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==Session==

==Session==

===Opening===

===Opening===

[Extended Stillness]

[Extended [[Stillness]]]

TOMAS: Well done. Good evening, faithful friends.

TOMAS: Well done. Good evening, faithful [[friends]].

Hunnah: Welcome to our home.

Hunnah: Welcome to our [[home]].

TOMAS: And welcome to you, to this configuration of students of eternal truth. I am Tomas and my heart swells with affection for you who steadfastly return again and again to the table which has been prepared for us by Michael.

TOMAS: And welcome to you, to this [[configuration]] of students of eternal [[truth]]. I am Tomas and my [[heart]] swells with [[affection]] for you who [[steadfastly]] return again and again to the table which has been [[prepared]] for us by [[Michael]].

I have some [[words]] to offer you this evening which in a way is an extension of one of my lessons earlier on the [[fruit of the spirit]] "enlightened [[honesty]]," and it goes to the matter of [[denial]], a form of dishonesty which is a common [[habit]] pattern of all [[mortals]]. Indeed, denial is a [[method]] that the mind utilizes to refrain from acknowledging those things which the mortal [[being]] cannot face, either because they are too [[difficult]] or they are too exhilarating. It is a [[limitation]] of the human, which is part of its [[evolutionary]] packaging.

In order to study this packaging, I will call to your [[mind]] the word [[emotion]]. I will remind you of your current [[computer]] term "e-mail" and think now of "e-motion" for it is [[motion]] emanating out from you that affects the world in which you live. Obviously, every living [[creature]] experiences emotion. A full range of emotion is available to every human being, including the [[animal]] emotions, and the emotions of the [[heart]], even to those emotions which are [[shared]] by the [[celestial]] [[beings]].

In order to study this packaging, I will call to your mind the word emotion. I will remind you of your current computer term "e-mail" and think now of "e-motion" for it is motion emanating out from you that affects the world in which you live. Obviously, every living creature experiences emotion. A full range of emotion is available to every human being, including the animal emotions, and the emotions of the heart, even to those emotions which are shared by the celestial beings.

As you are comforted in the presence of divinity, as you allow yourself to trustingly feel the overcare of the Infinite Parent, and as you allow yourself to bask in the love and security of Michael and his legions of helpers, you have feelings of joy and acceptance, of grace and forgiveness. And in this citadel of the spirit your cup runneth over, your feelings are full and healthy and your emotions are at bay. When you emerge from Stillness, you enter the realm of e-motion. As you continue to carry your feeling of goodwill and well being, you manifest the spirit in harmony with your personality presentation of all being right with the world. You walk in light and life. And as you walk among your fellows in the arena, you encounter a barrage of stimuli and each of these stimuli impacts on your emotions, on your defenses, and you immediately put yourself in a position of denial. You selectively allow what you will experience.

As you are comforted in the presence of [[divinity]], as you allow yourself to trustingly feel the [[overcare]] of the [[Infinite Parent]], and as you allow yourself to bask in the [[love]] and [[security]] of [[Michael]] and his legions of helpers, you have [[feelings]] of [[joy]] and [[acceptance]], of [[grace]] and [[forgiveness]]. And in this [[citadel]] of the [[spirit]] your cup runneth over, your feelings are full and [[healthy]] and your [[emotions]] are at bay. When you emerge from [[Stillness]], you enter the realm of e-motion. As you continue to carry your [[feeling]] of goodwill and well being, you [[manifest]] the spirit in [[harmony]] with your [[personality]] presentation of all being right with the world. You walk in [[light and life]]. And as you walk among your fellows in the arena, you encounter a barrage of stimuli and each of these stimuli [[impacts]] on your [[emotions]], on your [[defenses]], and you immediately put yourself in a position of [[denial]]. You selectively allow what you will [[experience]].

But comes the time when you find yourself experiencing an emotion, a feeling, in certain parts of you, in your gut perhaps, that are in conflict with the attitude of your mind, with your affinity with spirit. It is at this point - we'll call it an emotional glitch -that is the turning point for you in your growth and in how you will manifest the spirit in harmony with your humanness or whether you will allow the humanness to take over and therefore eliminate the influence of your spirit life.

But comes the [[time]] when you find yourself experiencing an [[emotion]], a feeling, in certain parts of you, in your gut perhaps, that are in [[conflict]] with the [[attitude]] of your [[mind]], with your affinity with [[spirit]]. It is at this point - we'll call it an [[emotional]] glitch -that is the [[turning point]] for you in your [[growth]] and in how you will [[manifest]] the spirit in [[harmony]] with your humanness or whether you will allow the [[humanness]] to take over and therefore eliminate the [[influence]] of your spirit life.

As we broach this topic, it becomes apparent to me what a grand study in human behavior there is in the mortal being, and I am astounded, truly, at the circumstances and conditions in which you function and survive and, to some extent, thrive and grow in the convoluted emotional condition of the civilizations and the mental attitudes and emotional outpourings of the peoples of this planet.

As we broach this topic, it becomes apparent to me what a grand [[study]] in human behavior there is in the mortal being, and I am astounded, truly, at the [[circumstances]] and conditions in which you [[function]] and [[survive]] and, to some extent, thrive and [[grow]] in the convoluted emotional condition of the civilizations and the mental [[attitudes]] and emotional outpourings of the peoples of [[this planet]].

Particularly are you vulnerable, my friends, because of your evolutionary status, as coming out of a semi-savage arena into a more mental and therefore potentially spiritual arena. It is fully appreciated and well understood how it is that you who have grasped the reality of your connection with God, how it is that you hang onto it so tenaciously, for truly you remind me of those who would grasp a life raft in the torrid rapids of an overflowing river.

Particularly are you [[vulnerable]], my friends, because of your [[evolutionary]] status, as coming out of a semi-[[savage]] arena into a more [[mental]] and therefore potentially [[spiritual]] arena. It is fully [[appreciated]] and well [[understood]] how it is that you who have grasped the [[reality]] of your [[connection]] with God, how it is that you hang onto it so tenaciously, for truly you remind me of those who would grasp a life raft in the torrid rapids of an overflowing [[river]].

In the course of time I would like to help you all understand better your emotional reactions to life, for as you understand how you are reacting and what you are reacting to, you will the better be able to harmonize your need for and appreciation of the spirit with your honest humanness. It is human to feel anger, even rage, outrage, angst, sorrow, grief, despair, defeat, and to deny that these feelings and emotions occur is dishonest to your own growth. You deny also the growth of the Supreme in feeling that you must protect others from your "more negative" emotions, the baser nature. It is in accepting these glitches within yourself - when your mind and your emotions are not in harmony - that you can uncover in yourself, and to some extent in others, why you are the way you are. And in looking honestly at your emotions, your reactions to life, you can then do something about harmonizing your inner being and becoming a natural professor of honest compassion and joy, peace and harmony, and acceptance and love. And you will carry your light and life with you all the time. And at that point we will have entered light and life on the whole for Urantia.

In the [[course]] of time I would like to help you all [[understand]] better your emotional [[reactions]] to life, for as you [[understand]] how you are reacting and what you are reacting to, you will the better be able to [[harmonize]] your need for and [[appreciation]] of the [[spirit]] with your honest [[humanness]]. It is human to feel [[anger]], even [[rage]], outrage, angst, sorrow, [[grief]], despair, defeat, and to [[deny]] that these feelings and emotions occur is dishonest to your own [[growth]]. You deny also the [[growth]] of the [[Supreme]] in [[feeling]] that you must protect others from your "more [[negative]]" emotions, the baser nature. It is in [[accepting]] these glitches within yourself - when your [[mind]] and your [[emotions]] are not in [[harmony]] - that you can uncover in yourself, and to some extent in others, why you are the way you are. And in looking honestly at your [[emotions]], your [[reactions]] to life, you can then do something about harmonizing your inner [[being]] and [[becoming]] a natural [[professor]] of honest [[compassion]] and [[joy]], [[peace]] and [[harmony]], and [[acceptance]] and [[love]]. And you will carry your [[light and life]] with you all the time. And at that point we will have entered light and life on the whole for [[Urantia]].

Yes, it does reflect upon judgment. Judgment is a form of denial. It is a refusal to accept. When you accept another human being, you do not have to accept their error. You only need to accept that they err.

Yes, it does [[reflect]] upon judgment. [[Judgment]] is a form of [[denial]]. It is a refusal to [[accept]]. When you [[accept]] another [[human being]], you do not have to accept their [[error]]. You only need to accept that they err.

Perhaps I have saturated my sponges for now. Be pleasant with me now and share with me, that we may evolve our discourse into this precious and humble arena.

Perhaps I have [[saturated]] my sponges for now. Be pleasant with me now and [[share]] with me, that we may evolve our [[discourse]] into this precious and [[humble]] arena.

===Dialogue===

===Dialogue===

Leah: Well, expanding on the idea that you accept that they err, what is the appropriate response? I mean, I guess you can accept the way you react to them if you forgive yourself. Sometimes when you feel as if someone was blatantly erring, you feel as if you should say something to them, and I was wondering if you should say something to them or just let it go or . . . ? Do you just say, "I respect that you have a right to your opinion?"

Leah: Well, expanding on the idea that you [[accept]] that they err, what is the appropriate [[response]]? I mean, I guess you can accept the way you [[react]] to them if you [[forgive]] yourself. Sometimes when you feel as if someone was blatantly erring, you feel as if you should say something to them, and I was [[wondering]] if you should say something to them or just let it go or . . . ? Do you just say, "I respect that you have a right to your [[opinion]]?"

TOMAS: I must know further the depth of your question. I am not given to blanket responses. Are we discussing someone who side swipes your car or are we talking about someone who has used an inflection, a tone of voice which you found offensive? How sensitive are we here?

TOMAS: I must know further the depth of your question. I am not given to blanket [[responses]]. Are we [[discussing]] someone who side swipes your car or are we talking about someone who has used an inflection, a tone of voice which you found offensive? How sensitive are we here?

Leah: My friend has said that he has visited a teacher who he feels very strongly is teaching error (talking about "bad angels") and he has spoken to me and says he wants to correct this person and I was wondering, what do you do when you encounter someone who you think is teaching error? That's what I had in mind.

Leah: My friend has said that he has visited a teacher who he feels very strongly is teaching error (talking about "bad angels") and he has spoken to me and says he wants to correct this person and I was wondering, what do you do when you encounter someone who you think is teaching error? That's what I had in mind.