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===Dialogue===

===Dialogue===

===='''''[[Conferences]]'''''====

===='''''[[Conferences]]'''''====

Student; JarEl, I would like to know if [[conferences]] like the [[IC99]], are being used by the [[celestials]] to plant [[seeds]] and to administer to the gathering or if there is any overall [[effect]] in general.

Student; JarEl, I would like to know if [[conferences]] like the [[IC 99]], are being used by the [[celestials]] to plant [[seeds]] and to administer to the gathering or if there is any overall [[effect]] in general.

JarEl; Actually it will have a tremendous effect. It is very [[difficult]] to [[discern]] immediate results, aside from the fact that tremendous numbers of people get to [[connect]] with each other, to [[share]] thoughts and [[ideas]], get to re-bond and re-organize [[relationships]]. In particular of these brotherhood conferences and the most recent to cite there was a particular [[intention]] to respect the [[differences]] of [[opinions]] and agendas within the Urantia based [[community]] and society at large. There are also seeds planted both between yourselves as well as from within. These have long term [[repercussions]] for [[Urantia]].

JarEl; Actually it will have a tremendous effect. It is very [[difficult]] to [[discern]] immediate results, aside from the fact that tremendous numbers of people get to [[connect]] with each other, to [[share]] thoughts and [[ideas]], get to re-bond and re-organize [[relationships]]. In particular of these brotherhood conferences and the most recent to cite there was a particular [[intention]] to respect the [[differences]] of [[opinions]] and agendas within the Urantia based [[community]] and society at large. There are also seeds planted both between yourselves as well as from within. These have long term [[repercussions]] for [[Urantia]].

Student; You started the lesson with '[[creativity]]' as a means of knowing. Is there anyway you can enlarge upon that, how the [[individual]] can use creativity; to have this [[feeling]] of knowing [[the Father]].

Student; You started the lesson with '[[creativity]]' as a means of knowing. Is there anyway you can enlarge upon that, how the [[individual]] can use creativity; to have this [[feeling]] of knowing [[the Father]].

===='''''[[Stillness]]'''''====

===='''''[[Stillness]]'''''====

JarEl; Actually, I referred to [[creativity]] as a way to [[access]] [[the Father]]. My implication is that there is no one [[path]] to [[the Father]]. The paths are as numerous as [[individuals]] approaching the Father. The Father helps create a way in which he can be [[accessed]]. We use the term [[stillness]] in our teaching lessons, because it helps to portray the actual condition of [[mind]] to receive [[the Father]]. For example, think of the Father as pure melted snow [[water]]. It is [[vital]], nourishing, it is crystal [[clear]]. Now think of yourself as water, which is not necessarily of this [[quality]], so to [[become]] like God, you cannot hold up a cup of unclean water. It is best to empty the cup, so to speak, and let God fill you with this pure, clear, nourishing, fresh melted snow water.

JarEl; Actually, I referred to [[creativity]] as a way to [[access]] [[the Father]]. My implication is that there is no one [[path]] to [[the Father]]. The paths are as numerous as [[individuals]] approaching the Father. The Father helps create a way in which he can be [[accessed]]. We use the term [[stillness]] in our teaching lessons, because it helps to portray the actual condition of [[mind]] to receive [[the Father]]. For example, think of the Father as pure melted snow [[water]]. It is [[vital]], nourishing, it is crystal [[clear]]. Now think of yourself as water, which is not necessarily of this [[quality]], so to [[become]] like God, you cannot hold up a cup of unclean water. It is best to empty the cup, so to speak, and let God fill you with this pure, clear, nourishing, fresh melted snow water.

This is what is meant as [[stillness]]; to clear the [[mind]] of [[thoughts]], thoughts of yourself, of your needs and wants; your [[limits]], your preconditions. I use the term [[creative]] to access God, because to begin to access God in your daily life, and to begin to access God in others, takes some [[grace]] and [[finesse]]. It doesn't necessarily work to [[preach]] and belittle others. You have to find a way to access the God within other people. Sometimes you have to use a little creativity to access your own [[personality]] in God; to be able to still stand up and be incomplete in God's [[presence]], yet still have the ability to hold forth the hand and voice of God to others.

This is what is meant as [[stillness]]; to clear the [[mind]] of [[thoughts]], thoughts of yourself, of your needs and wants; your [[limits]], your preconditions. I use the term [[creative]] to access God, because to begin to access God in your daily life, and to begin to access God in others, takes some [[grace]] and [[finesse]]. It doesn't necessarily work to [[preach]] and belittle others. You have to find a way to access the God within other people. Sometimes you have to use a little creativity to access your own [[personality]] in God; to be able to still stand up and be incomplete in God's [[presence]], yet still have the ability to hold forth the hand and voice of God to others.

This is possible because God deems it so. He has [[chosen]] to indwell an imperfect person, to help that person give him [[expression]]. How else is one to know this except in a [[creative]] way? In a way in which it may be [[unique]] to express God. This is why I use the term 'creative'. You cannot go to a [[book]] and it will tell you how to access God. This is a [[trial and error]] procedure. Through [[feeling]], stilling the mind, paying [[attention]] and by using your creative [[intelligence]] you will begin to access God. He is not like an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interest_rate interest rate], which can be accessed in the morning paper. God in most respects is much more illusive, and [[subtle]]. It is so that you will continue to search and seek out what it is that God wants from you, that God needs of your [[service]]. At any one time, when you think that you have found God and really know him, then he can help you [[experience]] and find another aspect of him. There are so many aspects of God, that you could live for an [[eternity]] and never stop experiencing the many aspects of God. So seeing [[creative]] is seeing more like [[water]], and less like a rock.

This is possible because God deems it so. He has [[chosen]] to indwell an imperfect person, to help that person give him [[expression]]. How else is one to know this except in a [[creative]] way? In a way in which it may be [[unique]] to express God. This is why I use the term 'creative'. You cannot go to a [[book]] and it will tell you how to access God. This is a [[trial and error]] procedure. Through [[feeling]], stilling the mind, paying [[attention]] and by using your creative [[intelligence]] you will begin to access God. He is not like an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interest_rate interest rate], which can be accessed in the morning paper. God in most respects is much more illusive, and [[subtle]]. It is so that you will continue to search and seek out what it is that God wants from you, that God needs of your [[service]]. At any one time, when you think that you have found God and really know him, then he can help you [[experience]] and find another aspect of him. There are so many aspects of God, that you could live for an [[eternity]] and never stop experiencing the many aspects of God. So seeing [[creative]] is seeing more like [[water]], and less like a rock.

Student; So each one must create their own [[method]] of finding [[the Father]]. Is this related to or mixed up with our human [[emotion]] pattern, when you say empty the cup it is like being '[[Born again]]' and getting rid of the [[past]], and while here in the [[material]], are we using our emotional patterns to accomplish this too?

Student; So each one must create their own [[method]] of finding [[the Father]]. Is this related to or mixed up with our human [[emotion]] pattern, when you say empty the cup it is like being '[[Born again]]' and getting rid of the [[past]], and while here in the [[material]], are we using our emotional patterns to accomplish this too?