[tmtranscripts] N. Idaho TeaM 7/04/04

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North Idaho Teaching Mission Group

Topics: Realization of your Cosmic independence, Universal 
Awareness of Community 

Teachers: Elyon, Aaron, Michael

July 4, 2004

*	Elyon  (Mark TR):  Greetings, this is Elyon.  Once again I 
honor your commitment to this function and purpose and applaud 
your steadfastness in honoring these meeting times together.  I 
provide my presence as a show of support once again for our 
efforts, as we continue in our spiritual growth which we all 
know never ceases.
	I will use this occasion to offer up the topic of your 
independence, as this is recognized as your Independence Day 
nationally, and we observe that great pomp and circumstance goes 
into the observance of your national liberation and independence 
from the outside countries of the world.  You honor this date as 
a celebration of gaining your own sense of dependence on 
yourselves rather than other countries and other political 
systems having any control over you.  This brings about a sense 
of pride and a sense of accomplishment.  I would like to use 
this independence scenario to illustrate how on the personal 
spiritual level you each may celebrate your independence as an 
individual of the realm, that you find yourselves more with the 
perspective and ability to consider yourselves independent of 
outside thinking, of external jurisdiction, of the popular ways 
and trends that you may observe as you become more critical 
thinkers and more independent minded.
	This perspective of yours also provides you individually 
with a sense of pride and accomplishment for having developed 
your own platform on which to exist, your own set of standards 
by which you will function independent of the political climate 
or the social climate around you.  As with your nation, this 
sense of pride is augmented when you are able to share this 
accomplishment and this sense of independence with others around 
you who are also experiencing this.  Likewise, you as 
individuals benefit greatly from the sharing of the sense of 
independence from external forces with those around you who 
likewise have developed this sense.  When you share with your 
fellows this joy at the realization of your cosmic independence, 
then your experience is augmented and your perspective is 
deepened.
	Finding yourselves independent of external thought patterns, 
you may feel indeed the sense of freedom and liberation which 
accompany the security that you gain by having the perspective 
and wisdom to realize that your cosmic independence transcends 
all manner of material, external forces and is indeed the 
platform on which you will build your eternal career regardless 
of the changing manifestations of your external surroundings.  
This is true independence, freedom.  This is what each of us as 
a spiritual being desires and are accomplishing step by step as 
we assemble our spiritual wisdom and our spiritual perspective 
to build the platform on which we will operate.
	So, today while you observe the joy as your comrades 
celebrate a sense of freedom and liberation from external and 
sometimes oppressive forces, reflect, if you would, that each 
one of us must pause to celebrate this sense of freedom from any 
external limitations or forces at play on us at any given time.
	We are indeed free as spirits to be who we are, to have the 
accomplishments that we make, to enjoy the success of our 
efforts.  No one or no external force can effectively block or 
inhibit this spirit process we are engaged in.  So, as we 
observe the material manifestations of celebration today, we may 
also reflect on the celebration of the liberation of our souls 
from the fetters of materialism, the freedom of our spirits from 
any external forces, and the joy our souls have over these 
special circumstances.
	Unlike the ceremonies you may witness in the next day of a 
fleeting material exhibition of joy, our accomplishments in the 
spiritual realm are enduring and will be with us throughout this 
journey of time and space, not as a rocket explodes in the night 
to be witnessed and then gone, but rather the explosion of our 
souls into eternity to go on forever.
	I offer these images on this day as a way for us once again 
to return to the realm of spirit from all the distracting 
manifestations of this world and yet encourage you to be about 
fellowship with all those who are in joy at this spectacle of 
celebration of liberation and freedom for your country as a 
whole, for your citizens as individuals, and indeed for each 
one’s  soul as individuals.  This is the imagery of the day.
	I would pull back for others, for dialogue, or for whatever 
your hearts may desire.  Thank you.

*	Aaron (Simeon):  Greetings to you, my friends, I am Aaron.  
It is my pleasure to be with you once again on this day that 
signifies the celebration of freedom, yet it is a seeming 
paradox that, as beings are truly liberated such that they feel 
a sense of a basic freedom and gain that heightened 
individuality awareness, that the celebration of such a freedom 
is generally expressed with the desire to be in community, not 
alone or isolated; not just one being on their own, but back in 
the embrace of all beings, celebrating the fact together that 
you have this opportunity to explore your own creativity and 
manifest your own visions and dreams.
	It is a universal awareness that true freedom brings true 
community, for unbridled self expression does not speak of real 
freedom but rather selfishness.  It is the truly free mind that 
can recognize the responsibilities of having a greater degree of 
freedom in one’s life, for you are in relationship to others, 
and this reality cannot be circumvented.  So, looking at your 
role and function as part of a larger whole speaks of maturity 
and reflects one who has found flexibility in self expression 
and tamed that in honor of the freedom that all others should 
experience as well.
	The acquirement of freedom is the first step, but the 
recognition that your freedoms can’t infringe on the freedoms of 
others for true liberty to exist is important in gaining a 
measure of license.
	Your world is in the throes of working toward greater 
liberty for all, yet the stage of its expression is still 
somewhat infantile.  But the trends are beginning to manifest a 
little more; reflection and consideration of others not only on 
a national basis but also for the effects of one faction on the 
international community, as well.  So there is hope on the 
horizon that this trend will expand toward a more shared 
awareness of the responsibilities of all as individuals to each 
other as one trying to function together.  Truly the realization 
of the Supreme is the reflection of balance of freedom and the 
matured vision of coexisting community, for all beings 
individually will have complete expression of their 
personalities while at the same time reflecting a synthesized 
manifestation of a functioning unit.
	Therefore, as you contemplate the freedoms you have on this 
day, recognize as well the importance of community and the 
interconnectedness of both in manifesting the Supreme plan.
	I have concluded my commentary this morning and likewise 
would step back and allow you to comment or question either 
myself or Elyon or to allow other teachers to present.

*	Michael  (Mark):  It is with great pleasure that I come 
among you this morning.  This is Michael, and I bring you 
special recognition of what is the true measure of your 
spiritual accomplishments to this hour.
	I say to you that few things please the parents more than 
witnessing their children, who have been granted freedom and 
liberty to choose any direction, choose to pursue the direction 
of their parents and choose to follow the leadings of the 
indwelling spirit who so faithfully will guide you on your 
journeys forward.  It is indeed true that you may choose any 
direction to follow with complete freedom, as that is my gift to 
you.  I witness your gift to me when you choose to pursue me to 
the Father.  I bring you my assurance of the manifestations of 
the wishes of your hearts.
	Even now I see you all as completed beings of light.  It is 
only time that stands between where you are observing your world 
and where I observe you in glory and grandeur.  When you 
exersize this choice you are aware that you manifest many 
qualities of service and of desire that are inherent in your 
desire to follow me.  These are as well my gifts to you.  You in 
exercising your choice manifest my desire that my children be 
served by you.  Therefore do I have great joy in witnessing your 
freewill choice and your subsequent manifestation of service.  I 
am pleased beyond description.  But even so, I will manifest to 
you my pleasure over the course of your evolution and in due 
time.
	I would if I still walked on your world, physically squeeze 
you and demonstrate to you my pleasure.  I will, in fact, 
spiritually surround you and demonstrate to you my pleasure at 
your decision to follow me.  The adjectives of thank you and 
appreciation simply fall very short of my feelings for each of 
you.  But hear them with your spirit ears and feel my presence 
and know that I am with you and that I am overjoyed that you are 
with me.  Together we have a glorious future before us.  I 
welcome you, I thank you, I honor you in your decision.  In all 
the freedom and all the choices you could make in this life on 
your world, you have made one to honor me, and I respect that.  
I love you.  My peace I leave with you; my spirit longs to be 
with you, and so it shall be.  I take my leave now, but I am 
never far from you, my children.