Elyon 3/8/98

[Rick P. Giles]

March 8, 1998
*	Elyon (Jonathan TR):  With the hearty support of Michael I greet you again
today.  I am Elyon.  I am here to be of service, as always, and of great
importance to be your friend.  I have been successful in attaining a new
rank and
will be for a short while away from Urantia to undergo my graduation procedures
and will be enjoying the company of my fellow associates.  I will make an effort
to convey to you over the next several of our teaching intervals while I am
absent, but if by chance I am having too much fun, I will rely on the support of
the great staff that is ... Melchizedek region.
	Now for my lesson.  There are two items of great value to you, as yet
physically embodied humans.  They are gems and pearls.  I would take this
opportunity to indicate some similarities and differences that may be helpful in
perceiving the spiritual quality that parallels these two items of material
value.  A gem in the rough appears ordinary, yet it comes complete with all that
is revealed as beautiful subsequent to its skillful cutting.  The Father
comes to
indwell you with all that is needed for your polish and honing that will result
in your finality attainment.  The gem is much like grace in your life, for it is
given to you with its entire value resident.  All that remains is the
sequence of
events to bring about its revelation.  On the other hand, a pearl is an
acquirement.  As you are well aware, it is the result of irritants, irritants
that are transformed into an object of beauty.  This is what your physical life
with all its human interactions and the necessities demanded both by the
environment and your culture provide.  You are evolving the pearl soul just as
the Father is faceting the gem that is your personality.  Whether you discover
gifts that have been bestowed upon you since the personality projection from the
Father that is you, or whether you develop that shimmering beauty, that
priceless
goodness that is the pearl of your experience in life, the result is increased
value.  
	I would address Ann.  Imagine yourself as a lamp with a lamp shade which is
your physical form.  This lamp houses the luminous presence of the Father.  You
have encountered a blemish upon your lamp shade which is able to be removed.
You
can bleach this blemish with the brilliance of the Father's presence emerging
from your core and with a blinding intensity can correct the malfunction.  This
is an enormous project in faith.  I do want to emphasize to you that as every
lamp can change its shade, so can you.  The Father's greatest importance
invested
in you is the lamp itself, that which you are and will be throughout all
eternity.  This that you are is the socket that receives the light bulb of the
Father.  In unison you become that illuminated personality of the divine.  So
while the marks and smudges may affect your lamp shade, you are in the
embrace of
the Father continuously.  Rely on this presence, and the course of action best
suited for you will unfold itself according to the will of the Father.  
	I will now open the floor to your comments.
	Ann:  Thank you, Elyon, that was beautiful.  I appreciate your words. 
Could you give me some guidance in the area of protecting my organs?  I want to
follow the Father's will.
*	Elyon:  I am, under mandate of the Melchizedeks, not permitted to provide
healing, for I am not given that privilege as a teacher in the mission.  As an
individual I can undertake what my faith urges me to perform.  But I would steer
you to those beings who are skillful in this area and are directly assigned to
such activities.  I would point out, as your instructor, that the power
exists to
selectively preserve as well as selectively curtail both the healthful and the
debilitating elements within your vehicle.  I would offer as a form from
which to
grasp this by faith in the midwayers' story of the instantaneous flash
decomposition of Jesus's form in the tomb, leaving the burial robes untouched. 
The midwayers are highly skilled in these endeavors along with powerful
extraplanetary doctors.  
	Tom:  Could Jessona, who is involved in healing arts, shed some light on
our situation?
*	Jessona:  I do greet you, Philip.  This is Jessona.  I am touched you asked
for me.  I would express that the greatest undertaking you as a group can do is
to continually enlarge your communication with each other, for all burdens are
best borne in the company of others.  Fellowship is one of the central features
in healing.  Much is given through the power of faith, but much must likewise be
granted to the power of fellowship.  My simplest advice to you is this
undertaking of communication, of care, of mutual regard, in essence, of
brotherly
love. 
	Ann:  Elyon, concerning  midwayers, do you have specific instructions? 
Should I, in meditation, talk to a midwayer, ask for their help?  
*	Elyon:  Healing procedures are a difficult issue for many beings, for like
yourselves, there is the need to come to terms with whether or not one's desire
is in line with the will of the Father or whether the events deemed
disruptive to
your life are in reality of great value and must not be thwarted.  However,
there
is much more freedom in action when you give permission.  This is best
accomplished through prayer to the Father.  When it is reported that your
permission has been granted, by your angels to the many hovering about you,
it is
clear what is permissible in the plan of the Father.  Since you all are only
beginning to grasp the multitude of personalities that are present and the
complexities of the undertakings we are engaged in, you can more simply deal
with
this overwhelming ministry by addressing your needs to Him who lives within. 
Know full well the skills of Divinington are resident and are quite capable of
directing the needed tasks and assignment to these creatures who are around you.
	 I would add to this that fellowship does extend into the morontial realm. 
You may draw close in your mind and heart to these helpers. When in areas of
discernment, rest assured that focus upon the Father will accomplish all else in
relation to your situation.  
	Ann:  That's beautiful, thank you.
*	Elyon:  You are welcome.  Always it is my pleasure to be with you and to
share.  
	Ann:  Will we experience the morontia state in this physical body?
*	Elyon:  Your closest approach to morontia realities at this point in your
ascension is your own soul.  I emphasize; your soul is the closest morontia
reality here, for it is you.  We, your teacher friends, are also of this
state of
being, but I am hampered in my morontia expression, for I must relay to you in
human, physical mechanisms and the mind circuitry of your planet.  What appears
to you is reconfigured and downstepped out of morontia sensibilities.
	The ascension of every creature in awareness and in enlightenment, in love,
and in faith are all valid human accomplishments.  Some of your attainments, all
of you, that are perceived morontia in nature, are human in nature, bearing a
character that is reflective of morontia form.  I say this because I wish to
emphasize to you that these are attainable while you are yet resident on
Urantia. 
Consider your soul as the umbilical cord to the morontia realm wherein you
receive the nourishment of this reality.  I  assure you, having been here for
some time, it is quite nutritious.  
	Ann:  Is this something we can focus on so that we can experience it in our
physical frame?
*	Elyon:  It is good to focus upon it, for it is a propellant in your
ascension to do so.  In this focus you will leave behind you a trail of
attainment that is reflective of morontia states but exemplary of humanly
attainable qualities.  This is the foundation rock upon which you will build the
morontia temple.  Yes, it is good to see the morontia blueprint in order
that you
may establish the human foundation.  The moment you are fully aware of your
morontia attainment will be the day you are ready to permanently enter the
embrace of the Father in fusion.  As yet you all have much ahead of you.  Do not
worry, for even if in your valiant efforts to grow you are unsuccessful in
fusion
here, you will be transported to the worlds of morontia nature.  In that
environment your growth will be greatly accelerated.  Then you will at first be
nearly human, not truly morontian.  But the coupling with the Father will so
transform you that you will stand as a bona fide morontia being, a true blending
of creator and creature, of the divine and of the human.
	Does this help?
	Ann:  Yes.  Very powerful.  Thank you.  
*	Elyon:  You are welcome.  I would postscript with the comment that the
morontia realities that you seek and most long for are best found seeking
within,
first with your soul, for in your external environment there is little here on
this world that can be called morontia, although there is much that is
morontia-like.
	Ann:  I received these words from within for a number of years: "Come away,
my beloved, into the secret chambers of your soul.  There I wait for you."
*	Elyon:  You have succinctly summed up my comments for this day.  I would
ask you to hold tight to this understanding, for it will be of great comfort
ahead. 
	Kirk:  We want to wish you well on your journey.
*	Elyon:  Thank you.  It is one I anticipate, for it is a reunion with many
of my friends who are not assigned here on Urantia.  It is always gratifying to
accomplish the curriculum that I have undertaken.  It is, however, an ordinary
procedure.  Though I look forward to the event, I must say in all honesty that
being here with you on this planet with its conditions is very intriguing. 
	Mary:  Congratulations.  While you are away I'm sure we will have fun with
the other teachers who have been longing to speak with us.