2007-09-02-Trophy of Spiritual Experience

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Topic: Trophy of Spiritual Experience

Group: N. Idaho TeaM

Facilitators

Teacher: Norson

TR: Jonathan

Session

Opening

Norson (Jonathan TR): One does not hide one's light under a basket but rather puts it upon a stand for all to see. I am Norson, a melchizedek. This light is the radiance of spiritual experience, the witness thereof is the knowledge of connection between the human self and God.

Lesson

This experience is a trophy in life, and you know that trophies are often placed upon pedestals; the reward of the experience is thereby displayed. In the acquirement of this experience which is ongoing, always occurring, there naturally develops the support structure, the pedestal, which manifests as philosophy and even religious theology. Belief, concept, affinity, propensity, are among the many things that comprise this pedestal, be it an individual or greater social structure. Though ornate it may become, it is the trophy upon it which is of greatest value, the spiritual experience.

One may have an experience that is monumental, and it is good for one to have a peace that passes all understanding, to have a feeling which lies too deep for words, to, as they say, blow out the candle and leave the description behind. This is good in itself, but you know also that you are to be in this world even while not being of this world. You know that you are to go forth and teach the truths of spirit reality.

So there of necessity is a pedestal, a structure, for connection, your feet on the earth. If your experience is grand and your pedestal is feeble you will not be able to cope with the integration of the profound experience with your ordinary life, and it will be of no use in your fellows' struggles to come into their light. We, the teachers of this mission, come to help you develop that pedestal, what you have been told many times, your foundation.

But I also caution you about having an experience which is too minuscule. Imagine with humor percieving a pedestal enormous in size, intricate in design, miles wide and high, with merely a beebee sitting upon it! You are encouraged in stillness, for it develops that light, the trophy of spiritual encounter. Then you appropriate a pedestal to accommodate your level of attainment. You have been taught and know that it is quite well to alter, to change, your structure of support as your experience unfolds. This light upon the stand is a light of combination. It is the combustion, the fusing, of your human self with the divine Presence.

In this luminosity it cannot be seen the distinction, and each individual shines brightly, and each one has its own pedestal, a diversity of expression, of description. Keep your mind open to this diversity, for it is the description of the unique character of each personality and its interface with God. You will likewise express your relationship. You will also cross fertilize each other, and in this socialization you will each brighten your spiritual experience, your divine encounter.

Allowing for this variable experience of each individual with the divine removes the blindness which is much like, as you look to your lunar orb, it appears to always look the same. But you know, as you have advanced in knowledge, that that sphere has many sides unseen by the human, earthly, orientation. So communion and fellowship with one another allows you to perceive the very many aspects of the divine presence. Jesus would go into the hills that he might be alone and commune with the Father, even for weeks at a time, even for a month. But he always returned that he may share, perhaps not the direct experiences of that retreat but the rewards, the values.

While he would take some with him at times that they may gain an inkling of what he endeavored to accomplish in such retreats to stillness, he knew his retreat would never be theirs and often taught the value of each one going apart to be alone with the Father. I cannot stress enough the importance of this direct encounter. But I also encourage you to be creative in your outward expression of this inward experience, the pedestal upon which this trophy is placed. Let yours be unique and let it be sound and stable but beautiful and descriptive of the higher encounter. Others will enjoy your expression and each of you will assist one another, will encourage each other into further communion and worship.

When you are weary you may take your light and put it under a basket, for you may need to block the harsh winds that seek to put out your flame. Let it rekindle; let it renew, but when you are again aglow, remove that protective covering and place yourself again back on that stand for all to see, to let your light so shine. The world will be transformed when it is clearly understood the distinction between the structures of change which are formulaic and secondary to the prime, direct, experience of truth -- and I mean truth as a spirit reality. This will put to peace divergent approaches to change and will allow for the entrance into the development of a coordinated harmony, a goal, which requires differing approaches just as when you build a structure you have carpenters, plumbers, electricians, painters; each one different, altogether the structure is complete. This is how your world will develop. Have your experience which lies too deep for words, then place that light upon that pedestal that all may see. Thank you for granting me your audience. I would be pleased to receive your feedback, your questions, or your observations. Thank you.

Dialogue

Tom: You asked us to see truth as a spiritual reality. The Urantia Book states that truth is the greatest representation of our view of mercy and love, which are the two greatest realities, as contrasted with the duality which is, "She's right; I'm wrong", "They're wrong", and . ... * Norson: Where truth is the description of love and mercy, there is also the description of truth, and this is to which I orient you in my comment. I will use an example that moisture and water are similar, perhaps indistinguishable, but is water the reality and moisture the observation? Truth directly experienced is water; truths is moisture. When the human soul experiences truth it becomes the moisture which is from the water of love and mercy. Thank you for your comment.

Kathy: Thank you for your description of rekindling our light when we find ourselves buffeted by strong winds and aren't feeling quite up to shining, to take a moment, rekindle, and come back renewed.

Norson: Indeed, many a soul who is dutiful in the outworking of the command to go forth and proclaim the gospel has exhausted itself. You know and have experienced the effect upon a candle in a windy situation, how fast the fuel is spent, not so much to feed the flame, but wasted away and fallen beneath. You are serving your fellows to retreat and to refresh, that you may glow longer with the fuel you have, to preserve your storehouse. While the image of the candle is finite, in spiritual refreshment, the vat into which you may dip is infinite. Salutations to Michael and Mother Spirit. We give honor to the cause that is Nebadon, that the revelation of the Paradise Father may be beheld in our realm. May we each be likewise a reflection of that brilliance of truth, beauty, and goodness, that love, that light. May it be so.

Closing

Thank you, my friends, for sitting with me today. I take my leave. Farewell.