<P>Michael's Bestowal Celebration<BR>Topics: Standards, Michael Visits<BR>Teachers: Elyon, Michael</P>
<P>August 25, 2002</P>
<P>Michael’s Birthday Celebration Weekend</P>
<P>* Elyon (Jonathan TR): This is Elyon, most happy to be here in attendance<BR>to fellowship. It is my highest priority to engage with my fellows, to share, to<BR>acknowledge our Creator, to experience and express love. Today I want to speak a<BR>bit about standards.<BR> It is worthwhile for every aspiring soul to project ideals and to translate<BR>these afar off ideals into goals. A goal has the effect of drawing an ideal<BR>closer to oneself, to personalize it, to release it from a vague, all<BR> encompassing worthwhile to a possess-able, attainable state of being.<BR> You know, as you are very much engaged in the framework of space and the<BR>chamber of time, that measuring is often a required action for you to accomplish<BR>your daily tasks. This does apply to growth in the spiritual realm. So you<BR>create standards, standards to attain, standards below which you will not let<BR>yourself settle. Within this margin is where you function. Your goal always<BR>exists above your highest standards. As you fully transform your personality,<BR>the lower standards rise, but they are no longer crossable. It is not that you<BR>will not let yourself go below, but rather you have become incapable of stooping. <BR>It has become a void, no longer relevant. But there is a potential hazard to<BR>standards, for it is tempting for the mind to continually judge your worthwhile<BR>qualities and your more embarrassing behaviors. So, though you will over time<BR>use standards as mile markers to attain your goals and personalize your ideals, I<BR>encourage you to work more with gauges.<BR> A gauge reads from its minimum to its maximum. The accuracy of the gauge<BR>is where it indicates at any point in its spectrum. As you read your gauge and<BR>discern you are at midpoint, you have your reality check. It does not tempt you<BR>to evaluate if you have fallen short of your standard, that you have sunk below<BR>your bottom line. It merely gives you your feedback. Just as when you drive<BR>your speedometer gives to you verification of your true speed. All these<BR>elements contribute to your growth. Yet it is beneficial to maintain an<BR>orientation, to be inspired by your ideals, challenged by your goals, held to<BR>your standards. and to monitor your gauge; for the gauge is the indicator of<BR>your present progress. You may experience frustration if you spend too much time<BR>worrying about your standards, judging how close you are to your goal. Today,<BR>this moment, your gauge gives you your current position, your current velocity. <BR>This is the data from which you will benefit.<BR> I am finished.</P>
<P>* Michael (Mark): I return to your midst. I surround you with my presence;<BR>I hold you in my bosom. I support you with my love. I promise to be with you<BR>throughout our journey together. I yearn for your companionship.<BR> I offer my appreciation at your demonstration this weekend of your<BR>affection for me and my mission which is the mission of our Father. I beckon you<BR>to join me arm in arm as we demonstrate to the world the characteristics of our<BR>Father. We are to become these traits, so we are visible to those in your realm. <BR>It was a great joy to witness the lightheartedness of your gathering this<BR>weekend; the joy with which you come together is touching to all of creation. <BR>Take this joy and mix it with the love you feel in my presence and spread this<BR>out to all you contact. This is our privilege. This is our mission. And all is<BR>going according to plan. What a great and glorious plan it is, my friends, my<BR>coworkers. You are coming to taste the sweetness that is a result of your labor. <BR>You may grow to yearn for this sweetness, to hunger for it in your everyday life. <BR>It is the force to pull you forward, to draw you toward our Father, and I am<BR>there with you. I desire you to be with me. What the two of us shall desire<BR>shall be. It is only time and your experience to bridge the gap. Even this is a<BR>joy and a privilege.<BR> Feel my presence in your lives, each and every one. As you leave this<BR>place take that with you. Recall it during your days, during your weeks. Allow<BR>this presence to be your new reality, a gift and also a direct result of your<BR>efforts to earn it. My peace I always leave with you. My presence I desire to<BR>be with you more and more. I look forward to this as our new reality. I leave<BR>my love with you.</P>