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Mark: You say we are the hands. It may not be given that the hands should know all that the [[brain]] has in store, but we know that the hands can have a [[practiced]] [[memory]]. We have been engaged in this repetitive [[process]] of practicing the lessons, and the hands are becoming acquainted with some of the [[material]]. Now we seek to go out and [[play]] together, only [[desiring]] that the hands fully [[express]] the desires and [[ideals]] behind them.

Mark: You say we are the hands. It may not be given that the hands should know all that the [[brain]] has in store, but we know that the hands can have a [[practiced]] [[memory]]. We have been engaged in this repetitive [[process]] of practicing the lessons, and the hands are becoming acquainted with some of the [[material]]. Now we seek to go out and [[play]] together, only [[desiring]] that the hands fully [[express]] the desires and [[ideals]] behind them.

Machiventa: I could continue with this [[metaphor]], as it is [[intriguing]]. I would add a few comments, that you have been [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manicure manicured]. You are [[learning]] to pull the slivers from your fingers when you receive them, to restore your own [[health]] and [[sanity]]. Your muscle memory is good. [[The circuits]] are stronger than they have ever been, making our [[connection]] with you more resolved. As you spend some time in the days ahead considering subject matter, remember you are hands; you may use a hammer, a guitar, or a fork, whichever you choose to accomplish the task, ever keeping in mind that the work is the work for [[Michael]].

Machiventa: I could continue with this [[metaphor]], as it is [[intriguing]]. I would add a few comments, that you have been [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manicure manicured]. You are [[learning]] to pull the slivers from your fingers when you receive them, to restore your own [[health]] and [[sanity]]. Your muscle memory is good. [[The circuits]] are stronger than they have ever been, making our [[connection]] with you more resolved. As you spend some time in the days ahead considering subject matter, remember you are hands; you may use a hammer, a guitar, or a fork, whichever you choose to accomplish the task, ever keeping in mind that the work is the work for [[Michael]].

Mark: Thank you for your [[inspiring]] [[words]]. You have our [[commitment]] as does Michael in this [[effort]]. May we work together.  

Mark: Thank you for your [[inspiring]] [[words]]. You have our [[commitment]] as does Michael in this [[effort]]. May we work together.  

Jonathan: It ultimately goes back to the personality is the projector; the ego could be wide angle, tunnel vision, panoramic in how it alters the image as it proceeds through the lens. We don't have multiple egos. How each image hits the screen isn't a manifestation of differing egos but rather a single aperture, and various results all directed by the one personality.

Jonathan: It ultimately goes back to the personality is the projector; the ego could be wide angle, tunnel vision, panoramic in how it alters the image as it proceeds through the lens. We don't have multiple egos. How each image hits the screen isn't a manifestation of differing egos but rather a single aperture, and various results all directed by the one personality.

Elyon: True. If you were to see the [[personality]] as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movie_projector projector] and the [[ego]] as the [[lens]], you would also then realize that the ego has great [[power]] to [[distort]] or to enhance the image by [[virtue]] of its [[relativity]] and [[coordination]] with the original image. Therefore it may seem from the outside that the ego may be entirely in [[control]] at times, but the image being projected remains the same.

Elyon: True. If you were to see the [[personality]] as the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movie_projector projector] and the [[ego]] as the [[lens]], you would also then realize that the ego has great [[power]] to [[distort]] or to enhance the image by [[virtue]] of its [[relativity]] and [[coordination]] with the original image. Therefore it may seem from the outside that the ego may be entirely in [[control]] at times, but the image being projected remains the same.

Jonathan: If we try to be egoless and didn't have a lens, we may not be able to [[focus]] anything.

Jonathan: If we try to be egoless and didn't have a lens, we may not be able to [[focus]] anything.

Elyon: Precisely why in the lesson you heard that the two are linked together and [[necessary]] one to the other. A projector without a [[lens]] will not provide an image, and a lens without a projector likewise. It is your job in this life to [[coordinate]] the exact [[functioning]] and positioning of the lens so as to maximize the portrayal of the image being projected through this lens.

Elyon: Precisely why in the lesson you heard that the two are linked together and [[necessary]] one to the other. A projector without a [[lens]] will not provide an image, and a lens without a projector likewise. It is your job in this life to [[coordinate]] the exact [[functioning]] and positioning of the lens so as to maximize the portrayal of the image being projected through this lens.

Jonathan: I like this [[imagery]] because, as The [[Urantia Book]] says, [[personality]] is a unifier of all our [[selfhood]]. With the [[idea]] of a projector, you have film; you have a light bulb -- [[Ta|the divine spark or God]]. The [[film]] could be [[truth]] or your [[soul]] [[experience]]. All those things are unified as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movie_projector projector].

Jonathan: I like this [[imagery]] because, as The [[Urantia Book]] says, [[personality]] is a unifier of all our [[selfhood]]. With the [[idea]] of a projector, you have film; you have a light bulb -- [[Ta|the divine spark or God]]. The [[film]] could be [[truth]] or your [[soul]] [[experience]]. All those things are unified as the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movie_projector projector].

Elyon: My friend, you have stumbled on another very good [[metaphor]] in that, if you think of the Father's light as the light bulb in that projector and your [[personality]] as the . .. and your [[ego]] in charge of what to put in the . .. (tape flipped) then you would come close to an [[accurate]] picture of how things fall in line together.

Elyon: My friend, you have stumbled on another very good [[metaphor]] in that, if you think of the Father's light as the light bulb in that projector and your [[personality]] as the . .. and your [[ego]] in charge of what to put in the . .. (tape flipped) then you would come close to an [[accurate]] picture of how things fall in line together.

Tom: Where does [[Free will|will]] come in? If [[personality]] is like the film that is showing each frame, if the personality makes the [[choice]], are these choices prearranged so they pop up as we [[decide]] to go out now that our hour has come?

Tom: Where does [[Free will|will]] come in? If [[personality]] is like the film that is showing each frame, if the personality makes the [[choice]], are these choices prearranged so they pop up as we [[decide]] to go out now that our hour has come?

Elyon: My friend, remove from your mind the concept of prearranged [[destiny]] in relationship to your [[freewill]] choice. Going back to the metaphor of the projector, it is up to you, your [[personality]], to look through a series of images, a series of slides that you have at your disposal, and you choose which slide you would put in front of [[Ta|the Father's light]]. Your will, my friend, is the part which activates the entire [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movie_projector projector] which turns on the entire switch. [[The Father]]'s light is always ready, always in readiness to be activated. Your will [[chooses]] to activate the projector by turning on the switch. Your [[personality]] chooses which image to display, and your [[ego]] attempts to [[focus]] that image.

Elyon: My friend, remove from your mind the concept of prearranged [[destiny]] in relationship to your [[freewill]] choice. Going back to the metaphor of the projector, it is up to you, your [[personality]], to look through a series of images, a series of slides that you have at your disposal, and you choose which slide you would put in front of [[Ta|the Father's light]]. Your will, my friend, is the part which activates the entire [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movie_projector projector] which turns on the entire switch. [[The Father]]'s light is always ready, always in readiness to be activated. Your will [[chooses]] to activate the projector by turning on the switch. Your [[personality]] chooses which image to display, and your [[ego]] attempts to [[focus]] that image.

Jonathan: You are using the word "slide" which, like in a carousel type of projector, they can be arranged in any order. Maybe our life [[experience]] put through the projector results in our [[soul]] [[transcript]], a film sequence that [[becomes]] our life [[experience]].

Jonathan: You are using the word "slide" which, like in a carousel type of projector, they can be arranged in any order. Maybe our life [[experience]] put through the projector results in our [[soul]] [[transcript]], a film sequence that [[becomes]] our life [[experience]].