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2002-08-02-Problems of Isolation (view source)
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==Session==
==Session==
===Opening===
===Opening===
Prayer by Daniel: The unity of your hands is the unity of your hearts expressed through touch. You choose to relate to each other and not to draw back into isolation. You choose to do Gods Will. For it is His will that His universe be united and share the love which created it. I am Daniel, let us pray.
Prayer by Daniel: The [[unity]] of your hands is the unity of your [[hearts]] expressed through [[touch]]. You choose to relate to each other and not to draw back into [[isolation]]. You choose to [http://www.urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=http://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper111.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper111.html&line=111#mfs do Gods Will]. For it is His will that His [[universe]] be united and share the [[love]] which created it. I am Daniel, let us pray.
Eternal Father, Infinite Spirit, Eternal Son, one God in three persons. We Your children on the plane of Time and Space, stand in awe of Your creation and of Your great purpose. We look Paradise ward and we wait with great anticipation to one day stand in Your presence, oh great Triune Deity. But while we wait we have You present with us as we progress; and so we do not wait at a distance, but we commune with You now in this holy moment, this sacred time.
[[Universal Father|Eternal Father]], I[[nfinite Spirit]], [[Eternal Son]], one God in three persons. We Your children on the [[dimension|plane]] of [[Time]] and [[Space]], stand in awe of Your [[creation]] and of Your great [[purpose]]. We look [[Paradise]] ward and we wait with great anticipation to one day stand in Your [[presence]], oh great Triune [[Deity]]. But while we wait we have You present with us as we progress; and so we do not wait at a distance, but we [[commune]] with You now in this [[holy]] [[moment]], this sacred time.
May the love I feel for these my brothers and sisters reflect the purity and genuineness of You, the Source of all love. May our eyes follow the Master Son who walks before us, and may our feet fall into step with Him. So be it, Amen. (group: Amen, thank you Daniel)
May the [[love]] I feel for these my brothers and sisters [[reflect]] the purity and genuineness of You, [[the Source]] of all love. May our eyes follow the [[Michael|Master Son]] who walks before us, and may our feet fall into step with Him. So be it, [[Amen]]. (group: Amen, thank you Daniel)
I am Daniel. I will be the speaker this evening. Greetings my [[friends]], my beloved students. It is an immense pleasure for me to sit here with you in this [[intimate]] and easy relationship which you share with each other. When you sit at a table close to each other, as the table provides by [[virtue]] of its size, your proximity enhances your [[intimacy]] and breaks down the barriers which are always there, ready to re-assemble when the [[heart]] is in doubt as to the [[value]] of risk of intimate sharing. So you do well to position yourselves so that [[physical]] distance does not add to the tendencies to withdraw.
===Lesson===
===Lesson===
Yes, tonight's commentary, or rather I should say meditation, will be on overcoming the natural tendency to isolate. But, you say, is it a natural tendency to isolate? Or is not more natural to associate? On a normal world the natural tendency is to associate, for isolation is the result of fear and hurt. It is a measure of a lack of nurture which has occurred in ones life history. Remember your origins my friends, this is Urantia, one of the isolation planets. The Lucifer rebellion was at its heart a decision to isolate rather than associate with the universe government. The pride of intellect and the seduction of sophistry lead even such a great being as a Lanonandek Son to go astray and to decide to isolate himself and those he could persuade to see reality in like manner to himself to join him in this disastrous, and initially terribly unfortunate, misadventure.
Yes, tonight's commentary, or rather I should say meditation, will be on overcoming the natural tendency to isolate. But, you say, is it a natural tendency to isolate? Or is not more natural to associate? On a normal world the natural tendency is to associate, for isolation is the result of fear and hurt. It is a measure of a lack of nurture which has occurred in ones life history. Remember your origins my friends, this is Urantia, one of the isolation planets. The Lucifer rebellion was at its heart a decision to isolate rather than associate with the universe government. The pride of intellect and the seduction of sophistry lead even such a great being as a Lanonandek Son to go astray and to decide to isolate himself and those he could persuade to see reality in like manner to himself to join him in this disastrous, and initially terribly unfortunate, misadventure.