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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt">* The lesson tonight is on disparate
parts.<span> </span>It is the prime directive for you
to seek understanding within. It brings you to a place where you can
understand the will of God, or approximate it as best you can within the
surrounding environment, however pure or distorted it may be at any given
time. <span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt">The questions that arise when you seek
union with others who similarly work to commune with their maker are generally
about variety rather than quality, for anyone seeking connection within has a
level of validity in their pursuit that cannot be denied. And yet you
wonder why the challenge, the struggle, to build cohesion arises.<span> </span><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt">Often when seeking spiritual unity and
developing service minded endeavors, there are fits and starts and stops and
sputters and starts again.<span> </span>This does not
necessarily signify a lack of spiritual value in the pursuit.<span> </span>Your world, currently, is like a great ocean,
and those endeavoring to move forward in the light of God are like
islands.<span> </span>You each have a sphere of
influence, smaller or larger, as the opportunities have arisen, and as you have
built upon previous efforts.<span> </span>How you
would go about finding a way to connect these islands may seem like a massive
endeavor, but recognize that between who you were 25 to 30 years ago and where
you have come to, much of value has been accomplished.<span> </span><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt">Perhaps the question is not whether you
can find unity, but how do you build culture?<span>
</span>The culture of spiritual pursuit needs a growth spurt.<span> </span>Many inspired individuals on your world
undertake a project that leads to a certain resolution, but then rest easy in their
achievement.<span> </span>Building culture is not a
one off.<span> </span>It’s not an arena where you
simply have a success, or even failure, and call it good, say “I’ve done my
part. <span> </span>I moved the needle forward, so all
is well.”<span> </span>Building culture is a bit more
complex than that, for it requires a commitment to progress building upon progress,
and sometimes progress building upon failure, getting back up and moving
forward again to try a different way.<span> </span><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt">The culture you seek requires effort
building upon effort, taking the next step, expanding the view, coordinating
with those who want to coordinate and finding another path or avenue to
explore, to pray together, to commune individually with God, yes, but also together.<span> </span>You seek a cultural community of acceptance and
pursuing higher realities, but the culture is the honoring of those varying
viewpoints, accepting not merely at a base level, but also the acceptance of
the power potential of each person working in unison, building effort upon
effort.<span> </span><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt">This can be messy.<span> </span>It may feel like you are just a bunch of
disparate parts, at times.<span> </span>But don’t
fret too deeply, my friends, because disparate parts can find unity and can
build something, particularly if each part is seeking how it can come together
rather than move apart.<span> </span>We are pleased
at your efforts.<span> </span>Know this.<span> </span><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt">This weekend, in the grace of our Father
Michael and the recognition of his transformation from being a mortal being to
assuming his rightful place in authority of this world and this universe, you
chose to honor him by bringing forth the artistic spirit, to take a chance on
something you have not done before.<span> </span>I
commend those who participated to make this evening of honor for our Creator a
moment and an offering of spiritual unity for those who chose to attend.<span> </span>The technical difficulties arose, but you met
the challenges and moved forward, utilizing the talents of multiple people to
bring it all together, to carry it out.<span> </span><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt">To my friend Mark, who opened his
soul with his art, we thank you sincerely for your dedication and commitment to
making this successful and rolling with the punches, or the difficulties, as
they may be, and showing that the human spirit is resilient and can adapt and
can make it work and can bring beauty out of situations that can seem a lot like
disparate parts.<span> </span>And yet the result for
those who came with open hearts was a satisfying evening of spiritual unity
with the performer and his supporting cast and all those who applied their
energy to the event and made it a successful rendition of what the spirit of
Easter is all about.<span> </span>When united with
spirit, all can rise.<span> </span><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt">As you reflect on this event, recognize
it is one step toward building culture, but other steps can be taken.<span> </span>How can you utilize this in the process of
unification?<span> </span>What are the next steps? <span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><span style="font-size:14pt">My friends, I am Machiventa.<span> </span>Building those patterns and taking those
steps is what we are seeking from those human counterparts to our spiritual
mission for Urantia.<span> </span>Don’t be afraid of
the disparate parts.<span> </span>They won’t always
seem like they are coming together, but if you focus on the work and the
effort, the momentum will move in a direction that allows those parts to
function better together than apart.<span> </span>But
you can’t always see the end at the beginning, so don’t be afraid to step
forward in faith that those steps will provide opportunity for further
steps.<span> </span>Thank you for your time.<span> </span>Continue on.<br><span></span></span></p>
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