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São Carlos — SP, Brazil, August 17, 2018.
Teacher: Midwayer Sharmon.
Subject: “How to Make the Best of all Situations.”
Message received by Valdir Soares.
Sharmon: “Sometimes you cannot change situations — all you can do is deal with them. These situations challenge us to be creative and, as the saying goes, ‘make the best of every situation.’ In doing so, you not only need to adapt your own will to the circumstances but also interact with the wills of others who are already in the process of realization. God, due to His omnipotence, is capable of doing the absolute best in every circumstance, yet always respecting the free will of his creatures. However, lower creatures such as humans, just starting their perfecting career, can only strive for the best and live with it. What does it mean to make the best of each situation?
1. “Look for the Will of God in Any Situation. You can follow the will of God even in the midst of a situation against it. The situation before you could be the result of the choice of another person against the will of God that somehow affects you, but as long as you don’t participate in producing that situation, you can still react to it according to the will of God. To convey the will of God, even to a bad situation, you need to get an insight of the will of God by two ways possible: by following the principles of values of divinity and by following the leading of the Spirit Within. Follow the values of goodness, truth, and beauty and listen to the voice of wisdom of the Spirit Within saying: ‘This is the way’.
2. “Focus on the Well Being of Others Rather than Yours. God the Father is our supreme example of unselfishness. He divested Himself of everything that another being could do and kept for Himself only those prerogatives that would guarantee that those other beings would do exactly these things he bestowed upon them. Following the example of the Father, we keep to us only what is needed to minister goodness, truth, and beauty upon others and so we certainly are doing the best in each circumstance, even if the circumstance is adverse to us in the first place, as Jesus prayed for his executioners: ‘Father, forgive them, because they know not what they do.’
3. “Make of Any Circumstance an Opportunity to be of Service. Many companies, corporations, and businesses in general, have come to the conclusion that a good customer service is key to keep customers coming back for more. Phrases such as ‘How may I help you’ and ‘How may I be of service?’ are essential to good (sincere) customer service. Being available for service and offering your services to whomever needs it, should be our lifestyle to make the best of any situation. In fact, there is no better way to show you care about somebody than to make yourself available for service. Even a potential or actual bad circumstance can become a great opportunity for loving service to others.
“Not all circumstances are bad, so just receive the good ones with a big and sincere ‘Thank You’. For those situations that come to you with malice, or are prone to hurt you, react to them according to the will of God, focusing on the wellbeing of others first, rather than yours, and try to make them an opportunity for service. Your reaction is also part of the situation. Make it count for the showing of the Fatherhood of God and the growing of the Brotherhood of Human Beings on Urantia. I am Sharmon, your Midwayer friend attending your request for this lesson. And by the way, on making the best of everything, don’t forget about being charming — as Jesus was when with us, and still is, in all His dealings.”
© The 11:11 Progress Group.
Keep Before You the Goal of the Ages — Teacher Prolotheos.
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Alabama, US of A, April 10, 2013.
Teacher: Thought Adjuster.
Subject: “Relevant Lives.”
Message received by Oscar.
Thought Adjuster: “The Father has perfect plans for the lives of each one of His creatures. To the eyes of the world, a certain life may seem more relevant or more important than another. However, many times those who each have consciously consecrated their lives to the Divine Will and achieved a high level of spiritual progress, go unnoticed on the pages of human history. Do not think that just because you are not great from a material point of view, your life is worthless or your efforts to reach perfection are not producing the expected results. Each step that brings you closer to your true essence – to that which the Father desires for you – is a step towards Life and Light, in your world and in the universe.
“The greatest gift a human creature can offer the Father is to seek to know and to do His Will. There is a definite plan for creation and there is a path that leads directly to the greatest success for all involved. When each of you decides to follow this path, you are actively working so that the design of the Gods becomes a reality and for the entire creation to be established in Light and Life. Thus, you are contributing to the actualization of the Supreme Being, the God of time and space, who gains experience through the experiences of all evolutionary beings.
“Therefore, no life can be considered useless or irrelevant. No two human lives are equal in all aspects, and the experiences are mostly subjective, dependent on the perception of the personalities who are involved with them. Each personality has the potential to bring a unique contribution to universal wisdom. What each personality has lived so far has been a unique adventure, an unparalleled aspect of a creature that seeks to find the Father and build an increasingly coherent idea of his or her reality and purpose.
“Your life is a great opportunity to discover other original aspect of divinity. You start without any preconceived idea about the universe, and progressively you shall discover reality and, if you so decide, you start to participate in the expansion of divine ideals when you become a tool for the expression of the Creator. Then, your personal path increasingly aligns itself with the path that the Father has suggested, until the hour in which you come to understand that, in reality, the Father’s Will for your life is the path with the most love and wisdom, which represents the best that can occur and, after all, when your comprehension has been enlightened by higher truths, you shall understand it is the same path that you would have wisely chosen for yourself.”
Translated from Spanish by Silvia Adriana Cohane.
© The 11:11 Progress Group.
Faith is just curiosity tinged with hope — Thought Adjuster.
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Urantia, October 29, 2006.
Teacher: The Beloved.
Subject: “All Is One, and the One Is All.”
Message received by Lytske.
The Beloved: “It is entirely appropriate for you to claim your status as a child of God even though you are still an embryo in the womb of Mother Spirit. You need to know with all your heart, soul, and mind, that you are a most beloved child in God’s universe.
The Father is no respecter of persons and He accepts each and every one as His own. Your Master Jesus, a Son of God, stated you are sons and daughters of God and joint heirs with Him. So, claim your divine birthright. Claim everything that is true, beautiful and good.
Seek first the Kingdom of God within, and grow an abundant spirit-life filled with spiritual energy and healing. This will make your mortal life so much easier to live. To just live for material things and spare nary a thought for the spiritual is like living a life in poverty, and so unbecoming a child of God.
All His goodness and abundance lie unused and undiscovered within you, and to say the least, your embryonic soul would wither and die for lack of nourishment.
Turn within to that secret chamber of your heart where tranquility reigns and seek converse with Me, so I can feed you the deeper insights and values in truth, beauty, and goodness.
Why limit yourself and become a spiritual beggar who needs to supplicate and seek in order to survive, while the greatest riches within lie undiscovered and die from lack of faith and trust in the heavenly overcare?
A human being is so much more than just flesh and bones, and a mind that remains earthbound and never explores the spiritual universe and its bountiful offerings.
Learn to live in the abundance of the Father’s house, and you will realize that there is no separation between you and God. In fact, there never was. Humankind simply separated itself through erroneous thinking by building up an elaborate system of worship around that mindset.
Know that all is one, and the One is all.”
© The 11:11 Progress Group.
I Am the Satisfaction of Your Soul — The Beloved One.
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Oregon, May 22, 2020.
Thought Adjuster.
Subject: “Soar as a Free Spirit!”
Message received by Anyas.
“Habits which favor religious growth embrace cultivated sensitivity to divine values, recognition of religious living in others, reflective meditation on cosmic meanings, worshipful problem solving, sharing one’s spiritual life with one’s fellows, avoidance of selfishness, refusal to presume on divine mercy, living as in the presence of God. The factors of religious growth may be intentional, but the growth itself is unvaryingly unconscious.” [UB 100:1:8]
Thought Adjuster: “What would be the point of leading a religious life if it did not positively impact your world views and upgrade both the quality of your inner life and its humanitarian contributions?
Authentic religion should be a personal experience because it is a spiritual relationship between you — as you are — and the Source of your being. How else could you have a dynamically positive spiritual experience if it was dictated by stern religious powers-to-be or drilled into you through mindless repetition of generic prayers combined with prescribed postures? Such routines cannot but stifle the childlike spontaneity that springs from genuine religious living.
A religion that fails to be a quest for transcendental values cannot contribute to the soul's elevation from its formation stage to its perfection stage. Shouldn’t you have a say in the way you shape YOUR religious life? Your free will, coupled with your independent thinking and the prompts of your original personality, should be the instigators of a spiritual connection that meets all your soul’s needs — far from a cookie-cutter type of approach.
Engage your mind in reflective thinking. Ponder your unique set of life circumstances. Freely share your insights with other hungry souls and leave it up to them to decide whether to adopt your methods or alter them according to their particular needs.
The beautiful thing about authentic religious living is that it assigns you the dual function of student and teacher assistant. It invites you to make others benefit from your hard-earned epiphanies.
Are you alive and well spiritually? If your spiritual drive lacks life force, strive to pinpoint what restricts its flow and set yourself free from any unwelcome and stifling bondage. You will then soar as the free spirit you have been conceived to be.”
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Illawarra District, Australia, July 29, 2013.
Unknown Paradise Citizen.
Subject: “The Mystery of Time” (shortened transcript).
Received by George Barnard.
Paradise Citizen: “Today I wish to speak to you all about time. How interesting, I remark to myself! You are giving a lesson about a subject of which you know less than do your students! How arrogant you are, one might almost say! I jest. Naturally, those of us who are Citizens of Paradise, and for good reasons because of our given abilities, can observe transactions in time, boldly understanding time, but without comprehending time.
“Consider now a human child just four months old throwing a toy out of its cot. You pick it up and give it back to the child, but to him or her it is a brand new toy. The ‘earlier’ toy, when no longer seen, did, and quite logically so, actually ceased to exist to the child’s mind. Only the exercise of countless disappearances and consequent appearances will eventually prove to the child that there is continuation, and that the toy never went away. It was simply unseen.
“The game of peek-a-boo is an eye-opener for those born in time-space. Likewise for me it is a challenge to comprehend not so much the reality of time, but the sequence of events in time. I have not yet been in time-space, logically not at this point in my duties and growth, for there is too much to teach with ever more pilgrims arriving here from the seven super-universes. It would be selfish for those of my order to expect to be allowed to experience time.
“Experiencing time by actually residing in your dimensions – and naturally serving all Deity whilst there – is one of my dearest wishes, and it will truly come about, because we are able to observe these events, as we are able to observe all events and occurrences in all times, past and future. You, too, are capable of seeing events of the future, but you do so in cooperation with your indwelling Spirit Self, and on occasions you might do so in sponsored (aided) dreams.
“Much more difficult is it for you to in any way realize, comprehend, or ‘mentally touch upon’ the concept of eternity – to dwell within an unending realm where time does not exist. Here the new spiritual being that will be you will feel your very existence ‘marinated’ with an all-pervading happiness, a joy so difficult to describe, and here we will meet, the deeply committed friends that we are, and all those you wish to bring along, and we shall re-affirm our love for each other.
“Here in this timeless realm and with those of my order surrounding you, you shall slake your most ravenous thirst for knowledge, fulfill your greediest need for companionship, realize your greatest desire for sharing all that you entail, and gather the energy and drive to forward-plan your return to time-space as a contributor in your fields of endless expertise. I am a citizen of Paradise. May our love always reach across space and time, yes, into all eternity.”
George: “We will surely meet in person. Au revoir, my Friend.”
Note: This transcript has been sitting on my desktop since July 29, 2013. It came from an unknown Paradise Citizen, but I mistakenly thought it came from a friend of some years – One Without Name, Without Number. I could not post it to the 11:11 Progress List, because the Citizen claimed not to “grasp the reality of time-space”, whilst those Without Name, Without Number originate in time-space. Only today (March 13, 2014) did I finally receive confirmation that it was not my regular friend, but a person quite unknown to me.
© The 11:11 Progress Group.
We are each other at our spiritual Root Source –
ABC-22, January 1972.