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==Session==

==Session==

===Opening===

===Opening===

PAULO: . . . . The song "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_There_Be_Peace_on_Earth_%28song%29 Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me]" is going through this mind by rote and we'll appliqué our way around it ~ and yet it would appear to be a [[theme]] which needs to be threaded throughout the fabric of our afternoon gathering ~ in [[foresight]] of our discussions.

PAULO: . . . . The song "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_There_Be_Peace_on_Earth_%28song%29 Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me]" is going through this mind by rote and we'll appliqué our way around it ~ and yet it would appear to be a [[theme]] which needs to be threaded throughout the fabric of our afternoon gathering ~ in [[foresight]] of our discussions.

===Lesson===

===Lesson===

===='''''[[Balance]]'''''====

===='''''[[Balance]]'''''====

I have in front of me a particular [[reference]] to another [[song]] from your [[culture]]. It's the one about "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz5DLO8fclA On a clear day you can see forever]." One wonders, "What can you see on a day like today but your nose in front of your face?" It's dense in your environment here in this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spokane,_Washington Spokane] locale, but a [good] day for ruminating, meditating, [[pondering]] and deepening your appreciation for higher [[thought]], [[philosophy]], and other things interesting to those of you who think.

I have in front of me a particular [[reference]] to another [[song]] from your [[culture]]. It's the one about "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz5DLO8fclA On a clear day you can see forever]." One wonders, "What can you see on a day like today but your nose in front of your face?" It's dense in your environment here in this [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spokane,_Washington Spokane] locale, but a [good] day for ruminating, meditating, [[pondering]] and deepening your appreciation for higher [[thought]], [[philosophy]], and other things interesting to those of you who think.

Thus we see how it is that the [[focus]] always shifts between the [[guardian seraphim]] and the [[Adjuster]]. One is [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Introversion introverted], the other [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Extroversion extroverted]; one is inward-directed, the other is outward directed; one is [[reflective]], one is [[expressive]]. Such [[balance]] will [[eventually]] constitute the [[dance]] you do as you walk through [[eternity]], stabilizing, constantly stabilizing your [[Self]] by and through the [[pendulum]] swing, along with the [[pulse]] of [[infinity]].

Thus we see how it is that the [[focus]] always shifts between the [[guardian seraphim]] and the [[Adjuster]]. One is [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Introversion introverted], the other [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Extroversion extroverted]; one is inward-directed, the other is outward directed; one is [[reflective]], one is [[expressive]]. Such [[balance]] will [[eventually]] constitute the [[dance]] you do as you walk through [[eternity]], stabilizing, constantly stabilizing your [[Self]] by and through the [[pendulum]] swing, along with the [[pulse]] of [[infinity]].

===Dialogue===

===Dialogue===

===='''''[[Islam]]''''', '''''[[Christianity]]'''''====

===='''''[[Islam]]''''', '''''[[Christianity]]'''''====

THOROAH: . . . . I was very impressed with what Ernest had written, and I had not thought of some of the things that he pointed out, and part of that was that there seems to be natural [[enmity]] - built-in enmity - that is there, culturally, historically, for whatever reason, between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity Christians], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism Jews] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam Muslims]. And it seems that the Muslim religion is built on the way it feels about other religions more so than what it feels about itself. And maybe that's what I'm talking about. Is that a good depiction of Islam? I'm [[thinking]] that there's probably a lot more to learn about Islam, and that's just one way to look at it.

THOROAH: . . . . I was very impressed with what Ernest had written, and I had not thought of some of the things that he pointed out, and part of that was that there seems to be natural [[enmity]] - built-in enmity - that is there, culturally, historically, for whatever reason, between [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity Christians], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism Jews] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam Muslims]. And it seems that the Muslim religion is built on the way it feels about other religions more so than what it feels about itself. And maybe that's what I'm talking about. Is that a good depiction of Islam? I'm [[thinking]] that there's probably a lot more to learn about Islam, and that's just one way to look at it.

PAULO: This is the [[nature]] of [[evolved religions]]. They spring up as a response to that [[reality]] which impacts, and in this case, the response rises to the level of my interest because it [[reflects]] the [[quality]] of [[rebellion]]. There have been rebels, religious rebels, throughout the course of [[history]] on your world, those who break away from the mother church or the prevailing [[belief]] system, to branch off in favor of a variation on the theme, thus bringing into [[existence]] the new generation of believers, and in the main, these are forward [[steps]].

PAULO: This is the [[nature]] of [[evolved religions]]. They spring up as a response to that [[reality]] which impacts, and in this case, the response rises to the level of my interest because it [[reflects]] the [[quality]] of [[rebellion]]. There have been rebels, religious rebels, throughout the course of [[history]] on your world, those who break away from the mother church or the prevailing [[belief]] system, to branch off in favor of a variation on the theme, thus bringing into [[existence]] the new generation of believers, and in the main, these are forward [[steps]].

PAULO: It was born in response to an existing [[relative]] [[reality]], so, yes. As each is a result of a response to antecedent [[causation]], there is a [[balancing]] act, at the end of which is one [[faith]] -- one religion, one God, one people. Somewhere between the two, and/or outside of them both, is [[revelation]] - that which descends upon [[humanity]], and it could be said here that the illiterate [[Mohammad]] had as much if not more going for him in the receiving of his messages from [[Gabriel]] and [[Michael]] as did those who channeled into existence [[A Course in Miracles]] or, for that matter, the [[Urantia Papers]], whereas the existing religion of Christianity has derived not from revelation of Jesus but the story of Jesus.

PAULO: It was born in response to an existing [[relative]] [[reality]], so, yes. As each is a result of a response to antecedent [[causation]], there is a [[balancing]] act, at the end of which is one [[faith]] -- one religion, one God, one people. Somewhere between the two, and/or outside of them both, is [[revelation]] - that which descends upon [[humanity]], and it could be said here that the illiterate [[Mohammad]] had as much if not more going for him in the receiving of his messages from [[Gabriel]] and [[Michael]] as did those who channeled into existence [[A Course in Miracles]] or, for that matter, the [[Urantia Papers]], whereas the existing religion of Christianity has derived not from revelation of Jesus but the story of Jesus.

The spiritual [[arrogance]] of any religionist is like a red cape a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torero toreador] carries in the ring with the bull. And while one may [[testify]] loudly about ones [[innocence]] and ones [[humility]], it may be as sounding brass and not [[truth, beauty, and goodness]] at all. This error, or imperfection, is in line for correcting, or [[growth]], and this is what the [[intelligence]] factor is, in regard to those materials you made reference to.

The spiritual [[arrogance]] of any religionist is like a red cape a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torero toreador] carries in the ring with the bull. And while one may [[testify]] loudly about ones [[innocence]] and ones [[humility]], it may be as sounding brass and not [[truth, beauty, and goodness]] at all. This error, or imperfection, is in line for correcting, or [[growth]], and this is what the [[intelligence]] factor is, in regard to those materials you made reference to.

===='''''[[Truth]]''''', '''''[[Revelation]]'''''====

===='''''[[Truth]]''''', '''''[[Revelation]]'''''====

The [[truth]] cannot be - well it can be; it is, often, but - real Truth cannot be [[manipulated]]. Truth of an evolving nature is often [[distorted]] and personalized in order to [[reflect]] that [[perspective]]. That is valid, viable expression and occasionally is revelatory, even as I am a revelation to [[Urantia]] and all [[the Teachers]] in the [[Teaching Mission]] are revelation. I hear you responding/reacting. What?

The [[truth]] cannot be - well it can be; it is, often, but - real Truth cannot be [[manipulated]]. Truth of an evolving nature is often [[distorted]] and personalized in order to [[reflect]] that [[perspective]]. That is valid, viable expression and occasionally is revelatory, even as I am a revelation to [[Urantia]] and all [[the Teachers]] in the [[Teaching Mission]] are revelation. I hear you responding/reacting. What?

[[Religion]] is emotionally charged, and emotional charge gives rise to religious [[war]], for there is nothing more passionate than that individual who will die for what they believe in. Many [[Christians]] would not consider dying for their [[belief]] system for it has not touched them except culturally and emotionally. There are scant few who have given themselves up to [[divine]] rule.

[[Religion]] is emotionally charged, and emotional charge gives rise to religious [[war]], for there is nothing more passionate than that individual who will die for what they believe in. Many [[Christians]] would not consider dying for their [[belief]] system for it has not touched them except culturally and emotionally. There are scant few who have given themselves up to [[divine]] rule.

There were political [[zealots]] in existence in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torero|Christ's time]] also, and they were destructive of many spirit qualities, but they were not able to completely destroy spirit reality - only postpone its flowering, and this is rather where we are today. The [[hostilities]] of [[evolving religions]] are political in nature, and thus have very little to do with the [[real religion]] of Jesus, which, were it understood, would quickly extinguish the fires of [[anger]] and rain lovingly on all.

There were political [[zealots]] in existence in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torero|Christ's time]] also, and they were destructive of many spirit qualities, but they were not able to completely destroy spirit reality - only postpone its flowering, and this is rather where we are today. The [[hostilities]] of [[evolving religions]] are political in nature, and thus have very little to do with the [[real religion]] of Jesus, which, were it understood, would quickly extinguish the fires of [[anger]] and rain lovingly on all.

The historic [[reference]] is appreciated, in [[truth]], for in truth it is impossible to see how you will advance without a full [[understanding]] of how you got to be where you are. This is the nature of [[perspective]], and that the experience of a perpetual [[now]], without yesterday and tomorrow, can be an exasperatingly [[trivial]] life indeed.

The historic [[reference]] is appreciated, in [[truth]], for in truth it is impossible to see how you will advance without a full [[understanding]] of how you got to be where you are. This is the nature of [[perspective]], and that the experience of a perpetual [[now]], without yesterday and tomorrow, can be an exasperatingly [[trivial]] life indeed.