[tmtranscripts] N. Idaho Team 12/09/01

[Rick P. Giles]

North Idaho Teaching Mission Group
Topics: Gain, Report Card
Teachers: Elyon, Machiventa

December 9, 2001

*	Elyon (Jonathan TR):  Good morning, Elyon once again with you.  I enjoy
your presence.  I relish every comment, as it is as cherished by me as the
comments of any offspring are cherished by parents who derive pleasure in
witnessing the unfoldment of their offspring.
	Today I will continue our series of growth, hope, and fear by discussing
gain.  It is natural in the human impulse the desire to grow.  It begins
physically at your conception and continues on the levels of mind and spirit as
you mature while on this planet and will carry over into the morontia realms and
beyond.  Growth is natural, nearly automatic, though it can be detained or
accelerated by the use of will.  There are promoters and inhibitors, as we have
pointed out with hope or fear and the reactions taken when those feelings are
encountered.  In the desire to grow there is the potential for the feeling of
frustration when the desire is not balanced by patience, and this is why I have
chosen to speak about gain.  I will divide it two ways: first, the approach of
gain would be as in that of accumulation, for instance, the gain of wealth or
bodily weight.  Any accumulating, mass enlarging, type of gain is the kind of
gain often projected toward growth.  It is natural for the human soul to
wish for
the gain that is embodied in Christ Michael or an angel or one of our fine
Melchizedek.  This desire, that gain sought, is part of the long haul.  It will
be attained, but it will -- perhaps unlike bodily weight -- be more difficult to
acquire.  This you may hope for, strive for, but the gain I wish for you to
focus
upon in the short term, in the present, is more the gain of amplitude, like that
of your volume control.
	I have not been reticent in my praise of your efforts and in acknowledging
your accomplishments and your adherence to the lessons with faithfulness and
duty, knowing that you do gain from them, but the gain I speak of today is that
of acceptance, recognizing your current attainment and merely turning up the
volume.  In other words, you can be assured of divine support when you a little
more loudly, a little more brightly, simply reveal the spirit that you have come
to recognize and to be at this point in your upward ascent.  Using radio as my
analogy, the signal received is not different no matter what volume level you
choose.  You still have the program that you have tuned to.  Prior to fusion you
will experience the frustration that your radio does not pick up the divine
frequency as clearly as you would like.  But you are able to increase the
gain of
that received signal of your Thought Adjuster by manifesting in your actions
that
which you have received and making it obvious, not so much obvious to your
fellows, though this will occur, but obvious before your own eyes, before your
own witness that you are indeed receiving and applying what you are
encountering,
be it through stillness, through our expressions in lessons, and through the
many
human experiences of your daily lives.  Gain in this manner assures you of your
current status, of your capabilities, your preparedness.
	It is spoken of the "faint flicker of faith"; it is spoken of the "still,
small voice", and you have pondered and extracted meaning from these phrases.  I
point to you today to also notice your present abilities; if it is difficult to
perceive, turn up your volume so you can recognize a little more notably
what you
have.  Be not concerned if it a poor signal.  You have the signal, and you are
able to discern, and through it you can express.
	Michael on earth was fully aware that his apostles were not absolutely
ready to begin their public ministry.  That did not deter him from going
forward. 
When he sent them out two by two that, in effect, turned up their gain.
They had
demonstrated in those experiences the proof that they had accomplished
significantly many things that were as yet unrecognized.  You will naturally
over
the course of time, because of your diligence and dedication to spiritual truth
and the Father's will, gain through accumulation.  Every step along the way you
can turn up your volume, amplify your current talents and skills, shout it from
the mountain tops, so to speak, burn more brightly.  Light that lampstand on the
hilltop for all to see, though it be a simple candle.  This gain creates the
momentum for the gain of accumulated growth.
	I have finished my lesson.  I am willing to dialogue with you if you have
questions to present.

	Jada:  You talk of gain and turning up the signal.  It reminds me of a
feedback loop where you increase the signal, purify the signal, by acting upon
it.
*	Elyon:  This is a good comment, for a weak signal, when heard, may leave
doubt as to the accuracy of what the reception was.  In the instance of a radio
program the proper message heard when the gain is turned up, though it is still
full of static and difficult of discernment, the volume does bring across
what is
conveyable, and you are more certain of having heard and understand even
with the
absent information or data.  The feedback loop is self-amplifying.  By
demonstrating your accomplishments in your life you self-amplify your growth,
stimulating an even higher demonstration and encouraging an increased hunger for
greater signal receptivity.

	Evelyn:  I see a similar pattern with last week's fear of the known and the
unknown, and the lesson on the faith that clings and the faith that reaches
out. 
The amplitude gain is the known, making the most of what you already have; like
with faith, clinging to what's there.  Accumulation is like the unknown, the
venturing forth, what's around the next bend.
*	Elyon:  Keen observation on your part.  I compliment you in your
discernment.  This is a pattern we are endeavoring to present to you in these
lessons.  It will be helpful to all to actively discern the difference when
facing a dilemma, for if you can take inventory of your known and recognize the
unknown you will more clearly and mindfully be able to address the issue and to
apply your resources to either resolution, if it is a conflict, or progress
if it
is a hoped for ideal of being.

*	Machiventa:  I am Machiventa.  Greetings to each of you within a
discernible distance of my approach to you in this manner through this medium of
transmission.  I am making my rounds as I am favorably inclined toward doing to
visit all the students who are in this university of preparedness for planetary
action.  I know the words sound grand, but it is the small deeds of every one of
you who are the uplifters of this planet.  We are keenly interested in your
welfare and are ever present for support
	Our reach from what you know as a celestial realm becomes faint when it is
discerned by physically encased, budding spiritual beings as yourselves.
You are
our volume controls.  You are the amplification of the spiritual luminosity that
enshrouds this world every time you are bold and stand to be recognized, not of
self, but of the reality of spirit; that being manifested in goodness and beauty
and truth.  I have witnessed you all progressing for many years now.  My report
card of you all speaks of you favorably and acknowledges your efforts.  A
morontia report card does not simply grade you upon your accomplishments.  It
also lists what is in need of attaining.  These are not rebukes or marks of
failure; they are those aspirations, the very things you will rejoice in
accomplishing in the next term of education.  I recognize these too, and the
lesson plans are being discussed in committee, and you will receive what we have
to offer as the mission continues.
	I thank you for your dedication and your support.  Until I meet with you
again, farewell.

*	Elyon:  This is Elyon returning to you.  I would release you from the
classroom today, as the silence is deafening, and allow you to be about the
Father's business as we are all wont to do.  Farewell.