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===Topic: ''Student Teachers''===
===Group: [[Lightline TeaM]]===
==Facilitators==
===Teacher: [[Tomas]]===
===TR: [[Gerdean]]===
==Session==
===Opening===
TOMAS: Good evening, everyone. This is Tomas. I have been waiting for you. It is like the professor, who is at [[home]] at the podium and [[eager]] to cram as much as possible into the hour’s session, awaits the bell for the [[students]] to come to [[attention]] so that we might begin at once. I am indeed going to teach a lesson today but it is not the kind you are accustomed to. You have known me – those of you who have know me – for many years, delivering sermonettes, [[essays]], philosophies and have spent time even on definitions of [[words]] and [[concepts]]. In short, I am a [[philosopher]] and we have enjoyed many philosophic hours meandering in the remarkable, amazing, and [[miraculous]] [[universe]] of your [[minds]].
===Lesson===
Today I would like to put your [[minds]] to use, as if all these many years we have gone fishing [[together]] and I have been showing you how to fish and you have been [[enjoying]] [[listening]] to me [[discussing]] fishing [[techniques]], but today we are going to begin fishing, that is to say, YOU are going to [[learn]], for when you are able to fish you can feed yourself; you no longer need to go to the fisherman or the supermarket or someone else to feed you.
Now don’t get me wrong, we [[teachers]] of the [[Teacher Corps]] and other avenues of [[celestial]] [[service]] have [[intentionally]] been here teaching you what we have been teaching you because of the [[curriculum]] that was decided upon by our superiors, [[Machiventa]] and [[Michael]], many years ago and we have [[literally]] thousands of hours invested in your [[maturity]], your [[development]], your [[awakening]]. Through our [[efforts]], many have learned how to [[connect]] with their higher [[nature]] and [[discover]] what it is to be loved in the [[divine]] sense. As you are able to [[appreciate]] [[divine]] [[love]], you are able to [[embrace]] yourself with that selfsame [[divine]] [[love]] and work with yourself [[patiently]] as you let go of your flaws, imperfections, and [[error]] [[natural]] to [[evolving]] [[beings]]. You are becoming more complete as you learn these [[things]] about yourself, the more you learn to love yourself, the more you can [[love]] others. The more [[patience]] you have with yourself, the more patient you can be with others. The more [[compassion]] you feel for yourself, the more compassion you can feel for others as they grapple with their shortcomings. And so it does become an [[exercise]] in the [[Golden Rule]] of [[doing]] unto others that which you would have done unto you and it would be of a nigh order, and thus [[human]] [[associations]] becomes the [[brother]] [[Neighborhood|hood]] of man.
I am going to teach you how to fish for yourself. You may [[think]] you haven’t had enough [[essential]] lessons, haven’t had enough primary teaching sessions under your belt. Well, I [[promise]] we will not stop teaching. [[Teachers]] teach. And you will become teachers. But you must begin as a [[student]] teacher and so this is what I will [[encourage]] you to [[adopt]] for yourself – the role of a student teacher, so that you can learn how to do this yourself and begin to [[consult]] with the [[teachers]] that you encounter through your [[mind]] and answer the questions that you would have [[spirit]] answer for you through this [[process]].
Have you all been [[practicing]] the [[stillness]]? Answer to yourself, for that is a [[personal]] question. It is the key. If you can master [[stillness]], you have opened the door. It is like that which you may have found in your mailbox this morning: “The [[mind]] is not the seat of the [[spiritual]] [[nature]], but it is the gateway thereto.” And I have stood in the gate with you for many, many years. We have stood in the gate [[together]]. But you need to walk through the gate in order for you to become a teacher in your own right. And so the [[stillness]] is [[essential]] to open the door to your [[spirit]] [[nature]].
Once you pass through into that realm of [[faith]] – living faith – you tap into that which is within you and you tap into what is available to you at that point. It will be [[different]] for everyone because everyone is a different [[level]] of [[growth]] and [[personality]] [[expression]]. There are many [[different]] [[levels]] of [[awareness]] and [[consciousness]] and none of them are wrong. They are appropriate for where you are in your [[development]].
When it is said that you are [[equal]] [[spiritually]], or that [[God]] is no respecter of [[persons]], you are in the comfortable position of [[knowing]] that you are in [[God]]’s [[hands]], that whatever, wherever and however you [[express]] yourself, it is [[appropriate]] for you right [[now]].
As you [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Senses#Audition hear] yourself, you can learn from yourself. You can learn from yourself by hearing yourself, in [[fact]], far better than you can by hearing someone else, even by [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Senses#Audition hearing] someone else [[reflect]] back to you your own [[thoughts]]; therefore, there is nothing like your own [[personal]] [[experience]] to teach you what you need to know. In the [[process]], yes, your imperfections and your incompleteness will be [[revealed]], but there is no one here who is [[perfect]] and complete, and so that is nothing to [[worry]] about, nothing that should inhibit your [[expression]] of who you are at this time.
There is a certain amount of [[exposure]] that comes when you open your mouth in such a way as these [[T/R]]s do. It’s very much like [[intimate]] [[sharing]] and sometimes when you share intimately you are a little [[embarrassed]] perhaps by how [[intimate]] you [[shared]] and perhaps you didn’t [[intend]] to reveal so much about yourself and you feel [[exposed]], you feel [[naked]] before [[God]] and your [[peers]]. Sometimes that exposing yourself like that comes back to [[haunt]] you, but most of the time it [[strengthens]] you and helps you [[clarify]] who you are and what you know. It is peculiar and hard for you to [[believe]], perhaps, but your every [[utterance]] is helpful in some way =-= providing you want to be helpful. This is the second part of the key. The first part is [[stillness]] and the second is the [[desire]] to [[serve]]. The desire to serve is turning the key in the lock so that the door will open. Both of these are very [[Inner Life|internal]] [[processes]]. They are [[commitments]]. They are [[soul]] commitments on your part. Now the [[wonder]] and [[glory]] of these kinds of [[soul]] [[commitments]] come in the rush of [[awareness]] that you are not [[alone]], you are [[assisted]], and you are a part of a tremendous [[organism]] of living [[love]]. You have a [[right]] to be here; you are loved and [[appreciated]] regardless of your less than [[perfect]] [[efforts]].
[[Humanity]] is [[hungry]] for [[truth]], [[beauty]] and [[goodness]][http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_56#56:10._TRUTH.2C_BEAUTY.2C_AND_GOODNESS]. They are desperate to see [[divinity]] [[revealed]], and when it can be revealed through their fellow [[human]] [[beings]], it is enough to restore [[faith]] in [[humanity]] and the [[faith]] in [[humanity]] has been sorely [[wounded]] as the [[Turbulence|tumultuous]] [[new age]] – this past [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century century] – has barreled down upon you. If [[God]] in his [[heaven]] cannot be seen or [[trusted]] or known by many in the evolving [[religions]], he can certainly be known [[personally]] through [[revealed]] [[religion]][http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION], and one of the ways that [[god]] is revealed is through you. This is the task. This is why we have come. To teach you to teach [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_171#171:7._.22_AS_JESUS_PASSED_BY_.22 as you pass by] in your own right as [[Jesus]] did, so shall you do.
Now, I am not suggesting that you become anyone other than yourself. You do not need to [[change]] your [[name]] or [[Dress|adorn]] yourself fin precious raiment you need only be [[mindful]] of the [[fact]] that through [[stillness]] and a [[desire]] to be of [[service]] you enter into a new realm of ''reality''. You begin with the [[stillness]].
Part of the [[process]], too, may be [[journaling]] because journaling is a way you can learn to [[express]] yourself before you learn to express yourself with others, so if you have not [[experienced]] the process of journaling to the point where you are able to see otherness in you, then continue your [[practice]] of [[journaling]]. When I say this point of otherness, I mean a [[voice]] other than the one you are familiar with. A voice that will lift even you up, that will guide and teach you, that is within you. Be it your [[thought adjuster]] or your thought adjuster [[sanctioned]] heavenly helpers who will [[assist]] you in the [[process]] of becoming closer to your [[god]] [[fragment]], be they personal teachers, the [[seraphim]], [[midwayers]] or other heavenly helpers.
The entire vast [[universe]] is one large school that you can tap into and take advantage of. Even here and [[now]], in the [[flesh]], you can begin learning these [[morontia]] [[concepts]]. And these morontia concepts can become your new [[foundation]] -- thus building your [[divine]] [[self]], your [[immortal]] self, on your [[foundation]] of [[faith]].
Have you then [[experienced]] the thrill of opening your mouth and allowing [[God]] to [[speak]] through you? Have you on occasion been [[self]]-forgetting and interested in the [[moment]], caught up in the [[magic]] of the [[moment]], and heard yourself speaking such [[things]] that even impressed you? Have you listened to yourself and said, “Wow! Where did that come from?” That is you [[being]] all that you can be. Not merely a [[mortal]] of the realm but a mortal of the realm with [[divine]] [[consciousness]]. You become a [[co-creator]] then with your [[divine]] [[Adjuster]] and/or other [[agencies]] of the divine Adjuster – heavenly helpers all, who yearn to [[assist]] you in your [[process]]. Once you begin to open your [[mind]] and [[heart]], your [[Voice]] will also. Your throat will also open and the [[words]] will indeed pour forth, addressing the needs of the [[moment]].
Now, they may not be what some people would call [[inspired]]. They may be about how to fix the carburetor; they may be about why the cake went flat, but if you [[desire]] to be of [[service]], you have the [[capacity]] to teach and to [[manifest]] godly qualities as [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_171#171:7._.22_AS_JESUS_PASSED_BY_.22 you pass by]. [[Jesus]] spent most of his life doing just this kind of [[thing]], doing ordinary [[work]] as an ordinary man of the realm, even though he was an extraordinary [[creator son]] of the [[universe]]. Yes, towards the last he did do some incredible [[things]] and we all like to [[admire]] and [[emulate]] him as much as possible but our task may not be the same task that he had to do. We are not [[creator son]]s. We have our own [[work]] to do. And if and when we are [[sensitive]] to this new [[foundation]] [[born]] of the [[spirit]], we will be [[guided]] and led in [[all things]] and we will find [[satisfaction]] in all things, even that which is [[humble]] and to some [[mundane]]. And the [[wonderful]] [[thing]] is that on occasion you will strew your pearls of [[wisdom]], bringing [[Joy|good cheer]], salving their [[fears]], [[reflecting]] the [[divine]] [[nature]] and this is the good news, the [[good]] [[work]].
===Dialogue===
Gerdean: I’d like [[confirmation]] that this line is still operative.
Mike: We are still on.
Gerdean: Good. Thank you.
TOMAS: We have a lot of [[time]] this evening, and I would like to offer some of it to the prospective among you to [[practice]] your [[skills]] in this [[process]] of contacting your inner voice, y our [[inner life]]. Are there any among you who would like to [[practice]] with us here for the group as a [[demonstration]]? Are there any of you who have been looking for this [[opportunity]]?
Juan: Count me in!
TOMAS: And you are?
Juan: Juan.
TOMAS: Juan. Then I will step back and provide for you the podium, my [[friend]], and we will await your Voice.
Juan: Well, thank you. I speak with the [[love]] that flows from within and I am so [[thankful]] to have others that know of this love and the disparate terms that we have learned of it that can make it real, and I thank you for this time.
TOMAS: It does my [[heart]] good that the first [[opportunity]] you have to [[express]] yourself, you express your deep [[joy]] and [[gratitude]]. This is [[music]] to the ears of [[the gods]]. So many [[mortals]] spend so much time whining and complaining to God and so to [[hear]] this outpouring to God to the point of tears is our reward. It is indeed from a position of [[joy]] and [[gratitude]] that you will derive the [[stamina]] to [[persist]] in the [[process]]. I [[encourage]] you to continue [[expressions]] of your [[inner life]]. [[Formally]] at first, and then [[gradually]] informally, for your life will be [[transformed]] by spending time in [[stillness]] and in [[service]]. This is a [[supreme]] [[prayer]]; you cannot help but reap the rewards and [[feel]] the [[effects]] of such through the [[divine]] [[nature]]. It does not all happen in the [[mind]], however. The [[mind]] [[decides]] but the [[spirit]] [[acts]]. You need to [[trust]] the [[spirit]] to act for you and with you as you seek to serve.
Another perhaps?
Mike: Hello?
TOMAS: Yes?
Mike: Hello. Teacher Tomas?
TOMAS: Yes.
Mike: This is Mike.
TOMAS: Yes, Mike.
Mike: Well, recently I’ve been having some very [[intense]] and [[beautiful]] sessions within my own [[stillness]] and also with a small [[group]] of eager [[souls]] where we’ve [[connected]] to really [[strengthen]] each other and [[commune]] together and [[pray]] [[together]], so lately it has been very -- I have felt the fruits and the rewards of really stepping back and taking the time to [[breathe]] deep, and the [[love]] and the [[peace]] that is all around us. And I would like to [[share]] a little of some of the lesson – just the other day we had a session, and I was reminded that we are all so [[connected]] in this [[reality]], this [[local universe]] – our connections and our [[relationships]] are one of true [[spirit]] [[value]], and even in the seemingly trivial [[conversations]], even just a smile as you pass someone on the street [[creates]] a [[relationship]] [[value]], a [[spark]], it creates a [[spirit]] reverberation [[echo]], it [[vibrates]], and as we go about with our inner [[progress]] and our outer progress, each small step we take with each other in [[service]] and in [[love]] is an accomplishment for the [[whole]], and although it is [[difficult]] for us to [[perceive]] this from our [[finite]] and [[limited]] [[perspective]], we should know our steps we take are [[contributing]] to the [[total]], are gifts to [[the Father]], and [[strengthens]] the [[love]] of [[the system]], the [[constellation]], the [[universe]], and the [[supreme]]. Thank you.
TOMAS: Thank you for your [[testimony]] of [[faith]]. Your [[joy]] feeds us. Your [[confidence]] of our compatibility with all that is [[sacred]] [[assures]] us of our own sacred [[nature]] and makes us [[feel]] better, [[unites]] us with our [[First Source and Center|Source]]. It is a hug from your [[Thought Adjuster]] to the Thought Adjusters of all those whose ears you reach. Such [[camaraderie]] and companionship is indeed strengthening. It can be there for you when you falter, as you can be there for others when they falter, and in the [[course]] of [[time]], as you all [[grow]] [[together]], you will indeed have [[created]] a more [[divine]] [[paradigm]] so that the [[planet]] itself evolves. And one day it will arrive at [[Light and Life]].
Paul: Tomas, I have something I would like to add.
TOMAS: Yes.
Paul: My name is Paul and even though I haven’t directly – in my [[opinion]]- connected with my [[Thought Adjuster]], I do believe I am being [[inspired]] by the Thought Adjuster. I have something
I have [[written]] that I would like to [[share]] with everyone here tonight. When I wrote it, it kind of just [[flowed]] through me and I kind of [[think]] it just [[encourages]] everybody. The title of it was “A Lesson of Unconditional Love". I don’t know how much time you have. I just have a page here and I [[wondered]] if I might read it.
TOMAS: Please.
Paul: I start it this way:
“Into each life some rain must fall. Sometimes it is like a raging torrent that [[descends]] in sheets, soaking all the [[inhabitants]]. Sometimes it reaches the [[earth]] in cold shards like bits of [[glass]] intermingling with [[ice]] [[particles]]. Sometimes it descends upon us like [[turbulent]] [[seas]] roiled up by an approaching hurricane. Sometimes the rain falls from our eyes wetting the green grass for into each life, rain must fall. For just recently I told Father, “I do not want to [[learn]] this lesson, for this lesson cannot be learned as we read [[facts]] and figures from a [[book]]. This lesson must be learned as we live this life on such a [[planet]] as this. How can we learn what it is like to [[love]] another unconditionally? Is it not when we [[experience]] vicariously the [[love]] that [[flows]] through us from the [[infinite]] [[First Source and Center|Source]]? If we could look through the eyes of [[our Father]] and see others as he sees that one, would we finally [[understand]]? Is it not so that when we [[love]] another unconditionally we are beginning to pull back the layers that hide the Infinite One from our [[sight]]?
“Into each life the [[sun]] will shine. Sometimes it appears as it peeks behind a covering cloud. We see the [[sun]]’s [[rays]] desiring to break through the veil and then the warmth of our [[star]] burns away the [[water]] [[vapor]] that has obscured our [[vision]]. Sometimes we [[awaken]] before [[sunrise]] and watch as our golden bright [[orb]] [[illuminates]] those [[things]] that had previously languished in the [[darkness]]. We no longer [[wonder]] what [[surrounded]] us in the [[darkness]] because [[light]] has exploded in all its [[glory]] to [[expose]] the [[wonders]] of [[creation]]. In the [[hearts]] of each one is a hidden [[star]] waiting to peek from behind covering [[gases]], even from our view. Yet, as [[love]] coalesces and forms a ring around our [[hearts]], a [[supernova]] explodes, revealing all of its [[glories]] and all of its [[secrets]] to all [[creation]]. For [[the Father]] within is like a hidden star waiting for the right conditions to germinate. Like all-[[pervasive]] [[hydrogen]] [[gas]], unconditional love is the glue that holds [[all things]] [[together]].
“Into each life tears will fall, for each tear that we shed is [[evidence]] that we [[love]] another more than we love ourselves. The tears of another caused my [[heart]] to break. In those tears I found my heart and my [[soul]]. Love was rolling down a cheek finding its way to the deepest part of my [[soul]]. ‘[[Father]]!’ I cried. ‘I do not want to learn this lesson.’ And in the depths of my [[despair]] and my heartache, I learned the lesson of unconditional [[love]] so the rain clouds went away and the clouds moved from my [[view]]. A [[star]] was born. A star burst from the confines of my [[heart]], and when the [[gases]] subsided and the star settled into [[orbit]], I saw the [[One]]. I saw the One hidden from my view. I [[discovered]] the One hidden within and living by my side because I learned the lesson of unconditional [[love]].”
So I [[thought]] I would just like to [[share]] that with everyone here tonight because I learned the lesson of unconditional love. So I thought I would just like to share that with everyone here tonight and although I don’t feel that was a direct influx from my [[Thought Adjuster]], I do feel that I was [[inspired]] to [[write]] that and I just wanted to share that with everyone here tonight.
TOMAS: It was certainly an [[inspired]] piece. It is [[evident]] that you have a good grasp on not only the [[English]] [[language]], but on the heartfelt [[qualities]] of [[expression]] that allow for these [[words]] to [[formulate]] in your [[mind]] and pour forth as [[diadems]] of [[beauty]] that [[reveal]] the [[nature]] of [[God]]. Even though you admit to not having one-on-one [[communications]] with your indwelling [[God]] [[fragment]], there is no question in my mind that your [[Thought Adjuster|indwelling God fragment]] is working with you in your [[creative]] [[expressions]]. He has [[inspired]] you and you have inspired others. And so whether you are working for [[God]] or with God, God is an obvious and apparent part of your dealings, and so thank you for [[sharing]] that with us.
Paul: Thank you very much.
TOMAS: You have [[potential]] and might consider finding an avenue for [[publishing]] such [[poetic]] works.
Paul: Well, thank you very much, Tomas. I [[appreciate]] that, and I’m just glad that I could [[share]] that with all of you and I certainly [[appreciate]] you and all of the Teachers coming in to help us as well. Thank you very much.
TOMAS: Thank you, because we [[appreciate]] you and we will depend on you more and more as more and more people yearn to follow in the path of those of us and you who have embarked upon this path of [[interacting]] with the Higher Powers that be in your [[immediate]] grasp. Indeed such dealings will be a part of your [[eternal career]] and it is good to [[establish]] this new [[foundation]], this [[morontia]] foundation, for your [[relationships]]. It does not eliminate the [[finite]] foundations but it augments those finite foundations with the [[divine]] [[dimension]] which will take you into [[Mansonia]] and beyond. Your life becomes richer and more expansive, and there is no turning back. Yes.
Marty: Teacher Tomas, this is Marty. I would just like to make a brief comment.
TOMAS: Yes, Marty.
Marty: I just had to have [[the Father|Father]] help me find the [[words]] to [[express]] this. -- Just that all of the [[energy]] that comprises [[creation]] is from Father, [[the Source and Center]] of [[everything]] -- and here we are in the farthest outreaches of [[creation]], in the [[material]] realm of [[time and space]], and we are [[born]] here as [[animals]] and given [[personalities]] with the [[dignity]] of [[free will]], and we are [[bestowed]] with the [[divine]] [[Spark]] from [[Paradise]] – the [[Thought Adjuster]]. And it is [[Father]] who has put himself here … in our shoes … to [[experience]] the farthest outreaches of his [[creation]] and to [[guide]] us from [[the Source]]. That is just really the most [[amazing]] thing of how [[everything]] in [[creation]] is [[connected]] and it all is [[Our Father]]. [[Everything]] is upheld by him and everything is in [[harmony]]. Thank you.
TOMAS: Thank you for your overview. As you know from [[scripture]], God is [[omnipotent]], [[omniscient]], and …
Gloria: [[Omnipresent]].
TOMAS: Omnipresent. And so you know the [[Spirit of Truth]] that allows for everyone to be indwelt with this [[God fragment]]. That is an additional [[blessing]]. You are truly beginning at the ground floor. As in any [[wonderful]] [[organization]], by the [[time]] you reach the top, you will have known all the ins and outs of how this company operates, and you will be able to help in the [[management]] of it and other worlds like it in time to come.
Marty: I guess the most [[amazing]] thing about my [[feeling]] is [[realizing]] that it’s all [[God]]! That that’s us! And walking the [[planet]], you know. It’s just really … amazing.
TOMAS: It is amazing but it is amazing also to realize that He is not just within you but is within others – is within others even when others aren’t interested in Him being there.
Marty: Right.
TOMAS: Who could care less about his [[presence]] in their life. The [[joy]] is in either helping others to become [[aware]] of this [[divine]] [[Presence]] or knowing others who [[appreciate]] His [[presence]] in your life as you do, so that you can [[together]] unite your [[voices]] in [[praise]] for this [[sacred]] [[state]] of being sons of [[God]].
Marty: Yes, the [[awareness]] of [[God]] by [[personality]] is the most tremendous [[blessing]] that anybody could possibly have.
TOMAS: Yes.
Marty: And I [[observe]] the [[animal]] kingdom with all of their [[behavior]] that is [[evidently]] comes from above. They are given pre-[[personality]] … that’s what I call it. They have the same kind of characteristics that a [[person]] has, but they don’t have the [[ability]] to know God, but they know each other and they know of us. Their [[experience]] must be also something that Father and Mother are having. And if you extend that to all of life and all of the [[elements]], then the [[experience]], the [[divine]] experience of the [[universe]] is just beyond [[comprehension]].
TOMAS: Truly. Truly it is. If he is in the [[experience]] of cats and dogs and goats and elephants and birds and fish, then it is certainly bigger than we had first [[imagined]].
Marty: And then you add to that flies and bees and then the ionic elements -- it’s endless – and it’s all the [[energy]] of Father that we call life.
TOMAS: There is a certain amount of [[chaos]], however, and that is part of the [[plan]] as well … to [[create]] [[perfection]] out of [[chaos]] is part of the program, so when you encounter chaos and imperfection, do not [[despair]] but [[recognize]] that is something God isn’t finished with yet.
Marty: And it gives you a [[chance]] to [[appreciate]] [[free will]] because it gives us a [[chance]] to be [[co-creators]].
TOMAS: Yes. Indeed.
Marty: Thank you, Teacher Tomas.
TOMAS: Thank you, Marty.
Ron: I have something to [[share]].
TOMAS: Yes?
Ron: This is Ron.
TOMAS: Yes, Ron.
Ron: I was talking to my [[Father fragment]] the other day …
TOMAS: Yes?
Ron: And I asked him how it was possible we can [[converse]] so easily with each other. And he [[responded]], ‘That is because you [[believe]] and you can; and in the past, when you didn’t believe that you could talk to me and I could talk to you, then you couldn’t. But once you overcame your [[belief]] [[systems]] and you believed that we could talk to each other, then we were able to talk more freely … every day.’
TOMAS: Indeed. Excellent point.
Ron: Thank you.
TOMAS: You’ve gone from [[belief]] to [[faith]]. Moving from belief into faith is like opening the door with the key we talked of earlier. And again, you stand at the [[threshold]] of [[opportunity]], even as you stand within the [[shelter]] of His arms. Or Hers! There is no need to overlook the [[divine]] [[nature]] of the [[feminine]] [[Deity]] -- [[Mother]]/[[Father]] [[God]], [[Eternal]] [[Parents]] in [[One]] Combined -- [[constitutes]] the [[nature]] of [[God]] for both [[genders]].
===Closing===
Well, my [[friends]], we are approaching the end of the hour. I want to [[encourage]] you to [[persist]] in the [[practice]] of [[stillness]], in [[journaling]], and in [[practicing]] your [[expressions]]. Use a tape recorder to [[practice]] letting go of your verbal constraints. Working on a keyboard or composing your [[thoughts]] is a more [[intellectual]] [[exercise]] than [[transmitting]] but it is no less valuable and/or [[effective]] if you are [[co-creating]] with [[deity]]. There are so many aspects to this [[process]] of [[investigating]] the [[universe]] of your own [[mind]] and determining the many, many doors that open to you from this [[universe]] of your [[mind]], your will. So many of them are so [[necessary]] and so needed for this next [[phase]] of our [[planetary]] advancement.
So continue your [[efforts]]. [[Practice]]. And again, when we speak again I will give you another [[opportunity]] to [[transmit]] live or [[express]] yourself so that you can get accustomed to how it [[feels]], so that you can learn to [[listen]] to yourself in ways that you can help yourself grow in your own [[reality]], your own [[divine]] [[reality]].
In [[praise]] of our [[Creator]], [[Father]] and [[Mother]] [[Divine]], in [[appreciation]] for their [[love]] for us and the [[plans]] they have for us their [[children]], we lift our [[voice]] in [[praise]]. Hallelujah!
Juan: Hallelujah!
Marty: Thank you.
TOMAS: [[Amen]] and [[Farewell]].
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==Heading==
===Topic: ''Student Teachers''===
===Group: [[Lightline TeaM]]===
==Facilitators==
===Teacher: [[Tomas]]===
===TR: [[Gerdean]]===
==Session==
===Opening===
TOMAS: Good evening, everyone. This is Tomas. I have been waiting for you. It is like the professor, who is at [[home]] at the podium and [[eager]] to cram as much as possible into the hour’s session, awaits the bell for the [[students]] to come to [[attention]] so that we might begin at once. I am indeed going to teach a lesson today but it is not the kind you are accustomed to. You have known me – those of you who have know me – for many years, delivering sermonettes, [[essays]], philosophies and have spent time even on definitions of [[words]] and [[concepts]]. In short, I am a [[philosopher]] and we have enjoyed many philosophic hours meandering in the remarkable, amazing, and [[miraculous]] [[universe]] of your [[minds]].
===Lesson===
Today I would like to put your [[minds]] to use, as if all these many years we have gone fishing [[together]] and I have been showing you how to fish and you have been [[enjoying]] [[listening]] to me [[discussing]] fishing [[techniques]], but today we are going to begin fishing, that is to say, YOU are going to [[learn]], for when you are able to fish you can feed yourself; you no longer need to go to the fisherman or the supermarket or someone else to feed you.
Now don’t get me wrong, we [[teachers]] of the [[Teacher Corps]] and other avenues of [[celestial]] [[service]] have [[intentionally]] been here teaching you what we have been teaching you because of the [[curriculum]] that was decided upon by our superiors, [[Machiventa]] and [[Michael]], many years ago and we have [[literally]] thousands of hours invested in your [[maturity]], your [[development]], your [[awakening]]. Through our [[efforts]], many have learned how to [[connect]] with their higher [[nature]] and [[discover]] what it is to be loved in the [[divine]] sense. As you are able to [[appreciate]] [[divine]] [[love]], you are able to [[embrace]] yourself with that selfsame [[divine]] [[love]] and work with yourself [[patiently]] as you let go of your flaws, imperfections, and [[error]] [[natural]] to [[evolving]] [[beings]]. You are becoming more complete as you learn these [[things]] about yourself, the more you learn to love yourself, the more you can [[love]] others. The more [[patience]] you have with yourself, the more patient you can be with others. The more [[compassion]] you feel for yourself, the more compassion you can feel for others as they grapple with their shortcomings. And so it does become an [[exercise]] in the [[Golden Rule]] of [[doing]] unto others that which you would have done unto you and it would be of a nigh order, and thus [[human]] [[associations]] becomes the [[brother]] [[Neighborhood|hood]] of man.
I am going to teach you how to fish for yourself. You may [[think]] you haven’t had enough [[essential]] lessons, haven’t had enough primary teaching sessions under your belt. Well, I [[promise]] we will not stop teaching. [[Teachers]] teach. And you will become teachers. But you must begin as a [[student]] teacher and so this is what I will [[encourage]] you to [[adopt]] for yourself – the role of a student teacher, so that you can learn how to do this yourself and begin to [[consult]] with the [[teachers]] that you encounter through your [[mind]] and answer the questions that you would have [[spirit]] answer for you through this [[process]].
Have you all been [[practicing]] the [[stillness]]? Answer to yourself, for that is a [[personal]] question. It is the key. If you can master [[stillness]], you have opened the door. It is like that which you may have found in your mailbox this morning: “The [[mind]] is not the seat of the [[spiritual]] [[nature]], but it is the gateway thereto.” And I have stood in the gate with you for many, many years. We have stood in the gate [[together]]. But you need to walk through the gate in order for you to become a teacher in your own right. And so the [[stillness]] is [[essential]] to open the door to your [[spirit]] [[nature]].
Once you pass through into that realm of [[faith]] – living faith – you tap into that which is within you and you tap into what is available to you at that point. It will be [[different]] for everyone because everyone is a different [[level]] of [[growth]] and [[personality]] [[expression]]. There are many [[different]] [[levels]] of [[awareness]] and [[consciousness]] and none of them are wrong. They are appropriate for where you are in your [[development]].
When it is said that you are [[equal]] [[spiritually]], or that [[God]] is no respecter of [[persons]], you are in the comfortable position of [[knowing]] that you are in [[God]]’s [[hands]], that whatever, wherever and however you [[express]] yourself, it is [[appropriate]] for you right [[now]].
As you [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Senses#Audition hear] yourself, you can learn from yourself. You can learn from yourself by hearing yourself, in [[fact]], far better than you can by hearing someone else, even by [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Senses#Audition hearing] someone else [[reflect]] back to you your own [[thoughts]]; therefore, there is nothing like your own [[personal]] [[experience]] to teach you what you need to know. In the [[process]], yes, your imperfections and your incompleteness will be [[revealed]], but there is no one here who is [[perfect]] and complete, and so that is nothing to [[worry]] about, nothing that should inhibit your [[expression]] of who you are at this time.
There is a certain amount of [[exposure]] that comes when you open your mouth in such a way as these [[T/R]]s do. It’s very much like [[intimate]] [[sharing]] and sometimes when you share intimately you are a little [[embarrassed]] perhaps by how [[intimate]] you [[shared]] and perhaps you didn’t [[intend]] to reveal so much about yourself and you feel [[exposed]], you feel [[naked]] before [[God]] and your [[peers]]. Sometimes that exposing yourself like that comes back to [[haunt]] you, but most of the time it [[strengthens]] you and helps you [[clarify]] who you are and what you know. It is peculiar and hard for you to [[believe]], perhaps, but your every [[utterance]] is helpful in some way =-= providing you want to be helpful. This is the second part of the key. The first part is [[stillness]] and the second is the [[desire]] to [[serve]]. The desire to serve is turning the key in the lock so that the door will open. Both of these are very [[Inner Life|internal]] [[processes]]. They are [[commitments]]. They are [[soul]] commitments on your part. Now the [[wonder]] and [[glory]] of these kinds of [[soul]] [[commitments]] come in the rush of [[awareness]] that you are not [[alone]], you are [[assisted]], and you are a part of a tremendous [[organism]] of living [[love]]. You have a [[right]] to be here; you are loved and [[appreciated]] regardless of your less than [[perfect]] [[efforts]].
[[Humanity]] is [[hungry]] for [[truth]], [[beauty]] and [[goodness]][http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_56#56:10._TRUTH.2C_BEAUTY.2C_AND_GOODNESS]. They are desperate to see [[divinity]] [[revealed]], and when it can be revealed through their fellow [[human]] [[beings]], it is enough to restore [[faith]] in [[humanity]] and the [[faith]] in [[humanity]] has been sorely [[wounded]] as the [[Turbulence|tumultuous]] [[new age]] – this past [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century century] – has barreled down upon you. If [[God]] in his [[heaven]] cannot be seen or [[trusted]] or known by many in the evolving [[religions]], he can certainly be known [[personally]] through [[revealed]] [[religion]][http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION], and one of the ways that [[god]] is revealed is through you. This is the task. This is why we have come. To teach you to teach [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_171#171:7._.22_AS_JESUS_PASSED_BY_.22 as you pass by] in your own right as [[Jesus]] did, so shall you do.
Now, I am not suggesting that you become anyone other than yourself. You do not need to [[change]] your [[name]] or [[Dress|adorn]] yourself fin precious raiment you need only be [[mindful]] of the [[fact]] that through [[stillness]] and a [[desire]] to be of [[service]] you enter into a new realm of ''reality''. You begin with the [[stillness]].
Part of the [[process]], too, may be [[journaling]] because journaling is a way you can learn to [[express]] yourself before you learn to express yourself with others, so if you have not [[experienced]] the process of journaling to the point where you are able to see otherness in you, then continue your [[practice]] of [[journaling]]. When I say this point of otherness, I mean a [[voice]] other than the one you are familiar with. A voice that will lift even you up, that will guide and teach you, that is within you. Be it your [[thought adjuster]] or your thought adjuster [[sanctioned]] heavenly helpers who will [[assist]] you in the [[process]] of becoming closer to your [[god]] [[fragment]], be they personal teachers, the [[seraphim]], [[midwayers]] or other heavenly helpers.
The entire vast [[universe]] is one large school that you can tap into and take advantage of. Even here and [[now]], in the [[flesh]], you can begin learning these [[morontia]] [[concepts]]. And these morontia concepts can become your new [[foundation]] -- thus building your [[divine]] [[self]], your [[immortal]] self, on your [[foundation]] of [[faith]].
Have you then [[experienced]] the thrill of opening your mouth and allowing [[God]] to [[speak]] through you? Have you on occasion been [[self]]-forgetting and interested in the [[moment]], caught up in the [[magic]] of the [[moment]], and heard yourself speaking such [[things]] that even impressed you? Have you listened to yourself and said, “Wow! Where did that come from?” That is you [[being]] all that you can be. Not merely a [[mortal]] of the realm but a mortal of the realm with [[divine]] [[consciousness]]. You become a [[co-creator]] then with your [[divine]] [[Adjuster]] and/or other [[agencies]] of the divine Adjuster – heavenly helpers all, who yearn to [[assist]] you in your [[process]]. Once you begin to open your [[mind]] and [[heart]], your [[Voice]] will also. Your throat will also open and the [[words]] will indeed pour forth, addressing the needs of the [[moment]].
Now, they may not be what some people would call [[inspired]]. They may be about how to fix the carburetor; they may be about why the cake went flat, but if you [[desire]] to be of [[service]], you have the [[capacity]] to teach and to [[manifest]] godly qualities as [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_171#171:7._.22_AS_JESUS_PASSED_BY_.22 you pass by]. [[Jesus]] spent most of his life doing just this kind of [[thing]], doing ordinary [[work]] as an ordinary man of the realm, even though he was an extraordinary [[creator son]] of the [[universe]]. Yes, towards the last he did do some incredible [[things]] and we all like to [[admire]] and [[emulate]] him as much as possible but our task may not be the same task that he had to do. We are not [[creator son]]s. We have our own [[work]] to do. And if and when we are [[sensitive]] to this new [[foundation]] [[born]] of the [[spirit]], we will be [[guided]] and led in [[all things]] and we will find [[satisfaction]] in all things, even that which is [[humble]] and to some [[mundane]]. And the [[wonderful]] [[thing]] is that on occasion you will strew your pearls of [[wisdom]], bringing [[Joy|good cheer]], salving their [[fears]], [[reflecting]] the [[divine]] [[nature]] and this is the good news, the [[good]] [[work]].
===Dialogue===
Gerdean: I’d like [[confirmation]] that this line is still operative.
Mike: We are still on.
Gerdean: Good. Thank you.
TOMAS: We have a lot of [[time]] this evening, and I would like to offer some of it to the prospective among you to [[practice]] your [[skills]] in this [[process]] of contacting your inner voice, y our [[inner life]]. Are there any among you who would like to [[practice]] with us here for the group as a [[demonstration]]? Are there any of you who have been looking for this [[opportunity]]?
Juan: Count me in!
TOMAS: And you are?
Juan: Juan.
TOMAS: Juan. Then I will step back and provide for you the podium, my [[friend]], and we will await your Voice.
Juan: Well, thank you. I speak with the [[love]] that flows from within and I am so [[thankful]] to have others that know of this love and the disparate terms that we have learned of it that can make it real, and I thank you for this time.
TOMAS: It does my [[heart]] good that the first [[opportunity]] you have to [[express]] yourself, you express your deep [[joy]] and [[gratitude]]. This is [[music]] to the ears of [[the gods]]. So many [[mortals]] spend so much time whining and complaining to God and so to [[hear]] this outpouring to God to the point of tears is our reward. It is indeed from a position of [[joy]] and [[gratitude]] that you will derive the [[stamina]] to [[persist]] in the [[process]]. I [[encourage]] you to continue [[expressions]] of your [[inner life]]. [[Formally]] at first, and then [[gradually]] informally, for your life will be [[transformed]] by spending time in [[stillness]] and in [[service]]. This is a [[supreme]] [[prayer]]; you cannot help but reap the rewards and [[feel]] the [[effects]] of such through the [[divine]] [[nature]]. It does not all happen in the [[mind]], however. The [[mind]] [[decides]] but the [[spirit]] [[acts]]. You need to [[trust]] the [[spirit]] to act for you and with you as you seek to serve.
Another perhaps?
Mike: Hello?
TOMAS: Yes?
Mike: Hello. Teacher Tomas?
TOMAS: Yes.
Mike: This is Mike.
TOMAS: Yes, Mike.
Mike: Well, recently I’ve been having some very [[intense]] and [[beautiful]] sessions within my own [[stillness]] and also with a small [[group]] of eager [[souls]] where we’ve [[connected]] to really [[strengthen]] each other and [[commune]] together and [[pray]] [[together]], so lately it has been very -- I have felt the fruits and the rewards of really stepping back and taking the time to [[breathe]] deep, and the [[love]] and the [[peace]] that is all around us. And I would like to [[share]] a little of some of the lesson – just the other day we had a session, and I was reminded that we are all so [[connected]] in this [[reality]], this [[local universe]] – our connections and our [[relationships]] are one of true [[spirit]] [[value]], and even in the seemingly trivial [[conversations]], even just a smile as you pass someone on the street [[creates]] a [[relationship]] [[value]], a [[spark]], it creates a [[spirit]] reverberation [[echo]], it [[vibrates]], and as we go about with our inner [[progress]] and our outer progress, each small step we take with each other in [[service]] and in [[love]] is an accomplishment for the [[whole]], and although it is [[difficult]] for us to [[perceive]] this from our [[finite]] and [[limited]] [[perspective]], we should know our steps we take are [[contributing]] to the [[total]], are gifts to [[the Father]], and [[strengthens]] the [[love]] of [[the system]], the [[constellation]], the [[universe]], and the [[supreme]]. Thank you.
TOMAS: Thank you for your [[testimony]] of [[faith]]. Your [[joy]] feeds us. Your [[confidence]] of our compatibility with all that is [[sacred]] [[assures]] us of our own sacred [[nature]] and makes us [[feel]] better, [[unites]] us with our [[First Source and Center|Source]]. It is a hug from your [[Thought Adjuster]] to the Thought Adjusters of all those whose ears you reach. Such [[camaraderie]] and companionship is indeed strengthening. It can be there for you when you falter, as you can be there for others when they falter, and in the [[course]] of [[time]], as you all [[grow]] [[together]], you will indeed have [[created]] a more [[divine]] [[paradigm]] so that the [[planet]] itself evolves. And one day it will arrive at [[Light and Life]].
Paul: Tomas, I have something I would like to add.
TOMAS: Yes.
Paul: My name is Paul and even though I haven’t directly – in my [[opinion]]- connected with my [[Thought Adjuster]], I do believe I am being [[inspired]] by the Thought Adjuster. I have something
I have [[written]] that I would like to [[share]] with everyone here tonight. When I wrote it, it kind of just [[flowed]] through me and I kind of [[think]] it just [[encourages]] everybody. The title of it was “A Lesson of Unconditional Love". I don’t know how much time you have. I just have a page here and I [[wondered]] if I might read it.
TOMAS: Please.
Paul: I start it this way:
“Into each life some rain must fall. Sometimes it is like a raging torrent that [[descends]] in sheets, soaking all the [[inhabitants]]. Sometimes it reaches the [[earth]] in cold shards like bits of [[glass]] intermingling with [[ice]] [[particles]]. Sometimes it descends upon us like [[turbulent]] [[seas]] roiled up by an approaching hurricane. Sometimes the rain falls from our eyes wetting the green grass for into each life, rain must fall. For just recently I told Father, “I do not want to [[learn]] this lesson, for this lesson cannot be learned as we read [[facts]] and figures from a [[book]]. This lesson must be learned as we live this life on such a [[planet]] as this. How can we learn what it is like to [[love]] another unconditionally? Is it not when we [[experience]] vicariously the [[love]] that [[flows]] through us from the [[infinite]] [[First Source and Center|Source]]? If we could look through the eyes of [[our Father]] and see others as he sees that one, would we finally [[understand]]? Is it not so that when we [[love]] another unconditionally we are beginning to pull back the layers that hide the Infinite One from our [[sight]]?
“Into each life the [[sun]] will shine. Sometimes it appears as it peeks behind a covering cloud. We see the [[sun]]’s [[rays]] desiring to break through the veil and then the warmth of our [[star]] burns away the [[water]] [[vapor]] that has obscured our [[vision]]. Sometimes we [[awaken]] before [[sunrise]] and watch as our golden bright [[orb]] [[illuminates]] those [[things]] that had previously languished in the [[darkness]]. We no longer [[wonder]] what [[surrounded]] us in the [[darkness]] because [[light]] has exploded in all its [[glory]] to [[expose]] the [[wonders]] of [[creation]]. In the [[hearts]] of each one is a hidden [[star]] waiting to peek from behind covering [[gases]], even from our view. Yet, as [[love]] coalesces and forms a ring around our [[hearts]], a [[supernova]] explodes, revealing all of its [[glories]] and all of its [[secrets]] to all [[creation]]. For [[the Father]] within is like a hidden star waiting for the right conditions to germinate. Like all-[[pervasive]] [[hydrogen]] [[gas]], unconditional love is the glue that holds [[all things]] [[together]].
“Into each life tears will fall, for each tear that we shed is [[evidence]] that we [[love]] another more than we love ourselves. The tears of another caused my [[heart]] to break. In those tears I found my heart and my [[soul]]. Love was rolling down a cheek finding its way to the deepest part of my [[soul]]. ‘[[Father]]!’ I cried. ‘I do not want to learn this lesson.’ And in the depths of my [[despair]] and my heartache, I learned the lesson of unconditional [[love]] so the rain clouds went away and the clouds moved from my [[view]]. A [[star]] was born. A star burst from the confines of my [[heart]], and when the [[gases]] subsided and the star settled into [[orbit]], I saw the [[One]]. I saw the One hidden from my view. I [[discovered]] the One hidden within and living by my side because I learned the lesson of unconditional [[love]].”
So I [[thought]] I would just like to [[share]] that with everyone here tonight because I learned the lesson of unconditional love. So I thought I would just like to share that with everyone here tonight and although I don’t feel that was a direct influx from my [[Thought Adjuster]], I do feel that I was [[inspired]] to [[write]] that and I just wanted to share that with everyone here tonight.
TOMAS: It was certainly an [[inspired]] piece. It is [[evident]] that you have a good grasp on not only the [[English]] [[language]], but on the heartfelt [[qualities]] of [[expression]] that allow for these [[words]] to [[formulate]] in your [[mind]] and pour forth as [[diadems]] of [[beauty]] that [[reveal]] the [[nature]] of [[God]]. Even though you admit to not having one-on-one [[communications]] with your indwelling [[God]] [[fragment]], there is no question in my mind that your [[Thought Adjuster|indwelling God fragment]] is working with you in your [[creative]] [[expressions]]. He has [[inspired]] you and you have inspired others. And so whether you are working for [[God]] or with God, God is an obvious and apparent part of your dealings, and so thank you for [[sharing]] that with us.
Paul: Thank you very much.
TOMAS: You have [[potential]] and might consider finding an avenue for [[publishing]] such [[poetic]] works.
Paul: Well, thank you very much, Tomas. I [[appreciate]] that, and I’m just glad that I could [[share]] that with all of you and I certainly [[appreciate]] you and all of the Teachers coming in to help us as well. Thank you very much.
TOMAS: Thank you, because we [[appreciate]] you and we will depend on you more and more as more and more people yearn to follow in the path of those of us and you who have embarked upon this path of [[interacting]] with the Higher Powers that be in your [[immediate]] grasp. Indeed such dealings will be a part of your [[eternal career]] and it is good to [[establish]] this new [[foundation]], this [[morontia]] foundation, for your [[relationships]]. It does not eliminate the [[finite]] foundations but it augments those finite foundations with the [[divine]] [[dimension]] which will take you into [[Mansonia]] and beyond. Your life becomes richer and more expansive, and there is no turning back. Yes.
Marty: Teacher Tomas, this is Marty. I would just like to make a brief comment.
TOMAS: Yes, Marty.
Marty: I just had to have [[the Father|Father]] help me find the [[words]] to [[express]] this. -- Just that all of the [[energy]] that comprises [[creation]] is from Father, [[the Source and Center]] of [[everything]] -- and here we are in the farthest outreaches of [[creation]], in the [[material]] realm of [[time and space]], and we are [[born]] here as [[animals]] and given [[personalities]] with the [[dignity]] of [[free will]], and we are [[bestowed]] with the [[divine]] [[Spark]] from [[Paradise]] – the [[Thought Adjuster]]. And it is [[Father]] who has put himself here … in our shoes … to [[experience]] the farthest outreaches of his [[creation]] and to [[guide]] us from [[the Source]]. That is just really the most [[amazing]] thing of how [[everything]] in [[creation]] is [[connected]] and it all is [[Our Father]]. [[Everything]] is upheld by him and everything is in [[harmony]]. Thank you.
TOMAS: Thank you for your overview. As you know from [[scripture]], God is [[omnipotent]], [[omniscient]], and …
Gloria: [[Omnipresent]].
TOMAS: Omnipresent. And so you know the [[Spirit of Truth]] that allows for everyone to be indwelt with this [[God fragment]]. That is an additional [[blessing]]. You are truly beginning at the ground floor. As in any [[wonderful]] [[organization]], by the [[time]] you reach the top, you will have known all the ins and outs of how this company operates, and you will be able to help in the [[management]] of it and other worlds like it in time to come.
Marty: I guess the most [[amazing]] thing about my [[feeling]] is [[realizing]] that it’s all [[God]]! That that’s us! And walking the [[planet]], you know. It’s just really … amazing.
TOMAS: It is amazing but it is amazing also to realize that He is not just within you but is within others – is within others even when others aren’t interested in Him being there.
Marty: Right.
TOMAS: Who could care less about his [[presence]] in their life. The [[joy]] is in either helping others to become [[aware]] of this [[divine]] [[Presence]] or knowing others who [[appreciate]] His [[presence]] in your life as you do, so that you can [[together]] unite your [[voices]] in [[praise]] for this [[sacred]] [[state]] of being sons of [[God]].
Marty: Yes, the [[awareness]] of [[God]] by [[personality]] is the most tremendous [[blessing]] that anybody could possibly have.
TOMAS: Yes.
Marty: And I [[observe]] the [[animal]] kingdom with all of their [[behavior]] that is [[evidently]] comes from above. They are given pre-[[personality]] … that’s what I call it. They have the same kind of characteristics that a [[person]] has, but they don’t have the [[ability]] to know God, but they know each other and they know of us. Their [[experience]] must be also something that Father and Mother are having. And if you extend that to all of life and all of the [[elements]], then the [[experience]], the [[divine]] experience of the [[universe]] is just beyond [[comprehension]].
TOMAS: Truly. Truly it is. If he is in the [[experience]] of cats and dogs and goats and elephants and birds and fish, then it is certainly bigger than we had first [[imagined]].
Marty: And then you add to that flies and bees and then the ionic elements -- it’s endless – and it’s all the [[energy]] of Father that we call life.
TOMAS: There is a certain amount of [[chaos]], however, and that is part of the [[plan]] as well … to [[create]] [[perfection]] out of [[chaos]] is part of the program, so when you encounter chaos and imperfection, do not [[despair]] but [[recognize]] that is something God isn’t finished with yet.
Marty: And it gives you a [[chance]] to [[appreciate]] [[free will]] because it gives us a [[chance]] to be [[co-creators]].
TOMAS: Yes. Indeed.
Marty: Thank you, Teacher Tomas.
TOMAS: Thank you, Marty.
Ron: I have something to [[share]].
TOMAS: Yes?
Ron: This is Ron.
TOMAS: Yes, Ron.
Ron: I was talking to my [[Father fragment]] the other day …
TOMAS: Yes?
Ron: And I asked him how it was possible we can [[converse]] so easily with each other. And he [[responded]], ‘That is because you [[believe]] and you can; and in the past, when you didn’t believe that you could talk to me and I could talk to you, then you couldn’t. But once you overcame your [[belief]] [[systems]] and you believed that we could talk to each other, then we were able to talk more freely … every day.’
TOMAS: Indeed. Excellent point.
Ron: Thank you.
TOMAS: You’ve gone from [[belief]] to [[faith]]. Moving from belief into faith is like opening the door with the key we talked of earlier. And again, you stand at the [[threshold]] of [[opportunity]], even as you stand within the [[shelter]] of His arms. Or Hers! There is no need to overlook the [[divine]] [[nature]] of the [[feminine]] [[Deity]] -- [[Mother]]/[[Father]] [[God]], [[Eternal]] [[Parents]] in [[One]] Combined -- [[constitutes]] the [[nature]] of [[God]] for both [[genders]].
===Closing===
Well, my [[friends]], we are approaching the end of the hour. I want to [[encourage]] you to [[persist]] in the [[practice]] of [[stillness]], in [[journaling]], and in [[practicing]] your [[expressions]]. Use a tape recorder to [[practice]] letting go of your verbal constraints. Working on a keyboard or composing your [[thoughts]] is a more [[intellectual]] [[exercise]] than [[transmitting]] but it is no less valuable and/or [[effective]] if you are [[co-creating]] with [[deity]]. There are so many aspects to this [[process]] of [[investigating]] the [[universe]] of your own [[mind]] and determining the many, many doors that open to you from this [[universe]] of your [[mind]], your will. So many of them are so [[necessary]] and so needed for this next [[phase]] of our [[planetary]] advancement.
So continue your [[efforts]]. [[Practice]]. And again, when we speak again I will give you another [[opportunity]] to [[transmit]] live or [[express]] yourself so that you can get accustomed to how it [[feels]], so that you can learn to [[listen]] to yourself in ways that you can help yourself grow in your own [[reality]], your own [[divine]] [[reality]].
In [[praise]] of our [[Creator]], [[Father]] and [[Mother]] [[Divine]], in [[appreciation]] for their [[love]] for us and the [[plans]] they have for us their [[children]], we lift our [[voice]] in [[praise]]. Hallelujah!
Juan: Hallelujah!
Marty: Thank you.
TOMAS: [[Amen]] and [[Farewell]].
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