A lesson from Ratta

[David G. Schlundt, Ph.D.]

June 6, 1998

T/R Rebecca:

Ian: Greetings, children, I am Ian. This is an evening when others will
be speaking.
Greetings to our guest speaker Ratta.


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 A company of twenty-seven followed Adamson northward in quest of these
people of his childhood fantasies. In a little over three years
Adamson's party actually found the object of their adventure, and among
these people he discovered a wonderful and beautiful woman, twenty years
old, who claimed to be the last pure-line descendant of the Prince's
staff. This woman, Ratta, said that her ancestors were all descendants
of two of the fallen staff of the Prince. She was the last of her race,
having no living brothers or sisters. She had about decided not to mate,
had about made up her mind to die without issue, but she lost her heart
to the majestic Adamson. And when she heard the story of Eden, how the
predictions of Van and Amadon had really come to pass, and as she
listened to the recital of the Garden default, she was encompassed with
but a single thought to marry this son and heir of Adam. And quickly the
idea grew upon Adamson. In a little more than three months they were
married.


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T/R Ben:

Ratta: Good evening beloved children and friends.  I am Ratta. I'm of
your races and was pleased to be able to return with triumphent
Machiventa for this correcting time.  My pupil, Aaron, is still unsteady
in his receiving and transmitting, so I have elected to teach a short
lesson through him this evening to strengthen him.

Many events are unfolding in our mission, many lives are beginning to
intertwine and this is only the beginning. Each of you here has made
great progress.  If you would but look back a short year or two the
difference is easy to see.   The future holds many surprises and we, as
your teachers, are not able to predict these things for you.   All we
can do is provide you with the necessary instruction to insure your
spiritual growth, if you are willing.   As the future unfolds and your
tasks become more trying, more difficult, your connection with the
Father must be stronger and ever stronger.  Even as the Master stood in
the Jordan, as a perfected mortal, so must each of you come closer and
closer to that goal of human maturity and perfection.

All of you children would like to know exactly what the future holds and
well you may, but only in one specific area. The future holds eternal
fusion with the gift of God that dwells within you.  When you realize
this as a fact, even the most seemingly important of human endeavors is
truly insignificant.  Having established yourselves by faith as living
sons of the Father, we may now continue with more personal instruction.

Very soon, some of you, if not all, will be called on to show more love
than your natures would like to give.  You cannot manufacture this love.
You can only receive it and pass it on. That is why your daily stillness
and prayer are so important.  Each of you, after his own manner, must
rededicate yourselves to the daily practice of stillness and communion.
The Master himself is preparing each one of you for the future.  In your
daily communion with the Father, try to avoid preconceived notions. Let
the spirit deal with you in his own way.

Each one of you has much to rejoice over, even in your sorrows. For each
one of you is a beloved child and a most fortunate member of the mortal
races for you are the first and in ages to come your predecessors will
speak of you with awe.

In closing this short lesson, may I encourage you to deeply love your
brothers and sisters in the teaching mission and to cherish their
company. These are days you will all remember for eternity.  Are there
any questions.

Q: Ratta, do you have any instruction about the conference?

Ratta: This will be a very successful meeting. Many things will be
revealed. Many unseen hands have been at work and still are.  A personal
note, Rebecca. Enjoy yourself during this time. Let the Father bear the
responsibility.

Q: Thank you.

Q: Thank you for your lesson. It helped me refocus on the teaching
mission and put it in perspective. It is hard sometimes to keep in mind
the big picture.

Ratta: You are very welcome. We as teachers would like to see those of
you who have chosen this path to follow it more joyfully. That is why we
do all that we can to relieve your anxieties and let you know that all
is as it should be. We love you in a way that you have only begun to
glimpse and the Father loves us with an infinite love.

Q: Ratta, can you take personal questions. Do you have anything in
general to say to me personally?

Ratta: I will take personal questions as long as they do not interfere
with your personal teachers program for you. Each one of you in this
room has a teacher. Go ahead.

Q: Anything that you can tell me that I need to be doing that I am not
doing, I know that stillness is one thing, or anything else I need to
know.

Ratta: Rebecca, sister, you have a humility that will lead to greatness.
You humbly believe that another's receiving of a message might be more
accurate than yours. This is not true.  Your teacher can communicate
with you to a very high degree of accuracy. But, personally, I would say
to you enjoy your life as much as possible. Be filled with the Divine
spirit and rejoice for you are much loved.

Q: Ratta I would appreciate any message you would have for me.

Ratta: You have moved into a new level of understanding, into more
conscious contact with your thought controller. Also, with this new
growth, if you will but utilize the faith you already have you will make
conscious contact with your teacher. This is very near.  Do not expect a
loud and certain voice, you are now ready to hear that still small
voice. You are more unified at this point than ever before in your life.
The work you have been doing will soon bear full fruit. You are blessed
with a partner of the soul. Rejoice with her and enjoy your lives to the
fullest.

Q:I have a question from Steve T.  He wanted to know if Michael is his
personal teacher?

Ratta: Son, spiritual contact is not to be had by the force of the will
or by, in human terms, trying too hard. Should the Master visit with
you, there would be no question. You have merely misunderstood but do
not be discouraged, for all teacher contact is full of the possibility
of error.  Continue to practice the stillness. Don't be impatient and
all questions will be answered.

Q: I want to thank you Ratta for your uplifting lesson and wondered if
you had anything for me this evening?

Ratta: You have a quality that others could benefit from, your sense of
humor.  It has served you well in many hardships. The Master appreciates
a good sense of humor. But at the same time, allow the Divine gift
within you his moment of sacredness. All is well. Your health will
improve greatly and you will be a great worker for many years in the
teaching mission and the period of correction.  Be of good cheer.

Q: Ratta I feel like lately I have not been doing a very good job of
working with my personal teacher. I wonder if you have any advice on how
I might improve our working together.

Ratta: The teaching mission is a spiritual internet system.  Contact
with your teacher does not depend on ceremony, moral status, or any
other purely human function.  It is mainly an attitude of the soul. You
teacher is available almost all the time.  Perhaps it would be helpful
to engage in mini sessions during the day.  It only takes a moment or
two to still the mind and make the effort. In your longer sessions,
prayer before hand may help to attune your mind. But, when all is said
and done, your teacher is not a score keeper and has a wide range of
understanding concerning your life and the fluctuations of human
emotion. Perfection is only your goal. Never feel that you have in any
way offended your teacher. She or he stands ready for all of you at any
time to resume right where you left off. Most of all, learn to think of
your supernal teacher as a very dear friend. For the time is not too
distant when you will meet many dear friends that are now unseen.  All
is well. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad.

Q: I would like to thank you for your lesson tonight it was very
powerful. I wonder if you have any suggestions or direction for me
tonight?

Ratta: Dear child, the peace and joy that you seek is near at hand even
at the door.  Practice the stillness. Pray often, but not formally.  And
until you are sure of teacher contact, visualize the Master coming into
your being. Get to know him even better for the Kingdom truly is within
you. You life will unfold like a flower when each petal is ready. Be
assured that you are loved and cared for and that you too have a part in
this great effort.  Be friends with the Father and your joy will know no
bounds.  Rest easy, daughter.

Q: Ratta I too would like to thank you for your lesson tonight and would
appreciate any words you would have for me.

Ratta: Every mortal was created in uniqueness.  You are not like any of
your brothers or sisters and that is exactly the way it is supposed to
be.  You have a very unique role to play Sometimes, when you doubt, you
are then more doubtful of yourself. Be not dismayed, you are human.  You
are on the right path but perhaps you have a need to worship that you
have not completely worked out.  The Father desires that you worship him
in spirit and in reality.  You will find in the stillness that the
Father accepts your worship just as it is as he accepts you just as you
are.  Allow him to love you. Allow yourself the Divine love that you
desire.  Claim the happiness of the son, for you truly are a son of God.

I thank you all for coming this evening. Ham sends greetings and love
and will be with you again soon.  I am Ratta, your grandmother in the
flesh, and your sister in the spirit. Good evening.




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David G. Schlundt, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psycholgy
Department of Psychology
Vanderbilt University]
301 Wilson Hall
Nashville, TN 37240

Phone: (615) 322-7800   Fax: (615) 343-8449
Email: David.Schlundt at Vanderbilt.Edu
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     The divine mystery consists in the inherent difference which exists

between the finite and the infinite the temporal and the eternal, the
time-space
creature and the Universal Creator, the material and the spiritual, the
imperfection of man and the perfection of Paradise Deity. The God of
universal
love unfailingly manifests himself to every one of his creatures up to
the fullness
of that creature's capacity to spiritually grasp the qualities of divine
truth,
beauty, and goodness.

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