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<P><FONT size=2>DATE:</FONT></B><FONT size=2> July 31, 2005<BR><B>LOCATION:</B>
Rio Rancho TeaM</FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT size=2>TEACHER TOMAS<BR>TOPICS:<BR></FONT></B><FONT size=2>Living Along
the Bosque<BR>Coping Mechanisms</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2><STRONG>MUSIC</STRONG>: Elena on Piano: "Learning to Walk"
and<BR><B>PRAYER:</B> "Oh Master Let Me Walk With Thee" </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2><STRONG>Reneau:</STRONG> Two walking songs.
</FONT><STRONG><BR></STRONG><FONT size=2><STRONG>Group:</STRONG> That was
lovely. Amen. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2></FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=2><STRONG>TOMAS:</STRONG> Good afternoon, lovely friends. I am
Tomas, a teacher in the Teacher Corps.</FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT size=2>Group:</FONT></B><FONT size=2> Welcome! Hi, Tomas.</FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT size=2>TOMAS:</FONT></B><FONT size=2> I present my credentials as a
reminder of our task. But before we commence our walk, I would like to sit with
you in a moment of repose, along with the Master who joins us in our moment’s
soliloquy with him, in peaceful appreciation of the richness of the moment --
the peace and placidity of your love is these circumstances which we enjoy when
we come together. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>[long pause]</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>I call your attention the fact that I am a Teacher of the
Teacher Corps under Machiventa Melchizedek, our Prince, and make our lessons
manifest as we can, in and through you who are willing learners. We have talked
about learning to walk. We have used the analogy of how it is that when you are
reborn, born of the spirit, you are dependent, naturally dependent, on the
Father to provide your every need, to feed you that which will nourish you and
help you grow, to counsel you and coddle you, comfort you and correct you as you
grow, eventually to crawl … as if you were really going somewhere! … and
eventually stand and go from one piece of furniture to the other as support,
before you have finally gotten your bearings in the spiritual life you are
beginning to lead. With your feet on the ground and adventures ahead, you begin
to walk, indeed. And walk with the Master. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>We have a lot of walkers in the mission today, a lot of walking
in other missions as well, that together are heading in the direction of a new
world. While one value system falls away, the other is coming into being – not
just in your spirit, and not just in your feelings, but in your mind and in time
this will be realized in your way of life. Industries and institutions will
modify and adapt to accommodate the values and ideals that are emerging in your
efforts to learn to walk with the Master. As you proceed, taking his hand -- and
in many ways being his hands and feet and mouthpiece in the world – you join
with others, and soon there is a large throng, becoming as a mighty river of
living water, forging its way through the dry earth, to bring renewed life,
revivification through the living waters that you are in concert with others of
like mind. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>You are, to expand the theme of the river, like the bosque --
you who stay close to the river, who are related to the living water, who have
your feet planted firmly in this fertile ground -- and like the trees and
cottonwoods of the bosque, your leaves and branches reach high into the sky
where you take in your source of energy and sustenance, shading your younger
brothers and sisters as they grow, and providing a haven for the many creatures
who live in your precious bosque -- the bosque provided by you who are believers
– not of mere monuments to religion, but as a part of the living, flowing,
moving way of life we know when we walk with God. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>The difference between living in the bosque with God and living
on the streets and boulevards of the concrete jungle or the inner city, is the
difference between day and night. It is in the cities, in this analogy, this
parable, where you would go to serve those who have not yet met the peace and
tranquility of the bosque way of life. Entering into the city fold is radical,
loud, jarring and unsafe. And yet, if you go there with a mission, with a
purpose, you go there with God's guidance and protection. You have a reason for
being there, and so you can go and minister in confidence of your safe journey
and you can return to the riverbank at night to sit around the campfire as we do
here, and relish the repose of those who seek to instill the peace on earth that
we know is possible if we but set aside our strife. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>All of us are dependent on the river, on the living water that
flows from on high. All of us take our nourishment from its life-blood, and
while as a body of people we can resemble the river, as individuals it is our
lot to walk alongside the river and appreciate its beauty, its truth, its
goodness, its ways, even its occasional treachery in the business of being a
river, as God does in being a creator.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>***</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>How have you been? (No response) Are there stories to tell? Or
questions to ask? (No response)</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Then I will talk more. I had been pondering earlier about how it
is that you cope. How, as you go into the cities, as you in fact reside in the
cities, as you may longingly look to the bosque as a place to be, it is not so.
You then need to adapt and adjust to the circumstances and situations wherein
you find yourself. For certainly you are conscious of survival and the needs
that must be met at the same time you seek to serve and build a brave new world
based on your highest and best ideals for humanity. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Coping mechanisms are tied into your social consciousness as
mores, and they stem from your mind -- your mind, which is the first arena you
must master in your walk, in your work. If you have not self-mastery, you cannot
expect to hold up under the swell and flow of the asphalt jungle (as it is
called). And so, many of you have spent much time developing ways to make life
work for you … without God. And while these coping mechanisms may have served
you as a mortal of the realm, they have short-circuited your ability to go
beyond your own mind into the regions of the divine mind, which you have access
to through your relationship with Our Father. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>It is not necessary for the child of God to cope, as it is
necessary for the human animal to cope. No doubt Jesus had to cope with many
situations in his life. He was certainly tried and tested in life's normal
course of events, by his relationships and business dealings, and so the man
coped. But when the time came for him to put down his apron and to be about the
Father's business, it was not a question of coping with humanity, it was a
matter of pouring out upon humanity the living water that was possible to come
forth from him because he let down his coping mechanisms and allowed the Father
to pour freely from him. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>The same is possible for all of you. There are times when you
must cope, when you must endure, when you need be long-suffering and tolerant,
patient, forbearing, forgiving in your dealings with men and even with yourself.
But there are times in which you are able to liberate yourself from that mental
constraint and allow the spirit to flow from you freely. This is like what I
enjoy when I get to speak with you. I am not coping. I am doing what I am here
to do and loving what I do. </FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT size=2>Elena:</FONT></B><FONT size=2> That's good to know. You're not
coping with us. </FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT size=2>Reneau:</FONT></B><FONT size=2> Is there anything in your "life"
that you do have to "cope with" in between your joys of serving?</FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT size=2>TOMAS:</FONT></B><FONT size=2> Let me express my response this
way: When I am with you, I am in the bosque.</FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT size=2>Group: </FONT></B><FONT size=2>Awww. Okay. Thanks,
Tomas.</FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT size=2>TOMAS:</FONT></B><FONT size=2> When I am with my peers, I am
also in a safe place. But as ascending sons and daughters, and not yet perfect,
it is sometimes my lot to experience the necessity to cope as I enjoin my peers
arguing about interpretations or approaches. These are short-lived, for the most
part, because by now we have pretty much learned to go to Machiventa or other
(Melchizedek) Receivers for guidance, for there is always someone who has
greater wisdom and experience - always. And where we find you fiercely
independent and self-determinative, we have relinquished those clutches long ago
in order to be about the Father's business in ways for which we are
experientially qualified.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>I have expressed on occasion that I do grow weary. But having
such a feeling does not require of me that I develop a coping mechanism to
continue with my assignment. It is not necessary for me to promise myself a
reward if I can get through this. It is not necessary that I blame someone for
the effort I must expend. (These are common coping mechanisms.) I withdraw. I
return to the river. I refresh myself in the living waters. I return to the city
renewed, reinvigorated, as the sap returns each year to the maple tree in order
for maple syrup to come into being. </FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT size=2>Esmeralda:</FONT></B><FONT size=2> But Tomas, would we be able
to cope as well if we did not know that the river and the bosque were there for
us?</FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT size=2>TOMAS:</FONT></B><FONT size=2> Now there is a good question. For
the more you know about the living water, the more you know how to relinquish
your dependency on coping techniques. They become like wool clothing in the
springtime. But there are still many, many people who have not the frame of
reference of the divine life they live, the divine life that lives within them.
They look to God as if he were still in some far off place, a city behind pearly
gates, and they short-change themselves. They cannot possibly know what you
know. Their whole life becomes a series of coping mechanisms in which there is
no surcease. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Is there any wonder there is strife in the world? Is there any
wonder there is deception, and manipulation? It is from not knowing about the
river of life of which we are a part, a living part, that makes them feel they
need to control their own destiny. I know you also have times when you feel you
must control your own destiny and be masters of your fate. I know how important
it is to the human being to feel as if he is in control of his life and that his
life is manageable. No one likes to feel tossed about on the winds of change
like some fragile leaf. And yet, in life there are times when you lose your
bearings. You are cut adrift from your moorings. And you have a moment or two of
insecurity. But as time passes and you continue your journey, you realize that
this too shall pass and that you are always brought back to your Source because
you know how it feels, what it sounds like. You have a built-in compass that
will lead you home. </FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT size=2>Elena: </FONT></B><FONT size=2>Actually, Tomas, I had two or
three things that I was going to ask you, but right there, that pretty well
provides the answers to all of them. What came to mind was, you know, maybe
seeing what your comments on my new position would be, or there was also a deal
about, I don't know, selling my condo, and the way to do that, and then just
expressing gratitude over actually having a greater sense of well-being than I
had. But really, your comments right there just have actually answered all of
those. Minus the specifics, of course, but …</FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT size=2>Esmeralda:</FONT></B><FONT size=2> You know, Tomas always takes
care of what I need to know without my really asking. But last night I was
watching Bill Mahr and he was doing one of his one-man stand-up things, and I
really enjoyed it, but he was talking about the religious right and he made one
comment that made me sad for him. He was talking about what the religious right
says so many times, and one was, he said, They say "Jesus is always with me." He
said, Jesus isn't-- He said, "You know, you can believe in fairy tales and myths
when you're a child but when you're an adult, you know, fairy tales and myths
aren't necessary." And I thought, you know, we all have a Thought Adjuster and
our Father Fragment and they are always with us. And if you aren't aware, that's
sad. And I felt sad for him. So, I enjoy him. I think he's funny and he's
entertaining, but that, I thought, was a very sad statement.</FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT size=2>Reneau: </FONT></B><FONT size=2>Just a different perspective of
who Jesus is, that would be with you every moment, you see. Bill Mahr has a
different perspective than what we do. </FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT size=2>Esmeralda: </FONT></B><FONT size=2>Yeah. But that struck me as a
sad note.</FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT size=2>TOMAS:</FONT></B><FONT size=2> This is very sad indeed, and it
is something that cuts through much of humanity. It is as if in their desire to
learn how to live the life -- that is to say in developing coping mechanisms --
they need to set aside those props and crutches which will hinder their getting
where they need to go or doing what is expected of them. This is a problem of
evolution that will one day be eliminated as people recognize that Jesus is not
Tinkerbell. He is a very valid reality that can make life more meaningful.
</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>The Chinese had a saying that religion was an opiate for the
masses, and that theory tends to invade all the races and civilizations at some
point in time, but it is only a temporary stage in the onward march of humanity
and it will pass. But it is sad, because it brings great sadness to those who
have been taught they cannot have faith in that which would make their lives so
much richer. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>There is a scripture to the effect that 'when I was a child I
thought as a child and when I became a man I put away childish things.' Jesus is
not a childish thing. Faith and belief are not childish things. Both faith and
belief contribute mightily to the forward movement of the river of humanity in
search for God. This is the ultimate destiny of the evolving worlds -- to attain
God-knowingness and God-responsiveness. And so yes, it is sad, but it is
temporary. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Those who can be turned around to see the merit of having a man
like Jesus as an inspiration and the spirit of Christ-consciousness to add that
dimension to life experience, they become co-workers and peers in the bosque
neighborhood. This is why we tend to encourage you to trumpet the good news.
There are so many errors that need corrected, many of them errors of childlike
faith that tend to do more harm than good, over time. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Let’s take the example of "God told me!" "I was talking to God
the other day and he told me!" "In my prayers the other day, I was talking to
God and he told me."</FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT size=2>Reneau:</FONT></B><FONT size=2> Are those
Bushisms?</FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT size=2>TOMAS:</FONT></B><FONT size=2> Those are believer-isms. They may
be because of the adjutant mind spirits. They may be because of organized
religion. They may be because of superstition. But for whatever reason, when
"God told me" something and it came to pass that it was a stretch of imagination
and not God at all, it tends to undermine the initial enthusiasm of the faith
child. And the backlash is to undermine what God said. And so over generations
the errors of evolution must eventually give way to the need to know spiritual
substance and so when God tells you something, it is that still, small voice. It
is the assurance of things unseen. It is the security of knowing you are in
God’s hands regardless of temporal circumstances.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Much of what humanity says must be allowed to go in one ear and
out the other, for much of what humanity says is an echo of some noise made
long, long ago. If you could train your ear to hear the river itself, focus your
ear on the sound of the living water. Become a true listener. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Your comments, Elena, Esmeralda, as to having your questions,
your concerns addressed by me in my lesson, is a result of my being able to
listen to your soul. Not, perhaps, to you, the mortal, but to your indwelling
Adjuster, who knows you better than you know yourself, and who confers with me,
or with the Adjuster of the T/R. And so the higher level communicates among
itself, and you are the recipients of their wisdom. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>This is what it is to allow God to lead, to be in control, to
uphold the universe and manage all things therein. I am fully dependent on
Spirit to be able to teach you what you need to hear, as you need to be fully
dependent on Spirit to allow you to teach what you must teach those who come to
you as you pass by. But as you depend upon your own coping mechanism, you rule
out the opportunity for this Spirit to prevail. You put yourself in the
position, like the fellow you mentioned, of taking up all the space for yourself
and discounting the precious presence of the Master Son himself -- who does and
will and would walk with all of us if we so allowed.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Jesus is not a crutch. He is the staff of life. It is all in the
perspective, then, isn’t it? </FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT size=2>Group:</FONT></B><FONT size=2> Mm-hum. That’s
true.</FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT size=2>Esmeralda:</FONT></B><FONT size=2> Tomas, at one of our
conferences, the first one I attended, in Boulder, Michael was being T/R’d to us
and this was, what, six or eight years ago, but in this, Michael said, "My arm
is around your shoulder and I am whispering in your ear," and I just simply
thought that was beautiful, and have never forgotten it, and I remind myself of
that frequently. Probably not as frequently as I should, but it was just
something you couldn’t forget.</FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT size=2>TOMAS:</FONT></B><FONT size=2> You did not forget it because
your heart was open to the reality. I encourage you to realize that often, that
he is beside you, and confer with him often. Allow him, indeed, to whisper in
your ear that which you long to hear. Let me also suggest that as a faith
exercise you even now, all of you, I challenge you to raise your right hand as
if to see his. Extend your hand now. Extend your hand into the ethers and ask
Jesus to take your hand.</FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT size=2>TOMAS:</FONT></B><FONT size=2> Take my hand Jesus, and lead me
home.<BR><B>Group:</B> Take my hand, Jesus, and lead me home.</FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT size=2>TOMAS:</FONT></B><FONT size=2> Walk with me in our journey to
the Father.<BR><B>Group:</B> Walk with me in our journey to the Father.
</FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT size=2>TOMAS:</FONT></B><FONT size=2> Experience the bliss of knowing
he has hold of you, hold of your hand, has your being in the palm of his hand,
indeed, and will not let you go. </FONT><FONT size=2>All right then, Children,
are we replete?</FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT size=2>Group:</FONT></B><FONT size=2> Hm-hum. I think so.</FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT size=2>TOMAS:</FONT></B><FONT size=2> We have been skinny-dipping in
the river.</FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT size=2>Group:</FONT></B><FONT size=2> (Laughter) That’s one way to put
it! Tomas, you’re just a joy.</FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT size=2>TOMAS:</FONT></B><FONT size=2> How clean it feels to frolic with
you, my friends, on the beach on this bright summer day. Clothed in the raiment
of our Sonship, let us go forth into the arena of the asphalt jungle, in order
to, like the shaggy dog, spray our wetness everywhere.</FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT size=2>Group:</FONT></B><FONT size=2> (Laughter) Thank you, Tomas! What
a way to put it! Farewell. Bye.</FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>