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[Karen ODell]

Date: March 2, 2003
Location: Albuquerque, NM, USA (the home of Menopah and Paula)
Teachers: Tomas and Anatolia
Topics:
Come Unto Me, You Who Are Heavy Laden
Constant Contact with Diety/ "Being Connected" 
Hiding From Jesus/Going It On Your Own
Realizing the actuality of your connection to everything
Q&A:
Adam and Eve as counselors/Learning about co-administration
Being Mindful or your Relationship with your Source
God on the Job; Surpassing Intolerance
T/R’s: Gerdean (for Tomas) Matthew (for Anatolia)
Music: Elena on Piano Special arrangement: "Prelude/Offertory/The Lamb/He
Who Began A Good Work in You/I Know Whom I have Believed" 
Prayer: (Matthew) Let us place ourselves in the presence of Jesus, the
Christ.
Master Teacher,
We come to you today in live, vivid and renewed spirit of who you are and
what you expect of us. As we contemplate and anticipate and take action
with the forthcoming Lenten season, may we give up or dedicate ourselves
to your higher purpose, so that we may know what the stations of the
cross were about and what the resurrection entails and that we are called
to the same Fruit of Action; that if need be, we follow the same path;
that, in any case, we commit our self to death and resurrection, renewal,
and eternal lasting in the glory of our relationship with you before our
Father.
We ask that the teachers who are present today give forth a message that
renews our faith, strengthens our will and places us in relationship with
you and our Father and with all of Deity, now and forever. Amen.
TOMAS: "Come unto me, ye who are heavy laden and I will give you rest."
This is Tomas, your elder brother and teacher, friend and companion,
along with Anatolia and a host of others who hover over you, as angels
are wont to do. We come to you through the grace of Jesus, as a mother
hen tends to her chicks.
You who are heavy laden, you who don’t even know you are heavy laden, for
– how is it said? "I’ve been down so long it looks like up to me" – and
yet I feel your souls climbing the ladder of joy when you are lifted. How
you clamber to the refreshment of Spirit Reality. How you yearn for
upliftment. You want to live the life that you have been bestowed as
children of God and yet you are constrained to the kingdoms of men. Your
work is in the field but your joy is in the Spirit. 
When you return from the fields at the end of the day, you would choose
to know security and serenity by the hearth of the homestead, and the
love of your family. Every family is uplifted by the Spirit, but the
rigors of living a life in the flesh, on such a world as this,
continually draws you down to the level of life where it is led, lived,
by those in relative darkness. The effort to uplift humankind from its
path of acquiescence to the Lucifer Legacy is an effort that you, who
teach the Gospel, are forced to deal with. Sometimes you forget to reach
for the exalted places, since the chasm between God-consciousness and the
darkness is so great. 
But you are so much more effective if you are well anchored in your own
Spirit Reality. You are of better service to yourself and your fellows
when you are in constant contact with deity. The prayer, that you are
familiar with, indicates that where two or more are gathered together,
there is Jesus in your midst. The actualizing of that concept is the key
to domestic harmony; it is the light of truth that elevates you above the
rigors of your efforts and it comforts you at the hearth of reality. Yet
you struggle on. You work and worry, conscientiously fretting about this
and worrying about that, wondering why the world does not conform to your
wishes, sinking deeper and deeper into a quagmire of frustration, even
anger -- at humanity and ultimately at yourself -- for you have somehow
cancelled your connection to the Divine Source in your emotional and
intellectual discernment of what humanity is up to.
We are dealing with your emotional realm here, and your mental realm, for
this is where the choices are made that will pull you up and out of that
worldly quicksand, away from the worry and the fear into faith and
action.
Each of you are accompanied by seraphic hosts who are devoted to your
upliftment. There are legions of angels awaiting your cry for assistance.
You have Spirit Guides of whom you may personalize for your own use for
the purpose of adjusting your attitude and modifying your personality
Godward. 
I am often at a loss to know how to reach you, to reach into you, to
assure you and encourage you. I appeal to you – to your spirit, to your
heart, your mind, your emotions – as do those who yearn to see God
revealed in real ways in real life. For he has not hidden himself from
you, if you think that, but you have all hidden yourself from him - as if
you felt yourself somehow unworthy, or immaterial to the Divine Plan,
when God needs you. 
God needs you. 
Your spouse needs you, certainly. Your obligations also look to you for
fulfilling your commitments. But these are only reflections of the
Divine. If you go about these tasks without the Divine, you are only
filling up space, going through motions, operating under assumptions,
obliging a set of standards imposed upon you by other than the Source.
Your challenge is to marry yourself to that Fragment of God that indwells
you, and betroth yourself to it. That is the Light that lifts you up,
that removes you from the conflicts of human existence, that reveals to
you the joy of service, the joy of Sonship. It is the Source that fills
you with enthusiasm to go forth and radiate. It is the Source that
comforts and controls those attitudes which allow you to proceed in faith
and in harmony with the Divine will. And yet you consistently look to
each other as if the Divine were unfettered by Humanness. Humanness
involves imperfection and all of you are humanly imperfect. Why would you
seek approval from imperfection? Rather, seek approval from That which is
Perfect and That which reveals you as a perfect Spirit Child, a perfect
Reflection of Divine Perfection.
Can you feel when you are lost in humanness? And when you are lifted up
into a state of being that, augmented with Spirit, renders you
superhuman?
Adam and Eve, your original earthly parents, are on duty, even now,
attempting to atone for their aborted mission, attempting to convey
through the Spirit Family, those values which they would choose to
empower to you, their children. Seek their counsel. Seek their guidance.
Seek their many answers to your many questions about your relationship
with your spouse, your mate. For they are the Ideal of Relationship. They
reflect that level of bounty and experience which renders them the ideal
teacher for their children, those of you who now suffer the vagaries of
their default.
A universe awaits. A host of ministering spirits are at your service to
help you, to uplift you, to encourage you. And, indeed, your own
indwelling Adjuster, the God Within you, is ever-present, ever-ready, to
hold you and to consume for you those more progressive attitudes and
beliefs within your mind that will allow your soul to flourish and your
society to smile. There is such a wealth of resource to rely upon, to
reach for, to sustain you. It serves no useful purpose to become
impatient or angry with your fellow men for being human, not as long as
you, too, are still human. 
Rather, call upon the Lord, call upon that quality within you that is
also perfect and divine and that loves with a perfect affection. Reveal
that Light from your Source and reflect that loving attitude upon all you
meet.
This is enough from me for this afternoon on this podium. I pass the
baton to my companions.
Matthew: Thank you.
ANATOLIA: This is a wonderful day in the neighborhood, per se, and the
passage of one of your own, in that regard, is welcomed. 
I, Anatolia, am with you again today in your setting on planet earth.
It’s a gracious and glorious day for which you all have a right to be
grateful and pleased, for you live in a remarkable area, yet with many
responsibilities as well, for there is nowhere on your planet that is
without the triumph of the ages and the delicacy of an ecology whose back
could easily break at any one vertebrae point.
Your realm in which you live enables you, like a life source and its
plasm, to be able to feed, and fuel, and fill, your hearts and your minds
with those things that are both temporal and spiritual. I wish for you to
envision, and to realize, the many facets that exist for you to be able
to function in this world, both in a physical and a spiritual capacity.
This is what we call ‘being connected’ -- at all levels and in all ways
-- in order to be the best that you know to be, as a child of our Creator
and a citizen of the universe in which you live.
This is a wonderful time in your capacity to see the movements that are
taking place in your world, both physically, geopolitically, and
spiritually. It is with great comfort that we bring you a message of
impending heralding, that your world will see a brighter tomorrow and
that the wasteland that is potential will not be realized due to the
expectations of humanity which have risen past that scenario.
There is much to be grateful for as your people have spoken and continue
to be encouraged by their voices, much as a child, who, entering an empty
room, finds that their voice has weight and measure, can be heard and
felt as it echoes through the empty chamber. This is being exercised both
in a vocal and a virtual manner, as the populous realizes their strength
in unison with the others. This is my way of encouraging you to realize
your worth and to realize your strength as a voice of reason and purpose
within your world at this time.
Many functions and many facets are being portrayed as we speak. The
thoughts of a New World that includes the Brotherhood and Sisterhood of
all who inhabit your orb, is becoming truer and more realized. This I
wish for you to appreciate and to encourage wherever you are able to
reinforce its presence.
Let not anything that you see or hear, or determine, to be contrary to
what you know as God’s Plan, for this, His Jewel in your solar system,
dissuade you from pursuing the ultimate of unity that is capable within
your planet. For after all, nothing that has ever happened in your world,
or the next, has happened without the first concept, or idea, taking
shape and bearing fruit. So do not relinquish, nor give up your right and
responsibility as a world citizen, to take your rightful place as a
citizen of this world and the universe, to live the life that you are
intended to live, to love as you are expected to love and to allow
yourself the freedom to be who you are in this, a world without shame or
sorrow.
This may sound contrary to your reality; however, as I was saying
earlier, your place in this world, that is, both physical and spiritual,
needs to be reckoned with, to be recognized and to be accommodated. For
to live at one level only is to deny your true existence. Being Spirit
Children in your playground of earth is both a responsibility and a
renewal opportunity. 
So place yourselves in good stead with who you know to be your ultimate
truth and reality. Realize that the eyes with which you see, the mouth
from which you speak, and the heart from which you find your life to
breathe from, is the One that enables you to do this. For you are the
eyes, the ears, the mouth and the heart of the Holy One, the Master of
all Masters, the Creator of time and space, and your place within it.
Recognize the unique and the ineffable of yourselves and take this, in
turn, to know that your place within your planet is holier because of
your presence. Be happy and glad that the breath that your take will
continue without limit and without measure, far into the distant future
but is being breathed today. This is the Eternal Breath, the rhythm of
life itself, that you now partake. And know that it has its spiritual
counterpart at the same time.
Peace be with you and know that all is well, as you are well.
TOMAS: Children, let us commence our interchange of ideas. Have you any
questions?
Matthew: I had one earlier but it’s not coming to mind right now.
Elena: I had a comment that might be expanded upon. Tomas, when you were
talking about the times when we hide ourselves from Jesus, I think that’s
true. And I think the knowledge of that kinda becomes a burden because
it’s so frustrating when I realize that I’m doing that – not contacting
Michael - because I try so hard NOT to hide - and then when I realize
that I am, it becomes a double-whammy. I just get pushed even further
down. 
And, if I am having trouble keeping in touch with Jesus, then I’m a
little frustrated at the recommendation to consult with Adam and Eve!
Because, if I can’t contact Michael, then how can I hope to contact Adam
and Eve? I’m a little frustrated over this, if you can understand what
I’m saying.
TOMAS: I understand completely. I understand frustration and I understand
your concern. The suggestion that you contact Adam and Eve as your mortal
parents, grandparents, is in the context of your humanness. Whereas the
admonition to seek the counsel of the Master is one that would stem from
his experience as a parent, yes, but not as a spouse – except in the
spheres Salvington with the Divine Minister, Nebadonia.
The human difficulties are (in part, apparently) from the default which
left your world bereft of the influence of the kind of parental guidance
you would have otherwise known. And which would have implanted in your
race of people, the values they espoused - that they are trained to
administer as a Material Son and Daughter. You are material beings, sons
and daughters.
In this area of human counsel I would reiterate your option to reach for
their wisdom, their devotion to each other in the face of their desire
and commitment to be about their assignment of Material Son and Daughter
to a world already ravaged by Rebellion. They have an experiential frame
of reference. This is not to discourage you from counseling with the
Master, certainly. He is your most accessible counsel and comfort. But in
these areas of spousal relationship Adam and Eve still have a great deal
to offer your world. Do you see?
Elena: Yes. (indistinguishable)
TOMAS: Jesus lived the perfected life; Adam and Eve thought they could,
but they did not. They suffered many disappointments as a result of being
unable to live up to the standards that they subscribed to and were
created to do, in much the same way, those of you who have committed
yourselves to doing Father’s will and to teaching and preaching the
gospel have not always been able to live up to your own standards and
expectations. Jesus provides the encouragement, certainly. He brings you
into the presence of the Father, which will always sustain you and help
you in your efforts. He will wash you clean of all those impurities and
allow you to drink deep of the living water. Even so, the efforts of a
sustained, meaningful relationship with incumbent family life and
obligations is a function of the ‘human’ condition. And although it was
the farthest from their aspirations, the human condition was one which
Adam and Eve were subjected to, and which experience they share with you.
They were co-administrators of a world – a troubled world, certainly –
but they were prepared to CO-administrate. Are you prepared to
co-administrate your realm with your mate? What is co-administration,
after all? What does that mean when you go beyond mere ‘procreation?’ For
there are many, many liaisons which revolve around more than
child-rearing. 
The thing about ‘hiding from the Lord,’ would be perhaps when you are in
your employment situation and the ‘other’ reality dominates. If any union
is benefited by Christ-consciousness, if any situation is elevated beyond
the temporal by contact with the Divine, if anytime two or more are
gathered together in his name he is there in their midst, why would he
not also be there with you in the office? And yet, woe, most working
environments, if not all, put Jesus aside – put God-consciousness aside –
in order to function as emissaries of the Mortal existence – Mortal
interests. And when you acquiesce to engage in a relationship with anyone
in which you have not called upon the Divine to participate, you have
"hidden from him" in the sense that you feel that you can take care of it
yourself. 
Do you see what I’m saying?
Elena: Yes.
TOMAS: Adam and Eve thought they could do it by themselves.
Elena: Ya know, Tomas, about the ‘day thing’ – it’s like you forget, in a
way. Ya go to work and you get kind of consumed! At the beginning of the
day -- and I’m sure everybody does this -- you want to include Michael in
your life. It’s not that you don’t want his help in everything, but
sometimes you get kind of engulfed and you forget. Maybe that’s the
humanity part
? But there are times when you stop and ask yourself "why
didn’t I stop and say ‘I need some help’ or something similar –
recognizing and pulling Michael into the situation. I certainly would
want that. I just forget.
TOMAS: It would be good discipline, then, for you to experiment with
that. In particular, in your new position as Program Manager.
Elena: Do you any suggestions?
TOMAS: I am certain your creative sources will help guide you, but you
can be aware of yourself and your constitution and find within yourself
when you yourself have gone too far from your center
when you’ve gotten
too frustrated or angry with the situation or an individual
.BEFORE you
get too angry, stop yourself. BEFORE you become too intolerant, BEFORE
you invoke shameful attitudes on those who are not listening. It’s a part
of knowing yourself, being mindful of your relationship with your Source
and never allowing yourself to be too far removed from Its Counsel. Bring
it with you into all arrangements. Ask yourself consistently, "Are you
there Father? Are you with me in this?" And that will keep you close, if
you are sincere and not intellectually voicing a mantra-like phrase.
There are occasions, also, where you are able to invoke the Spirit in
your work environment in ways that are acceptable and do not bespeak
overmuch religiosity. The simple word ‘Jesus’ is enough to catch people’s
attention and the inflection in your voice is a distinct aspect of what
they hear. When you say ‘Jesus’ you have their attention. Have you said
‘Jesus’ as if it were a curse? Or have you said ‘Jesus’ as if it were a
supplication. Or ‘Jesus’ as if it were a Song of Psalms? 
Perhaps when you encounter someone and say, "My God, how good to see
you!" and look them in the eye, you remind them, automatically, of their
indwelling God Fragment, even though they may not be intellectually aware
of it. But when you say, "My God, George
" or "My God, Janet
" you will
remind them of the God that is part of them. That brings religion – Real
Religion – into your environment, without you becoming preachy or
sectarian. The point is to keep the Spirit alive at work and not forget
who you are: a Child of God. And what your priorities are: that you
should know him. Put him first. He will uphold you and then you may go
about doing good.
Paula: Ya know I got a problem because I’m usually pretty tolerant but
we’ve got a man up there at our church that is driving me absolutely
bananas. In the summer, he shows no respect for the fact that he is in
church, that this is a God-centered thing. He comes in, in a pair shorts
that look like his underpants, and all the time he wears a cap on his
head in church. There isn’t another man in the place who would do a thing
like that – not even young boys, and they aren’t usually cognizant of
things like that, but even they know better than to do that – and this
character walks in, every Sunday, with his cap and doesn’t bother to take
it off. He doesn’t care where it is. My husband thinks that I should be
glad that the man at least comes to church, and I suppose I should be,
but I can’t stand this character and that’s probably intolerance on my
part. I don’t know how to correct it either.
TOMAS: You have not been able to separate the man from his presentation
of himself, in terms of his wardrobe. He is not his clothing. I will
remind you of the Master himself. Perhaps you will read about this and
refresh your recollection of his wondrous ways. When he was invited to
the home of the Pharisees, he would not engage in the ritual of the
traditional ways, for he chose to bring home the point that these are
mere externals. The ritual of washing the hands between courses during
the meal is a mere ‘show,’ having nothing to do with cleanliness or,
indeed, with righteousness. 
Perhaps this man is there to test you, Paula, in order for you to see
beyond the conventions of man to the Reality of God. Jesus, himself,
might have shown up in a hat, in an unorthodox raiment, in order to
instill in those present, an appreciation that a Son of God is a Son of
God no matter what he wears, no matter what company he’s keeping. Put
aside the petty observance of his ‘fashion’ and look into his heart.
Perhaps he is challenging others to recognize the same Truth that Jesus
taught: the Spirit is not to be found in outward appearances but in the
heart of man.
You are more concerned here about social mores than you are about the
man’s soul, and that is the crux of the disparity. You are a woman who
has been coached in social graces. Your conditioning is controlling your
spirit here. Give your spirit freedom of restraint from these
conditionings as Jesus sought to release you of the restraints of your
conditioning. He came to release you from these vines.
Ponder this in your heart.
Paula: Well, I guess I should just leave him alone. I’m not going to mess
with him. I just don’t like him.
TOMAS: You have not solved the problem.
Paula: No. I know.
TOMAS: You have not begun to ponder. You have opted to ‘hide from him.’
Paula: Well, let’s just say I’m glad he’s not my problem. Some other
woman is unfortunate enough to have married him.
Elena: You know what? I really admire what he’s been able to do. I used
to be married to a catholic person who would not cross the threshold of
any other church at all – no matter what the circumstances. His mind and
heart were closed. But this man (the man Paula has been referring to) has
gone along with everything his wife and family have needed regarding the
church and the various ceremonies, like the baptism of the family and so
on. He’s been very supportive. And he comes every Sunday. I just have to
say that I really admire that and I think the woman has a husband that
honors and supports her desires and requests for the whole family and how
the children are raised. Another catholic might not even come close to
doing all that, as I mentioned earlier
so I have to say that when I look
at him I see someone I very much admire.
Paula: I guess I am intolerant then. I don’t like to see people show a
complete lack of reverence for the fact that they are in a church. This
is no place for anyone to wear shorts and cap. That’s not for church.
TOMAS: This is your conditioning.
Paula: I guess so. It’ll be awfully hard to change me.
TOMAS: Obviously there is an entire congregation who has a certain
sympathy with your standards and they bring you joy. Therefore, turn your
heart to joy. Let not this embitterment soil the experience for you and
all the others who have attended in order to worship and sing praises to
God.
Paula: I guess my best bet is to just shut my eyes and pretend he’s not
there.
Menopah: Your best bet is to welcome him no matter what he looks like, or
what he wears. It doesn’t matter. You can take Tomas’s advice and look at
his heart.
(The cat – Cricket – decides to enjoy an escapade in forbidden territory
about this time and there is a mild disruption settling that score.)
Paula: Well, I guess I’m not as good as the rest of you. Because he makes
me mad every time I see him and I try not to be but I am. I just would
love to go up to him and say "Would you like me to hold your hat for you
since you don’t want to hold it yourself? I’ll take it."
Elena: I think probably each one of us has someone who gets our goat like
that. I know I do. I’m not putting myself any higher than you on that,
that’s for sure.
Paula: I know I must be a lousy Christian but he drives me crazy.
TOMAS: I am not concerned about whether or not you are a good or lousy
Christian. I am concerned about your soul. I am not here to uphold or
counsel you in your methods of worship, for those are your personal
choices. I am here only to encourage you to learn to worship. 
There is tremendous variety of perspectives. In fact, every individual
has his, or her, own perspective, if he or she thinks at all. And so this
problem of disparity is a natural result of anyone who sees others as
being different and odd. It’s a universal problem, Paula, not singular to
you. You are not being picked on here,because everyone knows they can
improve in their God-likeness.
The task for ALL of us is, when we encounter our own ignorance and
prejudice, to pray for the dissolution of that bar that stands against
our Oneness with Truth, Beauty and Goodness. It is a process. But
maligning yourself will serve no purpose, nor will shaming others, for
these are bars against discovery. And if the ascension plan of Michael is
anything at all, it is an on-going adventure, an experience in
discovering new, and other, entities which each provide a new vantage
point and another perspective on the dimensions of existence, which we
all enjoy.
There are a number of rituals I, myself, would incorporate in your group,
but I am not intending to make of it a ‘church of the good teacher.’ I
would like to see you praise more and pray more. I would like to see you
sing and reveal your heart to each other. I would like to see you use
your minds more deeply, ponder more thoroughly and appreciate more
freely. But these are my aspirations for you, and until such time as they
are also aspirations for yourselves, there is no point in my finding
dismay in your presence for you are the light of my life, though you are
often subsumed by the darkness.
Precious ones, you are so dear to me and dear to those of us who have
come diligently to attend to you, to nurture your growth, to foster your
spirit reality, to help wean you from the ineffectual efforts of lesser
realities, and exalt you into the glories of Sonship. Call upon all of us
and any of us at any time. Reflect on our words as you will and welcome
our insights into your consciousness. Always and ever, however, invite
the spirit of the Master, the soul of Jesus, into your heart for he will
lead you into the Spirit of Truth which will continually assert itself
into your heart and mind in such a way that you will be compelled to
follow where the Father leads.
How I love you. How greatly you are loved, in so many ways you have yet
to learn to appreciate. But we see your potential and we welcome the
opportunity to engage you in its development. Carry on then, little ones,
throughout the upcoming week and be Mindful of your Connection, your
Conscious Connection, with Divinity. Keep this Conscious Connection with
Divinity alive and It will affect the world -- Certainly the World you
inhabit and those you love. Amen and Farewell.
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