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===TR: [[S. Butterfield]]===
===TR: [[S. Butterfield]]===
==Session 1==
==Session 1==
I sent the following note to our friend [[Henry Zeringue]] re the [[Teaching Mission]]: "We began a [[spiritual]] [[group]] again and have introduced some of the teachings. We have all agreed to practicing the [[stillness]] and [[listening]] for teacher [[guidance]]. Would you please have someone speak to [[JarEl|Jar-el]] about this? just to say that we are here, waiting and [[listening]] and [[practicing]], and to ask if there is any message for us. Also please ask for me: Is [[understanding]] always necessary for [[forgiveness]]?
I sent the following note to our friend Henry Zeringue re the teaching mission: "We began a spiritual group again and have introduced some of the teachings. We have all agreed to practicing the stillness and listening for teacher guidance. Would you please have someone speak to Jar-el about this? just to say that we are here, waiting and listening and practicing, and to ask if there is any message for us. Also please ask for me: Is understanding always necessary for forgiveness?
TR: Before I heard back from Henry, I "received" the following:
TR: Before I heard back from Henry, I "received" the following:
===Lesson===
===Lesson===
===='''''[[Forgiveness]]''''', '''''[[Love]]'''''====
1. [[Listen]], you will [[understand]]. [[Forgiveness]] is [[fluid]], like [[love]]. You will see great empty spaces, like the blank page to the [[author]]. You will be the one to carve your forgiveness out of granite, as smooth as glass, so smooth you have difficulty seeing the fault lines through which all [[change]] is [[manifested]]. Your [[fear]] of [[understanding]] is different only in kind from your fear of truth. You have [[discovered]] the similarities, but not identified with them. Truth is [[friendly]]. So is [[understanding]], because these twins, not identical, are nevertheless from the same [[seed]], love. When the truth hurts, there must always follow a period of relief to this bending oneself to love. Do not despair.
But [[understanding]] without [[love]], without that relief that [[pain]] will end, is worthless, no matter how true the understanding is. [[Truth]] can not stand [[alone]]. Love must filter through the truth; all [[intelligence]] must be struck thru by [[love]] in order to reveal the truth; all truth leads to love. My understanding may vastly differ from your understanding, but in this we [[agree]] and are the same, we do not exist without [[love]]. Love is the generator, the moving part to all [[forgiveness]] and [[growth]]. Forgiveness and growth are love¹s [[machine]]. We are [[grateful]] for all [[opportunities]] to grease the wheels, so to speak, to [[infuse]] your truth with forgiveness and love beyond your understanding. Be in [[peace]], brother and sister.
===='''''[[Learning]]'''''====
2. Have [[faith]] in [[learning]]. You are [[wandering]] lost in the barren [[desert]], but I am here and I will [[guide]] you. Never [[fear]], we are watching over all your falls and mishaps.
When [[the call]] comes, you answer it. Each time you open yourself to [[listening]], hearing our [[guidance]], you are learning. You can only see one [[step]] at a time, here, in the here and now. We are with you and on the other side of the [[mountain]] as well. As you learn from one another, you increase your [[ability]] to be here and there. As we do. This is the importance of [[connection]], [[listening]], communicating in an exchange of [[effort]] to hear and be guided. Whether the thread you are following is thin, and you cling to it with [[faith]] and trepidation, [[loyally]], but shivering in the dark, [[Love]] will prevail. You will reach the [[summit]] and see beyond the narrow confines of your [[self]] and the small [[spotlight]] of your earthly life. Let us show you how to spread that light, how to see into the [[darkness]], which for all your [[fear]] is still [[fascinating]]. Shadows go slowly, you must be willing for them to [[change]] shape until suddenly they become your safe [[escape]] into [[light]] and the joys of unconditional love. Be not [[intimidated]]. Look with eyes unafraid to be open. Listen with ears [[patient]] for the truth. In between your [[conflicts]] and [[struggles]] to love one another as we love you, like the [[interstices]] of a strong [[foundation]] built to withstand the natural settling and shifting of the earth's faults, be content in who you are, [[human being]]s, limited in scope but gifted with the the [[capacity]] to [[love]], and be loved. You are loved beyond your wildest [[hopes]] and [[dreams]]. Your power to love is limited only by your ability to know this is true, I am with you, [[the Father]] and all the [[heavenly hosts]] are with you, the [[Mother Spirit]] [[embraces]] you. The [[miracle]] of [[love]] on earth is founded in these [[beliefs]]. And re-created by each one of you, as [[fathers]], [[mothers]], [[Siblings|sisters and brothers]]. But the greatest of these is to know that you are one, one among many, one in all, each of you is precious in [[the Father]]'s eyes, and the Mother is no less. That is all for now.
===='''''[[Forgiveness]]'''''====
3. [[Pain]]. You [[weep]] because you [[fear]] you will not be loved. This fear of the [[future]] is because you do not [[believe]] that you are loved, or loveable. Whatever you believe love to be, begin to give that to yourself now. You are loved. By me who is always at your side. By [[the Father]] and [[the Mother]], equal and equally.
You have done well, my child. The [[discipline]] of [[love]] is the mastery of the tongue; you want to speak when it is not [[wise]] to do so, and only love quiets the tongue. When you speak out with [[love]], you are heard. Wait and [[listen]] before you speak. Even then, loving [[speech]] may bear hard [[truth]], painful truth, and your words are flung back at you like dirt on a burial scene. You want to rise up, let the dirt fall, have your say. The [[dead]] can not speak. Only the living. We only live by [[love]].
Misunderstanding in [[love]] is overcome only by [[forgiveness]]. Forgiveness exists as soon as you have the [[intention]]; it is not a [[solitary]] act, it must be done again and again and again. Your intention will [[guide]] you, and we, knowing now your intention is real, have given you [[support]]. [[Listen]] and your forgiveness will give you that [[feeling]] of love you so desperately seek.
[[Rest]] well, child of love, you are known as a divine [[mentor]] in [[heaven]]. Take these [[words]] and [[share]] them.
===='''''[[Joy]]'''''====
4. Your [[mind]] races, yet your fingers are cold and therefore stiff ([[TR]] types the transmissions as they come); do not be in such a [[hurry]] that you can not hear. You have been given what you asked for. A teacher. [[Information]]. The world is here for your [[pleasure]]. You [[struggle]] with this. What is wrong with [[joy]]? This sends you scurrying, you can not [[accept]] that you have been [[guided]] all along the way, that you knew this [[joy]] was given to the world for [[expression]]. The [[confusion]] is between [[selfish]] expression and that which expresses the love from God [[the Father]] to all his children. Therein lies the true [[joy]], Real joy. Joyful all ye friends of God.
After that outburst, fireworks in the [[sky]] at the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000 new millennium], balloons floating up in a [[celebration]] of [[peace]], one draws back, backs off, curls up in the night and [[sleeps]]. So it is with your [[experience]]. At first you realize that you have been given what you wanted, what you asked for. Then you realize that you created it, or allowed your self to see and [[celebrate]], and [[enjoy]]. Then you think you must do it again. [[Repetition]] ensues. Repetition is not alive, it is like the cogs in the [[machine]] that keep it going, over and over the same. Dependable in a [[mechanistic]] way, not [[loyal]], nor real, living. You are like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_rings#Growth_rings the trees that over and again make rings], new bark over new bark. This is a living mechanism, a repetition that [[changes]] with [[time]], [[weather]], and other matters of life. Once the changing bark ends, the petrified wood is inert. Dead. So you do when you allow [[tradition]] to become unthoughtful. Think [[joy]]. Your [[mind]] can not stand still with joy. Like a child jumping up and down with joy, your mind will always race forward. And so you must sit back, once in awhile, and retreat. Do not be afraid of that [[retreat]], even when it is dark, like the [[darkness]] of a closet, reach up and pull the string for the [[light]]. Without that light, you will not know the way out. Do not suffocate among the old clothes, the heavy coats. These are blankets for the night, [[protection]] against the cold, not alive. Only you are alive. Only you can [[feel]] each item in your world. [[Touch]] these things tenderly. Stroke them for [[texture]], to know and to [[understand]]. Then leave them be and go forth with [[love]] and therefore [[joy]] in your [[heart]]. We are here with you. We see too. In the [[dark]], in the light, it is the same. Love only will make a living [[change]], Love only will make the living change. All else is SS.(the transmitter shut down)
5. About [[anger]]: This is [[difficult]] for you. We [[understand]]. Anger is made up of many parts, like the [[puzzle]], crossword puzzle. You want the right answer. You search and search. So many words are said and are wrong. So many [[meanings]] lead you down the wrong [[path]] and you must erase your efforts and start again. [[Patience]] is the background to [[success]].
Our lesson today will be on [[tolerance]]. This is not characteristic of all, nor should it be extended to all things and all people. Tolerance is a spiritual [[goal]]. Walking in the [[woods]] is a [[joyous]] [[experience]]. There is so much to see. Small things, larger things. The canopy allows [[light]] to filter through. Sometimes there are open meadows suffused with light and the [[peace]] of an untroubled place. [[Stillness]] reigns everywhere in the forest, even with the many small [[sounds]], rustlings of [[life]]. Yet you must walk with [[care]], [[attention]], remain alert. The [[danger]] is to equate [[beauty]] and stillness and "[[peace]] on earth" with no harm. There is harm on your earth. Harm must be met with [[vigilance]]. Harm can be met with peaceful means, but it must not be [[tolerated]]. Even unintended, harm is something to be [[examined]], not tolerated or ignored.
Your [[resistance]] to meeting harm¹s way is your resistance to meeting yourself, lost and not yet found to be trustworthy. Know this, we [[trust]] you. We [[guide]] you to every possibility to learn, and to [[understand]] harm¹s ways. Enjoy the [[forest]], but [[study]] the trees.
Your concern for others is concern for your [[self]]. Not [[selfish]], but a concern born out of your [[feeling]]. To assuage [[pain]] is our task. Allow yourself to be [[guided]] and let us guide those you love. Each person is loved. Your love will spread as you take in the love we have for you. We would take all your [[tears]] and spread them to the [[winds]] to nourish the trees, while you, a favored and favorite tree grow. The [[light]], our [[love]], comes to all in time. There are so many [[plants]] to water. Let your tears of love join the [[living water]]s of our [[compassion]] for you. Live in [[peace]] with your brothers and sisters, but do not fear to tread the [[path]] you are given and guided to follow. Have [[faith]] that even in the [[darkest]] of the forest realms, you will be seen and heard and given sustenance. [[Listen]]. We will speak to you along the way.
===='''''[[Emotion]]'''''====
Your [[emotions]]. Treat them like flowers and blossoms, [[fragile]] when plucked too soon. Treat them like mulch, the forest bed that nourishes when left alone. Treat them like [[messages]] pointing the way, openings to new [[paths]]. But do not think your emotions, even the most [[glorious]], are All that Is. They give you [[joy]]. They give you [[sorrow]]. They allow you to live fully in your realm. Yet the [[mind]] knows even in the most powerful hurricane of emotion, if you let it be still, there is more. [[Listen]]. [[Your Father]] is here. Pray, dear Father I know not what to do, but I know your way is [[good]]. That the love you have for me is given to all. [[Amen]]. That is all for now.
===='''''[[Sincerity]]''''', '''''[[Transmitting]]'''''====
6. "Your [[words]]": are not in the way. These are my words, our words. [[Trust]] your [[intention]] is true to the line, that line between us and you. We will do the rest. You have understood [[the Mission]] well. We will [[guide]] you. Your trust is like the hand of a little child in ours. Your hand so small. Our hand so great. We are handing you up to God, nothing more, nothing less. And that is very fine, is it not?
[[Sincerity]] is the [[root]] of success. The root ferrets out the [[minerals]] and nutrients of the [[soil]] and bring these up to nurture a tree, or a [[plant]], a [[life]] that is open to the [[sun]], the light necessary for [[growth]], the light that raises everything on high. Our task is not to [[grow]] you, that is God¹s. Our task is to show you the way by our teachings. You have this [[seed]] of [[knowledge]] already lodged within you. We allow this knowledge to come forth. You see it differently, just as new [[insights]] come to you when you read [[poetry]], or a well-written [[novel]]. Just as when you are suddenly [[inspired]] by a [[painting]] done by one also inspired. You share these "lessons" because you are impelled by your own knowledge to do so, and because that is our [[mission]] as well. Not just to teach you, but to teach others. To reach as many as can be touched by this mission. So many are [[hungry]] and waiting, they need only to be given the [[story]], the lesson, the image on the wall. An [[audience]] is nothing more than a [[community]] of like-minded [[souls]] reaching for the same [[goal]]. Do not be afraid of this [[experience]].
[[Exposure]] can erase the camera¹s image on the film. Exposure can release the image to the world. Yours is simply to be the camera, not the interpreter. Each [[mind]] will [[process]] the results, the [[information]], the lessons uniquely. That is not your concern. [[Trust]] that the will of God passes through each unique [[human being]]. You are not [[responsible]] for the results, only to [[share]] the results of your own [[commitment]]. All will be well. Even in this moment you are protected against your own [[fears]]. Fear is a natural element in life on your planet of [[Urantia]], that which you call Earth. Think of all the years of [[history]] and pre-history in which life struggled toward [[consciousness]]. The [[awakening]] was both difficult and alive with [[joy]].
I have said before, proceed with [[caution]], but proceed with [[trust]]. [[Patience]], my child. Take your "[[waking]] slow" as a [[blessing]]. Too rapid an [[understanding]] can release unfounded [[fears]]. Even your gentle [[ascent]] can seem like a rocket piercing [[the universe]] faster than your mind can [[consent]]. We are aware of this. The major leaps of [[mankind]] toward God have been the outcome of a snail¹s pace [[understanding]]. It is that once understood all things appear new. [[Newness]] appears to be sudden, like the [[birth]] of a [[baby]], suddenly a new person is there right before your eyes. You had something to do with this, and yet you did not. You were the vehicle, the incubator, but the new [[personality]], the new [[understanding]], is fresh, alive with the uniqueness of God¹s [[idea]] [[manifested]] on earth. [[Revelation]] is like that. Sudden and even unexpected, yet once known always known to have been there waiting, nine months waiting, to be born. That is the [[meaning]] of your phrase "[[born again]]." Revelation moving through all God-loving and God-intending beings. [[Intending]] toward God is to do God¹s will. Goodwill on earth demands that each [[heart]] [[dedicate]] itself. Do not concern yourself with another¹s goodwill. Attend to your own. [[Share]] it and goodwill will [[become]] yours, given and received in full measure. Take these [[words]], my sister, and have [[joy]] in your heart. For your intention is goodwill and this will be known, this is known.
===Closing===
===Closing===
All doubt is the process of learning to have faith in God. Be with your brothers and sisters in peace. We will come again. And again you will experience the discipline of love, to listen and to understand that love must be shared. We are satisfied, have no fear.
All [[doubt]] is the [[process]] of [[learning]] to have [[faith]] in God. Be with your brothers and sisters in [[peace]]. We will come again. And again you will [[experience]] the [[discipline]] of [[love]], to [[listen]] and to understand that love must be [[shared]]. We are [[satisfied]], have no [[fear]].
==T/R Note 2==
==T/R Note 2==