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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN class=MsoPageNumber><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">South East Idaho TeaM<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN class=MsoPageNumber><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Teachers: Daniel, Minearsia, and
Aaron<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN class=MsoPageNumber><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Topics: Come to the Stillness, Light and
Life<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN class=MsoPageNumber><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">December 18, 2005<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN class=MsoPageNumber><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Prayer <B>Virginia:<o:p></o:p></B></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN class=MsoPageNumber><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">Father, we hear the
chimes that call us to worship, a heart full of gratitude for each and every
gift that you give to us—those that we understand as a gift, and those that we
have not yet recognized.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We would
pray that our giving, in return, might be devotion of love to You, demonstrated
by what we do with our brothers and sisters.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We would pray that You would help us to
recognize Your hand in our relationships.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Help us to recognize Your hand in our trials. Help us to recognize Your
love no matter the course of the day</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
class=MsoPageNumber><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Amen.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
class=MsoPageNumber><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">DANIEL</SPAN></B></SPAN><SPAN
class=MsoPageNumber><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"> (Bob S.):<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I am Daniel, your
friend and, hopefully, well-prepared teacher.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>My friends, I cannot tell you how much I
look forward to our times together.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>While it is true that I spend time with each of you, individually, during
the week, it is at our group meetings where I find myself most
enthusiastic.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN class=MsoPageNumber><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Well, that’s me; let’s talk about what happens
tonight.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I will not be the major
presenter.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>My duty this evening is
to welcome you and to thank you for your persistent efforts to follow those
ideals, which we, your elders, have taught.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>While we perfectly understand your
difficulties in overcoming your animal nature, since most of us have been there
ourselves, it is our times together where I feel we can benefit you the
most.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Well, enough of
introduction.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Let us proceed with
tonight’s lesson.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Please stand
by.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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class=MsoPageNumber><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">MINEARSIA</SPAN></B></SPAN><SPAN
class=MsoPageNumber><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"> (Nancy):<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Dear friends, I am
Minearsia, instructor in residence [to] this SE Idaho Teaching Mission Base,
pleased to have the opportunity during this Christmas season to address you and
to share some thoughts that have been percolating as I observe the hustle and
bustle of your Western holiday approach.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN class=MsoPageNumber><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">As you all are aware, somehow the message of joy,
peace, and goodwill to all, becomes submerged in the culture of
materialism.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And while most
everyone longs to experience those sentiments, those emotions, and to share
knowledge of God, knowledge of the truth of Michael’s—Jesus’—birth, life, and
resurrection, some find this hard because of the fast pace of your culture that
is increased in speed by the additional activities attendant upon this season.
<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN class=MsoPageNumber><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">This theme I am introducing tonight is quite an old
theme.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In fact, countless numbers
of Christmas and Christmas Eve sermons have been preached on this topic.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>My desire tonight is not to introduce
new material but rather repackage existing information in the effort to provide
you with a Christmas gift that you can take with you throughout the year.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN class=MsoPageNumber><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">The solution is simple; it is the topic that you have
discussed recently, and it is the foundation provided to you by Daniel, in your
early years.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Time in worship, time
in stillness, time in reverence provides you with the “Fruits of the Spirit”
that become the spirit of Christmas, [the spirit] of the holiday season.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN class=MsoPageNumber><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">I am here as a coach tonight.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I am here to encourage you at this busy
time, now more than ever, to seek the <SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">stillness</SPAN>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And so this evening I wish to present a
review for you of stillness, of a stillness exercise.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN class=MsoPageNumber><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">As you approach the stillness, if you can, come with a
grateful heart.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If you cannot come
with a grateful heart, come nonetheless.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If you cannot come with gratitude,
perhaps you can come with awe.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And
if that is not accessible, come with whatever you have, with a sense of
petition, of desire, of ache—whatever it is that will assist you in opening to
that which you most desire and yet resist.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>If you need to be on your knees, be on your knees.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If you are comfortable sitting
cross-legged in traditional meditation style, do so.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If you are most comfortable sitting
upright in a comfortable chair or upright in bed, do that.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Open your heart; open your mind; turn
toward and reach out for that which you most desire.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Allow yourself to be filled like a
shining golden goblet of overflowing love.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Do this daily.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Make it an
essential of your approach to Christmas.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN class=MsoPageNumber><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Throughout your day notice when your body is
experiencing stress; notice if you have tension in your shoulders, or in your
back, or in your neck, or if your head aches, or if your hip or knee aches.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Tie your need to turn to the Father to
[these] physical signals. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If you
notice this tension, stop!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Breathe
in…. experience gratitude…. breathe out…. and look about to see how you can be
of service in that instant.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Is
there a harried clerk who would benefit from a smile?<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Is it you, yourself, all alone, who
could benefit from the removal of pressure?<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Is there a task for someone who you have
been putting off that you could undertake?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>In this way of reminding yourself to be mindful, to look for the
opportunity to serve, to connect with love, you can slow yourself down and
experience the promise of the heavenly kingdom, the experience of the heavenly
kingdom, which is the magic of Christmas.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN class=MsoPageNumber><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Christmas, the holiday season, is a time of intense
emotion upon Urantia.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The timing of
this season is tied to the Winter Solstice and has a history that reaches back
quite far.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In your own personal
lives these holiday seasons are a time of longing and expectation that are
sometimes met and sometimes not.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>And these longings and expectations, past pains, lost innocence, lost
treasures, permeate the season for many.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>This is a time when not only does each of you require stillness, as much
or more than ever, but so does Urantia.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>And so, if you will not take the time for yourself, then please, my
friends, consider this time to be a time for service—and later we will explore
why you would do this service for others but not for
yourself.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN class=MsoPageNumber><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">While I realize this is a rehash, nothing new, I hope
to assist those of you who are finding it difficult to make the effort.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And now we wish to shift into a dialogue
mode.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Aaron has graciously
consented to assist in dialogue.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>And I will say goodbye to you at this time.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You may, of course, address any thought
or question to me at any time.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>My
friends I wish you a most joyful, loving, peaceful, holiday season filled with
goodwill.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>My love to all of
you.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
class=MsoPageNumber><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">AARON</SPAN></B></SPAN><SPAN class=MsoPageNumber><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"> (Simeon):<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Greetings dear
friends.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>What a joyous season,
indeed!<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Let us take off our coats
and shake off the snow so that we may sit around and chat for a few.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN class=MsoPageNumber><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">The process of envisioning can be very productive when
setting goals.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And so I would like
to enlist you this evening in helping with some goals that we have in our work
here on Urantia.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You’ve often heard
this term “Light and Life,” as though it has some magical meaning, a Utopian
ideal.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And yet, as we survey a
record of your thought processes, we realize there is some murkiness regarding
this concept which keeps it from jelling into a clearer vision for you.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>So I thought it might be fun to have a
round table regarding this concept this evening and what it means to you.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And even more so to have you utilize the
practice of envisioning, such that, perhaps, you can help to flesh it out a
little more.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>So beginning here,
(signals to the left), what does Light and Life mean to you, in a summary sort
of way?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Pat?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
class=MsoPageNumber><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Pat</SPAN></B></SPAN><SPAN class=MsoPageNumber><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Well, I think, Aaron,
in terms of a peaceful world, one where people are in loving service to one
another.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
class=MsoPageNumber><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">AARON</SPAN></B></SPAN><SPAN class=MsoPageNumber><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Feel free to go around the circle.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
class=MsoPageNumber><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Virginia</SPAN></B></SPAN><SPAN
class=MsoPageNumber><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>When you first asked
what I thought of Light and Life, I thought in terms of perfection, where you
always had the full knowledge of being able to make the right choice.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
class=MsoPageNumber><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Carol</SPAN></B></SPAN><SPAN class=MsoPageNumber><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I think I am one of
those with the murky thoughts.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>To
me it’s one where all—everyone—comes together with the same purpose, with the
same love, the same peacefulness, and finally get along together, and better
serve each other.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
class=MsoPageNumber><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Bob
S.</SPAN></B></SPAN><SPAN class=MsoPageNumber><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Initially, I liked
your Utopia comment.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I think for me
now, it’s more of a process, Light and Life.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Ultimately our planet will be a Utopia,
but those times are far away.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The
beginning we are seeing now is a time where we see the truth in the statement
that “we are all brothers and sisters” and attempt to bring that into fruition
in our lives, that we start treating those we interact with as brothers and
sisters.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And hopefully that will
grow until the world does begin to treat everyone as brothers and sisters.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>At that time there will be no wars;
there will be peace; we will be working toward economic equity; poverty will
disappear; and we will have heaven on earth.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But, that ain’t gonna to happen
tomorrow. (slang intended)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>So I
think, for me, it makes the most sense that we see that as the goal, and wish it
would come faster, but recognizing that it’s going to take awhile.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Just try to get our own act together so
that I begin to treat everyone as brothers and sisters, because I find that I’m
not there yet.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
class=MsoPageNumber><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Ken</SPAN></B></SPAN><SPAN class=MsoPageNumber><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Greetings, Aaron.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I’m having a hard time getting my arms
around this Light and Life, this Utopia.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>The book talks of this; the lessons have talked of this, of this
greatness this world is coming into.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>I don’t believe me or too many people, in this world [at this time] know
the glory of God and what will happen in this point when the planet is settled
in Light and Life.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>My thoughts
along Bob’s line are that we are beginning this stage of Light and Life.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>One of the first steps we must take is
that of understanding who we are, individually.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And that is of course a Child of
God.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And then to understand that we
all are children of God. This takes time, this takes mortal time to develop
before we can come into unity of thought and work towards this point that was
mentioned, “in service of God.”<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>So,
I am working on myself to understand this.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
class=MsoPageNumber><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Nancy</SPAN></B></SPAN><SPAN class=MsoPageNumber><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I know this concept is
somewhat murky in my mind, as well.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>You’ve asked us to envision it, and when I think of Light and Life, I
think of all the institutions of society being fundamentally different than they
are now, but I have a hard time envisioning that.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I know that I would like to have an
economic system that supported us, that supported families, and at the same time
have a learning institution that really nurtured children and fed them healthy
food.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN class=MsoPageNumber><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">I feel fortunate that I found a community that I think
teaches and treats children as a community with love.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But then I have to put up with them
hearing about all kinds of religious stuff I don’t believe in, and feeding them
a bunch of crap that is terribly unhealthy.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And nobody seems to understand what they
are doing when they fill them full of sugar, hydrogenated oil, and this and
that.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And when I try to address it,
I feel like I’m treated as the crazy fanatic.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN class=MsoPageNumber><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN class=MsoPageNumber><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">And I would love to have institutions that supported
people in all …. in our spiritual growth, in our emotional growth, in our
physical well-being, and in our intellectual growth.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And we don’t have those
institutions.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In fact, we have to
fight against those institutions.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>And so I imagine Light and Life as different institutions, and yet I know
that we make up those institutions and I really don’t see the
bridge.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN class=MsoPageNumber><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN class=MsoPageNumber><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">And so when you ask us to envision, the best I can
envision is myself, calm, centered, making my way through the day, interacting
with people, in a mindful, attentive manner.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>That is the best I can envision.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And so I appreciated you using the word
envision because when you said that, I realize I haven’t been using that power,
and I could see immediately where I could use it to make some…. to do some
adjustments in the next couple of weeks and hopefully going forward.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And you know, you tell us that a lot of
us are living in Light and Life, and so I definitely don’t know what that means,
because I see [Light and Life associated with] radically different institutions;
you know, no war, etcetera.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Thank
you for the topic though.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN class=MsoPageNumber><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
class=MsoPageNumber><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">AARON</SPAN></B></SPAN><SPAN class=MsoPageNumber><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Thank you for your
input, all of you.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Now as a sort of
method we witness on the Mansion Worlds and beyond, as far as education, the
processes utilized by our teachers are to be more interactive and self-directed
learning, rather than having a micromanager, needing to pump us full of
information.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And so, to model that,
I would attempt to relate through Simeon a few ideas that can help to further
guide your conversation.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Taking
from your own comments, I would be quite interested if you could focus on the
idea of Light and Life as a process, rather than a thing, and the concept of
individual growth in that context, rather than a macro level view of global and
universal for all.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Instead, focus
on processes personally, toward being better able to represent the ideas of
Light and Life.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN class=MsoPageNumber><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
class=MsoPageNumber><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Nancy</SPAN></B></SPAN><SPAN class=MsoPageNumber><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Like listening. (<B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Aaron</B>: Yes.)<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Like the lesson we had on how to address
topics—to make sure we hear from everybody first before beginning dialogue.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>So our lessons have been giving us
insight into the processes of Light and Life and clues as to how we could change
our institutions so they become more…If our institutions use those same
processes, they would evolve, transform, as well as the
people.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN class=MsoPageNumber><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
class=MsoPageNumber><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">AARON</SPAN></B></SPAN><SPAN class=MsoPageNumber><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And as you see it as
processes instead of [as] a nebulous idea or a large-scale utopian vision, how
could you then, looking at yourself personally, see ways that you can model the
behavior of someone who would have attained the state of Light and Life? <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Nancy</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>When I think of myself
as a being who has achieved a state of Light and Life, I can no longer allow
myself to be frantic, overwhelmed…<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Those are the first two that come to mind.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I see myself as a person that is
deliberate, listens, and has a time delay to kind of connect with spirit before
I respond so that I’m not just reacting from whatever past programming I
had.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I see myself as evaluating the
trade-offs in undertaking activities, and…. we had a word…. I‘m going to use the
word deliberate …. We had a better word earlier, in the last year.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But anyway, I’ll stop there.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It’s a good exercise to envision myself
as having achieved that.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Maybe I’ll
see what a day is like pretending that I’m in a state of Light and Life, “acting
as if.”</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Ken</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">: <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Hmm, to envision myself
in Light and Life, okay, very simple…. as loving everybody….
unconditionally.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Nancy</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I see that as being
out of this Super Universe.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Bob S.</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I’d like to add a few
conditions.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Well, for me I’d say….
the frustrating thing is the more I learn about me, the more I find I need to
work on.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>So from that perspective,
it seems I’m making very, very slow progress.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But I feel intellectually I’m
starting to get the idea, and I’m starting to see where I need to be, and I’m
working on understanding my emotions and trying to be more patient, and…. oh
golly, there’s many things…. trying to be less upset with the world as I see
it.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But there are so many hurdles;
it is so difficult to change yourself that it’s going to take me awhile, a very
long while, to get me up to speed where I would like to be.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I see my task now as trying to teach
others some of things I have learned these last few years.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Really, the major task before me is me
and try to get me started more positively down the road to
perfection.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Carol</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">:<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I think for me, I’m
like Ken, loving everyone unconditionally is the first model.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And I also need to be more of service to
people who need help.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And maybe
define things a little more narrowly for myself, rather than think about things
I can’t do any thing about.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I can
only try to work on myself.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Virginia</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Well, when he said
“model,” I immediately thought of how I close my Self Esteem Workshop, because
it’s all about being a parent and you want your kids to act exactly like you
want them to act, so I close it by saying Gandhi’s famous quote that says
“Become the change you want to see in the world.”<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And that is exactly what the teachers
are telling us.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In order to be a
model we have to become what we want our children to be, what we want the world
to be, loving unconditionally, accepting diversity.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>How do I model all those things?<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Expect less and give more.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Pat</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Well I think for me to
begin would be to be able to walk without fear.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Simeon</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Light and Life, I
ponder it all the time, but I usually do it at the global levels.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In bringing it to me and having my own
personal changes is a lot harder.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I
envision…. I think of Christ and how He was with people.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You know, obviously that would be the
ideal as far as somebody who had obtained the state of Light and
Life—enthusiastic about life, wanting to learn, and being genuine with people,
rather than shutting yourself off, so you don’t have to risk, which is
fear.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I mean that big thing that
kind of stands out there.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For
almost everybody has that as a barrier in some way.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Listening, like you said (referring to
Nancy), is an art.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I’m very good at
having my wife telling me something and five minutes later asking her the
question that she just told me, because I didn’t hear a word she said.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I get so lost up in my own head I forget
to be present in the world. </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Virginia</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I was lost in my own
head when Nancy was at the house and Greg (son) was probably, I don’t know,
fifteen-sixteen years old, and I have no idea what the situation was, but I
hear, still, in my mind, Nancy saying “Mom, do you know what you just said ‘yes’
to?”<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I hadn’t been listening at
all.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And, you know we get caught up
in our own world.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Nancy</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As people were
talking, a couple of things hit me.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>I was thinking, if I were living in Light and Life, I would be portraying
all the Fruits of Spirit, the patience, the tolerance, the forbearance, the
kindness, love, mercy, joy, enthusiasm.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>And I think really the key so much is [being] without fear.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I’ve talked so much about this before, I
feel like I’ve got a lot more fear than I used to experience.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And I find it more difficult to
experience the Fruits of the Spirit or share them. And so, maybe fear is a good
place to start looking again.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Virginia:</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There’s an acronym
that I’ve used for years and years in my class, not that I have learned, but
fear is “<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">F</B>alse <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">E</B>vidence <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">A</B>ppearing <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">R</B>eal.”<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And I think we look at what we
interpret….we put our own meaning to what we see.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Simeon</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Rather than seeing
reality, we like twist it around what it might mean rather than what it
is.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Virginia</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The snow started
falling tonight and I could just see me sliding down the road tomorrow.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>How silly, I don’t even know how much
snow is going to fall tonight.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I
got these wonderful studded snow tires, and I haven’t slid once.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Nancy</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>It’s very cold, I
wouldn’t worry.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Simeon</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I was thinking about a
friend of mine that I had a scare with…. worry that they might die.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And my reaction to it was such that they
were upset with me because I wasn’t more expressive of emotion and shock and
sadness, verbally or whatever.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And
I had to ponder that, you know.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Am
I avoiding death lately?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Because a
few things have happened.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But the
thought that came back to me is, and this may be callus, but when somebody is
going to die, it doesn’t affect me like it used to.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And so, it’s almost like I have absolute
faith that their spiritual safety is fine.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>And so, I don’t get caught up into the drama and emotion of the
experience.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And I kind of process
it from the head.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Now maybe that is
not what you call sensitive or whatever.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>I felt like the person was wanting me to be emotional, and I couldn’t
make myself be emotional to just satisfy the person.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And I was saying all the things about,
“Okay you’re going to lick this, work on this.”<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>You know, I was trying to come from the
positive aspect. Maybe there was some avoidance of mine.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>But at the time it just struck me that
maybe in Light and Life, death to them—obviously there is a missing of a person
being gone—but it’s probably a lot diminished from what we currently experience
when someone dies, because there it’s probably such a natural thing that it’s
not something horrific, a life lost.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>You know when you have a perspective of this life just being the tip of
the iceberg, nothing really is lost.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>So anyway, that’s something that struck me… a possible perspective on
Light and Life.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Nancy</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(To husband, who
entered conversation) So the assignment was to envision ourselves in Light and
Life and what that would mean personally. (Husband acknowledges.)</SPAN><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">AARON</SPAN></B></SPAN><SPAN class=MsoPageNumber><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Recognizing the time
element and the travel involved we would like to bring the meeting down toward a
close this evening, although we have merely touched the tip of the iceberg,
regarding this topic.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Expect
possible re-visitation from time to time, as we seek to gather more research
based on your responses to our questions.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN class=MsoPageNumber><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">I would like to leave you with a vision of a
purposeful life where existence is defined, not so much by environment, but by
exerting will, in combination with the Divine Will, to create environment rather
than being reactive to it.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>When
Light and Life descends on a personality, this does not signify perfection, but
rather a dawning perspective.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>One
that finds themselves seeking balance between their needs and the needs of the
world around them, where one gives back at least as much as they take.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The understanding of the importance of
learning and growth, not as an attainment or culmination, but an ongoing process
of unfoldment, where negative patterns are not met with feelings of failure,
avoidance, or defiance, but rather with a sense of challenge that these can be
turned from vices to virtues.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And
all the while having an overriding sense of the Divine mystery surrounding all
that is, knowing that you are engaged with destiny and as such can perceive all
aspects of life in that light.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN class=MsoPageNumber><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">The larger macro view of Light and Life is being born
as each individual comes into this dawning awareness.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>And as people engage more purposefully
in life with the positive perspective of Divine progression, a natural
gravitation of personalities will occur in different fields of endeavor, almost
like “think tanks,”</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"> which can
carve out vision for the population at large.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>So if you each take seriously the
importance of your existence, your relationship to the Divine, and address life
more consistently in these ways, you will find that what you dream of as a long
hard road ahead, will manifest more surely day by day, as one more person
becomes engaged in the pattern which will eventually consume the whole.<SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">It has been a pleasure to talk about this subject this
evening and to have you share.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I
hope you will continue to ponder and progress.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Good evening.</SPAN><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">DANIEL</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"> (Bob
S.):<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This is
Daniel, my friends, our time is up.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Let’s hold any questions you may have until the next meeting, for I
believe it is time to end tonight’s session.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Please stand and hold hands.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Bob S.</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“Klarixiska wishes to
pray,” he says.</SPAN><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Nancy</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Does he want Mom to
TR?</SPAN><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">Simeon</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I just got a “yes.”
(Jokingly)</SPAN><SPAN
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(Virginia):<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">We hear the words of
Minearsia.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We come to You with
grateful hearts.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Now, in each of
your minds, as students, and we, as teachers, perhaps think in terms of the
greatest thing that you are grateful for right now, tangible and
intangible.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Father, may we model,
may we be examples of Your Love in the world, as we relate to one another.<I>
</I></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Amen </SPAN><SPAN
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