1999-04-27-Acknowledgement

Session

Opening

GORMAN: Gorman here, eager to be at bat once more with you in this fine game. Haven't we got some great weather for good sport! When your climate is conducive, you are inclined to maintain an attitude of winning, and this positive approach is contagious.

Lesson

Well, I am very intrigued by your development. Even though there are major periods of time which elapse wherein you are occupied otherwise, we enjoy observing how your wheel is turning. The group project was quite entertaining as well as effective on your parts but you did not follow all the way through. I will not bore you with that detail. (Group laughter) What has emerged, however, is a closer relationship because of that small joint effort.

I will remark upon your seeming resolution, Gerdean, to your soul struggle having to do with whether or not to acknowledge Tomas' stature and I will say, since he is away and cannot eavesdrop on my comment, that it is very big of you to acknowledge our existence. In particular, the existence of this loyal companion, guide, compassionate friend and tireless sojourner with you on your assignment in western Pennsylvania.

I know that Tomas could give a hoot whether or not he is formally acknowledged in your media, but the effects of his teachings are worthy of proclaiming from the hillside and you will observe from now on, Gerdean, as you approach your editing process, that you will have clear in your mind your resource, your author of this paper who is beyond mortal.

In the very realization and acknowledgement of this great truth, you will be effectively allowing for a greater dimension to enter in to your editorial interpretation of what the writer is saying, depending upon his vantage point, and it is indeed most effective when you are allowing your characters to be who they are. They are then allowed to take on their own original identity and Tomas' identity is an original if I ever saw one.

So, acknowledging individuality and experiential wisdom allows for an element of presentation which would not be there if you had just allowed him to be a human like you. Are you not, after all, made more because of your association with divinity than you are as a mere creature of the realm and not acknowledging that spark of divinity which sets you apart?

One of those universal laws, if you will, the Father himself, the original I AM craves acknowledgement, because in acknowledgement it is possible then to reflect perfection, and to contribute to an inducement of perfection hunger.

In whetting the appetites of your associates for truth, you may go to great lengths to snag them and call them in from the fields in order to behold the bell pealing its ring of truth. Whether or not they stay for the Shepherd, whether they believe that you are a part of the Shepherd's flock, or whatever, is not your concern. That is the sole concern of their relationship with their indwelling God fragment, their relationship with Father Himself.

And so, all you can do, in your intent, is suggest, in the spirit of Michael and all he stands for, "Follow me." To say such a thing indeed requires imbalance on the side of mercy, innocence, childlike faith and so forth.

Well, this is indeed a very interesting undertaking. Let me now experiment with you and throw open the floor and ask you to tell me, "Now what am I going to discuss next?" (Pause) I'm waiting.

Dialogue

Rachel: I'm supposed to tell you this? I thought we were still on “how to be an effectively working group” and we haven’t mastered that one yet.

GORMAN: We ARE working in a group. We have launched. And as a group we are communicating. Will you then tell me what I am going to say next? I am going to incorporate you into this process. What is the next thing on the agenda?

Rachel: First thing that comes to mind is to work on the Fruits of the Spirit. GORMAN: How?

Rachel: How? Well, Gerdean and I have done some editing, and Nathaniel also has done some editing with her, so the group has broadened somewhat.

GORMAN: You will need to begin again. Rachel: Begin again?

GORMAN: Your perspective has changed. Rachel: Perspective has changed?

GORMAN: Gerdean's perspective has certainly changed, in that she is going to proclaim her author. Rachel: So we shall have to begin again. You're right.

GORMAN: Let's acknowledge who this character is, this Tomas who presumes to present himself as a celestial personality. How do you propose he ought to comport himself, inasmuch as we want the reader to see him sitting there? We want them to feel as if they are in the room with him, or that he is in the room with them as they are reading the words.

The intimacy factor of the relationship between Teacher Tomas and his personal pupil of spirit reality is essential to bring into existence and even to dramatize.

If you continue to look exclusively intellectually at the configuration of his words, you will edit out his warmth and wit in an attempt to bring him down to your level so that you can see eye to eye in human terms. You will have not made a sale.

But when and as you can induce the reader to open up their heart, mind and soul to the personality of the supernal teacher, you have allowed them to open their heart to Jesus, to God the Father, to the Mother Spirit. You have helped them open up their own soul's receptivity to a powerful personality/love force.

Now this is some very refined editing, and it has little to do with which or what or whom, but it does have to do with the presentation of a relationship between a supernal personality and a mortal truth seeker. Tomas may well command respect. He is an artist. Allow for his tolerance and patience. Give him time to meander around in order to draw you in.

You are so focused, in your minds, to the Madison Avenue way of presentation, the "Zap!" Punch! "Zing!" approach to presenting your messages, you think you don't dare waste time on the embellishments and curlicues, and hasn't it been said before, in your own culture "The trip is getting there"?

Savor this opportunity to show your reader what you have found in your relationship with this wonderful teacher. It shouldn’t be too hard to do.

Closing

Perhaps we should call a recess to stretch and go out onto the balcony and look at the stars. We’ll be back in session whenever you want to.