TOMAS: 10-29-98.Pgh Part 6

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(Continued)
ELYSSIA:  Well, one cannot enter a discourse on the subject with this person I
know because it is like one of the basic tenets of the church -- original sin
-- and if you don't believe it, you can't teach Sunday School!  And I figure
I'd better try to hang out there in the Sunday School.  I figure I might be
ale to do some good there.

TOMAS:  You cannot do any good there if you are continuing to propagate
untruths.

ELYSSIA:  But I don't DO that!  I stay with the things that you, for
instances, have suggested.   And if you have any little Sunday School lessons
you'd like to pass along, I'd sure like it, because you gave me some good
ideas and I used them and I like to use them.

TOMAS:  And so I am to perceive of you as one who has infiltrated the enemy
ranks.
ELYSSIA:  You're right!

TOMAS:  It is necessary often that we adapt ourselves to the environment, the
circumstances, that we camouflage ourselves in order to go among the masses.
The adage of "when in Rome, do as the Romans do" is a wise adage indeed, for
it enables you to be in the world but not of it.  And so I will not discourage
your beautiful efforts in salvaging the souls of the children that you
minister to in Sunday School, but do not forget your purpose.  Do not become
so swallowed up the beast that you become fodder for it.  It is dangerous work
....
ELYSSIA:  (laughter)
TOMAS:  ... Elyssia.

ELYSSIA:	  I like that!  I really agree, and I understand.  I am glad you put
it that way.  It requires a readjustment of ones feelings every time you come
out of that sermon, every time you leave.  But a friend of mine is really into
this reincarnation so I'm so happy to have this little bit of ammunition here.
This person doesn't see that it's not valid.  A very bright person.

TOMAS:  It is wise, then, if this person is very bright, that you expand your
own definition of the concept of reincarnation to become extremely
sophisticated n order that you may meet minds with your friend, for it serves
no purpose to become a battlefield of tenets and religious dogma.  It does not
make points.

ELYSSIA:  I would like to be effective without being a bore.

TOMAS:  You must then go to that one who hungers and thirsts.  Forget those
who are already smug and self-satisfied, for you are only fooling yourself to
think that you are being effective if your seeds are falling on barren soil.
(To be continued.)