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<DIV>Date: July 27,
2003<BR>Location: Rio Rancho, NM, USA, Ann Henry’s
home<BR>Teachers: Tomas and Athena (A Celestial
Artisan)<BR>Topics: Living Life as You Find It –
Finding Divine Pattern<BR>
If not the Teachers, Who will promote
your work?<BR>
Whose Project are you,
anyway?<BR>
Living Under the Creative
Influence<BR>Q & A: Where does this
Creativeness come from?<BR>
The New Phase is a "we" kind of
thing<BR><U>T/R:
Gerdean
</U></DIV>
<DIV><BR>TOMAS: I am Tomas, with the regular entourage of celestial
associates.<BR>And we are not so far removed from you as to overlook the
undertaking of<BR>the fellows in your group not in attendance today … in a
material sense,<BR>but very much a part of our community in a spiritual sense.
We are<BR>mindful of the necessity to Live the Life as You Find it. And thus
we<BR>honor the details of the human life, such as relocating from
one<BR>residence to another – much like relocating from one Universe to
another<BR>is a part of the Overall Pattern of Possibility and Design in
the<BR>Universe. These accepted changes are ways in which our thriving
Community<BR>of Consciousness in the universe operates.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>It is always a joy to hear you relate your stories, your exchanges,
for<BR>in this we find a reflection of the Divine -- even in your most
material<BR>perspective. Your anecdotes are often filled with depictions of
scenes<BR>from life, or portrayals of symbols of these depictions. Like
the<BR>"Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" (which Menopah had recited
spontaneously<BR>prior to opening our session) or the propensity to lay awake
all night<BR>rearranging furniture in your new house (which Janet and Gerdean
had<BR>talked about prior to the session). These also have – and demonstrate –
a<BR>reflection of how the Industry of an Evolving World functions.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>Inasmuch as Change is everywhere – not only in your life but
throughout<BR>the Universe – it is no wonder then that the Celestial Artisans
are so<BR>much a part of the furtherance of Creation and that their
sometimes<BR>Symbols of Universe Pattern wind they way into ways in which you
are able<BR>to better understand the Divine Nature. The nature of our
configuration<BR>today, and this moment in time and eternity, calls forth a
friend many of<BR>you have known, some of whom have worked with: Athena, a
Celestial<BR>Artisan, and I will let her prevail. With that introduction now, I
will<BR>take my leave and the next voice you hear will be that of Athena.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>ATHENA: Gracious listeners, good afternoon. How wonderful it is for me
to<BR>have an opportunity to be a featured guest with you today. I am
hoping,<BR>by my visit, to reveal some elements of Truth, Beauty and Goodness
that<BR>you would not find coming from you Group Teacher, for that is also a
part<BR>of the make up of the Universe, that individual orders of beings
have<BR>fairly well-designed avenues of operation, and by and large we
stay<BR>within our "job description." </DIV>
<DIV><BR>An Artisan, however, is not completely limited, and so within
the<BR>framework of Artisanry we are quite able to extend our skills into
all<BR>manner of projects and undertakings that are brought into being
or<BR>conceived as prospective Creation because the "gods" have always
been<BR>interested in the mortal outpouring. In fact, if and when possible,
your<BR>work makes far greater an impression than the work of the
‘gods’<BR>themselves, which work is often overlooked or regarded as
out-of-reach,<BR>but if you have an idea or a concept and if you have carried
this through<BR>to fruition -- be it an invention, a premise, a concept or
whatever -- it<BR>is more likely to have an impact on your world.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>Midwayers have long worked with human beings who have sought to
uplift<BR>the mortal plight, and many Midwayers as well as Artisans have had
an<BR>opportunity to work with the more earnest individuals in keeping with
the<BR>fundamental Universe Laws, such as were taught by Jesus, which would
be<BR>such things as "seek and ye shall find," for those of you who ‘seek’
to<BR>better the world, or your standing in the world, are assisted by
Universe<BR>Forces. </DIV>
<DIV><BR>There has been conversation of late as to why the Teachers have
not<BR>promoted the projects of the Students of the Teaching Mission. It
is<BR>because that is not their job. The idea might be compared to
your<BR>understanding of Nepotism, it would seem, if your Teacher were
publicly<BR>sanctioning your individual Service Projects. It could be construed
as<BR>making ‘brownie points’ with the Teacher or showing favoritism to
the<BR>Student. And so, by-and-large, the Teachers stay removed from
the<BR>individual projects of their upcoming and adventurous students.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>But the Midwayers, on the other hand, are concerned about
individual<BR>involvement and we Artisans are also very much engaged in
assisting you<BR>who have attained a degree of focus and compatibility to the
yearnings of<BR>Spirit. We can assist. We can oblige the Creative Spirit. There
are<BR>several … many … Artisans at work in your ranks even now. Jared, known
to<BR>you as Hal Bynum, has been working with an Artisan for many
years.<BR>Gerdean also has been working with me for many years. But for the
most<BR>part mortals are not aware that they are working with an Artisan.
They<BR>are only working from their "soul" – from their Creative Core – and
the<BR>reflection of Spirit Reality is often only seen in retrospect.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>Whereas the Truth of this matter could be much more readily portrayed
as:<BR>You are our project.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>The Spirit Reality you see being projected in your realm is, of
course,<BR>the Product of Spirit. But to the extent that Your Spirit is able
to<BR>operate, you are bringing about the Creative Reflections of Divinity
…<BR>many of which can be realized as products of Artisanry,
Celestial<BR>Artisanry. Thus, when you stay awake late at night thinking about
how to<BR>arrange your home, you are in the Realm of Artisanry and you
are<BR>influenced by the Divine, inasmuch as it is your Creative Desire
to<BR>Portray Perfection. When you ‘seek’ to portray perfection you are
under<BR>the influence of Celestial Artisans.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>Thus it delights me to say "The Zooid Mission" is my mission. And I
say<BR>that not so that you will suddenly feel as if it is
‘spiritually<BR>sanctioned’ (which it is), but because you will understand that
we DO in<BR>fact work with you on these projects. And while the Teachers may
not<BR>discuss your individual works, we are not disinclined to do so. We
are<BR>interested in seeing your Creative Work come into being, and we are
also<BR>interested in working with the Midwayers who can help bring about
the<BR>actual material reality of those concepts … which we conceive through
the<BR>Spirit together.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>We are all in this in order to do the bidding of the Creator who is
doing<BR>his work toward bringing his realm, His Creation of Nebadon, into
the<BR>Perfection Attainment that all Creator Sons aspire to bring to
their<BR>World, in order for the Father of us all, the Universal Father, to
be<BR>Absolute in His ambition to extend Himself and be Realized by
His<BR>Creation throughout Infinity. And while we may not see from
our<BR>perspective the extent that Infinity reaches, we can certainly respond
to<BR>that Omniscience which is part of Creation, which we are a part of
also.<BR>And so all of this is in keeping with His Will.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>I want to commend the transmission of the Magisterial Son from the
Elyon<BR>Community recently, which provides enough allusion to the Divine Plan
for<BR>you to begin to perceive the advancement of your world into
the<BR>Constellation and beyond. It is a massive undertaking, and when you,
as<BR>individuals, become snagged on your tendency to proceed with the
mortal<BR>viewpoint, we are amused. But while it is the part of the process
of<BR>evolution and growth, it is also one of those phases of growth which
will<BR>pass as you become more mindful of the Pattern of Paradise … which is
to<BR>reach down in order to assist those who are in route to perfection.
Thus,<BR>we all reach down to you and we all assist you – yet in different
ways.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>The Celestial Artisans are in such a wonderful position to put
your<BR>concepts into word symbols and visualizations – not because they are
the<BR>End Truth but because the very desire to bring these realities into
being<BR>is the way the Father plows his fields: the I AM enters into you and
you<BR>conceive. By realizing your conception, you plow your field of
endeavor<BR>and plant the seed of your creation. The fruit of your labors will
bring<BR>about eventual Light and Life on your world and on worlds to
come.<BR>Individual efforts are to be commended and celebrated as
courageous<BR>undertakings and when they are aborted or eliminated these
creative<BR>ideas, like any reality, are assimilated into the Greater Reality
and<BR>made a part of the whole. Thus, no good idea is lost. No great
concept,<BR>no matter how humble, is left behind.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>There is so much that goes into your composition, … you, as human
beings.<BR>Much of which is still misunderstood, even by yourselves. This,
of<BR>course, is why the Teachers are encouraging you to know yourself and
to<BR>love yourself as Sons of God while remaining sons of men. There are
so<BR>many perspectives for you to choose from. The Heart has a point of
view.<BR>The Mind has a point of view. The Soul has a point of view. These
are<BR>constantly being juxtaposed and seen against the collage of
opinions,<BR>beliefs and attitudes of those hearts, minds and souls around you,
and<BR>always are these states of being in a changing format. Some change
more<BR>slowly, some change more quickly, but there is nothing static in
the<BR>Living Universe. And so there is constant adaptation.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>There are so many things that I would like to say … about Artistry
and<BR>about Nature -- especially as it applies to you who are creative.
There<BR>is nothing more rewarding for the creator than to have his or her
work<BR>acknowledged. The work is the symbolized expression of the Reality of
the<BR>creator. And in the course of eternity, the Symbolized Reality will
bring<BR>about Ultimate Reality. These creative works will Reality-ize your
world,<BR>whether the original mortal being is still around to see the end
result<BR>or not. </DIV>
<DIV><BR>Thus, to be creative is to sacrifice the human will for the Divine
Will.<BR>And while it may appear that the human creator is propounding his
works<BR>as Supreme Reality, it is the gem seed of the Creator inherent
therein<BR>that will live well beyond that mortal who planted the seed. And,
thus,<BR>the seasons continue – one after the other. The seed is planted in
the<BR>early Spring, reaches for the sun, grows and dreams eventually to
be<BR>harvested, its stalks left to die in order to fertilize the soil for
next<BR>spring’s planting. Such is the way of Life. </DIV>
<DIV><BR>The world as you know it is a creative process. The transmissions
that<BR>you read and revere are filled with the Artisanry of the Creative
Nature<BR>of the Teachers and through the Creative Natures of the
Transmitters<BR>because of the Creative Natures of your groups themselves and
the<BR>individuals who comprise the listeners – all of this in
gracious<BR>acknowledgment of the seeds of the I AM which God himself has
planted in<BR>His universe into the fields in which we, as His fruit,
prosper.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>Thank you for your attention to my words. I am very grateful for
the<BR>opportunity to be among you and to share with you the nature of
Celestial<BR>Artisans. We wish you well in your wonderful Teaching Mission,
which is<BR>another creation born and bred by will to do His will.
Farewell.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>TOMAS: This is Tomas, I will not follow up with another lesson but
open<BR>to you who are in attendance for your involvement. The floor is
open.<BR>Myra: Is the creativeness you speak of coming from within a person or
is<BR>it inspired – coming from without?</DIV>
<DIV><BR>TOMAS: You could replace the word Life and discern that without
Life<BR>there is no Life – without Creation there is no Creation. God,
Himself,<BR>has invested Himself in you and given you the opportunity to grow in
His<BR>Nature – including His Creative Nature. Thus, what you create (and
in<BR>your case, you create as a teacher –primarily) you create by
impressing<BR>the minds of your students within a certain framework of
instruction, and<BR>yet outside the rigors of the material by an overlay of
emotion and<BR>Spirit Reality which also Teaches. To the extent that you invest
your<BR>students and your creation (your classroom), your teaching
experience,<BR>with the Spirit … with the Symbol of Eternity and Reality … you
are also<BR>investing in Your Creation that which has been given to you by
God,<BR>Himself.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>You cannot give Life unless you are alive. You cannot teach unless
you<BR>have something to teach. And so to the extent that you are fulfilled
in<BR>yourself you are able to pass that on. If it is simply facts or
temporal<BR>reality, it will not have the same impression as that which is able
to<BR>Eternalize. Many teach only that which is essential to maintaining
the<BR>material world and that, too, is important. [But] those of you who
go<BR>beyond the facts of the matter to the Creative Heart of the matter
add<BR>new dimensions to Life.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>You need not worry that you are not fulfilling your destiny when
you<BR>apply yourself to your work in the field, for you are a
robust<BR>personality, Myra. Certainly fruit of the vine. Let your mind wander.
Let<BR>your imagination soar. Let your Soul carry you into new realms
of<BR>perception. Let yourself freely float through the ethers of Creation
in<BR>order to light upon that concept which the Divine would plant within
your<BR>fertile mind. Then embrace that seed. And as you nurture it – give
it<BR>Living Water and Eternal Son [sic] – it will come alive. [It
will]<BR>develop its own integrity and become a Creative Symbol of the
Reality<BR>that you acknowledged in allowing the seed of your mind to be
brought<BR>forth for all to see. Just as the Father has allowed the concept of
the I<BR>AM to be brought into being throughout the Universes of Time and Space.
<BR>In terms of eternity, my child, you will become more and more like
God<BR>and you will know what it is to create and attain sovereignty over
that<BR>which you have created, for the honor and glory of the Creator
of<BR>Creation itself. I say this to you because I know that you are
interested<BR>in Love and Joy and Peace and Harmony. I know that you are not
going to<BR>create destruction or divisiveness. In the Kingdom of God such
attitudes<BR>are not fostered; they are left to wither and die as weeds along
the<BR>wayside.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>Yes, Gerdean, I am not forgetting your homework. I asked you last week
to<BR>formulate, for the group, your concerns so as to share with others
your<BR>growth. Perhaps you can tell us now, have you done your homework and
have<BR>you prepared, for the group, the question of your heart?</DIV>
<DIV><BR>Gerdean: I don’t have a question of the heart, Tomas. I looked at it
long<BR>and hard and I abandoned it. But it was about the Light and Life
Center.<BR>I thought that by moving out here to Rio Rancho I was moving away
from a<BR>‘seed’ that was very dear to my heart and that I wanted to plant
very<BR>much. But I knew from the beginning that it was something that I
couldn’t<BR>do by myself, and so nothing is lost; I’ve just gained a nice house
and a<BR>wonderful community. But I gained some insight about my concern,
about<BR>what was bothering me by looking at it. For one thing I thought that
my<BR>husband was opposed to my Creative Nature and I came to recognize
that<BR>that was my imagination. I also realized that the Idea of Community
is<BR>coming to pass. It is coming into being -- not just the community
that<BR>I’ve become a part of here, but in the overall. The Idea of Community
is<BR>a natural evolutionary stage that we are entering into now. And that
was<BR>very evident in the Conference and in the subsequent conversations
we’ve<BR>been having on TML about things ‘we’ want to do together. It’s not
so<BR>much ‘me’ now doing something. The shift really has changed to WE
doing<BR>something. So it’s really unfolding before our very eyes that these
Ideas<BR>that mean so much to us individually – these Seeds that we want to
plant<BR>– are also seeds that are being implanted in other people. And so I
think<BR>we are seeing a very real unfolding of a New Phase of the Mission.
At<BR>least that’s how I perceive it.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>At any rate my Soul is not unhappy. My Heart was unhappy – but it’s
not<BR>unhappy now. And my Mind is not unhappy either because I’ve been able
to<BR>think it through and I’ve come up with intelligent reasons for why
my<BR>Heart was troubled. And so I guess I’m a happy camper. </DIV>
<DIV><BR>But I do appreciate being challenged to think about what was bothering
me<BR>in such a way as to come to some kind of resolution about it. Or should
I<BR>say ‘revelation’ about it? Because really, when it comes right down
to<BR>it, the Father’s Will, will be done and whether that’s at that
particular<BR>location (the Lomas street location), which I recognize as a
"symbol" –<BR>or whether that’ll be done in a different building or in a
different<BR>community or in a different way entirely, is all fine and dandy.
The fact<BR>is that it will be done. And that’s the main thing. And I’m a part
of<BR>that. And so I’m not being left out and nobody else is either. <BR>So as
usual – Father Knows Best and it’s just an incredible
learning<BR>experience.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>So that’s my story and I’m sticking to it. Of course, I’m
always<BR>interested in hearing what counsel you may have, Tomas.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>TOMAS: I appreciate your recitation, Gerdean, and the details of
your<BR>concerns, but I appreciate even more that you have recognized that
the<BR>human condition presents many sides to the story and when you are able
to<BR>identify the various contingencies that go into the human composition
and<BR>can identify the different areas that sometimes struggle against
each<BR>other, you are eventually led to the Spirit of Truth which allows
Reality<BR>to prevail. That brings the Peace which passes all
understanding.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>This is good work on your part, and I have little counsel to add. But
I<BR>can certainly contribute to your self-revelation and point out
that<BR>indeed, this is what the Magisterial Son will help bring about: the
phase<BR>of Universe Growth on Urantia that begins to think in terms of the
Family<BR>of Man as an organism and a society of those who forge ahead to
bring<BR>about the Greater Reality – a "we" thing, indeed.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>You are not incorrect to follow the yearnings of your Soul and
they<BR>apparently are to converge with other Souls to Create a momentum
that<BR>will expand the growth of the Evolving Supreme. This is truly the
Heart<BR>of the message from the Artisan. The Soul is compelled to reveal
its<BR>Source and to Glory in recognition of its Source, even when its Source
is<BR>seen in other people. This is True Community. This is Light and
Life.<BR>That any and all of you want to Create Light and Life – and to get
there<BR>on the Love Bus – is perfectly understandable to those, your Elders,
who<BR>look upon your efforts and smile at your youthful enthusiasm and
your<BR>young Ideals. </DIV>
<DIV><BR>Rest assured, beloved students, we will remain with you through the
pangs<BR>of growth which follow your childlike glee into the fields wherein
your<BR>Ideas and the Ideals of the Father can be Realized. Anything
further?<BR>Paula: Can’t think of a thing. It was a very good lesson.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>TOMAS: I am glad you feel replete, my child. We will know more of
this<BR>sense of satisfaction in time to come as we begin to perceive
what<BR>opportunities await within the realm of influence we share. What
else?<BR>(Long pause) Then let us be on our way.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>Group: Thank you, Tomas.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>TOMAS: We will see you next week. Anatolia and I, as well as all
your<BR>heavenly helpers in attendance and in interest, embrace you in the
Spirit<BR>and bestow upon you the blessings of the Creator to strew among the
rocks<BR>and fissures of Urantia in hope of Fruitful gain, tomorrow and
beyond.<BR>Amen and farewell.</DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>