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Many things come to mind in this moment of greeting and I will follow through with one initial [[thought]] which might help to [[focus]] the [[minds]] of all present, that being the concept I like to discuss about the [[symphony]], and surely your group here s a sterling example of the symphony, which is in the [[process]] of warming up prior to its production. And as you well know, the individual instruments, in fine-[[tuning]] themselves, create a raucous and inharmonious [[noise]] in preparation for the [[disciplined]] strains of music that will [[eventuate]] in their working together.

Many things come to mind in this moment of greeting and I will follow through with one initial [[thought]] which might help to [[focus]] the [[minds]] of all present, that being the concept I like to discuss about the [[symphony]], and surely your group here s a sterling example of the symphony, which is in the [[process]] of warming up prior to its production. And as you well know, the individual instruments, in fine-[[tuning]] themselves, create a raucous and inharmonious [[noise]] in preparation for the [[disciplined]] strains of music that will [[eventuate]] in their working together.

How we enjoy and appreciate you, the instruments, who have shown up and who take your musical devices in hand in full awareness of your contribution to the [[orchestra]]. In considering yourselves each as part of the orchestra, I call to your [[attention]] the full range of instruments, from the delicate and lively [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piccolo piccolo] to the clashing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymbals cymbals] to the blaring [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpet trumpets] to the slide [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trombone trombone] to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drums drums] and the scores of strings which [[resonate]] their tones throughout.

How we enjoy and appreciate you, the instruments, who have shown up and who take your musical devices in hand in full awareness of your contribution to the [[orchestra]]. In considering yourselves each as part of the orchestra, I call to your [[attention]] the full range of instruments, from the delicate and lively [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piccolo piccolo] to the clashing [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cymbals cymbals] to the blaring [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpet trumpets] to the slide [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trombone trombone] to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drums drums] and the scores of strings which [[resonate]] their tones throughout.

Each of you, dear [[students]], is its own instrument. Each of you has your own particular [[sound]]; each of you is valuable in the overall [[performance]].

Each of you, dear [[students]], is its own instrument. Each of you has your own particular [[sound]]; each of you is valuable in the overall [[performance]].

The [[personality]] of the [[mortal]] individual in search of [[serenity]] and [[purpose]] must first [[accept]] itself with its many aspects and [[relative]] drawbacks. You, [[individually]], must take a look at yourself and accept yourself as you are. In pretending to be other than what you are, you are not giving full tone to your own instrument. In denying your delicacy or your [[strength]], you are, again, trying to be an instrument that you are not.

The [[personality]] of the [[mortal]] individual in search of [[serenity]] and [[purpose]] must first [[accept]] itself with its many aspects and [[relative]] drawbacks. You, [[individually]], must take a look at yourself and accept yourself as you are. In pretending to be other than what you are, you are not giving full tone to your own instrument. In denying your delicacy or your [[strength]], you are, again, trying to be an instrument that you are not.

The phrase "[http://www.enotes.com/shakespeare-quotes/thine-own-self-true to thine own self be true]" has some bearing here but is [[limited]], for it is not that you are [[being]] true only to yourself but you are essentially [[aspiring]] to be true to that which, within you, peals the [[harmony]] and [[truth]] of the Divine Coordinator of your life and the music thereof.

The phrase "[https://www.enotes.com/shakespeare-quotes/thine-own-self-true to thine own self be true]" has some bearing here but is [[limited]], for it is not that you are [[being]] true only to yourself but you are essentially [[aspiring]] to be true to that which, within you, peals the [[harmony]] and [[truth]] of the Divine Coordinator of your life and the music thereof.

Also, and here also is a [[challenge]], it is [[necessary]] for each of you to [[accept]] the other instruments in the [[orchestra]]. Because you are a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cello cello] and have great breadth and [[resonance]] is no reason to look with disdain upon the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xylophone xylophone]. The xylophone has a tinkling sound which might appear [[hollow]] and shallow to the resonant depths of the cello, but the xylophone has its own [[purpose]] indeed.

Also, and here also is a [[challenge]], it is [[necessary]] for each of you to [[accept]] the other instruments in the [[orchestra]]. Because you are a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cello cello] and have great breadth and [[resonance]] is no reason to look with disdain upon the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xylophone xylophone]. The xylophone has a tinkling sound which might appear [[hollow]] and shallow to the resonant depths of the cello, but the xylophone has its own [[purpose]] indeed.

I would speak also of [[acceptance]] in terms of your life [[experience]]. In accepting your life as it is, this moment, today, you are able then to approach your [[challenges]], your [[problems]] and your refreshments of life with [[equanimity]]. You are able to put in [[perspective]] the situation as it is and not be [[burdened]] by how you wish it were or how it ought to be. [[Acceptance]] of yourself and your circumstances gives you the perspective, then, to ask in [[prayer]] and [[meditation]] how things might go from here toward improvement, toward a more perfect [[resolution]] or [[configuration]].

I would speak also of [[acceptance]] in terms of your life [[experience]]. In accepting your life as it is, this moment, today, you are able then to approach your [[challenges]], your [[problems]] and your refreshments of life with [[equanimity]]. You are able to put in [[perspective]] the situation as it is and not be [[burdened]] by how you wish it were or how it ought to be. [[Acceptance]] of yourself and your circumstances gives you the perspective, then, to ask in [[prayer]] and [[meditation]] how things might go from here toward improvement, toward a more perfect [[resolution]] or [[configuration]].

Those things, which you cannot [[control]], you must [[accept]]. Uh-oh. Did I say that? (Group chuckle) For now we are wrestling with that rascal "[[control]]" and that truly is another subject, but for the sake of acceptance, let us take control back to the [[symphony]]. And would the piccolo indeed try to control the drum? And would the trumpet try to control the harp? Rather, the entire control is under the [[guidance]] and [[jurisdiction]] of the Master Conductor.

Those things, which you cannot [[control]], you must [[accept]]. Uh-oh. Did I say that? (Group chuckle) For now we are wrestling with that rascal "[[control]]" and that truly is another subject, but for the sake of acceptance, let us take control back to the [[symphony]]. And would the piccolo indeed try to control the drum? And would the trumpet try to control the harp? Rather, the entire control is under the [[guidance]] and [[jurisdiction]] of the Master Conductor.

Otherwise, how could we make [[music]]? And so, "[[control]]" as I used it is in that capacity, for you cannot [[cure]] the [[hunger]] problem of the world, you cannot [[heal]] the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab-Israeli_conflict rift between the Arabs and the Jews] or the Scots and the Irish, but you can help to heal your own sense of well-being and self-[[respect]] by learning what is your instrument and learning how to play it perfectly.

Otherwise, how could we make [[music]]? And so, "[[control]]" as I used it is in that capacity, for you cannot [[cure]] the [[hunger]] problem of the world, you cannot [[heal]] the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab-Israeli_conflict rift between the Arabs and the Jews] or the Scots and the Irish, but you can help to heal your own sense of well-being and self-[[respect]] by learning what is your instrument and learning how to play it perfectly.

I also would like to offer you [[praise]] today for the [[courage]] and [[stamina]] to present yourself in this way for this [[influence]]. It is not just my [[pleasure]] to welcome you here to this format, although it is certainly a [[privilege]] for me, Tomas, to be here. I could not be here were it not for you and I respect your individual [[sounds]] and [[hope]] to assist our Conductor in [[tuning]] your instruments, fine-tuning the sections, that we will make such a congealed and [[harmonious]] [[song]] as will praise [[heaven]] and [[stimulate]] [[earth]].

I also would like to offer you [[praise]] today for the [[courage]] and [[stamina]] to present yourself in this way for this [[influence]]. It is not just my [[pleasure]] to welcome you here to this format, although it is certainly a [[privilege]] for me, Tomas, to be here. I could not be here were it not for you and I respect your individual [[sounds]] and [[hope]] to assist our Conductor in [[tuning]] your instruments, fine-tuning the sections, that we will make such a congealed and [[harmonious]] [[song]] as will praise [[heaven]] and [[stimulate]] [[earth]].

Mrs. M: Tomas, I would like to ask a [[question]] based on our [[study]] today. I thought you might discuss [[nature]] as we [[experience]] it in this [[Inhabited worlds|evolutionary, lowest of worlds]], and what the [[problem]] is when we are falling into [[pantheism]]; and I also was going to ask you to define [[the Book]]'s words on [[metaphysics]] from your [[point of view]]. (Group [[laughter]])

Mrs. M: Tomas, I would like to ask a [[question]] based on our [[study]] today. I thought you might discuss [[nature]] as we [[experience]] it in this [[Inhabited worlds|evolutionary, lowest of worlds]], and what the [[problem]] is when we are falling into [[pantheism]]; and I also was going to ask you to define [[the Book]]'s words on [[metaphysics]] from your [[point of view]]. (Group [[laughter]])

TOMAS: Such a raucous bunch! (More [[laughter]]) Indeed, I will confess to you that I have compared this group to a field of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_flowers wild flowers], raucous in its [[growing]], and this leads naturally into a [[response]] regarding [[nature]], and I perforce must address nature from the eyes of [[mortality]] or temporally, that you may appreciate my response as I would not want to overlook the actual [[reality]] of your nature as you find it here on [[Urantia]].

TOMAS: Such a raucous bunch! (More [[laughter]]) Indeed, I will confess to you that I have compared this group to a field of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_flowers wild flowers], raucous in its [[growing]], and this leads naturally into a [[response]] regarding [[nature]], and I perforce must address nature from the eyes of [[mortality]] or temporally, that you may appreciate my response as I would not want to overlook the actual [[reality]] of your nature as you find it here on [[Urantia]].

This beauteous [[creation]] is a gift of [[Michael]], the [[Creator Son]]. It is a gift to you as is your [[physical]] existence here. And I would suggest that as you, the [[human being]], play in [[nature]] and appreciate its [[wonders]], on the other end of the [[spectrum]] is your [[Indwelling Spirit]], your budding [[morontia soul]], left to play in the evolving [[Supreme]], for the [[wonders]] of your physical nature are indeed your playground and to be appreciated for the manger that it is to you in your earth [[birth]].

This beauteous [[creation]] is a gift of [[Michael]], the [[Creator Son]]. It is a gift to you as is your [[physical]] existence here. And I would suggest that as you, the [[human being]], play in [[nature]] and appreciate its [[wonders]], on the other end of the [[spectrum]] is your [[Indwelling Spirit]], your budding [[morontia soul]], left to play in the evolving [[Supreme]], for the [[wonders]] of your physical nature are indeed your playground and to be appreciated for the manger that it is to you in your earth [[birth]].

Indeed, much auto-[[revelation]] is [[metaphysical]] in nature and has been supremely contributory, and yet metaphysics is not [[spirituality]] itself. It is a [[forerunner]] of [[divine]] [[truth]]. Have we other questions today?

Indeed, much auto-[[revelation]] is [[metaphysical]] in nature and has been supremely contributory, and yet metaphysics is not [[spirituality]] itself. It is a [[forerunner]] of [[divine]] [[truth]]. Have we other questions today?

Loreenia: Tomas, you mentioned planet 606, earth, [[Urantia]], and I have done a lot of [[reading]] and [[study]] on the study of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photon_belt photon belt]. Could you comment on this [[phenomenon]], if there is such a thing, and if [[planets]] travel through this photon belt, if that is what is happening?

Loreenia: Tomas, you mentioned planet 606, earth, [[Urantia]], and I have done a lot of [[reading]] and [[study]] on the study of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photon_belt photon belt]. Could you comment on this [[phenomenon]], if there is such a thing, and if [[planets]] travel through this photon belt, if that is what is happening?

TOMAS: My friend, I am sorry. I cannot [[respond]]. I cannot respond initially because this [[transmitter]]/receiver has frozen her availability in-as-much as [[science]] is not her forte and she completely "freaked out" at the concept of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photons photons] which is totally foreign to her. I am therefore constrained in my response since she will not allow my [[words]] to come through, even if I were inclined to elaborate on photons which I am not for it is a [[phenomenon]] of the, shall we say, [[galactic]] [[composition]] and not necessarily related to your personal [[spiritual growth]] which is my [[purpose]] in being here.

TOMAS: My friend, I am sorry. I cannot [[respond]]. I cannot respond initially because this [[transmitter]]/receiver has frozen her availability in-as-much as [[science]] is not her forte and she completely "freaked out" at the concept of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photons photons] which is totally foreign to her. I am therefore constrained in my response since she will not allow my [[words]] to come through, even if I were inclined to elaborate on photons which I am not for it is a [[phenomenon]] of the, shall we say, [[galactic]] [[composition]] and not necessarily related to your personal [[spiritual growth]] which is my [[purpose]] in being here.

Loreenia: Thank you.

Loreenia: Thank you.

TOMAS: What type of information is it that you would like to find?

TOMAS: What type of information is it that you would like to find?

Loreenia: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photon_belt Photon belt] and things of that nature, because I have read the book and I'd like to know what's happening in the present with that kind of thing.

Loreenia: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photon_belt Photon belt] and things of that nature, because I have read the book and I'd like to know what's happening in the present with that kind of thing.

TOMAS: There is an [[assignment]] for you to find that [[mortal]] [[T/R]] who has within its [[brain]] framework an [[understanding]] and [[appreciation]] of this more [[scientific]] facet of [[truth]] seeking that can respond to this [[inquiry]], for surely there are those who are, in your [[vernacular]], more right brain than left brain.

TOMAS: There is an [[assignment]] for you to find that [[mortal]] [[T/R]] who has within its [[brain]] framework an [[understanding]] and [[appreciation]] of this more [[scientific]] facet of [[truth]] seeking that can respond to this [[inquiry]], for surely there are those who are, in your [[vernacular]], more right brain than left brain.

Group: Good afternoon, Tomas.

Group: Good afternoon, Tomas.

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