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Rayson; Call For Teachers - Teaching Social Ethics - June 21, 2002 - NOCO 19
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Group: Northern Colorado TeaM Group, Lesson #19
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Topics:
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      Call for Teachers and Further Instruction on Community
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      Teaching Social Ethics
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      Infrastructure of Belief, Ethics and Morality
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      Parents as the Basic Core of Ethical Conduct
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      Modern Children Need Ethical Instruction
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      Strength of Character
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      Successful Leadership
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      Basic Foundation of Trust
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      Ethical Oversight of Adults
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      Creating Positive Social Change
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      Invitation to Write a Book on Parenting
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      Producing Successful Generations
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      The Compassion of Jesus
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Teacher: Rayson (TR Daniel)
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June 21, 2002
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==Heading==
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===Topic: ''Call for Teachers, Teaching Social Ethics''===
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===Group: [[N. Colorado TeaM]]===
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==Facilitators==
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===Teacher: [[Rayson]]===
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===TR: [[Daniel Raphael]]===
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==Session==
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===Opening===
 
[Session began with Rayson requesting group members to link-up with the merkaba, spend a long period in Stillness with the Father, followed by sending merkaba energy to those in need.]
 
[Session began with Rayson requesting group members to link-up with the merkaba, spend a long period in Stillness with the Father, followed by sending merkaba energy to those in need.]
    
Rayson: As you come back to consciousness, please visualize your connection with the merkaba. Feel and be united energetically, consciously, with the group, with the larger consciousness that surrounds you and enfolds you.
 
Rayson: As you come back to consciousness, please visualize your connection with the merkaba. Feel and be united energetically, consciously, with the group, with the larger consciousness that surrounds you and enfolds you.
 
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===Lesson===
 
We have two topics tonight to discuss; one is a call for teachers. You may be thinking that we are calling for Celestial Teachers, but that is not the case. We are calling for teachers, individual mortals who are courageous enough to step forward and volunteer, to teach with us, to aid us in our endeavors, just as Daniel does. We are not asking you to start a church or midweek study classes, but simply to be present and available to do this work with us. What would it be like to have a group where you did not have a voice that you could listen to? Think about this, please. We know that you have the "will" to TR, to be a co-creative teacher with us; it is a matter of the courage to try, the courage to feel foolish, courage to appear only to yourself as foolish when you try to TR. The group does not stay the same, but grows and changes, and so too, will this group. You need only to convey your wishes to Michael and Nebadonia, and to myself, if you wish, to let us know that you would like to learn how, and to begin. If you are saying, "I think that is something I could do," then, there very possibly is. I will let this topic rest at this time, but know that it is a constant issue with this group and many other groups, where there is a need for emerging and budding TR’s, so that the well of expertise is full and available.
 
We have two topics tonight to discuss; one is a call for teachers. You may be thinking that we are calling for Celestial Teachers, but that is not the case. We are calling for teachers, individual mortals who are courageous enough to step forward and volunteer, to teach with us, to aid us in our endeavors, just as Daniel does. We are not asking you to start a church or midweek study classes, but simply to be present and available to do this work with us. What would it be like to have a group where you did not have a voice that you could listen to? Think about this, please. We know that you have the "will" to TR, to be a co-creative teacher with us; it is a matter of the courage to try, the courage to feel foolish, courage to appear only to yourself as foolish when you try to TR. The group does not stay the same, but grows and changes, and so too, will this group. You need only to convey your wishes to Michael and Nebadonia, and to myself, if you wish, to let us know that you would like to learn how, and to begin. If you are saying, "I think that is something I could do," then, there very possibly is. I will let this topic rest at this time, but know that it is a constant issue with this group and many other groups, where there is a need for emerging and budding TR’s, so that the well of expertise is full and available.
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This is the time for questions, if you have any. (Long pause.) [Rayson aside: So you see Agatha, when there is this long absence of anyone speaking, and the eyes of this person are closed and I am unable to see responses of individuals, it is hard to know when to close the question asking time!] (Group laughing, including Agatha.)
 
This is the time for questions, if you have any. (Long pause.) [Rayson aside: So you see Agatha, when there is this long absence of anyone speaking, and the eyes of this person are closed and I am unable to see responses of individuals, it is hard to know when to close the question asking time!] (Group laughing, including Agatha.)
 
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===Dialogue===
 
Student: I have a half-formulated question. Would you like the half?
 
Student: I have a half-formulated question. Would you like the half?
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One does not learn compassion from books; but one learns compassion from having received compassion, by understanding the compassionate nature of one who cares. Jesus was your example of the compassionate brother, the brother who was also father in his watch care and over care of his siblings. Look past the distortions of the traditional Christian beliefs that are portrayed and given to many, but look to the deeper story of Jesus that is given in depth in the last section of The Urantia Book. The lessons there for children, for young adults, for adults and the elderly, are all there. Pick one that you would like to work on, and then do so. And when you come into situations that require an extra step, an extra effort, a higher ethic, ask yourself, "What would Jesus do?," and then do it. "What would Jesus say?," and then say it. "What would Jesus think about this situation?," and think it. We cannot offer you a truer example of a right living individual in family and in community, and in its relationship to the civil authority, the state.
 
One does not learn compassion from books; but one learns compassion from having received compassion, by understanding the compassionate nature of one who cares. Jesus was your example of the compassionate brother, the brother who was also father in his watch care and over care of his siblings. Look past the distortions of the traditional Christian beliefs that are portrayed and given to many, but look to the deeper story of Jesus that is given in depth in the last section of The Urantia Book. The lessons there for children, for young adults, for adults and the elderly, are all there. Pick one that you would like to work on, and then do so. And when you come into situations that require an extra step, an extra effort, a higher ethic, ask yourself, "What would Jesus do?," and then do it. "What would Jesus say?," and then say it. "What would Jesus think about this situation?," and think it. We cannot offer you a truer example of a right living individual in family and in community, and in its relationship to the civil authority, the state.
 
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===Closing===
 
We will leave you now, this evening, and wish you well on your way this week. We look forward to being with you in the days of the conference and you can be accepting that we will be eavesdropping on many conversations. We love you, and we appreciate you. We are very grateful and glad that you are here, and we know that you have heard, both with the ear and with the inner ear. Your life is not easy; its lessons are given up not easily, either. But when you think of each moment of your life, and each contact with other individuals, and in your thoughts about yourself, there are lessons there. And review what the Master said in these situations. You do not see us; you do not interact with us often; we do not speak with you or guide you often, unless you ask. And so, the example of Jesus, of Christ Michael in His last bestowal, provides the clearest example of a right living individual, with himself, with his Thought Adjuster, with his family, and with his community. Good night. (Group: Good night and thank you, Teacher Rayson.)
 
We will leave you now, this evening, and wish you well on your way this week. We look forward to being with you in the days of the conference and you can be accepting that we will be eavesdropping on many conversations. We love you, and we appreciate you. We are very grateful and glad that you are here, and we know that you have heard, both with the ear and with the inner ear. Your life is not easy; its lessons are given up not easily, either. But when you think of each moment of your life, and each contact with other individuals, and in your thoughts about yourself, there are lessons there. And review what the Master said in these situations. You do not see us; you do not interact with us often; we do not speak with you or guide you often, unless you ask. And so, the example of Jesus, of Christ Michael in His last bestowal, provides the clearest example of a right living individual, with himself, with his Thought Adjuster, with his family, and with his community. Good night. (Group: Good night and thank you, Teacher Rayson.)
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