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I wish to bring you a hopeful mood. I wish to emphasize, that in the affairs of nations and in the [[destiny]] of planets, there is loving [[over-control]]. [[Individual]]s, as the [[Urantia book]] tells you, may go astray and fail to do their part in the [[Almighty Supreme]], but planets will be brought along their [[evolution]]ary paths to [[perfection]].

I wish to bring you a hopeful mood. I wish to emphasize, that in the affairs of nations and in the [[destiny]] of planets, there is loving [[over-control]]. [[Individual]]s, as the [[Urantia book]] tells you, may go astray and fail to do their part in the [[Almighty Supreme]], but planets will be brought along their [[evolution]]ary paths to [[perfection]].

You [[human beings]], having discovered the [[wonders]] of the [[universe]] that [[science]] attempts to explicate, have become [[fascinated]] with [[prediction]] and [[control]]. Yet even your best [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteorologymeteorology] does not achieve 100% [[accuracy]]; and certainly your attempts to forecast human [[behavior]] are fraught with difficulties, for [[free will]] makes any [[determinism]] unworkable. So as you perceive the [[information]] that comes to your [[senses]], you must use your best [[interpretations]] from past [[experience]] to translate these stimuli into [[meaningful]] [[concepts]], events, etc.

You [[human beings]], having discovered the [[wonders]] of the [[universe]] that [[science]] attempts to explicate, have become [[fascinated]] with [[prediction]] and [[control]]. Yet even your best [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteorologymeteorology] does not achieve 100% [[accuracy]]; and certainly your attempts to forecast human [[behavior]] are fraught with difficulties, for [[free will]] makes any [[determinism]] unworkable. So as you perceive the [[information]] that comes to your [[senses]], you must use your best [[interpretations]] from past [[experience]] to translate these stimuli into [[meaningful]] [[concepts]], events, etc.

Before you can achieve such meaningful interpretations you have to have a set of [[presuppositions]], a [[personal]] [[philosophy]] of life through which you filter this amorphous and malleable [[information]]. You cannot paint a greater picture than the [[limits]] of your canvas. You cannot shade the [[color]]s beyond the limits of the colors that come with your pallet. In other [[words]], you must recognize that your fears regarding the [[future]] are based on limited and very [[fallible]] interpretations of the information that comes to you. At times these limitations are augmented by the [[channel]] of their delivery. The [[bias]] of the allegedly neutral news [[media]] is also present. Your [[choice]] of conveyers of information, whether they be [[books]], [[radio]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television television] programs, or [[stillness]], for example, all effect your [[conclusions]].

Before you can achieve such meaningful interpretations you have to have a set of [[presuppositions]], a [[personal]] [[philosophy]] of life through which you filter this amorphous and malleable [[information]]. You cannot paint a greater picture than the [[limits]] of your canvas. You cannot shade the [[color]]s beyond the limits of the colors that come with your pallet. In other [[words]], you must recognize that your fears regarding the [[future]] are based on limited and very [[fallible]] interpretations of the information that comes to you. At times these limitations are augmented by the [[channel]] of their delivery. The [[bias]] of the allegedly neutral news [[media]] is also present. Your [[choice]] of conveyers of information, whether they be [[books]], [[radio]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television television] programs, or [[stillness]], for example, all effect your [[conclusions]].

At this time [[your planet]] continues to have [[adolescent]] reactions to its [[growth]]. It is growing rapidly and awkwardly. Many [[thoughts]] by many people are still in the childish realm. [[Adolescents]] after all are children in adult [[bodies]]. They are not smaller adults. They are really children growing in a somewhat non-synchronized [[manner|fashion]] with mental and physical dis[[harmony]].

At this time [[your planet]] continues to have [[adolescent]] reactions to its [[growth]]. It is growing rapidly and awkwardly. Many [[thoughts]] by many people are still in the childish realm. [[Adolescents]] after all are children in adult [[bodies]]. They are not smaller adults. They are really children growing in a somewhat non-synchronized [[manner|fashion]] with mental and physical dis[[harmony]].