing|curing]] certain [[diseases]], but no matter. [[Accidents]] happen in the [[finite]] world and although some [[accidents]] are quite serious, for the most part life goes on and something will have been [[learned]] from the distraction. I cannot [[predict]] what that might be.
One would [[hope]] it would be a more [[profound]] [[reverence]] for mother [[earth]], but even that must be cautiously approached because you have only recently come out of an era of [[nature]] [[worship]]; there are some of you who would say that you still [[worship]] oil and other minerals or goods that come from the [[Ocean|sea]], the air, or the fields, although it is really more an [[appreciation]] for what can be gotten than a [[fear]] of what should be [[worshipped]]. For the most part, what men [[worship]] is still what they [[fear]]. For the most part it has not occurred to people to worship what they [[love]], in the [[divine]] sense. They don’t know [[God]] well enough to [[worship]] him out of [[gratitude]] for the gifts of life that He gives.
Your [[classes]] that you take, the [[Judaism|Jewish]] class, the first four chapters of [[Book of Genesis|Genesis]] have shown you how much you have not changed since [[Adam and Eve]] lived on your [[planet]]. You still have [[commitments]] and [[betrayals]], [[temptation]] and triumph, [[guilt]] and [[shame]] and so forth -- [[adultery]], [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder murder], and [[envy]]. There are just so many more of you now than there were then; you cover more territory so it has simply multiplied manifold, [[sociologically]] speaking, but [[individually]] speaking you still are dealing with the same [[personal]] [[problems]].
[[Amazing]] how so many people, knowing that they are only going to [[experience]] these same things, [[choose]] not to engage in [[experiential]] living anymore but choose to live in their [[intellect]] instead. This is a way of slowing down the [[progress]] of an [[evolving world]]. Living in the [[mind]] [[crystallizes]] the [[energy]]. It makes of your world a [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mausoleum mausoleum] or a [[Gallery|museum]] more than an amusement park or a shopping mall or a place of [[social]] [[interaction]].
They had some trouble in their day, too, though. They had [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagues plagues], [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drought drought], [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famine famine], just as they did in [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma Oklahoma] in your lifetime have the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_Bowl dust bowl]. [[Ecological]] [[events]] occur, social events occur, each [[Epoch|new age]] provides a new backdrop in which to [[learn]] the same [[fundamental]] lessons – all the while advancing the [[unseen]], unknowable [[dimension]] of [[spirit]] that becomes the [[experiential]] [[God]][http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Supreme]. It is like each lifetime, each [[generation]], tills the [[soil]], plants the [[seeds]], [[harvest]]s the crop and stores the grain that goes into the sustenance of the next [[generation]] and even the next, and so as the years go by, you add on to this store of [[experiential]] [[wisdom]], able to borrow upon your [[Ancestors|forefathers]] but never able to completely side-step the [[necessity]] of the [[experiences]] themselves.
Renault: Every year I have to pull [http://www.wikipedia.orgwiki/Weeds weeds]. They never go away.
TOMAS: It just becomes a new [[configuration]] of how to deal with the [[challenge]]. Well, it’s [[good]] to see that there is such ''[[enduring]] [[peace]]'' in this [[environment]].
Renault: And we certainly have [[beautiful]] flowers.
===Closing===
TOMAS: Yes, you do have a [[beautiful]] world. Even with its trouble spots, it is still a beautiful world. Invite me back again sometime.
Renault: Anytime. [[Love]] to have you back, Tomas.
[[Category: The Teaching Mission: Dialogues]]
[[Category: Rio Rancho TeaM]]
[[Category: Tomas]]
[[Category: Gerdean]]
[[Category: Peace]]
[[Category: 2006]]