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==PART I==

==PART I==

===Teaching Mission (Purpose)===

==='''''[[Teaching Mission]]''''', '''''[[Purpose]]'''''===

Q: What kind of cooperation is desired of us for the teaching mission to do the most good?

Q: What kind of [[cooperation]] is [[desired]] of us for the [[teaching mission]] to do the most [[good]]?

A: Yes. In your teaching mission, our teaching mission, the first major task is to achieve fellowship among the teaching group members themselves. As some of you have discovered this is not as easy as it may appear from the outside. Once this goal has been achieved, the next step will be to go forth - each person respectively - into your society and bring forth the same fellowship you have learned in your teaching group, following the example of Michael as much as you possibly can. Between these two chores, you will find yourself kept most busy. And this teaching mission, in its second phase particularly, will most certainly go beyond many of your lifetimes.

A: Yes. In your teaching mission, our [[teaching mission]], the first major task is to [[achieve]] fellowship among the teaching group members themselves. As some of you have [[discovered]] this is not as easy as it may [[appear]] from the outside. Once this goal has been [[achieved]], the next step will be to go forth - each [[person]] respectively - into your [[society]] and bring forth the same fellowship you have [[learned]] in your teaching group, following the example of [[Michael]] as much as you possibly can. Between these two chores, you will find yourself kept most [[busy]]. And this [[teaching mission]], in its second phase particularly, will most certainly go beyond many of your lifetimes.

S: You know the problems I have with my health. Could you have the Life Carriers assess me now and see how I am doing? I am trying to follow the instructions you gave me on holistic medicine, herbs, trace minerals, and so on, and I feel much better.

S: You know the [[problems]] I have with my [[health]]. Could you have the [[Life Carriers]] [[assess]] me now and see how I am doing? I am trying to follow the instructions you gave me on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holistic_medicine#Medicine holistic medicine], herbs, trace minerals, and so on, and I feel much better.

R: A moment please,

R: A [[moment]] please,

(S). (Pause) I am sorry to inform you that I am no longer permitted to assess health issues. This decision was high level, for a myriad of reasons. It is not personal to you. (01/21/93)

(S). (Pause) I am sorry to inform you that I am no longer [[permitted]] to [[assess]] [[health]] issues. This [[decision]] was high level, for a myriad of reasons. It is not [[personal]] to you. (01/21/93)

Q: Rayson, a friend of mine is just beginning to read The Urantia Book. I went to see a movie about extraterrestrial abduction of humans the other day, and she is asking me questions. To the best of my ability I tried to explain that this was not possible. But she had done some little research on the subject and maintains that there's a great deal of it going on. Is that so? Is there in fact any kind of visitation happening other than the teaching mission and the celestial students?

Q: Rayson, a friend of mine is just beginning to read The [[Urantia Book]]. I went to see a movie about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_abduction extraterrestrial abduction] of humans the other day, and she is asking me [[questions]]. To the best of my [[ability]] I tried to [[explain]] that this was not possible. But she had done some little [[research]] on the subject and maintains that there's a great deal of it going on. Is that so? Is there in fact any kind of [[visitation]] happening other than the [[teaching mission]] and the [[celestial]] [[students]]?

A: We are not allowed to comment in this area. However I would not be surprised.

A: We are not allowed to comment in this area. However I would not be [[surprised]].

Q: Are these renegades?

Q: Are these renegades?

A: (long pause.) There are many complicated issues involved, and I am not allowed to give further information. (03/28/93)

A: (long pause.) There are many [[complicated]] issues involved, and I am not allowed to give further information. (03/28/93)

Q: [To Teacher BERTRAND] A thought has been growing in my mind since I first became aware of this teaching mission that the teaching groups serve a number of purposes, including protected practice areas where each of us can develop whatever skills are relevant to our personal missions. For example, healing skills, transmitting/receiving skills, and will also help us to accelerate our own spiritual growth. My sense is that, as the teaching mission progresses, people who have reached a certain stage of ripeness or maturation with respect to their participation in a teaching group will kind of graduate to start to serve their mission in the world at large, whatever that may be.

Q: [To Teacher BERTRAND] A [[thought]] has been growing in my [[mind]] since I first became [[aware]] of this teaching mission that the teaching groups serve a number of [[purposes]], including protected [[practice]] areas where each of us can develop whatever [[skills]] are relevant to our [[personal]] missions. For example, [[healing]] skills, [[transmitting]]/receiving skills, and will also help us to [[accelerate]] our own spiritual growth. My sense is that, as the teaching mission [[progresses]], people who have reached a certain [[stage]] of ripeness or [[maturation]] with respect to their [[participation]] in a teaching group will kind of [[graduate]] to start to serve their [[mission]] in the world at large, whatever that may be.

A: [BERTRAND] that is true. The teaching mission is designed to prepare students for their missions. Once they have reached a certain level of preparedness they will be coaxed out of the nest and with loving care and guidance of their Thought Adjuster and their personal teacher strike forth into the world bearing the banner of Michael in whatever way has been determined. This is, indeed, a practice ground for your future assignment. In our class we have been studying many different levels of service, of recognizing truth seekers, of spreading the love of God. The same has occurred here. And eventually you will go forth secure in the knowledge that you have the skills necessary to undertake the assignment you have been given. On the teaching worlds, the Melchizedek teaching worlds, you are given assignments and you are given full knowledge and full help to complete that assignment. The same occurs here. This is a Melchizedek teaching mission. You are given an assignment and you will be given all the tools necessary to complete that assignment. You are beginning the morontia lessons now. Q: Additionally, as we progress with this, I have an increasingly strong sense that each of us has received clear statement of our mission at the time of the endowment of our Thought Adjuster, and that statement is finally seen by us when we reach a stage of ripeness or spiritual maturity such as we achieve in this teaching mission.

A: [BERTRAND] that is true. The teaching mission is designed to prepare [[students]] for their missions. Once they have reached a certain level of [[preparedness]] they will be coaxed out of the nest and with loving care and guidance of their Thought Adjuster and their personal teacher strike forth into the world bearing the banner of Michael in whatever way has been determined. This is, indeed, a practice ground for your future assignment. In our class we have been studying many different levels of service, of recognizing truth seekers, of spreading the love of God. The same has occurred here. And eventually you will go forth secure in the knowledge that you have the skills necessary to undertake the assignment you have been given. On the teaching worlds, the Melchizedek teaching worlds, you are given assignments and you are given full knowledge and full help to complete that assignment. The same occurs here. This is a Melchizedek teaching mission. You are given an assignment and you will be given all the tools necessary to complete that assignment. You are beginning the morontia lessons now. Q: Additionally, as we progress with this, I have an increasingly strong sense that each of us has received clear statement of our mission at the time of the endowment of our Thought Adjuster, and that statement is finally seen by us when we reach a stage of ripeness or spiritual maturity such as we achieve in this teaching mission.

A: At the time the Thought Adjuster chooses you, he is given - as you have read - a projection of your life mission. Once you become aware of the presence of God within you, it then becomes your task - through the practice of the stillness - to discover what that mission is. You are correct.

A: At the time the Thought Adjuster chooses you, he is given - as you have read - a projection of your life mission. Once you become aware of the presence of God within you, it then becomes your task - through the practice of the stillness - to discover what that mission is. You are correct.