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And thus I have done my job. And without adieu, I am [[prepared]] to depart. However as always Anatolia and I are at our [[service]] and eager to be of assistance in your [[minds]] and lives. What can we do for before we go?

And thus I have done my job. And without adieu, I am [[prepared]] to depart. However as always Anatolia and I are at our [[service]] and eager to be of assistance in your [[minds]] and lives. What can we do for before we go?

Matthew: I just wanted to mention quickly – and I know this has nothing to do with you – but I saw on a PBS show the other day about an author of a book - excerpts of the Dead Sea Scrolls called “[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Thomas The Secrets of the Book of Thomas]” – presumably the [[Thomas, the Apostle|Apostle Thomas]] – of sayings that [[Jesus]] had expressed. Ironically many of them – the nature of them was shared by the author in this interview – and the tone of them, she said, were [[admonitions]] from Jesus to recognize the Power Within and the Direct [[Relationship]] that individuals had with their Creator God and not anything like the 4-books that were chosen as the [[Gospels]]. So it just reinforced to me the message that was presented in the [[Urantia Book]] and it was thrilling to hear it come from another source - that she found just totally valid – sufficient enough to write a book about it.

Matthew: I just wanted to mention quickly – and I know this has nothing to do with you – but I saw on a PBS show the other day about an author of a book - excerpts of the Dead Sea Scrolls called “[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Thomas The Secrets of the Book of Thomas]” – presumably the [[Thomas, the Apostle|Apostle Thomas]] – of sayings that [[Jesus]] had expressed. Ironically many of them – the nature of them was shared by the author in this interview – and the tone of them, she said, were [[admonitions]] from Jesus to recognize the Power Within and the Direct [[Relationship]] that individuals had with their Creator God and not anything like the 4-books that were chosen as the [[Gospels]]. So it just reinforced to me the message that was presented in the [[Urantia Book]] and it was thrilling to hear it come from another source - that she found just totally valid – sufficient enough to write a book about it.

TOMAS: It would be in keeping, would it not, with the [[political]] flavor of that day and age, to banish such invitations that were presented in the Book of Thomas – “Doubting Thomas” – to look Within to find the answer, to search the Spirit Within for [[Divine]] [[Guidance]]. This puts the onus on the [[Individual]] and off the [[Priesthood]], an idea which was antithetical to the development of the Mother [[Church]], which has kept the concept of Jesus alive but has not, as Doubting Thomas would have it, given Individual [[Minds]] and [[Souls]] an opportunity to grow and flourish in the [[Light]] of their own [[Truth]] through their Indwelling [[Adjuster]].

TOMAS: It would be in keeping, would it not, with the [[political]] flavor of that day and age, to banish such invitations that were presented in the Book of Thomas – “Doubting Thomas” – to look Within to find the answer, to search the Spirit Within for [[Divine]] [[Guidance]]. This puts the onus on the [[Individual]] and off the [[Priesthood]], an idea which was antithetical to the development of the Mother [[Church]], which has kept the concept of Jesus alive but has not, as Doubting Thomas would have it, given Individual [[Minds]] and [[Souls]] an opportunity to grow and flourish in the [[Light]] of their own [[Truth]] through their Indwelling [[Adjuster]].

Matthew: Definitely.

Matthew: Definitely.

===Closing===

===Closing===

TOMAS: Yes, there are a lot of interesting things coming to [[light]]. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ossuary burial box] of the brother of [[Jesus]] being another recent [[discovery]] that has brought a shiver to the Organization of Religion since it casts New Light on the Greatest Story Ever Told.

TOMAS: Yes, there are a lot of interesting things coming to [[light]]. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ossuary burial box] of the brother of [[Jesus]] being another recent [[discovery]] that has brought a shiver to the Organization of Religion since it casts New Light on the Greatest Story Ever Told.

And this is your task, as well, children - to shine New [[Light]] on the Greatest Story Ever Told - making it even Greater. And giving the children of this great man an [[opportunity]] to share his life and [[reality]] in light, and not in [[shadow]]; to enhance their existence – not to overlook it.

And this is your task, as well, children - to shine New [[Light]] on the Greatest Story Ever Told - making it even Greater. And giving the children of this great man an [[opportunity]] to share his life and [[reality]] in light, and not in [[shadow]]; to enhance their existence – not to overlook it.