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I [[appreciate]] this [[opportunity]] to be heard and will now allow others to send their greetings. Thank you.

I [[appreciate]] this [[opportunity]] to be heard and will now allow others to send their greetings. Thank you.

===='''''[[Learning]]'''''====

===='''''[[Learning]]'''''====

Rantarason (Gerdean): Rantarason here with a word on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher_education higher education], a word brought about by an interest in your [[empathic]], [[compassionate]], [[experiences]].

Rantarason (Gerdean): Rantarason here with a word on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher_education higher education], a word brought about by an interest in your [[empathic]], [[compassionate]], [[experiences]].

In your [[studies]] you recall [[Jesus]] in his personal ministry. As he met with individuals he was able to bring into clear [[focus]] for them a [[vision]] of their [[perception]] of [[reality]] and show, as well, as a door opening into a greater perception of a greater reality, altering that individual's [[appreciation]]. Your [[skills]] here have to do with teaching the many to fish rather doing their fishing for them. It is easy to [[become]] secure in one's relative [[wisdom]], and it feels good to have people come to you for answers.

In your [[studies]] you recall [[Jesus]] in his personal ministry. As he met with individuals he was able to bring into clear [[focus]] for them a [[vision]] of their [[perception]] of [[reality]] and show, as well, as a door opening into a greater perception of a greater reality, altering that individual's [[appreciation]]. Your [[skills]] here have to do with teaching the many to fish rather doing their fishing for them. It is easy to [[become]] secure in one's relative [[wisdom]], and it feels good to have people come to you for answers.

All of you who have gained partial [[wisdom]] and who enjoy [[expressing]] [[divine]] reality have the recognition of when you have revealed the [[Spirit of Truth]]. This [[consciousness]] of [[being]] in line with divinity is self-[[gratifying]]. If you were to be [[selfless]], however, you would not look upon how you are made to feel but upon how the situation [[reflects]] upon those you would serve. In order to be of [[service]] in many kinds of situations, it is important for you to stand back and [[observe]] the true [[problem]], not just the emotional trappings that cloud the issue. The [[root]] of the problem can be found through making contact with that [[Ta|divine source]] that is related, that indwells you each. That is where the true [[communication]] can be made. At once it is [[imperative]] you relinquish any [[responsibility]] for the results of how that [[insight]] will be [[accepted]] and revealed. [[Righteousness]] requires that you be able to be impartial and see the true issue, the true concern, not only the details of its [[manifestation]]. These are elements of your learning that are fodder for [[discourse]]. As these discourses are made a part of your [[social]] arena, they become the [[mores]] of tomorrow. In time what we are teaching you will be taught in your [[schools]] and [[universities]] as [[behaviors]] to foster [[cultures]], to [[govern]] civilizations, and the new [[reality]] will have become [[dominant]], readily tipping the scales with the [[shadows]] of reality trailing behind, causing no major stirrings in an otherwise [[progressive]] life that presents a new series of [[opportunities]] and challenges that you will not know until we get there.

All of you who have gained partial [[wisdom]] and who enjoy [[expressing]] [[divine]] reality have the recognition of when you have revealed the [[Spirit of Truth]]. This [[consciousness]] of [[being]] in line with divinity is self-[[gratifying]]. If you were to be [[selfless]], however, you would not look upon how you are made to feel but upon how the situation [[reflects]] upon those you would serve. In order to be of [[service]] in many kinds of situations, it is important for you to stand back and [[observe]] the true [[problem]], not just the emotional trappings that cloud the issue. The [[root]] of the problem can be found through making contact with that [[Ta|divine source]] that is related, that indwells you each. That is where the true [[communication]] can be made. At once it is [[imperative]] you relinquish any [[responsibility]] for the results of how that [[insight]] will be [[accepted]] and revealed. [[Righteousness]] requires that you be able to be impartial and see the true issue, the true concern, not only the details of its [[manifestation]]. These are elements of your learning that are fodder for [[discourse]]. As these discourses are made a part of your [[social]] arena, they become the [[mores]] of tomorrow. In time what we are teaching you will be taught in your [[schools]] and [[universities]] as [[behaviors]] to foster [[cultures]], to [[govern]] civilizations, and the new [[reality]] will have become [[dominant]], readily tipping the scales with the [[shadows]] of reality trailing behind, causing no major stirrings in an otherwise [[progressive]] life that presents a new series of [[opportunities]] and challenges that you will not know until we get there.

Many of you [[fear]] [[evolution]] because you love the chase, the scramble, the fight. You love the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/adrenaline adrenaline], the [[danger]], the [[risk]], the thrill and fear that if you [[become]] mature or responsible or [[gracious]] you will become [[boring]] and life will be a dull existence. You have this [[perception]] because you are limited yet. If you were to realize that each new level of [[growth]] presents its own [[conflicts]] pertinent and relevant to the new [[paradigm]], you would realize that there are in store for you many challenging and exciting opportunities for [[courage]] ahead. Higher education is not a mere [[cerebral]] [[understanding]]. It is a development for [[the soul]] en route to your [[morontia]] existence and (to quote Clarence) to get your wings, in reference to "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_a_Wonderful_Life It's a Wonderful Life]". You will become spirit one day, but you [[attain]] that goal by the [[truth]] of the adage, "live loyally each day as a tadpole" [[eventuating]] at last in [[attaining]] frog-dom. How fun! What a wonderful thing to look forward to.

Many of you [[fear]] [[evolution]] because you love the chase, the scramble, the fight. You love the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/adrenaline adrenaline], the [[danger]], the [[risk]], the thrill and fear that if you [[become]] mature or responsible or [[gracious]] you will become [[boring]] and life will be a dull existence. You have this [[perception]] because you are limited yet. If you were to realize that each new level of [[growth]] presents its own [[conflicts]] pertinent and relevant to the new [[paradigm]], you would realize that there are in store for you many challenging and exciting opportunities for [[courage]] ahead. Higher education is not a mere [[cerebral]] [[understanding]]. It is a development for [[the soul]] en route to your [[morontia]] existence and (to quote Clarence) to get your wings, in reference to "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_a_Wonderful_Life It's a Wonderful Life]". You will become spirit one day, but you [[attain]] that goal by the [[truth]] of the adage, "live loyally each day as a tadpole" [[eventuating]] at last in [[attaining]] frog-dom. How fun! What a wonderful thing to look forward to.

You are a delight to know and be part of. It is a joy to be able to [[visit]] with you and see your childlike [[natures]] reach for greater grasps of [[truth, beauty, and goodness]] as it is presented from on high. Farewell.

You are a delight to know and be part of. It is a joy to be able to [[visit]] with you and see your childlike [[natures]] reach for greater grasps of [[truth, beauty, and goodness]] as it is presented from on high. Farewell.

Sharmon (Gerdean): This is Sharmon. I just wanted to remind you that while [[Jesus]] goes with you in and through your [[life]] [[experiences]], [[midwayers]] also go with you into those experiences, in particular when they involve [[material]] reality. We've been here, as you say, been there, done that, can go with you into your multi-layered experiences as if we were big brother, big sister giving you nudges. If you pay [[attention]], it will make our work together much more effective, for we want nothing more than for you to be working in the realm that we work so hard to uplift. We are as [[excited]] to find you as you are to find us. We find you noticing and beginning to [[believe]], putting "names to faces", putting [[personalities]] to [[events]], and feel [[encouraged]]. Be open to meeting many more of us, making us part of your [[family]] gatherings as we are able to be with you in the sense of your realm most effectively. Then you and we and Jesus can go into the fields and gather the [[harvest]].

Sharmon (Gerdean): This is Sharmon. I just wanted to remind you that while [[Jesus]] goes with you in and through your [[life]] [[experiences]], [[midwayers]] also go with you into those experiences, in particular when they involve [[material]] reality. We've been here, as you say, been there, done that, can go with you into your multi-layered experiences as if we were big brother, big sister giving you nudges. If you pay [[attention]], it will make our work together much more effective, for we want nothing more than for you to be working in the realm that we work so hard to uplift. We are as [[excited]] to find you as you are to find us. We find you noticing and beginning to [[believe]], putting "names to faces", putting [[personalities]] to [[events]], and feel [[encouraged]]. Be open to meeting many more of us, making us part of your [[family]] gatherings as we are able to be with you in the sense of your realm most effectively. Then you and we and Jesus can go into the fields and gather the [[harvest]].

===Closing===

===Closing===

It looks like all we are going to be able to gather up this week, however, is snowballs. Turkey, if mother provides. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_Day Thanksgiving] if we are mindful of what there is to be [[happy]] about, [[grateful]] for, even when it isn't a turkey, maybe especially when it isn't a turkey. Let's go have fun and see what the day provides, not just today but the day that we have together.

It looks like all we are going to be able to gather up this week, however, is snowballs. Turkey, if mother provides. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_Day Thanksgiving] if we are mindful of what there is to be [[happy]] about, [[grateful]] for, even when it isn't a turkey, maybe especially when it isn't a turkey. Let's go have fun and see what the day provides, not just today but the day that we have together.

[[Category: The Teaching Mission: Dialogues]]

[[Category: The Teaching Mission: Dialogues]]