[tmtranscripts] 7-20-03 Rio Rancho NM TeaM

[Gerdean O Bowen]

Date:              July 20, 2003
Location:        Rio Rancho, NM USA (at Carl and Janet's home in
Albuquerque)
Teachers:       Tomas, Anatolia and What-About-Bob
Topics:          Getting your Mind Behind the Wheel of your Brain
                     The Male & Female Mind:  Viva la difference!?
                     Male & Female: Perfecting Compliments of each other
                     Community:  Like Minds and Intentions
                     Building the Church Within
Q & A:         How to handle being made the Fall Guy

T/R's:          Gerdean for Tomas and What-About-Bob; Matthew for
Anatolia
Music:          "This is My Father's World"   Pianist: Dorenda 
Prayer:         (Matthew)
         Let us place ourselves in the presence of Jesus, the Christ.

Master Teacher,

We place ourselves before you, in you and with you, as you had depicted
in your life that you are the Way, the Truth and the Life.  To include us
in that - with the Life, within the Spirit and within our Heavenly
Parents - we are forever grateful.  I often say that I could have been
left out of the loop and never have been part of creation. Even if I had 
been a rock, I would have been included.  But now that I have the chance
to be with, near and part of the Creator, I am forever grateful.  

And for all of us who love and appreciated each other because of You, we
are forever grateful.  We look forward to our relationship with You as it
continues in the Light that we have but [which we also] eagerly await --
that which we can anticipate as Life with You when we can see You and be
with You and sing the praises with all of creation to our Heavenly Father
and all of deity that is everything that is.  So we are grateful.

For the teachers that you choose and designate today, we look forward to
their message and we are happy to be together again to hear those
messages and to celebrate life with You, now and always.   Amen.

Group:  Amen

TOMAS:  This is Tomas.  Good afternoon. I am one of your designated
teachers and I embrace you in fullness of the bounty of the love of the
Father and Son and the Spirit.

Matthew:  Welcome.

TOMAS:  Welcome as well to you, my friend and companion. I feel very much
as if this is a family reunion. It seems a while since we've been
together.  Is the equipment in running order?  I say this as Pavarotti
would wave his handkerchief and search out the response of the audience
to discern if he has been heard.  

It is an element of the broadcasting system that we don't broadcast if
there's no one to hear it.  And, therefor, you know the answer to the
question that if a tree falls in the forest and there is no one to hear
it, does it make a sound?  No, it does not.  Why bother?

Group:  (scattered comments of wonder)

TOMAS:   What this constitutes is an entrée to our lesson today - the
discussion on Awareness and Consciousness of that which is surrounding us
And now that we have the Stafford's included in the Garden of Eden [Ed.:
Carl and Janet have also recently bought a new house], there is even more
motivation to forge into the realm of Building the Conscious Kingdom on
Earth as it is in Heaven in your individual and maritally partnered
lives. 
This will not exclude you, Esmarelda, inasmuch as it a great era in
history which features a matriarchal influence - this is the gift of the
Mother Spirit that no home can be without.

There is direction here, to this discourse, that will be made more clear
perhaps, as I call upon Thoroah to advise you of the musings he has
shared with his partner, Gerdean, in route to our congregation today.  If
you would, Thoroah, please reiterate to the classroom here what you were
sharing about Consciousness and the Male and Female perceptions and 20-20
vision and so forth.

Thoroah:  Thank you, Tomas. What I was musing over was the idea that
we're coming to 'full consciousness.'  It's a thread that I read from
lots of  different sources in the material I research on the internet.
I've often wondered exactly what 'full consciousness' might mean. I got
to thinking about the fact that the brain is supposedly made of left and
right hemispheres and the left is more masculine, the right more
feminine, the yin and the yang, the negative and positive, the
male/female relationship - that whole concept - and the creativity takes
place in the right brain and the left brain is more analytical - but the
thing is you need both hemispheres working together.  And what 'full
consciousness' might mean is that - whatever part of our brain we're
using the most - the other part has to be filled in so that it's balanced
- so that it's the FULL feminine and masculine brain working together in
harmony.  And that gives us "vision." 

I was thinking of the left and right brain as a pair of eyes operating
the way our left eye and our right eye work together to see things.  If
you cover up one of your eyes, you lose depth perception.  Or if
something is wrong with one eye it throws the other eye off - vision is
affected - and you don't get a clear picture of what it is you're looking
at.   As you fill in the brain it gives you better "perception" - you are
perceiving from both 'mindal eyes.'  When you look at things you can see
the wholeness.

And I was wondering if that is how it works?  It feels like it might work
that way. But I'm also curious if there are hemispheres in the Mind? We
know there are hemispheres in the Brain, but are there hemispheres in the
Mind?  And if so, are they existential and we 'discover' them?  Or do we
trigger something in our brain to help us recognize that they are there? 
That's the question I ended up with, is how that Balance effects our Mind
and how it
relates to our Brain.

TOMAS:   And how it effects your society is the essential result of
understanding the nature of yin/yang, male/female and other 'opposites'
that all conspire to create the consciousness of the Supreme.  So let's
take a look. Let me, in fact, invite the Sanobim/Cherubim couple,
What-About-Bob and Lady to spend a moment on this topic, just to hear
another voice.  I'll be back.

WHAT-ABOUT-BOB:  What-About-Bob and Lady.  Good afternoon, and welcome to
this forum as you welcome me.

This is a study in Communication, now, because the Male and Female
comprise the fundamental building block of civilization - the Homemakers,
as you are.  With three (3) of you, as couples, entering into new
domiciles in hope of establishing your own Garden of Eden - including the
Harmony of the bride and groom - you need to bring with you all your
capacities in order to create the 'vision' you share that can flourish in
service to your world and extend into the greater world consciousness as
well.  

The question about the Brain, yes, this planet is created for two-brained
types. The two hemispheres provide duality. This is to distinguish it
from a one-brain type or a three-brain type, which other types are
inhabitants of other worlds - even within this System.

The Brain itself is a mechanical device - much like a car.  The car
itself has very little to do with the Driver, the Passengers, the Trip,
or the Comfort.  It has to do with the gears/engine/wheels operating
compatibly as a machine.  Your Brain operates in response to your Mind.
Your Mind is, then, like the Driver. It tells the car how fast to go,
when to slow down, when to turn, whether to put on your signal, when to
brake and so forth and while this could divert into tales of Men Drivers
versus Women Drivers, I will not go there, but simply point out that
there is a difference in perception based on gender but that is not
exclusively the Province of  the Mind - even though Men and Women do
think differently.

To say that Men and Women think differently is like saying that Porches
and Toyotas are built differently but they still Drive, they still get
you where you need to go, it's just that you need a separate set of tools
in order to maintain the equipment.  The communication between Male and
Female is not made more difficult by the left and right hemispheres, but
there is a great deal to your theory, Thoroah, that could contribute to
the mortal understanding of how the Male and Female are essentially
designed to be complimentary and cooperative rather than antagonistic and
separate.  

Thus, to say that the Male is like the left brain and Female is like the
right brain is a sure-fire method of cutting you in two and segregating
yourselves such that you have an excuse for not trying to understand each
other in spite of the fact that you think differently.  You can and will
understand each other in the essentials of communication as long as you
allow the perspective that Full-Consciousness allows, yes, and this does,
indeed, parallel the analogy of the Left and Right Brain.

Carl Jung developed the theory of the Animas and the Anima as reflections
of the duality of the mind which comprises both logic and instinct, which
is both rational and feeling, clinical and intuitive, but it is an "old
wives tale" to arbitrarily assign any or all of these qualities to one
gender or another inasmuch as each of you contain aspects of the other -
enough to provide compatibility and complete understanding as to what is
indeed necessary in the maintenance of civilization and certainly the
essentials of Homebuilding and Home Culture - which is what you are
undertaking.

Today, as a result of some degree of human liberation from the
constraints of past cultural conditioning restraints, there is beginning
to develop a new sense of appreciation on the part of Men for what Women
have endured as well a new-found appreciation on the part of Women for
what Men have endured throughout the ages - and this new simpatico is
creating a new harmonic and a better balance as to what can be rightfully
anticipated from the other - not because of any preconceived notions of
expected behavior or response but because of an empathic appreciation for
what living entails.  The breakdown of the Family gave Women a great deal
of insight into the rigors of 'providing for a family' which the Man was
always relegated to doing. And in many cases, with the Woman working, the
Man has found the joys of childrearing to be - while not overwhelming,
certainly more than would have been expected.  

These have come about as a result of tardy evolution of Women's
Liberation and the subsequent adjustment period required to bring about a
new merging of minds with the greater perspective that appreciates a
vantage point of both genders and the assets they provide as well as the
inherent liabilities upon an emerging social paradigm which is yet
unformed, unpracticed and unfinished.  

The key, as always, is to return to the core depth Being which transcends
gender, which sets aside Male or Female responses to life and instead
places you squarely in the Lap of God as a Child, as a Being-in-becoming,
a Soul developing, a Personality perfecting. 

With the root recognition of this across-the-board commonality it is then
possible to divine certain characteristics and qualities in each
individual which may or may not strum your chords / float your boat /
raise your flag, but these are a result now of further conditioning in
preferences - more so than something that would contractually interfere
with Communion.

Communion with the Father naturally leads to appropriate communion
between sisters and brothers and then, adding intelligent choices, not to
mention chemistry, there is the Home, the Hearth and the Future.

Very good analogy Thoroah, about the 20-20 vision and the holding of one
hand over one eye and seeing only from that perspective. That is myopic
vision in terms of gender, just as many people close their eye to the
other belief systems and forget the merit of the Family of God. 

Thus the same tools apply - to return again to the Lap of God to gain
Full-Consciousness, Full Recognition of the Oneness of All, and from
there the discernment as to the unique and often prejudicial differences
can be discerned and appreciated.

Thank you for the chance to visit with you again. I and Lady take our
leave and wish you all well in your new digs.

Group:  Thank you.

TOMAS:   Yes, this is Tomas, returned, and I will pause a moment in our
agenda for the afternoon so that you might reconfigure your soul in terms
of taking a moment to sit on the Lap of  our Father/Mother who cherishes
you and desires your acknowledgement.  In this, He can acknowledge you. 
And you will again know who you are in terms of Eternity and not merely
in terms of Time and Space.   And then we'll hear from Anatolia.

(Long pause for Stillness on the Lap of God)

ANATOLIA:  Welcome, all, this warm afternoon. You are welcomed among many
whom you are unable to see, but perhaps you can feel the camaraderie and
admiration for your dedication and abundance of spirit which shall not
dwindle in the least.

I, Anatolia, am happy to greet you once again upon your reunion from a
couple of weeks in abeyance, for a reunion to re-ignite or rekindle your
friendship and, more importantly, your sense of worship as a group.  
This is an example of what Church is all about. Before there was Dogma
and, essentially, Oath Taking, there was only Love.  It is as Jesus
spoke, 'to love one another as I have loved you.' and this is surely that
type of relationship that the Master illustrated.  

Let me give an example for your better understanding of that which I
speak.  I am encouraged to tell you that all of the forces that can work
against a group of people from being united in purpose is enormously
disadvantageous in your current social strata; meaning, for neighborhoods
to become further and further apart and people choosing to isolate as a
sense of false protection from the forces that are external.  It is,
ironically, the forces that come into the household which disable or
destabilize home life that continues to agitate or aggravate the sense of
Wholeness.  

In short, societal standards based upon the media, or TV and its
subliminal messages, are true disengaging family structures and tend to
disintegrate that which families need to be, as well as to have an
extended family - or sense of community that you enable and embody.

I'm not trying to give undue credit or to build up your senses of
self-worth - least of all senses of self-importance - but rather to
simply encourage you in your Home Building to know that it is within
these walls or structures that you build securely, that you are also
building the exterior security at the same time. So whether you are a
couple or a well-balanced and self-sufficient individual, the security
that you build within is what you are contributing without. 

Another analogy, quickly, is that your spiritual nucleus here - or call
it a church - is similar to early communities that you may be able to
identify with, whether they were Native Cultures as here in the Americas
you are well aware, or whether it was European Culture as transferred
across the ocean to the "New World", as it was called, those people who
were of Like Mind and Intention had to count on and depend upon one
another. This is the type of community that I am speaking of - that you
enable and embody.

So rather than continue this illustration well beyond the point of
recognition, I encourage and applaud you in your well-reasoned and
well-balanced and loving lives to continue to build your Churches Within
so that there will be Greater Grace Without.  It is within this realm, in
this principle, that our lesson today has merit.  That is, in order to be
of purposeful value one needs to have a clear channel, a clear house
within which dust has not settled and Life Prevails. So, open the windows
and let the breeze clear away anything that may have represented
staleness or stagnation. Celebrate the New Life Within as you open those
windows to let the breezes clear out what was once perhaps closed.

A New Day awakens each morning, as you are given an opportunity to once
again go forward and be the gift that you are to those whom you
encounter. This gathering each Sunday allows you to celebrate that which
you encounter on a daily basis. So go forward and continue to Light your
Path so that others may see and their Light shines brighter because you
are sharing yours with them.

Peace be with you, and know that the Father within you and within me
becomes all the more unified as we recognize those conjoint actions. 
Peace be with you. Amen. 

TOMAS:  Thank you, Teacher.  And now we have an opportunity to engage
with you in the affairs of the realm as you find them:  your concerns,
your rejoicings.  The floor is open.

Elena:  Well, I'll just jump right out there as I usually do.  I've got
some specific questions and concerns that I really need you to shed some
light on this week.

It has to do with my work environment and I'm thinking right now,
actually, about how the creation of "home, hearth
" and the extension of
that might be applied to my work environment.  I have some really
difficult challenges this week. First and foremost with someone who I
have been told by the top boss to move him from an office to a cubicle. 
And I could use some advice on how this might best be done.

TOMAS: Why have you been given this chore?  Is this person under you?

Elena:  Yes. I won't say 'under' me - this person reports to me.

TOMAS:  And what is the nature of his position that he would be
  Is this
a punishment of some sort?

Elena:  I'm not certain, but it seems to be.  I'm not certain what he's
being punished for.  Our top boss seems to do things out of retribution
but there is no way to know what caused that.  We have no explanation for
it, so there is no way of knowing what it might be for.

TOMAS:  It would certainly strike me as appropriate, then, that you would
have given this top billing in your concerns for the upcoming week. You
are being asked to obey orders without understanding the underlying
reason for such behavior. It puts you in a position of being 
 "the Fall
Guy" 
(?)

Elena:  Yup.  Messenger.  Kill the messenger.  Yup.

TOMAS:  You have a choice now of establishing the paradigm of your entire
future with this organization as it pertains to your ability to function
within it and their ability to use you as they see fit.  You cannot, for
example, confer with this man and explain why he is being relocated from
his office to a cubicle.  And while on one hand this gives you the
illusion of innocence, on the other it simply aligns you with the
powers-that-be who, perhaps, can be construed as those who have no
concern about their employees but only for their own agenda.

You have asked for my advice and I am going to respond to you as if I
were in your shoes and NOT especially what I would do if I were in that
position, for I am not and cannot be.  I would insist upon knowing more
about the situation and assert your intelligent need-to-know as not being
obstreperous and difficult or insubordinate but inasmuch as this is a
duty assigned to you, your personal politics require that you have a
better understanding of why he is being denigrated thus.  If it is, in
fact, a matter of a power play on the part of Supervision, I would urge
you to refuse to obey the direct order. 

This is not a chess piece. This is a human being. Perhaps the human being
needs to be in a cubicle, and if you understand why he needs to be in a
cubicle, for the company good or for his own good, it would at least give
you the Heart to be able to deal with the situation instead of blindly
following orders -- which is what was stressed in many of your history
lessons, that those who follow orders are heroic, but in today's
consciousness it is an affront to your integrity to operate without
understanding. 

It's a test case for you certainly.  They may find it necessary to
relegate you to a cubicle if you do not obey. But the question remains,
Who do you serve?  God?  Or Mammon?

When you acknowledge that the State of New Mexico is an entity "under
God," it puts a new perspective on this person who is telling you what to
do. By what authority does he denigrate his fellow man without reason? 
You need not be defiant. You just need to be persistent. If you had
better understanding of the logic, the reasoning, you have the skill,
then, to convey that information in such a way as to allow the employee
to be content in his private cubicle. If it's a simple matter of physical
logistics it can be overlooked, but if it is a personal affront, stay out
of the middle of a power play between an overlord and an underling
because you will be the one who will get caught in the crossfire.  If
this advice is helpful I am glad; if it is making your life more
difficult I am sorry.

Elena:  Looking for more information helps.  I don't understand how I
would be able to avoid being in the middle between the secretary and the
person who reports to me, but asking for more information would help as
far as the steps I can take.  So thank you. I appreciate that.

TOMAS:  Never hesitate to search for truth.  

Elena:  Thanks, Tomas.

TOMAS:  You are a good student, Elena.  You are learning well. You are
open to guidance. You are responsive to Life's problems and you are
generous with praise. You will be a good teacher yourself one day.

What else?

Esmarelda:  Well, as usual, Tomas, I don't really have any thing 
just
rejoicing.  I'm rejoicing that all of our group have found new homes and
two of them, Gerdean and Thoroah, will be close neighbors.  And I'm just
rejoicing for that and for Carl and Janet because their new home search
is going so well.  And I'm happy in my own home.  So I'm just simply
rejoicing.

TOMAS:  And it is heard as 'music on high' as among the many cacophonies
of discontent that are common coming from your world - coming even from
you individuals, on occasion. 

Esmarelda:  Tomas, I'm not content with a lot of things.  A lot of the
things that are going on right now is so upsetting and a lot of it I
don't understand, but in the course of time, I believe everything will
eventually be according to the Father's will.

TOMAS:  Indeed, that is assured.  It is getting from Point A to Point B
that presents the challenges to humanity.  

I would like to hear more of Gerdean's concerns but she is reluctant to
verbalize them, and so I will assign her the task of composing her
concerns for a question to ask next week so that we can help her work
through the quandary of her Heart.  On the other hand, it has been a joy
to witness this child playing in the playground with her siblings. What a
joyous time we shared at Stella Niagara.  Voices rose together unto God
in spirit - singing, rejoicing, working and playing in fine fashion. The
effects of the conference are on-going and will be enduring, long term
advantages.

It's wonderful to see so many advances in this movement and in this
community.  If you could but realize fully how you yourselves are the
prime examples of those who act in faith of a new tomorrow - not only for
yourselves but for all of humanity - in and through the efforts of the
student, the teacher, and the many ministering spirits who help us in
this co-creative effort to bring God back into the Full-Consciousness of
all humanity.  This will surely realize itself as in the song you played.
This is God's world and He will prevail.  I look forward to seeing you
all next week.  Farewell.
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