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===Lesson===

===Lesson===

===='''''[[Conversion]]''''', '''''[[Ascension]]'''''====

===='''''[[Conversion]]''''', '''''[[Ascension]]'''''====

You recall that I spoke of [[renewal]] as a flight of stairs and how at the nose of every tread you can see the ones ahead, yet in the deep of the tread it is hard to perceive the next level.

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1998-11-29-Renewal#Renewal You recall that I spoke of renewal as a flight of stairs] and how at the nose of every tread you can see the ones ahead, yet in the deep of the tread it is hard to perceive the next level.

[[Conversion]] often is [[perceived]] as a singular [[event]] where [[renewal]] is perceived as a continuing, recurring [[process]]. In [[light]] of our stairway I emphasize to you that conversion is also a recurring process and, itself, is [[two]]-phased. The first phase is like your traversing the stairway tread and reaching the riser where you need to climb again following the [[plateau]] of [[attainment]]. Here is the critical [[moment]] of [[decision]] where you encounter [[reluctance]], willingness to remain [[secure]], unwillingness to face new [[doubts]]. The ease of not having to struggle is a [[temptation]] to avoid the climb.

[[Conversion]] often is [[perceived]] as a singular [[event]] where [[renewal]] is perceived as a continuing, recurring [[process]]. In [[light]] of our stairway I emphasize to you that conversion is also a recurring process and, itself, is [[two]]-phased. The first phase is like your traversing the stairway tread and reaching the riser where you need to climb again following the [[plateau]] of [[attainment]]. Here is the critical [[moment]] of [[decision]] where you encounter [[reluctance]], willingness to remain [[secure]], unwillingness to face new [[doubts]]. The ease of not having to struggle is a [[temptation]] to avoid the climb.

These are my [[words]]. I thank you for [[listening]].

These are my [[words]]. I thank you for [[listening]].

===='''''[[Brotherhood]]''''', '''''[[Spirit]]'''''====

===='''''[[Brotherhood]]''''', '''''[[Spirit]]'''''====

Elyon: Hello, my friends, I am Elyon, your almost always ever-present [[teacher]]. I do take my [[vacations]]. Today I would like to illustrate a [[principle]] of [[brotherhood]] and [[fatherhood]] that may help you to [[understand]] your [[relationship]] to one another in [[light]] of your [[the Father|common Parent]].

Elyon: Hello, my friends, I am Elyon, your almost always ever-present [[teacher]]. I do take my [[vacations]]. Today I would like to illustrate a [[principle]] of [[brotherhood]] and [[fatherhood]] that may help you to [[understand]] your [[relationship]] to one another in [[light]] of your [[the Father|common Parent]].

You are all discrete [[personalities]] with your own [[boundaries]]. You are all -- and I really should add myself -- we are all together like grains of sand. We do not blend with each other as you might picture [[clay]] doing so. Yet we can be united one body of [[children of God]] through the [[infusion]] of His spiritual [[presence]] among us all, and you are [[trained]] to understand this [[principle]] through the presence of the [[Supreme]], the [[Spirit of Truth]]; the [[omniscient]], [[omnipresent]] [[Infinite Spirit]], and the [[Eternal Son]]. They are like the water, the [[ocean]], that penetrates all the grains of sand, all lifted up and, in [[fluidity]], moving together. Without this [[spirit]] [[influence]] you would all lie [[dormant]]. But with this infusion of [[divinity]] you all are mobile.

You are all discrete [[personalities]] with your own [[boundaries]]. You are all -- and I really should add myself -- we are all together like grains of sand. We do not blend with each other as you might picture [[clay]] doing so. Yet we can be united one body of [[children of God]] through the [[infusion]] of His spiritual [[presence]] among us all, and you are [[trained]] to understand this [[principle]] through the presence of the [[Supreme]], the [[Spirit of Truth]]; the [[omniscient]], [[omnipresent]] [[Infinite Spirit]], and the [[Eternal Son]]. They are like the water, the [[ocean]], that penetrates all the grains of sand, all lifted up and, in [[fluidity]], moving together. Without this [[spirit]] [[influence]] you would all lie [[dormant]]. But with this infusion of [[divinity]] you all are mobile.

You are continually rearranged, re-associated, creating new [[patterns]] simply through this displacement of [[personalities]] throughout [[the universe]]. So, when you do run into each other, crash into each other, bump into each other, [[realize]] that it is the fluid spirit that has given you [[motion]]. This [[fluidity]] will help you to approach [[forgiveness]], for, even though another may not have accomplished the spiritual tasks of [[attainment]] you have, they are nonetheless swept up in the same current of [[spirit]]. It is the spirit that is moving them as it is the spirit that is moving you, and your [[directions]] happen to [[collide]]. The difficulty you encounter is due to the [[awareness]] of your discrete [[individuality]] and your inability to blend. But the blend is nonetheless real in your common spiritual [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrodynamics hydrodynamics].

You are continually rearranged, re-associated, creating new [[patterns]] simply through this displacement of [[personalities]] throughout [[the universe]]. So, when you do run into each other, crash into each other, bump into each other, [[realize]] that it is the fluid spirit that has given you [[motion]]. This [[fluidity]] will help you to approach [[forgiveness]], for, even though another may not have accomplished the spiritual tasks of [[attainment]] you have, they are nonetheless swept up in the same current of [[spirit]]. It is the spirit that is moving them as it is the spirit that is moving you, and your [[directions]] happen to [[collide]]. The difficulty you encounter is due to the [[awareness]] of your discrete [[individuality]] and your inability to blend. But the blend is nonetheless real in your common spiritual [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrodynamics hydrodynamics].

To [[forgive]] does not mean you must invalidate your own [[standards]], your own [[beliefs]], in order to allow another theirs and their [[behavior]]. It is rather to understand that all the children that [[the Father]] has created are being moved by Him. If the [[decisions]] you make bring you closer to Him, He is pleased. If the decisions you make thwart His [[efforts]], He simply rearranges so that you, once again, have the [[chance]] to [[choose]].

To [[forgive]] does not mean you must invalidate your own [[standards]], your own [[beliefs]], in order to allow another theirs and their [[behavior]]. It is rather to understand that all the children that [[the Father]] has created are being moved by Him. If the [[decisions]] you make bring you closer to Him, He is pleased. If the decisions you make thwart His [[efforts]], He simply rearranges so that you, once again, have the [[chance]] to [[choose]].

This day you are all in [[contact]] with a few [[puzzle]] pieces, that is, the [[mortals]] of [[Urantia]]. You are beginning to realize the closeness, the proximity, of your [[celestial]] puzzle pieces. In time your puzzle will three-dimensionalize and stack very deep and connect up and down as well as crosswise in a planar sense. Therefore, the [[effort]] you make to deepen the [[relationship]] that you have with your closest associates will [[translate]] themselves far and wide as your life [[unfolds]] world after world.

This day you are all in [[contact]] with a few [[puzzle]] pieces, that is, the [[mortals]] of [[Urantia]]. You are beginning to realize the closeness, the proximity, of your [[celestial]] puzzle pieces. In time your puzzle will three-dimensionalize and stack very deep and connect up and down as well as crosswise in a planar sense. Therefore, the [[effort]] you make to deepen the [[relationship]] that you have with your closest associates will [[translate]] themselves far and wide as your life [[unfolds]] world after world.

===Closing

===Closing===

I [[perceive]] a [[contentment]] this day. Evelyn, we have less work before us this evening(transcribing). I would withdraw by [[encouraging]] you all to swim in [[the Father]]'s [[ocean]] and to enjoy every [[moment]] that you are doing this, aware that you are swimming with Him. Farewell.

I [[perceive]] a [[contentment]] this day. Evelyn, we have less work before us this evening(transcribing). I would withdraw by [[encouraging]] you all to swim in [[the Father]]'s [[ocean]] and to enjoy every [[moment]] that you are doing this, aware that you are swimming with Him. Farewell.