[tmtranscripts] Arcadia, February 24, 2003

[Larry Whelan]

Arcadia Teaching Mission Group

Monday, February 24, 2003, 8:00 P.M.
Arcadia, California

Prayer

Lucille:  Dear Father thank you for the wonderful world we live in.  Thank 
you for all the friends we have and the surplus of things that we have in 
our country, if we could only learn to share it with others.  Thank you 
especially for our teachers and I hope we learn from their lessons.  We 
thank you for your help, in Jesus name, amen.

JarEl:  TR, George.  Good evening, it is I your teacher, JarEl.  It is good 
to see all of you once again to share this moment in time with you my 
little brothers and sisters.  Tonight I would like to discuss certain ideas 
that were in Lucille's prayer.  There is mention of learning how to share 
things that we have in excess.  It is good to share with others, to give to 
those in need, but that is not what I want to focus on.  The fact that you 
have excess quantities or capital puts you in a position which allows you 
to nurture your spiritual self.  It allows you the leisure to develop your 
mind and your soul as opposed to those that are in dire straights, those 
who do not have that much, who are in need, who are constantly struggling 
for survival.  It is very difficult for them to stop and contemplate their 
lives.  For they do not have the luxury such as you have.  You should find 
yourself fortunate to have such opportunities to have the time and the 
resources to bring you to such a state of elevated spirituality.  Imagine 
that you were born in another part of the world where things were not 
easily acquired, where everything that you had you had to fight 
for.  Imagine the type of life you would live.

Now look at your life and think of all the opportunities that were given to 
you.  Think of all the moments where you experienced God personally, where 
He came into your life and showed you His grace.  Now imagine if you were 
in a situation where you couldn't stop and think what this all meant, what 
this experience was about, because time did not allow.  You should find 
yourself fortunate for you have reached such a high level of 
spirituality.  Although there is yet more to learn, you are the forerunners 
of the age of Light and Life and the majority of you come from countries 
that cultivate such peace that allows you to think freely, to worship 
freely.  Yet there are parts of the world that do not allow peace, either 
by political means or by sheer economic restraints.  Now as people from a 
nation, that is today considered a great nation, you should set examples 
for others, not just to your immediate community, but to others from other 
parts of the world.  Set examples of how you can love one another, be 
brothers and sisters.  Respect and admire each other and allow each other 
the opportunity to grow and to learn and live life by setting the example.

My dear brothers and sisters you have been given this great opportunity, 
this powerful tool to live in such a place and to grow in such a way.  Do 
not let this opportunity be in vain.  For others in other parts of the 
world are jealous of such opportunities, they do so wish that they could 
have a moment's rest.  I ask you to help carry the torch, sayings that have 
been given to different generations throughout time.  Each generation, each 
age was considered an enlightened age.  However, there came times when the 
torch had to be passed, to other groups, another race, another group of 
people entirely different from those who carried it before.  I ask you not 
to let this light die in your hands as you hold it.  Don't be jealous and 
hide it among you by not allowing others to see this great light that you 
hold in your hands.  It has been given to you and yet you may see others 
pick up this torch and run full speed with it.  Do not forget the meaning, 
the message or the work.  Remember what is important; remember that the 
message should carry through no matter what.

The message that God brings to you, everyone all over the world, is the 
most important thing which you should uphold.  This is what Michael did and 
this is what is asked of you.  You are today's ambassadors of light; you 
have been anointed to carry this message throughout the land of 
Urantia.  You have been given opportunities of princes, queens and 
gods.  You are here to fulfill what God asked you.  It is the release of 
your own life, a surrender of your own will that allows you to come in 
contact with that of God's Will.  And that is the true message, the 
releasing of your own will and taking that of God's, you find the 
truth.  Your life may be complicated with the affairs of man and it is hard 
for you to see what God's Will is.  I am here to tell you that it is not a 
difficult task.  I know that intellectually you are conscious of what God's 
Will is, but spiritually you may not be connected yet, but to do God's Will 
entirely constitutes fusion of one's soul with that of your Thought Adjuster.

So it is important that you go into silence and listen for the Will of 
God.  You will find that he asks you to love one another as he loves 
you.  He asks you to forgive.  He asks you to have compassion.  He asks you 
to be open and sincere.  He asks you to be alive.  He asks you not to live 
in regret.  He asks you to forgive yourself.  He asks you to believe.  He 
asks you to teach others.  He asks you to be fair and kind.  He asks you to 
be patient.  He asks you to be right and to be knowledgeable.  He asks you 
to love him.  God always asks, He never demands.  He never orders you to do 
anything, you have the free will to choose.  It is entirely your choice to 
do His will.  It is entirely your choice, but I know that you, more than 
anything, want to do God's Will and that is why I have told you this.  It 
is up to you to follow any of this advice.  I know that you all want to do 
God's Will and it is entirely understandable when you choose otherwise and 
that is why God asks you to forgive yourself, for he knows that you make 
many mistakes and make many wrong choices.  In time you shall learn to do 
what God asks of you.  He only asks you to do what is in your best 
interest. He knows if you do these things it will bring you great happiness 
and joy in your life; He is God and He is all knowing.  He is all loving 
and He has experience in such matters, whereas you are children of time and 
you are growing and you need to be reared by your parents.

No matter how old you think you are, you are still children who make 
mistakes and they are just that, mistakes, nothing more.  They are mistakes 
and mistakes can be corrected.  So don't be afraid to make mistakes, don't 
be afraid to choose wrong, for in time you will see your choices more 
clearly and your mind and heart will be clearer and it is then that your 
choices do really matter for you will know more.  Therefore, you have more 
responsibility for the choices you make.  Just like Lucifer, men who have 
made choices at such a high-ranking position, such a choice constituted 
tremendous responsibility that had very grave repercussions throughout the 
system of planets.  I doubt that your choice at this time will have such 
repercussions, although all choices do have certain outcomes.  Every choice 
that you make here on this earth is correctable.  So it is up to you to 
choose God, to choose Love, to choose forgiveness or to choose 
happiness.  It is up to you entirely.  I will now step aside so others may 
speak.

Michael:  TR, George.  It is I, your Father/brother Michael, accept my 
love; accept my hand that at this moment stretches out towards you.  With 
all my love and with all my spirit I wish my deepest and most sincere 
gratitude for your contributions to all of your brothers and sisters.  I do 
so dearly love you as I love all who are on this planet, as I love all who 
reside in my universe.  Although at this moment you are not aware of your 
other invisible brothers and sisters, let me reassure you that they do 
exist.  They look in on you from time to time.  I always look in on you as 
well.  My presence is always with you at every moment.  In the difficult 
times of your lives I was there to build your strength, to bring you hope 
and to relieve your mind and your heart of the pressures of everyday 
life.  I understand your pain and suffering; I was there and lived through 
it with you.  It is no great leap for me to feel the pain that you feel at 
this moment; to feel the stress in your lives, to feel the stress in your 
world at this moment that is breaking you apart and causing you to do 
things that you wish you didn't have to do.  Realize that I am here, that I 
have not left or abandoned you.  It would be foolish to think otherwise, 
for how can I leave my precious children on my precious world?  Why would I 
leave?  I am not indifferent to your needs, I am always and forever with you.

I would like to say a personal message specifically for this group.  Many 
times I have come here to speak to you and on many occasions your sister 
Nel transmitted my thoughts and ideas to you.  She did a very remarkable 
job and she always enveloped my spirit which came through.  I never had any 
doubt that she was capable of doing so.  I know how much she meant to all 
of, especially to you Ernie.  I am happy to report to you that she is doing 
remarkably well.  I have seen her and I've embraced her.  She is filled 
with great joy and wonder.  To me she is just a child who will soon grow to 
learn everything there is to learn.  I love her dearly as I love all of 
you.  I know that her entire life she has wanted to meet me and we did meet 
and embrace.  It was all that she had hoped and wished for. I would extend 
the opportunity to you as well; when your time comes I will be very happy 
to meet every single one of you, for you all mean so much to me.  Thank you 
for making me mean so much to you.  Thank you for allowing me into your 
lives and into your hearts.  Thank you for allowing my message to be in 
your thoughts.  Accept my love, good night.

JarEl:  TR, George.  This is JarEl, are there any questions?

Donna Jean:  Yes JarEl, my question is that God gave me free will to make 
choices because he loved me so much, then how is it that I would be making 
mistakes?  That would imply that there is a right way and a wrong way.

JarEl:  TR, George.  My dear Donna Jean, when God gave you free will, he 
simply gave you the choice to choose whatever path you choose in your 
life.  You have made many decisions in your life and based on your 
knowledge and wisdom you are a good judge as to which choices have been 
right and have been wrong thus far.  The fact that you are still making 
choices and yet you don't know if the choice you make is right or wrong 
does not mean that you are right or wrong, you simply make choices.  Now if 
you choose something that you knew is wrong, that is entirely 
different.  You have been a good judge thus far as to what was right or 
wrong.  Does that answer your question?

Donne Jean: No, not really, because I don't believe there is a right or 
wrong when we do something.  My teacher tells me that I have choices and 
that they are just experiences that bring me closer to God.  My question 
then is that if God gave me free choice how can there be mistakes?  If I 
take this path, it just may take longer than if I take this other path, but 
he still gave me the choice to take whatever path was right for me; 
whatever path I choose to experience.

JarEl:  TR, George.  That is correct, there are no right or wrong answers 
when you are reaching for God, there are just experiences.  However in life 
there are right and wrong answers.  For example, say there is a person you 
are having difficulties with.  You can either choose to deal with it 
diplomatically by talking to the person and resolving the difference or you 
can simply decide to eliminate that person by brute force.  Those are 
clearly too different choices and obviously one is wrong.  Now from a 
different perspective, you can argue that the choice is either right or 
wrong, it depends on one's point of view.  Certainly every choice that you 
make in life is an experience and depending on what choice you make, it may 
or may not bring you closer to God.  Now there are certain choices that you 
have, that you make that in fact put you farther away from God; takes you 
away from God, separates you from God.  These choices constitute  sin and 
iniquity.  Many make such choices in their lives.  For they do become 
iniquitous and they do separate themselves from the true Source and Center 
of their life.  Now if you make choices, conscious choices that direct you 
towards God then there are no right or wrong choices for they are all 
leading towards the same goal.  Keep in mind that in life there are right 
and wrong choices.  But when it comes to reaching God all the choices that 
you make are experiences and they do lead you to him eventually, so do not 
be afraid of those choices.  Be wary when you make choices that do involve 
right and wrong.

Donna Jean:  Thank you.

JarEl:  TR, George.  You are welcome.  Are there anymore questions?

Lucille:  JarEl, I have a daughter that is having many problems right 
now.  I don't know if it is alcohol and/or drug problems or both.  She is 
all alone and the neighbors try to look in on her, but today I tried to 
find a social worker or somebody that could help or at least check in on 
her once in a while.  All day long I could not find anyone who would go to 
her home.  My question is what can I do other than pray for her?  Of course 
every time I speak to her I tell her that she is a daughter of God and that 
he loves her very much.  Are there other resources I can turn to?

JarEl:  TR, George.  There are many resources available Lucille.  What your 
daughter is experiencing is very detrimental to her soul.  Unfortunately 
she is going through this.  There will be a point in her life where she is 
going to want to change, is going to want help.  At that point, the 
resources that have always been there will present themselves to her and 
she will be able to get that help that she so dearly needs.  You cannot do 
any more for her than you have already done Lucille.  You have done a lot.

Lucille:  I feel so helpless at times.

JarEl:  TR, George.  You are not helpless.  You have done great good 
towards your daughter and to others.  God see all the compassion that is in 
your heart but do not beat yourself for not being able to help her.  It is 
up to her to help herself.  It is up to her to dig herself out of the hole 
that she has dug herself into.  You are trying to take on her 
responsibility.  Allow her to make the mistakes that she is making Lucille, 
be consistent in your love for her, and be consistent in your word and she 
will remember you for this and someday, maybe not now, she will begin the 
healing.  She will remember everything that you ever told her.

Lucille:  I was hoping that she could get somebody from AA to come, but she 
doesn't call.  At least she doesn't when she has anything to drink.  Thank 
you for your response.

JarEl:  TR, George.  Before I leave tonight I would also like to report on 
Nel because I know how much she means to you.  She has met with Hal and 
they did spend some time together, reminiscing about their time here on 
Urantia, the time in the Teaching Mission and in the Study Groups.  It was 
very rewarding to them for it reinforced in their lives and in their hearts 
their commitment to their spiritual growth.  It gave them a sense of 
nostalgia to know that in this life on Urantia they began their 
work.  Their conversation did go into more depth then I am telling 
you.  They did feel a greater sense of fraternity then they ever have 
felt.  They both send their love to all of you.  In unison they both want 
to tell you that it is wonderful, they are learning at a very rapid 
pace.  They are growing a great deal and so are all other loved ones who 
have left.  They are all watching over you, they all look in from time to 
time.  At this moment they are gathering, there are many conversations that 
are going on at once.  They all marvel and delight in all of you in your 
gathering and your open mind and in your sincerity.  They all wish the best 
for all of you.  Mostly they are happy because you are making good choices 
and they are a good judge of what your choices are.  So remember that 
Michael is always with you and you have the True Source and Center 
within.  Good night.

All:  Good night JarEl.

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