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Your Brothers in Faith,
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==February 3, 2017==
'''Carolyn Hidalgo wrote February 3, 2017 at 2:43pm'''
Hi Rob,
My friend Vicki forwarded this document. I am not connected to any of these organizations, but apparently there’s been a lot of ‘disunity’ over the years?
It’s disheartening to put it mildly that with such an incredible source of Revelation that people cannot find a way to come together for discussion when the principles in the text are about UNITY!
It’s hard to imagine a ‘spiritual source’ that would threaten, or give deadlines…and remain anonymous, but I suppose in this antagonistic environment it isn't safe to publish your name.
Would you be willing to share your thoughts on why there’s such disunity (& to me what seems like dysfunction) among those who’ve been drawn to read the Urantia Book? Do you believe its even possible to unite these 3 groups? I would think the group that is the most trustworthy would attract the most followers, but perhaps no organization can effectively ‘rule’ over a document that belongs to everyone’s interpretation, and there should be no group assuming control over it. No one group controls the Bible, why this one?
So much divide now with Trump that this situation just seems to mirror what goes on within the UB community too. How can we move forward with this level of disconnection among the "spiritually conscious"? I’ve been told it’s the ‘perfect storm’.
I was a bit ’taken aback’ that this was sent out on my birthday — Sept 28th...
Warmly,
Carolyn Hidalgo, CPCC
==February 4, 2017==
'''Rob wrote February 4, 2017 at 7:05pm'''
Hello Carolyn -
Thank you for writing!
Yes, first and before the Urantia Book was published, there was the “Sherman Rebellion”, then after publication there was the contest over copyright, and more recently the attempt to exclude persons on the basis of their spiritual experience. Needless to say, it has been a "hard row to hoe”.
One must recall that in the early phase of planetary evolution (post Planetary Prince) “the different tribes tend to develop specialized systems of religious and philosophic thought” that feature both “the early fears of primitive men and the later revelations” and “Urantians do not seem to have wholly emerged from this stage”. Is it possible to grow beyond these early phases characterized by antagonistic competition? Of course, but due to the deprivations suffered already, it will require much more effort on everyone’s part, human and divine, to surmount these normal evolutionary hurdles.
The divide seen as a “perfect storm” could also be viewed as a perfect polarity affording sharply defined options to simplify choices necessary to proceed. How to move forward? Each has their own context of choosing in which to work, and as each does the will of God e.g. sharing the inner life with Him in the face of decision making, the way becomes clear. Indeed, “as moves the part, so moves the whole.”
Press on,
Rob
==February 5, 2017==
'''Carolyn Hildalgo wrote February 5, 2017 at 7:33pm'''
Thank you Rob for providing your thoughts - always insightful : )
I asked Chris if he would ask his teachers Ophelius & the circle of 7, and they responded in today’s message:
http://www.correctingtime.org/ct-messages/problem-disunity ('''''[[2017-02-05-The Problem of Disunity|also here]]''''')
Warmly,
Carolyn Hidalgo, CPCC
