[tmtranscripts] Rio Rancho TeaM (2-01-04)

[Gerdean O Bowen]

DATE:                    February 1, 2004
LOCATION:          Rio Rancho, NM, Teacher Base
                                Dorenda and Willie’s Abode
TEACHERS:          TOMAS & ANATOLIA
TOPICS:                 The Work is Upon Us
                                 Parable of the Choir 
                                 Standards of Care
Q & A:                     Monjoronson Mission? 
T/R’s:          Gerdean and Matthew
Music:         Elena on Piano: "Being Known to us in Breaking Bread"
Prayer: 
Matthew:         Let us place ourselves before Jesus, the Christ.
Master Teacher,
        We come to you today with vigor and enthusiasm in our minds, in
excitement for what could be. You have promised us "Peace on earth" as
your opening greeting and departing overture to your disciples in terms
of "Peace be with you." That is what each of us does want; each of us
does strive for. As we encounter opportunities to do that, that may be
fleeting or may be permanent, it is what is in our hearts and minds and
we cling to you in the promise that that shall be. 
        With the open-mindedness and desire to make connections with you
and with your teachers, we pray today that we be encouraged and
enlightened in the same breath, to be all that we can be here and now, to
help bring about the peace on earth that you have promised to us, to be
experienced here, both now and forever. 
        For this and all else that you know within our hearts and our
minds, we place before you in trust that they be changed, delivered and
brought into fruition.
        Amen.
TOMAS: Glory be to God in the highest and in you, my associates. I am
Tomas, your teacher and friend.
Great things are afoot in your cosmic neighborhood. There have been
up-stepped measures because of the plateau of perception you have reached
– you people who put the will of God uppermost in your lives, you who
promote the gospel of Jesus, and specifically those of you who promote
that gospel as propounded through the Urantia Papers, the textual
presentation of the fifth epochal revelation of which I and we are a
part. 
The work is upon us. The fields are ripe with fruit to be picked and made
a part of the feast of divine abundance. The clear channel message, which
was presented to this movement, "the Teaching Mission," (as well as
myriad other messages which have been coming down in and through the
various channels of divine decree to reach into the hearts and minds of
the Urantia fellowship of agondonters such as you all are -- all those of
you who are believing without proof of the presence of God simply because
of your personal experience in and with that reality which transcends,
supercedes and glorifies all of this material realm in which you reside
and over which you have dominion -- in order to grow into the inheritance
which is yours by the fact of your sonship, and by the testimony you have
given to seek to do his will in your lives, the work will be commenced
beginning now as a part of the "Monjoronson Mission," which is yet
another step in the direction of the progress for light and life and the
ministry for Urantia. 
The Teaching Mission continues to operate as a fundamental base of
operation for teaching and for proselytizing as you see fit. The growth
that you garner as a result of your conscious connection and continued
growth with and in the spirit, no matter what movement you are a part of,
is the forward movement that results from striving to know God, from your
Adjuster yearning to return to its Source, to take you with It in eternal
tandem. 
How the work commences will be determined by your perception of what you
are called to do. With that statement made, I will add simply that, for
the most part, my work will remain the same. But as yours is enhanced, my
opportunities are enhanced, inasmuch as I am your teacher, and as you
learn, so am I challenged then to keep abreast of your hunger to learn
and desire to serve. In this way you are able to give back to your
teachers and spirit mentors the energy that you garner from the work you
do with and in and for the divine that we might create this overarching
synergy which will lead, even compel, the light and life which is
potential within you each and for you all to manifest on earth as it is
in heaven. 
Today I would like to speak with you regarding Standards. But "standards"
being such an emotion-laden discourse, I will choose to use the parable
of the choir. 
You have all enjoyed being a part of the choir. You often use the phrase,
"I am singing to the choir" when you are affirming your own belief system
among those who have no argument or who understand your philosophy
because they are "on the same page." You may be harmonizing or you may be
singing in divinely orchestrated contrast in order for the crescendo to
mount and erupt into a paean of glory for all who witness. [Brief
interruption for Carl and Janet’s arrival.] Welcome, beautiful Men-O-Pah
and Paula. We are now replete. What pride I take in this configuration.
Esmeralda is well. All is well. 
We were, yes, discussing standards, but without going into the philosophy
of standards inasmuch as they are so very personal, and so I thought the
parable of the choir might serve to present the same theories, and so we
had just begun our discourse, my discourse, about the choir and how you
have enjoyed being a part of the choir and singing to the choir inasmuch
as you who love to sing praises of God and who love to tell the story in
song of the master and his ways, even as they impact you and your journey
through the life experience. 
There are those who say they are singing to the choir as a way of
understanding they are all singing the same song. They are all following
the same conductor, like the symphony is following the conductor as well
-- the symphony being the primary piece and the choir being the voices
which provide the emotional and human element; even as it may sound as
angels it is, even so, the voice that personifies the swell of the music.
Those of you who are in the choir have been able to sing in harmony and
for the most part this group, for instance, has sung only harmonious
pieces – until perhaps today [Editor’s note: we discussed politics before
the session began and became a bit discordant]. Discord was evidenced,
and it is as if the conductor had turned the page and offered you a more
challenging piece to learn for the upcoming recital. Let us continue to
work, then, as a choir in this sacred orchestra so that we can bring
forth the glory of God in a paean of praise and triumph for the God of
all creation.
Individually, choir members are chosen (or choose) to sing in the choir
because they love to sing. There are many who would love to be in the
choir who cannot hold a note, and so they become the appreciators, who
keep the pages turning, or the transportation teams intact, who see to it
that the schedule is arranged so that the commitments of the individual
members can be met, and they all enjoy a sense of oneness with each
other, that - while their voice is important - they are an element of the
great One Voice that they bring about when they sing. 
This is how we have been enjoying our Teacher Base. And now we have a new
piece. This is the work of the Kingdom. It will be a new challenge for
you to undertake this development because you may at first only see the
discordant notes. I want to remind you, however, that you have your own
voice. Everyone in the choir has to have their own voice. They have to
know how to sing the song individually, even as they need to know how to
sing it en masse -- just as you unique individuals need to know the sound
of your voice as it has developed by and through your association with
your divine Adjuster. 
In order for you to speak as if you were a clear channel of that note you
are to sing, that note you are to sing can only be determined by your
standards. They will be ultimately known by the choir because of the
various demarcations in the choral piece we are undertaking. There will
be times when only the baritones will sing, and times when only the altos
will hold forth; there will be times when the entire choir joins together
in an harmonious chord of perfection. 
But in trust of the voice you are given, observe not the difference with
concern, but with awe and appreciation of the diversity of voices that
are required in order to make up the choir of which we are a part. You
will also be mindful that there will be times when the solo is
appropriate or the aria, and this could lead into an expanded
appreciation of the fact that life itself is an opera, and that like
life, all are players and in this parable, all are singers; therefore
there are some who will dominate and put forth a solo while the choir
rests, and times when the choir stands behind the soloist in contrast,
and times when they will stand together in harmony such as to augment
neither but rather to elevate the glory to On High.
The only requirement is your desire to sing, coupled with your ability to
hold a tune. This process of holding a tune is a discipline, a science,
that anyone can undertake to master. This can be done because the Voice
itself is a gift of the Spirit. The voice emits from the soul through the
disciplines of the adjutants, in honor of the Supreme. 
Those of you who in this group are a member of a literal choir are fully
able to appreciate that even in the material sense the concert will rise
up only as high as the standards of all those who have determined to
participate in the production, and to bring with them each the highest
standards available to them. Thus, as our standards are upheld, the glory
of God is made truer and clearer. It echoes farther and truer throughout
the land.
This will be the next leg of our journey, and that concludes my parable.
If you find value therein, assimilate it, and accept the purity of your
own voice, allowing it to sing as you are directed by the choir Director,
in order to maintain your harmonious membership within the choir of those
of us who chose to sing his praises and to let his Voice be heard. Thank
you.
Students: Thank you.
Men-O-Pah: I’m grateful to you, Tomas, for the discourse on the choir. I
think I know that same group of people very well. We go there to sing the
praises of our Lord, and we do it the very best that we can. It doesn’t
really matter whether there is one person or a thousand in that
sanctuary, we go there to sing to him.
TOMAS: And the wonderful result of your group consecration to the work at
hand is that all of you are empowered beyond what you thought possible.
You rise on the strength of the notes of each other in such power and
glory you astound yourselves. This is mota. I am glad you appreciated the
parable, and now I look forward to Anatolia’s words.
Matthew: Thank you.
ANATOLIA: Welcome friends, family, and those whom we wish to see on
Sunday afternoons. You are all cordially welcomed and accepted as you are
for who you are, and there are few other groups that one can rest assured
in their acceptance. For this is a unique group, formed and based upon
the belief that we are both mortal as well as divine. This effort to be
in contact with our true selves, around the common belief that we are the
children of a kind, loving and benevolent parent, and other parent
(meaning not placing an emphasis on a gender parent) but other qualities
are those in which we recognize and cherish in mutual worship on these
days of praise and thanksgiving. For few other groups are able to come
together in acceptance of one another and acceptance of the purpose for
which they meet and share their moments of teaching and education in
appreciation which interprets into group worship. 
This is the highest form of reaching and maintaining a standard, for in a
society there are laws and essentially standards that are upheld, yet
most often these standards are given lip service to a great extent and
only among those who are truly committed to a higher standard than the
lowest common denominator can find the strength and will to live at that
level that calls them to greater norm than the group mind.
Let me just say that I, as a teacher of this Corps of Teaching Mission
adherents, am proud and pleased to be your teacher, for you offer me your
total attention and appreciation for the gift that each of us receives in
terms of spirit mindedness and being part of the spiritual creation. Your
recognition of this does rise to the standard that is called for by being
children of a creator that places you in the driver’s seat of choice as
to your belief and practice. You are living your belief by practicing it,
not purely on the Sunday afternoons or Sunday mornings or points in
between, but on a daily basis.
I wish not to build you up to highly, to have you believe that you are
models of citizenship and Christ-consciousness in our midst that all will
benefit by following your practice, but let me not discourage you,
either, from encouraging you to be the Christ-minded individuals that you
strive to be, for striving does bring about the creation of one’s
openness and unity with such purposes. So I strongly encourage you to
continue to participate in whatever group activity that does rise to the
heights of your soul’s song that you wish to sing. You are not alone. You
will not sing in a close to a deafening thud, but will join us and others
as we join with you in singing praise to the Creator that is in each of
us.
Peace be with you and know that the love that is within you is there
because you are part of the eternal oneness. Be at one with yourselves
and all else. Peace be with you.
TOMAS: Amen, co-worker. There is an understanding that there commences a
major sports event in your paradigm and we will not extend ourselves into
your standards of enjoyment, but rather will respond as we are instructed
by the Choir Director who oversees these gatherings. With that in mind,
are there questions this afternoon?
Elena: Well, just one. A little bit. You mentioned one, actually, and I
don’t know if I’m pronouncing it correctly: Monjoronson? There was an
announcement or an introduction of a new level or I think you mentioned
the next step that we would be taking. I think there are those – the
majority of the group who actually missed that.
TOMAS: This is a new development, so to speak. It is not new in concept,
but is new in terms of taking a truth and putting it down as an event
captured in your sense of time and space. The Magisterial Son is
anticipated at some time on your world, and it is also anticipated by
many that this realization will be done in finite form. Whether that,
when that, and if that event occurs, it will become obvious to each of
you, inasmuch as you will no doubt come to know him. 
But in the meanwhile, the influence that he is bringing to bear on the
community is such that there was a pronouncement made recently which
called for a special group gathering this past Thursday evening (which
is, of course, your choir practice night) and groups around the world
were invited, if not instructed, to gather to engage in Stillness
together for a broadcast. This, unplanned-by-you, human-consciousness,
came about and the effects of those gatherings that night are being
polled now. 
There was a meeting, in fact, that we Teachers were also required to
attend, to discuss the effects of the Monjoronson Mission, and how we
might help you prepare for that day when the materialization occurs of
any of these personalities -- such as Machiventa or his Receivers, Adam
and Eve, Magisterial Son, or any entity that is sent by God to work among
you. 
The fact of the work at hand is, in part, what has compelled the meeting
and the pronouncement. This is why I suggested to you that I will carry
on rather much the same, for my role has not changed. However, your
involvement in our Melchizedek promoted education will change because of
the conscious commitment so many of you have made to more visibly reflect
the will of God on your world. 
Thus far in the Mission you have been taught, and you have worked quietly
within yourselves toward your own correcting and in the ethos of that act
you have grown to observe the acts of the world around you and realize
the correcting that will be required in the world at large, if indeed,
the era of light and life is to eventuate, and there are many of you who
have been of a mind to contribute to this mighty effort. While many of
you have had individual ambitions and projects, some of which have even
been overseen by midwayers and/or angelic orders, a greater impetus is
inherent in the Magisterial Mission which will, if you recognize your
place within it, offer you the power that was henceforth unavailable. 
Therefore, you are advised that the power to do His will is being
broadcast in and through your cooperation with the Directors of the
unfoldment of the Divine plan that will enable you to act upon your
desire, that will indeed multiply your voice, for you are now consciously
tapping into and becoming a part of the universal chorus of those who
work for the enlightenment and upliftment of Urantia from the previous
administration. 
The Most Highs are taking over the rule of men. In particular through you
who are mindful of the Most Highs in the part of you that is real, the
part of you that is submissive to the direction of the Supernal Choir
Master, to whom our voices are raised.
Let us be inspired in our singing, knowing that we are reinforced,
upheld, encouraged and added to in our desire to do his will by the
augmented energy of the Son of God whose work it is to lure you into the
assurance of your own voice, in order that you may go forth in confidence
of that which you are given to do.
Group: Thank you, Tomas.
TOMAS: And thank you who are conscious of the soul’s yearning to help
humanity move forward from the Lucifer legacy and the detriment of the
default to the completeness that is possible now with the total
re-encircuitment of Urantia and its sister planets in rebellion. There
were, in short, big doings On High this past week and you will soon feel
the effects in your own lives by and through your own consecration to the
divine will within. 
I look forward to the music that will be presented for us to observe and
assimilate and detach from, just as those of you who master your notes
can distinguish the unique standard of each note on the scale as a pure
note, as a clear channel, of that perfect will of God through your own
voice. Trust the process, and follow the Director, and we will enjoy the
triumph again of the spirit as it leads us into a greater revelation of
truth, beauty and goodness for you, for your world and for our efforts
with it. 
This is experience you can enjoy here and which you will also remember
and utilize when you leave this plane for these are exercises in cosmic
awareness that will serve you well throughout eternity. Adapting the fact
of someone else singing a discordant note and recognizing it is part of
the composition. Keep your focus on your source and follow that note when
it rises up within you and maintain such a standard as it will be
apparent your singing has been inspired by God himself. 
Are there other concerns or questions this afternoon?
Matthew: Thank you for the good news.
TOMAS: Yes, my friend. It was a disappointment, in part, for me to not
have you together as a group on Thursday to meditate and repose into
Stillness for these impressions that would no doubt have been forthcoming
within each of your superconscious minds; however, the truth of the fact
of the very existence we enjoy is testimony to our involvement already,
in that, each of us were doing what we were supposed to be doing, and
there is no shame in that. That is precisely what a choir should do. 
I was, at any rate, unavailable for I was being given my own instructions
and was not called upon to testify or to T/R. I, like many, have been
made aware of the evolving circumstances of Urantia and am given these
bits of information, in order to respond accordingly, to my standards of
what my role is within this Teaching Mission, and as an ascending son in
my own right. And thus I will honor my own free will as an entity and
sing my notes as I am able, in full confidence of the compliment of my
fellow Teachers in this Corps to also carry out the instructions we have
been given by our Sovereign Michael of Nebadon in service to him, even as
we prepare for his elder brother and those other administrative efforts
as are made throughout the local universe for us to comply with the will
of God in the unfolding of the revelation of God in this stage of
planetary development. 
You see? We have our own politics On High, and we are cooperative. We
know who reigns supreme. We honor the roles that each of us are given,
just as you respect the gifts of the choral participants and the
brilliance of the voices that sing the high notes and the low notes that
give such range to the music that we speak and that we enjoy and in which
we all participate. 
Let me take myself and this entourage out of your superconscious range
now so that you can enjoy the festivities of this realm and give thought
to the potential of tomorrow based on the news we have been given and the
satisfaction that you each can garner from an active portrayal therein.
God willing and you willing, we will meet again next week. Peace be upon
you. Farewell.
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