is found in: Paper 93. Machiventa Melchizedek,

Discussion of Melchizedek is found in:
Paper 93. Machiventa Melchizedek,

Genesis 14:17-24 Abram blessed by Melchizdek,
Psalm 110:4 Sit by my Right Hand,
Hebrews 7 The Priestly Order of Melchizedek, and Jesus
Hebrews 8 Jesus, High Priest of a Better Covenant

"El Señor Universo" nace con el propósito de tender un puente entre lo terrenal y lo divino, utilizando el poder universal de la música. Este álbum busca:
Elevar el género del bachata, infundiéndolo con temas espirituales y cósmicos profundos.
Crear un espacio donde los oyentes puedan experimentar una conexión con lo divino a través del ritmo y la danza.
Fomentar la reflexión sobre nuestra place en el universo y nuestra relación con lo infinito.
Demostrar que la espiritualidad puede encontrarse en formas de expresión contemporáneas y populares.
Unir a personas de diferentes orígenes en una experiencia compartida de música y contemplación.
Desafiar las percepciones sobre el bachata, mostrando su potencial para transmitir mensajes profundos.
Inspirar a otros artistas a explorar temas trascendentales en géneros musicales populares.
La intención es que cada canción sirva como un portal, permitiendo a los oyentes sumergirse en el ritmo mientras se elevan hacia una conciencia más amplia. "El Señor Universo" aspira a ser más que un álbum; busca ser una experiencia transformadora que resuene en el cuerpo, la mente y el alma.

"El Señor Universo" (The Lord of the Universe) is born with the purpose of bridging the earthly and the divine, using the universal power of music. This album seeks to:
Elevate the bachata genre by infusing it with deep spiritual and cosmic themes.
Create a space where listeners can experience a connection with the divine through rhythm and dance.
Encourage reflection on our place in the universe and our relationship with the infinite.
Demonstrate that spirituality can be found in contemporary and popular forms of expression.

Unite people from different backgrounds in a shared experience of music and contemplation.
Challenge perceptions about bachata, showcasing its potential to convey profound messages.
Inspire other artists to explore transcendental themes in popular music genres.
The intention is for each song to serve as a portal, allowing listeners to immerse themselves in the rhythm while elevating themselves towards a broader consciousness. "El Señor Universo" aspires to be more than an album; it seeks to be a transformative experience that resonates in body, mind, and soul.

Albamu hii ya dhana, "Fikra za Milele", ina lengo la kuchunguza na kuelezea kwa undani dhana ya Walinzi wa Fikra kupitia muziki wa Kiafrika. Madhumuni yake ni kuwasilisha mawazo ya kiroho na kifalsafa yaliyomo katika maandishi ya chanzo kwa njia ya burudani na ya kuvutia zaidi.
Nia yetu ni kuunda safari ya kimazingira ya sauti ambayo inaelezea asili ya kiungu ya Walinzi wa Fikra, uhusiano wao na wanadamu, na safari ya kiroho ambayo wanatuongoza. Kupitia muunganiko wa lugha ya Kiswahili, midundo ya Kiafrika, na dhana za kale na za kisasa za kiroho, tunalenga kuunda tajriba ya kipekee ya kusikiliza ambayo inaweza kugusa wasikilizaji kitamaduni na kihisia.
Albamu hii inakusudia kuwafanya wasikilizaji kutafakari juu ya nafasi yao katika ulimwengu mpana, uhusiano wao na Mungu, na uwezekano wa ukuaji wa kiroho. Inaangazia mada kama vile chaguo huru, upendo wa milele, umoja wa kiungu, na safari isiyoisha ya ukuaji wa kiroho.
Kwa jumla, "Fikra za Milele" inakusudia kuwa daraja kati ya falsafa ya kina na muziki wa kupendeza, ikitoa njia ya kupata maarifa ya kiroho kupitia sanaa.

This concept album, "Thoughts of Eternity", aims to explore and elucidate the concept of Thought Adjusters through African music. Its purpose is to present the spiritual and philosophical ideas contained in the source text in a more entertaining and engaging manner.
Our intention is to create an immersive audio journey that explains the divine nature of Thought Adjusters, their relationship with humans, and the spiritual journey they guide us through. By blending Swahili language, African rhythms, and both ancient and modern spiritual concepts, we aim to create a unique listening experience that can resonate with listeners both culturally and emotionally.
The album is designed to make listeners reflect on their place in the broader universe, their relationship with God, and the potential for spiritual growth. It highlights themes such as free will, eternal love, divine unity, and the endless journey of spiritual growth.
Overall, "Thoughts of Eternity" is intended to be a bridge between profound philosophy and enjoyable music, offering a way to access spiritual insights through art.

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The following reading list contains many books that served as foundational references for creating both Dissolving Illusions and the Dissolving Illusions Companion and Reference. These books, organized chronologically, offer an extensive starting point for gaining deeper insights into the intricate tapestry of disease history, the progress and stagnation of medical practices, and the complex discourse surrounding inoculation and vaccination. Exploring these texts will undoubtedly invite a more nuanced perspective that challenges prevailing narratives.

Delving into this meticulously selected reading list, you will embark on a challenging journey through the annals of time. This comprehensive collection will serve as an indispensable resource for those seeking to broaden their perspectives and engage in constructive dialogues that transcend conventional viewpoints.

1. John Pechy, MD, The Whole Works of that Excellent Practical Physician Dr. Thomas Sydenham, MD, 1696
2. Isaac Massey, Apothecary to Christ’s Hospital, A Short and Plain Account of Inoculation, 1722
3. Francis Howgrave, Apothecary, Reasons Against the Inoculation of the Small-Pox, 1724
4. Isaac Massey, Remarks on Dr. Jurin’s Last Yearly Account of the Success of Inoculation, 1727
5. William Langton MD, An address to the public on the present method of inoculation: proving that the matter inoculated is not the small-pox. To which is added an inquiry into the nature of the confluent pox, and its cure, 1767
6. Benjamin Rush MD, Professor of Chemistry University of Pennsylvania, Medical Inquiries and Observations, Second Edition, 1789
7. Robert Walker MD, An Inquiry into the Small-Pox, Medical and Political, 1790
8. William Rowley, MD, Cow-pox inoculation NO SECURITY against Small-pox infection, 1805
9. W. R. Rogers, Surgeon, An examination of the Part of the Evidence Relative to Cow-Pox, 1805
10. John Brich, Esq, Surgeon to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, &c. A letter Occasioned by the Many Failures of Cow-Pox, 1805
11. Charles Maclean, MD, On the State of Vaccination in 1810
12. Gilbert Blane, FRS, Elements of Medical Logick, 1821
13. Xavier Bichat, Professor of Anatomy and Physiology, Paris, France, General Anatomy, Applied to Physiology and Medicine, vol. 1, 1822
14. Samuel Thomson, Botanist, A Narrative of the life and medical discoveries of Samuel Thomson, 1825
15. John Gideon Millingen MD, Curiosities of Medical Experience, vol. 2, 1837
16. Thomas Brown of Musselburgh, Surgeon, An Investigation of the present Un-satisfactory and Defective State of Vaccination, 1842
17. R. G. Latham, MD, The Works of Thomas Sydenham, MD, vol. I, 1848
18. Wooster Beach MD, The American Practice Condensed: Or, The Family Physician, 1850
19. Samuel Dickson, MD, Glasgow, The “Destructive Art of Healing;” or, Facts for families, Second Edition, 1855
20. C. C. Schieferdecker, MD, Dr. C. G. G. Nittinger’s Evils of Vaccination, 1856
21. Russell Thacher Trall, MD, Water-cure for the Million, 1860
22. Florence Nightingale, Notes on Nursing—What it Is, and what it is Not, 1860
23. Samuel Dickson, MD, The Principles of the Chrono-Thermal System of Medicine, 1861
24. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Currents and Counter-currents in Medical Science With Other Addresses and Essays, 1861
25. John Mason Good, MD, The Study of medicine: Empyesis Variola Smallpox, vol 1, 1864
26. Charles Julius Hempel MD, A New and comprehensive system of materia medica and therapeutics, 1865
27. Dr. Eliphalet Kimball, Thoughts on Natural Principles, 1867
28. William Job Collins, MD, Have You Been Vaccinated, and what Protection is it Against the Small Pox? 1869
29. Dr. Schieferdecker, MD, Horrors of Vaccination, 1870
30. R. T. Trall MD, The True Healing Art or Hygienic vs. Drug Medication, 1872
31. Edmund Procter, Important facts on vaccination urgently demanding public attention, 1873
32. Dr. John Pickering, Anti-vaccination—The Statistics of the Medical Officers to the Leeds Small-Pox Hospital Exposed and Refuted, 1876
33. Henry Strickland Constable, Our Medicine Men: A Few Hints, 1876
34. Thomas R. Hazard, Civil and Religious Persecution in the State of New York, 1876
35. C. Spinzig MD, Variola, its Causes, Nature and Prophylaxis and the Dangers of Vaccination, 1878
36. Charles T. Pearce MD, Vital Statistics. Small-Pox & Vaccination in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 1882
37. William White, The Story of a Great Delusion, 1885
38. George William Winterburn, PhD, MD, The Value of Vaccination: A Non-partisan Review of Its History and Results, 1886
39. Charles Creighton, The Natural History of Cow-pox and Vaccinal Syphilis, 1887
40. Charles Creighton, Jenner and Vaccination. A Strange Chapter of Medical History, 1889
41. Edgar March Crookshank, History and Pathology of Vaccination Volume I: A Critical Inquiry, 1889
42. Emmet Densmore MD, How nature cures, comprising a new system of hygiene, 1892
43. Vaccination Tracts. Letters and Opinions of Medical Men, 1892
44. Terrible Results of Vaccination: TESTIMONIES concerning Vaccination and its Enforcement: by Scientists, Statisticians, Philosophers, Publicists, and Vaccine Physicians, 1892
45. William Tebb, The Recrudescence of Leprosy and its Causation, 1893
46. Charles Creighton, MA, MD, A History of Epidemics in Britain, vol. II, 1894
47. Duncan Turner, Member of the Royal College of Physicians, London, Is Consumption Contagious? 1894
48. C. Wardell Amerige, MD, Vaccination a Curse, 1895
49. William Scott Tebb, MD, A Century of Vaccination and What It Teaches, 1898
50. Alfred Russell Wallace, LL. D, The Wonderful Century: Its Successes and Its Failures, 1899
51. Matthew Joseph Rodermund, MD, Fads in the Practice of Medicine, and the Cause and Prevention of Disease, 1901
52. John W. Hodge, MD, The Vaccination Superstition: Prophylaxis to be Realized Through the Attainment of Health, not by the Propagation of Disease, 1902
53. Dr. R. Swinburne Clymer, MD, PhD, Vaccination Brought Home to You, 1904
54. J.T. Biggs, Leicester: Sanitation Versus Vaccination, 1912
55. J. M. Peebles, MD, MA, PhD, Vaccination a Curse and a Menace to Personal Liberty, Tenth Edition, 1913
56. Tenison Deane, MD, The Crime of Vaccination or Bacteria, X. Y. Z., 1913
57. Robert Emmette McNamara, B. Sc., F. T. S., Professor of Physiology, Chemistry, Histology, Universal Chiropractic College, Chiropractic, Other Drugless Healing Methods With Criticism of the Practice of Medicine, 1913
58. C. Killick Millard, The Vaccination Question in the Light of Modern Experience: An Appeal for Reconsideration, 1914
59. Elbert Hubbard, The Philosophy of Elbert Hubbard, 1916
60. Charles M. Higgins, Horrors of Vaccination Exposed and Illustrated, 1920
61. Henry Lindlahr, MD, Philosophy of Natural Therapeutics, 1921
62. Simon Louis Katzoff, PhD, MD, Timely Truths on Human Health, 1921
63. Joe Shelby Riley, MD, MS, PhD, Conquering Units: Or The Mastery of Disease, 1921
64. Emmons Rutledge Booth, History of Osteopathy, and Twentieth-Century Medical Practice, 1924
65. Eleanor McBean, The Poisoned Needle: Suppressed Facts About Vaccination, 1957

The Singular Commandment

In the heart of the Urantia revelation lies a singular, profound commandment: to proclaim the gospel of Jesus. This directive is not merely a rule but a way of life, encapsulating the essence of our existence and aligning our lives with the divine purpose of our Father in heaven.

Resting in Divine Assurance

When you dedicate yourself to this sacred mission, you can rest with peace in your heart. Trust that both our Father in heaven and Jesus know your needs intimately. In moments of doubt about what you should wear or what you should eat, question if you are truly embodying your role as an ambassador of heaven. Are you living fearlessly? Do you give without expecting earthly rewards? If so, you are embracing true greatness.

Seeing Through the Lens of Brotherhood

By seeing the world through the eyes of your brethren, you begin to perceive the world as they do. This shift in perspective is crucial, for it merges goodness and greatness—qualities that are eternally united in God. As you venture into the world, following God’s one law to proclaim the gospel of Jesus, you will increasingly recognize the inherent goodness in all things. Everything is okay; you see glory where your less enlightened brethren see chaos. You see the hand of the Supreme Being in even the smallest details.

Embracing Divine Order

When you carry the truth of the gospel to the world, you are working for our Father in heaven. You are fulfilling His will, and nothing can divert your focus from seeking light and life in all your actions. By adhering to this one law, you become its living embodiment. When people see you, they see the will of God manifested in you. You reflect the gracious will of our Father, who rules the universe by the mandate of His law.

The Law is Love

This one law is also love. The ultimate reality is love, and everything else leads to this singular truth. Love is the only reality. Loving Jesus by proclaiming His gospel of everlasting truth aligns your soul with that which is beautiful and true. As you follow this path, all things will work for your good. Fear will vanish because providence will be evident in your life; it simply cannot be otherwise.

Living Fearlessly in Providence

When you follow in the path of truth, beauty, and goodness, you become both great and good. People will be drawn to you because they will sense that you have understood a profound truth. You are an ambassador for the kingdom of heaven, and as you give yourself fully to the will of our heavenly Father, this kingdom perspective will manifest more clearly in your life.

 Actualizing Divine Potential

Your potential is becoming actualized because that is how our Father in heaven has always seen you. To Him, your potentials are already realities. As you actualize more of your potential, you will find it increasingly meaningful and valuable to flow with the divine currents of the universe. Following God’s one law will become your passion, and you will want to share it with everyone you meet. You will do this often and fearlessly, giving your heart to our Father in heaven. As you do, more of His spiritual presence will touch your soul.

Experiencing Spiritual Presence

It is not that the Father in heaven has withheld anything from you; it is simply that you have not listened before. You were too focused on material realities, in which the spiritual Father is almost nonexistent. However, all that has changed now. You are following the one law and doing what you love. Continue in this path. One day, you will see the Supreme Being in everything, and when this happens, you will know that we have only one reality to share: the reality of love.

Living in Divine Love

The Father in heaven embodies living love. As you see this more and more, you will desire to remain in worshipful contemplation of His holiness always. God is law. God is love. Living in this reality transforms you, and you become a beacon of divine love and truth.

Conclusion: The One Law

In conclusion, the Urantia Manifesto reveals a profound truth: there is only one law, and this law is to proclaim the gospel of Jesus. This proclamation is not merely a duty but a manifestation of love, the ultimate reality. By aligning yourself with this law, you align with the divine, becoming a reflection of God's will and a bearer of His love. As you live by this law, you will find peace, purpose, and the fulfillment of your highest potential.

The Story of David Zebedee

“I am neither a teacher nor a preacher, but it is in my heart to do this, and none can stop me.”

By Buck Weimer

The Urantia Book introduces us to various types of messengers with specialized functions and distinct spiritual status. These messengers range from Mighty and Solitary Messengers down to Lanonandek Messenger Sons, Seraphic Messengers, and even Adams and Eves. Messengers are often part of a group, or corps. Our wonderful ancestor, Grandfanda, has a corps of 999 Gravity Messengers, and Lanaforge, a Lanonandek Son and our System Sovereign, has a messenger corps of 400,000.

While Jesus lived on our planet Urantia, he benefited from an earthly messenger corps, one organized and led by David Zebedee. The story of these messengers is a tale of steadfast loyalty and memorable contribution. David’s messenger service inspires and enlightens all who learn about it.

Jesus had a very long and multifaceted relationship with the Zebedee family. He interacted with them as a friend, carpenter, boatbuilder, and teacher. James and John Zebedee, of course, became apostles and received the nickname “sons of thunder” from Jesus. Their brother, David, at first admired Jesus primarily for his (boatbuilding) skills as a mechanic but took little interest in Jesus’ religious and philosophic teachings. Nonetheless, David came to embody Jesus’ teachings in a way that many apostles did not. His personal experiences with the Master were unique and of eternal value.

Early on, when Jesus was teaching near the shore of the Sea of Galilee, he summoned a nearby boat to rescue him from the pressing crowd of listeners. David Zebedee and two mates were on the boat—a boat that Jesus had built with his own hands. Jesus stepped aboard and was able to continue teaching, free from the pressing crowd.

Afterward, Jesus wished to repay the three fishermen for providing him with the use of their boat. The three had caught nothing all night, and Jesus suggested that David and the disheartened and disagreeable men go fishing with him. The men thought it useless to try, even as they cast their nets where Jesus instructed. But soon, their nets were full to near breaking and were overflowing with fish. From that day forward, all three followed Jesus.

Once Jesus had chosen his twelve apostles, they made their residence at the Zebedee home, from May to the beginning of October of that year. To accommodate the growing number of believers attracted to Jesus, David established and maintained–with the help of the Alpheus twins—a very large seaside camp. This ever-changing population numbered from 500 to 1500 people, eventually becoming a self-sustaining model of order, administration, and sanitation; the camp even offered medical assistance. 

(A little bit of Midwayer humor regarding David: In response to the problems caused by Kirmeth, the apparently self-deceived prophet from Baghdad, David and a self-appointed committee decided to remove the troublemaker. They took Kirmeth out into the lake and dunked him repeatedly in the water, afterward advising him to leave, organize, and build his own camp.)

David maintained the permanent headquarters for the kingdom’s messenger service at his father’s house in Bethsaida. From there, he maintained an overnight relay service between Jerusalem and Bethsaida, with runners leaving each evening, relaying at Sychar and Scythopolis, and arriving in Bethsaida in time for breakfast. He used that site as a clearinghouse and relay station among workers throughout Palestine and nearby regions. David did this on his own initiative, with the approval of Andrew, and he employed forty to fifty messengers at any one time.

When not directing the messenger service, David supplemented his income by spending time at his old job of fishing. Jesus, too, went fishing when he had a week of rest, and when not fishing alone, Jesus and David would go fishing together. 

May 22^nd A.D. 29 was an eventful day in the life of Jesus. On that day, approximately one year before his trial, one of David’s messengers arrived from Tiberias, in great haste, to say that Herod was giving the officers of the Sanhedrin permission to arrest Jesus. This escalation on the part of the religious leaders revealed how much more aggressive Jesus’ enemies had become. But David’s messengers did not shrink from the challenge. Jesus agreed that the service should continue through this trying time, and these courageous, rapid messengers kept all the kingdom’s workers, throughout the Levant and into Egypt, in communication, especially during the most perilous hours. 

This was also the day Jesus uttered the greatly misunderstood quote, “I have no mother.” (154:6.5) These words expressed Jesus’ commitment to doing his Father’s will above all (a moral decision?) but his earthly family, who were strangers to Jesus’ teachings, mistook his words for rejection. Later, as Jesus entered a boat in hasty flight from the Sanhedrin officers, he asked David to tell his mother and brothers that he appreciated their attempt to contact him, and he intended to see them, adding for them to find no offense in him and to seek for the knowledge of God’s will and the courage to do it.

David’s Promise to Jesus

In bidding the Master farewell, David assured Jesus with these words, “Go forth to your work, Master. Don’t let the bigots catch you, and never doubt that the messengers will follow after you. My men will never lose contact with you, and through them you shall know of the kingdom in other parts, and by them we will all know about you. Nothing that might happen to me will interfere with this service, for I have appointed first and second leaders, even a third.” (154:5.3)

Then he concluded with his seraphic-like pledge, “I am neither a teacher nor a preacher, but it is in my heart to do this, and none can stop me.” (154:5.3)

True to David’s promise, the messengers never lost track of Jesus and his apostles. On one occasion, when a temple tax collector approached Peter about an overdue payment, David’s secret messenger overheard the conversation and quickly acted. The messenger arranged for a fellow messenger and friend to give Peter several large baskets of fish. Peter was able to sell the fish and pay the tax collector.

Few of Jesus’ followers were aware of the extensive value that the messenger corps afforded the larger group. Along with keeping believers and apostles throughout Palestine in touch with each other and in addition to providing camp services, the messenger organization collected funds, not only for Jesus, the apostles, and the evangelists, but also for their families. 

The headquarters for the messenger service remained in Bethsaida until the time when Abner moved his operations from Hebron to Bethlehem. During the mid-December rainy season of A.D. 29, David and the messenger corps loaded onto their pack animals the camp equipment stored in his father’s house. The kingdom was taking on a new phase. Bidding adieu to Bethsaida, the corps proceeded along the Jordan into Perea where they set up a camp large enough to accommodate almost fifteen hundred pilgrims arriving from Mesopotamia and the remote regions of the Roman Empire.

This complex enterprise required expert administration and substantial funding to keep running. In answer to an earnest seeker asking whether believers should have earthly possessions in common and if having wealth was a sin, Jesus said that having honorable wealth is not a sin. He shared that many of the pilgrims at the camp were fed and housed in the nearby tented city because liberal men and women of means had given the necessary funds to the host, David Zebedee, for such purposes.

David moved the tented camp in accordance with Jesus’ itinerary. When moving from Perea northward to Pella, David hosted almost four thousand residents, not including more than one thousand seekers who stayed with the apostles at the teachers’ camp. By mid-March, the Apostle Andrew instructed David to close the camp. And, as much as he disliked doing it, David sold all the equipment and carried the funds to Jerusalem, where he handed the money to Judas Iscariot. 

In the days that followed, David and some of his messenger associates effectively spread the word among the pilgrims and visitors that Jesus was about to make his triumphant entry into the city. In preparation, David set up a private camp near Gethsemane, close to the public camping ground. Before arriving at the new camp, Jesus had spoken to his apostles about the destruction of Jerusalem and his second coming. These were very difficult concepts for the apostles. As they journeyed toward their new camp, each struggled to fit the Master’s words with their expectations. For Judas, this was the moment when he internally confirmed his decision to abandon his fellow apostles and the cause. As they arrived at the camp, David was there to meet Jesus and the somewhat befuddled apostles. Thus, David was in Jerusalem for that last tragic week. 

The next day, Wednesday, was a time of rest. Jesus was ready to go into the hills by himself when David Zebedee, with three well-armed Galilean guards, challenged him about going into the hills, alone. Jesus knew the Pharisees wanted to capture him, but said, “You mean well, but you err in that you fail to understand that the Son of Man needs no one to defend him… These men may not accompany me. I desire to go alone, that I may commune with the Father.” (177:0.3)

This day also marked the memorable scene where John Mark tenaciously held onto the lunch basket offered to Jesus and eventually gained his approval to accompany Jesus to the mountains—another clever attempt of the Midwayer team at humor?

The Unseen Messenger

Several days earlier, through his secret agents in Jerusalem, David  had learned of the plans to destroy the Master. He was convinced that Jesus would not employ force in his own defense and understood that this could mean the Master’s death. Accordingly, he hurriedly dispatched a messenger to Jesus’ mother, urging her to come to Jerusalem with the rest of Jesus’ family, so they could see their father-brother before his death.

David knew about the part Judas would play in this plot but never disclosed it to the apostles. He did, however, make bold to ask Jesus if he knew about it. Jesus, in his fatherly way, held up his hand stopping David and said he was fully aware of it and knew that David knew. He told David to tell no one and to doubt not that the will of God would prevail in the end.

Shortly thereafter, Judas heard the Master speaking with Philip and, hoping to hear their conversation, drew closer. But David, standing nearby, adroitly stepped up and started a business conversation with Judas. When Judas handed him a sum of money for provisions, David asked for more, saying, “Judas, might it not be well, under the circumstances, to provide me with a little money in advance of my actual needs?” (178:2.10) 

Judas agreed and wisely handed all the remaining cash and receipts for deposited funds to David, just in case. It wasn’t until the next evening that the apostles learned of this transaction.

Returning to the camp after the Last Supper, the apostles were very shocked to find Judas absent. David Zebedee and John Mark took Jesus aside to reveal their knowledge about Judas’ plan to betray the Master. And again, Jesus responded, “Let not your hearts be troubled; all things will work together for the glory of God and the salvation of men.” (182:2.1)

Later, Jesus called David to request, “Send to me your most fleet and trustworthy messenger.” The messenger, one Jacob, rehearsed the message for Abner in Philadelphia and went on his way after hearing this enduring assurance from Jesus, “Fear not what any man may do to you, Jacob, for this night an unseen messenger will run by your side.” (182:2.5)

None of the apostles expected anything unusual to happen that night; only David and John Mark knew the enemies of Jesus were coming with Judas that very night. David was to guard the upper trail leading to the Bethany-Jerusalem road, and John Mark agreed to watch along the road coming up from Kidron to Gethsemane. 

Before leaving for the self-imposed guard duty, David was again able to speak to Jesus, to say farewell, and to share the joy it had been for him to serve the Master. David said that even though his two brothers were apostles, he experienced great delight in doing the seemingly lesser things as they should be done. 

He said that he would miss Jesus with all his heart when he was gone. 

Jesus responded, “David, my son, others have done that which they were directed to do, but this service have you done of your own heart, and I have not been unmindful of your devotion. You, too, shall some day serve with me in the eternal kingdom.” (182:2.10)

As the events of that night unfolded, John Mark informed David that Jesus had been bound and that the Roman guards had started him back to Jerusalem. They both rushed back to the tents of the sleeping apostles and told them of the Master’s betrayal and arrest.

News of Death…and Resurrection

David remained at the camp, with three or four messengers, keeping it as a clearinghouse. The other messengers were sent out to secure information about what was being done to Jesus, most of which was supplied by John Zebedee, David’s brother. The information was then relayed to the apostles and Jesus’ family.

This was the situation during the last half of Thursday night and the early morning hours of Friday regarding the apostles, the chief disciples, and the earthly family of Jesus. David’s messengers provided all this information as they operated from the Gethsemane camp. Almost every hour the messenger service brought news to the family of Jesus about the terrible business of putting to death their eldest brother.

Believing their enemies would soon return, David removed most of the tents to the ravine near where the Master often prayed. And that happened just in time, because the temple guards arrived and burned down the camp before hastening back to the temple, temporarily satisfying the Sanhedrin.

Within five minutes after finding out about the impending crucifixion, David sent runners to Bethsaida, Pella, Philadelphia, Sidon, Shechem, Hebron, Damascus, and even Alexandria carrying the news of what the Romans were to do at the insistent behest of the Jewish rulers. (Being aware that Alexandria, Egypt was/is approximately 507 kilometers, 315 miles from Jerusalem, it’s a long way to run, given the rough terrain and footgear available at that time.)

It was about half past three o’clock amidst the darkness of a sandstorm, when David sent out the last of his messengers to relay the news of the Master’s death. The last of these runners went to Bethany, to the home of Martha and Mary where he assumed the mother of Jesus stopped to rest.

David sent messengers every half hour to the apostles, the Greeks, and Jesus’ family throughout that tragic day until the Master had been laid in the tomb. Consequently, David temporarily dismissed the corps of runners for the coming Passover, the Sabbath, and some much needed rest, while he went into hiding with Andrew and Simon Peter.

Then came the events of the resurrection! 

David was a peculiar-minded person and the only one of the leading disciples of Jesus inclined to take a literal and matter-of-fact view of the Master’s assertion that he would die and “rise again on the third day.” (186:3.4). Interestingly, here the Midwayer authors designate David as a disciple! David also accepted that none of the apostles and none of Jesus’ followers, with perhaps the exception of Joseph of Arimathea, believed as he did about the resurrection, so little was said about this matter or of his bid to again mobilize his runners.

David and Joseph of Arimathea were willing to believe that the five women had seen and talked with the resurrected Jesus. So strong was this belief that the two men went to the tomb and found it just as the women had described. They were the last to view the sepulcher, because shortly thereafter the captain of the temple guards removed the grave cloths. The captain wrapped them all up in the linen sheet and threw them over a nearby cliff.

Interestingly, David steadfastly refused to argue with the apostles, even reprimanding them at one point saying, “You are the apostles, and you ought to understand these things. I will not contend with you; nevertheless, I now go back to the home of Nicodemus, where I have appointed with the messengers to assemble this morning, and when they have gathered together, I will send them forth on their last mission, as heralds of the Master’s resurrection. I heard the Master say that, after he should die, he would rise on the third day, and I believe him.”(190:1.3)

After speaking this way to the dejected and forlorn ambassadors of the kingdom, this self-appointed chief of communication and intelligence took leave of the apostles. On his way out of the upper chamber he dropped the money bag received from Judas into the lap of Matthew Levi.

Shortly thereafter and after the last of the twenty-six messengers arrived at the home of Nicodemus, David delivered a most endearing and unforgettable speech to his extraordinary volunteer runners,

“Men and brethren, all this time you have served me in accordance with your oath to me and to one another, and I call you to witness that I have never yet sent out false information at your hands. I am about to send you on your last mission as volunteer messengers of the kingdom, and in so doing I release you from your oaths and thereby disband the messenger corps. Men, I declare to you that we have finished our work. No more does the Master have need of mortal messengers; he has risen from the dead. He told us before they arrested him that he would die and rise again on the third day. I have seen the tomb—it is empty. I have talked with Mary Magdalene and four other women, who have talked with Jesus. I now disband you, bid you farewell, and send you on your respective assignments, and the message which you shall bear to the believers is: ‘Jesus has risen from the dead; the tomb is empty.’” (190:1.5)

The Final Message of Truth

Many tried to dissuade David and the messengers, but they would not listen. And so, just before ten o’clock this Sunday morning, the twenty-six messengers went on their run as the first heralds of the magnificent truth of the resurrection of Jesus. 

These men had great confidence in David, departing without even stopping to talk with those who had seen the resurrected Jesus, taking David at his word. Each messenger carried his message swiftly and with certainty heralding this great event.

After the third resurrection appearance, the one to Jesus’ older brother James, David justifiably exclaimed that not only excited women had seen Jesus but strong hearted men as well. And David eagerly anticipated seeing Jesus, too.

David did not wait long. For it was Jesus’ fourth resurrection appearance (while still in the first stage of Morontia form) at the back door of Martha and Mary’s home, where Jesus materialized before his earth family and friends, twenty in all, including David. Here, Jesus questioned their doubt and encouraged all to enter the fellowship of the Spirit of Truth in the Father’s kingdom.

The far-reaching messaging system between Jerusalem and Alexandria required a relay system of five runners. The fifth runner, Nathan of Busiris, arrived about eight-thirty in the evening on April eighteenth and delivered to Rodan the message about the crucifixion and hoped-for resurrection. Rodan called together some eighty Greek and Jewish believers and just at the conclusion of the messenger’s report, the Master made his twelfth appearance in fourth-stage morontia form.

Imagine the surprise when, two days later, the runner who heralded Jesus’ resurrection arrived in Alexandria to tell Rodan and his group that Jesus had risen, and they said to him, with another nugget of humor, “Yes, we know, for we have seen him. He appeared to us day before yesterday.” (191:6.4) 

Sometime after the master’s forty-day morontia career on Urantia, David, after his mothers’ death, assisted Martha and Mary with the selling of their real estate. In early June, David married Ruth, Jesus’ youngest sibling. Then with Martha and Mary, they left Bethany and traveled to live in Philadelphia, where David, in association with Abner and Lazarus, became the financial overseer of all those large interests of the kingdom which had their center at Philadelphia during the lifetime of Abner.

We may not all be apostles or disciples. But as believers in Jesus’ gospel and as faith children of our loving Father, we can make the pledge… “It is in my heart to do this, and none can stop me.” (154:5.3)

Buck Weimer is a founding member of the Rocky Mountain Spiritual Fellowship, a previous member of The Urantia Book Fellowship General Council and International Committee Chair, and a retired board member of Urantia University Institute. 

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As we delve into the extraordinary life of Jesus Christ Michael, the Urantia Book reveals a profound narrative of love, wisdom, and selflessness. 
From his earliest days in Nazareth to his triumphant resurrection, Jesus' journey is a masterclass in spiritual growth, divine connection, and unwavering dedication to his Father's will. 

How do we reconcile the human and divine aspects of Jesus' nature, as he navigates hardships of his dual identity as the Son of God and the Son of Man? 

How do his interactions with his family, friends, and foes reflect his boundless compassion, wisdom, and grace? And what can we learn from his exemplary life about embracing our own spiritual paths, confronting our fears and doubts, and embodying the divine love that transforms our lives and the world around us?

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The main difference between classical and pop music is that classical music has unique rules—and the brain likes them.

A gray-haired older woman sat motionless with her gaze lowered. In the late stages of dementia, she no longer spoke to others or made eye contact.

When Ayako Yonetani started playing the violin, the woman slowly lifted her head.

“Her mouth moved, and her eyes brightened as if she heard my music and was trying to follow it,” recounted Ms. Yonetani, a concert artist and professor of violin and viola at the University of Central Florida School of Performing Arts.

Those who spent time with the older woman were astonished. “They had never seen her react like this before,” she said. But this was only one of many times that Ms. Yonetani had seen such a thing.

Clear Evidence

One study published in the 1990s in the journal Nature drew people’s attention.

Three groups of participants were instructed to either sit in silence, listen to a relaxation tape, or listen to Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos in D major (K448). Ten minutes later, the group who listened to Mozart’s music showed a significant improvement in spatial IQ score—nearly 10 points higher than the other two groups.

Since then, scientists have used Mozart and other classical music in various experiments on animals and humans, confirming similar results: Listening to classical music or learning to play an instrument leads to higher school grades and stronger spatial reasoning skills, reduces the risk of brain atrophy, and slows cognitive decline.

The “Mozart effect” truly exists, said Kiminobu Sugaya, who has a doctorate in pharmacology and is a professor of medicine at the University of Central Florida College of Medicine and head of neuroscience at the Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, during an interview with The Epoch Times. In experiments with local community residents, he found that when this type of classical music was played, “we saw a 50 percent increase in brain function.”

Certain types of classical music not only enhance cognitive abilities but are also used to treat brain disorders such as epilepsy or Parkinson’s disease. “The Mozart effect is clear evidence that you can alter the brain function and abnormalities with music,” Dr. Michael Trimble, professor emeritus of neurology and neuropsychiatry at the University College London Institute of Neurology and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, told The Epoch Times. Sometimes, epilepsy is more difficult to control with medication, and using carefully selected and edited classical music to “train” the brains of epilepsy patients can normalize their brain waves and electroencephalographic abnormalities.

A study published in Interdisciplinary Science Reviews in 2022 indicated that “to this date, K448 and K545 have remained the only anti-epileptic music selections that have been verified by repeated experiments.” The study also cited data from a 2020 meta-analysis, which found that “approximately 84 percent of participants in the reviewed studies exhibited significant reductions in epileptic brain activity while listening to Mozart’s K448.”

What the Brain Wants

From the perspective of their impact on the human brain, the main difference between classical and pop music lies in “the complexity and structure,” Clara James, who has a doctorate in neuroscience and is a professor at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Geneva, Switzerland, and Privatdozent at the University of Geneva, told The Epoch Times.

Before the age of 32, Ms. James was a professional violinist.

 

Classical music of the common practice period (1600–1900) adheres to strict structural and harmonic rules. Even nonmusicians will notice a problem with its structure if a performer makes a minor mistake, Ms. James said.

“It places a significant emphasis on proportion, balance, and harmony,” added Ms. Yonetani.

In contrast, other forms of music may not strictly adhere to these structural rules.

The human brain “likes the rules of music,” explained Dr. Trimble. “There are certain musical sounds that are deeply embedded within the ability of our nervous system to be moved by music.” He emphasized that music contains natural rules and mathematical logic, especially classical music, where the connection to mathematics is robust. Therefore, it is universally recognized and accepted by the brain.

Musical notation for Beethoven's first edition of his Symphony No. 9. Classical music adheres to strict structural rules, and it places a significant emphasis on proportion, balance, and harmony. (Ian Waldie/Getty Images)

 

Mozart developed a truly different style of music, moving away from the earlier Baroque period, Dr. Trimble noted. Mozart’s K448, which was the first piece used to investigate the brain effect and the impact of Mozart’s music on the brain in general, “may relate to spectrogrammatic considerations—in particular, the presence of lower harmonic frequencies.

“Classical and pop music differ in so many ways,” he continued. Pop music contains continual repetition around the same musical sequences, conveying information that is often vague and banal without the subtle development and variation that occurs in the progression of classical music.

Ms. James pointed out that a typical classical music piece features a wide range of rhythms, with dynamics varying from extremely loud to very soft and extremely slow and fast sections—all seamlessly integrated. In comparison, a single pop music track has limited variability and maintains a regular rhythm.

Besides, classical music pieces are relatively long, typically ranging from 20 to 25 minutes; some are even longer, such as Gustav Mahler’s works, which can last over an hour. It carries rich information and allows the brain ample time to process it, much like slowly savoring an apple, as opposed to quickly consuming an apple-flavored gummy candy.

Furthermore, the live sound volume at modern pop music concerts can be deafening, and the singers’ and fans’ behavior can be quite wild. “You can’t hear the music because people are screaming all the time,” said Dr. Trimble.

Increased Gray Matter

As people age, their brains gradually shrink, resulting in a gradual loss of neurons. However, one study found that in orchestral musicians, certain parts of their brains do not shrink over time and can even increase in size.

MRI tests conducted under Mr. Sugaya’s supervision also had similar findings.

Symphony orchestra musicians have significantly higher gray matter volume than regular people, and their brain volume barely declines with age. (Illustration by The Epoch Times)

 

The brain is composed of gray matter and white matter. Gray matter, consisting of neurons, has been observed to increase in volume following musical activities. Ms. James explained that this increase is not due to an increase in neurons but rather “because the connections between the neurons get stronger.” On the other hand, white matter refers to short or long axons of neurons, which act together as the brain’s communication network, similar to how local roads and highways connect different cities. When listening to music, the network gets better built and oriented.

Additionally, the hippocampus—a deep brain structure—“lights up” when people listen to music attentively, said Ms. James. The hippocampus plays a critical role in cognition, memory, and emotion.

Our memory of music seems to last longer than memories of everyday events or experiences from certain stages of life. This phenomenon explains why some older individuals can effortlessly recall and sing songs or melodies they enjoyed in their youth. The hippocampus also helps people understand music. If this part of the brain is not engaged, one will not comprehend what they hear—like listening to a different language.

The Emotional Impact

International surveys found that over 80 percent of us cry to music, but only 18 percent and 25 percent tear up when viewing sculptures and paintings, respectively. “Music moves us,” said Dr. Trimble.

Classical music is closely linked to emotion. Dr. Trimble believes that “the actual response that we have to music is almost transcendental.”

Classical music can be more effective than other music for reducing stress and anxiety, as it typically includes moments of relaxation and calmness. “Every piece contains slow sections that help you relax,” said Ms. James. In certain therapeutic settings, such as hospitals, especially in intensive care units, the works of Mozart, Bach, and some Italian classical composers are often preferred for their superior stress-relieving and pain-reducing effects.

Jonathan Liu, a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioner and acupuncturist in Canada, told The Epoch Times that classical music has played a significant role in healing throughout history. It can also evoke a sense of sacredness, inspiring gratitude and reverence.

Classical music can improve brain function and reduce stress. It also can evoke a sense of sacredness, inspiring gratitude and reverence. Shen Yun Symphony Orchestra performing at the Boston Symphony Hall on Oct. 13, 2018. (NTD Television)

 

Ms. Yonetani was told a story after playing a big concert in a European church. Halfway through her playing, an older woman sitting among the audience had slowly transitioned from sitting to kneeling on the ground, closing her eyes in devout prayer. “Personally, performing masterpieces such as Beethoven’s violin concerto or Bach Chaconne evokes a sense of awe,” she shared.

Behind the stirring of emotions lies a series of substances produced within the brain.

Music promotes the brain’s secretion of endorphins, enkephalins, dopamine, and serotonin. Each has varied biological effects, from inducing pleasure and relaxation to alleviating physical discomfort and promoting sleep.

Mr. Sugaya mentioned that attending a classical music concert is ideal for dates because dopamine released in the brain can make you appear more charming to your partner. Beautiful music can also increase oxytocin, a love hormone.

“The brain has a lot of untapped potential that humanity has not fully explored yet,” Mr. Liu remarked.

The release of dopamine induces happiness and ignites sparks in the brain’s cognitive and reward systems. Ms. James explained that when people experience chills or shivers down their spine while immersed in classical music, they’re experiencing a phenomenon in which the brain’s reward system is fully activated and aroused by such a pleasurable experience.

Contrary to classical music’s anxiety- and depression-reducing effects, some modern genres of rock music bring about excessive excitement and melancholy. When discussing young people’s preference for stimulating music, Dr. Trimble stated, “I do not believe that helps your emotional state.” Instead, he believes this music arouses anger and negative emotions.

Certain modern genres of New Age music may also negatively affect emotions.

In an older study, 144 participants of various ages listened to different music categories for 15 minutes, filling out the same questionnaire before and after listening. The results showed that classical music significantly reduced feelings of tension. Contrastingly, New Age music, while reducing feelings of tension and hostility, also lowered people’s mental clarity and vigor. Rock music not only significantly increased feelings of hostility, fatigue, sadness, and tension but also reduced people’s mental clarity and vigor and their feelings of caring and relaxation.

Not Esoteric

Ms. James encourages people to incorporate classical music into their daily lives.

For the average person, classical music is not esoteric or difficult to understand; many classical pieces are actually quite accessible. “Someone who never had music lessons can still appreciate music very much,” she said.

Ms. Yonetani also noted that classical music from the Classical era initially served as entertainment for the nobility, rendering works by composers like Mozart and Joseph Haydn quite approachable and enjoyable. Moreover, classical music of the Baroque era by composers such as Bach and Handel is an excellent introduction to music appreciation despite its slightly more intricate nature. Classical music from the Romantic era, exemplified by composers like Brahms and Robert Schumann, offers a wealth of beauty and depth.

Ms. Yonetani shared an endearing detail about her daily routine. “My husband and I listen to music while eating breakfast.” Additionally, she believes listening to classical music during one’s work commute can be a rewarding way to appreciate its beauty and depth.

Notably, both Ms. Yonetani and Ms. James spoke of the tremendous charm of live concerts.

“Nothing compares to a live concert,” Ms. James emphasized, stating that the best way to appreciate classical music is at a concert. People can focus without distractions, immersing themselves in the music and the musicians’ vivid performance, thereby receiving “the highest experience, pleasure, and stimulation.”

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The roots of truth in our hearts are nourished by the living waters. These spiritual waters are created by combining two essential elements: the hydrogen of spiritual communion and the oxygen of social service. These two elements form the essence of the gospel: the supreme joy of the faith realization of sonship with God coupled with the supreme desire to do the Father's will. If we commit to keeping the roots of spiritual truth nourished and alive in our hearts then the fruits of this will be measured in our loving spiritual ministry, enlightening intellectual communion, and uplifting social service.

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162:7.2 “If my words abide in you and you are minded to do the will
of my Father, then are you truly my disciples. You shall know the truth, and
the truth shall make you free. I know how you will answer me: We are the
children of Abraham, and we are in bondage to none; how then shall we be
made free? Even so, I do not speak of outward subjection to another’s rule;
I refer to the liberties of the soul. Verily, verily, I say to you, everyone who
commits sin is the bond servant of sin. And you know that the bond servant
is not likely to abide forever in the master’s house. You also know that the
son does remain in his father’s house. If, therefore, the Son shall make you
free, shall make you sons, you shall be free indeed.

Excerpts from a study course by Henry Nelson Wieman

This study consists of materials contributed by Henry Nelson Wieman to a book titled, "Experiments in Personal Religion" which was published in 1928 by the American Institute of Sacred Literature in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. An editorial note at the beginning of the original text comments that the fourfold purpose of this course is "to help people to think more clearly concerning the nature and function of religion, to quicken their powers of observation in their customary contacts with the religious life of others, to cultivate skill in the evaluation of the results of observation, and to foster a deeper religious life in themselves and others."

In preparing the following excerpts for web publication it is hoped that the purpose of the original publication will bear additional fruit in a new generation of truth seekers.

Study I: Religious Experience through the Outer World of Nature
       The Method of Religious Experience

Study II: Religious Experience through Communion, Meditation, and Worship
       How to Get the Benefit of Private Worship

Study III: Religious Experience through the Influence of Beauty
         1. The Religious Experience of Beauty
         2. How Beauty Leads to God
         3. A Personal Experiment with Beauty

Study IV: Religious Experience through the Struggle of Life
         1. The Practical Problem of Struggle
         2. The Sources of Personal Energy
         3. Personal Experiment in Religion for Release of Energy

Study V: Religious Experience through Loyalty to a Great Cause: Experiment in Loyalty to a Cause
         1. The Problem
         2. The Proposition
         3. The Method

Study VI: Religious Experience through Happiness
         1. How to Enjoy the World
         2. How to Cure the Joy-Killing Attitude
         3. How to Preserve Critical Moral Judgment and Spiritual Aspiration in the Midst of our Joys

Study VII: Religious Experience through Crisis in Individual Growth and Social Experience: Salvation through Crisis
         1. The Problem of the Crisis
         2. How not to Meet a Crisis
         3. The Right Way
         4. How to Achieve the Right Way

Study VIII: Religious Experience through the Church: The Method of Spiritual Fellowship
         1. Sympathetic and Instrumental Association
         2. Organic Association
         3. Organic Association as Adjustment to God
         4. The Personal Experiment

Phronetic social science

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Phronetic social science is an approach to the study of social – including political and economic – phenomena based on a contemporary interpretation of the classical Greek concept phronesis, variously translated as practical judgment, common sense, or prudence. Phronesis is the intellectual virtue used to deliberate about which social actions are good or bad for humans. Phronetic social scientists study social phenomena with a focus on values and power. Researchers ask and answer the following four value-rational questions for specific instances of social action:

1. Where are we going?
2. Is this development desirable?
3. Who gains and who loses, and by which mechanisms of power?
4. What, if anything, should we do about it?

Phronetic social science was first described by Bent Flyvbjerg in his book Making Social Science Matter. Here he presented phronetic social science as an alternative to epistemic social science, that is, social science modeled after the natural sciences. Flyvbjerg observed that despite centuries of trying the natural science model still does not work in social science: No predictive social theories have been arrived at as yet, if prediction is understood in the natural science sense. Flyvbjerg held that as long as social science would try to emulate natural science, social science would stand as loser in the Science Wars. If, however, the social sciences modeled themselves after phronesis they would be strong where the natural sciences are weak, namely in the deliberation about values and power that is essential to social and economic development in modern society. Flyvbjerg's position was further developed in the so-called Flyvbjerg Debate.

REVELATION SOCIAL SCIENCE BASED UPON THE INSTRUCTIONS OF GOD AND THE PROMISES OF GOD Achievable only by living faith, following God's instructions and believing in God's Promises

From SpiritualFamily.net Revelation Papers

  ^157:4.4 After they had partaken of their meal and were engaged in discussing plans for the forthcoming tour of the Decapolis, Jesus suddenly looked up into their faces and said: "Now that a full day has passed since you assented to Simon Peter's declaration regarding the identity of the Son of Man, I would ask if you still hold to your decision?" On hearing this, the twelve stood upon their feet, and Simon Peter, stepping a few paces forward toward Jesus, said: "Yes, Master, we do. We believe that you are the Son of the living God." And Peter sat down with his brethren.

  ^157:4.5 Jesus, still standing, then said to the twelve: "You are my chosen ambassadors, but I know that, in the circumstances, you could not entertain this belief as a result of mere human knowledge. This is a revelation of the spirit of my Father to your inmost souls. And when, therefore, you make this confession by the insight of the spirit of my Father which dwells within you, I am led to declare that upon this foundation will I build the brotherhood of the kingdom of heaven. Upon this rock of spiritual reality will I build the living temple of spiritual fellowship in the eternal realities of my Father's kingdom. All the forces of evil and the hosts of sin shall not prevail against this human fraternity of the divine spirit. And while my Father's spirit shall ever be the divine guide and mentor of all who enter the bonds of this spirit fellowship, to you and your successors I now deliver the keys of the outward kingdom -- the authority over things temporal -- the social and economic features of this association of men and women as fellows of the kingdom." And again he charged them, for the time being, that they should tell no man that he was the Son of God.

6. THE MAINTENANCE OF CIVILIZATION

  ^81:6.1 While biologic evolution has proceeded ever upward, much of cultural evolution went out from the Euphrates valley in waves, which successively weakened as time passed until finally the whole of the pure-line Adamic posterity had gone forth to enrich the civilizations of Asia and Europe. The races did not fully blend, but their civilizations did to a considerable extent mix. Culture did slowly spread throughout the world. And this civilization must be maintained and fostered, for there exist today no new sources of culture, no Andites to invigorate and stimulate the slow progress of the evolution of civilization.

  ^81:6.2 The civilization which is now evolving on Urantia grew out of, and is predicated on, the following factors:

  ^81:6.3 1. Natural circumstances. The nature and extent of a material civilization is in large measure determined by the natural resources available. Climate, weather, and numerous physical conditions are factors in the evolution of culture.

  ^81:6.4 At the opening of the Andite era there were only two extensive and fertile open hunting areas in all the world. One was in North America and was overspread by the Amerinds; the other was to the north of Turkestan and was partly occupied by an Andonic-yellow race. The decisive factors in the evolution of a superior culture in southwestern Asia were race and climate. The Andites were a great people, but the crucial factor in determining the course of their civilization was the increasing aridity of Iran, Turkestan, and Sinkiang, which forced them to invent and adopt new and advanced methods of wresting a livelihood from their decreasingly fertile lands.

  ^81:6.5 The configuration of continents and other land-arrangement situations are very influential in determining peace or war. Very few Urantians have ever had such a favorable opportunity for continuous and unmolested development as has been enjoyed by the peoples of North America -- protected on practically all sides by vast oceans.

  ^81:6.6 2. Capital goods. Culture is never developed under conditions of poverty; leisure is essential to the progress of civilization. Individual character of moral and spiritual value may be acquired in the absence of material wealth, but a cultural civilization is only derived from those conditions of material prosperity which foster leisure combined with ambition.

  ^81:6.7 During primitive times life on Urantia was a serious and sober business. And it was to escape this incessant struggle and interminable toil that mankind constantly tended to drift toward the salubrious climate of the tropics. While these warmer zones of habitation afforded some remission from the intense struggle for existence, the races and tribes who thus sought ease seldom utilized their unearned leisure for the advancement of civilization. Social progress has invariably come from the thoughts and plans of those races that have, by their intelligent toil, learned how to wrest a living from the land with lessened effort and shortened days of labor and thus have been able to enjoy a well-earned and profitable margin of leisure.

  ^81:6.8 3. Scientific knowledge. The material aspects of civilization must always await the accumulation of scientific data. It was a long time after the discovery of the bow and arrow and the utilization of animals for power purposes before man learned how to harness wind and water, to be followed by the employment of steam and electricity. But slowly the tools of civilization improved. Weaving, pottery, the domestication of animals, and metalworking were followed by an age of writing and printing.

  ^81:6.9 Knowledge is power. Invention always precedes the acceleration of cultural development on a world-wide scale. Science and invention benefited most of all from the printing press, and the interaction of all these cultural and inventive activities has enormously accelerated the rate of cultural advancement.

  ^81:6.10 Science teaches man to speak the new language of mathematics and trains his thoughts along lines of exacting precision. And science also stabilizes philosophy through the elimination of error, while it purifies religion by the destruction of superstition.

  ^81:6.11 4. Human resources. Man power is indispensable to the spread of civilization. All things equal, a numerous people will dominate the civilization of a smaller race. Hence failure to increase in numbers up to a certain point prevents the full realization of national destiny, but there comes a point in population increase where further growth is suicidal. Multiplication of numbers beyond the optimum of the normal man-land ratio means either a lowering of the standards of living or an immediate expansion of territorial boundaries by peaceful penetration or by military conquest, forcible occupation.

  ^81:6.12 You are sometimes shocked at the ravages of war, but you should recognize the necessity for producing large numbers of mortals so as to afford ample opportunity for social and moral development; with such planetary fertility there soon occurs the serious problem of overpopulation. Most of the inhabited worlds are small. Urantia is average, perhaps a trifle undersized. The optimum stabilization of national population enhances culture and prevents war. And it is a wise nation which knows when to cease growing.

  ^81:6.13 But the continent richest in natural deposits and the most advanced mechanical equipment will make little progress if the intelligence of its people is on the decline. Knowledge can be had by education, but wisdom, which is indispensable to true culture, can be secured only through experience and by men and women who are innately intelligent. Such a people are able to learn from experience; they may become truly wise.

  ^81:6.14 5. Effectiveness of material resources. Much depends on the wisdom displayed in the utilization of natural resources, scientific knowledge, capital goods, and human potentials. The chief factor in early civilization was the force exerted by wise social masters; primitive man had civilization literally thrust upon him by his superior contemporaries. Well-organized and superior minorities have largely ruled this world.

  ^81:6.15 Might does not make right, but might does make what is and what has been in history. Only recently has Urantia reached that point where society is willing to debate the ethics of might and right.

  ^81:6.16 6. Effectiveness of language. The spread of civilization must wait upon language. Live and growing languages insure the expansion of civilized thinking and planning. During the early ages important advances were made in language. Today, there is great need for further linguistic development to facilitate the expression of evolving thought.

  ^81:6.17 Language evolved out of group associations, each local group developing its own system of word exchange. Language grew up through gestures, signs, cries, imitative sounds, intonation, and accent to the vocalization of subsequent alphabets. Language is man's greatest and most serviceable thinking tool, but it never flourished until social groups acquired some leisure. The tendency to play with language develops new words -- slang. If the majority adopt the slang, then usage constitutes it language. The origin of dialects is illustrated by the indulgence in "baby talk" in a family group.

  ^81:6.18 Language differences have ever been the great barrier to the extension of peace. The conquest of dialects must precede the spread of a culture throughout a race, over a continent, or to a whole world. A universal language promotes peace, insures culture, and augments happiness. Even when the tongues of a world are reduced to a few, the mastery of these by the leading cultural peoples mightily influences the achievement of world-wide peace and prosperity.

  ^81:6.19 While very little progress has been made on Urantia toward developing an international language, much has been accomplished by the establishment of international commercial exchange. And all these international relations should be fostered, whether they involve language, trade, art, science, competitive play, or religion.

  ^81:6.20 7. Effectiveness of mechanical devices. The progress of civilization is directly related to the development and possession of tools, machines, and channels of distribution. Improved tools, ingenious and efficient machines, determine the survival of contending groups in the arena of advancing civilization.

  ^81:6.21 In the early days the only energy applied to land cultivation was man power. It was a long struggle to substitute oxen for men since this threw men out of employment. Latterly, machines have begun to displace men, and every such advance is directly contributory to the progress of society because it liberates man power for the accomplishment of more valuable tasks.

  ^81:6.22 Science, guided by wisdom, may become man's great social liberator. A mechanical age can prove disastrous only to a nation whose intellectual level is too low to discover those wise methods and sound techniques for successfully adjusting to the transition difficulties arising from the sudden loss of employment by large numbers consequent upon the too rapid invention of new types of laborsaving machinery.

  ^81:6.23 8. Character of torchbearers. Social inheritance enables man to stand on the shoulders of all who have preceded him, and who have contributed aught to the sum of culture and knowledge. In this work of passing on the cultural torch to the next generation, the home will ever be the basic institution. The play and social life comes next, with the school last but equally indispensable in a complex and highly organized society.

  ^81:6.24 Insects are born fully educated and equipped for life -- indeed, a very narrow and purely instinctive existence. The human baby is born without an education; therefore man possesses the power, by controlling the educational training of the younger generation, greatly to modify the evolutionary course of civilization.

  ^81:6.25 The greatest twentieth-century influences contributing to the furtherance of civilization and the advancement of culture are the marked increase in world travel and the unparalleled improvements in methods of communication. But the improvement in education has not kept pace with the expanding social structure; neither has the modern appreciation of ethics developed in correspondence with growth along more purely intellectual and scientific lines. And modern civilization is at a standstill in spiritual development and the safeguarding of the home institution.

  ^81:6.26 9. The racial ideals. The ideals of one generation carve out the channels of destiny for immediate posterity. The quality of the social torchbearers will determine whether civilization goes forward or backward. The homes, churches, and schools of one generation predetermine the character trend of the succeeding generation. The moral and spiritual momentum of a race or a nation largely determines the cultural velocity of that civilization.

  ^81:6.27 Ideals elevate the source of the social stream. And no stream will rise any higher than its source no matter what technique of pressure or directional control may be employed. The driving power of even the most material aspects of a cultural civilization is resident in the least material of society's achievements. Intelligence may control the mechanism of civilization, wisdom may direct it, but spiritual idealism is the energy which really uplifts and advances human culture from one level of attainment to another.

  ^81:6.28 At first life was a struggle for existence; now, for a standard of living; next it will be for quality of thinking, the coming earthly goal of human existence.

  ^81:6.29 10. Co-ordination of specialists. Civilization has been enormously advanced by the early division of labor and by its later corollary of specialization. Civilization is now dependent on the effective co-ordination of specialists. As society expands, some method of drawing together the various specialists must be found.

  ^81:6.30 Social, artistic, technical, and industrial specialists will continue to multiply and increase in skill and dexterity. And this diversification of ability and dissimilarity of employment will eventually weaken and disintegrate human society if effective means of co-ordination and co-operation are not developed. But the intelligence which is capable of such inventiveness and such specialization should be wholly competent to devise adequate methods of control and adjustment for all problems resulting from the rapid growth of invention and the accelerated pace of cultural expansion.

  ^81:6.31 11. Place-finding devices. The next age of social development will be embodied in a better and more effective co-operation and co-ordination of ever-increasing and expanding specialization. And as labor more and more diversifies, some technique for directing individuals to suitable employment must be devised. Machinery is not the only cause for unemployment among the civilized peoples of Urantia. Economic complexity and the steady increase of industrial and professional specialism add to the problems of labor placement.

  ^81:6.32 It is not enough to train men for work; in a complex society there must also be provided efficient methods of place finding. Before training citizens in the highly specialized techniques of earning a living, they should be trained in one or more methods of commonplace labor, trades or callings which could be utilized when they were transiently unemployed in their specialized work. No civilization can survive the long-time harboring of large classes of unemployed. In time, even the best of citizens will become distorted and demoralized by accepting support from the public treasury. Even private charity becomes pernicious when long extended to able-bodied citizens.

  ^81:6.33 Such a highly specialized society will not take kindly to the ancient communal and feudal practices of olden peoples. True, many common services can be acceptably and profitably socialized, but highly trained and ultraspecialized human beings can best be managed by some technique of intelligent co-operation. Modernized co-ordination and fraternal regulation will be productive of longer-lived co-operation than will the older and more primitive methods of communism or dictatorial regulative institutions based on force.

  ^81:6.34 12. The willingness to co-operate. One of the great hindrances to the progress of human society is the conflict between the interests and welfare of the larger, more socialized human groups and of the smaller, contrary-minded asocial associations of mankind, not to mention antisocially-minded single individuals.

  ^81:6.35 No national civilization long endures unless its educational methods and religious ideals inspire a high type of intelligent patriotism and national devotion. Without this sort of intelligent patriotism and cultural solidarity, all nations tend to disintegrate as a result of provincial jealousies and local self-interests.

  ^81:6.36 The maintenance of world-wide civilization is dependent on human beings learning how to live together in peace and fraternity. Without effective co-ordination, industrial civilization is jeopardized by the dangers of ultraspecialization: monotony, narrowness, and the tendency to breed distrust and jealousy.

  ^81:6.37 13. Effective and wise leadership. In civilization much, very much, depends on an enthusiastic and effective load-pulling spirit. Ten men are of little more value than one in lifting a great load unless they lift together -- all at the same moment. And such teamwork -- social co-operation -- is dependent on leadership. The cultural civilizations of the past and the present have been based upon the intelligent co-operation of the citizenry with wise and progressive leaders; and until man evolves to higher levels, civilization will continue to be dependent on wise and vigorous leadership.

  ^81:6.38 High civilizations are born of the sagacious correlation of material wealth, intellectual greatness, moral worth, social cleverness, and cosmic insight.

  ^81:6.39 14. Social changes. Society is not a divine institution; it is a phenomenon of progressive evolution; and advancing civilization is always delayed when its leaders are slow in making those changes in the social organization which are essential to keeping pace with the scientific developments of the age. For all that, things must not be despised just because they are old, neither should an idea be unconditionally embraced just because it is novel and new.

  ^81:6.40 Man should be unafraid to experiment with the mechanisms of society. But always should these adventures in cultural adjustment be controlled by those who are fully conversant with the history of social evolution; and always should these innovators be counseled by the wisdom of those who have had practical experience in the domains of contemplated social or economic experiment. No great social or economic change should be attempted suddenly. Time is essential to all types of human adjustment -- physical, social, or economic. Only moral and spiritual adjustments can be made on the spur of the moment, and even these require the passing of time for the full outworking of their material and social repercussions. The ideals of the race are the chief support and assurance during the critical times when civilization is in transit from one level to another.

  ^81:6.41 15. The prevention of transitional breakdown. Society is the offspring of age upon age of trial and error; it is what survived the selective adjustments and readjustments in the successive stages of mankind's agelong rise from animal to human levels of planetary status. The great danger to any civilization -- at any one moment -- is the threat of breakdown during the time of transition from the established methods of the past to those new and better, but untried, procedures of the future.

  ^81:6.42 Leadership is vital to progress. Wisdom, insight, and foresight are indispensable to the endurance of nations. Civilization is never really jeopardized until able leadership begins to vanish. And the quantity of such wise leadership has never exceeded one per cent of the population.

  ^81:6.43 And it was by these rungs on the evolutionary ladder that civilization climbed to that place where those mighty influences could be initiated which have culminated in the rapidly expanding culture of the twentieth century. And only by adherence to these essentials can man hope to maintain his present-day civilizations while providing for their continued development and certain survival.

  ^81:6.44 This is the gist of the long, long struggle of the peoples of earth to establish civilization since the age of Adam. Present-day culture is the net result of this strenuous evolution. Before the discovery of printing, progress was relatively slow since one generation could not so rapidly benefit from the achievements of its predecessors. But now human society is plunging forward under the force of the accumulated momentum of all the ages through which civilization has struggled.

  ^{81:6.45Sponsored by an Archangel of Nebadon.}

Some people find it very hard to believe that salvation and spiritual growth can occur outside their religion. 

Enoch and Elijah were not Christians, Muslims, Hindus, etc. Elijah may have practiced Judaism but definitely not Enoch. 

These two men grew in faith, in love, in intelligence and spirituality to such an extent that they qualified to ascend to heaven without even tasting death! 

It's not about evolutionary, man-made religion. It's about walking in the spirit, manifesting the fruits of the spirit. It's about personal, conversational relationship with God. 

Dear CMC Fellowship Family,

I hope this letter finds you well and filled with the joy of the divine presence. It is with a heart full of gratitude for each and every one of you that I write to inform you of some changes in our meeting schedule.

Over the past months, we have enjoyed coming together every Friday for our fellowship online gatherings,  physically on every last Sunday of the month.

 These meetings have been a source of spiritual nourishment, community bonding, and growth in our faith journey. However, in light of recent circumstances, we find it necessary to make some adjustments.

As you may be aware, the costs associated with data for our virtual meetings have become increasingly burdensome for some members of our fellowship. We understand the financial challenges that many of you face, and we do not want anyone to feel excluded or unable to participate fully due to these constraints.

Therefore, after careful consideration and prayerful discernment, the leadership team has decided to reduce the frequency of our virtual meetings from every Friday to once a month, specifically on the 3rd Friday of each month and also attending the CMC global meeting making it twice a month. 

Additionally, our physical fellowship gatherings will also be held once a month, on every last Sunday of the month.

This adjustment in our meeting schedule aims to strike a balance between maintaining our spiritual connection as a community and being mindful of the practical challenges that some members face. By consolidating our meetings to twice a month, we hope to make participation more accessible and sustainable for everyone.

While we recognize that this change may require some adjustment, we believe it is in the best interest of our fellowship family as a whole. Our commitment to fostering spiritual growth, supporting one another, and spreading the love of Christ remains unwavering, regardless of the frequency of our gatherings.

We encourage you to mark your calendars and make plans to join us for our upcoming meetings on the 3rd Friday of month and the global meeting on every first Sunday of the month. Let us continue to lift each other up in prayer, stay connected through fellowship, and be beacons of light in our communities.

If you have any questions or concerns about these changes, please do not hesitate to reach out to any member of the leadership team. Your feedback is valuable to us as we navigate these transitions together.

In closing, May we continue to walk together in unity and love, guided by the spirit of Christ.

Blessings and peace be with you all.

Yours in Christ,

Niwamanya Benjamin magara 
CMC coordinator

Who is Jesus to me?

For me Jesus is the creator of the universe who descended on a divine mission to show the Father's love to all the inhabitants of the earth.

He is someone very charismatic and magical in his energies, very cordial and warm, very knows what to do with every personality he meets. someone very special.

He is my brother and father, both, it can be a bit confusing how to refer to him sometimes, as brother or father, but usually I refer to him as father. Because he has fatherly qualities.

He is my savior from my difficulties, although I am also my own savior, no one will do the work for us, but yes Jesus can help a lot if we repeatedly ask for his help from the bottom of our hearts.

I appreciate you Jesus for all the things you have done for my brothers and sisters, I have brothers and sisters who dedicate their lives to you and only you and this is something I would like to learn from others - how to dedicate my life to divinity, to you and to God.

Thank you for existing in the universe and far beyond, in Paradise and Havona and the super-universes. And thank you on this occasion also to your partner Nebadonia, and it is interesting that you never had a partner in your life in Urantia but you do have a partner in your life as Michael of Nebadon. Apparently, in your mission as Jesus, you didn't have time for a partner and that would have only caused you trouble.

Good luck to all of us with the perfect presence of Michael-Jesus, to be in his peace. Amen  

When mind is thus endowed with the ministry of the Holy Spirit, it possesses the capacity for (consciously or unconsciously) choosing the spiritual presence of the Universal Father—the Thought Adjuster. But it is not until a bestowal Son has liberated the Spirit of Truth for planetary ministry to all mortals that all normal minds are automatically prepared for the reception of the Thought Adjusters. The Spirit of Truth works as one with the presence of the spirit of the Divine Minister. This dual spirit liaison hovers over the worlds, seeking to teach truth and to spiritually enlighten the minds of men, to inspire the souls of the creatures of the ascending races, and to lead the peoples dwelling on the evolutionary planets ever towards their Paradise goal of divine destiny
 

Letter to Monica

Prayer has great power my sister,
It can turn a hard person into a soft and pleasant person. how? Because prayer brings you to the knowledge that there is someone above who can help you and others, things you cannot do, there is someone who can! and it releases unnecessary weight from you.

For me, many times the power of prayer combines with the power of imagination and then the prayer is even more tangible towards God, and this gives me the power to continue forward.

Imagination is such an amazing thing, I can see things that I wouldn't see without it, I always enter a space full of light and I see people in a brighter light, happier, more passionate, I look at life from a higher perspective, more like God, and it helps me .
And prayer is my hope for better days, for days when there is romance between me and God, that my dreams with him come true, and prayer is also my place to thank God for who he is and simply let him be him and me be me.

Thank you for the wonderful powers given to us by our superiors, our kind parents, and we hope for better times. We are all in difficulties, some more and some less, but life will smile at us all in the end, if we worship, pray, confess, give thanks, serve, and 

We're not just born to increase numbers in our communities but only to make a difference and a change to impact generations yet unborn

Spreading love is the most precious gift God has ever blessed man with and so whenever we practice it, we become His witnesses. Therefore let's join hands to make this world a better place for everyone most especially the underprivileged.

I know much is coming, but dear Lord I am yearning for your support, lift me up and let me be what you want me to be, I know you knew me before I was born.

Truth is coherent, beauty attractive, goodness stabilizing. And when these values of that which is real are co-ordinated in personality experience, the result is a high order of love conditioned by wisdom and qualified by loyalty. The real purpose of all universe education is to effect the better co-ordination of the isolated child of the worlds with the larger realities of his expanding experience. Reality is finite on the human level, infinite and eternal on the higher and divine levels.” 2:7.12 

Regards,
Onesmas.

On Tue, Mar 19, 2024, 6:09 PM Monica Kemp <monicakemp54@gmail.com> wrote:
This is amazingly written, brother...thank you so much! And may I pray the same for you. 
 

And I remember, too, that our Spirit Team = our Indwelling Paradise Father Fragment, our Universe Mother's Holy Spirit bringing to us our Beloved Father Brother Michael's Spirit of Truth as well as our personal seraphim in our work for the Father (whew, that's a LOT of help for EACH of us, isn't it?!), they are always blessing us! We just need to open our eyes and hearts to be able to appreciate what they have bestowed upon us. 

Difficulties? Those are teach us how to rely in our unseen Spirit helpers...NO ONE says it is easy, as it is NOT. However, we are never alone.

Blessings in all you think, say and do today, my brother.  My heart is with you in all. 

Discussions with Paul 2024-03-28

Raise your Frequency, not only for a transient feeling of good but for creating your inner reality.

Sometimes you feel bad and you want to feel better, of course. so you raise your vibration closer to the frequency of The Infinite Source, just so you won't feel bad. but look that your attention is not only to get out of the bad but to actually be with the good and create your own reality with The Source within you.

When you raise your vibration higher to The Source, you help not only to the collective consciousness of the world but to the entire universe !!!

Be A Co-Creator, not a passive observer. 
Be Creative, not mechanical.

We need everybody's help to make the world a better place, and more than that, we need you because of your uniqueness. 

Let's enrich eternity with our individual personality uniqueness, like The Father guides us to do. let's keep raising our vibration on daily basis and show the world how good it is to do it, and how this is the way of truthful living.

Don't give up when things are not working out for you - it's just your impatience that does problems for you ! you want to be mature now, but you have to admit your current place of immatureness and smallness if you want to progress well.

But remember that you are also powerful energetic beings, co-creators, you have the power to create your own reality, with faith.

So I want to wish you good luck with your co-creation with The Source within you, let me know how is it going for you. 

Much success, your success is important to all of us, we are all connected and share the same universe 

Much love 
Onesmas 

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

I trust this message finds you well and filled with the spirit of giving. As a cherished member and coordinator of our Christ Michael Center Kampala fellowship family, I am compelled to reach out to you with a heartfelt appeal for your support. Our fellowship is currently composed of 15 members, of these 3 are females and the rest are males. Most of the group members are at Makerere University others are at Kampala International University. Our fellowship is growing at a high speed as we aim at accomplishing our target of spreading the word of the new revelation to all universities in Uganda and the whole world at large.

In these unprecedented times, our fellowship family has faced its share of trials and tribulations. Yet, through the strength of our unity and the unwavering commitment to our spiritual journey, we have persevered. However, as we navigate the challenges of the current landscape, we find ourselves in need of additional resources to sustain our momentum and continue our mission of spiritual growth and community building.

Our primary avenue for staying connected and fostering spiritual nourishment is through virtual gatherings and study sessions conducted via Zoom and Google meet. While these online platforms have proven invaluable in maintaining our sense of community, they come with their own set of challenges. The costs associated with organizing these events, including event coordination and data expenses, have placed a strain on our resources.

Due to high zoom cost implementation and maintenance in terms of subscription fee and data expenses, we have found it a good idea to opt for Google meet as our overall mode of conducting our virtual meetings. In making more research we came to know that if we get in position of raising Canadian dollars 192, we can be able to obtain a premium Google meet account for our fellowship for one year. The Google meet premium account can enable us conduct our meetings without any time limits.

As we all know that every good aspect has some challenges attached to, we came to realize that attending a meeting via Google meet for an hour costs $3 per attendee per hour. We are looking at always attending our fellowships for about 2 hours or more making it a requirement for each attendee to be in position of having $6 as data expenses for the estimated time. This has left us with limited finances to assist the members in attending our fellowships.

This is where your support can make a tangible difference. By contributing to our fundraising efforts, you will directly empower us to:
1. Enhance the quality of our events: Your generous donation will enable us to elevate the caliber of our virtual gatherings and study sessions. From securing knowledgeable guest speakers to investing in interactive learning resources, your support will help us deliver enriching experiences that deepen our spiritual understanding and strengthen our bonds as a community.

2. Expand access to all members: We recognize that financial constraints should never be a barrier to participation in our fellowship family. With your support, we can provide assistance to those members who may face challenges in accessing the necessary technology or internet connectivity required for our online activities. Your generosity will ensure that every member of our community feels valued and included, regardless of their circumstances.

3. Sustain our collective growth: Your investment in our fellowship family is an investment in the collective well-being and spiritual evolution of each member. By supporting our initiatives, you are helping to create a nurturing environment where individuals can explore their faith, deepen their spiritual connection, and forge lasting friendships that extend beyond the confines of our virtual gatherings.

Your contribution, no matter the size, will have a profound impact on the lives of our members and the vitality of our community. Together, we can overcome the obstacles before us and emerge stronger and more united than ever before.

Thank you for considering our appeal and for your continued commitment to the Christ Michael Center Kampala fellowship family. May your generosity be a beacon of hope and inspiration to us all.

With heartfelt gratitude and blessings,

NIWAMANYA BENJAMIN MAGARA (Coordinator CMC Kampala Fellowship)
Email: niwamanyabenjamin@gmail.com

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