[tmtranscripts] N. Idaho TeaM 8/29/04

[rickgiles]

North Idaho Teaching Mission Group
Topics: The Way, The Truth, and The Life; Peace that Passes All 
Understanding
Teachers: Elyon

August 29, 2004

*	Elyon (Jonathan TR):  Greetings, this is Elyon.  Once again 
we are in association experiencing our friendship in love, 
enjoying our camaraderie, acknowledging our connection in 
spirit, awaiting our final destiny on the platform of the Father 
on Paradise.
	It is ever an intrigue to ascending spirits the uncovering, 
the discovering, of the Father’s will.  In the past I have 
addressed the nature of the will of God as it becomes active in 
your personal lives.  A world such as yours, not having a 
Planetary Prince and its staff of guidance counselors, humankind 
has resorted to rules defining the will of God, when in reality 
His will is the full activation of the potentials resident 
within you, bestowed by Himself as Himself, your Indwelling 
Spirit.
	There is a way to know the will of God; that way was 
revealed by your bestowal son Michael.  Did he not say, “I am 
the way, the truth, and the life”?  For you to know the Father’s 
will you are to be the way through which His will is activated 
upon your world, and this is done through the honest recognition 
of truth and the sincere effort to be and do that truth as fully 
as is humanly possible given your current level of growth.  The 
will of the Father is not static; it is not a list of 
definitions to be conformed to in order to be recognized as one 
who is aligned with the will of God, for Jesus said also, “I am 
the life.”  The will of the Father is living, and on Urantia it 
lives as you and through you daily.  To know the will of God is 
to be the way, the truth, and the life yourself.
	You have created the dynamic differential wherein the glory 
of divinity is manifested on the ground of humanity.  When you 
are fully assured of your right in this alignment with the 
Father’s will -- which is no less than the recognition that you 
are a child of the Heavenly Father -- you realize a spiritual 
peace, a peace that is defined by assurance.  It is a peace that 
comes from alignment, a peace independent of turmoil, even 
present in conflict.  It is not a peace defined by quietude and 
tranquillity, but the profound knowledge of belonging to the 
spirit family of God.
	To an ascending spirit there are two modes of function.  
When from the human end of the connection to God you feel and 
recognize your walk hand in hand with Him, you are in peace in 
the present.  While this is the desired relationship of 
creatures who reach Godward, it is inevitable that days will 
come and pass wherein you feel disconnected even while the 
divine resides within ever ministering to your needs.  One who 
knows peace does not retreat ashamedly in the recognition of the 
lack of contact but activates faith, faith in the experience of 
having been embraced with God.  This second mode is the mode of 
walking toward the divine.  In one manner you are confident of 
your partnership; in the other manner you are pursuing your 
partnership.  Both modes assume your relationship with God, your 
value with the Father.
	Gone is a third mode of disconnect, of uncertainty of 
presence of the divine, of fear of your rejection.  Gone is the 
misunderstanding that there may not be a Father who loves you.  
This is the peace that passes all understanding.
	You are this day in the everlasting arms of your divine 
Parent.  Some days you look into His face, Her face.  Other days 
you look beyond, but you know within deeply of your belonging.  
Go forth, my friends, and be the will of the Father in your way, 
manifesting His truth in your life.
	I welcome your comments or your questions.  Thank you for 
hearing my lesson.

	Evelyn:  Your use of the word “peace” reminds me of the 
word “joy”. Joy doesn’t mean happiness in the superficial, feel-
good way so much as the underlying joy or peace felt whether you 
are in a difficult situation or whether things are going 
smoothly.

*	Elyon:  Indeed this is the condition of the spiritual 
qualities of such states of human being.  I have spoken much of 
the spiritual foundations upon which to build your life, and joy 
and peace are part of this foundation, for the vicissitudes of 
life may burn down your structures, but your foundations remain.  
There you find peace and joy wherein which you may rebuild with 
the assistance of the Father.

	Jada:  Thank you, Elyon.

*	Elyon:  Let the peace that warms your heart extend into 
your limbs to the tips of your fingers, to the tip of  your 
tongue, to the tips of your toes that you may be a giver of such 
peace to all your fellows.
	I take my leave.  I give you my love.