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You seem to want me to talk about the beach, or the sand, because you know I have taught in the [[Kona TeaM|Hawaii group]], and I have no objection to making my identification with them spread abroad, but I AM, as you know, available to you as well.

You seem to want me to talk about the beach, or the sand, because you know I have taught in the [[Kona TeaM|Hawaii group]], and I have no objection to making my identification with them spread abroad, but I AM, as you know, available to you as well.

I will, however, make use of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conch_shell conch shell], and enable you in your [[minds eye]] to [[embrace]] the sound of the [[spirit]] which has its trumpet call unending, pounding upon the shores of [[eternity]]. Always is this sound of the [[surf]] in [[evidence]] if you but [[listen]], and so take this conch shell, this gift I give you by way of [[imagining]] and hold it close to your ear and hear the sound of eternity. [[Listen]] in the [[stillness]] of the pounding surf for the [[voice]] of [[the Father]], [[the Mother]], the constancy, the energy, the [[endurance]], the lastingness of the [[sea]], the ocean of [[joy]]. I leave you with this gift. [[Aloha]].

I will, however, make use of a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conch_shell conch shell], and enable you in your [[minds eye]] to [[embrace]] the sound of the [[spirit]] which has its trumpet call unending, pounding upon the shores of [[eternity]]. Always is this sound of the [[surf]] in [[evidence]] if you but [[listen]], and so take this conch shell, this gift I give you by way of [[imagining]] and hold it close to your ear and hear the sound of eternity. [[Listen]] in the [[stillness]] of the pounding surf for the [[voice]] of [[the Father]], [[the Mother]], the constancy, the energy, the [[endurance]], the lastingness of the [[sea]], the ocean of [[joy]]. I leave you with this gift. [[Aloha]].

LEAH Thank you.

LEAH Thank you.

===Lesson===

===Lesson===

===='''''[[Persecution]]'''''====

===='''''[[Persecution]]'''''====

You are aware of the [[unfolding]] of new [[life]] and [[light]] and are a part of its unfolding because of your [[belief]], your [[consecration]] to [[truth, beauty, and goodness]]. But you are a threat to those who [[fear]] the [[reality]] you [[represent]]. I speak not as a [[warrior]] here, no, but as a mediator. Remember, if you can, that many of you [[mortals]] manage to [[confuse]] your [[perceptions]] of what [[love]] is, based upon what you are shown by outside [[influences]]. If you are showing an influence unfamiliar to your beholder, you will throw them off base. You will startle them, and they will [[react]] to your very being. Herein is the [[wisdom]] of the words to be as [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_10 wise as serpents and as peaceful as doves]. Perhaps you will ponder that when you remember your environment and your being therein .

You are aware of the [[unfolding]] of new [[life]] and [[light]] and are a part of its unfolding because of your [[belief]], your [[consecration]] to [[truth, beauty, and goodness]]. But you are a threat to those who [[fear]] the [[reality]] you [[represent]]. I speak not as a [[warrior]] here, no, but as a mediator. Remember, if you can, that many of you [[mortals]] manage to [[confuse]] your [[perceptions]] of what [[love]] is, based upon what you are shown by outside [[influences]]. If you are showing an influence unfamiliar to your beholder, you will throw them off base. You will startle them, and they will [[react]] to your very being. Herein is the [[wisdom]] of the words to be as [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_10 wise as serpents and as peaceful as doves]. Perhaps you will ponder that when you remember your environment and your being therein .

===Dialogue===

===Dialogue===

Good of you to have me. Thank you, Gerdean. And thank you, Tomas and gracious Merium, for your local [[hospitality]]. Good evening.

Good of you to have me. Thank you, Gerdean. And thank you, Tomas and gracious Merium, for your local [[hospitality]]. Good evening.

My - I want to say predecessors with you, but that is not the correct word . The preceding era, the preceding [[epochs]] -- epics not of such a [[proportion]] as the [[Urantia Book]] or the others, but epochal as far as important. - the preceding eras, shall we say, have been embarked upon by those who would set aside the [[status quo]] and deign to live within a spirit of shall we say "assignment" within the assumption of something to do, something of importance.

My - I want to say predecessors with you, but that is not the correct word . The preceding era, the preceding [[epochs]] -- epics not of such a [[proportion]] as the [[Urantia Book]] or the others, but epochal as far as important. - the preceding eras, shall we say, have been embarked upon by those who would set aside the [[status quo]] and deign to live within a spirit of shall we say "assignment" within the assumption of something to do, something of importance.

[http://www.urantia.org/urantia-foundation/history The forum], as you call it, was a group of such individuals - a good sized group, actually - but that gives you a common [[framework]] for what I'm talking about, but even so, in the [[course]] of time there have been smaller groups of people, intimate groups of people, let's say [[monks]] or other [[scholars]] who have gone ahead and gambled with their gut [[feeling]], gone ahead and gotten entrenched in a [[project]], if you will, which was to affect the course of [[history]]. Perhaps not in a major way, or a noticeable way, but in a way, none- the-less which was [[providential]] and [[progressive]].

[https://www.urantia.org/urantia-foundation/history The forum], as you call it, was a group of such individuals - a good sized group, actually - but that gives you a common [[framework]] for what I'm talking about, but even so, in the [[course]] of time there have been smaller groups of people, intimate groups of people, let's say [[monks]] or other [[scholars]] who have gone ahead and gambled with their gut [[feeling]], gone ahead and gotten entrenched in a [[project]], if you will, which was to affect the course of [[history]]. Perhaps not in a major way, or a noticeable way, but in a way, none- the-less which was [[providential]] and [[progressive]].

Maybe you could think in terms of those who [[translated]] the [[scriptures]] into a different edition. Up-grading the [[appreciation]] and [[understanding]] of what these scriptures meant based upon a greater [[ability]] to comprehend what was meant, perhaps an evolutionary forward [[step]] in spiritual [[understanding]] was then made, perhaps not.

Maybe you could think in terms of those who [[translated]] the [[scriptures]] into a different edition. Up-grading the [[appreciation]] and [[understanding]] of what these scriptures meant based upon a greater [[ability]] to comprehend what was meant, perhaps an evolutionary forward [[step]] in spiritual [[understanding]] was then made, perhaps not.

===Lesson===

===Lesson===

===='''''[[Perfection]]'''''====

===='''''[[Perfection]]'''''====

We would like to discuss with you today your responsibility for assuming your degree of [[awareness]] of your own [[perfection]]. In assuming an understanding of your own perfection then you are assuming a certain [[responsibility]] for the [[manifestation]] of that perfection and the resultant effects upon your environment, your [[peers]] and, essentially, upon the evolving [[Supreme]]. Let us take a picture, for instance, of the [[process]] you are familiar with now, wherein you come together and [[study]] under the influence of these beings brought to you by and through the [[Teacher Corp]]. In this setting here, Gerdean is the person who gets up and turns on the "TV screen" but all of you are watching the movie. All of you are being affected by the program you are watching. What kind of program are you watching? We would have you watch [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_LaLanne Jack LaLanne] and actually throw yourself into the program, rather than [[observe]] it as a divine [[comedy]] or a [[romance]], and simply observe it as [[entertainment]] that you can turn off at the end of the designated time space. In observing [[truth, beauty, and goodness]], you are not assuming your [[responsibility]] in it; but by allowing truth, beauty and goodness to be passed through you, by and through your acknowledgment of your [[ability]] to [[cooperate]] with [[perfection]], you have contributed yourself to perfection.

We would like to discuss with you today your responsibility for assuming your degree of [[awareness]] of your own [[perfection]]. In assuming an understanding of your own perfection then you are assuming a certain [[responsibility]] for the [[manifestation]] of that perfection and the resultant effects upon your environment, your [[peers]] and, essentially, upon the evolving [[Supreme]]. Let us take a picture, for instance, of the [[process]] you are familiar with now, wherein you come together and [[study]] under the influence of these beings brought to you by and through the [[Teacher Corp]]. In this setting here, Gerdean is the person who gets up and turns on the "TV screen" but all of you are watching the movie. All of you are being affected by the program you are watching. What kind of program are you watching? We would have you watch [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_LaLanne Jack LaLanne] and actually throw yourself into the program, rather than [[observe]] it as a divine [[comedy]] or a [[romance]], and simply observe it as [[entertainment]] that you can turn off at the end of the designated time space. In observing [[truth, beauty, and goodness]], you are not assuming your [[responsibility]] in it; but by allowing truth, beauty and goodness to be passed through you, by and through your acknowledgment of your [[ability]] to [[cooperate]] with [[perfection]], you have contributed yourself to perfection.

Let us look at your perfection. Let me ask you - each - give me an [[understanding]] of your [[appreciation]] of [[relative]] [[perfection]] within you by offering me, for example, a [[quality]]. Have we a volunteer?

Let us look at your perfection. Let me ask you - each - give me an [[understanding]] of your [[appreciation]] of [[relative]] [[perfection]] within you by offering me, for example, a [[quality]]. Have we a volunteer?

TOMAS Our Father is always glad to [[embrace]] you and to take you to His [[heart]] and love you as His own, to reaffirm and to re-establish your divine [[connection]] and your place in His [[family]], but He is also [[eager]] to send you forth. And there you may be [[assured]] of the ministries of the [[Infinite Spirit]] in your working in the field, for Her adjuncts are active in the realm. It is therefore a goal indeed that you become more [[Godlike]], but not that you cease to exist! [[Service]] [[manifestation]] is an integral part of [[becoming]].

TOMAS Our Father is always glad to [[embrace]] you and to take you to His [[heart]] and love you as His own, to reaffirm and to re-establish your divine [[connection]] and your place in His [[family]], but He is also [[eager]] to send you forth. And there you may be [[assured]] of the ministries of the [[Infinite Spirit]] in your working in the field, for Her adjuncts are active in the realm. It is therefore a goal indeed that you become more [[Godlike]], but not that you cease to exist! [[Service]] [[manifestation]] is an integral part of [[becoming]].

I encountered a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufism Sufi] message not long ago. Let me see if I can find it in this [[memory]] bank. The question is, do you want to go to [[Paradise]], or do you want to [[praise]] the Maker of Paradise? You can go to Paradise in [[Stillness]] , but the [[glory]] is to be found in the praise of the Maker. That is where the [[life]] is, [[becoming]] one with the life -- the [[radiant]] life of [[the Source]] of life.

I encountered a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufism Sufi] message not long ago. Let me see if I can find it in this [[memory]] bank. The question is, do you want to go to [[Paradise]], or do you want to [[praise]] the Maker of Paradise? You can go to Paradise in [[Stillness]] , but the [[glory]] is to be found in the praise of the Maker. That is where the [[life]] is, [[becoming]] one with the life -- the [[radiant]] life of [[the Source]] of life.

Has that been helpful?

Has that been helpful?

CELESTE And then you ARE in [[Paradise]].

CELESTE And then you ARE in [[Paradise]].

TOMAS You are in Paradise, and you are allowing the [[voice]] of [[God]] to speak, thereby bringing good cheer to those around you. Yet I would go one [[step]] further and, when you are given the [[opportunity]], [[encourage]] those who hear the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pied_piper pied piper] of your [[joy]], [[assure]] them it is within them as well, and teach them to turn on the light within, that they may see the program [[the Father]] would have them see.

TOMAS You are in Paradise, and you are allowing the [[voice]] of [[God]] to speak, thereby bringing good cheer to those around you. Yet I would go one [[step]] further and, when you are given the [[opportunity]], [[encourage]] those who hear the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pied_piper pied piper] of your [[joy]], [[assure]] them it is within them as well, and teach them to turn on the light within, that they may see the program [[the Father]] would have them see.

CELESTE Well, you can get your home program started, but it's very hard for me to help my children to start theirs. They probably have, but they aren't quite willing to [[share]] or talk about it with me. It's not obvious to me, but I'll just wait. I just know it's going to happen to them.

CELESTE Well, you can get your home program started, but it's very hard for me to help my children to start theirs. They probably have, but they aren't quite willing to [[share]] or talk about it with me. It's not obvious to me, but I'll just wait. I just know it's going to happen to them.

When you say that you in your art assay to reach the [[soul]] of your listener , you and I are co-workers; we are speaking the same language. It is my [[desire]] also that I [[attain]] access to [[the soul]], for it is the soul that will translate into the next life. It is the soul which is your [[immortal self]]. It is the soul which will [[become]] one with your [[Indwelling Adjuster]]. If that soul is [[fertilized]] and [[stimulated]], it will be in a position then to grow of its own accord, and so those of us who have come to teach [[truth, beauty, and goodness]], we who espouse [[the gospel]] of [[the Master]], of the living [[legacy]] of love, will plant those seeds within the fertile [[soil]] of [[the soul]]. By nurturing the bed wherein the seed may be planted, you have helped to germinate a hunger and thirst for [[righteousness]] and a yearning for greater [[truth]]. No greater service can be provided than to foster living [[love]].

When you say that you in your art assay to reach the [[soul]] of your listener , you and I are co-workers; we are speaking the same language. It is my [[desire]] also that I [[attain]] access to [[the soul]], for it is the soul that will translate into the next life. It is the soul which is your [[immortal self]]. It is the soul which will [[become]] one with your [[Indwelling Adjuster]]. If that soul is [[fertilized]] and [[stimulated]], it will be in a position then to grow of its own accord, and so those of us who have come to teach [[truth, beauty, and goodness]], we who espouse [[the gospel]] of [[the Master]], of the living [[legacy]] of love, will plant those seeds within the fertile [[soil]] of [[the soul]]. By nurturing the bed wherein the seed may be planted, you have helped to germinate a hunger and thirst for [[righteousness]] and a yearning for greater [[truth]]. No greater service can be provided than to foster living [[love]].

I am going to cut my lesson short today because we are having such a [[good]] time and it is already growing late enough that you are getting [[weary]], my little tousle-haired children. You, however, are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playing_possum playing possum]. You have questions?

I am going to cut my lesson short today because we are having such a [[good]] time and it is already growing late enough that you are getting [[weary]], my little tousle-haired children. You, however, are [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playing_possum playing possum]. You have questions?

===Dialogue===

===Dialogue===

ELYSSIA I wanted to tell you that I tried out the suggestions about the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday_School Sunday School] class and I'm [[feeling]] more comfortable with it; I just asked them to tell me what they felt [[sincerely]] about their [[faith]] today, so they each one told me what they felt sincerely about their faith, and then I asked them to next time we meet to bring a word from the hymn or a sentence from the [[Bible]] saying something about [[Jesus]], and then I think we'll take off from there, and we just talked and I felt pretty much okay just winging it like that.

ELYSSIA I wanted to tell you that I tried out the suggestions about the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday_School Sunday School] class and I'm [[feeling]] more comfortable with it; I just asked them to tell me what they felt [[sincerely]] about their [[faith]] today, so they each one told me what they felt sincerely about their faith, and then I asked them to next time we meet to bring a word from the hymn or a sentence from the [[Bible]] saying something about [[Jesus]], and then I think we'll take off from there, and we just talked and I felt pretty much okay just winging it like that.

TOMAS Good.

TOMAS Good.

ELYSSIA Loyalty. Okay. Courageous loyalty.

ELYSSIA Loyalty. Okay. Courageous loyalty.

TOMAS You can take these [[wonderful]] [[fruits of the spirit]] into your [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday_School Sunday School] class with you and this assignment could occupy you for a minimum of twelve weeks. [[Courageous]] [[loyalty]] is something that even little children can get a handle on. It is courageous of this little girl to continue to [[love]] her [[parents]] in the face of her domestic [[devastation]] and it is courageous of her to remain [[loyal]].

TOMAS You can take these [[wonderful]] [[fruits of the spirit]] into your [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday_School Sunday School] class with you and this assignment could occupy you for a minimum of twelve weeks. [[Courageous]] [[loyalty]] is something that even little children can get a handle on. It is courageous of this little girl to continue to [[love]] her [[parents]] in the face of her domestic [[devastation]] and it is courageous of her to remain [[loyal]].

ELYSSIA She says she is trying to get her [[mother]] to have a [[faith]]. She lives with her [[father]] and the mother left all of them and I see them there with their step-mother every Sunday and I feel really good about that but she hasn't forgotten her mother at all! And she is very definitely involved with her mother and she has plans for her mother.

ELYSSIA She says she is trying to get her [[mother]] to have a [[faith]]. She lives with her [[father]] and the mother left all of them and I see them there with their step-mother every Sunday and I feel really good about that but she hasn't forgotten her mother at all! And she is very definitely involved with her mother and she has plans for her mother.

Your program this evening has been for us, genuinely, a program, and I want to tell you that you are all [[experiencing]], to a degree, something that has been happening to Hunnah, who has not taken the time until just recently to put it together, but she said to her friend today, "I know, as of today, once again, I am proving to myself that my [[human]] [[thoughts]] and my human conditioning are just a [[distraction]], because I know that there is a great plan and that we are simply moved into place and to do the appropriate [[action]] at the appropriate time.

Your program this evening has been for us, genuinely, a program, and I want to tell you that you are all [[experiencing]], to a degree, something that has been happening to Hunnah, who has not taken the time until just recently to put it together, but she said to her friend today, "I know, as of today, once again, I am proving to myself that my [[human]] [[thoughts]] and my human conditioning are just a [[distraction]], because I know that there is a great plan and that we are simply moved into place and to do the appropriate [[action]] at the appropriate time.

She was referring to the acquaintance of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reiki Reiki] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butler,_Pennsylvania Butler] and the human being would say, "Oh! We've got to do this and we've got to do that", but the connected [[heart]], the heart that [[listens]] to [[divine]] order, to that [[intimate]] program that is just for you and you alone, is already established in your heart, and as you become acquainted, and as you covet this special [[relationship]] which was indeed discussed in this transcript that you read this evening, this [[intimate]] relationship that is established with your [[Thought Adjuster]], that knows your every need. And you may allow yourself to continue to wail or be full of [[mischief]] and be very preoccupied, or you can stay home and sulk, you can do anything you want, but the schedule is on-line, the [[stage]] has been set, we have been about our work, it has been very successful because we are [[interacting]].

She was referring to the acquaintance of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reiki Reiki] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butler,_Pennsylvania Butler] and the human being would say, "Oh! We've got to do this and we've got to do that", but the connected [[heart]], the heart that [[listens]] to [[divine]] order, to that [[intimate]] program that is just for you and you alone, is already established in your heart, and as you become acquainted, and as you covet this special [[relationship]] which was indeed discussed in this transcript that you read this evening, this [[intimate]] relationship that is established with your [[Thought Adjuster]], that knows your every need. And you may allow yourself to continue to wail or be full of [[mischief]] and be very preoccupied, or you can stay home and sulk, you can do anything you want, but the schedule is on-line, the [[stage]] has been set, we have been about our work, it has been very successful because we are [[interacting]].

And it is not the [[sacrifice]] of your [[freedom]] in any way. You could not have [[the Father]]'s will come alive in the many ways as it has in your [[individual]] lives if you weren't part of this, but it is very perplexing for you and I know you [[suffer]] because you still think that you have to solve things the old way and you do not. There is no wrong way. That is quite startling. There are no wrong answers. There are only the [[opportunities]] for you to turn your back on your conditioned [[behavior]] because you are new. And you are alive. And you are so [[beautiful]]!

And it is not the [[sacrifice]] of your [[freedom]] in any way. You could not have [[the Father]]'s will come alive in the many ways as it has in your [[individual]] lives if you weren't part of this, but it is very perplexing for you and I know you [[suffer]] because you still think that you have to solve things the old way and you do not. There is no wrong way. That is quite startling. There are no wrong answers. There are only the [[opportunities]] for you to turn your back on your conditioned [[behavior]] because you are new. And you are alive. And you are so [[beautiful]]!

TOMAS It is indeed a bounty to be here and to be enthralled, amused, [[entertained]], edified, [[enlightened]] and loved by our visitor, our sister Naomi. Her message is heartwarming indeed and I am even [[assured]] our star, Merium, is [[enchanted]] with her understudy.

TOMAS It is indeed a bounty to be here and to be enthralled, amused, [[entertained]], edified, [[enlightened]] and loved by our visitor, our sister Naomi. Her message is heartwarming indeed and I am even [[assured]] our star, Merium, is [[enchanted]] with her understudy.

===='''''[[Belief]]''''', '''''[[Faith]]'''''====

===='''''[[Belief]]''''', '''''[[Faith]]'''''====

Perhaps we can prevail upon Merium to join in our session on point. I would like to be [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedant pedantic] for a moment and bring about a [[formal]] outpouring of wordage belonging to my [[repertoire]] of tricks. This one has to do with a [[balance]] between [[belief]] and [[faith]]. Indeed one time, when we were beginning our [[platform]] together, Merium and I had [[opportunity]] to teach in a format of the two sides of the coin and at that time one of us took [[faith]] and the other took [[trust]]. This evening I would like to prevail upon Merium to take one of the sides of the coin between belief and faith. Have you a preference, Merium ?

Perhaps we can prevail upon Merium to join in our session on point. I would like to be [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedant pedantic] for a moment and bring about a [[formal]] outpouring of wordage belonging to my [[repertoire]] of tricks. This one has to do with a [[balance]] between [[belief]] and [[faith]]. Indeed one time, when we were beginning our [[platform]] together, Merium and I had [[opportunity]] to teach in a format of the two sides of the coin and at that time one of us took [[faith]] and the other took [[trust]]. This evening I would like to prevail upon Merium to take one of the sides of the coin between belief and faith. Have you a preference, Merium ?

MERIUM (Hunnah) Oh, I think that I might like [[faith]].

MERIUM (Hunnah) Oh, I think that I might like [[faith]].

MERIUM And Hunnah had a teacher who put it [[beautifully]], she said, "You are living in [[suffering]] because you have created yesterday's [[consciousness]] and you are encapsulated in it and it's like outgrowing something and you are uncomfortable." She called it yesterday's consciousness solidified. Let me go further.

MERIUM And Hunnah had a teacher who put it [[beautifully]], she said, "You are living in [[suffering]] because you have created yesterday's [[consciousness]] and you are encapsulated in it and it's like outgrowing something and you are uncomfortable." She called it yesterday's consciousness solidified. Let me go further.

If you kept company with a group of people and you developed new [[ideas]] and [[beliefs]], as Tomas has brought to our [[attention]], and as our friend earlier suggested (during sharing time) that her sister worked in an office where people were in a sense light years apart from her standards, she had to get out. She had to remove herself from an unhealthy situation. And it takes the [[belief]] in herself to do this and it takes this [[companionship]] with this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_of_Holies Holy of Holies] that we speak of, your [[friends]] who are gathered here, to [[embrace]] you in the move, but it is still going to be tiring and stressful but you will have the [[satisfaction]] of having made the right choice of the morsel that is given to you from On High. And you don't have to tell anyone about it. It's just the way it is. You have outgrown your circumstances and you are uncomfortable.

If you kept company with a group of people and you developed new [[ideas]] and [[beliefs]], as Tomas has brought to our [[attention]], and as our friend earlier suggested (during sharing time) that her sister worked in an office where people were in a sense light years apart from her standards, she had to get out. She had to remove herself from an unhealthy situation. And it takes the [[belief]] in herself to do this and it takes this [[companionship]] with this [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_of_Holies Holy of Holies] that we speak of, your [[friends]] who are gathered here, to [[embrace]] you in the move, but it is still going to be tiring and stressful but you will have the [[satisfaction]] of having made the right choice of the morsel that is given to you from On High. And you don't have to tell anyone about it. It's just the way it is. You have outgrown your circumstances and you are uncomfortable.

Let me also speak of [[spiritual]] [[pride]]. Hunnah is very familiar with it, and it comes like a wet mop in her [[physicality]]. It's jolting when you have a moment of [[wondering]] if you are [[suffering]] from spiritual pride. How can I be in such a [[dilemma]] when I have kept company with the Holy of Holies and I am putting up with this garbage? Everyone in this room could say the same thing. This is not [[unique]]; this is just part of the [[transition]], and if you [[embrace]] your transition, I can [[assure]] you, my dear, it will not be as painful.

Let me also speak of [[spiritual]] [[pride]]. Hunnah is very familiar with it, and it comes like a wet mop in her [[physicality]]. It's jolting when you have a moment of [[wondering]] if you are [[suffering]] from spiritual pride. How can I be in such a [[dilemma]] when I have kept company with the Holy of Holies and I am putting up with this garbage? Everyone in this room could say the same thing. This is not [[unique]]; this is just part of the [[transition]], and if you [[embrace]] your transition, I can [[assure]] you, my dear, it will not be as painful.

Or if you don't like that word, cosmically. You are acknowledging we are going from [[matter]] to [[energy]]. It is true, so we will say that your [[yoke]] is it is not a yoke; it is not a harness. It is your new choice! It is the [[arc]] from which you will enter and say, "This mantle I will wear, and now that I have made my [[choice]], I realize that it doesn't have any [[burden]]. I do not feel the weight. What is going on here? I don't seem to feel like I have to work so hard! 'My yoke is easy; my burden is light'." And as you have the [[courage]] to return to a situation that is unresolved, you are allowed to say every hour if you have to, "I am here to do whatever has to be done in a new way. Help me not to just parrot an old [[idea]], bring up an old [[feeling]], an old hurt, but to see it as a new fresh moment."

Or if you don't like that word, cosmically. You are acknowledging we are going from [[matter]] to [[energy]]. It is true, so we will say that your [[yoke]] is it is not a yoke; it is not a harness. It is your new choice! It is the [[arc]] from which you will enter and say, "This mantle I will wear, and now that I have made my [[choice]], I realize that it doesn't have any [[burden]]. I do not feel the weight. What is going on here? I don't seem to feel like I have to work so hard! 'My yoke is easy; my burden is light'." And as you have the [[courage]] to return to a situation that is unresolved, you are allowed to say every hour if you have to, "I am here to do whatever has to be done in a new way. Help me not to just parrot an old [[idea]], bring up an old [[feeling]], an old hurt, but to see it as a new fresh moment."

Now, the people you are with, you are congregating with in your old scenario, aren't going to the same [[school]] you are going to in the same way. And it is sort of like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_water_rafting white water rafting] sometimes, and then you have your [[opportunities]] to move on forward without any [[resistance]]. They don't have to know what's going on with you. You do not have to [[explain]] yourself, but you do have to [[respect]] the [[fact]] that they are where they are and you can't pull them up all of a sudden. And we have heard A LOT of that from all of you, because you are [[puzzled]] and you are trying to figure it out.

Now, the people you are with, you are congregating with in your old scenario, aren't going to the same [[school]] you are going to in the same way. And it is sort of like [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_water_rafting white water rafting] sometimes, and then you have your [[opportunities]] to move on forward without any [[resistance]]. They don't have to know what's going on with you. You do not have to [[explain]] yourself, but you do have to [[respect]] the [[fact]] that they are where they are and you can't pull them up all of a sudden. And we have heard A LOT of that from all of you, because you are [[puzzled]] and you are trying to figure it out.

TOMAS It is a [[puzzle]]. It is a simple matter of acknowledging that you all have a [[belief]] system and if you have [[faith]], you will discover that in the long run they are all [[compatible]], even though you may not be [[sharing]] the same belief system at the [[same time]].

TOMAS It is a [[puzzle]]. It is a simple matter of acknowledging that you all have a [[belief]] system and if you have [[faith]], you will discover that in the long run they are all [[compatible]], even though you may not be [[sharing]] the same belief system at the [[same time]].

TOMAS Each person is a case in point. Some are not [[worthy]] of note. Some are worth an investment of untiring [[effort]], and only an eye on [[infinity]] can establish for you what each [[individual]] person represents to you in your walk. Do not feel as if you have failed if you do not feel the [[impulse]] to respond to every flicker.

TOMAS Each person is a case in point. Some are not [[worthy]] of note. Some are worth an investment of untiring [[effort]], and only an eye on [[infinity]] can establish for you what each [[individual]] person represents to you in your walk. Do not feel as if you have failed if you do not feel the [[impulse]] to respond to every flicker.

In other words, there is no blanket rule. You do His will as you [[perceive]] His will is for you. And allow everyone else the same [[opportunity]]. As [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desiderata#Full_text Desiderata] says, "And if you find each other, it's [[wonderful]]!" If not, go in peace. Indeed, enjoy the [[entertainment]]. Have we not often [[testified]] to how amusing we find you?

In other words, there is no blanket rule. You do His will as you [[perceive]] His will is for you. And allow everyone else the same [[opportunity]]. As [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desiderata#Full_text Desiderata] says, "And if you find each other, it's [[wonderful]]!" If not, go in peace. Indeed, enjoy the [[entertainment]]. Have we not often [[testified]] to how amusing we find you?

RACHEL Yes.

RACHEL Yes.

I want to point out, referring back to the earlier lesson about [[belief]] and [[faith]], that in the belief system [[shared]] by others in the [[Teaching Mission]], [[Machiventa]]'s proposed [[materialization]] in [[Naperville]] was and remains an important part of your [[appreciation]] for spirit made [[manifest]], because since that time your ability to appreciate your [[peers]] in [[service]] to [[our Father]] has significantly increased, become more real. Your [[faith]] has grown as a [[culture]] and as a [[movement]] and as a facet of spiritual reality, individually and collectively, because of your [[shared]] belief and because of your [[faith]].

I want to point out, referring back to the earlier lesson about [[belief]] and [[faith]], that in the belief system [[shared]] by others in the [[Teaching Mission]], [[Machiventa]]'s proposed [[materialization]] in [[Naperville]] was and remains an important part of your [[appreciation]] for spirit made [[manifest]], because since that time your ability to appreciate your [[peers]] in [[service]] to [[our Father]] has significantly increased, become more real. Your [[faith]] has grown as a [[culture]] and as a [[movement]] and as a facet of spiritual reality, individually and collectively, because of your [[shared]] belief and because of your [[faith]].

But remember too that there are other [[movements]] afoot across the face of [[Urantia]]. The philosophies of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar Avatar] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_rays Seven Rays] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=iMp60QOStsIC&pg=PA77&lpg=PA77&dq=the+sparrow,+teaching&source=bl&ots=64pYS-0BYZ&sig=SwPNqE2Wj5_W8yGe-lPbLymJD4I&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MiAoUbnmOIf29gSS7YDYAw&ved=0CE0Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=the%20sparrow%2C%20teaching&f=false the Sparrow] and the various teachers, each have an [[event]]. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic_Convergence harmonic convergence]. Each have a philosophy. [[A Course in Miracles]], which gives further perspective to the [[truth]] that Our Father works with all of his children and any one which seeks to find shall indeed [[discover]] the God who will will you Home.

But remember too that there are other [[movements]] afoot across the face of [[Urantia]]. The philosophies of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar Avatar] and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_rays Seven Rays] and [https://books.google.com/books?id=iMp60QOStsIC&pg=PA77&lpg=PA77&dq=the+sparrow,+teaching&source=bl&ots=64pYS-0BYZ&sig=SwPNqE2Wj5_W8yGe-lPbLymJD4I&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MiAoUbnmOIf29gSS7YDYAw&ved=0CE0Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=the%20sparrow%2C%20teaching&f=false the Sparrow] and the various teachers, each have an [[event]]. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic_Convergence harmonic convergence]. Each have a philosophy. [[A Course in Miracles]], which gives further perspective to the [[truth]] that Our Father works with all of his children and any one which seeks to find shall indeed [[discover]] the God who will will you Home.

I have every [[confidence]] that my [[purpose]] this evening has been fulfilled. I am [[prepared]] now to remove myself, but I will allow also for any alternative inasmuch as we have a wonderful group and Merium and I have had such fun talking. Perhaps you might like to also. If you would like to, please carry on. If you would like to ask questions, please carry on there also. But if you would like to call it a day, you have my permission to do that as well .

I have every [[confidence]] that my [[purpose]] this evening has been fulfilled. I am [[prepared]] now to remove myself, but I will allow also for any alternative inasmuch as we have a wonderful group and Merium and I have had such fun talking. Perhaps you might like to also. If you would like to, please carry on. If you would like to ask questions, please carry on there also. But if you would like to call it a day, you have my permission to do that as well .

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