[tmtranscripts] Arcadia, September 19, 2005

[Larry Whelan]

Arcadia Teaching Mission 
Group 
PR

Arcadia, California, U. S. A.
Monday, September 19, 2005, 8:00 pm

Teacher: JarEl

Transmitter/Receiver: George Benavides

Topic: How do you measure your spiritual advancement?
             The search for God is the search for one's self.
             Your life shall become a constant state of revelation.
             I don't know how tolerant to be of family members who are 
alcoholics and drug addicts?
             Are there any humans existent today, that for whatever reason 
were repersonalized?
             How will the outreach of the Urantia Revelation go in the next 
hundred and fifty years?


Prayer: Norman: Gracious Heavenly Father thank you for this evening, for 
bringing us here altogether. We pray that the message that we hear tonight 
will bring forth your love into our hearts.  We thank you for being in our 
presence.

JarEl: TR, George.  My presence is among you.  Good evening, it is I, your 
teacher, JarEl.  It is good to be among you once again.  The question that 
I have for all of you tonight is how exactly can you measure your spiritual 
advancement?  How far have you come since you began your search for 
God?  This question should be asked and the answer shall always come 
forward in a positive way.  Never will you see failures in this path that 
you have taken.  For this path of searching for God is a path of 
progression and advancement, even when it seems that you have taken a step 
backwards, there are always many more steps forward.  Even when it seems 
that you have failed to grasp God's meanings, it is a victory in a way that 
humbles you.  For God is very humbling to many of us.  We have all been 
humbled from time to time.  Understanding the greatness of God is a task 
that will take many, many years, but beginning to travel on that path is 
the essential part which will allow you to continue surviving throughout 
eternity.  So how do you measure your spiritual advancement?  Very simply, 
you look back on your life and you look at the things that you understood 
and you think about the things that you understand now.  How differently do 
you realize, how differently do you treat others and how differently do you 
treat yourself?  Are you a lot kinder?  Are you a lot gentler?  Do you see 
more of the picture?  Are you more tolerant of others?

The search for God is the search for one's self.  For it takes a brave soul 
to look in the mirror and see all of the things which one could do better 
and doing it.  In many ways that is the search for God.  Just look to God 
and know what you need to do to get there, and actually take that step in 
His direction.  That is all that is necessary at this point in your 
life.  Taking that step in the direction of God, for always are you getting 
closer to Him.  Always will your understanding of God increase.  Always 
will you meet many more challenges that will reveal more of the Father and 
much of what is in yourself.

Your life shall become a constant state of revelation.  It is up to you to 
see the signs and to see the clues which come your way.  It is up to you to 
understand the concepts and to learn the lessons which are presented to you 
in the problems you face in your life.  It is up to you to take that step 
forward.  You here in this room and those who read this paper know full 
well if you have taken that step towards the True Source and Center of 
all.  So how do you measure spiritual progress?  By now I expect you to 
know the answer.  By now I expect you to be happy with the progress that 
you have made.  All of you here in this room have come a great distance 
from imperfection to perfection.  Even if you feel that you are unworthy of 
seeing the face of God, believe me that you are well on your way to getting 
there.  We your elder brothers and sisters who view the small steps which 
you take, one step at a time, know the progress that you are making.  We 
are very encouraged with your progress for we know that which you seek for 
we have traveled the same paths and know the outcome.

We are very happy to count all of you as our brothers and sisters for we 
see the sincerity in your hearts and minds.  We know that what you do here 
on this planet will affect millions to come and what you do is good.  That 
is why we are here to help, we are here to encourage you and to guide you.

Are there any questions?

Anna:  I don't know how tolerant to be of family members who are alcoholics 
and drug addicts?  I have a hard time being in their presence without 
condemning them.  I am trying not to condemn them or chase them out of my 
house, but I have a hard time being around them.

JarEl: TR, George.  That is understandable, you are in a very difficult 
position.  For at one level you have love for your family members and at 
another level you do not agree on the things that they do.  It is not our 
place to condemn, but it is our right to live in our own space and to tell 
that other person what we find acceptable and not acceptable in our 
space.  Tolerating a sickness will do nothing to help that 
person.  Accepting a condition in which they have purposely willed to do 
nothing to help society.  You can show love, but at the same time you can 
also show rules and regulations in which you will be tolerant.  You are not 
saying that you no longer love your brothers but that they can no longer be 
as selfish as they are and not see the effect they have on their 
family.  Either you allow them to indulge their own selfishness and 
sickness affecting the entire family or you put a stop to it.  That is 
entirely up to you.

Anna:  Thank you.

JarEl: TR, George. You are welcome.

Dennis:  Are there any humans existent today, that for whatever reason were 
repersonalized?

JarEl: TR, George.  There are mortals who hail from distant parts of the 
Universe who once were mortal themselves who died and have come back in the 
form of flesh and are on your planet, but none who have left Urantia have 
come back in the flesh.

Dennis: Are they aware?

JarEl: TR, George.  Yes, very much, in fact they choose this assignment.

(Editors note:  As I transcribed the recording this is the answer that I 
received to Dennis's question.
JarEl: TR, Larry.  There are mortals that hail from distance parts of the 
Universe who once were mortal themselves who are here in Morontia form but 
not in the flesh.)

On 10/3/2005, which did not get recorded, I asked Jar El which answer was 
correct.  He stated, JarEl:  TR George. That both were correct, in the case 
of the first answer he was referring to beings who have materialized in 
preparation of the coming of Monjoronson. (Is this referring to 
Serena  from the transcript from Northern Colorado Team #72, dated 9/24/2005?)

Dennis: Thank you.

JarEl: TR, George.  You are welcome.

Any other questions?

Norman:  The subject has come up on the net that The Urantia Book's purpose 
is for the next thousand years.  This being the fiftieth year of its 
publication, I was wondering if you have input on how will the outreach of 
this Revelation go in the next hundred and fifty years?

JarEl: TR, George.  Norman are you expecting me to answer this question 
relating predictions of the future?

Norman:  No.  Will this book be successful?

JarEl: TR, George.  Whether or not this mission is successful is 
irrelevant.  What is in your heart is relevant, what do you feel?  What you 
feel is going to happen with the message of The Urantia Book.  As this 
message touches you in such a profound way, don't you think it will touch 
many others, don't you think that it will ring true to thousands and 
thousands of people once they are awakened?  If I were to do any 
predictions, I would predict much success for The Urantia Book and its 
movement.  This entire mission in not about winning people over so that 
they may read The Urantia Book.  The mission that we set upon is to expand 
the knowledge of God and to make people aware that they are brothers and 
sisters.  This message is relevant in any form of religion and revealing 
that God is your Father is also relevant in every form of religion.  So our 
mission remains the same, to expand the knowledge of God to the people of 
Urantia, bring peace and brotherly love to all nations and to one day 
achieve that state of Light and Life on this planet.  So for the next 
hundred and fifty years I foresee many people working hard to try to bring 
everyone together.  To try to stop wars and poverty, and to begin to 
tolerate one another in such a way that you no longer will you need to 
tolerate, for you will love and all that will remain is love.  So be 
thankful Norman for God has given you such a life to plant seeds throughout 
the world.  God has allowed you to begin to see the fruits of your 
labor.  So rest assured that all that you have planted will one day bear 
much fruit and wisdom to overflowing abundance.

I make no conditions, for I see what is in front of me and I know what is 
to be done.  I see all of you here in this room.  I have seen all of you 
grow and I have seen all of you find that path within you and search for 
God.  So I have a good measure as to your spiritual progression.  Now it is 
up to you to do your own spiritual measurement.  So take this lesson home 
for tonight and until next time, good night.

All:  Good night JarEl.

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