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==Session==

==Session==

===Opening===

===Opening===

Music:  Elena on Piano: “[http://www.hymnary.org/hymn/PsH/455 The Fruit of All Creation]”

Music:  Elena on Piano: “[https://www.hymnary.org/hymn/PsH/455 The Fruit of All Creation]”

Prayer: (Matthew) Let us place ourselves in the [[presence]] of [[Jesus]], the Christ.

Prayer: (Matthew) Let us place ourselves in the [[presence]] of [[Jesus]], the Christ.

There is never any reason to be smug about having [[knowledge]], but there is certainly allowance for acknowledging that which you know. That which comprises your [[comprehension]], for that is a part of your [[character]] and your [[personality]], which you have a right to have, and which you also have a right to develop, change, modify and [[adjust]] throughout [[eternity]] as a result of your continued [[accumulation]] of experiential [[wisdom]]. What each of you as [[Agondonters]] experience alone is, collectively, the [[evolution]] of the [[Supreme]], and so you have no choice but to appreciate the contributions that others make toward the creation of the God of experience.

There is never any reason to be smug about having [[knowledge]], but there is certainly allowance for acknowledging that which you know. That which comprises your [[comprehension]], for that is a part of your [[character]] and your [[personality]], which you have a right to have, and which you also have a right to develop, change, modify and [[adjust]] throughout [[eternity]] as a result of your continued [[accumulation]] of experiential [[wisdom]]. What each of you as [[Agondonters]] experience alone is, collectively, the [[evolution]] of the [[Supreme]], and so you have no choice but to appreciate the contributions that others make toward the creation of the God of experience.

This week, in your [[culture]], you acknowledge a day of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving Thanksgiving]. It is certainly easy for you to see the obvious things, [[creature]] [[comforts]], and provisions that you have gained by your efforts and the [[grace]] of God, but there are realms of [[reality]] that are not so plain to see. Those are the experiential realms for which you may be truly thankful, in that they have brought you thus far in your [[journey]] and they will see you through to the next phase of your [[growth]].

This week, in your [[culture]], you acknowledge a day of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving Thanksgiving]. It is certainly easy for you to see the obvious things, [[creature]] [[comforts]], and provisions that you have gained by your efforts and the [[grace]] of God, but there are realms of [[reality]] that are not so plain to see. Those are the experiential realms for which you may be truly thankful, in that they have brought you thus far in your [[journey]] and they will see you through to the next phase of your [[growth]].

Therefore, when you [[convene]] this week to give thanks for that which you have, remember to give thanks also for the experiences, for the feast of [[opportunities]] that have been made available to you for your consumption, and nourish yourself on the [[value]] therein. In this way you will [[reflect]] on how your experience has helped [[formulate]] you into the human that you re, and these values, then, you will want to [[share]] as your [[legacy]] for those who follow you in the progression of [[time]] in [[eternity]].

Therefore, when you [[convene]] this week to give thanks for that which you have, remember to give thanks also for the experiences, for the feast of [[opportunities]] that have been made available to you for your consumption, and nourish yourself on the [[value]] therein. In this way you will [[reflect]] on how your experience has helped [[formulate]] you into the human that you re, and these values, then, you will want to [[share]] as your [[legacy]] for those who follow you in the progression of [[time]] in [[eternity]].

TOMAS: Anatolia and I as co-hosts invite you now to join with us in our [[discourse]] portion of the format that has been arranged to best suit the needs of this particular [[configuration]]. The floor is open. Are the questions or comments?

TOMAS: Anatolia and I as co-hosts invite you now to join with us in our [[discourse]] portion of the format that has been arranged to best suit the needs of this particular [[configuration]]. The floor is open. Are the questions or comments?

Thoroah: Something that came to my mind when you were speaking first, Tomas, and you made me think of being equipped with a divine [[guidance]] system, and I, in my mind, was making a comparison with pilots that fly and they have a [[guidance]] system and they use it in [[aeronautics]] a lot. And then Anatolia’s emphasizing our [[agondonter]] status. Indeed we are flying blind, on instruments, and that instrumentation is our divine guidance system. That was a vivid [[analogy]]. Thank you.

Thoroah: Something that came to my mind when you were speaking first, Tomas, and you made me think of being equipped with a divine [[guidance]] system, and I, in my mind, was making a comparison with pilots that fly and they have a [[guidance]] system and they use it in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeronautics aeronautics] a lot. And then Anatolia’s emphasizing our [[agondonter]] status. Indeed we are flying blind, on instruments, and that instrumentation is our divine guidance system. That was a vivid [[analogy]]. Thank you.

===='''''[[Destiny]]'''''====

===='''''[[Destiny]]'''''====

TOMAS: And thank you for the springboard to [[discussion]]. Yet I am given to understand that there are ways and means by which you are enabled to [[prepare]] your [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airfield_traffic_pattern flight pattern] before take-off, even in your [[spiritual]] [[ascent]].

TOMAS: And thank you for the springboard to [[discussion]]. Yet I am given to understand that there are ways and means by which you are enabled to [[prepare]] your [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airfield_traffic_pattern flight pattern] before take-off, even in your [[spiritual]] [[ascent]].

The various images and mental impressions that come to you in [[dreams]] or [[visions]] which [[persist]], which provide a pattern for you, which stir your [[curiosity]] or your investigative nature, are often a result of the [[Thought Adjuster]] prompting you to pursue your unique [[journey]].

The various images and mental impressions that come to you in [[dreams]] or [[visions]] which [[persist]], which provide a pattern for you, which stir your [[curiosity]] or your investigative nature, are often a result of the [[Thought Adjuster]] prompting you to pursue your unique [[journey]].

There are [[theories]] that are active in the world today that provide a [[perspective]] such as was your [[commitment]] from [[Divinington]], even before you were born, in the [[God fragment]] that opted to indwell you. And this theory presents the concept that you had made arrangements before arriving as a Thought Adjuster that you would accomplish certain tasks as you sojourned here, similar to the instructions and [[counsel]] [[Jesus]] received from his [[Immanuel|elder brother]] as he prepared to [[incarnate]] as a helpless babe on Urantia for his [[Paper 120 - The Bestowal of Michael on Urantia|seventh and final bestowal]]. He was given certain [[admonitions]], such as not to leave any [[writings]], not to have children, and to tend to the [[delinquent]] nature of his [[Lanonandek]] Son [[Lucifer]].

There are [[theories]] that are active in the world today that provide a [[perspective]] such as was your [[commitment]] from [[Divinington]], even before you were born, in the [[God fragment]] that opted to indwell you. And this theory presents the concept that you had made arrangements before arriving as a Thought Adjuster that you would accomplish certain tasks as you sojourned here, similar to the instructions and [[counsel]] [[Jesus]] received from his [[Immanuel|elder brother]] as he prepared to [[incarnate]] as a helpless babe on Urantia for his [[Paper 120 - The Bestowal of Michael on Urantia|seventh and final bestowal]]. He was given certain [[admonitions]], such as not to leave any [[writings]], not to have children, and to tend to the delinquent nature of his [[Lanonandek]] Son [[Lucifer]].

There is certain merit to this [[theory]], for while these realms are far beyond our [[understanding]] (us in the [[Teacher Corps]]), we have seen and heard and some of us have [[experienced]] when we were mortal similar [[flashes]] of [[insight]] that would rise up in the [[mortal mind]] that would give a picture or a pre-conscience of the [[life]] [[path]], the flight pattern ahead. And those who make a [[conscious]] effort to follow through with those “prompts” are often reassured of the [[truth]] of the impressions they were given, by whatever nature, along in life, as they [[discover]] they have in fact accomplished what they initially set out to do.

There is certain merit to this [[theory]], for while these realms are far beyond our [[understanding]] (us in the [[Teacher Corps]]), we have seen and heard and some of us have [[experienced]] when we were mortal similar [[flashes]] of [[insight]] that would rise up in the [[mortal mind]] that would give a picture or a pre-conscience of the [[life]] [[path]], the flight pattern ahead. And those who make a [[conscious]] effort to follow through with those “prompts” are often reassured of the [[truth]] of the impressions they were given, by whatever nature, along in life, as they [[discover]] they have in fact accomplished what they initially set out to do.

TOMAS: Yes, this is a part of the marvel of [[the universe]] that is known to you only through your [[faith]], but which we are able to work with on a conscious level on a daily basis. In that, in [[Planetary Government|the administration of the planet]], and the spiritual and otherwise development of its elements (which includes you each) it is my [[privilege]] to be involved in those daily briefings which involve our [[efforts]], as are commenced by our supervisors in the [[hierarchy]] of things and which includes not only the [[Council of 24]] but also myriad [[angels]] and even [[midwayers]], in [[obedience]] to the divine will and in [[cooperation]] with the [[free will]] of you each.

TOMAS: Yes, this is a part of the marvel of [[the universe]] that is known to you only through your [[faith]], but which we are able to work with on a conscious level on a daily basis. In that, in [[Planetary Government|the administration of the planet]], and the spiritual and otherwise development of its elements (which includes you each) it is my [[privilege]] to be involved in those daily briefings which involve our [[efforts]], as are commenced by our supervisors in the [[hierarchy]] of things and which includes not only the [[Council of 24]] but also myriad [[angels]] and even [[midwayers]], in [[obedience]] to the divine will and in [[cooperation]] with the [[free will]] of you each.

The efforts that are involved in your [[development]] as conscious [[sons of God]] is extensive! And so as we [[become]] affiliated with you and involved in your development, in your [[growth]], in your spiritual [[becoming]], we are able to take [[advantage]] of the many resources that are available. Such as your personal teachers who are engaged in creating [[harmony]] within your own [[personality]]: self-awareness, self-[[respect]], and those elements that make for a meaningful human [[existence]], such as [[self-perpetuation]], [[self-maintenance]] and [[self-gratification]]. As well as your [[destiny guardians]] who input for us how certain stimuli might trigger potential growth, as well as where stimuli ought to be withheld at a certain point in order to keep you from [[becoming]] unbalanced. And thus there are many [[factors]] that go into the spirit creation of each of [[your soul]]s.

The efforts that are involved in your [[development]] as conscious [[sons of God]] is extensive! And so as we [[become]] affiliated with you and involved in your development, in your [[growth]], in your spiritual [[becoming]], we are able to take [[advantage]] of the many resources that are available. Such as your personal teachers who are engaged in creating [[harmony]] within your own [[personality]]: self-awareness, self-[[respect]], and those elements that make for a meaningful human [[existence]], such as [[69:1 Basic Human Institutions|self-perpetuation, self-maintenance and self-gratification]]. As well as your [[destiny guardians]] who input for us how certain stimuli might trigger potential growth, as well as where stimuli ought to be withheld at a certain point in order to keep you from [[becoming]] unbalanced. And thus there are many [[factors]] that go into the spirit creation of each of [[your soul]]s.

Just [[trust]] me when I say it is a vast network. And those [[growth]] opportunities that the superior [[intelligence]] feels will benefit you most at any given time is [[revealed]] to us in these meetings such that we have an [[idea]] of how to teach the class of [[students]] we are working with. It is always different; it is always changing. Even as we have the same format, week after week, and basically the same core of students.

Just [[trust]] me when I say it is a vast network. And those [[growth]] opportunities that the superior [[intelligence]] feels will benefit you most at any given time is [[revealed]] to us in these meetings such that we have an [[idea]] of how to teach the class of [[students]] we are working with. It is always different; it is always changing. Even as we have the same format, week after week, and basically the same core of students.

Elena:            I agree. That really does help. I [[appreciate]] your saying that.

Elena:            I agree. That really does help. I [[appreciate]] your saying that.

===='''''[[Intuition]]'''''====

===='''''[[Intuition]]'''''====

Myra: But then I would ask one other thing, when you were asking us to – we were asked to check back on our [[experiences]], or give thanks for the experiences that we have had and when I think about some of the experiences I’ve had, they have not always been planned by me (group [[chortles]]) and they have been, indeed, growing experiences. And I am thankful for them! But, you at one time also said, “[[listen]] to your inner voice” and so I would just like to know, when I use that phrase “inner voice” I sometimes interchange it with [[intuition]], and is a [[Thought Adjuster]] giving in to me when I follow intuition.

Myra: But then I would ask one other thing, when you were asking us to – we were asked to check back on our [[experiences]], or give thanks for the experiences that we have had and when I think about some of the experiences I’ve had, they have not always been planned by me (group [[chortles]]) and they have been, indeed, growing experiences. And I am thankful for them! But, you at one time also said, “[[listen]] to your inner voice” and so I would just like to know, when I use that phrase “inner voice” I sometimes interchange it with [[intuition]], and is a [[Thought Adjuster]] giving in to me when I follow intuition.

TOMAS: Other questions? Comments?

TOMAS: Other questions? Comments?

Men-O-Pah: I am reasonably sure that you don’t know where our [[path]] will lead. It seems that I have no real words of my own to give [[expression]] to this, but I’m always quoting lines from things that I’ve read. One of the more recent ones was an anthem that was in [[church]], after the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negro_spiritual Negro spiritual style], the title of which was, “[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1FQqSGxBso When I went down to the water to pray], [[thinking]] about that good old way, how you gave us [[eternal]] life, Dear Lord show me the way.”

Men-O-Pah: I am reasonably sure that you don’t know where our [[path]] will lead. It seems that I have no real words of my own to give [[expression]] to this, but I’m always quoting lines from things that I’ve read. One of the more recent ones was an anthem that was in [[church]], after the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negro_spiritual Negro spiritual style], the title of which was, “[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1FQqSGxBso When I went down to the water to pray], [[thinking]] about that good old way, how you gave us [[eternal]] life, Dear Lord show me the way.”

And the lines that I quoted to this group some time ago from [http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/16148 Wadsworth’s Ode to a Waterfowl]. They had that uncanny ability to fly from the northern part of the world down to the south where it’s warm, as the lines say: “He who from zone to zone [[guides]] through the boundless [[sky]] thy certain flight, in the long way that I must tread [[alone]], will guide my steps aright.”

And the lines that I quoted to this group some time ago from ''[https://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/16148 Ode to a Waterfowl]''. They had that uncanny ability to fly from the northern part of the world down to the south where it’s warm, as the lines say: “He who from zone to zone [[guides]] through the boundless [[sky]] thy certain flight, in the long way that I must tread [[alone]], will guide my steps aright.”

And from the old hymn, “Lead kindly light, amid the encircling gloom, lead thou me on. The night is [[dark]] and I am far from [[home]]. Lead thou me on. Keep thou my feet. I do not ask to see the distant scene. One step enough for me.”

And from the old hymn, “Lead kindly light, amid the encircling gloom, lead thou me on. The night is [[dark]] and I am far from [[home]]. Lead thou me on. Keep thou my feet. I do not ask to see the distant scene. One step enough for me.”

TOMAS: How [[beautiful]] are your [[hymns]] and psalms of [[praise]] and [[glory]], agondonter Men-O-Pah. You speak to the [[heart]] of [[the soul]] who in faith follows the divine will even while [[ignorant]] of what that is. And in doing so, are able to look back upon the [[path]] you’ve taken and know you have done well. You have been delivered from [[adversity]].

TOMAS: How [[beautiful]] are your [[hymns]] and psalms of [[praise]] and [[glory]], agondonter Men-O-Pah. You speak to the [[heart]] of [[the soul]] who in faith follows the divine will even while [[ignorant]] of what that is. And in doing so, are able to look back upon the [[path]] you’ve taken and know you have done well. You have been delivered from [[adversity]].

===='''''[[Forgiveness]]'''''====

===='''''[[Forgiveness]]'''''====

Men-O-Pah: We had the good fortune today to listen to a missionary who had been to not far from here, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiapas_conflict Chiapas, Mexico], where just a few years ago there was a [[massacre]], and she drew the parallel between that situation and the time of our Lord [[Jesus]], the time that he lived and his upsetting the apple cart of those around him. They were afraid that they were going to lose everything that the had and probably would have if they had to go and there were some 45 people down there, women and children and others who were massacred. And the thing that struck me most, that finally now those people who suffered at, actually, the hand of their [[neighbors]] have found it in their [[hearts]] to forgive them. Such things give me a great deal of [[hope]] that we really are moving up.

Men-O-Pah: We had the good fortune today to listen to a missionary who had been to not far from here, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiapas_conflict Chiapas, Mexico], where just a few years ago there was a [[massacre]], and she drew the parallel between that situation and the time of our Lord [[Jesus]], the time that he lived and his upsetting the apple cart of those around him. They were afraid that they were going to lose everything that the had and probably would have if they had to go and there were some 45 people down there, women and children and others who were massacred. And the thing that struck me most, that finally now those people who suffered at, actually, the hand of their [[neighbors]] have found it in their [[hearts]] to forgive them. Such things give me a great deal of [[hope]] that we really are moving up.

TOMAS: Yes, this thing about [[forgiveness]] is beginning to bear fruit. The awareness of the beneficial effects of forgiveness, even from those [[experiences]] as far-reaching and devastating as the [[Lucifer rebellion]], have garnered you who have suffered after it, a [[greatness]] which is far from being understood by those greater than yourselves who cannot yet [[conceive]] of how the [[oppressed]] can forgive the oppressor and enjoy complete [[freedom]] from the oppressor as a result.

TOMAS: Yes, this thing about [[forgiveness]] is beginning to bear fruit. The awareness of the beneficial effects of forgiveness, even from those [[experiences]] as far-reaching and devastating as the [[Lucifer rebellion]], have garnered you who have suffered after it, a [[greatness]] which is far from being understood by those greater than yourselves who cannot yet [[conceive]] of how the [[oppressed]] can forgive the oppressor and enjoy complete [[freedom]] from the oppressor as a result.

This is the nature of the spiritual [[freedom]] which [[Jesus]] came here to instill in the hearts and minds of men and women everywhere. It is on the heels of the [[vicissitudes]] of human [[existence]] that the divine shall rise like the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_%28mythology%29 Phoenix] from the ashes, as you are rising in [[your soul]] brightness into the [[destiny]] you are created to own.

This is the nature of the spiritual [[freedom]] which [[Jesus]] came here to instill in the hearts and minds of men and women everywhere. It is on the heels of the [[vicissitudes]] of human [[existence]] that the divine shall rise like the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_%28mythology%29 Phoenix] from the ashes, as you are rising in [[your soul]] brightness into the [[destiny]] you are created to own.

We indeed have a repast here to savor and enjoy. The [[abundance]] that spills forth from this [[cornucopia]] of believers here is truly a [[blessing]] upon your realm. Blessed be art thou, indeed.

We indeed have a repast here to savor and enjoy. The [[abundance]] that spills forth from this [[cornucopia]] of believers here is truly a [[blessing]] upon your realm. Blessed be art thou, indeed.

Elena: Tomas, I wanted to say just one thing. For some reason just a few minutes ago it came upon me that I remembered how it was when I was a child and remembered how maybe “stark” or … I don’t know what the word is I am searching for right now, but I found [[religion]] so blank and not giving back what I [[expected]]. So, basically a [[comparison]] of what that was when I was a child and now is so [[different]]! And there is so much greater richness. And so basically what I am trying to say is in this day of Thanksgiving, or a time for identifying those things we are truly [[grateful]] for, I am really grateful for you Teachers and to have the interplay and the exchange that makes the [[journey]] so much richer and I’m failing for the words I really want, but I just want you to know how grateful I am. Thank you!

Elena: Tomas, I wanted to say just one thing. For some reason just a few minutes ago it came upon me that I remembered how it was when I was a child and remembered how maybe “stark” or … I don’t know what the word is I am searching for right now, but I found [[religion]] so blank and not giving back what I [[expected]]. So, basically a [[comparison]] of what that was when I was a child and now is so [[different]]! And there is so much greater richness. And so basically what I am trying to say is in this day of Thanksgiving, or a time for identifying those things we are truly [[grateful]] for, I am really grateful for you Teachers and to have the interplay and the exchange that makes the [[journey]] so much richer and I’m failing for the words I really want, but I just want you to know how grateful I am. Thank you!

===Closing===

===Closing===

TOMAS: We, too, [[share]] that [[appreciation]] of the [[reality]] of which you speak. We know the [[progress]] that has been made on [[Urantia]] and have also a glimmer of the [[future]] for your world and have great stock in your will and the divine plan that will reinstate Urantia as a full-fledged participant in the cosmic [[design]] -- free of taint and unsullied by [[iniquity]]. Let us rejoice in the prospects of our work ahead in each individual in this group setting and in the reclamation [[mission]] at large, for the [[glory]] of God. [[Amen]]. Farewell. See you next time.

TOMAS: We, too, [[share]] that [[appreciation]] of the [[reality]] of which you speak. We know the [[progress]] that has been made on [[Urantia]] and have also a glimmer of the [[future]] for your world and have great stock in your will and the divine plan that will reinstate Urantia as a full-fledged participant in the cosmic [[design]] -- free of taint and unsullied by [[iniquity]]. Let us rejoice in the prospects of our work ahead in each individual in this group setting and in the reclamation [[mission]] at large, for the [[glory]] of God. [[Amen]]. Farewell. See you next time.