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Student:  Thank you, Mother, for your constant love and support without cease in our lives.  I truly appreciate your being here, and being here with you.  
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Student:  Thank you, Mother, for your constant [[love]] and [[support]] without cease in our lives.  I truly appreciate your being here, and being here with you.  
 
   
 
   
NEBADONIA:  Thank you, my son.  What a glory it is for Michael and me to have such children that we can talk with, and laugh with, and share so much.  It seems so hard at times to get our children to accept all that they are.  Your world has been uniquely blighted insofar as it has been several hundred thousand years without a Son of God living on the planet and teaching all these things from each person’s birth, developing world-wide cultures where it is a uniformly accepted fact of your spiritual nature.  
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NEBADONIA:  Thank you, my son.  What a [[glory]] it is for Michael and me to have such [[children]] that we can talk with, and [[laugh]] with, and [[share]] so much.  It seems so hard at times to get our children to accept all that they are.  Your world has been [[uniquely]] blighted insofar as it has been several hundred thousand years without a Son of God living on the [[planet]] and teaching all these [[things]] from each person’s birth, developing world-wide [[cultures]] where it is a [[uniformly]] accepted [[fact]] of your spiritual nature.  
 
   
 
   
But we are where we are, you and I, and as we’ve been teaching, this rather peculiar and unique world situation of yours does have its compensations.  More courage is called for, but then more courage is forthcoming.  There is more fear, but then there is the hope that triumphs over it.  So thank you, my son; let’s carry on and enjoy these challenges together.  
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But we are where we are, you and I, and as we’ve been teaching, this rather peculiar and unique [[Isolation|world situation]] of yours does have its compensations.  More [[courage]] is called for, but then more courage is forthcoming.  There is more [[fear]], but then there is the [[hope]] that triumphs over it.  So thank you, my son; let’s carry on and enjoy these [[challenge]]s together.  
 
   
 
   
 
Student:  I’ll go for that!
 
Student:  I’ll go for that!
 
   
 
   
NEBADONIA:  Yes, this is the divine sharing that is the delight of life.  Be in my love and have a happy new year.
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NEBADONIA:  Yes, this is the [[divine]] sharing that is the delight of life.  Be in my [[love]] and have a happy new year.
 
   
 
   
Student:  Yes, Mother Spirit.  You said that we co-create with you and the presence of God within us.  Do we create everything that transpires in our lives?
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Student:  Yes, Mother Spirit.  You said that we [[co-create]] with you and the presence of God within us.  Do we create everything that transpires in our lives?
 
===='''''[[Co-creation]]'''''====
 
===='''''[[Co-creation]]'''''====
 
(Co-creating ones own reality)  
 
(Co-creating ones own reality)  
 
   
 
   
NEBADONIA:  My son, we call it co-creation because you are in the midst of not only God’s creation of a universe, but also in your everyday social, and political, and economic realities, you are involved with all the other human beings as well surrounding you.  So your reality is a co-creation in how you perceive and interpret all this for yourself.  There is an objective reality out there, even your own living body which obeys physical and chemical laws.  It’s how you take all this that is very much up to you--your ability to respond to all that comes at you.  In addition, consider what comes from your own personality, your own spiritual creativity introducing something uniquely yours into the mix you perceive and express.  
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NEBADONIA:  My son, we call it [[co-creation]] because you are in the midst of not only God’s [[creation]] of a [[universe]], but also in your everyday [[social]], and [[political]], and [[economic]] realities, you are involved with all the other human beings as well surrounding you.  So your [[reality]] is a co-creation in how you [[perceive]] and [[interpret]] all this for yourself.  There is an [[objective]] reality out there, even your own living [[body]] which obeys [[physical]] and [[chemical]] [[law]]s.  It’s how you take all this that is very much up to you--your ability to [[respond]] to all that comes at you.  In addition, consider what comes from your own [[personality]], your own [[spiritual]] [[creativity]] introducing something uniquely yours into the mix you perceive and express.  
 
   
 
   
Student, laughing:  That’s more palpable.  Because there are some philosophies or teachings out there that say that we are creating everything that happens to us, whether it is positive or negative.  Like, let’s say, someone’s house burns down.  Well, somehow they created that experience.  There’s some notion of Karma, or just thinking negatively--always having a fear about that--that caused it.  Or someone wins the lottery, on the other extreme; they created that, somehow.  They were open to that.  Could you comment on that?
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Student, laughing:  That’s more palpable.  Because there are some [[philosophies]] or teachings out there that say that we are creating everything that happens to us, whether it is [[Goodness|positive]] or [[negative]].  Like, let’s say, someone’s house burns down.  Well, somehow they created that [[experience]].  There’s some notion of [[Karma]], or just thinking negatively--always having a [[[Link title]][fear]] about that--that caused it.  Or someone wins the lottery, on the other extreme; they created that, somehow.  They were open to that.  Could you comment on that?
 
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===='''''[[Subjectivity]]'''''====
NEBADONIA:  Yes, my son, that seems to be a philosophy of pure subjectivity, that your own inner life is solely responsible for everything that happens to you.  But from our standpoint, that is literally denying the objective existence of a whole universe full of--even on your one world here--billions of personal beings who are interacting with you, let alone enormous natural forces of weather or geology--hurricanes and earthquakes and such.  Even on the smallest scale, you can be a very good driver and still be blind-sided by someone who is totally out of control.
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NEBADONIA:  Yes, my son, that seems to be a [[philosophy]] of [[pure]] [[subjectivity]], that your own [[inner life]] is solely responsible for everything that happens to you.  But from our [[standpoint]], that is literally denying the objective [[existence]] of a [[Universe of Universes|whole universe]] full of--even on your one world here--billions of [[personal]] beings who are interacting with you, let alone enormous natural [[forces]] of [[weather]] or [[geology]]--[[Catastrophism|hurricanes and earthquakes]] and such.  Even on the smallest scale, you can be a very good driver and still be blind-sided by someone who is totally out of control.
 
   
 
   
Things happen to people.  From our point of view, it’s only a great pretense for a person to say they understand, or their philosophy comprehends, the total cause and effect in the physical, mental, and spiritual complexity of events surrounding a unique individual’s life interacting within his or her society.  To us it’s a better part of humility, and much more accurate, to acknowledge this transcendent complexity of forces and personalities involved.  This is the basis for your humility, this perception of the enormous encompassing involved in your, and everyone else’s, life; and yet not fear it.  
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[[Things]] happen to people.  From our point of view, it’s only a great pretense for a person to say they understand, or their [[philosophy]] comprehends, the total cause and effect in the physical, mental, and spiritual [[complexity]] of [[events]] surrounding a [[unique]] individual’s life interacting within his or her [[society]].  To us it’s a better part of [[humility]], and much more accurate, to acknowledge this [[transcendent]] complexity of forces and personalities involved.  This is the basis for your humility, this [[perception]] of the enormous [[encompassing]] involved in your, and everyone else’s, life; and yet not fear it.  
 
   
 
   
But it is a challenge.  Something totally unforeseen and having no direct or even indirect cause on your own part can happen--say a terrible car accident that leaves you crippled.  That is a huge challenge that life has thrown at you.  The worst possible thing would be for someone to heap guilt upon you right in the middle of all this, saying you somehow deserved it; implying they could somehow know so thoroughly and totally why you brought it on yourself.  What a terrible pretense!  What human arrogance!  
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But it is a [[challenge]].  Something totally unforeseen and having no direct or even indirect cause on your own part can happen--say a terrible car [[accident]] that leaves you crippled.  That is a huge challenge that life has thrown at you.  The worst possible thing would be for someone to heap [[guilt]] upon you right in the middle of all this, saying you somehow deserved it; implying they could somehow know so thoroughly and totally why you brought it on yourself.  What a terrible pretense!  What human arrogance!  
 
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===='''''[[Karma]]'''''====
Student:  Yes, it could lead to being afraid to think anything new, or step out the door.  Yet there seems to be whole countries whose social systems are based on that kind of thinking, that phony kind of Karma.  Everything that happens to people, they somehow deserved it, so if they’re born into some lower caste, then that’s their due, and they always have to be that.  Imagine the oppressiveness of that.  It seems the notions of Karma, or reincarnation, or original sin, are just man’s attempts to come to grips with their own sense of evil--why that happens to people.  It’s because of original sin, or something they did five lifetimes ago.  It just seems absurd.  It’s not taking into account what you mentioned about the real complexity of reality and how there’s something new and different in each event.
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Student:  Yes, it could lead to being afraid to think anything new, or step out the door.  Yet there seems to be whole countries whose [[social]] [[systems]] are based on that kind of [[thinking]], that phony kind of [[Karma]].  Everything that happens to people, they somehow deserved it, so if they’re born into some lower [[caste]], then that’s their due, and they always have to be that.  [[Imagine]] the [[Tyranny|oppressiveness]] of that.  It seems the notions of [[Karma]], or [[reincarnation]], or [[original sin]], are just man’s attempts to come to grips with their own sense of [[evil]]--why that happens to people.  It’s because of original sin, or something they did five lifetimes ago.  It just seems absurd.  It’s not taking into account what you mentioned about the real complexity of reality and how there’s something new and different in each event.
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(You are mirrored in what you do)  
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(You are [[mirror]]ed in what you do)  
 
   
 
   
NEBADONIA:  Yes.  Although not perfectly--that would be another arrogance--there is a relatively valid way to see oneself reflected in the mirror, the feedback you get from interacting with ever-changing objective reality.  Yet so many are unaware of how their own attitude, their own values and judgments are coloring everything that comes to them.  We mentioned one time about how, if you’re cheerful and walking down a city sidewalk, most everybody is looking to catch a little bit of your energy, and smiling back.  Whereas if you’re feeling down and in a mean, grumpy mood, people can sense this and react to it so instantaneously, closing down in self-defense, you’ll be getting your own expression thrown back at you.  If you’re not aware of these very subtle human connections, you’ll end up all the more down and grumpy, blaming all those out there for your situation.  You’ll have lost the initiative to turn things around.
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NEBADONIA:  Yes.  Although not perfectly--that would be another arrogance--there is a [[relatively]] valid way to see oneself reflected in the mirror, the [[feedback]] you get from interacting with ever-changing [[objective]] [[reality]].  Yet so many are unaware of how their own [[attitude]], their own [[values]] and [[judgments]] are [[color]]ing everything that comes to them.  We mentioned one time about how, if you’re cheerful and walking down a city sidewalk, most everybody is looking to catch a little bit of your [[energy]], and smiling back.  Whereas if you’re feeling down and in a mean, grumpy [[mood]], people can sense this and react to it so [[Immediate|instantaneously]], closing down in self-[[defense]], you’ll be getting your own [[expression]] thrown back at you.  If you’re not aware of these very subtle human [[connections]], you’ll end up all the more down and grumpy, blaming all those out there for your situation.  You’ll have lost the initiative to turn things around.
 
===='''''[[Accidents]]'''''====
 
===='''''[[Accidents]]'''''====
 
(Accidents of time and space)
 
(Accidents of time and space)
 
   
 
   
You’re right, my son.  This was where, when Jesus was asked about why a man was born blind--was it something he had done in a previous lifetime, or something his parents had done--he answered, in essence, that from a human perspective, there are accidents of time and space.  It’s only on the level of the Supreme Being that there are no accidents; everything is totally comprehended.  It is certainly the better part of humility and self-honesty to acknowledge this.
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You’re right, my son.  This was where, when [[Jesus]] was asked about why a man was born blind--was it something he had done in a previous lifetime, or something his [[parents]] had done--he answered, in [[essence]], that from a [[human]] [[perspective]], there are accidents of [[time and space]].  It’s only on the level of the [[Supreme Being]] that there are no accidents; everything is totally comprehended.  It is certainly the better part of humility and self-[[honesty]] to acknowledge this.
 
   
 
   
Student:  But is there the possibility, or potential, that when one is more aligned with the Father’s will, then the prospect of accidents or negative things happening to a person are lessened?
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Student:  But is there the possibility, or [[potential]], that when one is more [[Attunement|aligned]] with the Father’s will, then the prospect of accidents or [[negative]] things happening to a person are lessened?
 
   
 
   
NEBADONIA:  Oh, very much so!--especially in terms of inner personal/spiritual reality, because God is spirit; in other words--all-inclusive.  To seek and follow God’s will is to be more open-minded to greater possibility, including considering what accidents might happen.  You’re less likely to be blind-sided when you’re sensitive and open all around, inside and outward.  In addition, God is loving, the original source of all those positive qualities you can perceive in life.  The more you are willing to experience and then project these positive qualities--especially in inter-personal relationships--it does generally lead to a happy and fulfilled life--barring accidents, of course.  (Mother Spirit laughs)  We can’t contradict ourselves here.
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NEBADONIA:  Oh, very much so!--especially in terms of inner [[personal]]/spiritual [[reality]], because God is [[spirit]]; in other words--all-inclusive.  To seek and follow God’s will is to be more open-minded to greater possibility, including considering what accidents might happen.  You’re less likely to be blind-sided when you’re sensitive and open all around, inside and outward.  In addition, God is loving, the [[original]] [[source]] of all those positive qualities you can perceive in life.  The more you are willing to [[experience]] and then project these positive qualities--especially in inter-personal [[relationships]]--it does generally lead to a happy and fulfilled life--barring accidents, of course.  (Mother Spirit laughs)  We can’t contradict ourselves here.
 
   
 
   
Student, laughing with her:  I understand.  Sometimes accidents just happen and challenge us to accept God’s, or the universe’s ways.  But if we let ourselves become more one with our Father, and His will for us, it’s not from a place of fear, you know, like God-fearing Christians; that’s probably a detriment to becoming more in tune to who we truly are.  It’s like uncontrived.  It’s like you said so many times--resting in love and peace, relaxing into that possibility, and opening up to what’s next for us.  If we go along God-fearing, like God’s going to punish us if we don’t follow His will--which has been hammered into us by our religions down through the ages…  We can see what’s happening in the world as a result of all that deliberately created fear.  
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Student, laughing with her:  I understand.  Sometimes accidents just happen and [[challenge]] us to accept God’s, or the [[universe]]’s ways.  But if we let ourselves become more one with [[our Father]], and His will for us, it’s not from a place of [[fear]], you know, like God-fearing Christians; that’s probably a detriment to becoming more in [[tune]] to who we truly are.  It’s like uncontrived.  It’s like you said so many times--resting in [[love]] and [[peace]], relaxing into that possibility, and opening up to what’s next for us.  If we go along God-fearing, like God’s going to punish us if we don’t follow His will--which has been hammered into us by our [[religions]] down through the ages…  We can see what’s happening in the world as a result of all that deliberately created fear.  
 
   
 
   
NEBADONIA:  One of Jesus’ main messages, and a major difference between the Old and the New Testament, was that God is a loving father who wants only the best for all His children--no exceptions.  God certainly doesn’t condone any kind of threat of harm or oppressive teachings in His name.  As Michael recently put it: no one can force their inner spiritual understanding upon anyone else; it can only be offered.  It was how he lived his life among you, as Jesus.   
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NEBADONIA:  One of Jesus’ main messages, and a major [[difference]] between the [[Hebrew Bible|Old]] and the [[Christian Bible|New Testament]], was that God is a loving [[father]] who wants only the best for all His [[children]]--no exceptions.  God certainly doesn’t condone any kind of threat of harm or oppressive teachings in His name.  As Michael recently put it: no one can force their inner spiritual understanding upon anyone else; it can only be offered.  It was how he lived his life among you, as Jesus.   
 
   
 
   
Student:  I just started a new book whose author has a different interpretation of Jesus’ life.  He points out, at that the time, the oppressiveness of the Jewish religion which had so many laws and commandments, like 630 of them, and where a woman had no rights.  Jesus wasn’t so concerned with Rome and its occupation; he was concerned with how his own people treated each other.  
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Student:  I just started a new [[book]] whose author has a different [[interpretation]] of Jesus’ life.  He points out, at that the time, the oppressiveness of the [[Hebrew|Jewish]] [[religion]] which had so many [[laws]] and commandments, like 630 of them, and where a woman had no rights.  Jesus wasn’t so concerned with [[Rome]] and its occupation; he was concerned with how his own people treated each other.  
 
   
 
   
NEBADONIA:  Yes, they were the ones who put him to death; however Roman law dictated that Roman soldiers do it directly.  
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NEBADONIA:  Yes, they were the ones who put him to [[death]]; however Roman [[law]] dictated that Roman soldiers do it directly.  
 
   
 
   
Student:  The celebratory nature of life was sucked out of the people because of their own Sanhedrin and the laws that were imposed.  You couldn’t do this; you couldn’t do that.  You couldn’t breathe--almost.  Anyway, that’s what I gathered in the first few pages of this book.
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Student:  The celebratory nature of life was sucked out of the people because of their own [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanhedrin Sanhedrin] and the laws that were imposed.  You couldn’t do this; you couldn’t do that.  You couldn’t [[breathe]]--almost.  Anyway, that’s what I gathered in the first few pages of this book.
 
   
 
   
NEBADONIA:  We mentioned once an overview of human civilization would be how only recently the tribal level of society has lead to the nation/state level, all the while their security considerations have led to endless warfare.  The leaders tend to enforce their rules to insure control, but then, in a reversal of your common saying, can’t see the trees for the forest.  These hierarchies of authority who feel, because of their own inner anxieties, it’s necessary to control the people, come to consider only the over-all strategic political view and loose sight of the individuals involved.
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NEBADONIA:  We mentioned once an overview of [[human]] [[civilization]] would be how only recently the tribal level of [[society]] has lead to the nation/state level, all the while their security considerations have led to endless [[warfare]].  The leaders tend to enforce their rules to insure control, but then, in a reversal of your common saying, can’t see the trees for the forest.  These [[hierarchies]] of [[authority]] who feel, because of their own inner anxieties, it’s [[necessary]] to control the people, come to consider only the over-all strategic [[political]] view and loose sight of the [[individuals]] involved.
 
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(Individual reality)  
 
(Individual reality)  
 
   
 
   
This was the case when Jesus walked the earth.  The leaders of social and political power were so concerned with their limited over-all view of “the people”--so-called, they pretty nearly chocked the life out of the folks who comprised it.  Jesus’ teachings were about the reality of the individual, however they are grouped in society, and for whatever reason.  They are individuals.  That is the living reality.  It was because of Jesus’ teaching that women were both granted, and achieved, the greatest freedom and equal status with men, reflective of the relationship between Michael and myself.  That’s become another wonderful blossoming in your world today.  Think of all the now more free-wheeling spiritual creativity of all womankind being encouraged and released for the betterment of their societies, as well as in their individual lives.  
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This was the case when [[Jesus]] walked the [[earth]].  The leaders of [[social]] and political [[power]] were so concerned with their limited over-all view of “the [[Population|people]]”--so-called, they pretty nearly chocked the life out of the folks who comprised it.  Jesus’ teachings were about the [[reality]] of the [[individual]], however they are [[group]]ed in [[society]], and for whatever reason.  They are individuals.  That is the living reality.  It was because of Jesus’ teaching that women were both granted, and achieved, the greatest [[freedom]] and [[Equality|equal]] status with men, [[reflective]] of the [[relationship]] between Michael and myself.  That’s become another wonderful blossoming in your world today.  Think of all the now more free-wheeling spiritual [[creativity]] of all [[womankind]] being encouraged and released for the betterment of their societies, as well as in their individual lives.  
 
   
 
   
So when you look to any culture, society, economic system, political system or religion; always ask: what is it doing to encourage the growth of mature self-reliance and responsibility along with individual freedom for all its citizens?  How much do the leaders trust in the people to be their own best guides?  
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So when you look to any [[culture]], [[society]], [[economic]] [[system]], political system or [[religion]]; always ask: what is it doing to [[encourage]] the [[growth]] of [[mature]] self-reliance and [[responsibility]] along with [[individual]] [[freedom]] for all its [[citizens]]?  How much do the leaders [[trust]] in the people to be their own best guides?  
 
   
 
   
Student:  I think that goes both ways.  I think people are coming to grips with their own reality, and that of their governments.  Something has to give.  
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Student:  I think that goes both ways.  I think people are coming to grips with their own reality, and that of their [[governments]].  Something has to give.  
 
   
 
   
NEBADONIA:  True democracy in all realms--science, politics, economics--just general social usage; there is no substitute for individual creativity.  It’s where you get everyone involved, and reap the harvest of everyone’s imagination.  
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NEBADONIA:  True [[democracy]] in all realms--science, politics, economics--just general social usage; there is no substitute for individual [[creativity]].  It’s where you get everyone involved, and reap the [[harvest]] of everyone’s [[imagination]].  
 
   
 
   
 
Student:  And what does that freedom look like?  I think people have so many different ideas about what that would look like.  And not just some material freedom, but inner spiritual freedom, and recognition of our instinctive natures, and truth.
 
Student:  And what does that freedom look like?  I think people have so many different ideas about what that would look like.  And not just some material freedom, but inner spiritual freedom, and recognition of our instinctive natures, and truth.
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(What might free societies look like?)  
 
   
 
   
NEBADONIA:  Yes.  For those poor, hollow leaders who have been, and still are, the most obscenely violent haters among you, with almost nothing inside of a true saving relationship with God; they can only envision that greater freedom as some kind of chaos; just more of what they most inwardly fear--fear for their position; fear for their power over others.  Whereas with the individual who feels the spirit of God within them, filling them to overflowing with spiritual generosity; that is their beautiful, wonderful future evolving endlessly toward even more freedom.  It’s where everyone’s true soul-worth can come out and be more freely and joyously expressed.  
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NEBADONIA:  Yes.  For those poor, hollow [[leaders]] who have been, and still are, the most obscenely [[violent]] haters among you, with almost nothing inside of a true saving [[relationship]] with [[God]]; they can only envision that greater freedom as some kind of [[chaos]]; just more of what they most inwardly fear--fear for their position; fear for their [[power]] over others.  Whereas with the individual who feels the [[Thought Adjuster|spirit of God within them]], filling them to overflowing with spiritual [[generosity]]; that is their [[beautiful]], wonderful future evolving endlessly toward even more freedom.  It’s where everyone’s true soul-[[worth]] can come out and be more freely and joyously [[expressed]].  
 
   
 
   
Student:  A teacher I’ve been with says the greatest pandemic of this world right now is not just poverty, and global warming, and all the various diseases, but emotional and mental instability.  I think that’s so true.  
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Student:  A teacher I’ve been with says the greatest pandemic of this world right now is not just poverty, and global warming, and all the various diseases, but [[emotional]] and mental instability.  I think that’s so true.  
 
   
 
   
NEBADONIA:  Yes, and the only real security and stability are in ones relationship with God.  So the more you can encourage that, and be prepared!--be prepared and welcoming of this blossoming of individual freedom--however chaotic it may seem at first--the more you can know you’re really helping.
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NEBADONIA:  Yes, and the only real [[security]] and stability are in ones [[relationship]] with [[God]].  So the more you can [[encourage]] that, and be [[prepared]]!--be prepared and welcoming of this blossoming of individual freedom--however chaotic it may seem at first--the more you can know you’re really helping.
 
   
 
   
Student:  One last thing.  If you could use another word other than God for praise--because the word God has so many meanings, and has caused so much unsettlement--if you could use another word to describe the indescribable, what would you say that every human being could relate to?  Maybe there is no word, or sentence, or phrase--other than First Source, or Creator, or Super Intelligence, or Divine Intelligence?  How about to atheists?  What could be the Way?  Maybe there is no one word or statement.
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Student:  One last thing.  If you could use another [[word]] other than God for praise--because the word God has so many [[meanings]], and has caused so much unsettlement--if you could use another word to describe the indescribable, what would you say that every human being could relate to?  Maybe there is no word, or sentence, or phrase--other than [[First Source]], or [[Creator]], or Super [[Intelligence]], or Divine Intelligence?  How about to [[atheists]]?  What could be the Way?  Maybe there is no one word or statement.
 
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(God’s personality)  
 
(God’s personality)  
 
   
 
   
NEBADONIA:  Michael and I like to stress the personality of the First Source and Center, and the primal loving nature of His personality--which would not go very well with an atheist who feels ultimate reality is a kind of It, or Just Happening throughout.  Michael, as Jesus, speaking to the human order of beings, referred to God as a loving father.  There are those unfortunate souls who have known only mean-spirited fathers to whom this will not immediately relate, but they can at least imagine by being with friends and their fathers, the idea of a loving, nurturing, supporting father.  
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NEBADONIA:  Michael and I like to stress the [[personality]] of the [[First Source and Center]], and the primal loving [[nature]] of His personality--which would not go very well with an atheist who feels [[ultimate]] reality is a kind of [[Mechanism|It]], or Just Happening throughout.  Michael, as Jesus, speaking to the human order of beings, referred to God as a loving [[father]].  There are those unfortunate souls who have known only mean-spirited fathers to whom this will not immediately relate, but they can at least [[imagine]] by being with [[friends]] and their fathers, the idea of a loving, nurturing, supporting father.  
 
   
 
   
Again, my son, each individual will have their own inner irreducible feeling that is their unique take of this truly ultimate Personality, this primal Creator of everything out of a love and desire to share life itself with His children.
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Again, my son, each individual will have their own inner irreducible [[feeling]] that is their unique take of this truly ultimate Personality, this primal [[Creator]] of [[everything]] out of a [[love]] and [[desire]] to share life itself with His children.
 
   
 
   
 
Student, laughing:  Very good.  Well, thank you.  
 
Student, laughing:  Very good.  Well, thank you.  
 
   
 
   
NEBADONIA:  And let us thank our Father--for us!  Then let us thank Him for all of us!--that we have not only ourselves but we also have each other, to relate to all through eternity.  Oh!--you have so many orders of personal beings to encounter, and they will tickle you immeasurably.  We delight so much in your delight upon reawakening to know, first, you’ve survived!  You still are!--(Mother Spirit breaks up laughing)  This continuity that you are is still continuing.  And then---my goodness!--to look around and here they are, all these different orders of beings in the whole Morontia/soulful level of life.  Keep in mind what your Urantia book calls the universality of the smile-equivalent.  There is something equal to the human smile between all orders of personalities, for mutual reassurance.  
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NEBADONIA:  And let us thank our Father--for us!  Then let us thank Him for all of us!--that we have not only ourselves but we also have each other, to relate to all through [[eternity]].  Oh!--you have so many orders of personal beings to encounter, and they will tickle you immeasurably.  We delight so much in your delight upon [[reawakening]] to know, first, you’ve [[survived]]!  You still are!--(Mother Spirit breaks up [[laughing]])  This [[continuity]] that you are is still continuing.  And then---my [[goodness]]!--to look around and here they are, all these different orders of beings in the whole [[Morontia]]/soulful level of life.  Keep in mind what your [[Urantia book]] calls the universality of the smile-equivalent.  There is something equal to the human smile between all orders of personalities, for mutual reassurance.
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===Closing===
 
===Closing===
 
So Happy New Year, my dear ones.  Thank you for the heartfelt, soulful work you do to help make it that way.  Be in my love.  Good evening.
 
So Happy New Year, my dear ones.  Thank you for the heartfelt, soulful work you do to help make it that way.  Be in my love.  Good evening.