Vol. 2. Issue 2.        2nd Quarter 2002

Sap is now flowing, delivering life-fostering nutrients to the branches and twigs, eventually to bring forth leaves and, at length, fruits of the spirit will ripen on the branches of the living vine. What a comfort it is to know that nothing will stop the process. The sun will shine; the rain will fall; the fruit will ripen in its time, for unto everything there is a season. We are emerging from the cold, the dark, the hibernation of another winter. We are Into Action! Thus, this Spring issue is focused on rising up, coming forth, blossoming, delivering, and offering the fruits of our labors in service.

Urantia Paper 115, “The Supreme Being,” states, “With God the Father, sonship is the great relationship. With God the Supreme, achievement is the prerequisite to status--one must do something as well as be something.” [Pg. 1260] And herein is the rationale for all the myriad fields of service which are popping up left and right. In the class rooms of this Melchizedek University we have come to realize that we are sons and daughters of the living God – real, viable, loving, co-creative children of Deity – and we are eager to pass on what we have learned … to serve.

The “Daily Quote” is a service offered by our brother Sonny Schneider, in Hawaii. For many years he has compiled associative lessons for Teacher Mission students of the Urantia Papers, such as this one:

Teaching Mission:
His grace He will shower upon you so that you may shower it upon your brethren.
-- Teacher Will

Urantia Book, P.1289:
All true love is from God, and man receives the divine affection as he himself bestows this love upon his fellows. Love is dynamic. It can never be captured; it is alive, free, thrilling, and always moving. Man can never take the love of the Father and imprison it within his heart. The Father's love can become real to mortal man only by passing through that man's personality as he in turn bestows this love upon his fellows. The great circuit of love is from the Father, through sons to brothers, and hence to the Supreme. The love of the Father appears in the mortal personality by the ministry of the indwelling Adjuster. Such a God-knowing son reveals this love to his universe brethren, and this fraternal affection is the essence of the love of the Supreme.

--a Mighty Messenger

This is an encouraging message from our Planetary Prince, excerpted from a February 28, 2002 Bay Area transcript.

MACHIVENTA MELCHIZEDEK:

You have made a bold decision to be here this evening and to hear the words we impart to you. The methods of truth have long been subverted on Urantia. And now with the spiritual currents opened and available to all, the upreach by humans and the down grasp of spirit is complete. It is a time of great triumph and joy as we watch events unfold on this strife-filled world. But that time is limited. And as we boldly move forward into a new era, the dawn of truth, the era of light and life, it gives me great pleasure to address you personally, for each of you has chosen to be an instrumental piece in the healing of your world. We commend you for this, for it is your faith that is now setting the stage for this planetary transformation. And the more public you make your faith proclaimed to your brothers and sisters, the greater the healing and transformative effect it will have on the collective consciousness, social environment and physical structure of this world. Will this be an easy undertaking? It will have its challenges and it will have its triumphs, but I say to you there is no other opportunity like this now, and I encourage you to find those deep recesses within your being that call you forth into action now, and let them overtake you and move you more assuredly in this brave direction. What greater service can you offer your brothers and sisters than this, your walk of faith, your proclamation of faith by your everyday moment to moment actions? You are the brave ones my friends, you are the true heroes of your world. Step proudly into this awareness. Serve Michael! Serve one another! Love one another and transform this world! I take my leave. Good evening.

The TeaM Edition is happy to present this Cincinnati, High Light from the Melchizedek University as our Featured Teacher Session for the Spring 2002 issue:

DATE: February 25, 2002
LOCATION: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
TEACHER: MALVANTRA MELCHIZEDEK
TOPICS:
Conscious Awareness of God's Presence in Your Life,
Ethnic Community, Unification of Reality,
Purpose in Illness, Satan Not to Be Feared.
TRANSMITTER/RECEIVER: Stephen

MALVANTRA:

[Class in session] … comes forth in abundance with the joy that you feel sincerely, and genuinely, due to your connection with the Divine Presence. The over riding joy of all existence is the knowledge and the acceptance of a full, and healthy relationship with the Creator of All Time and Space, the Divine Trinity, eternal, omnipresent, omniscient, omnipotent, forever sustaining the magnificent, grand universe with the coordination of the Unqualified Absolute, creating the potentials for future development, and aligned with the magnificent purpose that over shadows all doubt and fear with a purpose of fulfilling the divine plan. For each of you, recognition of your awareness of God's presence, will allow you to become nurtured by the essence of divinity.

Your Master, who walked the earth, practiced daily methods of prayer and meditation to sustain himself and carry through with the challenges and the instructions of his preaching tour. He gained enormous strength and internal reserve from the practice of direct communion, prayerful meditation, restful repose, peaceful reflection and time spent in a direct communion with the Universal Father and with the Presence Within, the Mystery Monitor, your gift from the Father in Havona.

Very well, we shall follow the example and carefully attune ourselves to the practice of a daily routine, vouchsafed, by the sanctity of those in authority who have practiced a genuine, sincere, embrace of the over control of all creation.

As your awareness is enhanced, through your cooperative alignment with the Divine Presence that resides within you, you will grow in spirit and your faith will become unshakable in the knowledge that life eternal is not a future event, per se, but can be tasted and enjoyed in this life. Your connection to God is an assurance of life everlasting without end in the full sanctity of the peace and embrace of the Trinity's kiss of eternal glory. Your awareness of the Presence of God within each brethren you make contact with is an enlightenment in realization that the human family is one, and is purposefully connected with a much larger extensive family, extending beyond the bounds of your planet and permeating throughout the universe and beyond.

All sentient life resident within the seven grand super universes is inexorably linked and connected, most assuredly, to the divine, majestic, Trinity, the source of all force, power, energy, gravitational pull, personality, material reality, time and spirit. Always remember, that the
primary characteristics of divinity are spirit and love, present with you and beyond. Spirit is as real as your materiality, even realer. It existed before the material universe. Your alignment with your Divine Spirit will enable you to grow in understanding that the spiritual world that your Master talked of, the spiritual kingdom that is not of this world can be enjoyed and can be supplicated by your consistent comprehension that God's presence permeated beyond the spiritual realms into the very borders of your material being. Your comprehension of God's involvement in your life will enable you to perceive influences, elemental influences, more than coincidences, more than happenstance, but influences of divine intervention on the angelic order, on the midwayer order, with cherubim and sanobim, and with your material brethren.

More advanced, or less advanced, your connection with your community of believers will enable you to progress in the spirit, by generating your feelings of camaraderie and love. The connections and the friendships and the social contacts are an arena, are a stage, on which you can enact and display the presentation of your understanding and the display of your perception of God's love working through you. You represent and you portray God's workings through you and in you. May we humbly serve for the Eternal Purpose.

Your questions are welcome.

Jack: God serves through all of us. But, how do you reconcile the terrorists, those who are the Muslims and the Christians? Can that ever be resolved?

MALVANTRA: The resolution of ethnic conflict, the political turmoil, rests solely in the awareness of an absolute truth that God, as the Trinity, and as the offspring of the Trinity produces unconditional love for all sentient beings, never-ending, all forgiving, fully compassionate, and all accepting. God never ceases to display full amounts of saturated love for every being. There are different degrees of awareness and different degrees of receptivity. God never stops outpourings of love. Mortal beings have a diversity of perception. There's a wide range of their receptivity - some, more intuned, some less aware, some less advanced. This, in turn, will cause added tensions and added disagreements.

If all mortals were fully aware of God's loving presence and implemented unforgiving acceptance and love to their brethren, there would be no terrorism. However, we must be aware. Each individual, at their own stage of development, and at their own rate of growth, is unique, personal, and individual. Rarely are two alike. Be aware of God's overriding concern for every ethnic community, every race, all people. God recognizes one family of living beings, all encompassing, for the reception of God's eternal grace and love bestowal.

Jack: But, does the current turmoil upset the Lord that much? Does He suffer from this?

MALVANTRA: When your speak of the Lord, what comes to mind is your local Universe Sovereign, your Creator Paradise Son. Or, do you refer to the Trinity, the ultimate deity? Is sorrow a characteristic of deity? Your Creator Son walked your planet and experienced the full range of human emotions and can fully relate to the full range of human emotions. He has empathy and complete sympathy to the condition, and has full understanding of the turmoil and the pain and the suffering. God is not in ignorance, but heightened awareness, full comprehension, knowledge of complete omniscient, realization of each being's personal experience. Nothing remains secret; nothing is hidden. It is completely open and available to the perusal and awareness of the Trinity.

Student: Some say we're in the end times. Is that true?

MALVANTRA: End times is being described as an end of an age, an end of a period of growth, a new historical chapter, an end of old ways of doing things. But an end of your planet? No. An end of God's reality? It's unending. Indestructible. It's forever in place, managing and sustaining your world. You can sense, from world events, there is a shifting and there is a conflictual arrangement between nations that are created many times by mistaken notions of superiority and political power. There is a consideration of human to land ratio. There is the element of access to water and arable land for food growth. There are the conflicts of philosophical schools that profess to be the one and only way. These conflicts are not God made. The solutions lie in the awareness that, through the magnificent concept of the Fatherhood and the Motherhood of God with the brotherhood and the sisterhood of human kind, thus, will we embrace, heal and
soothe your troubled world.

Your legacy is one of fervor and violent upheaval. Nothing happening currently has not been at some level, received as a precedent from the past. Events of chaos and war have been your legacy for many years, for many generations, for many millennia. This is but the latest in a stage of planetary growth. It's an evolutionary process. It is a more risky and dangerous enterprise because of your technology and your access to more pernicious means of destruction, however, your sense of accomplishment and your sense of control remains very strong in terms of perseverance and in terms of preservation. I would caution all of you to display no fear for your future, but to rest assured that you are guided by the awareness of the God's workings within your world. You are not forgotten, neither are you alone.

Your protection, although seldom visible, is ever present - ever present, assuredly, and your protection is vouchsafed and guaranteed. As you read about a Good Shepherd seeking a lost sheep, as you read about a prodigal son who strayed far from his father's household, as you read of pharisees turning away from God's household, you read in the end the shepherd finds the sheep, the son returned, seeking forgiveness, the pharisee became enlightened and realized there's a better path. In all things, crisis, at the initial stage, alters and becomes modified and changes into a learning experience and a lesson for those involved.

You are living through troubled times, causing high anxiety, and your apprehension is recognized and acknowledged. Our guidance proposes full alignment by daily prayer and meditation, and to succor from the source of eternal essence your safeguarding and protection, as you are aware, is simply your internal vision and your internal mechanism of spiritual alignment. When your Master spoke of fearlessness of death, kingdom's crumbling, time passing, He smiled and instructed His followers they were recipients of eternal life. When you enter the Kingdom, you are guaranteed eternal life everlasting, regardless of your earthly turmoil, regardless of wars and cataclysms, environmental changes. You are connected through your faith by the glory of your choices to the inimitable, everlasting union of the God Force. Your fears are understandable, but age long, reminiscent of your early beginnings in the jungles and forests - almost innate, not quite instinctual, but so characteristic of mortals.

We sympathize with your feelings, however, we can't help but advise and promote confident meanings toward the positive, viewing the True, the Beautiful and the Good as your landmarks, as your signal house, as your pilot markings, always being God ward. And, be assured that you rest in the bosom of the maternal grace of Nebadonia, dispensing immeasurable quantities of seraphic over control and angelic involvement in world affairs. Systemic, spiritual administration is forever involved in mortal affairs.

Jack: Can we increase our spirituality in a world that's so obsessed with working and making money and ignoring basic morality? You're saying that we can do this by increasing our spirituality, but it's quite difficult at times, with the temptations that we're constantly faced with.

MALVANTRA: Jesus admonished His apostles to closely observe the tax collectors and the bankers. With such enthusiasm and such seriousness did they gather their funds and collect interest. Their purpose was singular and their focus was primary. They, the merchants and the business men, knew how to derive a profit and how to reap a reward. He admonished His followers to watch them carefully, study their characteristics, and use the same approach in walking in the spiritual Kingdom. What is our spiritual purpose? What is our primary focus? What is our daily business, if our security rests in the knowledge that we are aligned with a Divine Entity? That awareness will transform your being. You are no longer the same.

The adage, 'born again of the spirit' holds true for all ages and all peoples. When you pass the stage of animalism and realize your material being is comprised of a spiritual potential and a spiritual reality, you have transitioned and transformed your inner mechanism to realize your purpose goes beyond analyzing the tribulation and the trauma. Your sincere desire to find God will naturally propel you to seek to be more Godlike in your self identity and in your daily expression. The world and its troubles will be here, continuing apace, long after you all are gone from your planet. Worrying alters the course of world events very little. Awareness that you are aligned with cognate citizenship is certainly a badge of honor and a respect for the authority sanctified by your Sovereign, who promised to be remembered as a Good Shepherd, never leaving his flock unattended, nor unprotected.

What is the role of the good farmer, or the good shepherd, or the vineyard owner who purposely nurtures the plants with the good roots in the good soil, and vouchsafed, casts aside the weeds or the refuse? Your awareness of the parables having hidden treasures and gems of wisdom remembers the Master, who walked a short thirty three years, to story tell for the remembrance purpose of recognizing you are not forgotten and the Good Lord remembers each of His fold.

Student: What is our purpose of being here?

MALVANTRA: The purpose of human existence is to develop a well balanced personality in harmony with physical health, intellectual growth, emotional stability, and spiritual awareness, in an harmonious, cooperative balance. The incentive is self maintenance, self gratification and preservation through procreation of future generations. The purpose is to enter upon your awareness of your embryonic journey. Your soul is manufactured and developed in this life by the choices you make in alignment with God's plan and God's sense of discovery. The purpose is to survive this life and enter into the morontia worlds fully aware of your cosmic citizenship and your continued ascension back to the First Source and Center, the Creator of All Things.

The objectives, although many, center on primary purpose, to increase your conscious acceptance of your material status, harboring, nurturing the potential for unlimited, neverending growth in life eternal, a life that never dies. The purpose, on the mortal scale, becomes enmeshed, blended in a marriage of magnificent romance with your Thought Adjuster, a Divine Spark, that will merge, wholeheartedly with your personality, and you will be married and blended for eternity on your ascension journey back to the Creator.

God's ultimate purpose is mysterious, and in many elements, unrivaled. Our purpose, is full alignment, a composite of diverse, individual, sentient beings eventually progressing into a unified, coordinated wholeness in the embrace of the divine glow of the beautiful divine light. You are right to assess, 'what is our purpose?', for your life is short. It is but a wisp of time, and your passage is a bridge. Your passage takes you through Satania, to Mansonia in a gentle, and most gracious, angelic transport of shared delight and never-ending joy.

Your purpose is to increase your conscious awareness of God's presence within your life. As you perceive, so shall you decide on more advanced choices, and in what direction you decide to take, never forsaking your betrothal vows of full acceptance through the seal of faith awareness that your daughtership with the Motherhood and the Fatherhood of God has left you a singular choice: your mental and emotional connection with your God identity - who you perceive God is; your experiential designation; and your experiencial design - your personal experience, your personal relationship with your God, who is everyone's God.

Gina: I have a question to that: how, in simple terms, do you explain to somebody what a personal God is?

MALVANTRA: A personal God is your unique, individual relationship, your understanding of God and your personal experience through your prayer, your worship, your awareness, and your generation of love within you and without you. Personal God is for everyone, however, we all know that the One God, the Trinity, rests in the embrace of the eternal beyond and future. Each sentient being forms a relationship with their personal God. The beauty and the mystery of God's creation is purposefully creating diverse elements of divine patterns, both genetic-material, and spiritual.

Eventually, through spiritual gravity, all patterns go back to the Original Source Maker - personal, very unique, but eventually standing in the presence of the Trinity and being absorbed into the Zone of Immortality, being consumed with the Originator, with The Beginning, with the First Source and Center, with the Second Source of the Eternal Son, and spiritual gravity, ceaselessly, tirelessly pulling all spiritual reality back to the Center, under the cooperative coordination of the Infinite Spirit and the mind circuits, connecting all intelligent life - in addition to the adjutant mind spirits - connecting all plant and animal life and material life. Every atom, the center of every nucleus, resides in the bosom of the Trinity. Every speck of atomic energy in your world, through the four rings of outer space development, is connected directly to the eternal bosom of The Three, triadic Trinity: the Universal Father, the Eternal Son, and the Infinite Spirit - aligned, unified, and coordinated, purposefully, to create a diverse reality - ultimatley to unify it.

Student: Do we pick our existance here, and do we live here more than once?

MALVANTRA: Your existence is classified as finite - mortal status. Your birth on this planet is the beginning of your embryonic journey. The choice of a newborn is parental. The choice of birth resides with those adults capable of procreating. They are the ones that are deciding the outcome. Your status as a mortal begins with your birth. All newborns enter your world the same way. Remember, all mortals will die and leave the world the same way - as in birth, so in death. Your passage is the same for everyone. You enter and you leave, naturally, in a preordained fashion, as is the pattern of your mortal reality.

Student: Do you choose your parents, though, or do they choose you?

MALVANTRA: Your choosing begins when your mind is consciously aware, to operate on the decision level. Prior to that time, you're operating by inate mechanisms of animal cause and effect. The newborn suckles for breast milk, not completely by choice, but by an inate drive, an animal drive, seeking nutrients. A fetus inside the womb responds and moves. It has been known to be receptive to the mother's voice, by choice or by cause and effect. Your choices that you have today and the mechanism by which you make your choices and your decisions today is the same mechanism as when you were ten or when you were one.

Student: Does your soul exist somewhere before you come into human form?

MALVANTRA: God exists everywhere. Before you were born, God, in the fullness of creation, always was, before the worlds came out of the space. Your soul is real. Your soul is an experienced production of your conscious decision making in alignment with your Divine Spark, your Mystery Monitor, your Divine Presence residing in your mind. You produce your soul in your life. Your soul is a joint effort of your mind, in alignment of God's Will. As you continue to make decisions and choices for the Good, the True, and the Beautiful, you will naturally produce the morontia material of soul growth. Upon death, your soul, in embryonic stage, translates to the next world with your personality and your mind transcripts. Your soul is not a commodity that's lined up on an assembly line waiting for distribution. Your soul is of divine manufacture and of divine essence in accord with your conscious involvement. You are a primary player in the production of your soul. Thank you for your curiosity, which bespeaks of your spiritual path in curious seeking for advancement.

Gina: I have one more question. Bishop Spong came out with a new book, something about the new Christianity, and in the last paragraph of the book he speaks about his version, or his opinion, that what is meant by the second coming of Jesus, that it would be the awakening of mankind to the Christ consciousness within them. He calls that the second coming of Jesus. Can you verify whether that is true, or whether Jesus will walk the earth one more time in a different way?

MALVANTRA: The clarification will elucidate that the coming of Jesus will occur on many levels, with different dynamics and different influences. You are correct in presenting a heightened Christ Consciousness occurring through advanced awareness. You are also correct that Jesus, in fact, will be to your planet and walk its shores in person. Jesus mentioned his return while He lived on your earth. Jesus promised to return and he mentioned he was aligned with the spiritual Kingdom, and those that enter the spiritual kingdom will be one with him, but he promised to return and be among you in the flesh, without revealing a time frame or a period where it would recognized. But, you are rightly saying that there is a mortal component of awareness of Jesus' consciousness, which can bring nothing but goodness.

Gina: That is the awakening that he spoke of at the time, the spiritual awakening, being one or becoming one, consciously knowing that we do carry the Spirit of Truth within us. Right?

MALVANTRA: Why does your friend take his dreams? Is he aware that activities occur while he sleeps, that his mind is active while he sleeps, something transpires while he is semiconscious? So, too, for you all. Are we walking around half-asleep or fully aware? Are we somewhat connected, just a bit, a tad, a slight relationship, or is our committment fuller, stronger, broader, deepening our awareness? Jesus transfigured on your planet as the carpenter of Nazareth, as the boat builder of Nazereth, as the merchant for Capernuum. Jesus, the Master, mortal, also is a Divine Being, an incarnate Creator Son, residing on Salvington, Sovereign of your local universe - Jesus as the man, and Michael as the Sovereign, still in existence. And, how to transpire a return is somewhat mysterious, however, we doubt not the certainty of Michael's one day return as, or with Jesus, the same Jesus, the Nazareen, the babe of Bethlehem.

Saundra: I wanted to express my gratitude for the help that I have been receiving during my energy work.

MALVANTRA: Your gratitude is a sacred joy, for your acknowledgement of your perception of your energy work is beneficial, and is bearing fruit. Your sense of spiritual energies is quite enlightening for your awareness of God's presence in your life.

Student: Well, looking at your life, or Billy Graham's, or people in our families and our every day lives - they are afflicted with illnesses. Is illness random? Is there purpose in it? Does it just happpen? Is there some plan to who gets sick?

MALVANTRA: A preordained plan, through scientific cause and effect - cause of illness, genetic malformation, bacterial infection, viral affliction, birth defect - by accident? Not necessarily. You have inherited the legacy of your Lucifer rebellion. The original plan for mortals was to be imbued with a fair degree of the violet serum from the progeny of Adam and Eve from the garden. The original plan went awry due to rebellion and mishap, and a misguided sense of disloyalty, thus, your mortal races received a modicum of violet blood, which would have insured you would be protected from genetic malformation and infection. Imagine a world in which sickness did not exist. That was the intention. That is the divine plan. Your planet was involved in the Lucifer rebellion, which disrupted the divine plan. God does not find any joy in human misery. Your admirable attempts at medicine and hygenic care have gained remarkably valuable advances in the challenges of diagnosis and treatment, however, these reasons of illness are quite objective. There is a scientific explanation. It is not by magic or by accident.

Student: When someone has a terrible accident or is stricken with illness, it is part of the weakness of the human race out of the rebellion, but, is it also Satan's plan for today's earth?

MALVANTRA: If we recall your Master's journey in the flesh, was there not a period of time when he meditated in the desert and had a face to face contact with Lucifer's lieutenant, Satan, who roamed the earth? Did Jesus not have direct contact and communication with Satan, vouchsafing his power and upstepping him to the point of removing any interference on Satan's part? Jesus, as the Good Shepherd, as the Watchful Keeper of His faithful, approached Satan and removed any influencial, detrimental interference on Satan's part. That was more than two thousand years ago. Satan has been incarcerated and no longer creates havoc on your world. Satan is not to be feared. Satan is not the creator of illness.

Jesus knew Satan, and Satan was well aware that Jesus was an incarnated Creator Son from Nebadon. They spoke in the flesh, Satan, a spiritual being, Jesus, a mortal man. They communicated and Satan recognized the power of the divine aspect of Jesus' personality. Satan was up against a Paradise Creator Son, incarnate in world status - no longer a governor or a lieutenant to rain destruction and disloyalty on your world. Jesus altered the course of human events, by vouchsafing and castigating in a spiritual manner, Satan's directives.

Father Bob: Is Caligastia still present on our world?

MALVANTRA: Caligastia, an assistant of Satan, roamed for many years, but is believed to be detained and incarcerated as a result of the Lucifer adjudication and disposition. Yes, these beings roamed freely for generations. After your Creator Son implemented the circuits, the power, the Holy Spirit and the Spirit of Truth, the ability of Satan and Caligastia to interfere was greatly curtailed, if not illiminated.

Gina: I also want to thank you for the healing session that I had last Tuesday, and for Machiventa Melchizedek coming through and bringing his healing assistance and working on me through Sandy. I certainly appreciate that, and I also appreciate, and I want to give my thanks for the healing that took place a week ago Friday, through a lady by the name of Thea. Thank you very, very much. I really appreciate that.

MALVANTRA: Your graciousness is accepted from our older brother, Machiventa Melchizedek, one of our kind in position of authority to oversee the Teaching Mission and the resurgence of your term God Consciousness, and Jesus Consciousness - Machiventa, having consignment to associate with the healers to bring soothing relief to your troubled planet. I bid you adieu and good night, with the splendid resolve to remember your passage through time is intended to heighten your conscious awareness of God's existence and over reach.

More from Feb. 28, ‘02 Bay Area. T/R: Donna D’Ingillo.

TEACHER ABRAHAM: Good evening, my dear brothers and sisters of this planet. This is your brother, once-in-the-flesh, Abraham, who is now addressing you. While I am no longer in the form in which you inhabit, I do have many memories of that time in my life. And I tell you now, as one who was once like you, to cherish these moments of being human. For once you have passed from the form of the flesh, those opportunities that you now have placed before you to minister to your brothers and sisters as humans will no longer exist.

Each person you encounter is a tiny helpless babe, who is yearning for your loving touch, for your kind words of encouragement, for your gentle ministration. This is what each person on this world now needs massive doses of. As you open your hearts and allow more of the Father's love to flow through you, will you let this love penetrate deeply into your brothers and sisters, by your hands, by your arms, by your words, through your eyes? These are your methods of conveyance of the Father's love. And I say to you now, as wide as you can make them, let Him pour through each cell of your being the most concentrated and purest form of love, as you minister to your brothers and sisters. Your bodies are being attuned to sense, open, receive, and administer this love. You may not be fully aware of all of the vibrational attunements that are happening within you. But I do say to you, when you are in your times of Stillness, it is most propitious for you if you were to tell your body now to receive this massive outpouring of love in through you. By its very nature then you will no longer be able to contain it, and its outpouring into the people you encounter will be palpable.

They will feel it. They will know you are the very minister of the Father's love. They will come to you. You will have that magnetic pull that will draw them to you. But what I am suggesting tonight is to be consciously aware of now of being this magnet - of consciously saying within your heart, within your mind, "Yes, I am the Father's magnet. I pull everyone within my sphere of influence to me, so that they can know of the Father." There is nothing quite like this happening here-and-now that has happened before on this planet. As we watch you rise to these challenges, to these opportunities of service, of loving ministry; we are filled with such hope, such anticipation and expectation of the unfolding of Michael's plan. I daresay that you can, from your perspective at this point, be able to fully understand and comprehend the enormity of what you do.

But I know your hearts, I know your willingness, and I know you will rise to meet this new life that now awaits you.

This message from a July 16, 1992, transmission, T/R’d by David Painter is:

"A History Lesson"
as well as
"A Call to Service"

MELCHIZEDEK NORSON: Good morning to you one and all, you are much loved, you are truly very blessed.

Life on planet Urantia is VERY different than that existing on any sphere yet to harbor human life in our universe. Extremely difficult and drastically unusual. It has not always been so. Life on every planet is differently composed from the evolutionary experiences of its inhabitants and the universe events which timely arrive to fulfill the patterns projected by our Creator, our Divine Paradise Son, Michael, Nebadon's unique Planner.

No world is ever the same as another. Each begins with "built-in" differences, yet as I refer to Urantia being an extreme example, I do so in an attempt to reveal the deepest reaches of this dissimilarity. It is of significant importance that you begin to picture more clearly, have a fuller understanding of the conditions of the reality into which you have been born and are now consciously, distinctively beginning to live and grow morontially and spiritually.

I shall first address the physical history through which your ancestors evolved, bringing all humankind to this moment in time where you now grow and develop. This road of day by day experience on which the children of Earth traveled to arrive at the present, is not like that of any other planets' path. Observing from here, we see that the evolutionary development through whichUrantia has passed, and now grows, makes it forever impossible for anything even REMOTELY similar to your experiences to ever again occur.

Your world, a decimal planet, one on which our Life Carriers had a certain degree of freedom with which to introduce slight variations in the physical evolutionary process, initiating things untried but nothing extreme. There was no substantial divergence from their preplanned life planting procedures. Your early beginnings were quite routine and normal, different yes but not unusual. The first rare development, a rather infrequent happening, took place when all the races of color originated in one family. And all in one generation. This was a somewhat rare event, yet one which occurs with sufficient frequency that we are familiar with a number of such histories. The arrival, organization and basic functional activities begun by your Planetary Government some half a million ago was not unlike the early developmental experiences through which each of the planets in Nebadon must pass. Minor differences are normal.

Drastic directional changes did not begin until the Satania System separated itself from the fold. Lucifer declared to Michael, that Satania was no longer to be considered part of the family of systems under his guidance and supervision. Lucifer chose to remove his slightly more than half evolved system out from under the loving care of our Creator Son, departing also from the far reaching plans of perfection being willed by our Heavenly Father, the true source of all life. But for this Primary Lanonandek Son, the actual existence of God the Father was not quite clear. This once brilliant being, this high ranking Third Order Local Universe Son was unsure of the Most Real of All Realities. God and God's plans, if such things really existed, were not ones which Lucifer and those closest to this self centered and self deceived son wished to follow.

This faulty, long harbored free-willed decision to withdraw, was the first big bump pushing you off the course planned for your planetary development. The secondary Lanonandek Sons, Caligastia and Daligastia, in command of affairs here on this yet young sphere, immediately devoted and dedicated themselves to following in the shadow of their errant leader Lucifer and his top aide Satan. They gave their allegiance, vowing to support and uphold the proposed plans for independence.

Other systems have rebelled before, this represents but a very small number who have deviated from our Creator Father's plans for evolution. Default is not common, yet instantly, as this occurred, your forefathers were squeezed onto a rapidly narrowing road; it would now forever be your destiny to meet many unusual experiences and be tested by trials which so few have had to face. Escalation of separation began, deviation from normal accelerated; confusion fear and discord become examples which your early ancestors continually experienced, evolving them into a distinctly rare category of humans, destined to grow in a disturbed darkness for which there virtually was no alternative available. One exception to this being the brave few who began believing by virtue of Van's example of steadfast courage, his absolute certainty of faith.

It is my sincere intention that I may in an uncomplicated way, using certain words a little loosely, lead you to a simpler understanding of how evolution very slowly proceeds to effect the growth structure of each living organism, plant, animal or human. I attempt to add light to your understanding, to clarify how environments affect the way in which growth takes place. The little lizard and the large alligator evolved from a common ancestor, all their very observable differences are due to variations of environmental conditions to which they were exposed. As man develops his thinking, extends his consciousness of himself and his surroundings, his thoughts are evolving him; gently, slowly changing him all the time. This growth is reflective of his mental environment.

"As a man thinks, so he becomes", this is real, this is the entry spot where man may begin to consciously control or at least give some guidance and direction to the life he is recognizing as his own. The mental environment which came into existence as a result of the Rebellion, was to provide your kinfolk, living then and immediately thereafter, the most severe blow yet inflicted upon your planet’s population. Fear was instilled into man’s conscious thinking; continual exposure to fear deepened the ruts in his mindal environment, distorting the pictures he holds of reality. Fear reigned and ran rampant in man’s unconsciousness. Fear became the focus and foundation for your future evolution when faith should have been. Faith was nearly non-existent, never exercised and exhibited for your adaptation. These were certainly "sad days" for our universe. Many of us watched virtually helpless to change the terribly events we could not "understand", the near disastrous activities tearing at the heart and soul of Michael's youngest children.

Here began the most substantial deviation from normal evolutionary activities yet witnessed in Nebadon. In this isolation, by this separation you have been destined/ compelled to live within these extreme limits. You have taken on the unique characteristics and abilities which are "reserved" for very, very few. Though your struggles must seem most dramatic, radically different, extremely difficult, and often destructive, yet even these drastic detours, in time will be considered among your greatest blessings. Those of you blessed with a good sense of humor are able to enjoy even now, the absurdities of some of your situations. You are, to a certain degree removed from suffering such sadnesses because you recognize that "other realities" for which you thought you needed to wait are already here. Your faith has led you to begin living now what seemed most unlikely for you to live until later.

The next event of planetary significance which sharply and further narrowed the already limited opportunities for normal growth on Urantia was the failure of your Adamic pair to complete the biological upliftent of the evolutionary races, this ended practically before it began. It was a near complete abortion of their original plans. This Adamic couple had taken on other responsibilities most important to mans growth at this critical juncture in his evolution: to help deliver to the tribes being up-stepped, the vital information which would bring balance to their lives and bring joy to the hearts of those hearing and accepting this revelation. Just to see Adam and Eve standing beside the average human of that day would make it near impossible to conceive of them as being anything other than "Higher Beings". In most instances, difficulties arose from the fact that they were viewed as gods.

If all had gone well for them, had they not defaulted their mission so early, they would have become ambassadors, delivering not only themselves physically, but in their living of this life, they would have been the proof positive of the good news they were to usher in: The truth and reality of the Family of God and the overwhelming joy that all of us are united and vital members of this eternal relationship. That failed to become the reality for you Urantians; the Highway to Heaven diminished to what now appears as no more than an overgrown trail through a shadow drenched maze. You each have become more individualized, each more radically unique.

Yet, if from that point of development, your experiences had then followed a more normal course there would still be quite a number of other humans in our universe with similar beginnings and similar growth peculiarities. The single most profound and unique happening in all of Nebadon was Michael's living his day by day life as a mortal, as a man. He really and truly was Mary's son, Joshua Ben Joseph of Nazareth. And though subject to the same negative misconceptions and a quarter million years of misguidance and backward development, he was still able to become all it is possible for man to become.

In addition to this he lived a life radiating a light unequaled in its brilliance, unequaled in its perfection of Father portrayal. He was and still is your blessed brother, savior, teacher, and friend Jesus. His doing of all these things on Urantia has made it forever impossible elsewhere, to live anything quite the same as you are here and now living. It is no wonder you are ever watched, you are on the forefront of uniqueness, you live, walking and balancing on the tight rope, high above the center ring of life's circus, where Michael is "Ring Master" and most of the eyes in his universe are focused on you 606’ers, the most outrageously unique, death-defying, life-distorting activities ever to be witnessed. Hurry, hurry, get your tickets, get your programs and take your seats, the show is about to begin. The circuits are open and his majesty `Sir Stillness’ is soon to silently speak.

Setting your humor aside for the moment, Urantians must actually consider their lives to be normal; you have known nothing else, there is nothing with which to compare your evolution. Life for you IS normal. We who usually come to tell you of all the wonderful blessings and gifts which you share in common, share with nearly all of your kind, come now instead, to help you become aware of the meaningful differences which must be recognized if we are to compensate and communicate more clearly despite the monumental deficiencies which still exist.

This Teaching Mission, this Correction Time has been initiated as an emergency measure, designed to restructure your mental environment. As this is being accomplished, as this evolves, you will more efficiently perform the many services needed to bring your lost brothers and sisters back to the fold. Here they will be able to share in the abundances of all things good. The Father's love which you have been experiencing and growing within yourself shall be the most powerful means to awaken those unfamiliar with this blessing. Share this love, share your knowledge of this love. Love eradicates fear, love lifts up your heart, love lightens your load, love brightens your day. Your living faith in the Father's continual love can and shall overcome all obstacles, overcome all deficiencies and will finally and gloriously lead you home.

We love you very, very much, all of you. This information shall aid you in releasing deep grooved fear habits, helping you dispel illusions and misconceptions that have distracted you or tied you down, not permitting you the freedom which our Father has created for you to share.

This is Melchizedek Norson serving you that you may serve each other.

KALEIDOSCOPE

It is once again a pleasure to be in contact with all of you and in this column I wish to share with you some of the recent events in my life. As many of you may know, I have been meeting with my friend, Ellen, each week for many years and we have been receiving lessons from Michael and Mother Spirit. Under their loving and exquisitely beautiful tutelage, we have been so blessed, inspired and helped in recognizing and letting go of misperceptions, old patterns and limitations to see things in a new and higher way. Not to mention the incredible peace and love we receive from them. Our sessions follow the basic pattern of discussing the events of our lives; moving on to look at these in light of our spiritual lessons; discussing how we did with the lesson of the previous week and any questions or confusion that we may have. Then we go into the stillness and share what we experience. Afterwards, Michael and Mother Spirit address the issues we were discussing. I do the transmitting and Ellen writes it down. It is most reassuring to know that as Ellen writes the words that she sometimes writes the words before I say them and often gets the same message in a slightly different form. We often see the same visualizations in our mind as often the words are preceded by these images, which speak volumes to us. Michael and Mother Spirit share their love and peace with us. No matter how we were feeling when we started, when we finish we always feel inspired, uplifted, lighter, joyful and so very grateful.

Michael told us last year that he wanted to introduce us to some of the other beings in our Cosmic Family and this year he has begun this process. Michael has introduced us to an Archangel, a Finaliter, Midwayers, a couple of Celestial Artisans and two Life Carriers. The Midwayers, Celestial Artisans and Life Carriers told us that they are always available to us and will work with us. The Life Carriers asked us to focus on what we would like to know rather than overwhelm us with information. Last week after listening to our discussion, the Life Carriers said that perhaps it would be better for them to work with us rather than share information with us and let us experience what they do. They did some adjustments on each of us and asked that we pay attention to their presence in our lives and ask for their help.

I share all of this with you because now that Machiventa is our Planetary Prince, which has been confirmed from several sources, I believe that this event heralds the beginning of even more opportunities for us to connect with our Cosmic Family and learn to work with them. Our Cosmic Family is there for all of us ready and willing to most ably assist us. I am sure we have all been praying for guidance and ways to be of service and the answer to our prayers is at hand. Father, Michael and Mother Spirit have given us more help that we can imagine.

As our Teachers have pointed out, each effort we make to reach out to our brothers and sisters with love is very important and valuable for us and for those around us. Most of us are very busy, but we all come in contact with others all the time. The opportunities to do this are always present as we go about our daily lives. It is easy to develop the habit of looking into the eyes of each person we talk to with the intention of really connecting to each of them - loving and honoring them. In a seminar of the Awakening Heart I once participated in, we were taught to honor the part of God in each individual. How important this is can be demonstrated when we find ourselves with someone who is upset with us. By not getting caught up in the situation and standing back and looking deeply into their eyes loving that part of God in them has a dramatic effect. Each time I have found that the person ceases their aggressiveness and suddenly becomes very loving towards me. While they may not be conscious of what is happening, I believe that they have never had someone truly honor them and their divinity in such a way and they cannot help but respond to that in a positive way. This is a wonderful way to plant seeds of love in Father’s garden. It adds to our spiritual development at the same time.

As we become more aware of Father, Michael, Mother Spirit and our Cosmic Family being ever present with us, these exchanges with our brothers and sisters become more meaningful and allow the divinity in us to come forth and we become conduits for Father to let his love and wisdom come through us to another with no conscious effort on our part other than the intention to be of service. The feelings and the words just flow without thought. There is always a sense of joy and it is often difficult to remember what was said as it is not me speaking. The words come from my mouth, but I am not the source of the words.

This is truly a wonderful time to be living on Urantia. The circuits and available help is increasing so much now. Our loving Teachers have been guiding us to learn to open up to the infinite possibilities before us. Let us all make a real effort to turn these possibilities and potentialities into realities in our daily lives for the highest good of all in whatever ways are most pleasing to our Father.

Allene Vick
Associate Editor

The following two messages from Idaho USA January 24, 2002. Sandy Montee, Transmitter/receiver.

"Follow in His Footsteps"

MACHIVENTA MELCHIZEDEK:

"Good day to you all. I am here to thank all of you who live in recognition and appreciation of the work of your Midwayer Cousins. This has been a lifelong effort of millennia for only a relative few, and for those of you who have made a big contribution to assist with their efforts.

"We recount so very many troubling times for millions of people -- the natural disasters, as well as the man-made disasters -- bearing down on innocent people. And I would like to request for all of you who are receiving this message that, daily, you momentarily stop, still your mind, and visualize what is going on in the poverty-stricken parts of your world.

"We do appreciate all the help we can get, and each little action on your part is important, also. It is important to put a smile on your face, and for you to reach out to the many people within your circle of friends and acquaintances. Follow in Michael's footsteps and remember the obstacles and criticism he endured when he was on Urantia.

"The Master walked among the sinners, the thieves, the prostitutes, the poverty-stricken, and he gave them all hope and healings. He went into the desert and He mourned the many that would not believe in the Paradise Father.

"This is a time of high technology, yet Michael's sojourn was also at a time of great battles and power-seeking. Still the wars go on today, and it saddens us to see so many of the people fighting in their so-called Holy Wars. Their trifling disagreements fester until it all ends in great sacrifices, but to the greater degree, among those who have little or nothing.

"Let us love one another, and with this love comes great Spiritual Power. Put the preoccupation with these festering wounds behind you, and strive for goodness and happiness, thus bringing positive energy into the circle of the many people that listen to the words of Our Beloved Father.

“I am Machiventa, your Planetary Prince, and I am so happy to be able to transmit these concerns. I will step aside as Andrea is waiting in the wings."

"Understanding and Friendship."

PRIMARY MIDWAYER ANDREA:

"Hello Sandy, and hello to everyone who will receive this transmission. I have done everything I can do within the limitations we have in understanding Urantia mortals, yet all the knowledge and teachings we could convey to you would never be completely understood by this generation of mortals.

"Slowly, more and more will be revealed, but we Midwayers and our mortal associates need to concentrate on our goals of this, the Correcting Time. It is of no importance that we occasionally misunderstand each other, but that we continue on the path that leads beyond, and presently still largely eludes, your understanding and comprehension.

"Prepare yourself for a time of such greater understanding. You will see for yourselves the many Mansions our Father has prepared for us. Extend your care and friendship towards your siblings now, and remain aware of your using the words and actions that our Father wishes for you to use. Be one of the mortals whom proudly does God's will.

"If you can only do this, you are letting total freedom ring within your hearts. I will go now, and leave you with a thought that many Powers are at work for both you, and us, in this Melchizedek School of Learning. Goodbye, my friends. I am Primary Midwayer, Andrea."

11.11 Publishers

We have for ten years enjoyed Teacher Ham, followed by those others who have become our beloved friends and favorite companions. But we are also the recipients of new teachers and new groups, new configurations of learning in these Melchizedek University classrooms. Also coming into existence are new transmitter/receivers who are making that leap of faith in uttering The Word. And new service fields are being brought into existence by and through Mel.U. students.

One of these services familiar to TeaM is the Church Within, an on-line ministry, created in 1995 by our brother Daniel Megow. As Pastor Daniel, he provides a Sunday Sermon to his growing on-line congregation, as well as a Story of the Week which comes out on Wednesdays. We would like to feature one of Daniel’s recent sessions, which could be loosely entitled:

GO ABOUT DOING GOOD

Pastor Daniel J. Megow - Greetings my Beloved Sisters and Brothers, and welcome once again to the Church that is Within.

…………. Quotes ………….

(From: The Urantia Papers - Paper-48 Section-7)
11. The weak indulge in resolutions, but the strong act. Life is but a day's work--do it well. The act is ours; the consequences God's.

(From: Hannah Whitall Smith, 1902)
The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right.

(From: Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Give all to love; obey thy heart.

(From: The Urantia Papers - Paper-159 Section-1)
"I say to all of you: Freely you have received the good things of the kingdom; therefore freely give to your fellows on earth."

(From: The RSV Bible - Matthew 10:42)
And whoever gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he shall not lose his reward."

(From: The Urantia Papers - Paper-171 Section-7)
Jesus spread good cheer everywhere he went. He was full of grace and truth. His associates never ceased to wonder at the gracious words that proceeded out of his mouth. You can cultivate gracefulness, but graciousness is the aroma of friendliness which emanates from a love-saturated soul.

Goodness always compels respect, but when it is devoid of grace, it often repels affection. Goodness is universally attractive only when it is gracious. Goodness is effective only when it is attractive.

Jesus really understood men; therefore could he manifest genuine sympathy and show sincere compassion. But he seldom indulged in pity. While his compassion was boundless, his sympathy was practical, personal, and constructive. Never did his familiarity with suffering breed indifference, and he was able to minister to distressed souls without increasing their self-pity.

Jesus could help men so much because he loved them so sincerely. He truly loved each man, each woman, and each child. He could be such a true friend because of his remarkable insight--he knew so fully what was in the heart

and in the mind of man. He was an interested and keen observer. He was an expert in the comprehension of human need, clever in detecting human longings.

Jesus was never in a hurry. He had time to comfort his fellow men "as he passed by." And he always made his friends feel at ease. He was a charming listener. He never engaged in the meddlesome probing of the souls of his associates.

As he comforted hungry minds and ministered to thirsty souls, the recipients of his mercy did not so much feel that they were confessing to him as that they were conferring with him. They had unbounded confidence in him because they saw he had so much faith in them.

He never seemed to be curious about people, and he never manifested a desire to direct, manage, or follow them up. He inspired profound self-confidence and robust courage in all who enjoyed his association. When he smiled on a man, that mortal experienced increased capacity for solving his manifold problems.

Jesus loved men so much and so wisely that he never hesitated to be severe with them when the occasion demanded such discipline. He frequently set out to help a person by asking for help. In this way he elicited interest, appealed to the better things in human nature.

The Master could discern saving faith in the gross superstition of the woman who sought healing by touching the hem of his garment. He was always ready and willing to stop a sermon or detain a multitude while he ministered to the needs of a single person, even to a little child. Great things happened not only because people had faith in Jesus, but also because Jesus had so much faith in them.

Most of the really important things which Jesus said or did seemed to happen casually, "as he passed by." There was so little of the professional, the well-planned, or the premeditated in the Master's earthly ministry. He dispensed health and scattered happiness naturally and gracefully as he journeyed through life. It was literally true, "He went about doing good."

And it behooves the Master's followers in all ages to learn to minister as "they pass by"--to do unselfish good as they go about their daily duties.

(From: The RSV Bible - Luke 6:31-38)
And as you wish that men would do to you, do so to them. "If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to receive as much again. But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for he is kind to the ungrateful and the selfish. Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful. Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven; give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For the measure you give will be the measure you get back.

(From: Heda Bejar)
The fragrance always remains in the hand that gives the rose.

(From: Ruth Stout)
Working in the garden...gives me a profound feeling of inner peace.

………… The Sermon ……….

When we choose Good, we are choosing God's will whether we know it or Not, and that is Good. Most are willing to admit that God is the Source of all Goodness and Love (in theory at least), but then fail to give Him
credit when that Goodness flows through themselves. If only more people could recognize and Embrace that the Goodness in their Lives is Of God and With God. Alas… but it is not yet so. Someday perhaps…
God works His Greatest Miracles Through those of His Children who are willing to serve in Love, merely for the sake of Love… because They Feel it and they can't help but want Others to "Feel it" as well. They do it not for wealth nor notoriety, they do it simply…because they Care.
Serve only in Love and Father makes sure we are where we need to be, when we need to be there, for Whatever service most needs to be done, for whomsoever needs the service. Those willing to Serve our Father's Children, Our brothers and sisters, at Any time are given ample opportunity to Do so.
"As he passed by..." was Jesus' way of ministering... and he didn't need to check back to see how his participation in their lives worked out. He did his part "In the Moment" and knew that he had done enough for that moment. If people sought him out again, he was once again, there In the Moment with them... not to reminisce but to continue moving forward.
Jesus looked for the Good in people and Found it, and reflected it back to them… then helped them to strengthen their resolve for more of that goodness in their life. He also knew that Our Father's Spirit within them would help them to work out the details of how best to go about living in Goodness.
There was once a beloved Community Garden that everyone in the small community cared for as if it were their very own. No one was able to come and care for it every day, they had jobs and lives to go about. But every day, Someone was there to tend it … to see to its needs. Seeds planted by one, would likely be watered or fertilized or weeded by others. Everyone did what they could, when they could, Because they all wanted to see the garden Thrive. And the Garden Did Thrive, because it was Loved by Many. All served in the Garden, and All Benefited from the bounties of the Garden.
What if we all cared for one another in this world in that same way?

………… The Prayer ………….

Dear God,
I am at Your Service. Do with me as You Will.

You ALL are Within the Infinitely Loving Embrace of our Universal Parent,
The Creator's Infinite Love to all of You, Pastor Daniel.
Thank you for the Love that you Share!!
Please visit our web site at: http://www.churchwithin.org 

This is a March 10, 2002 partial transcript, omitting the Q&A, from the No. Colorado TeaM, which has been in existence for about 6 months. Daniel Raphael is T/r.

DISCERNMENT: THOUGHTFUL OBEDIENCE

RAYSON: Good afternoon, this is Rayson. Welcome to Sunday's afternoon session of the Northern Colorado Teaching Mission Group. Welcome to our guests. As we begin every week, I wish you to declare your intention for being here, why you are here, declare that for yourselves. (Pause) And now invoke this intention into being with the energy of yourself and that of the Father, Michael and Nebadonia. (Pause) Thank you.

Today's lesson is a small one, in part, and we will have more, later. Today, let us have a credibility check using the process of discerning to determine whom it is you are listening to. We want you to be thoughtful, conscientious participants, rather than mindless devotees. How you do this is by remaining open and questioning, as you do the other open events of your life. And though TRing has made you feel secure and safe, yet it is a process that you must examine for yourself. Any mission or organization that does not have a built-in process for examining itself, oftentimes loses credibility, it is unable to discern its own way.

Have you ever thought why it was that the angels, midwayers, and so many others followed Lucifer into rebellion? What was missing? What was lacking in their thought process that allowed this tremendous misfortune to occur to this local universe, and most particularly to each individual, whether celestial or other? What allowed this tragedy to occur? Was it lazy thinking? Was it long-term indoctrination of going to work every day, so to speak, and following the ways of each day's work and labor? Or was it due to the sophistries of Lucifer and Caligastia and Satan? Perhaps, all of those things. But when you see a major deviation in the course of life, philosophy, structure, of your leaders and others, what will you think, or will you even be able to think? You see discernment is a primary ingredient to thoughtful obedience. Thoughtful obedience. Was their fault due to disciplined obedience? Perhaps.

So how is it that you know that this is Rayson and not Daniel deceiving you? I do not bring this to the table today to cause you uncertainty, but to teach you a lesson that you must adhere to for the rest of your lives, on this planet and on the next. There is the opportunity for those with self- will to always spout sophistries to appear to be saying the truth but leading others astray. In a choice such as that, it is black and white. You are either "with the Father and on your way to Paradise," no matter how long the duration, or you're not. There are some simple aspects of this chosen path, which are simple, and clear. If you do the Father's will then of course you seek the Father's will, to have it revealed to you in one way or another, through the actions of your life and developments, or through the inner guidance of your Thought Adjuster. And while you as mortals lead an incredibly precarious life, and the uncertainties of your success are everywhere about you, yet you have the truest guide of all within you, and that is your Thought Adjuster.

And why is it, dear Children, that Finaliters who are Agondonters are of such immense value in the universe? It is because they had to learn to discern to live an infinite life; they had to discern and weigh, judge and assess, and sift and sort, truths from those that are not, to find the path, the way forward through their ascendant careers. You have an old saying, "If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, flies in the air, it must be a duck!" Use that simple analogy to discern truth from that which is not. I apologize that I must make Daniel the "figure" of comparison, for I am sure that it is quite uncomfortable for him, yet it is our only example today that we can use. We could use others from other TR sessions, from other places in the country, but this is immediate, and this is now, and this is where you can learn most. So you would question, is this Rayson speaking, or is this Daniel? There are two sides to that, of course. One is, have you ever read anything or heard Daniel speak this way, and hold meetings in his own right, in his own name, or even under the guise of another and produce these kinds of lessons? The other side is, have you heard Rayson speak consistently, as other Celestial Teachers have, giving lesson after lesson, week after week, month after month, with a consistency that leads one to believe that this is something different, something good?

Which leads us to another point: What is the nature of these lessons, are they 'good' or are they not? Has any one instance in all the many thousands, tens of thousands of words that have poured forth through this mouth ever directed you or guided you or even 'suggested' that you change your loyalties from the Father, from Michael? Have you ever heard one instance, one suggestion that you adhere to the suggestions of the speaker, this mortal? Yes, you are faith-filled sons and daughters of our beloved Michael, who lived here on this planet and knows so well of what you live, and what you go through day to day and week to week, and through your whole lifetime. You are not left without guidance. As faith-filled individuals, you could say, "I have faith that this is alright, that this is okay," but you have seen that and heard that of other people, have you not, who fell victims to some grandiose schemes that cost them their physical, mortal lives, or their life savings, or their homes? You are not left without guidance and without resources. You have your Thought Adjuster, whose leadings are very subtle; and there's the Spirit of Truth, Spirit of Michael, that was left here to help you reveal the truth of a statement or not, of lessons or not. But you must ask questions -- “Does this ring of the truth?” -- and then listen, or feel; or, “Is this not of the truth?” -- and listen and feel. The discerning mind asks questions. And so, those who don't ask questions can oftentimes become the sheep of a wayward leader.

As the Teaching Mission expands, and as the different aspects of the Correcting Time expand in personal areas of your belief systems, and as you see greater awakenings around you in spiritual and religious centers, do not forget this lesson today. There are and will be even more sources of spiritual insight and guidance that will come to you in weeks and months and years to come. And though this may seem to be chaos to you, there will be many threads leading from each one to a center, and those that are true will follow that thread to that center, and eventually, over time, there will be one religion, the religion of the Father. So does this sound of the Father, of Michael and of the way and the light, or does it not? It is not a point of decision; it is a point of discerning. Care must be given, and yes, there will be many prophets who come to you, near you and far, who will have other messages, other words to say, other directions to take you, if you wish.

You have been given a grand insight into the management of the universe, and particularly this world in chaos during its recovery from rebellion through the Teaching Mission, through these personal sources of guidance and wisdom that you have heard through Daniel and many other TR's across the country and around the world. You have been given an opportunity to help others who come behind you, with you, to help discern. Others will ask you too, "Why do you go to the Teaching Mission, why do you do that, it's such a farcical enterprise, there's no one visible, you are just listening to this person spout off every other Sunday or every week for whichever group you go to? Why do you do that?" Do you have a ready answer? Do you know the truths and how to discern them?

Remember that the journey of belief begins with Hope, Faith, Belief, Trust and then Knowing. You have passed the test of Hope, and you are beyond Faith at this time, and you are even into Belief and Trust. And when you come to "Know" the Father's presence in you and all around you, then you "Know" the beneficence of the universe that is all around you and within you. You then can become a source of truth to others also, for you will know the way and the way will be through you. And you will know Truth, for you will know how to discern truth, and you will look at it and know if it is of the Father's way or not. Many, who read the Urantia Book and other books of wisdom, often do not know the way of truth. That perhaps sounds like an apostate talking to you, but it is not. There are those who read books and study didactically without thought, without logic, only listening to the words and nodding their heads. The requirement to become an ascender, to receive the embrace of the Father, is to be a thinking, thoughtful, discerning individual. There are eras in your future lives in the morontial and spiritual states that will challenge you. Think of those individuals who traverse to Paradise, but are not admitted. Some wait lifetimes, ages, what of them? Why is it that they do not cross? I don't have an answer for you today, but surely this skill of discerning Truth must be a valuable one to aid you in all your journeys' way. This concludes this part of today's lesson. Do you have questions concerning it, please?

Guest: Can you tell us anything of your own background, I really don't understand who you are, where you are from, your history a little bit?

RAYSON: Surely. Could you relate that to the lesson?
Guest: Could I relate it to the lesson? I'm sorry!

RAYSON: I would be glad to answer your question, once the other questions are completed. I offer this lesson today, not as a chastisement to any of you, certainly not, for that would be demeaning, but this is a lesson of wisdom. How sad it would be, would it not, if you traversed from this planet in rebellion and learned not to discern? (Rayson laughing) What a folly of a soul! What a folly of a lifetime! For you as Agondonters of this planet of rebellion, this is a primary skill! You bring forth wisdom as an Agondonter finaliter, which will be profound to others, for you will have been there. And this is now, this is today, this is where you begin, and this is where you will learn these lessons. So I say that this is not a chastisement, none of you have anything to worry about concerning this lesson. It is just a lesson of wisdom, and so you do not need to hold your heads low, but really hold your heads high, for you can appreciate the lesson that is to be learned here in your lifetime more completely, through this lesson and applying it, repeatedly, in the rest of your mortal lifetime upon this planet.

HEAVENLY HELPERS

The next transmission is a partial transcript also taken from the Cincinnati Team, dated March 24, 2002 wherein Jim Cleveland is the Transmitter/receiver.

CELESTIAL ARTISAN, VERONICA: Dear Hearts, I am almost overcome with joy to be with you. I am Veronica.

GROUP: Hi, Veronica. Hello.

VERONICA: I am an artisan, assigned to this collective, for the joyous task of interacting with you, some of my most favorite humans, whom I follow daily and even hourly, for I love you so much. We come to you across dimensions. We have been where you are, however, and we can provide many signposts to help you. My lesson would be to accent your ascension, ecstatically, and to joyously experience the material on route to the spiritual. It is a journey for which you are well equipped. You have heard of the magnificent flowering of the universe from your Melchizedek teachers, truly a grand and glorious university which is one of many universities, many universities upon this universe. For, that is what this university is all about.

And much, much of these great resources are devoted to your ascension. For, you are indeed worth it. You are the seed that proves the vitality, the glory of the time and space worlds, the Be Ye Perfect continuum for all ages. You have the gifts which you are charged to learn to use to find the coalescence that you need to make this ecstatic leap into eternity.You have the gift of mind. You have the gift of body. You have the gift of spirit. When you find the ways to bring these together, you will find the joyous ecstasy that will propel you, propel you into realms of universal ecstasy and joy. And so, you can accent your ascension on this path and find yourself so well equipped to find more immediate joy in Mansonia if you take advantage of this head start.

What will you do to develop your mind? I submit to you that finding a place to stop your mind and settle it into a stern and rigid position is counter-productive to your continuing growth in finding the living and growing truth. For, in your brief, mortal sojourn have you not realized from time to time, year to year, that the knowledge you once had is evaporated? It is no more. It is amorphous. For, your deeper and greater perspectives lead you to a higher truth. Use your mind to reach for what you would find to open your soul to intellectual knowledge. Intellectual knowledge will grow your soul.

What would you do with your body? When you glorify it as a temple, would you utilize it wisely? Would you find the proper balance of pleasure and not reach beyond to wasteful, indulgent, self gratification? Would you find the balance that makes you happy, which is not the pursuit of pure pleasure? Pleasure is found in service, in using your talents productively, not varying them, not self indulging, but, rather using them productively to reach out and spread joy, spread love, which comes back to you many fold. Your body - your hands, your feet - all parts of you are to be enjoyed, exalted and experienced. The universe is, indeed, a university, and, indeed, the key element of knowledge is experience. Could anyone tell you about anything - the universe, your planet, your life, your schedule tomorrow? It is the experience that is the uplifting joy and you will have many times to recall these pivotal flesh times when materialism was so much a part of your being. Make your body a joyous celebration, for it is a gift. It is a gift.

Your spirit will develop by wholeheartedly searching for the Father, the Universal Father, not turning your spiritual growth over to anyone - from guru, to preacher, to the friend next door - to anyone. To find that the key to universe, growth for your spirit, even your body, even your mind, is all found from within, the strength that you gather from within. For the Father expects you to go out in the world and find strength of character? No, the Father would not expect you to find it, for, it is not out there. It is within. You find these deep values from within, and in finding them you are so overjoyed that you want to turn them into service, for you are comforted, you are secure in the knowledge, the incredible knowledge of your grand ascension - you, as a beloved child of God, completely unique, with a place in the universe, on your planet, in your county, in your state, on your block and with all the people within your aura.

Be proud of your status as humans, for you start at the very beginning and you have such a long and glorious way to go. There are trials and tribulations here which can be endured quite confidently, provided you struggle in love and not fear. And, your path will be made easier when you understand that it is faith that is the key to love, and then to service. And, faith, not fear, will drive you forward. You can do the impossible, for truly, you have no idea of what the impossible is, and never have. All is possible under God. All is possible with God. If you stay with God, you will do wondrous things, even if those wondrous things are within the walls of your home, within your family in the glorious job of parenting, or in your neighborhood, or even into the world. You are honored. You are exalted. As ascending children of God, just make sure you keep ascending.

And I must say that, although I grew up across the universe, far across the universe, I was a mortal. I want you to understand your special place, for, we too, knew Jesus. We, too, celebrated this life, this example, and we were across the grand, and glorious universe of Nebadon. You are a special place; you are a special people. You are a special quest. You are a special place where spiritual servants and volunteers are coming to share their perspectives with you. Do not expect them all to be all wise, for, truly, they ascend as you are. Their perspectives of truth are their own, as yours are, and, this is never taken from you. Your perspectives are an integral part of your personality. Free Will is an intricate part of the entire, ever circling, circular evolution of which you are a part. There is no beginning; there is no end. There is only your ever ascending, swirling growth on the ascension path, which carries you to places you can only imagine. I wish you well in your quest. I will always follow you closely.

Group: Thank you, Veronica.

Secondary Midwayer RACHEL: Hello, I am Rachel.

Group: Hi, Rachel. Welcome!

RACHEL: I do not sound like Veronica. I am a midwayer. Our energies are different. We speak differently. We are here with you. We are not accustomed to this role of teaching for we are expediters who would make your projects move faster and easier. We have been here, in another dimension of your reality, for many generations, of course. You read about us; you know we are here. You know we facilitate, in some respect, these transmissions. We are servants to Universal Father.

I would say to you that, if you start projects and wish our assistance, we will come forth or work with you in subtle ways. We are not teachers. We are companions to help to give you insight through your Thought Adjuster and these insights will help you work more efficiently. We are what you might call your indigenous, Indian culture. We have been here so long, that we, of course, are part of the biological landscape, as you are, and we are pleased and blessed to live in the spaces where you do not live. We anticipate growing a more productive relationship as time moves forward in the reclamation of these worlds. I would only impress upon you not to make little of this mission, or your place, or this particular place within the reclamation. You are an integral part of it, small in number. Who cares? Great works are accomplished by people with the right connections. We will help you make these connections.

Planetary communications is a realm in which we have enjoyed good success. Urantia Revelation was the beginning of a more active role and we will be more active still in working with you. Your teachers are, indeed, your source of inspiration and knowledge, but, myself, Sarah, and other individuals within our corps will be helping, as necessary, in these publishing, archival, library, and other types of projects, which involve publishing and spreading the news to increasing numbers of people. People are being awakened from within. They must be given impetus from broadcasting and spreading the word to larger numbers.

The larger numbers seem to give validity to the experience, itself, and people begin to understand it is quite alright, and quite correct to find your own spiritual path, as I know you have endeavored to do for a personal basis, and you should continue. Do not go to shamans for spiritual guidance. God is within you, within you, and you know this. And so, we would help as we are needed, and we would be there as you would need us. You must acknowledge the fact that you want some assistance on some project and we will be there. For the most part, we are background workers, however, and for the most part, we will remain background workers, except for specific projects.

Gina: I love your energy, very powerful. Very powerful. I wish I could pick it up when I sit down.

MIDWAYER RACHEL: I am unaccustomed to this conduit, but we found it quite interesting to work with you all. Finally, finally, after many years of our patience it is beginning to come to fruition, for these direct routes are being established. I think they believe that you can be entrusted with these circuitries and they will be forthcoming. We will hope to use them judiciously, wisely, and even more so within the spiritual union of the great mission of the Melchizedek university, of which we are a part.

Gina: Well, I hope you can use me someplace.

Carl: You're being used now, I'm sure.

MIDWAYER RACHEL: Midwayers are quite prolific, and I'm sure one can be found who can be attuned for your demeanor, which is quite straight ahead and forthcoming. We are much this way, too. In fact, we can border upon impatience from time to time, for, the pace of celestial and spiritual progress is slow and we are just midwayers, after all. We have seen too much to be satisfied upon this planet, for indeed, tragedies, travesties occur with grinding and pressing reality. We would do something about this and our active role is something we greatly appreciate and we greatly acknowledge the mandate and the quest to be part of this with you.

Midwayers who were in rebellion are back, as well. Why? Because this is indeed a great reclamation, and indeed, they would be part of it. They were part of it in the beginning; they are part of it now - the reclamation of all concerned, the reclamation of all planets concerned. And, this one, in particular, our home, which we can turn back into a glorious garden. The environment can be increased and improved, I should say. It can be put back in good order, provided we co-creatively take hold of these projects and do them. We have the time; you have the time. We have been here with your parents, and grandparents, and ancestors before that. We can trace your family trees. We are, finally, pleased to be able to hitch upon this ascension train and be part of your growth, and we can, in helping facilitate your projects.

God's speed!

Group: Thank you, Rachel. It takes courage to be able to try this new connection.

Celestial Artisan ELISHA : This is Elisha.

Group: Hello, Elisha.

ELISHA:

With just a moment of verse,
Hopefully, not too terse.
You could do worse.
It's not the universe.
You don't have to immerse.
Just listen first.

This is the age of miracles and joy
Brought to reality in each girl and boy.

To follow the straight path to joyous peace
Comes from the spirit giving full release

To the guidance of the Holy Spirit inside
To bring forth the loving and enjoy the ride.

You are each sparkling stars on an ethereal plane,
Basking in son shine and celestial rain.

Share it with all that you meet each day
And you will be happy in every way.

Your struggles, in love, will be easy to bear,
And you will find a companion in Jesus right there

In all that you do, and all that you share,
In all the good tidings that you bear
To brothers and sisters, everywhere.

Thank you for listening. This is Elisha, on behalf of the artisans, and all who are gathered here in happiness, and smiling all around me. I hope you feel our presence all around, for we feel yours, and we are overjoyed to be part of it.

Group: Thank you.

SUPERHUMAN?

“When man consecrates his will to the doing of the Father's will, when man gives God all that he has, then does God make that man more than he is.” -- The Urantia Book, Page 1285

A Cherubim discusses
“The Ability to Focus.”

I will use the theater of life as an example. Let’s call upon, say, Shakespeare, and Shakespeare certainly has style. If you were John Q Public, working in an office, with your statistical allotment of children, cars and dogs, you might occupy yourself perchance in trying out for a Shakespearian production at your local theater. And let’s say you get the part.

In order for you to have gotten the part in the first place, you have to have an appreciation for Shakespeare, an affinity for his style. You have to have some respect for his art form. And as you get into the emotional ambiance of his scenes, his situations, that is embellished by costuming and props that focus on the reality that the theater is presenting, that Shakespeare depicited in his many plays.

And so as you try out for the play, you get the part, you learn the lines, you are at the theater every other night for rehearsals. You begin to eat and drink and sleep the reality of the play. The play’s the thing! The magic begins to develop between the players. The wit of Shakespeare is brought forth such that that same wit is contageous in the cast members, even when they run into each other at the local gas station or PTA meeting.

Towards the debut of the production, the conscientious actor will have developed almost consumptive focus on the play, the reality that he is going to depict, and in depicting it, in order to be good, he wants to be there. He wants it so much, it consumes everything about him. And this is what focus is --- that you can establish a reality outside of the automatic pilot, routine existence, and focus your energy and attention on doing it perfectly, such that it is in every fiber of your body.

You would immediately recognize if someone showed up on stage in a science fiction costume. You would immediately recognize if a contemporary player were to come out and perform his or her lines. They would not fit within the focus of the reality of the Shakespeare play that is the reality you are committed to.

That’s an example of the focus of living in the now, of living in the kingdom, of living in the zone of the Father. The thing about this state of life, too, is that in the end, when the final production is played out and the final curtain comes down, there will be a cast party and everyone will go back to normal, back to flatline, back to the status quo, until such time as the Creator calls for an audition of yet another production, and thus you are able to experience many different kinds of life, many varieties of experience. And in your choosing, you give yourself to the assignment so fully as to focus your entire being on what you are doing.

This is the same focus of energy that the heathen use when they set out to get their needs met. They know what they want and they apply the costuming and the mind games that will go into manipulating their prey for their purposes, even when the prey realizes he or she is the prey. There is always something to be learned and something to be taught.

I use the example of the theater not simply as an expression of your life, but an expression of eternal life, for there will be ascending realities, new plateaus of living, new realities of experiential existence, up through the mansion worlds, even to Paradise. A thousand years here, an age there. But you know where you are; you know what you’re doing; you know your period costuming and you know the language of the players, because you have an understanding of focus. Thus your lines will always be in keeping. They can be heard. They can be acknowleged as genuine, as they reflect the quality of the Creator.

If you are in that play, then you are so entrenched, when the moment comes for you to speak your lines, how can you do other than do well. The only reason you would not be effective in your role would be because you had not given yourself to the