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Before I become [[engaged]] in our more substantial [[discourses]], and speaking of parties, I [[understand]] you wanted to talk to me and/or Merium about a party. Is this correct?

Before I become [[engaged]] in our more substantial [[discourses]], and speaking of parties, I [[understand]] you wanted to talk to me and/or Merium about a party. Is this correct?

ELYSSIA:      I wanted to ask you about a party for the [[Christmas]] holidays, which would have to be within the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_days_of_Christmas twelve days of Christmas] but after the actual day of the 25th.

ELYSSIA:      I wanted to ask you about a party for the [[Christmas]] holidays, which would have to be within the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_days_of_Christmas twelve days of Christmas] but after the actual day of the 25th.

TOMAS:        And you seek my input? One moment.

TOMAS:        And you seek my input? One moment.

GROUP:        Greetings

GROUP:        Greetings

===Lesson===

===Lesson===

JACK:            It is on behalf of your efforts to amass together a history of [[Teaching Mission|our "movement"]] and your (Gerdean's) excruciating pains toward establishing the correct record that I come to offer my [[assistance]].

JACK:            It is on behalf of your efforts to amass together a history of [[Teaching Mission|our "movement"]] and your (Gerdean's) excruciating pains toward establishing the correct record that I come to offer my [[assistance]].

It has been a real [[joy]] to be able to [[converse]] with you. As you know, I have been in a foreign country and although I do not have the [[barriers]] inherent in [[language]] differences as you do, inasmuch as I and my siblings in the [[United Corp of Midwayers]] do not depend so much upon language skills as on other [[communication]] skills, we enjoy this [[process]] of interchange of ideas and [[ideals]] in and with the human children of [[time and space]], our cousins. I used to have this [[opportunity]] a lot and it's nice to have this time again. I look forward to more opportunities in the [[future]], but be [[assured]] I have not been sitting around with my feet up or eating grapes.

It has been a real [[joy]] to be able to [[converse]] with you. As you know, I have been in a foreign country and although I do not have the [[barriers]] inherent in [[language]] differences as you do, inasmuch as I and my siblings in the [[United Corp of Midwayers]] do not depend so much upon language skills as on other [[communication]] skills, we enjoy this [[process]] of interchange of ideas and [[ideals]] in and with the human children of [[time and space]], our cousins. I used to have this [[opportunity]] a lot and it's nice to have this time again. I look forward to more opportunities in the [[future]], but be [[assured]] I have not been sitting around with my feet up or eating grapes.

ELYSSIA:      Well, you do float around some nice parts of the world, like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii Hawaii] and places like that.

ELYSSIA:      Well, you do float around some nice parts of the world, like [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii Hawaii] and places like that.

JACK:Oh, yes. I've been around the world many times. It's a small [[neighborhood]].

JACK:Oh, yes. I've been around the world many times. It's a small [[neighborhood]].

RACHEL:      From YOUR [[perspective]].

RACHEL:      From YOUR [[perspective]].

===Closing===

===Closing===

JACK:            Yes. I am not going to stay longer this afternoon. I am going to give the [[platform]] back to Tomas. I believe he would like to apply himself to his craft for a few moments, but I want to again thank you for this [[opportunity]] to be among you I and [[appreciate]] your [[focused]] attention to [[perspective]]. Thank you.

JACK:            Yes. I am not going to stay longer this afternoon. I am going to give the [[platform]] back to Tomas. I believe he would like to apply himself to his craft for a few moments, but I want to again thank you for this [[opportunity]] to be among you I and [[appreciate]] your [[focused]] attention to [[perspective]]. Thank you.

==Session 2==

==Session 2==

November 29, 1998, Part 2

November 29, 1998, Part 2

TOPIC: Trust

TOPIC: [[Trust]]

TOMAS: I am Tomas, and I also thank you, my young friend Jack for your kind visit to my students, your cousins. You are wise in admonishing our peers here to reserve worship for the Father, but I am also inclined to add that a reverence for divinity is always in order, and to the extent that we are a ll related to divinity in one way or another, it would behoove us to develop an appreciation for one another that included respect and reverence for that which is of the Father within us all.

TOMAS: I am Tomas, and I also thank you, my young friend Jack for your kind [[visit]] to my [[students]], your cousins. You are [[wise]] in admonishing our [[peers]] here to reserve worship for [[the Father]], but I am also inclined to add that a [[reverence]] for [[divinity]] is always in order, and to the extent that we are all related to divinity in one way or another, it would behoove us to develop an [[appreciation]] for one another that included [[respect]] and reverence for that which is of the Father within us all.

===Lesson===

===Lesson===

This afternoon, my friends, I would like to speak to you for a moment about trust. You read this afternoon about The Spirits of Trust. You read about their interest in promoting a level of operation which is a result of your ability to open up in faith of your destiny path and trust that which has been presented. Faith, you know, is a gift, and it is enlarged and expanded because of your trust. It therefore is your decision that expands your trust or curtails your trust. Trust is a result of your free will. (One moment )

This afternoon, my friends, I would like to speak to you for a moment about [[trust]]. You read this afternoon about [[39:5|The Spirits of Trust]]. You read about their interest in promoting a level of operation which is a result of your [[ability]] to open up in [[faith]] of your [[destiny]] [[path]] and trust that which has been presented. Faith, you know, is a gift, and it is enlarged and expanded because of your trust. It therefore is your [[decision]] that expands your trust or curtails your trust. Trust is a result of your [[free will]]. (One moment )

ELYSSIA:I have never thought of it that way before, that trust is a matter of my free will, but I can see the connection. Now those words have increase d my understanding of it. I like what they said about God today, because they said even God trusted Himself to do these marvelous things for us, He puts trust in us. That was in our Paper.

ELYSSIA:I have never [[thought]] of it that way before, that [[trust]] is a matter of my [[free will]], but I can see the connection. Now those words have increase d my [[understanding]] of it. I like what they said about God today, because they said even God trusted Himself to do these marvelous things for us, He puts trust in us. That was in our Paper.

TOMAS:He gives a part of Himself, he intrusts Himself, to you in your G od fragment, that It may work with you, to divine your thinking, trusting that you will seek communion with this Source of all good.

TOMAS:He gives a part of Himself, he entrusts Himself, to you in your [[God fragment]], that It may work with you, to divine your [[thinking]], trusting that you will seek [[communion]] with this Source of all [[good]].

You earlier discussed the deer in the wood behind your house, and remarked upon the seeming trust these four-footed creatures had in their overt eye contact with you. The remark was made that they seem so vulnerable there. And the comparison was made that you children of earth are like the deer-- Vulnerable, to be frightened, or shot. These deer are ministered to by the Mother through the adjutant mind spirit of courage. Their little hearts tremble as they hear loud noises, as they see a human tromping nearby, slamming doors, wielding objects. But they have also a sense of safety and security in the moment of their being.

You earlier [[discussed]] the deer in the wood behind your house, and remarked upon the seeming [[trust]] these four-footed creatures had in their overt eye contact with you. The remark was made that they seem so [[vulnerable]] there. And the [[comparison]] was made that you children of earth are like the deer-- Vulnerable, to be frightened, or shot. These deer are ministered to by [[the Mother]] through the [[adjutant mind spirit]] of [[courage]]. Their little [[hearts]] tremble as they hear loud noises, as they see a human tromping nearby, slamming doors, wielding objects. But they have also a sense of [[safety]] and [[security]] in the [[moment]] of their [[being]].

I ask you each, if you will, to look at your ability to trust as these deer must look at their environment and their life. What keeps them from turning on their heels and running into the wood? A sense of security and safety in their being. If you also could develop a sense of safety and security in your being, in your being indwelt by God himself - not only through the Divine Minister's adjutant mind spirits or the Michael Son's Spirit of Truth - bu t by the Father's very Self, you would know you can feel safe and secure - as you are and where you are. And you can learn to trust also.

I ask you each, if you will, to look at your [[ability]] to trust as these deer must look at their [[environment]] and their [[life]]. What keeps them from turning on their heels and running into the wood? A sense of [[security]] and safety in their being. If you also could develop a sense of safety and security in your [[being]], in your being indwelt by God himself - not only through the [[Divine Minister]]'s [[adjutant mind spirits]] or the [[Michael]] Son's [[Spirit of Truth]] - but by [[Ta|the Father's very Self]], you would know you can feel safe and secure - as you are and where you are. And you can learn to [[trust]] also.

Safety and security in the spirit is the only viable security you've got. It would behoove you to become acquainted with this reality to the extent that you trusted it implicitly.

[[Safety]] and [[security]] in the spirit is the only viable security you've got. It would behoove you to become acquainted with this [[reality]] to the extent that you [[trusted]] it implicitly.

===Dialogue===

===Dialogue===

ELYSSIA:Why can't we trust more? It doesn't look, when you look around , like you can trust life here for things, or that kind of thing, but you can trust in the fact that you can turn to God, and that seems to be what I have discerned. I would like to ask you for your input.

ELYSSIA:Why can't we [[trust]] more? It doesn't look, when you look around , like you can trust [[life]] here for things, or that kind of thing, but you can trust in the [[fact]] that you can turn to God, and that seems to be what I have [[discerned]]. I would like to ask you for your input.

TOMAS:Go further.

TOMAS:Go further.

ELYSSIA:Well, I'm looking around me and I know that at my age I can't t trust my body, and my husband too. And so I'm having some sense of betrayal of the physical, so to speak.

ELYSSIA:Well, I'm looking around me and I know that at my age I can't t trust my [[body]], and my [[husband]] too. And so I'm having some sense of [[betrayal]] of the [[physical]], so to speak.

TOMAS:Vulnerability.

TOMAS: [[Vulnerability]].

ELYSSIA:Yes, but I just come up with that answer, that I can turn to the Father within for comfort and guidance, and He has proved this in the past tome so many times.

ELYSSIA:Yes, but I just come up with that answer, that I can turn to [[the Father]] within for [[comfort]] and [[guidance]], and He has proved this in the [[past]] tome so many times.

TOMAS:He has proven himself to you. How do you prove yourself to him?

TOMAS:He has proven himself to you. How do you prove yourself to him?

ELYSSIA:By turning to him when I find myself caught up in fear.

ELYSSIA:By turning to him when I find myself caught up in [[fear]].

TOMAS:Good. Then you are doing what you can to establish and reinforce your trust in him.

TOMAS: Good. Then you are doing what you can to establish and reinforce your trust in him.

ELYSSIA:That's good to know.

ELYSSIA:That's good to know.

RACHEL:This whole conversation's pretty interesting, Tomas, because I've just been running around the same old trust thing. I was having this conversation with God just yesterday, about trusting him! And I said, well, the bottom line was: Do you trust God? And I guess I have to! Because there's nothing really in this world that I CAN trust other than that Source!

RACHEL:This whole [[conversation]]'s pretty interesting, Tomas, because I've just been running around the same old [[trust]] thing. I was having this [[conversation]] with God just yesterday, about trusting him! And I said, well, the bottom line was: Do you trust God? And I guess I have to! Because there's nothing really in this world that I CAN trust other than [[the Source|that Source]]!

TOMAS:You have certainly intellectually resolved it!

TOMAS:You have certainly [[intellectually]] [[resolved]] it!

RACHEL:Yeah, I've intellectually resolved it, but I'm being plagued by doubts and things these days.

RACHEL:Yeah, I've intellectually resolved it, but I'm being plagued by [[doubts]] and things these days.

TOMAS:Perhaps what you need to do, all of you, who are troubled with distrust, troubled with distrust of the Father and His path for you, or your understanding of your path through Him, is remind yourself of what you have learned, what experiences you have experienced, what lessons you have attained, what wisdoms you have assimilated, what accomplishments you have overcome. You sometimes become too focused on the moment, to the exclusion of perspective.

TOMAS:Perhaps what you need to do, all of you, who are troubled with distrust, troubled with distrust of [[the Father]] and His [[path]] for you, or your [[understanding]] of your path through Him, is remind yourself of what you have [[learned]], what [[experiences]] you have experienced, what lessons you have [[attained]], what [[wisdoms]] you have [[assimilated]], what accomplishments you have overcome. You sometimes become too [[focused]] on the moment, to the exclusion of [[perspective]].

RACHEL:It's difficult, you know. I suppose in growing up in this world that there hasn't been one person I could trust not one, not even my own parents, to be there when I needed them, so it's kind of a difficult thing to adjust to.

RACHEL:It's difficult, you know. I suppose in growing up in [[this world]] that there hasn't been one person I could trust not one, not even my own [[parents]], to be there when I needed them, so it's kind of a [[difficult]] thing to [[adjust]] to.

TOMAS:It is nothing to adjust to; it is something to embrace. It is a new reality entirely, reality. It is in fact upon your plate. If you say that you have been discovering that you have no choice, then you must now trust the choice that has been presented to you: The Father Himself.

TOMAS:It is nothing to [[adjust]] to; it is something to [[embrace]]. It is a new [[reality]] entirely, reality. It is in [[fact]] upon your plate. If you say that you have been [[discovering]] that you have no [[choice]], then you must now trust the choice that has been presented to you: [[The Father]] Himself.

RACHEL:You know, I feel like my soul trusts the Father explicitly, without a doubt. It's my mind.

RACHEL:You know, I feel like my [[soul]] trusts the Father explicitly, without a [[doubt]]. It's my [[mind]].

TOMAS:Yes. Give your mind, then, to Him.

TOMAS:Yes. Give your mind, then, to Him.

RACHEL:Well I said that, but then He said, "But you always take it back !"

RACHEL:Well I said that, but then He said, "But you always take it back !"

TOMAS:Are these not those spiritual habits that are so troublesome until they are mastered?

TOMAS:Are these not those spiritual [[habits]] that are so troublesome until they are mastered?

RACHEL:I suppose, yes, they are.

RACHEL:I suppose, yes, they are.

RACHEL:Oh, that's very true. I mean, I look back on my life and see so many things - where I didn't even KNOW Him!

RACHEL:Oh, that's very true. I mean, I look back on my [[life]] and see so many things - where I didn't even KNOW Him!

TOMAS:Good. Now you're on the right track.

TOMAS:Good. Now you're on the right track.

RACHEL:When I wasn't even fully conscious, so I say to myself, "How can you have doubts in trust when He was there before you even knew Him? And now that you know him!" It seems ridiculous. But it's going to a deeper level of trust.

RACHEL:When I wasn't even fully [[conscious]], so I say to myself, "How can you have doubts in [[trust]] when He was there before you even knew Him? And now that you know him!" It seems ridiculous. But it's going to a deeper level of [[trust]].

TOMAS:This is then a decent assignment for you for the next few days. Accept your trust in that which you know to be your perspective as a result of your quiet time with that God within you that gives you your very being.

TOMAS:This is then a decent [[assignment]] for you for the next few days. [[Accept]] your [[trust]] in that which you know to be your [[perspective]] as a result of your [[quiet time]] with that [[God within]] you that gives you your very [[being]].

===Closing===

===Closing===

Are there (anymore) questions this evening?

Are there (anymore) [[questions]] this evening?

==Session 3==                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

 

==Session 3==                                                                                                                                                                              

Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 01:23:26 EST

Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 01:23:26 EST

TOPIC: Sunday School

TOPIC: Sunday School

===Dialogue===

===Dialogue===

TOMAS: Are there questions this evening?

TOMAS: Are there questions this evening?

TOMAS: The lesson is about [[sincerity]]. The exercise is to ask them to [[manifest]] their sincerity as [[compared]] to their superficiality. In order for them to manifest sincerity, it is [[necessary]] for them to speak [[intimately]]. There is a [[difference]] between intimacy and familiarity. Most people speak familiarly because this is how they learn it at [[home]], but a new way, [[trusting]] [[the Father]], you will learn through trusting him and trusting the [[God within]] your brethren that you can be intimate, and this is a more [[satisfying]] sort of [[relationship]] in which you can be sincere.

 

TOMAS: The lesson is about sincerity. The exercise is to ask them to manifest their sincerity as compared to their superficiality. In order for them to manifest sincerity, it is necessary for them to speak intimately. There is a difference between intimacy and familiarity. Most people speak familiarly because this is how they learn it at home, but a new way, trusting the Father, you will learn through trusting him and trusting the God within your brethren that you can be intimate, and this is a more satisfying sort of relationship in which you can be sincere.

The lesson was for sincerity. Practice sincerity until you recognize how it is intended to be used to promote your own relationship with divinity, and pass this on to those you teach.

The lesson was for [[sincerity]]. [[Practice]] sincerity until you recognize how it is intended to be used to promote your own [[relationship]] with [[divinity]], and pass this on to those you teach.

ELYSSIA: Can you put that into words that I can use for my children? Or do you want me to do that?

ELYSSIA: Can you put that into [[words]] that I can use for my children? Or do you want me to do that?

TOMAS: Become as a little child and speak sincerely and intimately with them, engaging them in an intimate dialog about something meaningful, something of value. Allow them to experience this and to relish the flavor of this degree of reality so that they have been reinforced. It will be their duty to re turn to their environments and be exposed to lesser realities, and yet they will have had this feeding, this opportunity to enhance their taste of sincerity.

TOMAS: [[Become]] as a little child and speak [[sincerely]] and intimately with them, [[engaging]] them in an intimate [[dialog]] about something meaningful, something of [[value]]. Allow them to [[experience]] this and to relish the flavor of this degree of reality so that they have been reinforced. It will be their [[duty]] to re turn to their environments and be [[exposed]] to lesser realities, and yet they will have had this feeding, this [[opportunity]] to enhance their taste of [[sincerity]].

ELYSSIA:What is a possible thing that is of value that we can talk about, for instance, in this intimate way?

ELYSSIA:What is a possible thing that is of [[value]] that we can talk about, for instance, in this [[intimate]] way?

TOMAS:By and large you may take a Bible story and apply a feeling to it . I suggest this since you are talking about a Sunday School class. If you have a lesson or a parable or a scripture and Jesus is the focus, if you have his words to use as a backdrop, you can then sincerely discuss how he must have felt, and how you can share that feeling with each other. Bring the sincere truth of his mota to life. Allow these children to revel in the reality of Jesus' words and how they personally can attain that same sensation of value in themselves and in their extended relationship with others.

TOMAS:By and large you may take a [[Bible]] story and apply a [[feeling]] to it . I suggest this since you are talking about a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday_School Sunday School] class. If you have a lesson or a [[parable]] or a [[scripture]] and [[Jesus]] is the [[focus]], if you have his words to use as a backdrop, you can then sincerely [[discuss]] how he must have felt, and how you can [[share]] that feeling with each other. Bring the [[sincere]] [[truth]] of his [[mota]] to life. Allow these children to revel in the [[reality]] of [[Jesus]]' [[words]] and how they personally can [[attain]] that same sensation of [[value]] in themselves and in their extended [[relationship]] with others.

ELYSSIA:Okay. Let's say: Today we had the story of Jesus healing the blind man. I would talk about how Jesus felt deep concern - and these children always respond beautifully to that - so caring.

ELYSSIA:Okay. Let's say: Today we had the [[story]] of [[Jesus]] [[164:3 Healing the Blind Beggar|healing the blind man]]. I would talk about how Jesus felt deep concern - and these children always respond [[beautifully]] to that - so caring.

TOMAS:Perhaps then you could, for an example, blindfold a student, and rather than making light of it, as if it were a game, as if you were playing Blind Man's Bluff, instead of turning them around and making them dizzy and laughing at their blindness, allow them to feel the loss of vision, the deprivation and the sudden leaning toward acute development of the other senses to allow for a compensation of sorts. In other words, you become more acute in your hearing, or you become more aware of temperature or other external sensations in order to compensate for not being able to see.

TOMAS:Perhaps then you could, for an example, blindfold a student, and rather than making [[light]] of it, as if it were a [[game]], as if you were playing [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_Man's_Bluff Blind Man's Bluff], instead of turning them around and making them [[dizzy]] and laughing at their [[blindness]], allow them to feel the loss of [[vision]], the deprivation and the sudden leaning toward acute [[development]] of the other [[senses]] to allow for a compensation of sorts. In other words, you become more acute in your hearing, or you become more [[aware]] of temperature or other external sensations in order to [[compensate]] for not being able to see.

And although there are always silver linings, you can surely share with the blindfolded youth, the deprivation of blindness. And once the game has gone beyond fun and into reality, release the blindfold with Michael's blessing and show how wonderful it is to be able to see the gift of sight. And if they are with you, if you have captured your students, if you have engaged them in their sincerity, and if you have time, you may be able to then analogize how it is to learn to see with eyes to see in the spirit.

And although there are always [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_lining_%28idiom%29 silver linings], you can surely share with the blindfolded [[youth]], the deprivation of [[blindness]]. And once the [[game]] has gone beyond fun and into [[reality]], release the blindfold with [[Michael]]'s [[blessing]] and show how wonderful it is to be able to see the gift of [[sight]]. And if they are with you, if you have captured your [[students]], if you have engaged them in their [[sincerity]], and if you have time, you may be able to then [[analogize]] how it is to learn to see with eyes to see in the [[spirit]].

It is always a challenge, Elyssia, to be a teacher and a preacher, but always when you ask Our Father for counsel and guidance, you will be given it. You must begin to develop your own curriculum, based on many of these teaching techniques you know I have used with you as well as the many, many opportunities for learning the exemplary methods of Our Master when he walked on Urantia and taught.

It is always a [[challenge]], Elyssia, to be a [[teacher]] and a [[preacher]], but always when you ask [[Our Father]] for [[counsel]] and [[guidance]], you will be given it. You must begin to develop your own [[curriculum]], based on many of these teaching [[techniques]] you know I have used with you as well as the many, many [[opportunities]] for learning the exemplary [[methods]] of [[Our Master]] when he walked on [[Urantia]] and taught.

ELYSSIA:Could you simplify one of Jesus' lessons for me that could also be useful for next Sunday, because really I don't think I have a feel for this. I can't believe it because I love my Lord and his words, but to teach my reactions is just teaching a lot of emotionality

ELYSSIA:Could you simplify one of Jesus' lessons for me that could also be useful for next Sunday, because really I don't think I have a feel for this. I can't [[believe]] it because I love my Lord and his words, but to teach my [[reactions]] is just teaching a lot of [[emotion]]ality.

TOMAS: You do yourself a disservice, Elyssia. There is much more to you than an emotional appeal. If you short-change yourself like that, you will never be an effective teacher. There is in you One who can and will if you will work with that desire to give what you have received.

TOMAS: You do yourself a disservice, Elyssia. There is much more to you than an emotional [[appeal]]. If you short-change yourself like that, you will never be an effective teacher. There is in you One who can and will if you will work with that [[desire]] to give what you have [[received]].

I cannot give you an effective example, inasmuch as it is necessary for you to be where the lesson is. And this in itself is a lesson. The Master was skilled at it. He would look at a circumstance and find within it the ingredients to create a lesson of lasting value, based upon the raw materials at hand.

I cannot give you an effective [[example]], inasmuch as it is [[necessary]] for you to be where the lesson is. And this in itself is a lesson. [[The Master]] was skilled at it. He would look at a circumstance and find within it the ingredients to create a lesson of lasting [[value]], based upon the raw materials at hand.

ELYSSIA: The only one that comes to my mind is the story when Jesus told the children to come to him and the people standing around didn't think that it was seemly, and how often these little ones have experienced that.

ELYSSIA: The only one that comes to my [[mind]] is the story when [[167:6 Blessing the Little Children|Jesus told the children]] to come to him and the people standing around didn't think that it was seemly, and how often these little ones have [[experienced]] that.

TOMAS: Is it necessary for you to plan in advance how you will teach and preach? Can you not go with the mode O'day? How do you suppose Jesus thought about his many lessons ahead of time?

TOMAS: Is it [[necessary]] for you to plan in advance how you will [[teach]] and [[preach]]? Can you not go with the mode O'day? How do you suppose Jesus thought about his many lessons ahead of time?

ELYSSIA: But that was our Creator Son!

ELYSSIA: But that was our [[Creator Son]]!

TOMAS: And did he not say that you would do wondrous works also? Even greater.

TOMAS: And did he not say that you would do wondrous works also? Even greater.

RACHEL: I agree with Tomas. Only because when I plan, it seems to fail more because I'm constantly thinking of the plan, but when we pray for the guidance, it seems to just flow naturally, without forethought.

RACHEL: I [[agree]] with Tomas. Only because when I [[plan]], it seems to fail more because I'm constantly [[thinking]] of the plan, but when we pray for the [[guidance]], it seems to just [[flow]] naturally, without forethought.

TOMAS: Here again we return to the citadel of the spirit wherein you attain your reality and learn to trust, whereupon you are intrusted.

TOMAS: Here again we return to the [[citadel]] of [[Ta|the spirit]] wherein you [[attain]] your [[reality]] and learn to [[trust]], whereupon you are intrusted.

ELYSSIA: Well, I certainly feel that I know and love the stories of the life of Jesus. Now that's the one thing I think I really know. I know that I love the stores about Jesus.

ELYSSIA: Well, I certainly feel that I know and love the [[stories]] of [[the life of Jesus]]. Now that's the one thing I think I really know. I know that I love the stores about [[Jesus]].

TOMAS: I know you are saying that you love the stories of Jesus, and I h ear you with my ears to hear telling me that it is the stories that you love. Remember that the stories are representative of the value, and it is the value, Elyssia, that you want to impart as a reality to these humans. If they grasp the value of the lesson, the story itself becomes an embellishment of the reality, instead of the reality itself.

TOMAS: I know you are saying that you love the stories of [[Jesus]], and I hear you with my ears to hear telling me that it is the [[stories]] that you [[love]]. Remember that the stories are [[representative]] of the [[value]], and it is the value, Elyssia, that you want to impart as a [[reality]] to these humans. If they grasp the value of the lesson, the [[story]] itself becomes an embellishment of the [[reality]], instead of the reality itself.

ELYSSIA: I'm sure if I thought that through for a minute I would be able to find the value. Maybe I should.

ELYSSIA: I'm sure if I [[thought]] that through for a minute I would be able to find the [[value]]. Maybe I should.

TOMAS: Aesop would call it fable with a moral.

TOMAS: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesop Aesop] would call it fable with a [[moral]].

ELYSSIA: The moral to the fable. Okay. They are all so beautiful, these little children

ELYSSIA: The moral to the fable. Okay. They are all so [[beautiful]], these little children

TOMAS: Yes, we are.

TOMAS: Yes, we are.

ELYSSIA: I mean these little children in Sunday School are really beautiful.

ELYSSIA: I mean these little children in Sunday School are really [[beautiful]].

TOMAS: I can see you have a certain loyalty to your class and I can, to some extent, admire that and identify with it.

TOMAS: I can see you have a certain [[loyalty]] to your class and I can, to some extent, admire that and identify with it.

ELYSSIA: Well, I think they are going to be incredibly wonderful in serving God! They are so I think very sensitive, imaginative and bright.

ELYSSIA: Well, I think they are going to be incredibly [[wonderful]] in serving God! They are so I [[think]] very [[sensitive]], [[imaginative]] and bright.

===Closing===

===Closing===

TOMAS: Pray then that your faith in the Father and in their indwelling spirits will see them over the hurdles and that their trust in divine guidance will overrule the obstacles en route. I pray this for you also. I am going to depart now. I am with you always.

TOMAS: Pray then that your [[faith]] in [[the Father]] and in their [[indwelling spirits]] will see them over the hurdles and that their [[trust]] in divine [[guidance]] will overrule the [[obstacles]] en route. I pray this for you also. I am going to depart now. I am with you always.

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