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[Rick P. Giles]

Coeur d'Alene Teaching Mission
Topics:Love, Peace, Atrocity, Ignorance, Inner Voice 
Teachers: Michael, Elyon, Machiventa

April 4, 1999
*	Michael (Sheila  TR):  Oh, great  children of light, I not only speak to
you as you gather together in a group, but each one individually, for I live in
your hearts, not just on this day but all days.  I walk with you not just in
your
experiences of peace but in your worry and your sorrow for this beautiful
planet.
	I ask of each one of you today, as you live in a land of peace in your own
hearts, that you spread this peace amongst those who feel the pain and the fear
of others.  While today it is not your experience to live in war, I ask you to
reveal me, to stand on your feet and be love and be peace for me.  Be of
greatness and joy, for doing the Father's will is of great importance today and
of all days.  And when so many others have neglected this love and this peace, I
ask you to do this for our Father, do this for me that we all may live as one.
	I gather my flock to show them the way.  I send an abundance of love on the
land and to its people.  I ask that you live great love and then some for those
who cannot.  
	John:  Is that war to spread?
*	Michael:  Today I ask that you reflect on love.  Tomorrow I ask you to
reflect on love.
	John:  There's a Yugoslavian at work.  I sense that he is struggling. 
While I show friendliness toward him, is there more I can do to show
understanding?  He will not talk about it.
*	Michael:  Your ultimate gift is our love, not just yours, not just mine,
not just our Father's, but all of our love is spilled forth to all.  You cannot
possibly understand; do not try.
	John:  Sometimes I see the atrocities and I think, how can children of
light inflict this on each other?  How can you let this happen?  I know they
have
free will.  What if it happened to me, all this insanity and anger?  It came to
me that this is just a physical mechanism, and we are all globes of light
inside. 
The violence is distortion and chaos.  This physical mechanism is just
artificial
housing for our light, our spiritual being which is real.  Is this true?
*	Michael:  You are beginning to understand a great deal.  Understanding is a
mental process and, although valuable to the process, your experience of love
just is, and this is what I ask you to spend more time with, now especially. 
Attempt not to understand, attempt more to be and to share the love that I send
upon this land.  
*	Elyon (Jonathan):  I greet you.  This is Elyon.  I have a few comments. 
Naturally I am warmed in soul by the presence of our master here today.  He is
our greatest role model; he is the master teacher.
	You speak of atrocities upon the planet, and it is certainly the case that
darkness does influence the machinations of government.  However, the greatest
atrocity is ignorance and the separation of soul from its Maker and the
confusion
of ideals.  We attend this world as the Teaching Mission because that is
precisely the remedy for the problems here.  Education is tantamount in
importance in solving these difficulties.  It is a redirection of values for the
entire planet and is an enormous task.  The ideals you hold are worthwhile for
all citizens upon this world, however, your ability to promote these ideals
appears extremely limited in its scope.  You do not have the opportunity of
sitting in the news seat of your CNN and making it known worldwide the high
spiritual qualities that are latent in mankind.  Until everyone awakens to the
importance of these values we can only encourage each of you to create a stir in
your circumscribed lives, to trust that, as shoulders brush with shoulders, the
word will spread.
	Michael when he lived here had a very limited arena of travel and a small
troupe of followers to assist him.  Yet the word spread, and the congregations
grew, and much of the world has been transformed by his ideals.  He only had
half
of the lifetime that you are privileged to experience.
	It is noble to love the sinner, and it is valiant to hate the sin.  There
is great virtue in being wise as serpents yet harmless as doves.  Applying both
of these leverages upon your life you will be more rewarded in the results.  I
think of your eating utensils, fork and knife, how different they are yet in
concert they effect great results.  They are able to accomplish a task.  Let the
love Michael has emphasized to us today dominate all your feelings and
attitudes. 
Be it love for the hurting soul, be it love for the correction of atrocity, love
is truly the key to solving the complications existent here on this world, not
the love of simply feeling good, but that wholehearted dedication of soul to
supremacy, to those high ideals, to health and happiness and sanity.
	I remain with you but will allow the floor to others.
*	Machiventa (Sarah):   Hello, I am Machiventa.
	I know you feel as if a privileged child because you are so comfortable and
the war is unbelievably harsh and cruel.  You are not to understand this,
you are
not expected to.  There may be a fear that is so large among the Serbs that they
will start turning on each other and fighting themselves.  Do appreciate
your way
of life and the privileges of shelter and food.  You must be the ones who spread
the light and the love.  If the fear comes in your heart then we have more fear,
and it will snowball on.  You must be strong; you must be the teachers and
continue being the super beings that you are on Urantia.  Put your arm around
that fellow man.  Tell him you understand how he feels.  Help the ones you can
help and, in fact, you are carrying on the work of Jesus as he is standing
beside
you.  Please remember to not fear.  Please remember you are intelligent, and
others do not understand your way of thinking.
	The war is terrible, but as we have understood before, we do not like to
forecast the future, as we do not control that in exactly the way we would like
to have it turn out.  Listen for the inner voice this week and spread some
happiness and joy.  This is the bravest thing you can do.  And say a prayer for
these people all day.  I know I do not have words to make it better for how you
are feeling in your heart, but this is not for you to understand.  I give you my
love.
	The lessons are doing real well.  Maybe you can just go on with them this
week.  A lot is being revealed, and if you are to be the teachers, you should
have your act together.  I will talk with each of you before the group next
Sunday, but my words now are that I love you very much.  I will stand aside now.
*	Elyon  (Jonathan):  This is Elyon again.  I have a parable, not as eloquent
as the master's parable of sowing seeds.  It is more of a spread of confetti and
is to be viewed in relation to the effects of the rebellion.
	At the time of the outbreak, the actions and events that occurred were much
like the hoopla of a party; much confetti was tossed wildly; much
abandonment and
frivolity occurred.  Now, in the aftermath, the party hall is a mess.  Some walk
through oblivious, still kicking about the confetti.  Others gather up what
exists only to toss it back in again.  There are a few on the world who
deliberately contribute even more.  Then there are the light ministers who have
various methods for cleaning up.  Some sweep, creating clear islands of
tranquillity.  Others vacuum, drawing all sorts of conflict and difficulties
toward them.  Both methods will eventually restore the room.
	That is all.
	John:  I and many of those around me are feeling tired.  Are there earth
changes going on that make us want to sleep?
*	Elyon:  My assessment is that since you are earthlings with animal legacies
you are feeling the remnants of your hibernation season and the changing of your
climate patterns which effect the pressures on your bodies.  But also, to apply
this inclination to your benefit, this feeling you have can be directed towards
rest, for contemplation, for inner renewal, for reflecting upon, not what to be
done, but who you are in this moment; for you know that sleep, though refreshing
for the day ahead, is undertaken for the pleasure of the moment.  There are no
personalities like the Power Directors deliberately effecting a change upon you,
specifically, that is, for there are always activities being undertaken to
settle
this world physically in Light and Life, and you often will as a species
react to
these subtle changes.
	I hope this is helpful.
	John:  Yes.
	Sheila:  Maybe at a cellular level we are experiencing the great sadness
that is going on in our planet right now.
*	Elyon:  I respond by saying that, when the anthill is disturbed, all begin
to stir at once.  This is true of mankind, particularly in this age of
communication.  You are no longer able to remain insulated from the events
around
the globe.  This is not only a conscious thing; it is a physical response.  For
those spiritually sensitive individuals, you are more likely to react with
compassion and the will to serve which itself has physical consequences. 
	Tom:   In recent transcripts I find the word "insight".  Low and behold, I
read, "Throughout the week you are discovering; in your meeting you are
realizing.  And the third element... you are applying."  Is this by any chance
the triangle for insight?
*	Elyon:  Philip, I am overjoyed you recognize this!
	Tom:  Okay.  Thank you.
	Evelyn:  Sarah read us a message from Machiventa that included the
suggestion of fasting.  Could you comment on the value of that?
*	Elyon:  There has been reference here at this meeting of physical effects,
planetary and bodily, upon yourselves.  Fasting is a good technique for
integrating these physical and spiritual dimensions into a greater harmony and
cooperation.  While spirit is the aspect of your being that will transcend life
vehicle after life vehicle for ages upon ages, there is no denying that you will
wear many vehicles over this lengthy course of time.  While these vehicles are
not the prime value of your being, they are an instrument for the expression of
your personality.  Dedication, steadfastness, resoluteness, perseverance, these
mental and spiritual qualities are actively and outwardly demonstrated in
fasting.  Fasting will not give you these qualities; fasting demonstrates these
qualities and provides a tangible experience to your mortal self of these higher
qualities you long for, either for the world or for yourself.
	You know that the master required no spittle and mud upon the eyes of the
blind man to bring him sight, but that this fellow needed the demonstration of
the inner transformation.  While fasting is not a magical incantation to bring
change, it is often a motivator to enact a change you are already undertaking
within.