[tmtranscripts] LinEL 091502

[Thea]

September 15, 2002

LinEL (TR Thea/ LinEL Group Retreat on the Oregon Coast 13-14/02 ­ partial
transcription in response to questions)

Greetings, dearest brothers and sisters, this is LinEL. You ask us about the
difficulties of our service, the success of our work with you, the problems
that we must deal with in order to bring you what we have to offer. Seek to
understand the nature of how our teachings come to you. We are restricted by
your own limitations of perception, by your willingness or unwillingness to
seek change and new ways of creative and more spontaneous living. But this
is unavoidable. Do not feel badly about the fact that you are all human in
this. These limitations are not faults, no. They are natural to your current
status, all of you. No-one through whom our voices are heard is yet
developed to a point where our teachings are given completely ­ and how
could this be? It is a fact of the first life, the mortal coil, that
perfection is not yet attainable. You work towards this, of course, but do
not heap shame upon yourselves for your apparent failures. Your shortcomings
are not fatal flaws, but rather the clumsy steps of children. When the child
does not yet walk well, do the parents chide? A good parent is delighted in
the forward motion, not focusing on the as yet awkward movements. Even those
who climb to the mansion worlds in the chariots of fire are not yet
perfected. We teachers, most of whom are fused with our adjusters, are quite
far from perfection. Perfection is the long-term goal, not the short-term
attainment. You must clearly see your shortcomings so that you can alter
your course, but beyond the recognition of these shortcomings, combined with
a will to do what you must in order to learn to move beyond them, there is
no cause for self-despite.

It is essential that you recognize the restrictions of the reality of the
results of your natural condition in terms of our service of words of
instruction through you. For without that discernment, that realistic grasp,
you will rush here and there trying to make all of our words fit together
into a consistent, coherent whole. Better that you examine these words, that
come to you through the sincere service of those who transmit for us, as you
would look for the truth in the multiple religions of your world ­ find what
resonates in your heart, and cherish it. As you look for the parts to which
your own sense of the Spirit of Truth responds, you will assemble your own
understanding of our lessons. But have a care ­ that which you take from our
words may not closely resemble that which your brother and sister take from
the same words in their own personal journey through the educational scheme
that we have brought to you. For each has his or her way to the Father, his
or her own personal gift to the Supreme. And were they identical, the entire
purpose of the diversity of creation would be lost. It is this personal
journey to the Father, individual by individual, that must be taken. To
borrow excessively from another¹s journey, as is true in the fundamentalist
religions of the world, is to lose that marvelous opportunity of seeking
one¹s own personality resonance with the Creator of Light while yet in the
flesh. Better to share the excitement in the common journey of faith and
then seek to inspire and be inspired by the individual lights of experienced
reality recognition.

So honor one another for the diversity of faith ­ differing beliefs are not
a problem. That our beloved Father is the living love in our lives and we
are his beloved children, and thus true and lasting brothers and sisters to
one another - this is the core that joins us all. That the key to eternal
life is found within, the sincere turning for direction to the adjuster who
indwells us, is a part of the very simple teachings that unite us. Beyond
these few simple things, all of the diversity of expression and
understanding of the spiritual path shall expand in all the glorious array
of different colors and shapes and sounds possible. Enjoy your personality
unfoldment, little brothers and sisters. For it is given to you for joy, not
just for the difficult work that making your way through the unreality of
contaminated Urantia. Put together the effort and the joy, the healing grief
and pain alongside the vital uplifting expressions. A multiplicity of
possibilities is revealed in the individual¹s bringing together the entire
range of deeper human feelings with the depth and breadth of conceptual
intellect, illumined by focus on the Center of All That Is  - and this will
bring you Home. If one of you brings the starry-rays of a daisy, one the
pink swirl of a rose, one the bright whimsy of a dandelion, one the wild
fireworks of a dahlia, one the simple elegance of lily, the bouquet of your
un-uniform offerings will be glorious. Sing together each in your own true
voices, and raise the shared harmonies to the heights of Heaven.

See our words through your unavoidable sieving process as what they are ­
your best perceptions of what we have brought to you ­ share them not for
uniformity but for the important diversity they represent. You will have a
far fuller vision of our gifts to you if you thus avoid the narrowing into a
common dogma and instead have the generosity of spirit to permit an
un-common breadth and depth. One thing that we believe we have been able to
bring through to you is the dedication and intensity of our love for you.
This experience of service to Urantia is the most amazing thing that has
ever happened to us all. This opportunity to be of service to you and to the
world of our beloved Michael¹s bestowal is an endlessly fascinating task and
a source of deep gratitude - to Michael¹s plan, to your willingness in
sharing yourselves with us, and to the Supreme whose unfoldment we serve. Be
of good will with one another and seek to go beyond tolerance of difference
to the deepening of your perspectives by the study and observation of how
others seek the First Source and Center. You will find that in the
understanding of others, not only will your love blossom more fully, but
your own self-understanding will be enhanced.

We stand by you in all things, at all times, in your most joyful moments and
your saddest, most difficult ones. And every day that we work here by your
sides, we grow in our understanding and love for you, and our grasp of how
the universe truly unfolds from our Father¹s great commandment of Love. And
as we are by you and with you and for you, how much more then is the Father
of us all by us and with us and for us all. Together, we will make this
place from a terrible wound back into a garden, and more. With our love, we
give you our thanks for the sincerity with which you help us serve Michael¹s
plan, and our respect and love for what you must strive to go beyond in
order so to do.

LinEL