Michael Visit/Elyon too-Transcript 7/27/97

[Rick P. Giles]

July 27, 1997
*       Michael (Mark TR):  My children, I am indeed among you today
as I am frequently among you, except that this day I would bring
to you my personal assurance that I am most pleased with you.  I
witness you speak to each other regarding how you may best be of
service to my other children, and it most pleases me.  You are
aware that whatever you do for your brothers and sisters you do
for me.  You are also aware that when you act in this way, I do
through you for them.  In your discussions of how you should
manifest your desires to be of service, I witness your sincere
intents and I am honored by this intent and the sincerity
therein.  Your desire to more completely fulfill your intentions
will ever lead you onward to more complete revelation to those
around you of our Father and His love for all of us.  Never
stumble in your awareness that the directions you choose shall be
correct and proper as when you feel motivated to act on a certain
desire, trust that it is indeed your most beneficial course of
action at the time.  
        I desire to more closely interact with you in these
scheduled and unscheduled outings; we have great work to do ahead
of us, you and I.  I desire to take your hand and walk with you,
I sharing the benefit of my experience, and you in return sharing
yours.  I am respectful that your course of action is of your own
choosing; it is of little regard to me your exact steps, as I am
convinced each step is in the proper direction.  I am ever
desiring to be of assistance as you take these steps, as we take
these steps together.  I also desire that we develop an enhanced
relation between us which grows into fond friendship, as I indeed
perceive you in this way and desire to interact with you in this
fashion.  
        I am not far off, unattainable.  I desire to be with your
every action in faith.  I send many in my stead to assist you. 
You may avail yourselves freely of their efforts, as you may of
mine.  Feel the love I have for you all; its depth you are
incapable of perceiving at this time, but you will grow to
understand and even share in this depth of love.  Right now sim-
ply attempt to perceive this wave of love energy that I freely
bestow on each of you as those in whom I am most pleased.  Ask
for me and I shall be with you, now or any time in the future.  I
leave you now but in reality I am never far from you.  Be of good
cheer, my beloved ones.
*       Elyon  (Jonathan):  Greetings, friends, Elyon speaking. 
Jonathan has received a visual of my lesson, and I would like to
unfold this before he orders the arrangement.  I would speak
using the imagery of a spiritual swimming pool, for it has many
implications that I would like to share.  At times I would say,
"some of you are", but it can be replaced with "sometimes you
each", for both perspectives will provide insight.  
        This spiritual swimming pool is like the family of God with
various dimensions and a variety of activities.  Some of you
approach the pool timidly, a toe or two at a time, as you
carefully transition through the temperature change.  Some of you
enjoy the shock of a rapid plunge for it proves invigorating. 
Some of you prefer the diving board, go through great gyrations,
and make a big splash, while others prefer the solitude of
pursuing the pool bottom in the quiet.  At times you find
yourself resting upon a flotation device, such as a sound
teaching, that supports you in this spiritual water.  At times
you each are content with your activities and bask on the deck,
taking time off.  Some of you are socially minded and enjoy the
games, not so concerned with understanding, but play such as
"Marco Polo" where even your eyes are closed and you can't see,
but you call in faith.  Some of you enjoy the athletic discipline
of swimming laps, of study, of spiritual techniques that enhance
your growth.  Yet all of you are together enjoying recreation and
athletics.  I will also point out that all around this pool are
the lifeguard chairs upon which are sitting your guardians, your
Thought Adjuster, and Michael's good spirit, ever watching over
your activities, ever prepared to provide counsel and alert you
to the better methods of play and work.
        This is all I will express in this imagery, and I know you
are capable of deriving meaning from the various elements.  I
thank you. 
        Evelyn:  We were told you were away for awhile.  Can you
tell us anything about your experiences?
*       Elyon:  My activities took most of my time in the form of,
as I referred to as basking on the deck, a brief respite from my
activities here.  I visited with Ardra.  I also received
training, for I too am in a sense a pool monitor, and I learned
better methods.  But, on the whole, it was time off, not time off
from my work as an ascending soul, but time away from our mission
program.  I have received refreshment.  I thank you for being in-
terested in my activities, though much of what I undertake is
hard to convey to you, morontia realms being quite different.  
        Mark:  I would offer additional refreshment in that you were
missed by those of us who so greatly appreciate all of your
efforts.  We thank you once again for your steadfast devotion to
us.
*       Elyon:  Your comments are warmly received.  I do express my
love to you, each of you, for your dedication.  I in no way hold
you in poor view when you likewise take your time off to rest and
to be merely mortal.  We have developed a great friendship, and I
will continue such even as our curriculum changes based on your
development.  Enriching friendship is one of the Supreme aspects
of growth.
*       Michael (Mark):  This is your brother; I return again
because I wish to answer the question present in some of your
hearts.  I would withhold nothing from you.  
        You ask, "Who are you to me?"  Who are you in relationship
to me?  I would answer in an attempt to remove all doubts in your
minds.
        You are familiar in your teachings of my teaching of the
parable of the talents.  You are aware that different individuals
of my children are given different talents.  Many of my children
earn talents in different ratios.  You assembled here today are
among my children who have been given and who have earned through
your efforts a greater share of talents to hold in your
possession.  I will unfailingly work with all of my children
regardless of their awareness that I offer.  You, however, are
aware that I offer to work with you in developing and expanding
your many talents.
        I ask not of you the same requirements that I asked of my
apostles in the flesh.  Each age and each time requires a dif-
ferent set of circumstances.  I do ask of each of you to grow in
awareness of our partnership together and to allow me to work
through you actively and passively.  You have opened your eyes to
many things your brothers and sisters do not yet see.  This is
why I desire to come among you in greater proportion than I do
many of my other children.  It is through you and with you that I
may now be most effective in the upliftment of my children. 
There is a time for all things; you here and now have been in
preparation and in turn are preparing the soil for the prolif-
eration of many of my teachings.  It is your awareness of our
partnership that sets you apart from many others.  It is this
awareness I desire to use with you to gain greater effect to the
many.  Never doubt that you are a valuable member in the corp I
have assembled to be about this business.  You simply must accept
and believe.  I ask that you each strengthen your faith in this
regard.  Redouble your efforts at increasing your faith so that
when I desire to work through you, you can step out on this
stronger scaffolding of faith and allow me to thus function.  I
ask that you have faith, but you must always and also have
strength as well, for I will do this in partnership with you, not
by means of your submission, but by means of your desire and
will.  
        I know; I can see clearly that you are all up to the task. 
You have presented yourselves before me for the task.  I accept
your enlistment, and I desire we join forces and move forward.  I
would, if I were in the flesh today, place my hands on each of
your heads and charge you, empower you with the knowledge and
strength to go forth.  I will do this in spirit this very day.  I
will touch each of you with my hands of faith upon your soul and
spirit and ask for your cooperation and endow you with the
strength to participate with me.  Feel my presence in your hearts
today as I seek to dwell with each of you individually.  
        Jonathan:  Thank you for your visit.  
        When I was a child and was told Santa Claus would visit
everybody around the world, go down everyone's chimney, I was
baffled how that was possible in one night.  Later in church I
heard through prayers the request that you be with the con-
gregation that day.  I began to think, how could you do that and
be with every other church at that same hour?  Through my study
of The Urantia Book I learned that through your Creative Spirit
that pervades this universe and your Spirit of Truth which is
anchored with her on Salvington, I can see how you could be
everywhere, how you could visit even as you have with us, having
come down our chimney.  All these years I have loved you, and I
seek to love you even more as time unfolds.  I look forward to
the day I can visit with you on Salvington, though I am not so
sure I look forward to the day of leaving you, of saying good
bye.
*        Michael:  And so the desires of your heart, so shall it be. 
You and I will commune on many different levels.  These mechanics
of how and where, the logistics are but one simple aspect of the
many aspects incapable of your mortal comprehension at this time
.... many levels ...have reached beyond your ability to
understand, and through faith you have believed that it is so. 
This is far greater of an achievement than the knowledge of how
this is so.  At this point it is far more beneficial to you to
develop this faith-grasp of the truth.  You do well in this
regard as in so many. 
        I desire today not to leave you.  While my audible dialogue
with you will cease, I desire that each of you spend time with me
today and listen for my internal dialogue with you.  I desire to
commune with each of you individually in your hearts, to minister
to you separately as I did with my apostles in the flesh.  This I
will do with you on this day.