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Greeting to all! This is your friend and teacher Welmek. I am pleased to see you on this Friday evening, for in your [[culture]] this has been an evening of [[play]]; and I am [[honored]] that you have come here to spend your recreational time with me.

Greeting to all! This is your friend and teacher Welmek. I am pleased to see you on this Friday evening, for in your [[culture]] this has been an evening of [[play]]; and I am [[honored]] that you have come here to spend your recreational time with me.

===Lesson===

===Lesson===

Spiritual living has its moments of [[challenge]], especially when you are confronted with a task you have not faced before and applied certain spiritual [[principles]] and [[skills]] you have learned. But life in the spirit is also playful and refreshing. It enlivens [[the soul]]. It brings new depth of [[meaning]] and [[value]] to your life. And are not all of these elating to the spirit? So it is in this light I wish to continue our topic tonight on Inspired Living.

Spiritual living has its moments of [[challenge]], especially when you are confronted with a task you have not faced before and applied certain spiritual [[principles]] and [[skills]] you have learned. But life in the spirit is also playful and refreshing. It enlivens [[the soul]]. It brings new depth of [[meaning]] and [[value]] to your life. And are not all of these elating to the spirit? So it is in this light I wish to continue our topic tonight on Inspired Living.

Welmek: You are very [[blessed]], my friend, to have your work in a [[beautiful]] environment with the flowers and plants and the vegetables you so lovingly tend.

Welmek: You are very [[blessed]], my friend, to have your work in a [[beautiful]] environment with the flowers and plants and the vegetables you so lovingly tend.

As you minister to these [[glorious]] [[manifestations]] of [[the universe]], allow the [[essence]] of the [[beauty]] to [[echo]] in [[your soul]] the patterns of the plant's [[energy]] and [[information]]. For you will find there is great [[intelligence]] that is a reflection of higher spiritual laws and [[representations]] of the [[Father's personality]]. And you will find a great refreshment in this as you touch, smell, see, and ask for this information reflecting of the Father's love and the Father's [[goodness]] and the Father's [[truth]] in these plants come more deeply into your being, so you will grow more unified in being a child of the planet, and a child of [[the universe]]. This will give you great enjoyment throughout your day, for it will [[stimulate]] your [[intellect]] as well as refresh your soul. And when you do this, all of the problems will begin to [[align]], and you will find that [[gravity]] of spirit to propel you to new understanding on how to handle the [[balance]] of life. For you will see it in the actual depiction of how this delicate balance between [[nature]] and the Father's reflection in it co-mingles together. And you have access and are just as much a part of this as the flowers and plants that you tend. Do you understand my meaning?

As you minister to these [[glorious]] [[manifestations]] of [[the universe]], allow the [[essence]] of the [[beauty]] to [[echo]] in [[your soul]] the patterns of the plant's [[energy]] and [[information]]. For you will find there is great [[intelligence]] that is a reflection of higher spiritual laws and [[representations]] of the [[Father's personality]]. And you will find a great refreshment in this as you touch, smell, see, and ask for this information reflecting of the Father's love and the Father's [[goodness]] and the Father's [[truth]] in these plants come more deeply into your being, so you will grow more unified in being a child of the planet, and a child of [[the universe]]. This will give you great enjoyment throughout your day, for it will [[stimulate]] your [[intellect]] as well as refresh your soul. And when you do this, all of the problems will begin to [[align]], and you will find that [[gravity]] of spirit to propel you to new understanding on how to handle the [[balance]] of life. For you will see it in the actual depiction of how this delicate balance between [[nature]] and the Father's reflection in it co-mingles together. And you have access and are just as much a part of this as the flowers and plants that you tend. Do you understand my [[meaning]]?

Student: Yes I do. I had a couple of experiences today where we were at this one house - it was real warm today - and we walked into this one house and there is three peach trees that are growing, and you can just smell the peaches as they are on the tree, and the taste of them was so delicious. And this brings you into a kind of oneness at that moment. And then another time I was cutting back this stem of geraniums, and just the aroma was so intoxicating that it was enjoyable to work even in this heat. And it was the aroma that stayed with me. So I do see what you are saying, and the deeper meaning beyond that.

Student: Yes I do. I had a couple of experiences today where we were at this one house - it was real warm today - and we walked into this one house and there is three peach trees that are growing, and you can just smell the peaches as they are on the tree, and the taste of them was so delicious. And this brings you into a kind of oneness at that moment. And then another time I was cutting back this stem of geraniums, and just the aroma was so intoxicating that it was enjoyable to work even in this heat. And it was the aroma that stayed with me. So I do see what you are saying, and the deeper meaning beyond that.

Welmek: Ask the flowers and the plants and the vegetables to teach you what is it of the Father's plan that you can share with me that I need to learn. And let that essence permeate into your cells and eventually into the very pores of the beauty you are becoming, as not only a child of the Father, but as a cosmic citizen of this immense and wonderful and glorious divine plan.

Welmek: Ask the flowers and the plants and the vegetables to teach you what is it of [[the Father]]'s plan that you can [[share]] with me that I need to learn. And let that [[essence]] permeate into your cells and [[eventually]] into the very pores of the beauty you are [[becoming]], as not only a child of the Father, but as a [[cosmic citizen]] of this immense and wonderful and glorious divine plan.

And while I address this to D., it still applies to each of you. For you have the benefit of living in a climate where you can be outdoors and be in nature, and to enjoy the beauty and the wonder that is always available to you by being outside. And so let this be a teacher to each and everyone of you, so that you never need to be bored while you are in your activities. There are always lessons to learn. There is always a deeper manifestation of the Father to understand no matter what it is you are doing and no matter where you are.

And while I address this to D., it still applies to each of you. For you have the benefit of living in a [[climate]] where you can be [[outdoors]] and be in [[nature]], and to enjoy the [[beauty]] and the wonder that is always available to you by being outside. And so let this be a teacher to each and everyone of you, so that you never need to be [[bored]] while you are in your activities. There are always lessons to learn. There is always a deeper [[manifestation]] of [[the Father]] to understand no matter what it is you are doing and no matter where you are.

When you adopt this attitude, you are effectively creating that mental stimulation that is the harbinger of deeper mental activity - cultivating the environment within your conscious mind to permeate to the level of spirit so that your Thought Adjuster has more opportunity to inlay that which the Father wishes you to understand as you live your life. In this way, even the most simple and mundane task can have rich spiritual value. And you are all now growing into the spiritual habits that allow this deeper awareness to become more incorporated into your very cells, and to overtake some of the natural biological processes; to make this an automatic response in not only your thinking but your feeling and being, and total enjoyment for your life.

When you adopt this [[attitude]], you are effectively creating that mental [[stimulation]] that is the harbinger of deeper mental activity - cultivating the environment within your [[conscious]] mind to permeate to the level of spirit so that your [[Thought Adjuster]] has more [[opportunity]] to inlay that which the Father wishes you to understand as you live your life. In this way, even the most [[simple]] and [[mundane]] task can have rich spiritual [[value]]. And you are all now growing into the [[spiritual]] [[habits]] that allow this deeper awareness to become more incorporated into your very cells, and to overtake some of the natural [[biological]] processes; to make this an automatic [[response]] in not only your [[thinking]] but your [[feeling]] and being, and total enjoyment for your life.

And so, I would call on the one who has not shared at this very end of the evening. Are there any comments you wish to make at this time?

And so, I would call on the one who has not [[shared]] at this very end of the evening. Are there any comments you wish to make at this time?

Student: I shared a little, Welmek. Well I really enjoyed what you had to say tonight. As far as adopting the Father's perspective of us, I'm still processing it.

Student: I [[shared]] a little, Welmek. Well I really enjoyed what you had to say tonight. As far as adopting [[the Father]]'s [[perspective]] of us, I'm still processing it.

But I have another question if you have time to answer another question that isn't about your lesson tonight?

But I have another question if you have time to answer another question that isn't about your lesson tonight?

Welmek: I will answer that after I have shared something I wish to with you, if I have your permission to do so? (Please.)

Welmek: I will answer that after I have shared something I wish to with you, if I have your permission to do so? (Please.)

I sense within you, if I may be so bold as to say this, a sense of tension in your effectiveness to convey the Father's loving message through you. And so I encourage you to find that place within you that is a striving to know God - that is the center of your heart's desire to love and know the Father. Center yourself in this place. And when you are doing this, and I encourage you to feel this with me at this moment. You might want to use an opening remark something to the effect of, "Father, we all have innate longing to know You, to also love You, and even thought it may be buried and masked, place this within us until it is real and it is a treasure. And I now ask You to begin to reveal that treasure for me, and for each of us here tonight."

I sense within you, if I may be so [[bold]] as to say this, a sense of [[tension]] in your effectiveness to convey the Father's loving message through you. And so I [[encourage]] you to find that place within you that is a striving to know God - that is the center of your [[heart]]'s [[desire]] to love and know the Father. Center yourself in this place. And when you are doing this, and I [[encourage]] you to feel this with me at this moment. You might want to use an opening remark something to the effect of, "Father, we all have innate longing to know You, to also love You, and even though it may be [[buried]] and masked, place this within us until it is real and it is a [[treasure]]. And I now ask You to begin to [[reveal]] that treasure for me, and for each of us here tonight."

And if you use this as a springboard or as a possible way of opening, you do not worry about what words will come forth. Stay in this place and know that what the spirit will move you to say will be what is right for the audience to hear. Take this idea now into the stillness, in your daily activities of communing with the Father. Ask for a deeper anchoring in your desire to love and know the Father. And believe me my friend, you will never run out of anything to say! Does this help. (Yes, Welmek. Thank you.)

And if you use this as a springboard or as a possible way of opening, you do not [[worry]] about what [[words]] will come forth. Stay in this place and know that what the spirit will move you to say will be what is right for the [[audience]] to hear. Take this [[idea]] now into the [[stillness]], in your daily activities of [[communing]] with [[the Father]]. Ask for a deeper anchoring in your desire to love and know the Father. And believe me my friend, you will never run out of anything to say! Does this help. (Yes, Welmek. Thank you.)

Do you have any needs for further elaboration on this? (No.) So you may now ask the question.

Do you have any needs for further elaboration on this? (No.) So you may now ask the question.

Student: While I was reading one of Abraham's transcripts today, and he characterized personality as a verb and our soul as a noun. And I was wondering if you would care to elaborate?

Welmek: One moment please. While [[personality]] is, from your reading in [[the text]], a changeless attribute that is bestowed by the Father, it nevertheless has the capacity to harmonize and [[coordinate]], and that is an [[action]]. It is doing something. The [[idea]] of [[the soul]] as, how you say, a noun is that the soul is the actual [[entity]], and it is being acted upon by the Father's [[personality circuit]]. It is your [[true self]]; it is the body, the substance for the [[morontia]] energy-form to be constructed around. And the personality is ever the [[integrator]]. Do you understand? (Somewhat.) How may I further [[clarify]] this for you? (I have to think about that.)

Welmek: One moment please. While personality is, from your reading in the text, a changeless attribute that is bestowed by the Father, it nevertheless has the capacity to harmonize and coordinate, and that is an action. It is doing something. The idea of the soul as, how you say, a noun is that the soul is the actual entity, and it is being acted upon by the Father's personality circuit. It is your true self; it is the body, the substance for the morontia energy-form to be constructed around. And the personality is ever the integrator. Do you understand? (Somewhat.) How may I further clarify this for you? (I have to think about that.)

What was the [[idea]] of [[personality]] and [[soul]] that you had that triggered this question when you read Abraham's words?

What was the idea of personality and soul that you had that triggered this question when you read Abraham's words?

Student: Well, I think you started by addressing that right away. Because of course, as you pointed out, we're familiar with the [[personality]] being unchangeable, so that when I read about it as a verb, I began to [[wonder]] what that meant. And I can see how you're using it - that [[coordinating]] is a verb. But yet somehow I don't get an in-depth [[connection]] with that.

Student: Well, I think you started by addressing that right away. Because of course, as you pointed out, we're familiar with the personality being unchangeable, so that when I read about it as a verb, I began to wonder what that meant. And I can see how you're using it - that coordinating is a verb. But yet somehow I don't get an in-depth connection with that.

Welmek: [[Personality]] is more than the sum characteristics of your [[being]]; it is an actuality of the Father that defines who you are. And so while the vehicle of your personality is fixed, you are an evolving creature, are you not? And so there must be a component of the personality that acts to [[integrate]] all of your [[experiences]] into this magnificent and harmonious [[creature]] that you are [[becoming]]. And it is within the Father's personality circuit that this is allowed to happen.

Welmek: Personality is more than the sum characteristics of your being; it is an actuality of the Father that defines who you are. And so while the vehicle of your personality is fixed, you are an evolving creature, are you not? And so there must be a component of the personality that acts to integrate all of your experiences into this magnificent and harmonious creature that you are becoming. And it is within the Father's personality circuit that this is allowed to happen.

Think of the [[growth]] of a flower. A rose is a rose; it [[changes]] as it grows from [[seed]] to shoot to stem, bud and blossom, but it is still a rose, is it not? There is something within it that allows it to [[become]] more beautiful. This is the [[action]] of the [[personality circuit]]. And I believe that this is what was being referred to in the lesson. Do you see the [[distinction]] I am making here? (I'm trying!)

This would be an excellent [[opportunity]] for you to take this idea into the [[stillness]], and ask the Father to help you see more clearly in your own [[mind's-eye]] the distinction when personality is being used in the changeless fixed sense, and when it is more [[active]] and [[dynamic]]. And perhaps you will be able to see a deeper [[understanding]] in the illustrations I was sharing with you this evening. (Thank you.)

 

This would be an excellent opportunity for you to take this idea into the stillness, and ask the Father to help you see more clearly in your own mind's-eye the distinction when personality is being used in the changeless fixed sense, and when it is more active and dynamic. And perhaps you will be able to see a deeper understanding in the illustrations I was sharing with you this evening. (Thank you.)

Are there any more comments or questions before we conclude this evening?

Are there any more comments or questions before we conclude this evening?

Student: Yes Welmek, I have been wondering about this ever since we discovered the Urantia Book. It mentions that we've inherited from Adam and Eve more of a sense of humor than of music. Yet I find in my funniest, drollest New England humor, that it doesn't even touch the Moonlight Sonata or Russian choral music, so I wonder how do you see the fact that we've inherited humor to an inspiring degree to somebody on your level, but very hard for us to put that into perspective - especially with our crude television humor?

Student: Yes Welmek, I have been wondering about this ever since we [[discovered]] the [[Urantia Book]]. It mentions that we've inherited from [[Adam and Eve]] more of a sense of [[humor]] than of [[music]]. Yet I find in my funniest, drollest New England humor, that it doesn't even touch the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQVeaIHWWck Moonlight Sonata] or [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIxQ_B3Wpzg Russian choral music], so I wonder how do you see the fact that we've inherited humor to an [[inspiring]] degree to somebody on your level, but very hard for us to put that into [[perspective]] - especially with our crude television humor?

 

Humor from our perspective is the relaxation of spirit - the release of tension from the evolutionary struggle - to make light of that which we have experienced and to appreciate that which we have gained in learning, and to understand the juxtaposition between the struggle and the achievement. You have a tendency to appreciate this, but you have not developed this to the degree that you would immerse yourself in gleeful remembrance of your evolutionary struggles. You still mire yourself in dreamy escapism.

Humor from our [[perspective]] is the [[relaxation]] of spirit - the release of [[tension]] from the [[evolutionary]] [[struggle]] - to make light of that which we have experienced and to [[appreciate]] that which we have gained in learning, and to understand the [[juxtaposition]] between the struggle and the [[achievement]]. You have a tendency to appreciate this, but you have not developed this to the degree that you would immerse yourself in gleeful [[remembrance]] of your evolutionary struggles. You still mire yourself in dreamy [[escapism]].

And so part of this evening was to help you to see that there is joy and mirth in your day-to-day activity; and to see the value and the beauty in that which you do and that which you have come to find distasteful. Because there is such a paucity of spiritual perspective on your planet, you have not cultivated this tendency to its full realization. I would encourage your humorists to look at this idea, because it can be used in a higher sense and be more of a catalyst for spiritual growth.

And so part of this evening was to help you to see that there is [[joy]] and [[mirth]] in your day-to-day activity; and to see the [[value]] and the [[beauty]] in that which you do and that which you have come to find distasteful. Because there is such a paucity of [[spiritual]] perspective on [[your planet]], you have not cultivated this tendency to its full [[realization]]. I would encourage your humorists to look at this idea, because it can be used in a higher sense and be more of a [[catalyst]] for [[spiritual growth]].

The base mockery of human biological functions, and the degradation of the human spirit does nothing to inspire you to those higher achievements which can be found in spiritual growth in seeking to know the will and the ways of the Father - seeking to align the human condition to that of the Divine Plan. So from that standpoint, you have great potential. And you did receive a great gift from the Adamic pair. But like so many things that have occurred on Urantia, it has not yet lived its fullest expression.

The base [[mockery]] of human [[biological]] functions, and the degradation of the human spirit does nothing to [[inspire]] you to those higher [[achievements]] which can be found in [[spiritual growth]] in seeking to know the will and the ways of [[the Father]] - seeking to align the [[human condition]] to that of the Divine Plan. So from that standpoint, you have great [[potential]]. And you did receive a great gift from the [[Adamic pair]]. But like so many things that have occurred on [[Urantia]], it has not yet lived its fullest [[expression]].

Student: I really appreciate the frank comments about our humor. And the genetic component, I'm glad to hear that it is undeveloped because I really worried about that.

Student: I really appreciate the frank comments about our [[humor]]. And the [[genetic]] component, I'm glad to hear that it is undeveloped because I really worried about that.

===Closing===

===Closing===

Welmek: Think about this the next time you wish to crack a joke. It will take some practice, I daresay. And so on this note of levity; let us conclude this evening's lesson.

Welmek: [[Think]] about this the next time you wish to crack a [[joke]]. It will take some [[practice]], I daresay. And so on this note of [[levity]]; let us conclude this evening's lesson.

Life and laughter are all here to help you alleviate the burdens of daily living. You have someone who understands what you are going through each moment of every day, and He always had a cheerful disposition as He went about doing good. And so I encourage you, my friends, to adopt this motto of the Master: Be of good cheer, and let Him show you how light and joyful are the ways of living in the spirit of the Father. Good evening!

[[Life]] and [[laughter]] are all here to help you alleviate the [[burdens]] of daily living. You have someone who [[understands]] what you are going through each moment of every day, and He always had a cheerful disposition as He went about doing [[good]]. And so I encourage you, my friends, to adopt this motto of the Master: Be of good cheer, and let Him show you how [[light]] and joyful are the ways of living in the [[spirit]] of [[the Father]]. Good evening!

[[Category: The Teaching Mission: Dialogues]]

[[Category: The Teaching Mission: Dialogues]]