Tomas Vol VI 2004-5 - Rio Ranch, NM - April 04, 2004 thru July 11, 2004 - Part 2 of 4

The invitation is to come, to believe, to participate, for once we have tapped into this circuit board, this motherboard of cosmic energy, we are personally reassured of our place in the universe as a cosmic citizen. Never again will we feel and succumb to the sense of isolation that exists for those who have never reached beyond the comfort zone of the sphere of mortal existence. Transmitting/receiving is a process of activating your I AM consciousness to realize the many personalities throughout the universe that aspire to assist us and lift us up into greater consciousness. This collection exemplifies, through its myriad visitors, how it is that we are never alone.

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April 4, 2004 - July 11, 2004

DATE: April 4, 2004

LOCATION: The Littler Place

Rio Rancho NM

MICHAEL: In Celebration of the Season

TOMAS: As Host and Teacher Assistant

VAN EL: Connecting You with the Circuits

ANATOLIA: What it Means to Be Real

NO NAME: Role of the Personal Teacher

CHICOLI: Nothing is as it was Before

NEBADONIA: These are All My Children

T/Rs: Gerdean and Matthew

Music: Elena on Piano: "Softly and Tenderly Jesus is Calling"

Matthew: Let us place ourselves in the presence of Jesus, the Christ.

"Master Teacher, we come to you today with eagerness and anticipation, as well as appreciation for one another and for the lessons that are taught freely, willingly and without cost or reservation. For this we are grateful and appreciate being a part of this process that now allows variation and opportunity for learning and diversification in the ways of the spirit. We are grateful for this as well. For whatever teachers you would bring to us today, we will be grateful and at 4:44 we will invite the participation of angelic hosts visiting here and everywhere else they are beckoned, and for preparation for Holy Week as we remember what it was like – as we can understand, to the best of our ability, that we may join with you and help, as best we can, in carrying the cross, as we do every day, but is meant to be a joyful re-enactment, not suffering and in misery, although we realize that took place as well. So for all that is and gratitude for our role in it, we are forever grateful. Amen."

MICHAEL: Peace be with you, my children, one and all. I, Christ Michael, am here to join with you in the celebration of the season, that is brought to you annually, as a reminder of what took place in your world not all that many years ago. It was a time of great sorrow, not only for myself, but for those who could appreciate what a sincere travesty it was, and a miscarriage of justice that was witnessed that day.

I, like your speaker, am not here to present the sorrowful or painful remembrance, but rather to recapture, if I may, one of the essential purposes for that encounter. It was an encounter with beauty, truth and goodness. For those who were able to see and appreciate what was happening that day. It was involving truth, beauty and goodness primarily because of that which I brought to the world to demonstrate the truth, to recognize the beauty, and that there is goodness. For this was seen as too great of a threat to allow to continue. This was the travesty and the miscarriage of justice. It would be similar to devaluing or negating mother love, the love that a mother has for her child, and that this would be considered a criminal act. It is a simple representation of the miscarriage of justice. Nevertheless, those who were able to see the sacrifice witnessed was not either as simple as a lamb led to slaughter, but rather was a God-force present to state that despite all odds, truth beauty and goodness reign supreme, that love cannot be squelched, that truth will prevail, and that resurrection occurs, regardless of what may have interrupted the natural flow of life.

For this I am grateful to be the bearer of such tidings, that despite all the most final of determinations, to be put to death for what one believes, and in this case for the love of his companions and compatriots, as well as all who existed and exist to this day, for it is a message that will live for all time and beyond – not for the simplicity or greatness of the act, for it was not viewed as a sacrifice, even to m e, but rather to be faithful to the message of love, even to the extreme of having the love apparently eliminated. This was the victory and this was the challenge before me as it is before all of you.

So, find in me, in the example of my representation to the world, as an invitation – not to necessarily have to die for the cause, but to be willing to be truthful to what it is you find to be of value in truth, beauty and goodness, whether it would be in the planting of a sunflower seed, waiting for it to be a tall, magnificent specimen reaching up to the sun and all that is before it, as a representative of I am and I worship. Whatever it may be that is truth, beauty and goodness in your heart and your mind you m ust be willing to stand true in to be able to see it through, even unto death, for in giving, rebirth takes place, and in rebirth, regeneration is the ongoing presence.

I am with you now as I was then. I will be with you for all time, as you are part of time and beyond. It is my mission to bring truth to the hearts of men and women everywhere, for those who will listen, that they are valued above all else, that life within each beating heart is sacred to me and all of creation. This is the message which must be brought to all ends of the earth – that life is sacred and it is sacred with each and every individual and living thing. This is being true to what is.

I wish you all the best of everything that life has to offer, most especially that which is of value, that you can stand true to, through the test of time and beyond. This is what I encourage you do, to be true to that which is lasting and true. I will be with you on Easter morning as I will every day. Stand bright and tall as the sunflower, witnessing all of creation before it. What is better than that? To simply be who and what you are and to stand firm before all creation as worthy of being who you are.

I am one with you and will be for time and beyond. May my love prevail within your hearts and your minds so that you know the value of my love for you, as I know your love for me, and all is one because of it. Peace be with you and may the light shine within and around you forever. Amen.

TOMAS: This is Tomas, your steadfast host and teacher, assigned to your development until further notice. Even with the change in format I, like the sunflower, stand here with my feet planted firmly in the soil of the desert to monitor the comings and goings of the visitors we will enjoy today because of your request for affiliation with the universe and the many personalities which play in the fields of the Lord, many of whom are present and awaiting the opportunity to come forth and greet you on behalf of their own perspective of the divine reality.

Have you any requests in terms of what degree of teaching you might like to receive, that we may proceed in an orderly fashion? Otherwise, I will take an alternate route. Anyone?

Esmeralda: We trust your alternate route, Tomas.

Elena: Yeah. And appreciate your steadfast and stalwart loyalty to us.

TOMAS: Then let us hear first from a midwayer. They know a great deal about being loyal and steadfast. One moment, please.

Van El: This is Van El, the midwayer who is often called in to serve when there are new circuits established. That is to say, when a new T/R comes on line and when a new configuration comes into being. There are those that think I am an engineer – an electrical engineer – however, I am merely in service to the engineers overseeing the re-encircuitment of our humble orb with the great circuit board on high.

There is implied in this a direction of energy, a real current. I am speaking to you as prospective T/R’s yourselves, as students of this reality who will invest yourself at some point in determining, through your own experience, what viability this practice holds for you and for the future of mankind. I know you will be interested to learn that there are examples cited of those who plug themselves into a power source, as an appliance, or those who take steroids for greater physical prowess, or whatever analogy you choose to use to remind yourself that there are other ways to go about your business . .. ways which are supercharged with a dynamic that is not common to the prosaic material life.

Once you have tapped into this circuit board, this motherboard of cosmic energy, you will be reassured personally of your place in the universe as a cosmic citizen. Never again will you feel and succumb to the sense of isolation that exists for those who have never reached beyond the comfort zone of their own sphere, snug as a bug in the rug of their own mortal existence.

I appeal then to your sense of adventure, and assure you that you, like Lewis and Clark or other explorers, will not be left adrift in the cosmic spheres, but will be encircuited on a pattern of perspective, grounded in universe reality, that will indeed supercede the avenue of your own imagination, and eviscerate/eliminate the tendency of the mortal ego to create its own reality as a form of amusement, or necessity. Thus the gist of my message, in sum, today is that because of my work and those like me, midwayers, close to you, who are a part of the process of the connection between you and the entities you seek to reach and communicate with, is only possible through us -- we assure the integrity of the connection.

And so, unless and until you have passed through my and our gates, you have not officially connected and you will know when this transpires. We will have a party. And we will invite friends and neighbors to visit in celebration of the re-encircuitment of your consciousness with the circuits connecting you with the universe. I look forward to that day and time with you. Good afternoon.

Myra: Thank you, for coming.

TOMAS: We have two T/R’s here today and some in formulating stages. Thus, we will be mindful of this, and from the outset of the new approach you have established, allow for the inclusion of other T/R’s even in this first Sunday segment. This will diminish Gerdean’s dominance and mine. As well, it will allow Matthew to feel his own prompts from Anatolia or other visitors and act accordingly.

This will give you the opportunity to be aware of the fact that you, yourselves, may be approached by a being who would like to make his or her presence known to you such that you yourself will begin to be sensitive to the prompt of a teacher who would one day, if not today, speak through you, thus sensitizing you to the dimension of which Van El spoke.

This lends a new dimension of excitement to the group itself for its discipline and routine format is enlarged to include the prospects of new voices, new personalities and new appreciation of cosmic energy to infiltrate itself into your presence(s), thus expanding your appreciation of what this Teaching Mission is.

The fear that two people may speak up at the same time is a common concern among beginning groups of T/R’s, and it has happened, as you are all willing participants in a surge of force. However, it is not proof of your will interjecting itself negatively; it is not error. Therefore, let that not embarrass you should that happen. Are there any of you who sense the presence of a visitor?

Elena: I think I do.

TOMAS: Is the visitor honing in on you or is the visitor an energy presence in a generic sense?

Elena: I just feel something in my left ear. There’s nothing to say, just a nice feeling of an introduction, is how I feel it. There is nothing I have to do right now.

TOMAS: This is good. This is an operative, making you aware of your equipment and the equipment you would offer as a T/R, if and when your mechanics are functional. It is said we utilize your language center and I, in fact, access Gerdean through the left side. She came to know me through TMJ on the left side jaw, so this sounds to me like a part of the evolution of the process for you as a potential T/R and I commend your sensitivity to the process. It is a process.

Elena: So you don’t think I just imagined it?

TOMAS: No. It is a process and everyone approaches it differently because they come from different frames of reference. Ultimately, however, the essence of transmitting is to allow yourself to "faith speak" for in time, through the process of allowing yourself to be a channel of the voice of God, the energy of the universe, the love of the Divine, you have a way of riding the wave through your world to give to it that infusion of the greater dimension that otherwise is left to the emotions or to logic. And while you have all invested a great deal of energy in spreading the gospel through emotion and logic, it remains true that the spirit is the most effective mover of the souls of men. And so we are here to help teach you how to access that divine dimension, through your own willingness and through the leap of faith, that will eventuate in your becoming one who may walk and talk that reality -- not as the Teacher or the entity you transmit, but as yourself.

This is ultimately the goal of our work as a Teacher Corp for you as individuals – that you become yourself, fully, in such a way as you best represent the truths of eternal reality and yet through your own personality. You are not called upon to live the life that Jesus lived, no, but to live your life as a Son of God, a child of God.

There are other voices that would be heard if I were to step aside. Thus, I will do that now.

ANATOLIA: Welcome friends and family to another episode in your on-going pursuits of what it means to be real. I wish to encourage you today to consider and pursue, in your quiet time, when it permits, what it means to be real. For you may remember the story of "The Velveteen Rabbit." If you have not read that for awhile, you may go back to read it, in terms of what made that such a wonderful story and what becoming "real" was represented to be. I encourage you to consider it for the truth of the concept – not necessarily that you have to create or re-create an allegory in the process. I can tell you what I believe is real, but I invite you to consider it for yourselves, for your purposes relative to action or activity of the spirit as Tomas addressed.

The realness that I wish you to consider is as real as the flowers that you are witnessing in this season. What is it that is behind the flowers even more than the color or the fragrance? What is it that flowers represent that may be a sign of what is real? I mention this today only because of the season in which we find ourselves in your world. In other worlds there are other seasons which usher in new thoughts, new feelings, new birth, regeneration of cycles, as is part of the physical world and its regenerating powers that exist, so I wish for you to contemplate realness for you, and to see this as an on-going pursuit, an on-going reality, for realness certainly has everything to do with reality.

This is something that I wish for you to endeavor upon for your own growth and productivity. There is much more to be thought expressed and experienced; however, today is a day of visitation and consideration of what the season brings. I wish for you to be all of these things as you contemplate what it is to be real. So I leave you with that simple thought and to encourage your consideration of this for yourselves and what it may mean to you.

I leave you in peace and good tidings for a blessed and joyous Easter season. Peace be with you, until we meet again.

TEACHER: This is an entity. I will not divulge my name at the moment. I do not want to prejudice your approach to our association. I am a personal teacher. I am assigned to one of you. I want to speak to you today about the role of the personal teacher.

The personal teacher is yours alone. It is not the same as your guardian angel, guardian seraphim, which guards you and protects you from harm. Our role is more intimate, in that, it is our assignment to work with you to perfect your life through your personality and it’s path. We work under the guidance of the Thought Adjusters. They are really our "boss." They give us guidance, but we cannot act on you or with you without your cooperation.

Many of you allow your cooperation without consciousness of our efforts with you but when you are conscious of our work with you, it is much easier, as a rule. I qualify that because some of you, in your eagerness, attempt to take the bull by the horns, as it were, and self-direct your own progress. And while the ambition of the earnest mortal is noted for its intent, it is often problematic for it seeks to surge forward in certain favorite categories of growth before its time.

There is a pattern, a plan, a program – how can I convey to you? – the analogy might be found in the spring blossom or even more elemental, in the seed itself. Is it not amazing that a radish seed knows, when it is planted in the ground, to become a radish when it grows up! Even though it wants, perhaps, to be a horseradish or a carrot, if it is intended to be a radish – a red radish – it will eventually become the best radish it can be, thus being a testimony to the Master Gardener.

When we have those of you who want to hasten the process, perhaps by piling on extra fertilizer or trying new and different hydroponic methods of growing, ignoring the elements built in by the Creator Himself, we end up with pithy radishes that have no substance on the inside but which look good on the outside, or those radishes which are tough and inedible.

And so, while you, as individuals, often seek to assist the Adjuster in your own development, you would do well to work with your personal teachers to proceed in a fashion in keeping with the Master Gardener. The affinity that you can and will develop in working with us and allowing us to help you direct your own spiritual growth will guarantee that you become delicious and perfect as the radish you would be most happy to be.

We, as a rule, work in pairs, although, like the seraphim, you will often see us as one. Indeed, our purpose is compatible and one will do if two is confusing, but we do have distinct areas of interest to help you develop yourself and we will be able to direct the dance you do, the two-step that we bring, balancing your development by our innate ability to help you this way and then that way, this way and then that way, such that you develop an easy stride forward that is natural to your internal pace, rather than the tendency of youth, as you have been programmed, to operate through fits and starts, to hurry up here, only to break and sit and wait for the light to change. Better to conserve fuel if you are to come to know the pattern of universe traffic through our counsel, such that you will be able to move through the vast streets of eternity, readily and easily, without collision.

Watch for your awareness of us to come to you. Each of you here has a personal teacher assigned. Many like to give us a name, as it helps you to consciously assimilate us as a personality into your social field. Some of you like to construe us as a part of your Thought Adjuster and that is fine as well, because we do work for your Adjuster, as we work for you to be all that you can be. Are there questions about the personal teachers?

Maria: Shall we keep them in mind and maybe direct attention or questions to them to maybe familiarize ourselves with getting used to trying to contact them?

TEACHER: Invite them into your consciousness and let them introduce themselves to you as a helper. Without directing them to your area of need, allow them to reveal to you where they feel your growth needs attention. At this point, most of our work is corrective in nature and directive in design. That is to say, for example, in this entity through whom I speak, I recognize Trieste as the feminine, right-brain energy force which works with Gerdean on personality development, letting go of old handicaps and personality crutches, replacing them with direct dependence on the Source. And Adrian, the male, left-brain entity who leads her into pursuits of service, adventure, industry, as if he were the dispatcher who told her where to go, or led her into those areas that will benefit her and her desire to serve. Thus, you will find a part internal and reflective, as compared to the other, which is external and active. And thus, as any of these elements apply to you in your own appreciation of your own personality, moving through the universe, you will ultimately be able to recognize the influence of the personal teacher in all you do. Is this helpful?

Maria: Yes, thank you.

Elena: Does the personal teacher go with you after this world? Like the Thought Adjuster works with you until ultimately you bloom, emerge or not, but how far – do they go with you to that same extent?

TEACHER: They do go with you quite a ways, but once you have become adjusted and fully conscious of your Self and you are submissive to the will of the divine, you are past the point of needing the direction of the personal teachers. They have been known to accompany their associates into Mansonia, but not far, because there are entities in Mansonia itself that are designed to do the same thing there as personal teachers do here.

It has also been seen where personal teachers here have taken a leave of absence from their mortal, because the human attained a certain plateau of accomplishment which left the teacher with nothing to do for awhile, and so they will volunteer to work elsewhere or rest, thus there are those who may feel their teacher has left because they have accomplished that which was necessary, but be assured, the need for a personal teacher will return as your next growth challenge arrives. Unless and until you are fused with your Adjuster, you will still need the assistance of associates as outlined. Here they are designated personal teachers.

In a way, we are like the midwayers. We work in this realm, and once you have gone beyond, we return to the sphere to work with another, to help them up, although, a number of us have opted to resign our post as personal teachers when our first mortal assignment is completed, for there are many opportunities in the universe to serve and this has been one of them.

It is similar to the opportunity you will have after you have advanced in your spirit development and when you are given the option to associate yourself for a minimum of a thousand years with the Celestial Artisans. It is an assignment you can undertake wherein you will learn a great deal about the workings of the universe and it will contribute to your self development as a universe being, as well as contribute to the benefit of the universe at large because you will have learned much in the way of working with others to create.

And being a creator, even as a celestial artisan may be a creator, is one of the speculations proposed when we anticipate what will become of the universe, when the worlds of time and space have evolved to perfection. We – some of us, like to think – again as the example of springtime in bloom -- that all of you are potential blossoms, and that at one time in universe development there will be a springtime blossoming of another degree of universe advancement into the next outer body of attainment awaiting. Suffice it to say our adventures in living are unending.

Elena: So you are not going to tell us whose teacher you are?

TEACHER: I am not. However, if you feel as if you have seen me before somewhere, if you have a haunting sense of de ja voux, it well may be because I have attended you already for some time. Pending no other questions, I will leave. Are there other questions? [None] I am grateful for the opportunity to extend myself into your environment and in particular into your consciousness that Our Father might be extended into the minds of mortals, there to germinate, take root and sprout into the light of the Son. Have a good day.

Elena: We’re really glad you came. Thank you.

Group: Thank you.

CHICOLI: Hello, family and friends. I am Chicoli, Matthew's personal Teacher, and I, too, am willing and able to share what I know for it has been a long time in these environs, if only you could see the passage of time as we have, you would know what eternity appears to be. But even eternity doesn’t last forever, at least in the same stage, for it is always changing, evolving, devolving, developing, and becoming something new. So nothing is as it was, ever. In your place in space, it has not been there before. So even the tree in your front yard is not the same as it was the year before. All is new and is changing.

This is a time for renewal, as you had heard earlier. A time for new beginnings and even new endings, when nothing will be as it was before. This I bring you as the good news that I have for you today, that given the subject matter before, of contemplating what is reality, I bring you an added dimension that states Nothing is as it was before. This is the good news. Where you can apply this is up to you.

What does that mean to your value and reason for being today? What will it mean tomorrow, since nothing is as it was before? So with the change in clock and internal timing, that each of you experienced today, I wish to add this feature. To keep it short, simple and direct, welcome to what we see in an ever-changing world in a place called eternity. I wish you the best of all that life has to offer and especially life itself, for this is the meaning of life, in its essence. That is nearly a riddle, but add that to your list of contemplation. I will leave you now and offer you good tidings, until we meet again.

Group: Thank you, Chicoli.

NEBADONIA: I will come in and visit with you for a moment before we go. I am your Universe Mother Spirit, Nebadonia, speaking on behalf of all the angelic hosts of space who are my children, my babies, brought into being to minister to you and to one another as extensions of myself. All of these creatures that you are coming to know are my children. Many of them fall under the jurisdiction of your Father/Brother Michael and His Father, the Eternal Son, and His Father, the Universal Father, but most assuredly the ministering hosts of time and space are my command, over which I rule with a heart of love, not an iron fist.

Love is the language of the universe and through my ministers of love, you will be offered only that food which feeds further joy in living and loving and serving the family that we are, through the love of my heart, the Master himself, and the Parent in Paradise we all worship and adore.

Come to me for comfort. Rest in my arms. Come to me with your anger and your frustration and we will work it out. We will forgive. We will resolve. We will heal. We will nurture. We will love in accordance with the Divine will, which will become your will as you become more aware of My place in you, with you, for you and over you. I am your Mother, in truth and in eternity.

Precious children, be about the play of being children. In all your efforts to rise to the occasion of the worlds suffering, in all your nobility of spirit to protect and defend, in all the seriousness of your young minds, remember your childlike need to come to me and I will feed you for your next day’s ventures, playing in the fields of the lord with gusto and delight. Bye-bye.

Group: Thank you.

TOMAS: And this is Tomas, your host, to wrap up our most engaging session this afternoon. I pause in departure to inquire after your needs. Are there questions? [None] Let us be on our way. Farewell.

Group: Thank you.

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TOPICS: Mother Hen Gathers Her Chicks

Personal and Group Resurrection

Q&A: The Impact of Scheduled Activity

The Attraction of Glitz & Glamour

T/R’s: Gerdean and Matthew

PRAYER:

Matthew: Let us place ourselves in the presence of Jesus, the Christ.

"Master Teacher,

"We come to you today with the group of us that are here willing and able to be of loving service. Those who are not with us are excused, for various reasons, but the important thing is that so long as one of a group is present, then the group is represented and alive through the one representative. That happens to be my own philosophy that I just made up; nevertheless, it seems to make sense. And for our purposes we are willing, able and present to our purposes in you. Even though it may not be understood and may not be totally accepted within others, we are present within ourselves and we are called to -- as well as the group, again, even though the group may not be in full agreement.

"We are conscious of this day being the day you spent in the tomb, or at least your body, and that you were out in loving service to accomplish that which you did. We commemorate that through today and rejoice in the resurrection that so ably took place, when it did, through the burst of energy that occurred at that time, to bring us the good news of your resurrection. How exciting that must have been.

"We celebrate with others in the memory of that event, which is alive and well in our hearts now. It is not history but living presence that we are fully appreciate of and grow in the awareness of. For this and all of our purposes before you and our Heavenly Parents we are forever grateful. Amen."

MERIUM: Little ones, this is your friend Merium. Tomas has given me the okay to come out and to greet you and say hello. I have not been here for some weeks. I have been busy in my assignment. However, your meeting on a different day has given me a chance to be here and so I come into your environment like the mother hen gathering her chicks, clucking softly, making sure you are well within the confines of my nest, warm and with your own kind.

What a delight for us to share this happy moment of feeling we are where we are loved and cared for, with others who likewise are overseen and tenderly looked after. What a tremendous security that allows you and I bring it to your consciousness now that you may share it with your kindred spirits here today and in the future, for these few precious moments we have congregated together in the concept of the mother hen and her chicks.

Your future is far away. Rest here with me and your family for awhile, taking in the clucking noises of the supernal teachers who look after you, protecting you from the fox and assuring your safe passage into tomorrow.

It is my job, it seems, to continually remind you of your childlike nature since you are all so determined to banter about and crow about your own accomplishments prematurely. I find you so amusing. We are so endeared of you, precious chicks.

No, I am not being sexist. "Chicks" in the realm of our fine-feathered friends may be male or female. Your language again plays havoc with your consciousness. You have already taken me too literally. There is no use. I will give up and go sit in the corner.

Elena: Oh, wait a minute! I didn’t do that. Oh, no. I was thinking about little chicks. Little fluffy yellow chicks!

Renault: It is Easter, after all.

Elena: Yeah! Don’t go away over that!

MERIUM: I will not go far. I will go into my corner of the room as you are and in enjoyment of our sibling similarity, be still, that others may speak.

Renault: Thank you, Merium.

Elena: Nice to have you back. And you didn’t fluff any pillows this time.

TOMAS: Well, I will speak then. This is Tomas. The hesitation is due to the consultation we undergo on this side of the veil, for we are obliged to address you where your needs are, your soul needs, but a cursory review of your souls would indicate they have been calmed by the ministrations of Merium, and so indeed we shall open the curriculum with the fact of the resurrection, and in this, my focus, is going to be not on the resurrection of Jesus, which you acknowledge this weekend, but on your own resurrection, for surely you identify, have identified at some point, with the fact that in Jesus’ life he did, as you do, experience many small but poignant crucifixions, as when you are going about your business and find yourself being "sucker punched" by thoughtless mortals or ignorant animals, uncaring of their potential or the divine nature that resides within all, and would be awakened were the decision to be made.

The philosophy has it that for anyone who lives in either world, the facts of life are quite simple. If you live in the animal realm, you think and function as the animal. This is not innately negative, for there are some very fine, noble animal traits and many animals are docile indeed. Similarly, those who live entirely within the realm of the spirit are not conflicted as to their intent and purpose because they have the full consciousness of their spirit identification, but those who live with one foot in the material world and one foot in the spirit world are naturally buffeted about as they begin to walk the path with a desire to be a balanced mortal, identifying with both the material and the divine.

Herein you are indeed vulnerable to being bounced around, for you have not given yourself over, fully and wholly, to one view or the other. I subscribe to this philosophy and teach this philosophy to those of you who are still in the flesh, for you cannot overlook your mortal aspects. Not only can you not overlook your mortal aspects, as long as it is necessary that you feed yourself, house yourself and clothe yourself, and make your own choices, but because the gifts of your existence are only fully recognized and appreciated because of the fact you enjoy your humanness, the experience of putting yourself in the position, as if you were one of Merium’s chicks, is a human feeling, and belongs to the realm of the animal creature.

This analogy, which is directly connected to the essence of the controversial novel "Lady Chatterly’s Lover" [by D.H. Lawrence] is about the sensual nature of the human existence. It need not be discarded or cast aside as unworthy or unuseful. How do you suppose Jesus found such pleasure in the shop outside his home in Nazareth, in the wood shavings, and the boring of the holes to tap in the pegs that would join the parts together, one with the other, to create the furniture or boats that he contracted to create? The smell of the wood, the touch of the grain are things he created and has the right to appreciate and realize, just as you have the right, as a child of the realm, to appreciate the taste of food and the scent of nature.

But when you are in the animal realm, you are susceptible to those who are less placid, those who are foragers and predators. In this, it is wise to be aware of your higher nature for you are able then to hold yourself up as having a breadth of perspective that will foresee in advance what danger lies ahead, very much as Jesus was able to anticipate the times and the effects of his presence on the world, just as he knew, when he went into Jerusalem at the last Passover, that he would not live through the weekend, that they would in fact put him to death.

This made his experience a complete and total experiential reality. The movie that portrayed the humiliation, the blows inflicted on his person, are pains you can experience in your own minds because of the wounds you have yourself had inflicted upon you, physical wounds as well as emotional wounds, because of the fact there are those who delight in making meek people suffer. This ignorance is simply a matter of not having the spiritual perspective, and so those who seek to have the perspective of the Son of God have the responsibility then of foresight as to what the effects will be from the causes you institute.

Today, being Saturday, the symbol is that Jesus sleeps the sleep of death in his tomb, having experienced the pain of death, and not yet being risen up. This is the period of time you experience in your life after you have been wounded, as you are recovering from the onslaught of unkindness and ignorance. And these, of course, are in many degrees based on your capacity to withstand such assaults. This place of stillness is how you heal from the wounds of time. You allow yourself the slumber of death … even ego death or submersion of the will to the overcare of the greater universe … and then, on the morrow, when you are called forth, you are called forth full of faith, renewed, having left behind the wounds of yesterday, the assaults and insults of the ignorant and the unwashed. Therein lies your future. The fountain of living water that floods into you and renews you with new life in the form of new insight and greater strength to carry forward into the reign of truth beauty and goodness you bring upon your life experience, and reflect to that kingdom over which you have dominion: Your life, as a part of the whole of the kingdom of God.

The day in the tomb may be cold and damp to you in your perception, but to those of you who are embarked upon the process of becoming a spirit by the growth of your own soul, will understand that this period of time will also serve as a good time to cuddle yourself under the wing of that Mother hen who has only a desire to cluck over her chicks, caring for them until such time as they are able to care for themselves through the ministry of time and eternity.

I therefore wish for you many happy resurrections, that as your path proceeds and you encounter the "slings and arrows of outrageous fortune" you hasten to the tomb to collect yourself in that nest, that psychic nest that we enjoy this moment, and wait for the infusion of the Spirit to lift you up into that which you will become, having gone through what you went through yesterday.

This time of waiting is indeed filled with quiet, silent growing the satisfaction of trusting the universe to pull you through. To be all that you can be is the joy of living. Rejoice in it and be glad.

ANATOLIA: Welcome, friends. I, Anatolia, am happy to be with you this calm day, cool and inviting of re-entrenchment and pulling into one’s shell for reflection and introspection, is an opportunity for such occasion. I am grateful for the opportunity to be with you on such an occasion and weekend such as this, for it is unusual for us to be able to address you, even in the group size that you are today, other than a Sunday, which is typically well within the spiritual sense of our purposes of teaching to you as a group on those days when everyone has already established the mindset that enables teaching from our sphere to be fully accepted and incorporated into your daily routine.

Nevertheless, today is out of the ordinary syncopation of your days of setting aside Teaching Mission activity. For this we are happy and grateful to accommodate, because it is sharing in another vein or opportunity for like seeing someone in a different setting than you ordinarily see in another. You will remember when you would see your schoolteacher at the grocery store or somewhere outside his or her natural habitat, it was always surprising and a little giddy overseeing such an occurrence.

It is not exactly the same thing today, nevertheless, it is an occasion outside of the usual that actually reinforces our reason for being and removes us from a stereotypic role. So it could be you who would be chuckling by seeing us in the grocery store rather than behind the desk or podium on a Sunday afternoon. We are not here to discuss roles or seeing one outside of the expected role as our reason for being today but as a long-winded opportunity to discuss the transition from one scenario to another. It seemed fitting to address the opportunity for a new meeting, or occasion for meeting.

This is a fine day in which to be among the living, for it is a day that in both traditional and non-traditional teachings was a day that our Master left the physical world and went out to the realms that needed to be addressed prior to his return to his Father in Paradise to receive his due reward and recognition for accomplishing so much. We have discussed this in the past, and it will take more than one lifetime here for you to realize the depth and extent of his commitment that he demonstrated here in the flesh for those years of service, that he committed, and the halt to his service that was accomplished that weekend of Passover, 27 AD.

It is this time period in which many who had not been able to acknowledge or recognize his act of loving service, both in coming into your world, as well as leaving your world as he did; they were unable to appreciate that which he performed. In other words, as it was told and as it occurred, his spirit went out into the realms where ages of souls had gathered, lingering, waiting for news of resurrection, where they were able to rejoin the human race and the sanctity that was renewed as a result of his accomplishments in the flesh and in the spirit.

For it was in these realms, or nearly forgotten realms, that he re-established his priority within all creation, here within your sphere and within this universe. I wish for you to consider what that may have been like for those who had been sleeping, not knowing that life had, in fact, a continuum that needed to be filled and addressed, that all those lives, at whatever stage of awareness, were now brought back to life with the opportunity to pursue completion and continuation of the path. This is as much a day of resurrection for them as for those who recognize, once again, on this world, that the Master has risen.

This is one of the sublime reasons for the resurrection -- it was a resurrection from within for so many, for so long. And for that reason is always going to be a truly marvelous event in our realm as well as your own. So we wish to join with you in recognition of our Master’s life as a way of living and a way of loving that is beyond compare. This is our purpose and our reason for being – to aid and to be that level of living and loving that was modeled to us only 2000 years ago.

I wish to leave you with these thoughts: that tomorrow, when you remember the empty tomb, remember what that demonstrates. It demonstrates that not only this world but also the worlds in physical and spiritual reality were liberated the day that he spent within the tomb and came forward to announce, by his bold and unprecedented statement of existence, far-reaching beyond the physical body.

Thus, I leave you with the good news that life abounds and waits and rejoices in the renewal that is brought forth each and every spring and will continue to be brought forth in each and every spring, whether in the physical or not, for renewal is the nature of our being and is, in effect, our reason for being. Therefore, peace be with you, and may you enjoy that much more of an awareness of what resurrection day is all about. Peace be with you until we meet again.

Group: And to you, Anatolia.

TOMAS: Are there questions, are there conversations, are there concerns?

Maria: It seems that the timing and the regularity is important for them? Is it important for the spirits for these kinds of activities?

Renault: I.e., Sundays. Do other groups meet on Sunday as well, or do they sometimes meet during the week?

TOMAS: This is not a choice we arbitrarily superimpose; it evolves according to the group, and its singular needs. Many groups have met at many times during the week at many different times of the day, yet there are many who choose to gather together on Sunday as an extension of the Christian conditioning. This is not a rule but a preference based on your lives.

This has all evolved. What we were and are concerned about is that you continue to keep your relationship with the unseen world active in your consciousness, for this is a method of upholding your faith and your energy and your evolution into greater consciousness, be that as a mortal of the realm or as a citizen of the universe. But humans are creatures of habit, and it is only natural that you would weave your appreciation for your Teaching Mission activities or your spiritual ascent motives as they are socialized into a format which is mutually compatible, which we then are happy to accommodate.

I will tell you, however, that as you gather together and maintain a schedule consistently, it becomes solidified and provides a platform from which you can operate. When and as you change your format, your subsistence alters according to the alteration of your agenda, your calendar.

Elena: What does that mean?

TOMAS: When you meet, for example, every Monday, you have the confidence that next Monday you will do something that feeds the interest that you invested this Monday. It has continuity, and develops a life of its own. It becomes a viable reality in your life. It may very well help formulate the very life you live. As Monday then is impacted by an outside influence and you need to meet on Thursday afternoon, that will have an effect on the participants for there are different energies on Thursday afternoon than there are on Monday evening. A new schedule may not hold up, as it does not have the energy that provided such subsistence on Monday.

Elena: Okay. I get it now.

TOMAS: And since you are essentially gathered together for religious purposes or perhaps social purposes under the religious umbrella –

Renault: Or both.

TOMAS: Yes. – your Sunday gatherings have worked very well to provide subsistence in social and religious undertakings. If you were to move your meetings to Saturday, we would be happy to accommodate your gatherings on Saturday henceforth with the same devotion, even though you, on Saturdays, may be influenced somewhat differently because of the paradigm of your own existence – your energies, your work schedules, your very lives and all that entails. We just enjoy the fact that you continue to come together to feed your soul and your society in the ways that we present as the stuff that spirit is made of.

Elena: Tomas, I wanted to tell you that the way you said it, this afternoon’s lesson on the resurrection, had a whole lot of meaning to me. That helped just tremendously. That has been a big deal on my work stuff. I mean, that just hit between the eyes. That put that in a whole different light for me and I am really grateful to you.

TOMAS: I am glad to have served. I am glad to have rung your bell.

Elena: Clang clang! And just looking at the tomb as a healing time, a time of getting – that was … I just thought that was great.

TOMAS: Indeed, this is why we urge you to engage in stillness regularly. The fact of your existence here on Urantia is often a brutal and difficult experience. The ignorance that abounds on this planet bequeaths you the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune on a daily basis, and the safety valve of seeking stillness, of entering into your tomb, of going into the closet to pray, is the same principle. And the result of this time away from the rigors of the human experience, are sufficient to connect you, again, with your life-giving energies that will renew you and release you to greater service as you recover from life’s experiences and face tomorrow with hope and good cheer.

It is the same principle, but seeking the stillness for one, or five or ten minutes is a shorter time span than a weekend of being put to death and resurrecting. Even so, it is the same principle, and as you consistently allow the process of dying to the old ways, giving up control over the world at large and how people behave toward you and/or towards each other, but rather, finding your strength and sustenance and succor in that still quiet place within, when you emerge you will have conditioned yourself once more to the truth, and will have experienced yet another time, the truth of the message of the Master that said, "I am the resurrection and the life. I am the way. Follow me."

For those who buckle under and seek to stay in their cave, nursing their wounds eternally, they have given up the greatness that they can become. However, lest you think I am inviting you to judge those who choose to sleep in their tomb, I have only to remind you that there are millions of souls who sleep the sleep of death, only to be reawakened upon the role call of a new dispensation and they, too, will come forth, responding to the tender touch of the life-giving, merciful God within.

Beautiful message, beautiful reality, beautiful Teacher who demonstrated this vital truth, this on-going universe reality, what wondrous opportunities lie ahead for us all! Even those of you who are burdened with the backward beckoning of a world gone mad, you are able to find strength and comfort in gathering together, and in mutual expression of your faith that will see you through and reveal, in the end, a radiance unsurpassed and unstoppable, as is our Universal Father and His designs for His universe. Rejoice and be glad.

Group: Amen.

TOMAS: Have all of you had a chance this week to make contact with your personal guides? Have they made their presence known to you, as we discussed last week?

Elena: I had another … left ear kind of experience. I don’t always have very much time to-- I don’t-- I should do more time on the-- I know that’s an obstacle, but I welcome whatever progress I can make.

TOMAS: Yes. Understood. You will only invest yourself in this new paradigm of reality as your tolerance of the old paradigm loses strength. As long as you are able to find justification and ennoblement in the pattern you are living within, you will not be motivated to forge ahead into something new. And so give yourself the grace of growth. Nothing is grown overnight.

Elena: Thank you for the encouragement. I appreciate that.

TOMAS: Having a set time will make a significant difference. It is like I discussed in how you establish your meetings. After you have gotten a pattern going, you can be quite effective within that paradigm, but when the habit is broken, the good works can readily fall by the wayside. This is the unfortunate propensity of mortals who seek for short-term rewards. They accomplish what they think they set out to accomplish, and then want to go on to something new and let that one go, not realizing that the furtherance of that design is added to the development, not something other than the development. That was difficult to express.

Elena: I think I got it.

TOMAS: Okay. If you are looking for cheap thrills, that’s what you will get. If you are looking for enduring value that’s what you will get. And I commend to you the latter for it will provide all you need … plus cheap thrills! (Laughter.) As pleasure seekers, I thought you would enjoy that.

Renault: I noticed that, talking with my granddaughter, she is attracted to the glitter and bright colors, and I think that’s a human thing too -- cheap thrills -- the glitter and glamour rather than the beige and brown of life.

TOMAS: This will be learned as she undergoes the many treks to her own Passover – to pass over from this value to the next, to recognize that the twinkle, while delightful, will only develop into the sustaining glowing ember through time and experience. This is the joy of living, the experience of life, the opportunity for the young and the innocent to find out what these values truly are. And remember, the pint cannot hold a quart, so while you may know what’s good for her in the long run, it behooves you, as a wise grandparent, to allow her to find out from her own experimentation a great deal of these life lessons that will enable her to know and grow within herself the realization that the quality of life is more substantive than the glitz and glamour.

But you are correct. It is a natural thing for the human intelligence to be attracted to the baubles and the jingles that stimulate the senses. These same things might scare the cat, but you are not cats, nor are you chicks, but you have enough of a sense of the animal nature to appreciate and recognize that if you were altogether perfect and flawless in the spirit, you would have no use for this human existence whatsoever. Therefore, the process of being human and evolving into a soul of value and enduring meaning, is a process that we have all undertaken and which we have found to have been the right choice, even though in the beginning, the blows of our youth and the humiliations of our origins are often obstacles to overcome. And we see, too, those many who will not rise up to act upon their light of truth. But … I will say to you that you will be with me in Paradise, for I have been with you today in a perfect moment, a perfect representation of our desire and need to come together in recognition of our Sonship, our kinship, and our dependence upon the Divine nature to provide our needs, to stimulate our growth, and to comfort us in our efforts to advance.

Are there any other matters? [No.] Then, let us be on our way. There will be more to come. We’ll see you next week.

Group: Thank you, Tomas.

TOMAS: Farewell.

*****

DATE: April 18, 2004

LOCATION: Esmeralda’s Homestead

Rio Rancho, NM, USA

TEACHERS: TOMAS: Hosting

MACHIVENTA: Visiting

ABRAHAM: Commending

DANI: Reminding

ATHENA: Scolding

CELENE: Greeting

DEMETRIAS: Embracing

ANATOLIA: Closing

MUSIC: Elena on Piano: "What a Wonderful World"

TOMAS: Good afternoon, my friends and intimate companions. I am Tomas, your teacher and associate in ascension.

Let me supplant the established pattern by offering a step toward communion, which might be construed as a prayer, but might also be regarded as an exercise in stretching the consciousness into the super-conscious awareness of the "otherness" of life; that is to say, the reality of life outside the self. The exercise I have in mind is to allow your soul self to extend out into your arena and make contact with the soul self of your fellows. This is a conscious exercise I ask you to undertake and, in fullness, you will feel the personality of the other just as when you leave here and reconstitute on the mansion worlds you will recognize one another by your personality.

Therefore, reach out now with your super-consciousness and seek to find and embrace "the other" that you share this space with, and I am specifically meaning your other mortal associates. We’ll get to the recognition of the otherness of celestial personalities later. [Long pause] When you reach outside your usual consciousness to acknowledge the soul self of your fellows, neglect not to also consciously recognize your own higher nature. [Another long pause]

The Master had great faith in his fellows. Even as he passed by, he was able to elicit from the people that he dealt with a certain value that he could depend upon. That value was the higher nature, the potential eternal aspect. In those days not everyone was indwelt with a God fragment, but today, even though most folk are indwelt with a fragment of The Father, it is also true that most folk remain unaware of his indwelling. And thus, to many, it is the same.

In order for you to find faith in your fellows, you must see beyond the obvious and reach farther than that which meets the eye, for that which meets the eye has been prepared to deal with the material plane. The potential of what is yet to be lies within, as a seed. Just as you here today have an exterior persona which you have prepared to place before your fellows in a social context, that which represents the mores, values of your civilization, but beyond and beneath and perhaps overriding that persona, is the substance of who you are – that element of the self that endures.

There have been many lessons in the curriculum about faith and trust -- individually and comparatively -- to the effect that your faith is a gift but trust is a conscious choice you make. When you trust your fellows, it is that deeper, more enduring reality in which you place your trust, for that is the aspect of the self that is based on the eternal reality and not the shifting fleeting temporary reality of the day, of the passing persona, as it is in a constant state of change and growth.

Essentially the personality is unchanging. It is the character that changes, as it becomes more divine, and this process will continue throughout the mansion worlds and beyond. The fact that the essence of you is eternal comes from the eternal and returns to the eternal, is ample knowledge to guarantee you an intuitive appreciation of the fact of the reality of other personalities in the universe, even those you cannot see. Just as you have been advised to regard the Universal Father as a Father, as compared to a power source or an energy origin. Applying personality to divinity and other ministering spirits throughout the realms allows you to have a personal relationship with the personality that is a part of all the living creatures in the universe.

You are coming to know my personality by the many hours we have spent together in communion and discourse. You unequivocally recognize the personality presence of Jesus when he has come to visit, for his personality is germane. It is recognized as the Master in his Kingdom throughout the realm, although it is possible he may be called by other names. These names are applied by the mortal to suit certain purposes. The personality recognition, which you enjoy when he comes to you, is what is important.

Those of you who have been ministered to by the Mother Spirit have also a perception of how she feels, of how her touch inclines you to lean into Her for her ministry to you. The Divine Minister calls this attitude forth from you. She delights in nurturing your soul and ministering to your spirit. Indeed, is she able to minister even to your physical needs, as any mother will.

The physical realm is a veritable carnival of stimuli. The sights and sounds, colors, smells and movements of the world you live in, is a rich arena indeed, and yet it is very different from the perspective of the interior perspective we discussed above. Therefore, a great shift in consciousness is required in order for you to discern these two levels of reality -- the finite and the infinite. [Pause] Are there questions?

I am going to experiment with you then. I am going to bring in a personality and allow the entity to address you through this T/R without giving the name or identification, and see if you can discern for yourself, through the personality alone, who it is. Are you game?

Group: [Assent]

TOMAS: One moment.

MACHIVENTA: Greetings. I am not often given the podium from which to speak, given the nature of your well-established program of teaching here at this base, but I am always glad to have the opportunity to meet with you and give you my blessing, as it were, on your efforts.

There is an adjustment required each time an entity opts to utilize the services of a transmitter/receiver, for the imbalance in energy needs to be compensated, and when I step down for you, I anticipate you reach up at the same time, in order for our communication to be effective. I will not continue or convey a lesson in my own right. I have utter confidence in the Teacher Corps to provide those lessons for me. But I am always mindful of your efforts and your unique reach into the greater consciousness that you are learning to represent. I return you to your Teacher.

TOMAS: Aside from the fact that the speaker elected to refrain from the use of certain words which would perhaps be a clue for your intellect, have you any consciousness of the otherness of the speaker through the personality presence? It is not "wrong" if you did not.

ESMERALDA: Was it Abraham?

TOMAS: There was a discussion about whether Abraham or Machiventa would be first to come out and Abraham lost. But they are very much alike. They are both very authoritarian, powerful and yet personal. Let me get Abraham, and perhaps you can compare.

ABRAHAM: What a joker he is to change the rules, to tell you who I am before I have a chance to play. Yes, however it is always a joy for me to engage with the pupils of this University -- these classes of elucidation that allow you to know more of yourself and thus how better to prepare yourself for the path which is presented for you. That you might be a better-prepared soldier of the circles, is a task all of us take to with purpose and delight. Even while all of us have our personal way of going about the Father’s business, we nonetheless are committed to that purpose. And, as I am inclined to say in my home group, the more I am with you, the more affection I have for you, and as I see you grow, I myself am made to feel greater because of the work we do together.

What a charming lot of individuals you are, here in this base. It is good to have an opportunity to meet with you and speak with you in this area. Always is it a joy and a privilege to be with the sons and daughters of God who yearn to be more effective in their ministry, more knowing of who they are at heart. In faith of your guidance, I leave you now. Shalom.

Group: [Responses.]

HAM: I am another old friend of yours.

Group: Ham!

HAM: I am here. I am often here, but you know how these young teachers are. They are so filled with enthusiasm for their task, they hardly let us get a word in edgewise.

Esmeralda: We appreciate the young ones, too.

HAM: Indeed we do. We are very appreciative of the existent Teacher Corps. The relationship that you develop with your Teacher, whether you are in their immediate range or whether you learn from them through the transmissions from afar, it is still a great step forward in the advancement of Urantia, and these good efforts all go toward the ultimate aim of our mission here with you.

We are often stirred to see the unpublished and personal growth you undergo, often even unknown to yourself. But diligently and loyally you trust the Father to lead you through the experience, anticipating the good that can come from it because you are in the Father’s hands. This enables your faith walk to be far more joyous, for you and for others, and this comes from being experienced in the ways of God – of learning the value of placing your trust in that still, quiet Voice within which will point the way for you to act on your higher values as compared to the immediate needs of the human animal, which has been so accustomed to having its way. The decisions you make, the choices you make for the long-range, eternal and master plan is the reward we receive from our efforts with you and in our sojourn here in this Mission.

There are others who would visit with you today. Therefore, I will take my leave.

Group: Thank you, Ham.

DANI: Hi, kids.

Group: [Guessing]

DANI: I had a chance to get a word in edgewise. While the Teachers were talking about whether Daniel should come in next, I just kind of slipped through the cracks. This is something I do often. I have to act quickly sometimes in order to make my way through your material world. You seem to get your mind set on something and you head for that goal as if your life depended on it, and it makes it difficult sometimes for us to do our work, with you being so headstrong. So we have learned to trip you up occasionally, for your own good. And while I know you have found us to be an inconvenience, even an interference in your plans, it is not necessarily your plans that we are interested in.

Well, I know you know what my order is. You just don’t know which one. That’s okay. I’m looking forward to getting to know you better in the days and weeks ahead, so look for me when I come back. Perhaps you will begin to recognize my personality. Bye!

Group: Bye! Thanks for dropping in. It was a midwayer. It was Dani. He said he would be working with us. I think he’s working with this group, trying to work with us on a group activity.

ATHENA: I am going to take advantage of the opportunity to come in now and scold Gerdean for putting me aside when I specifically asked her to work with me on the promotion of the book we wrote together. The fears and anxieties of the mortal, based on his or her appreciation of his or her peers, is as much a handicap as is the tendency Dani mentioned of being so set in your mind as to what you are going to do you neglect to allow for the variations that might come from the influence of the spirit realm, and I see this happen often in individuals who have allowed themselves to be become active adjuncts of spirit reality.

You get a certain confidence built up that gives you a sense that you are able to gear yourself or direct yourself into a direction you feel assured would be the way we would have you go. This is very much what the Urantia text points to when it says, essentially, that a little learning is a dangerous thing. You become difficult to work with. Your attitude is quite sophomoric. You think you have all the answers when you have only just begun. It is a temporary phase and not all of you, thank goodness, are in it at the same time, but it does occur and it is so apparent when it is coming, it is all we can do to abide by our commitment to stand by the project in the face of the many ways in which you forestall the progress by assuming to take matters into your own hands. This is indeed a matter of the human ego attempting to do what’s right, but the wrong way.

Of course, there are those who profess that there is no wrong way, that "the act is ours, the consequences God’s" and that ultimately the good will result, and this is very true, but the fact of the matter is that many great efforts are reduced to a mere exercise instead of coming to fullness as is intended. Therefore, much of my admonition today is not only to Gerdean but also to others who have creative intent. Let not your projects die on the vine through lack of divine guidance. Remain dependent on our council and we will help see it through. That said, I will wait for you to contact me in private, that we might continue our project together. Thank you.

Thoroah: I know who that was.

Gerdean: I do, too. That was Athena, Celestial Artisan.

Thoroah: I could tell from her position of authority when she said "the book we wrote."

Gerdean: She’s also one of the kinds who help Hal write music.

Esmeralda: Daphne, is it?

Gerdean: Daphne. Yeah. Same order.

Esmeralda: He says that when there is alliteration, it’s always her. But she works with him all the time.

TOMAS: I will now try to contact Esmeralda’s personal teacher.

Esmeralda: Oh, wonderful!

TOMAS: She has asked to come forth.

CELENE: Blessings upon you all, and particularly on my beloved companion, Esmeralda, long-time friend and associate and confidant. The joyous aspect of this moment is that I can become a part of her consciousness, as she has been a part of my consciousness since I came to her as a mentor so long ago. This occasion I hope will be the beginning of a long and fruitful association, one that will enable us to add another dimension to our relationship.

No longer will you need to feel you are alone in your thinking and feeling, for everything you think and feel is reflected in my being and I hope in all I do to enable you to be the best that you can be in your personality manifestation of the daughter of divinity that you are created to be. Not excluding your charming mortal self. Many of the patterns that were brought into your pattern of behavior remain fixed in your unconsciousness as standard operating procedure.

However, many of those early conditionings have been set aside to allow for the more loving, forgiving, and revealing aspects of your personality to flourish. This is something that has brought me and you much happiness. Even while they have been difficult and trying, they have resulted in a far better perspective and subsequent peace of mind for the long haul.

When you are bothered by these inbred attitudes because of your mortal conditioning, never hesitate to ask me about them. We can discuss them at length and to your satisfaction such that they can be resolved and you can be relieved of the burden of carrying around restrictions and constraints that confine you to the material mold when the glories of eternity have far greater sway over the personality that you mortals give credit.

Let Our Father guide and direct the unfolding of the personality he intended you to have and not so much the one that you have had created for you, almost by default, because of your cultural conditioning and y our need to survive in this environment. The spiritual liberty and personality liberty that you will experience from this growth will make all the effort worthwhile, and your happiness will be reflected in the relationships you enjoy with others as they come to see you as the precious child of God that you are and that I am so devoted to, dear, cherished Esmeralda. Thank you for indulging us this afternoon.

Esmeralda: Oh, don’t leave until you tell us your name.

Elena: Yes, what is your name?

Esmeralda: And thank you so much for the message.

CELENE: Celene. C-e-l-e-n-e.

Esmeralda: Beautiful name. Thank you.

Elena: Thank you, for being with my mother.

TOMAS: This is Tomas again. There are still a number of personalities in attendance. As you know, we have mentioned many times that while you may see it as a small group, it is actually an auditorium filled with observers, student visitors and ministering spirits with an interest in your development and unfolding. Are there any entities you would call upon, since we are having this open forum?

Elena: Well, I’d like to say hello to Dimitrius.

TOMAS: Very well. One moment.

DIMITRIUS: Yes! What a great occasion indeed. I am charmed to be among the members of this group today who have come forth in splendor to witness the array of personalities in service to the Universal Father and the many essential agencies of His realm. What company we keep, is that not true?

Group: Yes.

DIMITRIUS: Having now expressed my appreciation to t hose many present, I would eagerly attend to the ministry of my precious Elena, champion of my cause and light of my life in terms of my work with the mortals of the realm in making the adjustments toward spiritizing her thinking. This one, my Elena, is a powerful woman. Headstrong. Willful, yes, but also very committed. She has a very strong will. And this is a great asset. There are those who argue that will is a detriment and that it ought to be given up or set aside to take on the will of God, but I say to you that god has given her this will. It is not to be disdained, but to be molded as a piece of clay is to be molded, to become the work of art that is inherent in its very existence.

This piece of art that I am molding in my work with you, Elena, is not some fragile piece of work, but a monument, a testimony to strength and vitality. Your capacities are tremendous and your potential is hardly tapped, but I am at your side and at your service in effecting the most gracious way to go about becoming strong and steadfast, even as you retain those tender qualities of womanhood that will endear you to humanity as one which is understood by men and women as rightfully yours within the realm of the feminine. It will soon be time, my dear, for us to make the conscious connection with your other teacher, your right-brain anima that can help bring that into balance. But we’ll not worry about that today. Rather let me plant the seed for tomorrow, for something you can anticipate, and we will know, when that time comes, by our acknowledgement of your recognition of your need for that guidance and counsel in that area of your personality growth.

Elena: Okay. I’ll look forward to that. It’s been good to talk with you.

DIMITRIUS: We have good rapport, you and I. I am always in your corner and upholding you in all your choices, for even those which are sometimes unnecessary, you will discover they are unnecessary in time and we can make other choices that are more compatible with your human nature and your divine nature which can only bring you greater compatibility with your self. And when this is installed and operable, we will be all that we can be together, and the potential, as I’ve said before, is powerful. In the interim, let us embrace the moment for what it is and enjoy each other for what we have. Farewell.

Elena: Thank you.

ANATOLIA: And this is Anatolia. I will round out the afternoon. I have not missed a moment of it. I have one foot in Arizona and one foot in New Mexico, as it were, and I haven’t missed anything. It’s been a very gay day in your arena. I want to reiterate what the intent was in this exercise. Not to have a tea party particularly, although we have enjoyed the display of personalities, but to allow you to become mindful of the energies that are accessible and the various perspectives that can be had as you invest yourself in this Teaching Mission.

There are more personalities and there are indeed other movements in the Teaching Mission that allow for growth and training in other fields, such as medicine, science, space, ecology and so forth. Primarily the Teaching Mission as you know it is about reclaiming your soul self and the planet from the distortions of the default and the rebellion, but there are many aspects of this Teaching Mission that deal with individual and other elements of the work that will be required to bring the planet back into the alignment necessary to proceed unhampered in the advancement toward light and life.

Those of you who are being trained to be missionaries of higher truths are finding your voice, are finding your way, finding the need as you see it, based on your perspective as a mortal of the realm and coupling your perspective with the perspective that we have provided through the Teacher corps, your paths are being revealed and your work is unfolding before you. We are completely supportive of the work you undertake, as it is in accordance with your perception of the divine will for you and there is nothing can enhance your sense of meaningful existence more than following His will as you understand it. This is worthy of celebration. Let us add another dimension to earth day. While we celebrate the earth, let us also celebrate the efforts that go into the reclamation of this earth to be all that it can be, as well as you being all that you can be, fort his is indeed the plan of the ages, that life itself should be exalted and lifted up, to be its own representation of perfection as an extension of that in Paradise which is perfect, indeed, eternally.

Lest we be remiss in our duties, are there questions?

Elena: I have had the most satisfying meal of personalities that I have no further questions or . .. it’s been a banquet. It’s been just wonderful. Thank you.

ANATOLIA: Very well. Then to simply add to Esmeralda’s earlier question, cremation is a viable option.

Esmeralda: Thank you, Anatolia! I’m not quite ready yet. I’m just thrilled to know that I have a personal teacher. Well, I knew that somewhere I had one, but this is fantastic.

ANATOLIA: Yes, we are not finished with you yet. We are not finished with any of you and hopefully you will not be finished with us soon.

Group: Oh, no!

ANATOLIA: Let us go then and enjoy the rest of our time together in the conscious sense of our society. See you next time. Blessed be art thou, from all of us this sphere, to all of you in yours. Farewell

Group: Thank you and farewell. For today. Fabulous. What a party.

*****

DATE: April 25, 2004

LOCATION: Myra's Island, Rio Rancho, NM

TOPICS: Life’s Conundrums

Q&A: Contentious Co-Workers; Disappearing Pets

T/R’s: Gerdean and Matthew

MUSIC: Elena on Piano: "It’s A Wonderful World"

Matthew: Let us place ourselves in the presence of Jesus, the Christ.

"Master Teacher,

"We come to you today, happy to be here, and reinforced with "It’s a Wonderful World" because it is and it’s supposed to be that way, not burdened and inundated with negativity, but with what we can bring to it to make it a wonderful world, as it is already, and to be aware., We implore you to enable us where it is possible, where it is nevertheless our choice and our ability to perceive and act accordingly, but nevertheless, implore your assistance that we may not lose faith, that if we waiver, falter, stumble by carrying the cross of faith that has been presented to us (giftedly) that we are able to rise again and carry it to completion, to see our role in creation carried forth to completion in and through you, before our Heavenly Parents. This is the least we can ask yet the most we have to look forward to, in terms of faith being lived and fulfilled.

"We ask for the Teachers today who are with us to be kind in our failings to perhaps stay awake at times or otherwise ask their indulgence to know that humanity is willing but we are often weak. We place ourselves before you, before our God, in love and union now and always. Amen."

Group: Amen.

TOMAS: Lovely ones, I am Tomas, your teacher, embracing you in joy of our gathering together once more to reassure each other of the fellowship of God’s offspring, this family of faith that we enjoy, and the inspiration that is brought to the gathering by each of us in anticipation of sharing that which is of value to us all.

"The control group," then, this shall be. There is great value to maintaining an anchor of reality, of establishing a tether to that which has been, in order for you to rise like a helium filled balloon and see from those lofty heights what might be seen from that vantage point, knowing you have your roots firmly planted in the soil of that which is enduring and everlasting. Like the mountains, then, in your view here, let us stand firm in our resolve and steadfast in the original format.

The words I have for you today have to do with the fact of the wonderful life that you live and that we live. Recently I spoke to you about the apparent dichotomy of those who live entirely within the spirit world and those who live entirely within the material world, rarely experience such conflicts as those who have one foot in one world and the other foot in the adjacent world, as if you were straddled between two realities. Well, in the sense of today’s lesson, this is precisely what you all do. I will elaborate.

I will use the analogy of the personality of the human, so as to see, by using yourself as an example, how the conflict of living in two worlds can confuse your approach.

In your spirit reality, the prevailing reality that is for those who are born of the spirit, is to be had through the association with those spirit entities and values which are eternal, which allow you to regard yourself as a part of the divine, as part of the infinite pattern of all that is, and which anticipates your arrival on the shores of Paradise long before you have left your plane of origin. From the vantage point of the spiritualist you can put all things in perspective and transcend all of life’s difficulties by standing outside the mortal conundrum in full faith of your future being assured and your mind being at peace in all things. This is the bounty and the blessing of those of you who are born of the spirit. It is a viable reality, the preferred, no doubt.

There is, concurrently, the physical reality which is enjoyed by you as well, even more so perhaps by those of you who have been able to see it as the birthplace of your being and the provider of all the elements and essentials necessary to oversee your coming into full-fledged being as a material mortal of the realm. You have the atmosphere that enables you to breathe, the water that cleanses and purges your system -- as it does the entire planet life. You have the sun, which keeps you warm, generating the necessary temperature to sustain life. You have the vegetation and, additionally, the fowl and fish -- food of the realm. You have "the wonderful life" that you see before you in the unfolding of spring blossoms, in life abundantly springing forth evermore in joy of being. The music of the birds, the companionship of the animal kingdom, and the comfort of one another.

These two realities in and of themselves present no difficulty whatsoever. The difficulty resides in the realm, in between. In the mental arena, in the social arena that attempts to advance from one level of existence to the other … in the throat chakra, as compared to the heart chakra and the perception chakra. Here is the realm of choice, the arena wherein matter is presented for our consideration. It is where experience is exposed in order for you to learn life’s lessons, in order for you to rise from the essential levels of existence to the more advanced understandings of the evolving creature you are. Here you not only come in conflict with your own perceptions, as a result of your experiences, but you also conflict with the minds and ideals of others.

It is in this mid-range that humanity lives. This is the area where men and women use each other and push their weight around trying to get their needs met. It is in that middle realm where so often the reality of the clarity of spirit or the simplicity of the material life are cast aside as immaterial, insignificant. It is the drama and the clash of values in the mid-range that holds such challenge and has such fascination for the evolving mortal being - not only for the mortal being but for heavenly beings, as well, for as you know by now, there have been insurrections even in higher forms of creator consciousness, giving rise to rebellion in the universes, such as Lucifer versus Gabriel, and the effects of that conflict upon the realm in which you live.

Most folks live in this mid range of conflict, and only occasionally think to find themselves enrapt in the wonders of nature as a reflection of the divine, or in the presence of the divine itself, humbly appreciating its being and its immense power over all that is. You who have enjoyed the full range of reality -- from the most minute to the most infinite -- have a wonderful life, indeed, and will not become permanently mired in the psychodramas and conflicts of this mid-range. But lest you lose your effectiveness in that mid-range arena, when and as you work with and play with those who have not yet gotten your transcendental perspective, bring what you can of those realities into the emotions of the arena where you work and play by your own creative authority. Introduce those elements of the divine and of nature that man can relate to.

Bring those things that do not generate more conflict but which can give you a focal point on which to settle your disharmony for that moment or two, that allows you to enjoy, for example, the taste of a chocolate drop, a photograph of a new grandchild, a sprig of spring blossoms, a "God Bless You!" when you hear a sneeze, or a pause to reflect on your response before you shoot from the hip in a social conflict. In this way you will expand the lives and the consciousness of those you encounter, as well as contributing to their sense of value … true value, as Children of God.

Recently the words of Scott Peck were brought forth: "Life is difficult." And it caused a conflict of sorts, in that, from the vantage point of one degree or another, there is nothing difficult about life whatsoever. It is a gift, it is wonderful, it is not confusing, it is not complex. But for those who are in the throes of a dimension that does not provide the satisfactions that you know as a conscious being, there is nothing but difficulty. This is the challenge and the opportunity. This is the rub and the crux. This is the mission and this is the point.

Let us make life less difficult for everyone, including ourselves, by reminding ourselves incessantly of the inter-relatedness of all that is and the harmony that continues to lure us onward, ever upward into evolved states of light and life.

This is Tomas, the philosopher, concluding the sermonette for the afternoon with thorough thanks for your attendance and appreciation for the sponge that absorbs the living water therein.

Anatolia, we look forward to your contribution this afternoon.

ANATOLIA: Welcome, all, to the home of Myra, our friend and associate. We welcome you to our confines today as we have many times in the past, welcoming you to a new day and a new hour, for as we had said not long ago, all is new -- that the earth has not spun in this space as the galaxy continues to spin in place, in union with others; that the dance continues and all is continuously new, despite the scenery and the speed at which we may be traveling. We are making fine time and are on course for eternity-bound transport.

It is my pleasure to be among you today as both student and teacher in your realm. I am continuously amazed and impressed with the ability for humanity to adjust and to adapt, for as it has been said, the insects are among the most adaptable anywhere. I dispute this to the extent that I would put humanity up against the insect any day, for both bravery, resilience, and the ability to never be satisfied with just survival but to reach beyond the limit to become part of the eternal equation. For survival is one accomplishment which can be ranked on the scale of evolution; nevertheless, to become part of the eternal equation is to become godlike, as is your charge and our responsibility to be able to accomplish, in this, the presumed only life that we have to live.

I say "ours" individually and collectively, for we as teachers are no more privy to assurance of our place in the sun, so to speak, or eternity, than the students, nevertheless. The test for passage in this course may seem to be deadly serious, yet it is forever light in its intent and certainly light in its destination, for one need only to choose life, and therefore, it is light that one chooses. It is essentially that simple. Yet to grow in the process is what is being asked of each and all. But in the final analysis, it is choosing life and light that is the responsibility of each and all.

There are those who seem predestined, or have a predilection for choosing the darkness. This is their responsibility as well, to choose that which is life-giving and on-going. Where it is possible for any of us to assist one who would be choosing darkness and death of spirit as their destination? Where is it possible for us to know that and to guide one differently? It is something that most of us would be willing to do if we were aware of the consequences. Again, it is a serious matter, nevertheless, is light in its intent and purpose. For it is up to each and all to choose that which is light-giving and eternal.

I wish to assure you that by our purposes, and in joining in this organization that we call the Teaching Mission, we have chosen to assist you so that you may assist others as we continue along this path. For as you are well aware, it is a group project. No one is in this program purely based upon their own motivation, or if so, they will eventually discover that it is a group activity. Hence, the old statement of preaching to the choir. It is not preaching to the singer, but rather to the choir.

Let us, therefore, see the type of music we can make together by practicing individually and collectively the song that is sung throughout the universes and for all ages, the one that the angels have sung forever and is ours to learn in ages to come. It is, after all, the song of your hearts that do blend to become the song of the ages.

I rejoice with you in this day of days, as it is a reminder of new life everywhere, in this -- the last Sunday of April, this spring, in the year of our Lord 2004. Again, this place in time will never be realized again. Tomorrow is new and different like never before. Let each day be appreciated for what it is, a day to be new and unlike any day before. May this live and breathe in our hearts as we continue to be children of the spheres and our Father’s heart.

Peace be with you until we meet again. May the spring eternal within your beings.

Peace be with you.

Group: Thank you, Anatolia.

TOMAS: Amen, indeed.

We come now to our cherished chance to engage with you in learning and growing, from your own life experiences. This is the true test, the laboratory experiment, the living testimony of that which you are learning in and through your efforts with the Spirit. What constructs of your lives are presented for your growth, for your learning, that may give you pause, or question or inspiration that you would share with your fellows?

Gerdean: I have a question. I work with a lady at work, a woman, she sits right next to me, and I’m venturing this because of what Anatolia was talking about, so maybe Anatolia would like to take this, but at any rate, this woman seems to live in negativity. And she is not alone, I have known many people who are happy in that negative place and are not happy, in fact, until everyone else is negative with them, wherein they take great delight. I have no desire to go there, and it’s upsetting to me. I don’t seem to be able to get beyond or rise above the conflicts that woman presents for me.

Of course, I feel unsuccessful; but, nonetheless, I do rally. I have my own reality source, but I find her really disturbing, and I want to change jobs just to get away from her sometimes, but I also feel that I shouldn’t have to run from difficult personalities. I should be able to deal with that better. I’m looking for counsel from On High about this problem I have, Anatolia, can you take that?

ANATOLIA: It is my desire to share with you part of what I was speaking of in terms of if you were aware of there being someone who apparently is choosing darkness instead of light, to shed that light with them instead of letting them stay in the darkness. It is somewhat a twofold program. I’ll add three points to the ledger.

And that is to, first of all, not to allow yourself to be taken down to that level of hopelessness, for one who does not feel hope, must, from their vantage point, bring others to that point of hopelessness in order for there to be equilibrium within him or herself and to, therefore, not let light in where they are uncomfortable or uncertain, therefore, it is of greater comfort to remain in ignorance than to allow the light to shine on such absence of love and knowledge.

I implore you, then, to aid the situation by not necessarily forcing yourself to be an object of ridicule and self-sacrifice, but rather to call upon the forces and sources, that you know are true within yourself, to be activated within her that she may see the light from her own internal sources of brilliance; therefore not to have to subject yourself to group mistrust or ridicule by presenting opportunities that may be lessons in learning but would be resisted due to, again, ignorance.

What it is I am speaking of is to call upon the Force within you to be present within her heart and mind, as you are well aware, the god force need not be called upon to be strengthened, for it to be activated within her for it is truly as active within her as it is within you, but by being a free will choice individual, she must choose to become open to that which is a matter of truth and light within. Effectively you are then aiding and praying for her self- awareness to be brought to light, for her own acceptance of that which she wishes to keep the light from, that she may know she is part of an eternal plan which is only love. Is this helpful to your purposes?

Gerdean: Well, yes. I am praying for her and I will persist. I’m not going to dazzle her with anything. I’m going to be as unobtrusive and out of her face as possible, but when I do have dealings with her, they will be … fresh and fraternal as I can be.

ANATOLIA: I am only suggesting a technique. The principle is certainly there. When it appears the conversation, mood and overall general attitude seems to be going south, as it were, use your own terminology, of course, but an example would be to - within your own heart and mind - call upon the holy spirit to enliven, refresh and redirect the attention and awareness for which purposes the spirit calls and watch to see how those conditions, circumstances may be effective. All you have to do is invite that which is to prevail and let light dispel the darkness.

I believe you certainly understand what I am thinking of. It doesn’t have to be anything ultimately profound but simply to speak the truth that you know within yourself that can allow the rays of light to shine where they are attempted to be kept at bay. Is there anything else?

Gerdean: No, thank you. It’s just a continuing saga.

ANATOLIA: Pray and watch change before your eyes. This may reinforce your faith, as well, that change can occur despite such surroundings. May peace be with you.

Gerdean: Thank you.

TOMAS: This is Tomas. It is not within my purview to know these things immediately. I need to go investigate such activities in order to get a better handle on it. These fall within the purview of Our Mother. As you know, no sparrow falls without her knowledge, and while Mother knows, she may opt not to tell us. Even so, I will inquire. One moment.

Alas, the picture I receive is none too pleasant. It even similarly reflects the previous concern, having to do with the mindset that chooses darkness over light. There are those whose sheer joy is in destruction. There are those who torment the vulnerable. This, of course, is what makes life difficult. Especially when you are the victim of such terrorism. The illness is unnatural. It is a disease. And so you are personally being affected by the disease of the darkness. The only comfort you could find in such a case is to know that the end is swift and sure. The unmerciful aspect of such cruelty is that it is drawn out. "If it were done, let it be done quickly," and mercifully (all things being relative).

I would not get any more pets for awhile until this cycle has completed. When it is completed, it will have nothing to feed upon but itself. This also relates to the first scenario discussed. Evil will die of natural causes when it has nothing to feed on. If it will not find its power and energy from the ultimate source, it will not be able to sustain itself for long. Thus, let evil be its own end. And when the way is clear, renew your resolve with good cheer and in good faith of the ultimate triumph of good over evil.

I have not necessarily brought cheerful news but it is valuable, nonetheless.

Maria: My last cat vomited meat, so I suspect the other cat had been poisoned. I imagine now at this point I may keep my last cat inside until this stops. I also saved the vomit and am considering calling the police and taking the vomit to the vet and having it analyzed.

TOMAS: A laboratory should be able to discern the elements and prosecution is not outside the bounds of reason, but if you take on such a task, you are engaging in battle with evil, which is a battle you may not want to indulge.

Maria: Would a better course of action be to speak with my neighbors who are cat owners?

TOMAS: Consultation with those who also may have been affected by this scourge is good, for it comrades you and as a group you have more affect. However, it may not be a problem for your neighbor. It never hurts to open doors of communication, however. And in the course of unveiling the darkness, in bringing light on the issue, in setting aright the wrongs of the material realm, it is always good to confer openly, for this creates the group consciousness, the "choir," the multitude that can oversee the truth and the light as the darkness fades away – consumed by itself.

Yes, speak to your neighbors. Not to rise up against they whom you suspect, but to align yourself with those who empathize with the stance of those who reject this recreation as inappropriate for civilized man. It is the same blood-thirsty, yet culturally condoned activity such as cock-fighting or pitting dogs, one against the other. It is simply barbarism in another form, unworthy of human beings with the ability to reason and assign sensitivity to that over which they have dominion.

There are those that feel that this disease is the same one connected to spousal abuse and domestic violence, thus it is a real concern to those who delve into these issues in hope of ridding the world of those who are predators or who gain their sense of empowerment by abusing weaker and lesser creatures. This is the state of evolution your world is in and it is good that you are able to acknowledge/look at the facts of the mortal existence, even these which are less than sublime, for whether you deal with them in fact or not, at least you are able to devote prayerful attention to them, and that is contributory to the solution in itself.

Yes, I see we have filled our quota for the day, and I will thus sign off for the Teacher Corp, but glad I am to have been here, and happy we are to have met with you once again, to feel your love and yearning to embrace the greater reality with even more intensity, now having a greater appreciation for the range of reality that realizes itself in you when you open yourself to the reality that is.

We look forward to our adventure throughout the week in the army that we are, and look forward to our gathering next week, to hear from a visitor, a promise and a surprise. Farewell.

Group: Thank you, Tomas.

*****

DATE: May 2, 2004

LOCATION: The Domicile of Elena & Matthew

TEACHERS: PAULO, ARCHANGEL MICHAEL & DANI

TOPICS: Rebelling Against the Status Quo

Gathering Strength in Numbers

Prayer for an Effective Alliance

T/R’s: Gerdean and Matthew

MUSIC: Elena on Piano: An "Andante Cantabule" by Mozart

Matthew: Let us place ourselves in the presence of Jesus, the Christ.

"Master Teacher,

"We come to you today with eagerness for resolution to many of the difficulties that exist, an urgency for society to be healed, and a need and desire for security within our midst – but I imagine the same thing could have been said by those who were around you at the time of your presence, and before that, and times in between, where our only security is in the belief that we are part of All That Is and we will transcend that which is currently antithetical to what you are and what we are, but it is ours to help transform, to teach and become part of what is whole and unifying. We renew our faith in you as a result, to be able to do that. That is the source and you are the source of true strength and real healing, so we renew ourselves in you today as we do every day, to be aware and to be willing to take a stand for that which needs to be spoken to and defended.

"We ask for the Teachers that you will present today, as part of your mission of our growth and onward expansion, to be able to invite them to be with us for our edification and our continued growth and faith. We thank you for this Teaching Mission and for the opportunity to grow with you in love, knowledge and trust.

"For all of the concerns within our hearts that you are aware of, the special intentions that need to be addressed, we place before you now. And for eternal gratitude, we remain true to you. Amen."

PAULO: Rally round the flag, boys and girls. This is your old friend Paulo, coming to visit for a short while. I am on hiatus from my duties and am happy to be here in your midst, observing your good cheer and chatter in keeping with May Day and this time of year in your world, which will have the children frolicking around the Maypole of divinity, larking and enjoying their childlike qualities, even while we also acknowledge your celebration of Unlaw day on May 1^st, and that is why I am here, to once again acknowledge the merits of your own rebellious natures.

I speak to you today about my favorite topic – that of rebellion – not to get you to rebel against God, of course not, but to encourage you to fear not the urge to rebel against that which is inimical to the divine will. That is, to the extent that you have a comprehension of what the divine will IS. This, in fact, is the subject of many a debate -- in your world, in particular, but in ours as well.

I have spent days now in the trenches of the conflict in the Middle East and have sat in on many of the conferences, both formal and informal, wherein the on-going rebellion against the status quo is distressing citizens worldwide. While on one hand we have this seemingly senseless slaughter of human lives, we have also the consistency and constancy of renewal of life, which makes such conflicts seem so far away and removed from that which is real in those of your lives which are serene and sublime in faith and confidence of tomorrow.

The dichotomy itself is a fascinating spectrum of drama, which is unable to be revealed on those worlds that are more docile and more advanced. Thus the raw nature of your planetary civilization gives rise to unique paradigms of relative reality that cannot be denied or ignored in one way or the other, from the far left to the far right of the pendulum swing. There is an element in you that loves this dichotomy – that part of you which is born in the chaos of Urantia – this planet which has been in isolation for so long. And, without the walking meditation of the rest of the universe that would allow you to get into the stride of the comfortable, advancing order and peace of evolution, you are still enamored of the cyclonic behavior that arises … much like children prefer going to Disneyland rather than the local park.

The park may be more convenient and more conducive to reflection and the artistry of leisure, but the pizzazz and drama of the rides and the chaos of the crowd are irresistible to children, and this is what you are still, is children -- children suffering from a lack of guidance, so you’ve discovered ways to deal with this lack … not necessarily effectively, but dealing with it nonetheless. Let’s take a look at some of the things that you are seeing that are representative of this tendency in you to rebel against the status quo.

What choice did your president have in the face of his role as leader of your country but to retaliate and rebel against the theory of turning the cheek, when your country was punched in the nose by those who call you the infidel? This is classic behavior for immature people. Your challenge is not so much to agree with him or disagree with him as advancing citizens of the universe, but to withdraw your focus of passionate attention from the ring wherein these prize-fighters are "duke-ing it out" and invest your interests in something more becoming to the world you seek to create.

We only have here a more dramatic representation of reality which was prevalent 10 years ago, or five years ago. This is simply a more overt manifestation of the degree of revelation of truth beauty and goodness on your world. I am going to encourage you to take advantage of the fact of your own sense of rebellion and fear not the desire to rise up against that which is oppressive. I am not encouraging you to punch someone in the nose, no, or to defy civility, but to muster up within yourself the courage of your convictions that would allow you to speak out in the name of that which you uphold as right, good, worthy, just and true as vigorously and steadfastly as those who choose to strike out to destroy that which defies the reality they would have prevail.

You can rebel against what is without being violent. Indeed, the seed rebels against the weight of the dark earth pressing upon it. It forces its way up out of the earth into the sun. There are, of course, those who say, "no, they don’t force their way up, it’s a natural act". Yes, so is giving birth to a child a natural act, but in the process it seems as if the child must force its way out of the womb, coming into the earth bellowing and crying, making a ruckus in order for the new life to find itself at home in the universe.

This is my way of encouraging you to not be cowed by the drama of the pending war effort, but to consecrate yourself to the battle of the faith child, the war within yourself that becomes embroiled in a local skirmish and misses the perspective of the outsider who dances around the maypole in joy of living, in childlike delight at being, even though there are unhappy and unfortunate things transpiring all around them.

This lesson pertains not only to the current political situation, it also reflects on the sociological realities of such a life on such a planet, for there is corruption and criminality ongoing all the time. This is the natural way that humans evolve, in the main. Your "cross to bear" is your awareness of life on the other side of the veil, and by comparison, the difference between the light and the darkness is enough to cause you to despair or to become overburdened by the facts of the mortal reality.

When you have yourself anchored in the greater reality, you are better able to act appropriately on the conditions at large. It is true that from your higher perspective you can literally transcend the problems overseas or in the barrio, you can say, "I don’t relate to it. It has nothing to do with me. I have work to do or fish to fry otherwise" and you are within your rights to go that way, to "do your thing". This itself is a form of rebellion. It is saying, "I don’t want to be bothered with it. There is nothing I can do about it. I’ll do what I can where I can."

There is also the perspective that allows you to disassociate from the problems of the world sufficient to see what you might do that is possibly effective, or that will make you feel better as having contributed to the growth of that which is in development, to replace that which is in decay.

There is a great deal of work involved in transition. This is one of the reasons we got started with you early on, and the dozen years or so of learning you have had offers a solid source of solace and understanding, such that you can go about your lives without becoming overly caught up in the current political drama, but rather, can do something affirmative for the world that will emerge from this chaos and conflict.

You know this because you have seen it happen before. You have the perspective that is necessary. I am saying don’t feel helpless, but muster up your courage. As they say, "gird up the loins of your mind" and put it to good use, all the while remembering your personal identification with that which is perpetual and eternal and not so much with that which is fleeting and transitory. When you seek to rebel against the status quo, if and when the status quo is harming you or stifling the spiritual freedom of others, you will be afforded the opportunity to see the associates of the invisible realm assisting in war and in peace. God does not avoid these difficult zones. You need not avoid them either. But you must count the cost and determine if you have the constitution, the stamina, the drive, the motivation, the yearning to serve in these capacities and once you have made your choice, forge ahead without falling back on your well-known standard of behavior.

It is said that difficult times call for strong measures. This is something Jesus knew and experienced when he was here as well. When you live a vital life, wherever there is injustice or oppression, you will become mindful of it. It is built within your constitution to be made aware of that which stands in the way of the divine will. While there are those who interpret the scriptures literally, the sword may be words and attitudes rather than weapons of destruction. Words being as capable of changing an existing paradigm, perhaps even more effectively, if those involved are of sufficient intelligence to value "the Word". There is value to rebellion in such a world as this, but I am the first to agree that the methods of rebellion are the meat of the matter.

This is my message today. Perhaps in review you will find strength in it. Those of you who feel led to do something to help invite the resolution or the insurrection or the somehow-possible-alternative, those of you who are called to act and yet have no clue as to how to go about rising up against what is, in order to bring about what can be, are those to whom I am directing my message, and I am inviting you to rebel against the powers that be and take your instructions from the Powers On High who will help you see your path, help you soldiers of the circles to reflect your values into your material realm as you do into your spiritual realm, thus living a full and thorough reality for yourself and in service to your fellows, all of which are ultimately for the glory of God. Carry on then, comrades. I’ll catch you later.

Group: Thank you, Paulo.

Thoroah: Well, carry on!

Gerdean: Tomas isn’t hosting so we’re up for grabs.

Matthew: I’ll put the scanner on. (Pause) Okay. I think I have Archangel Michael, who I have talked to in times past.

ARCHANGEL MICHAEL: Good afternoon, friends and comrades in arms. I wish not to delight or encourage the carrying of arms; nevertheless, in a sense of camaraderie that we believe and feel in a world that is full of indiscriminate passions of one form or another, that feels like and leads to chaos, and irrational pursuits and behaviors, one tends to feel as though all is vanishing before their eyes, and that perhaps the last semblance of rationality has eluded the planet.

I assure you that many troubled times have elapsed, both here and throughout the grand universe, and that despite such difficulty, life goes on, progress in the larger sense continues, and love prevails. Despite the most dire picture I could present, even in such dire examples, one needs to embrace [the truth] that life will prevail and that all will eventually right itself. However, this does not help in the why and wherefore of you in your world as it is, for it does call upon many to join forces to be part of a larger picture that can support the undergirding of your belief system, both temporal and spiritual.

What I am alluding to is that you are encouraged to accept that forces are at work that radicalize your world as you have known it, and that will require the organizing of your selves to a belief system that can support your wider and basic beliefs. I am encouraging support among yourselves and others that you will be able to enlist and support one another in those beliefs that you hold dear. What I am alluding to is essentially a resistance movement, if you will, that may be able to harbor the beliefs that you engender as true libertarians of the flame of life. This is something that I invite you to consider as part of your active daily lives, to be in support of one another and what it may mean to undertake this type of resistance and support.

This may appear to be strange, coming from one of my activities, nevertheless, as you have been informed, I and others have faced troubled times in which we were often uncertain of our outcomes, for nothing was guaranteed, no assurance that we would prevail. However, in virtual pursuit of that which is true, right and good, one can never dispel their conviction that truth, light and goodness will prevail. How could you go into "battle" per se with uncertainty and insecurity in your heart and mind for what you are even on the battlefield for, if you felt that it was defeatable or indefensible?

So whether you form a coalition of resistance or you simply abide by eternal truths that support your way of believing and acting, I encourage you to know what it is you believe in and what it is you are willing to create a counter-resistance to uphold. This I invite you to consider above all else, that if you were to undertake such an effort, at least consider why it may be necessary for you to take such radical action. Why would I even be suggesting such activity if it were not something considering! Troubled times lead to drastic measures. All of this talk is not to invite that the sky is falling; however, unaided, you are in trouble in your life as you know it. There are difficult times ahead -- unaided and unbridled.

This is my request of you — to place what you feel to be truly worth living for and consequently what can be defended in your life in this world. It would be much easier if you were allowed to exit stage left and to avoid the conflict. Simply go off into your world of peace and tranquillity. However, when others may not consider this option, or have such an option available, who is to speak for them? Who will defend their right to be? I encourage you with open hearts and minds to join with others in one form or another to resist that which is beyond your realm of righteousness and truth.

I leave you with the hopeful note that peace will prevail when the hearts and minds of humanity are willing to accept that instead of its alternative, when peace is forced into reality after all else is removed from the motivations of one’s heart. I leave you in the aspiration of peace and righteousness in your own and group lives. This is all that I have today, but wish to reinforce that I live and you live; therefore we are testaments to what is and God will prevail over us all. Let us preside over those truths which we know today and can attest to for tomorrow. Peace be with you.

Group: Thank you.

Gerdean: I’m winging it, but I figure if we have a question, somebody will show up.

Esmeralda: I think this is a very provocative lesson. It’s certainly been on everybody’s mind at some point.

Gerdean: We’ve been students of the concept of turning the other cheek but both of our visitors today said, "Naw, I don’t think so." There’s a time to stand up for it and rebel.

Renault: Action is what they are calling for.

Thoroah: Well, in the resistance thing, the flow is going like this, and resisting that is not necessarily punching somebody out but resisting that flow.

Myra: t could be in voting. It could also be beyond political voting. A lot of times they ask us to go into ourselves, into the fight the demons within ourselves.

Esmeralda: And we all have our fair share of those!

Elena: Or in our own environment. Our working environment.

Esmeralda: But I think it was political, too.

Renault: Larger world out there.

Thoroah: When you have to mix it with everyday life, that’s what politics will do. Wherever you work, there’s politics within that structure, so it’s political from there. Like maybe there’s something going on at work and it isn’t right. Maybe it’s a worker’s rights issue or something like that, somebody could resist what’s being there in saying, "That’s not right. We need to do something different." That’s real political, in an office situation.

Myra: I’d like to ask a question. How are personal disconnections or environmental disconnections tied into a political climate? Is there a connection between all three of those? Whoever wants to answer that!

ARCHANGEL MICHAEL: The question you ask is large in its pursuit, but essentially answerable at each level, for disharmony is key to the world’s ills, both personal and collective. Disharmony comes essentially from disbelief – disbelief in what is true and what has been purported or reported to be true, often which are disconnected or distortions of ultimate truth. So it’s a house of mirrors, so to speak, in terms of personal, group and raised consciousness, so to speak. This could lead one to ultimate and total despair, which is, of course, a course prescribed only for the leery.

I speak of disharmony as something that needs to be dealt with. The way to deal with dis-harmonizing factors is to place them before the test of light, that if disharmony can prove to be stronger than the light, then you are dealing with the forces of evil. I wish not to totally alarm you with my response. I am essentially saying that disharmony has to be placed in light and tested with truth so that when one doubts, or fears, or has resentment, which can take on any form of disharmony – essentially we are discussing sin, which is lack of love prevailing within, as has countless demonstrations without, of what is disharmonious.

One needs to seek within themselves what is truth, what is eternal, and what one wishes to serve, for you have the opportunity every moment of the day, as to whether one wishes to serve higher truth or self-seeking gratification. You can find countless examples of this. Even down to the ethical consideration of whether to eradicate dandelions from one’s lawn or to allow them to be there. What is the truth, what is the disharmonious consideration to be considered? Is this helping at all?

Elena: No, it just adds to my consternation about fertilizer.

Renault: Leave the dandelions.

Elena: Oh, no! I’m killing dandelions.

ARCHANGEL MICHAEL: The example, nonetheless, is there as an exaggeration perhaps of ethical considerations, which must be considered. There are in nearly every occasion, gradations of higher good. What does an action serve in terms of a higher good? Does one allow evil to run rampant and to stand in silence allowing it to overtake when one could have done something to prevent its expansion? It is relatively simple to give the illustration of how one deals with disharmony in one’s life. That is what I had wanted to present as a working unit of how to build ethical constructs. Does this address your question at all, Myra?

Myra: Yes, it does, because I think that I heard you say that I need to identify the disharmony and put it out in the open, that you do not keep it to yourself, whether it’s personal or environmental or national. If you have a point of view, you do put it out in the open, which may be a form of resistance, or not going with the flow, that you are saying – publicly – that there’s more than one way to deal with the situation. It’s what I’m gathering from what you said. Am I close, Michael?

MICHAEL: That is an extrapolation from what I have presented, and certainly that is as valid as any other, for my raw lesson, relative to the question, is to present the working elements. If we were talking about sugar, for example, I would give you the chemical formula to be able to work with sugar in one form or another, in t his case I am giving you the formula of disharmony, as a basis for what is a cause of personal or group dysfunction and chaos as you know it -- so yes, to present any disharmony within yourself to the light of truth, allowing that evaluation process to determine what of that disharmony is based in truth and what is not.

If this were done more regularly, it would be a world full of more truth than not. In other words, as your question seemed to imply, if your employer suggests that you do something that places children at risk, it would be incumbent upon you in not feeling easy with not acquiescing with such a demand to say, "Isn’t the well being of the children what we are here to uphold? And your possible policy is in direct conflict with that." To address such a concern out of the truth belief is what is incumbent upon all to do. Building upon that, one can see where they may be forced to consider other possibilities or alternatives to that which is presented otherwise. Anything else?

Myra: Thank you.

Renault: It seems it’s a matter of also helping to change people’s beliefs. They’ve been believing the wrong way, kind of thing. Simply opening your eyes, suggesting alternative ideas or something to help change things through seeing it different ways.

Gerdean: From an alcoholic’s perspective, prompted from all those "dis" words Archangel Michael was using: "disharmony" and all. They say that the disease of alcoholism comes from dis-ease, and being ill at ease in the existing paradigm to the extent that the alcohol or, to carry that theme more broadly, whatever it is that takes the onus off whatever it is that is causing the feeling of ill at ease, whether that is killing off all the dandelions so that you are not the only house in the neighborhood that has dandelions, therefore being looked down upon and askance at, so if you kill the dandelions you are in accordance with the status quo and you lose that dis-ease with the neighborhood but you have, instead, the dis-ease of knowing that you are poisoning the earth. So when it all comes out and we ascertain what values really matter, like you were saying, we all have belief systems, and when the belief system is overriding but it’s not necessarily what you feel at ease with, you end up living a lie, and I think this is what both of the teachers today are saying: rather than live the lie, because that’s what everybody else is doing, find it within yourself--

Renault: The courage.

Gerdean: … the courage to find a way to get outside of that paradigm and live in it and perhaps even be able to find ways of carrying your perspective into the existing reality through shedding light on the subject, so I guess the message may be today one of education. If we education what is, rather than what we would all like to see, those things that make us uncomfortable may be more real than putting polish on things and pretending it doesn’t exist.

Renault: And also by saying it, you give other people courage to come out and agree with you or to say their hidden truths and beliefs, you know, just knowing that somebody else is in the same ballpark, a lot of times it’s very helpful.

Gerdean: And that’s probably where the group – the stress on the group, because if you have other people who feel or think like you do, then you have the courage because your group is behind you. You have-- You’re not alone with your concept.

Elena: I think it’s important the way you do things. I work in an area where it is practically prohibitive to speak anything against something, so in thinking about how one goes against that, I think it’s kind of important because it’s comparable to the – I mean, you have to be heard. Just saying something and it’s being ignored, it’s important that you are heard, and that you pick a place and a way that you will be heard. Because simply shouting and spitting in the ocean, I guess that has a value to yourself, but I don’t think that that—I think it is important for you to pick the way that you express yourself.

Gerdean: Yes.

Renault: Because you don’t want to alienate—

Elena: That’s right! You get it to where, oh, yeah, that’s only Elena talking, you know, just ignore her.

Gerdean: Or set yourself up for persecution.

Elena: Yeah! And that doesn’t help any.

Renault: Maybe approaching it with a functionality --. Does it work or does it not work. If something isn’t working properly, then let’s figure out a better way to make it work, rather than ‘dissing’ it.

Maria: Taking an adversarial stance to begin with is pretty much always going to be counter-productive. When I was in a hypno-birthing class, they were telling us how to defend against the medical practices that you don’t want, at the same time to not alienate the personnel that you are hiring to help you. So, say, for the father to go to the nurse and first, right off, just say, "Please will you help me," and then start to list the help with the nurse to get certain conditions met. Start off with conditions that they don’t really care one way or the other about and once you get them on your side, get them working with you, then you can start bringing up the more difficult requests. And then certain things kind of slip in, as if it’s not an option. Like, "Oh, you don’t have to worry about this, because we already did this" even though you know they wanted to do something else altogether, so try to put yourself in the position of befriending those who you need to make demands of, in stead of coming right out and saying, "You know what? We are not going to put up with this. We are not going to put up with that. We are not."

Gerdean: This reminds me of Jesus’ personality, which was so charming. He could get people to do what he wanted or think the way he wanted them to think because he was so charming. The tact and tolerance lesson comes in there as support for what you’re saying. Rather than be antagonistic, have the tact and tolerance to graciously elicit their support and bring them another perspective on reality that can help break down their rigid belief system.

Maria: Also bring gifts before, instead of after. Normally, the nurse gets a bouquet of flowers the next day or next week. Bring the bouquet of flowers with you.

Gerdean: Yeah.

Elena: One of the things I heard in today’s lesson was action, of actually doing something. I’m looking that way. For instance, Matthew, tomorrow night, is going to go to that voter registration thing. Mother and I are going to go help in that, I think it’s next Saturday, and positive ways of actually putting ACTION literally into it. I’m talking about the political national sense HERE -- of DOING something. And Voter Registration, I think, is a good thing. I mean, again, -- we had some people over at our house yesterday (paraphrased) she was a dove and he was a hawk and the hawk is going to be my new boss. The way I approached that was, I said, I said, "One thing about this coming election, it is going to get people away from being so apathetic. I think this election will have that positive reaction, that people will actually get out and DO something about what they believe in. I hae never contributed to a party in my life, but this year I sure have. I didn’t say which party! (Group laughter)

Myra: But the other situation is that that decision regarding voting, you’ve got to make sure that the news you’re getting is accurate. And that’s getting harder and harder to do because {inaudible} enjoy tampering with that little {inaudible}.

Renault: Although it’s getting easier and easier with international news broadcasts. We now have BBC in the morning, and it’s not just American media anymore. We have – satellite TV can pick up Al-Gazarro and you’ll be right there. You can watch Arabian news; you can watch the other side for what’s happening, all around the world. And e-mail.

Matthew: That’s what I learned yesterday. I went to that conference that Amy Goodman put on, which was excellent. This was very much on target, and she mentioned CNN has the sanitized version and then CNNI (CNN International) is No Holds Barred. It’s what the rest of the world sees. Why we don’t see it is probably obvious, but it’s apparently available but I’ve never sought that out. It’s high time we do. Because I have been somewhat content with CNN lately, because at least it’s more than just the regular …

Renault: 6:00 news.

Matthew: Yeah. But I certain believe it’s sanitized.

Gerdean: I like NPR, myself. KUNM is my channel.

Matthew: Oh, absolutely.

Gerdean: Well, now that we’ve got our – isn’t it wonderful that this group is of like mind, at least. Can you imagine the dissention among the ranks that we would be having if we had avid hawks in our midst? And there are TeaM groups that are hawkish, that do have enthusiasm for the … [Group discussion at large] Well, perhaps before we disintegrate, we probably ought to end this meeting on a formal note. I’m going to find someone who can pray us out of here.

DANI: Father God and Mother Spirit, I am glad to be your child and glad to know these mortal kin who have so much to offer the world on which we live, who have such greatness of ideals and hunger to know more about how to live your will on our sphere. Help me help them in their efforts to instill a presentation of your design into the pattern of life we share, so as to bring about the greatest amount of joy and effective good will in our desire to do something on your behalf. It has long been my prayer that enlightened mortals become available, with whom I can work, to further the cause of peace on earth toward men of good will. Thank you, Father, for these associates, and for the potential inherent in our community. We pray these things in confidence of the support and assistance of your entire universe through the Master Son who has all our best interests at heart. Amen.

Group: Amen!

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LOCATION: Mother’s House

TOPICS: The Handmaidens of the Lord

Q&A: Personal Counsel for Each Student

T/R’s: Gerdean and Matthew

MUSIC: "It Is Well With My Soul"

PRAYER:

Matthew: Let us place ourselves in the presence of Jesus, the Christ.

"Master Teacher,

"We come to you today with gladness and appreciation in our hearts for it being a day to celebrate motherhood, and for all who are and all who have a mother, we are truly grateful for we experience part of the god force through motherhood and from our mothers in particular. For this You help make men possible, for the female was the preeminent model for which all else flows. For that we are grateful.

"And for those who are here, and not here yet, and everyone who is, that we may find a way to establish peace with in our hearts and minds, so that it may established throughout all of creation, primarily on this planet that we currently inhabit, that we may find a way to end aggression and allow peace to finally reign. With You, it finally will.

"For that and all else you know to be alive and well within our hearts, and what needs healing, we place before You now and forever, in appreciation, we remain true. Amen."

NEBADONIA: My children, this is Nebadonia, your Mother, the Divine Minister.

Group: Thank you. Welcome. Happy Mother’s Day!

NEBADONIA: I bow to your acknowledgement of me and bestow my acknowledgment as well on you, those of you who minister as my daughters and our sons. This is indeed an auspicious occasion, throughout the realm, that is in appreciation of the feminine attributes and "the handmaiden of the Lord." The ministry of the nations are in our domain and all the cares and concerns therein. We tend to the field, to the flocks, and to the animals, as well as our mates and children, making certain that the cradle rocks and comfort is given, counsel is bestowed, praise is forthcoming, and generations upon generations rise again to give continued and greater advances in courage and commitment to the Father of us all.

Welcome home. Welcome home all of you, my beloved children, to the loving arms of our universe, where good things happen and joy reigns supreme. We enjoy your efforts in accessing the many ministering spirits, hosts of space, personalities throughout the galaxy that eagerly attend you and await your acknowledgement of their gifts and counsel. In this spirit of Family, sharing of the Father’s riches and the feast that sits upon His table, I relinquish you to your exercises and festivities. Farewell.

Group: Thank you.

TOMAS: And Tomas, a servant of Our Mother, takes the podium for hosting your gathering. Today our priceless configuration, gathering under the wing of the Mother hen, her chicks once more. Perhaps in the fashion of the format we have evolving before us, this being the week designated as the opportunity to all learn to practice this art, craft, skill, technique of transmitting/receiving, I will call upon Anatolia to align your energies in a meditative state so that your circuits can avail themselves most readily to the prompts that will ensue when and as you are amenable to hearing and responding to their touch.

We will be sensitive today to the opportunities inherent in this kind of sharing. Thus, if and when any of you feel the urge to voice that which appears in your mind as a transmission from the otherness that is in the universe, it is our duty and pleasure to pause for your contribution, and such is the Way. Anatolia, would you proceed?

ANATOLIA: Welcome all to another installment of our proceedings within. It is my pleasure to bring relaxation and reverence to your inner world, for this is where you will meet spirit and where spirit lives. It is with great ponderance of the sacred that I bring you this inner life opportunity. For those of you who are well familiar with the inner life, I encourage you to walk with us so that we may join together in this journey called spirit.

For your benefit and for that of all that you encounter, I am eager to have you relax and, in whatever posture you are sitting, to just let yourself breathe deeply. Breathe in, and exhale any tension, stress or discomfort. Know that by such a release of tension, energy or confusion, you are creating an opportunity for light and energy of the positive nature to replace that that has been exhaled.

I now urge you to picture yourself from the top of your head to the bottom of your feet, melting, like the Witch on the Wizard of Oz. Picture yourself relaxing to the extent that you are simply caving in on yourself, slowly and certainly, to where you are just a mass of energy being held in abeyance, hovering just above a flat surface, so that you are not totally absorbed into the surface but you have nevertheless collapsed into one source of energy, hovering. Allow this to happen as I have suggested. [Period of Stillness.]

In this meltdown, or concentration of energy, you will find yourself alive and well and full of grace and reverence for the life that is within, for the life that you are, -- that need not have a body to know its worth and its place in creation, for this is the gift of Life – that which is and can see beyond what a body defines as life, for this is the living essence of your existence, as well as those around you and those well beyond your sight but not beyond your care or perception.

In this ball of energy, imagine yourself in a place that will give you energy and reassurance and vitality for returning to your physical form, aware of your energy source and can reunite with your body to revitalize in this manner. Whether it be an open meadow full of blowing wheat on a sunshiny day, where you feel the warmth of the sun on your being yet a gentle breeze that adds pleasure to the warmth, or whether it be a mountaintop overlooking a valley below, with all shades of green, gray, black, brown with life surround, with soaring birds and cattle and other wildlife below, wherever you choose, know that this is the form that life takes.

But life is not simply form. It is all that enables it to be. It is beyond this realm that you wish to find grace, strength, and refreshment for your soul. When you feel the need (and I suggest when you know that you are in need), practice exercises such as this, that will enable you to realize where your source of energy lies. It is within. It is within the energy field that gives you life and breath and the ability to act. Where this essence comes from is your connection to the eternal, to our Heavenly Parent, to the one Source and Center of all that is.

We could create an interlocking necklace, a rosary if you will, of interconnecting beads of every individual that ever was or ever will be, and imagine what a ball of energy that would create, for that is surely what it is. It is only that some parts of this amalgam of energy of creation does not know it is part of the whole but is off in various locations quarreling, quibbling, and creating havoc within themselves and others. Pray for those to rejoin you in the collective, as this is surely the destination of all that is, to rejoin the whole where peace, tranquillity and triumph truly reign.

I leave you for a time in your resting-place within until such time as Tomas would recall you to studious acquaintance with yourselves and others. I wish you a pleasant and refreshing time within and a wonderful Mother’s Day. Peace be with you.

TOMAS: Behold the voice of the bird in song. Each of you little birds has a song as well. If you in faith allow your voice to rise in the natural song of your soul, you will find yourself singing. This is the essence of the transmitter/receiver – to sing the song of eternity, to play upon the harmony of the universe, to recognize the notes and the chords that rise and fall in the symphony of life. Each note and each personality echo the song of Paradise that sings to us all the siren call to return to our Source, in song and in joy of being. Let me help you.

Renault, have you knowledge of your spirit guides? Do you recognize their presence with you? Do you know your personal teachers? Have you seen and felt the influence of your guardian seraphim? Have you had occasion to be amused by the machinations of the midwayers? And can you recognize that you are among many in your ethereal reality? Do you know that you are not alone?

Elena, do you feel the urge to allow your voice to rise up, to bubble up from the depths of your being, to fall as living water from the font of your mouth to refresh your environment, to cool the heat of confusion, to wash the dust of experience, to baptize the world with the Word. Do you have within you the courage to feel the effort that lays upon your lips, willing you to leap into a dimension of faith, which you have in your mind, which you know in your heart, which you have yet to express, by this method? Make it clear, I am told, that we are well aware of your music expressions, and that they indeed do serve as your song. But there are other means of expression that will provide you infinite comfort and reflection, as well as catering to the needs of those whose souls you serve.

Myra, my fellow teacher, have you within you the yearning to extend into the consciousness of those who come to you for constancy and substance of a nature which, while understood as pertinent to this material existence, will sustain them also into those depths of perception which also will teach and nurture their forever aspects -- the double entendre of the Teacher Divine which speaks to the mortal mind as well as the soul? You who have embraced the art of teaching as a career have a sense of ability to teach beyond the apparent, beyond the recognized paradigm of the material realm.

Through your conscious consecration of your own spirit, you will learn to teach the souls of your students even as they are gathering together the information they need to function in the material worlds. Augment their lessons by enlarging their minds such that they are able to become superconscious through the seeds you plant in your teaching efforts. These potentials of greatness lie within you to pass on from our Master Teacher, through you, to his many children in your charge. Be all that you can be, dear Myra.

Esmeralda, glittering jewel of a woman, bent on preparing a table of greatness for all her children. Open your doors now to your celestial children. Invite them into your consciousness and allow them to feel at home within you. Nurture your relationship with those who would come to learn from you, as you are able to learn from them. Allow the wisdom of womanhood to be the hand that rocks the cradle and fraternizes with destiny, not only in the material sense but in the celestial sense as well.

There are many peers within your reach that would delight to work with you in the overcare of those who are brought to you for your ministry. The wisdom that you have within you, through your own experience and the allowing of these others, will be sufficient now to see you through even the mansion worlds themselves. Thus, your service to your fellows is great and merely awaits your opening of the door of those circuits that will give rise to the ministries that are inherent within you. Fear not these responsibilities for you have proven trustworthy.

Dear Men-o-pah, wonderful son and father, brother and teacher, counselor and elder, the ministry of your mind and the fragrance of your soul is a mine of riches. Within you lies the gold and essential ores of all wisdom, all maturity. The gifts given to you through your guidance and reverence for the life that you have taken to yourself as sacred and inducted into your being has given you great riches that you have access to, that you are able to call up at will, that you remain the miner of. Such a wealth of wisdom is not to be taken lightly, but is to be distributed to the world, to those who might benefit from the wealth you hold within your mother lode. When one reaches your age in this life, when one such as yourself assumes the authority of your experience, in harmony with the natural humility of one who has been privileged to see such greatness, will render you invaluable. Cultivate your voice. Cultivate your students. Thus you will cultivate the future.

Paula, precious child, I speak to you not as a little one, but as a dynamic and great energy, a courageous espouser of value. You have found your voice, no doubt. You have been rendered fearless. But your capacities have not yet been tapped. Within you also lies greatness, and your goodness is hidden behind your truths. The marriage of truth and goodness can reveal, in fact, your beauty. Open yourself to the prospects of the potential that lies within you, the music that warbles within your throat that longs to sing those songs that will reveal the beauty On High.

Thoroah, great breath of God, your power presumes to enfold you, as if to release it would be a torrent. Your power is not the same as anger. Fear not the power of the breath of God that is yours for the asking. Your gentleness, as well, Thoroah, will temper your passion, the passion that resides within your heart. The Master, too, was a man of deep feeling, who mastered himself, even his mind, in such a way as he was able to open his mouth and speak the truth to those he met in such a way as to render them each a better person, a more open receptacle of the Spirit of Truth, and a more gracious human being. You have within you these capacities. I encourage you to allow yourself to grow into your own greatness. This mighty breath that is within you is the Father’s gasp to his children. Allow that gasp to be reconfigured through your personality gifts such that it is revealed to your fellows in the gift of song – that song which emanates from your voice as you learn to tap into the spirits who surround you and yearn to use you in service to the greatness of All-That-Is.

Gerdean, dear daughter, you, too, have within you more than you are revealing. I don’t mean in terms of your transmitting skills, which we do appreciate, but in you as a human being, as a transmitter of the Word in those ways which are accessible by and through your own personality. You are good at working through others as you work through me. In this service you allow your own personality to become submerged, but I challenge you to utilize your own voice to transmit those songs from On High which will touch your fellows in ways that you alone can maneuver as a result of your unique path in and through the children of time and space. This potential, lying dormant, is stirring and you feel its urge within. Be not afraid of yourself and your own motivations. We have long known and trusted your intent. You have yet to learn to trust yourself.

Dear Matthew, our sojourner and mouthpiece for many. We acknowledge your gifts that your mouth is ready to present the truths that come from On High as the Word that comes down from Paradise in and through the Eternal Son and His Sons. How great thou art in your desire to serve, and to be of service to a greater range of individuals than have been provided to you thus far. Your ambition is duly noted and your capacity to socialize your ambition has been a clearinghouse for this community -- this community that has learned much about love as a result of your visit here. As the Master "as he passed by" was able to instill much into the hearts and minds of people, so have you and so shall you in the days to come.

And our Maria, who is absent today in being about the Father’s business as she perceives it, it is my pleasure also to acknowledge her gifts and her efforts as I address you, my children, my students in this base of operations. Maria is a child recently born of the spirit and eager as a young child to examine and explore the wonders of life, the treasures of the cosmic reality presented to her in and through her own decisions and largely enhanced through your work with her, simply by opening your hearts and your doors to her personality, so that her spirit can find its expression.

The value of learning to be a transmitter receiver enables you to learn intimately from the actual presence(s) of your many teachers, the many value lessons that are offered in the sundry job descriptions of the personalities that seek to serve you, to seek to serve mankind. Each of us have a gift to offer you, and in conjunction with your gift, we are all enhanced, broadened, and extended from simple and isolated voices, to rise up in our efforts to the heavenly choir. I invite you all to learn this technique for your own sakes and for the sake of those to come.

Have we any takers in the group at this time? Any questions?

Esmeralda: I have been pleased to know that I have Celene, and I have talked to her during the week and I’m sure, because she is who she is, she hears me. I don’t hear anything back from her but I am happier because I know that she is my teacher. Another thing that I’m curious about are the things that I see when I am being Still. During this, I have been seeing like the jigsaw puzzle, the map of the United States broken down into states, and at times, one of the States will jump out and become more prominent than others. I don’t know if there is any significance in anything that I see, but at least I am seeing something.

TOMAS: I have heard you say before that you envision in your meditative states, that your eyes are busy and you see color and form, even to the point of distraction. It occurs to me that you may be one of those who learns to transmit by way of your perception, that you will receive pictures, and the task for you then will be to describe to your hearer your picture such that its interpretation may be made.

The states in the United States, for example, seen as a puzzle, may be a preliminary recognition of a concept that speaks to the idea of "the parts and the whole" and that while each part may stand alone and unique, it is through the combined efforts of these united states that the unity of purpose is revealed.

These vignettes of truth, beauty and goodness can appear in your mind and depend upon your ability to express what you see as a lesson for perception. This would seem to be a skill that is being presented to you as to how your mind works and how your mind can begin to serve in this T/R type capacity. Is this helpful?

Esmeralda: Thank you.

TOMAS: Is this helpful?

Esmeralda: Oh, is this helpful? Yes. I just have so much more. The only time that my eyes have jumped so was the time when Gerdean and I were doing Stillness at the same time and I was unsuccessful because my eyes were jumping. That’s the only time that has happened, but the seeing of whatever I’m seeing has happened for, oh, six or seven years now, and it’s very interesting. It might, as you said, grow into something, but right now I don’t think it would be enough to interest very many people.

TOMAS: This is because you have not experimented and practiced this developing art form in your mind. If you have been experiencing this phenomenon for half dozen years or so, in light of the fact that you were introduced to the concept of Teacher contact perhaps ten years ago, I would venture to say it is a natural evolutionary course of awareness for you to notice. And since you do have such vision, I believe your transmission technique well may be through visualization techniques and teachings. You are very left brained, mechanical in your thought process. The color and picture is a dynamic invasion from the right brain. If you can coordinate those two aspects of your consciousness, your superconsciousness well may emerge from that marriage.

Esmeralda: Possibly Celene and my Thought Adjuster can help me with that.

TOMAS: Without question. And we are all gladdened to see how effective Celene has been in such a short period of time, and how you are glowing in the radiance of her love for you.

Esmeralda: Just knowing her name has been a joy.

TOMAS: Continue. We look forward to your developments and the results of your efforts with spirit.

Elena: I have to say that my main feeling this week was just a real need to pull back from a whole lot of things and take a bit more inward time, and I’m looking forward to this summer as being a time I can do that, and look at things, because I had a pulling to do that. I think I felt a little bit more of a presence, or an openness. I, too, have a tendency to at least converse with Dimitrius during the day, and I’m hoping that that is also taking that which is more positive and opening up the more positive way of communication.

TOMAS: In your case as well, it would seem your work with your personal teacher has been leading you into a greater appreciation of the need for fostering your inner life. It makes a great difference to your consciousness to know that when you go within, you are not going in there to sit in the corner by yourself, but that from inside you are surrounded by assistance and affection that indeed within you are most connected to the life that most satisfies you. This is the way the kingdom of heaven is within you.

The external demands are those disciplines which are provided for your safety and survival as you evolve, but seek ye first the kingdom and all these other things will be added unto you and, in fact, as you establish your priorities, in time the material life will truly be made much easier, for you will be able to see what is important and what is not. It is a process, and remember the Father leads. He will not push you. He will not demand. He lures you so that the steps you take, you take willingly and eagerly.

Elena: Well, I’m eager to progress and I appreciate the help. Thank you.

Renault: I have a question.

TOMAS: Yes.

Renault: I don’t know my personal teacher’s name. Is that forthcoming? How do I find out?

TOMAS: Have you asked your teacher to reveal itself?

Renault: No.

TOMAS: That would be a good first start.

Renault: Okay.

TOMAS: Get in the practice right away of investing yourself in your own spiritual development, rather than leaning upon those like myself to provide your answers for you. This way, you will have utilized your own free will to make your growth steps realized. Ask your teacher, and wait for the answer. It may come quickly, it may come slowly, but before you ask me, ask your Teacher.

Renault: Okay.

TOMAS: And then, introduce us. I am sure we will all enjoy knowing the counselor that is assigned to your personality expression.

Renault: Me, too.

Men-o-Pah: It’s good to be home with you again, Tomas.

TOMAS: Indeed, my son, it is good to have you here in our midst. It is good to embrace your spirit once more in our accustomed way.

Men-o-Pah: Most of my thoughtful energy has been given to the work-a-day things, but Sundays were free and Paula and I were usually out taking in the beauty of the great Shawnee Forest, and my thoughts were directed toward all of you.

TOMAS: Indeed.

Men-o-Pah: The last Sunday that we were there, I was able to sing again, with all my friends in the old church, and one of these was written by a minister and a composer whose name is Jeffrey O’Hara. He made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1977 and out of that experience came this piece of music. And in the beginning of the piece – there are two special places. In the beginning, he says, "I walked the way that Jesus walked and felt him close to me". And again, toward the end, "I walked today where Jesus walked and felt his presence."

TOMAS: This is a gift that you can enjoy any day, my friend. Jesus walks with you every day, and in every situation that you allow him to come with you to be by your side as you go about the Father’s business. He is always with you. It is only for you to remember this and to feelingly experience him. It is true, nonetheless, that when you apply yourself consciously to the song that you sing in his honor, that you become aware of his presence with you as you pass by.

Men-O-Pah: It is so. I know that.

TOMAS: Indeed. It is also so that our time is coming to an end, and I have greatly enjoyed being with you today but I regret that so much of our time was spent listening to my voice instead of the voices that you have to offer. That, however, is something that we can all look forward to, for I have no doubt in my mind that each of you will rise to the occasion and continue your efforts to express that lost chord that resides within you, to harmonize throughout the realm and rise up on angel wings to heaven itself.

Go with God this week and with your celestial helpers as they minister to you as you minister to others, remembering that Jesus also walks with you in the path that you have chosen to follow him. Amen. Farewell.

*****

DATE: May 23, 2004

LOCATION: Rio Rancho, NM TeaM

TOPICS: Acceptance is the Key

This World Matters

T/Rs: Gerdean and Matthew

Music: Elena on Piano: "Oh, Master, Let Me Walk With Thee"

Prayer:

Matthew: Let us place ourselves in the presence of Jesus, the Christ.

"Master Teacher,

"We come to you today as we are glad to be together again after just one week that seems like a month between our Sunday meetings, and are happy to be together once again to hear the formal word from those who are without body but are fully with mind and grace and soul. For that reminder of what we are on a weekly basis, if not more often, we are grateful, for you gave a truly splendid example of what that is all about in your ministry and in your teachings and in your living. For it was as I would put it not preaching but simply living the word that was the demonstration to us all that will live for all time and beyond.

"In our admiration, service, and devotion to you and the Heavenly Presence that is before us within our beings and before us in eternal avenue toward All that is, we are grateful. For the concerns within each of our hearts and minds that you know, may they be placed on the altar before Our Father for transformation or transmutation to be brought to fruition, as you know our desires. For all else, we are asking for your continued encouragement of our respective and collective journeys and we place our faith in you always. Amen."

TOMAS: Good afternoon, my friends, I am Tomas, one of your Teachers. Anatolia and I are again happy to be in your presence and to be in the configuration established before and in the format of long-standing. This is indeed our shining hour, as we again are about the Father’s business in enabling, encouraging, enhancing and entertaining you to be about the Father’s business as well.

When we ask the Master if we might walk with him a while, it brings joy to his countenance, inasmuch as it is your conscious choice to walk with him and to supplicate his blessing. Always is he with you, but not always is he acknowledged, and it behooves you to conjoin yourself with him since it is often his theme to put your mind at ease as to those things which cause you such concern and worry.

What he might say to you instead of "fear not" is "have not worry," "be of good cheer," and "peace be upon you." But it is understood that in the life you life, the current global condition, the tumult of the times, and with the awakening which you have begun, you see how much work there is to do and you fret about how to go about making it happen as quickly as possible, so that others might enjoy this peace which passes all understanding. But in your attempts to make it so, often you stir the waters only to make them muddy and not to make them more enticing.

What a skill it is to educate, enable and entertain on behalf of truth, beauty and goodness! I am, myself, often called into consultation with my peers and my supervisors to dissect my methodology in such a way as to be better apprised of how I go about my work. There are those who would think that if I were to allow myself the liberty of letting God do everything, I would not find myself in the way. I would thus teach flawlessly. However, it is not the Father’s way to do everything for you, but rather through you. In this way you participate, as I participate, and in this way we all learn.

But there will be nothing learned unless and until it is understood the present paradigm. One must first accept what is before one can hope to make any changes. Much of material life is spent resisting, struggling against, denying or upbraiding that which it finds unacceptable, and this serves no useful purpose. It is stirring up the waters, making them muddy. It may make that person feel better in venting his or her frustration for a moment but has it fully addressed the situation? Or has it merely been an emotional response to what is?

Emotional responses may catch your attention but you cannot leave it in the emotional realm and expect there to be fruitful results. For the wisdom of the ways of the higher path, the better pattern of creation must become a part of the perspective. Otherwise, you are like the hamster in the cage on the treadmill, amusing yourself your entire lifetime, seeming to go a long distance, but truly staying in one spot spinning your wheel.

Again, I repeat: to walk with Jesus is to not worry. The perspective he provides removes that burden from your shoulder. No longer are you weighted under that debilitating mass of concern, scrambling in your frustration and despair over the imperfection of how it seems. He lifts you up; he sets you aright and encourages you to see with the vision that allows the perspective that gains you the insight that encourages your forbearance into the challenging situations of life in an evolving world.

This is not to suggest you have no concern for the world in which you live or that which you behold, but it is to help you keep in perspective that up-swelling of emotional response to the conditions of the world. It is humbling, indeed, for you to recognize your limitations, and to know that alone it is impossible for you to change the world from its current course of action to the one you might prefer, even to the one the Master might prefer. It is, indeed, humbling to recognize that only you are subject to your will; others are not required to feel as you do or believe as you do.

This is part of the complexity of "unity in diversity." But the key to accomplishing something as a community or a society or a group of like-minded believers is to accept each other just as Jesus accepts each of you when you say "Gentle Jesus, let me walk with you for a while." He will embrace you, uplift you comfort and console you, revitalize you with his untiring energy, and bring relief and good cheer to your soul. Releasing your worries to him, his burden is light, the burden is easy.

The emotions of the human condition often serve to be a stumbling block to the perspective that will bring solutions, not only for your own perspective but for the perspective shared by others, even while each of you may be entirely unique in your approach. In this way, the values of truth, beauty and goodness are given an opportunity to prevail even while the particularities or peculiarities of the solution may not be exactly in keeping with your preferred method.

I hear the word "compromise" coming to your minds. And many of you are unwilling to compromise, who feel that when it comes to value, what you value, is the same as your value, and that anything less than 100% acceptance is a rejection of your uniqueness – even your God! This stance alienates and separates. It is a defensive stance. And is not accepting the differences inherent in you each. None of you are 100% alike. None of you share the same spiritual experience.

The fact that you are able to agree on so much of a spiritual nature makes it a phenomenon. How we love to have others agree with us, so that we can feel like we are experiencing a phenomenon, when it is far more realistic to understand that our differences, our uniqueness in perspective, is the cherished privilege of those who trust the Father as Jesus trusted the Father when he was here and when he would go aside and ask the Father if he could have a little time alone with Him.

Take time in your stillness to inculcate the Father, to ask the Master if you can walk with him, for he is perhaps the most understandable representation of God to you because he lived a mortal life as you do, and he dealt with all the things that you deal with. Maybe not in quite the same way, but essentially the same realities, and he sought the same results.

Acceptance is the key. For once you have accepted what is, you have accepted the joy of knowing who you are in the scheme of things. And from that vantage point, you are in a good position then to know how you might affect, educate, enhance, enlist, enable and entertain the other elements of the human race. In the smallness is where you know your greatness and the greatest among you must be the server of all. This seed has been planted in your deep mind and will bear fruit. Thus I conclude my lesson for the day, and in patience of God’s will unfolding, await Anatolia’s words for you this afternoon.

ANATOLIA: Welcome, friends and comrades in arms.

Mine is not an anti-war message, but is a message of perspective for where you live and breathe and have your being. I use the word "comrade" in loose terms but not in terms of its contrary meaning, for truly, comradeship is what our joint or unifying factor has at its root, for we are all in this together. Some places are under severe conditions and others are more pleasant, yet have some factor that lends itself to an inhospitable environment.

I encourage you to become aware of your environment, both physical and spiritual, for with what your world is currently entertaining, you may not find it worth watching, yet it is very real and will need to be watched and dealt with at some level within your hearts and minds and to be aware that things can get out of control rather rapidly when one is playing with fire. This is something that you may not have great control over; nevertheless, you have ultimate control over your reaction to it.

I can only invite you to consider that if the worst happened to you, or you happened to be in one of the countries that is facing extreme deprivation or conditions which threaten your daily existence, you would be forced to consider what your role is in the divine plan and to be willing to accept the fate of your physical being under those conditions. I invite you to join with your comrades in arms, those with whom you share the planet, to become more at one with them in solidarity, if you will, for the plight that they are experiencing. For it is truly the nature of life, both here and elsewhere, that so long as one lives, there is evidence that life has meaning, value and purpose.

This is the heart of my lesson for today, to invite you to share the concern for those who would appear to be victims to desire for either their land, their air, or their oil, and to be more aware that the individuals that inhabit the land are truly your brothers and your sisters. Even the enemy that would be considered the enemy are without land, without identity, and without accountability for what havoc they may raise. It is not that they are to be discarded in the picture of comradeship; rather, they are lost sheep that have wandered far from the flock.

One cannot nor should not condemn those who are astray, but rather to blend your consciousness with that of your Universal Mother and Father to enable you to have a sense of forgiveness and inclusion for those who would otherwise be considered infidels. Even though one may hold you at knife’s end in demand of something of your attention or allegiance, even this would not be enough to sever your connection with that one or other individuals that/who have gone astray will nevertheless be part of you and you of them for eternity.

For the Master has not chosen to make some eligible for life eternal and others not, to have selected the bad fruit from the good from the very beginning. But rather, all that have life have the value of such life at their very Core; despite their actions, they are part of you as you are part of them. I only encourage you to gain a perspective that while you may consider your lives depend upon identifying an enemy, I assure you that in reality, there are not enemies. Bring your hearts and your minds to the forefront of what is happening in your world. Whether it be middle east or the far east or the southern portion of your planet, be mindful of what your world is facing together, and what transitions and attitudes toward hearts and minds must be felt and appreciated for this planet to survive as a means of grace-bearing presence in a world of matter.

This world matters, and it is for you to incorporate and to inculcate a sense of unity among all races and all peoples. This is something that, by your adoption, may not change reality as you know it; nevertheless, you yourself will be closer to acceptance of the truth of why there are differences yet unity in your purpose, for everyone has the same purpose, but countless ways in which to express it, and that is the purpose of being true to yourselves and to your Creator, to bring about a better world, and to occupy the space that if God could occupy, would be a better world.

I leave you with this message to encourage you to accept the world citizenship that you have by virtue of your presence on this planet, and to aid in your acceptance but non-acquiescence to what is happening in your world. Accept the unity of humanity and pray that the adoption of a unified world hastens in its presence in your world. For this I encourage you to consider for this coming week and thereafter, an attitude which may be more inclusive and that can change your attitudes – both in the every day behavior and practices that you may choose from henceforth.

Be good stewards of the place in which you live, both individually and collectively. Know that what you do makes a difference. You can plant a flower. In so doing you have changed that place which, prior to your action, had been bare and free of beauty expression. This is a small example of what power and ability you do have. May your actions, desires and wills create only good that is shared by all you encounter. I encourage you to look forward to a beneficial week and look forward to our time together next week and thereafter. Peace be with you.

Group: Thank you.

TOMAS: Tomas returning to acknowledge the counsel of Anatolia that acceptance is not the same as acquiescence. And to thank you for your bearing with us as we have burdened you today with ponderous concepts which will fertilize your growth and create in you good fruit. What manner of matters do you bring to us today in terms of your joyous personages? You were light and carefree when we first came together, laughing and reminiscing of happier times, enjoying the ministry of the reversion directors. The full spectrum of life is upon you and upon us, for which we are glad. Will we find discussions therein? The floor is open.

Elena: Well, part of the discussion that I got was very beneficial to me, because this week I found it extremely hard to be anything but just totally being either repulsed or despairing about things and so your – what you said today, Tomas, was very helpful to me, and I could apply it in any measure, actually, even if – like, to Barney, or the way I look at the prison situation over in Iraq, or whatever, so I personally found it very helpful.

TOMAS: It is due to the Master’s comforting presence that you were able to accede to these words of wisdom, for the unrighteousness of many situations is indeed apparent. However, it is in the manner in which you deal with these emotional responses to such a life on such a planet that will constitute your effectiveness in being about the Father’s business in and on your path therein.

Thus, we encourage you to pause throughout the course of the day to take counsel with that personality and presence of Divinity, which will put things in perspective for you. Not so that you will be pacified, but that your perceptions will be clarified, such that you can deal with them intelligently, and not muddy the waters by reacting emotionally – which is, of course, the standard and common response. Good. Anything else?

Esmeralda: I think that we are all grateful for the presence of the celestial beings that bother our Master Teacher. If it were not for these things, I think our emotions might run away with us, because this is extremely trying and frustrating, and at times almost enraging time. It seems that there is so many things that are not right at this time, and that our country is in ill-favor, and that so many people and countries hate us, so the thing that we have to have to keep us going, I think, is the presence of all that we have around us, our good friends and celestial beings around us.

TOMAS: It would behoove you to have a universe perspective as well, on this Correcting Time, this opportunity to turn Urantia inside out, bringing it back into the fold, as it were. It is this point of view that enables you to see that the sins of your forefathers (not your immediate forefathers but your planetary forefathers) have to be corrected in order for your world to begin its sojourn into the light as you yourselves have been turned around and brought into the light.

This is, in many ways, a birthing taking place, and yet nothing will be born from these labor pains if the Spirit of Truth is not conceived in the minds of the men and women who embroil themselves in such upsets. While it is a phenomenon for anyone to have the exact understanding of another’s spiritual experience, it is certainly appropriate, perhaps, that the essence of the act can be appreciated.

Just as Anatolia addressed the fact that those who you may regard as "foreigners" are not really foreigners at all, but are your fellows in the flesh and potentially in the spirit. They have feelings like you do -- emotions -- all the human characteristics of love, loyalty, lust and loathing. They are not different, but similar.

This is a way of opening up your limited point of view from an American to a Planetarian. The entire planet is in the spotlight, not simply a handful of nations. And although America seems to be making the greatest splash currently, that is a part of this nation’s "personality". As a young country, it is garish, adolescent, emotional, dramatic. That does not make it better or worse; it is merely national character being revealed.

As Anatolia also said, some of these "foreigners" have not got a country, have not got a culture! Have no way to be colorful and daring-do as you are here in this country. Even while there are some countries which are quite settled, even dormant, who find this all "much ado about nothing." The planetary condition is insurgent, turning inside out, and will continue to go through this cycle like the hamster on his treadmill until such time as the desire for peace and stability outweighs the need to react and upset.

The Native American leader (Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce) who said "I will fight no more forever!" was not always a pacifist, but he became wise as a result of seeing so many of his fellows massacred as a result, perhaps, of so much daring. In the spirit of my theme for the day, acceptance might serve everyone better, but at this point in your development, as a race of people a global race of people, it is not possible to ascertain or guarantee how docile or wizened any one of you have become.

There is still a great deal of the Caligastia legacy alive and well that has not yet died out, that is still disturbing and destroying. This perspective may help you see the reason for many of these changes, or if not the reason, the impetus behind such outworkings. "My God versus your God" is an old, old story, an old battle that has been fought for many centuries.

The living God has yet to draw all His children to him, such that they say, "May I walk with you for a while?" and in walking with the light of truth for awhile, they may see they have lost their taste for war. They have outgrown their desire to possess and overpower. They may perhaps say, "I will fight no more forever." And when that day comes, we will have turned the corner. We will have indeed witnessed the legacy of destruction pass and the inheritance of divinity overtake us.

This is the fight worth fighting, the point of reference for comrades. This is where we work together toward that end that will be the beginning. The Alpha and the Omega is with us. He walks with us even when we are unable or unwilling to know he is. The knowing of his presence, the willingness to walk with him, allows the human consciousness to rest in those heavenly arms, to give up the burden, the yoke, for the master to carry. For it is his world, his shrine, his universe, in fact. We are his children, his creations. He is a divine son, and the divine will will prevail.

When, in times to come, you visit the archives On High, you will have the opportunity to look back at the development of your world through the records, and you will be fascinated to find where you live and when, what the times were from the universal perspective. You will be awed and appreciative that you have been brought through it, that you have indeed found as much joy, adventure and discovery as you have found even before we came to assist, for you are a remarkable people, a wonderful creation, a resilient species -- agondonters, all -- having discovered the reward of "the Kingdom of Heaven is within you" and that the faith that leads you forward is real, even though it is not something you see every day.

Paula: You know, what I was thinking, just the other day, about those men of ours in the United States uniform who have brought disgrace to our country over there in Iraq. I think they should be punished severely and then given a dishonorable discharge so that they can never benefit from any of the rewards of the men who have served their country, because what they have done is brought disgrace to our country all over the world, and there’s no excuse for any of them, none whatever.

TOMAS: You are not surprised to discover you are not alone in your opinion.

Paula: I’m sure.

TOMAS: However, I am not here to discuss the particulars of your planetary condition; I am here to encourage your soul growth, your relationship with your Indwelling God Fragment and the birth of a new epoch of truth beauty and goodness.

Let us party, children. I am going to withdraw, for I have brought a pall of seriousness; or perhaps you brought it with you and I addressed it. But I encourage you to lighten up, to love the day, to love each other and bask in the goodness that is within you each, the celebration that you exemplify in being here today and in being ambassadors of the God we adore. Relish your differences and appreciate the moments of seeming phenomenon when you are all cosmically enjoined in sympathy, in compassion, in humor or in truth.

We are very proud of your efforts and love you very deeply and look forward to our extra Sunday next week to see what delights and surprises will be forthcoming. Amen. Farewell.

*****

DATE: May 30, 2004

LOCATION: The Bowens’ Townhouse

Rio Rancho, NM

T/R: Gerdean

TEACHERS: TOMAS, as Host

ATHENA, Celestial Artisan

SINGH, a Midwayer

TOMAS: Pretty flowers in the Father’s garden, good afternoon. I am Tomas, your friend and teacher. Anatolia and I are here with you, as well as a number of other celestial entities who, as usual, pause in their activities to take note of the cherubic faces of you flowers, held high to bask in the light of the Spirit Son that shines upon you, the Spirit Son that shines upon all – the just and the unjust.

The music of our session will need to be provided by the birds that you hear and, indeed, they are music to the ears of those who have consistent clamor in their environment or in their mind. What a joy is the Stillness, that allows you and encourages you to go within to hear the silence, perhaps enfolding the birdsong, for there you are able to hear the reflections from Paradise that will lead you forth in peace and good cheer.

The love of god surrounds us. The power of god protects us. The presence of God watches over us. Wherever we are, He is. And this is artistry -- the art of living -- as Rodan of Alexandria has taught. Let me invite Athena to join us today to speak of the art of living as seen through the eyes of a celestial artisan. Having on our agenda a fifth Sunday, it is our pleasure to provide this alternative from the pattern. One moment please.

ATHENA: I come in to you today to draw you forth, for you are a creator. We know this because within you, at your core, is the Creator of all that is – a part of all that is, is yours. And thus you can identify with the nature of the creator. Every one of you have the Artist Within, that which would practice to attain perfection. As was discussed before we commenced, any mundane chore may be made artistic by raising it up to an art form, be that painting, dancing, playing music or singing, whether that is cooking, story-telling, or putting in a new transmission or replacing the muffler in your car. These are all art forms. And each of you have artistry within you. Thus to hear any of you say you have no talent is to deny the creator within you. This is my point today, that I visit you, so that you each can perceive what it is within you that is of the nature of art and in this you can recognize that you are expressing the Creator through this artistry.

How is it that you enjoy expressing yourself? What is it that you like to do? Generally, that will be a clue as to your talent.

Renault, what is it that you enjoy doing that is artistic?

Renault: I always like yard work, gardening, and keeping the yard looking nice. Housekeeping, of course; keeping things clean. Writing, I think I’m pretty good at that. I think I am more of an appreciator of the arts and music than a participant. I love art and I love music and I can’t really play a musical instrument or draw. I cannot do those things but I certainly appreciate what other people do.

ATHENA: That’s good. Being an appreciator of other’s gifts is a necessary part of the practice of accessing creativity. Otherwise, you spend your life being jealous of what others do and feeling as if you are unable to do anything. But again, I invite you to expand your perception of what art is. You mentioned you enjoy gardening, working in the yard. This is an art form.

There are famous gardens -- not only on your world but on all the worlds -- that have sacred order, and many of them are overseen by various angelic orders, perhaps not for their worshipful theme but for their being a representative of value such as the homey garden in the back yard that may be smiled upon by the angels of the family, or the Memorial Gardens and cemetery grounds that may be overseen by the angels of nations, honoring that which is.

There is a new popularized thing out called feng shui, which would ask you to look at your environment as a work of art, and how it can be arranged to be most pleasing for you and your guests as well as functional and comfortable. Home making is indeed an art, and housewives have known that for a long time. Parenting is an art; ask any child who has come of age if their parents were artful in their efforts at rearing their young.

Men-O-Pah, how do you reflect the creator within?

Men-O-Pah: Oh, I… I like the garden. I’m very fond of it. I suppose since I was a young boy, since I learned this from my grandmother. We had a big vegetable garden and I said to myself, "this is a survival technique" but I think the tomatoes and the peppers, the red and the green and the squash, the yellow - I love to do that.

I love the music. I came from a musical family. When I was a small boy, we spent Sunday afternoon singing. So, as you know, when I was a college boy, singing this English grammar. It was a required course for singers who intended to teach, and this old German lady, a very strict old lady, asked this question from this fellow whose name was Paul Manfordini (and he has since become a very fine dentist). She said to him, "What is it that sets a writer or the poet apart?" and he said, "The thing that sets them apart is that they have the ability to say things well." That sort of stuck with me all these years. For some of the words, the libretto in the music, they have stuck to me.

And I love the great pieces, the great piano music. And some of that I can play. Most of it can’t. But that’s … that’s what I’m about.

ATHENA: Look at the vegetables that you grow and how much pride you take in them, how much enjoyment you derive from them. The smell, fresh off the vine; the purity of their color in the sunshine; their taste upon your tongue as God intended. Imagine yourself as God, admiring these creations that you’ve created.

Yes, of course, you are the meek and you acknowledge the Creator as the Bringer of these good gifts, but if you were to look at your picture from God’s point of view, looking at you as you admire your vegetables, how precious you are to him. How your uniqueness, your color, your character, your texture, resound.

As you enjoy looking at what you have created, so does the Father enjoy looking what He has created, and to know that he is watching you – all the time, in all you do – while there are those who would run from such an ‘invasion of privacy’, who would regard it as very threatening because they feel that God is the Judge of all you do, how much they need to develop the perception that the creator enjoys observing his creations.

Even when His work is unfinished, He can see its potential before He even starts to work on the canvas, on the manuscript, or on the meal. He knows because He has become proficient at what He does, as you know the element of the creator that goes into that which you do from having done it many times with affection and dedication.

If you could see how the Father looks at you as you look at your hobbies and your crops, you would bask in the glow of his attention and thrive in the light of his love. Open yourself to the good grace of the creator that he might help mold you into the creator of truth, beauty and goodness that you are in your own style.

There is a parable that speaks of talents. And it is generally construed that these talents are sheckles, dinero, dollars, because they are "invested" and such a world as yours thinks of investing as a profitable occurrence. Such is the way of Caesar. But in terms of the Master, the parable might also represent those things about you, which are unique.

Now you, Paula, may not have the skills that you professed to paint as your father did. Even so, you are gifted with many talents, one of which is your personality. You can always polish up your personality until it glows and serves as the unique talent that you are, that you have been given, that you may invest in, toward your eternal investment.

But there are other types of creativity that extend beyond the obvious. Tell us, Thoroah, about your talents.

Thoroah: I don’t have a vivid idea about any of my talents, other than that I seem to have a talent to get along with people and communicate. I have adopted, with only a one- or two-time reading of Rodan’s work, the whole concept of the Art of Living as the overall artistic expression. I am trying to be artistic in the way I live my life. Not that I’m trying to paint a fancy picture but I’m trying to be artistic in my own reflection so that it feels like I am living in an artistic way.

Paula: Well, there are various things we can do that maybe aren’t artistic, but for instance, in all those years that I worked with Dr. Hague. He was a brilliant man, and people came from all over the East Coast to have him in their surgery, but he didn’t know how to talk to people. He didn’t have, well … "bedside manner," I guess you’d call it. But he could explain what the surgery was; what it was going to be. But he would have people who were absolutely terrified and he didn’t quite know how to handle it so he would say, "Well, you go out and talk to Paula and she will tell you about it." And I did.

I learned to talk to them and calm their fears and help them through it, which was really vital to them, because if you go into surgery terrified, it’s not going to give good results, I don’t care how brilliant the surgeon is, and so he said many times over the years that we were working as a team and we did. We did. And it was quite an experience. And I made a lot of friends over the years that way, and they remained friends all the time, besides in the office, because it was something that they needed and something that I was capable of doing for them.

ATHENA: This is ministry, my dear, and this is definitely a talent. The same could be said for your volunteer work at the hospital, but in any case, it is an element of the creator that is a part of the feminine aspects of Deity – the nurturing, care-taking, calming and comforting element of divinity – without which we would not see "the woman’s touch" in so many things she does to enhance mortal life and the art of living.

Cooperation is another art. To be able to see what the need is and act upon it intuitively is a talent. To fill in where there is a lack is a talent. As you did with the good doctor. His skills were what they came for, but your skills make it possible for him to have access to their presence. Such teamwork is in itself a talent that is engaged in by more than one, just as group ministry may entail the many engaged together in upholding a value, supporting a cause, activating a ministry, or whatever it has come together to do.

The smooth functioning of a unit of individuals who come together with unity of purpose becomes artistry, as the workers work together doing what they do best to honor and exalt that which they believe in. This is the importance of putting your talents to use – to effect something, to enhance, to augment, to contribute. It is your gift to the development of the God of experience, the Supreme Being. To add the dimension of your high art of experiential living made perfect.

Your talents, Thoroah, are dimensional. You are capable of being at home in the material environment as well as the ethereal environments you have tapped into. To you, the Father’s house is filled with rooms and you have the run of the place. Fearlessly, you go from room to room, investigating and discovering that which is in the hearts and minds of other beings, other mortals, other entities. The ability to get outside yourself and find value with others, to acknowledge their value, and to find they fit in the overall framework of reality, is a talent. Not everyone is so magnanimous. Certainly your skills and abilities as a minister are evolving, and this is a talent that is being made perfect through your practice.

These are the kinds of talents the Master asks you to find and develop and invest, for they bring you good satisfaction and they do good to others.

Maria, tell me about your artistic propensities.

Maria: I have so many, I don’t know if I am able to name them all. I’m very lucky with being able to do pretty much anything I set my mind to, and some of the things I particularly enjoy are costuming and music. I’m learning that I can sculpt. And I like creating things, especially things that I want or need that I don’t have to go buy somebody else’s. I can do wood work and metal work and painting, drawing, photography, just … so many things I don’t know where to focus my attention.

ATHENA: You are abundance personified. You are a gift in giving. Your talent of expression your hello in a gift for your hostess is a talent which has been acknowledged and appreciated by all your friends, and it is simple gestures of just such a nature that are so easily and so well-invested in establishing a bond between you and those you meet. You give of yourself and you give of yourself through gestures, which affirm your abundance. This is art form. This is in keeping with the joy of youth and the pride of discovery. The curiosity that allows you to look at each new thing as a potential activity, in order to express your creative nature yet even more. There is no lack of talents in your closet, my dear.

All of you, indeed, are gifted. Gerdean, would you like to contribute your gifts to this discussion?

Gerdean: Thank you. I like to paint. I like to write. I like to socialize. I am gifted in a couple of other things, too, but they are not as socially acceptable. Even so, I do it anyway. (Group laughter)

ATHENA: I know that you are a willful woman. However, it is often the case that willfulness is assertion in the right direction, as compared to passive acquiescence in no direction whatsoever. And so I will work with that. But I do recognize that you are precocious, whereas some others in this garden are domestic, tame, and manageable. This is another reflection of the Creator admiring His handiwork.

The difference between the lilac and the thistle is evident, but they are nonetheless both beautiful. It is simply that the lilac is more fragrant than the thistle, with its thorns. But to deny a thistle its perfection is to deny a certain creation of the Father in the garden. A thistle does not always grow wild, although they grow well in the wild. They will grow also under the hand of a Master Gardener, as does the bonsai tree and other peculiarities of nature. It is easy enough in my estimation, Gerdean, to simply say you are an abstract artist, even though what work I see you do is more surreal than anything.

So we have among this gathering here, this small handful of individuals, enough art and talent to fill a gallery, to have a Renaissance fair, to heal the sick, to herd cats. If such abilities lie within this garden in the hearts and minds of each of you, imagine what could be accomplished if you acknowledged your abilities and set out to do something together. There is no thing on earth that you could not accomplish if you put your minds to it.

With that provocation, I will back off and see if Tomas has any other plan for the afternoon. Thank you.

Group: Thank you.

TOMAS: This is Tomas. Yes, I do have another plan for the afternoon. I would like to offer the platform now to another entity, a midwayer, but I am not going to ask your friend Dani to speak to you because he has visited you before and you have a preconceived notion of who he is. This is a fellow you have never met before. One moment.

SINGH: Good afternoon, my friends, cousins, playmates, coworkers, fruits and nuts alike. I am going to take you into your mind, if I may. I am going to call upon that artistic nature you have all acknowledged you have and which has been confirmed to you as having value – as much if not more value than the linear and material methodology that you employ in the art and craft of staying alive and maintaining civilization.

I would like for you to look in on my civilization. I would like for you to life up your consciousness to see if you can see into my environment. If you know about the midwayers at all, you know we are just outside your vision. We are related to you by our parentage. It’s not my fault I was born invisible. But I am very much like you.

Now, since I am invisible, I live in my own sphere of reality because I have to. Everyone has their own sphere of reality created for them in which to reside. You can’t live in air. Even though I know you all think angels just float around up there and never go anywhere, just float. I assure you they don’t even float! They are quite grounded in the work they do. They are very actual, as I and you are very actual.

Have any of you got the imagination to discern in your mind’s eye what I might be like if you could see me? Would you see me as a little green man, as if I were a Martian? Would you see me as a blue fairy, like Tinkerbell in "Peter Pan"? Would you see me as androgenous, as having asexual aspects? What would you even want to think about such a thing for? you might ask. What possible benefit could it be for me to think about what it’s like in your mind where you live?

Well, this is something Thoroah would appreciate since he is such an adventurer. It’s the same as going into other belief systems or other universe concepts of reality, or visiting another man’s church or synagogue, or visiting another culture’s house at dinner time, whether they are having Chinese food, Italian food, or Portuguese. There is such a vast universe, why stay in your little confines all the time where there is such opportunities to visit other realities? I invite you to begin with me, since I am so close.

I am about the size of Paula. I am "petite". I have a temperament somewhat like Paula’s as well, for I am spirited. However, I am much, much older than Paula.

Paula: Incorrect.

SINGH: How old are you?

Paula: I never tell.

SINGH: I am 37,000 years old.

Paula: Oh! I can’t beat that.

Group: (Laughter)

SINGH: I thought as much.

Paula: You’re cute.

SINGH: I am enduring.

Thoroah: I guess you could say that you are "Old School".

SINGH: "Well preserved" old school.

Paula: And you got a neat figure.

SINGH: I like it. It has served me well. Thank you. I keep it up by diligent exercise. I am on the go all the time, it seems. I have a hard time sitting still. Unless, of course, I am absorbed in the task at hand -- and you know how that is when you get into something you enjoy doing; you become fairly consumed by it, at least temporarily. You have your creative nature in gear, clasped to the heart of the artisan.

Although it is a relative thing, really, to discern whether or not your all-consuming task is of lasting value or if it will contribute to lasting value rather than some mere self-gratification or personal amusement. And this I am not qualified to judge. But, like Gerdean, I may have an opinion to offer on such things, which will not meet with your favor. I am outspoken, as are my fellows. Again, I can compare myself with Paula. (Pause) My name is Singh.

Thoroah: Say that again?

SINGH: Singh.

Renault: S-i-n-g?

SINGH: S-I-N-G-H.

Thoroah: As in D.J. Singh.

SINGH: It will suffice for our purposes. So now you can see me in different lights: golfing, flitting, arguing, decrepit, shapely. Any number of descriptive adjectives have been planted in your mind as to how I might be perceived. And don’t overlook the fact that I am in my own house, even while I am visiting you in yours. My realm will be to meet you in the mind.

And this will be my invitation to you this week: to look for me in your mind and to allow the environment in which I am to fulfill itself sufficiently that you can perceive of me as a real entity, for when you get to the point where you can understand just how real I am, even though you think you are getting there just by your own imagination, you will be of some use to me.

Do it quickly, before you croak! That’s the trouble with mortals. They die off so quickly!

Group: (Laughter)

SINGH: You think you have forever. Well, maybe you do, but that’s very selfish of you, you know, to not think of the other guy.

Group: (Giggles)

SINGH: I have to throw those digs in every now and then. It’s part of my contract.

Group: (Giggles)

Paula: I’m aiming for 100.

SINGH: In that case, you have time to render much damage. (Group laughter)

Paula: That’s for sure.

SINGH: I look forward to getting to know you better. Look me up.

Paula: I have so many faults.

SINGH: So what? Who doesn’t?

Thoroah: Amen.

SINGH: I’m not here to judge your faults at all. I’m not into that theme. I let others bigger than me worry about such things as your spiritual growth. I have my own work to do. That isn’t it. My interest is in what we can do with what we’ve got to work with. When you know that all is imperfect, that’s redundant. The point is to take what is worthwhile, that can be shaped up, practiced, and put to good use to enhance the lives of others. Then we’re talking.

And I don’t mean just the material life, although that is not excluded. Or the emotional life, which is very important; or the mental life, which is always a gas; but the spiritual life, as it will be rendered by the Creator Himself. I have no business claiming any great capacity in terms of enlightening your consciousness or saving your soul. I'm not concerned about guilt or grief, regret or remorse or any of those things. I’m interested in getting something done.

And I have no objection if you sit in your chair all day and work in your mind to do it. It doesn’t require a hammer and nails or fife and drum to work with the midwayer corps. You just have to believe. And that, now, reminds me of Tinkerbell. "Do you believe, children? Do you believe? If you believe, clap your hands!"

Group: (Clapping)

SINGH: Well, there we’ve gotten something done already.

Group: (Laughter)

SINGH: We’ve all committed to the fact that we are believers in something that
we cannot see. This is a great day for those who smile upon this group of individuals who can believe without seeing, as they are now able to acknowledge you as being on the trail.

Well, I guess I’ll get off the podium now and let Tomas have the microphone back. It’s been good to meet you. I hope I get to work with you and see you again in this way but in the meantime, I mean it -- I want you to come and visit me in your mind and let’s get to know each other.

Thoroah: Thank you, Singh.

Group: (Affirmations)

TOMAS: I am glad you’ve been amused by our guests this afternoon. The universe is so filled with wonderful personalities and your own capacities to reach these entities is so enhanced by your advanced perceptions. I am enthused and enthralled by the delight it brings us all and the potential that lies within. This is a way that you can work and play in the fields of the Lord with others in the universe. This is a task and an undertaking that you will do for eternity, and so it gives me great pleasure to be a part of your baby steps into this possibility. Practice, practice.

Are there questions?

Renault: Just how do the midwayers "flit around". I know we don’t see them. Are they simply a higher energy level? She says she has a stature that’s small. Does she have a form then, that…

TOMAS: Yes.

Renault: How does she flit around?

TOMAS: Through a transport vehicle.

Renault: Vroom, vroom?

TOMAS: A mota cycle.

Group: (Laughter)

TOMAS: I jest. It is more like a capsule. There are transportation lines built into the universe. Just as you have your highway and route and street systems, other architectural spheres have their own methods of delivering personages from one location to the other. The midwayers function on the midwayers’ circuit. Not only in terms of their voices or their concepts, but literally. While they "flit", they are rather documented in their flitting. That is to say, it is always possible to find one, if you look, because it is on record where they are going.

There was a time when they were not disciplined to reveal their whereabouts. That is when there was much mischief afoot on the planet by those merrymakers. But since they have gotten organized and more responsible, they have developed a pattern of travel that is quite complex, depending upon the task to which they are assigned. They may travel globally, they may stay locally, they may spend hundreds of years in one place, depending on what the focus is of their behavior, their action, their assignment, their choice of undertaking.

Perhaps this is something you can inquire of Singh – to ask if he is on an assignment. If so, where? Is this a new one that he has with you? Why, indeed, did he stop in? If he has an assignment somewhere else, where is it? With whom? What does he do? These are questions you might ask of him if you sit down to find him and spend some time with him in your mind’s eye getting to know him.

I know I am saying "him" and it has already been ascertained that "she" has a trim figure. But this is the way it is with midwayers, for they are not really focused on their gender as much as they are taking care of business. They have no genitalia, and so there is not much point in stressing how masculine or feminine they are. That is something that remains mostly in the material realm. Might as well enjoy it while you’ve got it, then.

Group: (Giggles)

TOMAS: Although the pleasures "beyond the veil" are certainly sufficient to make up for any paucity of experience you may not have known here. Questions?

Maria: There was kind of what sounded like a challenge to me, about us doing something together. Was there a specific goal in mind or just a suggestion that we as a group would be powerful if we so chose?

TOMAS: That is provocative, is it not? We have always found merit to your gaining experience in teamwork. Teamwork is something that is vital to your success and necessary in order for you to advance, for although your own soul growth is a matter of your engagement with your Indwelling Adjuster, the compliment of that is the effort you expend expressing that which you gain/ garner/ learn from the association with the Divine.

Therefore, you go through a period of reflection and inversion, followed by a period of action and expression. During the period of expression, in particular, is when these group activities can benefit more than your own amusement at expressing what you learned from God, in how you invest your talent. There are times to invest your personal talent, but there are times when your talent and others’ talents are commingled. Your efforts are magnified.

There is some talk about having a conference here in the Southwest. That is certainly a project that would benefit from a group approach, as compared to one or even two individuals arranging the entire event. After all, a family reunion is an event for the family, not just Grandma or the Nephew. That’s a suggestion. If that were workable, you might enjoy working together so much, you will come up with something else you can do together, borrowing on your successes and failures of your first attempt to make perfect your next effort together. Since you asked.

Yes, indeed. That would be a great group project that many could benefit from, and your Great Southwest could be enlivened by establishing a new vortex of spiritual energy here in the Land of Enchantment.

You might consider that as a group effort of note, but I don’t want to leave you feeling coerced. That is something, too, that you can take into advisement with your inner Creator and feel whether that triggers within you a flutter of energy or a flutter of fear. Take a look at how you feel about such an undertaking and report your feelings, first to yourself and acknowledge them openly and then to others as they may inquire. In this way you are establishing your paints upon the palette that has been presented. Whether to paint a picture of a person, a group of people, a landscape or a storm is an option.

I perceive it is time to break, and, perhaps, have some refreshment, and enjoy the liveliness of the themes from this afternoon. These very creative entities, who are so close to you in your life and in your work, will be such help to you -- and you can be of such help to them as we get to know each other better. And we look forward to seeing all of you again next week for a visitation from the celestial realms at Elena and Matthew’s.

Father God, go with these beautiful flowers in your garden, each of them a unique and wondrous bloom. Help them to open their face to your Son, that their countenance may reveal His majesty and joy. And when tares grow up in the midst of these flowers, let those tares be as accent and accompaniment to the garden that You have created. Amen. Farewell.

*****

DATE: June 6, 2004

LOCATION: Elena & Matthew’s Place

TEACHERS: TOMAS, as host

WILL, who loves you

JESUS, our Master Teacher

TOPICS: Do you know what love is?

Love is lived through service.

Q & A: How can we transcend life’s vicissitudes?

Thank you for being with our loved one.

T/Rs: Gerdean and Matthew

MUSIC: Elena on Piano, "Oh, God, You Search Me"

PRAYER:

Matthew: Let us place ourselves in the presence of Jesus, the Christ.

"Master Teacher,

"We once again resume the larger group, and appreciate everyone’s participation including our own for what is a wonderful gift that you bestow, and as you have offered the opportunity for everyone to be able to communicate with their God Force and God Self in an intimate way, we are grateful for the opportunity of life and for its expression in us and through us and with us. For that we are truly grateful and will forever celebrate, in eternity, the gift of life and its outpouring.

"We pray for whatever teachers you designate today, who will bring a message of intent that will affect our lives in the most subtle but needful ways. We place our trust in you always and before all of the God Head that we serve, even though we do not see. We believe, even though we cannot feel. And we trust even though we do not know that you are there physically but we know you are spiritually, as we are signs, or evidence, of your existence.

"For those concerns and needs that are in each of our hearts, we place before you now and celebrate the gift of life. Amen."

TOMAS: Dear ones, this is Tomas, your host. Welcome to you, my students, friends and co-workers in the advancing field of consciousness into infinity. I am only the host today. There will be guest visitors, as we spoke of before. I believe that Matthew has acquiesced to deliver the main thrust of the afternoon’s counsel but prior to that, should that indeed transpire, I would like to introduce you to Teacher Will, if you have not met Will already through another venue. Will has been known for her work in the Tallahassee group primarily, but has also worked as an able teacher in the Corps of workers. I welcome her now to this arena.

Group: (Greetings and salutations.)

WILL: I am Will, who loves you. I would like to speak with you briefly about love, as it is understood from On High, from an enlarged perspective from the one you have evolved in your consciousness as a mortal, growing into an appreciation of the Divine, as it should be. This is not to discredit the love you have known and the loves you cultivate, but to introduce yet greater understanding of that reality which has been described as that which comes from God Himself. If God is Love, then what is this Love that God is?

When you go into counsel with your mentor/Creator, when you are led into that inner sanctuary where you are loved and to the point where you are lifted beyond the material, when you are carried into the heavenly arms by the holy spirit, what kind of love is this that you can extend it into your universe as an extension of that which you know? Do you know what you feel is love?

When love attains to godliness, it vanishes from need for definition. Even so, it is personal. Imagine those who enter into the inner sanctum of that private citadel within to find safety, security, strength and humility there, without understanding how that reflects as love, and how that differs from indulgence. Would having a Calgon bath be an indulgence? Or would it be a way of bathing in the spirit, yet literally, for the advantages of caring for the shadow of reality as an extension of the Source of reality itself?

This extends the care of love into the realm. Caring is an example of loving, but unenlightened caring might merely represent the sunny side of control. Without knowing what real love is, one could easily be misled by its own innocence. This is one of those cases, perhaps, where some truths are felt only in adversity, and one would not think that of "caring" but this is the birthplace of wisdom, which is the crown of human experience.

When you have mastered human experience, you have the opportunity to be led in all things alone through the Spirit of Truth. The Father loves you. Wait upon Him this week, that he may show you and tell you in many personal and intimate ways how much He loves you. And in this manner you will be attempting to pass on this bliss, lovingly, to those you know. Thank you for your listening ears.

Group: Thank you for being here, Will. Come again.

Renault: Will, are you still there?

WILL: Yes.

Renault: Would you do me a favor and do your opening prayer that I just love so much? "The love of God …"

WILL: "The love of God surrounds us; the power of God protects us; the presence of God watches over us. Wherever we are, He is."

Renault: Thank you.

TOMAS: Thank you, Will, for visiting our community, as well as the larger community, and for being who you are in this supernal adventure. My friend and associate, Matthew, are you ready with your guest?

Matthew: I’m ready, but I don’t know who it is, so… we shall see. (Pause) Okay. I have – we have Christ Michael.

Group: (Elated murmuring.) Welcome!

JESUS: Welcome, family of my body and blood.

I bestow upon you today new tidings of warmth and admiration for your dedication to loving service in my name and in my stead. You are an example of what is intended in "feed my sheep" for I have placed you in my world that is both benign and bewildered with the interpretations of love as was spoken by our friend and colleague, Will. It is a time such as this that I wish to reassure you that you are all on the path to truth and light.

The path is one that can take great effort and constant attention to detail and results, much like a diet that one needs to eradicate everything that is not part of the program, in order to derive what is required of the program. However, the good news is that my call for grace and honor of the world of our heavenly Father only requires your desire and willingness to be of service and to learn the most subtle of truths. One need not become an astronaut in order to learn the beauty and essence of rocketeering. You need not climb inside a jet airplane and pilot it in order to appreciate how it glides through the air with such effortless skill and beauty.

What I am saying is that all I require in my message to you, for time immemorial, is to follow me. In so doing, as your willingness to be a pastor among sheep or even a sheep among wolves, is to follow me and to trust that I will provide what is needed. Even as sheep -- should you be chased, frightened, or run off a cliff -- your being caught by the essence of time and space and your passage into the world of your dreams is all that is required.

Know that I do not expect you to walk off of cliffs or do as you are told in such an automaton-type manner, but you may get the point of my message in terms of being willing to be of loving service. I trust that you know your Inner Light well enough to know that a leading or an urge to perform a deed of selfless service is truly an act of response to the Spirit within.

It is this Spirit within that can bring a cup of cold water to one who thirsts, offers a ride to one who would otherwise be stranded, or to lend an ear to one who is in search of counsel and inspiration. It is all of these that you do willingly and lovingly in my name. Even if you were to perform such acts of service without consciously considering my presence or that of Our heavenly Father in your actions, thoughts and deeds, know that as a disciple of our inner life, you will act accordingly, in truth and in knowledge. Never distrust or mistrust your inner leadings to be of loving service.

I can only caution that a hidden recipe for developing ones own objectives, or what you call a hidden agenda, is not one such following of inner truth and light. And I caution only as a distinction, knowing that you will know the difference between what would be self-motivation and acting according to higher truth. And, likewise, one need not always see the light and act as Paul reportedly did in being knocked from the horse, but rather simply following your heart’s desire, your inner leadings in that which is considered an act of service and oftentimes selflessness.

I wish not to pound this into the ground to the point where it is beyond its fruitfulness, but to simply reinforce within your heart and mind that you need not see me to know me, you need not touch me to feel me, and you need not stand beside me to know that I am there.

For my will in the Father’s will is known to you when you are listening. I beseech you to continue, even in troubled times, especially, to be willing to serve and to do what is necessary to be my instruments in a world that needs music. I wish for you to be that which is helpful and necessary as my arms and legs, my heart and my will, to be all that is necessary to bring people to a new awareness.

Lean then on your inner leadings to know that it is there that you will find what is necessary for your life today and your spirit life tomorrow. For life is a continuum. As it may change in type, its character progresses.

Be of sound mind and solid faith in being one with me and all that is as we continue to be of living and loving service. Peace be with you now and always. Enjoy your day and your time together, and continue your good works. Peace be with you.

TOMAS: We have time for questions, if you have any. However, in the interest of efficiency, I will pause and let you collect yourselves first. {Pause}

Gerdean: I have a question for Jesus, if I may. It’s a specific question, perhaps. I know, Master, that when you were on the cross … that, being who you are and having the perspective that you have, … you were able to love everybody and to forgive them because they didn’t know what they were doing, and you could see from that perspective, and I’m seeing that you knew this as a whole, as an overall transcendental reality. However, as a mortal, didn’t you feel … stirred, conflicted, saddened by those, specifically, who jeered or took pleasure in humiliating you? I don’t know how to transcend that kind of stuff.

MICHAEL: I will address your need, and, hopefully, will be able to bring you into a new level of understanding, for your particular need is one in which many find themselves, yet do not have the understanding of being able to transcend it, or even a desire to move above such motivations that are less than desirable.

This is a problem that is addressable at various levels; however, let me take it a strand at a time. For life is made up of many dimensions, all interwoven and part of a whole, much as all of the systems of the body all have their functions yet serve intertwined and interrelated to one another, so that one does not become more prominent than the other -- even though the largest organ of the body is considered the skin. You do not necessarily think of yourselves as integrated circuits or functions within a function, but as one, acting, moving being.

What I am portending is that for you to be fully functional and alive, without being affected by these lower elements of life and the lack of awareness in others, is to expect you to leap from human status to divine in one fell swoop, which cannot be done -- and this is part of the difficulty that some people have with religion or church -- that it espouses a higher value in a world that has no resemblance to the higher order, or that addresses the challenges that people find on a regular basis.

What I am addressing is that you will find it more helpful to deal with these issues -- not necessarily from a transcendent point of view, or to rise above it and remove yourself from this of which we are speaking, but rather -- to embrace it and to love even the filth as part of the expression of humanity as it moves from ignorance, hatred, into understanding and unity. This is calling upon you each and all to become fully aware of who you are and to not ask me to remove the difficulty or the block from your eye, but for you to join with me in knowing your power to re-move, to accept and ultimately to transform the world in which you life.

I realize that this is asking what may feel like your joining me on a cross to be put to death by those who wish to inflict pain and suffering and ultimate death. I am not asking you to do this, per se, but rather to gain a perspective of who you are and who others are as well, for a child cannot be expected to act in accordance with the rules or mores of a highly structured society, but must be taught year by year to become enculturated in the finer parts of living and life. So, too, in the process, one must become attuned to the finer points of living, including that of Spirit.

What I am leading up to is that it is very easy to say "love one another as I have loved you." However, there is fine-tuning in your spirit that needs to be addressed in order for you to do so. If one is fully accepting of themselves and their frailties, the weaknesses that have been hidden or even obvious, and can accept themselves in the presence of my arms and in the presence of the light and spirit of truth, then one can accept the infractions and imperfections of their fellows.

It is in this way that I was able to walk the path to Golgotha, knowing that such ignorance could not have been imposed without their being in the dark, and whether chosen or as the result of difficult trials and tribulations, one is in the dark. It was my purpose to bring them out of the dark. To resist, resent or restrict my acceptance of their ignorance in a contrary manner would be to deny them the opportunity to come out of the dark into the light.

You may not be following me exactly here but what I am saying is: You need to be an instrument of peace, which is to be peace. -- not simply act in a peaceful manner, but to be peace, and in so being, you know the frailty of yourself and your fellows. This is what truly knowing and loving your fellows is all about. It is to be truly one with them as I am one with you. Am I opening a door of understanding?

Gerdean: Actually, yes, you’ve opened a large door, through which I can go and follow you. As always your counsel gives me comfort and inspiration to follow yet further. Thank you.

MICHAEL: Anyone else? Trouble, joy, concern?

Esmeralda: Michael, I wanted to thank you for being with Deborah this weekend. Abraham and Ham advised her to look to you and to be close to you at this time, and she believes in you and I believe …

Elena: …and I believe…

Esmeralda: … that you have been a great help to her in her surgery this week. She has not had as much pain this time as she had before. She can use her crutches better. And you’ve done a great job, and for that we are so thankful.

Elena: We are so grateful. So, so, so grateful.

Michael: I will be with you all in each of your many ways that are varied as clouds in the sky, and if you can reassure her for me that as the good shepherd, I anxiously await her loving and needing eyes for guidance and for healing, only in time for her to heal others -- as it is necessary for each of you in your own way to be loving guides and Christ-centered beings of love and service.

It is in this way that I return to my previous presentation to thank you for your willingness to be of loving service. In so being, you find love in return and healing as is necessary and desirous when the spirit is so accepting. Your lesson of a couple of weeks ago on acceptance is a word and concept which I wish to reiterate for your consideration – not that you need to accept the undesirable and inferior -- but rather, accept that you are in a learning opportunity that can fill a glass well beyond full, to overflowing, in your understanding and proof of my being, so I am with you and join all others in a true caring mode that allows me to walk with you every step of the way. All I need is for your acceptance of my pattern, which will be part of your life forever.

I leave you in peace with one another and yourselves as you continue to mount the road to the peak in the sky, which will give you greater clarity, yet I leave you in union with yourselves and All-That-Is. Peace be with you.

Group: Thank you.

TOMAS: And this is Tomas, returning, to praise you all for your adventurous souls that have ventured into the dimensions of love that our Master Teacher would take us, in order to know more about Him and about yourselves, and how knowing Him enables you to become more than you were.

We rejoice in the potentials inherent in this lesson and join the Master in well- wishing for a wondrous and beauteous day, such as the Lord has made. Peace be upon you.

Matthew: And also with you.

TOMAS: Amen.

Group: Thank you, Tomas.

*****

DATE: June 13, 2004

LOCATION: At Esmeralda’s

TOPICS: I AM a Son of I AM

A Candle Within A Candle

Exercises in Conscious Contact

T/R’S: Gerdean and Matthew

MUSIC: Elena on Piano: "Blessed Assurance"

Thoroah: I have thought about that "Assurance" a lot this week. I was trying to imagine myself as part of Father, and I only got so far before I realized how scary it would be without the Father. Without knowing him, it would be scary. So there is … That assurance is what is the relationship, that presence.

Esmeralda: It sure is an assurance.

PRAYER:

Matthew: Let us place ourselves in the presence of Jesus, the Christ.

"Master Teacher,

"We come to you today with hope in our hearts and assurance in our souls that you are with us and the Father is in us, as you are, as well, and that there is no better company, for we cannot leave your protection and your presence, even to the point of desiring so, because of the relationship that is with us.

"Not to get into the argument of whether or not one can annihilate themselves, I am certainly not electing that nor any of us today that I am aware would want to do such a thing, so ours is a blessed assurance of your divine presence. And for our role in eternity, we are forever grateful.

"The teachers that we will hear today, we are grateful for their message and for the opportunity to share and be together. For all of the needs that you are aware of in our hearts and minds, we place before you now and remain true forever. Amen."

Group: Amen. (Tiffany the cat, audibly meowing her greetings to everyone.)

TOMAS: Welcome to this morontia menagerie.

All hands on deck are prepared to row this boat ashore. Getting used to the feel of the oars in your hands builds up the muscle it takes to row, sensitivity to your fellow rowers establishes teamwork and augments the acceleration of the thrust you engage in together, but the real growth remains with the tiller, which seeks the destiny that you aspire to attain. Thus, in order for you to become effective in your presentation of divinity, it behooves you to have an understanding of what divinity is.

I, Tomas, am going to talk briefly today about what God is, for there still remains great confusion in the minds of humanity, including these students of intimate truth. There is the recognition that you are of God, that you are God, that you are becoming God, but what does this mean? What does it mean when you say "god"? God is more than power; power is possible in a mechanistic universe. God is more than a personality, for he created all personality. But even before God was, He was in the I AM, the all-powerful, original, First Source and Center.

And before and after we add any definitions to that state of being, be cognizant, each of you, that that original I AM is within you, as you are a microcosm of the macrocosm of the universe. Thus, you do have sovereignty over the universe, which you create through your own I AM consciousness.

As you grow in this consciousness, through your sincerity and your decision-making, you become more adept; you actually become more like that which you are meant to be in the end, as compared to what you were in the beginning – which was, at this juncture in your consciousness, a suckling child and/or a reborn soul, and in either case, each perspective requires that you grow up, that you grow in awareness in order to make progress in the ascension scheme.

Learning how to transmit is, in some ways, a process of activating your I AM consciousness to recognize all of the many personalities throughout the universe that aspire to assist you and lift you up into greater consciousness. It may make it easier for you if we adapt a theatrical perspective, giving the I AM consciousness the role of the Director, understanding that the play begins in Paradise and comes into play through you by and through your connection with the Playwright. I urge you to introduce yourself to that which you would write into your script if you were the Creator. I would like to go around the room, before we involve Anatolia, in order to demonstrate this process. I am going to ask you, Esmeralda, to make a statement as if you were playing the role of one of your celestial friends. And I will let you decide which celestial friend you would like to quote. Do you see what I am engaging you in, my dear?

Esmeralda: I’m not exactly sure. Just a little further explanation … because I am not a very good actor.

TOMAS: I am not looking for dramatizations as much as I am the lines. They do not need to be emoted, as if this were the grand opening. You need not play to the balcony.

Esmeralda: I was thinking more in terms of the scriptwriter providing the lines.

TOMAS: Yes. Let us find some entity who is close to you, meaningful to you, that you can identify with.

Esmeralda: Well, I’m trying to get acquainted with Celene, and I’m sure that she says, quite frequently, … she wishes that I would spend more time with stillness.

TOMAS: I will ask you, for this exercise, to be Celene. Speak Celene’s lines now, to the room.

Esmeralda: I am a loving teacher, and I have a lot of patience with my student. She does not spend as much time as she should in stillness, but she does think about me through the day. She speaks to me, and she wishes that she could hear.

TOMAS: Fine. Good. Thank you. The next participant? Volunteer? [Silence]

Esmeralda: Not everybody at once!

TOMAS: Thoroah, give us your rendition of one of your celestial associates.

Thoroah: I’m at a loss to do that.

TOMAS: Let me challenge Elena.

Elena: A new friend that I have is encouraging me to relax.

TOMAS: You are speaking as you. Speak as your friend.

Elena: It is time to let yourself flow with what is going on, more than trying to orchestrate things yourself. There is a time to blend in with the actions that are already in place; they are set in a good way, and you can release yourself to be cushioned in the scenario, and you can sit back and take a less aggressive role and be just as effective.

TOMAS: Excellent. I am able to recognize that personality by your portrayal of her words.

Elena: Really! Wow! What’s her name?

TOMAS: She has not told me.

Elena: She has not told me, either.

TOMAS: Matthew, I know you are already experienced in this process. Would you like to contribute, however?

Matthew: Okay. I have Chicoli, who is my personal teacher.

Chicoli: Welcome friends and associates. It is a pleasure to be with you this afternoon and whenever the occasion arises for opportunities to share what our spirits or souls desire -- which is truly peace, tranquility and happiness. One could do an excerpt of the meaning of each of these and how they interrelate, but generally are considered to be the same thing. However, that is not totally the case, but is also not the charge at the moment, but for us to find peace, tranquillity and happiness in our lives, not only in rest but in our awake states as well, so that Elena’s teacher is correct and I wish to reinforce this method. I will be able to return any time the spirit moves, so thank you for listening and for being a receptive audience. Peace be with you.

Group: Thank you, Chicoli.

TOMAS: I return to you, Thoroah. Have you overcome your stage fright?

Thoroah: It’s not really stage fright, I don’t think. Because I have had, for as long as I can remember, an on-going conversation and I can only conclude that the conversation that I’m having is with my Thought Adjuster. When I first heard about the fact that we had a Thought Adjuster, it made sense to me since I have had a conversation going on with myself for a long time. I don’t necessarily empathize with … like yourself, in the sense that I could assume to quote you. I can recognize your style, but as far as quoting, I would be able to quote more from what I am thinking is my Thought Adjuster’s conversation with me. That’s on-going.

TOMAS: I would like to respond to your comment, to accentuate the fact that indeed the highest and most serene communication you may have is with your Adjuster, who is that God within you that makes you a Son of I AM. That is your first source and center, as you know it. That is whom you speak to first! And from there, it would be much like the Akashic record, which contains, as does the universe, all knowledge, all personality, all information. And from your capacity, then, it is possible for you to access, even as if you were your own Adjuster, that which is in your creation. And that which is in your creation is that which you have perceived to be true or have value, such as the spirit associates of the Teacher Mission you have enjoyed.

I have no problem whatsoever, therefore, in encouraging you to transmit your Adjuster, for this is indeed the Alpha and Omega of all that is. Therefore, if and as you are your Adjuster, or as you listen to your Adjuster, the God within you, how does he sound that we might enjoy his voice?

Thoroah: I am always a comforting presence for Thoroah. I am also a sounding board for Thoroah. He understands that it is of no use to either of us for him to try to ‘fool me’ and he has known that for as long as he can remember.

TOMAS: That is all?

Thoroah: For now.

TOMAS: You do well. Thank you. Then, Gerdean, what have you to offer?

Gerdean: You, Tomas.

Group: (Laughter)

Matthew: That was economical!

TOMAS: You surely know, too, how much I appreciate it.

I am intrigued with the expression of Thoroah’s Adjuster that states the human consciousness cannot fool the Adjuster, cannot play games, pull the wool over their eyes. The Adjuster sees all, knows all. This point of clarity is that of sincerity. Sincerity is the key. If God can, in fact, can and does express Him/Her/It Self throughout the known universes, then as the birds sing, as the wind whispers, as the sun sizzles, so do intelligent lives express their essence.

I am happy to have had my essence expressed as well as it has been, in and through these transmissions, for they have given me an opportunity to be of service to Urantia. They have given me an opportunity to serve our Michael Son and his Divine Minister. And ultimately, they have given me an opportunity to sing songs of living praise to our First Source and Center, the original I AM. Before Father was, It was.

This experience has given me value, and allowed me to express value, therefore, adding value to creation. This expression of value will live well past my time with you. It will have become a part of the fiber of the Evolving Supreme. It will have augmented the growth of deity. And I will have served, through (in this case) the efforts of this T/R, as you are serving in your attempts to express the divine in and through your lives.

It may be more comfortable for you to express yourselves at this point through music, as Elena does, or gardening, as Esmeralda does, or counseling, as Thoroah does, and/or overseeing as Matthew does. But there is plenty of room in your individual capacities (in my opinion, in my estimation) to take on many more talents, not the least of which is to become intimately familiar with those you understand to be (in the cosmic scheme of things) assisting you, elevating you, upholding you, and enhancing you in your trudge towards happy destiny.

Be of good cheer. I subside now and remove myself from the podium. I am going to ask Anatolia if she will carry on in this classroom today.

Group: Thank you, Tomas.

ANATOLIA: Welcome, one and all, to our next installment of living with the light within, for in a way, it is living with a candle within a candle, with two flames burning, the larger including the smaller, yet there is no consumption of the smaller, for it has its own light and expression, but not without the larger’s projection.

This is an analogy that may be useful to your visions when it is time for you to practice Stillness when the opportunity arises. Frequently, there are those who choose an image to focus on when the time comes for Stillness practice. This can be anything from the cross to … anything that brings stillness inspiration and a sense of oneness and holiness. I simply leave you with an image of a candle within a candle; however, you may envision that with the larger including the smaller, and evidently you understand the analogy that this is what each of us are.

I speak to you with experience, yet I have not gone on to being ascended myself, not that I am unworthy to assume the higher realms of consciousness and ultimate unity with my God Self, it is, nevertheless, an opportunity yet that I have to serve with you and others in the realm of creation. For it has been and continues to be a life-giving gift, where I am more fully aware of the various forms of life that never cease to amaze me nor leave me in a satisfied state and seek no more.

For the breadth of creation is such that there is no limit to the variety and the liveliness and preciousness of life as we find it, down to the smallest of plants and animals - an image of which would include a topic which has been discussed in the past, and that is to witness life in such variant form as that of a quail chick, and how something that miniscule can scamper and run, following its parent and knowing its own mind to the extent of its consciousness. Nevertheless, is a marvel to behold, as would be some of the largest creatures (that have been, especially on this planet) when the monsters were giants, roamed aplenty. These are only limited examples of the variety and extent to which life varies and expresses itself.

I wish for you to recognize the endless variety which you, too, as an expression of creation express individually and collectively, for if everyone were the same shade of blue, there would be a brilliant display of that shade of blue -- which would in and of itself be a marvel to behold -- yet life and creation does not limit itself to even one marvelous vision, but countless and perfect presentations of marvels to be witnessed. I leave this with you and impart it to your hearts and minds as the flame flickers, knowing that it is inextinguishable.

I am pleased to be a teacher of the Teacher Corps and its associated brilliance of leadership and students that it is embarking upon. This is my pleasure as it will certainly bring me to completion along my path. I am with you in all ways and for all ways, as we equally serve our Master and our God.

Have a beneficial and productive week and know that until we meet again I am always your friend and teacher, Anatolia.

Group: Thank you, Teacher.

TOMAS: As your host, I invite you now to counsel with me as to how to proceed. Would you like to engage in further filial attempts at transmitting that level of consciousness which provokes your interests? And/or would you like to present questions you have had about your life this past week? Or would you like to close and be about the day? I am inclined to keep you further, for the interchange is valuable and the bonding effects are sustaining.

Elena: Well, I think it’s helpful to have reinforcements of having trust. For me, that’s enough for trying, right this afternoon, but I’m encouraged to have some response that it actually was good! Somehow it’s just nice to have done something and then had a positive response to that. That’s very helpful. Thank you for that.

TOMAS: Thank you for your contributions, as well, Elena. It could not have been undertaken without your effort and your willingness to express your counselor and expose your heart to others.

Elena: It was my pleasure.

TOMAS: The sports fans, Esmeralda and Thoroah, I will work with you further, of course, but perhaps, in order to foster your appetite for truth in this context, we could give you an assignment to practice, if you are willing. I would like to offer Nebadonia to you, to come to know. Each of you have an affinity for the Divine Minister that is personal to you. Esmeralda, you are a mother; you have many of her qualities innately. And Thoroah, you have adored Our Mother and appreciated Her love for Her children. Therefore, both of you will be able to sidle up to Her value.

In the interests of our group efforts, then, perhaps she will speak through each of you next time we gather in this context. In fact, I would like to invite you Elena, Matthew and Gerdean to also undertake to assimilate the essence of Nebadonia so as to speak for Her when we meet a month from now. It need not be much, but it will be an interesting exercise.

In the meantime, do not cease to know yourself, and however it is that you secure your understanding of who you are in the light of truth, assimilate that bounty – whether it be from the Divine Indweller, from the descending sons, the creator sons, the ascending sons, the angelic corps, ministering spirits or loyal midwayers -- let yourself be at home in the universe. Come to recognize that the energies that you feel throughout the day are often the result of application of their service to your world. Recall the many kinds of angels, the many goals of eternity, and see yourself as a part of that active pattern … advancing into perfection, from today’s relative perfection.

In light of the relative perfection I enjoy in your company, I release you then with well-wishes for the upcoming week in health concerns and employment concerns, as well as those concerns which might be regarded as spiritual concerns. Be of good cheer. Farewell.

Group: Thank you, Tomas.

*****

DATE: July 4, 2004

LOCATION: Elena’s

Teacher TOMAS as Host

Archangel ANDREW on The Death Experience

Teacher ABRAHAM on You Can Take it With You

Midwayer DANI on Conscious-izing Spirit Reality

Cherubim BOB on the Merit of Negative Feelings

MUSIC: Elena: An Adagio, by Mozart

T/R: Gerdean

TOMAS: We have truly passed through the portals of heaven and stand within the pearly gates. What an enchanted moment we enjoy here with you in your serenity and repose. With the waters trickling and the breeze carrying the adagio over the universe broadcasts to Havona, we are surrounded by that which our soul longs for – that peace which passes all understanding.

I am Tomas, your Teacher. I am glad to see you here. I will not be holding forth at length. In keeping with your agenda, we have visitors today. We have a number of potential speakers in our midst. Perhaps a selection, to deal with the various questions that lay upon your mind, will be forthcoming. I will return later, as your host. One moment.

ARCHANGEL: I am an Archangel. I am new to this venue and to this transmitter/receiver. I am new to you in many ways, but you will recognize me, or at least a facet of my function, for if you were watching the television show "Touched by an Angel" you would recognize me as Andrew.

Group: Welcome! Is that your name?

ANDREW: You may call me Andrew. It suits the purpose of introductions.

Group: Welcome.

ANDREW: It will not come as any surprise to you, therefore, to recognize that my major function has to do with "crossing over" as you say in your realm. Passing on from this life to the next. When Tomas spoke of pearly gates, he introduced the image that comes to mind when most believing mortals perceive of life in the hereafter, based on limited thought and the adequacy of that image to present to the time-bound mortal the fact that heaven’s grace far transcends the stress and toil of the material existence.

Death is such a misunderstood aspect of your experience, and yet it is my experience always that the life, resident within the material vehicle of the flesh, is no different than the life that emerges triumphant on the shores of Mansonia. It is the trappings of your consciousness that makes the difference.

The aura of dread which overshadows the passing from this life to the next is based on fear of the unknown as well as the emotional loss of companionship, but those of you who realize that life extends into the great beyond, also realize that you will see your friends again in the mansion worlds and throughout the universes, if for no other reason than because of your mutual birthing place on this world of the cross.

The grieving that comes from your personal loss is a temporary loss because it is emotional, and the emotions are mastered through time by the ministry of Universal Mind who takes away the pain, leaving only that which has lasting value, which brings sublime joy. And so, in the course of time, all these vicissitudes of life, which come from the fact of your evolving, are destined to fall away as part of the carcass which contained your spirit, which is now free to resume its destiny path without the encumbrance of the fear of death or the fact of its experience.

Death is a part of life on almost every inhabited world in all the 7 superuniverses. I say "almost" because there are those which are so advanced as to provide the alternative means of departure, understood by you as "fusion". Even fusion is a separation from that which was and takes you to that which will be, but it does not involve the process of dying which is so familiar to you here, and perhaps even more familiar to you than many because of the Adamic default, as that has given rise to more disease and less ways of curing them than would be found on a normal world where the Material Son and Daughter had succeeded in their mission.

We regret the inconvenience that death causes you on this world. The very fact of the death and fear of death that comes from the war that your planet is now witnessing, is enough indeed to slow down the process of revelation, for it dominates the brain waves of humanity to the extent that the fear of God truly supplants the love of God, and in the face of such barbarity, it is difficult to see God as a loving and merciful God. Even those of you who have not known the horrors of war have certainly encountered the fact of death and dying in your many years of experience, either personally or closely through association.

While we regret the experience some of you must undergo in the process of taking leave of your material plane of existence, I would like to convey somehow to you how, in retrospect, every single entity who has resurrected is a marvel of health, vibrancy, vitality and inexpressible gratitude for having mastered the bridge from here to eternity by going through that portal of death which you recall as "the pearly gates." Much like childbirth renders the mother fairly relieved of the memory of pain in the delight of her child, to the extent that she would bear more children, is how death is seen on this side of the veil.

We would inconvenience you all to bring you across to the threshold of the rest of your eternal adventure, more than making up for your inconvenience and your distress at the process of discarding that which no longer serves, in order to embrace that which now embraces you – eternally.

I came only to give you condolences and understanding in the deaths you have all mentioned, have made reference to and known, and which you also face yourselves at some point in the process of becoming all that you can be, as sons and daughters of this living and wondrous God we call Our Father. Thank you.

Group: Thank you, Andrew. Thank you so much for coming.

Paula: You know, I don’t think there’s anything about death that I’m afraid of. My father sort of just slipped away. He shut his eyes and that was it; he was gone. It was a little bit different when George died. He had been flat on his back with his head on his pillow for oh, hours and hours and hours, before he died. An old friend of mine, who was a nurse, came over because she knew it was just about time, when all of a sudden, in a burst of strength I didn’t know he had, he was up on one elbow, sort of half sitting up, and he was looking at something that neither she nor I could see, but he was just staring. He was fascinated! Then he laid back down. What, I wonder, was it he saw. Was it his parents, or … maybe he saw God, how do I know?

Thoroah: Maybe the Archangel.

Paula: He saw something that we could not see. And where he got the strength to get up on that elbow, I don’t know.

TOMAS: It will be interesting to hear you sit around the campfire of the resurrection halls and discuss with each other how it was that you left your mortal sphere.

Paula: I’ll probably object. I won’t want to go! I want to stay right here with my husband! I don’t want to go anywhere.

TOMAS: It is very romantic to say so. Perhaps you will go together.

Paula: Could be.

TOMAS: At any rate, it is wonderful that you so enjoy your life and your loved ones. You have, as they say, been born with a silver spoon in your mouth, or, born under a lucky star. We have no problem with those of you who have found life an enjoyable experience more than you have found it a trial, that does not eliminate both ends of the spectrum but, rather, appreciates the fact of life for themselves.

This is Tomas acting as moderator in anticipation of our next guest. One moment.

ABRAHAM: I am Abraham.

Group: Welcome!

ABRAHAM: I feel welcomed in your home, and I welcome you, as well, to my presence, which is not to laud my being but to rejoice in the give and take of human greeting. In fact, I come to you today as one who has lived. I sometimes perceive the students of this Melchizedek classroom as escapees from the human condition. In reaching for the insights on high, you are lifted out of the fetters of your daily grind into those ethereal and peaceful realms of harmony and bliss which comes from lack of conflict, unconditional love, and essential adventures in discovery.

But I would like to remind you today of the fact that all of us have lived a material life – all of us ascending sons. We know the experience of birth and death as you do. Within the realm of our society, we have experienced the same emotions you experience. We have struggled with the same challenges, had similar regrets, and enjoyed a variety of successes based on our capacity as a man among men.

There is so much of my human experience that I continue to carry with me, and I do this consciously and jealously. Leaving the earth behind is not closing the door on your human experience, it is merely packing away your valuables in spiritual baggage that you can take with you. The memories that you have that present pictures of your joyous trek, which brought you insights, which opened doors of perception, which allowed you to know and feel a connection between you and others, the necessary disciplines which you employ now in order to accomplish certain things or convey certain values, will still be a part of you. The world you encounter when you leave here will be not that much different from what you know now. While it may be less dramatic in its presentation, nonetheless, you will know the wonders of nature. You will still find challenges, and you will still have disappointments.

By way of these words I hope to convey to you that what you know now is part of you forever if it is worth knowing. Therefore, find strength within your own self and your own experiences. Look at your own insight as if it were a mirror to life beyond the veil. Recognize that what you love and treasure, which is essential and eternal, will be with you today and tomorrow as it was yesterday.

There is a song in this T/R’s consciousness, as well it might be in yours: "No, no they can’t take that away from me. The way you tip your hat; the way you sip your tea." These treasures of the material existence are part of you. They are the refinements of your culture that denote your civility; they are patterns of perfection that you have built up through the centuries as a part of your inheritance as a homo sapiens. And this nobility and these refinements are a part of you and will remain a part of you, even as you approach Paradise.

Be encouraged that much of what you know today is the platform upon which you will build your eternal life. The stresses that you experience are not for nothing. They are evidence of your accomplishments and your capacities. They are work for you and for your fellows to reveal the divine influence over all. Your life is a testimony to the goodness of God that allows you the privilege of choice and design to enhance your mortal experience and the experience you know and love – even those you disdain and do not love. These latter, however, will fall away as unwanted baggage when you come to recognize they will not be necessary when you unpack upon your arrival on the shores of Mansonia.

Enjoy, indeed, your lives and your day together, understanding that you will be associated for an eternity, sharing the experience of living after experiencing dying, into worlds beyond. You are a precious group here, a true family of soul fellows. It gives me pleasure to be with you and to hear your spirits return that value to me through your love, which is God’s. Shalom.

Group: Shalom. Thank you, Abraham, for being here.

Paula: You know, we’re not in any hurry to get there. We’re having such a good time living, we figure there will be plenty of time for the other later and we’re aiming for 100. Aren’t we, dear? I’ve got a cousin who is 105. She’s still perfectly rational and when I talk to her on the phone, her voice is just as strong as it was 20 years ago, but she kind of hobbles around the house. She kind of hobbles, and she’s lost weight, but Kathryn is still having a good time and I figure if she can do it, we can do it. So we’re aiming that way.

Men-O-Pah: You remember that song the choir sings, Elena, that old Negro spiritual, "I Ain’t Got Time To Die". I thought it was most unusual, it came on the radio when we were on the radio, "I’m so busy working for the Kingdom, I ain’t got time to die." (Group Laughter)

Maria: Well, I’m too busy to die.

Paula: I can just see my father up there. He’ll be putting on a play. He’ll be saying, ‘We’ll do this, we’ll do that, and let’s have fun.’ He was like that. The kids all loved him to pieces because he was so much fun. Of course, he had been on the stage for years so he just brought that along with him.

Elena: Is there anyone else here, Tomas?

TOMAS: Only one more to speak. Therefore let me introduce your friend, Dani, the midwayer.

DANI: Can I come in?

Group: Come on in, Dani. Please do!

DANI: You know how we midwayers like to stir things up. Sometimes you’re more willing to hear me talk than to follow through with my enthusiastic confidence in your ability to – as your Dad, Paula – get something going! Let’s put on a play! Let’s strike up the band. Let’s build a business. Let’s do something. This is my theme song, in case you hadn’t noticed, but it’s only a beginning. After you’ve decided you want to do something, then we get more specific -- break down how to go about it, get some assistance, and set some goals. As you are busy taking care of that, my fellows and I are out drumming up an audience, or a customer, or a prospect so that you don’t have to do it all by yourself.

This remains my theme even when you are acting as individuals, rather than as a group. And it is our privilege and pleasure to help you in your efforts. It is not every configuration of human beings who have a thread in common adequate to create a working format which might move mountains. Some of you are busy in your own realm, undertaking challenges that we try to help you unravel and bring light to. We are always busy, working for the kingdom, but in our case we don’t have to worry about dying, we just move on.

And yet, the point of your story, Men-O-Pah, is quite true: if you keep busy doing what you love to do, you will not have time to die. And this is not only true in the physical sense but in the psychic, emotional and mental sense as well -- even in the spiritual sense -- for there are certain exercises that must be undertaken as a way of life in order for you to keep your spirit in good running order. Stillness being at the top of the list, certainly, but there are many other things you know you need to tend to in order to keep your spirits up and your mojo workin’.

Anytime you think you need a lift or an assist, come talk it over with the troops. Anytime something physical gets in your way that you cannot find your way out of, don’t be ashamed or afraid to sit down and call on us to see what we might suggest. It’s our job to follow through with the instructions from our superiors, so when you put things in a prayerful state of mind and express that state of mind, even through your attitude, it can be perceived on high and the results can eventually be forthcoming.

The thing we like to do is conscious-ize those thoughts, bring them out into the open, reveal them as a relative reality that might be gone over in such a way as to help you determine if this is something you would like to pack into your eternal luggage or leave behind. Conscious-izing your relationship with spirit reality will help you do all things material better. Prioritizing your time in terms of what you value will enable your life to roll along with time left over to enjoy the luxury of meditation and the leisure to create.

You may not be able to feel what I’m feeling. It may not be conveyed through the words spoken through the T/R, but believe me when I tell you my heart is bursting with intrigue to see how we could advance together. How can we keep our kingdom-building going so as to keep ourselves alive in the sense of eternal jubilation in the task at hand? This is heaven! Heaven on earth, and beyond, as well. See you around campus. Later!

TOMAS: And this is Tomas, your host, anticipating your next move. Are there questions?

Elena: I have a question. We read the Religious Paper 101 in the Urantia Book where they had the 12 items that are difficulties that improve your ethics and your morals, and the question that I have had to do with going through that kind of circumstance and whether or not the negative thoughts that you have, that arise as you are going through that, are affecting your outcome or are they just part of going through that difficult situation? Have I expressed that clearly enough?

TOMAS: I cannot say. I will ask someone to respond.

Cherubim BOB: What About Bob.

Elena: Hi, What-About-Bob. Welcome!

Cherubim BOB: Those negative feelings you have are there for a purpose, and they are part of the process of formulating reality. They impact the experience and will, in fact, influence the outcome of the experience, depending on how you utilize them. Here your underlying motivations are made apparent. It is here where they say you reveal what is truly in your heart. When you are tested. What you do with this insight is the testimony to the caliber of your own evolution as a being.

Now, let me just say that this is strictly for assessment purposes, not for judgment purposes. No one can judge anyone in the sense that your eternal soul is affected, yet you can, in fact, influence your behavior and thus the behavior of others, to some extent, depending on how you handle what you know. If you see someone’s blatant selfishness expressing itself, you may use that as a wedge between you for the rest of your lives if that is your choice, and that will certainly influence how they feel about you and/or the experience that gave rise to their relative reality.

However, knowing that about that person in that situation is also a means whereby you may use that as a springboard for the spirit to recover you both and, therefore, let bygones be bygones, and this gives each of you an opportunity to make another choice, perhaps even to become friends, even knowing that "that ugly moment" occurred – that unhealthy exchange of emotions or attitudes. It is not enough to curtail your advance and theirs in your work in kingdom-building, if you are unwilling to allow it.

This is not the same, however, as the spirit of intuition, which might tell you that this individual is unsafe to be around, that their consciousness was such that they would willingly do you harm without a second thought. That kind of insight is there for a reason. It is to help protect you. It is, perhaps, even a reflection of your guardian seraphim advising you to be cautious, and to close the door between you and danger. There is no blanket answer to the question, except to say that these things are there for a reason, and you can grow from them or allow them to hobble and cripple you forever, depending upon your choice and your potential.

Every choice you make has an impact, has a repercussion. Whether it is positive or negative is, in large part, due to the wisdom of your choice, and wisdom only comes through experience. Therefore, fear not these lesser experiences, but use them as lessons in life that will enlarge your ability to discern the difference between good and evil. And as often as possible, if not in every case, return good for evil. For that is the divine way.

Without putting yourself in the path of danger, allow Father to guide you in these choices, pausing every time you have doubt, to ask the Spirit of Truth, so that the Spirit of Truth will say "This is the Way" rather than consistently acting on instinct and digging yourself a deeper hole to climb out of after you’ve all gotten filthy dirty from that experience. Is this helpful?

Elena: Yes, it is. It’s certainly given me some things to think about. And some guidance. Thank you.

BOB: These are gifts from the Mother, you know, these adjutant mind spirits, that will give you insight into human character that is intended to be loving. In closing I will say it is good to be here with you again. It is always a joy to be a part of your conscious-izing. I return you to Tomas.

TOMAS: And I pause one more time to inquire: are there questions? (None)

Next week we will once again be in the configuration which allows for you to practice the art and craft of contacting that Well of Infinity which lies within you, to draw from it those buckets of living water which formulate in the personalities and characters of the many teachers who seek to quench your thirst and fill your needs. Nebadonia is on the agenda next week, and I, for one, look forward to hearing Our Mother come through each one of you, as I know She is looking forward to the experience, also.

In the spirit of your holiday, I wish you Independence – independence from the shackles and chains that bind you unhappily to that which serves you not, into the liberty of the Lord, without undue license, but with the intent to carry forth the bell tolling truth, beauty and goodness. Amen and farewell.

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DATE: July 11, 2004

LOCATION: Esmeralda’s

TEACHERS: TOMAS, Hosting

NEBADONIA, our Guest

TOPICS: Accessing the Mother Spirit

Music: Elena on Piano: A Sampling

T/R: Gerdean and Rio Rancho TeaM

Prayer:

Matthew: Let us place ourselves in the presence of Jesus, the Christ.

"Master Teacher,

"We come to you today with thoughts of joy and gratitude for the lives that we are given, and that we have to share with one another and with You, and it is only because of You, through our Creator, that we have live and a re living it, and to live it abundantly with You, for which we do give belief and faith that we are, in fact, and will have life more abundantly through You.

"We pray that we are open to the Spirit of Nebadonia, and You, to be able to receive and transmit our messages that come to us through telepathy or however they are interpreted, to be able to voice and share with one another a we open our hearts and our minds to receive spirit, however it comes to us, and for this and all else that You know to be true and a request in our hearts and minds, we place before you now. Amen."

TOMAS: This is Tomas, your Host. Greetings.

Group: Greetings, Tomas.

TOMAS: It is a joy to be here today to feel the impressions of the Divine Minister as she settles in on the consciousness of you each. All of your experiences are so varied, in terms of your relationship with your earth mother, it is a humbling experience for us to see your souls respond to the impetus that your Spirit Mother brings.

Some of you have never conceived of God the Mother. You have been indoctrinated to the all-powerful, all-wise perspective of the Father/Son diagram, disengaged from the Mother Spirit, which we acknowledge in our hearts as that ministering spirit which touches all of life and supports all of creation. The worlds of time and space are from the original thought of the First Source and Center, made by the hand of his consort, co-creator, Infinite Spirit, balancer of all the worlds of time and space and with you in all your component parts and in your ascent back to the Source of your Spirit being, as well as the return of your material elements of the flesh to the dust from whence your material selves were created.

What a magnificent kingdom the Mother supremely reigns over and serves! Let her nurturing aspects be part of you. And yet, let me step aside and allow her to prevail with you. Perhaps a moment of stillness to recognize her glory and ministry upon you and let her speak for herself, through you, without designating who shall go next. I will disconnect myself and let this room of pupils of greater reality become in tune with her and so let our superiors guide your energies in this experience. I shall return later for commentary and questions. You’re on your own.

Men-O-Pah: Tomas, you know I am part Indian. And we have a great reverence for the earth and we always say that the earth is our mother. And you openly hear me in my prayers say, Let my hands respect those things that you have made, and the words of the great Chief Seattle, when he remarked, would a man poison his own mother? And so out of that had come a great despair and a love for this earth that we walk on. Perhaps every day I say, I am grateful to you, Great Spirit, for letting me walk on this good earth another day.

TOMAS: Your worship of Mother Spirit is acknowledged and appreciated, for indeed She cradles you in Her arms.

Paula: I hope he keeps walking on it for the next 10 or 15 years. He’s doing all right so far.

TOMAS: You lovebirds are cherished. I need, however, for one of you to follow through with the assignment so as to get the ball in motion.

Elena: Well, I’ve been trying, during the week, off and on, to focus toward the Mother, (inaudible)

NEBADONIA: You are right to go forth. Your steps are in great good stead. They follow one upon the other and well and sure. You have nothing to fear. You are surrounded and nurtured in every step. Seek and ye shall find, but seek, and take one step (inaudible).

TOMAS: Good. Good counsel, as well, from that which leads you. Another?

NEBADONIA: As your own mother, your earthly mother loved you, I love you, too. I am responsible for taking care and nurturing you, and you will be assured that I will always be there for you.

TOMAS: Continue in your relationship with the Spirit Mother.

Esmeralda: It’s probably only in the past year that I have begun to think more about the Mother Spirit, and it is comforting to get closer to her and to know that she is there for you. Even more than our earthly mothers. She is wise and helpful.

TOMAS: Indeed, you honor her correctly.

Maria: I keep seeing the word "Speak".

TOMAS: Then speak, one word at a time as the word appears to you. We have time.

NEBADONIA: (Inaudible)

TOMAS: Well done, my child. Prejudgment is because of your prior conditioning, and as you cling to your conditioning as the only reality, you deny the possibility offered. Even so, you do well to be mindful of that influence which would thwart your well being by moving too fast or being too glib, for you are growing in genuine reality and that process cannot be undertaken quickly. Slow and steady growth is the course. Stay the course, indeed.

Are there further expressions in pending? Gerdean, let us hear your rendition.

NEBADONIA: Yes, Tomas challenges you, Child, but you know he is working in your best interest. Set aside your petulance and be with me. Be still that I may be with you, and speak through this vessel to my precious children here in our midst.

I am your Spirit Mother. You are merely my babes. Only becoming aware of my voice, of my touch. To know me is to know your own vulnerabilities. But to know me is also to feel safety. For in me you will find sanctuary, as the suckling child finds life at my breast.

I am not here to compete with your mother who raised you, the mortal, from infancy, nor to prick holes in her imperfect methods of mothering, for the fact is, from my view, all your mothers are responsible for the miracle of bringing you to me. Without their cooperation, we would not have this conversation today. What makes you think that I have not been at work, in fact, even with them, as I am with the Spirit of Mothering: nurturing, life-giving, supporting, condoning, directing, encouraging and embracing all life?

I see myself reflected in children who love their dolls, who drag them around by the foot, attempt to comb their hair, which renders them bald, but loved. My energy is in the Velveteen Rabbit, which has been loved to tatters, and my love is also in the construction worker who tears down that which is old in order to recreate that which is new, for the realm of birth and death is mine. It is ours. We understand the cycles of life. We ebb and flow with the tide and the moon. We are of the earth, even as we are of the spirit.

And when the earth experience has worn you out and you are tired from your exuberance, I am glad to nestle you in my arms, bathe you with my tears of joy, and lay you to rest. As you are troubled, I am here to hear you. Come to me in the sanctity of your own isolation, and I will comfort you; I will hear you out; I will listen to you until you are spent.

I have nothing but love for you, and nothing but time for you. If and as you need me, or as you acknowledge your need for me ~ for in truth, you have Father and I to depend on for all your needs, for your very life itself. And this is not to tell you to obey me because I am bigger than you, and more powerful, no. I am conveying this to assure your tenderness that I am in charge. I am the abundant universe in which you reside. All your needs are provided. Give me your wishes and your hopes. I will see what can be done, if anything, and if they cannot be forthcoming, you will understand my refusal.

And, in the conditioning you have, that god is a father, a male, an authority figure, a disciplinarian, even a jealous and judging entity, you have been discouraged from coming to him as a weak, erring or sickly child, but with me you can be weak. You can cry in my arms and I will not think less of you. I will not make you grow up before your time. But I will, indeed, stand beside you as you take those initial steps into becoming my conscious sons and daughters for eternity, and be there to comfort you when you fall.

I love all my children. It matters not to me what church they attend or what name they ascribe to God. All of you are my creation. I am in you each, through the adjutants, and I minister to you all through the heavenly helpers, the angelic corps, the ministering spirits. You are made in my image as you are made in the image of Michael for we created you together. You are our adventurous little ones, our stalwart explorers, and I could go on and on because I am a Mother! I can appreciate the bumper stickers that say, "Ask me about my grandchildren" for I could tell you about you all day long. I can find love in even your most unlovely circumstances because I know you are struggling with an ill-gotten foundation, through no fault of yours, though you are not abandoned and you are not alone and you have never been shut off from me and from your Father.

It pleases me greatly to spend these moments with you today and to be in you each and to express myself through you each, as I can, as I will, and as you let me. As you are admonished to allow Jesus to guide your steps, and you put him up there as the example of how to live a mortal life, begin to put me there next to him in terms of your capacity as well, your feminine nature that strives to be a noble child of god in the feminine right as well as in the masculine, for this is something we do together. You are OUR children, and you may manifest our reality as you live your lives.

Thank you, Gerdean. I am finished with you for the present. I have two sons who have not run to greet me. Can I have the pleasure of your cooperation, Thoroah and Matthew?

NEBADONIA: Welcome to the fold of my arms around your shoulder, for it is a place where they both fit and rest. When you are in need of a place to rest, or even to cry upon, know that I am with you and offer you rest. In the meantime, you have been sent to be fruitful and be a caretaker of those people and things that are in need of being cared for and for this you will be held accountable. Not in terms of "what have you done to prove your worth" but "who have you helped along the way?"

This is all that anyone is called upon to render, and it is in this regard that each of you help one another to become who you are and to become the light beings that you are already. Rest assured that the peace of the Christ spirit is with you as you live and breathe and have your being in our presence. Be of good cheer, for there is no reason to choose otherwise, for knowing that otherwise is dreary and hope-less, be full of cheer and hope-filled. For this, too, you render gifts immeasurably. Be of good cheer, and go forth and be fruitful. Peace be with you.

NEBADONIA: This one’s reluctance to speak on my behalf is a struggle for me to work through. We have a very close relationship, although it is not always consciously recognized. Like many of you, this one grew without the knowledge of the existence of the Mother Spirit. His growing awareness of my existence is helping him understand the universe, as if a large missing piece had been placed into the puzzle. There is nothing but love in our relationship, as it is with me in all of my relationships. That is all.

TOMAS: All right, then. Let me gather you back together into the consciousness that we enjoy as a part of our pattern, our configuration, for I can tell that Our Mother has tilted the scale significantly toward your grasp of comprehending her innate energy in your lives, in your consciousness, in your soul. Hear how her voice differs from that of Michael and that of the Teachers. Everyone has their own voice, as do you each, and yet many of you are unfamiliar even with your own voice, much less the voices of those who help you along your path.

This class we enjoy together is devised to help you become more of who you are. In this you are able to express yourself with that authority that speaks to the souls of those who are your hearers because it is based not on a belief system but on a reality that you have experienced.

Your earlier conversation about the various Christian sects, and even the expansion of that concept to the many world religions, preys upon the differences, and yet the authority of the Spirit is heard through the cacophony of sounds that are made by the many theories and philosophies that are part of the ascending evolution of the divine within you, individually and eventually as a community, eventually as a cluster of believers in light and life.

Thus, in order to be effective, it is not the facts that matter. Intellectually expressing beliefs is not the solution. It is the Master and the Consort whose voice you hear and follow, without equivocation, without doubt, without question. You know through the Spirit of Truth reverberating within you that this is truth, and with it come beauty and goodness.

This is the reality we strive for, this is the point of these classes, this is the future of your planet, this is the route that all universes take in the establishment of perfection, and thus, we are being about Our Father’s business and in Mother’s ministry every day in the arena -- where you work and play, in your advancing consciousness, and in the prayers of thanksgiving you offer in appreciation for the day you’ve done.

Are there other inputs we can anticipate this afternoon? Anatolia, would you like to speak to your class?

ANATOLIA: Not today. It is sufficient.

TOMAS: Very well. Mother has filled us and I have packed your lunch for tomorrow, so let us be on our way. Farewell.

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[End of Vol. VI, 2004-5, Part 2 of 4]