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==Heading==
===Topic: ''Terrorism''===
===Group: [[Lightline TeaM]]===
==Facilitators==
===Teacher: [[Michael]]===
===TR: [[JL]]===
==Session==
===Opening===
Dear Michael and Mother Spirit, welcome. We are [[happy]] to have you with us, especially tonight when we come to this meeting with heavy [[hearts]] because, recently, our news [[media]] have been filled with [[events]] taking place on earth that really challenge our [[imaginations]]--even to try to conceive what people are doing to each other.
It is rightfully called [[terrorism]] because it seems that what they are doing is not just to eliminate those who disagree with them, but doing so in such a [[horrific]] way so as to terrorize the people around them into strict [[obedience]]. So we welcome whatever you have to say on these events, knowing, Michael, that when you lived here in your life as [[Jesus]], you also faced and ultimately experienced what happens when one group of people do their best to [[control]] others through sheer terror, the [[promise]] of unimaginable [[pain]] and [[suffering]]. We do humbly come to you tonight with [[open heart]]s and open [[minds]]. Thank you, and [[Amen]].
Michael: Good evening, this is Michael. Definitely, [[Mother Spirit]] and I accept your warm welcome. We too have heavy hearts resulting from what is taking place on this poor, plagued planet--our dear [[Urantia]], your dear [[home]]. As you mentioned, in one way this is nothing new because the human race on Urantia has been pretty much at [[war]] with each other now for nigh onto a million years. We refer you to [[Part 3|the history given to you in the Urantia Book]] of how rare this circumstance is on [[evolving planets]]. Its been very rare for both the [[celestial]] presence of a [[Planetary Prince]] and his helpers, and then later, [[Adam and Eve]], to have gone astray and left the evolving human races pretty much to their own devices.
*Terrorism
Sometimes you call this [[behavior]], all most too easily, that of savages or [[barbarians]]. But that does mean you are acknowledging things that were hopefully left in your distant [[past]], when they were almost universally done between warring [[tribes]], then later [[nation]]-states and whole [[empires]]--the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire Roman Empire] when [[Part 4|I was alive on your world]]. Yet the fact is these practices of terrorizing people still exist. The one supremely novel component is the way these [[organizations]] are themselves advertising and promulgating on worldwide social [[media]] just what they are doing.
As you say, they are not content to only kill those who oppose them politically and socially, but are advertising their [[torturing]] so as to terrorize others into abject [[obedience]]. Indeed, in some of the small towns, villages, and neighborhoods of the larger [[cities]] they have conquered, they themselves have put out pictures of a hundred people laying in the street, face-down with their hands tied behind their backs, awaiting a [[tribunal]] to see if they will live or perhaps be killed as I was. For there are even [[crucifixions]] happening again.
Of course, by their [[thinking]], someone who ascribes to their cause and their [[beliefs]] is immediately tested to see if they too will kill innocents of a different [[faith]] or belief. So you have a horrendous [[psychological]] institution of those having to kill others to prove they are one of the group. Then too, the group is held together in large part by this same kind of [[obscene]] things done to others. Its the threat hanging over each head that if they show any [[hesitation]] in continuing to support what the group is doing, they will instantly become the next [[victim]]. This is what those already in the group are living under.
And since they are armed and organized, the [[soldiers]] of the group have to be stopped. As [[Mother Spirit]] said last time, there are those who can be rehabilitated, but those that are willing to die, or even see as a wonderful thing to die for their cause: their [[murdering]] rampage has to be stopped.
*Facing difficult realities
This is a hard [[reality]] to face. But, as you try to keep things in [[proportion]], my dear ones, remember a hallmark of [[wisdom]] is a sense of proportion. You must also do your own best to--right within your own mind--as hard as it is--realize and accept within yourself what is happening. I say this because, in all [[humility]], you must admit that you cannot pretend to know even for a few minutes what these folks are actually going through. You can only imagine and [[respect]] the kind of fear and pain they are facing, those who are captured and awaiting the most obscene kind of death that can be imagined. So even words like [[barbarians]] or savages , too often repeated, can be a kind of cover to ignore what is happening.
This is the great spiritual [[challenge]] for all of you, especially you dear, sweet, [[peace]]-loving folks, to open yourselves to what is actually happening this reality. In doing so you avoid becoming [[fundamentalist]] yourself. The closest synonym for that would be simple-minded. These are folks who believe they are so close to the fundamental [[truth]], and that they alone possess this truth, they do terrible things in the name of God--who is love, who is sharing and connecting, who is life-supporting and life-affirming: the [[Creator]] of life. Open your [[hearts]] and open your [[minds]] to what it is they are doingif only the plain, physical [[facts]] if you will, for which there is no excuse.
As difficult as it is to put yourself in the position of either the [[victims]] or the victimizers--those who are doing these things, this is where your open-minded [[meditation]] and your prayers help you from becoming [[fundamentalists]] yourselves. You avoid espousing some all-too-easy, simple-minded solution. For this kind of [[terrorism]] must be met and understood on all levels, not only the physical of what is being done to peoples bodies, but also their minds and the whole [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_warfare psychological warfare] that is going on.
It keeps you from too easily wondering why the folks in that area of the world dont just rise up and themselves throw out these [[terrorists]]. You have to realize how they can conquer so much territory through these [[practices]] because, to speak up against them results in immediate [[pain]] and suffering, and not only to you but also to your family. Consider the things that are done to children in the [[presence]] of their [[parents]]. This is what you must open your hearts to wonder about. Open yourselves to all the possible ways of confronting this, for [[Mother Spirit]] and I are aware of the broad spectrum of political and social ideas put forward on how to confront this.
*Understanding complexity, avoiding simple-mindedness
The first thing is just to be open-minded and willing to look at everything. Entertain all [[points of view]], and then back those political or social groups which, in your own deepest [[wisdom]], best confront this reality.
This is the hard work. This is the true warfare for the [[hearts]] and [[minds]] of all those who are aware of what is happening. This is your [[responsibility]], your ability-to-respond; and always, always first by striving to know and be aware--as much as possible--of what is actually happening.
In the face of such truly [[obscene]] [[horror]], the human mind flies into [[denial]] at times. So it is in denying yourself that [[escape]], that is the real, courageous response. Be informed. Be aware and truly, deeply care. [[Wonder]] what you can do to help the situation on all levels, including physical [[support]] and even military response to that part of it.
*What is your creative solution?
[[Psychologically]], in the mind realm, do your best to [[understand]] what is happening, and why. In the [[spiritual]] realm, you yourself need come up with your own [[creative]] ideas and possible solutions. Be part of the solution to this problem. Because, my dears, it is time for this poor, tired old world of yours to move beyond this. As we have taught so many times, the best remedy for any kind of [[fundamentalism]] of any group or religion is open-mindedness and [[freedom]] of [[expression]]. It is being aware of all aspects of [[life]], all aspects of your current social and political [[organizations]], of your different [[nations]] and nation-states, different religions and ways of approaching God.
This is the [[duty]] of every [[citizen]]. This is the glory and the gift of every citizen and the only way this kind of terror will be eliminated. So my dear ones, with your heavy hearts and rather challenged imaginations--understandably so, there is a good, spiritual [[humility]] in acknowledging to yourself and even to each other that some of what is taking place is beyond your [[comprehension]], so far, far removed from what you could ever do--causing even one other person to [[suffer]] the [[fear]] and the pain that is now being done, and has been done to tens of thousands. This is the situation.
Dear Father, we come to you in our prayers and our meditation and most humbly ask for help. Help us be [[aware]]. Help us care. Help us understand. Help us act wisely to truly affect an elimination of so much pain and suffering. Amen
Now my dear ones, if you have any questions or comments this evening, we can do that.
===Dialogue===
Student #1: I have a question. It may be one that cannot be answered, but why isnt our government taking a lead in this situation?
*Political points-of-viewing events
Michael: Yes, my dear. As you have probably noticed, [[Mother Spirit]] and I generally refuse to get into particulars about this because of the very [[language]] involved. We are aware of your [[political]] and social [[spectrum]], as I have said, from one far [[extreme]] to another. So often the very words used by different political parties or social groups are so loaded it would take an hour sometimes, just to [[clarify]] the terms that we could use. Your [[government]] is composed of, again, such a wide variety and broad political spectrum of folks that you simply have to [[listen]] to the different groups and see what they suggest. Then consider the [[relationships]] between your [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States President], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress your Congress], and your [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Supreme_Court Supreme Court], and the way they handle these things. Look at your news reports. They often tend to be extremely liberal or conservative with sometimes exactly opposite ideas of what is the best thing to do.
This is your [[government]] in the sense of all these different view-points of what to do. As I tried to point out tonight, theres even the human difficulty of [[accepting]] the [[reality]] of what is happening.
Student #1: I dont know. I feelunfortunately--we have gotten to a point where we dont even really trust our government.
*Various constituencies
Michael: Well, that could be a very [[wise]] assessment--how much your government does respond to the folks. In a modern [[democracy]], who the government is and who it responds to is an extraordinarily [[complex]] thing, as you know. Keep in mind, my dear, that the government and the people--as you say--are all [[individuals]] answering to a whole spectrum of demands and constituencies. So far as your elections are fairly open and honest, all the folks in government, from the President on down, do respond to different constituencies. Think of how your polling, even it worded and asked by different [[groups]], shows this [[difference]] of opinion as to what should be done.
This is why, tonight, I tried to address the [[psychological]] phenomenon of [[denial]], of too easily glossing over particular, specific [[events]], even by using words like [[barbarian]] acts so many times it looses its [[meaning]]. To know your president and his administration, your congress with all its different voices, tune into different viewpoints in your news so you can get a good sense of who their different constituencies are, how they got elected, and who they represent.
Student #1: I feel that is largely questionable too.
*Trusting the media?
Michael: Exactly. It is also a very [[complex]] situation with the [[media]]--who [[controls]] it and who has a voice in it; as well as in your Congress and who they [[represent]]. But there is no way [[shy]] of this in being well informed yourself. This is your prime [[responsibility]] as a citizen and as a member of a social group; to do your best to be well informed.
Student #1: Thank you. Thank you so much.
Michael: You are welcome, my dear. Again: keep in [[mind]] all these different [[viewpoints]] being expressed on how to handle this situation, this world situation and all the different areas involved: the European, the African, the South American, all the Asian--China and Japan. All these different countries each have their own different [[relationship]] with what is happening.
*Humility
It is very [[complex]], but it is possible with todays [[media]] expressing different points of view, that you can get a pretty [[good]] idea of what is happening and why. In this there is nothing so precious as Gods gift of [[curiosity]] as a part of you. Open yourself and [[wonder]]--you, yourself--wonder about all of this. This is why we say there is such a great spiritual [[quality]] and blessing in [[humility]], being aware of and acknowledging enormous events happening. You can feel humiliated, insignificant, and crushed by it all; or you can be spiritually thankful for what you can be aware of--the enormity that you can be aware of. And be in my Peace.
===Closing===
My dear ones: let me close this evening with a lesson that [[Mother Spirit]] and I have touched on from time to time. There is a kind of worldwide [[spiritual evolution]] happening. There is a [[progress]] happening, if in no other way than the [[fact]] you can be aware, and all the [[societies]] of the world can be ever more aware, of what is happening perhaps some place so far away, so totally removed from your own day-to-day life. There has always been a World Soul of connection on the spiritual level, but this is becoming more and more into personal, [[individual]] [[consciousness]], a broader consciousness, because of your electronic media.
*Individuality - Gods gift
This is the very thing all [[fundamentalists]] are rightfully afraid of. For the [[terrorists]] themselves, a huge part of their [[goal]] is to insist upon an absolutely single [[belief]] system being broadcast, and the submergence of the individual into the [[group]]. It might seem a small or even a petty thing, but Mother Spirit mentioned the fact of the [[anonymity]] that is being offered, that so many of these terrorist groups wear [[masks]]. Even the individuality of the human face, each persons own face in these cases, is being eliminated. Each person becomes only a [[thing]], just another masked terrorist doing hideous things to other people.
This abnegation of personal [[responsibility]] is a big factor in enabling [[human being]]s to do the things they are doing to others. And again, there is that [[terror]] right within the group, that were they to [[hesitate]], they too could be turned upon in an instant. This is another glue that holds them together, and it requires that they expand. They cannot just be static within and between themselves doing such things, now in their souls.
*A dangerous psychology and belief
So understanding the [[psychology]] of this is essential. In a very [[ironic]] way, they are to be pitied--to have such [[obscene]] deeds in their [[souls]] for all [[eternity]]. But at the same time they are extremely dangerous and have to be stopped.
*Treasuring freedom
And so, my dear ones, treasure the [[freedom]] you enjoy from such things. Treasure the openness of those [[societies]] where a person is accepted and given the right to live and to prosper in spite of [[race]], or sex, or age, or religious [[belief]]. Then what variety, what wonderful, wonderful variety of individuals and all manners of [[expression]] come blossoming forth! [[Contrast]] that to a black-clothed [[mob]] of [[masked]], faceless men--no color allowed, no individuality allowed. They are truly pitiful, these [[obsessed]] people; but doing the most obscene things. This is the full [[reality]] of who and what they are.
While most of the rest of the world knows something called [[love]] and has their [[souls]] filled with [[sharing]] all the variety of others, all these other unique [[Paper 30|personalities created by God]], in their full expression. What a [[contrast]]!
*No two alike
So enjoy your loving each other, my dear children. [[Glory]] in it. Glory in the [[individual]] where, ironically, everybody is the same: no two alike. Each person is [[unique]]--God's gift for you and themselves--and he would not have you harm another of his.
[[Mother Spirit]] sends her [[love]], and I bid you be in my peace. Do all you can to see it spread over this beautiful earth. Good evening
[[Category: The Teaching Mission: Dialogues]]
[[Category: Lightline TeaM]]
[[Category: Nebadonia]]
[[Category: JL]]
[[Category: 2015]]
[[File:Teaching_buddha_small.jpg|right|frame]]
==Heading==
===Topic: ''Terrorism''===
===Group: [[Lightline TeaM]]===
==Facilitators==
===Teacher: [[Michael]]===
===TR: [[JL]]===
==Session==
===Opening===
Dear Michael and Mother Spirit, welcome. We are [[happy]] to have you with us, especially tonight when we come to this meeting with heavy [[hearts]] because, recently, our news [[media]] have been filled with [[events]] taking place on earth that really challenge our [[imaginations]]--even to try to conceive what people are doing to each other.
It is rightfully called [[terrorism]] because it seems that what they are doing is not just to eliminate those who disagree with them, but doing so in such a [[horrific]] way so as to terrorize the people around them into strict [[obedience]]. So we welcome whatever you have to say on these events, knowing, Michael, that when you lived here in your life as [[Jesus]], you also faced and ultimately experienced what happens when one group of people do their best to [[control]] others through sheer terror, the [[promise]] of unimaginable [[pain]] and [[suffering]]. We do humbly come to you tonight with [[open heart]]s and open [[minds]]. Thank you, and [[Amen]].
Michael: Good evening, this is Michael. Definitely, [[Mother Spirit]] and I accept your warm welcome. We too have heavy hearts resulting from what is taking place on this poor, plagued planet--our dear [[Urantia]], your dear [[home]]. As you mentioned, in one way this is nothing new because the human race on Urantia has been pretty much at [[war]] with each other now for nigh onto a million years. We refer you to [[Part 3|the history given to you in the Urantia Book]] of how rare this circumstance is on [[evolving planets]]. Its been very rare for both the [[celestial]] presence of a [[Planetary Prince]] and his helpers, and then later, [[Adam and Eve]], to have gone astray and left the evolving human races pretty much to their own devices.
*Terrorism
Sometimes you call this [[behavior]], all most too easily, that of savages or [[barbarians]]. But that does mean you are acknowledging things that were hopefully left in your distant [[past]], when they were almost universally done between warring [[tribes]], then later [[nation]]-states and whole [[empires]]--the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire Roman Empire] when [[Part 4|I was alive on your world]]. Yet the fact is these practices of terrorizing people still exist. The one supremely novel component is the way these [[organizations]] are themselves advertising and promulgating on worldwide social [[media]] just what they are doing.
As you say, they are not content to only kill those who oppose them politically and socially, but are advertising their [[torturing]] so as to terrorize others into abject [[obedience]]. Indeed, in some of the small towns, villages, and neighborhoods of the larger [[cities]] they have conquered, they themselves have put out pictures of a hundred people laying in the street, face-down with their hands tied behind their backs, awaiting a [[tribunal]] to see if they will live or perhaps be killed as I was. For there are even [[crucifixions]] happening again.
Of course, by their [[thinking]], someone who ascribes to their cause and their [[beliefs]] is immediately tested to see if they too will kill innocents of a different [[faith]] or belief. So you have a horrendous [[psychological]] institution of those having to kill others to prove they are one of the group. Then too, the group is held together in large part by this same kind of [[obscene]] things done to others. Its the threat hanging over each head that if they show any [[hesitation]] in continuing to support what the group is doing, they will instantly become the next [[victim]]. This is what those already in the group are living under.
And since they are armed and organized, the [[soldiers]] of the group have to be stopped. As [[Mother Spirit]] said last time, there are those who can be rehabilitated, but those that are willing to die, or even see as a wonderful thing to die for their cause: their [[murdering]] rampage has to be stopped.
*Facing difficult realities
This is a hard [[reality]] to face. But, as you try to keep things in [[proportion]], my dear ones, remember a hallmark of [[wisdom]] is a sense of proportion. You must also do your own best to--right within your own mind--as hard as it is--realize and accept within yourself what is happening. I say this because, in all [[humility]], you must admit that you cannot pretend to know even for a few minutes what these folks are actually going through. You can only imagine and [[respect]] the kind of fear and pain they are facing, those who are captured and awaiting the most obscene kind of death that can be imagined. So even words like [[barbarians]] or savages , too often repeated, can be a kind of cover to ignore what is happening.
This is the great spiritual [[challenge]] for all of you, especially you dear, sweet, [[peace]]-loving folks, to open yourselves to what is actually happening this reality. In doing so you avoid becoming [[fundamentalist]] yourself. The closest synonym for that would be simple-minded. These are folks who believe they are so close to the fundamental [[truth]], and that they alone possess this truth, they do terrible things in the name of God--who is love, who is sharing and connecting, who is life-supporting and life-affirming: the [[Creator]] of life. Open your [[hearts]] and open your [[minds]] to what it is they are doingif only the plain, physical [[facts]] if you will, for which there is no excuse.
As difficult as it is to put yourself in the position of either the [[victims]] or the victimizers--those who are doing these things, this is where your open-minded [[meditation]] and your prayers help you from becoming [[fundamentalists]] yourselves. You avoid espousing some all-too-easy, simple-minded solution. For this kind of [[terrorism]] must be met and understood on all levels, not only the physical of what is being done to peoples bodies, but also their minds and the whole [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_warfare psychological warfare] that is going on.
It keeps you from too easily wondering why the folks in that area of the world dont just rise up and themselves throw out these [[terrorists]]. You have to realize how they can conquer so much territory through these [[practices]] because, to speak up against them results in immediate [[pain]] and suffering, and not only to you but also to your family. Consider the things that are done to children in the [[presence]] of their [[parents]]. This is what you must open your hearts to wonder about. Open yourselves to all the possible ways of confronting this, for [[Mother Spirit]] and I are aware of the broad spectrum of political and social ideas put forward on how to confront this.
*Understanding complexity, avoiding simple-mindedness
The first thing is just to be open-minded and willing to look at everything. Entertain all [[points of view]], and then back those political or social groups which, in your own deepest [[wisdom]], best confront this reality.
This is the hard work. This is the true warfare for the [[hearts]] and [[minds]] of all those who are aware of what is happening. This is your [[responsibility]], your ability-to-respond; and always, always first by striving to know and be aware--as much as possible--of what is actually happening.
In the face of such truly [[obscene]] [[horror]], the human mind flies into [[denial]] at times. So it is in denying yourself that [[escape]], that is the real, courageous response. Be informed. Be aware and truly, deeply care. [[Wonder]] what you can do to help the situation on all levels, including physical [[support]] and even military response to that part of it.
*What is your creative solution?
[[Psychologically]], in the mind realm, do your best to [[understand]] what is happening, and why. In the [[spiritual]] realm, you yourself need come up with your own [[creative]] ideas and possible solutions. Be part of the solution to this problem. Because, my dears, it is time for this poor, tired old world of yours to move beyond this. As we have taught so many times, the best remedy for any kind of [[fundamentalism]] of any group or religion is open-mindedness and [[freedom]] of [[expression]]. It is being aware of all aspects of [[life]], all aspects of your current social and political [[organizations]], of your different [[nations]] and nation-states, different religions and ways of approaching God.
This is the [[duty]] of every [[citizen]]. This is the glory and the gift of every citizen and the only way this kind of terror will be eliminated. So my dear ones, with your heavy hearts and rather challenged imaginations--understandably so, there is a good, spiritual [[humility]] in acknowledging to yourself and even to each other that some of what is taking place is beyond your [[comprehension]], so far, far removed from what you could ever do--causing even one other person to [[suffer]] the [[fear]] and the pain that is now being done, and has been done to tens of thousands. This is the situation.
Dear Father, we come to you in our prayers and our meditation and most humbly ask for help. Help us be [[aware]]. Help us care. Help us understand. Help us act wisely to truly affect an elimination of so much pain and suffering. Amen
Now my dear ones, if you have any questions or comments this evening, we can do that.
===Dialogue===
Student #1: I have a question. It may be one that cannot be answered, but why isnt our government taking a lead in this situation?
*Political points-of-viewing events
Michael: Yes, my dear. As you have probably noticed, [[Mother Spirit]] and I generally refuse to get into particulars about this because of the very [[language]] involved. We are aware of your [[political]] and social [[spectrum]], as I have said, from one far [[extreme]] to another. So often the very words used by different political parties or social groups are so loaded it would take an hour sometimes, just to [[clarify]] the terms that we could use. Your [[government]] is composed of, again, such a wide variety and broad political spectrum of folks that you simply have to [[listen]] to the different groups and see what they suggest. Then consider the [[relationships]] between your [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States President], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress your Congress], and your [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Supreme_Court Supreme Court], and the way they handle these things. Look at your news reports. They often tend to be extremely liberal or conservative with sometimes exactly opposite ideas of what is the best thing to do.
This is your [[government]] in the sense of all these different view-points of what to do. As I tried to point out tonight, theres even the human difficulty of [[accepting]] the [[reality]] of what is happening.
Student #1: I dont know. I feelunfortunately--we have gotten to a point where we dont even really trust our government.
*Various constituencies
Michael: Well, that could be a very [[wise]] assessment--how much your government does respond to the folks. In a modern [[democracy]], who the government is and who it responds to is an extraordinarily [[complex]] thing, as you know. Keep in mind, my dear, that the government and the people--as you say--are all [[individuals]] answering to a whole spectrum of demands and constituencies. So far as your elections are fairly open and honest, all the folks in government, from the President on down, do respond to different constituencies. Think of how your polling, even it worded and asked by different [[groups]], shows this [[difference]] of opinion as to what should be done.
This is why, tonight, I tried to address the [[psychological]] phenomenon of [[denial]], of too easily glossing over particular, specific [[events]], even by using words like [[barbarian]] acts so many times it looses its [[meaning]]. To know your president and his administration, your congress with all its different voices, tune into different viewpoints in your news so you can get a good sense of who their different constituencies are, how they got elected, and who they represent.
Student #1: I feel that is largely questionable too.
*Trusting the media?
Michael: Exactly. It is also a very [[complex]] situation with the [[media]]--who [[controls]] it and who has a voice in it; as well as in your Congress and who they [[represent]]. But there is no way [[shy]] of this in being well informed yourself. This is your prime [[responsibility]] as a citizen and as a member of a social group; to do your best to be well informed.
Student #1: Thank you. Thank you so much.
Michael: You are welcome, my dear. Again: keep in [[mind]] all these different [[viewpoints]] being expressed on how to handle this situation, this world situation and all the different areas involved: the European, the African, the South American, all the Asian--China and Japan. All these different countries each have their own different [[relationship]] with what is happening.
*Humility
It is very [[complex]], but it is possible with todays [[media]] expressing different points of view, that you can get a pretty [[good]] idea of what is happening and why. In this there is nothing so precious as Gods gift of [[curiosity]] as a part of you. Open yourself and [[wonder]]--you, yourself--wonder about all of this. This is why we say there is such a great spiritual [[quality]] and blessing in [[humility]], being aware of and acknowledging enormous events happening. You can feel humiliated, insignificant, and crushed by it all; or you can be spiritually thankful for what you can be aware of--the enormity that you can be aware of. And be in my Peace.
===Closing===
My dear ones: let me close this evening with a lesson that [[Mother Spirit]] and I have touched on from time to time. There is a kind of worldwide [[spiritual evolution]] happening. There is a [[progress]] happening, if in no other way than the [[fact]] you can be aware, and all the [[societies]] of the world can be ever more aware, of what is happening perhaps some place so far away, so totally removed from your own day-to-day life. There has always been a World Soul of connection on the spiritual level, but this is becoming more and more into personal, [[individual]] [[consciousness]], a broader consciousness, because of your electronic media.
*Individuality - Gods gift
This is the very thing all [[fundamentalists]] are rightfully afraid of. For the [[terrorists]] themselves, a huge part of their [[goal]] is to insist upon an absolutely single [[belief]] system being broadcast, and the submergence of the individual into the [[group]]. It might seem a small or even a petty thing, but Mother Spirit mentioned the fact of the [[anonymity]] that is being offered, that so many of these terrorist groups wear [[masks]]. Even the individuality of the human face, each persons own face in these cases, is being eliminated. Each person becomes only a [[thing]], just another masked terrorist doing hideous things to other people.
This abnegation of personal [[responsibility]] is a big factor in enabling [[human being]]s to do the things they are doing to others. And again, there is that [[terror]] right within the group, that were they to [[hesitate]], they too could be turned upon in an instant. This is another glue that holds them together, and it requires that they expand. They cannot just be static within and between themselves doing such things, now in their souls.
*A dangerous psychology and belief
So understanding the [[psychology]] of this is essential. In a very [[ironic]] way, they are to be pitied--to have such [[obscene]] deeds in their [[souls]] for all [[eternity]]. But at the same time they are extremely dangerous and have to be stopped.
*Treasuring freedom
And so, my dear ones, treasure the [[freedom]] you enjoy from such things. Treasure the openness of those [[societies]] where a person is accepted and given the right to live and to prosper in spite of [[race]], or sex, or age, or religious [[belief]]. Then what variety, what wonderful, wonderful variety of individuals and all manners of [[expression]] come blossoming forth! [[Contrast]] that to a black-clothed [[mob]] of [[masked]], faceless men--no color allowed, no individuality allowed. They are truly pitiful, these [[obsessed]] people; but doing the most obscene things. This is the full [[reality]] of who and what they are.
While most of the rest of the world knows something called [[love]] and has their [[souls]] filled with [[sharing]] all the variety of others, all these other unique [[Paper 30|personalities created by God]], in their full expression. What a [[contrast]]!
*No two alike
So enjoy your loving each other, my dear children. [[Glory]] in it. Glory in the [[individual]] where, ironically, everybody is the same: no two alike. Each person is [[unique]]--God's gift for you and themselves--and he would not have you harm another of his.
[[Mother Spirit]] sends her [[love]], and I bid you be in my peace. Do all you can to see it spread over this beautiful earth. Good evening
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