[tmtranscripts] 12-07-03 Rio Rancho TeaM

[Gerdean O Bowen]

DATE:                 December 7, 2003
LOCATION:         Willie & Dorenda’s Domicile
TEACHERS: TOMAS & ANATOLIA
TOPICS:         The Nature of God
                        Counterpart of Reality
Q & A:         A Word About Christmas
                        The Velveteen Rabbit 
T/R’s: Gerdean and Willie
MUSIC: Elena on Piano: "Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring" (Bach)
PRAYER: Willie: Let us place ourselves in the presence of Jesus, the
Christ.
Master Teacher, 
We come to you today with open hearts and minds, to hear the message once
again, and it can be proclaimed, wherever and whenever, like the song,
"Go Tell it On the Mountain," anytime is good news, and as if it were
heard for the first time. 
As advent progresses, as we had heard today, to prepare the way for the
coming of the King, we do so again this time in remembrance of the
formality of that program, but in reality everyday, as we hope and expect
to meet you in person as we prepare the way for you with us every day of
our lives.
And for everyone who is here and those who are not here for the concerns
that they may have that they carry in their heart, we place before you on
your altar, before you and the Father, for blessing and affectivity.
And otherwise, for the Teachers who are here today we are grateful and
wish to thank them, with you and through you, for they are truly
wonderful in giving of themselves, as is the whole Teaching Mission and
all of Christ-centered spirituality.
For this and all else we are forever grateful. Amen.
TOMAS: Dear associates, I am Tomas, glad to be with you and to engage
again with you in our customary aspiration to reach for and recognize
those aspects of the divine nature which are ours by divine inheritance,
and to assimilate those into the personality such that God may be
revealed through you, as you go about your day. 
What indeed, is the nature of God? One of the aspects of God is his
ability to share himself so freely with others. He gives his creations
work that will fulfil his needs and their greatest satisfactions. And so
he bestows himself without reservation. 
What a comprehensive lesson to learn, for those who have been prejudiced
to believe that once acquired, wisdom and all that follows must be
retained, subdued, categorized and secured against the thief in the night
who might break in and steal what was so hard-fought. 
What does God retain? Only the innermost secrets of divinity. All else,
throughout the majestic realms of space, the work is undertaken by those
who willingly serve in response to the distribution of wealth and power
that comes from those secret places of God known only to the Mystery
Monitor Itself. And thus, the love of God is distributed without regard. 
Will you distribute those same seeds yourself? Will you manifest such
generosity of spirit as was evidenced in Jesus’ life with his complete
acceptance of those who would serve, withholding his approval only from
those who would abuse the divine nature, and reflect that abuse in their
subsequent treatment to their fellows.
Love freely. Mingle openly among the many mortals who meander around in
search of more accessible truth, beauty, and goodness. 
What a delight to have you with us today, Adrienne. It indeed alters our
energy composition and the augmentation of your personality fragrance is
readily assimilated in the company we form this afternoon. Your personal
guide, as well, is vitally in attendance. We enjoyed your discussions
earlier about the appreciation for those other entities of spirit reality
that accompany you and companion you in your daily path – those more
devoted to your personal daily contribution to life and its to you. 
We have developed a pattern, a broadcasting approach, which works well
with the small configuration as well as the larger audience of those who
read the transcripts of these sessions and they will be then sent into
the ethers of Urantia, helping the perceptions that we reveal in our
gathering to spread far and wide, and thus the God that we bring to this
gathering, that we are a part of and that we offer to serve, will be
reflected in each of us and in our dynamic, such that when it goes out
from here, it will go out in your personally, and in the lives of those
many who have been brought to this table of the Father by their own
hunger to know more and to distribute the good that can be garnered from
our mutual devotion to doing the divine will and bringing His presence
consciously into the fabric of Urantian life. 
We offer to aid revelation and we are a part of the evolution of
religion. In future years there will be many more such gatherings of
friends of a like-mindedness such that they and you will have confidence
in the effects of such a cause as communing with the invisible companions
that inhabit the universe and who are purposely in attendance with you
for specific ambassadorial assignments and so everyone begins to feel
they have a reason for being, a task to perform, a purpose to fulfill, a
service to provide. And thus the work is extended further and further
into the realm and the divine nature of God, again, is enlivened and
actualized in and through your efforts. 
What a marvelous opportunity we have to portray the highest conception we
have of that nature of God -- which is meaningful, which means something
to us. Thus, it would behoove us to have the most intimate and personal
understanding of God as can be had, rather than having the mental or
intellectual appreciation of what God is, for that is a matter that is
fully within the mind and imagination of each mortal individual’s way of
thinking and believing. But the intimate presence of the divine is
something that transcends thought, that stands outside of belief, that
prevails in faith, and is known by all – as germane, to truth beauty and
goodness. 
This is my contribution for the afternoon in our formal portion. I call
upon my associate to balance our lectern and then we will reconvene for
your questions and comments.
ANATOLIA: Welcome, all, to the Land of Enchantment, the hearth of
brotherly love that has been engendered here after much conflict and
struggle. The brotherly love may not be active and everyone a
participant, nevertheless, with the peaceful acquiescence to the
interwoven cultures, this is a land of enchantment. 
All are welcome and encouraged to continue to learn some of the precepts
and principles that prevail here within this land of never-ending mystery
and charm. 
I usually make a reference to the physical environs here in this place
that you call home, primarily because of its sometimes blank, austere and
nevertheless awesome surroundings, which reminds me of the pervasiveness
of the mystery that surrounds physical life and its beauty. There are
other places where it may be as or more dramatically impressed, such as
the Serengeti in Africa, or other places where predator and prey play the
dramatic role. 
This need not be the focus of our discussion today, in terms of a
predatory principle active here in your world, but to let you know that
this is part of the evolutionary principle and cycle, for where you find
yourselves in this land of mystery and beauty that can be stark and rob a
person of life as you know it, to be exposed to the elements without
protection, or to be provided the necessary life-carrying elements such
as water, or clothing, or the like, you begin to appreciate that just the
land and its environment itself is a life and death reminder, surrounded
by beauty that is part of that threat to life, limb and happiness.
Nevertheless, cultures have survived. Not always well, but survived. And
new cultures have been brought into play to demonstrate the on-going
nature of the physical environment and the actors who interact within
those locales. My point is that whatever you do, think, or act upon, has
its spiritual counterpart to prevail at that same time. So that, as the
act of baptism, for example, takes place (as you can appreciate), it is
not simply the washing away of sins in a literal sense, it is the
elimination of the physical presence as a predominant focus or limitation
to life in its essential form. 
For the physical can prevent one from recognizing the higher truth behind
what is being portrayed. It is not simply predator after food. It is the
proliferation of the life force, long sacrificing itself to the higher
food chain predator for its proliferation, all in a cycle of life that
continues to breathe and breed itself into being from spirit to physical
to spirit and back. A constant interwoven chain of life force and life
energy.
This is a way of looking at the reality of what you live on a daily
basis, and one I wish to reinforce for you and with you today that is a
reminder for me of what I see when I look at your life forces and the
energies which surround you in this austere Land of Enchantment. 
I wish to give you encouragement for where there may be discouragement
currently playing out. Discouragement is, for a moment, a shadow of its
true self. The encouraging knowing of who one is, has an occasional
necessity to relax and not have to stand and carry all of the weight, but
rather to relax and to sit in the shadow of its former self, where it no
longer fills that space and casts its shadow as it relaxes, to regain its
self-image and its strength to stand once again – strong, and able to
carry itself and all others who may need assistance.
So for those of you who are weary, and tired, and need to sit and relax
and gain strength again of your former self, do so. Not with
discouragement, but with encouragement, knowing you are unchanged from
who or what you represent and are, in fact, that strength 
 only relaxing
for a moment, untaut and unnecessarily "strung out" and can relax to
regain that which was formerly formidable. So relax and let your cares go
with the stroking of your forehead, to let every tense muscle and part of
yourselves be relaxed, and release that which may be caught up in some
place within your being. Relax it, release it, and let it go, and do not
hold on to that which may be stressful and unnecessary.
I wish each and all of you peace, strength and happiness in this time of
preparation for the kingly visit, for that kingly visit is surely an
everyday event. Where the Kingdom within is, there is all that is. So in
preparation for the visit of the King, and that true birth which changed
life in your world forever, I leave you in hopeful good news that all is
well and everything has an opportunity to rebound and regain its strength
in the cycle of nature as it gives and takes.
Peace be with you and may all be well.
Group: Thank you, Anatolia.
TOMAS: In the spirit then of relaxation, this being our Happy Hour, let
us revel in the intoxication of one another’s company. What joy do you
bring to our gathering, or what trouble prevails? Do you have questions?
Elena: I don’t know about anybody else, but I feel that Anatolia’s words
were directed directly to me and I am very grateful for them. Thank you!
That kind of took care of my questions, Tomas.
TOMAS: Yes, you have celestial permission to relax and regain perspective
and strength. This is the Sabbath and the Eternal Now. What else?
Janet: Well, don’t you think it’s wonderful that it’s almost Christmas?
TOMAS: I have no opinion regarding that mortal holiday.
Group: (Laughter)
Elena: That’s too bad.
TOMAS: Not to infer disdain, I have in the past made many positive
references to the holiday and its value for you, including comparing
Santa Clause to God himself, but I have subsequently lost enthusiasm for
repeating those same lessons annually as you seem prone to want to
experience. This needs to be because of your being so tied into the
time-space paradigm. For you it is a cultural reality, whereas for us it
is not. And in my opinion, it happens much more quickly than to your mind
and, frankly, I find most mortal holidays to be a tremendous distraction
from reality rather than a contribution to the reality that we would
support and encourage. 
So much of mortal life is merely pomp and circumstance, ritual, and
paradigms of a reality, which seems designed to keep you occupied with as
little of substance as possible, in order to control your behaviors. This
is not liberating, but it is understood why the pattern is in place. Yet,
to sit around and encourage these patterns is not in keeping with our
purpose in being here with you. If that makes me a "Scrooge," that’s the
chance I take. 
Janet: Well, I just love it. I have more fun at this time of the year
than I do the whole yearlong.
TOMAS: This is not to be discounted, since your good cheer is certainly
contagious and you, as one of Santa’s elves, are able to contribute to
the joy of the season. 
Janet: I think its fun to pick out presents for the family and try to
figure out what they all want to have, and get together at each other’s
houses. I think it’s great.
Elena: Sometimes it does have the effect of where the effort goes and it
loses its mark, you know, and think most people are really glad when the
season is over.
Janet: To take the tree back down again.
Elena: Yeah, I think Tomas’ point – I can see what he’s trying to say,
but, like you, I think it’s a wonderful time of the year.
TOMAS: Is there anything else?
Janet: Isn’t anybody else happy and excited? Am I the only one?
Elena: You’re the only one, Janet.
Carl: You’re not the only one.
TOMAS: Indeed, happiness is reflected differently from different
perspectives. There are some who carry their joy deep within them and
theirs is not so demonstrable as others. This is not to say that your
effervescent joy is not also a deep joy. And yet there are many factors
that are a part of the human composition that may not reveal their joy in
the same way as you do. 
How God reveals his joy is in giving you the opportunity to become real,
like the Velveteen Rabbit story, wherein the stuffed animal feels the
craving to become live. He wants to know how to become "real" and the
rocking horse counsels him, he must be loved, even to the point of having
his whiskers rubbed off from hugs and kisses and handling. 
When a stuffed animal has been handled, manhandled, mauled, pulled around
by the hair or by the foot, left out in the rain and thrown in a corner
in a heap, their joy is not as evident as that toy which has been
preserved on a shelf and wound up for special occasions. But the promise
remains within the heart of that stuffed animal, that when it is met with
love, it will be made more than it is, and this is the joy that can be
equated to the joy found in the EveryReady Rabbit. It keeps on giving,
and giving, and giving delight in its being.
This tale has been brought to you by (Group laughter) my associate,
Merium, who enjoys such antics and can think of nothing more pleasurable
than playing on the floor with her children but I’ve been trained
culturally differently, and so my manner is – perhaps Mr. McGregor is the
point of reference I need. I will ask Gerdean to read it, and that way I
will know for sure. 
When I talk about stuffed animals, I am not necessarily thinking of you
here, but there are days when you do resemble stuffed animals, today
being rather one of them. (Group giggles) But look how happy you are,
even though you have been – as you say, "Pulled through a knothole and
dragged by the foot." (Group giggles.)
It gives me pleasure to hear your laughter and to more to the point
perceive that essence within you, that quiet joy which supercedes the
temporary setbacks of the season or the day, that which sustains you
constantly and which reveals to you that part of yourself which is still
in process of becoming. However, with that promise of that gift of being
perfect within yourself, in your realm of being, as God Himself is
perfect in His realm of being, is the Christmas gift we all want from
Santa on Christmas morning. 
Let every day be Christmas, then. Wake every morning with the delight of
a child, knowing that within your very being you carry the priceless gift
of God within you, the presence of your own reality, the spark of the
Divine that lifts you above the mere stuffed animal and elevates you into
that child of God which is eternal. 
Now, Tinkerbell has had her say.
It is an amusing gathering. I hope you have all had as much fun as I
have. It would seem however that there is a certain amount of
self-consciousness and reluctance to investigate the potential of the
paradigm we share, and so we will advance you into the social portion of
your gathering so that we might enjoy your festivities and your
reflections on what we have shared, how we have engaged ourselves in
childlike glee of our own sonship and the gift we are and the gifts we
share with others.
Peace be upon you. Farewell.
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