[tmtranscripts] LightLine - 3/11/04

[Gerdean O Bowen]

LIGHT LINE
March 11, 2004
TOMAS: This is Tomas, glad to come in and be with you, to reach out and
make contact in this technical fashion. When the system settles we will
be able to hone in and make contact, first with the Spirit Within, for
that is the fine-tuning dial all of us need to use to make the connection
clear. 
It cannot be stressed enough how important this practice is of stilling
the body and the mind for contact with Spirit. There are those who have
suggested that this practice is discouraged, in the text, that such a
practice of stilling the mind is not to be cultivated as a religious
experience. I want to assure you that while it is a shared moment that
has spiritual overtones, it is really not a spiritual experience in the
context of what a spiritual experience is in truth. 
All of our efforts, in fact, are stepping-stones to the greater
identification you can enjoy with your indwelling Adjuster and the
universe-at-large. The entire life experience can be regarded as a
spiritual experience once you have the understanding that God shares
everything with you. What would He not experience with you, when you have
invited Him into your life and given yourself over to Him? If He leads
you into a circumstance or situation, and you are conscious of His
presence, and willing to be about His business, watching and waiting,
mindful, alert to the possibilities of allowing His spirit to direct your
personality manifestation – what can that be but a spiritual experience?
I have heard some of you complaining about some of these contacts you
have with your fellow men and women that seem to be so far removed from
the divine fellowship that you enjoy – those of you who are conscious of
sonship. The difficulty is the consciousness of divinity does not
penetrate where it is not invited. While God is everywhere, you are only
conscious of Him as you choose, as you will. Those who have not chosen
are operating at a different level. This is part of the problem you have
in your arenas when you have conflict – as if you had one platform shoe
on, and the other barefoot, you walk along hobbling.
And this is how it is for many of you when you are trying to engage your
fellows in what we might call "spiritual" here. What a difference, then,
from when you are in your own good company, with your own Adjuster, with
your own spirit guides, walking with both feet firmly planted on the
ground or with one of your trusted fellows in the brotherhood as you
understand it, when you may have differences but not divisive
differences, merely variations on the theme of sonship. 
The world has a long way to go before we see humankind walking stably arm
in arm. We regret and sorry over the problems Urantia is having wherein
so many people are affected and harmed by the ideological differences of
the varying diverse opinions and approaches to how a man and/or a woman
should comport himself. When you spend time in Stillness, in that quiet
place where only God is reflected back to you, it is so much easier to
accept and assimilate all those who are different, for you can clearly
see that, in the Spirit, we are equal and there are no differences. It is
only in the manifestation of personality – which is subject to your will
and conditioned by your cultural inheritance – that makes it seem as
though humanity is hobbled and walking an unbalanced path. 
This is, nonetheless, a recognized part of the evolution of any world.
Yes, your planet has problems and peculiarities unique to itself, but as
you have been taught through the text, you are in some ways a little
ahead and in some ways a little behind but, in general, you are where you
should be, given all the circumstances, and you are not orphaned. I am to
some extent testimony to that, however, even here it is necessary that
you maintain your agondonter quality of believing without seeing, for you
cannot put your hands on me and say, "My buddy, Tomas, how good to see
you, for it is all in the realm of the mind and that is a matter of your
will – accepting or denying the truths of my being." 
Many things can be clarified by and through some quality time in the
company of your own Spirit. Of course, it is good to have your perception
of reality confirmed, but again, you must not lean upon the understanding
of those who will merely confirm your views. We don’t want group
delusion. We don’t want this movement to grow into mass fantasy. The
substance of our purpose here is your soul, its growth, and its
relationship to its environment. 
It is good to be in the environment of you who have reached out and up
and across for the stabling influence of those thoughts, concepts and
perceptions that will assure you of your genuine reality, not merely the
reality you live in, in the material world, but the one you carry with
you inside, in the inner life you share with God. 
No matter what God is called, by whatever religionist, the qualities of
God from the vantage point of Stillness, is fairly uniform, for everyone
can accept and sense the loving nature, in particular as you have let
yourself be loved, as you open your heart to divine love, recognizing the
love that is showered upon you and available to you for you to shower
upon others. This divine reality of love is the great stabilizer, so it
is good to begin here.
Is anyone here with questions? 
Doug: Tomas, I have a friend who has a sister who is maybe 50 and she is

 losing her mind, shall we say, and is probably going to live for
another 20 years but almost as a vegetable. Do you have any kind of
advice for a situation like that?
TOMAS: I have not got the files, as it were, to know about that
particular case, but I can answer the fact that the body is not her
permanent raiment. All bodies dissolve one way or another and become
ineffectual. While this lady is losing her mind, so are millions of
others, in different ways. It is a part of the process of letting go of
the material existence.
The advantage, in some cases, such as this, is that those who are aware
of the deterioration of their faculties, it is possible for them to reach
for answers beyond the obvious. Often, people who experience trauma or
disease are more open to metaphysics or spiritual answers and/or
solutions. Anyone facing death is going to question their purpose, their
reality. Many face death every day but manage to avoid thinking about it,
and continue to deny their mortality up until the last minute, never
giving full credit to the process of living and dying as a natural
experience. But those who have problems are truly blessed because they
are able to grasp their true reality and in this way let go of the
physical vehicle that has served them thus far but is now failing. In
this way their soul will be sufficiently strengthened to see them through
the transition. They can go in full confidence, without fear. 
Therefore, I would recommend that you continue to uphold and reinforce
her appreciation for her eternal life and that level of reality rather
than feeling sorry for the end of this existence that will only pull her
down. Lift her up and help her ascend into the Resurrection Halls as best
you can. 
This is another element of the Correcting Time that is only just
beginning to be put to effect – the joy of terrestrial escape. Your world
here still suffers under the misguided notion that you may cease existing
altogether or may burn in hell or begin again as a lesser or greater
incarnation. What a stumbling block these perceptions can be, for the
truth is far more elevating, liberating and fair. In time the process of
dying will be recognized as the natural course. Old age will not be
feared but will be respected. And death will be a solemn but holy event,
not one filled with grief and despair. Love one another now. 
Love yourself, fully and appropriately, so that when the end comes, you
will have lived and you will be ready to forsake this life and follow the
Master into the next life, where he will continue his care for you, in
your growth toward becoming a finaliter. Be creative in these instances,
Friend. All of you who have associates who struggle with these kinds of
problems, if you are not afraid of them yourself, you will face them
fearlessly with your friends and thereby minister, but if you are in
denial, you cannot be of service. 
Doug: Is there a time when your quality of life is so deteriorated that
it is okay for you to end it yourself?
TOMAS: I have been – WE have been admonished to steer clear of these
kinds of questions for we are not to encourage you to be premature at
this point in your evolution, for it is very apparent to us, if not to
you, how immature you are and how unqualified you are to ascertain when
that point would come. I hear, in saying this, you are offended. There
are a number of topics that have come up or that might come up but that
do not – perhaps because you already sense you are not ready to really
accept the answers. 
In time there will be ways made acceptable for these dilemmas to be
resolved so I can say "yes" and yet that time has not yet come.
Unfortunately, those who would be true to the task of alleviating the
pain and suffering, and assisting those sojourners to the other side, are
few and far between, and not sanctioned, but this is one of those areas
that will be brought into the light when and as your culture accepts the
responsibility of dealing with these matters as a matter of course and
not hiding it under a bushel, denying these situations exist, or letting
someone else do their thinking for them. 
Our job really is the maturity of the individual, which may lead to the
maturity of the race. It is appropriate that I also add, as medicine and
science conspire to understand better the process of living and dying, as
nutrition, genetics and attitude are factored into the overall wellbeing
of the human being, these instances will become fewer and fewer and in
fact fusion itself will become more and more common. It is far better to
stretch your capacities to that long-range goal than to accustom yourself
to the short-term solution. Even though it would be, in many cases,
certainly, the humane thing to do.
Doug: Thank you, Tomas.
TOMAS: You are welcome. Anatolia is with us this evening. Perhaps we can
ask Anatolia to come in and stir waters. Anatolia are you in the vicinity
and available?
ANATOLIA: Right here. 
Welcome, friends, from far and wide. It is as if it is speaking through a
microphone, reaching out into the ethers and catching your ear in the
midst. So picture, if you will, lines reaching out into the directions
that you are, and pinpoints on that line that is your connection that
reaches far, well beyond the limits of even this atmosphere, that you
find yourselves part of. For thoughts, deeds, and actions (which are
essentially the same), are such actions or energy vibrations that are
sent into the ethers with a receptacle or receptive junction that is the
object of your intention that is served by your will or good intentions
for a person place or thing. 
It is, as has been presented in the Rio Rancho Teaching Mission group, a
furtherance of the presentation of prayer, that prayer, as you know,
comes in many forms, and is not a strict rubric of needed ingredients in
order to be considered a legitimate statement of mutuality with your
Creator. So it is that thoughts are real energy vibrations that reach far
beyond their intended purpose, so it is important for one to consider all
of the ramifications of what they think and do in order to affect the
world and universe where you reside and preside. 
This is all within the realm of creating your own reality, and as you
think it, so be it. This is part of the reinforcement for wishing someone
well in terms of "have a good day" "good bye" "peace be with you" – all
of those positive things that leave a person with and in positive energy.
I don’t wish to invite you to consider the opposite intention for proof
of what I speak, for the positive speaks for itself, and well enough that
its results are worth experiencing and believing. I know that I may be
preaching to the choir, as the saying goes, but there is nothing new in
this statement, other than to have it reinforced in a different setting
so that it may have further meaning and reinforcement for your
consideration. 
It is in this regard that all good intentions are, in fact, the key
ingredient. One of the disservices that sayings or cliches have created
in your recent history is the one about "the road to hell is paved with
good intentions". That, I believe, is a cynical statement by one who
wished not to lend himself to the powers of positive thinking and being,
but rather out of fear for what can happen by giving goodness credibility
and not evil credibility creates such cynical statements. I wish for you
to consider the positive effect of "seeing is believing" as well as
"believing is seeing" – the latter, the more strongly positive statement.
I wish all of you well in all regards and if you have any particular
questions, I can address those, but otherwise wanted to at least share a
positive note and wishes for your good intentions and your prayer life to
have meaning, value and purpose. Would there be questions about anything
of your mind’s stirring? Anyone?
Brendon: Anatolia, I have a question. My name is Brendan. Pleasure to
meet you.
ANATOLIA: Likewise.
Brendan: I was listening – and this is sort of related to what you were
just speaking of. I was listening recently to a teacher speaking about
what they call the law of attraction. It was said that one can come into
a 
 what they called a "vibrational harmony" with what they are
attempting to manifest in their life. Then according to the law of
attraction, it will happen to them. It will manifest itself. Are you
familiar with this concept? And if you are, can you tell me, maybe, how I
might develop this as a practice? Are there certain exercises that can be
done?
ANATOLIA: It is much like riding a bicycle. One need only practice in
order to accomplish it. So it is not as if there were a warming up
exercise one would do prior to, but simply doing it. It can be as simple
as wishing for a positive result during the day which would not take
anything away from anyone else but be something that would make either
your trip, your experience -- on an elevator, an escalator, opening a
door, having a door be opened – something that you could see the result
of that you put out in terms of a statement, such as, "I wish to have no
obstacle in my way, as I am running late and to be late will have
negative effects; therefore I ask or seek help for obstacles to be
eliminated so that this can be effectuated for the greater glory."
Something like that. That may sound too large, or even to small, as a
beginning exercise, but the essential point is to put yourself in union
with the creative spirit to allow yourself to join with the will of God
to assist in the continuing creative moment by enabling fulfillment of a
wish or desire to be accomplished for the betterment of everyone
concerned.
Is this concrete enough or is something else a better example?
Brandon: That is sufficient. Thank you.
ANATOLIA: You are welcome.
Marty: I would like to thank you Rio Rancho people for the wonderful
lesson that you gave on experiencing our ethereal morontia bodies and our
biological experience, also. I just really appreciated that; it gave me a
very profound understanding, more so than before, or profound to me, of
the biological, animal-origin experience of the will creature that we are
born as, and then the potential of actually going beyond the adjutant
spirit mind and receiving the wonderful cosmic ministry of mind, and it
just gave me a great appreciation for the animals of the planet and the
place of mortal life in our eternal career. Just really appreciated the
lesson. Thank you very much, both of you.
ANATOLIA: You are welcome.
TOMAS: It is always good to hear feedback. It is better, of course, to
see the effects of these lessons becoming realized in you lives, for then
you are able to live the learning, and thus teach. But we will be
temporarily content with the acknowledgement that it was helpful. Thank
you.
Marty: Well, it is an experience, you know, to get a perspective like
that from you CSOs, perhaps a little bit as you do. It’s an experience,
and it is something that is lived, and just – that’s why I was thank you.
TOMAS: Wonderful. You are a good student.
Doug: I really appreciate this, all four of you. And it takes a little
while to digest all this, and I am looking forward to the transcript.
Willie: How are those available? Will they be on-line?
Gerdean: Yeah, they’ll be on tml. 
Marty: How often does this group meet, with Teachers Tomas and Anatolia?
Willie: Every Sunday here, at some other person’s house.
Marty: What about on the telephone conference?
Willie: Oh, once a month, is it, Gerdean?
Gerdean: Approximately. The T/R’ing happens every Thursday on 
 they’re
calling it Light Line, the telephone connection.
Marty: Yes.
Gerdean: Other very capable Teachers and T/R’s. 
[End of session]
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