[tmtranscripts] Elyon/Tomas Group 10/15/00

[Rick P. Giles]

Coeur d'Alene Teaching Mission Group
Topics:  "Hello, out there",  Michael had reservations,  I am now up-starting
in Spokane, You are in no small measure a direct measure of our success
Teachers: Jack, Lantarnek, Tomas, Elyon.

October 15, 2000
*	Jack (Gerdean TR):  0802AB, Jack here, hello everybody.  It is a great day
for me to be able to be here and visit with you all.  I don't make too many
appearances in the states these days, but I'm happy to be because you are all
being introduced to those of my order.  I'd like to have the occasion to
introduce myself at large to everybody who pays any attention to these
transcripts, and say, "Hello, out there".
	It has been a true adventure working toward these mysterious and exciting
events in your planetary development, those days long gone and those more recent
days preparatory to this segment of time wherein you find yourselves
bridging the
gap between the darkness and the light, between those days when we used to have
to ask for permission to bring anybody into the mind circuits as compared to how
open the circuits are today. The rush hour traffic on Urantia is incredible.  It
is a very exciting time even though it is sometimes dangerous; this rush hour
traffic seems somewhat like bumper cars.  I know no one will get seriously hurt,
but there is a lot of jostling around and vying for position.  It's to be
expected, as you have heard the story; what do you expect?  They're humans. 
Humans are amusing, exasperating, and endearing.  I'm glad to be a part of your
unfolding.
	Alas, I'll be around a long while after you're gone already, so save me a
place when you get there.  I'll be along soon.  Thank you, by the way, for all
your help in introducing us to the material realms.  We've had a bad rap.
George
knows we've been called ghosts far too long; poltergeists is another favorite
reputation we've been stuck with.  It's as if all the rebel midwayers and
all the
subconscious uprisings laced with fear have been labeled midwayer activity, and
that has been a very unfair brand to put upon us.  That's okay, however; there
have been a lot of unfair brands put upon you also.
	One of the greatest things about being a part of your awareness now is the
adventures we can have together.  It takes a while for you to get to the
point of
confidence that we are here and that you actually have sufficient will to enable
us to do things together.  You are suspect of your own abilities, your own not
only psychic abilities -- which also have a bad rap -- but your competence in
anything having to do with other than the material existence.  But this is
changing rapidly.  The material realms have peaked, and now we are entering into
an era of the mind en route to the spirit.  You who are avant garde are way
ahead
of the game by having the experience of working with the teachers and in
your own
personal experience to have had spiritual experiences.  But it is necessary for
you to have seen the light in order to help those along, much as elder brothers
help their younger siblings along.
	Again, it is a great experience for me and for us in the corps of united
midwayers to have reached a point in time where we may be able to anticipate
your
active cooperation and coordination in our endeavors to bring a little bit of
Light and Life and levity to Urantia.  Levity comes along with it, you see,
because we have been far too serious for far too long.  One of the ways we can
open up the circuits is to lift our spirits high and laugh and rejoice.  This
really drives them crazy.  They hate it when we have such a good time.  I
encourage us to be of good cheer.  As the master said, it is contagious just as
love is contagious.  You can be serious and reverential and respectful, even
worshipful, while having a happy attitude.
	I guess I'll move over.  There are a whole bunch of personalities here this
afternoon.  In as much as I don't often have a chance to step in and greet folk,
I thought I would take the opportunity today.  G'day.

*	 Lantarnek (Jonathan):  Greetings to each of you.
	Imagine Michael's concern upon winding up his bestowal career on this world
how his apostles would conduct themselves subsequent to his departure.  He knew
he had their faith; he knew he had their love in spite of their shortcomings and
their incomplete knowledge.  He knew they were zealous.  They had witnessed in
those few years a man among men.  They had observed application of spiritual
truths in a commonplace life.  They had seen relationship with the divine
unencumbered by the ornateness of temple and the rigors of ritual and the
laws of
scripture.  They had been instructed to tend to the ailing, to minister to the
needy and to feed the hungry souls.  They had witnessed his miraculous touch
upon
the ill.  They had even observed the appearances of Michael's celestial
associates.  All this and still Michael had reservations.
	Every individual personality is free to choose a course of action, a
direction in which one feels capable to reveal the inner experience of
friendship
with God.
	Aside from the teaching of the prayer of his youth, Jesus left no strict
technique whereby his apostles may adjust themselves.  Then was a time when the
authority of the priesthood held sway over the creativity of the individual
spirit child.  Michael endeavored to break those bonds and start afresh with a
clean slate and freshen the possibilities.  Today you are in the era of the
liberated Spirit of Truth.  In this time period you are experiencing these
freedoms, and you are being herein given methods and techniques whereby you may
function individually in association with our kind and that you may apply to
your
human fellows in the course of ministry and also in the deepening of
relationship.
	Though the apostles were sent out two by two taking not a coin with them,
you are being amply provided with sufficient rations, traveling gear to sustain
yourself and to uplift another.  Michael had but a few short years with his
apostles while on this planet.  He has had quite a few centuries with the
many of
you in his spirit presence.  You are endowed from on high, and you are being
trained from a little closer, and you are being supported from among
yourselves. 
You are deemed capable and equipped to carry on the work.
	Michael's experience of uncertainty supplied him with a Supreme value, and
that is that his human children are capable of carrying on the work of the
kingdom and to do so meeting the approval of the Father of all.  This supreme
experience of Joshua has been superimposed upon each one of you.  Therefore
dispense with your own uncertainties as they bear upon you and hinder your
ability to express the spirit.  Do not, however, ignore uncertainty where it is
preparatory to the development of ability, but be on guard for the uncertainty
that is unfounded, that ignores, that squelches your capable talents.
	God is ever present.  God is all-where present.  But God is each-where
present, discreetly in your midst, expressly focused upon you singly, albeit
capable of doing so for everyone, everywhere.  Know you are attended.  A young
mother with a new infant knows the experience that when the child is set down
from her arms in a room and she is but one partition away in another room, the
child will cry feelings of abandonment.  Yet she is near and is as attendant as
she was in that same enclosure.  When the child matures, it knows that the
parent
is near, that the house, not simply one room, has become the associative
construct.  Soon this child can be overseas and still feel the presence of its
parent.  To those of you who face the challenges of the spiritual ascent,
you are
likewise having to develop this sense of connectedness with the Father, to
broaden the arena wherein you feel closeness.  The beauty of your textual
revelation and its cosmological presentation is that the God afar in the sky is
at the absolute center of everything.  That makes Him closer to all.
	As you each travel toward Him, you are in reality drawing closer to each
other.  Feeling alone in time of need, it is important to pause to re-embrace,
and it is likewise very important to associate.  You must learn to go off by
yourself and be with the Father, and you must learn to congregate and be
with one
another.  This twofold process re-associates you, reinvigorates you, and
emboldens you.
	I am Lantarnek.

*	Tomas (Gerdean):  I am Tomas and part of God's everywhere-ness.  I
mentioned two weeks ago I was a mushroom, liable to pop up anywhere.  The funny
thing is where I pop up I stay planted.  I am still connected to everywhere I've
ever been.  I still have ongoing interests in the Pittsburgh teacher base and in
the Butler teacher base in Pennsylvania.  I have ongoing interests and
associations in Buffalo, New York, and Hamilton, Canada.  I have students in
Sweden and in Finland.  I have amigos in New Mexico and brothers and sisters in
Idaho that I continue to visit and teach and counsel with.  I am now up-starting
in Spokane.  I am a real globe trotter on Urantia, as it were. It is convenient
for me to work through this TR, however, I offer myself to any and all of you as
you desire to work with me and to call upon me to come visit you or your
group or
your configuration no matter how intimate or large.  I am a servant in this
mission.  I am not a possession of a TR nor a teacher base.
	I am looking forward to tomorrow as I relish yesterday and bask in the
beauty of today.  These associations that you witness being constructed in our
paths together are truly eternal.  Our friendship is based in the same truths as
those other poignant associations of spirit value that you share with your
mortal, morontial, and spiritual associates from origin to ultimate destiny.
	My words here today are in a continuing appreciation for the opportunity to
be a part of your lives and to extend the love of the master and the order
of the
universe into your hearts and minds to the extent I am able.  I am looking
forward to a sojourn now in company with Aaron and Paolo, however I am not
married to any spot or any person, as I have said, nor for the most part are any
of us, as we are here to teach and preach and minister as we are able. 
Therefore, join us in our future ministry to Urantia through the new address. 
I'll see you there and then and here and now.  Good afternoon.

*	Elyon (Mark):  This is Elyon, and I would mingle among you, my students and
my friends, today.  It is always a great joy to join with you at our regularly
scheduled time to share, to learn, and to grow.  I certainly do not indicate
that
this is in any way one- sided, as I gain much in the way of growth from working
with you and observing, as do many others involved.
	We were asked to imagine Michael's concerns and doubts about the unfoldment
of his mission here on your world.  I would spring from that to ask you to
imagine how we the teachers felt when, upon hearing of the mandate of
Michael and
upon being accepted as a volunteer in this project, we were turned loose
with the
likes of you.  This is one gigantic experiment, never having been done in this
fashion before, a great period of trial and readjustment throughout the process
involved in determining the most accurate and efficient use of this new line of
communication we have established.  You are in no small measure a direct measure
of our success.  You have shown us and entire legions of onlookers that you are
willing and capable and faithful to this process we are establishing together. 
We are determining patterns even now which we shall use for many generations to
come on your world as to the effectiveness of our skills to work together.  You
have provided us with reams of useful information which we compile to adjust our
techniques, even from meeting to meeting.
	Having had lessons delivered today and having already been given much to
think about, I would recognize questions and solicit your comments to be
answered
by myself or my associates.
	Jonathan:  There was some concern over the wording of the technique on
elevating the eyes while closed.  Would you please clarify how that technique
should be applied?
*	Elyon:  Thank you, and I would defer to your comrade George's observation
that when you reach this critical degree of elevation your eyes automatically
recognize this position and respond accordingly, for each individual to
visualize
this exact angle of translation. But from what I and the others observed in your
discussion this morning, it seems you have come to certain realizations about
this yourselves.  Both personally and collectively you have determined that this
elevating of the eyes is simply a physical mechanism to trigger an autonomic
response involved in your neurological system, that the exact technique may
differ slightly from one individual to another.  Again, I defer to your comments
on this subject as being accurate and reflective of the truth.
	Gerdean:  Which is what? Twenty two and a half degrees, more or less?
*	Elyon:  It is.
	Tom:  Could you comment on the variation between focus and dilating, the
amount of light versus the length of focus?
*	Elyon:  Once again, I witnessed in your discussion the distinction between
these two separate exercises.  I encourage you to practice both, that both have
positive effects in the training of your mind's eye.  It is this arena in which
perception of other energy forms is readily made, and these two exercises both
offer you actual physical hands-on techniques, so to speak, to manipulate the
physical makeup of your composition to promote use of this neural pathway.
These
are exercises designed not to constrict you but rather to construct an image
whereby you may focus on this phenomenon.  Through repetition and approach you
may become familiar with this physical orientation.
	Does this suffice?
	Tom:  Yes, thank you.
	Gerdean:  Aren't we talking about "eyes to see" and "ears to hear" in that
we are beginning to perceive through our mind's eye and hear the teachers
through
our mind's ear, so to speak?
*	Elyon:  Aaahh, we are getting somewhere.  We speak in terms of physical
arrangements, combinations of neural networks, linking of information, and all
these are necessary to you as a mortal of the realm to have something to hold on
to, to focus upon, and something to practice.  All these exercises are good in
that they bring you to this arena of the mind's eye, of the opening of the mind,
of the receptivity of the individual, and the organic and chemical conditions
required for this entire reaction to take place.  You must involve the physical
vehicle in this process only to the extent that you learn how to remove it as an
obstacle and align it as an antenna.  The rest is in the arena of spirit, of
mind, and does not depend on the physical characteristics of the vehicle.
	Is this enough here?
	Gerdean:  This is good.
	Tom:  We were given an exercise a few years ago, "between the ears and
behind the eyes".  You wouldn't have an exercise for between the ears up your
sleeve, would you?
*	Elyon:   I would call to notice for you another growth ring in that, at the
time that lesson was delivered, it was not received as it could have been.
You as
individuals had not reached the spirit potential to embrace a lesson on existing
in the space between your ears and behind your eyes.  You have flowered
spiritually and are in a big growth spurt.  It is only natural and right
that you
would spontaneously request this lesson at this time.  This lesson had very much
to do with the establishment of control over the physical organ which you
are now
coming to understand is driven by the mind.  The mind is what inhabits this
dimensional space inside your skull, it is what drives the bus, it is what
conditions the response, it is what accepts the reality.  So, now perhaps we try
again the exercise to be in more full realization of existing in this space, in
this organ, ... your freewill in order to help with the process ... which are
you.  You, existing within this organ and having control from this command
center
point of all that this organ drives, the arms, the legs all the way down to the
toes, are in control from this command and observation point that is behind the
eyes and between the ears.  These eyes and these ears allow in light and images,
allow in sounds and vibrations, wherein you make your observations and set your
course.  The practice of withdrawing into this point is a visualization exercise
designed to help you realize just where and how this chain of command happens
between the mind and the brain, all housed neatly in this space.  It is an
exercise in perspective.
	I appreciate that you have thought to bring this ball back into play and
what that says to me about your growth and the growth of this group, for which I
am thankful.
	Jonathan:  We know that if one can subdue one's tongue one can be greater
than a king who can subdue a city.  Behind the eyes and between the ears is
above
the tongue.  By focusing there maybe we can get a grip on that unruly member.
*	Elyon:  I would go so far as to point out the link between what you have
now been engaged in, in your training, and conversation of the discipline of
going within the mind into a construct of your making.  This is very similar to
this exercise of going within to the confines of your mind housed within your
brain.  Is it not that this construct is there also?  Is it not that the
arena of
spirituality lies there as well?  This is the place of reference to which you
will more frequently desire to return.

	Kirk:  Jack, I hope the group feels the same way, I want to commend you for
being a loyal midwayer.  Most of your order went astray.  Thank you for being
there for us mortals.
*	Jack (Gerdean):  Well, you are very gracious, young man.  You assume a set
of circumstances based on your own mortal conditioning, yet you are not too far
from wrong.  Be advised that much of our loyalty was due to sheer cowardice.
	Mark:  We didn't have to know that.
*	Jack:  Would you prefer illusion to truth?  Of course you would.  I have
seen again and again, and yet you will be encouraged to realize that we were so
entirely smitten by the master when he was here, we hurried to do what we could
to make up for our lack of commitment and conviction prior to his incredible
appearance on our world.  You can never appreciate how we were impressed with
this man Jesus.  Even today you will find in our enthusiasm and exuberance to
advance a motive to bring round his people to a greater appreciation of who
he is
and what he is capable of in terms of his incredible capacities, love being one
of them.  We were wowed by the master and are still operating as a result of the
impetus he gave only by being here.  We were impressed right out of our socks. 
But I do appreciate your words, friend, for it indicates your empathic
understanding of isolation and a severe detriment in parenting and many of the
same delinquent circumstances that you have known in your lives here.  We
have so
much in common.  We have nothing but benefits to accrue as a result of our
knowing more about each other and our mutual experiences here on this orb.  I
just don't want you to elevate me to any stature I am undeserving of.  I am
acquainted with humility.
	Jonathan:  You give new meaning to the difference between standing firm and
scared stiff.
*	Jack:  Paralysis of the will is a way of justifying doing nothing.  Very
tricky minds you have, indeed.  Surviving and making it is an employment we have
observed in fascination for centuries.  You are getting a little better at it. 
It's wonderful to see the circuits connecting and your potential coming into
being.  Maybe we can really get trooping here and make some progress while your
impetus is alive and well as a result of our steadfast teacher corps and the
renaissance that is upon us in terms of spiritual light shining here on our
world.
	I hope you know we have had many advantages given to us as well since the
Correcting Time has been inaugurated.  We not only helped bring it about, we
have
already benefited from many of its perks.  It is a great springboard for us
as it
is for you.  We are enjoying the opportunity to catch on to each others'
coattails for a grand ride into the dawn of Light and Life.  Of course, that
simply means a series of adventures into a greater appreciation of a greater
reality.  This can boil down to some fairly mundane behaviors, but hey, we are
fairly mundane creatures in the scope of things.  That's where the real work is
done, in little minuscule moments that bring about an opportunity for you to
make
a decision that will advance our world or dawdle longer.  You will find we are
not dawdlers, we have dawdled long enough ourselves and found it wasteful.  How
many times we wished someone would take us under their wing and teach us, like
your teachers are teaching you, how to be spiritually courageous, confident of
your sonship.  All these wonderful lessons that come in a healthy family.  Our
broken home destroyed much of what might have been, but we are not remiss in
appreciating what our parents have bestowed upon us now in lieu of what was
lost. 
We just pick up from here and carry our bag the second mile and make do with
what
we have.  Considering the benefits of the circumstances we have been given, we
have quite a bit to work with.  We're not complaining; we're excited, in
case you
couldn't tell.
	Nice chatting with you.
	Mary:  Who are "they" who don't like it when we are cheerful and joyous?
*	Jack:  You know your teachers would have me by the ear for talking about
'us and them', which is a no-no in the curriculum.  Even so I wasn't born
yesterday and I know there are those who find great satisfaction in
self-flagellation and in stark displeasure.  So, they are the ones who would
find
your joyousness irritating.  It requires effort to lift the mantle of grief and
guilt and blame and shame, those things we are trying to outgrow in order to
forgive and love and learn compassion and appreciation and joyousness, those
things that are representative of the other side of the coin.  Those who
love the
darkness hate the joy we have to offer.  But we already know that is only a part
of their deluded state of mind.  It is a false reality brought about through
false prophets who, many years ago, taught the value of doom and gloom.
	Boo! We have a new agenda.  Joy is a result of knowing God, knowing who you
are, knowing how you fit, all those good things that you are learning through
your applications of spiritual study and actualizing your potential.  Joy is
also
a precious commodity which has a powerful impact.  So, while I casually say,
"They don't like it" there are those who so long for joy they are quite
crazed to
see you have it, and they may be dangerous or they may be putty in your hands. 
The opportunities you have for teaching and preaching, for ministering, are so
many and so great it is no wonder you are reluctant to become aware of the
possibilities that are presented to you if and when you get into that universe
between your ears and allow yourself to see with eyes to see and listen with
ears
to hear what the universe would have you know and be and do in service to the
Supreme.
	Mark:  I'd like to offer a public affirmation of faith and willingness to
all the teachers and Michael and the Father.  We want to work more closely and
more effectively, to become more aware of potentials.  Maybe through
exercises we
will come closer to these objectives.  We ask for all the assistance possible in
this endeavor.
	Tom:  I second that devotion.
*	Jack:  I join with you in your petition and appeal to Michael to help us in
our joint venture to elevate Urantia to the shrine it deserves to be.  I am
inspired by the inspiration I seem to have brought today.  I could weep for joy,
but let's not confuse the issue.  Thank you.