[tmtranscripts] 11-09-03 Rio Rancho NM TeaM

[Gerdean O Bowen]

DATE:                   November 09, 2003
LOCATION:         Esmeralda’s Hideaway
                               Rio Rancho, New Mexico
TEACHERS:         TOMAS & ANATOLIA
TOPICS:                 Independent Will in Service
                                Involving Yourself in Life
Q & A:                    Sharing the Inner Life
                                Teaching vs. Preaching
T/R’s:                Gerdean & Matthew
MUSIC:            Elena on Piano: "Softly and Tenderly"
PRAYER:         Matthew: Let us place ourselves in the presence of Jesus,
the Christ.
Master Teacher,
        After an intro like that, we hear that you are calling, we can
feel your presence and your influence upon us and it makes us glad to be
among creation. For we could have been anything – a mockingbird, a tree,
a toad or otherwise, but we get to ascend next to Father Himself, and
with you in heart mind and to make the unity finally accomplished.
        For all that you have been, done, and are for us and to bring in
your flock, we are forever grateful.
        For the teachers that are with us today and everyday we are
grateful as well. We look forward to the teachings that we receive today
to edify us and, more importantly, the flock that remains as you send us
forth to do your work and the Father’s will. Our aim is to be
accomplished disciples and to be your presence as the unity of all stands
for all time.
        We are forever grateful. Amen.
TOMAS:         Good afternoon, loyal friends, beautiful children, avid
students and humble servants. 
Group:         Thank you.
TOMAS:         What an appropriate song for the thread that has been
woven into the consciousness of many of you, in terms of service,
ministry, outreach and the like. "Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling."
In this manner, it is possible for you to also provide an inducement to
those you would feed. But so often in your culture, you introduce
concepts by way of what might appear to be a sales pitch. And when you
have bought and sold all you intend to, you do not want your soul bought
and sold. Rather, you want it to be lured forward in such a way that you
can rely on the peace that prevails when the Master is about, when you
are in his presence, when you are mindful of his association. 
What a challenge then, it must be for those of you who come to minister
with such enthusiasm and fervor that you appear as Peter, dynamic but
often overpowering. This is part of the human condition, of course: to
exalt what you believe and know ~ that it is worthy of the belief of all
others. But a belief is a personal matter and the true work of the
Kingdom is to enable son and daughters of God to know their Father such
that they avails themselves to the Voice which gently and tenderly calls
and leads them into their own religious experience and their own path to
Paradise. 
This is such an existential experience! It is something that must be
accomplished, acquired, attained in each of you and very personally. This
is the beauty of the Master: that when he calls, you who know the sound
of his Voice, will listen. 
I would like to speak today a bit about independent will in service. It
relates again and still to the theme that when you are called and
commissioned by God 
 to provide a service, or to feed his sheep in a way
that is compelling for you, or that impels you into the field 
 you drop
everything willingly and hasten to do his bidding. But we have been
observing how it is that everyone is not thus led. Not everyone perceives
that God has given them an assignment, or that their personality perforce
has anything to do with the divine will thus, in humility, they back off
and devote prayerful energy, then, to the solutions of mankind.
There is a third alternative, and that was one which Machiventa
Melchizedek incorporated in his sojourn here. Before materializing, it
was determined that it would be necessary that certain steps be taken to
prepare the way for the arrival of the creator son when he incarnated
here in order to introduce the love of God to this world. Machiventa took
it upon himself to undertake to come here and prepare the way by
establishing the one God concept. And his decision to come here was
approved by those On High and so it came to pass. 
This is the third option: that you decide for yourself what you will do.
Make your plan. And then present your plan to the celestials to determine
whether or not they will work with you. If no help is forthcoming, you
would do well to regard this as a premature effort, perhaps, or one not
completely in keeping with the needs of the moment. But if your motives
are truly to serve and to minister (rather than for self-aggrandizement),
it is likely that the hosts of heaven will foster your involvement and
encourage your plan.
It comes down, again, to decision-making and following through for
yourself and your own destiny when you hear the voice lead you into a
service path. This does not need to be as lofty and exalted as it may
sound, using Machiventa Melchizedek as an example. Your choices to make a
pot of soup for the neighbors and sit with them is also a decision which
provides a service and a ministry. No one told you, perhaps, but having
made the choice, the decision, you were provided the goods to make the
soup and the strength to make the trip to those whom you would serve.
This independent action in terms of service is always a courageous
venture. And for some, a gamble, for one never knows until one makes the
choice, whether or not it was a good choice. Even so, the new truth is
that if you don’t like the choice you made, you can make another choice –
unlike a former paradigm which, if you made a choice, you needed to
follow it through to the bitter end. While cause and effect is certainly
a law of the universe, it is not so unyielding it will not allow for a
better choice before the damage is done. Unraveling knots is preferred to
cutting the rope completely. 
Independent choice is, however, always subject to those upon whom you
depend and/or those who depend on you. By depending on others to find the
format or the wherewithal to serve, you begin to experience the delights
of service but, should something happen to that scaffolding, you have yet
to discover if you can fulfill your outreach purposes by standing on your
own two feet. Likewise, if you have a desire to serve and you set out to
fulfill your mission, and by doing so you take yourself away from
obligations you have already committed yourself to, that would leave
others high and dry, you may need to review your motives in seeking to
serve further, or above and beyond. 
These human quandaries are part of your active spiritual problem solving
precisely because Jesus is calling you. He calls you forward into your
own awareness of the conscious universe and in the journey your natural
response is to prepare the way for others to learn what you have learned.
This is how you teach what you know: by giving others an opportunity to
learn what you have learned. 
Here is another rub, however, for in your desire to serve, it may not
occur to you that others may have already learned that lesson. And yet,
if you are learning from your experiences how to be more effective in the
field of introducing the divine light into the souls of those you meet,
you will remember the gospel is based on the family concept, and you are
siblings with these myriad sons and daughters who seek to serve in their
own right, in their own capacity, and in their own time. And rather than
discouraging these young ones or disdaining their efforts, it is the
nature of a loving parent to encourage the learning child and to show
tolerance for their foibles. 
The result of service is not always immediate or obvious. And so, if you
were seeking to serve for your own self-satisfaction, you will find your
efforts being wasted. You may as well stay home and put that energy to
better use through prayer and reflection. The beautiful and unforgettable
truth remains that we who have heard Jesus calling and who have responded
to that call, will never be the same, and in some ways will never be
content unless and until all of creation is mindful of that precious
sound of Jesus calling, softly and tenderly.
I cease my sounds for the moment and relinquish the floor to my
associate.
ANATOLIA:         Welcome, this fine Sunday afternoon in the Albuquerque
area. I wish to remind you, if you have not done so already, to take a
look at your environment. Look around, especially from this near hilltop
where you can see out over the Albuquerque area, the valley that you see
before you, as a wonderful expanse and expression of the vastness that
applies here. Then wonder, if you will, what this vastness can compute to
in terms of a look, vision, or portrayal of what you have to look forward
to.
I often make reference to "if you could see what I can see" you would
never question anything again. For you see all of the possibilities come
to life and play out before your very eyes. If you could watch seven to
ten motion pictures at one time, and see them all in their unique,
loving, living portrayals of forms of life and expression that exist
simultaneously, then you would have some idea of what I speak of, for
there is much before you that you presently do not understand. 
In like manner, there is much before you in your life or dimension that
you do not understand yet I wish for you to incorporate in your
perspective more possibility thinking – specifically in terms of thinking
and believing that behind every personality presentation that you
encounter there is more depth, breadth, and height than you can possibly
imagine. For the most disturbed individual that you can think of, in
terms of how sad and shattered a life can seemingly be, you have only to
consider that which you are unaware of (as I gave a momentary glance of
the multitude of dimensions that exist at the same time). Surely even a
shattered life has height, depth and width beyond that which you can
visually observe. 
So in addition to this simply being a lesson of not judging, for you know
not what you judge, nor have capacity to do the same, it is a lesson for
being more mindfully aware of the immensity of your participation in this
mystery called life. "Alice in Wonderland" had nothing on the reality of
being in an unencumbered life. For yours will be the opportunity to
become as expansive as you wish or as specific as you wish. If you had
ever wanted to meander into the life of a flower and become connected
with every part, portion and cellular division of that plant, you may
spend that kind of specific time in experimentation and cooperation.
Likewise, with your open hearts and minds, you will be able to share in
the administration of love as it is dispensed among your partners and
participation in eternity in whatever way is suitable to your tastes,
interests and personality achievement.
I paint this picture not to do anything other than to have you open your
hearts and minds to the possibilities that exist, not just for any single
individual but for groups of people, for colonies, countries, continents
and beyond. To begin with yourself, to be more mindful of dimensions that
are beyond your current perception, and that is dimensions within
yourself, not just in addition to yourself. Recognize that you are
walking in a universe as an ex tension but inseparable from yourself, and
if you walk in such presence, what is the individual beside you walking
in? Certainly nothing less! 
So rejoice and lift your hearts to know that you are chosen to be among
life’s creation and to blossom and pursue the perfection that exists
currently, here and now, only to the limit of your minds capability to
understand are you limited. I wish you peace, happiness and onward
expansion in the here and now of knowing who you truly are and loving
every second of it. I wish you peace, happiness and above all, successful
voyaging. Peace be with you until we meet again.
Group:         Thank you.
Paula:         You know, when you spoke about the Albuquerque area, how
lovely it is. We like to sit outside at night where we live now and look
out and see all the lights of the city below us, and it’s perfectly
beautiful. And I often think, "I wonder what’s going on in each of those
houses? Are they happy people? Or are they getting ready to get a gun and
shoot each other." Nine-tenths of the time they’re happy. They’re living
perfectly normal lives, and that’s good! But you wonder, because there’s
all those lights, and each one is somebody’s house. 
TOMAS:         This is astute of you, dear, because this is what Anatolia
made reference to in discussing the many levels of existence that are
there, that could be seen through the seven movie presentations
suggested. There is merit to your imagination, and each one of those
lights. It invites a modicum of further insight in the path that is
presented. 
The City is engaged in a campaign, for instance, to combine the fields of
cruelty to animals and domestic violence, inasmuch as domestic violence
is a problem on one level of social functioning, which may be so foreign
to other levels of existence it is not something that even comes to mind,
yet it exists and is a problem that is presented in the evolution of the
human race that must be dealt with and does call for those who have the
stomach for that kind of ministry. 
This animal husbandry is ignoring entirely the divine aspects of
existence. Not only are the animals victims, so are the spouses and
children. This is a very low level of operation and one which cries out
for something to be done about the mental aberration that exists in these
men and women who exist on such a barren level of existence, right here
in your own town, your own country. Yes, there are problems like this the
world over, and unless and until they are dealt with, they will continue
to damage the rest of humanity. 
The matter of self-respect is at issue here and once again we find that
the spiritual solution is the only solution that will be enduring. Those
who abuse are seeking some kind of authority over their lives and they
believe the authority they vest in violence is all they are entitled to.
And those who are victims are love-starved and lack the self-esteem that
comes from the dignity status of sonship, to understand the difference in
the types of attentions they receive. There are those who believe that
any attention at all is better than no attention and so there are,
indeed, social ills -- which is a field of problem solving that is
calling softly and tenderly to heal these wounds and nurture these
children into awareness of their true inheritance, their true authority,
and true love.
While it may be difficult to love unlovely mankind, it is possible to
minister to them if you are consecrated to following where He may lead in
ministering to those who have not yet found what they are looking for.
What is on your minds these days? What growth are you enjoying that you
are prepared to pass on to your peers?
Esmeralda:         I’m just immediately wondering if everybody is warm
enough.
Group:         Yes! Very comfortable! We’re fine!
Elena:         Well, I have had a very 
 revealing experience last night,
actually. Stephanie came over last evening with her son, Gabriel.
Stephanie is my step-daughter, the daughter of my ex-husband. And talk
about different layers that Anatolia was talking about, what she has gone
through is just really incredible! She has gone through a tremendous
amount of things, including the abusive situations that were described
today of, -- from her dad and then also with men she had relationships
with, and has been through just an incredible amount, and just felt like
she had no one to turn to.
So last night it was really a revealing kind of a situation about her
coming to realize the value that she had received from what I had given
her, an appreciation – which she had already mentioned from the other
time I met with her -- but just an incredible growth on her part and
someone who was just not wanting anything else other than someone to talk
to, and feeling like someone cared about her and had given her some
caring and attention, and was really looking at that in a very different
way. It was very heart-warming to me. 
I was amazed to hear about what she had been through, and basically by
herself, with very little, if anyone to turn to, and she had gone through
that. Then hearing about how she had been afraid to come to me but had
gotten through that and decided to call me 
 and so it was just a very,
very heartening. I had to respect her tremendously. To hear what she had
gone through and that she had come to the point where she was right now.
So, I was just pretty well amazed. So that was a real revelation on my
part, and a real rewarding one, too, I have to admit.
TOMAS:         Yes, indeed, you have had the priceless opportunity to
observe how your merely being yourself was able to enhance the life of
another. This quality of sharing the inner life is invaluable in forming
friendship and upholding character. The divine in you reached out to the
divine in Stephanie and she was acknowledged, validated, upheld and made
more real because of that experience, and because you provided that
opportunity, it is you who is credited with bringing that understanding
of her rights as a human being to her awareness. Thus, she will be able
to act upon the light of truth that she now knows, in order to better her
circumstances and those who depend on her.
The job of outreach and ministry need not be uncomfortable or unhappy for
you. In fact, if it is in the natural course of your comings and goings,
so much the better but if and when you find yourself in the furrows of
living experience, it is your knowledge of the light within that will
eventually lead you through the morass and out of the experience in such
a way that you will have given much in the process of gaining depth,
breadth, and height of character-developing experience. 
Work is involved in this Kingdom-building, but the work must be near and
dear to the heart or it won’t be effective; it won’t be fruitful. If you
find yourself in a situation where you are unhappy and unfruitful,
consider it your opportunity to be the recipient of the process of
redirecting and correcting the immature and/or aberrant presentation of
your mind’s interpretation of reality. This will enable you to go through
the experience with dignity and emerge better for it. These experiences
become the fodder of the eternal adventurer, the food that nurtures the
service-oriented ambition. 
Elena:         Well, actually, I can use that in my work area, too, so
thank you for that, Tomas.
TOMAS:         When I speak about service I am not drawing lines between
this field and that activity – at least not intentionally. If you can
bring the light of truth into any situation, so much the better. You are
welcome.
Elena:         Well, it was helpful on more than one front. So thank you.
Thoroah:         Tomas, you said something I really appreciate, about
softly and tenderly would be a nice approach in our outreach, our
service, in our attempts to let people know what we know. But you also
said something like, if we’re into this service, outreach, et cetera, for
our own satisfaction, that we might as well stay at home and pray. I’m
wondering if you might elucidate on that a little.
TOMAS:         The glamour of the divine in the minds of some is easily
interpreted as what you might consider "show business". The character
Elmer Gantry was an example of such; he who was charismatic and was able
to generate a good following of parishioners who could more accurately be
called "fans". The ability to generate emotional excitement in the name
of the spirit is a technique that, while appearing to be a genuine
ministry, is in most regards a "production number." 
This is why "softly and tenderly" is personally effective for those who
have fear of the Lord. It remains possible for the divine to become a
part of their consciousness with your guidance and ministerial touch.
This intimacy is the bridge that allows your Adjuster to make contact
with their Adjuster. 
The emotions are excitable but the spirit is not. The spirit is the
epitome of control! The Father is the one who maintains control, from
Paradise. But those who seek to wrest control from God in order to do His
bidding are deluding themselves. They are in "show biz!" This is a
ministry, yes, but it is not necessarily the most effective and
long-range approach, nor is the approach we teach, but we recognize its
relative value when it is practiced. 
The mind is enamored of certain concepts and the imagination is drawn to
certain dramatizations. The frills that are applied on top of the
substance makes it even more of a lure, but it is the substance of the
thing that is at the heart of the ministry, and thus the genuine ministry
of the Father is able to manifest in that individual’s life in such a way
as to transform him infinitely, and not merely for a season. 
Opportunities abound for service. But those of you who have a sense of
integrity about your service, such that you don’t even know that you are
being of service, are sensitive to those affectations that are quite
natural and normal to others in their presentations of their ministry.
They are not wrong, nor would you be wrong if you were to create a
presentation that brought certain spirit truths to the consciousness of
your audience or your congregation.
But the method of softly and tenderly calling the soul of your fellows to
come forth and receive the embrace of the divine, as you stand there in
the light of truth and the love of God, encouraging the eternal liaison,
this invitation and this supernal lure is in God’s hands and he will
provide the means whereby the soul is enhanced, the son is advanced, the
mission is accomplished, the ministry has been effective. 
If you recall Jesus walking through the throng, feeling energy coming out
of him, and turning to say, "Who touched me? I felt energy go from me,"
you will begin to recognize that as you pass by you will be able to
minister to those who see and hear you speak in His name, even as you
comport yourself in your own fashion – not as a production or a role or
in any official capacity, but as an Ambassador of the Father. 
These stirrings make permanent impressions and contribute to the growth
of the individual and are potential growth for the Supreme. Does this
help clarify?
Thoroah:         Very much. It distinguishes a lot in my mind between the
terminology of teacher and preacher. 
TOMAS:         There was a priest you may recall, Thoroah, from your
youth, who was a brilliant actor for God. [Bishop Fulton J. Sheen] His
lines were truly inspired. He was a delight to witness. He was
entertaining and able to quote scripture, able to also appeal to common
sense, and he was a great advantage to Catholicism because of his skill
as a presenter. He was a preacher, but he was so deft, it was not
offensive; it was artistry. 
Even here, Elmer Gantry and his ilk are also very artistic. Look at the
film "The Apostle" and see how dynamic a preacher can be, how much impact
he can have on his flock, giving the spark of God freedom to operate
within the souls of his people. 
There are teachers like myself and like Martin Luther King who are also
active in instilling the light of truth into the mind arena and the area
of consciousness that is stimulated by being taught, illuminated,
enlightened such that inspiration to act upon the light of truth is
implanted, and this often makes preachers of students. 
And while all of these are dramatic, effective, exciting efforts on
behalf of God, there are many, human colorations involved, whereas, the
ability to serve through the still, small voice is the most intimate, and
thus the most satisfying, of all ministries. And to feel the surge of the
Father fill the mortal child with Its divine light, lifting up he who has
been in darkness or she who has been in despair, is surely the most
rewarding experience a worker in the field can know. 
One more. 
Paula:         Well, I keep thinking about that "softly and tenderly"
because as I said last week, of course, for years my job was to talk to
the patients and comfort them and so forth, and now on Fridays when I’m
at the hospital, it isn’t the patients that I have so much contact with,
but their families! They are sitting there waiting, on edge, and upset,
and part of my job is to comfort them. 
But once a month we have the little-bitty people, about four to six years
old, that are having dental surgery and that’s a whole different ball of
wax because the parents are a wreck! You’d think that they were going to
the execution chamber! Actually, the kids are having a ball. To ride on
the gurney, "Whee! Boy!" and the nurses go a little bit fast and say,
"How do you like that?" and they think it’s great, but mommy and daddy
are so nervous: they are going to put that child to sleep, and he is
going to be so frightened. Well the kid isn’t frightened a bit! He’s
having a great time!
Then! The recovery room calls and says, "Will you bring the parents of
little Joe Blow here? He’s all ready to see his mommy and daddy, so I
say, "Now we’re going down the hall and you’re going to see him." Well,
we start down the hall and the first thing you hear is little Joey Blowy
screaming at the top of his lungs, and Mommy says, "Oh, he’s in agony!
He’s hurting terrible!" and I say, "No! He’s not in agony. He’s got
something on his gums. He’s not hurting a bit." "Then why is he crying?"
"Because he woke up in a strange place with a lot of strange nurses
around him and where are mommy and daddy?" So the first thing he does is
scream, hoping that will bring him. So by the time they get there, Mommy
and Daddy are calmed down a little bit and they just hold out their arms
and the crying stops like that! It’s okay. Mommy’s here. Daddy’s here.
Everything’s okay.
TOMAS:         These precious babies are a good example for you to
follow, to go through life with an attitude of adventure and not crust
yourself over with the baggage of the temporal life such that you
disenchant the youngsters with your own recollections of fear and pain.
They have a right to learn their lessons without pre-programming from
prejudiced parents. 
What a delight, too, for the parents to hear that their child yearns for
their embrace. This is also an admonition to you to wake up wondering
where your Parents are and not ceasing your lament until they have
embraced you in their presence, and then commence your day. This gives
your outlook an entirely different approach and your ministry a new
dimension as well, for your life now is in the hands of those who are
truly in control.
The presence of God surrounds us, the love of God smiles upon us, and the
spirit of God is within us. Let us go then, you and I, into the field and
softly and tenderly call forth the new growth. Farewell.
Group:         Thank you.
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