[tmtranscripts] TRAVELING WITH LANTARNEK Aug.15, 1999

[Rick P. Giles]

(Fourth in a series of six)

August 16, 1999  Sugar Lake, B.C.

*	Lantarnek  (Jonathan TR):  You know that the Master said that you are to
be in this world but not
of this world.  What is it that makes one not of this world when considering
the makeup of the human
being so much appears to be of this world?  The physical mechanism is of
this world.  It rises from dust
and returns thereto.  The emotions are often so chemically controlled.  The
knowledge of the mind, aside
from revelation that brings you knowledge of other realms, is also of this
world.  Even the soul is the
result of growth attained while experiencing the things of this world.
	The soul, however, is the crossing link from being of this world to being
one who is simply in
this world.  The mind, though containing much knowledge of the world, is
bestowed upon you from
beyond.  You also know your personality and the Father himself who dwells
within you are gifts from the
Father.  These are not of the world but are in the world interfacing with
those elements of yourself that are
of the world.  Where they join, the soul emerges as a new reality in the
Supreme.
	Michael holds you as his child.  He enlists you as his ambassador.  Upon
you is bestowed his
spirit.  This spirit qualifies you to be a representative of his higher
realms while yet clothed in bodily form
on Urantia.  Knowing what you know, having received the revelations you have
received, you are now in a
position to represent to the world your true residency, that being of
Salvington.  Though you must traverse
many spheres in an educational process that will bring you to Salvington,
Michael has stepped down to
you and brought to you now those qualifications in his Spirit of Truth.  He
has completed a circuit that
you will, in your own, also complete in the opposite direction in due time.
	To walk upon this planet with the understanding that you are a citizen of
Nebadon brings an
entirely new perspective to your activities in this world.  I come to you as
a mechizedek from the spheres
that surround Salvington.  I come to you as one who is upon this world, but
I have never once actually
been in this world.  You are in this world.  You have an advantage I do not
have.  You are able to
replicate, to recreate, the life of Jesus in a manner in which I am entirely
unable.  Should I have received
the same privileged assignment as had Machiventa, I could have undertaken
such an opportunity, but even
he was not in this world in the same manner that Michael was.  His
incarnation varied significantly from
that of our Creator Son.  The methods of arrival and departure and even the
makeup of his form differed.
	Ponder the significance of your kindred qualities to Michael.  You have all
the apparatus of being
that he had.  You are not even very far removed in centuries from the time
when he dwelled upon this
sphere.  As his representatives you are encouraged to disseminate his
teaching in every way that you are
capable, and I ask you to be ever creative in discovering other avenues of
expression that may reach your
fellows that you have as yet not discerned.
	It is a solemn privilege to be in his charge, though I would bring caution
in discernment of my
statements so that you do not misunderstand and wax arrogant.  This
representation is not unlike the
responsibilities of the material sons, even of the ascendant mortals who
were the staff of your onetime
Planetary Prince.  But discern clearly, for it is not that you are
revelators yourselves, but that you are asked
by Michael to go forth into the world and proclaim his gospel,  to represent
him as he represented the
Father when he was on earth.
	Being not of this world in no way dismisses you from the responsibilities
of planetary citizenship. 
You are to be good stewards, to take care of this world as you pass through
it, in reality as you spring from
it.
	I return to my point of the double aspect of your mortal constitution,
those elements that are of
this world that couple with those elements that are from the higher realms.
Realizing this dual aspect will
help you to maintain a sober balance, to not become, may I put it, overly
cosmic and detached from this
world and neglectful of your care for this planet.
	Know to be not of this world does not free one from responsibility but
rather implies a deeper and
broader universe responsibility that incorporates this world into an
enlarged framework wherein your
behavior adjusts to reflect this comprehension.
	I hope that this will be meaningful to you and encourage you to be about
the business of Michael. 
I desire to hear from you at this time. This is Lantarnek.
	Jael:  Thank you for the message.  I just want to humbly approach this call
from Michael to
represent him as the most effective tool that I can be.
*	Lantarnek:  He accepts your sincerity and your devotion, and you shall be
engaged in ministry for
him.
	Jada:  I feel a great desire to help out and make things better, but when
you talk about walking in
the Master's shoes it seems like a very large undertaking.
*	Lantarnek:  I assure you, my friend, it is actually quite easy.  I draw
you to the original apostles. 
Imagine how they felt when he, likewise, charged them to represent him in
this world.  Though they loved
him dearly they each sincerely in their hearts knew that they were no match
for his personality, yet they
went about his work devotedly and accomplished great things.  No report card
was ever kept as to whether
or not they were getting straight A's in their efforts.
	But I do acknowledge your humble acceptance, and this is healthy, for it is
in this meekness that
you receive his power.
	Jael:  I have to add that it is pretty exciting.  It is an enormous leap in
faith that all we have to do
is ask for help and the words and knowledge will be there for what we have
to do.  It is exciting.
*	Lantarnek:  It is a wonderful privilege.  It is an exciting adventure.
Your faith can be coupled
with the understanding that the Spirit of Truth goes before you as you
undertake such endeavors.  Know
that Michael is greatly esteemed on this world, as he is throughout all
Nebadon, but he lived a simple
human life, and he lived a simple gospel, and he lived for the Father as any
mortal being may do.  So the
tasks at hand are not ominous.
	My encouragement to you is to be encouraging.  I simply would  like to
infuse your daily
behaviors with that extra, super-additive influence of Michael.
	Evelyn:  I try to think of myself as a system citizen, to appreciate being
more than just a planetary
citizen.  Now I am juggling the thought of moving that all the way up to the
local universe.  I see that's
where Michael comes from, that's where the Spirit of Truth comes from, so
that's actually where we're
connected.  I'm not sure what to make of that.
*	Lantarnek:  The administrative bodies that govern the local universe all
fall under the rule of
Salvington.  You may consider your system -- for that matter, all systems --
and  the constellations as like
bodies and minds, in that order, to the spirit overcontrol which is Nebadon,
directed from its headquarters,
Salvington, by Michael and Mother Nebadonia.
	Every human child begins focused physically with concerns for physical
comfort, nourishment,
and safety, and broadens its experience through mind and eventually gains a
spirit quality, a spiritual
living, a spiritual application which reflects itself back through mind and
body.  You are not wrong to
consider yourself as a system citizen.  It is a subset of the larger
citizenship of Nebadon.
	I will draw our meeting to a close.  You are content this hour.  I will
close with a prayer to our
Michael Son: 
	To you I pray.  These your children and my students have been and are now
ready to be in service
for the upliftment of any they encounter in their lives.  We all trust that
you will be ever supportive, that
you will continue to provide education that they may grow in their
abilities.  While they serve, may they
be rewarded with spiritual advancement, and as they advance may they be ever
able to serve.
	Michael, we trust you completely and know that you are ever watching over
us.  We know that
where we may fall short, you extend a loving hand of correction.  This
correction is an adjustment to the
better not a reprimand for failure.  May these here with me this evening be
ever sensitive to your presence.
	I now withdraw.  Good night.