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the case of Urantia--is accelerating because the world is--in one sense =
you talk about--becoming smaller because you're becoming more and more =
interconnected. All of these things we've talked about are being put =
more and more into people's minds, and this is what is really =
transforming things so quickly. My whole message tonight is: when push =
comes to shove, when things are brought undeniably into people's =
consciousness, people have an enormous ability to adapt. When push comes =
to shove, just because everyone is in economic reality, this is where =
economics triumphs over the ecstasy of what people merely want. You are =
essentially economic beings and everybody is doing their best to get as =
much as they can from what they have. It's that very adaptability, along =
with what communications are bringing into consciousness, that are the =
saving graces.

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Student: I would like to rededicate myself right now to meeting you in =
this spiritual sphere surrounding our planet, this advancing sphere and =
the desire to participate in this forward development and cohesion. I =
believe in this wholeheartedly.=20

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Michael: Well, my dear, I welcome your commitment. This is where it is: =
in every single human being. And it hasn't been that long. It's only =
been a few decades since the spiritual quarantine of this planet was =
lifted, and things have begun to change so rapidly-spirit-wise.

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(Exclusionary folks: my way or nothing)=20

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You have to actually have some sympathy for those folks who see their =
whole way of life--based on exclusion and dictatorial aspects of =
politics, and society, and religion that have existed--the power they =
get out of being able to exclude other points of view; you have to have =
sympathy even for them because their world is crumbling. In a world of =
instantaneous communications, anything that depends on this kind of =
exclusiveness is doomed to fail. So you have to have some sympathy even =
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At the same time, they're extremely deadly. I mean, there's a kind of =
suicidal folks who would take you down with them as they see their world =
crumbling all around them. And so you're in this position of sending =
them all your love and reaching out to them as much as you can, while at =
the same time you have to protect yourself from them. This is a strange =
position for you to be in, but this is how we recommend you orient =
yourself to these very dictatorial and deadly forces still on the =
planet. You send them all your love but also, as I cautioned one time, =
you be as wise as serpents.

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Student: Indeed. And harmless as doves.

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Michael: Right: be in my love.=20

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Student: Thank you.

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(Hope and faith)

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Michael: Well, my dears, I hope I've given you some hope and some faith =
in just basic humanity. As you come to know yourself more and more; as =
you come into maturity; as you yourself give up those things of =
childhood and begin to treasure more than anything else these others in =
your life--these dear friends and what you're able to share with them: =
so you can realize this is really the glue that's holding everything =
together. You can have some genuine sympathy for those poor souls who =
are caught up--not only in warfare with all of its terrible, terrible =
randomness of whoever is under an artillery shell or a bomb, released =
from miles away or thousands of feet in the air--that kind of =
randomness-but also with just the amount of crime, of people raised in =
neighborhoods where it's not even safe to go out and get some groceries. =


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Really open your hearts to those souls who, through no fault of their =
own, and beyond their power, are caught up in these things. Then look =
around you and ask of yourselves: what can I do? What can I do in my own =
life, with my own day-to-day things--my treasure and my friends? There =
are so many hundreds of good organizations that help tie things =
together. What can you give to them? What support can you have?=20

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Maybe it could come back to what I recommended right to begin with this =
evening--sitting down in your meditations and opening yourself to =
another spiritual personality. See what that is all about. See what that =
requires of you, and then too, what that contact gives to you, and how =
this can change your life. Then you can have the vision, the insight =
into what is really tying everything all together.=20

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