Elyon 1/25/98

[Rick P. Giles]

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January 25, 1998
*       Elyon (Jonathan TR):  Greetings, friends.  Once again I have
for you some imagery that you may use to better live your lives
and better understand reality.  
        You might picture a tea set.  Let us call the teapot
Michael.  Let us also view the Spirit of Truth and the Holy
Spirit as the cream and sugar and the contents in this teapot,
the tea itself, is truth.  By placing truth within your own
vessel, the Holy Spirit and the Spirit of Truth adjust this truth
such that you are better able to assimilate.  The truth itself is
not changed; it is merely supplemented by these spirit presences. 

        Sometimes you may need to pour through a strainer your tea/-
truth in order to remove extraneous bits and pieces.  As you
discard what is not useful in your life, refrain from condemning
yourself for your previous status, for as you know, any good tea
needed to steep in the leaves to become the flavor it is, even
though chewing these leaves after the  steeping is not to one's
liking. 
        In ministry how you present truth to another is through the
awareness of the presence of the Spirit of Truth and the local
universe Mother Spirit's Holy Spirit.  Some will be able to
receive truth, as you might say, black.  Others need to have the
spirit adjuncts operating to better understand.  Truth remains
exactly what it has always been in spite of any additional com-
plements.  Truth never is altered but rather given adjuncts.
        I hope you find this useful; I am here to speak with you,
and I am willing to speak through any one of you as well.   *                                                  
unidentified (Ginny):  The truth of each of you is very specific
and personalized.  Truth exists in your experience and is
filtered and strained to fit each one's particular abilities and
understanding at the present moment.  Looking at each one as a
bit of truth would be helpful for you to improve your
relationships with each other, that each one manifests the light
of God in their own particular way.  Each of you is a different
color of the rainbow, and all colors are needed to make this
beautiful picture, and they all proceed from the same white
light.  
        That is what I have to share with you today.
*       Machiventa (Mark):  I would step forward for a moment to
direct your thoughts.  This is Machiventa, and as principal of
the schools that you all are now attending, I would share some
thoughts.  
        First I would share my enthusiasm, my joy, my love, with
each of you individually and with the glorious class assembled
here today.  It indeed warms all of our hearts to see the loving,
caring interaction between you fellow students.  The desires of
your hearts are made known and observed.  Your willingness and
desire to be of assistance to each other is touching.  Your
willingness to assemble for these directions is touching.  You
are indeed an eager and willing class, which is all any teacher
could desire.            I would also offer words of encouragement that
even though you each may feel that you may not have the time or
commitment to attend a full day's session or extended lesson, you
still may find it quite accessible to attend briefly a study hall
more regularly.  If you would view these Melchizedek schools as
being always available to you, the lights always on, the black-
boards always poised for the next lesson -- which you are at-
tending even now -- you may also view your sporadic and irregular
attendance as dropping by the school for study hall or a quick
tutoring session to help you in areas of desired growth.  I ad-
vise you to avail yourselves of any or all of this made ready for
you, as it, indeed, stands waiting, its structure of lessons in
place, its course and lesson plans available to you at your
beckoning will.  
        It is wonderful to attend a complete class full of class-
mates around you to help in the growth process.  It may also be
helpful to each as individuals to enroll in any extracurricular
activities, study halls, or extra tutoring sessions.  You all
have come to realize the value of attending these classes in your
own lives.  You may augment this effect upon your growth by choo-
sing to study a little more, a little harder.  We all realize the
cyclical nature of time commitments and priorities and await your
decision to avail yourselves of our services. 
        Please take with you from these classes the camaraderie, the
peer group you enjoy at this time, as they are indeed on a
similar course, a similar path to that of your own, and may prove
ultimately as beneficial to you in your discourse with them as
with the teachers and the lessons delivered to you.  Be on the
lookout for truth to come at you whether you choose to drink
yours from a saucer, or a mug, or a stein; it is available to you
in any of these forms for your taking.  
        Thank you for your time today, once again.  
*       Elyon (Jonathan):  Returning to the tea table, I would echo
Machiventa's statements to you that truth will take shape based
upon the cup into which it is placed but will remain in flavor
the same. I would also add that I, myself, and my teacher associ-
ates and my supervisor are the spoons that stir your tea.  We are
not ingestible as is Michael or Nebadonia or your Thought Adjust-
er.  But we are ever willing to be ones who help you assimilate
what is presented to you by them each day.
        Ginny:  Welcome to our tea party!  
*       Elyon:  Often tea is accompanied by a nibble.  Is there any
comment from you as to how that may play into our image today?
        Evelyn:  I see it as an attracting element, something to
keep people around.  It's not necessarily the truth but something
to keep them interested.
        Mary:  I think of it as food for thought first.  Then as you
eat the lessons of your daily life, difficulties you run into
create the thirst for the underlying truth that will wash it all
down.
        Mark:  I see the bread as the sustenance.  Whereas tea
quenches your thirst, it doesn't put anything of grounding sub-
stance in your system.  The bread is what we have to have to
survive at this level. 
        Ann:  I look for truth to enter into my soul, that it might
find a permanent place with me.  If I need that nourishment, I
can look to my soul and find sustenance that will not only feed
my mind, my emotions, and my physical, but I can share with
others.
        Ginny:  And every once in a while the mad hatter comes to
the tea party!
        Mary:  In reference to what Machiventa said, we often think
of ourselves as being in the classroom when we are in stillness
or in session or actually talking about learning.  Then there is
the lab work which is when we're out doing our business.  We have
to remember that is an aspect of the class as well.  There is
some analogy with the tea party, the ingesting of these
experiences and the truth that the experiences bring you. 
*       Elyon:  Would it be proper to view a walk after your tea
party as your lab work?  
        Jonathan:  When we make bread it takes moisture.  I thought
of pouring tea when we are making the bread, infusing it, the
material element, with the truth element, to make one package. 
        Ann:  Beauty is the essence of what comes from truth.  What
could be more beautiful than what comes forth from truth and
changes the hearts and lives of men?
*       Elyon:  You could say that beauty is the aroma of the tea
itself.  To return to Evelyn's comment about attraction, our
teaching mission is likewise geared to encourage each of you to
deepen your relationship with the Father.  We are, in a sense, a
teaching mission biscuit.  
        How you arrange your set of china demonstrates to others the
goodness that you have acquired; it is the mode of service you
have in offering the truth to others and equally receiving.  
        Mark:  Thank you, Elyon.  I love your imagery.  That's an-
other one for the metaphor manual.