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It is important that what little [[money]] accumulated by the groups is used for the groups and is used up. We do not want to see accumulation of [[money]], or [[things|property]]. These groups are influential only so far as you remain [[free]] from [[political]] [[entanglement]]s. We [[focus]] on the [[individual]], not on a group, or a movement, or some kind of new "[[Ideology|ism]]". Leave organized [[religion]] to those who would organize. Maintain [[freedom]] from these kinds of ensnarement.

It is important that what little [[money]] accumulated by the groups is used for the groups and is used up. We do not want to see accumulation of [[money]], or [[things|property]]. These groups are influential only so far as you remain [[free]] from [[political]] [[entanglement]]s. We [[focus]] on the [[individual]], not on a group, or a movement, or some kind of new "[[Ideology|ism]]". Leave organized [[religion]] to those who would organize. Maintain [[freedom]] from these kinds of ensnarement.

We are setting up these small schools, these [http://www.institute.daynal.org/classes.html small lesson places] all around this [[planet]]. We have many in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico Mexico], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_America Latin America], and several in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe Europe], and beginning to have some even in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia Asia]. All these schools are [[coordinated]]. All these schools have a set [[curriculum]]. It may seem quite [[random]], at times, but I [[assure]] you, it is not.

We are setting up these small schools, these [https://www.institute.daynal.org/classes.html small lesson places] all around this [[planet]]. We have many in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico Mexico], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_America Latin America], and several in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe Europe], and beginning to have some even in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia Asia]. All these schools are [[coordinated]]. All these schools have a set [[curriculum]]. It may seem quite [[random]], at times, but I [[assure]] you, it is not.

Each lesson is important. And each [[Moment|week]] it is important for you to [[think]] upon the lesson and to widen your [[Perspective|horizons]] by that tiny bit more. Each student is supremely important. We cherish each one of you who comes to these schools. You are each one surrounded by angelic [[influence]]. You are each moved in your lives. You are blocked from wrong paths and given right ones. Your [[preparation]] is all of your life. It is not simply being a minister who preaches. No. You are immersed in life; immersed in [[work]]; immersed in your world. And through these patient lessons, week upon week upon week, you are gradually being [[transformed]]. It is that spiritual [[growth]] and [[transformation]], which will itself, allow the [[angels]] to place you where you need to be. Do not for a [[moment]] think that you are left dangling, or left without help, or without [[guidance]], for this is not so. Each of you is given tasks, given [[opportunities]]; given [[problems]] to solve that is part of this [[training]]. These schools do not exist in a [[vacuum]]. You are never taken out of your lives. You are never asked to leave your [[families]] or your [[communities]] or your [[work]]. You are not asked for [[money]], for volunteership, for [[Things|property]]. You are not asked for anything except [[humble]] [[Loyalty|adherence]] to the teachings. That is all that is [[Necessity|required]].  

Each lesson is important. And each [[Moment|week]] it is important for you to [[think]] upon the lesson and to widen your [[Perspective|horizons]] by that tiny bit more. Each student is supremely important. We cherish each one of you who comes to these schools. You are each one surrounded by angelic [[influence]]. You are each moved in your lives. You are blocked from wrong paths and given right ones. Your [[preparation]] is all of your life. It is not simply being a minister who preaches. No. You are immersed in life; immersed in [[work]]; immersed in your world. And through these patient lessons, week upon week upon week, you are gradually being [[transformed]]. It is that spiritual [[growth]] and [[transformation]], which will itself, allow the [[angels]] to place you where you need to be. Do not for a [[moment]] think that you are left dangling, or left without help, or without [[guidance]], for this is not so. Each of you is given tasks, given [[opportunities]]; given [[problems]] to solve that is part of this [[training]]. These schools do not exist in a [[vacuum]]. You are never taken out of your lives. You are never asked to leave your [[families]] or your [[communities]] or your [[work]]. You are not asked for [[money]], for volunteership, for [[Things|property]]. You are not asked for anything except [[humble]] [[Loyalty|adherence]] to the teachings. That is all that is [[Necessity|required]].  

:a) Does the [[communication]] come with [[respect]] for my [[free-will]] [[dignity]]?

:a) Does the [[communication]] come with [[respect]] for my [[free-will]] [[dignity]]?

:b) Is it compatible with the teachings of [[Urantia Text|The Urantia Book]]?

:b) Is it compatible with the teachings of [[Urantia Text|The Urantia Book]]?

:c) Will heeding a message result in my bearing "[http://mercy.urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=http://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper193.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper193.html&line=51#mfs spiritual fruit]"?

:c) Will heeding a message result in my bearing "[https://mercy.urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=https://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper193.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper193.html&line=51#mfs spiritual fruit]"?

:d) Does the transmission come with [[God]]'s [[love]]?

:d) Does the transmission come with [[God]]'s [[love]]?

:e) Does it have the [[Sound|ring]] of [[truth]]?

:e) Does it have the [[Sound|ring]] of [[truth]]?

I was asked to [[write]] a [[letter]] to the [[reader]] of these transcripts on anything I believe helpful. OK, here goes...

I was asked to [[write]] a [[letter]] to the [[reader]] of these transcripts on anything I believe helpful. OK, here goes...

First, a little background. I have been a [[Urantia Book|Urantia book]] reader since 1983. I was brought up a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Baptists Southern Baptist], and my [[education]] was in [[Physics]] and [[Mathematics]]. I have worked all my adult life in [[research]] and development, in both [[university]] and [[private]] [[Business|enterprise]] [[Context|environments]]. From my early teens till my mid 30s I would characterize myself an [[Atheism|atheist]]. My [[deity]] was [[rational]] thought, [[science]], and the human [[mind]]. Certain [[experience]]s in my late 30's and early 40's convinced me that there was more to [[reality]] than the [[physical]] world. I began to seek, I knew not what.

First, a little background. I have been a [[Urantia Book|Urantia book]] reader since 1983. I was brought up a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Baptists Southern Baptist], and my [[education]] was in [[Physics]] and [[Mathematics]]. I have worked all my adult life in [[research]] and development, in both [[university]] and [[private]] [[Business|enterprise]] [[Context|environments]]. From my early teens till my mid 30s I would characterize myself an [[Atheism|atheist]]. My [[deity]] was [[rational]] thought, [[science]], and the human [[mind]]. Certain [[experience]]s in my late 30's and early 40's convinced me that there was more to [[reality]] than the [[physical]] world. I began to seek, I knew not what.

One day my wife brought a thick blue [[book]] [[home]] from [[work]]. A coworker had loaned the book to her saying " Here is a book I think F. should read." I read the book for a couple of weeks, skipping here and there, sampling its flavor. My initial [[reaction]] was one of [[skepticism]] and disbelief. I rejected the book for its unconventional science (an [http://mercy.urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=http://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper42.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper42.html&line=33#mfs ultimaton]???), and its unfamiliar [[nomenclature]]. After returning the book to its owner, I mentioned it to my business [[partner]], and gave it no more [[cognition|thought]].

One day my wife brought a thick blue [[book]] [[home]] from [[work]]. A coworker had loaned the book to her saying " Here is a book I think F. should read." I read the book for a couple of weeks, skipping here and there, sampling its flavor. My initial [[reaction]] was one of [[skepticism]] and disbelief. I rejected the book for its unconventional science (an [https://mercy.urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=https://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper42.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper42.html&line=33#mfs ultimaton]???), and its unfamiliar [[nomenclature]]. After returning the book to its owner, I mentioned it to my business [[partner]], and gave it no more [[cognition|thought]].

On my next birthday, my 47th, I received a copy of the book as a gift from my partner and his wife, who both are interested in [[spiritual]] [[matter]]s. With the book now readily at hand, I undertook to read it, mostly out of [[curiosity]]. As I read, I began to [[perceive]] the spiritual fragrance of [[Truth]]. I began to [[understand]] that the book contained a [[concept]]ual framework of [[reality]] which united the material world and science, with a spiritual world and religion. Even more, I realized that I was a beloved son of a loving Universal Father. I began to see the way [[home]].

On my next birthday, my 47th, I received a copy of the book as a gift from my partner and his wife, who both are interested in [[spiritual]] [[matter]]s. With the book now readily at hand, I undertook to read it, mostly out of [[curiosity]]. As I read, I began to [[perceive]] the spiritual fragrance of [[Truth]]. I began to [[understand]] that the book contained a [[concept]]ual framework of [[reality]] which united the material world and science, with a spiritual world and religion. Even more, I realized that I was a beloved son of a loving Universal Father. I began to see the way [[home]].

In 1985 an invitation arrived to meet with a group of [[readers]] to form a [[Urantia book]] [[study]] [[group]]. Here I met A. and J. who can be found in these transcripts. A., in particular, encouraged me in a wide-ranging study of spiritual teachings, including [[channeled]] material from A. J. Davis, S. Moses, B. Bond, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Cayce E. Cayce] to mention a few. Here and there in these readings I seemed to detect a familiar fragrance...

In 1985 an invitation arrived to meet with a group of [[readers]] to form a [[Urantia book]] [[study]] [[group]]. Here I met A. and J. who can be found in these transcripts. A., in particular, encouraged me in a wide-ranging study of spiritual teachings, including [[channeled]] material from A. J. Davis, S. Moses, B. Bond, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Cayce E. Cayce] to mention a few. Here and there in these readings I seemed to detect a familiar fragrance...

In 1992 I began hearing about a "''Teaching Mission''," where [[individuals]] in Urantia Book study groups had begun to [[channel]] various "Teachers." A member of our study group, S., became very interested in this [[phenomenon]], and began collecting transcripts from these groups and talking with their transmitter/receivers ([[TR]]s). She loaned me these transcripts to read, and my initial impressions were ambivalent. Surely these works contained no epochal [[revelations]], no grand [[concepts]], no supernal [[wisdom]]. I questioned whether these works were merely figments of the [[human]] [[imagination]].

In 1992 I began hearing about a "''Teaching Mission''," where [[individuals]] in Urantia Book study groups had begun to [[channel]] various "Teachers." A member of our study group, S., became very interested in this [[phenomenon]], and began collecting transcripts from these groups and talking with their transmitter/receivers ([[TR]]s). She loaned me these transcripts to read, and my initial impressions were ambivalent. Surely these works contained no epochal [[revelations]], no grand [[concepts]], no supernal [[wisdom]]. I questioned whether these works were merely figments of the [[human]] [[imagination]].