2004-04-18-See Beyond The Obvious

Session

Opening

MUSIC Elena on Piano “What a Wonderful World”

TOMAS Good afternoon, my friends and intimate companions. I am Tomas, your teacher and associate in ascension.

Lesson

Let me supplant the established pattern by offering a step toward communion, which might be construed as a prayer, but might also be regarded as an exercise in stretching the consciousness into the super-conscious awareness of the “otherness” of life; that is to say, the reality of life outside the self. The exercise I have in mind is to allow your soul self to extend out into your arena and make contact with the soul self of your fellows. This is a conscious exercise I ask you to undertake and, in fullness, you will feel the personality of the other just as when you leave here and reconstitute on the mansion worlds you will recognize one another by your personality.

Therefore, reach out now with your super-consciousness and seek to find and embrace “the other” that you share this space with, and I am specifically meaning your other mortal associates. We’ll get to the recognition of the otherness of celestial personalities later. [Long pause] When you reach outside your usual consciousness to acknowledge the soul self of your fellows, neglect not to also consciously recognize your own higher nature. [Another long pause]

The Master had great faith in his fellows. Even as he passed by, he was able to elicit from the people that he dealt with a certain value that he could depend upon. That value was the higher nature, the potential eternal aspect. In those days not everyone was indwelt with a God fragment, but today, even though most folk are indwelt with a fragment of The Father, it is also true that most folk remain unaware of his indwelling. And thus, to many, it is the same.

In order for you to find faith in your fellows, you must see beyond the obvious and reach farther than that which meets the eye, for that which meets the eye has been prepared to deal with the material plane. The potential of what is yet to be lies within, as a seed. Just as you here today have an exterior persona which you have prepared to place before your fellows in a social context, that which represents the mores, values of your civilization, but beyond and beneath and perhaps overriding that persona, is the substance of who you are – that element of the self that endures.

There have been many lessons in the curriculum about faith and trust -- individually and comparatively -- to the effect that your faith is a gift but trust is a conscious choice you make. When you trust your fellows, it is that deeper, more enduring reality in which you place your trust, for that is the aspect of the self that is based on the eternal reality and not the shifting fleeting temporary reality of the day, of the passing persona, as it is in a constant state of change and growth.

Essentially the personality is unchanging. It is the character that changes, as it becomes more divine, and this process will continue throughout the mansion worlds and beyond. The fact that the essence of you is eternal comes from the eternal and returns to the eternal, is ample knowledge to guarantee you an intuitive appreciation of the fact of the reality of other personalities in the universe, even those you cannot see. Just as you have been advised to regard the Universal Father as a Father, as compared to a power source or an energy origin. Applying personality to divinity and other ministering spirits throughout the realms allows you to have a personal relationship with the personality that is a part of all the living creatures in the universe.

You are coming to know my personality by the many hours we have spent together in communion and discourse. You unequivocally recognize the personality presence of Jesus when he has come to visit, for his personality is germane. It is recognized as the Master in his Kingdom throughout the realm, although it is possible he may be called by other names. These names are applied by the mortal to suit certain purposes. The personality recognition, which you enjoy when he comes to you, is what is important.

Those of you who have been ministered to by the Mother Spirit have also a perception of how she feels, of how her touch inclines you to lean into Her for her ministry to you. The Divine Minister calls this attitude forth from you. She delights in nurturing your soul and ministering to your spirit. Indeed, is she able to minister even to your physical needs, as any mother will.

The physical realm is a veritable carnival of stimuli. The sights and sounds, colors, smells and movements of the world you live in, is a rich arena indeed, and yet it is very different from the perspective of the interior perspective we discussed above. Therefore, a great shift in consciousness is required in order for you to discern these two levels of reality -- the finite and the infinite. [Pause] Are there questions?

I am going to experiment with you then. I am going to bring in a personality and allow the entity to address you through this T/R without giving the name or identification, and see if you can discern for yourself, through the personality alone, who it is. Are you game?

Dialogue

Group [Assent]

TOMAS One moment.

MACHIVENTA Greetings. I am not often given the podium from which to speak, given the nature of your well-established program of teaching here at this base, but I am always glad to have the opportunity to meet with you and give you my blessing, as it were, on your efforts.

There is an adjustment required each time an entity opts to utilize the services of a transmitter/receiver, for the imbalance in energy needs to be compensated, and when I step down for you, I anticipate you reach up at the same time, in order for our communication to be effective. I will not continue or convey a lesson in my own right. I have utter confidence in the Teacher Corps to provide those lessons for me. But I am always mindful of your efforts and your unique reach into the greater consciousness that you are learning to represent. I return you to your Teacher.

TOMAS Aside from the fact that the speaker elected to refrain from the use of certain words which would perhaps be a clue for your intellect, have you any consciousness of the otherness of the speaker through the personality presence? It is not “wrong” if you did not.

ESMERALDA Was it Abraham?

TOMAS There was a discussion about whether Abraham or Machiventa would be first to come out and Abraham lost. But they are very much alike. They are both very authoritarian, powerful and yet personal. Let me get Abraham, and perhaps you can compare.

ABRAHAM What a joker he is to change the rules, to tell you who I am before I have a chance to play. Yes, however it is always a joy for me to engage with the pupils of this University -- these classes of elucidation that allow you to know more of yourself and thus how better to prepare yourself for the path which is presented for you. That you might be a better-prepared soldier of the circles, is a task all of us take to with purpose and delight. Even while all of us have our personal way of going about the Father’s business, we nonetheless are committed to that purpose. And, as I am inclined to say in my home group, the more I am with you, the more affection I have for you, and as I see you grow, I myself am made to feel greater because of the work we do together.

What a charming lot of individuals you are, here in this base. It is good to have an opportunity to meet with you and speak with you in this area. Always is it a joy and a privilege to be with the sons and daughters of God who yearn to be more effective in their ministry, more knowing of who they are at heart. In faith of your guidance, I leave you now. Shalom.

Group [Responses.]

HAM I am another old friend of yours.

Group Ham!

HAM I am here. I am often here, but you know how these young teachers are. They are so filled with enthusiasm for their task, they hardly let us get a word in edgewise.

Esmeralda We appreciate the young ones, too.

HAM Indeed we do. We are very appreciative of the existent Teacher Corps. The relationship that you develop with your Teacher, whether you are in their immediate range or whether you learn from them through the transmissions from afar, it is still a great step forward in the advancement of Urantia, and these good efforts all go toward the ultimate aim of our mission here with you.

We are often stirred to see the unpublished and personal growth you undergo, often even unknown to yourself. But diligently and loyally you trust the Father to lead you through the experience, anticipating the good that can come from it because you are in the Father’s hands. This enables your faith walk to be far more joyous, for you and for others, and this comes from being experienced in the ways of God – of learning the value of placing your trust in that still, quiet Voice within which will point the way for you to act on your higher values as compared to the immediate needs of the human animal, which has been so accustomed to having its way. The decisions you make, the choices you make for the long-range, eternal and master plan is the reward we receive from our efforts with you and in our sojourn here in this Mission.

There are others who would visit with you today. Therefore, I will take my leave.

Group Thank you, Ham.

DANI Hi, kids.

Group [Guessing]

DANI I had a chance to get a word in edgewise. While the Teachers were talking about whether Daniel should come in next, I just kind of slipped through the cracks. This is something I do often. I have to act quickly sometimes in order to make my way through your material world. You seem to get your mind set on something and you head for that goal as if your life depended on it, and it makes it difficult sometimes for us to do our work, with you being so headstrong. So we have learned to trip you up occasionally, for your own good. And while I know you have found us to be an inconvenience, even an interference in your plans, it is not necessarily your plans that we are interested in.

Well, I know you know what my order is. You just don’t know which one. That’s okay. I’m looking forward to getting to know you better in the days and weeks ahead, so look for me when I come back. Perhaps you will begin to recognize my personality. Bye!

Group Bye! Thanks for dropping in. It was a midwayer. It was Dani. He said he would be working with us. I think he’s working with this group, trying to work with us on a group activity.

ATHENA I am going to take advantage of the opportunity to come in now and scold Gerdean for putting me aside when I specifically asked her to work with me on the promotion of the book we wrote together. The fears and anxieties of the mortal, based on his or her appreciation of his or her peers, is as much a handicap as is the tendency Dani mentioned of being so set in your mind as to what you are going to do you neglect to allow for the variations that might come from the influence of the spirit realm, and I see this happen often in individuals who have allowed themselves to be become active adjuncts of spirit reality.

You get a certain confidence built up that gives you a sense that you are able to gear yourself or direct yourself into a direction you feel assured would be the way we would have you go. This is very much what the Urantia text points to when it says, essentially, that a little learning is a dangerous thing. You become difficult to work with. Your attitude is quite sophomoric. You think you have all the answers when you have only just begun. It is a temporary phase and not all of you, thank goodness, are in it at the same time, but it does occur and it is so apparent when it is coming, it is all we can do to abide by our commitment to stand by the project in the face of the many ways in which you forestall the progress by assuming to take matters into your own hands. This is indeed a matter of the human ego attempting to do what’s right, but the wrong way.

Of course, there are those who profess that there is no wrong way, that “the act is ours, the consequences God’s” and that ultimately the good will result, and this is very true, but the fact of the matter is that many great efforts are reduced to a mere exercise instead of coming to fullness as is intended. Therefore, much of my admonition today is not only to Gerdean but also to others who have creative intent. Let not your projects die on the vine through lack of divine guidance. Remain dependent on our council and we will help see it through. That said, I will wait for you to contact me in private, that we might continue our project together. Thank you.

Thoroah I know who that was.

Gerdean I do, too. That was Athena, Celestial Artisan.

Thoroah I could tell from her position of authority when she said “the book we wrote.”

Gerdean She’s also one of the kinds who help Hal write music.

Esmeralda Daphne, is it?

Gerdean Daphne. Yeah. Same order.

Esmeralda He says that when there is alliteration, it’s always her. But she works with him all the time.

TOMAS I will now try to contact Esmeralda’s personal teacher.

Esmeralda Oh, wonderful!

TOMAS She has asked to come forth.

CELENE Blessings upon you all, and particularly on my beloved companion, Esmeralda, long-time friend and associate and confidant. The joyous aspect of this moment is that I can become a part of her consciousness, as she has been a part of my consciousness since I came to her as a mentor so long ago. This occasion I hope will be the beginning of a long and fruitful association, one that will enable us to add another dimension to our relationship.

No longer will you need to feel you are alone in your thinking and feeling, for everything you think and feel is reflected in my being and I hope in all I do to enable you to be the best that you can be in your personality manifestation of the daughter of divinity that you are created to be. Not excluding your charming mortal self. Many of the patterns that were brought into your pattern of behavior remain fixed in your unconsciousness as standard operating procedure.

However, many of those early conditionings have been set aside to allow for the more loving, forgiving, and revealing aspects of your personality to flourish. This is something that has brought me and you much happiness. Even while they have been difficult and trying, they have resulted in a far better perspective and subsequent peace of mind for the long haul.

When you are bothered by these inbred attitudes because of your mortal conditioning, never hesitate to ask me about them. We can discuss them at length and to your satisfaction such that they can be resolved and you can be relieved of the burden of carrying around restrictions and constraints that confine you to the material mold when the glories of eternity have far greater sway over the personality that you mortals give credit.

Let Our Father guide and direct the unfolding of the personality he intended you to have and not so much the one that you have had created for you, almost by default, because of your cultural conditioning and y our need to survive in this environment. The spiritual liberty and personality liberty that you will experience from this growth will make all the effort worthwhile, and your happiness will be reflected in the relationships you enjoy with others as they come to see you as the precious child of God that you are and that I am so devoted to, dear, cherished Esmeralda. Thank you for indulging us this afternoon.

Esmeralda Oh, don’t leave until you tell us your name.

Elena Yes, what is your name?

Esmeralda And thank you so much for the message.

CELENE Celene. C-e-l-e-n-e.

Esmeralda Beautiful name. Thank you.

Elena Thank you, for being with my mother.

TOMAS This is Tomas again. There are still a number of personalities in attendance. As you know, we have mentioned many times that while you may see it as a small group, it is actually an auditorium filled with observers, student visitors and ministering spirits with an interest in your development and unfolding. Are there any entities you would call upon, since we are having this open forum?

Elena Well, I’d like to say hello to Dimitrius.

TOMAS Very well. One moment.

DIMITRIUS Yes! What a great occasion indeed. I am charmed to be among the members of this group today who have come forth in splendor to witness the array of personalities in service to the Universal Father and the many essential agencies of His realm. What company we keep, is that not true?

Group Yes.

DIMITRIUS Having now expressed my appreciation to t hose many present, I would eagerly attend to the ministry of my precious Elena, champion of my cause and light of my life in terms of my work with the mortals of the realm in making the adjustments toward spiritizing her thinking. This one, my Elena, is a powerful woman. Headstrong. Willful, yes, but also very committed. She has a very strong will. And this is a great asset. There are those who argue that will is a detriment and that it ought to be given up or set aside to take on the will of God, but I say to you that god has given her this will. It is not to be disdained, but to be molded as a piece of clay is to be molded, to become the work of art that is inherent in its very existence.

This piece of art that I am molding in my work with you, Elena, is not some fragile piece of work, but a monument, a testimony to strength and vitality. Your capacities are tremendous and your potential is hardly tapped, but I am at your side and at your service in effecting the most gracious way to go about becoming strong and steadfast, even as you retain those tender qualities of womanhood that will endear you to humanity as one which is understood by men and women as rightfully yours within the realm of the feminine. It will soon be time, my dear, for us to make the conscious connection with your other teacher, your right-brain anima that can help bring that into balance. But we’ll not worry about that today. Rather let me plant the seed for tomorrow, for something you can anticipate, and we will know, when that time comes, by our acknowledgement of your recognition of your need for that guidance and counsel in that area of your personality growth.

Elena Okay. I’ll look forward to that. It’s been good to talk with you.

DIMITRIUS We have good rapport, you and I. I am always in your corner and upholding you in all your choices, for even those which are sometimes unnecessary, you will discover they are unnecessary in time and we can make other choices that are more compatible with your human nature and your divine nature which can only bring you greater compatibility with your self. And when this is installed and operable, we will be all that we can be together, and the potential, as I’ve said before, is powerful. In the interim, let us embrace the moment for what it is and enjoy each other for what we have. Farewell.

Elena Thank you.

ANATOLIA And this is Anatolia. I will found out the afternoon. I have not missed a moment of it. I have one foot in Arizona and one foot in New Mexico, as it were, and I haven’t missed anything. It’s been a very gay day in your arena. I want to reiterate what the intent was in this exercise. Not to have a tea party particularly, although we have enjoyed the display of personalities, but to allow you to become mindful of the energies that are accessible and the various perspectives that can be had as you invest yourself in this Teaching Mission.

There are more personalities and there are indeed other movements in the Teaching Mission that allow for growth and training in other fields, such as medicine, science, space, ecology and so forth. Primarily the Teaching Mission as you know it is about reclaiming your soul self and the planet from the distortions of the default and the rebellion, but there are many aspects of this Teaching Mission that deal with individual and other elements of the work that will be required to bring the planet back into the alignment necessary to proceed unhampered in the advancement toward light and life.

Those of you who are being trained to be missionaries of higher truths are finding your voice, are finding your way, finding the need as you see it, based on your perspective as a mortal of the realm and coupling your perspective with the perspective that we have provided through the Teacher corps, your paths are being revealed and your work is unfolding before you. We are completely supportive of the work you undertake, as it is in accordance with your perception of the divine will for you and there is nothing can enhance your sense of meaningful existence more than following His will as you understand it. This is worthy of celebration. Let us add another dimension to earth day. While we celebrate the earth, let us also celebrate the efforts that go into the reclamation of this earth to be all that it can be, as well as you being all that you can be, fort his is indeed the plan of the ages, that life itself should be exalted and lifted up, to be its own representation of perfection as an extension of that in Paradise which is perfect, indeed, eternally.

Lest we be remiss in our duties, are there questions?

Elena I have had the most satisfying meal of personalities hat I have no further questions or . .. it’s been a banquet. It’s been just wonderful. Thank you.

ANATOLIA Very well. Then to simply add to Esmeralda’s earlier question, cremation is a viable option.

Esmeralda Thank you, Anatolia! I’m not quite ready yet. I’m just thrilled to know that I have a personal teacher. Well, I knew that somewhere I had one, but this is fantastic.

Closing

ANATOLIA Yes, we are not finished with you yet. We are not finished with any of you and hopefully you will not be finished with us soon.

Group Oh, no!

ANATOLIA let us go then and enjoy the rest of our time together in the conscious sense of our society. See you next time. Blessed be art thou, from all of us this sphere, to all of you in yours. Farewell

Group Thank you and farewell. For today. Fabulous. What a party.