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Being a Reporter

 

Elyon (Jonathan TR): Friends, we meet again. I take great delight in the discharge of all my duties. I especially delight in the opportunity to be present with you and experience your enthusiastic investigations into the truths revealed throughout this Supreme universe and most especially as you discover applications in your individual lives that both enhance your understanding of these truths and foster your ability to present these truths to others, which is a form of revelation to any who stand in need of its reception. This is Elyon.

 

 

* Elyon (Jonathan TR): Friends, we meet again. I take great delight in the discharge of all my duties. I especially delight in the opportunity to be present with you and experience your enthusiastic investigations into the truths revealed throughout this Supreme universe and most especially as you discover applications in your individual lives that both enhance your understanding of these truths and foster your ability to present these truths to others, which is a form of revelation to any who stand in need of its reception. This is Elyon.

 

Today I will speak about our Creator. It will be a short topic, for, as is implied, to speak about the Creator would entail great lengths of time to illuminate all elements of the divine Being. I am sure you are as well aware as I am that this would be exhaustive and eternal in its undertaking, for the Almighty is beyond our grasp in entirety. Therefore we must by force narrow to an element or two of that which manifests from God and in that focus attempt to assimilate truth elements that will copy and paste into other aspects of reality as you come to perceive it.

Today I will speak about our Creator. It will be a short topic, for, as is implied, to speak about the Creator would entail great lengths of time to illuminate all elements of the divine Being. I am sure you are as well aware as I am that this would be exhaustive and eternal in its undertaking, for the Almighty is beyond our grasp in entirety. Therefore we must by force narrow to an element or two of that which manifests from God and in that focus attempt to assimilate truth elements that will copy and paste into other aspects of reality as you come to perceive it.

As I said, to speak about the Creator I could go on for great lengths of time, so I will draw close here. I would be more than delighted for you to interject your thoughts into this meeting.

As I said, to speak about the Creator I could go on for great lengths of time, so I will draw close here. I would be more than delighted for you to interject your thoughts into this meeting.

 

Kirk: The paradox I see is that, when you verbalize God, concepts, to a brother or sister you feel godly. When you feel godly you fall in love with yourself. If you don’t have self-love you don’t have the energy to say what you feel. If you don’t feel important, that you don’t know it, then you don’t feel it’s godly. On the other hand, if you feel like you know it, then you feel better than the other person.

Kirk: The paradox I see is that, when you verbalize God, concepts, to a brother or sister you feel godly. When you feel godly you fall in love with yourself. If you don’t have self-love you don’t have the energy to say what you feel. If you don’t feel important, that you don’t know it, then you don’t feel it’s godly. On the other hand, if you feel like you know it, then you feel better than the other person.

* Elyon: You have very well expressed the dilemma that is woven into our lesson today, and it has been illustrated by Jesus in many of his parables. I call to mind another phrase of his, that of taking the beam out of your own eye before you take the splinter out of another, for if you carry the beam of false assurance or false insecurity you cannot remove the speck from another’s eye. But when you have discovered your divine birthright sanely, you then are best equipped to take that speck from another’s eye. In a twist of phrase I would say that by your discovery you are beaming and therefore can see best how to bring illumination to another.

Elyon: You have very well expressed the dilemma that is woven into our lesson today, and it has been illustrated by Jesus in many of his parables. I call to mind another phrase of his, that of taking the beam out of your own eye before you take the splinter out of another, for if you carry the beam of false assurance or false insecurity you cannot remove the speck from another’s eye. But when you have discovered your divine birthright sanely, you then are best equipped to take that speck from another’s eye. In a twist of phrase I would say that by your discovery you are beaming and therefore can see best how to bring illumination to another.

If I may add one more point, the potential peril of the sense of superiority from spiritual knowledge can be placed in check by remembering the delight within your own being as you came into the discovery of a new truth or your orientation to an existing truth, the satisfaction and joy it brought you. Orienting yourself back to that sensation or experience places you on an even level with that being you wish to minister to and prevents the sense of superiority that would be in danger of talking down rather than sharing with another.

If I may add one more point, the potential peril of the sense of superiority from spiritual knowledge can be placed in check by remembering the delight within your own being as you came into the discovery of a new truth or your orientation to an existing truth, the satisfaction and joy it brought you. Orienting yourself back to that sensation or experience places you on an even level with that being you wish to minister to and prevents the sense of superiority that would be in danger of talking down rather than sharing with another.

Kirk: We’ll never have that assuredness; it’s just moment to moment, person to person. Everyday is different. So we’ll never have that assurance that we are going out and doing God’s will and do it? It’s just day-to-day is what you do. We look for the day we can go out and preach, but that day we are being self-assured and maybe self-elevating and egotistic. I guess you just wait for the moment, live for the day.

Kirk: We’ll never have that assuredness; it’s just moment to moment, person to person. Everyday is different. So we’ll never have that assurance that we are going out and doing God’s will and do it? It’s just day-to-day is what you do. We look for the day we can go out and preach, but that day we are being self-assured and maybe self-elevating and egotistic. I guess you just wait for the moment, live for the day.

* Elyon: You recall the story in your Urantia text when the imprisoned John the Baptist uttered a statement and, as he finished, he realized he had made prophesy. You will be sensitive to your assurance usually following an episode, for the human mind is not quite swift enough to keep up with time, or, I should more accurately say, to rise above time and perceive its spectrum. So, as the event arrives, transpires, and unwinds you will have undergone the enactment of the will of God only to realize it in hindsight.

Elyon: You recall the story in your Urantia text when the imprisoned John the Baptist uttered a statement and, as he finished, he realized he had made prophesy. You will be sensitive to your assurance usually following an episode, for the human mind is not quite swift enough to keep up with time, or, I should more accurately say, to rise above time and perceive its spectrum. So, as the event arrives, transpires, and unwinds you will have undergone the enactment of the will of God only to realize it in hindsight.

So, it raises in importance the many admonitions I give, and others who tend to your meetings, the practice of stillness, the review of your lessons, your efforts at service ministry; for each one of these undertakings are preparatory to an event wherein you are in ministry fulfilling the will of God and not aggrandizing yourself as one who is enlightened for another to be benefitted therefrom. To be assured requires preparation, and that is a self-focus. To feel assured following an episode as you speak of also is a self-focused reflection. But during the event forget the self, allow the divine Resident to expand within you and radiate from you. Let not your left hand know what your right hand is doing, and you will fulfill the will of God.

So, it raises in importance the many admonitions I give, and others who tend to your meetings, the practice of stillness, the review of your lessons, your efforts at service ministry; for each one of these undertakings are preparatory to an event wherein you are in ministry fulfilling the will of God and not aggrandizing yourself as one who is enlightened for another to be benefitted therefrom. To be assured requires preparation, and that is a self-focus. To feel assured following an episode as you speak of also is a self-focused reflection. But during the event forget the self, allow the divine Resident to expand within you and radiate from you. Let not your left hand know what your right hand is doing, and you will fulfill the will of God.

Kirk: You’ve got to take the plunge.

Kirk: You’ve got to take the plunge.

* Elyon: You’ve got to jump.

Elyon: You’ve got to jump.

Kirk: Thanks, Elyon.

Kirk: Thanks, Elyon.

Evelyn: You were talking about two things, reporting and authoring, so I was looking for a third. Take fact, meaning, and value. Reporting is sharing facts. An author shares meaning, so the third would involve value. I don’t have a word to sum it up yet, but I see the moment you are sharing having that divine content right there present. It’s not the sharing of something from the past; it’s what is happening right then. The plunging with your eyes closed. The exchange is the value. Jesus shared facts, meaning, but for many just being in his presence was so uplifting. He’s an example of that third corner of the triangle.

Evelyn: You were talking about two things, reporting and authoring, so I was looking for a third. Take fact, meaning, and value. Reporting is sharing facts. An author shares meaning, so the third would involve value. I don’t have a word to sum it up yet, but I see the moment you are sharing having that divine content right there present. It’s not the sharing of something from the past; it’s what is happening right then. The plunging with your eyes closed. The exchange is the value. Jesus shared facts, meaning, but for many just being in his presence was so uplifting. He’s an example of that third corner of the triangle.

* Elyon: I enjoy your insight. I would, in searching for a word to complete the triangle, offer perhaps -- though yet I am unsatisfied with the selection -- that word being experience. I have cautioned -- or should I say discussed? -- two sides of authorship, the self-proclaimed human author authority and the divinely bestowed Author within you. It is when the human allows the divine Author to reveal that the human experiences that connection of self with God. This experience is what another truly resonates to. You have perhaps experienced many times, whether reporting or authoring, a revealed truth that the information does not necessarily take hold, but another’s experience of encountering that revelation holds, sticks, lodges. You likewise have that same experience as it applies to your growth.

Elyon: I enjoy your insight. I would, in searching for a word to complete the triangle, offer perhaps -- though yet I am unsatisfied with the selection -- that word being experience. I have cautioned -- or should I say discussed? -- two sides of authorship, the self-proclaimed human author authority and the divinely bestowed Author within you. It is when the human allows the divine Author to reveal that the human experiences that connection of self with God. This experience is what another truly resonates to. You have perhaps experienced many times, whether reporting or authoring, a revealed truth that the information does not necessarily take hold, but another’s experience of encountering that revelation holds, sticks, lodges. You likewise have that same experience as it applies to your growth.

I hope this has supplemented your efforts to find a three-fold balance in this discussion.

I hope this has supplemented your efforts to find a three-fold balance in this discussion.

Tom: Your mention of closed eyes brought to mind that in a musical performance often one closes one’s eyes to be more focused on the material. Whether you are the author of the material or just the reporter, the transfer of information is best served if you employ the tools of: you are not better, and you are not necessarily right. You aren’t trying to be the greatest ever; you’re just trying to fill the moment. That’s rewarding; you feel part of the flow as reporter or author.

Tom: Your mention of closed eyes brought to mind that in a musical performance often one closes one’s eyes to be more focused on the material. Whether you are the author of the material or just the reporter, the transfer of information is best served if you employ the tools of: you are not better, and you are not necessarily right. You aren’t trying to be the greatest ever; you’re just trying to fill the moment. That’s rewarding; you feel part of the flow as reporter or author.

* Elyon: Indeed, whether the song is yours or written by another, that experience you speak of is what fills the tune with magic. This connection is the vital transferring link in the transfer of any information or, as you have illustrated, making a musical performance be infused with a living energy and not merely the repetition of sound in relationship.

Elyon: Indeed, whether the song is yours or written by another, that experience you speak of is what fills the tune with magic. This connection is the vital transferring link in the transfer of any information or, as you have illustrated, making a musical performance be infused with a living energy and not merely the repetition of sound in relationship.

I am always blessed by contact with you. Though I reckon time by another system of counting than you do, from your perspective I can honestly say it makes my week. I will close this session. I love you all dearly, and I observe fondly your weekly activities. I am not omniscient. At times I am away, but I see your angels. As you would relate to it, it would be as if I see them physically, and this I do, but I also see your angels in the sense that I visit with them. It is in their retelling of the episodes you live that I come to know you even better even while I may be assigned to other tasks and out of this location. Farewell.

I am always blessed by contact with you. Though I reckon time by another system of counting than you do, from your perspective I can honestly say it makes my week. I will close this session. I love you all dearly, and I observe fondly your weekly activities. I am not omniscient. At times I am away, but I see your angels. As you would relate to it, it would be as if I see them physically, and this I do, but I also see your angels in the sense that I visit with them. It is in their retelling of the episodes you live that I come to know you even better even while I may be assigned to other tasks and out of this location. Farewell.