[tmtranscripts] 2/23/03 Rio Rancho TeaM

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Date: February 23, 2003
Location: Rio Rancho, NM, USA Esmarelda's hideaway
Teachers: Anatolia and Tomas
Topics:
- Capturing attention; being a focal point for higher values
- About eradicating evil; which way do you choose to do it?
- Such violence is not for children; take immediate diversionary action
- A new vision of citizenship; superceding barriers and borders
- The Rainbow of Humanity; many colors, one band - the way it truly is
Q & A:
- Advice for the work place
- The Saddam Hussein/George W. Bush drama
- The Intoxication of Power/The Illusion of Power
- Join the side of Good; speak out for Goodness, Truth and Beauty
T/R's: Gerdean (for Tomas) and Matthew (for Anatolia)
Music: Elena on Piano playing "Beneath the Cross of Jesus"

Prayer: (Matthew) Let us place ourselves in the presence of Jesus, the
Christ.

Master Teacher,
You hear our cries, of your children in need and in all but despair. If we
were to despair, it would be a sin of unfaithfulness. Times like these call
upon us to be true soldiers of Christ. To be one in spirit with you and with
all deity for which we are a part, as I understand you came to demonstrate
God to man and man to God, of which we are in that loop of infinity.
Strengthen us to be of one mind and one spirit, to know that all will work
out to cause holiness and oneness, in your spirit and in your being. Enable
us to be steadfast and true to that purpose and that outcome.

We ask for the teachers that you present to us today, to continue to enliven
and excite us in our spiritual unity and purpose. For all that you know of
our hearts and our minds that are of need for your address, we place them
before you now.

In appreciation now and forever, we are yours. Amen.

TOMAS: Gracious group of listeners, it is I, your teacher, Tomas, glad again
to be among you and part of you, in this relationship we share and which we
are enlarging as we continue to gather in this way, in order to become more
than you were and to exalt that which is the Source of our being.

We are touched by your concerns for the world condition and understand your
chagrin in light of your aspirations for humanity. In your chat before our
session, as always, we took note, and I bring to your attention the fact of
those of you who protested the war have been dubbed a 'focus group.' Well,
yes, you needn't argue with that. Jesus and his apostles were a focus group
also, and we see the effects of their teachings among you today.

Lest we be short-sighted, remember too, that Machiventa and Abraham were
focal points at one time in your global history, and the effects of their
lives upon your planet also impact the greater consciousness of Urantia.
Those of you who are in line to foster this New Age in which we walk, and who
realize a degree of Light and Life, are a focal point for that value. Thus
we are representative of the goal,… and that which is the prevalent reality
is the current and unfortunate paradigm.

Let us focus on that 'focus group.' What do you suppose they represent
together, across the globe? They represent those who choose to support
non-violence. There are those who, perhaps, have witnessed Violence and have
sworn against it. There are, perhaps, those who have Adjusters of previous
experience in worlds which were war-torn, and thus they carry within them an
awareness of what effects war releases upon a world-society. Perhaps they
are people who have imagination, whose imagination tends towards Hope rather
than toward Fear. Perhaps they are the Artists. But whatever they are, they
are a statement for reconciliation, cooperation, and qualities farreaching
beyond the current global conflict to a vision of Utopia or an Ideal, which
helps to balance the other focus, that 'focus group' which adamantly asserts
itself in defense of its position to eradicate evil at any cost.

In terms of eradicating evil, this is our job as teachers in the teacher
corps. And I am giving everything I can to my assignment and I understand,
and believe, that there are those who are also working with, and for, those
who support the opinion that war is a form social surgery that simply
eradicates a deadly disease so that the organism can regain strength and
thrive.

The Master Teacher will prevail with each of these individuals, regardless of
their political persuasion, or the role they play, in the unfolding of the
paradigm.

I, however, will amuse you. For it has been pointed out that in this past
week, while so many are focused on the global concerns, the broadcasts of
Michael Jackson were a point of interest for so many individuals, proving
that there is a need for diversion. I will thus be your diversion. I will
encourage your diversion from this oppressive atmosphere of war and violence.
For whatever reason, for whatever purpose, and to whatever end, it is a far
cry from the Elevated and Ennobled state of Light and Life that we aspire for
- these attitudes which are appropriate for children.

Children should not be exposed to violence like this. So those of you who are
children at heart, come along, and Tomas will tell you stories, Miriam will
fluff up the pillows and let in the fresh air, the Artisans will encourage
you to be creative, to color pictures that depict Ideal Values for which we
can reach.

"They" accused Jesus of being ludicrous and not grappling with reality.
"They" said he was beside himself and, as Peacemaker, was weak. But we who
know the Master know more of his nature. We know his strength. We know his
Faith. We know his Trust, in the Father. He placed his Trust in Father
regardless of what transpired on the world scene. He chose to go about doing
good. He persisted in seeing the Good in people. He persevered with his
vision of a Loving Father and a Brotherhood of Mankind.

You who are of a joyous countenance, because of your Faith, are called upon
to 'be of good cheer' in this time of stress for the Nations. Rise above
the cultural concerns to devote yourself to the ministry of the individual.
Help remove them from the Fear that overwhelms them. Be amusing. Provide
diversion. Use your imagination. This is, for some of you, a way to do God's
will, because, as you know, all of life is a balance, and you should counter
the strain of living with a certain amount of play. When you gather together
to play together, you keep a spark of Light alive. You go against the
persecutions. You resist the darkness and the down-pull of the Ages. And you
Witness to the Light.

This is not suggested as an excuse for silliness and immaturity. It is not my
way of suggesting that you keep your head in the sand, for I know you better.
I know you are intelligent people. I know you are sensitive and caring and
deeply concerned about the world's condition. I know that you know well the
answers to all these problems are indissolubly linked to the Fatherhood of
God and the Brotherhood of Man, and that you live this philosophy as a way of
life. So, no. I am not worried about you, but there is no good purpose to
overmuch focus on that which you can do little about. Rather, turn the other
cheek, as a community. Become that focal point which sees Truth, Beauty and
Goodness as something to exalt … as a way of life! Imagine the Ideal and
strive to attain it; inspire your fellows by your actions, indicative of your
Faith.

Matthew: Anatolia is here.

Gerdean: Greetings.

ANATOLIA: This is a day that brings cheer and renewal to all of us who
witness your way of coping with difficulty. For there has been, in your
experience, good and bad, of course -- either personally or collectively --
in times that have gone past in your individual and generational experience.
However, for the most part, you all remember times that have been good, and
with little, if any, oppositional pressure upon society at large. This is not
to say that recent years have been without societal pressure, but there was a
time, either in youth or adulthood, that the American Experience was the
Eagle flying high with an Olive branch in one claw and Arrows in the other.

This time of uncertainty and lack of clarity -- in terms of where the Eagle
flies and what it carries -- is a time of transition, for yourselves, your
nation and the world-at-large. It is a time to recognize that a Greater
Truth bridges all understanding, surpasses all national goals, and is of
Universal Truth. It is being illustrated at this time. It is for those of
you who see the wisdom and the value of collateral action, that is of a
'peace-movement,' and the unison that takes place within a worldly movement
calling for the Brotherhood of Man, to lend all of your support, aid and
energy in this direction for the strengthening of this work.

It is within each and every individual's call and capability to strengthen
this world-wide collective response to the Humanity that is shared by all.
Regardless of any doctrinaire, or purpose for living that may differ from one
locale, or region, to another, and the vast differences that may be apparent,
it is of certitude that the Oneness of all Humanity within your Father's
house is Very Real.

I offer an alternative perspective to your cares and concerns -- those of you
who see the Brotherhood of Man and the Unity of all Humanity as more than
just a dream or a goal that may never be achieved, least of all in your
lifetimes. Picture this as the action, as well as the outcome, of whatever
may occur at this critical point in time. In other words, instead of being
so concerned about the apparent lunacy, or lack of clarity, in terms of a
National Message -- one which you have been used to, as a message of being
'American,' (this will take you no where, dwelling on the negative image that
you perceive, that is being portrayed). Rather, raise your vision, heighten
your perspective and broaden the horizon for what IS at hand, for what IS
being demonstrated, and for what the ultimate outcome will suggest. Focus
on these world-wide efforts to raise the energy and consciousness of your
brothers and sisters throughout this vast worldly domain. This will enable a
heightened awareness, of which you are a part, and you may take Eternal
Pleasure in having raised the level of activity and level of conscious
awareness, and that will be improved upon.

This is what I encourage you to partake in. Anything that you can do that
will enable this perspective to prevail, will supercede international
borders. It will wash like a soothing and cleansing tide of perfection across
the barriers of hearts and minds which resist - that which damns up or
prevents the flow water from occurring. This, as the water-cleansing action,
will bring your planet to the heightened source of energy that it has been
all along. It is as if your world fights itself, defies the law of nature,
and says, 'We are yet unworthy' of that which, in our Truest Being, knows to
be Real - and that is that a Heavenly Presence that is at the Center of All
That Is - cannot NOT be within me as well, and that this dualistic nature
that exists within the human psyche can be improved upon and raised to new
levels.

This is what I suggest that you focus your collective attentions upon - to
help raise this International Brotherhood of One People to its new height and
awareness. Knowing who each of you are, in the Creator, is your beginning
point and Focus. Reaching out to include the Brotherhood of Man is the
Outcome.

I encourage you to entertain this idea on a daily basis. When you hear the
news that seems to be taking the world to new depths of despair, focus your
attention upon the Unity of Purpose of all of those millions who committed
themselves to being one in mind and spirit, that day and everyday since. You
get the thought, the idea, the message. This is where I wish for you to
plant your flowers - under the Rainbow of Humanity - the many colors, the One
band. That truly is the way it is.

Peace be with you and may all of the Force for Oneness within each of your
lives, and that of all lives, be true and real and felt today. And all days.
Peace be with you now and forever.

TOMAS: Welcome now to the segment of our sessions wherein we have the free
exchange of ideas in this gallery of human and divine. I'll be divine.
(group laughter) You be human. (laughter) What's been going on in your lives
that you would bring to the attention of your mentors?

Elena: Well, Tomas, I got identified as a Project Manager last week and it's
something that I'm really excited about and I'm not really scared about it,
as such, but I wanted to see if you had any advice because I'd like to do a
really good job with this.

TOMAS: I probably do, but I won't presume to advise you unless and until I
know what it is that you need advice about. Give me some background
information and set out your challenge. From there we can perhaps ascertain
an approach that would benefit you and your group that you affect.

Elena: Ok. It's a project that … because of a lack of funding is not hiring
a 'professional' project manager, and I'm the 'volunteered' Project Manager
for it. It's combining and working -- coordinating -- the resources that are
in my department - from a technical nature - and different groups that don't
talk to each other that much. There are a handful of departments that are
committed to this project and it will be contingent upon me or someone that I
work with to get other agencies onboard. So there are a number of different
parts of this project that in some ways seem undoable. Is that enough?

TOMAS: Let me ask you a couple of questions in order to ascertain your
integrity level in this project, for there's no point in counseling you to
behave in a certain way if it is against your nature or if your heart is not
in it. I am hearing you say you need to do a 'selling job' (Elena: uh-huh)
but you won't get the cooperation you need by 'selling' something - you need
to have them 'believe' in it in order for it to receive the enthusiastic
support you yearn for. Do you, thus, 'believe' in it…or have you been 'sold'
on it?

Elena: Yes, I do.

TOMAS: Then you should have no trouble expressing your enthusiasm and the
contagiousness of your exuberance ought to spill out and impact others to
think accordingly. As long as you believe in what you're doing and can see
certain results, not necessarily gigantic support but even some support, you
will feel you are succeeding. Keep youy expectations within reason or you
will set yourself up for failure and disappointment. To the extent that you
believe in the project, convey that to others. As they respond to you in
kind, take heart from their response.

It is a transitional situation. It is growing and, therefor, must be
malleable and open to adaptation. Let not the naysayers overwhelm you nor the
grumblers discourage you. You have a Pollyanna attitude, an 'Unsinkable
Molly Brown' approach to much of your life. I have every confidence that you
will be able to drum up the necessary energy that will keep your boat afloat.

Elena: Thanks, Tomas

Paula: Well I've been thinking a lot about the war situation again, and
I've been thinking very seriously about sending Bush a letter and telling him
how I don't want to see war start. I have four grandsons - all in the age
group that would go (to war) - one of them has a little boy, 3 ½, and I don't
want to see them go to war and perhaps get killed. What he ought to do
(Bush) is to get some of the smartest Dead-Eye Dick spies that we've got and
dress up in those robes they wear, and get close enough to that they can kill
Saddam.

Because once they lose their leader they'll become all confused and
discombobulated and maybe that would stop things, because then they'd be too
scared to get started on anything knowing that the United States is pretty
strong and they'd probably get whooped to nothing. Don't ya think that'd be
a pretty good idea to get him (Saddam) good and dead?

TOMAS: Well let me put it to you this way, how would you like to have to
deal with that when you wake up in the Resurrection Hall and find him sitting
there, next to you? You are going to have to learn how to have a
relationship with this man one way or another, sooner or later. He is indwelt
by God. He will very likely resurrect. Just because you 'pick him off' does
not mean you are done with him, you see. It is so easy for you short-sighted
individuals to think that "if we just 'off' the fellow we'll be done with
him." But that is not the case because you are forgetting that you are
eternal, in potential, and you are not the arbiter of how long someone will
live. You can only govern this world. And 'picking someone off' is not
really governing. It is playing a game of tit-for-tat.

For who is to say that some wise-eyed old grandmother in some foreign country
isn't also thinking, "Why don't we send over to America one of our
sharpshooters and just pick him off? And then they'll have to re-think the
situation and then we'll be done with 'em'." What that would do is you would
have a country without a leader on this end, just as you propose on the other
end. It doesn not solve the problem, to 'off' an individual, even if he is
the leader of the country, because the essential ideologies of the people are
unformulated adequately that they can be self-governing. It only opens an
opportunity for another to take their place and there is no guarantee that
another one would be a better one.

But I certainly encourage you to write to the president and let your feelings
be known and do not negate your opinion. Your opinion does matter, Paula.
Your opinion does matter.

Paula: He'd probably say 'Who do you think you are?' and I'd say "I was one
of the people who helped you get yourself elected. I was dumb enough to vote
for you at the time." (group snickers)

TOMAS: Do not be discourage when you discover, as a human, you make
mistakes. That is how wisdom gets acquired.

Elena: I'm glad that you asked that question. I really am because I'm glad
to hear what Tomas has to say about it … because a lot people say that we
wouldn't have the problem now if we had 'finished the job' back then, the
first time. Lots of people think that if we'd killed Hussein then it would
have solved the problem and I'm really glad to hear how Tomas looked upon
that idea. That really helps.

Esmarelda: I was watching Washington Journal one morning, early, and this
lady called in and her wish was that George W. Bush and the whole Bush family
be wiped off the face of the earth! So I guess we all have our different
wishes.

Thoroah: It shows you how ridiculous it is to wish someone was wiped off the
face of the earth.

Paula: Well, I sure wish that he were gone because once you lose a leader it
kinda undermines things and maybe that would be the answer.

Matthew: Well,there was an email I sent out that included information that
apparently some person had a vision in a dream that Jesus came to him and
said that if a million people across the world prayed that Saddam step down,
that it could actually happen. So perhaps it's possible and the whole idea
of him going into exile, if somebody would take him, seems like a fruitful
outcome to me, so I haven't given up yet that something like that could
happen.

Paula: He's so full of pride he just won't step down. He thinks he's the
biggest thing that ever happened. He'll never step down.

Thoroah: Are you talking Bush? Or Saddam? (group laughter and comments)

Paula: Saddam will never step. That's just wishful thinking.

TOMAS: There is something very intoxicating about power. Anyone who has ever
had power understands that it is not something your relinquish lightly. Even
if you are impotent, if you hold a Position of Power you hold onto the
Illusion of Power. And in many ways what you are dealing with is the Illusion
of Power and the threats that Illusion will make in order to sustain itself
as a reality, even when it is not possible for such a reality to exist.
These are mere men. They know in the privacy of their heart that they are
weak, but they are driven by the Illusion of Power that has put them in the
position that they are in today.

I speak not just of these two leaders you speak of but anyone who is in a
Position of Power. They have been PUT there by someone. And to the extent
that the group who put them in power has reality, that's how much reality the
leader has. He has only as much power as his people. If he has destroyed
his people, he has no power, only the Illusion of Power.

This is why the email, Matthew, has merit. Prayer has Real Power and
Illusion does not. It's not necessary for people who genuinely pray to take
up arms. Their Power is inherent in their Faith ... Living Faith. The adage
is true that 'love is more contagious than hate.' It is augmented by the fact
that Prayer has True Power and politics is an Illusion of Power.

Even though all of you play politics and all of you subscribe to political
theories, in part, or whole, because of you being residents of this world,
you must also realize that Spiritual Reality is Greater Reality than
political reality. And that is why we call upon you to call upon your
Spiritual Nature to direct your energies in this situation.

Politically speaking, write letters, yes. Make phone calls. Picket on
whatever platform you choose. But Spiritually speaking, set-aside all those
considerations in favor of the philosophy of the Fatherhood of God and the
Brotherhood of man. The world is your home. It is the home of all peoples.
All people are citizens of this world, this globe. All the children should
have enough to eat. All the water ought to be potable. All the fields should
be fertile. And all the temples should be patronized by all people.

But these are Ideals that we strive for. As religionists it is possible for
you to persevere because there is that element of Divinity within you that
can prevail even when you are weak, give up, become discouraged or submit to
fear yourselves. Just keep coming back to that Source of your Reality. Make
the acquaintance of the God within you. Hold fast to that Reality. It is
eternal.

I suspect that for the duration of the crisis I will be, perforce, your
cheerleader. Your team leader, encouraging you to remember who you are and
what your real purpose is for being here. It is the development of your soul
that is my assignment and I, like you, will need to plow through the vagaries
of existence that consume your hearts and minds to such a great extent, that
crowds out that joy of living - that well-spring of purpose - that sits
within the seat of your soul.

Lift up your eyes from this place beneath the cross of Jesus and find
yourself risen, along side him. Having found your way out of that tomb that
fear would love to see you buried in, alive. 'Be of good cheer,' is not a
simple salutation.

Matthew: I have a question about, what sounded like, in your lesson, Tomas,
about those who took part in the anti-war demonstrations last week made
themselves 'focal points.' It sounds like I'm fearful but I'm just partly
playing with the idea. I was watching the news that evening and saw myself
on the very last clip of the News coverage of the Santa Fe demonstration. So
I'm just wondering if those cameras are keen enough to know who I am and
where I live. What did you mean by 'focal point?' I guess I missed the
point.

TOMAS: I certainly did not mean to instill paranoia. I do not like the fact,
Matthew, that you would feel as if someone had their sights pointed at you,
as if it were an occasion to set you up to be destroyed. If this is your
underlying sense of self, we have work to do.

Those who support Value serve that Value. They fight their good fight of
Faith against that which is antithetical to the Value they hold as worthy of
holding up and fighting for; indeed - living for. If you are afraid of being
seen, or of the possible persecutions that might come about as a result of
your having put yourself "on display," your heart isn't in it. And perhaps,
as the Master told the multitudes, you should reconsider whether you want to
"follow me or go home in peace", for those who fight this fight are called
upon to be immune from such fears. They have no bearing on what your motives
are.

I am going to be your cheerleader now, because I understand the conditioning
under which you suffer -- the thought that you are one of humanity, with
humanity, yearning for survival. To mind your own business, to live a good
life, is also wise, for you are not raising your weapons. You are the meek,
inheriting the earth, tending to the nature of things as they are and not
seeking to change them.

Those who opt to follow in those footsteps which lead them into the public
eye, are vulnerable, certainly, to persecutions, but those who are driven to
follow their Holy Grail into the battle of Faith, are impervious to the
threat of what might happen to them, for they are willingly laying down their
life for that which they believe and for those that they love.

And this is the case, no matter what side you are on -- as a wager of war or
a wager of peace.

I encourage you to step out. To see and be seen. To make your presence known.
To be a voice in the wilderness. To rise above the throng. To reveal
yourself and reveal the Father by your loving activist ways. The Spirit
needs supporters. The way of peace needs a voice. Creativity requires workers
in its field. Drama needs actors and directors. Music needs conductors and
players. Readers need writers. The realm of Liberal Arts is hungry for the
words and work of those of you who will reinforce the Value of Life in the
face of the down-pull of death.

When you band together in support of one another in what you do, you do
create a 'focal point.' A bigger 'focal point' than each of you individually.
And this is how it is that millions of people, the world over, without
"leadership" are able to make such a statement. Know that you are a part of
that part of humanity that seeks to live in Peace and seeks to raise its
children and its grandchildren and seeks to raise its crops and seeks to
learn and dance and work and sleep and play and live, for whatever purpose
Life presents. For Life is Good. Join the side of Good and speak out on
behalf of Goodness, and Truth and Beauty. However you see it. And do it
fearlessly.

What does it matter if you get "picked off" if you are doing what you are
doing with complete and total commitment to its Value? Now that might sound
like the cry of the infidel or the heathen, but Passion is a part of Life's
experience. Either LIVE it or go home quietly to pursue the dreams of Walter
Mitty. The choice is yours.

Paula: Well, my so-called soul doesn't want to see my four grandsons picked
off and killed before they've had a chance to live their lives. It'd be so
much better to see have that evil man destroyed anyway we can do it, and then
maybe, without his leadership there won't be anymore. I hope.

TOMAS: I will not argue with you, woman. You have a right to your opinion.

Paula: Well, that's mine. If I knew how to shoot a gun I'd go over there
myself and see if I couldn't pick him off. But I don't know how to shoot a
gun. I never did it.

TOMAS: I will empathize with your passion on behalf of your grandsons and
pray with you that a resolution be discovered to curtail their having to go
sacrifice themselves for a bloody cause that could be worked out if Reality
were injected where Illusion prevails.

Perhaps for the balance of the afternoon I might better serve by praying in
my own fashion and seeing how I might direct my energies through the Divine
Process, rather than through my willful ways, as we discussed last week.

Carry on, then, in your laboratory experiments as experiential children. And
we will resume again next week in our familiar, intimate and loving fashion.
Peace be upon you, each, and Peace abide with Urantia. Amen and farewell.
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