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<P><FONT size=2>LIGHT LINE<BR></FONT></B><FONT size=2>August 4, 2005</FONT></P>
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<P><FONT size=2>TEACHER TOMAS: </FONT></B><FONT size=2>Good evening, my friends.
This is Tomas. Thank you for joining us on this auspicious occasion when we have
a chance to meet in cyberspace ~ in "the morontia zone" ~ as you might perceive
this format of believing without seeing. Ham is here and would like to take a
moment. I’ll be back</FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT size=2>TEACHER HAM: </FONT></B><FONT size=2>I am Ham. I am part of you,
and understand some of you have wondered what will be the nature of the Teaching
Mission with the changes that you see with various groups and seeming schisms in
the administration of our work for your world. There are no significant changes
that would interfere with your continued growth and development. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>The Teachers are still engaged in their work of approaching you
as universe citizens in working mode. The Magisterial Son is certainly making
preparation. We, in fact, are part of the preparation, and no doubt the universe
is unfolding as it should. Ideas of administration and hierarchy are
insignificant, in that they are not like what you are accustomed to. We have a
far greater perspective, a universe perspective on our work, and we have deep
respect for and high regard for our fellow workers in this mission of bringing
Urantia along into alignment and eventual light and life. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>I am not a chatty fellow like Tomas. I just came to assure you.
I am not going away. And I will continue to oversee the Teacher Corps as I have
in the past, attending the council meetings and all those matters which you need
not worry about. Rest assured of the care and concern your superiors have for
you, and the tender regard in which we hold you. Farewell.</FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT size=2>TOMAS:</FONT></B><FONT size=2> This is Tomas and I am once again
on-line and am eager to engage with you (as soon as I get this channel settled
down). I have to remember, as do you, that you are electrochemical beings, and
that while you like to reach up into those areas that will give you the
opportunity to touch upon your morontial reality, we always must show proper
acknowledgement of the vehicle which carries you and that allows you to lift
up.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>There are times when the material vessel controls your being …
almost completely … as when you are emotionally distracted or when you are
physically ill. And because you are distracted much of the time, it is
understood how it is that you love to reach beyond the norm into those heights
of consciousness that allow you surcease from the clamoring of the mortal for
attention and pleasure and from the stress that goes along with being a finite
creature in a semi-civilized environment. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>One of the great purposes to Stillness is to allow the
electrochemical aspects of the physical being an opportunity to be at peace.
What a wonderful way for you to learn to know yourself in every aspect ~
physically, emotionally, mentally, as well as spiritually ~ through this venue
of sitting quietly with yourself in an attitude of caring for your vehicle, and
your mind, thus your feelings, in gratitude to your spirit. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Understanding these sundry aspects of the self, it is possible
to become well unified in nature … to be able to recognize when you are becoming
unbalanced … and then understanding, from a position of truly knowing, that when
the fever passes or when the mood swings, you will once more proceed on an even
keel, on your path. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>I have been teaching character for some years. The fruits of the
spirit are some of my favorite tools to utilize in bringing about a material
life fraught with spirit reality. Understanding your own nature enables you to
ponder those areas, those fruits of the spirit inherent within you. As daughters
and sons of divine reality, to grasp hold of that which you see is good and
patiently eliminate that which refuses to see the light of truth. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>This job of attaining self-mastery is the job that Jesus himself
set out to do, and he ultimately mastered even his mind, and this enabled him to
go forth in being about the Father’s business in full understanding of the
nature of the people he met and served, in full consciousness of those who would
betray him, but allowing the divine will to portray itself, and destiny to
unfold as it will, because of the incredible gift of free will. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Thus, too, you are able to contain within you a greater
compassion for the human condition and for those who flail about in their
ignorance and in their striving, perhaps to inspire those words which may pour
forth from the font of the Indweller.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>All the opportunities offered in one day in the life are too
many to consider. If you can learn to love one human being per day, you are not
only socializing (your beliefs), you are fraternizing with destiny because you
are revealing your God-consciousness through your natural intercourse with
others. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Take what you experience daily into private converse with the
Master at eventide. Discuss with him your encounters. Ask to see how your fruits
operated. Were they ripe, were they sweet? Were they green or bitter? Were they
nourishing or wormy? This private consultation with the epitome of perfected
humanity will bring you into the presence of Paradise perfection ~ embracing you
in all that you are ~ loving all of you ~ allowing you to perceive the good and
the bad, the perfect and the imperfect ~ being thankful for the relativity of
your growth and the potential that lies ahead. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Fill yourself with the knowledge that tomorrow will bring new
opportunities, and give in to the anticipation of once more perceiving the
divine will at work in your life and in the lives of those you encounter. Be
prepared then for the miracles you will see, the small miracles of human
kindness and communication that take place among people, not excluding those
myriad examples of perfection that lay before you in the beauty of the planet on
which you live. The skies, the trees, the birds and the flowers. The joys of
living.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Jesus said, when he was here, that in future times we would know
(and) we would manifest our mirth and good cheer, our sense of well-being, even
though this world is often seen as a vale of tears and a burden of existence.
How may I help you lighten your load, to refresh yourself in the mirth and good
cheer of your own sonship? Have you questions?</FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT size=2>Felix:</FONT></B><FONT size=2> Hello, Tomas. This is
Felix.</FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT size=2>TOMAS:</FONT></B><FONT size=2> Good evening, Felix, my friend. I
have questions from you here already. I see you have been answered, however, in
terms of who surrounds you. Have you been able to ascertain, from the counsel
you were given [Teacher Tartason: 7/21/05 LIGHT LINE] who it may
be?</FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT size=2>Felix:</FONT></B><FONT size=2> Not really, Tomas, not yet. Is
there anything you would like to add ? My question is about the presence that
apparently accompanies me. What is his/her nature, what is his/her job and what
does he/she require from me? </FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT size=2>TOMAS:</FONT></B><FONT size=2> You have your guardian, of
course, and your guides, who are often cherubim and sanobim, a pair of seraphim.
But more likely than not they are midwayers. And you must not overlook the
possibility that they may be Teachers walking with you for a season, or
conferring with your Adjuster. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>I find mortals are often titillated to think they may be
accompanied by one who will oversee their efforts, as if to lead them into
adventures, and since this is true of most of us, you will not be disappointed.
The question remains to be seen what they will lead you into … service fields,
certainly. And so this gives you an opportunity to search yourself for those
fields in which you would willingly engage yourself in service. Then, allow
yourself to be taught what you will teach.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>I see many young minds/souls who have genuine aspirations and
sincerity, just as children who perhaps want to be a cowboy when they grow up,
who have great ambition but who have no idea how to put their ambitions into
practice. It is here that your guides can be of great service. They will tell
you by leading you and by conferring with you what needs to be done by revealing
to your eager eyes the service opportunities available. Thus, when you go out
into the realm with your God-consciousness, also allow your inner eye to open
and follow that which you are led to do, sufficiently that you at least can
ponder the direction you felt led, in order to discern if this is something you
would like to pursue further or discern if it was a mere diversion.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Sometimes my students see something that connects with a
subconscious memory or desire and they connect that as something God wants them
to do. This is not always the case. I counsel you to not be rash, but to bring
it into Stillness and consult, as we discussed earlier. And be careful not to
talk just to yourself, for I know how it is: we can talk ourselves into and out
of anything. We can rationalize and justify anything. This is not the kind of
pondering I invite you to undertake. Rather, invite the Master into your mind
and allow his mind to overtake yours and help you learn to think in ways that
will reveal the Father to you and that will reveal ways in which you may be
about the Father’s business. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>In looking back on your life, on your experiences, you will more
likely than not discover that those adventures you took which were not so
fruitful were those which you chose through your will alone, and those which
provided the most soulful gratification were those which you engaged upon with
the Divine blessing. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>They are not always the easier, softer way. But there is great
satisfaction in the work … at hand. </FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT size=2>Dominic:</FONT></B><FONT size=2> Can I ask a question about
that? </FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT size=2>TOMAS:</FONT></B><FONT size=2> Yes?</FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT size=2>Dominic:</FONT></B><FONT size=2> Can some of that be
intuitive?</FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT size=2>TOMAS:</FONT></B><FONT size=2> Yes, "intuitive" is a good
choice. It is a sense, an intuitive sense. But follow through with that
intuitive sense to see where it leads. This is possible through the mind circuit
of the spirit of intuition. You can walk a tight wire through dangerous
territory following the spirit of intuition, arriving safely on the other side.
But you must not become distracted. You must watch where you step. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>The spirit of intuition is the ideal beginning, for it is the
Mother Spirit helping you on your path, and she will lead you to the Spirit of
Truth ~ which will lead you to Michael ~ who will lead you to Father ~ Who will
lead you home. </FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT size=2>Dominic:</FONT></B><FONT size=2> Can the fruit of the spirit of
intuition be a leading to the Spirit of Truth, and Michael?</FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT size=2>TOMAS:</FONT></B><FONT size=2> All of the adjutants are engaged
in helping you attain God-consciousness and self-mastery. And all of them work
independently as well as conjointly, in order to add dimensions of richness to
your experiential living.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>If it is your desire to become one with your Adjuster, you will
grow in that direction because it is your will that His will be done. However,
many, many people have no interest in the Divine will. And yet their adjutants
are actively engaged. And when these adjutants are under the command of ill
intent … it still exists. And so you must remember the admonition to be as wise
as serpents and as peaceful as doves. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>It is in this mode of operation that you can see where
intentions lie, who is trustworthy, and how much you can depend on others. This
is simply utilizing the tools that are given you, the keys to the kingdom.
</FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT size=2>Stéphane:</FONT></B><FONT size=2> Tomas?</FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT size=2>TOMAS:</FONT></B><FONT size=2> Yes?</FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT size=2>Stéphane:</FONT></B><FONT size=2> I am thinking back to Ham's
comment on aligning ourselves with the mission and your lesson on how to
accomplish this alignment. I find myself at odds in dealing with people in
day-to-day living who are convinced that their (Christian) religion/belief is
the only "true" religion, and anyone outside of this belief will not ascend to
"Heaven" and will forever perish. These people do not have "ill intent" and are
very pleasant to be with but are convinced of the righteousness of their
beliefs. </FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT size=2>TOMAS:</FONT></B><FONT size=2> Yes.</FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT size=2>Stéphane:</FONT></B><FONT size=2> Do you have any comments on
how to lead them to a broader acceptance?</FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT size=2>TOMAS:</FONT></B><FONT size=2> This is a challenge indeed, but
it is not insurmountable … if you are wise … for you must see that these sincere
individuals are enmeshed in a paradigm of reality that is supported by the
adjutant of worship. They have risen above the animal realm, by having the
capacity to worship the god of their understanding, and there is no more potent
force in the world than ones religious beliefs, … especially when supported by
others. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>The only thing that will break the hold over them is the
emergence of the influence of the adjutant of wisdom, which will only come into
being when they are able to recognize that other groups, other individuals, are
also as committed to their God as they are. The global situation you see now is
a prime example of devotees of differing branches of faith vying for supremacy
from the perspective of the spirit of worship. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Worship is a very intoxicating activity. (It enables man to
rationalize and justify anything!) Feeling fervor and closeness to God is what
we all aspire toward. Thus we can commiserate and sympathize with the passion
for which they fight; however, when it is revealed to them that they lack the
spirit of wisdom, that all these factions lack the spirit of wisdom sufficient
to see the point that all of us, all of them, all of you are sons of God, there
is not much that can be done. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>This is an evolutionary conundrum. Thus … foster wisdom. You
cannot argue for or against a man's personal religious experience, for it is
emotional, until it attains to the spirit of wisdom. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Individuals are encouraged to pursue their destiny path <I>as
individuals </I>as we discussed earlier. The spirit of intuition may lead you to
follow a course, a path, an endeavor, and it is your free will right to choose
the paths of your choosing. As a group (as you know from the text), this is
discouraged; it is discouraged that as a group you should incorporate certain
philosophies or structures, politics. But as individuals you may become actively
involved … in many fields of dreams! </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>You will find the teachers support their students in their
decisions. It is rare you will find a Teacher in the Teacher Corps tell his
student, "Don't do that." I have not heard it said, not have I been reminded
that I myself have forbidden my students to do anything. Anything the students
do choose to do on their own accord is almost always encouraged, for there is
value in almost anything you undertake -- if only to reveal to you how far along
the path you have come! </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>And there is no shame, no matter where you are on your path for
you all must begin at the beginning. Therefore, all of you are entitled to
investigate, you are entitled to make mistakes, you are entitled to learn from
your mistakes, you are entitled to gain wisdom through your experience, and you
are entitled to teach what you have learned to those who will listen.
</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>We have been working with you for a number of years, encouraging
you to be all that you can be, to become aware of yourselves as sons and
daughters of the living god, not as a theory but as a reality, and then to
pursue your course of action, in service to the Divine, in ways that are
intrinsic to you. Then, we try to encourage you on your path. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>There will be and are many lessons being learned in this
experiential playground, but as long as your motives and intentions are in
accord with His oversight, it will be our assignment to counsel you as to the
best way to go about doing what you have chosen to do in order to do the
Father's will. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>According to Nebadonia, when asked about her children, she said,
"What's not to love?" Having a perspective like that allows you to appreciate
the relativity of the child of God as he grows … even as he stumbles.
</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Look to the motive. In this, you can learn to understand your
brother. And in understanding, you can learn to love, for there is nothing that
he experiences that you do not also know. If you are honest. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Look to the motivation. And then look to the Master ~ who walks
with you ~ who walks with all his children. Look to him for guidance in knowing
how to deal with those things you have difficulty understanding in your fellows.
He will help you. And perhaps you will be able to help your brother. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Does this give any insight into the situation you
mentioned?</FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT size=2>Stéphane:</FONT></B><FONT size=2> Yes. Yes, it does. Thank you,
Tomas.</FONT></P><B>
<P><FONT size=2>TOMAS:</FONT></B><FONT size=2> I noticed that the tape was
turned. I hope nothing was lost. I understand the mechanics of the process are
often a challenge. However, I want you to know that from our perspective, we
regard this project as a complete and total success. The opportunity that we
have to address you from this forum, with many miles between you physically, but
brought together as one in this telephonic medium, is indeed incredible.
Primitive, yes, but immeasurably better than nothing at all. We are infinitely
pleased. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>And I, Tomas, am supremely pleased to have enjoyed your company
this evening. I have very much appreciated your soulful attentions. I have felt
your souls, and feel grateful that I have been able to feed you, and hope that
my food provides nourishment for your growth. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=2>Farewell!</FONT></P>
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