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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.

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]].

TOMAS: Are there questions this evening?

TOMAS: Are there questions this evening?

===='''''[[Sincerity]]'''''====

===='''''[[Sincerity]]'''''====

ELYSSIA: I do want to ask you, Tomas. I had my little [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday_School Sunday School] today, and I was [[disappointed]] in the effects and I was disappointed with what I d id and disappointed with the result, and I wanted to ask you again to help me . That lesson that you started to tell me about, I didn't really [[understand]] it. It was something about asking the little ones to talk about what you really [[care]] about? Is that what that lesson was? I wanted to get it straight.

ELYSSIA: I do want to ask you, Tomas. I had my little [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday_School Sunday School] today, and I was [[disappointed]] in the effects and I was disappointed with what I d id and disappointed with the result, and I wanted to ask you again to help me . That lesson that you started to tell me about, I didn't really [[understand]] it. It was something about asking the little ones to talk about what you really [[care]] about? Is that what that lesson was? I wanted to get it straight.

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.

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 [http://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.

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]] [[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.

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 [http://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.

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 [http://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]].

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: 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: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesop 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