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<P align=justify>DATE:</B> 09-11-97<BR><B>LOCATION:</B> PITTSBURGH PA
USA<BR><B>T/R’S</B> Gerdean (for Tomas) and Hunnah (for Merium)</P>
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<P align=justify>I. STILLNESS</P>
<P align=justify>URANTIA BOOK STUDY:<BR></B>(1) Paper 14, THE CENTRAL AND DIVINE
UNIVERSE, Page 152:<BR>#1. The Paradise-Havona System;<BR>#2. Constitution of
Havona;<BR>#3. The Havona Worlds;<BR>#4. Creatures of the Central
Universe;<BR>(2) Paper 111, THE ADJUSTER AND THE SOUL, Page 1216:<BR>#1. The
Mind Arena of Choice;<BR>(3) Paper 146, FIRST PREACHING TOUR OF GALILEE, Page
1638:<BR>#2. At Jotapata</P>
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<P align=justify>II. STILLNESS & SHARING</P>
<P align=justify>TEACHER SESSION:<BR>MERIUM AND TOMAS<BR>The Mind Arena
and<BR>Effects of Emotions</P>
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<P align=justify>MERIUM:</B> I am going to open the session this evening because
I can just hardly wait to be here! And we are breaking with routine. It is my
custom to wait for Tomas to speak so I just thought I would surprise you and
come out on the stage first and welcome you to our evening's discussion. I hope
that you have your questions and I am going to call upon Tomas now. Are you
ready?</P>
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<P align=justify>TOMAS:</B> I'd better be, huh? (Group laughter) Actually you
did well, Merium, to start up. I had a hunch you were chomping at the bit and so
I am glad you proceeded. Frankly, my transmitter is still unreliable and it has
much to do with her instability in her electro-chemical system as a result of
her detoxification. It is not so much a problem for me as it is for her. She
does not know where her own mind is, which in some regards is even better, but
until she is more comfortable with that lack of control, I am somewhat
handicapped. </P>
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<P align=justify>It is wonderful to be here with you all this evening and to
welcome you here in the room and in the environment that watches over the room
and your activities and growth strides. Your studies this evening were very
fine; your minds were stimulated greatly and we appreciated your integrity in
assuming to devour some of those more meaningful mota. Yes, Merium.</P><B>
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<P align=justify>MERIUM:</B> I appreciated the lesson this evening, so therefore
I am going to use it as part of my format. It is understood, I hope, by now that
we do not come in toting a briefcase with a very elaborate program. We have come
to interact with you, not to dictate a lesson, but to waken and stir, in our
friendship with you, those areas of yours that are needing a little cultivation.
Perhaps you need to develop a little more trust or some courage in a particular
aspect of your development, and just by association with us, as we gather
together in unity, these areas start to respond. It is as if you brought out all
the gardening tools and tended to the place. We do not prop up or tear down and
repair or add more. We are allowing what already is to come forth and develop
and show itself and it will indeed affect your daily lives. </P>
<P align=justify></P>
<P align=justify>I would like to take advantage of the lesson this evening
because the part that was open to you was appropriate and our guest here is most
welcome. We are glad to have you join us, young man, and we appreciate your
openness, and openness is partly what I want to make reference to. The segment
of being honest. You will hear your mouth parrot the appropriate reply; you will
hear your automatic condition come to your defense; and you will find it in the
most subtle ways throughout your days' experience. </P>
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<P align=justify>And therefore I call you to come in closer to the hearth, and
with a greater degree of developed sincerity. It is natural not to know what to
ask for, but it is always safe to ask for permission to be honest, honest before
your Maker, honest from your heart. It's a wonderful thing when you take out the
debris that litters up your mindset, and it will help you to know and recognize
areas in your own development that need to be nourished. </P>
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<P align=justify>Coming into the quiet, stilling your mind, affects being
effective. It has to be paralleled with a little elbow grease, a little
scrubbing, so to speak. Take advantage of your ability to visualize, especially
when you are in a situation where you feel as if you are stuck: "I don't know
what to say; I don't know how to pray; I don't know how to get started." Imagine
that you are taking your bucket of soapy water and you scrub yourself down.
You're not in a process of spot removing yourself but it is a form of
refreshment, and before you know it, a word will come and will lead you right to
an area that is vulnerable and that is ready to be erased so that more clarity
can come through for you.</P>
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<P align=justify>My hostess this evening has had the joy of sitting down and
allowing herself to experiment with counsel at her personal computer. It does
not need to be a personal computer. That just happens to be where she was. It
can be a tablet, it can be a tape recorder; and if you even would allow yourself
to talk to yourself, before you know it, you will rise into a state of
teacher/student and once again you will feel comfortable and say "Why haven't I
done that before? How good it feels to be in this familiar comfort of mighty
counsel." </P>
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<P align=justify>As you spoke on this evening I heard the development of
tolerance and respect for the thoughts and feelings for others, for their faith,
their delivery, and the manner in which they wear it, from the absence of faith,
the absence of knowledge, the absence of knowing that there is something greater
than this house. You are seeing the full spectrum of development in your fellow
human beings, and you are allowed to take this integrity of non-judgment, get in
and mingle with them, allow them to feel comfortable with you. It will not even
cross your mind to pass judgment. You will simply be in a state of graceful
interaction. You'll find yourself enjoying them where at one time you may have
held apart from yourself through the entire conversation. </P>
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<P align=justify>I am talking about living your truth, only now it will be more
effective, and in retrospect you'll think, "Gee that wasn't very hard!" or "I
never used to feel comfortable with so-and-so, but that went well." These little
clues will tell you that in spite of your doubts of your personal growth, that
it is indeed underway. </P>
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<P align=justify>I hope with this flowing here that I have aroused our friend
Gerdean into a place where she really does have a mind, because we do not want
to miss a splendid opportunity of Tomas' companionship. It is all right for us
to acknowledge her discomfiture. We have another guest here. We have a change in
the energy pattern. That, too, is understood. All these can be very distracting
when you're not at your best.</P>
<P align=justify></P>
<P align=justify>When Hunnah was polishing the microphone before I started to
speak, she was using the visualization of having stepped aside and become what
you call a stage hand and she is in the wings listening to this dialog that she
can't believe is continuing to flow. If Tomas would like to speak, we'd be glad
to have him, or answer questions, or we can take a break to see how things are
going to develop.</P>
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<P align=justify>Elyssia:</B> Well, I thought I'd ask Tomas a question because
I'd already talked to him previously, a couple of years ago, about how I'm
trying to figure out about mind, because-- I'm so glad that we read "Mind Arena
of Choice!" I'm trying to figure out-- In our society we seem to be overcome by
the whole sentimentalistic idea of "put your mind on a shelf; don't think, feel,
react, if it feels good it's true," all those things, and I was wishing that
Tomas might talk about mind a bit. It seemed like something he had started a
long time ago, for me.</P>
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<P align=justify>TOMAS:</B> Thank you, Elyssia, for tuning into an area that
indeed allows for my focused energy: mind. Your reading regarding the mind arena
of choice is largely about the higher mind, the mind that abuts the morontial
levels, the mind that will become spirit-led, but in the material realm, in your
human existence, exclusive of your spiritual interests, mind has had a
reputation of being analytical and no fun at all. </P>
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<P align=justify>The Age of Aquarius has said, "Enough of this thinking
already!" and has swung the pendulum back and forth a couple of times now
regarding "if it feels good do it," even into the pseudo-spiritual realms these
days of "if the vibes are right then it must be spiritual". This may or may not
be the case, but much of it is a great freedom from the constraints of thought
patterns, many of which have constricted your approach to spirituality for
literally centuries. </P>
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<P align=justify>The wonder of mind is that it is far more than a format for
facts and figures. Mind is also creative, and able to create spirit reality. You
will recall, for example, in your reading regarding prayer, that it is possible
to influence your peers through prayer. If you pray for the spiritual
development of your friends, they will develop. They will be aided and abetted.
The supreme conspiracy will set out to embrace the friend in activation as a
result of your prayer. Now this is a correct use of the mind, that it should
concern itself with that which you love and direct spiritual energy upon. </P>
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<P align=justify>A correct use of the mind is to align the mind with the will of
God. As your mind is in alignment with divine mind, your thinking processes are
better. You can think even materially and factually more clearly. Your logic is
improved; your cosmic problem-solving is more enjoyable, your dilemmas and
quandaries of societal situations are more enjoyable, more entertaining, because
you have the advantage of a clear and clean mind with which to work.</P>
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<P align=justify>In alignment with The Father, all of life is made more
enjoyable. And so mind is, as I said, more than academics, more than statistics,
more than left-brain activities. Mind is a bestowed gift, enabling you to live a
rich life, allowing you to partake of co-creation even. As you read in "Mind
Arena of Choice," it is a vital activity, this utilization of the mind. </P>
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<P align=justify>Has that been helpful? Has it addressed your issue, your
concern?</P>
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<P align=justify>Elyssia:</B> Yes. And also I wanted to ask about the part in
the paragraph where it said that mind can be also destructive, and so I think
that's what I seem to hear in our culture. And I remember that Lucifer had a
brilliant mind and ... The Course in Miracles says when you learn to give names
to things you've separated them? And so that was sort of a, I thought, a way of
saying that to be using your mind in that way is a way of using it in a way that
things aren't joined, so I was wondering about it. I think it's true; I don't
know. I was glad you said in our society everywhere one goes one counters
anti-intellectualism, even in the schools!</P>
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<P align=justify>TOMAS:</B> Let me speak to this for a moment, and I will draw
upon the biblical reference, the scriptural reference, even the Urantia
reference of "get thee behind me" for although Lucifer carries the brunt of the
responsibility of many of the ills of your planet, individuals are also capable
of the same destructive behaviors because of their free will choice. Just as
Lucifer's free will choice was to tune The Father out, so can mortal man in and
of his own right and decision making (choose or forsake Him). </P>
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<P align=justify>Now, if you consider the possibility that putting a label on a
negative factor will separate it, then perhaps it would be a useful tactic to
recognize envy, for example, and say, "Oh, I am feeling envy. I don't want to
feel envy. Get behind me." And so leave those destructive thoughts aside. </P>
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<P align=justify>You remember the part in the text that discusses the fact that
it is unkind to pollute the body, but it is also unkind to pollute the soul with
emotions of jealousy and hatred and envy and so forth. As you see these
destructive feelings, it is often good to set them behind you and not give them
more power than they deserve. </P>
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<P align=justify>This is not to say that you should not be aware of your
emotional palette and your feeling framework, but only as you allow the
destructive thought to take root and grow. It needs to be pruned, and you can
prune your own branches as we have discussed in the Fruits of the Spirit
lessons, and so the destructive aspect of the mind can be anyone's mind. </P>
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<P align=justify>Anyone's mind can take a situation and harbor resentment or
vengeance or revenge or can grasp in greed or in covetousness or in envy any of
these many, many possible human feelings or "twisted thinking" and some have
made a life pattern of it, of twisting their thinking so finally that they have
ultimately committed cosmic suicide. That is part of the free will choice. </P>
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<P align=justify>You can also turn against these destructive thoughts, realizing
that they are destructive of peace and harmony of the soul; they are not
conducive to growing in Godlikeness, in compatibility with Father's will for
you. Here again we return to the mind arena of choice. You may choose to be
miserable for as long as you like, or you may choose to do His will and find
true and genuine and lasting happiness, even though your short-term goals may be
thwarted. This comes-- this understanding comes through experience and
maturity.</P>
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<P align=justify>Elyssia:</B> Well, it was interesting to me that when I got the
Urantia Book, as I've often said, you don't have to put your mind on the shelf.
You don't just turn into a sentimentalistic blob like some of the churches would
guide you to, and some of the ideas in our whole culture are like that, and so
you get the idea that mind is being put down.</P>
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<P align=justify>TOMAS:</B> There are many people who do not like to use their
mind. You well understand that the bulk of humanity are followers. Indeed only
one percent are leaders and of the one percent it remains to be seen how many
are leading for the Master and how many are leading for their own
self-interests, and when you see 99% of all humanity following along, most of
them willingly, it is probably a good idea that they keep their minds tucked
between the pages of a hymn book, for they are at least to that extent not being
overtly destructive in their confused state of mind. </P>
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<P align=justify>Now as they choose to come forward into enlightenment, they
will be aided by the angels of progress, the Spirit of Truth, all of the same
spirit forces and support that you now enjoy openly because you are willing to
think through your destiny. You have grappled with the good fight of faith and
won the battle. The victory is yours. </P>
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<P align=justify>This is one of the reasons you are invaluable to us, why we
spend hours and hours developing our friendship and reinforcing our mutual
reality, for times are coming when many changes will affect the face of Urantia
and it is important that you be well-established in your faith that you may
assist in stabilizing spirit reality and in helping move forward those who
choose to progress.</P>
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<P align=justify>Elyssia:</B> And yet if we become too -- we have to think about
not being shut off from our emotional side, that must be something ... We don't
grow as much if we shut it down.</P>
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<P align=justify>TOMAS:</B> Certainly your emotional palette is what gives color
to your life's experience and emotions are not to be disdained or avoided. The
challenge is to be able to appreciate your emotions and allow them to work for
you without allowing them to run your life.</P>
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<P align=justify>Elyssia:</B> Would you give an example of that, perhaps?</P>
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<P align=justify>TOMAS:</B> Merium?</P>
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<P align=justify>MERIUM:</B> I had a feeling the shuttlecock was coming back to
me. First of all, let me say that we are speaking about them and we are speaking
about those who are at the table this evening, and since we are in an ascension
mode, I would prefer to make reference to those who are attending this gathering
because it is more intimate. </P>
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<P align=justify>Let us suppose you have had a disappointment. The
disappointment can be about something regarding someone very near and dear to
you, but it has registered in you as a disappointment. If you are in an
ascension mode, you will be aware of your disappointment and you will be aware
of the fact that you need to express the emotion, whether it's fear or anger or
joy. But you will be aware that this is the emotion and it needs to be
expressed, and you will be able to have enough objectivity in that scenario to
embrace that emotion and allow it to express itself as an escape hatch. There
are those who are living by the authority of their emotions and you, too, will
see <I>that</I> more objectively and with less criticism than you have in the
past. </P>
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<P align=justify>I cannot stress to you apparently enough: it will be your
observation and your inner teacher that will show you that it's all right. You
will become an observer more intensely than ever before. You will not be in the
midst of a situation; you will be just a little bit removed, because you are
moving into a point where you are learning at every level and all the time. You
are not on a holiday from this. You will find yourself wanting to stay with all
your situations in a rather impersonal (way) and yet involved and committed to
the situation. I hope I'm not confusing you.</P>
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<P align=justify>Elyssia:</B> No. It reminds me of a book that I suppose I'll
decide to pick up which Mrs. McD has always loved so much which is called The
Impersonal Life.</P>
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<P align=justify>MERIUM:</B> There are many teachers in the mental realm who
have tried to bring this into the forefront and Hunnah has heard the messages of
the truth statements of Edgar Casey and he has talked about everything from
"effortless effort" -- (effortless effort is living in that more impersonal life
but it is not a cold impersonal. A lightness develops in you and allows you to
be in the action but not pulled into it. If you are pulled into it you will have
need discomfort.) Now, if there were 14 people at this table there would be 14
examples of different levels of ability to experience this. For many it would be
very inconsistent, they will find joyously that they can have this experience of
having experienced impersonalization and there are times when it will be very
perplexing because you will want to emote; it would be the social thing to do.
</P>
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<P align=justify>I am pleased that we are talking about this, because you will
be observing your daily practices in your daily dialogs now in a new way; and in
that new observation there will be a gentle impersonal ability to watch and
wait.</P>
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<P align=justify>TOMAS:</B> Merium?</P>
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<P align=justify>MERIUM:</B> Yes.</P>
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<P align=justify>TOMAS:</B> Let me add at this juncture in support of your
individual who has known a great disappointment. From now, from this vantage
point that you, Merium, are outlining, you will be able to observe, Elyssia,
that disappointment has affected every facet of this woman's life (in reference
to your earlier question); she is completely affected by disappointment. Her
entire life is a disappointment as a result of that one disappointment which she
stumbled upon. </P>
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<P align=justify>And if you can identify that individual, as an example, whose
entire life is affected by an emotional condition, you will see that
disappointment permeates everything. Now, disappointment is not the only emotion
that captures souls and keeps them captive. There are other feelings, but the
example of disappointment is an excellent example, and in the study then, in the
objective observation, you will see very clearly that the disappointment has
shrouded the individual's possibility for happiness. </P>
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<P align=justify>You will not become lost in their disappointment. It will make
it much more acute for you to see how disappointment has affected everything
about them. It may indeed enable you to work more carefully on your prayer
regarding the forgiveness that is going to be required in order for that
disappointment be rectified and healed. And so you have a keener eye in the
exalted state of ... what is it, Merium? ... effortless effort? Yes.</P>
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<P align=justify>MERIUM</B>: We have a whole repertoire of these special
statements that you like, that you've stashed in the back of your mind, and
they'll come out in conversation and in a metaphor and rescue you when you are
trying to explain something to someone. </P>
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<P align=justify>I spoke of honesty earlier this evening, and with the honesty
comes another companion to the rescue and it's called respect. There is a
patience and a respect that develops in yourself. Without your having to groom
it; it starts to show. You will respect someone's situation and you will be
there in patience for them as they go through the cycle of their dilemma and
your constancy and your quality will help them to get righted and to come back
to their senses, to stabilize, and you will be there to assist them
appropriately when the time comes to develop their own perspective of their
experience.</P>
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<P align=justify>Now, Tomas, I never thought this was going to turn into a couch
session this evening, but these are your working skills, and you are going to be
faced with situations where you will be wanting to maintain your composure, you
will represent stabilized thought processes. You may be exposed to community
disarray. Someone has to be calm. All of this is going to become part of your
developed character as you enter into your quickening development of the truth
of your being in your morontia experience.</P>
<P align=justify></P>
<P align=justify>That definition in the Book this evening was excellent. [soul =
the morontia self; pg 1216] It could not have been more timely. We have been
talking about maturity for several sessions now where we have asked you to drop
your old dialog of "them and us" so to speak, of the unworthiness, and you want
to stay in grade school but you are out of grade school and you have been called
to maturity, and it brings great satisfaction to you, and the more you become
aware of a new delivery, the more confidence you will have, the more eager you
will be to come into your quiet, to be renewed, to be expanded. It will feel
good. </P>
<P align=justify></P>
<P align=justify>I understand that humans like to have their back itched; they
like to be massaged; it feels good. This is an emotional massage. This is
coaching; you have an inner teacher with a towel around her neck and a bucket,
you might say, to rally you, to go back into the arena of your daily experience
standing tall and clean and shiny for the next assignment.</P>
<P align=justify></P>
<P align=justify>I have been encouraging you to see your life experience as
being a new and living and vital opportunity, and I want to encourage you so
because we see it here on our side, and as you start to catch on to your new
poise and your new confidence and behind that discovery is, you know, that it is
a gift of living as the Father would want you to. You are indeed an Ambassador
and it brings me great pleasure to talk to you and I know that you are
developing within yourself, the new self. </P>
<P align=justify></P>
<P align=justify>The begging bowl and the fix it mantras that have been going on
for so long are going to be lost and fading to the sound of glorifying a living
God, a living Creator, and you will be joyfully expressing this in your hearts
instead of the mass consciousness that is so powerful. You are going to be able
to hold this joy in your heart, this private understanding that you are
connected and maturing just as you really hoped you would one day. </P>
<P align=justify></P>
<P align=justify>Times have come and the need to have you developing as you
should are quickening, but the staff is here to assist you, and I hope that you
would all allow your personal teachers time and attention and I wish you well.
Tomas?</P>
<P align=justify></P><B>
<P align=justify>TOMAS:</B> I am eager to focus a ray of attention on my young
gentleman friend here. David, how wonderful to feel your expression, your
personality expression. I have long sought a male companion and you have made
yourself a cherished compatriot simply by being here this evening. How have you
been, my son?</P>
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<P align=justify>David:</B> I am learning again, and learn every day. It seems
in my life I have to go about things the long way and then learn something from
it.</P>
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<P align=justify>TOMAS:</B> It is because you are young and adventurous, and you
are perhaps appropriately willful, for you must learn it your way. I believe
Frank Sinatra sang a song to that effect, and you are not far removed from his
exuberance in the way that you approach your life, and indeed, my son, why
should you not plunge into the adventure of life with full gusto? </P>
<P align=justify></P>
<P align=justify>You have done well thus far in your explorations and see how
well you have retained those good qualities of guidance that you were blessed to
have been born into, and so you have a wonderful backdrop on which to rely as
well as an exciting eternal career in the Father's kingdom in which to play and
work and produce. Not a bad outlook, I'd say. Not a bad life by a long shot.</P>
<P align=justify></P><B>
<P align=justify>David:</B> I think that in the last few months, as much as my
life has directed me into music, into following what I felt was my calling, I
never really felt doubt of what I was doing, but in the last couple months I've
had pangs of self-doubt that maybe I wasn't going to make it, maybe, and -- very
brief moments -- and thank God they're not very often, because I'm at a stage
where I have to trust many people to help me make it to where I'm going, yet I
am so dependent upon myself that it's not easy for me to wholeheartedly trust in
other people.</P>
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<P align=justify>TOMAS:</B> You are wise to take all these things into
consideration. It is very true and very unnerving that on this sphere it is
risky business to trust your fellow men in the ways of the world. Indeed, it is
often difficult even to know how to trust yourself when the way is unclear. This
is of course why it is important that your ultimate success is bound up in your
relationship with The Father. That is where you will meet your true success.</P>
<P align=justify></P>
<P align=justify>Now, as far as your human companions, it is an exercise in
faith, indeed, and as you have idealistic motives for your co-workers and your
mentors, for your motives in your work product, all these are greatly enhanced
by your desire to do good and to serve. As there are those who are in it for
selfish motives that outweigh the service motives, there will be imbalance and
difficulty. </P>
<P align=justify></P>
<P align=justify>And so you may expect to experience some turbulence because of
the human condition, but do not falter in your efforts to prevail in your
attempts to accomplish your goal. You have long worked for the reward, which is
just around the corner. Proceed and follow through with your assignment. As your
assignment approaches its apex, it will be revealed what steps you will then
take to continue your career into eternity. Assuredly, my son, you are meant to
make music, and so you will not fail.</P>
<P align=justify></P><B>
<P align=justify>MERIUM:</B> May I comment?</P>
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<P align=justify>TOMAS:</B> Yes, Merium. As far as I am concerned, you may.</P>
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<P align=justify>MERIUM:</B> I would like to impersonalize the fact that we are
directing this statement to a particular party and I would like to take your
message and move it toward the group. </P>
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<P align=justify>TOMAS:</B> Yes.</P>
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<P align=justify>MERIUM:</B> In this regard is the word strength. Tonight we
have talked about honesty, sincerity, and now I would like to add a base root
structure here of strength. We talked about strength of character. There is
another type of strength that will be one of tolerance. The strength of
tolerance that will be wrapped in softness. </P>
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<P align=justify>There is great grooming here going on, young man, and in spite
of the fact that your eyes are upon the star of your vocation, your true sight
must be focused on the gift toward whom you serve. As you surrender yourself
more completely to the Source of your intent, then you will develop in a way and
in a manner that you hoped. </P>
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<P align=justify>You cannot imagine, none of you can imagine (and I dare to use
this word that is almost disdained, but it is true now), your <I>potential</I>.
There is a beauty of service here that is not to be believed in your human
comprehension. You all come from different parts of life. It is a small group
but I'm speaking to the entire group. Some are not here, but I am addressing
them as well, and they will receive this message, but as you develop this
tenderness that is part of your composition in reality, it will bring more and
more people towards you. So the human tendency to divide, separate and define
will have to be relaxed more and more as this gentle strength rises in each and
every one of you, because you will require strength not to go in all of your old
patterns. </P>
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<P align=justify>This is a total experience and a total change. You will catch
the light of development here and there in weak moments and it will bring you
quiet satisfaction, but I am speaking tonight in this manner because we want you
to remember that this is a long-term goal. It is true, we want to deliver the
goods now. But it is very distracting to try to turn away from human values, but
there is a richness that I am talking about that will allow you to have all the
material gain in the way that will come about naturally and without wearying
you. It will be attended to.</P>
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<P align=justify>So I want you to leave this evening as I am here to reassure
you that your honesty is going to come forth more strongly, your sincerity will
surprise you, and your tender strength will be well defined in the days ahead.
You continue to keep single focus; it is indeed a staff for you to hold in your
hand, an invisible blaze of light; it will be appropriate for every occasion.
Blessings are with you. Come again. We have endless supplies here to rally you
and do not hesitate to call upon your inner guidance in the meantime. Thank
you.</P>
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<P align=justify>Elyssia:</B> Thank you, Merium.</P>
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<P align=justify>TOMAS:</B> Indeed, Merium, thank you for extending the value
into the flock. I am sometimes reminded that even though this is our teacher
base, it behooves us to remember that we have sheep not of this fold, which
helps to enlarge our perspective, lest we become victims of the provincial
tendencies of this rural planet Urantia.</P>
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<P align=justify>I feel that we have been well fed this evening, that there has
been a feast of plenty once more provided by our superb teacher Michael, in his
attentions to our nurturance and growth this evening. Always is the Master
concerned for our growth and development, for our nurturance and guidance, that
we, his children, will grow up to be big and strong, to be a fair representative
of him, our Father and elder Brother in truth. Praise be to our Master Michael,
Sovereign Lord, and to his many helpers, far and wide, young and old, spirit and
mortal. </P>
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<P align=justify>Go in peace, children, to enjoy your lives this week. Be in
contact with your spirit associates for we will certainly be in touch with you.
Until we speak again, Merium and I embrace you and bid you farewell.</P>
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<P align=justify>Group:</B> Farewell. Thank you. Come again. </P>
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