[tmtranscripts] Arcadia, July 22, 2002

[Larry Whelan]

Arcadia Teaching Mission Group

Monday, July 22, 2002, 8:00 pm
Arcadia, California

George:  OK, I am going to start off by recounting a dream I had this 
morning.  This was in preparation for tonight’s lesson, I assume.  The 
dream had to do withpart of it with meI was running through this field of 
corn stalks to meet these men who were advancing towards me.  I had a 
machete in one hand and a stick in the other.  When I got to the men I 
realized that they were my Uncles.  I was running backwards as they were 
running towards me.  At the same time I tried to stop them with the stick 
and the machete.  I was swinging at them, I was trying to kill them, I 
guess.  I didn’t know why at the time.

Then my dream jumped to a vision of me searching the newspaper, and I saw 
a  vision of a boy blindfolded with a machete in his hand.  He was in a 
play with other children on the stage, the child with the machete was 
swinging it around and he didn’t see the three children in front of 
him.  The picture that was in the paper was of the little boy with the 
machete in his hand, swinging it and cutting the faces of the three 
children.  This was a very disturbing dream, a very disturbing image for me.

I searched for the caption of the image to see what was said about it.  Why 
was this image here?  And what was it representing?  The caption 
read:  “The crowd said, ‘No pas,’ but he did.”  That was all that the 
caption said.  It was hard for me to understand what it meant?  But I 
searched and I realized that not only was the little boy’s name “Pas” which 
means peace in Spanish, but they were also saying, ‘No pas’, meaning no 
peace.  I also got from the dream, we are all like children blindfolded 
with machetes in our hands wheeling them around in this stage of life and 
sometimes we don’t see who we hurt.  Anyway that was my dream.  Let us now 
go into the silence so we can communicate with JarEl.

Group Stillness and meditation.

JarEl: TR, George.  Good evening, it is I, your teacher JarEl.  It is good 
to see all of you once again, my friends, my family, and my students.  This 
dream that George was talking about was a set-up for tonight’s lesson. It 
speaks of the effects we have on one another, the effects that you have on 
other people and how some more than others can end up hurting another so 
severely, that it does feel like a machete slicing through your very 
soul.  The dream is merely representing the actions that you take 
sometimes, of the action and words and attitudes that you put forward.  Be 
aware of who you hurt.  Be aware of who is in front of you.  Take your 
blindfolds off so that you may see, and grow.  You are like children.  You 
are very much like children, even those of you who have been on this planet 
for a very long time.  You are still children in the eyes of God.  My 
children, you are capable of committing mistakes, some not so 
severe.  These mistakes are just that, mistakes and errors.  The reason why 
is because the majority of you continue to walk around with your 
blindfolds.  You continue to act in this tradition, in this ceremony that 
enables you to have a weapon in hand.  Drop your weapons, stop the 
ceremonies and take off your blindfolds.  Come to the realization of the 
brotherhood of man and the Fatherhood of God.  This is what you need to do 
to stop hurting each other, to stop creating barriers between one 
another.  You need to take off those blindfolds to realize who your brother 
is and not depend on others to tell you who your brother really is.

In your hearts you know we are all brothers and sisters.  You are light 
givers, you in this room have taken your blindfolds off; have lifted up 
lamps, the candles, the torches.  You give light to those that dwell in 
darkness.  The point is that most people do not see the light because they 
wear these blindfolds, which stops them from seeing any light.  They 
hesitate to remove these blindfolds because they are following traditions, 
being part of the ceremony.  This is all focused, geared towards the 
religions of the world that keep many in bondage, that keep many 
blinded.  It is OK to remove these blindfolds, it is OK to seek, and it is 
OK to ask when you do not know.  It is OK to be confused.  Out of this 
confusion there is a question and when the question is asked, the answer is 
given and then clarity is realized.  Do not be afraid to confront these new 
truths, this new frontier of knowledge, of spirituality.  Don’t hide behind 
the blindfolds and expect others to lead you.  For they are blind 
themselves.  Follow what is inside, follow your hearts, and follow the 
spark of God that exists inside of you.  Become conscious of the truth that 
is revealed within you and accept this new profound feeling that you have, 
that has grown and will continue to grow for all eternity.

Life is not about rituals or traditions.  Life is about seeing, life is 
about knowing, life is about realizing.  Life is about loving and being 
loved.  Only you can realize your own life; can give meaning to the moments 
that pass day by day.  Gather these moments together and realize the 
intelligent design that exists within your life.  This is God, this is you. 
There is a moment that you need to stop being children and start taking 
responsibility, by first knowing and seeing within your heart and then by 
growing with God.  Many on this world are still children, many are 
blindfolded.  Help them, guide them, make them realize that they can take 
their blindfolds off; that it is OK to see.  It is OK to be confused at 
first; this is only a sign of a true quest for knowledge.  First there is 
confusion, and then there are questions, then answers and then 
clarity.   Many of you have experienced this already.  Many of you here 
have asked the questions and have received answers.  When you are at the 
moment of your greatest confusion don’t be afraid to ask, for it is only 
right for us to give you the answers that you deserve.  Even though you are 
children in time, you hold in your hands the library card of the 
Universe.  With this you can check out any book that you want, you can 
acquire the knowledge of the Universe if you so will.  As you grow older, 
as you grow with the Universe you will more readily use this card to 
acquire advanced knowledge.

Right now you are unaware of your potential, of the mere fact that you are 
children.   Do not take this whole lesson as something degrading.  I am 
merely stating the facts of the Universe.  You shall live for many 
thousands, and thousands, and thousands of years.  The life that you have 
lived thus far


you can fill in the rest.  You can imagine the great 
discrepancies in terms of your universe life-span; you are still embryos in 
your mothers’ womb yet to develop features, but your minds have a 
potential, your souls are growing.  Yes many of you may grow extensively 
here on Urantia, that is your potential, but the facts are that you are 
still children.  That is alright; because we all love you and so does the 
Father in heaven.  No matter how many mistakes that you make, how many 
transgressions, you will always find forgiveness from God.  I will now step 
aside so others may speak.

Donna:  Thank you JarEl for your fine lesson and for the allegorical dream 
that the TR George had, so that you were able to present the lesson in a 
way that we could imagine in our minds as pictures and then you gave us a 
nice explanation of the dream.  Yes I agree, sometimes I think the way that 
God sees us is as children.  Yes indeed, we are so young and so 
immature.  Those are just my thoughts.

JarEl: TR, George.  Thank you Donna, are there any more comments or questions?

Stella:  How many lifetimes is it going to take the people to grow up?

JarEl: TR, George.  You need to have patience; you need to be aware that 
you are growing.  There is never a point that you can say, “I am grown up”, 
because you can always grow more.  It is all relative; you may still be a 
child three hundred years from now.

Stella: Oh God, no, no, no!

JarEl: TR, George.  Relative to me.

Stella: What did you say?

JarEl: TR, Relative to me.

Stella: Oh, relative to you.

JarEl: TR, George.  Yes.

Stella:  How old are you?

JarEl: TR, George. Really old!  But really young, too.  Like I said it is 
all relative.

Lucille:  JarEl, on the first part you were speaking about using words that 
would hurt other people’s feelings.  You seem to be speaking to me 
today.  I have a daughter who is going through some very trying times.  I 
try to tell her that God loves her and that I love her, but she 
misinterprets what I say often.  Is there a way to communicate with 
somebody who is under the influence of medication or alcohol?  I don’t want 
to hurt her feelings.

JarEl: TR, George.  Yes Lucille, but first let me direct your attention to 
the first part of the TR’s dream, which had to do with him and his 
Uncles.  There was no interpretation to this part of the dream.  What the 
dream signified was that the generation prior was in a hurried and frantic 
state, but they had a purpose.  They had a direction, they had a mission to 
accomplish.  However, George did not understand what they were doing.  He 
did not understand why they were advancing towards him?  They were not 
advancing towards him; they needed to go past him to accomplish something 
that was not communicated to him.  He in turn saw that as an aggression and 
feared for his life and defended himself for what he thought was 
right.  Sometimes we need to stop and explain to our loved ones, what we 
are doing and why we are doing it.  Because there is always a chance that 
they may not understand your actions or your motives.  At a certain age you 
start thinking differently.  At their age they might still be thinking 
about high school or boys or girls or going to the movies or their 
car.  They are preoccupied with a million other things that have nothing to 
do with things that you are preoccupied with.  There needs to be a common 
ground, a common understanding, a common level.  I know it may be difficult 
and this may require much repeating.  You must always try to make them 
understand where you are coming from and explain to them clearly and 
decisively.  In turn they will appreciate this.  Does this answer your 
question Lucille?

Lucille:  Yes, thank you.

JarEl:  TR, George.  You are welcome

.I would like to leave you with this 
thought tonight.  Remember that you live among children and it may be 
difficult to remove the blindfold that you all wear, but if you stop and 
explain to them what you are doing and why you are doing it, they will 
gladly allow you to remove their blindfold.  Thank you and good night.

All:  Good night JarEl.

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