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Marin TM Group—Mill Valley, California—U.S.A.

 

 

Dear Mother Spirit and Michael, We welcome you once again to come join us on this early January evening. We look forward to the challenges of a new year with greater assurance because we know you will be beside us, and with us. We ask your help in finding the courage to, with open hearts and open minds, reach for and embrace the full human experience of this ever new world and universe our Father sets before us. Amen.

Dear Mother Spirit and Michael, We welcome you once again to come join us on this early January evening. We look forward to the challenges of a new year with greater assurance because we know you will be beside us, and with us. We ask your help in finding the courage to, with open hearts and open minds, reach for and embrace the full human experience of this ever new world and universe our Father sets before us. Amen.

NEBADONIA: Good evening my children, this is your spirit mother, Nebadonia—daughter of the Infinite Spirit, the Cosmic Mind of all creation. I feel your warm hearts living within me. I feel your curious and wondering minds opening in the wonderful trust we’ve established between us. I can feel your laughing, joyful spirits playfully teasing me to come join you for, after all, you are truly my children, as well as Michael’s, and you do have my nature too—if you will let yourselves.

NEBADONIA: Good evening my children, this is your spirit mother, Nebadonia—daughter of the Infinite Spirit, the Cosmic Mind of all creation. I feel your warm hearts living within me. I feel your curious and wondering minds opening in the wonderful trust we’ve established between us. I can feel your laughing, joyful spirits playfully teasing me to come join you for, after all, you are truly my children, as well as Michael’s, and you do have my nature too—if you will let yourselves.

 

(Spirited relationships)

*'''''Relationship''''' (Spirited relationships)

 

Recently at a meeting of T/R’s and fellow students, during the holidays, Michael gave a talk on a very basic level of human relationships, and how, if both partners involved are tuned in to their own, and another’s spirits and souls, the relationship itself—the conversations, the exchanges of company—this too can take on the lively and creative qualities of spirit and become very exciting and spontaneous just of its own nature. It’s as if, when you are in a real spiritual contact with another, a third entity comes into existence. Those of you who have fallen in love have known a particular species of this. You are usually so tender and careful with regard to this new-found love, for you correctly intuit how fragile and delicate it is.

Recently at a meeting of T/R’s and fellow students, during the holidays, Michael gave a talk on a very basic level of human relationships, and how, if both partners involved are tuned in to their own, and another’s spirits and souls, the relationship itself—the conversations, the exchanges of company—this too can take on the lively and creative qualities of spirit and become very exciting and spontaneous just of its own nature. It’s as if, when you are in a real spiritual contact with another, a third entity comes into existence. Those of you who have fallen in love have known a particular species of this. You are usually so tender and careful with regard to this new-found love, for you correctly intuit how fragile and delicate it is.

With this fullness within you, you can have the further courage to forget yourself, to let yourself be and trust in your own spontaneous nature. You can not only hear without straining to listen, you can actually see and take someone in without the necessity to aggressively search them. Just open yourself and trust in your own fearless reactions, trust in your own self-confidence that however challenging what they say or how they appear might be, you can encompass it, hear and see deeply. Let go of yourself so you can do this. Trust that in a few moments, or minutes, your own creativity, your own spontaneity will allow you to respond adequately. You needn’t cling so desperately, and fill your mind with what you are going to say next, leaving no room for them. For in those moments when you are so tightly clinging to your own thoughts and getting lost in an anxious need to express yourself, you are not really hearing or seeing. Obviously if both partners are doing this, there is no real communication. So little is being exchanged. There is no chance at all for the combined or co-mingled spirit to come into being.

With this fullness within you, you can have the further courage to forget yourself, to let yourself be and trust in your own spontaneous nature. You can not only hear without straining to listen, you can actually see and take someone in without the necessity to aggressively search them. Just open yourself and trust in your own fearless reactions, trust in your own self-confidence that however challenging what they say or how they appear might be, you can encompass it, hear and see deeply. Let go of yourself so you can do this. Trust that in a few moments, or minutes, your own creativity, your own spontaneity will allow you to respond adequately. You needn’t cling so desperately, and fill your mind with what you are going to say next, leaving no room for them. For in those moments when you are so tightly clinging to your own thoughts and getting lost in an anxious need to express yourself, you are not really hearing or seeing. Obviously if both partners are doing this, there is no real communication. So little is being exchanged. There is no chance at all for the combined or co-mingled spirit to come into being.

(Self-confidence and –forgetfulness)

*'''''Self Confidence''''' (Self-confidence and –forgetfulness)

So with this self-confidence, with this awareness of your own spirit and your partner’s, it is like passing a ball back and forth so quickly, and lively, and spontaneously, it is in the air most of the time. Both partners are resisting the temptation to grab it and run with it—especially as each ones enthusiasm and excitement begins to flower as well. This is not easy; it is an ideal: but it is also a real, learned ability. This is what all the great masters have learned to do, and it is this creative, spontaneous expression that so thoroughly enthralls and convinces those they meet that they are men and women of spirit: they are truly, powerfully humble servants of the Father. They are continuously self-forgetting by taking a genuine interest in those they meet. They are no longer meeting stereotypes; they are meeting individuals. And so you can recognize you are an individual to them. And this is quite God-like.

So with this self-confidence, with this awareness of your own spirit and your partner’s, it is like passing a ball back and forth so quickly, and lively, and spontaneously, it is in the air most of the time. Both partners are resisting the temptation to grab it and run with it—especially as each ones enthusiasm and excitement begins to flower as well. This is not easy; it is an ideal: but it is also a real, learned ability. This is what all the great masters have learned to do, and it is this creative, spontaneous expression that so thoroughly enthralls and convinces those they meet that they are men and women of spirit: they are truly, powerfully humble servants of the Father. They are continuously self-forgetting by taking a genuine interest in those they meet. They are no longer meeting stereotypes; they are meeting individuals. And so you can recognize you are an individual to them. And this is quite God-like.

If you have any questions or comments this evening, let’s toss that ball back and forth.

If you have any questions or comments this evening, let’s toss that ball back and forth.

 

Student: Yes, Mother, I remember what Michael said in our last meeting about when one is totally alone and is experiencing that aloneness, face to face with their own uniqueness in this whole universe. The question that’s been going through my mind these past couple of weeks from reading a book on the law of attraction, seems to resonate with what I’ve been feeling—a subtle confusion about my life and what it is I want. The question is: I want to know what I want!--(laughs)—my relationships, my destiny. Otherwise it’s all kind-of nebulous, or direction-less; and maybe that’s OK. Because I’ve also come to understand, and allow—just allow, without trying to steer myself in any one direction. In that allowing is the trust in the universal wisdom—God’s wisdom, your wisdom; the wisdom that’s in me—my soul.

Student: Yes, Mother, I remember what Michael said in our last meeting about when one is totally alone and is experiencing that aloneness, face to face with their own uniqueness in this whole universe. The question that’s been going through my mind these past couple of weeks from reading a book on the law of attraction, seems to resonate with what I’ve been feeling—a subtle confusion about my life and what it is I want. The question is: I want to know what I want!--(laughs)—my relationships, my destiny. Otherwise it’s all kind-of nebulous, or direction-less; and maybe that’s OK. Because I’ve also come to understand, and allow—just allow, without trying to steer myself in any one direction. In that allowing is the trust in the universal wisdom—God’s wisdom, your wisdom; the wisdom that’s in me—my soul.

So that ‘s where I’m at. And coupled with these thoughts came the idea that I’m no longer of this world. I’m opening up to something greater and more vast and expansive. But I do live on this planet. So I went through a lot of consternation about what it is that I want, because that’s always changing; like what you talked about this evening—the spontaneous relationships. I know I want that, and that want has to be congruent with the vision and the intention that God has for me. (heavy sigh) I’m sure you can make sense of what I said.

So that ‘s where I’m at. And coupled with these thoughts came the idea that I’m no longer of this world. I’m opening up to something greater and more vast and expansive. But I do live on this planet. So I went through a lot of consternation about what it is that I want, because that’s always changing; like what you talked about this evening—the spontaneous relationships. I know I want that, and that want has to be congruent with the vision and the intention that God has for me. (heavy sigh) I’m sure you can make sense of what I said.

(Your own unfathomable nature)

* '''''Personality''''' (Your own unfathomable nature)

NEBADONIA: Oh yes, my son, very much so. It makes me smile, as it did Michael, because we see you right on the edge of the present moment, leaning way out over the precipice of the future, trying to perceive some form out there beyond the rather gross repetitions of day after day and so forth. We’ve often teased you with the notion of an unfathomable mystery in human beings, so let me tell you a little secret here: that this is universal with all personal beings, even Michael and myself. As Michael told you in his last lesson, this is how we are most truly made in God’s image. This is how we most profoundly share in his nature. It may appear to some as a meaningless contradiction, or even a paradox, when Michael said that when you experience your uniqueness, your aloneness in the universe most intensely, and purely, it is not lonely.

NEBADONIA: Oh yes, my son, very much so. It makes me smile, as it did Michael, because we see you right on the edge of the present moment, leaning way out over the precipice of the future, trying to perceive some form out there beyond the rather gross repetitions of day after day and so forth. We’ve often teased you with the notion of an unfathomable mystery in human beings, so let me tell you a little secret here: that this is universal with all personal beings, even Michael and myself. As Michael told you in his last lesson, this is how we are most truly made in God’s image. This is how we most profoundly share in his nature. It may appear to some as a meaningless contradiction, or even a paradox, when Michael said that when you experience your uniqueness, your aloneness in the universe most intensely, and purely, it is not lonely.

Student: Yes—to empower us. Yes. When Michael was speaking to me about being alone, and how he does have someone else in his life, my first thought was: he had Father. But when I spoke to the group here, they mentioned you. What I focused on was different than what others focused on. My partner is God. I’m not going anywhere with this; I just noticed the difference in what I saw and felt in relationship to what others did.

Student: Yes—to empower us. Yes. When Michael was speaking to me about being alone, and how he does have someone else in his life, my first thought was: he had Father. But when I spoke to the group here, they mentioned you. What I focused on was different than what others focused on. My partner is God. I’m not going anywhere with this; I just noticed the difference in what I saw and felt in relationship to what others did.

(Actual and potential)

* '''''Potential''''' (Actual and potential)

NEBADONIA: Yes, Michael mentioned a soul-mate who is his own equal, his co-partner, as he and I have always known each other. And we are different sorts of beings than you. You have the mystery of being moment-to-moment complete, and yet incomplete insofar as you are—as we see you anyway (laughing)—about 99.9999 percent potential, just starting out in eternity. So: very imperfect; yet you are! And this absolute existence you are, though, is perceptible, but not yet a possession of yours. You touch upon it, but you will not truly have yourselves for quite a long time, because you have an eternity to run. Yet you always are! (laughing) We encourage you to let go of yourselves to have a wonderful rediscovery. Even what you call natural or physical death, this large event, we assure you, you will remember for all eternity: the unforgettable experience of having survived. And still you will be just beginning—as are we.

NEBADONIA: Yes, Michael mentioned a soul-mate who is his own equal, his co-partner, as he and I have always known each other. And we are different sorts of beings than you. You have the mystery of being moment-to-moment complete, and yet incomplete insofar as you are—as we see you anyway (laughing)—about 99.9999 percent potential, just starting out in eternity. So: very imperfect; yet you are! And this absolute existence you are, though, is perceptible, but not yet a possession of yours. You touch upon it, but you will not truly have yourselves for quite a long time, because you have an eternity to run. Yet you always are! (laughing) We encourage you to let go of yourselves to have a wonderful rediscovery. Even what you call natural or physical death, this large event, we assure you, you will remember for all eternity: the unforgettable experience of having survived. And still you will be just beginning—as are we.

Student: I’m trying to open up to that—generosity. Just one personal thing, in terms of like soul-mates, and partners, I remember one poet saying that everyone is a soul-mate—that’s how this person saw everyone. It’s like what you and Michael have said about seeing everyone as infinite potential, and treat them with that respect. There’s a lady—there’s so many ladies I’d like to get to know—but it’s like I do have my vision and ideal. There was this one lady who was so compassionate, and beautiful—within and without—and she’s studying to be a nurse… Unfortunately she has a boyfriend, but, you know, there is a connection, and I just have to allow, I guess. But that’s that.

Student: I’m trying to open up to that—generosity. Just one personal thing, in terms of like soul-mates, and partners, I remember one poet saying that everyone is a soul-mate—that’s how this person saw everyone. It’s like what you and Michael have said about seeing everyone as infinite potential, and treat them with that respect. There’s a lady—there’s so many ladies I’d like to get to know—but it’s like I do have my vision and ideal. There was this one lady who was so compassionate, and beautiful—within and without—and she’s studying to be a nurse… Unfortunately she has a boyfriend, but, you know, there is a connection, and I just have to allow, I guess. But that’s that.

(Another hallmark of maturity)

*'''''Maturity''''' (Another hallmark of maturity)

NEBADONIA: Another hallmark of maturity is when, truly, friendship and the spontaneous sharing I spoke of becomes the most valuable thing. You realize that spirit is the origin, the creative dimension that is capable of giving rise to everything you need.

NEBADONIA: Another hallmark of maturity is when, truly, friendship and the spontaneous sharing I spoke of becomes the most valuable thing. You realize that spirit is the origin, the creative dimension that is capable of giving rise to everything you need.

 

Well, it’s been a full evening, my son. We’ve had some sparkling moments. (both laugh) Be in my love. Good evening.

Well, it’s been a full evening, my son. We’ve had some sparkling moments. (both laugh) Be in my love. Good evening.