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Coeur 'Alene Teaching Mission Group

===Topic: ''Conversion''===

 

===Group: [[N. Idaho TeaM]]===

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===Teacher: [[Lantarnek]], [[Elyon]]===

Lantarnek,

===TR: [[Jonathan]]===

 

Elyon

 

Lantarnek (Jonathan TR): Greetings to you. This is Lantarnek returning again to further my discourse that I began last week with you on renewal. This time I will focus on conversion.

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*          Lantarnek (Jonathan TR): Greetings to you. This is Lantarnek returning again to further my discourse that I began last week with you on renewal. This time I will focus on conversion.

 

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.

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.

However, subsequent to your decision and following the climb to the new level, there is one extremely difficult phase in the conversion to overcome. If you will picture the nose of your tread with overhang, it is that backward climb around that edge where you can see back down, and your grip is difficult. In order to make the distance you must continue round and on top of the next. This point is where you further foster your prior abilities and skills for the continued ascent by applying a strong-minded diligence. This is the critical decision point of actually accepting the new level. It differs from the prior decision of accepting the climb to the new level. Being able to look backward at the comfort zones behind you and being willing to forsake them fosters your faith in the assurance that you will reach another level of comfort.

However, subsequent to your decision and following the climb to the new level, there is one extremely difficult phase in the conversion to overcome. If you will picture the nose of your tread with overhang, it is that backward climb around that edge where you can see back down, and your grip is difficult. In order to make the distance you must continue round and on top of the next. This point is where you further foster your prior abilities and skills for the continued ascent by applying a strong-minded diligence. This is the critical decision point of actually accepting the new level. It differs from the prior decision of accepting the climb to the new level. Being able to look backward at the comfort zones behind you and being willing to forsake them fosters your faith in the assurance that you will reach another level of comfort.

Elyon mentioned the handrail of the Spirit of Truth that is with you at every step. I also point out to you the side boards that help guide you forward and resist your straying laterally. This gives you insight into the master's statement that the way is narrow. It is not narrow in the limitation of who is accepted. It is narrow in that the pathway is defined; the guidance is established, and that you must choose to convert yourself every time. These are the narrow factors of the ascent.

Elyon mentioned the handrail of the Spirit of Truth that is with you at every step. I also point out to you the side boards that help guide you forward and resist your straying laterally. This gives you insight into the master's statement that the way is narrow. It is not narrow in the limitation of who is accepted. It is narrow in that the pathway is defined; the guidance is established, and that you must choose to convert yourself every time. These are the narrow factors of the ascent.

The beauty of the ascension of a mortal creature to Paradise is, to us, the revelation of how you each finish your stairway. Your physical stairs often have carpets, sometimes wood, sometimes they have no-slip strips on every step. The personality types of mortal beings in a way fall into these varieties. Some ascenders leave behind them a trail of comfort, of assurance for others of the softness and beauty of the climb. Others leave behind marked indicators of fundamental principles that should not be violated, of essential truths that must be recognized, the sure grip of making progress with the least amount of danger. You have wide range of creative allowance from the Father as to how you finish your ascent, how you dress the stairway in your climb.

The beauty of the ascension of a mortal creature to Paradise is, to us, the revelation of how you each finish your stairway. Your physical stairs often have carpets, sometimes wood, sometimes they have no-slip strips on every step. The personality types of mortal beings in a way fall into these varieties. Some ascenders leave behind them a trail of comfort, of assurance for others of the softness and beauty of the climb. Others leave behind marked indicators of fundamental principles that should not be violated, of essential truths that must be recognized, the sure grip of making progress with the least amount of danger. You have wide range of creative allowance from the Father as to how you finish your ascent, how you dress the stairway in your climb.

These are my words. I thank you for listening.

These are my words. I thank you for listening.

*          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 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 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.

As always I am willing to dialogue with you to address any questions.

As always I am willing to dialogue with you to address any questions.

 

Evelyn: (After a long pause) You said it all, Elyon.

Evelyn: (After a long pause) You said it all, Elyon.

Mary: It's good to have some labels, creative repositioning, rather than the negative turning away or the aggressive, dominating approach. I think that is going to be helpful. Thanks.

Mary: It's good to have some labels, creative repositioning, rather than the negative turning away or the aggressive, dominating approach. I think that is going to be helpful. Thanks.

*          Elyon: You are welcome. You will note that the revelation dealing with the various administrative levels throughout the universe tells you about the reassignment of even rulers of the various levels. This reassignment is, like the repositioning and like the renewals and conversions, creating new potential.

Elyon: You are welcome. You will note that the revelation dealing with the various administrative levels throughout the universe tells you about the reassignment of even rulers of the various levels. This reassignment is, like the repositioning and like the renewals and conversions, creating new potential.

Mary: It makes me think of the jigsaw puzzle and how we find pieces that look alike. Since you don't know how they fit together you group them over here. Then you realize this piece fits better with this group than with that group. I like your metaphors.

Mary: It makes me think of the jigsaw puzzle and how we find pieces that look alike. Since you don't know how they fit together you group them over here. Then you realize this piece fits better with this group than with that group. I like your metaphors.

*          Elyon: Thank you, and that was an excellent association, for you know how sometimes two pieces seem to click together, but when you observe more closely either the patterns don't match or the curvature is not quite right. It is perfectly fine and acceptable to detach them and associate them where it is appropriate. This does not mean you ought to condemn the relationship; it means that your relationship will be associated through other linkages, other appropriate hookups in the greater association. You can love one another even though you do not get along because of this very pattern.

Elyon: Thank you, and that was an excellent association, for you know how sometimes two pieces seem to click together, but when you observe more closely either the patterns don't match or the curvature is not quite right. It is perfectly fine and acceptable to detach them and associate them where it is appropriate. This does not mean you ought to condemn the relationship; it means that your relationship will be associated through other linkages, other appropriate hookups in the greater association. You can love one another even though you do not get along because of this very pattern.

Mary: It's helpful to keep in mind when you are having an abrasive encounter to know that we may not fit well but somewhere in the whole of reality we can harmoniously coexist.

Mary: It's helpful to keep in mind when you are having an abrasive encounter to know that we may not fit well but somewhere in the whole of reality we can harmoniously coexist.

*          Elyon: If we continue this metaphor, imagine being a corner piece where at the most three pieces connect to you. It is the understanding that you are part of the entire puzzle that brings your connectivity to all. Where it would appear that one centrally located piece has more around it, in reality it likewise has only a few that can actually touch.

Elyon: If we continue this metaphor, imagine being a corner piece where at the most three pieces connect to you. It is the understanding that you are part of the entire puzzle that brings your connectivity to all. Where it would appear that one centrally located piece has more around it, in reality it likewise has only a few that can actually touch.

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.

 

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.

Mary: And I was thinking how all this fluidity sands us down, smooths us so we might fit in with each other better. Tumble those puzzle pieces.

Mary: And I was thinking how all this fluidity sands us down, smooths us so we might fit in with each other better. Tumble those puzzle pieces.