2008-10-05-Do Not Resist Routine Changes

Session

Opening

Prayer: [Mark] Divine Parents, you know all things and therefore you know how significant and important the relationships that we have formed in this process have meant to all of us. It has brought us such strength, such peace and such love, such joy that if nothing else was to come of this entire process, these relationships not only with each other as brothers and sisters in the flesh but the relationships we have enjoyed with our celestial friends, those who have accepted our invitation to come among us and join us and be with us as one of us has been a very significant.

Truly we acknowlege that having come together and having formed these relationships is one of the highlights of our entire growth process. This can be said as well for being given the opportunity to come to know some of the celestial personalities and to grow in awareness of them to the point that [we] even come before you and thank you for your friendship. And so it is that this day we come before you and acknowledge from the depth of our hearts this attitude that we feel for this opportunity, this door that was opened that allowed us to come together and join in these pursuits together, to join in this journey together.

It has been made so very sweet by the combination of these relationships, that they will endure with us, I feel, throughout all time. I know I will never forget anyone here be they my brothers and sisters in the flesh or be they the celestial personalities who have accepted our invitation to join us. They have each one played a role in changing my life and I believe in changing the lives of all of us. Thank you for each one of these friends as a gift from you. Thank you for your gifts, they are cherished.

Mary: I would take the opportunity to invite each one of us to cherish the connection that we have right now and realize this connection works with us through time and on to eternity. We have been told and taught that these relationships are so valuable that they do last into eternity and this relationship dance that we found ourselves in time will continue and the sweetness of it is cherished. I invite each of us to gather in the strength which proceeds from this relationship that we have. Gather it in, fill your well, breathe deeply, drink deeply.

Lesson

Elyon: Greetings, I am Elyon here to join in this circle of friends. Truly when I say join I mean to join with you in such beautiful petitions of gratitude and thanks for this very form that we enjoy and the relationships that we have formed throughout. We are the same in this moment of enjoying each others company and being grateful for the relationship that we have for each other whether you are there shrouded in your material presence and grateful of a relationship with me or whether I reside in the spiritual domain, I am still grateful as you are for our relationship.

At this moment in time we occupy different stations in our ascension career but we are unified together in our gratitude and appreciation for each other. You have truly stated correctly the significance of having found each other and created such relationships for they are indeed enduring beyond your scope of time and space. As you are aware, your text has described relationships as ends unto themselves whereas much of everything else that you do in this life is but a means to such significant ends.

Never forget that this end of having found each other and having created these relationships is of supreme significance. You must simply take my word for it or the word of your Urantia book at this point as it is unclear to you what your life may be of greater and lesser significance but your personal ascension career, your development as a soul and your relationships that you develop and foster are all enduring characteristics of your current journey. And so it can be said that if you did very little else of significance, if you have been good stewards of your relationships with others, that you have many successes that you should enjoy and be proud of.

It is a natural tendency to look outside of yourselves for things that you can do to leave a mark on your world, within your society, something noticeable that can be claimed as an overt success but I tell you plainly, there is nothing that you can leave here on this world that is enduring. The greatest marks that can be made or contributions that can be offered are of the personal, spiritual and relationship kinds and all those do not get left here on this world but rather go with you and go with the others who have been part of it as well.

So the most grand tribute, the biggest monolith made of stone in tribute to an individual's contribution will itself turn to dust one day but the contributions, would that it involves others and the relationships and enduring spiritual values is indeed a fitting tribute in heaven. So I suggest that you look at all the changes you receive that are going on around you and see them as this transient phase of your evolution and realize that the constant things, the enduring qualities are not out there to be changed, they are within and enduring, even eternal to the degree that they are part of you and your ascension career which is eternal.

Nothing of value will be significantly changed or lost but much that has no real significance or value will be changed to contain more value and significance. There is great tendency to cling on to patterns that have become comfortable and even to patterns which are not helpful and serviceable. Many old patterns are sustained for lack of new options to be considered. Therein in the importance of change, it brings you new patterns to consider adopting in lieu of old patterns which are no longer serviceable.

I will ask you to recall, in the beginnings of our association together and of your beginning to form a relationship with me, that there were times of uncertainty and uncomfortableness until there was a pattern established and once this pattern was established it was repeated and this repetition of the now familiar pattern became your new normal pattern and then this pattern was utilized for a long period of time and its very consistency has brought you to this place that you have mentioned, is your safe and comfortable zone.

But this had to be established by pursuing an uncertain and unknown direction and becoming comfortable with it over time to the point where now you may resist any change to this pattern as representing more uncomfortable times which must be endured in the transformation of any pattern but just like with the ones that have become part of your comfort zone, undoubtedly these new patterns will emerge, will take some getting used to and because you are aware that such changes are necessary and part of the plan, you will find yourselves settling in to new patterns, will become your new comfort zones.

Try to the best of your capacity to not resist when there is fluctuation and change in the normal routine for it is your resistance to change which is your greatest obstacle in being comfortable with the new circumstance. All things change, everything changes, you are changing hour by hour, day by day. Allow that new paradigms may arise and be adopted as they are useful and serviceable to you and that they may become outmoded and outgrown and in need of revision and then, as the universe would have it, change happens.

You are not so resistant to change as when we began this whole process and still there is residual resistance to these long held and cherished patterns. This is normal but as you evolve and recognize change is an agent for growth, you will at future stations in your ascension, grow to seek out change and see it as the harbinger of great growth opportunities and rather than fall into a mode of clinging to the pattern that you know, you may decide that if change is present and happening, there are great growth opportunities present and much to be gained in this process and you may more willingly and eagerly embrace the opportunities presented when change is present.

All this may be accommodated more smoothly when you remind yourselves of the many changes you have seen and have been through yourselves and how much you appreciate where you are as a result of these changes and modifications to your patterns so why would we stop here when there is much to be gained ahead of us when change is brought into the equation and new patterns may be presented which are even more beneficial and helpful.

Once again, I return to the sentiment of gratitude for the success we both have shared in exploring these dimensions that we have explored together. Having been a part of each others experience as we both grow and mature in our evolving ascension. It has meant a great deal to me to claim this group and my association with this group as one of my greatest gifts and successes and accomplishments. To have spanned the distance between us and created this relationship is truly miraculous and as was stated, the greatest of all gifts.

Thank you for the gift each of you have been to me in this process and all of you have been to the process itself. I join you in your thanks to the First Source and Center for such grace as we both experience. Now I would step aside to allow this magnificent creation that you have created and participated in to be utilized by others, thank you.

The Voice: [Mark] I would step forward at this time, I am this one's inner voice. You may call me by whatever name is most serviceable and suitable for you but I am that indwelling partner of yours and I am here to discuss other aspect and dimension relationship. External relationships to any individual are indeed one of the greatest gifts to be bestowed by the Father. They are indeed rich with opportunities to share yourself, to provide service to support another and to have others to enjoy the journey with.

So much attention may be focused on the development of relationships that one might overlook that there is another very personal relationship that may be fostered and developed as well. Let me be clear, it is not as though you have not already a relationship with your indwelling fragment of the First Source and Center for most certainly you all do but as you are aware of your earthly relationships, even your relationships with celestials, they are grown in relationship to the amount of energy received. Some relationships you enjoy with other mortals are very deep as a result of your time spent on them and your energy devoted to that circuit and likewise your relationships that you have are much more limited and are much less significant to you as a result of the contrasting lack of energy that you provide.

They are both relationships but some are more important to you and therefore get more of energy and attention and others are more peripheral to you and do not enjoy the same priority that you have with your dearest relationships. This is the same way that you may view your relationship with your indwelling guide. If it is not given much consideration, then it remains the more distant and impersonal relationship but if it is fostered and promoted in the same manner that you might foster and promote the relationship with your closest associations, then it is elevated to a position of greater significance and as a result you are able to enjoy the conditions inherent [in a] more personal or intimate relationship.

And while it is good and fruitful for you to consider that you derive much of your support and love and awareness from your external relationships, be that those of your earthly family or your celestial friends, there is as well an unlimited supply of that which you seek without, within. [This] relationship that you have with your indwelling fragment may in fact be accessed and elevated to a similar level that you can identify having enjoyed with your celestial friends, perhaps even some of your earthbound friends and it is due to the same principles of your choosing, to give greater priority to developing these individual relationships.

The overall goal, if there is such a thing as an overall goal in your ascension career, is most certainly to foster this relationship. You speak of the well within and this relationship with your indwelling guide is certainly part of this well of truth, beauty and goodness you seek within. So I encourage you to enjoy all of your relationships, each and every one, those that are distant and less significant and those that are near and dear to you and of more significance and even the ultimate relationship, the ultimate partnership that is yours to enjoy for your entire ascension career, that of your relationship with your indwelling voice.

It is ever true, seek and you shall find. It is no different whether you are seeking from learned ones without or whether you are seeking from divine fragments within. Simply seek and you shall find and as is stated, to keep trying and trying and try again for that is your key to success; is to maintain your pursuit of that which you seek. These are my words in regard to your discussion of relationship. I offer them in response to your seeking and in encouragement of your finding. Know that all is well and all that you seek will be found and all this is made that much sweeter by your choosing to engage in all these varied relationships that you are graced with. Thank you for your time and farewell.

Closing

Serena: [Kathy] I received a few words from Serena. In the future days your connections will remain strong even if separated by distance. Events are in progress that may change the way we view our world and interact with others. Your past experience will guide future actions that are needed. You have all studied the concepts presented by the teachers and have expanded the options available to you. As your world moves through this correcting time there will be opportunities for each of you to serve your brothers and sisters by providing insights and pointing in new directions, opening up new concepts and options. Your foundation of past experience will point the way for others to advance in their knowledge and options.