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Group: Pocatello, Idaho
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===Topic: ''Conflict''===
 
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===Group: [[Pocatello TeaM]]===
Teacher: Daniel
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==Facilitators==
 
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===Teacher: [[Daniel]], [[Andirondek]], [[Minearsia]], [[Andrea]]===
Topic: Conflict
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===TR: [[Bill K.]], [[Cathy]]===
 
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==Session==
November 20, 1998
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===Opening===
 
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Daniel (Bill): Greetings. I am Daniel, your teacher, your guide, your big brother, your friend.  
Daniel (Bill): Greetings. I am Daniel, your teacher, your guide, your big brother, your friend. My dear siblings, if you could feel the joy and love that we your older siblings experience as we intermingle with you, you would have some small consciousness of the grandeur of a cosmic family of the brotherhood/sisterhood/personhood of all freewill universe intelligences. You see, you have struggled valiantly to retain your cohesion as a functional family unit and you have succeeded excellently. In this struggle you have heard many viewpoints divergent from your own. You have seen sides of each other you never even imagined were possible. You have discovered aspects of yourselves in deep recesses and dark corners which you knew not before. And in so doing has your universe of reality expanded to embrace the diversity of each other and yourselves as well.
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===Lesson===
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My dear siblings, if you could feel the joy and love that we your older siblings experience as we intermingle with you, you would have some small consciousness of the grandeur of a cosmic family of the brotherhood/sisterhood/personhood of all freewill universe intelligences. You see, you have struggled valiantly to retain your cohesion as a functional family unit and you have succeeded excellently. In this struggle you have heard many viewpoints divergent from your own. You have seen sides of each other you never even imagined were possible. You have discovered aspects of yourselves in deep recesses and dark corners which you knew not before. And in so doing has your universe of reality expanded to embrace the diversity of each other and yourselves as well.
    
You have tasted a small portion of the larger reality of the true cosmic unity in diversity of God the Supreme. Just a small taste of the flavor of the whole. And yet has this sampling been so grievous and difficult that you would withdraw from the table of our Creator Parents and leave the banquet feast of fellowship with your brothers and sisters? No, none of you would. In fact, you have all experienced an expansion of your own souls.
 
You have tasted a small portion of the larger reality of the true cosmic unity in diversity of God the Supreme. Just a small taste of the flavor of the whole. And yet has this sampling been so grievous and difficult that you would withdraw from the table of our Creator Parents and leave the banquet feast of fellowship with your brothers and sisters? No, none of you would. In fact, you have all experienced an expansion of your own souls.
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It is not the purpose of conflict to divide and destroy. Conflict, that is, that is the result of growth expansion. Your experience of conflict has been of this nature rather than of destructive and unspiritual dimensions. You see, we live in an incomplete and imperfect creation which is evolving and developing towards the final goal of perfected status. That is why we know that without conflict and struggle, without insecurity and unsurety there can be no real growth, but rather the opposite– soul stagnation– which, if it continues long enough may result in spiritual death.
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It is not the purpose of conflict to divide and destroy. Conflict that is the result of growth expansion. Your experience of conflict has been of this nature rather than of destructive and unspiritual dimensions. You see, we live in an incomplete and imperfect creation which is evolving and developing towards the final goal of perfected status. That is why we know that without conflict and struggle, without insecurity and unsurety there can be no real growth, but rather the opposite– soul stagnation– which, if it continues long enough may result in spiritual death.
    
And so, on the one hand I say to you welcome to the real world, where conflict results in growth. And congratulations on letting your experience of love surmount all obstacles and difficulties. You came upon a large boulder on the path. You wished to move around it, but it blocked your way. You had to find a hand hold and a foot hold and scale it and come down the other side to complete your experiential triumph. As I have taught you in the past, every accomplishment results in a brief period of rest and rejuvenation, but only for a short while until the next task commands your attention.
 
And so, on the one hand I say to you welcome to the real world, where conflict results in growth. And congratulations on letting your experience of love surmount all obstacles and difficulties. You came upon a large boulder on the path. You wished to move around it, but it blocked your way. You had to find a hand hold and a foot hold and scale it and come down the other side to complete your experiential triumph. As I have taught you in the past, every accomplishment results in a brief period of rest and rejuvenation, but only for a short while until the next task commands your attention.
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I am Andirondek and it has been my pleasure addressing you this evening.
 
I am Andirondek and it has been my pleasure addressing you this evening.
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Minearisa (Cathy): This is Minearisa. I ask all of you for your cooperation this evening in a brief exercise. I ask you to, with your eyes closed, extend one hand, palm up as if to symbolize the receipt of a gift. This gift you may recognize immediately or may become manifest over the period of the next week. Please spend a moment in silence to express your willingness to receive this gift. (long silence) Please close your hands around it and bring it into your heart. That is all I have for now. I step aside for another who wishes to speak.
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Minearsia (Cathy): This is Minearisa. I ask all of you for your cooperation this evening in a brief exercise. I ask you to, with your eyes closed, extend one hand, palm up as if to symbolize the receipt of a gift. This gift you may recognize immediately or may become manifest over the period of the next week. Please spend a moment in silence to express your willingness to receive this gift. (long silence) Please close your hands around it and bring it into your heart. That is all I have for now. I step aside for another who wishes to speak.
    
Andrea (Bill): Greetings, my friends. My name is Andrea. I am a teacher in Michael's mission to Urantia, known to some of you. I have been offered this place on the docket with permission of Daniel and Minearisa in order to briefly talk about the relationship of receiving to healing. When our Master was on this planet, he was surrounded by great need every day of his public ministry and many days of his private ministry. His human heart was greatly challenged with the enormity of the suffering and misery that he was confronted with. Many times did he long to lay his healing powers upon his brothers and sisters, but he was constrained from yielding to this desire on most occasions by his understanding that he could not give that which would not be received.
 
Andrea (Bill): Greetings, my friends. My name is Andrea. I am a teacher in Michael's mission to Urantia, known to some of you. I have been offered this place on the docket with permission of Daniel and Minearisa in order to briefly talk about the relationship of receiving to healing. When our Master was on this planet, he was surrounded by great need every day of his public ministry and many days of his private ministry. His human heart was greatly challenged with the enormity of the suffering and misery that he was confronted with. Many times did he long to lay his healing powers upon his brothers and sisters, but he was constrained from yielding to this desire on most occasions by his understanding that he could not give that which would not be received.
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If a son asks his father for bread, will his father give him a scorpion? Will he give him a stone? No, he will give him what he needs. And if the son is foolish and asks for the scorpion, will the father give him one? No, he will give him what he needs. Your parents, Michael and Nebadonia, know you. They are your creators. Michael has walked in your moccasins and trod your footsteps. He is a superlative, merciful, gracious being. Your mother has nurtured you, supports the very circuits of your mind, knows your deepest thoughts and desires. I, Andrea, remind you of these things, my dears. Give you full approval to that gift which will be given you, which some of you have tasted this evening and yet you will taste in greater measure.
 
If a son asks his father for bread, will his father give him a scorpion? Will he give him a stone? No, he will give him what he needs. And if the son is foolish and asks for the scorpion, will the father give him one? No, he will give him what he needs. Your parents, Michael and Nebadonia, know you. They are your creators. Michael has walked in your moccasins and trod your footsteps. He is a superlative, merciful, gracious being. Your mother has nurtured you, supports the very circuits of your mind, knows your deepest thoughts and desires. I, Andrea, remind you of these things, my dears. Give you full approval to that gift which will be given you, which some of you have tasted this evening and yet you will taste in greater measure.
 
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===Closing===
 
I send you all of the love that fills this room this evening, coming from the Father of lights, the Mother of truth, the Son of mercy. Be at peace. Good evening and this concludes our presentation.
 
I send you all of the love that fills this room this evening, coming from the Father of lights, the Mother of truth, the Son of mercy. Be at peace. Good evening and this concludes our presentation.
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[[Category: The Teaching Mission: Dialogues]]
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[[Category: Pocatello TeaM]]
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[[Category: Daniel]]
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[[Category: Andirondek]]
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[[Category: Minearsia]]
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[[Category: Andrea]]
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[[Category: Bill K.]]
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[[Category: Cathy]]
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[[Category: 1998]]