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---------- From: "rickgiles" <rickgiles@abcinet.net> Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 <BR>
14:35:47 -0800 To: Rick Giles <rickgiles@abcinet.net> Bcc: (Suppressed) <BR>
Subject: N. Idaho TeaM 3/1/09<BR>
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N</B>orthIdaho Teaching Mission Group Topics: Assurance, Search For <BR>
Sustainability, Acceptance, Light And Assurance Teachers: Elyon, Serena, <BR>
Malvantra, Light.<BR>
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<B>M</B>arch 1, 2009<BR>
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* Elyon (Mark TR): Greetings, my dear friends and associates, this is Elyon <BR>
here to add a few more thoughts to your thought stream and discussion. <BR>
Today I would have a few comments to say on the subject of assurance.<BR>
<BR>
As you well know in your own lives, having a sense of assurance or <BR>
conviction is a necessary aspect of your forward growth momentum. It brings <BR>
you at times great comfort to have a certain sense of assurance about such <BR>
things as who you really are, what you are really doing in the big game of <BR>
life, and how you are associated in this game to all that is. You who have <BR>
developed the foundation of awareness and understanding have, as a result of <BR>
your efforts in this process, gained a certain degree of assurance which <BR>
provides you a stable footing to use to venture out and be about this <BR>
process of growth and exploring dimensions unknown. <BR>
<BR>
This assurance that you have built up over time that you do in fact have <BR>
some sense of your position, of your worth, and of the value of this journey <BR>
that you are on, this sense of certainty enables you to feel secure in the <BR>
actions that you take in life and that they are in fact in accordance with your <BR>
desires and goals and the overall plan as you see it. So it can be said that one <BR>
who has assurance has a certain conviction which brings them a certain peace of <BR>
mind as to their direction and their purpose and, if one has peace of mind <BR>
about their direction and purpose, they are secure when it comes time to <BR>
manifest this purpose and reach out into areas of uncertainty. <BR>
<BR>
The security that you build up goes with you into these areas of the unknown <BR>
because you have them as your possession, as part of your being. Once you <BR>
well know that you are, for instance, eternally loved by your Creator and eternally <BR>
cherished as who you are you are willing to extend yourself and manifest <BR>
conditions and experiences that if you were uncertain of these basic <BR>
principles you might not venture out to investigate.<BR>
<BR>
Lack of assurance or lack of certainty is stifling and debilitating. because <BR>
it means that you are uncertain as to how to proceed. It is the dog chasing <BR>
his tail round and round uncertain that you are moving in an appropriate <BR>
direction, that you are cared for throughout your process, and that in the <BR>
end you are not only all right you are quite well.<BR>
<BR>
This sense of security and certainty is developed over time by your trial <BR>
and readjustments as you investigate these defining issues of your <BR>
foundation and you assemble beneath you this platform on which you will <BR>
stand of what you consider your fundamental basic principles. These provide <BR>
you the sturdiness from which you may reach out even further and the <BR>
security that your footing is sound.<BR>
<BR>
To ones who have not developed this platform of awareness they may find <BR>
themselves unable to proceed or fear that they may err or that they are <BR>
somehow in jeopardy or danger by venturing into the unknown not having the <BR>
security of a solid platform to venture from. You see this in your civilization <BR>
in your family lives. Those children who are reared in families which are loving <BR>
and nurturing environments and which reinforce the idea of self worth and value<BR>
to their little ones provide this foundation from which these little ones may be <BR>
bold enough to venture out with the assurance that they are loved, they are <BR>
cared for, there is a support network behind them on which they may depend. <BR>
These children will reach far and will go far and will truly take advantage of <BR>
the classroom at hand.<BR>
<BR>
Other children who are less fortunate and do not have this solid base of <BR>
understanding and foundation will for the rest of their lives function from <BR>
a place of uncertainty, of doubt, lack of assurance and therefor lack of <BR>
conviction that they are indeed proceeding in any sort of proper direction <BR>
or that they have any basis behind them for support. So many times they <BR>
will simply cease to act, cease to take any forward steps for fear of its <BR>
unknown effects, ramifications. They lack the assurance, the confidence, <BR>
that comes from this foundation of basic assumptions that they are children <BR>
of divine creators who are cherished beyond their capacity to understand and <BR>
that they are safe in all their endeavors given these basic truths and <BR>
understandings.<BR>
<BR>
So it is that we as teachers on our side of the veil constantly strive to <BR>
provide you with some sense of assurance, not only of your connection to us <BR>
and the reality that this is so, but of your greater connection to your <BR>
divine parents, to your Creator. This ultimate assurance that you seek is <BR>
most profoundly demonstrated in your connection of your inner guide. When <BR>
you are brought assurance through this channel or avenue of connection it is <BR>
with a profound sense, and once having encountered such profound assurance <BR>
there is removed all doubt as to its validity or your connection to its <BR>
validity. <BR>
<BR>
This is the value of regular stillness exercise, for assurance is sought and <BR>
required and received from many different sources. You receive assurance <BR>
from each other in your discussion. You receive assurance from your association <BR>
with the brotherhood of man, and you also may receive assurance from within <BR>
that is not conditioned by your receiving it from another mortal of the realm. <BR>
<BR>
You will all grant the validity of this statement that, when you have received <BR>
your internal confirmations, they are indeed profound and strike to the very core <BR>
of your being because your inner guide knows you the best and is aware of your <BR>
needs, your desires, and your given state of receptivity at any time. Therefore <BR>
when you seek in stillness the assurance and it is forthcoming, it registers at a <BR>
very deep level in your being, far more profound and significant than any surface <BR>
reassurance that you may receive from your peers or associates. Once having <BR>
received this assurance it is yours; it is part of your foundation.<BR>
<BR>
So I recognize within you all that you have spent much time working on this <BR>
foundation of assurance of your basic ideas about basic principles, even <BR>
about your individual ideals. These are the factors that once cemented into <BR>
place provide you with firm footing, a place to stand and reach from. We <BR>
sometimes refer to you building scaffolds on which you grow higher and <BR>
higher in your awareness level by simply focusing on the next level in your <BR>
project of building this platform. After some effort and time you may look <BR>
down and notice that you have achieved new heights as a result of putting <BR>
more and more foundation beneath you on which to stand.<BR>
<BR>
It is always a pleasure to join you in your conversation. I am deeply <BR>
respectful for the opportunity that you present for this purpose, and I <BR>
would now step aside to allow this platform for others as well. Thank you <BR>
for hearing my words.<BR>
<BR>
* Serena (Kathy): In the search for sustainability of systems on this <BR>
planet there are aspects to consider. The aspect of growth has to be <BR>
assessed in a manner that allows for a perception of progress without <BR>
overwhelming the resources available. As you become more cognizant of the <BR>
principles of sustainability, you will see a pattern that develops in <BR>
sustainable systems. The perception of progress has been an underlining <BR>
part of economic activities in the recent past. In a sustainable system the <BR>
measurement of progress may need to shift to a level that can be maintained. <BR>
<BR>
Your part in forming a new framework for progress will involve your own <BR>
planning and concept of comfort and necessity. What is viewed in our <BR>
current society as necessary may need modification to a level that can be <BR>
shared by all. This does not mean that hope for better conditions is <BR>
extinguished; it may mean that a rethinking of “necessity” will bring a <BR>
volunteer reduction to a simpler level such as cleaning of your home of <BR>
unnecessary objects can create an environment of freedom and space to grow <BR>
in new directions.<BR>
<BR>
In a larger picture, the reduction of excess in our consumption may lead to <BR>
a feeling of security and peace that has been missing recently, as the <BR>
search for more and more material objects has led to a feeling of unrest and <BR>
dissatisfaction with life in general. As focus has shifted from the <BR>
material things of life, the space will be open for deeper relationships <BR>
with people around us as well as a deeper relationship with our Creator and <BR>
the universe around us. This will lead to a great inner peace and serenity <BR>
in the individual as well as the group as a whole. A true brotherhood of <BR>
man will expand on this world as adjustments are made in the individual. It <BR>
all begins with a rethinking of what is needed for a good life on this world.<BR>
<BR>
* Malvantra (Jonathan): My greetings to you, this is Malvantra. I will <BR>
speak about acceptance, for it is a value that is currently a lesson for <BR>
Urantia, as your world shrinks through its connectivity and enlarges in its <BR>
scope.<BR>
<BR>
Picture if you will a container and fill it with very fine sand. If that <BR>
container is rigid as is an urn of clay or a steel bucket, that fine sand <BR>
will adjust and conform to the shape. If we consider the sand to be truth <BR>
and the container to be one’s understanding of the truth, then you will <BR>
recognize that all peoples are encountering truth and contain it in their <BR>
own manners. This is true with spirit or spirituality and religion.<BR>
<BR>
Now one may ask, what if in that fine sand there existed several rocks, <BR>
quite large. Within the rigid container viewing it from outside you would <BR>
see no difference. In a flexible container such as a sack you might notice <BR>
a bulge as that rock does not conform to the shape of the container but <BR>
rather the container to the shape of the contents. In the search for truth <BR>
you may see a boulder and consider it not the truth. If your philosophy is <BR>
rigid as a pail you may not ever recognize the error. If your philosophy is <BR>
adjustable you will note that error and may be alerted to extract it or <BR>
perhaps in this metaphorical analogy to grind it to sand.<BR>
<BR>
When you look upon another you see the container. In some you immediately <BR>
recognize the contents; in others it is opaque, yet within it’s still the same. <BR>
If you break the integrity of the shell that contains the truth of another you <BR>
create a leak. It is best to accept the framework within which another holds <BR>
the truth, to disregard that form by which they possess and rather to express <BR>
what you contain within, for one container may pour into another quite easily. <BR>
Jesus said, “You will know the truth and the truth will set you free.” He also <BR>
said, “Do not put new wine in old wineskins.” And he did not say, “You shall <BR>
know the doctrines and the doctrines will set you free”, for the doctrines are <BR>
the containers.<BR>
<BR>
Groups of humankind do find camaraderie and acceptance of one another most <BR>
often in the form of nesting baskets where the shapes are similar enough to <BR>
be acceptable. But there are also those who can reach beyond the familiar, <BR>
if I may continue with the analogy, as would a plastic bag within a steel <BR>
container. It can adjust and come to understand the other’s position. Now <BR>
the acceptance may not be mutual, for a rigid container within a soft <BR>
plastic bag may cause damage even though it is embraced. <BR>
<BR>
Elyon spoke of assurance. This assurance is regarding the content within any given <BR>
container. Some of you have gone from rigid containers to a more flexible <BR>
one and have enjoyed the adaptability that offers and see that it is good <BR>
and well. Others have gone from leaky sacks, the holes too large to contain <BR>
and transport the truth received; it gets lost continually, and you have <BR>
moved on to a firm, solid container and see that as good and well.<BR>
<BR>
Truth is like your perception of time. You may perceive time as a vast <BR>
expanse of eternity. You may see it as a momentary instant. You may see <BR>
truth as infinitesimal grains of sand or as one universally large boulder. <BR>
You know of your past and your future, but you also understand the inability <BR>
to live in either state, and this is so with truth. You may attempt to retain <BR>
all truth within yourself, but alas, it is the truth of the instant that is bearing <BR>
on your life and your consciousness. <BR>
<BR>
This does not disregard the validity of prior states of truth awareness any <BR>
more than you would say that the gasoline spent in your vehicle yesterday <BR>
was worthless but the gas of this moment is the best. Each individual will <BR>
fill himself with the truth as it is best absorbed, and that truth will modify <BR>
that the soul will be uplifted. In the growth of the soul the truth will adjust and the soul <BR>
will adjust that both come into a harmonic resonance. <BR>
<BR>
You know of the truth that is within yourself. Accept the truth that is in another. <BR>
The two are shaped differently, but that is merely your contain-ability of that truth. <BR>
Remember that while you may wish to pour your grains into the container of <BR>
another, and sometimes this is beneficial, far greater is the pouring of the grains <BR>
of truth from the God of all, the unbounded, uncontained, absolute truth.<BR>
<BR>
May I return to my comment of the truth setting you free? This freedom is <BR>
the experience of the adaptability of truth. It is the understanding that <BR>
if you wish to mold truth into a shape you may do so. It is the freedom to <BR>
allow the truth to not have any shape whatsoever also. The freedom that <BR>
truth sets you into is the freedom to make your own stand for truth, to be <BR>
bold enough to acclaim the validity of your experience of that truth. And <BR>
it is also a freedom that is your own right; no longer must you possess <BR>
another’s truth; it is your personal experience, and it may be acquired in <BR>
any manner, not necessarily A through Z. <BR>
<BR>
While all of you, while you ascend to Paradise, will eventually have A through Z, <BR>
you may accumulate in many different ways. While your fellows may only <BR>
have L, M, N, and O and you D, E, and F, you both are working towards the <BR>
fullness of truth, and this is the manner in which you may accept one another, <BR>
and this is the freedom you have to experience the reality of God in the manifestation <BR>
of truth.<BR>
<BR>
I thank you.<BR>
<BR>
* Light (Mark): I am humbled to greet you as well, I am Light here once <BR>
again to shine some more light into the discussion. In working with these <BR>
thought frames and this idea of assurance we may see light as fitting into <BR>
this discussion in perhaps the following context.<BR>
<BR>
If you are secure and comfortable and embracing much content of truth then <BR>
you are said to be lifted up in brilliance. It is noted that you are <BR>
lighter and brighter the more you gather to yourselves this sense of <BR>
purpose, awareness, and ultimate conviction. As you become lighter and <BR>
brighter in this process this luminescence which is part of your constitution <BR>
helps you to dispel areas of uncertainty with the bright luminescence and <BR>
so what may be oppressive because it is uncertain and unknown and lingers <BR>
in darkness, to another may be exposed and illuminated by one who brings <BR>
with them this light of assurance. Or having this internal assurance means <BR>
that you are a carrier of this light, and as it goes with you throughout your <BR>
experience, those things in proximity to you simply become illuminated. <BR>
<BR>
Where there is no darkness there is no fear of the unknown and uncertainty <BR>
does not dominate you to the point of inaction. Rather it is as though you <BR>
wear a headlamp, and everywhere you choose to direct your gaze there is <BR>
light there with you. No matter how many times you turn your head to <BR>
refocus your gaze, there is the light. This light you have brought with you <BR>
is your assurance that all that is out there is in fact a friendly place to <BR>
simply be illuminated, not a fearful and dark and unknown place because you <BR>
are groping from a position of insecurity and uncertainty yourself. Wherever <BR>
you are there is the light. Wherever you are your truth is there.<BR>
<BR>
So you may be confident of never being caught in the dark, never being <BR>
subjected to the oppressive conditions of uncertainty and fear that being <BR>
left in the dark presents. Rather carry with you this assurance as your <BR>
headlamp knowing it will illuminate the way of your choosing. So it is it <BR>
naturally and effortlessly dispels the dark and uncertain places and <BR>
illuminates them for what they truly are, and then they may be gathered to <BR>
you as these grains of sand more easily and readily in this process.<BR>
<BR>
Thank you for allowing me to shine a little more light in context. Farewell.<BR>
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