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DONNA: I want to bring up a question or area we had asked sometime ago. About the [[experiences]] around the world having [[visions]] and [[experiences]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Mary Virgin Mary] that other people have seen, not just one person. The children who started the shrine of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctuary_of_Our_Lady_of_Lourdes Lourdes], and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernadette_Soubirous Bernadette], and others like the one in Yugoslavia most recently, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_F%C3%A1tima Fatima]. Could you tell us how these fit into the [[Urantia book]] teachings?

DONNA: I want to bring up a question or area we had asked sometime ago. About the [[experiences]] around the world having [[visions]] and [[experiences]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Mary Virgin Mary] that other people have seen, not just one person. The children who started the shrine of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctuary_of_Our_Lady_of_Lourdes Lourdes], and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernadette_Soubirous Bernadette], and others like the one in Yugoslavia most recently, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_F%C3%A1tima Fatima]. Could you tell us how these fit into the [[Urantia book]] teachings?

JAREL: The [[consciousness]] of people will [[absorb]] the [[customs]] of that [[culture]], and [[manifestations]] of their [[faith]] will be [[demonstrated]] thru the proper expressions of the culture. The spirits seen around a [[primitive]] [[fire]] while [[worshiping]] is enacted towards spirits or deities they have chosen to represent their object of [[devotion]]. The [[apparitions]] [[perceived]] are projections of unified [[hope]] and devotion that enable the group [[consciousness]] to perceive the [[manifestation]] of their [[desires]]. I have seen many such apparitions during the many [[initiations]] of various [[cults]] and [[religions]] throughout the ages. Does this help clarify your curiosity?

JAREL: The [[consciousness]] of people will [[absorb]] the [[customs]] of that [[culture]], and [[manifestations]] of their [[faith]] will be [[demonstrated]] thru the proper expressions of the culture. The spirits seen around a [[primitive]] [[fire]] while [[worshiping]] is enacted towards spirits or deities they have chosen to represent their object of [[devotion]]. The [[apparitions]] [[perceived]] are projections of unified [[hope]] and devotion that enable the group [[consciousness]] to perceive the [[manifestation]] of their [[desires]]. I have seen many such apparitions during the many initiations of various [[cults]] and [[religions]] throughout the ages. Does this help clarify your curiosity?

DONNA: Yes. Jarel somewhat. Along these lines, if this a [[manifestation]] of a group [[consciousness]] would this also account for the many [[UFO]] sightings and [[research]].

DONNA: Yes. Jarel somewhat. Along these lines, if this a [[manifestation]] of a group [[consciousness]] would this also account for the many [[UFO]] sightings and [[research]].

HAL: These questions are not merely [[curiosity]]. They are an aid to us in [[understanding]] the [[teaching mission]], and [[understanding]] [[the Father]], and our [[relationship]] to the [[universe]] around us, and to the spiritual world. It is not merely curiosity.

HAL: These questions are not merely [[curiosity]]. They are an aid to us in [[understanding]] the [[teaching mission]], and [[understanding]] [[the Father]], and our [[relationship]] to the [[universe]] around us, and to the spiritual world. It is not merely curiosity.

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===Closing===

JAREL: Now the hour grows late. You have other [[plans]] for the day. So I will bid you [[farewell]] with great [[love]] and [[respect]] in my [[heart]].

JAREL: Now the hour grows late. You have other [[plans]] for the day. So I will bid you [[farewell]] with great [[love]] and [[respect]] in my [[heart]].