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----------<B> F</B>rom: "rickgiles" <rickgiles@icehouse.net> Reply-To:<BR>
tmtranscripts@circuit1.teamcircuits.com Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:29:37<BR>
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N. Idaho TeaM 7/08/07<BR>
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North Idaho Teaching Mission Group Topics: Trust, Changing Focus, Divine<BR>
Presence. Teachers: Elyon, Monjoronson, Lantarnek<BR>
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July 8, 2007<BR>
<BR>
* Elyon (Jonathan TR): Greetings, this is Elyon. I extend my embrace to<BR>
all and welcome the attention.<BR>
<BR>
We are long in our association and have come to appreciate the value of<BR>
trust; it is an important dimension in your spiritual unfoldment. It is the<BR>
necessary ingredient to walking on water, for that is what you do as you<BR>
venture into new territory as an ascending soul. The unfamiliarity is the<BR>
first potential impediment to progress, and it is at that crucial time that<BR>
you can confound your development with additional blockages such as fear.<BR>
But you are ones who have learned to trust and have, through experience,<BR>
discovered the stability of such an exercise. It has rewarded you as you<BR>
have discovered higher levels of awareness and deeper connections in love<BR>
and communion.<BR>
<BR>
I am going to review a concept I presented on trust before, a static trust<BR>
and a dynamic trust. The first trust is the one that knows that, when it<BR>
holds tightly for stability, that to which you cling is stable enough to<BR>
hold you, a solid grounding trust. One example of that trust is your trust<BR>
in Michael. It’s unshakable. It is that rock upon which your foundation is<BR>
built.<BR>
<BR>
The other trust, dynamic trust, is the growth promoting trust where you are<BR>
willing to take a leap, to venture forth, to be uncertain long enough to<BR>
gain insight. It is through repeated cycles that you develop this trust and<BR>
even come to relish the adventure. It is this trust that you use to venture<BR>
into the Monjoronson journey.<BR>
<BR>
When I first came to your circle, you exercised this trust, and I have come<BR>
to witness your shift to the static trust where you are assured of my<BR>
beneficence and love for you.<BR>
<BR>
These are my opening words for our gathering today, and I will give over to<BR>
my associates that they may also share with you.<BR>
<BR>
* Monjoronson (Mark): I greet you as well, I am Monjoronson here to accept<BR>
your invitation to dance the spirit dance with you in this hour. It is my<BR>
desire at this time to take some concepts that I have been exposed to that<BR>
are contributed by your fellow seekers and to revisit these concepts for the<BR>
benefit of a different audience today. I will attempt to do this Elyon style<BR>
and use pictures and metaphors, so perhaps you will follow along with me in<BR>
your mind’s eye.<BR>
<BR>
Picture yourself coming upon a mountain stream as you traverse your trail in<BR>
life. There is a footbridge across this stream, and as you approach it your<BR>
focus is a broad one. You are engaged in defining the parameters of the<BR>
stream, the bridge that crosses it, the elements involved in your<BR>
negotiation of this bridge. You approach such a bridge and stop half way.<BR>
The first gaze that you have out upon this stream is one of initial<BR>
[sizing?], how wide is it? Is it bubbling or is it calm? Is it rushing or<BR>
is it slow? Your focus at that time is on the broad picture, and you make a<BR>
rather instantaneous assessment of the environment and the surroundings and<BR>
your relationship to them.<BR>
<BR>
As you pause on this footbridge and reflect you let your gaze look down upon<BR>
the water, and you allow yourself a shift in focus. Rather than seeing the<BR>
stream as a whole or larger characteristics, you observe a small eddy to the<BR>
side. You direct your focus to this point. You then adjust your focus once<BR>
again and peer deeply into the small pool where you observe an entire<BR>
environment which was hidden beneath the water that was not observable until<BR>
you approached and changed your focus. As a result you have pierced<BR>
through, and you are able to see perhaps the tadpoles below and the movement<BR>
of the water, vegetation flowing in the streams.<BR>
<BR>
Without redirecting your gaze you then once again change your focus and see<BR>
another whole dimension. You witness yourself in the reflection and beyond<BR>
you the clouds and the heavens above.<BR>
<BR>
I share this story with you to illustrate that you may change the focus<BR>
repeatedly without changing your position; without altering your posture you<BR>
may gaze either more deeply or pull back ... and see the reflection of<BR>
yourself. Likewise when you go through your days and you change your focus<BR>
at times. You pull up to a stoplight, and your first gaze is an instant<BR>
size up of your environment and your association to it. Are there vehicles<BR>
in front of you? Do you stop now? What is your role to play? Then you<BR>
find yourself caught at the light and you pause.<BR>
<BR>
You then realize that your gas gauge is reading low, that the heater is<BR>
turned on too high, and you shift your focus to your more internal<BR>
environment of your vehicle. If you are delayed at this point you may<BR>
become bored with that shift in focus and begin to look around you and<BR>
determine that there is a brother or sister sitting next to you in their<BR>
vehicle you have not noticed; you were focused in a different place. By<BR>
shifting your focus you became aware of the reality that existed right next<BR>
to you.<BR>
<BR>
So it goes throughout your day; your focus is constantly shifting from your<BR>
initial size up, to your more considered perception, to perhaps even a level<BR>
of thoughtful contemplation. In this way you are shifting gears back and<BR>
forth constantly, and it is our exercise to discern that this is indeed<BR>
occurring and to decide what level we will chose to focus on.<BR>
<BR>
I will point out that if you had enough time stopped in traffic jam yo may<BR>
choose as well to shut out all external observation and view within shifting<BR>
your focus again. As you go through your daily lives you can realize this<BR>
shift happens and choose to make this change in focus more with willful<BR>
intention, and realizing that you have not altered your position, only your<BR>
focus you may then begin to realize that all the aspects are present<BR>
simultaneously. There is reality in each one of these observations.<BR>
<BR>
They all exist side by side. It is merely where you choose to look at any<BR>
one time. I am grateful for this t hought contribution into the pool of<BR>
wisdom that you may then draw from. This analogy may strike chords of<BR>
resonance among all who have observed these shifts and perhaps facilitate<BR>
awareness that it is a matter of simple focus. That is my chosen<BR>
contribution for this student body here today, and I will pull back and<BR>
allow any other form of interaction. Thank you. Farewell.<BR>
<BR>
* Lantarnek (Jonathan): This is Lantarnek. For a moment draw your mind's<BR>
attention to the indwelling spirit. Each one of you no doubt has a form by<BR>
which you perceive or interface with this presense. May I take you down a<BR>
path? Draw attention to your physical form. This is the three dimensional<BR>
location that you call yourself “you”. It is your public self. Then there<BR>
is your more private being, your mind with your thoughts and your feelings<BR>
and perceptions. Sometimes you externalize them; other times they remain<BR>
private. They are yours; they are you.<BR>
<BR>
But you who sit in stillness also have come to recognize the one that sits<BR>
behind all this internal activity. Often this is called the “real” you. Now<BR>
we are looking toward Father’s presence from this position. Do you turn<BR>
around to see Him? Do you look outward? Do you turn deeper into yourself?<BR>
There is no separation, no distance. It is a connection only inaccurately<BR>
said as such. It is so deep, so intertwined, as to be indistinguishable.<BR>
When you are in your peripherals it is hard to notice it. When you are in<BR>
your silence there it is known. May you be at peace.<BR>
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