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Northern Colorado TeaM Group, #70

===Group: [[N. Colorado TeaM]]===

 

===Teacher: [[Zarath]]===

 

===TR: [[Jerry Evans]]===

Teacher: Zarath (TR, Jerry Evans)

 

 

 

 

 

Heavenly Father, we come to thee today, surrounding ourselves with your love, greeting Christ Michael and Mother Nebadonia with their support, recognizing the whirl of energy in the merkaba for a stronger connection to the universe, as we hook up to it with our heart line, with our headline connecting to it and to each other.  Feel the spirit enclosing us, enveloping us and healing us in body and mind, relaxing us as we prepare to talk to our teacher.

Heavenly Father, we come to thee today, surrounding ourselves with your love, greeting Christ Michael and Mother Nebadonia with their support, recognizing the whirl of energy in the merkaba for a stronger connection to the universe, as we hook up to it with our heart line, with our headline connecting to it and to each other.  Feel the spirit enclosing us, enveloping us and healing us in body and mind, relaxing us as we prepare to talk to our teacher.

Student: I am sure you will be.  Are you asking for questions at this time?

Student: I am sure you will be.  Are you asking for questions at this time?

Another Student:  And do you have a lesson for us?

Another Student:  And do you have a lesson for us?

 

ZARATH:  I do have a lesson.  This lesson has to do with the spiritualizing of each of us in the Father’s Kingdom.  As we progress along the path way toward the Father, the joy that we experience in this advancement and in our chance to meet with and have contact with all of our brothers and sisters is hard to express.  Your activity toward interfaith work has prompted this discussion, for it is important to start it at your level.  Understanding and compassion, which is so essential, must be developed with these sorts of collective get-togethers, and these fruits of the spirit are a part of your best efforts to do the will of the Father.

ZARATH:  I do have a lesson.  This lesson has to do with the spiritualizing of each of us in the Father’s Kingdom.  As we progress along the path way toward the Father, the joy that we experience in this advancement and in our chance to meet with and have contact with all of our brothers and sisters is hard to express.  Your activity toward interfaith work has prompted this discussion, for it is important to start it at your level.  Understanding and compassion, which is so essential, must be developed with these sorts of collective get-togethers, and these fruits of the spirit are a part of your best efforts to do the will of the Father.

 

Follow your intuition and follow it with courage, and as we say, the results are the Father’s.  In retrospect, this activity is looked back on with much joy and satisfaction.  Pure intent will always result in increasing the brotherhood and sisterhood of those around you.

There is much growth for the individuals involved, some who tentatively accept the invitation to such events, and some who have their fixed ideas to bring to the party, and some who are open enough to try to engage in understanding of the other.  It is to be a joyful experience, a learning experience, a growth experience and imminently reachable.  The prospects are indeed without limit of what can be accomplished in bringing together those of different faiths with sufficient open mindedness, and open heartedness, to engage each other in loving exploration of the other’s ideas and beliefs, without judgment, but with desire for understanding.  So I commend you who are involved in this activity.  We wish you well.

Follow your intuition and follow it with courage, and as we say, the results are the Father’s.  In retrospect, this activity is looked back on with much joy and satisfaction.  Pure intent will always result in increasing the brotherhood and sisterhood of those around you.

  This is all that I had to bring to you today, but I am certainly desirous of discussing any questions that you might have.

There is much growth for the individuals involved, some who tentatively accept the invitation to such events, and some who have their fixed ideas to bring to the party, and some who are open enough to try to engage in understanding of the other. It is to be a joyful experience, a learning experience, a growth experience and imminently reachable.  The prospects are indeed without limit of what can be accomplished in bringing together those of different faiths with sufficient open mindedness, and open heartedness, to engage each other in loving exploration of the other’s ideas and beliefs, without judgment, but with desire for understanding.  So I commend you who are involved in this activity.  We wish you well.

Student:  Thank you Zarath, this has been really helpful, supportive, and encouraging, and as you were speaking, my mind was zipping along, thinking of a couple of things, that perhaps in such a meeting various faiths might be encouraged to display what kind of book or teaching has recently been most meaningful to them, and that if the group that comes together is large enough and broad enough --- where some might think it somewhat difficult to have personal interaction --- would it perhaps be wise to encourage the larger group to break up into smaller groups of ten or twelve—hopefully representing different faiths—and then share perhaps what they believe for the commonality they see among each other and each person’s personal relationship to God, to our Heavenly Father?  It seems to me that’s the one thing that people who are on any kind of an interfaith bent or path is—there are certain things that we share—it seems like that’s perhaps the most important.  Would you care to respond to that, give us some feedback?

Student:  Thank you Zarath, this has been really helpful, supportive, and encouraging, and as you were speaking, my mind was zipping along, thinking of a couple of things, that perhaps in such a meeting various faiths might be encouraged to display what kind of book or teaching has recently been most meaningful to them, and that if the group that comes together is large enough and broad enough --- where some might think it somewhat difficult to have personal interaction --- would it perhaps be wise to encourage the larger group to break up into smaller groups of ten or twelve—hopefully representing different faiths—and then share perhaps what they believe for the commonality they see among each other and each person’s personal relationship to God, to our Heavenly Father?  It seems to me that’s the one thing that people who are on any kind of an interfaith bent or path is—there are certain things that we share—it seems like that’s perhaps the most important.  Would you care to respond to that, give us some feedback?

ZARATH:  I could ask you for a specific question….

ZARATH:  I could ask you for a specific question….

Student:  (Laughing.)  That was kind of long winded.

Student:  (Laughing.)  That was kind of long winded.

ZARATH:  But I will respond.  I just had to chuckle.  You are drawing upon your experience—recent experience—in the church group, ‘Asking the questions’, wherein the small sub-groups were able to establish a more meaningful connection to each other.  However, remember that it required ten sessions for that to slowly develop and mature.  It is a different proposition in a one-time session, and yet, those that are open are able to make that deep connection, and so it cannot be frowned upon or discouraged, for that can very well develop in some of the individuals there.

ZARATH:  But I will respond.  I just had to chuckle.  You are drawing upon your experience—recent experience—in the church group, ‘Asking the questions’, wherein the small sub-groups were able to establish a more meaningful connection to each other.  However, remember that it required ten sessions for that to slowly develop and mature.  It is a different proposition in a one-time session, and yet, those that are open are able to make that deep connection, and so it cannot be frowned upon or discouraged, for that can very well develop in some of the individuals there.

The other aspect is, if you have separated groups, where each group is of one faith or different faiths in different groups, then you are not really taking advantage of the objective of discussing the interfaith aspects, so it would appear that the groups should certainly be mixed if there is a large enough number of attendees, to have several of each faith in each group, thereby giving that opportunity for good interfaith dialog.  Is that helpful?

The other aspect is, if you have separated groups, where each group is of one faith or different faiths in different groups, then you are not really taking advantage of the objective of discussing the interfaith aspects, so it would appear that the groups should certainly be mixed if there is a large enough number of attendees, to have several of each faith in each group, thereby giving that opportunity for good interfaith dialog.  Is that helpful?

Student:  Yes, I can see the mechanics of dividing a large group effectively into groups with the diversity represented might be a bit difficult.  I was trying to think of ways in which this kind of more personal exchange could happen, rather than just having a speaker with a rather large group, and then just a few questions addressed to the speaker.  How do we  expedite more of this interpersonal mixing?

Student:  Yes, I can see the mechanics of dividing a large group effectively into groups with the diversity represented might be a bit difficult.  I was trying to think of ways in which this kind of more personal exchange could happen, rather than just having a speaker with a rather large group, and then just a few questions addressed to the speaker.  How do we  expedite more of this interpersonal mixing?

ZARATH:  Are there any other questions?

ZARATH:  Are there any other questions?

[Note: The last question and answer is of a personal nature and is omitted from publication to the wider audience.  It will be shared only with those directly involved in the situation.]

[[Category: The Teaching Mission: Dialogues]]

 

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