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==Session==

==Session==

===Opening===

===Opening===

Dear [[Michael]] and [[Mother Spirit]], Looking over what’s been a few years of your [[lessons]] to this [[group]], I noticed one of the major [[themes]] both of you talk about, right next to the [[fatherhood]] of [[God]], His [[Free will|will]] in the [[Creation]], and the [[Siblinghood|brotherhood and sisterhood]] of all the people living on [[Urantia]]; right next to this is the [[uniqueness]] of each [[personality]] and the growing/[[developing]] [[individuality]] of each [[person]].  It seems the major [[difference]] here is that the [[intrinsic]] [[uniqueness]] of each [[personality]] is created by [[God]], whereas [[individuality]] is what we are able to [[develop]] ourselves in all aspects of our [[being]]--[[body]], [[mind]], [[spirit]], and [[soul]].  In this sense we are [[created]] [[unique]] [[personalities]] but we grow into becoming [[individuals]] by a [[process]]--as [[psychologists]] put it--of [[individualization]].  Is this correct, or could you [[clarify]] this distinction a bit more for us?  Thank you.  

Dear [[Michael]] and [[Mother Spirit]], Looking over what’s been a few years of your [[lessons]] to this [[group]], I noticed one of the major [[themes]] both of you talk about, right next to the [[fatherhood]] of [[God]], His [[Free will|will]] in the [[Creation]], and the [[Siblings|brotherhood and sisterhood]] of all the people living on [[Urantia]]; right next to this is the [[uniqueness]] of each [[personality]] and the growing/[[developing]] [[individuality]] of each [[person]].  It seems the major [[difference]] here is that the [[intrinsic]] [[uniqueness]] of each [[personality]] is created by [[God]], whereas [[individuality]] is what we are able to [[develop]] ourselves in all aspects of our [[being]]--[[body]], [[mind]], [[spirit]], and [[soul]].  In this sense we are [[created]] [[unique]] [[personalities]] but we grow into becoming [[individuals]] by a [[process]]--as [[psychologists]] put it--of [[individualization]].  Is this correct, or could you [[clarify]] this distinction a bit more for us?  Thank you.  

   

   

MICHAEL:  Good evening, my sons, this is Michael, and I am glad as always to be with you this evening.  [[Mother Spirit]] and I do [[appreciate]] the [[effort]] you go through to get here, and then the way you open your [[hearts]] to feel and open your [[minds]] to [[entertain]] and get an inner [[experience]] from what we say.  You keep in [[mind]], my dear ones, this is what we truly wish to offer and [[share]] with you.  Each lesson we give is not a [[formal]] [[lecture]] but only something for you to [[entertain]] as best you can.  Just let yourselves feel along with what we’re saying and [[share]] a [[moment]] with the way we see [[things]].  Have no [[fear]] if it doesn’t accord with your basic [[beliefs]].  This [[experience]] can do you no harm and you will pop up again to yourself.  But you will have had this [[experience]], for at least to some extent and for a little while, of [[sharing]] our [[thoughts]] with us.  We do know to whom we’re speaking and the probable [[audience]] that will be reading these [[words]] in the [[future]], so we are in part directing ourselves at this larger [[audience]] as well.  That being said, we do enjoy your comments and our [[discussions]] with you here, so we’re glad to see you.

MICHAEL:  Good evening, my sons, this is Michael, and I am glad as always to be with you this evening.  [[Mother Spirit]] and I do [[appreciate]] the [[effort]] you go through to get here, and then the way you open your [[hearts]] to feel and open your [[minds]] to [[entertain]] and get an inner [[experience]] from what we say.  You keep in [[mind]], my dear ones, this is what we truly wish to offer and [[share]] with you.  Each lesson we give is not a [[formal]] [[lecture]] but only something for you to [[entertain]] as best you can.  Just let yourselves feel along with what we’re saying and [[share]] a [[moment]] with the way we see [[things]].  Have no [[fear]] if it doesn’t accord with your basic [[beliefs]].  This [[experience]] can do you no harm and you will pop up again to yourself.  But you will have had this [[experience]], for at least to some extent and for a little while, of [[sharing]] our [[thoughts]] with us.  We do know to whom we’re speaking and the probable [[audience]] that will be reading these [[words]] in the [[future]], so we are in part directing ourselves at this larger [[audience]] as well.  That being said, we do enjoy your comments and our [[discussions]] with you here, so we’re glad to see you.

You are [[endowed]] with [[creative]] [[spirit]] so, from a very early age of gaining a [[continuous]] [[consciousness]], you’ve formulated an interior, [[subjective]]/[[imaginative]] world that is [[unique]] to you.  This [[Inner Life|inner]] [[reality]] begins to have greater and greater [[contact]] with the outside world, first through your [[mother]] and [[father]], then your [[siblings]] and [[Friends|playmates]], and soon enough you are thrown into a kindergarten or a first grade classroom with a dozen others to relate to.  Then here comes that whole big wider adult world out there.  You’ve all come up through these [[stages]].

You are [[endowed]] with [[creative]] [[spirit]] so, from a very early age of gaining a [[continuous]] [[consciousness]], you’ve formulated an interior, [[subjective]]/[[imaginative]] world that is [[unique]] to you.  This [[Inner Life|inner]] [[reality]] begins to have greater and greater [[contact]] with the outside world, first through your [[mother]] and [[father]], then your [[siblings]] and [[Friends|playmates]], and soon enough you are thrown into a kindergarten or a first grade classroom with a dozen others to relate to.  Then here comes that whole big wider adult world out there.  You’ve all come up through these [[stages]].

   

   

Meanwhile you have a [[body]] that is 99.9999 percent [[unconscious]] for, as we’ve said, all your [[science]] has still to [[Fathom|plumb]] the [[depths]] of what this [[body]] of yours is constantly doing.  You have a [[mind]] that [[connect]]s your [[personality]] with your [[body]], and a large part of this [[consciousness]] is what we call [[material]] [[mind]], based directly upon your [[organic]] [[being]].  This is the kind of [[mind]] you [[share]] to a [[degree]] with the highest [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primate primates], only, just in terms of [[brain]] size and [[nervous system]] [[capacity]], you far exceed by several orders of [[magnitude]] any other [[animal]] on the [[planet]].  In addition, much of your modern [[psychology]] has correctly taught you that a large part of your [[mind]] is also [[unconscious]].  These are all the endless, intricate details of [[habituation]], [[abilities]], [[mind]]/[[body]] [[coordination]]--all the thousands of [[things]] you’ve [[learned]] to do and [[associate]] [[automatically]].  This includes your [[reasoning]] facilities.  These too are largely [[unconscious]].  Consider all of the conditioning that you acquired as you contacted the larger [[Environment|outside world]] and absorbed unconsciously from your [[parents]] and their [[political]] [[viewpoints]] and [[religion]], and from [[being]] a member of this country or that, part of an ethnic [[group]], a [[racial]] group.  All of these [[spiritual]]/[[mental]] [[associations]] from [[personal]] [[experience]] give your life [[meaning]] and [[value]].

Meanwhile you have a [[body]] that is 99.9999 percent [[unconscious]] for, as we’ve said, all your [[science]] has still to [[Fathom|plumb]] the [[depths]] of what this [[body]] of yours is constantly doing.  You have a [[mind]] that [[connect]]s your [[personality]] with your [[body]], and a large part of this [[consciousness]] is what we call [[material]] [[mind]], based directly upon your [[organic]] [[being]].  This is the kind of [[mind]] you [[share]] to a [[degree]] with the highest [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primate primates], only, just in terms of [[brain]] size and [[nervous system]] [[capacity]], you far exceed by several orders of [[magnitude]] any other [[animal]] on the [[planet]].  In addition, much of your modern [[psychology]] has correctly taught you that a large part of your [[mind]] is also [[unconscious]].  These are all the endless, intricate details of [[habituation]], [[abilities]], [[mind]]/[[body]] [[coordination]]--all the thousands of [[things]] you’ve [[learned]] to do and [[associate]] [[automatically]].  This includes your [[reasoning]] facilities.  These too are largely [[unconscious]].  Consider all of the conditioning that you acquired as you contacted the larger [[Environment|outside world]] and absorbed unconsciously from your [[parents]] and their [[political]] [[viewpoints]] and [[religion]], and from [[being]] a member of this country or that, part of an ethnic [[group]], a [[racial]] group.  All of these [[spiritual]]/[[mental]] [[associations]] from [[personal]] [[experience]] give your life [[meaning]] and [[value]].

   

   

Then here we come along, as if you weren’t already [[complex]] enough, informing you that a large part of your [[being]], your [[spiritual]] and [[mental]] [[being]], is [[literally]] [[Mother Spirit]] and [[dimensions]] of her [[Holy Spirit]]: part of your [[thinking]], part of your [[intuition]], your [[knowledge]], your [[understanding]], your [[courage]], even your [[wisdom]] and your [[worship]].  All are being augmented by her.  You have my spirit, my [[Spirit of Truth]] inside you as an [[orientation]] towards an endless [[adventure]] of [[discovery]] of what is true, what is real, what works.  All will keep expanding.

Then here we come along, as if you weren’t already [[complex]] enough, informing you that a large part of your [[being]], your [[spiritual]] and [[mental]] [[being]], is [[literally]] [[Mother Spirit]] and [[dimensions]] of her [[Holy Spirit]]: part of your [[thinking]], part of your [[intuition]], your [[knowledge]], your [[understanding]], your [[courage]], even your [[wisdom]] and your [[worship]].  All are being augmented by her.  You have my spirit, my [[Spirit of Truth]] inside you as an [[orientation]] towards an endless [[adventure]] of [[discovery]] of what is true, what is real, what works.  All will keep expanding.

In the more [[primitive]] [[tribal]] [[societies]], [[surrounded]] by other tribes like [[bubbles]] in foam, and [[being]] [[intrinsically]] ferocious, and territorial, and involved in near incessant [[warfare]]: at that [[stage]] of immature [[social]] [[culture]] very little [[individuality]] can--[[literally]]--be afforded.  In a way it’s just too expensive.  The whole [[tribe]] has to be, and throughout [[history]] has been locked down into a thousand and one [[taboos]] that [[control]] almost every [[waking]] [[moment]] of their members’ lives.  As your [[Urantia Book]] notes: the [[tribal]] marks upon [[individuals]] often involved a lot of very [[painful]] cutting, yet this [[identification]] was considered [[absolute]] ([[necessity]]) for [[security]].  These [[tribal]] marks [[signified]] to the other tribes that if any harm was done to you, you had your whole tribe’s backing for revenge, to avenge your [[death]].

In the more [[primitive]] [[tribal]] [[societies]], [[surrounded]] by other tribes like [[bubbles]] in foam, and [[being]] [[intrinsically]] ferocious, and territorial, and involved in near incessant [[warfare]]: at that [[stage]] of immature [[social]] [[culture]] very little [[individuality]] can--[[literally]]--be afforded.  In a way it’s just too expensive.  The whole [[tribe]] has to be, and throughout [[history]] has been locked down into a thousand and one [[taboos]] that [[control]] almost every [[waking]] [[moment]] of their members’ lives.  As your [[Urantia Book]] notes: the [[tribal]] marks upon [[individuals]] often involved a lot of very [[painful]] cutting, yet this [[identification]] was considered [[absolute]] ([[necessity]]) for [[security]].  These [[tribal]] marks [[signified]] to the other tribes that if any harm was done to you, you had your whole tribe’s backing for revenge, to avenge your [[death]].

   

   

Only bit by bit by living [[experience]], [[gradually]], as tribes became [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_state city states], then [[Nationalism|nation states]] and [[empire]]s, right up to the [[present]] day; more and more are [[societies]] able to afford greater [[individuality]].  As you look around your world today, still, here in 2010, you can see almost this entire [[spectrum]] on the [[planet]], from [[primitive]] near-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleolithic stone-age] [[tribes]], up through [[autocratic]] [[societies]] in which only a small amount of [[individuality]] is [[tolerated]]; up to the point where, in some of the more [[technologically]] developed, [[democratic]] [[cultures]], you have what you might call a blossoming--I could even say--a [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flamboyant flamboyance] (Michael chuckles)--a flamboyance of [[individuality]] in all aspects of peoples’ lives: [[homes]] and furnishings, [[personal]] [[possessions]], [[social]] class and standing, [[physical]] presentation through [[dress]] and style, [[mind]] and [[creative]] [[spirit]] presentation through [[invention]] and [[art]]; on and on…

Only bit by bit by living [[experience]], [[gradually]], as tribes became [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_state city states], then [[Nationalism|nation states]] and [[empire]]s, right up to the [[present]] day; more and more are [[societies]] able to afford greater [[individuality]].  As you look around your world today, still, here in 2010, you can see almost this entire [[spectrum]] on the [[planet]], from [[primitive]] near-[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleolithic stone-age] [[tribes]], up through [[autocratic]] [[societies]] in which only a small amount of [[individuality]] is [[tolerated]]; up to the point where, in some of the more [[technologically]] developed, [[democratic]] [[cultures]], you have what you might call a blossoming--I could even say--a [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flamboyant flamboyance] (Michael chuckles)--a flamboyance of [[individuality]] in all aspects of peoples’ lives: [[homes]] and furnishings, [[personal]] [[possessions]], [[social]] class and standing, [[physical]] presentation through [[dress]] and style, [[mind]] and [[creative]] [[spirit]] presentation through [[invention]] and [[art]]; on and on…

===='''''[[Maturity]]''''', '''''[[Expression]]'''''====

===='''''[[Maturity]]''''', '''''[[Expression]]'''''====

*(Soulful maturity and character)

*(Soulful maturity and character)

   

   

[[Soulful]] [[maturity]] has always been a determining aspect from the earlier [[tribal]] [[stage]], on up through [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages medieval times], or even today when you  have--[[Simultaneous|concurrently]] on the [[planet]]--nearly the full [[spectrum]].  In early [[civilizations]] it is [[difficult]] for [[individuals]] to [[express]] themselves [[wisely]] and their [[relative]] immaturity comes out more as [[license]]; in the [[group]], more as [[social]] [[chaos]] or [[simple]] [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchy anarchy].  [[Consider]] the various [[episodes]] of this all through [[planetary]] [[history]] and today when [[societies]] [[relax]] their grip--so to speak--in certain [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacchanal bacchanal], high feast celebrations, and [[individuals]] are not [[mature]] enough to keep from harming themselves and others in [http://www.wikpedia.org/wiki/Orgy orgies] of irresponsibility.  [[Societies]] only [[mature]] as the people within them find ways of [[expression]] which are [[peaceful]], [[creative]], positive, and [[mutually]] [[respectful]] of other [[individuals]].

[[Soulful]] [[maturity]] has always been a determining aspect from the earlier [[tribal]] [[stage]], on up through [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages medieval times], or even today when you  have--[[Simultaneous|concurrently]] on the [[planet]]--nearly the full [[spectrum]].  In early [[civilizations]] it is [[difficult]] for [[individuals]] to [[express]] themselves [[wisely]] and their [[relative]] immaturity comes out more as [[license]]; in the [[group]], more as [[social]] [[chaos]] or [[simple]] [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchy anarchy].  [[Consider]] the various [[episodes]] of this all through [[planetary]] [[history]] and today when [[societies]] [[relax]] their grip--so to speak--in certain [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacchanal bacchanal], high feast celebrations, and [[individuals]] are not [[mature]] enough to keep from harming themselves and others in [https://www.wikpedia.org/wiki/Orgy orgies] of irresponsibility.  [[Societies]] only [[mature]] as the people within them find ways of [[expression]] which are [[peaceful]], [[creative]], positive, and [[mutually]] [[respectful]] of other [[individuals]].

   

   

So think about this, my [[children]].  [[Think]] about: how capable you are of being a [[mature]] [[individual]] yourself, [[expressing]] your [[individuality]] in a way that does not offend or threaten others, but seeks a loving [[response]]?  This [[touches]] upon the theme of [[response]]-[[ability]], your ability to respond to others.  As you and others around you become ever more [[mature]], so you can afford to allow each other greater [[latitude]] of [[individual]] [[expression]].   

So think about this, my [[children]].  [[Think]] about: how capable you are of being a [[mature]] [[individual]] yourself, [[expressing]] your [[individuality]] in a way that does not offend or threaten others, but seeks a loving [[response]]?  This [[touches]] upon the theme of [[response]]-[[ability]], your ability to respond to others.  As you and others around you become ever more [[mature]], so you can afford to allow each other greater [[latitude]] of [[individual]] [[expression]].   

Student:  It does indeed [[sound]] exciting.

Student:  It does indeed [[sound]] exciting.

   

   

Michael:  Well, it’s quite an [[adventure]]--believe me.  You’ll never [[forget]] those first few minutes of walking out of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:3_THE_FIRST_MANSION_WORLD Resurrection Hall] and looking around and seeing that [[sky]], and the [[plant]] and [[animal]] life, and each other.  There’ll be no hiding, no dissembling your [[surprise]] and [[wonder]].  

Michael:  Well, it’s quite an [[adventure]]--believe me.  You’ll never [[forget]] those first few minutes of walking out of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:3_THE_FIRST_MANSION_WORLD Resurrection Hall] and looking around and seeing that [[sky]], and the [[plant]] and [[animal]] life, and each other.  There’ll be no hiding, no dissembling your [[surprise]] and [[wonder]].  

   

   

Student:  Yes.  Thank you, Father [[Michael]].  

Student:  Yes.  Thank you, Father [[Michael]].  

MICHAEL:  We look forward to it.

MICHAEL:  We look forward to it.

   

   

Student:  Yes, Michael.  I’ve been reading the [[Course in Miracles]] because I wanted a blend of [[Buddhist]] teachings and…well, something I felt wasn’t being met.  The teachings are [[beautiful]] and [[enlightening]], and opened for me a whole new [[paradigm]] of man’s [[nature]] in the here and now.  But something was nagging me, maybe my own [[resistance]] or ambivalence; but the [[experience]] was very [[profound]] with the teachings and the meetings, and the [[healing]] exercises too.  Then the [[Course in Miracles]]--which are supposedly the teachings of [[Jesus]]--gave me the same open and expansive [[feelings]] as when I was [[participating]] in the other [[groups]].  It was like manna from [[heaven]], like: Yes, this is what I was looking for in the meetings, and meditating on, and wondering about.  It’s very similar to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascended_Master_Teachings Teachings of the Masters], and the ''Great Freedom'' workshops.  It opens up new [[visions]] of what really is.

Student:  Yes, Michael.  I’ve been reading the [[Course in Miracles]] because I wanted a blend of [[Buddhist]] teachings and…well, something I felt wasn’t being met.  The teachings are [[beautiful]] and [[enlightening]], and opened for me a whole new [[paradigm]] of man’s [[nature]] in the here and now.  But something was nagging me, maybe my own [[resistance]] or ambivalence; but the [[experience]] was very [[profound]] with the teachings and the meetings, and the [[healing]] exercises too.  Then the [[Course in Miracles]]--which are supposedly the teachings of [[Jesus]]--gave me the same open and expansive [[feelings]] as when I was [[participating]] in the other [[groups]].  It was like manna from [[heaven]], like: Yes, this is what I was looking for in the meetings, and meditating on, and wondering about.  It’s very similar to the [https://books.google.com/books?id=gRgbZEaPjtUC&q=Life+and+Teaching+of+the+Masters+of+the+Far+East&dq=Life+and+Teaching+of+the+Masters+of+the+Far+East&hl=en&ei=JroZTPa1IMOBlAeK0ZCjCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA Teachings of the Masters], and the ''Great Freedom'' workshops.  It opens up new [[visions]] of what really is.

   

   

They say that as you [[mature]] then you are more open to broader [[meanings]] in what these teachings have always [[expressed]], but you weren’t ready for yet.  So that’s where I’m at.  I’m [[understanding]] things I first encountered in 1976.  I had to pay [[attention]] to this feeling nagging at me that I was still missing the point, even though I might have heard it before.

They say that as you [[mature]] then you are more open to broader [[meanings]] in what these teachings have always [[expressed]], but you weren’t ready for yet.  So that’s where I’m at.  I’m [[understanding]] things I first encountered in 1976.  I had to pay [[attention]] to this feeling nagging at me that I was still missing the point, even though I might have heard it before.

MICHAEL:  Yes.  You are [[touching]] upon a real [[dimension]] where it is just you and [[God]].  That’s a very [[transcendent]] [[dimension]] indeed.  

MICHAEL:  Yes.  You are [[touching]] upon a real [[dimension]] where it is just you and [[God]].  That’s a very [[transcendent]] [[dimension]] indeed.  

   

   

Student:  One last thing.  A [[person]] I met years ago had a [[tragic]], life-altering [[experience]] when her husband shot her and then killed himself.  This was back in 2003.  Anyway, I kind-of lost [[touch]] with her, but she was always in the back of my [[mind]]--a [[beautiful]] [[woman]] with beautiful kids.  Then last Sunday, on Mother’s Day, I saw a picture of her for a fundraiser.  Apparently she [[survived]], but she’s a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadraplegic quadriplegic], and she needs [[assistance]]; but she’s very [[determined]].  Since I always had her in my [[mind]], I’m asking: would it be [[wise]] for me to see her and [[connect]] with her somehow?--maybe be of [[assistance]] or just to talk with her about [[things]].  I think she always admired me because I always seemed so [[happy]], you know, doing her landscaping.  I would see her and would feel something wasn’t right in her [[relationship]] with her [[husband]].  But she would see me and comment on how happy I seemed--stuff like that.  So anyway, I was just [[wondering]] if it would be [[wise]] for me to [[communicate]] with her--if I’m able to do that.

Student:  One last thing.  A [[person]] I met years ago had a [[tragic]], life-altering [[experience]] when her husband shot her and then killed himself.  This was back in 2003.  Anyway, I kind-of lost [[touch]] with her, but she was always in the back of my [[mind]]--a [[beautiful]] [[woman]] with beautiful kids.  Then last Sunday, on Mother’s Day, I saw a picture of her for a fundraiser.  Apparently she [[survived]], but she’s a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadraplegic quadriplegic], and she needs [[assistance]]; but she’s very [[determined]].  Since I always had her in my [[mind]], I’m asking: would it be [[wise]] for me to see her and [[connect]] with her somehow?--maybe be of [[assistance]] or just to talk with her about [[things]].  I think she always admired me because I always seemed so [[happy]], you know, doing her landscaping.  I would see her and would feel something wasn’t right in her [[relationship]] with her [[husband]].  But she would see me and comment on how happy I seemed--stuff like that.  So anyway, I was just [[wondering]] if it would be [[wise]] for me to [[communicate]] with her--if I’m able to do that.

   

   

MICHAEL:  My son, I have two [[words]] for you.  Can you guess what they are?

MICHAEL:  My son, I have two [[words]] for you.  Can you guess what they are?

(Stages of personal civilization)  

(Stages of personal civilization)  

   

   

We’ve had some [[wonderful]] [[discussions]] this evening.  I did want to give you a sense of the [[development]], not only of the way each [[individual]] recapitulates [[evolution]] as an [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embryo embryo], but also recapitulates the [[evolution]] of [[culture]] as they grow up through [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childhood childhood] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolescence adolescence], all the way from the constantly warring [[primitive]] [[tribal]] level--[[think]] of your little two- and three-year-olds squabbling out in the sandbox with, fortunately, the inability to do one another in--all the way up through your [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machiavellian Machiavellian] plotting of high school gangs; to, hopefully, each [[person]] continuing to [[grow]] beyond their [[parents]]’ [[generation]]’s [[understanding]].  Each [[individual]]’s [[maturity]] adds to the [[society]]’s [[maturity]] as well--ever more [[free]]; ever more allowing of each [[individual]]’s [[freedom]] because it is accompanied with [[responsibility]]--deeply caring for each other, wanting to be able to [[respond]] to another.

We’ve had some [[wonderful]] [[discussions]] this evening.  I did want to give you a sense of the [[development]], not only of the way each [[individual]] recapitulates [[evolution]] as an [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embryo embryo], but also recapitulates the [[evolution]] of [[culture]] as they grow up through [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childhood childhood] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolescence adolescence], all the way from the constantly warring [[primitive]] [[tribal]] level--[[think]] of your little two- and three-year-olds squabbling out in the sandbox with, fortunately, the inability to do one another in--all the way up through your [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machiavellian Machiavellian] plotting of high school gangs; to, hopefully, each [[person]] continuing to [[grow]] beyond their [[parents]]’ [[generation]]’s [[understanding]].  Each [[individual]]’s [[maturity]] adds to the [[society]]’s [[maturity]] as well--ever more [[free]]; ever more allowing of each [[individual]]’s [[freedom]] because it is accompanied with [[responsibility]]--deeply caring for each other, wanting to be able to [[respond]] to another.

===Closing===

===Closing===