[tmtranscripts] 11-10-02 Rio Rancho NM TeaM

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Date:  November 10, 2002
Location: Rio Rancho, NM, USA
Teachers:  Machiventa, Tomas, and Bob
Topics: Courage - 3rd Adjutant Mind Spirit
        Individuality - 3rd Chakra - the Color Yellow
        Our Connection to All That Is
        All about Angels
T/R's:  Gerdean (Tomas & Bob), Matthew (Machiventa)

Prayer:  (Matthew)  Let us place ourselves in the presence of Jesus, the 
Christ.

Master Teacher,

We come to you today with uplifted and excited presence of being over some of 
the heroic stories of what this book (Urantia Book) and the Bible, as we have 
inherited it, tell, which has raised our level of faith and our presence of 
knowing to new heights. 

We are encouraged by all that we have shared together and, after all, that 
has been the purpose in your illustration of "where two or more are 
gathered."  The strength and the illumination that comes as a result of it is 
truly enlightening and exciting.

We ask for whatever teachers you designate today and for whatever the message 
is that we will take it to heart and mind and become renewed individuals as a 
result.

And for those who are not here, we ask your presence with them when they are 
not knowing of your presence with them as they continue to make their way 
back to us and our group. And for all of those in our lives who are loved 
ones, known, and for those who we do not know in the body of Christ, we 
rejoice in the centrality of you with our Father, now and always. Amen.

TOMAS:  Centered now in the eye of God, I greet you. I am Tomas. Good 
afternoon.

It has been a wonderful day today in observing your own classroom efforts, 
the teaching and preaching of the Gospel, the facts of your universe history, 
and the players upon the stage of life as it has been lived in your world.  
We are students of your world, as well -- always fascinated by the efforts of 
the agondonter to find the nugget of truth in the maze of chaos, yet unformed.

The idea of Courage is on the agenda today. The Courage of the 3rd Adjutant 
Mind Spirit will be addressed by our Teacher's Assistant, Bob, but in the 
meanwhile the Courage of your conviction is evident and the Courage of your 
desire to know is also prevalent here in the questions and probings of 
matters which give credence to your belief and substance to your speculations 
as to how you got to be where you are.  Who came before you and for what 
reason, for what purpose, and how has this all affected what you know to be 
'reality?' And how will this reality be plucked from the unformed maze chaos 
to grow into the greater realization of your own soul-self?

This is, perhaps, the most obvious quality of the agondonter, his Courage, 
for he forges ahead in the face of not knowing, but only feeling, sensing -- 
persisting and pursuing that which is his birthright, standing up for that 
which rings true, extolling that which gives clarity and purity to his life 
-- his perceptions.  Even when these perceptions are occasionally torn down 
to make way for yet another more elevated reality focus, the courageous 
agondonter continues to pick his way through the pieces to find that existing 
kernel of greatness, that core of reality which forever leads him forward.

Let me get Bob for you. He is ready to begin, if you are.

BOB:  What About Bob?  

Well, I know that you are making an adjustment. You are accommodating me 
because I am not your regular professor. I am not, in this course, speaking 
to your higher nature. I am not pin-pointing your God-Fragment and 
recognizing that aspect of you. I am, rather, contrarily, reaching into your 
recognition of yourself as a mortal being - a material-reality-based entity, 
which shares many common bonds with the animal of the realm, that shares 
Intuition and Understanding of an animal nature with the beasts of the realm.

I am assuming the stance that these 'beasts' are noble, that these animals 
are beloved. I'm not focusing on 'animal' as a lesser state, but merely as a 
statement of fact.

Last week we discussed the Spirit of Understanding, the Understanding that 
you are all in this experience together, as a group, as if you were born into 
a litter of pups or kittens.  You learn from each other certain behaviors. 
You act according to the 'group mind' - the understanding that by staying 
together as a herd you have an advantage over going off by yourself. The 
social repercussions of this animal-like behavior, results in "watering 
hole", the neighborhood bar, the community center, the gregarious nature. It 
also is related to that conformity of being that keeps civilization 
advancing, keeps you all from going too far from the standard operating 
procedure of your culture. Understanding these things about life keeps you 
safe. And yet it can also be a mind-set that becomes the mind-set of the 
pack, rather than the mind-set of the individual. 

 The Spirit of Courage enters in when we think of and speak of the 
Individual. It takes Courage to be yourself.  It takes Courage to have your 
own thoughts - to have a thought different than the group-thought, the 
community-thought.  Inventors have always been looked at as 'odd ones,' 
because of their investigations into untried thought.

All of you who act differently, or outside the 'norm,' are looked at with a 
certain amount of suspicion for your actions endanger the flock, the whole, 
the group-mind.  The entire herd migrates. The entire flock migrates.  The 
entire school of fish moves along the course. Those who stand out or take off 
on their own accord are vulnerable to extinction, eradication. And the same 
is true for the human animal. The same is true for you.

The Spirit of Courage can be likened to the 3rd Chakra, in the ancient Chakra 
system,  that which emits from the middle, the stomach.  The color is yellow. 
The color of the 3rd Chakra is yellow. Yellow is the 'I Am' color - the See 
Me color.  Yellow is individuality. 

The vortex of Individuality can be good or evil. This is not a course in 
morality, but a course in understanding the animal nature, for as I said 
before, and will repeat again, the more you can understand your nature, the 
more you can understand the nature of your neighbor and the more you can 
understand your neighbor the more readily you can learn to love him, 
assuming, of course, that you have a wholesome sense of self-love about you. 
And this is the foundation for Peace on Earth, or peace in any gregarious 
sociology.

How about I ask for some class participation and take a moment and think of 
some examples of animal courage.  Any animal, including human will do.

What comes to your mind's eye, Esmarelda?

Esmarelda:  I think about the cat, immediately. They have a lot of courage. 
They are not aggressive, necessarily but when anything attempts to harm, they 
have the courage to take care of themselves.



There are other things. Like, it takes courage to raise children. It takes 
courage just to simply participate in our lives!



BOB: Give us an example, Janet, of a creature manifesting courage.



Janet: Well, there's my kitty…when a strange cat comes in our yard that is 
invading her territory and she wants no part of it.  She has no front claws 
(but doesn't know if they have!) but she goes out and hisses and snarls and 
chases them away.  I guess that's courage.

BOB:  Yes, it is revealed as courage. Defending her own turf, certainly.

The behavior that individuals manifest in hissing and snarling and making a 
fuss to protect their own turf is also a reflection of Courage. And yet it is 
often seen as hostility. It is only hostility if you are encroaching.

Matthew, what are you seeing?

Matthew:  A cow elephant defending her calf.  I think I've seen pictures and 
heard stories of an elephant fighting to the death to protect her young.  And 
then the bull elephant will protect the entire herd, but is seldom seen.  But 
the female will fight off the worst of attacks from lions, etc.



BOB: Yes, the animal kingdom abounds…dogs barking in the night is often a 
nuisance but it's also an act of courage for they are risking being hit with 
a shoe to let it be known there are trespassers. Birds will defend their food 
supply against even bigger birds by banding together and making a fuss. 
Little tiny birds can also be courageous.



Carl, do you have an image, a vision of animal courage to offer?



Carl: I'm thinking about ourselves, the human animal. I'm reminded of the 
lines of an old song, "I don't know what's coming tomorrow, maybe trouble and 
sorrow."  We've grown old together and we really don't know what's coming 
tomorrow but we feel compelled to face whatever it is and do the best we can.

BOB:  You are speaking of human courage as a Council - as a Group - as a band 
- "we" can accomplish this. Yes.  This is the beginning of leadership, which 
is also a study in Courage, 

Again, without discerning good or evil, there are those who will step outside 
the run-of-the-mill and get the attention of the masses and lead them by 
understanding their needs. The same is true for either side. If you can 
discern the needs of the herd, the flock, the community, you can stand out in 
front and rally their support. This is courageous.  This is putting yourself 
in a position of saying, "See me - look at me - I will show you - I will do 
it." Performing is courageous. Not just circus animals, but performing the 
tasks of existence call upon the Spirit of Courage. To run the risk of 
getting caught, being overtaken, going hungry, being left out in the cold - 
all these are causes to consider when considering the Spirit of Courage. The 
personality, the individual, that bespeaks the Spirit of Courage, can be 
admired, or rejected, on the basis of how it presents itself in its 
individuality. 

It's a study for you, finding yourself as an animal being, to augment the 
nobility of your mortal estate with the dimension of the qualities that were 
introduced to you by the Master, the person of Jesus, who, having left with 
you the Spirit of Truth, enables you to discern for yourself whether that 
'here am I - see me' personality is leading the masses into trouble or into 
grace.  And so Courage enters into discernment and behavior, ethical 
behavior.  

You just experienced a national election in this country. You've just seen 
the designated human animal wave their flag and say, "Vote for me - Vote for 
Me!"  This will encourage you to consider your own Spirit of Courage and 
review the Spirit of Understanding, which recognizes the system for what it 
is and the people for who they are, and not study only the evident 'I am' 
ego, but the undercurrent of Courage. This will give you better understanding 
of your world and the leaders of your world.

Spirit of Knowledge

The next Adjutant Mind Spirit is the Spirit of Knowledge. It is depicted in 
the Chakra of the Heart. The green, fertile, verdant seat of growing, 
revealing, living, throbbing, life-giving, knowledge.  Even the animal 
kingdom comprehends the Spirit of Knowledge. They know, as you know what you 
know.  You know when to hide. You know when to attack.  You know when to 
ignore. You know when to interfere. 



You cannot live life and experience it without active engagement in all these 
spheres, all these circuitries. You cannot avoid life. If you embrace life 
with the Spirit of Knowledge you will never be bored, always have an 
adventure, yet something new to be discovered, new territory to be 
investigated, amassing even more knowledge for yourself and for those who 
fall in your power.



***



Let's get back to the Spirit, which enlivens, but never forget how you are -- 
here, at least … (and even into those realms beyond, wherein your animal 
vestiges remain a part of you) … how you are composed, of what you are 
comprised.  Embrace the wholeness of your being.  Not simply the God part, 
but the Human part.  This is much of who you are. Much of your joy of being 
is to be found in the nature of your composition. The Adjutant Mind Spirits 
augment and enhance your emotions and without your emotions you live a 
shallow existence indeed.

I am encouraging you to be all that you can be and grasp all that you are, 
with the same vigor and enthusiasm that you devote to knowing more about your 
spirit-self, and God himself.  Find Him in you and in your fellows and bring 
Him into existence, even in the material realms of time and space, thus 
enhancing the quality of Light and Life throughout the material worlds of 
time and space.

Good afternoon.

Group:  (Thank you's)

TOMAS:  This is Tomas, again.  We can stretch a bit and get up out of the 
cellular structure you've gravitated toward.  The focus on the material is a 
bit like cuddling up in an overstuffed chair. You gravitate toward it quite 
naturally but such comfort inclines you toward your subconscious rather than 
your superconscious which is where we need to rise to if we are to grasp the 
morontia mota of these Melchizedek courses of study.

With that I will subside and allow others.

Matthew, take it away.

MACHIVENTA:  It's with good tidings that I make myself known to you this fine 
fall day here in the Land of Enchantment. It's considered the 'land of 
enchantment' for many reasons, but for me to be a welcomed guest today, is 
more than welcomed, on my part.  It is with over-due welcoming that I was 
asked by your host of my words at this moment (Matthew), to join you today. I 
believe, at his bequest primarily, just to see if I would show up. (group 
smiles)

But nevertheless, let it be known that whenever your request is made of our 
heavenly Father, or of the Christ Himself, or of me, as a Servant of 
Divinity, that certainly, your requests, made in all sincerity, and out of 
desire and need, for whatever that need may be, are certainly addressed.  
Whether you know it or not your prayers are answered in all segments of their 
make-up. For as all elements of a constituted matter are composites of that 
matter, so too are your thoughts, desires and prayers, for they take on the 
feeling, the emotion, the desire, the wish for improvement - all of the 
components that go into that, add to the fulfillment of that which is being 
sought.

So I wish to simply reassure you that what you think, feel and desire - you 
receive. In other words, what you wish is what you get.  This is meant to be 
an encouragement, not in any way an admonishment to tell you, as the cliché 
goes, to "watch what you pray for."  But rather to assure you that you are as 
connected as sunlight is connected to its source. Imagine separating light 
from its source. Therefor you are inseparable from your Source. And an arm is 
certainly aware of its fingers.

Be within your mind, one with those who sent you.  I say "those" because you 
are part of the great and glorious, and ever-present immortal God presence 
that has the wherewithal, the knowledge and the presence of being to have 
placed in motion everything that you are aware of, and well beyond your 
wildest imagination. Be present to that which is all-powerful, wise and above 
all, eternally loving.  For the presence that you are aware of right now is 
only a glimmer of that which you will know in your greater reality.

So be well advised that whatever you desire, you may ask for, whatever you 
wish or need will be provided, and to know that the Ultimate Good will 
prevail.  So, without wanting to extend my time beyond that which is 
provided, I wish you well. And know that whenever you would need my thoughts 
or assistance, I am also only a thought away.

So peace be with you and carry-on your Courageous Walks in the Dark, for you 
are guided in every step you take and you are assured that lest you fall from 
a cliff, you will undyingly be caught.

Be well assured of your presence within All That Is and I am well aware, as 
you are, of where we are going.

Peace be with you. Now and always.

Group: (Thank you's)

TOMAS:  This is your turn class. Have you got questions?

Gerdean:  I have one.  I was reading last week's transcript and Bob was 
saying something about he really didn't  have any idea of what the potential 
was for our world until Jesus came and he could see the effect of Jesus 
having been here, impacting the world.

And that gave me pause to consider because I had suspected, imagined, that 
Bob, being a Supernal, was privy to a far greater range of perspective than 
that.  It almost seemed to be the perspective of a Midwayer who was limited 
by Urantia's parameters.  That's what made me wonder -- How far reaching is 
Bob's purview?  

And I don't know if that has anything to do with my spiritual growth or 
development but it was just an interesting thing, I thought.  I just somehow 
got the feeling that angels had a much bigger range of operation and that 
they knew everything…that they, certainly Bob, had seen other world's settled 
in Light and Life, but perhaps not?   

Anyone want to address that one?

Carl:  I was under the impression that the angels pretty much had unlimited  
knowledge, but maybe it isn't so.

Gerdean:  We'll see who wants to tackle that one.

TOMAS:  Tomas here. I can tackle that Gerdean. That's not too difficult.

Again, it's a matter of organization and, yes, hierarchy. There is no one in 
the Universe who 'knows everything,' except in Paradise. The Father knows 
everything. But beyond that, the rest of us only know what's in our range of 
operation. And to reiterate one of my favorite themes, nothing is more 
important than the realm of my realm.  So I understand your curiosity about 
what goes on in other realms of operation but it isn't pertinent, in that, 
what's important for you is in your here and now.

However, since you perceive Bob as being in your here-and-now and you discern 
his credentials to be lesser that you expected, I will state that there are 
all manner of angels and celestial beings assigned to different areas, both 
geographic and cosmic. There are 'local' angels as well as Supernaphim who 
are exclusively delegated the higher realms of reality attainment in which to 
work. Each of the superuniverse being comprised of many worlds, have their 
own allotment of angels, and, therefor, there is no reason for someone on the 
3rd superuniverse bother to about what is going on in this 7th superuniverse. 

Just as Bob is in service to your world, his knowledge is limited to his 
realm of operation and does not extend to the angelic efforts of life on 
other worlds or other universes. You have to go up pretty high on the 'totem 
pole' to be given the key to the doors of your neighbors. 

The Creator Sons are gathered together periodically in a quarter of Paradise 
as if it were a Council meeting or a Governor's meeting.  But by and large 
they, too, are focused on their realm. Jesus' world, Urantia, is uniquely 
part of the  local Universe of Nebadon and while his sojourn here was 
Universally compelling, it was a very unusual situation. For the most part, 
all of the Universes are very well, orderly-run spheres.  

Bob's advantage to you is his ability to see you as you are.  He has observed 
acutely and has much to offer in terms of how he sees you rather than how you 
see yourself.  However, his range of operation is limited. He is, as he says, 
a 'low-level' seraphim. There are ranges of Universe service.  We are one of 
them.  When, and as, you have been around along enough to see a bit more 
territory, you will have a better understanding of who does what.  But for 
now you may be assured that there are truly hosts of heavenly helpers who 
hover over you in hopes of helping you embrace your potential, grasp the 
Greater Reality yet to come, which is your birthright, your destiny and your 
greatest joy.

Is that helpful?

Gerdean: Yes.  But it also seems that Bob has not worked with mortals before, 
Is that so? Do you know?

TOMAS:  I have asked him, just now, and he has told me that you are the first 
that he has worked with this familiarly. However, he has worked with many 
mortals, in many ways, in and through the Midwayers that are their normal 
route of working with the mortal realms.  Just to make it easy for you, call 
to your mind the pictures of angels that help keep little ones  from running 
out in traffic or falling off a cliff. Those are, loosely speaking, some of 
the work of the angels, the angelic spheres. 

There are different orders of angels assigned to different types of work. The 
Angels of the Churches work to uphold traditional religion and the values of 
congregation worship and churchified activities, including song and psalms. 
There are Angels of the Races that oversee the best interests of the Races of 
Time - not only the human race - but the differing colored races in their 
cultures and in their transitions. There are Angels of the Home, that oversee 
the efforts that go on in the realm of home-building and child-rearing. They 
are not far from you. 

As Machiventa has said, 'just ask and we'll be there.'  We have waited and 
watched your world and anticipated the reencircuitment for a long time and 
now that this time is upon us we are ready, willing and eager to be engaged 
upon incorporating you back into the cosmic system of things; back into the 
fold of the galaxy; helping you out of isolation into socialization.

As Machiventa also stated, at this point it does not really matter, and to 
what degree, we are "real."  What we intend to do is encourage you and assure 
you that you are not alone, that it is a friendly universe, that it is 
teeming with life support for you and encouraging your many adventures in 
learning, living and loving. The dimension of morontia is upon us.

Welcome.

Matthew:  Are the archangels that we've been told about just assigned to this 
universe or are they inter-universal?  Are they Paradise servers?

TOMAS: Have you ever seen the TV show about the Angels?  (Yes) Have you 
noticed Andrew, who is always there when someone is about to die, or is 
thinking about dying?  He is what you would call an archangel.  That's what 
archangels do, loosely speaking, they are related to the transition. They are 
not the same as the seraphim who embrace your soul and carry it off to 
Mansonia, but they are closely engaged in that realm of energy transfer; 
Reality Transfer, for sometimes the decision to survive is only made at the 
last minute and that last minute needs to be recorded. They focus their work 
on that moment.  Those archangels are invaluable, obviously, to your 
ascension and to your survival. And so they hold a special place, although 
somewhat fearful place, because of their proximity to the act of dying.

Does that help?

Matthew:  Yes.

TOMAS:  You sound unsettled.

Matthew: Well, no.  Just that maybe its Milton's "Paradise Lost" that we're 
given the information about Michael, Raphael, etc. and their leading legions 
in heaven and so on.  Are those individuals as archangels, as we have been 
taught, of Paradise, or they just of this universe?  Maybe the terminology is 
wrong on this end.

TOMAS:  Archangel Raphael, Michael, Uriel and others are also depicted in 
militant regalia, a fashion statement, actually, for the mortal mind which 
loves mythology. There are, indeed, archangels, and there are indeed, many 
beings named Raphael, Michael, Uriel, and many others.  But the idea of 
Archangel Michael,  Archangel Raphael,  and Archangel Uriel are by and large, 
depictions of characterizations of personalities which do not exist in the 
Cosmos, but do exist in your minds as a frame of reference.

It's nothing to worry about.  Error will pass away.  But in the meanwhile 
they are very romantic characterizations, very celestially swashbuckling, and 
they appeal to the mortal mind, just as you love to depict angels with 
voluminous wings.  They don't have wings, but whether you think they do or 
not, is not the point.  The fact that they exist is what's important. Just as 
the fact of archangels is important. Dramatization of these facts is creative 
license, for the most part.

Is that helpful?

Matthew:  It is, thank you.

Janet:  To me, angels are some kind of entity that God has created and they 
do have a way of watching over us, guiding us. They don't run around, I'm 
sure, in those long nightgowns with a couple of wings stuck on their back.  
That's not exactly my idea of an angel.   They're just some strange little 
entity that comes into our lives and guides and helps us.

TOMAS:  You are completely correct, Little One, they do indeed.

Janet:  Even you call me little one!  I've got that all my life!

Group:  (Everyone laughing)

TOMAS:  This was not to indicate your diminutive size, Daughter, but your 
relative youth in the universe. (Thank you!) You are a very large person, in 
that your heart is swollen with goodness. You are big. But would you feel 
better if I were to say 'big one?'(laughter -No I guess not.)

You are dear. All of you are very dear, and as I get to know you  better and 
as we engage in more adventures in morontializing reality, I love you more as 
you are becoming more to love.

The season continues to proclaim the beauty of Urantia and the spectacle of 
your perfect realm of reality.  Go forth and relish the wonders your eyes 
behold -- both your physical eyes and your morontial eyes that perceive the 
Truth, Beauty and Goodness which is our Father's, through our Mother, into 
the kingdoms of men.

Amen and Farewell.

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