LinEl Group 1/29/98

[Thea Hardy]

LinEL - January 29, 1998

LinEL (Delores): Greetings friends; this is LinEl, happy to greet you from my sister/friend, Delores. It is again an example of the experimentation that we mentioned last week. When you move forward trying to solve your problems, and stumble into new ways to do things. We, of course, have always encouraged you to expand your creative transmitting practice among all  of the group members. And so we are very happy to help in the experimentation here tonight. >From our side, we need you.

Hughsie: What do you need from us?

LinEL:  We cannot speak, except in your minds, without your willingness to be open and to learn to make connections with us so that we can communicate to the group, to the world. It is the way things were decided, to attempt a joint, human, morontial integration. Because of the Rebellion, and the nature of the planet here, the morontia planes are the most important next step in the development of the minds and souls that come from here. Michael¹s plan was to down-step the morontial levels into the world as much as possible, and begin the rehabilitation and the healing on a closer level. We, of course, need human partners to facilitate this process. Does this answer?

Hughsie: Yes.

LinEL:  It is, as I said last week, still in the beginning stages, this teaching Mission idea, and...uh...experimentation is necessary because we don¹t really know how it will work. Thank you for your question, Hughsie. Are there more?

Hughsie: When did the Teaching Mission start? You can answer that either within your own time frame from your experience as a reference, or as it is here on Urantia.

LinEl:  The Teaching Mission started the day that Michael died, when the Spirit of Truth was put forth to all hearts and the clearer choices of right and wrong were made apparent to the human minds. He knew what your world needed when he left you. And his love for you is so great that he had it planned in his heart the whole time to return as quickly as possible with as many loving brother and sisters that he could enlist. This planet is much beloved of your Sovereign. He did, indeed, have a very difficult time here, but he doesn¹t hold it in his heart against anything and he has bright hopes and promise. I feel so honored to be a part of this. And I thank you all for being in this room and for listening to your hearts and following in those hard pathways that brought you here together. You are so dear to me and to many, many, many that you do not even yet know.

We talk about it being a great adventure. And it is an adventure with much love and much excitement and much interest and creativity and, though the pain is great, the beauty of the transformation far surpasses the evil that was done. As you continue you will see more and more of it clearer. And you will find great joy in the things ;you have done and the choices you have made. I know this, and I look forward to it as I do every time we meet.

Are there more questions?

Mark:  Have you got any suggestions as to how the spots...the recent  changes with the way we¹ve been doing things, where we hit some of those uncomfortable spots... there seems to be like there is an expectation we bring to that in that discomfort, and I want to get a different perspective on that. 

LinEl:  We have indeed been watching many, many groups evolve in many, many different ways with different personalities and human aspects. We are professional groupies (laughter). What you describe is very simple and very common in the beginning of the development of trust and families. Think of the herd instinct, think of the flocks of birds, think of the sheep who do not have a real leader, but if one is startled and moves one direction, many, many follow. (Laughter) And this, in essence, is what is happening as you begin to discover now you are all black sheep, You are all unique. You are all capable of turning your group any direction any time. And so, your choices tonight were interesting, speaking of leadership, because you all realized that you each have the responsibility to participate at those rough moments. This is far beyond many groups that gather and have tacitly and vocally designated a leader, even shared one. There is much comfort in that structure. It works. But it al

I honor your rededication. I honor your willingness to be uncomfortable. And I applaud all of you for your courage to move ahead and I hope that you continue to invite us more and more to participate with you. I would step back now and let others transmit me if they wish. It has been wonderful to ...use... Delores like this... (laughing)

Delores:  I¹m not sure that¹s what he said!

Greetings this is JamEl (T/R Mark):  It¹s wonderful to be able to speak with you again. We watched your group process/transformation/changing with great interest. There are not many groups in the teaching mission that are willing to put themselves into discomfort to face the problems that are typical, and to move forward into discomfort. It¹s fascinating to watch your responses, your reactions and your choices.

One thing that I would say to you as cheerleading and as a suggestion is that discomfort, when sat on, tends to feed itself. The longer something goes unsaid, the harder it is to say it. It can be such a tiny pebble at first and the longer it goes the more of a stone it becomes. A stone you begin lugging around with all your energy.  Something that many of you have devoted yourselves to, is the attempt to speak of those small stones early. As a minor example this evening, the bringing up of the discomfort of silence, Jewels immediately began to address the problem rather than sitting in the discomfort. Even though there are no answers immediately apparent it is good simply to say ³I am uncomfortable.² That is a starting place. Silence and evasion lead you nowhere. It is a process and a dialogue you have begun with each other. Continue with it, even though you feel that you do not have the answers or anything to say that is sharp and definitive and direction-making. Speak anyway. You ha

Delores: How do you take it, then?

JamEl:  Think of bringing action into just the hearing part of the process. There is much action to keeping your ears open. Think of all the triggers. Think of all the preconceptions. Think of all the miscommunication, the ill-used words, the misunderstood moment, expression, emphasis. It takes much effort to keep your ears and your hearts open to what is  being said, what is being heard and what needs to be done from that point. Do not minimize hearing. It is not the same as listening.

Delores:  So you have to ³hear in truth².

JamEl:  Yes. That is good.

Delores:  It makes me feel like my mind is 360 degrees when usually I am only looking out of one eye.

JamEl:  This is true for many of you.  

Thea:  Makes me feel like I wish I could go BACK to looking out of one eye.

Delores:  So that action thing is asking questions? Why did you look like that ? Is something wrong with you? You¹re looking cross-eyed at me...

JamEl:  That is a component, yes. Having the courage to ask difficult questions is a component to hearing. Not pressing your own, for lack of better word, -  dysfunction/ preconceived notions/ expectations  upon other people. Many of you, and this is again back to the herd instinct, want to over-lay what you are and what you know on the other person so that it is easier to understand  them, to put them in a context that you intimately understand:  yourself, and all the cultural dysfunction that you have picked up along the way. You wish to place people in boxes. It is easier to deal with them that way. It is safer to deal with them that way. You can appreciate their small idiosyncrasies, but keep them contained and move on. That is what is typical. You all have the ability to do what is not typical. And that is to let this wild person unfold in front of you and still feel safe in yourself. You are all wild ones unfolding. It is pure conceit to think that there is a box around you. Or t

Delores:  So, we should never be bored. You know, I mean,...when I think about that...people...

JamEl:  Well put. Yes.

Delores:  You know because there's all those people out there and they are all pretty wild, aren¹t they?  Isn¹t everybody pretty wild?

JamEl:  YES!  So far as we have seen, yes. We¹re all fairly wild. Your statement of boredom is an interesting one. The more spiritually mature, the more self you become, boredom becomes a concept that lives in the lower evolutionary scales. 

Delores: Ummm...teenagers....

JamEl: Infants. 

Hughsie: I like the concept of spirituality bringing you closer to a sense of self. It¹s another one of those Duh! connections.

JamEl:  Yes. Yes. We have an exciting road ahead. We all anticipate it greatly. And we will be there with you every step of the way. Never forget that. 

(group)Thanks JamEl

JamEl:  It is nice to be with you again.

Delores:  Thank you for answering that question.

JamEl:  Thank you for asking.

Delores:  Actually, it was Mark¹s question...

JamEl:  I will take leave of you tonight and I hope to speak to you again soon. Remember that the love of the Father  is around you, inside you, and enfolding always, in front and inside of you. Every step you take, there steps also the foot of God. Good night, friends.

Group:  Thank you, good night JamEl.

Serenia (T/R Thea):  Greetings. It is I, Serenia. I would remind you all that the struggle towards love, and yourself, and each other, the Father, is worth everything. You all run from all of these. Try hard to run in a different direction. Run towards yourselves. Run towards each other. Run towards the Father. For you become so caught up in what you have learned before. Now is the time to learn things new. Do not let the characteristic reactions of anger, resentment, confusion, fear, all of the things that you use to cloud the reality you truly seek, do not allow it to get in the way. Our Michael said ³Love one another as I have loved you.² Love that in yourself which is unfolding, love that "wild" part of you which is made "wild" on purpose so that it will seek in all the directions to fill all of the places that are yours. And learn to love that wild part in one another. For the same reason. For knowing and understanding that all of those places will also come to touch you. 

When you are all touching and with the Father, the day will come, someday, in the evolution of the Supreme, when of all the "wild things" will be touching. You have entered into a realm that requires all of the courage that you can imagine and be assured that we will stand by you, and every possible spiritual power available to you will be with you. And if you can, you must stay courageous, for you are on the brink of lasting changes that forge a space not only for you, but for your whole world. For this we came here.  For this your beloved Michael came, and for this the Father is always within you, around you, speaking to your heart saying, ³Have Courage. Come towards me.²

Dear ones, I love you more than I can say, but there will come a day when I can say it. And I look forward to that ( tape unclear) I will return soon. Thank you.

Group:  Thank you, Serenia.

Thea:  Father, give me the courage to tell the truth--to hear the lies but believe the truth, anyway.