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This is only part of the [[gift]] that [[the Father]] has [[bestowed]] upon you, for an increasing [[awareness]] of the [[beauty]] of [[perfection]] is its own reward and provides the incentive for human [[conduct]] with or without any [[connection]] to any [[community]], with or without any [[material]] reward, with or without any [[conscious]] [[thought]] whatever. And so I can say with [[confidence]] that when you tune yourself to [[God]]'s [[voice]], you will receive direct and palpable rewards. You will know that they are spiritual rewards because no other person's approval or pronouncement is [[necessary]] for you to substantiate the [[experience]]. Having once [[bestowed]] the [[Spirit of Truth]] upon all men and women, the direct and [[personal]] [[experience]] of [[truth]] is freely available to all. Yet this [[perception]] can be improved.

This is only part of the [[gift]] that [[the Father]] has [[bestowed]] upon you, for an increasing [[awareness]] of the [[beauty]] of [[perfection]] is its own reward and provides the incentive for human [[conduct]] with or without any [[connection]] to any [[community]], with or without any [[material]] reward, with or without any [[conscious]] [[thought]] whatever. And so I can say with [[confidence]] that when you tune yourself to [[God]]'s [[voice]], you will receive direct and palpable rewards. You will know that they are spiritual rewards because no other person's approval or pronouncement is [[necessary]] for you to substantiate the [[experience]]. Having once [[bestowed]] the [[Spirit of Truth]] upon all men and women, the direct and [[personal]] [[experience]] of [[truth]] is freely available to all. Yet this [[perception]] can be improved.

The [[method]] which we recommend for increasing [[understanding]] of [[perfection]] is regular [[stillness]] [[practice]]. By [[quieting]] yourself and making time available for the [[Heavenly Father]] in your [[busy]] [[schedule]] you are allowing, even soliciting, [[Adjuster]] [[tuning]]. The sad [[fact]] is that for most humans on [[your planet]], the [[Adjuster]] is capable of [[acting]] only during periods of great [[distress]] or the cessation of [[conscious]] human [[activity]], specifically [[sleep]]. And, although a great deal of your earthly life is taken up in sleep and [[rest]] periods, it is not the perfect situation. There is no [[substitute]] for the conscious [[embrace]] of the [[Heavenly Father]]'s [[love]] and beneficence. None of you would go your entire lives without an [[expression]] of [[love]] and [[compassion]] and respect towards your earth [[parents]] and yet many people on [[your planet]] would treat their [[Heavenly Father]] in just such a [[manner]]. Worse yet, this [[phenomenon]] is observed most intensely in the most [[technologically]] and materially [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developed_world advanced societies] on [[your planet]].

The [[method]] which we recommend for increasing [[understanding]] of [[perfection]] is regular [[stillness]] [[practice]]. By [[quieting]] yourself and making time available for the [[Heavenly Father]] in your [[busy]] [[schedule]] you are allowing, even soliciting, [[Adjuster]] [[tuning]]. The sad [[fact]] is that for most humans on [[your planet]], the [[Adjuster]] is capable of [[acting]] only during periods of great [[distress]] or the cessation of [[conscious]] human [[activity]], specifically [[sleep]]. And, although a great deal of your earthly life is taken up in sleep and [[rest]] periods, it is not the perfect situation. There is no [[substitute]] for the conscious [[embrace]] of the [[Heavenly Father]]'s [[love]] and beneficence. None of you would go your entire lives without an [[expression]] of [[love]] and [[compassion]] and respect towards your earth [[parents]] and yet many people on [[your planet]] would treat their [[Heavenly Father]] in just such a [[manner]]. Worse yet, this [[phenomenon]] is observed most intensely in the most [[technologically]] and materially [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developed_world advanced societies] on [[your planet]].

By this we are not saying that you owe [[God]] anything. What we are saying is, you will benefit from the [[contact]]. You will benefit with [[time]] spent with the [[Heavenly Father]]. You would benefit if all you ever did was cease the [[human]] chatter for some period of time. This [[fact]] is known to many [[cultures]] and has been known for many centuries. What we ask is that you consciously make [[time]] for [[God]]. Make yourself available to hear His [[voice]], to feel the pull of His [[magnetism]], to feel the [[flow]] of His [[love]] and to [[attune]] yourself, however imperceptively, closer to His [[plan]] which only a few [[personalities]] in all [[the universes]] can [[comprehend]].

By this we are not saying that you owe [[God]] anything. What we are saying is, you will benefit from the [[contact]]. You will benefit with [[time]] spent with the [[Heavenly Father]]. You would benefit if all you ever did was cease the [[human]] chatter for some period of time. This [[fact]] is known to many [[cultures]] and has been known for many centuries. What we ask is that you consciously make [[time]] for [[God]]. Make yourself available to hear His [[voice]], to feel the pull of His [[magnetism]], to feel the [[flow]] of His [[love]] and to [[attune]] yourself, however imperceptively, closer to His [[plan]] which only a few [[personalities]] in all [[the universes]] can [[comprehend]].

Our ministry is intended to provide long [[service]]. To outlast, if [[necessary]], the [[material life]] itself. We shall be [[working]] [[together]] an awfully long time. I am [[happy]] about that prospect and I [[hope]] that you are also. But for the [[immediate]] [[future]] and, at least until we meet again next week, take some time to [[reflect]] on the distinctions that you make during the week between [[good]] and better, and better and best, which are clear indications to you and to those around you the [[presence]] of the indwelling [[Adjuster]] and your ability to follow that [[lead]].

Our ministry is intended to provide long [[service]]. To outlast, if [[necessary]], the [[material life]] itself. We shall be [[working]] [[together]] an awfully long time. I am [[happy]] about that prospect and I [[hope]] that you are also. But for the [[immediate]] [[future]] and, at least until we meet again next week, take some time to [[reflect]] on the distinctions that you make during the week between [[good]] and better, and better and best, which are clear indications to you and to those around you the [[presence]] of the indwelling [[Adjuster]] and your ability to follow that [[lead]].

===Closing===

===Closing===

Greetings to our [[visitor]] tonight [Lew from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_Springs,_Colorado Colorado Springs] group-editor]. We are pleased that you have joined us both on this [[plane]] and on the [[spiritual]] plane. The [[harvest]] is great. The workers are too few. We [[congratulate]] you and welcome you into this [[brotherhood]]. That is all I have to say. Until we meet again next week, I [[love]] you all.

Greetings to our [[visitor]] tonight [Lew from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_Springs,_Colorado Colorado Springs] group-editor]. We are pleased that you have joined us both on this [[plane]] and on the [[spiritual]] plane. The [[harvest]] is great. The workers are too few. We [[congratulate]] you and welcome you into this [[brotherhood]]. That is all I have to say. Until we meet again next week, I [[love]] you all.

[[Shalom]].

[[Shalom]].

===Lesson===

===Lesson===

===='''''[[Urantia Movement]]'''''====

===='''''[[Urantia Movement]]'''''====

Throughout the [[course]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_history human history] there have always been [[persons]] who [[received]] inexplicable [[urges]], ranging from the [[carnal]] to the [[spiritual]], and persons who have received suggestions that they should go to some place or do some certain thing or [[perform]] some deed. Great [[crimes]] have been excused upon the [[justification]] that the [[performer]] of the deed was following some unjustifiable instruction. And so we see now that even within the [[Urantia movement]] there is great [[resistance]] to the [[idea]] that there could be direct or indirect [[contact]] between [[celestial]] [[personalities]], whose [[responsibilities]] are generally to guide the [[spiritual development]] in [[humans]], and ordinary [[mortals]] alive on [[this planet]].

Throughout the [[course]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_history human history] there have always been [[persons]] who [[received]] inexplicable [[urges]], ranging from the [[carnal]] to the [[spiritual]], and persons who have received suggestions that they should go to some place or do some certain thing or [[perform]] some deed. Great [[crimes]] have been excused upon the [[justification]] that the [[performer]] of the deed was following some unjustifiable instruction. And so we see now that even within the [[Urantia movement]] there is great [[resistance]] to the [[idea]] that there could be direct or indirect [[contact]] between [[celestial]] [[personalities]], whose [[responsibilities]] are generally to guide the [[spiritual development]] in [[humans]], and ordinary [[mortals]] alive on [[this planet]].

The [[difficulty]] arises because of the [[fact]] that, regardless of the [[accuracy]] of the [[contact]] and any resulting transmission, the [[fact]] is that such [[communications]] are subject to no [[control]] whatsoever. Therefore the [[ultimate]] results of the [[communication]], however intended, are completely within the [[control]] of the human receptor of such [[communication]]. Many members of the [[Urantia movement]] believe firmly, and rightly so, that such [[communication]] is too [[dangerous]] to lend any credence even when the sentiments [[expressed]] within such [[communications]] are wholly consistent with the teachings of the [[Urantia Book]]. The resisters will say that (a) it's not possible, (b) it is so improbable as to be [[absurd]], or (c) the [[human]] [[race]] is simply not ready for this.

The [[difficulty]] arises because of the [[fact]] that, regardless of the [[accuracy]] of the [[contact]] and any resulting transmission, the [[fact]] is that such [[communications]] are subject to no [[control]] whatsoever. Therefore the [[ultimate]] results of the [[communication]], however intended, are completely within the [[control]] of the human receptor of such [[communication]]. Many members of the [[Urantia movement]] believe firmly, and rightly so, that such [[communication]] is too [[dangerous]] to lend any credence even when the sentiments [[expressed]] within such [[communications]] are wholly consistent with the teachings of the [[Urantia Book]]. The resisters will say that (a) it's not possible, (b) it is so improbable as to be [[absurd]], or (c) the [[human]] [[race]] is simply not ready for this.

These are all [[valid]] objections. We cannot [[dispute]] their [[veracity]]. But still and all, many people [[desire]] [[guidance]]. Many [[intelligent]] people have little or no [[faith]] in the [[ability]] of human [[society]] to resolve the serious [[problems]] which beset it. It is as clear as the map you have now assembled [editor's note: the group recently marked all the known [[TeaM|teacher groups]] on a map of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America North America] and hung it on the wall of the room in which the [[meetings]] are held]. Many people scattered across this country and, in [[fact]], all throughout [[the planet]] are regularly [[receiving]] [[communications]]. They feel [[urges]] and [[respond]] to them. They hear [[words]] and they act upon them. [[The Father]] pours out His concern upon all of you and that [[effort]] continues without restriction. It has all along.

These are all [[valid]] objections. We cannot [[dispute]] their [[veracity]]. But still and all, many people [[desire]] [[guidance]]. Many [[intelligent]] people have little or no [[faith]] in the [[ability]] of human [[society]] to resolve the serious [[problems]] which beset it. It is as clear as the map you have now assembled [editor's note: the group recently marked all the known [[TeaM|teacher groups]] on a map of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America North America] and hung it on the wall of the room in which the [[meetings]] are held]. Many people scattered across this country and, in [[fact]], all throughout [[the planet]] are regularly [[receiving]] [[communications]]. They feel [[urges]] and [[respond]] to them. They hear [[words]] and they act upon them. [[The Father]] pours out His concern upon all of you and that [[effort]] continues without restriction. It has all along.

[[The Father]]'s [[ministry]] is the [[foundation]] for all that we do. It is [[assigned]] to us that we operate on a [[different]] level. It is becoming [[clear]] that the kind of [[communication]] that we presently [[enjoy]] tonight in this room is desired by many people, is solicited by many people, relied upon by many people and the [[fact]] of the interest is undeniable even to the [[Skepticism|doubters]].

[[The Father]]'s [[ministry]] is the [[foundation]] for all that we do. It is [[assigned]] to us that we operate on a [[different]] level. It is becoming [[clear]] that the kind of [[communication]] that we presently [[enjoy]] tonight in this room is desired by many people, is solicited by many people, relied upon by many people and the [[fact]] of the interest is undeniable even to the [[Skepticism|doubters]].