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You, my [[friends]], have come a long way in this regard. You have begun to see with much greater [[perspective]]. You are beginning to grasp the [[significance]] of the [[I AM]] as being a real [[part]] of yourselves. As you continue to do this plant those seeds in others. [[Support]] them that they, too, can realize that they are also a part of the [[First Source and Center]], that they are, indeed, your [[brother and sister]], that they are the son and daughter of [[our Parent]]. To the [[degree]] that you allow [[the Father]] to work through you, to the degree that you open yourself up to this, to this degree do you allow the [[I AM]] to [[lead]] your life. Let this concept be a part of your [[quiet time]] this week. Bring into your inner [[reality]], your [[inner life]], this [[concept]]. You truly are [[part]] of the [[I AM]]. As you live your life so does the I AM, the First Source and Center become real. As you lead your life turning yourself over to [[the Father]]'s will, so, too, will the [[concept]] of [[the Father]] [[grow]] for all. This is the message that [[Michael]] gave last August, that you be His [[apostles]]. You are the apostles by the [[life]] you live, by that which [[others]] see. As you turn yourself over to following the [[First Source and Center]], so, too, do you live a [[life]] that helps others to also be on that [[path]]. As you [[lead]] a life that follows the will of [[the Father]], so do you continually [[receive]] as you give, so do you continually reinforce that [[love]] of the Father for all. You are part of the [[I AM]]. This week think hard upon it. [[Accept]] it and work to bring this into your [[life]], that you can at all times be able to stand in the [[presence]] of your [[brothers and sisters]] accepting them and yourself as the sons and daughters of the [[First Source and Center]]. I will now accept questions."

You, my [[friends]], have come a long way in this regard. You have begun to see with much greater [[perspective]]. You are beginning to grasp the [[significance]] of the [[I AM]] as being a real [[part]] of yourselves. As you continue to do this plant those seeds in others. [[Support]] them that they, too, can realize that they are also a part of the [[First Source and Center]], that they are, indeed, your [[brother and sister]], that they are the son and daughter of [[our Parent]]. To the [[degree]] that you allow [[the Father]] to work through you, to the degree that you open yourself up to this, to this degree do you allow the [[I AM]] to [[lead]] your life. Let this concept be a part of your [[quiet time]] this week. Bring into your inner [[reality]], your [[inner life]], this [[concept]]. You truly are [[part]] of the [[I AM]]. As you live your life so does the I AM, the First Source and Center become real. As you lead your life turning yourself over to [[the Father]]'s will, so, too, will the [[concept]] of [[the Father]] [[grow]] for all. This is the message that [[Michael]] gave last August, that you be His [[apostles]]. You are the apostles by the [[life]] you live, by that which [[others]] see. As you turn yourself over to following the [[First Source and Center]], so, too, do you live a [[life]] that helps others to also be on that [[path]]. As you [[lead]] a life that follows the will of [[the Father]], so do you continually [[receive]] as you give, so do you continually reinforce that [[love]] of the Father for all. You are part of the [[I AM]]. This week think hard upon it. [[Accept]] it and work to bring this into your [[life]], that you can at all times be able to stand in the [[presence]] of your [[brothers and sisters]] accepting them and yourself as the sons and daughters of the [[First Source and Center]]. I will now accept questions."

===Dialogue===

===Dialogue===

T4: "Daniel, I have two things. First, I would like to introduce my [[friend]] Lorenz G who is from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland Switzerland] and is visiting me for the rest of the [[summer]]. And second, I will be going to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyoming Wyoming] soon, as a matter of [[fact]] this next week. And I was wondering if you would, perhaps, have any [[words]] for me as I begin my next school year?"

T4: "Daniel, I have two things. First, I would like to introduce my [[friend]] Lorenz G who is from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland Switzerland] and is visiting me for the rest of the [[summer]]. And second, I will be going to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyoming Wyoming] soon, as a matter of [[fact]] this next week. And I was wondering if you would, perhaps, have any [[words]] for me as I begin my next school year?"

Daniel: "As always we are very pleased to have [[visitors]]. And to you Lorenz I say, `Good Day'. It is our [[pleasure]] to have you here with us. And has been reported to you, these people are not crazy. These people are on a [[path]] of [[truth]] seeking to find [[the Father]], to know the Father, that they can live their lives as the Father would have it. And so I say to you, `Welcome' and as the [[journey]] of life [[unfolds]] for you know that we are working through many [[channels]], through many areas to bring the Spirit, as C2 has put it, into the general [[populace]], that it becomes a [[movement]] that will sweep all and all can begin to come into the [[reality]] of their [[personal]] [[relationship]] with the [[First Source and Center]]. I say to you, my [[friend]], welcome.

Daniel: "As always we are very pleased to have [[visitors]]. And to you Lorenz I say, `Good Day'. It is our [[pleasure]] to have you here with us. And has been reported to you, these people are not crazy. These people are on a [[path]] of [[truth]] seeking to find [[the Father]], to know the Father, that they can live their lives as the Father would have it. And so I say to you, `Welcome' and as the [[journey]] of life [[unfolds]] for you know that we are working through many [[channels]], through many areas to bring the Spirit, as C2 has put it, into the general [[populace]], that it becomes a [[movement]] that will sweep all and all can begin to come into the [[reality]] of their [[personal]] [[relationship]] with the [[First Source and Center]]. I say to you, my [[friend]], welcome.

B1: "Thank you for your welcome back to all of us who have been traveling, Daniel. Thank you also for being present with V1 and me in our travels. I [[wondered]] if you wanted to make any comments about the [[status]] of things with the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1993-08-02-Concept_of_I_AM Rochester group] at this time. I haven't heard anything since I met with them, so I just [[wondered]] if there was any information or anything you wanted to [[share]] about that?"

B1: "Thank you for your welcome back to all of us who have been traveling, Daniel. Thank you also for being present with V1 and me in our travels. I [[wondered]] if you wanted to make any comments about the [[status]] of things with the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1993-08-02-Concept_of_I_AM Rochester group] at this time. I haven't heard anything since I met with them, so I just [[wondered]] if there was any information or anything you wanted to [[share]] about that?"

Daniel: "It is, again, [[good]] to have you back. Your [[presence]] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochester,_New_York Rochester] has been one which has given much [[support]] and your [[visit]] was one that did provide for much [[nourishment]]. The [[events]] that occurred and the [[information]] that you have given will be utilized by these people in various ways. Each [[individual]] [[perceives]] and each individual [[understands]] the happenings of the [[Teaching Mission]], the [[words]] that are given through the [[Urantia Book]] in their own way. What is important is that through all of this and throughout other ministries throughout the world that more and more people come into the greater [[understanding]] of [[life]]'s [[purpose]]; that more and more people begin to understand that their [[relationship]] with the [[First Source and Center]] is a very [[personal]] one. The [[information]] you gave will be utilized by these people over much time. Your help and your willingness to [[transmit/receive]] was a great [[comfort]] to those who have felt [[isolation]], have felt some hesitancy and not full understanding of the [[Teaching Mission]]. And so I say to you, `Thank you for your willingness, your [[cooperation]].' These people have been fed."

Daniel: "It is, again, [[good]] to have you back. Your [[presence]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochester,_New_York Rochester] has been one which has given much [[support]] and your [[visit]] was one that did provide for much [[nourishment]]. The [[events]] that occurred and the [[information]] that you have given will be utilized by these people in various ways. Each [[individual]] [[perceives]] and each individual [[understands]] the happenings of the [[Teaching Mission]], the [[words]] that are given through the [[Urantia Book]] in their own way. What is important is that through all of this and throughout other ministries throughout the world that more and more people come into the greater [[understanding]] of [[life]]'s [[purpose]]; that more and more people begin to understand that their [[relationship]] with the [[First Source and Center]] is a very [[personal]] one. The [[information]] you gave will be utilized by these people over much time. Your help and your willingness to [[transmit/receive]] was a great [[comfort]] to those who have felt [[isolation]], have felt some hesitancy and not full understanding of the [[Teaching Mission]]. And so I say to you, `Thank you for your willingness, your [[cooperation]].' These people have been fed."

B1: "Well, that's wonderful. And I was glad to do it and it's great to be back. That is all I have to say. Thank you, Daniel."

B1: "Well, that's wonderful. And I was glad to do it and it's great to be back. That is all I have to say. Thank you, Daniel."

Daniel: "Exactly. For you see, in the [[framework]] of the [[mind]] of Urantians there is this concept of first knowing. As you are as a young child you [[observe]] your [[parents]], you watch and you begin to know a lot of things because you see this. But it is not until you are able to [[experience]] the things that you see and [[witness]] and to come into a better [[knowledge]] that you can become. First you [[observe]], you see and you begin to know. As you work through your [[quiet time]] with the [[First Source and Center]], each time you spend in that quiet you allow [[Thought Adjuster|the Spirit]] to become a part of your [[experience]]. And this is the part of your coming into that knowledge and actually [[becoming]]. People say, `Oh, I know I am [[God]]'s child. I know I have this inner light, this [[God]], this [[Indwelling Spirit]]'. They call it many different things. They know that, yet their life goes on day in and day out and they are not filled with inner [[happiness]] or inner [[joy]]. And they [[wonder]] why this [[God]] is forsaking them. The inner joy, that of really knowing and becoming the [[`I AM]]' comes from that daily [[communication]] with the [[First Source and Center]]. For you cannot know [[God]] unless you take the time to sit with Him/Her. And so, yes, my [[friend]], your [[words]] are very [[wise]]. To know is not [[becoming]]; that knowing is but the first step. The becoming takes [[work]], takes [[experience]], takes time, indeed."

Daniel: "Exactly. For you see, in the [[framework]] of the [[mind]] of Urantians there is this concept of first knowing. As you are as a young child you [[observe]] your [[parents]], you watch and you begin to know a lot of things because you see this. But it is not until you are able to [[experience]] the things that you see and [[witness]] and to come into a better [[knowledge]] that you can become. First you [[observe]], you see and you begin to know. As you work through your [[quiet time]] with the [[First Source and Center]], each time you spend in that quiet you allow [[Thought Adjuster|the Spirit]] to become a part of your [[experience]]. And this is the part of your coming into that knowledge and actually [[becoming]]. People say, `Oh, I know I am [[God]]'s child. I know I have this inner light, this [[God]], this [[Indwelling Spirit]]'. They call it many different things. They know that, yet their life goes on day in and day out and they are not filled with inner [[happiness]] or inner [[joy]]. And they [[wonder]] why this [[God]] is forsaking them. The inner joy, that of really knowing and becoming the [[`I AM]]' comes from that daily [[communication]] with the [[First Source and Center]]. For you cannot know [[God]] unless you take the time to sit with Him/Her. And so, yes, my [[friend]], your [[words]] are very [[wise]]. To know is not [[becoming]]; that knowing is but the first step. The becoming takes [[work]], takes [[experience]], takes time, indeed."

C2: "I am just remembering a [[story]] I [[read]] for persons in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addiction_recovery_groups recovery] in terms of a [[relationship]] with a `[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher_power higher power]' and how as they [[described]] that `higher power' one of the [[fallacies]] of that has to do with...there is not a personal [[reciprocal]] [[relationship]]; it is sort of a power that provides certainly [[support]] and [[strength]] but doesn't really involve an interpersonal [[relationship]] and was saying that a higher power has to be able to say, `[[I AM]]', not `I will become who you want me to be'. And I think that is so critical in terms of my own understanding of, as I say, recovering from [[life]]. I really appreciate your lesson and your reminders about the [[I AM]], [[First Source and Center]], but also my [[relationship]] and my [[becoming]] at one with the I AM. Thank you Daniel."

C2: "I am just remembering a [[story]] I [[read]] for persons in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addiction_recovery_groups recovery] in terms of a [[relationship]] with a `[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher_power higher power]' and how as they [[described]] that `higher power' one of the [[fallacies]] of that has to do with...there is not a personal [[reciprocal]] [[relationship]]; it is sort of a power that provides certainly [[support]] and [[strength]] but doesn't really involve an interpersonal [[relationship]] and was saying that a higher power has to be able to say, `[[I AM]]', not `I will become who you want me to be'. And I think that is so critical in terms of my own understanding of, as I say, recovering from [[life]]. I really appreciate your lesson and your reminders about the [[I AM]], [[First Source and Center]], but also my [[relationship]] and my [[becoming]] at one with the I AM. Thank you Daniel."

Daniel: "And thank you for your words. Indeed, one must begin to come into that [[reality]], that even though you are of [[dual]] nature, you also have within you that [[Thought Adjuster|fragment]] of the [[First Source and Center]]. And it is through this direct [[connection]] with the First Source and Center that you truly are in that [[oneness]]. The I AM is who you are, who you have the [[potential]] of becoming a greater part of. When you begin to make that [[connectedness]], at that point your life will [[change]]. You may not see or feel it [[radically]], but over time you will [[witness]] and know that this [[change]] has occurred; that you are, indeed, forever on a [[path]] that will lead you to fulfilling the greatness of the [[I AM]]."

Daniel: "And thank you for your words. Indeed, one must begin to come into that [[reality]], that even though you are of [[dual]] nature, you also have within you that [[Thought Adjuster|fragment]] of the [[First Source and Center]]. And it is through this direct [[connection]] with the First Source and Center that you truly are in that [[oneness]]. The I AM is who you are, who you have the [[potential]] of becoming a greater part of. When you begin to make that [[connectedness]], at that point your life will [[change]]. You may not see or feel it [[radically]], but over time you will [[witness]] and know that this [[change]] has occurred; that you are, indeed, forever on a [[path]] that will lead you to fulfilling the greatness of the [[I AM]]."

C2: "Daniel, this is C2. When you were speaking a [[moment]] ago about the pre-personal, I think I must have tuned out. Are you calling what is prepersonal [[relationship]] an understanding of the [[First Source and Center]] which is `out there' so to speak, [[transcendent]] [[understanding]] that is primarily characterized by a distance and then we move into a [[personal]] [[relationship]] in which we are at one? And then did I hear you allude to the possibility that when we move from a prepersonal to a personal to a sort of a [[compassionate]] [[reality]] in which we are not only one with the [[First Source and Center]] but at one with all of the others for whom that First Source and Center is the I AM so that we evolve into a [[unity]] with the whole of the [[mystery]]?"

C2: "Daniel, this is C2. When you were speaking a [[moment]] ago about the pre-personal, I think I must have tuned out. Are you calling what is prepersonal [[relationship]] an understanding of the [[First Source and Center]] which is `out there' so to speak, [[transcendent]] [[understanding]] that is primarily characterized by a distance and then we move into a [[personal]] [[relationship]] in which we are at one? And then did I hear you allude to the possibility that when we move from a prepersonal to a personal to a sort of a [[compassionate]] [[reality]] in which we are not only one with the [[First Source and Center]] but at one with all of the others for whom that First Source and Center is the I AM so that we evolve into a [[unity]] with the whole of the [[mystery]]?"

Daniel: "Thank you for helping me to bring to [[light]] this concept as well as to correct [[transmitter]] error. Non-personal should have been the word.[Ed. note: the word prepersonal was changed in the transcript to non-personal to reduce [[confusion]]] You have said that many have the [[idea]] of the [[First Source and Center]] as a non-personal or prepersonal [[type]] of [[Deity]]. This has been witnessed throughout the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_history history of mankind] in many [[series]], many philosophies such as that which places God as being just [[nature]] in general, rather than as a [[personal]] God. Indeed, God cannot be confined to any one [[concept]] of being personal, prepersonal, or non- personal. For if God is the[[ I AM]] then God is all of these things. As an [[individual]] you make your first [[moral]] [[decision]] at which point in time the personal God which you know now becomes a part of you. Before you were indwelt with the [[Thought Adjuster|prepersonal Fragment]] of the Father/Mother Spirit, you did not have this personal [[connection]] with the [[First Source and Center]]. Upon this indwelling the First Source and Center has, indeed, become [[personal]] within your life. However, in [[consciousness]], in mindal [[thought]] this understanding of the First Source and Center and of [[God]] must grow and must [[become]]. As you all have [[witnessed]], your first [[thought]] of God is totally [[different]] from your [[understanding]] and thought of God as you see it today. Yes, as you become and as you grow in [[understanding]] the [[I AM]] becomes greater and you become more and more in that [[alignment]] to become one with the I AM."

Daniel: "Thank you for helping me to bring to [[light]] this concept as well as to correct [[transmitter]] error. Non-personal should have been the word.[Ed. note: the word prepersonal was changed in the transcript to non-personal to reduce [[confusion]]] You have said that many have the [[idea]] of the [[First Source and Center]] as a non-personal or prepersonal [[type]] of [[Deity]]. This has been witnessed throughout the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_history history of mankind] in many [[series]], many philosophies such as that which places God as being just [[nature]] in general, rather than as a [[personal]] God. Indeed, God cannot be confined to any one [[concept]] of being personal, prepersonal, or non- personal. For if God is the[[ I AM]] then God is all of these things. As an [[individual]] you make your first [[moral]] [[decision]] at which point in time the personal God which you know now becomes a part of you. Before you were indwelt with the [[Thought Adjuster|prepersonal Fragment]] of the Father/Mother Spirit, you did not have this personal [[connection]] with the [[First Source and Center]]. Upon this indwelling the First Source and Center has, indeed, become [[personal]] within your life. However, in [[consciousness]], in mindal [[thought]] this understanding of the First Source and Center and of [[God]] must grow and must [[become]]. As you all have [[witnessed]], your first [[thought]] of God is totally [[different]] from your [[understanding]] and thought of God as you see it today. Yes, as you become and as you grow in [[understanding]] the [[I AM]] becomes greater and you become more and more in that [[alignment]] to become one with the I AM."

C2: "Would it be accurate to say that the I AM becomes the WE ARE?"

C2: "Would it be accurate to say that the I AM becomes the WE ARE?"