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===Topic: ''Coincidence, Giving''===

 

Four or more Unidentified Teachers.

 

Subjects:

===TR: [[KL]], [[JS]], [[MB]], [[AH]]===

 

 

 

 

4 - About the Tsunami and Giving and Personal Safety

 

 

 

T/Rs: KL/JS/MB/AH

 

 

After a five minute centering practice, the following questions were replied to:

After a five minute centering practice, the following questions were replied to:

 

 

Q: Time is moving us closer and closer to unfamiliar changes. Do you have a view of how to cope with this process?

Q: Time is moving us closer and closer to unfamiliar changes. Do you have a view of how to cope with this process?

A: (JS)Each of the Father’s children follow the same general path inward, but each personality and each level of experience varies as much as your facial features. The decisions about how a mortal will grow are guided by the Adjuster himself. This process is not known to us, but could be explained as you do not know what your neighbor is thinking. We are sure, whatever, the reason, it has been carefully considered and the reasoning is qualified for the benefit of the individual and their spiritual growth.

A: (JS)Each of the Father’s children follow the same general path inward, but each personality and each level of experience varies as much as your facial features. The decisions about how a mortal will grow are guided by the Adjuster himself. This process is not known to us, but could be explained as you do not know what your neighbor is thinking. We are sure, whatever, the reason, it has been carefully considered and the reasoning is qualified for the benefit of the individual and their spiritual growth.

Q: On a completely different subject, can we expect some help in coping with these dangerous earth events and extreme weather situations?

Q: On a completely different subject, can we expect some help in coping with these dangerous earth events and extreme weather situations?

A: (JS)A system like Urantia is balanced, but even within a balanced system, there are processes. These processes are designed to facilitate and maintain the environment in with you thrive. The extreme weather is just a part of this process, or pattern to may call it. Urantia is a evolutionary world; its evolution does not stop. . . these changes continue to occur, but one larger "unusual" event can effect other processes, which appear to you as a chain of events. Though these chains of events are related, it does not mean that problems will continue to grow. The planet is shifting, and there is settling to do. You will experience a gradual decline in these events as things settle down, as you would experience when you throw a rock into a pond and watch the ripples effect the whole pond.

A: (JS)A system like Urantia is balanced, but even within a balanced system, there are processes. These processes are designed to facilitate and maintain the environment in which you thrive. The extreme weather is just a part of this process, or pattern to may call it. Urantia is a evolutionary world; its evolution does not stop. . . these changes continue to occur, but one larger "unusual" event can effect other processes, which appear to you as a chain of events. Though these chains of events are related, it does not mean that problems will continue to grow. The planet is shifting, and there is settling to do. You will experience a gradual decline in these events as things settle down, as you would experience when you throw a rock into a pond and watch the ripples effect the whole pond.

 

Q: Earlier today, I was originally going to ask about whether there was a "moral danger" (a phrase I'd read in a magazine article about giving handouts to the needy while traveling in other countries) by not giving money to the poor, but I was asking the question more in regard to the tsunami victims. I didn't write the response but it was to the effect that if a person has faith in Father, their physical needs will be taken care of.

Q: Earlier today, I was originally going to ask about whether there was a "moral danger" (a phrase I'd read in a magazine article about giving handouts to the needy while traveling in other countries) by not giving money to the poor, but I was asking the question more in regard to the tsunami victims. I didn't write the response but it was to the effect that if a person has faith in Father, their physical needs will be taken care of.

Father's love is not a spigot that he opens and closes on a whim depending on the person. The waters of Father's love flow 24/7/365, indiscriminately. And so must your intention of helping others be always of a grander scale than just when someone is paying for a massage.

Father's love is not a spigot that he opens and closes on a whim depending on the person. The waters of Father's love flow 24/7/365, indiscriminately. And so must your intention of helping others be always of a grander scale than just when someone is paying for a massage.

Q: I am thinking about the experience of being robbed or mugged or even worse that could happen to us that was planned to do us harm. How do we use the terrible moment of the crime to give us some hope of getting out of harm’s way?

Q: I am thinking about the experience of being robbed or mugged or even worse that could happen to us that was planned to do us harm. How do we use the terrible moment of the crime to give us some hope of getting out of harm’s way?

[Editor’s note: A discussion in the group developed which resulted in wondering aloud just what part coincidence plays in bringing victim and perpetrator together. The following questions were generated on that theme.]

[Editor’s note: A discussion in the group developed which resulted in wondering aloud just what part coincidence plays in bringing victim and perpetrator together. The following questions were generated on that theme.]

Q: Just what is coincidence as we use it?

Q: Just what is coincidence as we use it?

A1: (JS) Coincidence is a human perception and although there are spiritual forces that affect you, there is no specific term for what you call coincidence. Coincidence can be experienced when two events or two persons are attuned to a similar thought process or related sequences of events. It is but another pattern, an active pattern, that pervades your reality and all degrees of your relationships.

A1: (JS) Coincidence is a human perception and although there are spiritual forces that affect you, there is no specific term for what you call coincidence. Coincidence can be experienced when two events or two persons are attuned to a similar thought process or related sequences of events. It is but another pattern, an active pattern, that pervades your reality and all degrees of your relationships.

But beware. On the level of the Supreme, the Supreme is cognizant and such things are used for some purpose not revealed to you. Don’t mistake these coincidences as some kind of magic or divine fair. [The process of coincidence] is simply not another process, but a process with some exact intention of purpose. Someday you may understand. Just enjoy them and recognize the beauty of these intricate patterns.

But beware. On the level of the Supreme, the Supreme is cognizant and such things are used for some purpose not revealed to you. Don’t mistake these coincidences as some kind of magic or divine fair. The process of coincidence is simply not another process, but a process with some exact intention of purpose. Someday you may understand. Just enjoy them and recognize the beauty of these intricate patterns.

[Editor: The T/R indicated that he also received a picture of a string of beads which happened to have two reds one’s together. He said that the message that came with this picture is that we give significance to the two red beads happening to be together, but there is no divine action causing the coincidence for them to be together, but that the two appearing together IS a pattern that works in the universe even on the levels of Supremacy].

[Editor: The T/R indicated that he also received a picture of a string of beads which happened to have two reds one’s together. He said that the message that came with this picture is that we give significance to the two red beads happening to be together, but there is no divine action causing the coincidence for them to be together, but that the two appearing together IS a pattern that works in the universe even on the levels of Supremacy].

A3: (MB) The word "coincidence" is a "catchall" word for situations that occur which bear similarity. There are many levels of coincidence from your happenstance to more incredulous occurrences that you have not given active consideration to. As you rise to the level of the Supreme, he becomes more involved in those situations [Editor- that is, if we correctly understand the remarks, coincidence can shade into the experience of divine Providence]. These are not to be confused with the more happenstance coincidences.

A3: (MB) The word "coincidence" is a "catchall" word for situations that occur which bear similarity. There are many levels of coincidence from your happenstance to more incredulous occurrences that you have not given active consideration to. As you rise to the level of the Supreme, he becomes more involved in those situations [Editor- that is, if we correctly understand the remarks, coincidence can shade into the experience of divine Providence]. These are not to be confused with the more happenstance coincidences.