[tmtranscripts] Rio Rancho NM TeaM 10-05-03

[Gerdean O Bowen]

DATE:                    October 5, 2003
LOCATION:          Rio Rancho, NM, TeaM
                                Dorenda & Willy’s Abode
TEACHERS:         TOMAS & ANATOLIA
TOPICS:                The Lure of the Father
                                The Value of Relative Imperfection
Q & A:                 What About Resurrecting in Three Days?
T/Rs:                   Gerdean (for Tomas): Matthew (for Anatolia)
Music:                 Elena on Piano: "Like a River Glorious"
PRAYER: 
Matthew:         Let us place ourselves in the presence of Jesus, the
Christ.
Master Teacher, 
        We come to you today with just a few less than usual. For the
past several weeks we have had overflowing crowds but we are back to our
more intimate size which is a welcomed opportunity as well. Nothing less,
just different. 
        We appreciate the opportunity to share this time with you and our
teachers, for the once per week opportunity to become more consciously
aware and closer to each other and to you as a result of the gift of this
group. Opportunities abound for us to do so on a personal level, for
which we take the respective time during the week to do so, but to
formalize it is an opportunity for which we are grateful. 
        We ask for the teachings that you will instruct today and we wish
to take our share of responsibility to fulfill that which you instruct
today but which is a lifetime and eternal mandate. So, the castle does
not have to be built today but to knowing that it is in the process, to
be a glorious edifice for your and Our Father’s benefit.
        For this and all opportunities to continue to grow, we are
forever grateful. Amen.
TOMAS: Amen, little brother. Thank you for your sincere words of prayer
for direction and counsel on how to attain greater familiarity with the
methods the Master utilized in his sojourn on Urantia, wherein your
consciousness of the divine is interwoven throughout your lives, even
each day and moment. 
This week I had an opportunity to "talk on the telephone" through the
experimental practice of "long-distance T/R’ing" as has been initiated
through the formulating Association for Light and Life, as an outreach
project. The experience was for me an opportunity to convey to you how
similar we are, and how similar our work is, for I – when I enter into a
communication with you – must set aside my ethereal nature in order to
become mechanically connected to the processes which allow our
communications to take place, i.e., the midwayers and their invaluable
assistance in translating. 
For you, the process is similar -- In order to communicate with someone
on the telephone, you need to use the device -- but this also goes beyond
the obvious and merely technical aspects of outreach, for an important
part of the process involved in the two-way communications is the ability
to listen. 
There is a story in the Urantia text about "The Young Man Who was Afraid"
and while he was affronted somewhat that Jesus would speak to him in such
a forward manner about what was apparent to Jesus the young man suffered
from, it was not at all apparent to the young man that he was afraid. And
so he felt this affront at the Master for being so bold as to pinpoint
his emotional condition and his needs. Through "longing looks" (and)
through his internal yearning he let it be known that he would go farther
if he were not afraid, or if he knew how to transcend the difficulty he
encountered. 
And this is so true of so many of you -- all of you, to one degree or
another. There is so much potential within you, so much capacity within
each of you that you are not taking advantage of, perhaps because you
feel less than Jesus. Perhaps you feel you have not attained adequate
circle attainment to invest yourselves so fully. But there is always that
extra mile that the conscientious soul will go to in its yearning to
please the First Source and Center of its very being. 
Let us spend a moment on the word "lure" for it is said the Thought
Adjuster lures you godward. To be lured by God might hold unimaginable
fear for the mortal who does not know God enough to know that whatever
God has in mind for you, you will truly cherish. But the animal mind is
rightfully threatened by this seeming seduction of tremendous power and
personality, for it is certain to change the way the individual goes
about doing good, living his life. 
The old way would indeed induce fear and even distrust, for that God who
has perhaps led you into some experiences that caused you discomfort.
There are some who espouse that God knocked them upside the head with a
two by four to get their attention. This is certainly not an experience
you would repeat willingly. But remember how the Master would go out
apart from his fellows and speak to his Father in Heaven and set himself
aright as to what the Father was luring him into. And rather than fear
His counsel, he adjusted himself accordingly, so that the father’s will
was something he was able to embrace with a full heart, a willing mind. 
Those of you who have been mislead by authority are inclined to establish
a foothold in yourselves, your self, which disallows being lured anywhere
or seduced into anything that you do not, through your free will, embrace
willingly. And this is your right. Yet I am here to tell you, your
reluctance to open yourself to the lure of the Indwelling Adjuster will
surely curtail your own potential and thus your own fulfillment – not
only as a soul-in-becoming, but also as a practicing human being.
God is the great Enhancer. He is the spice of life. The dull prose of
human existence is made wholesome, full-bodied and flavorful as a result
of the additive of the divine. 
The art of listening is the art that was practiced by Jesus of Nazareth
when he went of by himself to commune with God, and then to listen to
God’s response. But he was mindful also of the work he had set out to do
when and as he returned to the arena in which he lived. It will not be
necessary for you when you reach your full potential to regard our
gatherings as the one time in which you are replenished and fully
realized in the spirit. You will carry the divine with you into the arena
luring others by your nature to sup with you at the table our Universal
Father provides, lending luminescence to the most prosaic and mundane of
all involved in an upward climb toward perfection. 
The other lad in the text, John Mark, who would not let go of the basket
when Jesus chose to go off by himself to commune with Father, who would
not be left behind but who would prevail upon Jesus and be admitted to
his presence as he communed with Father, was also influenced to share
communion with his fellow. And Jesus spent time with the lad, even while
and as he was in conscious contact with his Father in Heaven, as you are
also capable of doing. 
Just because humanity temporarily chooses not to allow the lure of the
Indwelling Adjuster to bring them into the conscious presence of the
divine, is no reason for you to honor their ignorance. Reflect the lure
of the divine through yourself in order to help them realize the
dimension that can be attained and enjoyed as mortals, as aware mortals. 
Your earthly parents have conditioned you to attain to be the best you
can be in the human sense, to complete your potential as a human being –
in your relationships, in your society, in your careers, in your
capacities, financially, emotionally – and the good parent sees the
potential of the child and encourages that potential, knowing that in
time the child will become an adult and appreciate the prodding that was
given by the parent in love toward the child’s best interests. And this
is true also of our Heavenly Father, who would urge you and lure you into
ways of thinking and being that will enable you to be most happy, most
fruitful, most effective – not in the limited terms of your initial frame
of reference, but in the expansive and glorious terms of the Great. 
Like the music you played, Elena, the trickle that becomes the river to
eventually flow into the great ocean. This onward advancing surge of
living water is the true destiny of you each, and the sooner you find
yourself allowing the flow of the river to become your reality, the
sooner you will recognize the impact this river has on all the villages
and fields in its wake, all the lives it touches, just as you are able to
touch every life you encounter, as you have become a part of this great
river – the living waters. Listen to the trickle then, and follow that
trickle as it leads you to the stream that flows into the river that
leads you to Paradise.
Lovely ones, I conclude my remarks, enjoying the stillness of your souls
and the opportunity for your spiritual thirst to be quenched in the
spirit that prevails. 
Let us hear from another.
ANATOLIA: I am back with you once again – not that I have departed, but
am back this week as was promised, as has been basically promised from
the beginning of time – not that I would be with you, but that the
presence of God and Christ Jesus would be will you, as that will be
completed in eternity but that we are not in that evolutionary process --
to breed, blend and foretell the perfection that is before us. In the
meantime, each and every one of you (myself to a lesser extent) have the
worlds of imperfection to behold and to become familiar with yet not
detained or spoiled by.
This is a world in which the very lack of perfection breeds contempt and
despair, despite the many opportunities for one to seek and to see the
wisdom that is provided within imperfection. If you have the eyes to see,
the ears to hear, and the heart to perceive, you too will see the wisdom
in the imperfect that lends itself to the perfect, for without the
contrast of knowing what you do not want, you then know what you prefer
and what you desire, so it is in this deployed dual contracting
environment, then, that you have the opportunity to perceive what is
expected and to experience what can be realized by just a little bit of
perfection. 
This is a relative term, for perfection leads one to believe that perfect
is the total absence of imperfection, yet your world lends itself to
beads of rain (if you will) that are elements of perfection in your
midst. So it is with evolutionary growth. Your opportunities for
perfection are here and can be developed by your acquiescence to the
opposite of conflict. The contrast that you see is the opportunity that
you have to grab hold of the handles of relative perfection, to increase,
to improve and to enhance those opportunities that you encounter that are
less than perfect.
I realize that this, while meant to be helpful and instructive, may not
be of any help at all. Is there any among you who would like to inquire
or wonder of what I am speaking? Any questions currently?
Gerdean: Just to clarify what I think you might be saying, I think in
terms of my marriage to Angus, for example, and we are perfect for each
other. We balance each other perfectly, even in our imperfection, for if
he were completely perfect, totally perfect in every way, I would be made
to look sorely imperfect by comparison. But the fact that we are both
relatively perfect, relatively imperfect, is perfect for our union
because we have, then, balance and understanding of the relativity of
relationship. Our flaws are compatible as well as our gifts, so we have a
bigger picture as a result of being able to reflect off of each other
where our gifts and our imperfections are, and so this is a perfect
set-up, even though it is fraught with imperfection. Is this what you
were talking about?
ANATOLIA: I am most grateful for your example, for this is a real world
example to see the relative perfection that I speak of. It is an
opportunity to relish the opportunity to behold that which is less than
perfect, is an opportunity or a stair-step toward what is perfect. So, I
am grateful for our analogy. One other example of a statement that has
great merit is as the Master had said: "to be perfect like your Father in
heaven is perfect". This may be troublesome to some, for how can humanity
in its relative perfection be perfect as your father in heaven is
perfect? It is analogous to "Be brilliant as your solar son is brilliant.
Shine as your nearest star can shine." It is to be as you are meant to
be, as your Father in heaven would have you be. This, then, is perfect in
your realm, as your creator is perfect in his or her realm. This, among
the countless other possibilities, may simply mean to be open, loving and
capable of meeting opportunities of love where you find them, and to be
as relatively perfect as you can possibly be.
I am uncertain of what may be troubling to some of you, but wish to plant
this seed as an emerald is planted in the jade tree, for it shines and is
brilliant and is luminescent in an eternal type of way. If you need to
focus on such a plant that is almost eternally brilliant and breeding of
the emerald gem within, consider the jade as a tree of your emulation,
for here you will find the perfect solution in the brilliance of a gem,
for where does that come from? It is not self-perpetuating; it is not
self-generating; it simply is by virtue of its placement in creation. It
shines, it focuses, it is the brilliance that it is made to be. So it is
with you, my children, that you are the perfection that you were made to
be, with fault, with shortcomings, and with imperfect vision, you see as
clearly as you see for where you are. And this in itself is perfect.
Be of clear mind, sound purpose and hopeful intent, for all of these go
into making life worth while. Be of good cheer and know that I am with
you and look forward to our next meeting. Peace be with you.
TOMAS: There is in this configuration today a great weariness. Such is
the nature of your existence, that when you expend great amounts of
energy taking care of the mortal estate, you deplete yourselves in the
process, and in the material sense, rest, relaxation, good nutrition,
ultimately leads you to feeling revitalized for another human adventure
or series of activities. I have no such qualms about your spirits, as
they are generally tireless, and your souls are "fat and sassy". We need
not add to the exhaustion by being together in this configuration.
Rather, we can rest in the assurance of each other’s comforting presence
and bask in the security and safety of divine love. 
In this state of being, are there questions?
Matthew: Just to ask the question of whether Tomas would like to address
the topic of what we were talking about of the three day translation.
Does he have any thoughts on that, and does one need to be well developed
before they don’t have to "sleep it off" so to speak? Tomas, do you have
any thoughts on that?
TOMAS: My first thought, of course, is how literal minded you are, all of
you, in this material world – and rightfully so – but the literal aspects
of your consciousness are an incessant interference in comprehension. The
process of setting aside the mortal body, allowing your Adjuster an
opportunity to return to Divinington to do what it needs to do before
assuming its duties once more in a new phase, and the opportunity for
your soul to seek repose in the divine sleep, is essential for everyone.
In truth, the only difference is how long the sleep lasts, and you who
would become so particular about the details of this transition are
overlooking the river of life that flows as you study the riverbed in
which you are transported.
The idea of three days is to indicate a certain amount of time. As was
pointed out earlier by Thoroah, the transition from Friday until Sunday
is three days by your calendar. Friday, Saturday, Sunday. It is in the
literal interpretation of the 24-hour day that clouds the spirit’s
essence. It may take longer for some souls to reach Mansonia, depending
on their physical location in the universe! You are on the outer edges of
the existing system and so it may take you a little longer to arrive than
those worlds that are created closer in, nearer Jerusem. 
There is no point in taking up the science of resurrection in these
clinical terms. The miracle of the resurrection is the point you need to
embrace. For surely, when you pass through the portal of this life into
the next, you are not going to be concerned about the riverbed. You are
going to give up your consciousness, entrusting the process, whether you
like it or not, and you will arrive in the resurrection hall when these
processes are completed, not before. 
There is perhaps an average amount of time that it takes for an Adjuster
to return to Divinington and receive further instructions, but those are
beyond the bounds of our comprehension. Those take place on Paradise,
which is yet another distance from this far-flung planet of Urantia. How
long does it take to get to New York City? It depends on whether you
drive your car, walk, or fly. These are relative realities, just as
perfection and imperfection are relative states of being. But it is true
that those of you who are spiritually advanced are not required to sleep
until a dispensational roll call awakens you. 
The problem now arises in those of you who sit and question your standing
as to whether or not you are advanced enough or not to awaken after three
days or after a dispensational roll call. As a general rule of thumb, it
would be fair to assume that anyone who is asking the question is
probably awakened sufficiently to not be delayed in their ascension. Is
this helpful?
Matthew: It is. Thank you.
TOMAS: Only in Paradise is there No Time, No Space. All the worlds
throughout the seven super universes are positioned in time and space,
albeit that time and space is relative to the time and space wherein they
are. And that is true for those worlds that are already beyond the local
universes and those who are still housed within. Not to worry, lad. The
concept that the divine knows the end from the beginning is the concept I
will put forth here. That you know you are en route, that you have
embarked, that you are consciousizing and actualizing as a morontia being
– even now – is adequate. 
Matthew: That’s helpful. Thank you.
TOMAS: Let not the spirit wear you out this way. The material world has
an edge on that. Your clocks, your schedules, your days, your patterns,
your work, your need for rest and other requirements of the human
existence, put you in a pattern of mindfulness of time. "How long will it
take for me to get from this realm to Mansonia" is something a mortal
would wonder about because you are always planning and calculating how
you are going to be living your life. "Shall I set my alarm clock? Shall
I pack a lunch?" While these are material, mortal concerns, they are
immaterial as far as the spirit is concerned. 
In that context, it is more important that you be mindful of the journey
and of your choice to make that journey and to possibly attain as much of
the journey as possible, even as you are here, now. Why put off to
tomorrow what you can do today? Why procrastinate your own spiritual
enhancement? Why not live your mansion world existence as you find it in
these material terms? -- thus becoming expert at parenting and at
teamwork, becoming infused with the willingness to follow wherever God
may lead. 
Give your thought processes up to the control of Universal Mind in
advance of leaving your mortal mind behind. This kind of dedication can
only benefit your world. You pull it along with you as you aspire to your
own perfection. You become a lure for others to follow – not you in the
ego sense, as we follow the leader, but you in the divine sense, as you
are godlike and worthy of note. And that is up to the personal spiritual
experience of all of you who opt to have one, and to what extent.
Are there other questions or areas of interest at issue you would like to
share or open for consideration?
Men-o-pah: I noticed within your comments about the river of life. There
is among the Cherokee people now an initiative of some contemporaries who
are still living. They have a song that goes like this: "Is everybody
here? Is everybody safe? Is everybody warm inside? Cherokee, you’re part
of me. I am wild and deep. Even when you sleep. Cherokee River, flow on
down to me."
TOMAS: Yes, son, you speak of the richness of the living water that
extends into the barren desert and creates an oasis of life for all that
partake. The great ocean that the river of life leads into is the great
God consciousness of all, the culmination of the work we do in fostering
the spirit, in and through each man, each woman, each child. And the
constancy of the flow of this powerful river will not rest, will not
cease flowing, until such time as the river is consumed by the ocean and
all within, then, swell with the tide -- the whole of humanity, the whole
of creation. 
This heartfelt yearning for oneness with all of creation is an inborn
urge in response to the lure of the Father, and that pull that leads us
ever onward into greater areas of perfection attainment. In order for us
to have that further degree of light, that further drop of living water
that will help to quench the thirst and ease the mind of the fellows we
encounter on this great trek, circumnavigating safely through the water
of life to the oneness of all. 
We sing a lullaby today, my weary children. Rest in the Mother’s arms.
Feel the tranquillity of her embrace. Smell the sweet smell of her breath
upon your brow. Know the Father stands beside us, even as we live in
relative imperfection, ever luring us forward to greater acknowledgement
of that which is eternal, which is true, beautiful and good. We will see
you again next week when you are renewed, invigorated by the changing
energy patterns which will befall you when you set out once more in
faith, agondonters all, on your way home. We will walk with you.
Farewell.
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