Changes

==Session==

==Session==

===Opening===

===Opening===

Elyon (Jonathan TR): Greetings to you, this is Elyon. It brings me [[joy]] to witness your [[discussion]] of our [[2002-12-01-Revelation: Epochal & Personal|last meeting]], and as your nursery poem goes, while the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Miss_Muffet young girl sat and ate her curds and whey the spider comes beside her], and this is what he had to say.

Elyon (Jonathan TR): Greetings to you, this is Elyon. It brings me [[joy]] to witness your [[discussion]] of our [[2002-12-01-Revelation: Epochal & Personal|last meeting]], and as your nursery poem goes, while the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Miss_Muffet young girl sat and ate her curds and whey the spider comes beside her], and this is what he had to say.

===Lesson===

===Lesson===

===='''''[[Skill]]''''', '''''[[Patience]]'''''====

===='''''[[Skill]]''''', '''''[[Patience]]'''''====

Sharmon: Your world, which is our world, is approaching the zenith of [[materialism]]. It has not reached the [[summit]] at this point. Although I have never left this world and only receive reports of how [[other worlds]] [[progress]], I am of the [[understanding]] that there is a great deal more in the capabilities of [[mankind]] for the development of material [[things]] in the advancement of your [[technologies]]. Let me clarify that by stating that materialism is a [[value]] system; it is not simply the advancement of technologies and the development of material objects for your use. So enters my [[hope]] for the [[culmination]] of this era because I witness throughout the world a shifting in values. Though you may not have advanced technologically to the [[apex]] of what is [[potential]], you are beginning to reevaluate the philosophical [[foundation]] of these pursuits. With this [[adjustment]] you will refine the appropriateness of these material advancements. [[Materialism]] philosophically will begin to [[change]] before the external [[manifestations]] reach the fruition of their beneficial contributions to mankind alongside the detriments of the overmuch development of things of transient value at the expense of the resource wealth of [[future]] [[generations]].

Sharmon: Your world, which is our world, is approaching the zenith of [[materialism]]. It has not reached the [[summit]] at this point. Although I have never left this world and only receive reports of how [[other worlds]] [[progress]], I am of the [[understanding]] that there is a great deal more in the capabilities of [[mankind]] for the development of material [[things]] in the advancement of your [[technologies]]. Let me clarify that by stating that materialism is a [[value]] system; it is not simply the advancement of technologies and the development of material objects for your use. So enters my [[hope]] for the [[culmination]] of this era because I witness throughout the world a shifting in values. Though you may not have advanced technologically to the [[apex]] of what is [[potential]], you are beginning to reevaluate the philosophical [[foundation]] of these pursuits. With this [[adjustment]] you will refine the appropriateness of these material advancements. [[Materialism]] philosophically will begin to [[change]] before the external [[manifestations]] reach the fruition of their beneficial contributions to mankind alongside the detriments of the overmuch development of things of transient value at the expense of the resource wealth of [[future]] [[generations]].

You speak in your history of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Ages_%28historiography%29 Dark Ages]. They weren’t all that dark. The [[sun]] rose and set with the same brilliance as this day. The [[darkness]] had more to do with the shifting of general [[consciousness]] away from advancement. It did not so much retreat into the ages past but simply sat [[idle]]. Today, while there is much that is the cause of strife and [[terror]] on you world, there is not the darkness of [[idleness]]. All over [[societies]] are astir evaluating and considering global [[actions]] being undertaken economically, industrially, politically, and environmentally. This is that [[light]] that precedes the change from a materialistic bent to a [[spiritual]] lifestyle or [[orientation]].

You speak in your history of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Ages_%28historiography%29 Dark Ages]. They weren’t all that dark. The [[sun]] rose and set with the same brilliance as this day. The [[darkness]] had more to do with the shifting of general [[consciousness]] away from advancement. It did not so much retreat into the ages past but simply sat [[idle]]. Today, while there is much that is the cause of strife and [[terror]] on you world, there is not the darkness of [[idleness]]. All over [[societies]] are astir evaluating and considering global [[actions]] being undertaken economically, industrially, politically, and environmentally. This is that [[light]] that precedes the change from a materialistic bent to a [[spiritual]] lifestyle or [[orientation]].

There are religions upon this world who [[value]] the removal of material [[possessions]] in order to better detect the lasting worth of spirit [[values]]. This is a worthy undertaking and an initial [[stage]] of [[spiritual growth]], for you cannot hear the birds sing if you are always talking. To [[quiet]] down, to simplify, increases the [[sensitivity]] of the awareness of the song all about you. However, [[Light and Life]] includes a certain degree of [[prosperity]] on a material level, not a prosperity of riches and [[wealth]], but one of [[technologies]] that aid mankind in many fields, that frees the human being to better acquire those spiritual character traits. The shift is beginning. The effects of a materialistic mindset are [[exposing]] themselves such that you are better able to evaluate the merit of the [[orientation]]. As the orientation shifts the material [[progress]] will follow appropriate [[paths]].

There are religions upon this world who [[value]] the removal of material [[possessions]] in order to better detect the lasting worth of spirit [[values]]. This is a worthy undertaking and an initial [[stage]] of [[spiritual growth]], for you cannot hear the birds sing if you are always talking. To [[quiet]] down, to simplify, increases the [[sensitivity]] of the awareness of the song all about you. However, [[Light and Life]] includes a certain degree of [[prosperity]] on a material level, not a prosperity of riches and [[wealth]], but one of [[technologies]] that aid mankind in many fields, that frees the human being to better acquire those spiritual character traits. The shift is beginning. The effects of a materialistic mindset are [[exposing]] themselves such that you are better able to evaluate the merit of the [[orientation]]. As the orientation shifts the material [[progress]] will follow appropriate [[paths]].