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Urantia, December 14, 2013 (date of transcription).
Teacher: The Beloved One.
Subject: “I Am Always Available.”
Received by Lytske.
The Beloved One: “It is not always easy for humans to know what the Will of God is. Some mortals think that the doing of God’s Will means to sacrifice all things that give them pleasure. This is most definitely not the case. The doing of God’s Will has been badly misunderstood in the past. It is true that there is sacrifice involved, but that is only in the process of subduing the baser self in you.
“Doing God’s Will means overcoming the lower instincts through self-discipline to self-mastery. This path is not easy, but it builds a strong character, which can withstand temptations, and is not easily swayed by the sophistries of others. God’s Will simply means, seeking the way with the most love in it, and with respect to all others. In short, it means living the golden rule, as in doing unto others as you yourself, would like to be treated.
“Jesus lived an exemplary life on earth by living according to the golden rule and thereby always being obedient to the Will of the Father in Heaven. The golden rule is to be found in all religions, and, much is the pity that it is not practiced to the extent that it could be practiced. Jesus always exhorted His followers to ‘love one another’. Well, look around you!
“Wars have not ceased. Even among families and neighbors this blight carries on, for the cave-mentality has not been subdued and overcome, especially because material tendencies and greed have outstripped and replaced religion.
“More value ought to be placed in the cultivation and training of true character building ways. Sadly, fewer and fewer humans pay attention to the Still Small Voice of God within them. Sure, lip-service is being paid when people dutifully trot off to their churches, synagogues, mosques, tabernacles, or any other temple of worship, pay their penance and dues and think that this is enough and all is fine in their world. Meanwhile they don’t search within themselves, to seek the Glory of God and the meaning and purpose of life. It is so much easier to have ‘the better educated’ do their thinking for them.
“The time has now come for each person to take responsibility for their thoughts and actions, ask what God’s will is, and how to surrender the self-will. It will be a path filled with love and goodwill towards all others. One person at a time, that’s how the world will be changed, as the benign virus of love will be spread all over the planet.
“Ponder how you will do God’s Will today, and then act on it with an open and honest heart. You can always ask for My Help. I am always available.”
© The 11:11 Progress Group.
We are each other at our spiritual Root Source –
ABC-22, January 1972.
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Chicago, US of A, December 23, 2013.
Teacher Hezekiah.
Subject: “Celebrating Special Dates.”
Received by Valdir Soares.
Hezekiah: “By your calendar, another Urantia year is about to finish, and a new one is about to start. Still, as you well know, January 1st is just as important as December 31st, and so are all other days of the year. Western Christians have marked these dates as special, while other cultures and religions have marked other dates in different places, and during diverse ages. You need to mark special dates so you can remember certain happenings by these dates, and live your lives by periods – weeks, months, years and decades. These set periods help you to plan life, record the plan in your mind, and remember to act on it.
“Do acknowledge and respect other cultures and religions' special dates. It’s a sign of maturity to be considerate to other peoples’ religious and cultural values, while keeping yours and learning from others. If you are interested enough, you will discover that special dates celebrated by other cultures have the same purpose as do your own: to keep alive values that are meaningful to them – to people, to religious groups, even to entire civilizations. No nation, culture or religion has it all, you need to learn from each other and complement each other.
“Your social, cultural and religious contexts are strong determinants of who you are. You should value the special dates of your religious traditions as they remind you that you are part of a historical stream of faith that gives you an identity in your spiritual community. Indeed, most of these dates should prompt you to understand and live the contemporary meanings of the faith of your ancestors. Celebrate these special dates with a live effort to ‘unearth’ their spiritual values from repetitive traditions and customs. Seek to realize what these celebrations mean to your life today.
“As a new year begins for most people on Urantia, and as many of you engage in the old habit of making new resolutions for the new year, make this habit a tool to pledge more than good intentions, but to set goals and life-guidelines that will make you a better human being, not merely somebody thinner or richer. Make goals to increase your tolerance, your compassion and openness towards your fellow human beings. These special dates can become starting points for a wonderful new attitude to life – something that will improve you from the inside-out – and, as a result make a difference in the lives of those around you.
“Let special dates be more for you than just another chance to satisfy yourself in pleasurable festivities. Pause and take time to reflect about the dates’ spiritual meaning. These are special days, so that all the other days, although common, may not be banal ones. Let special dates help you to renew your vows, your commitment, even your whole life. Make good use of them by making them count. Make them not only special, but memorable, by utilizing them for decisions that will matter in your life. I am your teacher Hezekiah, inviting you to make life special by being special yourselves. Peace be with you.”
© The 11:11 Progress Group.
We are each other at our spiritual Root Source –
ABC-22, January 1972.
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Urantia, December 13, 2013 (date of transcription).
Teacher: The Beloved One.
Subject: “Depending on Your Driving Force.”
Received by Lytske.
The Beloved One: “Allow Me to lead you into the subject of motivation, and what it is that motivates humans. What is this motivation, this driving force? Usually a human being just acts, hardly ever giving a thought as to why he or she acts in whatever way, because most acts are instinctual. They have become habits, which are ingrained and therefore hard to break. Still, underneath all of this is a cause which has been set in motion, which is part of motivation.
“This subject needs careful scrutiny, as motivation has different layers. There is conscious motivation, where the human will is involved. There is subconscious motivation, which has become simple habit, and there is also super-conscious motivation, which is more involved on the higher level of spirituality. We will mainly spend some moments on conscious motivation and the thoughts that drive these. It has everything to do with the level of conscious awareness. Many humans never give a thought to what motivates them. However, motivation determines their quality of life, their relationships, and the control of their habits. And usually also, when there is little or no self-control, their addictions gain the upper hand.
“Motivation is the secret to everything – to studying, to learning, to cultivating the self, to attaining goals in life, and more.
“As constant companions, motivation needs sincerity and honesty, as everything one chooses to do, or decides not to do, hopefully leads to laudable feelings of satisfaction of a life well-lived when looking back at a later time. Perhaps one will look back on a life with much regret, guilt of having missed opportunities, hurt feelings, and anger, which are usually misdirected at others. The cause of such unhappiness is often misdirected motivation and wrong choices and decision making.
“You get an inkling of just how complicated you can make your life, when motivation goes awry, especially when you act unthinkingly and fail to consider the consequences, or in extenuating circumstances where others try to make up your mind for you. So now we come to the free will, which the Creator has gifted you with, and of course, there am I, your Inner Pilot. You have the freedom to always come to Me in the Stillness and ask Me to motivate you.
“This then becomes your super-conscious motivation. And this decision you will never regret. Actually, you might even at a certain point in life say, ‘I ought to have first asked my Thought Adjuster’, or you might think, ‘I wish I had listened to my Inner Pilot’. It matters not what name you give Me, for I am part of you, and if it is also your desire, forever, as we steadily move in the direction of becoming one.
“All this depends on your motivation and decision making choices.”
© The 11:11 Progress Group.
We are each other at our spiritual Root Source –
ABC-22, January 1972.
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Alberta, Canada, March 8, 2013.
Prometheus’ Treasures - V.
Subject: “Transcendence of Creature Will for Co-creation of Light and Life.”
Received by Renée.
Teacher Prometheus: “We can overcome all doubt if we learn to trust in the Love of our Creator to help us through any seemingly insurmountable situation.
“Always keep your heart open to the Light and the intelligently coordinated co-creative Power that lives within you, and works tirelessly to bring you into alignment with your life’s plan. This is your individual map, which will afford you the greatest personality development and soul growth.
“Remain as much as possible in this positive consciousness and receptive present ‘now moment’. This is the greatest tool for remaining connected to your divine indwelling Spirit. A conscious, elevated faith and wisdom-seeking attitude is required to transcend the fearful animal-ego-mind. With the free-will decision to consecrate one’s ‘creature will’, the higher reasoning mind can then be synchronized with the highest and most loving Will.
“This is the divine Adjuster’s Will – the Will which follows the cosmic plan leading to Light and Life, for both the individual and collectively for all humanity by the outworking and manifestation of Love. Human beings are the time-space evolutionary vehicles through which this co-creative process occurs.
“The experiential knowledge gained in the process is invaluable to the Creator and the gift each mortal offers to the Supreme Being – the experiential deity being created in the time-space universes – the ‘Mother of all Souls’ originating in the seven super-universes of the Grand Universe.
“I am Prometheus.”
© The 11:11 Progress Group.
All the elemental qualities of Love are inherent in the Light
we receive – Prometheus, 2013.
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Michigan, US of A, December 8, 2013.
Teacher Ophelius.
Subject: “Express the One Truth and Awaken a Sleeping Planet.”
Received by Chris.
Teacher Ophelius: “Today’s message is one of universal truth – the common denominator that unifies all persons on the earth regardless of their gender, race, religion, nation or culture. It is true irrespective of beliefs, philosophies, or social conditioning, and remains the One Truth that can heal a world of all its maladies if such a truth were to be known to all peoples. It is the One Truth that the sages and prophets have pointed too, and man has searched for as long as he has walked the earth. In ignorance or denial of this universal truth, man has brought all forms of suffering to this world and until it is known to all, the people of earth shall continue to suffer.
“Everything that you can see, touch, hear, taste, and smell, is a part of this One Truth, it pervades all realities both seen and unseen, for there is nowhere you can go in all of creation where this truth is not present. All consciousness is a part of this One Truth and it is the very core essence of all meanings, values, and universal principals. Everything that is true, beautiful, and good is derived from this One Truth, and all that is false, ugly, dark, and evil, stands apart from it and in stark contrast to its light.
“The One Truth is present in life itself. It is in the pattern of all life and in nature. Its signature is written in the code of life. The One Truth is perfect and complete, and all that is imperfect and incomplete is drawn to it. The most desirable values of any man, woman, or child, are a reflection of this One Truth, and the expression of this thing we call love, is the interpretation of the divine expression that all people understand at the root of their being. All love, compassion, and mercy, are universal characteristics of the One Truth.
“It is the Will and desire of the One Truth to create, to explore, and to know itself by experiencing life in creative form, therefore, all that is alive and animated by Spirit is an individualized aspect of the One Truth seeking equilibrium with the divine Will. Since all spirits are aspects of this One Truth and intimately connected through its consciousness, there really is no separation from it, only a man’s beliefs, denial, or ignorance of his connectedness creates the illusion of separation and so he sees himself as alone and self-important, falsely needing to gratify the desires of his animal nature.
“It is in those persons (the individualized aspects of Spirit in form) who have awakened to the One Truth, that find themselves consciously aware and on a path moving inward toward the center of the One Truth. They are experiencing life and expressing the Will of this One Truth in imperfect form, yet learning and gaining wisdom along the journey as a way to make perfect and achieve equilibrium with Source. For it is in the journey, my dear friends, knowing this One Truth, that we fulfill the desire and the Will of that which we call “God,” that we become integrated with its light and become like Him. There is no purpose more vital on your world than to know the One Truth and your connectedness to that Truth.
“Express the One Truth and awaken a sleeping planet.
“Peace to you,
“The Circle of Seven.”
© The 11:11 Progress Group.
“The giving of self, the illumination of truth, and the relief of suffering
are the noblest paths to higher consciousness.” - Teacher Ophelius, 2009.