Difficult Decisions

Teacher Ophelius:

The lesson for today is about accepting the things you cannot change while remaining firm in your determination to live by a high moral standard--to strive for the good and how to recognize the destructive behaviors in others while you navigate the waters of maintaining relationships with those who remain asleep in the illusion of worldly troubles.

Many of you reading this message have started out on a path to seek for truth and to change, or desire to change, the way you live, think, and feel about life, your place in it, and your relationship with deity and with those in your "life circles" (family, friends, and associates).  Many of you also have awakened out of the slumber of illusion alone in your circles and have had to deal with the pressures of those who choose to stay in darkness and ignorance who disagree with the direction you have taken with your life.

You are torn between the relationship and the path, and sometimes you have to make a choice whether or not that relationship is salvageable or is one that needs to be end.  Trying to convince others that your truth is the truth they should embrace is likely to fail miserably and you will end up feeling hurt, frustrated, and rejected.  You do not have to conform to the pressures of others who do not see your truth, you only need to state your position and what you will accept and what you will not.  They will have to choose whether their need to be right is greater than the value you bring to the relationship and to accept you for who you are.  If they choose pride over love, the relationship is shallow and holds little value for you.

Those on a destructive path will make the relationship difficult for those on the path to truth and light.   Family and close friends who choose this unwise path have chosen the hard lessons of life and despite your good intentions and interventions, you may have to accept that they will have to walk that road alone and work out their own salvation.  You need to stay on the path to truth and light and shun the darkened influences of those whose minds are set on self-destruction.  No good can come from such an influence. 

These relationships having history and blood relations are the most difficult to deal with and each is unique having many heartstrings attached.  For these, you should seek the council of the Father's presence and lay your troubles there and ask for guidance and opportunities to change who you are so that you may grow and do the inner work necessary to take charge of your own life and make right decisions. 

Spirit is always available and waiting for your asking that we may set in motion those petitions that are in alignment with the Father's Will.  Be aware of the synchronicity that follows a sincere petition that you may see the marker that points the way.  Be brave and stand firm in your faith, for the Father sees into the heart of everyone and those with good intent will always have His ear.

Peace and love to you,

The Circle of Seven

 

LOVE IS

Teacher Ophelius:

Today we would like to reiterate the recitation of your visit last night on Love.  Love is all important. It is the one most valuable commodity there is in the universe, for all things, truths, and life delineates and distills down into the simple compound we call Love.  Without love, nothing would exist.  With Love, all things, all beings, all joy, all truth, all worlds, all planes of existence, all of creation comes into the now and is upheld to the pleasure of the one true Source, the God of all things.  Love is the fabric upon which the universes are made.  Love is the perfect intention of the Creators Will for all beings in the universes to experience, give, and receive and to co-create with.  It is the reason for being.

Love is the meaning of life.  For all your struggles, heartaches, joys, and wonders, this life given to you out of Love, by the Source of Love, was given that you may, by free will, as an individual, rediscover this Love, learn how to Love, and experience Love to the greatest extent of your potential while living a life that begins on the worlds of time and space, and return to the Creator those unique experiences that only you can have.  To find utter joy in the pursuit of truth, the appreciation of beauty, and the experience of goodness, is Love.

Where are you going in such hurry?  What is it that keeps you up at night?  What worries do you really have? What fears do you harbor?  What hurt or injustice have you suffered that cannot be healed by Love?  What insurmountable problem do you have that cannot be solved by Love? 

Love is the answer my friends, Love is the antidote to the self-inflicted poisons of life.  To be apart from love is to be in darkness.  For Love is the Light that shines in the dark and illuminates the truth of reality.  Wake up from your slumber and open your eyes to Love! Do you not see?  Are you so blinded by pride and the material illusions of life that you cannot feel Love?  Nothing will satisfy the want of the soul--no jewel, no diamond, no gold, no riches can fulfill the longing heart for that thing that is missing.  Love is the missing piece my friends.  Love is that thing you have been searching for all your life!

Go now into your room, alone, in the quiet of your mind, reach your arms up into the heavens and ask the God of all creation to fill you with Love--to teach you to Love, to seek and to find real Love, to experience the true Light that lights every soul and calls it home to completion, to perfection, to unity with the one true Source.  You are love, we are love, all is love.  You are loved so dearly, so preciously, nothing can separate you from the Love of the Father's presence, for it continually rains down upon you.  Only you can let that love in and let it soak you to the soul of your being.  Open up to Love and feel the greatest joy you will ever know.

All is Love,

The Circle of Seven

Receiver's note:  The night before the morning this message was received, I was visited by a being of light that recited the most beautifully touching poem on love I have ever heard.  So thoughtfully crafted, simple and true, it was music to my ears, and nourishment for my soul. 

Thank you Spirit for gracing me with your song.

The Exclusivity of Belief

Teacher Ophelius:

Today we will talk about faith, beliefs, and religion, and how these things create a construct for the kind of experiences one will have that may lead to spiritual growth or spiritual stagnation.  For any kind of spiritual growth, there must be faith--to believe in God and things unseen--hope for a better tomorrow and a desire for life eternal.  This is the true foundation of spiritual growth.  Without it, a belief system is merely a philosophy. 

Atheism is a belief system without faith and without God, and no real spiritual benefit can be had by this belief system nor can it produce a map for afterlife, which is vital to eternal survival.  There are far too many on your world who believe in "nothing" and are headed down a path to oblivion and spiritual death. The expectation of these individuals is that once the physical body expires, life, the personality, and the identity of the individual is terminated and no longer holds a presence or consciousness in time or space.  This is most unfortunate because they have "willed" that there be no life hereafter and so that individual having no map to the afterlife, may find themselves lost and in darkness--a problem that is systemic on Urantia.

Religion, on the other hand, is a practice of rituals or doctrinal teachings by a group that sets boundaries and limits to the construct of faith according to the religious credos of the group.  It requires of its devotees to accept without question, the tenants of its creeds and to practice and adhere to the religious doctrines taught by the group.  This type of belief system may be beneficial to spiritual growth and may provide a foundation for higher concepts of God as the individual progresses and produces good fruit in their life experiences, relationships with others, devotion to God and to service--evidence of spiritual growth.  However, because religion is "exclusive" and sets boundaries by its crystallized dogmas, the devotee may be limited in their concept of God and may not fully realize their true spiritual potential in their terrestrial life.

One of the dangers of religious exclusivity is that it may seek to impose its views on other's beliefs and attempt to control governmental and societal institutions to promote its exclusive agenda over other faiths.  This is the beginning of tyranny and a spiraling into darkness as was witnessed on Urantia in the Medieval period and still persists in many countries and cultures today.  With each new generation, the lessons of the past begin to fade from the collective consciousness and the danger of repeating those mistakes persist.  It is one of the many goals of The Correcting Time to prevent this backward slide into darkness and to move humanity forward by revealing a higher concept of deity that is all inclusive and that unites, rather than divides, all peoples.

In order for your world to become sustainable and keep a forward momentum towards Light and Life, world religions must become more tolerant and open the closed loop of exclusivity.  Interfaith groups are leading the way to this all inclusive belief in "one God, many paths."  Many souls who adhere to the exclusivity of religion will be surprised in the afterlife that "Hell" is not as populated as they were taught to believe and that they themselves had not achieved perfection in one life by merely crossing over.  When all religions teach that the Spirit of the Creator lives in every man, woman, and child, then will the exclusivity doctrines change into the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man. This my friends, is the age of Light and Life.

Peace to you,

The Circle of Seven

Expressing the True Self

Teacher Ophelius:

The message for today is  about expressing your true self.  What do I mean by this?  The expression of your true self is that ability to "be" without inhibition, without hiding who you really are to the world.  Your inner desires become known to all and you release the tension of holding back the fears of disapproval because you know deep down that this is your destiny to speak your peace and shed the cloak of unreality that you have been living for most of your life. Finding that peace and freedom within is beyond all spoken words--a feeling that you have come full circle and a new beginning of a greater more complete personality that is progressing and moving inward and onward toward perfection in the universe.

How unfortunate it is that so many of you live your lives in fear and never give yourself that chance to fully express yourselves or explore your gifts and untapped potential.  It is the Spirit within that seeks this channel of expression, yet for most it is unduly suppressed by fear of judgment and disapproval by those who are not themselves conscious of their own true identity and who stay hidden behind the cloak of illusion set securely in the molds of their mortal conditioning. 

 Now is the time for you to really "live" my friends, for your tomorrows are uncertain and you may not get a chance again in this life to "do" and to "be" as you would like.  This life you have on the worlds of time and space is one of the most important developmental "lives" you will live, and for those who live life to the fullest, without fear, expressing who they really are, will find the most joy and the greatest satisfaction one can experience.  Those who are "living the life of their dreams" are not dreaming, but are experiencing what is possible by releasing the fear and shedding the cloak of the illusion that was once their reality.  There are no real limits, my friends, to what can be accomplished by moving out of the cozy cocoon and into the brave new world of manifesting your deepest desires.  It is true and available to all if only you would believe.

Spirit is here to assist you in making your desires a reality, for the universe was designed to respond to your co-creative powers.  The Indwelling Spirit seeks expression in your life and desires for you to live life in a way that is the most beneficial to your personality development, and so by living true to yourself, you are releasing the expression of spirit and allowing the potentials of deity to move through you to create truth, beauty, and goodness in the universe.  "Allow" yourself to have this experience my friends, for those who "let go and let God," will find they will never look back and will know for the first time what power truly lives within.  Let it be so!

Peace to you,

The Circle of Seven

The Divine Relationship

Teacher Ophelius:

Today we would like to discuss the relationship between the Divine Spirit and the soul.  The Divine Spirit, known by many names: The Higher Self, the Indwelling Spirit, the Over-soul, the Ka, God Fragment, the Thought Adjuster, and many others, seeks expression in the lives of its indwelling hosts (humans) and it is through this channel that the soul of an individual is born.  What is the soul?  The soul is that culmination of values and experiences that  have to do with the identity of the individual that survives the life in the flesh and goes on to higher levels of perfection attainment through the process of ascension.  Only those values and experiences that were born from the Indwelling Spirit and which found a channel of expression in the individual through the discovery of truth, beauty, and goodness, survives and becomes the true essence, identity, and personality of the ascending soul, the "real you."

Throughout your life, and mostly unaware by you,  the Indwelling Spirit prepares your mind for these survival value experiences and begins the process of harvesting those experiences in preparation for the next phase of your ascension.  There is a very delicate balance between what the Indwelling Spirit can inspire the individual to accomplish and what the will of the individual will allow.  If the "student" is willing to embrace the values of truth, beauty, and goodness, the Indwelling Spirit has a wider channel in which to work. 

It is a long and sometimes difficult process for divinity to communicate with the electro-chemical animal nature of humans who are just starting out on the journey from imperfection to perfection.  Divinity has to compete with all the distractions of planetary life and find a way to "spiritize" the mind in preparation for  your next life on the mansion worlds, the training worlds of human ascension.  Through this process of spiritualizing the mind, the Indwelling Spirit plants seeds along the journey that hopefully will sprout and grow into an awareness of Divinity at work in the life of that individual.  Once this connection is made, the channel for divine expression opens up and the soul really progresses and flourishes and begins to seek perfection.

Once the perfection desire begins, the soul (the individualized part) seeks union with the Whole.  It is the upon the realization of this desire for God-likeness that the individual is "born again of the Spirit."  The partnership of God and man has been consummated and the eternal adventure begins.  My friends, this new awareness of the presence of God in your life is monumental and you really have little understanding of what it means to have life eternally and to become god-like through unending and astonishing experiences as you travel inward and onward to the Corp of Finality on paradise!  How blessed you are indeed to be aware of the divine relationship.  Sit with this message now in stillness and contemplate what it means to you.

Peace to you,

The Circle of Seven

The Feeling Network

Teacher Ophelius:

The message for today is about "feeling." What does it mean to "feel?" In this context, we are speaking about your ability to reach out through the mind on the mental plane and to "sense" what is around you and to be more aware of the emotional and mental state of your neighbor, your community, your nation, and your world--to become aware of the feelings of humanity as a whole. 

This is what happens when a planet enters the age of Light and Life, it begins to wake up and to "feel" with deeper regard for all things and beings.  It is an enhanced sensory perception that starts out small, with a few individuals, begins to build, and then with help from the Creator, it blossoms into a shift in consciousness.  Right now, in this year of 2012, your planet is in the "building stage" and it is very important for you students on the path to be aware of this stage and to continue to feed it.

Mother Urantia is also in this building stage and she is transitioning as well as are you, for you are connected to her much more than you realize.  Her "neural network" is undergoing a transformation--a hardware like upgrade to support the new "software" that will become the new consciousness of humanity.  Many will not notice this shift in the outer world, for the eyes are not attuned to these new frequencies, but you my friends will feel it in the inner world, and what is within will eventually manifest in the outer world.

How do you begin tapping into this new neural network?  By making a habit of being self-conscious of your consciousness.  Stop your busy minds for a moment and reach out through the mind and notice how others feel, how they act, and how they react.  Start to pray silently for each one of your brothers and sisters in your circles and connect with the Creator and asked that they be awakened  and connected to the new frequencies that are coming on-line.  Pray for the sick and needy and do this continuously throughout your day as much as you can be aware of it. 

When this process of searching out with the mind, feeling, and praying becomes second nature to you, and to all others who are aware, this neural network grows and connects to more and more people--the disconnected parts of the whole.  It is the circuit of the Holy Spirit that supplies the energy for this network to grow, in partnership with you, by you allowing this spirit to operate through your conscious decision to "feel" for the disconnected parts of the whole. 

This is how we get from "here" to "there" and this is how a planet makes the transition from barbarism to Light and Life.  Social change is the outward manifestation of this new "feeling" network, for it is building in groups and nations, yet are they still fragmented, but soon, very soon will these islands of awareness begin to connect with the others--a truly exciting time to be alive on Urantia.

Peace to you,

The Circle of Seven

Emotion: Who is Master?

Teacher Ophelius:

Today we have a message about emotions--this mysterious and most misunderstood part of your personality and what it means to have a healthy balance of this precious commodity that often drives your actions and fuels your passions.  I say "precious" because on some worlds, emotion is nearly absent from the personality and those that have more of it are considered "gifted."  On Urantia however, there is an abundance of emotion in the mortal personality which can sometimes become out of balance and cause all kinds of misery for those who are controlled by it and for those who initiate and react to its more negative side effects--the cause of much grief on your world.

Emotion is by far the most difficult part of the personality to manage, while at the same time, it is one of the most blessed functions of the mind that allows you to feel things that are good and beautiful like love, joy, compassion, elation, laughter, and others.  On the negative side there is fear, anger, judgment, pride, selfishness, and indignation to name a few. 

Many of you use emotion as the first "go-to tool" when dealing with experiences that intrude on your comfort zone--a crutch really to be used in place of "real thought" where you quickly perceive and consider all sides of a situation and project the outcome in your mind of your reaction to the event at hand, and therefore, wisely choose the best reaction to the situation. Herein lies the problem in that it is wise to react spontaneously to those events that make us "feel good" (love, joy and laughter), while it is unwise to react quickly to those things that intrude on our beliefs and expectations before the outcomes can be properly calculated which can carelessly cause harm to you and others.

Self mastery is the art of managing this complicated system of emotion.  Like habits, repeated thoughts and actions "burn-in" neuro-pathways in the brain like well trodden paths and it is difficult to change these habits of behavior once they become a part of the personality.  Often it is through pain that we learn to avoid these paths and walk new ones that allow us to feel less pain or discover a better "way."  This is the learning process, yet some of you refuse to learn out of pride or avoidance of real thought and are doomed to repeat the painful experiences of unrestrained emotion (those of the negative kind). 

Learn to recognize the difference between a positive situation or event and a negative one, and wisely choose the spontaneity of positive reactions and defer the negative type to a deeper thought process where outcomes can be weighed before the lips unleash careless misery for you and for others.  "He that is master of himself, is greater than he that captures a city."

Peace to you,

The Circle of Seven

2012 New Year Greetings

Teacher Ophelius:

Greetings to all you students on the path in this new year of 2012.  This year shall be an exciting year for you all and especially for those who stay on the path of love and oneness.  The spiritual pressure on your world will continue to intensify this year and many will find that their ability to manifest their reality will increase in power as the will becomes a greater tool to direct and concentrate thought.  Those that live in fear and scarcity will find more things to fear with diminishing hope, but for those who live in love and service, they will find more love and more opportunities to serve as the universe answers, nourishes, and protects you.  Stay in the mindset of peace and love my friends.  Set your minds to any good task and it shall unfold for you and exceed your greatest expectations!

Many of you like to make resolutions in the new year and I admonish you to do at least two things:  Make a commitment to healthier living for both the body and the mind, and double your efforts to sit in the silence and meditate.  Teachers are available to all who desire to be guided and we await those eager students to contact us.  Change on your world can only come about through you my friends, and if you are willing to make a difference in the world, then we are willing to assist you in whatever service you undertake.  Ask for help and it shall be given.

Since the transmutation of will to manifestation will be intensified, I also admonish you to monitor what goes into the mind through the eyes and ears.  Stay clear of negativity and fear and surround yourself with things of truth, beauty, and goodness.  If relationships are the source of negativity and strife, perhaps you need to separate yourself from these toxic relationships and search for kindred spirits.  If the monitoring of media sources instills fear in you about the future, then turn off those devices that bring this negativity into your mind.  I have a prediction for you that I am confident will come to pass, and that is: The world will not end this year!  Continue to pursue your dreams my friends and make this world a better place to live.

Let this year be a year of peace, love, and abundance for you.  Be mindful of the preciousness of life and the value of your time while you are here.  Make each moment count and find joy in all things.  Pursue worthy endeavors while you are here, for only those worthy experiences will have survival value--all others will perish with the flesh. Live, love, laugh, learn, teach, pray, heal, and give--these are worthy pursuits my friends, and anything else that falls outside one of these categories may not be a worthy pursuit for you.

From all of us in the Circle, your guides, and guardians, we wish you the best in the coming year and we cheer you on to success! 

Happy new year Urantia!

The Circle of Seven

Experience Divine Love

Teacher Ophelius:

Today's message is about Divine Love.  We have spoken many times about this most essential element of creation, for without it, nothing would exist.  Today my friends, we would like you to consider yet another discourse and application of that love that you may not have considered.  For the many of you that say you have never experienced Divine Love in any tangible way, let me illuminate your mind for a moment and demonstrate that you indeed have experienced this most precious estate and you see it everywhere in the world if only you would notice.

For some of you students on the path, you do indeed feel this divine presence and the blissful feeling of utter peace, waves of warm embrace, assurance, completeness, unconditional acceptance, and a high vibration of love that sweeps through every cell in your body where tears begin to flow from the love and beauty of the experience.  For these ones have allowed the Divine to enter in and dwell in the soul locked for a moment in total union with the God presence within.  This, my friends, is what we all strive for, to find that place of oneness with the Creator and to actually feel the Divine Love radiating in and through our being.

Those of you who have not experienced these moments of oneness, I tell you that you are not far from it, you only need to recognize it in other forms.  Most of you have experienced love in some form whether it be from a lover, a spouse, a child, a mother, a father, aunt, uncle, or beloved friend. When you experience a tender moment with someone who you really love because of their unconditional love, kindness, patience, non-judgmental acceptance for who you are and what you believe--someone who is there for you, who has helped you through a trial in life or has taught you how overcome and rise above the confusion of the world.  It is in these ones that you hold so dearly in your heart that the divine signature is made manifest to you.  They have opened themselves to the channel of divinity and have let it flow through them and out into the world.  When you sincerely say, "I love you" with heartfelt revere to some person, you are acknowledging the experience of divine love coming through that person and into you.

Divine Love is a constant in the universe, for it showers down continually on all people in all places, but it is for many that you live your life with an open umbrella to shed this divine love through misunderstanding, selfishness, unbelief, logic, materialism, and all manner of distracting activities.  See the divine in every person, my friends, and soon you too will experience that blissful moment of complete oneness and unconditional love that the Creator wants to have with you, for you are His child and He wants to have those intimate moments with you throughout your life, to know Him and to love Him.  Sit in the silence now, collapse your umbrella, and ask for this Divine Love to wash over you.

Peace and love to you,

The Circle of Seven

Exemplification of Self

Teacher Ophelius:

The message for today is about the "exemplification of self."  What do I mean by this?  The exemplification of self is a state of mind where you are consciously aware of your thoughts and actions around others and how you affect their spiritual wellness by being a living example of God-likeness to all who come in contact with you.  This process of mindfulness of thought is something that should be practiced regularly and should also include sharpening your listening skills so that you may be able to pickup on the subtle needs and desires of those who want your help, but are not likely to ask for it.  By including spirit in on the discernment of these needs, you develop a "feed back" system to analyze and devise a plan to be most effective in serving the spiritual needs of the intended individual.

By keeping your own ego in check, you focus in on the individual in need and consider the whole person, their background, their social and educational status, their personal relationships with others--including yourself, their childhood if known, and the current circumstance or situation that is challenging them in the present moment.  Having done this preliminary examination, ask your guides how to best approach and serve this person.

It may be that you only need to ask how they are and then be a good listener.  You may just make subtle suggestions or ask thought provoking questions.  Sometimes recounting a related experience in your own life and how you handled it may be helpful, or it could be just a simple smile in passing making known that you are someone who is kind and loving.  It is this constant monitoring of your own thoughts about how you may serve others that is key to being a living example.

You students on the path are the salt of the earth and you must go the extra mile.  Being thus awakened spiritually, more is expected of you, and so, in obedience to the Will of the Creator, you are given these special tools to be used to serve others.  When you are open to receive insights and answers on how to serve, you become a channel for the creative force to flow through you.  Use this creative force to become a living example so that others will benefit by the light of your spirit.  When you rise each morning ask, "Who may I serve today Father?"  Then watch for the signposts or the opportunity to help someone in need.  This is the way of the workers of light.

Peace to you,

The Circle of Seven

7A825KNSHWDN

The Great "AH-HA"

Teacher Ophelius:

Today I will speak about the great "AH-HA."  What do I mean by this?  The great "AH-HA" are those moments in your life where you suddenly understand some great meaning that you may have heard before, yet these previous encounters with truth only bounced off the surface of your mind, or had a shallow landing because it was knowledge that was not needed at that particular time in your life.  The AH-HA moment is an experience and not just a piece of information presented to the mind.  Once experienced, the AH-HA moment becomes a "pre-wisdom" of sorts, because you have had an experience of understanding, and from that time forward it is at your disposal to use in any life situation that calls for it.

Learning certain truths and acquiring information that unlocks the Inner Spirit and allows life and creativity to flow would be counter-parted by the Indwelling Spirit for eternal keeping.  The AH-HA moments and other valuable life lessons are retained and become a part of the growing soul which can never be forgotten and will be used to cultivate other survival value experiences in this life and hereafter.  Each survival value moment and experience builds upon another and soul growth becomes exponential--the accumulation of what some would call, "the things in life that matter most."

Often times when the human makes a choice to embrace his or her spiritual nature, a process of self-mastery and self-discovery ensues.  You begin to recognize the imperfection in yourself and develop a desire to improve and have control over some unattractive personality trait.  In the course of this motivation to improve one's self, opportunities and information are put in your path to help and teach you how to overcome the imperfection.  This is when the AH-HA moment comes--an illumination of truth and a realization of self that removes a barrier to peace, harmony, and flow.  Once the threshold of this discovery has been crossed, it is there to feed you as you battle the behaviors born out of fear, selfishness, judgment, and ego pride.

It is the supreme guidance of the Indwelling Spirit that illuminates the mind when you are prepared to receive knowledge that will foster soul growth and perpetuate progress. You may think of it as a transaction between the mind and the soul and the Indwelling Spirit as the clerk that shows you the merchandise that will benefit you most.  Sometimes the cost is high, but the return on investment is exponential and will continue to earn interest far into the future.  Be mindful of these precious AH-HA moments and acknowledge the actions of Spirit that led you to understand the information that grows into perfection and those tools that become a part of your arsenal that you may use to teach and lead others.

Peace to you,

The Circle of Seven

Let Today Be

Teacher Ophelius:

This is a short message of encouragement for all you students on the path who are dedicated to serving the greater good.  Not everyday will you have triumphs and victories.  Some days you will suffer defeat and circumstances will be out of your control.  Do not beat yourself up over these things, for tomorrow you will fight another day and you will have other opportunities to succeed in your endeavors.  Let today be what it is and use this down time for contemplation, recuperation, and rejuvenation. 

Many of you work so very hard at life and sometimes you need to breathe, step back, and take inventory and to see things from a greater viewpoint and a wider perspective.  Sometimes reversion is needed to refresh the mind and relieve the tension of working too many days without rest.  Many times the greatest inspirations come when you are out of your routine and your mind is not operating in the same pathways.  Change things up and try something new, or perhaps you just need to take the day off and rest your mind and body. 

It is OK my friends, for you are living on a world of many challenges and difficulties--the great thing about it is, this is where you will grow the most if you don't let the adversities overtake you. Make time today to rest and plan for tomorrow--be captain of your ship and master of your life.  Walk in the garden today and smell the roses!

Peace to you,

The Circle of Seven

 

WE ARE THE WORLD

Teacher Ophelius:

Today we will discuss the recent request made of you to speak about what we should be teaching our young men and women, and particularly about the "Occupy" movement in the U.S. and the civil unrest in other parts of the planet.  This stirring of the hearts and minds of these young people and protestors around the planet is the outward expression of the collective consciousness of humanity to move the planet into the new age of Light and Life.  Although, if you ask one of these young people what it is they are protesting, you will not get a unified answer and that is because they are not completely in touch with their super-conscious minds which are reacting to the massive spiritual pressure being asserted on the planet in this Correcting Time.

They are searching just like many of you students on the path who were and still are searching for that greater connection to the Creator and to know what life is all about.  These young people are feeling the gravitational pull of spirit leading them to an answer, but in this early awakening of sorts, they are confused about the meanings and values of what they are experiencing in the super-conscious mind.  This evolution of consciousness that many are predicting for the date of 2012, is already happening and will continue to evolve.  There will be no demarcation according to the calendar.  The momentum is building and the old guard will resist, but will not withstand the tsunami of love that will sweep away the powers of hate and separation.

What these young people need is a catalyst to unify their thought and to understand that the stirrings of the heart and mind come from the Source of all Creation.  It is the will of the Creator, and the desire of the Creator Son, that this world be reclaimed for the Father and that Urantia be brought into the era of Light and Life.  You need the great minds of this world to step up, and without personal agenda, to unify the thought of these courageous souls who are looking for the answers to their questions and waiting for their call to duty.  They will do it without arms, without violence, but with the spirit of the Most Highs astir in their hearts.

All men and women on this world want to experience life and have it more abundantly--they want equality of opportunity and the fairness of a quality life where all people on the planet can feel the oneness of humanity.  They are weary of war and see conflict as a tool of over control which seems to tighten the grip of their oppression.  These movements around the world will be more effective if they are coordinated globally and with a message of brotherhood--humanity as a single organism willing to change and reorganize and eventually move into a force for peace, tolerance, and reconciliation.  A spirit of oneness that crosses all boundaries, nations, religions, and cultures must be the targeted goal of this movement.

The battle cry for the children of the new world will be: "WE ARE THE WORLD." "WE ARE LOVE." "I AM YOU AND YOU ARE ME."  "WE ARE ONE."

God Speed to you,

The Circle of Seven

Spiritual Gifts and Service

Teacher Ophelius:

The message for today is about spiritual gifts and service to the many, for these two things are interrelated.  Spiritual gifts always follow the will to serve and are only given as a tool to aid in the process of serving the many.  The greater the desire to serve, the greater the assistance from spirit you may receive.  This of course is conditioned by ability and the propensities of the individual for the kind of spiritual gifts they receive.  Some will heal, some will confer, and some will teach; yet all will find there is a direct relationship in the level of spiritual ability to the willingness to serve.

As the Master said, “those who have shall be given more, while those who have not, even that which they have shall be taken away. “  This is a universal law, for the more fruitful you become in your service to the many the greater shall be your power to serve.  Those that serve the self, even though they may seem to possess power and wealth, are barren in spiritual power and will never find a real sense of joy and accomplishment.  Only those that lift their fellows up and help them to progress find this satisfaction and peace of mind while they continue to grow and learn new ways to serve the many.

It is time for you students on the path to take the initiative to begin your service to the many and stop “waiting” for your spiritual power before you begin.  Service must preclude spiritual gifts.  You must “do” that which has been placed in your heart and then you shall find the opportunities for your work and the synchronicity that will point the way to navigate the waters of the odyssey of your adventures and experiences.

The workers are few and the harvest is great my friends, and there are many, many resources available to you from spirit if only you would ask and move into the place of service having faith that you will be guided and given the tools to succeed.  Fear not, for if only you could behold the legions of spirit beings working behind the scenes to orchestrate the circumstances of your success, you would have all confidence and assurance in your abilities to co-create.

Today is a new day, and new opportunities await you.  Step up and into the place of service and you will truly marvel at the opportunities and spiritual gifts that await those with a faithful heart, for we are always at your side ready to assist you.

Peace to you,

The Circle of Seven

Children of the New World

Teacher Ophelius:

Today's message is about the caring for children and the need for teaching them the greater truths of life--to be more than just a child of the earth, but also a child of the universe.  They are to be taught that they are not only your children, but the children of the Creator God of all things and beings.  They are to be taught that they are indwelt with the Spirit of this Creator God and that all other children and grown ups alike are also indwelt with this same spirit that lives within their mind who helps them to grow wise and teaches them how to love, for love is the way of the ascending soul.  No longer will you teach separation or the doctrines of man's sinful fallen estate, but rather will you teach them that they are ascending from imperfection to perfection.  More important than ABCs and 123s, you will teach them how to treat others and to be kind loving persons, for this is the beginning of all knowledge, truth, and goodness.

It is time for you, my friends, to put away the old ways and mature to this new way of thinking and raising children, for new ways of learning and teaching must be adopted to move your world into the new age of Light and Life.  It is the children now, that are most precious and will be the way-showers of a new world where the Law of One reins supreme in the mind above all creeds and doctrines.  You students on the path, use what you have learned and teach it to your children, for they will understand far more than you realize and will take that knowledge to a higher level and utilize its meanings and values at a younger age and transform their young lives to realize even greater spiritual fruits and awareness than the generation of their parents. 

As you witness the sweeping changes around the world in the consciousness of humanity, realize that these changes are also occurring in the children as well.  They are hungry for the things of spirit and are looking for guidance.  They are not too young to know about the love of God and the connectedness of all things and beings.  Seed their young minds with the universal truths and watch how beautiful their lives will become as they take that seed and become a channel of God's creative life force.  For all things will change and come to light, and so too will the children of Urantia change and become enlightened and take their place as ascendant citizens of God's grand universe. 

It is not too late to start communicating with them no matter what age, even your teens, yet the earlier you can reach them, the better.  There is a great need for new children's literature that can aid them in understanding universal truth and if you are so gifted in the craft of writing and illustrating child books and media, I admonish you to take up this work. There is no greater mission in life as parents of awakened status, than to teach and lead your children to know the values of Truth, Beauty, and Goodness.

Peace to you,

The Circle of Seven

 

Open to the Possibilities

Teacher Ophelius:

Today's message is an important one.  You may have heard about what it takes to build a dam, or how difficult it is to obtain all the land needed to build a new road, for land owners must agree to sell their property to the developer so that progress can move forward.  So it is today my friends, that many still cling to the old ways and ideas about what is to take place on your world according to olden prophecies, when in reality, the way the event unfolds may not look anything like what is fantasized in the mind or penned in by the scribe.  Looking back on the event in time will certainly show a fulfillment of many of those utterances, yet in the moment of the unfolding, those that have crystallized their beliefs will stumble the same way those in Jesus' day did and who eventually had him put to death thinking they were doing God's Will.

Many incredible events are about to unfold on your world that will shake the foundations and beliefs of many, for there will be much confusion in the minds of those who live on the surface and much to stumble over for those who believe it can only happen one way.  It is therefore wise for you, my friends, to be open to all possibilities and to fill your minds with light.  The sentinels will know without doubt as their Adjusters open a direct channel to the conscious mind and reveal the truth and purpose of the event.  For those in the Mortal Corps of Destiny, instructions will be given and they will perform as trained to do by their guardians. 

Many of you who don't see yourselves as leaders will in fact be the ones who will reassure the multitudes around you that you have clear knowledge of the event and they will trust you and look to you for guidance, for as those in positions of power will be nowhere to be found.  You have a great responsibility, you students on the path, to lead and guide and teach as the days ahead become difficult, astonishing, and beyond belief. We, your teachers, guides, and guardians admonish you with urgency, to go into the stillness and receive the love, light, and guidance for the times just ahead and this must be done regularly and with conviction.  The time for procrastinating is over.  Those that will be prepared will do so and are already finding their centers.

Many of you are already planning group meditations for the day of elevens and this is wonderful and we hope that many new relationships both human and divine will be fostered that will serve as a connection of support for the work ahead.  We in the higher realms look upon you in this time and on this planet in envy for the progressive experiences you are about to partake of.  Trust in the Father of all and His Spirit will guide you into all truth, love, and sanctuary.

Hands on heart, peace to you,

The Circle of Seven

 

Those Who See

Teacher Ophelius:

Today we will talk about who will see the 11:11 time prompt and who will not.  Most all of you reading this message have experienced, and will continue to experience, the Midwayer's time prompt phenomena.  Although, up until you searched for the meaning of this spiritual wake-up call, you were unaware of the "who" behind the "what" and you soon learned that sharing this information with those who are not prepared to receive it, can leave you feeling quite alone, and to the skeptics, like someone of unsound mind.  As a result of this crushing reaction from those who are not ready to receive this information, you soon learned to keep your peace about it and look for kindred spirits for validation.

Those who are skeptical now, may at some future time, be found ready to receive the wake-up call when their Thought Adjusters feel their spiritual soil has been prepared.  This state of readiness may not even occur in this life on earth, but will be deferred to the mansion world sojourn where their spiritual deficiencies will be corrected.  Blessed are you my friends to be fertile in this life and in this time--the great Correcting Time where you become participants in the forward push for the enlightenment of your planet.  You are the co-creators of God's will for this time.

As we approach the apex of correction about to take place on your world, even those skeptics who once scoffed will take the seed of your "illogic" and ponder the validity of it as the illusion of their world crumbles around them.  They will witness things that no human in the history of this planet has ever seen and will begin to realize there are greater things under heaven and on earth than the little illusion they have built up around them.

Take solace in this my friends that all things work to the good of those who persevere and stay the course without waver.  The rewards for the Agondontor (those who believe without seeing) are quite honorable and there is a special place and preferred opportunity prepared for those who serve in this time.  It is OK to feel "different" from those who still slumber and it is advisable for you to seek out those kindred spirits and share your experiences.  It is by the sharing of these experiences that you multiply your spiritual wisdom, and this is the process of perfection attainment--to make mistakes, learn the better way, and then share this experience with others.  When this is done on a planetary scale, this is progress.

Be understanding of your fellows who are skeptics and scoffers, for their time will come and they will be given the opportunity to awaken, and may in fact, be knocking on your door looking for the answers to their perplexities.  The time lag of eternity has a way of bringing all things to light, for your time in the spot light is now, others will have to wait in the wings until they are ready to step onto the stage.  Even now, we in the higher realms, applaud you to a curtain call.

Peace to you,

The Circle of Seven

 

Disappointments and Failed Expectations

Teacher Ophelius:

Today's message is about disappointments and failed expectations.  Many times throughout your life there will be disappointments and failed expectations even at the height of the most positive circumstances and feelings of surety that things and events will materialize as planned in your mind which would benefit you and others at a time that is most auspicious, yet somehow roadblocks and inopportune events bar the way to these predictable outcomes that perplex and dishearten your outlook.  These things happen for reasons that you may not fully realize now, but will clearly see later on as alternative paths and outcomes materialize to teach lessons or exceed the expected outcome of the previous laid plans.

There are many, many things going on in the unseen realms that shape the path of those who walk in truth and light, and many of you, my friends, are lovingly guided into the paths of righteousness by what would seem to you as harsh lessons.  How many of you can look back on your life and see the hand of spirit shaping and guiding by not giving you what you want in the time you wanted it.  For a child will almost always choose candy over a nutritious meal, and it is the wise parent that will always give the healthy food first and allow the sweet treat in moderation after the body is lovingly nourished. This is how the Creator builds character in us.  Spirit loves and nurtures, and fosters our progress and perfection in incremental amounts that we are ready for as we learn and make decisions that allow the next phase of our soul development to unfold in ways that will benefit us most in the overall journey to perfection.

Many times did the Master Jesus dash the hopes of his apostles and disciples to pieces at the height of their expectations because he was wise and farseeing, knowing the outcome of what unbridled fantasy would produce and what distorted viewpoints would develop as a result of giving into a sign and miracle seeking generation.  Only in retrospect after He departed from your world did the meanings and purposes of the Master's methods prove wise and valuable--truths that would serve the many for generations to come.

Only by the pruning of the vine will good fruit come, and so it is for you, my friends, that you must sometimes be patient and allow events and opportunities to present themselves according to divine timing which will prove to be the greatest benefit to you and others--benefits that maximize soul progression (healthy food), not necessarily material needs and wants (candy), keeping in mind that the sweet treat will be given in moderation out of divine love, and most often does the delayed reward or outcome exceed your greatest expectations when you are prepared to meet the nurturing opportunity.

Peace to you,

The Circle of Seven

The True Realization of Self

Teacher Ophelius:

Today's message is about the true realization of self.  What do I mean by this?  The true realization of self is the state of recognition that one has when the culmination of personality and spiritual awareness becomes integrated into a new paradigm of philosophy about his or her existence as a part of creation--that moment of realization that one has become an ascending son or daughter of the Creator and their viewpoint of life widens to a juxtaposition of life on earth, and life in the hereafter, as a related continuum of events that has a purpose and a goal to attain perfection and function as a part of the whole.  Simply stated, the moment the "part" becomes aware of the totality of the "whole" is the moment of true realization of self.

For many of you, much of your life is lived in separation from the whole.  Your thoughts are shielded from this realization of self by social conditioning and survival instincts--consumed by the "daily grind" and the distractions of material wants and entertainments. Often times it takes a great crisis to jolt the consciousness out of its path of blind ambitions to realize that he or she is mortal and will be forced into a transition by the termination of physical life.  Only then do the thoughts of eternity and the continuation of identity begin to surface as a precursor to this true realization of self.  Unfortunately for many, these are fleeting thoughts that are soon "pushed under" and filed away as something to think about in old age--a travesty really.  Still others will embrace this opportunity to change their thinking and really begin to live life with this broader perspective of an eternal continuum--for these souls, life then becomes precious.

The development of your world is something of an oddity in the universe.  Most worlds in Nebadon that have reached this stage of technological advancement, as has Urantia, have also attained a much higher degree of spiritual and sociological perfection which better prepares the souls of that world for their next life on the morontia training worlds of their local system.  The true realization of self is something that is instilled in these individuals from birth and continues throughout life.   

For those of you who have triumphed over this handicap of confusion imposed on you by the sin of rebellion by your deposed caretakers in the Lucifer insurrection, have truly won your stripes and will become much sought after as valued universe administrators in the ages to come.  Your capacity for mercy and understanding of the evolutionary struggle is paramount to great success and leadership as ascending sons and daughters of the Most High.  With this in mind my friends, keep this broader perspective and view of your life in eternal meanings and values while you gather your experiences in the totality of the whole.

Peace to you,

The Circle of Seven

 

Shared Wisdom

Teacher Ophelius:

Today's message is about  the sharing of wisdom.  What do I mean by this?  Wisdom is the accumulated experiences of lessons learned--the result of past events that transformed the mind and shaped the personality from a lesser state of perfection to a greater state of perfection.  It is these experiences that are retained as having "survival value" and are so counter-parted by the Indwelling Spirit and added to the growing embryo--the developing soul of the individual. It is this growing soul-child that will mature and become the personality of who you really are in the next phase of your ascension on the training worlds of your local system--the seven mansion worlds.  Through the sharing of wisdom with your fellows, you may accelerate your maturity by avoiding the pitfalls of hard lessons through the recognition of situations and events, and taking right actions based on the translated experiences of others. 

Shared wisdom is the preparation for exploiting opportunities that bring value and transformation of consciousness.  It is the process of sharing valuable life changing information directly from person to person or indirectly from media to person.  Books are a wonderful source of shared wisdom as is the message you are reading now.  Not all information or knowledge is shared wisdom, only those translated experiences that help others to grow in some way may be considered shared wisdom and may be recognized as belonging to one of three categories: Truth, Beauty, and Goodness.

Media  overload and the transmission of fear through news outlets and other forms of entertainment are of no eternal value and will be left behind with the flesh.  Think about those wonderful moments of discovery--those "ah-ha" moments you have speaking with friends or by learning something from a transformational book.  It is these kinds of experiences and use of the time you have in this life that should be maximized, and less time spent on useless preoccupations having little or no value. 

You must all work, play, eat, and sleep--those things are done for the physical maintenance of the mind and body, but for those students on the path, a system of priorities must be created that facilitates the needed time for the gathering of shared wisdom as well as for the sharing of wisdom with others.  Think about how much time you spend during your week learning and sharing wisdom.  Now think about how much time you spend gathering useless information and entertainments that add no value or growth potential.  Is there an imbalance there?  For maximized soul growth and progress, there must be balance.

If you are out of balance my friends, the pendulum will sooner or later swing the other way in the form of a life lesson that is designed to bring balance to your life and re-start the soul growing process. The sharing of wisdom can be a positive way to stimulate soul growth rather than through the negative "hard knocks" of life.  Communicate; cooperate; learn and share.

Peace to you,

The Circle of Seven

Perfection

Teacher Ophelius:

Today's lesson is about "perfection" and what it means to you as humans living on an evolutionary world.  Perfection is a goal my friends, and it is something to strive for and something to attain incrementally in small amounts as you progress from age to age and from one world to another in your ascension career.  It is the divine answer to the call of the Creator, "Be you perfect, as I AM perfect."  All those who choose the paradise path to perfection and seek membership in the Corps of the Finality shall achieve it through the transformation of self (unique personality--identity) from a state of imperfection to a God-like state of perfection. 

Certainly, as evolutionary animal origin creatures, you can not achieve perfection in it's final state in just one lifetime on an evolutionary world.  You may only achieve a "relative perfection" in relationship to the limitations of mind capacity designed into all evolutionary will creatures on the worlds of time and space.  The mind adjutants are designed to bring the creature to a state of relative perfection that readies him or her for the next phase of ascension, the morontia life--the intermediary stage between the physical and the purely spirit form of life in the universes.

The immediate goal for all humans and morontians is to fuse with their Indwelling God fragments, the Thought Adjusters.  I include humans in this statement because it is possible to achieve fusion on an evolutionary world, as is the case on the more advanced civilizations having achieved Light and Life where physical death is no longer the mode of translation from flesh to morontia life.  Your TA and guardian seraphim chart your progress by what is called, "The Seven Psychic Circles" of human potentiality, starting with the seventh and working toward the first.  More on this can be found in your text.

In those very rare instances, some humans can and do achieve fusion with their TAs, and avert death by direct translation via a flash of incredible heat and light.  Most however, will fuse with their TA sometime on their sojourn on the training worlds--the mansion world system of your local universe.

Relative perfection can be attained by living a life of love and service--overcoming the animal nature by the development of the mind and the development of the soul.  The soul-mind may be developed to the point where the TA can more easily interface directly with you and accelerate the "spiritization" of it and thus can greatly help bring you through the progressive stages of your circles.  Self-mastery (control over the emotional self) and meditation (communication with Source), are tools for subsequent circle attainment when they are combined with loving service for one's fellows.  When the student feels a genuine unity with his fellows--a sense of "oneness," that they are all a part of the whole, this may be understood as a circle marker, that they are near, at, or have surpassed the third circle and have received a personal destiny guardian that classifies them as having advanced standing, for which they may proceed directly to the mansion worlds upon dissolution of the physical body, to continue their perfection education on the training worlds of human ascension.  This is the first step, my friends, of many that lead to God-like perfection, for which every step forward is more astonishing than the last.

Peace to you,

The Circle of Seven

 

Time is Now

Teacher Ophelius:

The time is "now" my friends--there is no past or future.  This is a very difficult concept for many to understand.  You have all heard about this before, this "living in the now," or "living in the moment."  What exactly do I mean by this?  Let me explain.  All that you are, all that you think and feel is happening now--not in the past, not in the future, but now.  Yes, we all have our memory of past "now events," and we have our hopes and conjectures about the future "now," but everything there is exists in the present moment.  You can have life and have it more abundantly right now if you can keep living consciously in this "now" present moment.

Many of you who are starting out on this path of spiritual awakening are dealing with many emotional and past traumatic events that have shaped who you are in this now moment.  These  personality shaping events, most often in early development, lead one into limitations of personality expression.  Your "now moments" are constantly being shaped by what happened in the past and you are constantly checking and comparing your present now moments with your past now moments and keeping your personality expressions in this "template" of how to think and feel based on the expectations of the ego-self. This "emotional template" even prepares your thinking for the future now events that are yet to occur by telling the ego-self what is expected of you--that you must think, act, and react according to this framework.  You are caught in a loop of now moments that are really just a succession of past trauma checking and future expectations that prevent you from living freely and consciously in the present now.

How do we live in the present?  Can we just forget our past and all our traumas?  The key to living in the now is to "forgive and forget"--a wonderful phrase you have all heard.  Forgiving yourself and others for past wrongs is one way of letting go of those past now moments that keep you in this "checking the template" mode of thinking.  Accepting these moments as "teaching moments" and accepting the limitations of awareness of those who have wronged you will help you to live in the present now by freeing up all that wasted mind energy that is constantly working and checking the template. 

Use your newly found awareness to focus thought on achieving and manifesting your desires to perfect yourself, pursue truth, create beauty, and exude goodness by lighting up the world around you.  This is true happiness my friends, to live in the moment--free to live, love, and laugh without regret, without fear, without feelings of unworthiness. All reality is now and your experiences of the now.  You will never again have the unique opportunity to experience now moments on your native planet, so let us "seize the moment" and make these moments the most exciting, loving, joy-filled moments we can--it's happening NOW!

Peace to you,

The Circle of Seven

The Day the World Changed

Teacher Ophelius:

Today's message is about the day the world changed.  On this day ten years ago the world changed.  Human consciousness was moved like no other time in your history by a shocking and deconstructive act that would forever scar the memory of a generation and would directly or indirectly affect every individual living on the planet from that time forward.  Whether you believe the official story or some variation of conspiracy, the real truth is that a very small number of people, out of 6.5 billion on the planet, used their will for deconstructive purposes to change the course of history and human consciousness on a planetary scale.  That my friends is an example of the power of human will to cause a sweeping change in consciousness across a planet.

If man can use his ingenuity for deconstructive purposes and create such sweeping and lasting change, is it also possible for a small number of individuals to use the forces of good through constructive purposes to change the consciousness of a generation?  I say it is possible.  We see examples of this during the aftermath of tragedies, both natural and man made like cyclones, hurricanes, earthquakes, wars and famine.  We see the best of the forces of good reach out to help, heal, or feed those who are suffering.  Sometimes it is the idea of just one person who puts his mind and human will to work that can affect millions.

For if you believe that you as an individual can do little to change the consciousness of the world--government policy, or social culture, you have chosen not to participate in creation, and your reality will then be shaped by the will of those who choose to believe they can create change whether it be constructive or deconstructive.  Many of you believe you have little influence and what you think does not matter.  I say that a raindrop is a small and seemingly insignificant collection of molecules, yet when joined enforce with other raindrops they can literally move mountains and sweep away continents. 

You must start thinking like a raindrop my friends, and pool your resources for good, and when you do this, you shall succeed at making sweeping changes that can affect the  consciousness of a planet.  Think my friends, what is it that all people want out of life?  We all want the same things no matter where you are on the planet or in the universe--to make a difference as an individual; to have purpose; to love and be loved; to create something good or beautiful and feel the joy of success and accomplishment using your will to create change. 

There are an infinite number of ways that you can shape your reality and change the consciousness of a planet.  Use your god-given co-creative powers of will and choice to make that change for good.  Spirit alone cannot force change upon you--you must "will" to make those changes.  Spirit will always be there to assist and encourage those constructive forces that move humanity forward.  Think about what you can do to change the world and make it a place you would want your children and grandchildren to live in.

Peace to you,

The Circle of Seven.

 

Color in the Mosaic of Life

Teacher Ophelius:

A list subscriber wrote in after the message, "There Will Come a Time," asking about what the state of consciousness will be like on the planet with regard to gay men and women after the shift when the earth enters into the beginning stages of Light and Life.  Before I answer this, let us zoom out a bit and look at the state of consciousness for life in the worlds to come--morontial and spirit life. 

The lifespan on your world (third dimension) on average is about 70 to 80 years.  This is a very, very brief time as compared to eternity--you are only passing through, so to say, and in this brief time period, and on this world is the only place you, as a personality, will have sexual reproductive capability which defines you as male and female.  Once on the mansion worlds and beyond, the reproductive organs will no longer be a part of your physiology.  From that point on, you will be wholly recognized by your personalities.  Whatever is truly "inside" will show forth on the "outside."  If you are compassionate, kind, and full of love for others, your physical form will reflect that beauty.  If you are egocentric, cold, uncaring, dismissive, fearful, this will show up in the physical form as less beautiful and as it is said, "all will be revealed."

The Universal Father cares for and deeply loves all of his children, and as such, He looks into the heart of each individual to see their true intentions and motives, their life experiences, and their spiritual progress.  God is little concerned about the sexual natures, practices, or orientations of his creatures or the social mores set in place by which those creatures govern themselves.  That is a part of evolution, and the discrimination of those who appear "different" from the fold will fade in time as each generation becomes more spiritual or more "God-like" in awareness.  Just as there are an infinite amount of points between opposites, so too are there an infinite amount of personality types between "maleness" and "femaleness."  Even on the mansion worlds and beyond, you as a person, will retain this "maleness" or "femaleness" in personality nature.

Now to answer the question first posed: A world that has achieved Light and Life status will have a population that is more evolved spiritually; will understand the ascension plan and will be more in touch with their Indwelling Spirit.  People in this age will educate their children at an early age how to treat others--with kindness, compassion, respect, and not to judge others because they are different. These will be a people who are preparing for their next life who are concerned about progress of the individual and progress of the whole of humanity.  Yes, there will still be gay individuals in this era and they will no longer be an object of controversy or prosecution, just another color in the mosaic of life on a world that is celebrating the glory of the age of Light and Life--a unique personality, a unique aspect of the Creator's intention--a part of the whole.

Peace to you,

The Circle of Seven

There Will Come a Time

Teacher Ophelius:

Today we will speak about a time of unity.  This is a time when all people, races, religions, and nations will come together and "feel" that they are a part of the human family--brothers and sisters of this planet called Urantia.  No longer will differences in culture or religion be viewed as something foreign or something to assimilate or eradicate, but will be looked at as something to treasure and revere as a rich rainbow of diversity that adds value to the whole of humanity. 

There will come a time when all peoples will revere the planet as the nursery and mother of their terrestrial home and will see to it that She is cared for, respected, and made beautiful for generations to come, for She is the soul generator of the Creator.

There will come a time when women in every nation will stand on equal ground with men and be viewed as the temple of the Creator's Indwelling just as all are--men, women, and children, for it is the feminine energies that will transform and bring the planet into balance.

There will come a time when the raising of children will be the most important duty and never again will they be cast aside as inconveniences or distractions, but will be cherished as the future tenants of a world that is evolving and achieving greatness--where the values of truth, beauty, and goodness are instilled in their souls.

There will come a time when corporations will become responsible and use philanthropy as the cornerstone of their success to provide jobs and to help solve world problems, while respecting the earth and building a sustainable future.

There will come a time when governments will actually serve the many and care for the populace by making laws and policies that promote a realistic and sustainable future where all will have access to equality of opportunity--true life, liberty, and happiness.

There will come a time when wars will be no more and military forces are used for good--to rescue people from unforeseen natural disasters or protect the virtues of equality of opportunity where a life of dignity is available to all men, women, and children.

Presently, for the majority of the planet, this is not the case, but if you can dream it my friends, you can realize it by focusing your thoughts and directing your actions toward this attainable goal.  There are people on this world now who are making a difference and working toward this dream.  Seek them out, partner with them, and help grow these sustainable ideas.  Only through the unity of our ideals can we realize this very attainable life we all dream of.  What things can you do today to start moving in this direction?  Meditate on this and put your thoughts into action.

Peace,

The Circle of Seven

Time Alone with God

Teacher Ophelius:

Today's message is about time--time for being alone.  There is a time for all things--a time for being with friends and family, and a time for being with God.  We speak often about the need to be alone with God and why it is so important that we have a time set aside to communicate with the Creator through the God within.  This time we spend in meditation with our God Fragment is for the soul as needful as is sleep for the physical body.  Without it, the body becomes dysfunctional, erratic, unresponsive--thought processes are out of order and at some point, the body must succumb to sleep for its very existence. So too does the soul need this time alone to communicate with the Creator, through the Thought Adjuster, to continue to grow at a healthy rate, process higher thought, receive guidance, review options, express desires, express gratitude, and receive Divine Love--the life force that sustains all life. 

The difference between sleep for the body and meditation for the soul is: You must at some point sleep, for it is by design that this physiological need be met by the body.  However, time alone with God is optional and is a matter of choice.  So you see my friends, we choose to make that conscious decision whether or not to enter into a communicative state with our God Presence and receive the benefits that are available to us.  We all have this self-will to throttle our own soul growth, and time alone with God is the most effective way to accelerate our assimilation toward God-likeness.  Physical sleep does afford some benefit to the soul, for it allows the Thought Adjuster time to help spiritualize your mind and prepare you for opportunities for soul development, yet if you willfully reject the program for soul development by living a self-indulgent or self-absorbed life that quells the still small voice, you may by choice limit or cause soul atrophy to occur.

Time alone with God in quiet contemplation and meditation is the one most important thing that you can do for yourself that will bless you beyond comprehension, for its benefits extend well beyond this life and echo into the worlds to come.  It is vital my friends, especially in this time of change on Urantia and because of the unique circumstances and extraordinary conditions--handicaps that you operate under, to equalize these tidal forces that come against you day in and day out. 

Time alone with God is the great equalizer that you can use to offset these soul quenching forces that continually bombard your mind.  Meditation is the sanctuary of the mind where you renew and hydrate the soul; where new seeds take root and begin to sprout; where Divine love radiates the seedlings and the soul-child grows and matures.  I admonish all you students on the path to seriously consider this vital practice of time alone with God.  The quality of your soul-expression will increase and spill over into all areas of your life where you can be an example to others--a way shower of divine reflection.

Good day,

The Circle of Seven

Transmutation of Divine Will.

Teacher Ophelius:

Today's message in about the transmutation of Divine Will.  What do I mean by this?  Transmutation is the process of changing something from one state to another.  In this case, the process is changing Divine Will into human action to do or achieve something that will change the vibrational state of someone, or the circumstances of something, that will transform life by the infusion of love, thus changing it from a lower state of vibration to a higher state.  In this process of change, free will allows for the individual expression of that change, which provides a unique experience and higher awareness for the lesson learned and the wisdom gleaned from that experience.

The concept is quite simple my friends.  When we allow ourselves to become a channel of Divine love, love changes all things, and the outcome always transforms what ever it is applied to and leaves it in an improved state, or in a greater state of awareness for understanding and the solving of problems which arise out of the misapplication of natural law or the misunderstandings of living in the various stages of imperfection. 

Most of the problems on your world, and with the individual, are the results of a lack of love and understanding.  You may take any problem or negative circumstance, and trace its root cause to a lack of love and understanding.  If we see all these things from its origin, we can begin to understand its development and how the lack of love--its misapplication and misunderstanding has evolved into the present day problem.  When we open ourselves to be a channel of Divine love, we gain insight into how, using wisdom, to infuse that problem with love and change its outcome or direct its path to a more favorable and more perfected state.  Love changes, love forgives, love heals, and love unites.  Divine Will, when transmuted by the action of human love, results in the alignment of Divine Will and human will.

How do you know when you are doing the Will of God?  Give love and observe the course of its transformation.  If its transformation leaves it in a more perfected state, then you know that transmutation of Divine Will has been accomplished in relation to the understanding and application of the love channeled through the initiate.  How do you perfect the process of transmutation?  Through meditative contemplation and prayer--where you receive divine instruction and listen for the answers to the problems of living in a state of imperfection.  The journey from imperfection to perfection is the supreme adventure, and the catalyst of change--the fuel to perfection, is the transmutation of Divine love into human action--the alignment of Divine Will and human will.

The more we allow ourselves to accept and feel Divine love, the more powerful we will become at the transmutation of that love to change lives and situations and leave them in a more perfected state.  Test this process today my friends, and see the change unfold before your eyes. 

Peace and love,

The Circle of Seven

Spiritual Prowess

Teacher Ophelius:

Today's message is about spiritual prowess.  What do I mean by this?  Spiritual prowess is that need for having superior skill in both spiritual understanding, and spiritual wisdom.  This is most important when we are trying to achieve a high calling, which is not to say we do not strive for the highest attainment, but that we are determined to make  it our "business" so to speak, to look for weaknesses in our personality that we may strengthen and also to recognize our talents that we may take advantage of every opportunity to become more adept to spiritual awareness in our life's work. We also look forward to our future work that we are aspiring to see unfold in ways that will lead to the greatest service to the whole--the alignment of our will with the Creator's Will.

While we are working, making these subtle changes, day by day, we begin to notice that we are becoming more sensitive to the weaknesses of our brothers and sisters in their attempts at finding understanding, and meeting the expectations of others, who themselves have little understanding of the meanings and values of spiritual acquisition, for which they so diligently portray as the right way or the wrong way of doing or knowing.  When we find that we are facing barriers in communication we sometimes shut down the channel of wisdom and look outside for knowledge that will serve to help us overcome this gap in understanding, yet many times we are not seeking in partnership with our Indwelling Spirit or opening ourselves to guidance by our unseen teachers or guardians.  When this happens, we may not always achieve the greatest good or convey the highest meaning in what we are seeking to achieve or communicate.

If we can recognize these "gaps" in understanding, then we may find the faith to trust what is being spoken to us by the still small voice within.  It is this trust in the leadings of spirit that will bring about the greatest understanding of the meanings and values we are trying to convey.  So too will we benefit by achieving the greatest progress on our spiritual path when we rely on spirit to provide the opportunities for the attainment of our goals and to be in control of our emotions and have mastery over situations of uncertainty.  Use what you know to be true, and go within to seek the answers to that which you do not know.  In this way, you allow spirit to work with you to find the right path to provide the greatest service to others and a more perfected transmutation of the Creator's intention.

Look for every opportunity to improve your understanding of your fellows while you seek to master the situations of life through spirit leadings.  Develop your sense of compassion and be willing to serve as a channel of love that pours forth from the Creator. Be available to fulfill the spiritual need in those who are in confusion or lack understanding, while recognizing the lessons that are being taught to you and those who are in trial.  Spiritual prowess can only come when we are open to accept change in ourselves, and willingness to be led by spirit when we find no solution through our own wisdom.

Good Day,

The Circle of Seven

Spiritual Duty

Teacher Ophelius:

The message for today is about having the strength and courage to comply with the demands of daily life while pursuing the call to spiritual duty.  What do I mean by this?  Spiritual duty is that innate drive you feel that moves you to do the things spirit leads you to do.  To comply with this leading means you are aligning your will with the will of the Creator and by aligning your will with God, you are showing strength and courage because the easy road in life is to play it safe, to roll over, or to do for the self. 

It takes strength and courage to put aside the routines of daily life to listen and to act in accordance with the leadings of your Indwelling, and to work step by step moving closer to perfection day by day--meditating, listening, praying--communicating with spirit with the intent of doing something for others that will help them to become stronger, happier, healthier, wiser, and more in tune with spirit. The selfless acts of love, kindness, and compassion--the bearing of the fruits of the spirit, are the results of such selfless intentions that lead to spiritual growth and soul progression.

How easy it is to get caught up in the illusions of mundane life, the  habits of survival, and the pleasures of entertainments that keep the mind busy and unaware of the things of spirit.  How easy it is to listen to the talking heads of media, to be told what to think and what opinions to have--to live in fear, under controls, and feel powerless to pursue the deep desires of the heart.  My friends, we must put forth the extra effort to free ourselves from this bondage of  fear and control--the illusions that this world has placed in your mind to keep you from your true purpose. Realize that you have living within you the Spirit of the Creator that can transform you and bring you out of that coma of surface dwelling and fear and into real freedom.

Turn off the TV and Radio and use that time to listen to spirit.  Be courageous and become aware of the greater realities that exist around you that are calling you to "be" who you really are--a child of the Creator who is destined to ascend into glory and perfection, moving upward and inward, seeking perfection, and becoming like God as is the divine intention for your being.  You are so much more that what you have been told by the world and there are no real limits or barriers in your path when you free yourself from the illusions and lies that keep you from knowing the truth.  There is a balance that can be had between the necessities of living and the pursuits of a spirit led life, but it take strength and courage to move your feet and walk in the direction of truth and purpose. 

Take that leap of faith my friends and dare to quiet the voices of fear and control and listen to that still small voice within, for it is this voice that leads to truth, freedom, and a purpose filled life that brings the experiences of love, joy and accomplishment of service. 

Peace to you,

The Circle of Seven