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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Southeast Idaho</span></font></b></st1:place><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> TeaM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>November 1, 2008 <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>TOPICS:
</span></font></b>The benefit of difficult times; the importance of taking care
of one’s self<o:p></o:p></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>LYNDA</span></font></b>:
Greetings. I am Lynda. I have requested this opportunity to lead all of us
here gathered in prayer, and I have been granted this opportunity. Dear, dear,
friends. Let us pray.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt'><i><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>Almighty
Father/Mother, First Source and Center, we your children stand before you in
awe, desiring to express our immense gratitude for the experience that you have
made possible. Those of us who are older, who have more experience
experiencing you and your ways, know with certainty that your ways are good,
the challenges, though difficult and seemingly insurmountable become great
feats to be viewed with pride and awe as we complete the task, look back, and
see what we have accomplished. <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt'><i><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>For our
younger siblings, I would use the image of the cathedrals. Those skilled
workers who spent their lives building the cathedrals never experienced the
awe-inspiring completion, the totality of the cathedral [because their lives
were not long enough]. Sometimes in the midst of tasks, in the midst of
growth, one’s focus can become narrow and it is like the worker chiseling
on the small part of the whole, of the cathedral. Only upon the completion of
the whole can all look and see what has been accomplished. We the older
siblings have this understanding of life’s path, life’s journey,
and we thank you, Almighty First Source and Center, for the satisfaction that
comes from maneuvering through difficult times. <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt'><i><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>So,
Father/Mother, first we give you our gratitude, and next we ask for your ever
present guidance that these students may to some degree experience the
certainty of your presence, your existence, your love, your devotion, your
guidance. <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt'><i><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>And,
finally, we ask that you open the hearts and minds of our students, that you
sharpen our abilities in communication as we sit and share, mind-to-mind,
heart-to-heart. Thank you, Beloved Father/Beloved Mother, Michael, Nebadonia
for the thrill of communicating in this way, for the opportunity to serve you
in this manner, for this part in the healing of this planet, Urantia. We ask
your blessings. Amen.</span></font></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>DANIEL</span></font></b>:
Greetings. I am Daniel, here to say hello to you this evening, to greet you,
and to welcome you back together in this configuration. We are most pleased by
your willingness to pull this meeting together quickly. I have been enjoying
my rounds, my travels, as I have continued to visit and interact with you. My
role tonight is not to give a lesson. Iruka is here and has graciously agreed
to lead you, to guide you, to share some thoughts. After her presentation, we
will both be available for questions. My dear friend, Iruka, please proceed.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>IRUKA</span></font></b>:
Greetings, my friends. I am delighted to be here with you this evening. I am
always thrilled when we can meet together. I know that you struggle with many
things in your life. I know that you try to make the best possible choices for
whatever dilemma that you are in. I know you strive for choices that are for
the good of everyone involved in your particular issues. It has been my
observation that many times in your decisions; you tend to forget to include
yourself in the thought patterns that you go through. On many levels,
forgetting yourself is a good thing. To let go of the ego, to consider the
whole, can be very beneficial. And, I applaud you for this. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Tonight I wish to refer
to the decision making process that you go through that is more personal, that
impacts your life in such a way that sometimes may not be the best choice for
you to make. What I am saying is “do consider your own needs, your own
desires, that will further your own growth, and joy, and happiness.”
Yes! Let me repeat that: “your own joy, your own contentment, your own
happiness.” In taking care of others, in looking out for others needs
and wants, remember to take care of yourself, first. Remember your own health,
your own capabilities, and those things that bring you delight and joy. You
cannot give another food if your own cupboards are bare. I don’t think I
need to go on with anymore metaphors along the same line. Feed yourself both
food and emotional and spiritual sustenance. Keep yourself strong; keep
yourself well; keep yourself balanced and centered, and then you will be in
good shape to help those around you. Does this sound selfish? Perhaps. But
it is necessary for you to keep yourself strong before you can be of any
benefit to anyone around you. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>This concludes my
lesson. I would be happy to take questions, clear up uncertainties or
misunderstandings. Daniel and I both will take questions—either one.
The floor is yours.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>First Student</span></font></b>:
Thank you, Iruka. I’ve said that statement to other people many times,
but it seems to be a hard one for me to do. Any personal suggestions, knowing
my personality? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>IRUKA</span></font></b>:
Greetings to you, and thank you. Part of this problem is the culture that all
of you have been raised in. The image of the mother who provides everything
that the children need emotionally, physically, spiritually without informing
the mothers of the family that they have to take care of themselves. Only part
of the image—which is a good image—is a part of your culture, and I
am addressing the part that is not there. So why you might think this is you,
personally, this has been ingrained in all of you, in all of the females,
particularly, males also, but in the family, it tends to be the females. Does
this help explain?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>First Student</span></font></b>:
Yes. Thank you.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>IRUKA</span></font></b>:
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'> </span></b>You are most welcome.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>(Lengthy pause)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>There seem to be no more
questions. We are keeping this short, due to the time. However, this is an
important subject. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>If there are no more
comments or questions, stand, and another will lead the prayer.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Second Student:
</span></font></b><i><span style='font-style:italic'>Dear God, we would pray
that you would help us to live in the moment. We know that it is so easy to
think about the past or worry about the future. Help us to certainly see as
has been expressed from our heart that we might have the fullness of the moment
and be able to share and give to others because of that acknowledgement that
you are with us at this moment and every moment. Amen.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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