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Tomas; Merium - Parables & Prophecy - Jul 10, 1997 - Allison Park; Pittsburgh PA
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DATE: July 10, 1997
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LOCATION: Allison Park, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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T/Rs: Gerdean and Hunnah
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Stillness
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URANTIA BOOK STUDY: (1) Paper 10, The Paradise Trinity, page 115: #7, The Overcontrol of Supremacy; #8, The Trinity Beyond the Finite (2) Paper 11, The Eternal Isle of Paradise, page 118: #1, The Divine Residence; #2, Nature of the Eternal Isle; (3) Paper 153, The Crisis at Capernaum, page 1707, 2. The Epochal Sermon
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Stillness; Sharing
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  1. TEACHER SESSION: Greeting: Parables and Prophesy
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  2. Topic: "Growth of Perceptions"
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  3. Discussions: Mars, Gravity, Star Wars and Aliens; Cultivate Your/Our Reality
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==Heading==
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===Topic: ''Parables & Prophecy''===
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===Group: [[Pittsburgh TeaM]]===
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==Facilitators==
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===Teacher: [[Tomas]], [[Merium]]===
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===TR: [[Gerdean]], [[Hunnah]]===
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==Session==
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===Opening===
 
TOMAS: Good evening, my friends.
 
TOMAS: Good evening, my friends.
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Group (Celeste, Hester, Hunnah, Gerdean and Anne): Good evening, Tomas.
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Group: Good evening, Tomas.
    
TOMAS: I am indeed Tomas, a minor prophet, in keeping with your discourse. And you are correct, Hester, that we and you put forth your perceptions and as they are muddied or distorted, as they have been compromised, as they become watered down in order that they be expressed or that they be understood, prophesy becomes problematic, even as if it were a parable. Indeed, your (Biblical) revelation is today much more like a parable than a revelation, for it is one of those one-time prophesies that has been compromised to the extent that it is now a matter of exercise in interpretation.
 
TOMAS: I am indeed Tomas, a minor prophet, in keeping with your discourse. And you are correct, Hester, that we and you put forth your perceptions and as they are muddied or distorted, as they have been compromised, as they become watered down in order that they be expressed or that they be understood, prophesy becomes problematic, even as if it were a parable. Indeed, your (Biblical) revelation is today much more like a parable than a revelation, for it is one of those one-time prophesies that has been compromised to the extent that it is now a matter of exercise in interpretation.
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TOMAS: Merium, you are my able co-teacher. I appreciate your presence here and your contribution. No problem. Are there questions?
 
TOMAS: Merium, you are my able co-teacher. I appreciate your presence here and your contribution. No problem. Are there questions?
 
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===Dialogue===
 
Celeste: I was thinking about Mars because now that we're exploring Mars, I think I read in the Urantia Book that on this level we are mid-breathers, and if there is life on Mars, that life - they are sub-breathers. And I thought it was kind of interesting that if we send somebody up there, they might have a little trouble. Suddenly they would have to breathe the air of a sub-breather.
 
Celeste: I was thinking about Mars because now that we're exploring Mars, I think I read in the Urantia Book that on this level we are mid-breathers, and if there is life on Mars, that life - they are sub-breathers. And I thought it was kind of interesting that if we send somebody up there, they might have a little trouble. Suddenly they would have to breathe the air of a sub-breather.
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As you keep your mind stimulated, you keep the door open to stimulate yet others, and this adds dimension to your relationships with all people; it takes it from the mundane level of rudimentary intercourse and opens it up into the possibilities of dynamic sharing. And so it's not just a matter of "Eat your Wheaties." It is a full-spectrum instruction and assignment to take care of yourself, which is a big deal, for you are not just little people; you are a dynamic, resonating, evolving, growing, living, throbbing, potentially powerful agent of the Lord.
 
As you keep your mind stimulated, you keep the door open to stimulate yet others, and this adds dimension to your relationships with all people; it takes it from the mundane level of rudimentary intercourse and opens it up into the possibilities of dynamic sharing. And so it's not just a matter of "Eat your Wheaties." It is a full-spectrum instruction and assignment to take care of yourself, which is a big deal, for you are not just little people; you are a dynamic, resonating, evolving, growing, living, throbbing, potentially powerful agent of the Lord.
 
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===Closing===
 
I am going to take my leave. I thank you, Merium, for your assistance this evening, and for all of you being here. Thank you, Gerdean for your recovery into faith. Until we speak again, I am your friend, Tomas.
 
I am going to take my leave. I thank you, Merium, for your assistance this evening, and for all of you being here. Thank you, Gerdean for your recovery into faith. Until we speak again, I am your friend, Tomas.
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Group: Thank you. Good night.
 
Group: Thank you. Good night.
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END
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[[Category: The Teaching Mission: Dialogues]]
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[[Category: Pittsburgh TeaM]]
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[[Category: Tomas]]
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[[Category: Merium]]
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[[Category: Gerdean]]
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[[Category: Hunnah]]
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[[Category: 1997]]

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