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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]]. It’s 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.

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]]. It’s 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

*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.   

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 [https://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.   

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.   

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 doing—if only the plain, physical [[facts]] if you will, for which there is no excuse.

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 doing—if 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 people’s bodies, but also their minds and the whole [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_warfare psychological warfare] that is going on.   

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 people’s bodies, but also their minds and the whole [https://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 don’t 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.

It keeps you from too easily wondering why the folks in that area of the world don’t 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.

Student #1: I have a question. It may be one that cannot be answered, but why isn’t our government taking a lead in this situation?

Student #1: I have a question. It may be one that cannot be answered, but why isn’t our government taking a lead in this situation?

*Political points-of-viewing events

*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.

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 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States President], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress your Congress], and your [https://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, there’s even the human difficulty of [[accepting]] the [[reality]] of what is happening.   

This is your [[government]] in the sense of all these different view-points of what to do. As I tried to point out tonight, there’s even the human difficulty of [[accepting]] the [[reality]] of what is happening.