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| ==Session== | | ==Session== |
| ===Opening=== | | ===Opening=== |
− | Elyon (Jonathan TR): I [[greet]] you all, I am Elyon, and I acknowledge your [[diligence]] in seeking ways whereby you may assist our [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:5._RELATION_OF_MASTER_SONS_TO_THE_UNIVERSE Sovereign Son] in elevating [[Urantia]] to higher levels of [[Art of Living|living]]. | + | Elyon (Jonathan TR): I [[greet]] you all, I am Elyon, and I acknowledge your [[diligence]] in seeking ways whereby you may assist our [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:5._RELATION_OF_MASTER_SONS_TO_THE_UNIVERSE Sovereign Son] in elevating [[Urantia]] to higher levels of [[Art of Living|living]]. |
| ===Lesson=== | | ===Lesson=== |
− | ===='''''[[Potential]]'''''==== | + | ====''[[Potential]]''==== |
− | While you look about your world and find many factors that are in great need of upliftment, you also behold a [[planet]] that has advanced quite some ways since the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Century times when Michae]l [[Paper 121 - The Times of Michael's Bestowal|was here]] as [[Jesus]]. When he looked at his fellows he saw them in two ways: One, the [[human being]]s that they were at the current level of [[evolution]], and two, the great [[potential]] that resided in each one, some potentials that were not ever to be [[expressed]] in a short human life. But Michael could see that [[soul]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Accepting_The_Father%27s_Treasure-2003-03-09 treasure], and in such an [[observation]] he could fully [[forgive]] the [[errors]] that are made by those who do not know the greater way, the higher [[truth]]. | + | While you look about your world and find many factors that are in great need of upliftment, you also behold a [[planet]] that has advanced quite some ways since the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Century times when Michael] [[Paper 121 - The Times of Michael's Bestowal|was here]] as [[Jesus]]. When he looked at his fellows he saw them in two ways: One, the [[human being]]s that they were at the current level of [[evolution]], and two, the great [[potential]] that resided in each one, some potentials that were not ever to be [[expressed]] in a short human life. But Michael could see that [[soul]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Accepting_The_Father%27s_Treasure-2003-03-09 treasure], and in such an [[observation]] he could fully [[forgive]] the [[errors]] that are made by those who do not know the greater way, the higher [[truth]]. |
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− | As you [[work]] with your fellow [[beings]] I [[encourage]] you to also look with a spiritual [[Vision|eye]] and [[perceive]] those great [[potentials]] within them. Though you may be irritated by an [[action]] in the brief [[moment]], you can [[love]] them knowing of the greatness that [[Inner Life|resides within]], and that it is only a matter of [[time]] before there is a self [[discovery]], and they come to [[actualize]] those inner [[traits]] of [[divine]] [[goodness]]. | + | As you [[work]] with your fellow [[beings]] I [[encourage]] you to also look with a spiritual [[Vision|eye]] and [[perceive]] those great [[potentials]] within them. Though you may be irritated by an [[action]] in the brief [[moment]], you can [[love]] them knowing of the greatness that [[Inner Life|resides within]], and that it is only a matter of [[time]] before there is a self [[discovery]], and they come to [[actualize]] those inner [[traits]] of [[divine]] [[goodness]]. |
− | ===='''''[[Assurance]]'''''==== | + | |
| + | ====''[[Assurance]]''==== |
| Michael carried himself on your world with great [[assurance]]. This assurance revealed a deep [[connection]] with his divine [[Father]]. It was soulful in its [[certainty]]. It was a recognition of his [[eternal]] [[nature]], and it [[cause]]d him to be able to [[react]] to any [[event]] that occurred about him with that higher [[perspective]]. With such assurance he could [[forgive]] those who condemned him. He could teach [[truth]] even while the mob may be heckling him. He could love even one who exhibited great [[Grotesque|ugliness]], for he saw within each the [[presence]] of his divine [[Father]]. He knew of the long road of [[ascension]] that every soul will make if they are willing. He could see the greatness of their future [[Paradise]] [[attainment]]. If you can but look upon your fellows with this in [[mind]], divine [[love]] and divine [[light]] will radiate from you. Many will come to be soothed and nourished by your presence and your [[charm]]. But there is a secret to being able to do what the master did, and that is for you to be able to perceive within yourself those same eternal [[potentials]] and [[attainments]] where it is true that you [[love]] your neighbor only as you love yourself. | | Michael carried himself on your world with great [[assurance]]. This assurance revealed a deep [[connection]] with his divine [[Father]]. It was soulful in its [[certainty]]. It was a recognition of his [[eternal]] [[nature]], and it [[cause]]d him to be able to [[react]] to any [[event]] that occurred about him with that higher [[perspective]]. With such assurance he could [[forgive]] those who condemned him. He could teach [[truth]] even while the mob may be heckling him. He could love even one who exhibited great [[Grotesque|ugliness]], for he saw within each the [[presence]] of his divine [[Father]]. He knew of the long road of [[ascension]] that every soul will make if they are willing. He could see the greatness of their future [[Paradise]] [[attainment]]. If you can but look upon your fellows with this in [[mind]], divine [[love]] and divine [[light]] will radiate from you. Many will come to be soothed and nourished by your presence and your [[charm]]. But there is a secret to being able to do what the master did, and that is for you to be able to perceive within yourself those same eternal [[potentials]] and [[attainments]] where it is true that you [[love]] your neighbor only as you love yourself. |
− | ===='''''[[Progress]]'''''==== | + | ====''[[Progress]]''==== |
| When one hungers for a goal, is striving fervently to attain such goals, a stumble will not bring that [[person]] down. It will merely cause a temporary scramble as effort is made to regain [[balance]] and forward [[momentum]]. That momentary interruption is forgotten [[instantly]] as the individual pushes for that goal. You see that in your [[athletics]], the immature one will throw a fit and quit, but the pro will pursue. It is because that athlete has the [[assurance]] of [[skill]] that has been [[witness]]ed over [[time]] with great [[practice]]. | | When one hungers for a goal, is striving fervently to attain such goals, a stumble will not bring that [[person]] down. It will merely cause a temporary scramble as effort is made to regain [[balance]] and forward [[momentum]]. That momentary interruption is forgotten [[instantly]] as the individual pushes for that goal. You see that in your [[athletics]], the immature one will throw a fit and quit, but the pro will pursue. It is because that athlete has the [[assurance]] of [[skill]] that has been [[witness]]ed over [[time]] with great [[practice]]. |
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| When Michael said, “Whatsoever you do to the least among you, you do for me” he was teaching how important the small [[actions]] are in the greater scheme of [[cosmic]] [[progress]]. If you can forgive yourself at the time when you perceive that you are the least among all, you are allowing the [[love]] of Michael to become infused into your [[being]] where he may [[minister]] to your [[soul]]. When you [[discover]] the presence of [[grace]] and feel the warmth of divine love you would aim that spiritual assuredness which empowers you to forgive not only the little but the great [[errors]] of others. You know that over the course of time your [[motive]] is to do the divine will, to comprehend [[truth]], to foster [[beauty]], and to present [[goodness]]. Those [[episodes]] of error are merely transient blips, and you continue on in your pursuit of [[the Father]] in [[heaven]]. Following such a stumble you see more clearly the cause of your error, and you become more [[center]]ed in the goal of your [[attainment]]. If you can allow this for yourself, you can allow this for others. | | When Michael said, “Whatsoever you do to the least among you, you do for me” he was teaching how important the small [[actions]] are in the greater scheme of [[cosmic]] [[progress]]. If you can forgive yourself at the time when you perceive that you are the least among all, you are allowing the [[love]] of Michael to become infused into your [[being]] where he may [[minister]] to your [[soul]]. When you [[discover]] the presence of [[grace]] and feel the warmth of divine love you would aim that spiritual assuredness which empowers you to forgive not only the little but the great [[errors]] of others. You know that over the course of time your [[motive]] is to do the divine will, to comprehend [[truth]], to foster [[beauty]], and to present [[goodness]]. Those [[episodes]] of error are merely transient blips, and you continue on in your pursuit of [[the Father]] in [[heaven]]. Following such a stumble you see more clearly the cause of your error, and you become more [[center]]ed in the goal of your [[attainment]]. If you can allow this for yourself, you can allow this for others. |
− | ===='''''[[Perspective]]'''''==== | + | ====''[[Perspective]]''==== |
| Michael knew in his time that entire villages would never [[comprehend]] what he knew deep within him. He knew that even centuries would pass and great [[groups]] of people would still not comprehend, that they would stumble along in [[ignorance]]. But he taught them the [[truth]] and revealed the [[light]] nonetheless. He loved them deeply regardless, for when time has run its course all [[beings]] in [[time and space]] will be [[perfect]], fully [[experience]]d in [[Supremacy]], fully revealing of the [[Thought Adjuster|divine within]]. Today you work for Michael just as in years past he worked for the Father. You work knowing that [[Nebadon]] is incomplete in its [[attainment]] of [[Light and Life]], that your world is one of the trailing within this local universe, that the planetary stumble is only a transient [[episode]] of [[error]], and that the goal is still ahead, and the [[desire]] of all [[lightworkers]] is still there to [[attain]] it. | | Michael knew in his time that entire villages would never [[comprehend]] what he knew deep within him. He knew that even centuries would pass and great [[groups]] of people would still not comprehend, that they would stumble along in [[ignorance]]. But he taught them the [[truth]] and revealed the [[light]] nonetheless. He loved them deeply regardless, for when time has run its course all [[beings]] in [[time and space]] will be [[perfect]], fully [[experience]]d in [[Supremacy]], fully revealing of the [[Thought Adjuster|divine within]]. Today you work for Michael just as in years past he worked for the Father. You work knowing that [[Nebadon]] is incomplete in its [[attainment]] of [[Light and Life]], that your world is one of the trailing within this local universe, that the planetary stumble is only a transient [[episode]] of [[error]], and that the goal is still ahead, and the [[desire]] of all [[lightworkers]] is still there to [[attain]] it. |
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| It is my [[desire]] to provide some time for you to interact with me. If you have questions or comments you may ask me. | | It is my [[desire]] to provide some time for you to interact with me. If you have questions or comments you may ask me. |
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− | Gerdean: As you presented, Jesus had this tremendous self [[confidence]]. He had the [[ideal]] [[parents]], Mary and Joseph. Of the top three they were the best of the best. He had some [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Advantages_of_the_Greater_Family-1995-10-13 advantages]. Of course that’s no excuse for those of us who don’t come from the best of the best. It provides us with [[Context|circumstances]] we have to grapple with. I am not confident. In The [[Urantia Book]] Michael promised to restore self respect to those who had lost it and curtail it in those who had too much. It’s a struggle to maintain that self confidence especially in this [[environment]] of trespassing and forgiving, screwing up and making amends, muddling through, as I [[trust]] we are all doing. I [[lament]] that we don’t have the same sort of self confidence Jesus had. | + | Gerdean: As you presented, Jesus had this tremendous self [[confidence]]. He had the [[ideal]] [[parents]], Mary and Joseph. Of the top three they were the best of the best. He had some [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Advantages_of_the_Greater_Family-1995-10-13 advantages]. Of course that’s no excuse for those of us who don’t come from the best of the best. It provides us with [[Context|circumstances]] we have to grapple with. I am not confident. In The [[Urantia Book]] Michael promised to restore self respect to those who had lost it and curtail it in those who had too much. It’s a struggle to maintain that self confidence especially in this [[environment]] of trespassing and forgiving, screwing up and making amends, muddling through, as I [[trust]] we are all doing. I [[lament]] that we don’t have the same sort of self confidence Jesus had. |
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| When he lived everyone didn’t have a [[Thought Adjuster]]. That’s a [[different]] circumstance. He recognized whether they were indwelt or not. I suppose we need to assume everybody is. Some people sure don’t [[act]] like it! | | When he lived everyone didn’t have a [[Thought Adjuster]]. That’s a [[different]] circumstance. He recognized whether they were indwelt or not. I suppose we need to assume everybody is. Some people sure don’t [[act]] like it! |
− | ===='''''[[Humility]]'''''==== | + | ====''[[Humility]]''==== |
− | When I fall short and apologize so many people [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Humility_Is_Not_Weakness-2005-03-28 think that’s a sign of weakness] and throw it up in my face. “Aah, you apologize. That means you know you are [[guilty]]!” It’s a struggle to keep our [[spirit]] and our confidence up. It’s good to sit and listen to the teachers [[encourage]] us and remind us of what is [[essential]], what we are aiming for. Thank you, Elyon. | + | When I fall short and apologize so many people [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Humility_Is_Not_Weakness-2005-03-28 think that’s a sign of weakness] and throw it up in my face. “Aah, you apologize. That means you know you are [[guilty]]!” It’s a struggle to keep our [[spirit]] and our confidence up. It’s good to sit and listen to the teachers [[encourage]] us and remind us of what is [[essential]], what we are aiming for. Thank you, Elyon. |
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− | Elyon: You are welcome and I will comment. You recall the record of the fellow who said, “Lord, I believe, help my unbelief.”[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_158_-_The_Mount_of_Transfiguration#158:5._JESUS_HEALS_THE_BOY] That may be considered a sign of weakness, to have unbelief. But truly he expressed great strength in the desire to face that unbelief, to be taught, to be uplifted. The [[universe]] call that all souls become [[perfect]] as the Father in heaven is perfect is often met with great impatience, that perfection will be had if not now in the next [[moment]]. The [[desire]] is to pass the test rather than to continue passing tests, and this is what being perfect is all about, it’s perfecting [[continuum|continually]]. | + | Elyon: You are welcome and I will comment. You recall the record of the fellow who said, “Lord, I believe, help my unbelief.”[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_158_-_The_Mount_of_Transfiguration#158:5._JESUS_HEALS_THE_BOY] That may be considered a sign of weakness, to have unbelief. But truly he expressed great strength in the desire to face that unbelief, to be taught, to be uplifted. The [[universe]] call that all souls become [[perfect]] as the Father in heaven is perfect is often met with great impatience, that perfection will be had if not now in the next [[moment]]. The [[desire]] is to pass the test rather than to continue passing tests, and this is what being perfect is all about, it’s perfecting [[continuum|continually]]. |
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| I too [[share]] your sense of frustration. When I pursue higher levels of [[universe]] [[perspective]] and higher [[standards]] of [[character]] [[expression]], I [[immediately]] [[discover]] my shortcomings, and I feel that I have yet a long way to go. As you [[ascend]] this [[wonderful]] [[dimension]] of [[mansonia]] you will come to appreciate the great assistance, ministers and [[angels]], who are ever willing to help. This [[evolutionary]] world you are on now [[functions]] often from the mode of [[survival]], that the fittest win. This is why Jesus taught [[service]], that the world needs to learn to help one another, to not always be victor and the other vanquished. But in the [[progress]] of a fellow there is progress for your own being. To acknowledge one’s weakness, to admit one’s [[error]], is to be able to [[progress]]. Even in the face of ridicule you are advancing. Those who make such ridiculing [[statements]] are delaying their own progress and are therefore in need of your [[love]]. | | I too [[share]] your sense of frustration. When I pursue higher levels of [[universe]] [[perspective]] and higher [[standards]] of [[character]] [[expression]], I [[immediately]] [[discover]] my shortcomings, and I feel that I have yet a long way to go. As you [[ascend]] this [[wonderful]] [[dimension]] of [[mansonia]] you will come to appreciate the great assistance, ministers and [[angels]], who are ever willing to help. This [[evolutionary]] world you are on now [[functions]] often from the mode of [[survival]], that the fittest win. This is why Jesus taught [[service]], that the world needs to learn to help one another, to not always be victor and the other vanquished. But in the [[progress]] of a fellow there is progress for your own being. To acknowledge one’s weakness, to admit one’s [[error]], is to be able to [[progress]]. Even in the face of ridicule you are advancing. Those who make such ridiculing [[statements]] are delaying their own progress and are therefore in need of your [[love]]. |
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