Changes

[[Intention]], [[devotion]], [[service]] are three good words by which you may check in to better [[orient]] yourself to how to [[express]] yourself and by what [[manner]] and what [[timing]] you ought to express the reality of [[spiritual]] [[experience]] that you have come to know. Your instructor Elyon has never grown tired of encouraging you that, though you are in the early grades of [[Nebadon]] schooling, you are [[learning]] well, and from this classroom you are to go forward and share your [[understanding]], for no lesson is ever complete until the expression of that which you have received has been made. Then the new course curriculum can be presented.

[[Intention]], [[devotion]], [[service]] are three good words by which you may check in to better [[orient]] yourself to how to [[express]] yourself and by what [[manner]] and what [[timing]] you ought to express the reality of [[spiritual]] [[experience]] that you have come to know. Your instructor Elyon has never grown tired of encouraging you that, though you are in the early grades of [[Nebadon]] schooling, you are [[learning]] well, and from this classroom you are to go forward and share your [[understanding]], for no lesson is ever complete until the expression of that which you have received has been made. Then the new course curriculum can be presented.

I have [[observed]] on your world the game "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-ball T-ball]" where the youngest among you will do without a pitcher that the batter may better hit the ball and create some [[action]] on the field. The game is fun and the [[ability]] to play the sport improves. When [[maturity]] follows, then an actual pitcher may be placed on the mound who can throw a ball and is capable of being [[accurate]] enough that a batter can hit, given the batter's background and [[training]] with T-ball. This "T" is in a sense a [[compromise]], but it is true to the intent of teaching the [[athlete]] how to play the sport.

I have [[observed]] on your world the game "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-ball T-ball]" where the youngest among you will do without a pitcher that the batter may better hit the ball and create some [[action]] on the field. The game is fun and the [[ability]] to play the sport improves. When [[maturity]] follows, then an actual pitcher may be placed on the mound who can throw a ball and is capable of being [[accurate]] enough that a batter can hit, given the batter's background and [[training]] with T-ball. This "T" is in a sense a [[compromise]], but it is true to the intent of teaching the [[athlete]] how to play the sport.

I [[hope]] I have been helpful in expanding your [[desires]] to be about [[the Father]]'s business and to reveal to your fellows [[truth]] in such a way that receptivity can occur and benefit may ensue. Thank you.

I [[hope]] I have been helpful in expanding your [[desires]] to be about [[the Father]]'s business and to reveal to your fellows [[truth]] in such a way that receptivity can occur and benefit may ensue. Thank you.

===Dialogue===

===Dialogue===

===='''''[[Healing]]''''', '''''[[Practice]]'''''====

===='''''[[Healing]]''''', '''''[[Practice]]'''''====

Tom: In [[studying]] the various [[healing]] [[practices]] of different nationalities I was looking for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_denominator common denominator], since some practices seem [[contradictory]]. I noticed that in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voodoo voodoo] the [[trance]]-like state was similar to [[stillness]]. The discussion of [[chakras]] is often accompanied by meditative [[postures]]. Some seem distasteful to me, but I don't want that to [[interfere]] with understanding the healing [[principles]] behind them. Could you comment?

Tom: In [[studying]] the various [[healing]] [[practices]] of different nationalities I was looking for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_denominator common denominator], since some practices seem [[contradictory]]. I noticed that in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voodoo voodoo] the [[trance]]-like state was similar to [[stillness]]. The discussion of [[chakras]] is often accompanied by meditative [[postures]]. Some seem distasteful to me, but I don't want that to [[interfere]] with understanding the healing [[principles]] behind them. Could you comment?

Jessona: [[The Father]]'s [[universities]] offer a wide range of classes to His many [[students]]. Different cultural campuses have different [[arts]] and crafts and [[sciences]]. Students in them learn the [[skills]] [[indigenous]] to that area, that [[culture]], even that age, that era. It is all part of the [[evolution]] of [[self mastery]]. It is understanding the physical [[mechanism]] and attempting to bring it into [[control]] to relieve it from [[pain]] or discomfort or fits or [[disease]] in order to ease the pain and suffering. Often you have resorted to peculiar [[methods]], but these are only peculiar as you look at them from the outside. From the inside, from the [[tribe]] or [[nationality]] in which it is common, from that [[university]] class that was appropriate the peculiarities make sense. Even though you outgrow many of your more [[ignorant]] approaches to [[cure]], such as the application of leeches for purification of the blood, you can [[understand]] that before the nature of [[blood]] is understood this would have been a reasonable application. It is therefore important for you to [[observe]] the area of the teaching and has it been surpassed by [[science]] or better [[technology]]? The [[ancient]] arts are still with us as are many of the old [[superstitions]]. Yet, for instance, the [[technique]] of assuming the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_position full lotus] and interacting in and with the [[chakra]] system has indeed brought many people into what could be construed or [[interpreted]] as a viable and life altering religious [[experience]].

Jessona: [[The Father]]'s [[universities]] offer a wide range of classes to His many [[students]]. Different cultural campuses have different [[arts]] and crafts and [[sciences]]. Students in them learn the [[skills]] [[indigenous]] to that area, that [[culture]], even that age, that era. It is all part of the [[evolution]] of [[self mastery]]. It is understanding the physical [[mechanism]] and attempting to bring it into [[control]] to relieve it from [[pain]] or discomfort or fits or [[disease]] in order to ease the pain and suffering. Often you have resorted to peculiar [[methods]], but these are only peculiar as you look at them from the outside. From the inside, from the [[tribe]] or [[nationality]] in which it is common, from that [[university]] class that was appropriate the peculiarities make sense. Even though you outgrow many of your more [[ignorant]] approaches to [[cure]], such as the application of leeches for purification of the blood, you can [[understand]] that before the nature of [[blood]] is understood this would have been a reasonable application. It is therefore important for you to [[observe]] the area of the teaching and has it been surpassed by [[science]] or better [[technology]]? The [[ancient]] arts are still with us as are many of the old [[superstitions]]. Yet, for instance, the [[technique]] of assuming the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_position full lotus] and interacting in and with the [[chakra]] system has indeed brought many people into what could be construed or [[interpreted]] as a viable and life altering religious [[experience]].

The [[practice]] of putting everything in good order in order that God may take over and prevail is the high [[art]], and many of these [[cultures]] have carried this high art down through the ages, while many have become mere [[museum]] pieces, [[fascinating]] to the intelligent man of today. But none of them are to be [[feared]], bearing in mind the preceding lesson, and all of them can be [[appreciated]] for the time and place they have served in [[humanity]]'s [[growth]] and evolution. The [[vernacular]] today might say, "different strokes for different folks", but by the same token the [[spirit]] can be found in anything, and anywhere. Many of these peculiarities of [[belief]] (peculiar for you) are valid spiritual [[scaffolding]] for millions of others. The [[ability]] to discuss these other [[belief]] systems, these [[university]] classes, even if they are only cake decorating and flower arranging, are ways in which you can relate to others that might lead them into higher [[arts]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horticulture horticulture] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culinary_art cuisine]. Do you see my point? They are [[conversation]] pieces much like [[astrology]] has been a . ., I can't find the word.

The [[practice]] of putting everything in good order in order that God may take over and prevail is the high [[art]], and many of these [[cultures]] have carried this high art down through the ages, while many have become mere [[museum]] pieces, [[fascinating]] to the intelligent man of today. But none of them are to be [[feared]], bearing in mind the preceding lesson, and all of them can be [[appreciated]] for the time and place they have served in [[humanity]]'s [[growth]] and evolution. The [[vernacular]] today might say, "different strokes for different folks", but by the same token the [[spirit]] can be found in anything, and anywhere. Many of these peculiarities of [[belief]] (peculiar for you) are valid spiritual [[scaffolding]] for millions of others. The [[ability]] to discuss these other [[belief]] systems, these [[university]] classes, even if they are only cake decorating and flower arranging, are ways in which you can relate to others that might lead them into higher [[arts]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horticulture horticulture] or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culinary_art cuisine]. Do you see my point? They are [[conversation]] pieces much like [[astrology]] has been a . ., I can't find the word.

Tom: [[Scaffolding]]?

Tom: [[Scaffolding]]?

Jessona: No. It is that, but it has become a common [[medium]] of [[discourse]] that enables you to delve into [[behavior]] and [[belief]] systems. It has become a [[catalyst]] for higher concepts. As these belief systems allow for you to use them as a springboard to greater [[realities]], they have served a valuable [[purpose]]. To ameliorate [[suffering]] is the [[purpose]] of them all, whether that suffering be [[physical]], [[emotional]], [[mental]], or [[spiritual]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voodoo Voodoo] itself is a way to put the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hex hex] on the other guy so that you have [[peace]] of [[mind]], and it is practiced today even though it has become highly sophisticated and would not be recognized as voodoo perhaps except by those of us who recognize the "art form". But you have [[free will]] in so far as to how many of these [[languages]] you want to learn and how many elective classes you are willing to take in the [[university]] of [[life]]. This is greatly dependent upon your preferences and proclivities when and as you are actually led into an arena and assigned there in order to learn a lesson or teach a lesson. You may find that you have signed up for an elective class in a [[healing]] art that you would never have [[thought]] yourself interested in until the [[moment]] arrived that it was presented in such a way that you [[perceived]] it to be a matter of His will for you in order that you can add to your [[intellectual]] [[perception]] of a concept that will now enable you to expand the greater [[reality]] of the reality of God in the lives of your fellows.

Jessona: No. It is that, but it has become a common [[medium]] of [[discourse]] that enables you to delve into [[behavior]] and [[belief]] systems. It has become a [[catalyst]] for higher concepts. As these belief systems allow for you to use them as a springboard to greater [[realities]], they have served a valuable [[purpose]]. To ameliorate [[suffering]] is the [[purpose]] of them all, whether that suffering be [[physical]], [[emotional]], [[mental]], or [[spiritual]]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voodoo Voodoo] itself is a way to put the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hex hex] on the other guy so that you have [[peace]] of [[mind]], and it is practiced today even though it has become highly sophisticated and would not be recognized as voodoo perhaps except by those of us who recognize the "art form". But you have [[free will]] in so far as to how many of these [[languages]] you want to learn and how many elective classes you are willing to take in the [[university]] of [[life]]. This is greatly dependent upon your preferences and proclivities when and as you are actually led into an arena and assigned there in order to learn a lesson or teach a lesson. You may find that you have signed up for an elective class in a [[healing]] art that you would never have [[thought]] yourself interested in until the [[moment]] arrived that it was presented in such a way that you [[perceived]] it to be a matter of His will for you in order that you can add to your [[intellectual]] [[perception]] of a concept that will now enable you to expand the greater [[reality]] of the reality of God in the lives of your fellows.

All right?

All right?

I [[listened]] to you, Elyon, in your [[dissertation]] regarding [[healing]] and heard the example of [[The Resurrection of Lazarus|raising Lazarus from the dead]] as an example of [[healing]], and indeed it was, for it put into remission, if you will, a condition which would deny a man his life. In [[essence]] it was a healing at least for a period of time and which served a valuable [[purpose]], even though the avenue of [[terrestrial escape]] reappeared at a later time. It appeared to me to be a perfectly acceptable addition to your [[discourse]] having to do with the effects of attempts to alter the [[course]] of a human condition. I don't understand why you would have a [[problem]] with what he said, yet I am aware that a [[transmitter]] who was available opted to not transmit Elyon himself but allowed me to voice my [[opinion]], so perhaps there will be yet another voice in the mix. If it was merely a matter of concern that it didn't fit, I found it did.

I [[listened]] to you, Elyon, in your [[dissertation]] regarding [[healing]] and heard the example of [[The Resurrection of Lazarus|raising Lazarus from the dead]] as an example of [[healing]], and indeed it was, for it put into remission, if you will, a condition which would deny a man his life. In [[essence]] it was a healing at least for a period of time and which served a valuable [[purpose]], even though the avenue of [[terrestrial escape]] reappeared at a later time. It appeared to me to be a perfectly acceptable addition to your [[discourse]] having to do with the effects of attempts to alter the [[course]] of a human condition. I don't understand why you would have a [[problem]] with what he said, yet I am aware that a [[transmitter]] who was available opted to not transmit Elyon himself but allowed me to voice my [[opinion]], so perhaps there will be yet another voice in the mix. If it was merely a matter of concern that it didn't fit, I found it did.

Jonathan: Thank you. I guess in trying to follow the [[healing]] line of wholly [[human]] or wholly [[divine]] that I see a completely human healing attempt would have instances of [[failure]] from not understanding where a divine healing would be wholly successful. Many healings take place somewhere in between: spreading [[salves]], taking [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antibiotics|antibiotics], or dancing around fires.

Jonathan: Thank you. I guess in trying to follow the [[healing]] line of wholly [[human]] or wholly [[divine]] that I see a completely human healing attempt would have instances of [[failure]] from not understanding where a divine healing would be wholly successful. Many healings take place somewhere in between: spreading [[salves]], taking [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antibiotics|antibiotics], or dancing around fires.

Jessona: It is also an indication of how it is that [[healing]] is a [[relative]] condition. If your suffering has been alleviated, you have been ostensibly healed. If you are allergic to [[alcohol]] and stop consuming alcohol you are not healed, but you are in remission even so. Your [[behavior]] has been healed and that was the problem. [[Lazarus]] was [[raised from the dead]], and his [[molecular]] constitution was put into abeyance, at least until the point was made. In many of your healings you have the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placebo_effect placebo effect] of [[feeling]] that you are healed and therefore being healed because there was ministration, and you respond to the ministration. If you believe that you will be healed, many times you will be healed. Whether or not the condition is permanent is an [[adventure]] in [[faith]] and reapplication. Perhaps Lazarus could have been raised yet again. Yet there is a point where we must go on and deal with what we need to deal with. If those lessons in [[endurance]] or long suffering or self control are learned in another way, perhaps they are not [[necessary]] to be learned through [[disease]] or physical discomfort.

Jessona: It is also an indication of how it is that [[healing]] is a [[relative]] condition. If your suffering has been alleviated, you have been ostensibly healed. If you are allergic to [[alcohol]] and stop consuming alcohol you are not healed, but you are in remission even so. Your [[behavior]] has been healed and that was the problem. [[Lazarus]] was [[raised from the dead]], and his [[molecular]] constitution was put into abeyance, at least until the point was made. In many of your healings you have the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placebo_effect placebo effect] of [[feeling]] that you are healed and therefore being healed because there was ministration, and you respond to the ministration. If you believe that you will be healed, many times you will be healed. Whether or not the condition is permanent is an [[adventure]] in [[faith]] and reapplication. Perhaps Lazarus could have been raised yet again. Yet there is a point where we must go on and deal with what we need to deal with. If those lessons in [[endurance]] or long suffering or self control are learned in another way, perhaps they are not [[necessary]] to be learned through [[disease]] or physical discomfort.

Now I have gone and done the same thing, so I too have finished.

Now I have gone and done the same thing, so I too have finished.