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Marin T/M Group—Mill Valley, California—U.S.A.

 

Dear Michael and Mother Spirit, Welcome. Always and forever: welcome. We cannot imagine any time or instance or event in our lives in which you would not be welcome to be with us. We wish to acknowledge with deep gratitude the way you augment our abilities to realize--literally to make real for ourselves—more of God’s creation that encompasses us. For this we are truly thankful and we do love you very much. So come be with us--consciously, you who have actually been with us from the beginning. Amen.

Dear Michael and Mother Spirit, Welcome. Always and forever: welcome. We cannot imagine any time or instance or event in our lives in which you would not be welcome to be with us. We wish to acknowledge with deep gratitude the way you augment our abilities to realize--literally to make real for ourselves—more of God’s creation that encompasses us. For this we are truly thankful and we do love you very much. So come be with us--consciously, you who have actually been with us from the beginning. Amen.

MICHAEL: Good evening, my children, this is Michael, Creator Son of our Father and the Eternal Son. These are my parents, and I extend their love and good wishes to you. For the last several weeks Mother Spirit and I have been trying to help enable you to feel the spirit dimensions both of your own personality, of your own being, and also those of the spiritual family of which you are members. These members do love you and do their best to enable you to live evermore fully and richly. While not the sole purpose of their existence by any means, still in all, it is something which all the various orders of personal beings, the other children of Mother Spirit and I, do enjoy giving to you whatever they can. In the same way, even though Mother Spirit and I have always been able to communicate in different ways with members of human society right from the very beginning, from Andon and Fonta, still we enjoy greatly when a planet such as Urantia moves into this phase of its development, as all planets do, when we are able to communicate more directly through volunteers such as is happening this evening.

MICHAEL: Good evening, my children, this is Michael, Creator Son of our Father and the Eternal Son. These are my parents, and I extend their love and good wishes to you.  

For the last several weeks Mother Spirit and I have been trying to help enable you to feel the spirit dimensions both of your own personality, of your own being, and also those of the spiritual family of which you are members. These members do love you and do their best to enable you to live evermore fully and richly. While not the sole purpose of their existence by any means, still in all, it is something which all the various orders of personal beings, the other children of Mother Spirit and I, do enjoy giving to you whatever they can. In the same way, even though Mother Spirit and I have always been able to communicate in different ways with members of human society right from the very beginning, from Andon and Fonta, still we enjoy greatly when a planet such as Urantia moves into this phase of its development, as all planets do, when we are able to communicate more directly through volunteers such as is happening this evening.

So keep in mind that even though the Teaching Mission does inaugurate a new stage of planetary evolution where so many different orders of personal beings are communicating with you this way, it is within the ability of each one of you to communicate with Mother Spirit and I. It is possible for you to address us and acknowledge us in your mind. The question often arises, how can you tell the difference between Mother Spirit, or myself, or your Father Fragment--the presence of God in your mind, or even the guidance of your Guardian Angel? We can only assure you that there is no necessity, at this stage of your development, to distinguish between us in our felt presence in your mind. We are very much in accord.

So keep in mind that even though the Teaching Mission does inaugurate a new stage of planetary evolution where so many different orders of personal beings are communicating with you this way, it is within the ability of each one of you to communicate with Mother Spirit and I. It is possible for you to address us and acknowledge us in your mind. The question often arises, how can you tell the difference between Mother Spirit, or myself, or your Father Fragment--the presence of God in your mind, or even the guidance of your Guardian Angel? We can only assure you that there is no necessity, at this stage of your development, to distinguish between us in our felt presence in your mind. We are very much in accord.

One way of looking at it is, we can let each other be free. We encourage each other, as we do you, to be free to explore, to seek for truth and follow wherever it leads.

One way of looking at it is, we can let each other be free. We encourage each other, as we do you, to be free to explore, to seek for truth and follow wherever it leads.

Tonight, as on other occasions, I would like to extend a subject that Mother Spirit brought up last week, impressing upon you what we mean by material mind. For people who have no notion of any spiritual input from outside themselves, this is mind: this is the only mind they think they know. This is the mind that is solely the product of your physiological being, your brain and nervous system. Some of its aspects you share with the higher animal kingdoms which indeed evolved over the millennia and in time became augmented by Mother Spirit’s Mind/Spirit Adjuncts. You usually think of this as your animal nature, that nature you share with your animal cousins.

Tonight, as on other occasions, I would like to extend a subject that Mother Spirit brought up last week, impressing upon you what we mean by material mind. For people who have no notion of any spiritual input from outside themselves, this is mind: this is the only mind they think they know. This is the mind that is solely the product of your physiological being, your brain and nervous system. Some of its aspects you share with the higher animal kingdoms which indeed evolved over the millennia and in time became augmented by Mother Spirit’s Mind/Spirit Adjuncts. You usually think of this as your animal nature, that nature you share with your animal cousins.

The reason we suggest not being at war with these impulses is that this simply drives them underground and leads to a kind of arrogant hubris in thinking they no longer affect you. Yet at the same time there is some discrimination you can exercise in not simply going along with them willy-nilly, embracing every impulse that comes along as if it had some spiritual origin.

The reason we suggest not being at war with these impulses is that this simply drives them underground and leads to a kind of arrogant hubris in thinking they no longer affect you. Yet at the same time there is some discrimination you can exercise in not simply going along with them willy-nilly, embracing every impulse that comes along as if it had some spiritual origin.

No animal has a true personality, this gift of God you do. No animal can be influenced by the Mind/Spirit Adjutants of Worship and Wisdom that a human being can. This dimension is totally absent; the gulf between even the most bright primate and that of a human personality is enormous: it’s one of quality and kind. Yet we recommend you stay in touch with your so-called animal nature. One of the best ways of doing this, my children, is to stay in touch with your childhood. This is no other than staying in touch with your own soul, the story of your life. As Mother Spirit put it last week, this is the enormous panorama that every human being traverses from the moment of birth to the ever broadening horizons of maturity. Welcome this enormous panorama of your life. Stay in touch with it, especially all those early stages when various animal passions would come over you and carry you away.

No animal has a true personality, this gift of God you do. No animal can be influenced by the Mind/Spirit Adjutants of Worship and Wisdom that a human being can. This dimension is totally absent; the gulf between even the most bright primate and that of a human personality is enormous: it’s one of quality and kind. Yet we recommend you stay in touch with your so-called animal nature. One of the best ways of doing this, my children, is to stay in touch with your childhood. This is no other than staying in touch with your own soul, the story of your life. As Mother Spirit put it last week, this is the enormous panorama that every human being traverses from the moment of birth to the ever broadening horizons of maturity. Welcome this enormous panorama of your life. Stay in touch with it, especially all those early stages when various animal passions would come over you and carry you away.

This we consider from a spiritual standpoint the true heroic effort and achievement of a human being, not that he or she conquers and controls others, but they understand and spontaneously and creatively become one within themselves. This is that divine, spiritual unity I spoke of at the beginning of our lesson tonight. Though you may not be able quite to achieve it in this first phase of your eternal life, you can stretch and try to be akin with your higher cousins, the angels. You can encourage the better angels of your nature, both for yourself and for those you love. This is where the real fun is, my children. Mother Spirit and I welcome you to share in our delight. If you have any questions or comments this evening, we can share them right now.

This we consider from a spiritual standpoint the true heroic effort and achievement of a human being, not that he or she conquers and controls others, but they understand and spontaneously and creatively become one within themselves. This is that divine, spiritual unity I spoke of at the beginning of our lesson tonight. Though you may not be able quite to achieve it in this first phase of your eternal life, you can stretch and try to be akin with your higher cousins, the angels. You can encourage the better angels of your nature, both for yourself and for those you love. This is where the real fun is, my children. Mother Spirit and I welcome you to share in our delight. If you have any questions or comments this evening, we can share them right now.

 

Student: Good evening, Michael.

Student: Good evening, Michael.

Student: It’s my understanding that when you, and Mother Spirit, and our indwelling Father Fragment commune with us, you can do it directly without any assistance. But when the seraphim commune with us, they need the Midwayers such as the teachers use--the Midwayers to translate. Or do they communicate directly with us, mind to mind?

Student: It’s my understanding that when you, and Mother Spirit, and our indwelling Father Fragment commune with us, you can do it directly without any assistance. But when the seraphim commune with us, they need the Midwayers such as the teachers use--the Midwayers to translate. Or do they communicate directly with us, mind to mind?

MICHAEL: Yes, my son; the seraphim generally use Mother Spirit, just as I do myself. She is already a part of your mind, a spirit part. Tonight I wished to cover the material part of your mind and offer you a way of relating harmoniously with it. But Mother Spirit is the super-addition that all the higher animals know, and then you as a human being know as well the dimensions of her mind-spirits of worship and wisdom.

MICHAEL: Yes, my son; the seraphim generally use Mother Spirit, just as I do myself. She is already a part of your mind, a spirit part. Tonight I wished to cover the material part of your mind and offer you a way of relating harmoniously with it. But Mother Spirit is the super-addition that all the higher animals know, and then you as a human being know as well the dimensions of her mind-spirits of worship and wisdom.

Student: Michael, this question is a little bit off from what we’ve been talking about, but it is on my mind. This past weekend I was at a conference at Unity Village in Kansas City, and I attended a session where Sonja Melchizedek tried to bring forward, and encourage us to form, working groups. We had a mock working group—so to speak. The purpose of these groups is to work together with other individuals and, at the same time, with Celestials, to accomplish bringing about a new social order on the planet—no small task, or responsibility. I would like to know if there are other individuals at this time who are also being instructed in this same way—other than this small, tiny, little group of people at this conference?

Student: Michael, this question is a little bit off from what we’ve been talking about, but it is on my mind. This past weekend I was at a conference at Unity Village in Kansas City, and I attended a session where Sonja Melchizedek tried to bring forward, and encourage us to form, working groups. We had a mock working group—so to speak. The purpose of these groups is to work together with other individuals and, at the same time, with Celestials, to accomplish bringing about a new social order on the planet—no small task, or responsibility. I would like to know if there are other individuals at this time who are also being instructed in this same way—other than this small, tiny, little group of people at this conference?

MICHAEL: Yes, my son. Let me paint for you a vision of not just Urantia at its present stage of planetary evolution, but an even broader perspective of Local Universe evolution in general. Though I know this totally blows apart the parameters of your question…(Student: To be expected…)…the entire spiritual family Mother Spirit and I refer to is not exclusively, but is intensely involved in evolving the societies of every planet at every stage. As your Urantia book informs you, even those worlds settled for endless eons in Light and Life still keep evolving, just as even those single evolved human beings, reaching Paradise and becoming Final—in a sense, still turn about and head back out into time and space to keep growing. I mean this as a direct answer to your question, my son.

MICHAEL: Yes, my son. Let me paint for you a vision of not just Urantia at its present stage of planetary evolution, but an even broader perspective of Local Universe evolution in general. Though I know this totally blows apart the parameters of your question…(Student: To be expected…)…the entire spiritual family Mother Spirit and I refer to is not exclusively, but is intensely involved in evolving the societies of every planet at every stage. As your Urantia book informs you, even those worlds settled for endless eons in Light and Life still keep evolving, just as even those single evolved human beings, reaching Paradise and becoming Final—in a sense, still turn about and head back out into time and space to keep growing. I mean this as a direct answer to your question, my son.

Student: Father Michael, why is it necessary to relive my childhood? That’s one aspect of my life I really don’t want to deal with. Is it beneficial to me to accept what was there, and what was not there? How do I go about doing this? How do I access my soul?—as opposed to just memories?

Student: Father Michael, why is it necessary to relive my childhood? That’s one aspect of my life I really don’t want to deal with. Is it beneficial to me to accept what was there, and what was not there? How do I go about doing this? How do I access my soul?—as opposed to just memories?

MICHAEL: Yes, my son, you partly anticipate my answer because it is not strictly necessary. But it is highly beneficial. The main benefit is one of appreciation. True, you do not need to know how you got to where you are. You can look around, and you are gaining an ability to feel your completeness in the present moment. So there is a kind of direct—im-mediate way of experiencing yourself and your reality, your world.

MICHAEL: Yes, my son, you partly anticipate my answer because it is not strictly necessary. But it is highly beneficial. The main benefit is one of appreciation. True, you do not need to know how you got to where you are. You can look around, and you are gaining an ability to feel your completeness in the present moment. So there is a kind of direct—im-mediate way of experiencing yourself and your reality, your world.

Student: It does indeed. I’m looking at the events that were once very painful and upsetting as a way of learning, as opposed to mistakes I made. It gives me a positive outlook on those things. I’m learning to accept them as they were at that time, and as I see them now, and not be just embarrassing moments. I’m beginning to notice that I accept myself as I am much more, and not as I wished I was, or hoped I would be—just as I am. It’s actually pretty good.

Student: It does indeed. I’m looking at the events that were once very painful and upsetting as a way of learning, as opposed to mistakes I made. It gives me a positive outlook on those things. I’m learning to accept them as they were at that time, and as I see them now, and not be just embarrassing moments. I’m beginning to notice that I accept myself as I am much more, and not as I wished I was, or hoped I would be—just as I am. It’s actually pretty good.

MICHAEL: My son, regret and embarrassment are real emotions, and they have a validity. They are also methods by which you teach yourself. (Yes…) But it’s nice when you can have both the necessary evaluations of yourself and the actions of your life, but also have the experience from the inside-out—as it happened--as well as from this outside-in post-perspective. It’s good to have both. It frees you to be here and now, to feel your completeness now, knowing that as you mature, as you learn to understand this immature judgmental process, you will not some day in the future overly harshly judge, and therefore loose, the wonderful, delicate, unique essence of this moment. If you want to always have this now, being judgmental has to stop.

MICHAEL: My son, regret and embarrassment are real emotions, and they have a validity. They are also methods by which you teach yourself. (Yes…) But it’s nice when you can have both the necessary evaluations of yourself and the actions of your life, but also have the experience from the inside-out—as it happened--as well as from this outside-in post-perspective. It’s good to have both. It frees you to be here and now, to feel your completeness now, knowing that as you mature, as you learn to understand this immature judgmental process, you will not some day in the future overly harshly judge, and therefore loose, the wonderful, delicate, unique essence of this moment. If you want to always have this now, being judgmental has to stop.

MICHAEL: You’re welcome, my son. Don’t worry about those few ghosts who are still chasing you. They’ll fade away in time. You’re certainly finding a bit of my peace.

MICHAEL: You’re welcome, my son. Don’t worry about those few ghosts who are still chasing you. They’ll fade away in time. You’re certainly finding a bit of my peace.

 

 

So: good evening, my children. It’s been a long evening, and a very rewarding one for me. I thank you for allowing me too, to let a bit of my own soul, as Jesus, pop up, and remind me of all those beautiful little children I never tired of holding on my knees. I was always amazed they were mine. For this I truly thank my Father for giving me such an opportunity to earn my human soul. Good evening.

So: good evening, my children. It’s been a long evening, and a very rewarding one for me. I thank you for allowing me too, to let a bit of my own soul, as Jesus, pop up, and remind me of all those beautiful little children I never tired of holding on my knees. I was always amazed they were mine. For this I truly thank my Father for giving me such an opportunity to earn my human soul. Good evening.