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Prayer: Here we are again, your children, gathered about Your, our Parents’ knees, with beaming faces, looking up to hear Your [[words]]. We love You very deeply, and we feel Your [[love]] for us. You make us feel so [[welcome]] in Your living [[presence]] which sustains us [[moment]] to moment. And so we open our hearts and our [[minds]] and invite You to share our lives with us. You are so welcome - now and all the days to come. We thank You so very, very much. [[Amen]].

Prayer: Here we are again, your children, gathered about Your, our Parents’ knees, with beaming faces, looking up to hear Your [[words]]. We love You very deeply, and we feel Your [[love]] for us. You make us feel so [[welcome]] in Your living [[presence]] which sustains us [[moment]] to moment. And so we open our hearts and our [[minds]] and invite You to share our lives with us. You are so welcome - now and all the days to come. We thank You so very, very much. [[Amen]].

My [[peace]] be upon you, My children. And I thank you for your love. This is your Creator/Father, Michael. When we get together like this, what is it that we seek? What is it that we [[hope]] for? What is it that we enjoy? What is our heart’s [[desire]]? What fulfills us? What is the [[purpose]] right within life? Why were we created? What is our Father’s purpose? These are all real [[dimensions]] that every living personal being [[experience]]s. This is all a part of a [[divine]] plan that is the very [[essence]] of [[divinity]]. Let us pause for a moment to think and enjoy what is meant by [[divine]], what is meant by divinity. And let Me suggest that though this can never be captured in a million words, it can be suggested by one word: [[sharing]]. So let us pause to [[think]] of, and enjoy, what is meant by this whole [[concept]]: sharing.

My [[peace]] be upon you, My children. And I thank you for your love. This is your Creator/Father, Michael. When we get together like this, what is it that we seek? What is it that we [[hope]] for? What is it that we enjoy? What is our heart’s [[desire]]? What fulfills us? What is the [[purpose]] right within life? Why were we created? What is our Father’s purpose? These are all real [[dimensions]] that every living personal being [[experience]]s. This is all a part of a [[divine]] plan that is the very [[essence]] of [[divinity]]. Let us pause for a moment to think and enjoy what is meant by [[divine]], what is meant by divinity. And let Me suggest that though this can never be captured in a million words, it can be suggested by one word: [[sharing]]. So let us pause to [[think]] of, and enjoy, what is meant by this whole [[concept]]: '''''[[sharing]]'''''.

===Lesson===

===Lesson===

Let us begin where we are: we have something. Each of us has something. This is your [[soul]]. This is what you have earned through living [[experience]]. This is an [[absolute]] [[reality]] that has no substitute. This is that combination of our [[Universal Father]] and your very own [[unique]] self. I say again: there is no substitute for your own unique living experience. This is what we have. This is our possession. This is our [[wealth]]. And what it is, is not only ourselves, our own personal living being, but what we have experienced that is everything but us. This has been for you the whole world of people, and a [[material]] [[planet]], and [[events]] - your entire lives of not only your own [[personal]] [[growth]] and what you can think of as yourself, but all the other persons you have known, all the other events of which you are aware.

Let us begin where we are: we have something. Each of us has something. This is your [[soul]]. This is what you have earned through living [[experience]]. This is an [[absolute]] [[reality]] that has no substitute. This is that combination of our [[Universal Father]] and your very own [[unique]] self. I say again: there is no substitute for your own unique living experience. This is what we have. This is our possession. This is our [[wealth]]. And what it is, is not only ourselves, our own personal living being, but what we have experienced that is everything but us. This has been for you the whole world of people, and a [[material]] [[planet]], and [[events]] - your entire lives of not only your own [[personal]] [[growth]] and what you can think of as yourself, but all the other persons you have known, all the other events of which you are aware.

So you see, my children, this enormous Other is so much a part of this eternal possession you treasure. And this is what you have to share. Even more delightful, this is what you have to exchange. Think of the enormity of another [[person]]’s [[soul]] and all that they have experienced in their life. What a treasure! What a [[creation]] of [[God]] – this thing we call sharing. What an [[infinity]] of [[reality]] to encounter. For it is real, and it is there waiting for you. And you will encounter it on into eternity. Within every [[personal]] [[being]] is this living, growing wealth of experience. For you as a [[human being]], take reassurance that no [[matter]] what happens to you [[physical]]ly, this will never be lost. Keep in mind that the Hand that writes all the journals of your [[soul]] in a [[spiritual counterpart]] of your experience, His hand misses no detail.

So you see, my children, this enormous Other is so much a part of this eternal possession you treasure. And this is what you have to share. Even more delightful, this is what you have to exchange. Think of the enormity of another [[person]]’s [[soul]] and all that they have experienced in their life. What a treasure! What a [[creation]] of [[God]] – this thing we call sharing. What an [[infinity]] of [[reality]] to encounter. For it is real, and it is there waiting for you. And you will encounter it on into eternity. Within every [[personal]] [[being]] is this living, growing wealth of experience. For you as a [[human being]], take reassurance that no [[matter]] what happens to you [[physical]]ly, this will never be lost. Keep in mind that the Hand that writes all the journals of your [[soul]] in a [https://urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=https://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper108.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper108.html&line=128#mfs spiritual counterpart] of your [[experience]], His hand misses no detail.

This is what your Mother and I treasure to be involved in. You have within you a [[choice]]. You can invite Us to share your life with you. And this is a real choice. This is the way you can actually influence your Creator Father and Mother. This is a gift you can give Us even as our Father has given all of us life itself. What We would [[love]] to see is your being able to treasure this treasure that you can offer Us. It is not pride but rather [[humility]] for you to stop from time to time in your busy lives and enjoy the enormity that is your own [[soul]]. So take time, from time to time, to [[remember]] all this life you have lived. And treasure the [[fact]] that so much of this wealth is all these other human beings you have known, the other persons with whom you have shared this gift of life. I think you will find this answers the questions I asked at first. Thank You, our Father, for this life You have given us. And thank You for this ability we have to share it with others.

This is what your Mother and I treasure to be involved in. You have within you a [[choice]]. You can invite Us to share your life with you. And this is a real choice. This is the way you can actually influence your Creator Father and Mother. This is a gift you can give Us even as our Father has given all of us life itself. What We would [[love]] to see is your being able to treasure this treasure that you can offer Us. It is not pride but rather [[humility]] for you to stop from time to time in your busy lives and enjoy the enormity that is your own [[soul]]. So take time, from time to time, to [[remember]] all this life you have lived. And treasure the [[fact]] that so much of this wealth is all these other human beings you have known, the other persons with whom you have shared this gift of life. I think you will find this answers the questions I asked at first. Thank You, our Father, for this life You have given us. And thank You for this ability we have to share it with others.

Student: Michael, earlier this evening Welmek wanted to [[transmit]] through me and this has been a quandary I have been in these past few months – my resistance to this. Part of me wants and [[desire]]s to come from my own self, to speak from my own soul, and to hear my own inner voice, and learn from that. So I guess there’s this confusion within me, to hear God within me, to propel me to reach a greater understanding… (Long pause)

Student: Michael, earlier this evening Welmek wanted to [[transmit]] through me and this has been a quandary I have been in these past few months – my resistance to this. Part of me wants and [[desire]]s to come from my own self, to speak from my own soul, and to hear my own inner voice, and learn from that. So I guess there’s this confusion within me, to hear God within me, to propel me to reach a greater understanding… (Long pause)

Michael: D, my son, there is a very natural, instinctual [[fear]] of the unknown. It is a caution that deserves [[respect]], even [[love]] and [[understanding]], for it is not just an [[animal]] reaction, but, on [[Urantia]] especially, there is a great [[wisdom]] in this caution. You all know, in a sense you have all personally experienced in your own life, or in the life of someone close to you, the consequences of foolhardiness. You know what happens, and can happen, to those who fear to experience any fear at all. With respect to receiving the direct input of another [[unique]] [[personality]], I think it will help you enormously to keep in [[mind]] the very [[nature]] of these [[beings]]. Coming from the realm of [[Spirit]], this is the very [[Essence]] you do not have to fear. Your [[Father Fragment]] is God Himself. [[Mother Spirit]] and Myself are your divine Parents. We love and sustain you more than you can know at this [[phase]] of your life. Other [[ascendant]] [[mortals]] who have actually lived a life much like yours, have gone on to [[experience]] what is so far beyond your [[imagination]] that you will not be able, in any way, to suppress your own surprise when you encounter it yourself. This is what they are. The [[ministering spirits]], the children directly created by [[Mother Spirit]], who delight in contacting you, and offering what you can use - good [[practical]] [[things]], lessons, spiritual laws you can use in your present [[state]]; none of these need you fear. But it is your own heart, and your own mind, and the resources of your own soul which will finally make this assessment for you. But it still takes [[courage]], knowing all of this deep in your heart, and your mind, and your soul, it still takes courage to step off and try. And though you may not yet [[realize]] it, this [[adventure]] is of your own [[free will|choosing]]. From your deepest needs, your soul delights is this adventure: you cannot know until your try. And your very [[desire]] to grow, to experience another personality alongside this stream of [[reality]] you are creating for yourself – that you mentioned - your need to be fulfilled with [[sharing]] your life with another, will show you the way. But the choice is yours. The freedom is yours. Enjoy it, my son.

Michael: D, my son, there is a very natural, instinctual [[fear]] of the unknown. It is a caution that deserves [[respect]], even [[love]] and [[understanding]], for it is not just an [[animal]] reaction, but, on [[Urantia]] especially, there is a great [[wisdom]] in this caution. You all know, in a sense you have all personally experienced in your own life, or in the life of someone close to you, the consequences of foolhardiness. You know what happens, and can happen, to those who fear to experience any fear at all. With respect to receiving the direct input of another [[unique]] [[personality]], I think it will help you enormously to keep in [[mind]] the very [[nature]] of these [[beings]]. Coming from the realm of [[Spirit]], this is the very [[Essence]] you do not have to fear. Your [[Father Fragment]] is God Himself. [[Mother Spirit]] and Myself are your divine Parents. We love and sustain you more than you can know at this [[phase]] of your life. Other [[ascendant]] [[mortals]] who have actually lived a life much like yours, have gone on to [[experience]] what is so far beyond your [[imagination]] that you will not be able, in any way, to suppress your own surprise when you encounter it yourself. This is what they are. The [Paper 38 - Ministering Spirits of the Local Universe ministering spirits], the children directly created by [[Mother Spirit]], who delight in contacting you, and offering what you can use - good [[practical]] [[things]], lessons, spiritual laws you can use in your present [[state]]; none of these need you fear. But it is your own heart, and your own mind, and the resources of your own soul which will finally make this assessment for you. But it still takes [[courage]], knowing all of this deep in your heart, and your mind, and your soul, it still takes courage to step off and try. And though you may not yet [[realize]] it, this [[adventure]] is of your own [[free will|choosing]]. From your deepest needs, your soul delights is this adventure: you cannot know until your try. And your very [[desire]] to grow, to experience another personality alongside this stream of [[reality]] you are creating for yourself – that you mentioned - your need to be fulfilled with [[sharing]] your life with another, will show you the way. But the choice is yours. The freedom is yours. Enjoy it, my son.

Student: I can understand, Michael, if the [[idea]] that I would rather choose the life of the [[spirit]] than the life I see in this world, then it no longer has that pull, and that I do have a choice. And then what I see out in the world, what is so unnecessary, so lifeless… It is my desire, and my [[intention]], to live this [[vision]] that Gods holds for me, that God feeds me right here and now. That has always been my intention, whether I was conscious of it or not. And I realize that there are infinite celestial beings out there who are desiring to share their [[wisdom]] and [[knowledge]], and I probably have been educated by them without even knowing it – overshadowed by them – ‘cause their vision is the same as God’s…

Student: I can understand, Michael, if the [[idea]] that I would rather choose the life of the [[spirit]] than the life I see in this world, then it no longer has that pull, and that I do have a choice. And then what I see out in the world, what is so unnecessary, so lifeless… It is my desire, and my [[intention]], to live this [[vision]] that Gods holds for me, that God feeds me right here and now. That has always been my intention, whether I was conscious of it or not. And I realize that there are infinite celestial beings out there who are desiring to share their [[wisdom]] and [[knowledge]], and I probably have been educated by them without even knowing it – overshadowed by them – ‘cause their vision is the same as God’s…

===Closing===

===Closing===

Well, My sons, another evening draws to a close. Remember I am with you always, and I ask you, as a father, to give Me of yourselves all you can, and I will reflect it back to you one hundred fold. This is what we do – we share our lives. All My love goes with you. Good evening.

Well, My sons, another evening draws to a close. [[Remember]] I am with you always, and I ask you, as a [[Parent|father]], to give Me of yourselves all you can, and I will [[reflect]] it back to you one hundred fold. This is what we do – we share our lives. All My [[love]] goes with you. Good evening.

[[Category: The Teaching Mission: Dialogues]]

[[Category: The Teaching Mission: Dialogues]]