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Marin TM Group—Mill Valley, California—U.S.A.

 

 

      (Inside and Outside: Self-power and Other-power)

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Dear Mother Spirit and Michael, We meet again. Although we know now that your Holy Spirit, Mother, and your Spirit of Truth, Michael, have been with us all our lives, we do appreciate your inaugurating the Teaching Mission and having these direct conversations with us. One dramatic change we’ve noticed in our lives because of these last few years is our relationships with our friends and acquaintances, and even complete strangers. We have experienced your truth: the deeper we can feel your peace and your love within us, the more responsive we can be, and elicit the same in others. You were right: what a treasure other people can be. So we thank you again. Amen.

Dear Mother Spirit and Michael, We meet again. Although we know now that your Holy Spirit, Mother, and your Spirit of Truth, Michael, have been with us all our lives, we do appreciate your inaugurating the Teaching Mission and having these direct conversations with us. One dramatic change we’ve noticed in our lives because of these last few years is our relationships with our friends and acquaintances, and even complete strangers. We have experienced your truth: the deeper we can feel your peace and your love within us, the more responsive we can be, and elicit the same in others. You were right: what a treasure other people can be. So we thank you again. Amen.

NEBADONIA: Well, good evening, my dear children. This is Nebadonia, Divine Minister of Nebadon--your mother in spirit, your partner in loving all my children. It’s so rewarding to Michael and me, reflecting what you are finding in your relationships. You are beginning to experience the wonderful power of peace, the power of acknowledging those about you, the power of love--with what you beam out to others and then rejoice in feeling it being beamed back at you.

NEBADONIA: Well, good evening, my dear children. This is Nebadonia, Divine Minister of Nebadon--your mother in spirit, your partner in loving all my children. It’s so rewarding to Michael and me, reflecting what you are finding in your relationships. You are beginning to experience the wonderful power of peace, the power of acknowledging those about you, the power of love--with what you beam out to others and then rejoice in feeling it being beamed back at you.

 

(Inside and outside: self-power and other-power)

*Empowerment (Inside and outside: self-power and other-power)

These are also the rewards of faith, of hanging your intentions out there at risk, of daring to be hopeful and optimistic. Otherwise you would never know how changing your own attitude can generate this wonderful response from the world. You discover that ultimately there is no final demarcation between inside and outside. We’ve pointed at this before in terms of psychological projection, how you tend to encounter your own moods and attitudes in the objective world, both in what you unconsciously choose to perceive, and how your own inner spiritual values color everything you do perceive. Our last few lessons have been on how to encourage a true spontaneity and independence from yourself in those you meet by granting them the freedom to be themselves, encouraging them to express themselves spontaneously, delightfully.

These are also the rewards of faith, of hanging your intentions out there at risk, of daring to be hopeful and optimistic. Otherwise you would never know how changing your own attitude can generate this wonderful response from the world. You discover that ultimately there is no final demarcation between inside and outside. We’ve pointed at this before in terms of psychological projection, how you tend to encounter your own moods and attitudes in the objective world, both in what you unconsciously choose to perceive, and how your own inner spiritual values color everything you do perceive. Our last few lessons have been on how to encourage a true spontaneity and independence from yourself in those you meet by granting them the freedom to be themselves, encouraging them to express themselves spontaneously, delightfully.

So self confidence and self reliance are good expressions of this self-power that we invite you to cultivate, to feel, to experience. This is acknowledging and cultivating your own spiritual creativity, your ability to come up with something brand new, in space, in the stream of time. This is why we enjoy that expression, "more power to you." Other-power is simply the recognition--with all the wonderful perception of humility, that you are but a speck in the gigantic spiritual universe. All that out there is other-power from this point of view--spiritual beings beyond counting, even kinds of spiritual beings beyond human comprehension. Your Urantia book gives you a very rough outline indeed, starting with the Trinity and coming on down.

So self confidence and self reliance are good expressions of this self-power that we invite you to cultivate, to feel, to experience. This is acknowledging and cultivating your own spiritual creativity, your ability to come up with something brand new, in space, in the stream of time. This is why we enjoy that expression, "more power to you." Other-power is simply the recognition--with all the wonderful perception of humility, that you are but a speck in the gigantic spiritual universe. All that out there is other-power from this point of view--spiritual beings beyond counting, even kinds of spiritual beings beyond human comprehension. Your Urantia book gives you a very rough outline indeed, starting with the Trinity and coming on down.

(Contacting other-power—prayer and worship)

*Prayer and Worship (Contacting other-power—prayer and worship)

The spiritual value, the very meaning of prayer is when you address all this other-power and ask for help. Then it is forthcoming by its own greater, loving wisdom. What a shame to go through human life not being aware of this, without being aware of us, and having to await your rebirth on the Morontia Spheres where you will feel us directly impinging upon you so much more easily.

The spiritual value, the very meaning of prayer is when you address all this other-power and ask for help. Then it is forthcoming by its own greater, loving wisdom. What a shame to go through human life not being aware of this, without being aware of us, and having to await your rebirth on the Morontia Spheres where you will feel us directly impinging upon you so much more easily.

Neither Michael nor I require your worship, my children. Our love is unconditional, as is the Father’s, but we do appreciate it, we do welcome it. It is the source of our greatest delight, for in doing so you are profoundly acknowledging us. You are using your self-power to give us reality within your realm of choice.

Neither Michael nor I require your worship, my children. Our love is unconditional, as is the Father’s, but we do appreciate it, we do welcome it. It is the source of our greatest delight, for in doing so you are profoundly acknowledging us. You are using your self-power to give us reality within your realm of choice.

(Your will and God’s will)

*Humanity and Divinity (Your will and God’s will)

So I invite you to ponder these two realms of self-power and other-power. You see how they are so interrelated, how they support and encourage each other, how they are reciprocal gifts, each to the other. This is what makes you part of our spiritual family. And so, finally, recognize and acknowledge that the same need for balance exists in all your fellow human beings. Wonder how you can demonstrate to them the glory of having a really fine balance here. There is no need for self deprecation, or the sometimes false humility of saying only, "Thy will be done." Rather, consider the devotion and commitment of saying, "It is my will that your will be done." Recognize he is already inside you. God does not separate himself from you, my children, do not separate yourself from him.

So I invite you to ponder these two realms of self-power and other-power. You see how they are so interrelated, how they support and encourage each other, how they are reciprocal gifts, each to the other. This is what makes you part of our spiritual family. And so, finally, recognize and acknowledge that the same need for balance exists in all your fellow human beings. Wonder how you can demonstrate to them the glory of having a really fine balance here. There is no need for self deprecation, or the sometimes false humility of saying only, "Thy will be done." Rather, consider the devotion and commitment of saying, "It is my will that your will be done." Recognize he is already inside you. God does not separate himself from you, my children, do not separate yourself from him.

I instantly felt grounded again. I openly let go of that egotistical wave of fear about money. So I just want to thank you, I really mean that. It was so wonderful, and everything you said tonight--I’m laughing, I’m experiencing it—the balance of asking and then feeling the answer right there—that kindness is all the really matters. It was just a wonderful experience. Thank you very, very much.

I instantly felt grounded again. I openly let go of that egotistical wave of fear about money. So I just want to thank you, I really mean that. It was so wonderful, and everything you said tonight--I’m laughing, I’m experiencing it—the balance of asking and then feeling the answer right there—that kindness is all the really matters. It was just a wonderful experience. Thank you very, very much.

(Understand and remember well)

*Understanding and Memory (Understand and remember well)

NEBADONIA: Thank you, my daughter. I couldn’t ask for a better example of the wonderful balance, and the final inseparability--if you will, of self-power and other-power. Because this is the most genuine and valid poof you can know in your soul: in the very act of prayer, in asking for help, you can be instantaneously transformed. There is a temptation here to play a little Monday-morning quarterbacking and think, Well, I had this power all along. In doing so you can slight, or totally disregard, your heartfelt appeal that actually changed things. Here is where your own self-honesty, your own remembering and crediting all the little steps involved, gives you a true understanding of the powers involved—self and other. You’ve just experienced what we do our best to achieve, that is, when you ask us for help and strength, we give it to you as your own. We do appreciate when you remember the source.

NEBADONIA: Thank you, my daughter. I couldn’t ask for a better example of the wonderful balance, and the final inseparability--if you will, of self-power and other-power. Because this is the most genuine and valid poof you can know in your soul: in the very act of prayer, in asking for help, you can be instantaneously transformed. There is a temptation here to play a little Monday-morning quarterbacking and think, Well, I had this power all along. In doing so you can slight, or totally disregard, your heartfelt appeal that actually changed things. Here is where your own self-honesty, your own remembering and crediting all the little steps involved, gives you a true understanding of the powers involved—self and other. You’ve just experienced what we do our best to achieve, that is, when you ask us for help and strength, we give it to you as your own. We do appreciate when you remember the source.

Student: Mother, thank you for the reminder, for getting in touch with my spiritual teacher/friend seems to get lost in the everyday shuffle of my life. Thank you for reminding me to ask for help, because I get lost at it, and I need that from time to time. What I would like to ask is, what is the difference between imagination and visualization with respect to the Akashic Constructs, by George Bernard?

Student: Mother, thank you for the reminder, for getting in touch with my spiritual teacher/friend seems to get lost in the everyday shuffle of my life. Thank you for reminding me to ask for help, because I get lost at it, and I need that from time to time. What I would like to ask is, what is the difference between imagination and visualization with respect to the Akashic Constructs, by George Bernard?

(Inner reality—visualization and conceptualization)

*Inner Life (Inner reality—visualization and conceptualization)

NEBADONIA: To answer you most succinctly, my son: not much! (laughter) Different folks have different creative abilities along an enormous spectrum of manifestations within themselves. Two very distinct—not at all opposed, but sometimes mutually exclusive specialties—if you will, are visualization and conceptualization. Some folks more easily visualize within their minds--other persons, or beings, other situations--as if seeing these, however clear or vague. Others create and realize within themselves more in terms of verbal concepts and ideas, and all their inter-relationships. A third type of creativity is largely expressed in terms of music. So these manifestations of spiritual creativity are unique and personal to different persons.

NEBADONIA: To answer you most succinctly, my son: not much! (laughter) Different folks have different creative abilities along an enormous spectrum of manifestations within themselves. Two very distinct—not at all opposed, but sometimes mutually exclusive specialties—if you will, are visualization and conceptualization. Some folks more easily visualize within their minds--other persons, or beings, other situations--as if seeing these, however clear or vague. Others create and realize within themselves more in terms of verbal concepts and ideas, and all their inter-relationships. A third type of creativity is largely expressed in terms of music. So these manifestations of spiritual creativity are unique and personal to different persons.

Student: Yes, Mother, when you said "sublime uncertainty" I realized that all certainty is only right here and now, and is all we have. I’ve been asking myself what it is I want, and going deeper into that question, I get a sense of a lot I don’t want. Monjoronson has described to us what the changes in this planet are going to be, and so what I want also changes. If things are going to change that dramatically, then my future changes too. But for here and now, I want my life to reflect my completeness, not any neediness—needing to be in a relationship, need to have this, or that—but to come to be in a place of solid-ness, yet expansiveness, and to really pay attention and develop my wisdom. Because if I can live from this place, then my life will reflect that.

Student: Yes, Mother, when you said "sublime uncertainty" I realized that all certainty is only right here and now, and is all we have. I’ve been asking myself what it is I want, and going deeper into that question, I get a sense of a lot I don’t want. Monjoronson has described to us what the changes in this planet are going to be, and so what I want also changes. If things are going to change that dramatically, then my future changes too. But for here and now, I want my life to reflect my completeness, not any neediness—needing to be in a relationship, need to have this, or that—but to come to be in a place of solid-ness, yet expansiveness, and to really pay attention and develop my wisdom. Because if I can live from this place, then my life will reflect that.

(Uncertainty and security—character and soul))

*Character and Soul (Uncertainty and security—character and soul))

NEBADONIA: My son, let me finish that expression in your Urantia book of "sublime uncertainty--with security." The security is what you are reaching for and beginning to experience. The book talks further about the time-units of childhood, and adolescence, and then maturity, as the character of your personality—the true and lasting acquirement of a soul—is experienced by you as a change in the character of this present moment.

NEBADONIA: My son, let me finish that expression in your Urantia book of "sublime uncertainty--with security." The security is what you are reaching for and beginning to experience. The book talks further about the time-units of childhood, and adolescence, and then maturity, as the character of your personality—the true and lasting acquirement of a soul—is experienced by you as a change in the character of this present moment.

So I bid you a fond farewell for a while. We will definitely meet again. Feel secure in my love. Good evening.

So I bid you a fond farewell for a while. We will definitely meet again. Feel secure in my love. Good evening.