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===Topic: ''With All Thoughts, You Are the One Who Decides''===
===Group: [[Lightline TeaM]]===
==Facilitators==
===Teacher: [[Michael]]===
===TR: [[JL]]===
==Session==
===Opening===
Dear Michael and Mother Spirit, Welcome. Greetings on a beautiful springtime evening
after a long and wonderful spring day. The blossoms have given way to beautiful green
leaves on the trees. I noticed a lot of bushes now have little green tips on their
branches. Michael, I have a question for you. In a recent meeting of a new group called
Mission Urantia--seeking to organize and combine all the Urantia study groups--a
question arose as to how we can distinguish the presence of God--our Thought
Adjuster. How can we distinguish that input?
As I recall, our Urantia Book says that however difficult it may be to isolate
God’s ideas, this is not strictly necessary. We can take it as a matter of faith our
Thought Adjuster is an integral part of our thought processes. There is no need to
distinguish it. So tonight, Michael, if you could give us any insight into this, we would
definitely appreciate it. Thank you.
===Lesson===
Michael: Good evening, this is Michael, and I would be delighted to give you a few
pointers--maybe even tease you a bit about this marvelous companion you have. As
your Urantia Book correctly points out, in one way you are the envy of the whole
spiritual community because you have such a presence of our Father right within you as
an integral part of you. He is the co-author of your human souls you carry on into
eternity--the great wealth of experience you are living to acquire.
First of all--and most importantly!--let me emphasize, dear ones, what you are. You are
a living being with a unique personality right from our Father. In essence you are his
created personality. Being spiritually creative yourself, you are a free-will being. You
have the ultimate power of choice among alternatives you can create. You can make
decisions for yourself among all the thoughts that occur to you, whatever their source.
(With all thoughts, you are the one who decides)
When get into the presence of God within you--called a Thought Adjuster--it is most
fundamental and important that you realize you are the one who makes the decisions.
It is you who chooses what to honor and remember and carry into your activities.
Just like our Father is to his creation, you too can be true to your own full self as the
highly conscious center and decider. Recall that the presence of God within you is a
personalized/individualized presence as distinct from his omnipresence throughout
creation.
Since we call his presence a “Thought Adjuster”, many of you take umbrage at this
designation. From your desire to be a free-will being—at least somewhat autonomous in
the midst of this swirling reality all around you—you take umbrage at being “adjusted”.
As greater understanding takes some clarification, I will get into the melee of thoughts
that are swirling within you.
(God’s presence only offers, never demands)
God’s thought adjustment just means his offering ideas to all the other ones occurring
to you. They affect the balance--if you will. Keep in mind they are only offered. It is
never demanded you register and act on them. In fact, the whole spiritual community,
whose members have infinite power compared to your limited human one, will not
impose their thoughts or will upon you.
This is the most precious aspect of God’s thoughts. They are offered. He does not
demand you acknowledge and follow them. Always keep in mind they are the insertion
of great truth, beauty, and goodness. This is the way his adjustment occurs.
As I pointed out at the very beginning, the most important thing to remember is that no
matter the source of an idea, you are the ultimate decider to not only acknowledge and
honor, but even obey--turning words into action.
As to the various sources of thought, you yourself are a spiritual being along with this
physical body you have that does influence your mind. You are a creative being
endowed with spirit.
(Many things influence your thoughts)
A great amount of your thoughts come from your own personality, influenced by the
particular culture in which you were raised and educated. There are hundreds on your
planet, some of them going back thousands of years in their development. They provide
the very language in which your thoughts are expressed, with certain qualities and
limitations. Of course this is all in the immediate face of whatever activity you find
yourself—working, playing, relaxing, enjoying company, watching TV or your PC.
Some thoughts come from those memories you can easily access and remember--the
way events influenced and created you. Beyond them is an encompassing of meaning
and value--your soul, enormous because God’s co-authoring presence is enormous.
Your soul carries everything of spiritual significance so far in your life. It’s your true
transcendent spiritual growth up to that day you can become one with this presence of
God within you. You will have grown your personal abilities enough to consciously
become one with him and your own soul.
(Your soul determines great meaning and value)
But even now your soul’s wealth is influential in determining the value of your moment-
to-moment life. You decide what to do next based on your own interpretation and
evaluation of what has and is happening to you. You can recognize this dimension of
human reality. When you meet someone with enormous life experience, you can see
them as “a very soulful person.”
So, my dears, keep in mind that you are always thinking, even if you wake up in the
middle of the night, or early morning; but especially when you’re engaged in some
activity. This is why Mother Spirit and I recommend a kind of open-minded “stillness”
meditation to start your day with your Thought Adjuster. While sitting still you occupy
yourself only with some little task to keep from falling asleep or drifting away. Your body
is constantly real, so stay in tough with it. Be aware of your breathing, counting your
breaths up to ten, over and over again, just to keep awake. Use this wonderful
meditating time to pay proper respect and thanks for your physical self and health.
Practicing open-mindedness, rather than judgmental programs or prayers, allows
thoughts to occur to you after—initially—usually some about your recent life concerns.
Let them come; let everything come; avoid nothing. Be curious. What does God have
for you—this morning?
(Stillness meditation gives your Thought Adjuster an opportunity)
This meditation allows you to just be still. You’re paying the supreme price in life: you’re
paying attention. This is one of the most wonderful ways of temporarily pausing any
necessary business to keep alive. Let that come to a gentle stop so you can register and
consider your Thought Adjuster’s contribution. As I said, the whole spiritual community-
-especially God’s presence--do not demand anything of you. These are their most
wonderful and viable suggestions.
True spirit input is rarely a loud voice in your mind, which is why hearing voices is
usually a sign of some mental disease or difficulty. Although true enough, in some
critical situations people have heard a rather clear voice that saved the day. But mostly
the input from God’s presence are thoughts you can accept or ignore. Recognize them
by their very purity and goodness. Especially in times of critical necessity they can be
most clearly recognized by being supremely appropriate and comprehensive.
(You yourself are a spiritually creative individual)
If you will, they can answer your questions. Thoughts from your Adjuster can
miraculously encompass and address your whole situation. Obviously, coming from God,
goodness and idealism are their very signature. The main difficulty is determining their
origin is that you too are capable of coming up with wonderfully good ideas that pertain
to your present situation, whether at work or at play. By contrast, you can be absolutely
positive that any negative, harmful, cruel, or mean ideas are not coming from your
Thought Adjuster.
So this, my dears, is the great curiosity to have in your prayers, your worship, and your
thankfulness not only for God’s creation in which you have your life, but also gratitude
for the super-appropriate ideas he can give you. Stillness can be a wonderful worship, a
wonderful way of expressing your thankfulness by purely paying attention.
So for this, above all, you can credit our Father. This idealism can lead you forward. It
can provide that critical next step to keep growing, to keep adding wonderful things to
your soul. This is God’s intention, just as it is mine and Mother Spirit’s: That you have
life!--and have it more abundantly. Now if you have any questions or comments this
evening, let them come forth. It is always fun to engage your ideas.
===Dialogue===
Student: Well, I don’t really have a question, but my comment is: Thank you for a
wonderful lesson and delineation of some things.
(Ask often, “Dear Father, what do I do next?)
Michael: As I said, the main difficulty in distinguishing your Thought Adjuster’s input is
because you yourself are a creative spiritual being. You are endowed with a creative
spirit. But every now and then, especially when you really need it, you can recognize
the source of his wonderful, all-encompassing ideas that seems to capture and wrap up
your whole situation, and provide that critical next step. You can ask in your meditation,
or anytime really, in your life, “Dear Father, what do I do next?” Then pay attention,
because the very next thought can be his.
Student: Yes. That is a process that I take part in.
Michael: This is why your literature and your news is full of people who, in very terrible
situations, are pretty sure it was God who pulled them through. It was his next thing to
do which literally saved their lives. It is also true that God’s generosity can lead to your
own generosity of spirit toward your fellows. You can be their thought adjuster and give
them the ideas they need, to take their next step into the unknown. So enjoy playing
your part in this enormous drama of human life.
Student: I will, and I do. Thank you.
(It is God’s adventure set before you)
===Closing===
Michael: Good!--and you are welcome, my dear. Keep in mind it is a deliberate
adventure God has set out before you. You may not always appreciate it, or wish it
were easier, but as your wonderful Urantia Book says, even your Guardian Angels would
prefer you to have a somewhat difficult life--in order to call forth your need to decide. A
big part of your soul is the decisions you are constantly making as you go through your
days.
Let this awareness be part of your gratitude to God and your Angels: your difficulties
have demanded the decisions that enabled you to keep growing. This worship is the key
to eternity.
I bid you a good night, my dear ones. Mother Spirit sends you her love. She wraps you
and envelops you in her love, and I bid you Be in my peace. Good evening.
Students: Good evening.
[[Category: The Teaching Mission: Dialogues]]
[[Category: Lightline TeaM]]
[[Category: Michael]]
[[Category: JL]]
[[Category: 2024]]
[[File:Teaching_buddha_small.jpg|right|frame]]
==Heading==
===Topic: ''With All Thoughts, You Are the One Who Decides''===
===Group: [[Lightline TeaM]]===
==Facilitators==
===Teacher: [[Michael]]===
===TR: [[JL]]===
==Session==
===Opening===
Dear Michael and Mother Spirit, Welcome. Greetings on a beautiful springtime evening
after a long and wonderful spring day. The blossoms have given way to beautiful green
leaves on the trees. I noticed a lot of bushes now have little green tips on their
branches. Michael, I have a question for you. In a recent meeting of a new group called
Mission Urantia--seeking to organize and combine all the Urantia study groups--a
question arose as to how we can distinguish the presence of God--our Thought
Adjuster. How can we distinguish that input?
As I recall, our Urantia Book says that however difficult it may be to isolate
God’s ideas, this is not strictly necessary. We can take it as a matter of faith our
Thought Adjuster is an integral part of our thought processes. There is no need to
distinguish it. So tonight, Michael, if you could give us any insight into this, we would
definitely appreciate it. Thank you.
===Lesson===
Michael: Good evening, this is Michael, and I would be delighted to give you a few
pointers--maybe even tease you a bit about this marvelous companion you have. As
your Urantia Book correctly points out, in one way you are the envy of the whole
spiritual community because you have such a presence of our Father right within you as
an integral part of you. He is the co-author of your human souls you carry on into
eternity--the great wealth of experience you are living to acquire.
First of all--and most importantly!--let me emphasize, dear ones, what you are. You are
a living being with a unique personality right from our Father. In essence you are his
created personality. Being spiritually creative yourself, you are a free-will being. You
have the ultimate power of choice among alternatives you can create. You can make
decisions for yourself among all the thoughts that occur to you, whatever their source.
(With all thoughts, you are the one who decides)
When get into the presence of God within you--called a Thought Adjuster--it is most
fundamental and important that you realize you are the one who makes the decisions.
It is you who chooses what to honor and remember and carry into your activities.
Just like our Father is to his creation, you too can be true to your own full self as the
highly conscious center and decider. Recall that the presence of God within you is a
personalized/individualized presence as distinct from his omnipresence throughout
creation.
Since we call his presence a “Thought Adjuster”, many of you take umbrage at this
designation. From your desire to be a free-will being—at least somewhat autonomous in
the midst of this swirling reality all around you—you take umbrage at being “adjusted”.
As greater understanding takes some clarification, I will get into the melee of thoughts
that are swirling within you.
(God’s presence only offers, never demands)
God’s thought adjustment just means his offering ideas to all the other ones occurring
to you. They affect the balance--if you will. Keep in mind they are only offered. It is
never demanded you register and act on them. In fact, the whole spiritual community,
whose members have infinite power compared to your limited human one, will not
impose their thoughts or will upon you.
This is the most precious aspect of God’s thoughts. They are offered. He does not
demand you acknowledge and follow them. Always keep in mind they are the insertion
of great truth, beauty, and goodness. This is the way his adjustment occurs.
As I pointed out at the very beginning, the most important thing to remember is that no
matter the source of an idea, you are the ultimate decider to not only acknowledge and
honor, but even obey--turning words into action.
As to the various sources of thought, you yourself are a spiritual being along with this
physical body you have that does influence your mind. You are a creative being
endowed with spirit.
(Many things influence your thoughts)
A great amount of your thoughts come from your own personality, influenced by the
particular culture in which you were raised and educated. There are hundreds on your
planet, some of them going back thousands of years in their development. They provide
the very language in which your thoughts are expressed, with certain qualities and
limitations. Of course this is all in the immediate face of whatever activity you find
yourself—working, playing, relaxing, enjoying company, watching TV or your PC.
Some thoughts come from those memories you can easily access and remember--the
way events influenced and created you. Beyond them is an encompassing of meaning
and value--your soul, enormous because God’s co-authoring presence is enormous.
Your soul carries everything of spiritual significance so far in your life. It’s your true
transcendent spiritual growth up to that day you can become one with this presence of
God within you. You will have grown your personal abilities enough to consciously
become one with him and your own soul.
(Your soul determines great meaning and value)
But even now your soul’s wealth is influential in determining the value of your moment-
to-moment life. You decide what to do next based on your own interpretation and
evaluation of what has and is happening to you. You can recognize this dimension of
human reality. When you meet someone with enormous life experience, you can see
them as “a very soulful person.”
So, my dears, keep in mind that you are always thinking, even if you wake up in the
middle of the night, or early morning; but especially when you’re engaged in some
activity. This is why Mother Spirit and I recommend a kind of open-minded “stillness”
meditation to start your day with your Thought Adjuster. While sitting still you occupy
yourself only with some little task to keep from falling asleep or drifting away. Your body
is constantly real, so stay in tough with it. Be aware of your breathing, counting your
breaths up to ten, over and over again, just to keep awake. Use this wonderful
meditating time to pay proper respect and thanks for your physical self and health.
Practicing open-mindedness, rather than judgmental programs or prayers, allows
thoughts to occur to you after—initially—usually some about your recent life concerns.
Let them come; let everything come; avoid nothing. Be curious. What does God have
for you—this morning?
(Stillness meditation gives your Thought Adjuster an opportunity)
This meditation allows you to just be still. You’re paying the supreme price in life: you’re
paying attention. This is one of the most wonderful ways of temporarily pausing any
necessary business to keep alive. Let that come to a gentle stop so you can register and
consider your Thought Adjuster’s contribution. As I said, the whole spiritual community-
-especially God’s presence--do not demand anything of you. These are their most
wonderful and viable suggestions.
True spirit input is rarely a loud voice in your mind, which is why hearing voices is
usually a sign of some mental disease or difficulty. Although true enough, in some
critical situations people have heard a rather clear voice that saved the day. But mostly
the input from God’s presence are thoughts you can accept or ignore. Recognize them
by their very purity and goodness. Especially in times of critical necessity they can be
most clearly recognized by being supremely appropriate and comprehensive.
(You yourself are a spiritually creative individual)
If you will, they can answer your questions. Thoughts from your Adjuster can
miraculously encompass and address your whole situation. Obviously, coming from God,
goodness and idealism are their very signature. The main difficulty is determining their
origin is that you too are capable of coming up with wonderfully good ideas that pertain
to your present situation, whether at work or at play. By contrast, you can be absolutely
positive that any negative, harmful, cruel, or mean ideas are not coming from your
Thought Adjuster.
So this, my dears, is the great curiosity to have in your prayers, your worship, and your
thankfulness not only for God’s creation in which you have your life, but also gratitude
for the super-appropriate ideas he can give you. Stillness can be a wonderful worship, a
wonderful way of expressing your thankfulness by purely paying attention.
So for this, above all, you can credit our Father. This idealism can lead you forward. It
can provide that critical next step to keep growing, to keep adding wonderful things to
your soul. This is God’s intention, just as it is mine and Mother Spirit’s: That you have
life!--and have it more abundantly. Now if you have any questions or comments this
evening, let them come forth. It is always fun to engage your ideas.
===Dialogue===
Student: Well, I don’t really have a question, but my comment is: Thank you for a
wonderful lesson and delineation of some things.
(Ask often, “Dear Father, what do I do next?)
Michael: As I said, the main difficulty in distinguishing your Thought Adjuster’s input is
because you yourself are a creative spiritual being. You are endowed with a creative
spirit. But every now and then, especially when you really need it, you can recognize
the source of his wonderful, all-encompassing ideas that seems to capture and wrap up
your whole situation, and provide that critical next step. You can ask in your meditation,
or anytime really, in your life, “Dear Father, what do I do next?” Then pay attention,
because the very next thought can be his.
Student: Yes. That is a process that I take part in.
Michael: This is why your literature and your news is full of people who, in very terrible
situations, are pretty sure it was God who pulled them through. It was his next thing to
do which literally saved their lives. It is also true that God’s generosity can lead to your
own generosity of spirit toward your fellows. You can be their thought adjuster and give
them the ideas they need, to take their next step into the unknown. So enjoy playing
your part in this enormous drama of human life.
Student: I will, and I do. Thank you.
(It is God’s adventure set before you)
===Closing===
Michael: Good!--and you are welcome, my dear. Keep in mind it is a deliberate
adventure God has set out before you. You may not always appreciate it, or wish it
were easier, but as your wonderful Urantia Book says, even your Guardian Angels would
prefer you to have a somewhat difficult life--in order to call forth your need to decide. A
big part of your soul is the decisions you are constantly making as you go through your
days.
Let this awareness be part of your gratitude to God and your Angels: your difficulties
have demanded the decisions that enabled you to keep growing. This worship is the key
to eternity.
I bid you a good night, my dear ones. Mother Spirit sends you her love. She wraps you
and envelops you in her love, and I bid you Be in my peace. Good evening.
Students: Good evening.
[[Category: The Teaching Mission: Dialogues]]
[[Category: Lightline TeaM]]
[[Category: Michael]]
[[Category: JL]]
[[Category: 2024]]
