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<P>Date: April
20, Easter Sunday, 2003 Part One<BR>Location:
The Stafford’s home in Albuquerque,
NM, USA<BR>Teachers: TOMAS,
ANATOLIA<BR>Topics:
Solemnity of Trust<BR>
A Faith Perspective<BR>Q&A
: (See Part 2)<BR>T/R’S:
Gerdean (for Tomas); Matthew (for
Anatolia)<BR>Music: Dorenda on Piano
<BR>----------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>Prayer:
(Matthew) Let us place ourselves in the presence of Christ Jesus.</P>
<P>Master Teacher,<EM>We come before you today on this glorious day of your
resurrection—the memory of which will reign forever, with you and with our
Heavenly Father -- and we stand like the women who came to address your needs,
even in the apparent defeat, on Sunday morning to find an empty tomb—which was
the best thing that ever happened and ever will,… other than the communion of
Saints rejoining and fulfilling that which is promised. In the meantime we deal
with the superficial defeat on earth and despair that still occurs on this
planet, but it is superficial because the victory, the glory, the power are
Yours and we are a part of it. That was accomplished because of Your will in the
Father’s will. So there is ultimately </EM>nothing<EM> to be worried or
concerned or defeated about because you took us beyond defeat and into
glory.</EM></P>
<P><EM>We ask for the teachings today that you determine to be of the most
appropriate for our on-going development and spiritual nutrition. We pray for
all the cares and concerns of our hearts and minds that you know and that we ask
for their deliberate dispatch in being healed, cured, or resolved in the time
that is appropriate. We give you great thanks and praise for being the son of
God and for allowing us to be part of your glory now and forever.</EM></P>
<P>TOMAS: Cherubic children, on this day of joy I convene with you in
celebration of the victory of the Spirit, in Life over death, and share with
you, in your working out the mortal sojourn that will provide for you that
victory which he has portrayed in the resurrection that is celebrated in your
world this day. The hosannas On High share with the prayers of mortal believers
who lift up their eyes unto the heavens for the clouds to part and the glories
of the Son of God to shine down upon them. He shines upon us all. Amen.</P>
<P>I would like today to address with you the topic of Trust, the victory that
is Christ Jesus’ even that victory over death. </P>
<P>The culmination of his sovereignty was accomplished singularly through his
trust in the Universal Father’s divine will.</P>
<P>Trust is the key to your freedom, your path through the maze of mortal
incertitude. Trust is like the crumbs laid down that will enable you to follow
the path through the forest. Trust is the triumph over doubt that gives your
faith credibility in man’s eyes and fruition in your own ascension. Trust is the
key. Trusting the Father, that is. </P>
<P>The preciousness of infants and babies is their total Trust and their delight
in the realization that their needs will be met. Trust is seen in the wavering
steps of the toddler as it reaches out to the parent, learning to make his own
way through time and space. Trust is children laughing, playing, unperturbed by
the distraction of discord. </P>
<P>If and when a child runs freely into pain or devastation, its Trust falters.
Part of this is good. Part of this is a learning experience, that you do not put
your hand in the fire. You begin then to Trust your instincts. </P>
<P>While it wise to Trust your instincts, it is also true that as a mortal
advances in a realm such as Urantia, the betrayals and disappointments of life
might well lead one to embrace DIStrust as a way of life, misconstruing that …
having Trust in your fellows is not the same as having Trust in the Father.</P>
<P>I will not bore you with a litany of the betrayals your planet has known and
how it is that the fact of betrayal enters into ever fiber of this mortal realm.
And with this heritage it would seem foolish for one to find something in which
one found faith or that which one would have Trust in. </P>
<P>Those of you who know Jesus, who know that he shares the experience of living
with you, know that he, too, knew betrayal—not only Judas but in countless ways
the power of the flesh overcame the power of the spirit in the lives of men.</P>
<P>Trusting men, trusting the ways of the world, is not at all the same as
Trusting the Father. Remember that Jesus said, "My kingdom is not of this
world." He has not asked you to Trust that which is imperfect or those who know
him not. He has asked that you Trust the Father, as he Trusted the Father.
Implicitly! Even unto the end. </P>
<P>Faith is the victory. The valley of tears that your world often represents is
faithless and without Trust of that which is uplifting and eternal. </P>
<P>Faith is given to you, as a Son of God, as a mustard seed. And by your
decisions and through your sincerity you begin to nurture this seed of faith
until it fills your being. And when you see that your very being is infused with
faith you begin to recognize the solemnity of Trust, for within this solemnity
of Trust you are able to perceive the Father in all things. As such, it is also
possible to see where He is not, as the Master was able to see, even as he lived
the life of a man, a mortal man, on Urantia. </P>
<P>There are opportunities abounding at this day and age, and at this juncture
of your development, to discern distrust even in your brothers and sisters, for
there are degrees of discernment and perception that are part of the human
package, the conditioning and the value that is each individual’s composition,
where they may vary from one to another; and, thus, it is possible as
religionists to distrust one another, even while you are able to love one
another, because you can recognize the relative perfection, the relative
imperfection of the degree of growth that resides therein. </P>
<P>From the fatherly attitude you can see how the children hold within them the
aspects of good and evil, and you can Trust that in the end the good will
prevail. The faith will bring victory. But in the process of perfecting, each
mortal being wears a mask of unreality. And you are not asked to Trust that
which is unreal, or even that which is behind the mask, for it is not
established in the heart of that being as to how they will go. This is a part of
the perfecting process, an element of the ascension.</P>
<P>It is also here that when you Trust the Father you can sit down with each
other and say, "It is this aspect of you that I don’t trust because I perceive
it this way." And the other may respond, "I recognize your distrust and, while I
find it highly distasteful, I find in you also those qualities which are less
than God-like. However, in light of the mutual desire to serve, to rise above
the imperfect perceptions of mortal man, by drawing upon the Spirit of Truth and
the Perfector of Wisdom, it is possible to work through these entanglements and
pass through to the other side, even being able to admire the effort that was
necessary within you each to overcome your own bias, in order to see the
perception of the other, such that you are able to embrace as brothers in
understanding of the nature of the human condition en route to perfection, en
route to a unity of purpose in the Way, the Truth and the Light.</P>
<P>The Brotherhood of Man is your potentially greatest attainment, for in the
sharing of these fraternal attitudes through Christ Consciousness you are able
to elevate yourself from the realm of animal existence into the realm of
fraternal relations that are a part of the Eternal Kingdom - the essence of the
Paradise ascent – enabling yourself to learn to Trust the Father in all things.
</P>
<P>Understanding that distrust is a material component natural to your
historical conditioning is a lesson, a perception, which we pray thee find. In
the solemnity of Trust your fellowship will be exalted as the Family of Man that
lives with God, that has known the Love of Jesus, and that emulates his Trust in
the Father in all things, thus reflecting Faith and Grace in all you do.</P>
<P>I have presented you now my Easter Basket filled with the colored eggs of
Trust on a bed of Faith.</P>
<P>Let me pass the dais to my companion. For now I bid you farewell.</P>
<P>Matthew: Thank you. (Pause) Anatolia is here.</P>
<P>ANATOLIA: This a grand day here in the halls of celebration. Wherever you
look you will see flowers, colors, glory and deep-seated rejuvenation,
regeneration and glorification of the thought of humanity having risen to a new
level due to the exercise of free will chosen by a Creator Son.</P>
<P>This is a perspective I wish to share with you that is seldom viewed and
widely misunderstood, in terms of the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross. It is
customary to consider the sacrifice of our Savior as having been a sacrificial
rite for the wages of sin. However, this is a consideration which I wish to
expound upon, if not expand upon, to include the voluntary participation in the
will of a Divine, yet human, Actor taking the place of pure human will in a
human drama. Never before, outside of the pagan world, had there been an active
participant of the Divine Realms in human events.</P>
<P>There are many ways to perceive or to view, those wondrous acts of
intervention, during, before and after, the drama known as ‘Christ Jesus
personified in your world,’ for there had never been the opportunity for
humanity to have such direct insight and Divine inspiration and guidance. Never
had there been an Actor of Divine Heritage that shared the same cell structure,
genealogical inheritance, and for all others’ rights and purposes, human
existence, as had that of Christ Jesus. So, in many ways, the actual presence
and participation of a Divine Son in your world, that became part of the Human
Drama, is to a large degree the initial miracle or amazing grace that took
place.</P>
<P>How he intersected your world and what was transacted in the process has many
dimensions, nearly countless. As you would view them in a kaleidoscope, every
time you face the light and turn the end you see a new dimension, a new facet, a
never-before-seen dimension that continues to change with how the chips fall
into place.</P>
<P>Let me just say that there is nothing defeatism-oriented toward the
crucifixion, least of all the resurrection. Even though the demise of a Divine
Son in the flesh took place during an entire day in the approximate time of
2,000 years ago, the reality was that Divine Trust was very much being
portrayed. Despite what human will seemed to override and squelch—that of what
many believed to be the long-awaited Messiah, to be executed like a common
criminal. It would appear to be the ultimate in defeat.</P>
<P>But what was not seen by many (but perceived in spirit by some) was that the
suspension of Jesus’ will in his human role was relinquished to that of the
Father’s role in terms of Trust. Jesus knew that by relinquishing his life in
the physical world, he would gain for all of us the Trust and the realization
that his purpose was truly Divine. </P>
<P>When had it ever been demonstrated before that a human being (thought by many
philosophers and otherwise) to be just several steps above animal life … how
could that level of life ever achieve that which was achieved by the death and
resurrection? When had there ever been such contrasts that could prove the
unprovable – that life is everlasting? </P>
<P>It cannot, nor will not, be diminished by anyone’s imposition or supposition
that their will prevails. The Father’s will prevails. And it was the Father’s
will that life everlasting be clearly demonstrated. How could that have been
portrayed any better? </P>
<P>There are many examples or allusions that one could paint or draw that could
possibly portray that life has an eternal purpose, but many of those scenarios
would be outside of the realm of the human-divine interplay. Any supreme being
can perform any function outright and apart from the human will and human drama.
But for those to have become one (and for many, all they ever saw in Jesus was
his humanity) and from that perspective, for that humanity to have risen on the
third day is truly amazing.</P>
<P>There are many ways that I could continue to illustrate this point, but let
me simply say that in all that you do in your religious practice and more so in
your faith demonstration. I want for you to continue to revel and marvel at this
most dramatic moment in time that lives forever in the hearts and the minds of
those who are one in the spirit.</P>
<P>This does not mean that you have to become one of the faithful departed, to
be separate and apart, and beyond the cares and concerns of this world to have
this perspective. This perspective of the resurrection can be yours on a
perpetual basis, here and beyond. </P>
<P>For this is truly the message of Easter, the everlastingness of Spirit, as
only created by a heavenly Creator with Its creation. That is truly the purpose
and the message and the glory of Easter I wish for you to have this be a
centerpiece of your faith perspective as it continues to grow. I wish that it
not be relinquished for any purpose nor at any time because this is your eternal
ticket. This is your payment of admission – your Faith Perspective. This is
worth on-going discussion in terms of the mystery of Faith in and of itself, but
today it is the Divine Will to unite and to share the glory of Himself withal
forever.</P>
<P>Rejoice and be glad, for we are always with you. And I wish for this
dimension of Faith Perspective enhanced for now and for all purposes for all
times. Peace by with you and be glad, for we are with you always. </P>
<P>End of Part One.</P></BODY></HTML>