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Chicago, US of A, April 3, 2013.
Teacher Hezekiah.
Subject: “Being Considerate.”
Received by Valdir Soares.
Hezekiah “Being considerate to others is a spiritual principle that allows us to practice selflessness. It is important for the individual to adequately love him- or herself. As for receiving love, it is enough for you to know that no matter your circumstances, you are loved by the Father of All far beyond the maximum of your capacity to experience His love. Therefore, by being unconcerned about your being loved, you are free to concentrate on loving others. One specific way of showing your love to others is by being considerate to fellow human beings, and by genuinely promoting their well-being, rather than your own welfare.
“On this issue, let us first define what is meant by genuine consideration for others. As a starting point, consider the olden Commandment: ‘Love your neighbor as you love yourself.’ Our Master, Christ Michael, when on Urantia, recognized the value of this principle, but he accentuated its significance when referring to our love for others. According to Him, to love others as you love yourself is good; but, knowing that our love for our selves is indeed imperfect, he said: ‘Love one another as I loved you.’ He thereby put his unconditional, perfect love as the supreme reference for our love for our neighbors.
“There is a difference between the consideration we give others and the consideration we give ourselves. Could you be so considerate to others that you forget to consider yourself? Logically, you must consider yourself so you can adequately be considerate of others. Remember, humility does not mean neglect of your person in order to serve others, rather it means taking good care of yourself so you can likewise take good care of others. The help you can offer others would clearly be compromised if you yourself would need more help.
“Being considerate to others entails ‘two parts and one connection’. The parts are You and the Other; the connection is the Service. If the purpose in this relationship is the aggrandizing of any Self, be it either for your vainglory or for the other’s adulation, surely that would be a bad relationship, because neither should be concerned with its own aggrandizement. When you are concerned with the self you waste energy that should be employed in service. Focus on service will result in satisfaction for you and real help to the other. Put the self aside. Concentrate on service. Show real consideration.
“So, my dear, one must find the equilibrium between caring for oneself and caring for others. The self does not need aggrandizement; your soul needs to be spiritually nourished, just like your physical body. However the aim of this nourishment should be that of being able to help others. Ministry, not aggrandizement should be your goal. Help others grow and you will likewise grow in the process. Your life has meaning when it becomes meaningful to others, because love attracts love. I am Hezekiah, your Teacher also. Ponder these words and let them be true in you. Peace to all.”
© The 11:11 Progress Group.
We are each other at our spiritual Root Source –
ABC-22, January 1972.
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Michigan, US of A, June 19, 2011.
Teacher Ophelius.
Subject: “The Quiescence of the Soul.”
Received by Chris.
Teacher Ophelius: “The message for today is about the quiescence of the soul. What do I mean by this? So much of who and what you are becoming develops in the quiet moments of living – those times when you stop and reflect on the lessons of life: the love that was shared between friends, the forgiveness and mercy shown to those who are less developed in their thinking, and ultimately the time you spend in quiet contemplation and meditation in communion with the Creator and the Indwelling Spirit. These my friends are the growth moments of the soul – a time to slow down and feed the soul child by allowing the quiescence to bring together all of the survival value experiences of life to settle into the emergence of transcendent personality.
“Self-mastery can only be achieved in the quiet reflection of past mistakes and lessons learned, while at the same time, your mind and your thoughts shift in contemplation of new ways to approach old problems. There is no better way that one can accelerate soul growth and progress forward than to set aside time to go into this quiescence of mind and sort out the meanings of life. It should be as natural and needful as going to the well to hydrate the body, for it truly does feed the soul.
“Have you become to busy in life? Do you feel that you have lost that special connection you once had with God because you let the world and life circumstances control you instead of you controlling the circumstances? The Universal Father has not gone anywhere and His love for you is constant and affectionate. He is waiting for you to open the door to your heart by making space for Him in your mind through the quiescence of being present in the moment and turning off all the distractions of material living.
“Go there right now, my friends, to this quiescent zone where only you and the Creator are. No words need be spoken – just ‘be’ in the moment with God and let His parental love for you wash over you to nourish your soul and give rest to your mind. Drink it all in and give to God all your worries and anxieties; your hopes and dreams; your thanks and gratitude for the life He has given you to experience love and to share that love with others. Retreat my friends, into this quiet place and into this space where the soul lives and breathes, for to live life without it is to really have no life at all.
“Wherever you find yourself, you can go into this quiescence and be one in the moment with God and reconnect yourself to the source of all life. There you will find the strength and the courage to complete your life mission and to discover the astonishment, the truth, the beauty, and the goodness of all the things God has created for you to experience as you make your way home to your final embrace.
“Love is all,
“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.
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Urantia, January 30, 2011.
Mentori Spokesperson.
Subject: Windows of Opportunity.
Received by Lytske.
Mentori Spokesperson: “Because you are in a meditative state, a window of opportunity has opened up, not only for you, but also for us, your Celestial Teachers. We may perchance impart a few words of hope, so whoever will read these words may find solace, or perhaps acquire some nugget of wisdom.
“Useful nuggets of wisdom hide themselves everywhere. It is like a discovery tour when words are not only read with the material brain, but also reach the feeling heart, where they can lodge and perhaps provide an ‘ah-hah’ moment because of the insight they may evoke.
“Even in everyday life, wisdom is sometimes garnered in the most unlikely of circumstances, and these then become the windows of opportunity for soul growth. Even-though most times soul growth proceeds at a snail’s pace, these wonderful little moments can provide the growing spurts the soul needs from time to time.
“Soul growth is in the services provided to your brothers and sisters, who are not necessarily your immediate kin. However, all people are children of God, sharing with you their root Source of life in this time-space reality.
“Time-space is the playground of the Gods, in which they create myriad windows of opportunity they desire to share with the creatures of their making. You have been told that there are created beings, who purely serve to do the bidding of the Gods. And you have been told that you belong to the evolving order of creatures, which have been given the most precious gift of all -- freewill choice.
“With this choice you are allowed (within definite limits) to create your life’s experiences due to the different windows of opportunity provided to you. It is in becoming more aware that you can make better choices as to how to conduct yourself throughout life.
“Each new day presents its windows of opportunity and the question asked is; how shall you use this day? Will it be lived selfishly or selflessly? You will daily have the opportunity to become a blessing to others, and at the same time bring in more light to the planet, which strengthens your soul with added growth. Each moment brings with it new opportunities, as each moment is all you have, all that is in ‘the now’, so it is up to you to make these moments count.
“You see, this is how you contribute to your own maturing soul as you feed it with kindness for others, with love and with the most important in the ingredient of mercy, which is so sorely needed on the planet at this time. We will continue this conversation another time. Have a fruitful day.”
© The 11:11 Progress Group.
You lit a Flame, and it will become a Raging Fire—ABC-22.
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Alabama, US of A, July 5, 2011.
Thought Adjuster.
Subject: “Reforming Criminals.”
Received by Oscar.
Thought Adjuster: “Some of you have wondered if criminals can truly be reformed, and the answer is that it depends on the criminal. Each and every one of you can choose how to recover from your mistakes and know what to do after you have made a wrong decision. However, it is not possible to make somebody else do something they don’t want to do.
“What is needed in these cases is patience and faith – patience to let time take its course once the seeds of truth have been planted in the hearts of those who are confused – faith to leave the outcomes to the Father, since He is the only one who works within the heart of everybody, trying to make us better every day.
“You are the hands and feet of God; His representatives in this world. You should do everything the Father would do, if in your place, for those who have been found guilty by your justice system. Consider now how many of those so-called criminals did know a better way? How many of them had the advantage of life’s examples to inspire them to be better each day? Very few among them made their wrong decisions while fully grasping the consequences of their actions.
“May you – the spiritual students – be the examples that illuminate the way to those who are lost. May your lives become the explanation of a better way of living, which those conflicted souls need to understand. Do you want an alternative to your jails, your punishment, your death penalty? Send those criminals to live with the most spiritual and most religious among you. Invite them to be part of the families of those who are closer to the Father and where each family member is trying to achieve their purpose in life while living dedicated to the will of God. You can be sure that even those who have made mistakes will receive the light when exposed to examples of living that are a reflection of our Father.
“All of you really love truth, beauty, and goodness, even if you don’t know them or don’t know how to express them. A confounded mind that has only known error and suffering will not want to regress again after experiencing love. This is what you can do for those spiritual infants among you. Do not abandon them. Instead, hold them even closer, so they can learn to appreciate truth and find the light within their own being.
“Now that you have an alternative, a better method to reform your less favored siblings, who of you would dare to put this into practice? What do you think would be better, destroy a life because of one mistake, or use that mistake to build a new, glorious, and enlightened life with eternity potential?
“Use your intelligence to minimize the potential risks of this new alternative to punishment. Make sure that those who will take advantage of this new opportunity are of sound mind. If a mental issue is suspected, medicine and science should first deal with the problem, before an attempt at reform. Love will conquer all, and it should provide the energy and the motivation for all the worthwhile enterprises of your life in this world. In this way you will have the necessary drive to accomplish true miracles.”
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You lit a Flame, and it will become a Raging Fire—ABC-22.
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Illawarra District, Australia, May 15, 2014.
The Damascus Scribe.
Subject: “Windows of Opportunity.”
Received by George Barnard.
The Scribe: “At some time in his lengthy career, the Creator Son of a local universe must undergo his very last period of being tested in order to prove at the end of it all that he will totally understand the least of his subjects – the mortals. On your world he became Joshua ben Joseph, a mortal living amongst you. In every instance the Thought Adjuster accompanying the Creator Son is one of great experience. The entire human life, the mortal life options of the Creator Son, can be foreseen, and thus, harsh as they may occasionally be, success is guaranteed.
“For my part I indwelt many mortals all over the universes in turn, and even on your world I managed to guide both Machiventa Melchizedek, as well as your Creator Son. It needed a lot of experience on my part to do this successfully, and I became personalized … as a ‘thank you very much’, one might say … at the end of my career as a most superior Thought Adjuster. I am the Damascus Scribe, my dear human friends.
“This evening I wish to speak with you about windows of opportunity. I wish to speak with you about the opportunity that was there with the Mormons of old that could have led to a beginning of a Correcting Time. There were other windows of opportunity, over the centuries and millennia, when spiritual happenings could have heralded such – the beginning of a Correcting Time – which the celestial forces of this planet so very much look forward to.
“The Teaching Mission era is another of those windows of opportunity. However, certain difficulties, geopolitical difficulties, have created a hold up, and it may well be understood by you that a difficult period may be in the making before once again the people of this world will unite and decide that there will be wars no more, decide that it matters not a bit what religion one follows, and decide that each mortal on the planet is equal to any other.
“Not by force, war, or intimidation, I tell you, but with love for all and sundry will the Correcting Time proceed and will you move towards that period of Light and Life that has been calling you, that has been luring you, that has been beckoning you, for you to move completely out of your barbarian times into a time of love and progress, an age of truth, beauty and goodness.
“I am the Damascus Scribe. You should not ever merely imagine that I am there with you, when you already know that I am present. Indeed, ever at your beckoned call. I say goodnight to you both.”
George: “A-men.”
© The 11:11 Progress Group.
You lit a Flame, and it will become a Raging Fire—ABC-22.