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It has been days since our last [[communication]] by paper and pen, but I have [[enjoyed]] our [[interaction]]. You have [[acted]] upon our suggestion to return your [[attention]] to [[work]] and [[school]], yet you may have less unscheduled time than anyone else in the [[group]]. Yet all of you are [[busy]], far too busy, for [[ideal]] [[mental]] [[health]]. No matter what your pursuit may be and no matter who has [[engaged]] your [[services]], it is inhumane to run yourselves so hard. No [[compensation]] is enough to justify pressing yourselves to the brink of [[exhaustion]].

It has been days since our last [[communication]] by paper and pen, but I have [[enjoyed]] our [[interaction]]. You have [[acted]] upon our suggestion to return your [[attention]] to [[work]] and [[school]], yet you may have less unscheduled time than anyone else in the [[group]]. Yet all of you are [[busy]], far too busy, for [[ideal]] [[mental]] [[health]]. No matter what your pursuit may be and no matter who has [[engaged]] your [[services]], it is inhumane to run yourselves so hard. No [[compensation]] is enough to justify pressing yourselves to the brink of [[exhaustion]].

In your [[material]] [[careers]], you must learn to say no to many [[temptations]]. When work demands become unreasonable, you must likewise [[learn]] to say no to that also, else you will be ensuring a repeat demand on the morrow. Your [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America North American] [[civilization]] has [[progressed]] so far in so short a time chiefly on the [[contributions]] of its [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualty_%28person%29 casualties] and not on the [[abilities]] of the [[successful]]. This unrestrained consumption of the [[participants]], typically labelled [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_darwinism social darwinism], is better named by its more virulent [[critics]]: dog-eat-dog. This is no [[path]] for [[aspiring]] or [[enlightened]] [[seekers]] to continue to tread. While it is useless to rewrite [[history]], it is equally useless to repeat it. We say to you that it is fundamentally inconsistent with the true search for [[the Father]] to [[tolerate]] or contribute to the [[exploitation]] of the people -- and this is as true where you yourselves are [[exploited]] as it is of your [[brothers and sisters]]. There are only so many days allotted to each and it is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate piracy] to take away all of the people's time.

In your [[material]] [[careers]], you must learn to say no to many [[temptations]]. When work demands become unreasonable, you must likewise [[learn]] to say no to that also, else you will be ensuring a repeat demand on the morrow. Your [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America North American] [[civilization]] has [[progressed]] so far in so short a time chiefly on the [[contributions]] of its [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualty_%28person%29 casualties] and not on the [[abilities]] of the [[successful]]. This unrestrained consumption of the [[participants]], typically labelled [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_darwinism social darwinism], is better named by its more virulent [[critics]]: dog-eat-dog. This is no [[path]] for [[aspiring]] or [[enlightened]] [[seekers]] to continue to tread. While it is useless to rewrite [[history]], it is equally useless to repeat it. We say to you that it is fundamentally inconsistent with the true search for [[the Father]] to [[tolerate]] or contribute to the [[exploitation]] of the people -- and this is as true where you yourselves are [[exploited]] as it is of your [[brothers and sisters]]. There are only so many days allotted to each and it is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate piracy] to take away all of the people's time.

For months now we have requested you, generally and specifically, to make time in your lives for [[the Father]]. Only 10 minutes of daily [[silent]] [[prayer]] has been asked, although those with spirit minister [[communication]] will know that such [[dialogues]] typically consume triple that amount of time. Finally, after months of [[interaction]], we see that you are all [[practicing]] daily -- for the most part -- and that is good to see. Yet it can also easily be seen by all involved that there is insufficient time available in your lives to [[engage]] in [[the Father]]'s good work, if such an [[opportunity]] presented itself. It is enough, then, to say that [[problems]] exist over the [[horizon]].

For months now we have requested you, generally and specifically, to make time in your lives for [[the Father]]. Only 10 minutes of daily [[silent]] [[prayer]] has been asked, although those with spirit minister [[communication]] will know that such [[dialogues]] typically consume triple that amount of time. Finally, after months of [[interaction]], we see that you are all [[practicing]] daily -- for the most part -- and that is good to see. Yet it can also easily be seen by all involved that there is insufficient time available in your lives to [[engage]] in [[the Father]]'s good work, if such an [[opportunity]] presented itself. It is enough, then, to say that [[problems]] exist over the [[horizon]].

There is [[time]] yet in life. You are not [[alone]]. The comings and goings of those close are in themselves [[opportunities]] to [[learn]] of the importance of living in [[the Father]]'s [[love]].

There is [[time]] yet in life. You are not [[alone]]. The comings and goings of those close are in themselves [[opportunities]] to [[learn]] of the importance of living in [[the Father]]'s [[love]].

The [[material]] world is a harsh [[school]]. Many lives are broken -- although not irretrievably -- primarily because of the [[failure]] of concern for the fellow [[creatures]] who [[share]] this life [[experience]]. Your world will continue as a world of [[suffering]] while the people refuse even the [[idea]] of the [[common]] [[good]]. Yet [[blessed]] are they who [[embrace]] [[the Father]]'s [[love]], and show their [[understanding]] by attending their [[brothers and sisters]]. Indescribable [[joys]] can be [[experienced]] in even such a place, for those who tread [[the Father]]'s [[path]]. It is an [[anomaly]], but it is not an inconsistency. Life is not [[destined]] to be a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vale_of_tears vale of tears].

The [[material]] world is a harsh [[school]]. Many lives are broken -- although not irretrievably -- primarily because of the [[failure]] of concern for the fellow [[creatures]] who [[share]] this life [[experience]]. Your world will continue as a world of [[suffering]] while the people refuse even the [[idea]] of the [[common]] [[good]]. Yet [[blessed]] are they who [[embrace]] [[the Father]]'s [[love]], and show their [[understanding]] by attending their [[brothers and sisters]]. Indescribable [[joys]] can be [[experienced]] in even such a place, for those who tread [[the Father]]'s [[path]]. It is an [[anomaly]], but it is not an inconsistency. Life is not [[destined]] to be a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vale_of_tears vale of tears].

By [[service]], you will meet them, your [[companions]], and [[learn]] to care for them, and [[love]] them. There is no reason to avoid them, for they will be known to you in the [[afterlife]]. This [[experience]] continues, indeed, it is the only [[work]] [[worth]] doing. We shall all [[grow]] [[together]] in the [[afterlife]], and in that realm there is only [[family]], for we are all His children, and He [[loves]] us alike, wherefore we have always called them Brother and Sister. By [[devotion]] to each other, and in the [[abstract]] sense the [[common]] [[good]], we pay [[respect]] to [[our Father]], who loves us in a special way. We are His [[family]], as the [[Ministering spirits|spirit ministers]] are His servants, and He knows the way is both long and hard.

By [[service]], you will meet them, your [[companions]], and [[learn]] to care for them, and [[love]] them. There is no reason to avoid them, for they will be known to you in the [[afterlife]]. This [[experience]] continues, indeed, it is the only [[work]] [[worth]] doing. We shall all [[grow]] [[together]] in the [[afterlife]], and in that realm there is only [[family]], for we are all His children, and He [[loves]] us alike, wherefore we have always called them Brother and Sister. By [[devotion]] to each other, and in the [[abstract]] sense the [[common]] [[good]], we pay [[respect]] to [[our Father]], who loves us in a special way. We are His [[family]], as the [[Ministering spirits|spirit ministers]] are His servants, and He knows the way is both long and hard.

Not all the things in life can be accomplished in the [[material]] life -- that is why there is an [[afterlife]]. Just as [[the Master]], the [[anointed]] one, said, "[[173:5 Parable of the Marriage Feast|I will take it up again in three days]]," so will you take up the life [[force]] again, for there is still [[work]] to be done. Life is not over for you.

Not all the things in life can be accomplished in the [[material]] life -- that is why there is an [[afterlife]]. Just as [[the Master]], the [[anointed]] one, said, "[[173:5 Parable of the Marriage Feast|I will take it up again in three days]]," so will you take up the life [[force]] again, for there is still [[work]] to be done. Life is not over for you.

You [[think]] that your eternal [[survival]] is in [[jeopardy]] because you have not done enough, but [[the Father]] is not through with you. You have much [[work]] to do before you are ready to stand in His [[personal]] [[presence]] on the [[Isle of Paradise]], for your first meeting. It is a grand [[experience]] -- just you and the [[Universal Father]], with no courtiers or servants, no [[angels]], no pomp or [[ceremony]]. It is a [[personal]] interview, person to person, to review the [[events]] and [[decisions]] of your [[spiritual]] [[progress]] -- a meeting between you and your [[God]]. You people have a name for it: the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_judgment Last Judgment], and it happens the instant that you are fit to [[communicate]] directly with [[the Father]]. You are then truly a [[Paradise citizen]].

You [[think]] that your eternal [[survival]] is in [[jeopardy]] because you have not done enough, but [[the Father]] is not through with you. You have much [[work]] to do before you are ready to stand in His [[personal]] [[presence]] on the [[Isle of Paradise]], for your first meeting. It is a grand [[experience]] -- just you and the [[Universal Father]], with no courtiers or servants, no [[angels]], no pomp or [[ceremony]]. It is a [[personal]] interview, person to person, to review the [[events]] and [[decisions]] of your [[spiritual]] [[progress]] -- a meeting between you and your [[God]]. You people have a name for it: the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_judgment Last Judgment], and it happens the instant that you are fit to [[communicate]] directly with [[the Father]]. You are then truly a [[Paradise citizen]].

To reach this [[point]] takes a long time. Each of you knows in your [[heart]] that you have a long way to go, before you are ready for such an [[event]]. But you are not the first to [[travel]] this [[path]], and you are not [[alone]]. For just these reasons, He sent [[Creator Son|His Son]] to live among you, and show you the way. And the Son said, "No one shall approach the Father but through me." He will be your [[guide]] through the [[afterlife]], and all of this is made easier by your [[companions]] in the heavenly [[progression]]. Do you know who peoples [[heaven]]? Your [[friends]] and [[family]] -- all of them. [[The Father]] has ensured that nothing is lost. You are yet [[children]] in the spiritual realm, and you will all [[grow]] as [[family]], each one [[destined]] to stand before [[the Father]]. That is the [[purpose]] of life.

To reach this [[point]] takes a long time. Each of you knows in your [[heart]] that you have a long way to go, before you are ready for such an [[event]]. But you are not the first to [[travel]] this [[path]], and you are not [[alone]]. For just these reasons, He sent [[Creator Son|His Son]] to live among you, and show you the way. And the Son said, "No one shall approach the Father but through me." He will be your [[guide]] through the [[afterlife]], and all of this is made easier by your [[companions]] in the heavenly [[progression]]. Do you know who peoples [[heaven]]? Your [[friends]] and [[family]] -- all of them. [[The Father]] has ensured that nothing is lost. You are yet [[children]] in the spiritual realm, and you will all [[grow]] as [[family]], each one [[destined]] to stand before [[the Father]]. That is the [[purpose]] of life.

My dear student,

My dear student,

I relish these times we have [[together]]. I like the way that you [[speak]] with strangers. [These remarks followed an exchange with the waitress in a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cafe breakfast cafe]. Every one of them knows that there is something [[different]] about you and they often [[wonder]], later, what it is.

I relish these times we have [[together]]. I like the way that you [[speak]] with strangers. [These remarks followed an exchange with the waitress in a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cafe breakfast cafe]. Every one of them knows that there is something [[different]] about you and they often [[wonder]], later, what it is.

We know. It is the [[power]] of [[the Father]]'s [[love]]. You have often felt [[failure]] over your neglect of #2 in the [[1-2-3 exercise]], but I say to you that you do not need to [[consciously]] [[perform]] that which is already incorporated by you. That would be overkill and would tend to [[transmit]] as insincerity. It is fine if you are consciously [[aware]] of this [[process]], as you are at this moment, but [[application]] of [[force]] will spoil it. That is why we used the term "conduit," so as not to imply force on the [[human]]'s part.

We know. It is the [[power]] of [[the Father]]'s [[love]]. You have often felt [[failure]] over your neglect of #2 in the [[1-2-3 exercise]], but I say to you that you do not need to [[consciously]] [[perform]] that which is already incorporated by you. That would be overkill and would tend to [[transmit]] as insincerity. It is fine if you are consciously [[aware]] of this [[process]], as you are at this moment, but [[application]] of [[force]] will spoil it. That is why we used the term "conduit," so as not to imply force on the [[human]]'s part.

Relate to Soldette and Susan the remark in [[Paper 77]] about [[secondary midwayer]] [[power]] over [[material]] things, even beasts of the realm. It will do much to allay Soldette's [[fears]] for her only and precious child. We have things in [[mind]] for your Jade. Any day now she will walk and run in the company of a [[Paper 113 - Seraphic Guardians of Destiny|seraphic pair]].

Relate to Soldette and Susan the remark in [[Paper 77]] about [[secondary midwayer]] [[power]] over [[material]] things, even beasts of the realm. It will do much to allay Soldette's [[fears]] for her only and precious child. We have things in [[mind]] for your Jade. Any day now she will walk and run in the company of a [[Paper 113 - Seraphic Guardians of Destiny|seraphic pair]].

You have handled well the [[guidance]] of your [[earth]] [[mother]] through this difficult [[decision]]-making [[process]]. Her [[gratitude]] is genuine. You have an [[ability]] at gently penetrating her [[stubborn]] [[denials]] and at laying her [[fears]] out in the bright sunlight -- where they are not the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogre ogres] she [[imagined]]. Your job here will be complete when you follow through on these arrangements and publish them, for the [[information]] of all concerned parties. God [[bless]] you.

You have handled well the [[guidance]] of your [[earth]] [[mother]] through this difficult [[decision]]-making [[process]]. Her [[gratitude]] is genuine. You have an [[ability]] at gently penetrating her [[stubborn]] [[denials]] and at laying her [[fears]] out in the bright sunlight -- where they are not the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogre ogres] she [[imagined]]. Your job here will be complete when you follow through on these arrangements and publish them, for the [[information]] of all concerned parties. God [[bless]] you.

I will have another [[message]] for Virginia before your [[visit]] ends. We will leave her a letter that provides [[solace]] and a doorway to [[Afterlife|the life beyond]]. She will make it. Her [[survival]] is [[assured]]. When she is called in the [[dispensation]], you will be her [[orientation]] [[counselor]]. It will be the second-best service that you ever provide her. This present [[service]] is better.

I will have another [[message]] for Virginia before your [[visit]] ends. We will leave her a letter that provides [[solace]] and a doorway to [[Afterlife|the life beyond]]. She will make it. Her [[survival]] is [[assured]]. When she is called in the [[dispensation]], you will be her [[orientation]] [[counselor]]. It will be the second-best service that you ever provide her. This present [[service]] is better.

==Session 9==

==Session 9==

*03/10/92 Tuesday a.m., [[Melchizedek]]'s parting [[message]] to Virginia on the eve of Eric's departure from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Lauderdale,_Florida Fort Lauderdale] trip:

*03/10/92 Tuesday a.m., [[Melchizedek]]'s parting [[message]] to Virginia on the eve of Eric's departure from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Lauderdale,_Florida Fort Lauderdale] trip:

===Lesson===

===Lesson===

===='''''[[Freedom]]'''''====

===='''''[[Freedom]]'''''====

Many [[modern]] people think that the [[Heavenly Father]] is remote, that thousands of years ago He was [[active]] in the people's lives, but following a [[series]] of remarkable [[events]] He has withdrawn from the world. They [[think]] that perhaps His test is complete and now all that remains for the people is to pass His muster and meet in [[heaven]]. This is far from the [[truth]]. In [[fact]], [[the Father]]'s [[participation]] has increased in the world, although it is also true that if the lives of the people are consumed with worldly things and [[selfish]] pursuits, then it is [[difficult]] to find [[the Father]]. He lives in and through each [[person]], a direct [[participant]] in the [[decisions]] and [[consequences]] of your daily life. He does this for two reasons. First, although He is [[omniscient]] -- knows all -- there is a [[difference]] between knowing something and [[experiencing]] something. You well know the [[advantages]] of [[experience]] compared to [[theoretical]] [[knowledge]]. How much more so for our great [[God]]! You see, [[the Father]] has His own [[unique]] problems. He made [[everything]], including the [[power]] of [[free will]] choice, which not even He will overrule, and [[choice]] means that [[error]] is possible, even [[sin]]. Yet He cannot know either error or sin, because He is all [[good]]. By [[intimately]] [[participating]] in your life, then, He can [[experience]] the [[consequences]] of error -- and occasionally, [[sin]] -- and thereby know what is going on in His [[creation]]. You are actually providing Him a [[service]], and allowing Him to become more [[understanding]] and more [[powerful]].

Many [[modern]] people think that the [[Heavenly Father]] is remote, that thousands of years ago He was [[active]] in the people's lives, but following a [[series]] of remarkable [[events]] He has withdrawn from the world. They [[think]] that perhaps His test is complete and now all that remains for the people is to pass His muster and meet in [[heaven]]. This is far from the [[truth]]. In [[fact]], [[the Father]]'s [[participation]] has increased in the world, although it is also true that if the lives of the people are consumed with worldly things and [[selfish]] pursuits, then it is [[difficult]] to find [[the Father]]. He lives in and through each [[person]], a direct [[participant]] in the [[decisions]] and [[consequences]] of your daily life. He does this for two reasons. First, although He is [[omniscient]] -- knows all -- there is a [[difference]] between knowing something and [[experiencing]] something. You well know the [[advantages]] of [[experience]] compared to [[theoretical]] [[knowledge]]. How much more so for our great [[God]]! You see, [[the Father]] has His own [[unique]] problems. He made [[everything]], including the [[power]] of [[free will]] choice, which not even He will overrule, and [[choice]] means that [[error]] is possible, even [[sin]]. Yet He cannot know either error or sin, because He is all [[good]]. By [[intimately]] [[participating]] in your life, then, He can [[experience]] the [[consequences]] of error -- and occasionally, [[sin]] -- and thereby know what is going on in His [[creation]]. You are actually providing Him a [[service]], and allowing Him to become more [[understanding]] and more [[powerful]].

Second, although He has created the [[Paper 39 - The Seraphic Hosts|ranks of the angels]], [[cherubim]], [[seraphim]], and others, to perform [[different]] functions in the [[administration]] of heaven, those creatures are fundamentally different from you. They are created in [[perfection]] and even though they grow in [[experience]] they do not basically [[change]]. You are not like them. You people evolved from [[animals]]. Each of you passes the full range of life [[progress]] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gestation gestation] process. Upon [[conception]], you begin as a single-[[cell]] [[organism]], and race through all the [[stages]]. Your [[scientists]] have observed nearly all the steps in this [[process]], and can easily estimate the remainder. You pass through [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-cellular multi-celled], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish fish]-like, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphibian amphibian]-like, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptile reptile]-like -- all the pattern forms of [[animal]] on your world. Each of you is an example of [[evolution]] unfolding in its [[mystery]]. Each of you begins as [[animal]] and evolves into [[human]]. You could not be less like [[God]], except that you have a [[quality]] that is especially dear to Him. The [[angels]] and other spirit ministers -- the [[perfect]] ones -- are His servants, but you are His [[family]]. That is why He calls you His [[children]], and calls Himself Father. You are His [[family]], and He has no other.

Second, although He has created the [[Paper 39 - The Seraphic Hosts|ranks of the angels]], [[cherubim]], [[seraphim]], and others, to perform [[different]] functions in the [[administration]] of heaven, those creatures are fundamentally different from you. They are created in [[perfection]] and even though they grow in [[experience]] they do not basically [[change]]. You are not like them. You people evolved from [[animals]]. Each of you passes the full range of life [[progress]] in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gestation gestation] process. Upon [[conception]], you begin as a single-[[cell]] [[organism]], and race through all the [[stages]]. Your [[scientists]] have observed nearly all the steps in this [[process]], and can easily estimate the remainder. You pass through [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-cellular multi-celled], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish fish]-like, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphibian amphibian]-like, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptile reptile]-like -- all the pattern forms of [[animal]] on your world. Each of you is an example of [[evolution]] unfolding in its [[mystery]]. Each of you begins as [[animal]] and evolves into [[human]]. You could not be less like [[God]], except that you have a [[quality]] that is especially dear to Him. The [[angels]] and other spirit ministers -- the [[perfect]] ones -- are His servants, but you are His [[family]]. That is why He calls you His [[children]], and calls Himself Father. You are His [[family]], and He has no other.

And because He [[loves]] you, and wants you to [[grow]] and succeed, He sent His son, [[Jesus]], to serve as an example and to serve as a bridge between the [[perfect]] and the imperfect. The son [[Jesus]] lived a fully [[human]] life -- the complete range of [[creature]] [[experience]] -- just like you. Therefore he can now say that none approach [[the Father]], except through him. The life that [[Jesus]] lived was perfectly pleasing to his Father. He [[traveled]] about, [[teaching]] that the people should love one another and he called all people Brother and Sister. He taught that [[the kingdom]] is freely available to all. No person is barred. This disturbed the [[religious]] [[authorities]], who had only a dim [[idea]] of the [[afterlife]]. All the [[Jews]], even [[the apostles]], expected the [[Messiah]] to restore the earthly kingdom. So the [[authorities]] schemed against him, and caused him to [[suffer]] an agonizing, humiliating [[death]]. He [[endured]] the entire terrible [[ordeal]], to prove that it could be done; and he arose again, to prove that it could be done. So too shall these [[events]] take place for you, for [[God]] has not [[abandoned]] you. Far from it.

And because He [[loves]] you, and wants you to [[grow]] and succeed, He sent His son, [[Jesus]], to serve as an example and to serve as a bridge between the [[perfect]] and the imperfect. The son [[Jesus]] lived a fully [[human]] life -- the complete range of [[creature]] [[experience]] -- just like you. Therefore he can now say that none approach [[the Father]], except through him. The life that [[Jesus]] lived was perfectly pleasing to his Father. He [[traveled]] about, [[teaching]] that the people should love one another and he called all people Brother and Sister. He taught that [[the kingdom]] is freely available to all. No person is barred. This disturbed the [[religious]] [[authorities]], who had only a dim [[idea]] of the [[afterlife]]. All the [[Jews]], even [[the apostles]], expected the [[Messiah]] to restore the earthly kingdom. So the [[authorities]] schemed against him, and caused him to [[suffer]] an agonizing, humiliating [[death]]. He [[endured]] the entire terrible [[ordeal]], to prove that it could be done; and he arose again, to prove that it could be done. So too shall these [[events]] take place for you, for [[God]] has not [[abandoned]] you. Far from it.

The [[light]] of [[the Father]]'s [[love]] shines freely down from [[heaven]] and upon all of the [[creatures]] which inhabit your [[planet]]. They are not insensitive to [[the Father]]'s [[light]]. They thrive upon it, yet they know not from whence it comes. Once you all each merely [[reacted]] to the Father's light, now you know more. You know now that you are capable of reacting to that [[light]]. You know from which direction it arrives. You know that it has an [[effect]] upon your fellows. Please notice that [[the Father]]'s light shines equally upon your [[brothers and sisters]]. [[The Father]] works within and without. His [[love]] is [[shared]] freely with all. It is not for you to pick and choose who might be more or less a [[recipient]] to the Father's love and [[grace]]. You are not fit for such a task. By [[practical]] [[necessity]], you must presume that all are capable of [[responding]] to [[the Father]]'s [[light]] and to the Father's [[love]]. You are capable of [[discerning]] whether they [[react]] to it or by their fruits they shall be known. Look then to your own product and see that it in [[quality]] [[reflects]] the [[purity]] and [[generosity]] of [[the Father]]'s love so freely [[shared]] with you as with all other men. Those are my [[words]] of [[counsel]] for you tonight.

The [[light]] of [[the Father]]'s [[love]] shines freely down from [[heaven]] and upon all of the [[creatures]] which inhabit your [[planet]]. They are not insensitive to [[the Father]]'s [[light]]. They thrive upon it, yet they know not from whence it comes. Once you all each merely [[reacted]] to the Father's light, now you know more. You know now that you are capable of reacting to that [[light]]. You know from which direction it arrives. You know that it has an [[effect]] upon your fellows. Please notice that [[the Father]]'s light shines equally upon your [[brothers and sisters]]. [[The Father]] works within and without. His [[love]] is [[shared]] freely with all. It is not for you to pick and choose who might be more or less a [[recipient]] to the Father's love and [[grace]]. You are not fit for such a task. By [[practical]] [[necessity]], you must presume that all are capable of [[responding]] to [[the Father]]'s [[light]] and to the Father's [[love]]. You are capable of [[discerning]] whether they [[react]] to it or by their fruits they shall be known. Look then to your own product and see that it in [[quality]] [[reflects]] the [[purity]] and [[generosity]] of [[the Father]]'s love so freely [[shared]] with you as with all other men. Those are my [[words]] of [[counsel]] for you tonight.

[[The Father]]'s [[light]] shines upon [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saints saints] and [[Sin|sinners]] alike. What will you do with the [[gifts]] of the Father? Well, the short answer is, you will [[honestly]] [[represent]] your [[understanding]] at the time of the [[event]]. We are each [[growing]] in our [[understanding]]. I am [[happy]] to see that you are all [[progressing]]. There are no laggers. Try to [[focus]] a little more [[awareness]] each day on the [[opportunities]] that are presented to you. You are not being tested, but you are being presented with [[opportunities]] to [[demonstrate]] your [[understanding]] such that it exists. There is no such thing as, how to put it, an insufficient level of [[appreciation]]. Everyone has an [[idea]] how [[the Father]] would like for them to [[react]]. That is what we wish you to act on. You do not need to [[think]] about it. You need to act. You worry too much about what kind of job you are doing. That puts distance between you and the other [[person]] and, by [[definition]], that puts distance between you and [[the Father]]. The Father is operating through that fellow human just as He is attempting to operate through you. He is trying to bring [[Thought Adjuster|His spirit]] into [[force]] and to [[vitality]] and to direct [[contact]] and all will benefit. So don't [[rationalize]] over much about what it is you might do, what you should do, what you could have done, just [[act]]. It is an [[irony]] that in your [[language]] the closest [[expression]] is, try to be [[spontaneous]]. If you were trying, it could not be spontaneous. Just [[act]]. Following the [[leading]]. It is [[subtle]]. You can feel your [[Adjuster]] pulling you like a [[magnet]]. Just [[act]]. Make the [[contact]]. Drop the [[defenses]]. Step forward. That act of [[trust]] will [[inspire]] a mutual [[reaction]] and then things can happen. You will be [[surprised]]. We are certain you will [[learn]] to like it.  

[[The Father]]'s [[light]] shines upon [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saints saints] and [[Sin|sinners]] alike. What will you do with the [[gifts]] of the Father? Well, the short answer is, you will [[honestly]] [[represent]] your [[understanding]] at the time of the [[event]]. We are each [[growing]] in our [[understanding]]. I am [[happy]] to see that you are all [[progressing]]. There are no laggers. Try to [[focus]] a little more [[awareness]] each day on the [[opportunities]] that are presented to you. You are not being tested, but you are being presented with [[opportunities]] to [[demonstrate]] your [[understanding]] such that it exists. There is no such thing as, how to put it, an insufficient level of [[appreciation]]. Everyone has an [[idea]] how [[the Father]] would like for them to [[react]]. That is what we wish you to act on. You do not need to [[think]] about it. You need to act. You worry too much about what kind of job you are doing. That puts distance between you and the other [[person]] and, by [[definition]], that puts distance between you and [[the Father]]. The Father is operating through that fellow human just as He is attempting to operate through you. He is trying to bring [[Thought Adjuster|His spirit]] into [[force]] and to [[vitality]] and to direct [[contact]] and all will benefit. So don't [[rationalize]] over much about what it is you might do, what you should do, what you could have done, just [[act]]. It is an [[irony]] that in your [[language]] the closest [[expression]] is, try to be [[spontaneous]]. If you were trying, it could not be spontaneous. Just [[act]]. Following the [[leading]]. It is [[subtle]]. You can feel your [[Adjuster]] pulling you like a [[magnet]]. Just [[act]]. Make the [[contact]]. Drop the [[defenses]]. Step forward. That act of [[trust]] will [[inspire]] a mutual [[reaction]] and then things can happen. You will be [[surprised]]. We are certain you will [[learn]] to like it.  

That is all I have to say. We will meet again next week and [[discuss]] some things. Let's meet and discuss the [[events]], the people that we have met. The [[chances]] that we took. These will be fit [[topics]] for our meeting. [[God]] [[bless]] you and keep you. He holds us in His hands. He hung the [[stars]]. He made His light shine upon each of us. [[Shalom]].

That is all I have to say. We will meet again next week and [[discuss]] some things. Let's meet and discuss the [[events]], the people that we have met. The [[chances]] that we took. These will be fit [[topics]] for our meeting. [[God]] [[bless]] you and keep you. He holds us in His hands. He hung the [[stars]]. He made His light shine upon each of us. [[Shalom]].

WILL: Good evening, thank you for gathering [[together]] tonight. I am your [[teacher]], Will, who [[loves]] you all, and I am pleased that we are together once again. It is [[good]] to see that you are working many of these [[questions]] out for yourselves as a [[group]]. This is a [[desirable]] [[development]]. It is unnecessary for you to pay excessive deference to our [[leadings]] when you are perfectly capable of [[deciding]] things for yourselves. Because you have not invited me to [[decide]], I will suggest, on the [[topic]] of compiling a number of [[Urantia text|the papers]] which we have recorded up to this date, that you select ten or twelve or some such number of those papers which you [[think]] are the best [[representative]] of teaching, and assemble your materials based on those papers. For myself, I would like to see you use materials which show the [[unique]] aspects of this [[group]]: [[conservatism]], good-natured [[humor]], long-standing familial [[relationship]] and, of course, [[Urantia text|the papers]] which you [[disseminate]] to other groups should [[demonstrate]] an increasing spiritual [[awareness]] and an increasing [[ability]] to [[focus]] your [[thoughts]] and deeds upon the teachings upon which we have [[humbly]] offered. That is my [[opinion]]. I offer it because it is [[necessary]] for you to reach your own determination. You are perfectly capable of reaching this [[decision]] without my help, or anyone else's. You may arrange your materials however you please. It is probably [[wise]] to remove people's [[personal]] [[names]] and [[family]] names from the [[record]]. If you so [[desire]], we will assign [[names]], monikers, for you to use in place of your [[earth]] names. [[Think]] on this and sometime within the next two weeks, we will [[respond]] to your [[decision]].

WILL: Good evening, thank you for gathering [[together]] tonight. I am your [[teacher]], Will, who [[loves]] you all, and I am pleased that we are together once again. It is [[good]] to see that you are working many of these [[questions]] out for yourselves as a [[group]]. This is a [[desirable]] [[development]]. It is unnecessary for you to pay excessive deference to our [[leadings]] when you are perfectly capable of [[deciding]] things for yourselves. Because you have not invited me to [[decide]], I will suggest, on the [[topic]] of compiling a number of [[Urantia text|the papers]] which we have recorded up to this date, that you select ten or twelve or some such number of those papers which you [[think]] are the best [[representative]] of teaching, and assemble your materials based on those papers. For myself, I would like to see you use materials which show the [[unique]] aspects of this [[group]]: [[conservatism]], good-natured [[humor]], long-standing familial [[relationship]] and, of course, [[Urantia text|the papers]] which you [[disseminate]] to other groups should [[demonstrate]] an increasing spiritual [[awareness]] and an increasing [[ability]] to [[focus]] your [[thoughts]] and deeds upon the teachings upon which we have [[humbly]] offered. That is my [[opinion]]. I offer it because it is [[necessary]] for you to reach your own determination. You are perfectly capable of reaching this [[decision]] without my help, or anyone else's. You may arrange your materials however you please. It is probably [[wise]] to remove people's [[personal]] [[names]] and [[family]] names from the [[record]]. If you so [[desire]], we will assign [[names]], monikers, for you to use in place of your [[earth]] names. [[Think]] on this and sometime within the next two weeks, we will [[respond]] to your [[decision]].

===='''''[[Materialization]]'''''====

===='''''[[Materialization]]'''''====

I wish to say a few [[words]] on the rapid and astonishing [[developments]] taking place with the [[Sarasota TeaM|Sarasota group]]. These people, like you, are long-time [[readers]] of [[Urantia Book]] and they approach the prospect of further [[developments]] with a different component of [[eagerness]] than those assembled in this group tonight. Since your [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarasota,_FL Sarasota] [[neighbors]] are so willing to [[cooperate]] and promulgate these teachings, there have been some unforeseen [[developments]] in that area. I recall saying to you sometime past that we never know when the [[Melchizedeks]] will [[act]], and that many [[decisions]] are made at a level far above my own. The [[administration]] of [[heaven]] has no [[rumor]] mill; we find out about [[things]] when they happen. It is not disturbing or [[surprising]] to me that those involved in the instruction of the [[Sarasota TeaM|Sarasota group]] would be taken by [[surprise]] that [[Michael]] would appear or deliver a [[message]] personally, but I will say that we have come very close to this in this group in the [[past]]. Those [[events]], like the Sarasota [[developments]], were told to me only after they had occurred. It is left for us in the [[administration]] to [[puzzle]] out exactly what it is [[Michael]] intends to do. He is [[apparently]] [[responding]] to [[changes]] in circumstance and it is not known to us exactly when he intends to put his new [[plan]] in operation, but it does appear that [[Machiventa]] [[Melchizedek]] will [[reincarnate]] and once again walk on the [[soil]] of your [[planet]]. I am astonished at these [[developments]]. None of this was [[forecast]]. Only the roughest [[outline]] of the [[plan]] which we originally followed has remained. In the details, very little has proven to follow the original [[forecast]]. It has a very [[vital]] [[feeling]] to it all. The [[Melchizedek]] will establish a [[school]], as he did in ages past, with many [[students]] with a broad range of [[ability]]. Now let us stand by and see if there is further [[commentary]] on these [[events]].

I wish to say a few [[words]] on the rapid and astonishing [[developments]] taking place with the [[Sarasota TeaM|Sarasota group]]. These people, like you, are long-time [[readers]] of [[Urantia Book]] and they approach the prospect of further [[developments]] with a different component of [[eagerness]] than those assembled in this group tonight. Since your [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarasota,_FL Sarasota] [[neighbors]] are so willing to [[cooperate]] and promulgate these teachings, there have been some unforeseen [[developments]] in that area. I recall saying to you sometime past that we never know when the [[Melchizedeks]] will [[act]], and that many [[decisions]] are made at a level far above my own. The [[administration]] of [[heaven]] has no [[rumor]] mill; we find out about [[things]] when they happen. It is not disturbing or [[surprising]] to me that those involved in the instruction of the [[Sarasota TeaM|Sarasota group]] would be taken by [[surprise]] that [[Michael]] would appear or deliver a [[message]] personally, but I will say that we have come very close to this in this group in the [[past]]. Those [[events]], like the Sarasota [[developments]], were told to me only after they had occurred. It is left for us in the [[administration]] to [[puzzle]] out exactly what it is [[Michael]] intends to do. He is [[apparently]] [[responding]] to [[changes]] in circumstance and it is not known to us exactly when he intends to put his new [[plan]] in operation, but it does appear that [[Machiventa]] [[Melchizedek]] will [[reincarnate]] and once again walk on the [[soil]] of your [[planet]]. I am astonished at these [[developments]]. None of this was [[forecast]]. Only the roughest [[outline]] of the [[plan]] which we originally followed has remained. In the details, very little has proven to follow the original [[forecast]]. It has a very [[vital]] [[feeling]] to it all. The [[Melchizedek]] will establish a [[school]], as he did in ages past, with many [[students]] with a broad range of [[ability]]. Now let us stand by and see if there is further [[commentary]] on these [[events]].

MANTUTIA MELCHIZEDEK: [[Michael]] has this to say. You are not [[Chosen People|the elect]], you are the "select" and he is pleased. Each of you is known to him from the beginning of this [[effort]]. Each of you is thoroughly [[examined]] and found ready for this task. You are known to him and you will soon stand in his [[shadow]]. Your world is scheduled for a [[change]] of more than [[epochal]] [[dimension]]. He [[proposes]] to take [[human]] form and walk among the people, and gather them to him and [[reveal]] himself to them in all his [[glory]] and in the name of [[the Father]]. [[Michael]]'s light reaches into every corner. There is no place to avoid his [[power]]. You cannot shrink from that which [[surrounds]] you on all sides. He but has the [[thought]] and the [[event]] is achieved. Many are his servants. Your world will be blanketed with his shining example. I know whereof I speak, for I am a [[Melchizedek]] in his service. My name is [[Mantutia]] [[Melchizedek]]. It is my [[honor]] to prepare his way. [[Malavatia]] Melchizedek and [[Machiventa]] Melchizedek and myself will precede him, and [[Michael]] himself will usher in the [[Trinity Teacher Son]] who will follow in his stead, and [[God]]'s [[wake]] will wash across this [[universe]]. It is the [[tide]] that raises all boats. Your world will be changed as much as the [[difference]] between night and day.

MANTUTIA MELCHIZEDEK: [[Michael]] has this to say. You are not [[Chosen People|the elect]], you are the "select" and he is pleased. Each of you is known to him from the beginning of this [[effort]]. Each of you is thoroughly [[examined]] and found ready for this task. You are known to him and you will soon stand in his [[shadow]]. Your world is scheduled for a [[change]] of more than [[epochal]] [[dimension]]. He [[proposes]] to take [[human]] form and walk among the people, and gather them to him and [[reveal]] himself to them in all his [[glory]] and in the name of [[the Father]]. [[Michael]]'s light reaches into every corner. There is no place to avoid his [[power]]. You cannot shrink from that which [[surrounds]] you on all sides. He but has the [[thought]] and the [[event]] is achieved. Many are his servants. Your world will be blanketed with his shining example. I know whereof I speak, for I am a [[Melchizedek]] in his service. My name is [[Mantutia]] [[Melchizedek]]. It is my [[honor]] to prepare his way. [[Malavatia]] Melchizedek and [[Machiventa]] Melchizedek and myself will precede him, and [[Michael]] himself will usher in the [[Trinity Teacher Son]] who will follow in his stead, and [[God]]'s [[wake]] will wash across this [[universe]]. It is the [[tide]] that raises all boats. Your world will be changed as much as the [[difference]] between night and day.

===Lesson===

===Lesson===

===='''''[[Gratitude]]'''''====

===='''''[[Gratitude]]'''''====

WILL: [[The kingdom]] of [[God]] is like a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustard_seed mustard seed]. It rests upon the [[soil]] hoping to be [[germinate]]d and bear fruit. At times we all must reach beyond ourselves and find that [[seed]] that is ready to bear fruit. It is an [[act]] of [[faith]] that brings that [[seed]] to full season and replenishes the supply for another [[season]]'s [[growth]]. Over and over again the [[cycle]] is repeated until the cycle is completed and the plant withers and dies from old age.

WILL: [[The kingdom]] of [[God]] is like a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustard_seed mustard seed]. It rests upon the [[soil]] hoping to be [[germinate]]d and bear fruit. At times we all must reach beyond ourselves and find that [[seed]] that is ready to bear fruit. It is an [[act]] of [[faith]] that brings that [[seed]] to full season and replenishes the supply for another [[season]]'s [[growth]]. Over and over again the [[cycle]] is repeated until the cycle is completed and the plant withers and dies from old age.

[[Mankind]] is like that in that you all have a [[season]] to be born, to reap the [[harvest]] and a time to die. Within that time, there are many [[opportunities]] to furnish the life [[cycle]] with nourishing [[seeds]] of [[understanding]] and [[growth]]. We live such a short time as [[humans]], that every [[opportunity]] is precious. If we lose a [[chance]] there will always be another, but why waste the ones we have? It is fully nourishing [[Thought Adjuster|the spirit]] of [[the Father]].

[[Mankind]] is like that in that you all have a [[season]] to be born, to reap the [[harvest]] and a time to die. Within that time, there are many [[opportunities]] to furnish the life [[cycle]] with nourishing [[seeds]] of [[understanding]] and [[growth]]. We live such a short time as [[humans]], that every [[opportunity]] is precious. If we lose a [[chance]] there will always be another, but why waste the ones we have? It is fully nourishing [[Thought Adjuster|the spirit]] of [[the Father]].