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Group: S.E. Idaho TeaM, Pocatello, Idaho

 

Teacher: Daniel

 

 

 

Daniel(Bill): Father of mercies, God of all comfort, we worship You, Father, Son, and Spirit, one God indivisible. We thank You, with the most profound desire of our hearts, for Your indwelling Presence in us as we are drawn toward Paradise and toward each other in unity of Supremacy. We thank you for our Creator Son, Christ Michael, Whose way, truth, and life shows us how compassionate, merciful, and ever lastingly loving is Your program of ascension perfection.

Daniel(Bill): Father of mercies, God of all comfort, we worship You, Father, Son, and Spirit, one God indivisible. We thank You, with the most profound desire of our hearts, for Your indwelling Presence in us as we are drawn toward Paradise and toward each other in unity of Supremacy. We thank you for our Creator Son, Christ Michael, Whose way, truth, and life shows us how compassionate, merciful, and ever lastingly loving is Your program of ascension perfection.

Daniel(Bill): Dear friends, it is I, Daniel, here among you this evening as well as our staff of personal teachers and our resident Melchizedek Instructor, Minearisa. Thank you for your comfortable family conversation which included us in a most natural manner. I am pleased with the results of your practice of reading the lessons because it is a connecting thread from one session to the next and serves to accentuate our progress as well as assist you in remembering the previous meeting, especially if you were not present. In listening to your conversation I observed that you brought up areas of practical concern which I would like to touch on for a few moments.

Daniel(Bill): Dear friends, it is I, Daniel, here among you this evening as well as our staff of personal teachers and our resident Melchizedek Instructor, Minearisa. Thank you for your comfortable family conversation which included us in a most natural manner. I am pleased with the results of your practice of reading the lessons because it is a connecting thread from one session to the next and serves to accentuate our progress as well as assist you in remembering the previous meeting, especially if you were not present. In listening to your conversation I observed that you brought up areas of practical concern which I would like to touch on for a few moments.

 

The first concern has to do with the scheduling of time for the practice of stillness, meditation, worship, prayer and thanksgiving. At the beginning of this Mission we presented you with a recommendation that you spend ten minutes once or twice a day, set aside from all other distractions in order to become attuned to your Spiritual heritage, the incoming information from the universe regarding your true status as sons and daughters; as well as teaching you to be still and hear the small voice of God within. Now, as the Mission has developed over the last eleven years, and we, indeed, beginning our twelfth year, there has been intimations of the desirability and possibility of practicing stillness in a more diffuse and constant manner so that your consciousness of God is not limited to one or two small time segments during the day. The practice of the presence of God requires a long maturation to become second nature; and it is never intended to displace specific stillness times. It is not a discipline essentially, but an overflow from the well spring within you that results in more and more awareness of the still small Voice speaking to you. Yes, of course it has to do with circle attainment. But that is just an illustrative concept, real in its essence, but not a methodology so much as a description of progress. If enhancing stillness were a discipline, which it is not, I could say: number one, number two, number three, number four, etc. Do this; then do this; and then do this, etc. A discipline would be more likely to be understood as applying pressure from the outside toward the center. But this increased awareness of God is not applying pressure from the outside. It is the opposite...releasing the gates at the headwaters of the spring of spiritual life so that the flow may increase. Yes, it more like letting go than grasping. It is more like stopping the urge to control than it is to discipline one's self.

The first concern has to do with the scheduling of time for the practice of stillness, meditation, worship, prayer and thanksgiving. At the beginning of this Mission we presented you with a recommendation that you spend ten minutes once or twice a day, set aside from all other distractions in order to become attuned to your Spiritual heritage, the incoming information from the universe regarding your true status as sons and daughters; as well as teaching you to be still and hear the small voice of God within. Now, as the Mission has developed over the last eleven years, and we, indeed, beginning our twelfth year, there has been intimations of the desirability and possibility of practicing stillness in a more diffuse and constant manner so that your consciousness of God is not limited to one or two small time segments during the day. The practice of the presence of God requires a long maturation to become second nature; and it is never intended to displace specific stillness times. It is not a discipline essentially, but an overflow from the well spring within you that results in more and more awareness of the still small Voice speaking to you. Yes, of course it has to do with circle attainment. But that is just an illustrative concept, real in its essence, but not a methodology so much as a description of progress. If enhancing stillness were a discipline, which it is not, I could say: number one, number two, number three, number four, etc. Do this; then do this; and then do this, etc. A discipline would be more likely to be understood as applying pressure from the outside toward the center. But this increased awareness of God is not applying pressure from the outside. It is the opposite...releasing the gates at the headwaters of the spring of spiritual life so that the flow may increase. Yes, it more like letting go than grasping. It is more like stopping the urge to control than it is to discipline one's self.

Well, my friends, I had no fixed agenda tonight for I felt like it would be good to discuss things and you all brought these two issues to the surface. There were other concerns as well. So, I will stop at this point and let's talk about these two concerns: developing an ongoing awareness of the presence of God and practicing prayer; and the issue of interdependence/co-dependence; or other things which you deem to be of importance. Have you questions, comments, disagreements?

Well, my friends, I had no fixed agenda tonight for I felt like it would be good to discuss things and you all brought these two issues to the surface. There were other concerns as well. So, I will stop at this point and let's talk about these two concerns: developing an ongoing awareness of the presence of God and practicing prayer; and the issue of interdependence/co-dependence; or other things which you deem to be of importance. Have you questions, comments, disagreements?

 

LaReen: Daniel, I would like to thank you very much for this particular lesson. It feels like another private lesson for me. I do appreciate it. I have been reading Welmek's lessons on prayer and I appreciate you taking it a step or two forward for me tonight. It has been helpful. Thank you.

LaReen: Daniel, I would like to thank you very much for this particular lesson. It feels like another private lesson for me. I do appreciate it. I have been reading Welmek's lessons on prayer and I appreciate you taking it a step or two forward for me tonight. It has been helpful. Thank you.

Virginia: (laughing) I think I am trying to understand all that, all the words. Some of them are new to me. So I am going to have to take a look at the transcript. But, thank you. I appreciate that.

Virginia: (laughing) I think I am trying to understand all that, all the words. Some of them are new to me. So I am going to have to take a look at the transcript. But, thank you. I appreciate that.

 

Daniel: You are welcome. I sense that we have reached the conclusion of our evening. If I am incorrect someone may jump in here, otherwise, Klarixiska desires to close our meeting with prayer. Any other last words, thoughts, or questions? Let us then stand and join our hands and hearts.

Daniel: You are welcome. I sense that we have reached the conclusion of our evening. If I am incorrect someone may jump in here, otherwise, Klarixiska desires to close our meeting with prayer. Any other last words, thoughts, or questions? Let us then stand and join our hands and hearts.

Loving and compassionate God of all creation, You Who are our Father, You Who are our Mother/Son, You Who are the Spirit Who empowers the universe, one God unified in love, in truth, and in mercy: We, Your children, thank You for the universe which we dwell in and for the opportunity to co-create ourselves so that one day we may fully understand God the Supreme and all the experience to fathom for eternity. We also thank You that we shall stand in the presence of Spirit, Son, and Father, the very Sources of reality and be able to commune with You in a manner which our minds cannot even fathom. Finally, we thank You that this will just be the beginning of our eternal careers. But these, my friends, are just out of kindergarten, and that vision is immensely distant. May they, nevertheless, hold it in their minds as the ultimate goal, so that as they learn the three Rs of spiritual reality they will know that one day they will graduate and join the ranks of Paradise Finaliters. I, their big sister, gather them in my arms and give them a kiss on their foreheads, each one. Amen.

Loving and compassionate God of all creation, You Who are our Father, You Who are our Mother/Son, You Who are the Spirit Who empowers the universe, one God unified in love, in truth, and in mercy: We, Your children, thank You for the universe which we dwell in and for the opportunity to co-create ourselves so that one day we may fully understand God the Supreme and all the experience to fathom for eternity. We also thank You that we shall stand in the presence of Spirit, Son, and Father, the very Sources of reality and be able to commune with You in a manner which our minds cannot even fathom. Finally, we thank You that this will just be the beginning of our eternal careers. But these, my friends, are just out of kindergarten, and that vision is immensely distant. May they, nevertheless, hold it in their minds as the ultimate goal, so that as they learn the three Rs of spiritual reality they will know that one day they will graduate and join the ranks of Paradise Finaliters. I, their big sister, gather them in my arms and give them a kiss on their foreheads, each one. Amen.