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<BR>PAULO: Paulo here. Good afternoon, my friends. It's good to be with you in
<BR>this format. I have with you enjoyed the events of late and the stimuli that
<BR>has come from your interchanges with others. I am always interested in
<BR>discussions that regard rebellion and the effects of rebellion and the
<BR>residue loyalty to rebellion that you carry in your hip pocket if not in your
<BR>genes.
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<BR>I have been asked about Satan and Lucifer in terms of the Satanic cult and in
<BR>terms of the concept of Lucifer having been forgiven and further, the concept
<BR>of the Father's complicity in the rebellion as a result of His not
<BR>interfering with the Lucifer Manifesto.
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<BR>This is probably too much to take on in one portion of an afternoon session
<BR>but I have a scope of response to present which does not get to the bottom of
<BR>the issue, no, and which will hopefully leave you all unsettled as to the
<BR>subject, but there is no way you can effectively be a fisher of men without
<BR>encountering these theories as they are very much a part of your legacy and
<BR>we certainly know about the reference to the devil as he is presented in
<BR>biblical terms but there are new perspectives on "the evil one" and the study
<BR>of the influence of evil upon humanity is at least as fascinating as your
<BR>genetic lineage, and so if you're looking for something to delve into as a
<BR>study in order to improve your connections with your brethren, as you whirl
<BR>your way around the mix into the center, consider that in all of those
<BR>aforementioned instances, it is and remains true that Lucifer is no longer
<BR>the entity he once was. He is as if he had never been.
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<BR>If you conclude he has been forgiven, then, as anyone who has been forgiven
<BR>understands, a perception of humility is a natural result, and while it may
<BR>be a far stretch of the imagination to consider that Lucifer would be
<BR>contrite, it is the logical conclusion of that scenario, and indeed he is as
<BR>if he had never been, for that rebellion and defiance against the Father
<BR>would have subsided in his acceptance of the Father's blessing.
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<BR>Let's consider the idea of Satan as a being emulating deity worthy of
<BR>worship, such as the Satanic cults engage in today as a response to the sects
<BR>of Christianity which have been found to be unacceptable by the one who
<BR>adopts the other side of the coin as a response, a rebellious and defiant
<BR>response, to the status quo which has left them wanting. Evil is a part of
<BR>ignorance. Evil is inherent in imperfection. It is the grasping of
<BR>imperfection/ evil, and elevating it to sin that begins the descent into
<BR>emotional and mental hell.
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<BR>If, however, turning to Satan as a response to Christianity as a rebellious
<BR>attitude toward church authority, the statement is being made that the
<BR>personal connection between Father and child has been disrupted. In the
<BR>relationship between Father and child there is love. If the love has been
<BR>distorted through judgment, then the natural response is to pass your own
<BR>judgment, unless and until the light of truth enters in to soften your heart
<BR>and reveal again the connection with divinity that allows love to reign
<BR>supreme.
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<BR>The concept of God being complicit in the rebellion because he did not
<BR>interfere with Lucifer's decisions, is a stretch. It's as easy to attain as
<BR>any, I suppose, if you're going to speculate on what that Great Divorce in
<BR>heaven was all about. But let's look at the idea of the family relation-ship
<BR>and give yourself the assigned role of the elder in the family, the patriarch
<BR>or matriarch of a large, industrious, affluent, and happy clan. Your role
<BR>with the clan has been established through many years. You have opted for a
<BR>policy of non-interference, just encouragement, and so your children and your
<BR>grandchildren and your great grandchildren have thrived under your
<BR>encourage-ment, and now you have a large, wonderful family.
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<BR>Let's say that your grandson and daughter are well married, have children,
<BR>and you know that your grandson's wife is contemplating an affair. Even
<BR>though this realization causes you great emotional angst, it has been your
<BR>policy to not interfere in the workings of the family in the personal realm
<BR>and so you see the signs and yet you don't interfere. The woman has an
<BR>affair, the husband finds out, the divorce comes to pass. There is strife
<BR>The children are disrupted. And though they make good efforts to remain
<BR>friends and follow through with the values of life that you have instilled in
<BR>them, none-the-less, the children suffer as a result of the family breakdown
<BR>and for the first time in generations you find your great grandchildren
<BR>behaving in a delinquent manner and you fully appreciate that this has been
<BR>because of the emotional rift that occurred as a result of the woman's
<BR>infidelity.
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<BR>Can you say that the family matriarch or patriarch was in compliance with the
<BR>woman's decision? Are they complicit? No. And neither was the Universal
<BR>Father complicit in Lucifer's rebellion. The great gift of God is free will,
<BR>and our great gift to Him is compliance with His will, which is greater. He
<BR>does not need to acquiesce to ours. He allows us to make our choices and
<BR>reap the rewards or experience the results by way of cause and effect.
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<BR>The fact remains in all cases, "the evil one" is no more, and his direct
<BR>influence is gone from Urantia and all other areas of his one-time reign.
<BR>However, the effects of his decisions remain today, and herein is the great
<BR>lesson. The effects of your decisions have far-reaching ramifications.
<BR>Every time you choose to do your will over God's will, you are inviting a
<BR>distortion of the reality which is meant to be your inheritance.
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<BR>Many of the things you experience these days in your world are residue
<BR>experiential from decisions made long ago. There is a saying in your
<BR>culture: "The sins of the parents are visited upon their children," and you
<BR>who are involved in the Correcting Time are in the position now of taking
<BR>responsibility for yourself henceforth, of drawing a line in the dirt between
<BR>you and your predecessors and saying, "The buck stops here. Henceforth, I
<BR>will follow the Lord. I will seek His will and follow it to the best of my
<BR>ability. I will recognize the error of my ways, of my conditioning, of my
<BR>intelligence, and correct myself so that I may better serve those who have
<BR>yet to go through the veil into the light that would have them purify
<BR>themselves also of that which has gone before and which leaves a residue upon
<BR>us as if it were smoke from a volcano dropping its ash everywhere.
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<BR>Clear the air. Recognize evil as imperfection and error. Grasp truth,
<BR>beauty and goodness and yield to its power, its drawing power. There is no
<BR>rule that says you and/or Urantia have to stay in the dark, cleaning up the
<BR>debris of past ages and past error indefinitely. You can tilt the world on
<BR>its axis by your perception. Begin to see your world and everything in it
<BR>as if it were touched by the light, as if it had already been cleansed and
<BR>purged of all the error of history.
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<BR>Every young thing makes mistakes in the process of learning how to become
<BR>mature. Put aside the things of your youth and embrace the fullness of your
<BR>spirit adulthood. Aspire for self-mastery and make yourself amenable to
<BR>those around you who are also attempting to become fishers of men, to clasp
<BR>to our breast those who search for truth, beauty and goodness in the hearts
<BR>of others in hope that they will find it, too, within themselves.
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<BR>Even Lucifer and Satan and Caligastia and Dalagastia and the rebels - the
<BR>rebel angels and the rebel midwayers - were forgiven by the great heart of
<BR>God. You can forgive those who have gone before you and erred out of
<BR>ignorance. But you need not be complicit in the error by condoning the
<BR>error. Jesus taught to love the sinner and hate the sin. It's the sin that
<BR>we are trying to purge from Urantia - the error and evil of ignorance - in
<BR>particular when it is conscious.
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<BR>I invite you to be aware of rebellion before it starts. Learn to recognize
<BR>the symptoms. Learn to see the malcontent in the eyes of the granddaughter
<BR>who thinks that happiness can be found in another's arms. Learn to discern
<BR>the self-aggrandizing who have become prideful and are beginning to believe
<BR>in themselves to the point that they have exalted themselves to be equal with
<BR>God.
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<BR>Children will be children and they are entitled to play. They are entitled
<BR>to reach and fall, to giggle and stumble, but at some point they need to
<BR>learn to walk. Help them walk, and then walk beside them, as Jesus the
<BR>Master Son of this local universe works beside us all in our path, in our
<BR>efforts to be one with him in purpose, to give glory to the Eternal Parents
<BR>in Paradise. Let us not adulter and mingle with that which concerns us not,
<BR>but keep our eye on the pearl of great price.
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<BR>I didn't infer, I hope, that I can't enjoy myself and you and the process of
<BR>learning and growing, in the process of attaining perfection.
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<BR>TOMAS: This is Tomas again. I am glad of Paulo's appreciation of some of
<BR>these fields of thought which are not necessarily the kinds of thought I or
<BR>you come to. How refreshing it is to have the mind of one who is fearless
<BR>and unafraid of controversy, who truly takes the Kingdom by spiritual assault
<BR>in all its representations. To be able to discern good from evil is a
<BR>quality of perception attainment that is invaluable to you as a Kingdom
<BR>worker. To be able to discern the depth of perception, the quality of
<BR>concepts, and the degree of application, is a skill that only the individual
<BR>whose wisdom has been hammered on the anvil of experience can discern.
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<BR>We all have our contributions to make.
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<BR>I will leave you with these contributions for the afternoon, these
<BR>discussions that can lend you encouragement into the dimensions of thought
<BR>and perception ~ that reach back into history and deep into the psyche ~
<BR>that do not lie obvious on the surface ~ but call forth your deep mind and
<BR>your keen thinking to resolve. We'll see you next week. Farewell.
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