[tmtranscripts] Rio Rancho TeaM Easter Sunday Part II

[Gerdean O Bowen]

Date:                April 20, 2003, Easter Sunday 
Location:         The Stafford’s Home in Albuquerque
Teachers:         Tomas and Anatolia
Topics:                Trust 
Q&A:         What or Who is the Perfector of Wisdom?
                Tomas answers questions about his home world.
T/R’s:         Gerdean (for Tomas); Matthew (for Anatolia)
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(The Q&A session after Tomas and Anatolia’s lesson on Trust and Faith)

TOMAS: Thank you, Anatolia, for your chocolate. Can we have some jelly
beans now from you (the group)?

Elena: I have a question about what you mentioned about the Perfector of
Wisdom. Can you give me just a little ‘jelly bean’ about the Perfector of
Wisdom? I don’t understand, exactly, what entity that would come from or
who that is.

TOMAS: The Perfector of Wisdom is a Universe Reality. It is personified
for your comprehension, as if you were incapable of understanding any
live thing without a form.  I am reminded of the Living Libraries, which
are not filled with books, as you would know ‘knowledge’ today, but
rather an atmosphere without
walls that you may enter into and absorb what is available on what you
need to know, much as you now go to the library or the internet in order
to find information. The ‘living libraries’ of the cosmos are realities
for you to partake of. 

Similar, but not the same, is the Perfector of Wisdom. Like the Sanctity
of Trust, it is a quality of reality that has no parallel in your mortal
framework, but you know when you have entered into its influence. You
recognize the reality, the value, that it reveals.

Elena: Well it’s easier to understand the Trust that you talk about than
the Perfector of Wisdom, for me. When you were talking about Trust I have
a very clear understanding of that - at least during the time that you
were talking about it. What you said (about the Perfector of Wisdom)
helps, but still I’m not clear about it. I can almost touch ... I can
feel the Trust in the Father, but I’m not so clear about the Wisdom. 

TOMAS: The Perfector of Wisdom is a ministering spirit - a helper which
guides you into a comprehension of the worthiness of that which you seek,
and which stretches you above and beyond your current comprehension of
what ‘wisdom’ is. It enables your own wisdom to take on new dimensions
and, like Sanctity of Trust, which you can feel around you as if it were
a shady place on a hot day, the Perfector of Wisdom is similar to "a
cosmic stretch" into a greater comprehension. It leaves you feeling
enlarged and invigorated, as if every cell in your body had been
innervated. You feel empowered, perhaps, because of the newfound level of
wisdom which has been revealed to you through your own efforts - through
your own reach into divinity, and this process is assisted by the
Perfector of Wisdom.

>From your mortal vantage point you may think of it as a study hall that
provides the atmosphere that will enable you to focus your mind on a
point of behavior or attitude which allows you the "Sanctity of Trust" to
see it through to the fullest extent possible, without diversion, without
distraction, without the need to change the subject or run away. It
provides time for you to make this leap in consciousness.

(Cricket, Paula’s cat, meows noticeably in the background) 

And good afternoon to you, as well, my four-footed friend. (group
chuckles) I have affection for your animals. When I was mortal I had many
animals myself. However, my selection was very limited by the nature of
the restraints of our habitation. It was not my experience ever to see a
horse, Paula. I have never been on a farm. I have been what you might
consider a city boy, "a city slicker", but truly I was more like "Eloise,
the apartment dweller". Even so, on occasion we were afforded stewardship
over one of the many animals of the realm which we had adopted as
appropriate for our living conditions and, since they were so
domesticated, your pets put me in mind of those days when I was able to
enjoy the company of the creatures of the realm.

Matthew: May I ask a question at this point?

TOMAS: Yes, Matthew.

Matthew: What did the mortals of this world look like? Did they look
like, for example, humans like us or with some real differences? 

TOMAS: My world?

Matthew: Yes.

TOMAS: They were somewhat shorter. They were slight of build. They were
racially what you might call "petite" and rather without fur or hair but
rather a ‘down’ that covered the bodies. When my sons were born, they
were almost furry, but as they developed, they shed their hair, leaving
particles of it in their bed, much like cats or dogs who shed will leave
traces of their fallen hair on their bedding. 

Our lives were lived within a similar time frame as yours but for us to
live to be 75 or 80 was a very long time. However, the planet we lived on
was so dense, the global time span was much smaller. The down-pull of the
density of the neighboring tribes held us back from (- the word is not in
your vocabulary that I am looking for -) what I have seen on other
developing worlds where your vitality actually soars. Thus we were - how
shall I say, landlocked or grounded from the advantages of advancement
that you will find on worlds of Light and Life that includes the entire
globe. That is a different aspect of Light and Life. Thus, you see, my
experience had its limitations. But to answer your question Matthew, we
were of a slight build compared to Urantians.

Matthew: Thank you. I had wondered about that before.

TOMAS: Does this contribute to your spiritual discernment somehow?

Matthew: I can find a reason. I’m curious because I’ve heard some
descriptions of other creatures on other worlds looking like reptiles and
other such descriptions. I wasn’t expecting something grotesque. I was
just curious, if it was almost a direct - in appearance - comparison to
what we look like, that’s all.

TOMAS: We were similar. I was standard among my race. We all had blue
eyes, however, which was a variation from the variety you see with your
people. However, this was, very probably, a result of our isolating
ourselves early on. It is not as if we had interbred, as there were
enough of us to forestall any genetic deficits that inbreeding will
bring. But there was such limited opportunity for the racial amalgamation
that occurs on a normal planet. We retarded ourselves, in some ways, by
this choice. But these deficiencies were made up in the course of time,
as all deficiencies are in the path to perfection.

Elena: Tomas, you mentioned before the difference of habitat for your
race of people. I don’t know if "race" is the correct word to use or not
but it’ll do. But on your world, was there some kind of mistake or a kind
of a change of the plans, comparable to our world, that promoted and
continued that separation between you and the other people? Because I
remember you talking about that before.

TOMAS: It stemmed from the conditions on our world—the physical
conditions of the planet. The course we took was to protect ourselves
from the elements, and thus we became more fragile. We lost the
ruggedness that our neighboring relatives withstood, sustained, and grew
into, and so, after a time, it became necessary for us to continue to
separate ourselves, even culturally, for while we were able to develop
our sensitivities and refine our life style, we were also made very
vulnerable, you would say ‘weak.’
Thus, to your mind’s eye you might think of us as birds in a cage and
surrounded by cats on the prowl. However we did not feel imprisoned and
we truly did sing for we had great joy in our peculiar society.

Elena: Yours was a planet of Light and Life, too, wasn’t it, Tomas?

TOMAS: It was not.

Elena: Oh.

TOMAS: Our portion was very advanced but the planet, in the main, was a
brutal place to live. But again, much of that was because of the physical
aspects, the extremes of heat and cold that sent us scurrying indoors,
whereas the others ran out into it to fend, and they became strong
physically while we became strong inwardly.

Matthew: Can the analogy be made between Asian people here and the
Europeans? Because Asians are generally more light of build and tend
toward more intellectual and spiritual pursuits.

TOMAS: From your perspective that might be a way to understand our
difference. But we were not nearly as many as the Orientals here. Our
race, unlike the mongoloids of Urantia, were a small race of people.
Perhaps the size of Australia, in comparison of the rest of the globe.

Paula: Where was this planet of yours in the scheme of things?

TOMAS: This planet was - and is - in a neighboring system in the local
universe of Nebadon, and so we are simply neighbors.

Esmarelda: Are we in the same galaxy?

TOMAS: The galaxy itself, of course, embraces us all. But I’m not in the
galaxy that revolves around your sun. We have our own sun ( s-u-n ) and
it is rambunctious. Indeed there were two suns and three moons on my
world and the weather conditions were altogether different from the
weather conditions here. That is what set us apart from our fellows, and
to my mind what enabled us to advance, but only because we adapted the
way we adapted. 

The others are, in fact, intact and evolving nicely on the rest of the
planet from which I hailed, and they have evolved, as I have, now
presenting a decent face to the Father in acknowledgment of their beings.
Whereas in the days of my mortality, the gods outside of our compound
were based on what you would know as ‘ghost cults’ perhaps. They
worshipped the elements and this, of course, is why they would run right
out into the elements and do battle with them. Eventually they realized
that the wind and the rain were not their enemies nor gods but merely
climate factors, and they began to develop new ways of invigorating
themselves physically and entertaining themselves psychically. Thus they
have come along in their evolution and what is left of what was once my
world is what you might consider ancient civilization in ruins, and yet
maintained as a museum for those to study.

Elena: No more of your race is there anymore?

TOMAS: They have all vanished. We evolved and eventually the need to
procreate (long pause) - again there’s no word here - (further pause)
removed itself from us. You might say we were ‘freaks’ or a ‘fluke,’ but
that was the experience that I brought with me to my eternal career. And
there are times, like when encountering your cats, when remembrance of
that way of life wash over me, and my memories, my reflections, are warm
and joy-filled. Which is what Light and Life is, after all.

As I enjoy this respite with you from the embattlements of life on your
world - even in your lives - the tranquility we share is one we know of
as ‘peace’ resulting from the Prince of Peace. It is the quality of
enjoyment that comes from an appreciation of our Higher Nature and the
accomplishment of sedating our animal nature.

Elena: Well, I don’t know if for anybody else, but for me it’s kind of
like a continuation of what you were talking about at the start, too. As
you learn more about someone else, you trust them more. And I’d have to
say I know we’ve grown to know each other more during the last year, but
as we grow to know more about you, it makes it easier to trust you more,
too.  It’s very helpful, I think, and I really want to thank you again
for sharing some of what your past experience is. Within the Father we
are somehow a piece that fits in the humongous mosaic that we can’t even
comprehend, but in Him. But as one mosaic piece relates to another - as
you know more about that other ‘piece of the pie’ or whatever - it
certainly is very helpful. So thank you.

TOMAS: And thank you for trusting the process of getting to know the
facets of divinity which have been generously spread out before you in
personalities such as mine and others that engage with you in a
refinement of sentiment and an appreciation of the experience of others. 
It is a testimony to your growth as a conscious citizen of the Universe
that your needs can abate sufficiently that you can look around and take
an interest in the lives of others. This is not possible for those who
are in fear of their lives or in distrust of life itself. It is those, of
course, that we have as our assignment, you and I, and yet, in order for
us to be effective, it will be to our mutual benefit that we have learned
to love each other and trust each other sufficiently that we can see how
we are alike - how we compare as ascending sons - how we share in the
family of God as fraternal comrades. I have dredged up memories that have
been long dormant today and I am glad you found them meaningful to your
experience.

Esmarelda: Thank so much for sharing with us Tomas. It just helped us to
grow closer.

Elena: And at another time we’d like to really know more, too. 

TOMAS: There is an element of your cat, Elena, I would like to mention.

Elena: Oh, Thank You!! (group laughter) I didn’t want to ask about my
pet. In the past I have asked you about Herby (the beta fish) but I’m all
ears. [Editor’s Note: Her cat, Tanya, was keeping the household awake
with incessant nocturnal swatting of the electrical wires throughout the
house.]

TOMAS: You are on the right track about the shedding. It is a part of the
peculiar habit Tanya has instituted. Energy runs through those wires, and
energy is able to, like a magnet, draw her and stimulate her follicles.
If she were brushed, it would have a similar effect. You in this climate
understand the electric charge of that shock that comes innately from
scuffing your feet on the carpet then touching the door handle. She is
"electrocuting her hairs off". It is a process similar to how snakes will
molt their skin. It isn’t enough to be harmful. It may not even be that
effective, but it pleases her to try.

Elena: Then I should brush her!

TOMAS: If she will hold still for it, you might eliminate some of her
"itch to seek relief" in electrical wiring. This is just something else
for you to put on your "To Do" list.

Elena: I appreciate the suggestions, though. Anything that could kind of
help us get some sleep right now would be helpful. So, thank you, Tomas.

TOMAS: There is also an advantage to you, for in the Stillness that is
required for you to effectively minister to your feline, you are brought
into relationship with her and there are many gifts that can be gained
from the association with the animal realm. They have so many things to
offer that humans so often overlook. And the truth is, they share them
with you, since they too have five (5) of the adjutant mind spirits and
thus their nature is so much like your nature. Give yourself up to the
luxury of engaging in intimacy with your cat and enjoy the grooming
moment.

Elena: Thank you, Tomas. (Phone rings) 

TOMAS: The outside world impinges. And it is just as well, for we must
close our session and be about our Father’s business. Take what we have
enjoyed here today in this Family Gathering, the love we shared, the
peace we knew, the trust we developed, the wisdom we imparted, and take
it into the world with you. Give evidence to all you see of that which is
eternal which has been resurrected within you! The way, the truth, and
the light.  We will see you next week. Farewell.