[tmtranscripts] N. Idaho TeaM 8/31/03

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North Idaho Teaching MissionGroup
Topics: Your Presentation of Stillness
Teachers: Lantarnek,

August 31, 2003

*	Lantarnek (Jonathan TR):  Greetings, this is Lantarnek.  I visit you today.  I 
express love, a fondness for fellow workers so dedicated to expressing in your lives the 
message of Michael.  It is an art of living to re-demonstrate the manner in which Michael 
lived on this planet and to do so defined by the culture of your day these thousands of 
years later.
	I have planned to speak to you on the subject of stillness, but I wish to address 
the topic from a slightly different angle so as to encourage not only your practice of 
stillness, but also your presentation of stillness.
	It is a quality of humbleness to regard your engagement with the Father in solitary 
meditation as an act which you do not flaunt or parade before others.  This divine 
intimacy is for you, each one, to experience as creature to Creator without spectators.  
While such spiritual modesty is noble, it does not prevent dedicated ones as yourselves 
from assembling in fellowship as a family experiencing collectively the presence of your 
same divine Parent.
	The presentation of stillness I speak of has to do with the outward living of that 
inner experience found in quiet time correctly, so you regard this mindfulness, heart-
centeredness, of stillness as a pause from the dynamics of your lives, such dynamics that 
often wear you out, cause you to feel disconnected.  So, stillness attracts you to the 
time for re-collection, to return to square one, to refresh the soul and quiet the mind.
	There is, however, the perspective of “stillness” the word, as synonym to 
“duration”, to “continuance”, and this is the presentation of stillness I speak of:  
wholehearted dedication, absolute resolve, sincere pursuit, your willingness to die that 
the truth may be proclaimed, unflinching; ever aligned to God, to goodness.  We may speak 
of this presentation of stillness as a manifestation of your having made the Supreme 
decision, that choice of human will that is eternal in its consequences, earning you life 
everlasting, an eternal life given by Father even before you chose or even knew of such 
an opportunity; yet your spiritual hunger, your thirst for truth, and your diligence in 
pursuing the answers, your willingness to expand your awareness of life and its 
implications, have been your contribution.  Therefore you are granted the reward of 
having earned your place in the kingdom of God.  The gift was given, and you actively 
reached out your hand and took it.  This choice is forever; it is still-ness, ever 
remaining.
	There is only one reality point in the universe which changes not, the abode of the 
Father, stationary, ever-present as is God Himself.  All around this Paradise location is 
dynamism, constant change.
	You are all too keenly aware of the ever-present transformation of your mortal 
vehicles as the years roll by.  You are also understanding of the expansion of your 
knowledge and the uplifting of your awareness as you continue to incorporate your life 
experiences into a conceptual framework which describes reality as you can only limitedly 
perceive it at this level in your ascent.  You know from your textual studies of The 
Urantia Book that you will one day leave your body behind, and further, you have come to 
know that even your mind is released and you are re-incircuited into a new mind function, 
a morontia mind; that while your experiences are safeguarded through this transition and 
bestowed back upon you subsequent to your resurrection, you will not have the same mind.  
Even the mind vehicle is new, just as your morontia physical form is different from your 
current physical form.
	All things change beyond the periphery of Paradise except one thing, and that is 
your resolve to be about the Father’s business, to ascend to the Father on Paradise, to 
become perfect in your soul capacity as He is in His universe standing.  This stillness 
is what the world hungers for today, the demonstration of endurance, of duration, a never 
changing devotion.
	It will not be revealed to the world through any religious organization or any 
movement or cause, for these all will change as well.  Such structures do not demonstrate 
stillness that I speak of, rather they often gravitate towards fixation, a stagnation.  
This presentation of stillness can only be revealed singly through the radiance of each 
personality engaged in a relationship with the Creator.
	You practice stillness to refresh the soul.  You practice stillness to further your 
relationship with God.  You practice stillness so that you will function spiritually when 
tribulation comes your way, and you practice stillness so that you will present the 
results to others.  Michael when here on Earth devoted his entire life to this mode of 
living, ever and always seeking the Father’s will, even to the point of saying, “My hour 
has not yet come”, willing always to adjust to the time flow of the eternal will.
	While I observe that at times you are disappointed with your discipline of 
practicing stillness, I assure you that you are looked upon with favor for the fact that 
you are all more diligently pursuing the presentation of the stillness, of constant 
devotion to God, and ever and always seeking to refine and improve your ability to live 
in alignment with truth, to become ever more good in your nature, to radiate that 
spiritual beauty that will minister to the souls of all in your life.  This I perceive to 
be even more important than an interval of time of meditation, for when you do -- as you 
will -- enter into an experience of Paradise, it will be a fully encompassing experience 
of embrace.  The interval of engagement and release will not be; the practice will have 
disappeared, and your presence will be what your practice sought.
	Happy am I to be with you, and willing I am to receive your questions.

	Evelyn:  In light of last week’s session on expectation, we can expect that resolve 
will solidify; we may fluctuate now; we haven’t hit any stillness presentation yet that’s 
unwavering, but we can hold the expectation that someday and eternally afterward we will 
maintain that.  Anything involving eternity is so hard to think about.

*	Lantarnek:  You have studied and developed the understanding that while the soul 
grows and you are re-incircuited at new mind levels and take up new patterns of form such 
as your current physical bodies, that your personality changes not.  That presence of the 
Father bestowed upon you likewise is absolute in quality.  These are the two key elements 
of your makeup which engage in stillness and are themselves unchanging.  So, while it may 
be stated that you have perfected this enduring condition, perhaps even asserted that it 
has always been, it is the challenge to all to develop the ability to present it.  There 
is where a lifetime of work is before all, for that begins the reorganization of your 
thoughts, a deeper understanding of your aspirations, a refinement of your ability to 
express love and serve your fellows, and attention to the importance of the growth of 
your soul.
	The presentation will change.  It will become more refined, but you can always hold 
to the truth of the stability of your personality and of the absoluteness of the Divine 
Indweller.
	I will attempt to illustrate that ongoing endeavor of demonstration refinement 
wherein you learn better how to love and how to serve by using the example of one of your 
sport pastimes, surfing.
	One who loves such an undertaking has already developed the skill, has learned to 
execute maneuvers to stay on the board to ride a wave.  But that accomplishment is not 
the end, is not the fulfillment.  A successful ride is sought over and over and over.  It 
is the continual process of surfing that thrills that athlete.  There are falls; there 
are mistakes, and there are maneuvers to learn, and such is the case with your spiritual 
life.  The waves come, they go, they rise, they crash, and you learn how to surf through 
them.  While you become a master in your skill, that never diminishes your love for 
continual surfing.

	Evelyn:  This weekend Michael’s bestowal as a melchizedek was mentioned and how it 
inspired all melchizedeks.  Would you be willing to share something about Michael as a 
melchizedek that inspired you?

*	Lantarnek:  It was his ability to coordinate many of us; he improved our ability to 
harmonize with one another.  You know we are a self governing body, an order of Sons 
without a boss.  So, it becomes the challenge of each melchizedek to work coordinatedly, 
not only self-governed, but selves-governed as a body, as an order.  Michael demonstrated 
a superb quality when he took up our form and worked among us and with us and as us.  
This I found inspiring and have taken this model into all my relationships, be it among 
my melchizedek brethren or among any order of being that I am assigned with or that I 
simply seek recreation with.
	On earth Jesus came to do the will of the Father, and that was his single purpose.  
Underneath that overriding cause he assembled his apostolic corps, his evangel group, and 
ministered to as many as he could in his short life.  But his single purpose was to live 
for the Father, and you all benefited because, as you have learned from his life, you saw 
that he lived as the Father.  Among us his purpose was our collective enhancement.  It 
had an effect of a Supreme quality, of a synergy, of a greater interweaving of each 
melchizedek with one another.  In so doing we have developed a bonding as a corps that 
collectively pursues the missions and mandates of Michael.  Each one of us is highly 
individualized in character and skill, but we are now more profoundly harmonized, meshed; 
and it is the result of his work among us that has made this great step forward in our 
order of being.
	I hope this has provided you an answer.

	Evelyn:  That’s very interesting, thank you.

*	Lantarnek:  A further note:  Our order of being is a descending order that seeks out 
the other forms of life in Nebadon which are rising up and through the universe schools.  
We reach down to draw those toward Michael and prepare each one for the journey on beyond 
to Paradise.  Michael’s life among us improved our downreach just as his life among you 
has improved your upreach to the Father.
	I express my appreciation for your work in this mission again as it cannot be said 
too often.  Each one of you is very important.  There are very many tasks to undertake in 
helping this planet, and, even more important, in helping every personality who dwells 
upon this planet, for it is the personalities that make the planet a better place to 
live.  You do well in your circles, in your spheres of influence.  I applaud you and I 
pledge to ever assist you.  I now withdraw.