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Student:          Typical spring.

Student:          Typical spring.

===Dialogue===

===Dialogue===

MONJORONSON:  Sometimes [[change]] is [[difficult]] and sometimes lack of change is difficult.  When you are ready to see [[things]] happen and they don’t happen, it can be as frustrating as when things happen and you are not ready for them to happen, hence the [[desirability]] of [[adaptability]].  I will not insult your [[intelligence]] by suggesting you not have [[expectations]], for you have every right to expect certain [[things]] to come to pass because it is [[written]] that in the spring you will have [[renewal]], in the summer you will have [[fullness]], in fall you will have decline and in the winter you will have dormancy.  And so here in early springtime you have [[change]], just as in the springtime of a new [[dispensation]] you have [[change]], and sometimes it is not as speedy as you would [[hope]] and sometimes it is quicker than you would like.  

MONJORONSON:  Sometimes [[change]] is [[difficult]] and sometimes lack of change is difficult.  When you are ready to see [[things]] happen and they don’t happen, it can be as frustrating as when things happen and you are not ready for them to happen, hence the [[desirability]] of [[adaptability]].  I will not insult your [[intelligence]] by suggesting you not have [[expectations]], for you have every right to expect certain [[things]] to come to pass because it is [[written]] that in the spring you will have [[renewal]], in the summer you will have [[fullness]], in fall you will have decline and in the winter you will have dormancy.  And so here in early springtime you have [[change]], just as in the springtime of a new [[dispensation]] you have [[change]], and sometimes it is not as speedy as you would [[hope]] and sometimes it is quicker than you would like.  

   

   

MONJORONSON:  Well, yes!  You have been for some time!  This is what all this newness is about, all this [[change]] which was spoken of some time ago.  I [[understand]] there has been a question presented – a fairly lengthy question - having to do with something I said sometime in the [[past]].  Would you like to present that for the [[record]]?

MONJORONSON:  Well, yes!  You have been for some time!  This is what all this newness is about, all this [[change]] which was spoken of some time ago.  I [[understand]] there has been a question presented – a fairly lengthy question - having to do with something I said sometime in the [[past]].  Would you like to present that for the [[record]]?

   

   

Student:          “On [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Population_Reduction-2006-06-11 June 11, 2006], you [[stated]] this with regard to [[population]] reduction:  ‘It is [[Inevitable|unavoidable]]; it is now in [[preparation]], we are [[aware]] that there are [[forces]] in your world which will [[change]] the [[population]] level dramatically in a very brief period of [[time]].’

Student:          “On [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Population_Reduction-2006-06-11 June 11, 2006], you [[stated]] this with regard to [[population]] reduction:  ‘It is [[Inevitable|unavoidable]]; it is now in [[preparation]], we are [[aware]] that there are [[forces]] in your world which will [[change]] the [[population]] level dramatically in a very brief period of [[time]].’

   

   

“I have been [[reading]] about the [[leaders]] of our world and how they [[desire]] to cull the world’s [[population]].  One leader stated over thirty years ago that the population needed to be reduced by eighty percent.  These same [[leaders]] [[think]] that they are superior to the rest of the [[races]] of [[mankind]].  They are looking for worldwide global domination and [[genocide]] is one way to get what they are seeking.

“I have been [[reading]] about the [[leaders]] of our world and how they [[desire]] to cull the world’s [[population]].  One leader stated over thirty years ago that the population needed to be reduced by eighty percent.  These same [[leaders]] [[think]] that they are superior to the rest of the [[races]] of [[mankind]].  They are looking for worldwide global domination and [[genocide]] is one way to get what they are seeking.

MONJORONSON:  No, I am not saying that.  You are saying that.  You have overlaid my comment about “forces” with your concerns that those “forces” are [[governments]] and/or principalities.  Those are two [[different]] [[things]].  People will always [[respond]] to natural disaster, but I was talking about [[Catastrophism|natural disaster]], and it is [[apparent]] that some of these [[things]] I [[predicted]] are in [[fact]] coming to pass.  Recall last month I said I was here somewhat as an engineer to see if the bridge would withstand earthquakes and the like.  This is an example of what I was talking about.  How will your world hold up in the face of the many [[dynamic]] [[physical]] [[changes]] that are visited upon you at this time in your [[geologic]] [[history]]?  How your [[governments]] and [[power]] [[structures]] handle these physical disasters and/or concerns is another subject entirely.  

MONJORONSON:  No, I am not saying that.  You are saying that.  You have overlaid my comment about “forces” with your concerns that those “forces” are [[governments]] and/or principalities.  Those are two [[different]] [[things]].  People will always [[respond]] to natural disaster, but I was talking about [[Catastrophism|natural disaster]], and it is [[apparent]] that some of these [[things]] I [[predicted]] are in [[fact]] coming to pass.  Recall last month I said I was here somewhat as an engineer to see if the bridge would withstand earthquakes and the like.  This is an example of what I was talking about.  How will your world hold up in the face of the many [[dynamic]] [[physical]] [[changes]] that are visited upon you at this time in your [[geologic]] [[history]]?  How your [[governments]] and [[power]] [[structures]] handle these physical disasters and/or concerns is another subject entirely.  

   

   

It behooves you to distinguish between the two.  No one can be held [[responsible]] for “[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_God acts of God].” They are a [[natural]] part of the [[evolutionary]] [[process]] of [[planetary]] [[development]].  [[Urantia]] is still a young planet.  It is still cooling.  The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tectonic_Plates tectonic plates] are still unsettled.  [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanoes Volcanoes] are still giving [[evidence]] of the [[fact]] of the molten underbelly.  You can, to some extent, [[prepare]] for these disasters or forestall being [[negatively]] impacted by them, by simply being [[aware]] of the world on which you live and what the [[prognosis]] is for these natural disasters, based on [[history]].  

It behooves you to distinguish between the two.  No one can be held [[responsible]] for “[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_God acts of God].” They are a [[natural]] part of the [[evolutionary]] [[process]] of [[planetary]] [[development]].  [[Urantia]] is still a young planet.  It is still cooling.  The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tectonic_Plates tectonic plates] are still unsettled.  [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanoes Volcanoes] are still giving [[evidence]] of the [[fact]] of the molten underbelly.  You can, to some extent, [[prepare]] for these disasters or forestall being [[negatively]] impacted by them, by simply being [[aware]] of the world on which you live and what the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prognosis prognosis] is for these natural disasters, based on [[history]].  

   

   

Many people [[choose]] to live on the hillside even though they have seen other houses destroyed by mudslides.  Many, many people live in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floods flood zones] and cannot be surprised when they are flooded out, just as people who live in the wake of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoons typhoons] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricanes hurricanes] must be [[prepared]] to batten their hatches when hurricane season comes along.  This is all part of what it is to live on a [[material world]] – particularly one that is undergoing [[natural]] [[changes]].

Many people [[choose]] to live on the hillside even though they have seen other houses destroyed by mudslides.  Many, many people live in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floods flood zones] and cannot be surprised when they are flooded out, just as people who live in the wake of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoons typhoons] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricanes hurricanes] must be [[prepared]] to batten their hatches when hurricane season comes along.  This is all part of what it is to live on a [[material world]] – particularly one that is undergoing [[natural]] [[changes]].

   

   

Student:  Was your [[statement]] meant, perhaps, to give us a warning that these [[things]] are going to be happening? Not that it’s a bad thing, but that … just know it’s going to happen and be [[prepared]].  It’s not an [[evil]] world; it’s that your earth is still young and settling.  We should [[realize]] that without you having to tell us.

Student:  Was your [[statement]] meant, perhaps, to give us a warning that these [[things]] are going to be happening? Not that it’s a bad thing, but that … just know it’s going to happen and be [[prepared]].  It’s not an [[evil]] world; it’s that your earth is still young and settling.  We should [[realize]] that without you having to tell us.

   

   

MONJORONSON:  You should [[realize]] that without [[feeling]] I have given you a warning.  You ought to know these [[things]] about your world without my having to tell you, and having mentioned it, you should not/ ought not to be shocked or amazed that I would say such a [[thing]].  I have nothing to do with it.  Anyone can make these [[observations]].  If you live on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Andreas_Fault San Andreas Fault], you can expect to be affected by an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake earthquake].  If you live in the shadow of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Vesuvius Mt. Vesuvius], you can anticipate lava flows or volcanic ash.  It is so elemental!

MONJORONSON:  You should [[realize]] that without [[feeling]] I have given you a warning.  You ought to know these [[things]] about your world without my having to tell you, and having mentioned it, you should not/ ought not to be shocked or amazed that I would say such a [[thing]].  I have nothing to do with it.  Anyone can make these [[observations]].  If you live on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Andreas_Fault San Andreas Fault], you can expect to be affected by an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake earthquake].  If you live in the shadow of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Vesuvius Mt. Vesuvius], you can anticipate lava flows or volcanic ash.  It is so elemental!

   

   

Student:  If the [[decimation]] comes, then how will [[things]] [[change]] if these [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabal selfish elite families] are not removed?  If these selfish ruling families are allowed to remain, they will use the [[decimation]] as a time to gain further [[control]] over their brethren.  What I would like to know is whether or not these [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabal ruling elites] will be removed from our [[earth]] [[dimension]] to the next one so that those [[persons]] wanting a [[change]] to [[light]] and life will see it happen.  I don’t see how we will ever [[achieve]] the opening stages of [[light and life]] if [[evil]], selfish greedy men bent on global domination and [[genocide]] are allowed to remain.  

Student:  If the [[decimation]] comes, then how will [[things]] [[change]] if these [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabal selfish elite families] are not removed?  If these selfish ruling families are allowed to remain, they will use the [[decimation]] as a time to gain further [[control]] over their brethren.  What I would like to know is whether or not these [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabal ruling elites] will be removed from our [[earth]] [[dimension]] to the next one so that those [[persons]] wanting a [[change]] to [[light]] and life will see it happen.  I don’t see how we will ever [[achieve]] the opening stages of [[light and life]] if [[evil]], selfish greedy men bent on global domination and [[genocide]] are allowed to remain.  

   

   

MONJORONSON:  Obviously a part of your [[fears]] is that when disaster strikes there will be those who take undue [[advantage]].  Your concern that the [[powers]] and principalities that rule in your world will renew their [[efforts]] with gusto to take over and rule the world for their own selfish gain … this too is nothing new.  This has been going on since time began.  [[Caligastia]] started it -- and it [[probably]] happened well before Caligastia arrived.  It has happened in every [[generation]] since.  

MONJORONSON:  Obviously a part of your [[fears]] is that when disaster strikes there will be those who take undue advantage.  Your concern that the [[powers]] and principalities that rule in your world will renew their [[efforts]] with gusto to take over and rule the world for their own selfish gain … this too is nothing new.  This has been going on since time began.  [[Caligastia]] started it -- and it [[probably]] happened well before Caligastia arrived.  It has happened in every [[generation]] since.

Since [[Christ]], there have indeed been [[powers]] that have arisen. [[Rome]], of course, was in command when he lived here but since then there has been many [[changes]] in [[government]], there have been new [[powers]] and they have taken turns at being the [[power]] to [[fear]] at any given time.  This is the [[nature]] of the beast -- the one which seeks to take over, that seeks [[power]], that seeks to rule over [[everything]] and everyone.  Some of these are [[beneficent]] powers.  Some are [[evil]] and they too come and go.  They come into [[being]] and they die out, if for no other reason than because they are [[finite]], they are [[temporal]] and they cannot last forever.  So yes, there are certain [[families]], beginning with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medici_Family Medici’s] in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages middle ages], and other [[families]] more recent.  There is the elite that you equate to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skull_and_Bones skull and crossbones], the upper 400, those who have the bulk of the [[wealth]], who think they own the world and they do indeed make life miserable for many, but so do [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquitoes mosquitoes].  You can [[transcend]] their [[influence]].

   

   

Since [[Christ]], there have indeed been [[powers]] that have arisen. [[Rome]], of course, was in command when he lived here but since then there has been many [[changes]] in [[government]], there have been new [[powers]] and they have taken turns at being the [[power]] to [[fear]] at any given time.  This is the [[nature]] of the beast -- the one which seeks to take over, that seeks [[power]], that seeks to rule over [[everything]] and everyone.  Some of these are [[beneficent]] powers.  Some are [[evil]] and they too come and go.  They come into [[being]] and they die out, if for no other reason than because they are [[finite]], they are [[temporal]] and they cannot last forever.  So yes, there are certain [[families]], beginning with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medici_Family Medici’s] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages middle ages], and other [[families]] more recent.  There is the elite that you equate to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skull_and_Bones skull and crossbones], the upper 400, those who have the bulk of the [[wealth]], who think they own the world and they do indeed make life miserable for many, but so do [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquitoes mosquitoes].  You can [[transcend]] their [[influence]].

As for their [[manipulating]] people under them, there is a certain [[truth]] to that, but the more you [[fear]] their [[power]] over you, the more power you give them.  Jesus said, “[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_133_-_The_Return_From_Rome#133:4._PERSONAL_WORK_IN_CORINTH Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s].”  If you comply with certain rudimentary [[behaviors]], you can slip through the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar radar] of their eagle eye and live an ordinary life, even a [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resplendent resplendent] life, without being a threat to their standing.  Do they destroy [[races]] of people?  Do they [[encourage]] [[genocide]]?  Do they [[contribute]] to the demise of entire peoples and nations?  Yes, they have and they will attempt to [[continue]] to do what they [[feel]] is [[necessary]] to hold at bay those [[forces]] which threaten their base of operations, and that includes their [[wealth]], for they [[worship]] [[wealth]], you see, as well as [[power]], and their [[ability]] to [[manipulate]] peoples and principalities, nations, and [[governments]].  And yet they are no more [[evil]], in general, than the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church Catholic Church], or the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFL-CIO AFL-CIO] or the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_Scouts_of_America Boy Scouts of America].  

   

   

[[Everything]] is [[relative]], you see.  And you can give in to their [[influence]] or step outside of their influence because you have [[free will]].  The [[power]] that is [[inherent]] in you is greater than the [[power]] of all these [[wealthy]] old families who like to pull your strings.  You don’t have to [[respond]] to their [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Shadow_Puppets-2006-01-16 puppeteering].  You don’t have to succumb or kowtow just because they have [[power]]. [[God]] has more power.  I have more [[power]].  The [[angels]] have more power.  The [[midwayers]] have more power.  You have more power.  You need to [[discern]] how you can [[access]] your own power and join it with the power of your own kind so as to quietly go about doing [[good]].  

[[Everything]] is [[relative]], you see.  And you can give in to their [[influence]] or step outside of their influence because you have [[free will]].  The [[power]] that is [[inherent]] in you is greater than the [[power]] of all these [[wealthy]] old families who like to pull your strings.  You don’t have to [[respond]] to their [[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Shadow_Puppets-2006-01-16 puppeteering].  You don’t have to succumb or kowtow just because they have [[power]]. [[God]] has more power.  I have more [[power]].  The [[angels]] have more power.  The [[midwayers]] have more power.  You have more power.  You need to [[discern]] how you can [[access]] your own power and join it with the power of your own kind so as to quietly go about doing [[good]].  

   

   

If you want to start a [[revolution]], that’s a sure-fire way to get into trouble.  It will call [[attention]] to yourself and trouble will come down upon you like rain, but if you simply go about doing [[good]], rendering unto Caesar just enough and rendering unto [[God]] all there is, you cannot go astray.  You have the [[potential]] within you as an [[individual]] to be a part of a [[movement]] that will [[change]] the course of [[planetary]] [[history]].  The physical disasters that befall your world are the [[opportunities]] that exist for you to [[minister]] to your fellowmen and to build anew that which is left in the wake of disaster.  As you might say, “When you are handed lemons, make lemonade.”

If you want to start a [[revolution]], that’s a sure-fire way to get into trouble.  It will call [[attention]] to yourself and trouble will come down upon you like rain, but if you simply go about doing [[good]], rendering unto Caesar just enough and rendering unto [[God]] all there is, you cannot go astray.  You have the [[potential]] within you as an [[individual]] to be a part of a [[movement]] that will [[change]] the course of [[planetary]] [[history]].  The physical disasters that befall your world are the [[opportunities]] that exist for you to [[minister]] to your fellowmen and to build anew that which is left in the wake of disaster.  As you might say, “When you are handed lemons, make lemonade.”

   

   

I [[realize]] that sounds elementary, even Pollyannaish, and I do not mean to make light of the troubles you face.  Not only are there [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_disaster physical disasters] at every juncture, it seems, but there is [[disease]] and [[death]], there are [[accidents]] and casualties of [[war]].  All these need to be dealt with and they do take a toll on the [[mortal]] -- [[emotionally]], [[mentally]] and even [[spiritually]] -- and it does take time to recover from these [[assaults]] of [[human]] living.  But you have the [[potential]], particularly as a [[society]], as a group of fellow believers, [[understanding]] that we are there for you, we are helping you from our side.  If you only knew how much we help, if you only had [[faith]] that you are not given more than you can handle, you would handle it much better with much less complaining, with more [[creative]] [[foresight]].

I [[realize]] that sounds elementary, even Pollyannaish, and I do not mean to make light of the troubles you face.  Not only are there [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_disaster physical disasters] at every juncture, it seems, but there is [[disease]] and [[death]], there are [[accidents]] and casualties of [[war]].  All these need to be dealt with and they do take a toll on the [[mortal]] -- [[emotionally]], [[mentally]] and even [[spiritually]] -- and it does take time to recover from these [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Assault assaults] of [[human]] living.  But you have the [[potential]], particularly as a [[society]], as a group of fellow believers, [[understanding]] that we are there for you, we are helping you from our side.  If you only knew how much we help, if you only had [[faith]] that you are not given more than you can handle, you would handle it much better with much less complaining, with more [[creative]] [[foresight]].

   

   

Student:  I am troubled because I do not see any other way for us to move into the opening days of [[light and life]] while these selfish rulers are in [[power]].  We all want to become more godlike and [[love]] our brethren, whereas they all want to become more selfish and further [[enslave]] their [[brethren]].  

Student:  I am troubled because I do not see any other way for us to move into the opening days of [[light and life]] while these selfish rulers are in [[power]].  We all want to become more godlike and [[love]] our brethren, whereas they all want to become more selfish and further [[enslave]] their [[brethren]].  

That being said, I feel I have [[learned]] so much from a [[spiritual]] standpoint.  I know that much of what you say [[resonates]] with me and I have benefited from [[reading]] the transmissions and applying them to my life, but I do [[believe]] that there have not been enough pertinent questions concerning this [[decimation]] scenario that you [[outline]]d.  I [[think]] that if something so [[catastrophic]] is to happen, we need to have a lot more answers than we have now.

That being said, I feel I have [[learned]] so much from a [[spiritual]] standpoint.  I know that much of what you say [[resonates]] with me and I have benefited from [[reading]] the transmissions and applying them to my life, but I do [[believe]] that there have not been enough pertinent questions concerning this [[decimation]] scenario that you [[outline]]d.  I [[think]] that if something so [[catastrophic]] is to happen, we need to have a lot more answers than we have now.

   

   

MONJORONSON:  You need to look at some of the factors you have to deal with. One is that you are bombarded with bad news.  The [[media]] loves to [[assault]] you with [[trauma]] and [[drama]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_disasterdisaster].  If it isn’t one scandal it’s another.  One [[problem]] on the heels of another, all of it delivered with a hyper-vigilant [[tone]] of [[voice]], has a tendency to get your adrenalin pumping beyond its [[natural]] [[state]].  Furthermore, you are missing the comfort and [[assurance]] that [[agriculture]] brings.  You have pretty much lost [[touch]] with the [[earth]].  Your [[seeds]] are not even safe. And so without the respite derived from being at one and in [[harmony]] with [[nature]], you are buffeted in an [[artificial]] [[environment]], one that is overcharged with excitement and [[stimuli]].  This renders you more vulnerable.  Your http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrochemistry electro-chemical system] is on overdrive and you tend to [[fear]] more and see the worst.  

MONJORONSON:  You need to look at some of the factors you have to deal with. One is that you are bombarded with bad news.  The [[media]] loves to [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Assault assault] you with [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Trauma trauma] and [[drama]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_disaster disaster].  If it isn’t one scandal it’s another.  One [[problem]] on the heels of another, all of it delivered with a hyper-vigilant [[tone]] of [[voice]], has a tendency to get your adrenalin pumping beyond its [[natural]] [[state]].  Furthermore, you are missing the comfort and [[assurance]] that [[agriculture]] brings.  You have pretty much lost [[touch]] with the [[earth]].  Your [[seeds]] are not even safe. And so without the respite derived from being at one and in [[harmony]] with [[nature]], you are buffeted in an [[artificial]] [[environment]], one that is overcharged with excitement and [[stimuli]].  This renders you more vulnerable.  Your [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrochemistry electro-chemical system] is on overdrive and you tend to [[fear]] more and see the worst.  

   

   

When you consider [[self-mastery]], [[consider]] mastery over your own [[reactions]] to what life is throwing at you.  There are many, many doors you could close against the wind and the assaults of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_disaster disaster].  You don’t have to [[welcome]] each trauma that comes along … although it does behoove you to know what is going on, because then you are able to send out [[good]] wishes to those who need help; perhaps you may even feel compelled to be of [[service]] in times of great need, but you need not exhaust yourself [[reacting]] to and [[anticipation]] each disaster that is made mention on a very busy young [[planet]] going through its many [[geologic]] [[changes]].  

When you consider [[self-mastery]], [[consider]] mastery over your own [[reactions]] to what life is throwing at you.  There are many, many doors you could close against the wind and the assaults of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_disaster disaster].  You don’t have to [[welcome]] each trauma that comes along … although it does behoove you to know what is going on, because then you are able to send out [[good]] wishes to those who need help; perhaps you may even feel compelled to be of [[service]] in times of great need, but you need not exhaust yourself [[reacting]] to and [[anticipation]] each disaster that is made mention on a very busy young [[planet]] going through its many [[geologic]] [[changes]].  

   

   

It could be [[considered]] that these are simply excuses for people to [[act]] out.  Such [[behavior]] buys in very readily to the superstitious.  By this I mean if there is drought, there are those who say it is because [[God]] is punishing you for having had too much water; or if there is too much rain, then God is punishing you for not moving to higher ground.  And there are people who [[believe]] this way, even though it is [[absurd]], because the [[weather]] will do what it’s going to do with or without your [[assistance]].

It could be [[considered]] that these are simply excuses for people to [[act]] out.  Such [[behavior]] buys in very readily to the superstitious.  By this I mean if there is drought, there are those who say it is because [[God]] is punishing you for having had too much water; or if there is too much rain, then God is punishing you for not moving to higher ground.  And there are people who [[believe]] this way, even though it is [[absurd]], because the [[weather]] will do what it’s going to do with or without your [[assistance]].

I [[appreciate]] the invitation to come and address these concerns.  Are there other concerns we can deal with before I leave?  

I [[appreciate]] the invitation to come and address these concerns.  Are there other concerns we can deal with before I leave?  

   

   

Student:  I [[remember]] there was an example of you coming and being the supervisor of a factory[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Strategy_for_Urantia-2010-03-31] that had been destroyed and you were here to help build the factory back up.  I [[thought]] that was an excellent metaphor.  So how is the restructuring of the factory going?  Are we on [[time]]?  Are we making [[progress]] … in the restructuring [[metaphor]]?

Student:  I [[remember]] there was an [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Strategy_for_Urantia-2010-03-31 example of you coming and being the supervisor of a factory] that had been destroyed and you were here to help build the factory back up.  I [[thought]] that was an excellent metaphor.  So how is the restructuring of the factory going?  Are we on [[time]]?  Are we making [[progress]] … in the restructuring [[metaphor]]?

   

   

MONJORONSON:  Frankly that is not something for you to worry about.

MONJORONSON:  Frankly that is not something for you to worry about.

Student:          I’m not worried.  Just [[curious]].

Student:          I’m not worried.  Just [[curious]].

   

   

MONJORONSON:  Since you are curious, I will point out to you that there are employers, there are [[investors]] on this [[planet]] who will go into companies that are in [[financial]] trouble, buy them up – cheap – and recreate them from the ground floor, such that they begin to thrive and prosper.  They make a [[profit]] from this kind of [[activity]].  They in many ways are able to salvage the company and the employees, perhaps even the product, although often the product line will be modified.  Such is the way with the manufacture of certain [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile automobiles].  There are also men who are ruthless in their [[ability]] to buy and sell the lives and interests of others, who have no compunctions about buying out another man’s life [[work]], when often it doesn’t need to start completely from scratch.  It doesn’t need to be taken away from the [[original]] owner; the original owner simply needs a little help, a little [[Counsel|advice]] perhaps.  And so be advised I am not coming in to take over your factory.  

MONJORONSON:  Since you are curious, I will point out to you that there are employers, there are [[investors]] on this [[planet]] who will go into companies that are in [[financial]] trouble, buy them up – cheap – and recreate them from the ground floor, such that they begin to thrive and prosper.  They make a [[profit]] from this kind of [[activity]].  They in many ways are able to salvage the company and the employees, perhaps even the product, although often the product line will be modified.  Such is the way with the manufacture of certain [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile automobiles].  There are also men who are ruthless in their [[ability]] to buy and sell the lives and interests of others, who have no compunctions about buying out another man’s life [[work]], when often it doesn’t need to start completely from scratch.  It doesn’t need to be taken away from the [[original]] owner; the original owner simply needs a little help, a little [[Counsel|advice]] perhaps.  And so be advised I am not coming in to take over your factory.  

   

   

Student:          No, just rebuild it.

Student:          No, just rebuild it.

Student:          Outside consultants.

Student:          Outside consultants.

   

   

MONJORONSON:  Outside consultants … or “foreign potentates,” if you like.  But it’s your factory, your product, your job, your [[community]], and your accomplishment.

MONJORONSON:  Outside consultants … or “[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_53#53:3._THE_LUCIFER_MANIFESTO foreign potentates],” if you like.  But it’s your factory, your product, your job, your [[community]], and your accomplishment.

   

   

Student:          Well, I [[think]] we’ve got everybody working on it here … a lot of people working on a lot of uplifting projects.   

Student:          Well, I [[think]] we’ve got everybody working on it here … a lot of people working on a lot of uplifting projects.   

Student:          Is Merium coming back?

Student:          Is Merium coming back?

   

   

MERIUM:    This is Merium.  May I fluff up your pillow?  (Thank you)  

MERIUM:    This is Merium.  May I fluff up your pillow?  (Thank you)

 

Gerdean:        I have a question, Merium.  Sometimes I hear you saying – and by “you” I mean you and all the other [[supernals]] -- “You just have to [[believe]]; we’ll do all the [[work]].”  And other times I hear you say “You’re the arms and legs in this outfit.  YOU have to do all the work.”  I also hear discrepancies as to … I hear sometimes “It’s our job to see to it that it gets done,” and sometimes it is, “If we would just follow the [[spirit]] and be [[obedient]] to the [[spirit]], it will lead the way and we don’t have to [[worry]] about how it gets done.”  So when the rubber meets the road, I get a little [[confused]] as to when [[human]] [[Free will|will]] is required and when it isn’t.  Obviously we don’t always know that our will is in [[synch]] with [[divine]] will, but in [[faith]] we [[assume]] that it is and in that [[context]] I’d like a little [[clarification]], if it’s possible, as to how to undertake some of these projects that seem to be suggested.  “This is the [[challenge]],” they say. “This is the project.  This is the deal.  This is the [[work]].  This is the task.” So where do we say, “Okay, I’m going to do something about it”? And how do we know that is not our self will interjecting?  So … can you give some [[clarification]] as to that, if you [[understand]] my question?

Gerdean:        I have a question, Merium.  Sometimes I hear you saying – and by “you” I mean you and all the other [[supernals]] -- “You just have to [[believe]]; we’ll do all the [[work]].”  And other times I hear you say “You’re the arms and legs in this outfit.  YOU have to do all the work.”  I also hear discrepancies as to … I hear sometimes “It’s our job to see to it that it gets done,” and sometimes it is, “If we would just follow the [[spirit]] and be [[obedient]] to the [[spirit]], it will lead the way and we don’t have to [[worry]] about how it gets done.”  So when the rubber meets the road, I get a little [[confused]] as to when [[human]] [[Free will|will]] is required and when it isn’t.  Obviously we don’t always know that our will is in [[synch]] with [[divine]] will, but in [[faith]] we [[assume]] that it is and in that [[context]] I’d like a little [[clarification]], if it’s possible, as to how to undertake some of these projects that seem to be suggested.  “This is the [[challenge]],” they say. “This is the project.  This is the deal.  This is the [[work]].  This is the task.” So where do we say, “Okay, I’m going to do something about it”? And how do we know that is not our self will interjecting?  So … can you give some [[clarification]] as to that, if you [[understand]] my question?

   

   

MERIUM:    Yes, I think perhaps I can, but in order for me to do that, I will have to tell you a [[story]].  I will have to take you into [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_never_land Never Never Land], into the realm of the [[Spirit]], which operates whether you do or not.  It has [[purpose]].  It has [[pattern]].  It has [[design]].  You could even say it has [[predestination]].  And so it is hard-wired to operate [[progressively]], productively, [[efficiently]], [[creatively]].  You come along and [[decide]] you want to help.  It doesn’t take much for the [[universe]] to kick in.  In [[fact]], many times all you have to do is make a [[decision]] to do something and the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29 power directors] kick in, the [[midwayers]] pitch in, and the next piece of [[paradise]] [[perfection]] falls into place.  

MERIUM:    Yes, I think perhaps I can, but in order for me to do that, I will have to tell you a [[story]].  I will have to take you into [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_never_land Never Never Land], into the realm of the [[Spirit]], which operates whether you do or not.  It has [[purpose]].  It has [[pattern]].  It has [[design]].  You could even say it has [[predestination]].  And so it is hard-wired to operate [[progressively]], productively, [[efficiently]], [[creatively]].  You come along and [[decide]] you want to help.  It doesn’t take much for the [[universe]] to kick in.  In [[fact]], many times all you have to do is make a [[decision]] to do something and the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29 power directors] kick in, the [[midwayers]] pitch in, and the next piece of [[paradise]] [[perfection]] falls into place.  

   

   

Student:  Just waiting for your [[decision]].

Student:  Just waiting for your [[decision]].

You’ve been in a situation where you were supposed to do a chore and you ran into one obstacle after the other until your supervisor hollered at you for malingering, for being lazy, or irresponsible, and while you could [[rationalize]] and [[justify]] yourself up one side and down the other, you have to acknowledge that there was something not working – most likely yourself.  And so there is a lot of that that goes on.  There is a lot of looking busy and attempting to be productive, but very little [[actual]] [[doing]] it.  This is why we [[remind]] you frequently that you have to do it, even when it comes right down to it, you don’t have to do that much.  You just have to be willing.  

You’ve been in a situation where you were supposed to do a chore and you ran into one obstacle after the other until your supervisor hollered at you for malingering, for being lazy, or irresponsible, and while you could [[rationalize]] and [[justify]] yourself up one side and down the other, you have to acknowledge that there was something not working – most likely yourself.  And so there is a lot of that that goes on.  There is a lot of looking busy and attempting to be productive, but very little [[actual]] [[doing]] it.  This is why we [[remind]] you frequently that you have to do it, even when it comes right down to it, you don’t have to do that much.  You just have to be willing.  

   

   

This ties in with the saying that “it is the striving that counts.” [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_147#147:5._VISITING_SIMON_THE_PHARISEE] It is not so much what you do as what you are striving to do that matters.  As long as you are striving, you are pushing the rock up the hill; as long as you are striving, you have your eye on the prize.  But when you stop striving, you are like that cat that has become complacent, as well as content.  It knows a mouse is walking by and doesn’t care.  As compared to the cat that allows the mouse to walk by but is completely cognizant of every move it makes.  We want you to be cognizant of the movements taking place so that you can be ready to [[act]] on a [[moment]]’s notice, because if you can act on a moment’s notice, you are ready to [[speak]] for [[the Master]] when he wants you to speak through.

This ties in with the saying that “it is the striving that counts.” [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_48#48:7._MORONTIA_MOTA It is not so much what you do as what you are striving to do that matters. (48:7.24)] As long as you are striving, you are pushing the rock up the hill; as long as you are striving, you have your eye on the prize.  But when you stop striving, you are like that cat that has become complacent, as well as content.  It knows a mouse is walking by and doesn’t care.  As compared to the cat that allows the mouse to walk by but is completely cognizant of every move it makes.  We want you to be cognizant of the movements taking place so that you can be ready to [[act]] on a [[moment]]’s notice, because if you can act on a moment’s notice, you are ready to [[speak]] for [[the Master]] when he wants you to speak through.  

You are there as a willing worker in the field, ready to move a large clump of [[earth]] out of the way so that a [[seed]] can grow.  Being [[ready]], being willing, is more than half the battle.  Many times, however, when you seek to take the entire undertaking on by yourself, you undermine your own [[good]] [[intentions]].  In addition, you deprive your [[peers]] of the [[opportunity]] to help.  Oddly enough, these life [[opportunities]] provide you with little lessons in [[harmony]] -- harmony with your [[God]], harmony with yourself, and harmony with your [[environment]], including your fellows -- and if there is one [[thing]] we all [[enjoy]] it is [[harmony]].  

   

   

How nice it is, now that the storm has passed.  The air is clear and clean.  The birds are [[happy]].  The dust has settled.  We can [[proceed]] now with another day in the life of springtime [[unfolding]].  And your life unfolding as it should.  How it warms my [[heart]] to be your [[friend]] and to have these respites with you, these [[quiet]] [[moments]] of [[friendship]] between the realms of our [[being]].  What a [[wonder]] that we have come so far in such a short time, to be so at [[home]] in this [[paradigm]] of [[reality]] which we have created by our [[desire]] to lower the veil between your world and mine.

How nice it is, now that the storm has passed.  The air is clear and clean.  The birds are [[happy]].  The dust has settled.  We can [[proceed]] now with another day in the life of springtime [[unfolding]].  And your life unfolding as it should.  How it warms my [[heart]] to be your [[friend]] and to have these respites with you, these [[quiet]] [[moments]] of [[friendship]] between the realms of our [[being]].  What a [[wonder]] that we have come so far in such a short time, to be so at [[home]] in this [[paradigm]] of [[reality]] which we have created by our [[desire]] to lower the veil between your world and mine.

 

[[Blessed]] be art thou, little ones.  Run along and [[play]], and be about [[the Father]]’s [[business]], and I will look forward to seeing you at our next [[event]].  It will be such a party!  Bye-bye!

[[Blessed]] be art thou, little ones.  Run along and [[play]], and be about [[the Father]]’s [[business]], and I will look forward to seeing you at our next [[event]].  It will be such a party!  Bye-bye!