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Mar - Urantia Book - Los Angeles Society
TI{E MONITOR
MARCH-APRIL 1993
NEriflStETl'Ell OF THE FIRSTSOCIE'IYOF tOS ANGELESfor Urantia Book readcrs
SPECIALSPRINGISSUE!
PHILCALABRESE
TO SPEAK ON MAR 7
"KINGDOMOF GOD& COSMOLOGY
OF UB..
Out of town speaker, Philip
Calabrese, honors FSIA attendees with his presentation, "The
Kingdom of God and Cosmology
of The Urantia Book", Sunday,
March 7,1993.
tJ(/hatdoes the gospel of the
"Kingdom of God" have in common with the cosmology of The
Urantia Book? Answer: A totality
a t t h e cen ter of each individuality. The Father is present
as a spiritwithin the mind of each
individual person and Paradiseis
present atthe nucleus of each individual ultimaton. Thus, the
universe is "fatherly" - a fact not
yet.discovered by contemporary
s c i e n ce n o r by mainstream
religion.
Philip is married to Cindy and
t h e y ha ve fou r wonderful
chilldren: their home is in San
Diego. Philip Calabreseholds a
PhD in Mathematics and a Minor
in Physics. He has read the Urantia Book since 1969. Philip and
Cindy co-host a Urantia Book
study gro u p wit h Dic k a n d
Cheryl P rin c e . P h ilip is t h e
moderator at his church, UCC
Commu n it y Co n g re g a t io n a l
Church at Pacific Beach, he is
also a me mb e r o f t h e c h o ir.
Philip was born and raised in the
Catholic faith. He is a Senior
Research Associate of National
Research Council, his present
project
is
Ma t h e rn a t ic a l
Research, in Conditional Information.
We are very honored to have
him speak to our membership.
We will see evervone March 7.
ROXYVENTOLATO PRESENT
,.FRUITS
OF THESPIRIT"ON APRIL4th!
The incomparable Roxy Ventola, long time active member of
FSI/. and student of The Urantia
Book, will be presenting a talk,
"The Fruits of the Spirit" on April
4,1993 in Forbes Hall.
Ro><yhas served in just about
every capacity for FSIA since it
beganand has been studyingThe
Urantia Book for well over two
decades. Her expertise and understanding of the teachings and
'spirit' of the Book will be shared
with all who attend this fascinating meeting.
In pastpresentations,Roxy has
always made even the complex
facetsof the Book easyand entertaining for her listeners. Her gift
of humor and wit effectively
prevents any lack of attention
developing during her talks.
ONL YNOT ICE!
,FRUITSOF THESPIRIT'
presented by
ROXYVENTOLA
APRTL
4th, 1gg3
SUNDAY- 2:00PM
(Forbes Hall)
D ON' TMISSTHIS ONE!
FSIA MEETING LOCATION FOR MAR 7th
Unitarian Community
Church - (Forbes Hall Entrance) - l72l
Arizona, Santa Monica, CA!
PRESIDENT'S
MESSAGE
"Teamwork"
depettdent on, leadersltip. Tlte cu.ltural ciuilizations of tbe past aotd
tbe presettt baue been. based upotl.
tbe itttelligerxt cooperatiort, of tbe
citizen ry uit lt u.tise a n d.progre ssiu e
leaders: and until ntan euolues to
biglser leuels, ciuiliza,tiorz utill cotltittue to be depettd.ent on uise antd
uigorous leadersbip."
(pS.lS)
"Effictiue antd uise leadersbip.
Itt, ciuilizatiort tttucb, uery ntucb,
depends otl. arr. err,tltusiastic loadpullirtg spirit. Ten,rnerr. &re of little
ntore ualue tban one in. liftittg a
great load.u.nless tbey ffi togetber - all at tbe sa.n',.ettonr.ent. Artd such
tea nntork -- socia.l cooperatiort. -- is
taught byJesus, gives every freewill
individual the sense of belonging
amongst us. This strengthens our
ability to support each other in our
'soul' purpose here on Urantia personal growth! It helps us in the
dissemination of The Urantia Book
and enables each person to be a
living example of the teachings
therein. Knowledge is increased
and enhanced by "group study."
FS[,A members are enthusiastic
and effective. Our sharing the load
and pulling together with an uplifting and welcoming spirit has
amplified the feeling in others of fellowship, bringing about a desire to
attend and share in our monthly
meetings.
'We,as a group, are striving to successfully present leadership
without politics, programs with
quality and fellowship with meaning.
Our evolving maturing, forgiveness and non-judgmental attitude
"Wbile you ca.rxrxot obsente tlte
dluine spirit at utork in your
ntittds, tbere is a practical metbod
of discouerhog tbe degree to ubiclt
yotr baue yielded ...anr.dtbat is tbe
degree of yotr loueforyourfellout
7r7.er7,.
"'
(Pg.1642)
The best of everything to each of
you and thankyou foryour support
in extending The Urantia Book to
the world. In your service,
Marlette Cbicoine
WHATWAS THATWORD?
TOLERANCEis referenced many times in The Urantia Book. Jesus tried to impress upon his apostles
the art of tolerance. As a young teen,Jesus mastered this art of tolerance over his conflictbetween honoring his parents and being loyal to his own religious convictions.
Throughout our universe career, we will constantly be reminded of and tested for tolerance. Ve will
encounter all sorts of different beings, with diversified experiences as well as dissimilar interpretations.
The understanding of these differences overlaid by love will be the measure of our tolerance.
Tolerance is not passive. It is an active adaptation to universe realities through the application of love
preceded by the understanding of differences. Tolerance is essentially kindness and respect.
The practice of tolerance does not begin in the next (morontial) life; it begins here and now. The degree of tolerance indicates spiritual growth.
"TACIis thefulaunt
of social leuerage, and. tolerance is tbe earynark of a great soltl."
(Pg.L740)
(Reprinted front. Tbe Fellot uship BULLETIN, winter
1992-93. )
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page huo
E DI TOR ' SC O R N E R
and the UrantiaMovement"
"Leadership
Our leaclership must charnpiotr
and stimtrlate all trtle f()rms of per'
sottal spiritttal experiettce"l'o
allow for thc indiviclual's owtt uuique soul expression of the llathcr's
will, while it'tturlt, fostering thc pl'udent socialization of that exprcssicltr
to allow for the n-ranifestation of
brothcrhood among inclividuals.
'Ihose who clcvelop and Promotc a
Our leaclers must Possess
novel, closed-minded Path to
humility. While disPlaYing the
righteousness without taking into
courage of a clivine level of cleclica- consideratiou thcir follower's it'ttion to the Father's will, they nlust diviclualvalues, contributions or iualso illustrate a life of lovir-rgservice terpretatiotrs are cloomed t<l
towards their fellow rnan. 'fhose
failure. Al[ true spiritual leaders
who use the gifts of the spirit to ag- should provicle ftrr built-ir"r,sclf-corgtanclize their own ego or status as rcctivc avcnucs for thc cxprcssion
spiritual leadels are not worthy of
of constructive crit icism ancl
the designation.
analysisfiom their followcrs.
It behooves us to inventotY what
the characteristics woulcl bc for
genuine leaclers of our Movculent
so as to enable our identification of
true leaclershippotential within our
Movemcnt. We can do this with
sorne accuracy by usir-rg the
tcnrplatc or l)attct'rlJcsus utilizcd
during his sojourn here:
"Religion. does need tt'eu leaders,
spiritualnten, antd taont'en'tubo uill
dare to depend solely ottJesus ant'd
bis ittcontparable teacbin'gs. If
Cbristianity persists irt' neglectirt'g
its spiritual nt'issiort' u.tbile it cort'tittues to brtsy itself uitb social ant'd
ntaterial problenr.s, tlse spiritual
renaissance ntttst anaait tbe cont'
htg of tbese trcut teaclters of Jesus'
religiotz utbo uill be exclusiuely
deaoted to tbe spiritua.l regerxeratiort, of nten. Art'd tltert' uill tbese
spirit-bonr, sou.ls quickly supply tbe
Ieadersbip antd htspiration' requisite for tbe socia'1, nt'orAI,
econ.ontic, attd political reorganizatiort. of tbe Luorld."
"LeadersbiP is deQettderl.t oIx
n,atural ability, discretiort', tuill
pouer,
att d deternt,itt'atiott.
Spiritual destitty is dependerlt orl'
faitb, loue, and deuotiort' to trtdlt bmtger artd tltirst for rigltteousr?ess
- tbe u.tbolebearted desire to fhtd'
Godattdtobelikelthn " (Pg. 1739)
'Wbile religiort, is exchtsiuelY a'
person al sPirituaI exPeriettce,
kn.outittg God as a Fatlser, tbe
corollary of tbis experience, knou'tittg ntant, as a brotlter, entails tbe
adjushnent of tbe self to otber selues, antd tbat hwolues tlte social or
group aspect of religious life.
Our leaders personalitY must Religiort, is first ant' irut'er or per'
manifest itself as an upliftirrg, ell- sonal adjustnten't, antd tbat it becouraging example of faith in the
cotr?,esa rllatter of social ssruice or
Father's will ancl inspire their fol- grol,p adjushnertt.
Tbe fact of
(Pg.2oB2)
lowers to clo likewise by unselfish
l't'ta.r'r.'sgregariottsll'es s perforce
service to all their brothers and detennhrcs tbat religiotts Srouqs
Inherent in the above quotation
sisters. Those who clevelop, in any utill conte in'to existert'ce. Wbat
is the fact that true religious leader- form, that'chosen' attitude anlong lrappetls to tbese religiotts groups
ship will only come with those tl-reir bretl-rren iltust be reiected as depends uery m.ucb ott' intelligent
pioneering individuals who are true spiritual lcaders.
leadersbip."
strictly "clevoted to the spiritual
(l'g. 1090)
"Religiort.lsas aluLays been' large'
regeneration of men." Look around
ly a, ntatter of rites, ritu.als, obser'
with the open eyes of a "spirit-born
Our leaders should encleavorto
uarr,ces,ceretttotties, antd dognt'as.
soul" and what do we sce in our
the focus of thcir lcadcrship
keep
zuitlt
overall Movement? Somcwhat dis- It ltas usually becorne tahfied
the intcgration of
facilitating
on
tbat persistently ttt'ischief-nt'aking
concerting isn't it?
personal intcrown
follower's
their
elTor, t b e cb o sen-people de htsiott. "
'\Yith the exception of less than a
collectivc
thc
of
pretatiolls
(l'g. 1005)
and ptrrtrtlc
itlcals
Movcrttcttt's
"IJut as religiott. becortt'esittstittthanclfulof indivicluals(Julialrcttdcrof
promotion
thc
than
poscs
rather
son comes to mind, among sonle tionalized, its pouter for good is
bclicf's.
and
opinions
'I'he
own
only their
ctrrt a.iled, utbile t b epo ssibilities for
others) in all these years since
euil are greatly nntltiplied. Tlte The mastety of the alt of listening is
Urantia Book was given us, one
essential to a true leacler becausc,
woulcl think that, among its stu- dang4ers...are... inclinatiott' of
without l'nutual respect for thcir
dents we would have achievecl leq.ders to becottte achrtittistrators
itr,stead of nilnisters... and crea- suppol'tcr's personal spiritual cxsome dynamic leaders by now. Not
ticvt. of tbe aristocratic "cltosen'- pcriclrcc, no lcader is worthy of tltc
to say they are not now present but
(I'g.7092) tirlc.
should they be so hard to cliscern? peoltIe" attitude.."
page tbree
EDITOR'SCORNER(Con't)
'lust as certain,ly as nxerr.sbare
tbeir religious beliefs, tbqt create a
religious group of sonrc sort utbiclt
euentua I Iy creat es corrr.rruorr.
goa Is.
Sotneday religiorzists uLill get
togetber antd actually effect cooperatiort. on. tlte basis of uttity of
ideals and purposes ratber tbant.
atternptirxg to do so on, tlte basis of
psycbological
opirt,iort.s and
tbeological beliefs. Goals ratber
tban
creeds sbould
un,ify
religiortists. Since true religion is a
,rxatter of person,al spiritual experiertce, it is ineuitable tltat eaclt
irt.diuidual religionist ntust baue
bis otan, and personal htterpretatiotr of tlte realizatiort of tbat
spiritual experiertce." (Pg. 1091)
'Irue leaders must inspire unity
rather than command it. They
should creatively guide their adherents away from the dangerous
waters of institutionalization and
conscientiously
pilot
each
indiviclual's personal spiritual experience towards the shores of
unity among their brethren. One
who commands unity will never
achieveit.
"Itt stittttiott al religiott. catutot
afford inspiration,
and prouide
Ieadersbip itt tbis int.pendirtg
uorld-utide social reconstructiort
antd econotttic reorgandzation, because it bas unforturtately beconte
,rxore or less of ant.organfic part of
tbe social order antd tbe ecottontic
slstenl, tubicb is destined to urtdergo recorxstructiott. Ott,ljt tlse real
religiott of personal spiritual experien ce can. futr.ction. belpfully
and creatiuely ht tbe presetzt crisis
of ciuilizatiort;'
(Pg. 1087)
Real leaders must.f/rol{/ tbefndts
of spiritual htsigbt by unselfish service to their fellows. They must
bear evidence of the realization of
elevated meanings and values in
their perforrnaltce as leaclers. They
must set the Jesusonianexample of
exalted icleals and a love of service
in their day to clay living as well.
1'hey must unfailingly provide a
worthy spiritual touchstone for
their follower's guidance. Those
spiritual leaders who do not reveal
a living love for service by example
to their brothers and sisters shall always fail. "By tbeirfrzdts slsallyou
knou tbent,."
"Social leadersbip is tratt.sin.sigbt;
fornt.ed by spiritual
religiott preaetxts all collectiue
tlr.oaer,xetxtsfront losirtg sigltt of
tlteir tnte objectiues."
(Pg. 1089)
These are but a few of thc
qualities our leadership must possess. There are many more not
listed here. When in doubt of a
spiritual leader's effectiveness or
sincerityithas always been useful to
compare their words and acts with
the superlative example Jesus left
us. If they do not strive to measurc
up to this ideal in thoughts ancl
deeds, they are not genuine
leaders.
In our search for leadership in
our Movementwe must neyer allow
frustration or anxiety to rule our
choices and cause us to compromise in the selection of our
leadersl-rip. 'We must follow our
own rules and have faith that, when
we are ready, true leaders will be
provided us.
"Itt. ttty tntiuerse an,d itt. ntjt
Fatber's uttiuerse of uniuerses, our
bretbren-sorxs a.re dealt utitb a,s ittdiuiduals in. all tlteir spiritual relatiorts, but in, all group relatiortprouide for
sbips tue utfailittgly
definite leadersbip. Our khtgdont.
is a reahn. of order, and ubere tuto
or ,n,ore utill creatltres act itt
cooperatiott, tltere is alutays
prouided tlte autltority of leadersbip."
(Ps.1959)
Editor
An! comments? FAX me at (714) 666-e821.
''YOURVALUES- HOWDOYOULOOKAT YOURS"
Proverb: 'Wbere tbere is no uisiort' tbe people perisb."
Robert Burns talk 'Your Values - How You took At Yours"
gave everyone a lot of positive information on how to setyour
life's goals. "If you want to make major leaps of improvement
and effectivenesswork on your paradigms - the concepts and
ideals you choose to operate from.
Putting principles into practice: Putting together a well
thought out mission statement allows you to embrace fairness
ancl kindness wl-rile rnaking better use of your personal talents
ancl the talents of others. It also leads you to significant improvenrent in your personal and organizational effectiveness.
Itobert pointecl out that a mission statement can be a suprenre
guiding force in your life, it acts as your frame of reference for
your existence both here and after.
A mission statement can be used to enhance effective living and promote continuous improvement on physical, mental, spiritual and emotional/personal levels. It can help to resolve and dedicate talents and resources to
noble purposes and to aid in providing selice to others. "Seekto urzderstantd, tbetr be und.erstood.,,
We thank yott, Robert, for your presentation. If was inspiring and gave us great guidelines for the New year.
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LETTERSTO THE EDITOR
Dear Editor,
During this past year of activity in FSIA, serving at meetings, on The MONITOR, behind
the scenes on several conferences,on the Governing Board and
in the study group, I have had the
wonderful opportunity of worki n g w i t h m a n y d iverse personalities on various projects of
differing intensity. I keep being
re m i n d e d
of th e angelic
manipulation of ourpersonal environs to keep us learning our
lessons in Cosmic Life 101, our
pre-morontia cram-course.
\(/e ,as a Urantia community,
should be excited at the opportunity of contributing greatly to
the advancement of our world,
here and now, just by living each
day to the fullest in doing our
Father's business. However, if
we keep insisting on isolating
o u r s e l v es fr om
differing
opinions, cultures, experiences
and individuals this will slowthe
process.
"Of all tbe problem.s in tbe
uniuerse requiring...the
tuisdom of experience and adaptability,
no n e are nxore
important tban tbose afisirtg
out of tbe relationships and associations of intelligent beings.
Wbetber in buman associations
of corrlmerce and trade,
friendsbip antd ntart'iage, or in
tbe liaisons of the angelic bosts
tlcerecontinue to afisepettyfrictiotts, minor misunderstandings too trtuial euerx to engage
tbe attention of conciliators bttt
sufficiently irritating and disturbing to ntar tbe sntooth
tuorking of tbe uniuerse if... alIowed to tnultiply antd contintte.
Tberefore do tbe Perfectors of
Wisdont ntake auailable the
tuise experience of tbeir order" as far-spreading
bousehold of
the "oil of reconciliation"for
an faith?'
e g.2oa1)
entir"e supenmiuerse. In all tbis
tuot"k tbese ruise rnen. of tbe suIt simply means that we must
penntiuerses are ably seconcled
bc open to change (the only ccrby tbeir reflectiue associates, tbe tainty in the
universe) especially
Unions of Souls, tubo ntake
wit h in o u rs e lv e s a n d o u r
auailable cunerxt infonnatiort
paradigms. 'fhis is more easily
regarding tbe status of tbe
facilitated by grasping hold of a
uniuerse and. concurren.tly
long-range yiew of our cosmic
portrqy the Paradise ideal of
citizenship. Like the children we
tbe best adjttstm.ent of tbese are, we
need to be lifted up for a
perplexing problems. Wben not
more cosmic viewpoint of the
specifically directionized else- p e rp le x it ie s
and the need to
uthere, tbese secorxapbim
b e g in t h e s e " e d u c a t i o n a l
rentain in reflectiue liaisott taith
episodes"here and nowto evolve
the interpreters of etbics on in t o t o le ra n c e o f d i f f e r i n g
Paradise. These ar"e tbe artgels o p in io n s , v ie wp o in t s a n d a t who foster and. prom.ote the titudes. This
life on Urantia is a
teanuuork of all Oruorxtorl One great
training ground for these
of tbe most itnportant lessonsto
'tactical'maneuvers.
be leanred. during yolt " ntortal
career"is teantraork. The spberes
All of this is so simply manifest
of perfection. are manned by
tbose tubo baue m.astet"ed this if we accept the Father's love for
ourselvesand share it freelywith
art of uork in g wit b o t h e r
beings, Fetu are the dttties in tbe those q/e come into contactwith.
uniuer"sefor tbe lone seruant.
Tbe bigber you ascerxd, tbe nrore
".,.giue up your intolerance
lonely )tou beconte tuben. tem- antd lean'n to loue t'rl.enas I haue
porafily uitbout tbe associa- loued you. Deuote your
W to
tion. of your fellotu s."
prouing tbat loue is tbe greatest
(P g .3 1 1 ) tbing in tbe tuorld. It is tbe loue
of God tbat impels nten to seek
saluatiort.
Loue is the ancestor
-fhere are many uplifting,
of all spiritual goodness, tbe esloving wa y s t o a c c o mp lis h
serxce
of tbe hue antd tbe beautiwhatever task is at hand and at
(Pg.2047)
whatever level it presents itself. ful;'
One of our main obiectivesis that
of cooperation or teamwork with
Those of us who have had the
g re a t p e rs o n a l e x p e ri e n c e t o
others.
'You ar"e all tbe cbildren of h a v e k n o wn s o me o n e w h o s e
hsbt; tberefore sttmtble not into
paradigm is love, only love and
tbe ndsttrtderstanding enta ngle- a lwa y s lo v e h a v e a l r e a d y
,lxerxtsof ntortal suspicion and
evidenced this as rcaliw.
btnnan intoler"antce. If you are
ennobled, b), tbe grace rf fait/:,
In fellowship,
to loue unbelieuers, should yott
Cbetyl Smiley
not also eqtally loue those ubo
an'eyour" fellotu belieuers in the
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VIEW OF THE RESURRECTION
A COMPARATIVE
T'lteOrigirrs antd Meantirtg of Easter
by Dr. J. Beltran, Protestant
Chaplain.
'k*,F *,& ,F
"Easter Day (there is no such term
as 'Easter Sunday') signals the
beginning of the festival of the
Resurrection of Jesus Christ in the
Christian Year. f'he festival of the
resurrection continues for forty
days, corresponding to the period
Jesus Christ was manifest upon
earth before the Ascension. Easter
is known as a "movable" feast, that
is, its date varies from year to year
ancl,what is rnore, it regulates the
time and length of many other festivalsof the Christian Year."
Passouer Message
'l'wersky
"r.::l lT:t
by
Aaron
"Passover is an eight day Jewish
holiclay of Biblical origin, rnarking
the birth of Jews as a people and
their emergence as a unique nation
in history devoted to God's will. It
celebrates the liberation of the
chilclren of Israel from slavcty in
Egypt over 3000 years ago, under
the leaclershipof Moses."
ntulatiort. of a belief ubicb uas not
tnte: t It e t eacbht g t It at t be rn at erial
an.d ntortal body of Jesus utas
raisedfront. tbe graue. Trzdb bauhtg
to do uitb spiritual realities and
etental uahtes cannot aluta,ys be
built rp by a conrbination. of apparerxt facts. Altbougb indiuidual
facts ntay be ntaterially true, it
does not follout tbat tbe association. of a group offacts ntttst rtecesspiritual
sartly lead to trutffitl
cottclusiotxs."
"Let us foreuer clarify tbe concept of the resurrectiort. ofJesus by
m akhrg t It efo I louirxg st at enxerxts:
"We shall usher in the glorious festival of Passover. Passover is a
holiday which spells freeclom.
Freeclom is the most cherishecl pos1. IIis m.aturtal or pl)J/sical body
sessionof man. It is no wonder that
Laas ,xot a. part of tbe resur-rected
we celebrate Passover.the birth of
p
ersona lity. Wb enJ e sus ca nt efort It
people,
for
the
freeclom
of
rcsurrection
of
"'l'he
Jewish
Jesus
Nazarethis the central tenant of the amidst abunclant foy and elaborate front tbe tontb, bis body of fleslt
Christian faith. Christians believe ritual. It is our privilege by nteans rent.ain.ed un.disturbed in. tbe
sepu.lcbre. He ernerged front. tbe
that in the third day after he was of the traclitional observauce of our
festival to keep the messageof Pas- burtal tonr.b uitbout ntouirtg tbe
crucificcl,Jesus was raised from the
sover alive. It is our destiny to keep stones before tbe entrattce and
deacl by God. As St. Paul says, 'If
utitltottt disturbhzg tbe seals of PiJesus Christ had not been raised, the hope for freedorn alive in the
then our proclamation has been in worlcl, and everyone who par- late."
vain and your faith has been in vain.' ticipates in the traclitional celebra2. IIe did ,xot er',xergefront. tbe
(l C<rr.15:14\'
tion of Passover becomes a
tontb as a spirit nor as Micbael of
of
the
messcn[ier,
a
symbol
Nebadon.; be did rxot appear in. tbe
"'l'hc clate of Easter was a conyet
to
which
will
come
freedom
troversial point between Eastern
fonn. of tbe Creator Souereign, suclt
a
this
Passover
bring
mankincl.
May
as be bad bad before bis ittcantaanclWcstern Christendom f<rrsonle
tinre prior to the Council of Nicaea. renewal of faith, hope and courage. tiort. itt. tbe likeness of ntortalfleslt
To resolve the dispute the issue was May it bring everlasting peace to all on Uranttia."
given to a group of neutral experts mankind."
3. He did conte fortb fronr. tbis
in Alexanclria, Egypt, who came up
tontb ofJosepb ht. tlte uery likeness
with the formula, later adopted at Resurre ctiorr. of J e sus
of tbe ntorontia personalities of
Nicaea,which set the celebration of
tbose ulbo, as resur-rected ,'rr.orotl.frornrhettfl:tl
the resurrection."
tia as cen dantt b eht gs, ent ergefront.
-":"u
tlte resurrection balls of tlte first
"llaster Day is calculateclto be the
ntantsiort.utorld of tbis local systenr.
"'l'be Cllsristiart.belief itt. tlte resurfirst Sunday following the first full
m()on after the spring eclui- rectiort, ofJents bas been based on. of Sata nia. And. tlte presence of tbe
nox,March 21st. 'fhe Grcek nanle tlte fact rf tbe 'entpty torrtb.' It utas Micltael nzentortal itt. tbe center of
tbe uast court of tbe resutrectiort.
for Easter is Pascha: thc ltalian. htdeed a fact tbat tbe tontb was
balls of nt.antsottia ttuntber otte
[name isl Pasqua; ancl the l]nglish enxptJ/,but tlsis is ttot tlte tnttb of
lea.ds us to cottjecture tbat tlte
tontb
uas
tlse
resurrectiotx.
I'be
Inan-re]comes from Eostrc, the
'I'eutonic
tnily entpty ultert, tbefirst belieuers Master's resurrection. on Uranttia
gocklcss of
name of the
uas in sonxe utay fostered on, tltis,
Spring. It is a season of ioy ancl tri- atriued, attd tltis fact, associated
tbe first of the systent ntansiort.
uitlt tltat of tlte undoubted resurumph; it marks the summit of thc
(Ps.2023)
tuorlds."
rectiort of tbe Master, Ied to tbe forChristianYear."
Pa.ge sir(
"Tbefirst act ofJesus on. artshtg
front. tbe tontb u)as to greet Gabriel
antdhrtrttct ltittt, to cotttitttte itt executiue cltarge of urtiuerse affa.irs
un,der Intnt.anu.el atzd tlten. be
directed. tbe cbief of tlte Melcbizedeks to corxae)) bis brotberly
greetings to Inr,ntanueL He tbere
ttpon. ashed tbe Most Higlt of Edert-
tia for tbe certifcatiort. of tbe Ancients ofDays as to bisntortaltrantsit; antd tu.nting to tbe assentbled
nt oron tia groups of t be seuett.nlarr,siort. utorlds, bere gatltered togetlter
to greet antd utelconte tbeir Creator
as a. crea.txte of tbeir order, Jesus
spoke tbe first utords of tlte postntortal career. Said tlte ntorontia
Jesus: 'Ilauing finisbed. nr.y life ht.
tbe flesb, I uould tarry bere for a
sltort tinte in transition. fonn, tbat
I rnay ntore fufut knou tbe li,fe of
nty ascendar?t creatures antd ftrtber reueal tbe utill of nU Fatlter itt
Paradise."'
(Pg.2022)
"TbeBrotberbood of Man isfounded on tbe Fatberbood of God.
Tbefamily of God is deriued fro* tbe loue of God -- God is loue.
God tbe Fatber diuinely louesIIis cbildren, aII of them. " (ps.r4s6)
S TU D YGR OUPCO RNER- ANAHEI M
1978to L993Planetary ProgressStudy Group of Anaheim, Marlene and Pierre Chicoine host. Every
Monday night at 8 PM we share our week: make announcements of interest and then we read a paper.
This is the second time The Urantia Book has been read through - it took 8 years the first time through,
currently we are at Paper 169. Our group has new readers visiting often and they are always welcome.
Our group is very active in outreach. For years we had the Labor Day potluck at which Julia Fcnderson would enlighten groups of 5Oto (r0 people. Ve held a children's group 2 to 72 year olds until they
grew up; now its Teen Talk or (pizza busts).'Wewrote a play on Jesus' childhood based on the 'falcs of
Joshua that was performed by the children. Francyl Gawryn came and played, in person, sevcral of hcr
songsthat we had written into the play and which the children sangbeautifully for Urantia Book readcrs.
We as a group present specialtopical full-day studies of different parts of the book throughout the year.
'We
are very involved with the First Society of Los Angeles (FSI-A),our group is very supportive of thc
School of Meanings and Values and its advocateswho are doing an outstanding service.
Marlene's office is always producing brochures and publications all supporting reader information,
meetings,conferences,etc. for study group, the Society,Domestic Extension,The Fellowship and directs
new readers to the Foundation for book purchases.
The atmosphere is alwaysa learning experience.The Study Group family is so important and thc commitment of a person to hold or attend a group on a regular basis,is one of the most important decisions
we as humans can make. Dedicatingtime to studythe book with a group is the true beginning of spiritual
insight, and a group experience forces us to look at many viewpoints. The experience in a group also
givesus the inspiration and material needed to build strong character.Our group size ranges from 18 t<r
25 persons.'Wehave on the average3 new readers join us each year.
Pierre was introduced to the book by a man named Jacque. Pierre read the entire book from cover
to cover in 3 months, he decided rightthen that he had receivedso much fiom its teachingsthat he wanted
to do something in return. He immediately feltthatthe entire world should read this book NO\7! (Sound
familiar?) This new mandate was presentedto Marlene by Pierre, "You've got to read this book! RIGHI'
NO\f! Of course, as most people do when confronted with an extremely enthusiasticreader, Marlcnc
told Pierre she would, "get around to it when she had time." tVhile this produced moderate frustration
with Pierre for a season, Marlene kept overhearing conversationsPierre was having with just about
anyone who came to his door and eventuallygrew curious enough to read'I'hc Urantia Book.
Pierre then contacted the Foundation through the address in the book and they gave him scvcral
phone numbers to contact other readers.After talking to some of the long time readcrs he was adviscd
that the best way to assistothers in studying the book was a home study group. He started the following
Monday night in 1978 and its been a Monday night happening in his home ever since.
page seuerx
YOURGOVERNINGBOARD
tn the comingmonths,we will be includingbrief biography'sof the FirstSociety.ofLosAngeles'
.
governingboXrdmembersin order that yoi can getto knolw us. lnquiringminds want to know!
Hospitality is a very big job in study group. They both attend
our Socie$/; we do enjoy our the Malibu United Methodist
food and social after our meet- Church where Lisa serves in the
ing. Lisa works hard to see that capacity of Outreach Chairperson.
her volu n t e e rs a re in f o rme d
This Outreach effort involves
each month as to what we will
neecl to make a successof our work on a food program to
'We
see the results of provide assistance to needy
"Potluck."
families in Los Angeles and a Day
her efforts on the table as our
meetings encl and the fun begins. Labor Exchange program. Lisa
She hai spent several hours of sings in the choir, plays the flute,
service on the phone and shop- is finalizing her master's degree
ping to bring abo.rt these deli- in English Literature, and oh, yes
- s h e lo v e s b ik in g , h i k i n g a n d
o r. u y r o f f o o d e v e ry
iio"r
LISA NELSON
camping. Aren't we glad she still
month.
(Hospitality Chairman)
Lisa teachespart-time, and as- has time to serve our Society on
our day of fellowship. We thank
Ilere ute see Lisa busy plant'nin'g sists her loving and supportive
you, Lisa, for your untiring and
and cbecking ottt tbe next ntott'tlt's friend and husband, Lobo, in
their business. They are mem- unselfish efforts on behalf of all
list of ntentbers utbo signed up to
bers of Duane & Lucile lraw's those who participate in FSLA!
brtngfood or donations of casb.
childhood contained much disillusionment like many born to that
age of McCarthy.
An unusual event occurrecl at age
seven which was to change Doc
forever. Adevotee of the Superman
series,youl'lg Doc received a Superman outfit from his doting mother.
Doc had never had doubts of his
ability to fly. Now, given the proper
accouterments to accomPlish his
desires, he promptly set out for the
large slide at his school's local
playground. Arriving at the top, he
uttered those immortal worcls, "If
Superman can do it, so cau l!" and
DOCLIVINGSTON
proceeded to jump, arms out(Publication Chairman)
stretched into space.
Wbo is be? Wbere did be cor',te Soon after his dreams of flying (and
had
his broken collarbone)
from? Ilout did be get bere? Wbat
does be raa)tt a.nd utlsett, utill be recuperated, he decided to attend
MI'l'and work towards a degree in
leaue?
'I'here are many rumors circulating Gen-n 'Warfare. However. before
this goal was realized, his family
concerning the origins of l)oc
suddenly moved to California and
the
more
Among
Livingston.
somehow neglected to inform Doc.
on
was
born
that
f)oc
prevalent is
plains
Kansas
in
1949
of
Ever self-reliant, the young Doc
tlre rustic
Rosicrucian
itinerant
stfuck out ofl foot across our great
and raised by
'fhis
to
account
for
is
saicl
raccoons.
nation, meeting its people, forming
the
spiritual
in
keen
interest
unions and singing songs which inhis
IIis
fringe at an early agc.
spirecl a generation of migrant
pa.ge eigbt
workers to place strawin their teeth
and win at checkers
During his tour of the country he
began writing and, some years later
composed his first published work,
\W'ith Polyester"
"karning 'fo Live
which was printed in an earlY edition of Field & Stream.
Finally,on December24, L968, Doc
passed away in a Haight-AshbutY
tenement basement full of defective
paddleball repair kits from an overdose of sweet basil. A few months
later, refusing to let death stand in
theway of a brilliant career in something, Doc was introduced to The
Urantia Book by a friend that explained the Book had come from a
group of itinerant Venusians who
thought it would be fun to mess
with Earth's culture. And the rest is
history.
To this day, Doc remainsyoung and
alivewith a superb sense of hurnor,
endearing as always and he grows
ever more attractive each passing
day. You can rest assured of the
veracity of these accounts as he
wrote this brief biography himself
and has always been known for his
honest objectivity.
A CALL TO ALMS
Dear Reader,
Oh no! Another solicitation asking for money! As if you had any
extra funds after taxes, recession,
inflation, work layoffs, higher
grocery prices, gasoline hikes, etc.
Well, your pique is understood,
sympathized with and cluly noted.
All of us are going through the same
thing to a greater or lesser extent.
"Sucb a life on sucb a planet!'
Flowever. since FSLAwas created
over three decades ago, it has had
difficulty in developing a consistanr
financial base to insure the proper
planning for its goals, let alone expansion. Due to the diversity of its
membership, even FSLA's goals
could not be agreed on. Well, it's
1993 and the organizarion is nearly
four decades old. It is time to ask
ourselves what we can do to establish and accomplish mutually
agreed objectives in the future.
We who are blessed with the
light of a unique wisdom concen-ting our universe, its governntent,
our planet's history and and a highly detailecl account of the life of
Jesus, have an unique and undeniable responsibility to promulgate
this knowledge to all who lack its illumination. Our Creator, Michael,
gave us our task in no uncertain
terms:
"By faitlt baue you beconrc a
God-knoutitzg kingdont sor1..Tbere
is but one lana to obey - tbat is tbe
cotrtntantd to go fortb proclainting
tbe gospel of tlte kingdont,. Cease to
fear nten; be unafraid to preacb tbe
goodneus of etemalffito jtourfellotts utbo languisls in darkness
and burtgerfor tlte ligltt of tnttb;'
(Ps.2o49)
If you observe other religious
groups on Urantia, you would have
to note that among the various
faiths, financial support of outreach, social ap;endasand the nurturing of their congregations is
carried out more effectively than
ours. You migl-rt excuse this by
noting that their groups are far
more numerous than ours thus
their support base is far greater.
(Remember, Jesus accomplished
His goals with iust twelve people!)
But, we propose to eliminate some
excuses by answering a few pertinent questiol"lsabout our Society,
both past ancl present.
SOMEQUESTIONS
ANSWERED
Vhat did I get for my money in
1992?
rVhat was actually collected in
FSI^,\dues in 1"992was $768. which
accounts for or-rly32 paid members.
So, members and non-lnembers essentially received well over five
times what was paicl for'. 'I'he clifference was ntade up by several
substantial clonations from a very
small group of people.
Currently, FSI-A'sexpenclitures
are provicling the rnembership with:
averynice place to meet (@ $3,000.
per year), a newsletter publication
greatly expanded over the last year
with private donations to well
beyond what is covered by present
FSLAdues (@ $2,500. per year inc.
bulk rate postage to nearly 300
people every other ntonth),
refreshments for meetings (ave.
cost: $450. peryear). This createsa
total yearly requirement of 95,950.
iust to maintain the currcnt moclest
level of activity.
How much mofe do you want?
Your call folks! Some possible
solutions are that ntembership in
FSI-,\could be placeclat various participation degrees with clifferent
page nine
dues amounts. Along with this a
waiving of annual dues paymcnts
for bringing new members into thc
Society. Further operations funcling proposals include: the increasing of dues (example: if Inactivc
Members return in the amount of
150 persons, approxinrately $40.
per member will be required); ancl
more sophisticated fundraising
carnpaigns and activities.
FS\Arequires a minimum total of
150 Active Members annually in
order to keep the dues at a
reasonable level. In any case,all htactiue Mentbers utill be inuited to
re- actiu at e t Ixeir nt.enr,bers ltip
utitbout regard to past dues. Wc
feel that this will help to bring par'ticipation to an all time high!
V'hat are you going to do with all
that money?
All what money? lVith the increasecl level of participatioll, onc
of the above membership progranrs
should iust about covcr our cur't'ct-lt
ovedreacl. Fundraisers ancl ckrnations are still neeclccl for any activities or expenditurcs beyoncl this,
but hopefully everyone will try thcir
best to bring in new mcmbers ancl
our Sociery can cxpancl our functions beyoncl the present level. You
have to walk before you run.
"Ife [JesusJ told tbem tbqt could
rtot stand still: tbry ntust go foruard in. rigbteoustt essor retrogres.s
ittto euil anr.dsht. IIe adntonislted
tbent to forget tltose tbings tubiclt
are itt. tbe past ubile you pusb forutard to entbrace tlte grea.ter
realities of tlte kbtgdont.
IIe besougbt tbenr,rtot to be contertt uitlt
tbeir cbildbood in. tlte gospel but to
striuefor tlte attainnrcnt of tltefrll
stature of diuine sonsbip itt. tbe
corrnltttrtiort of tbe spirit and,irt tlte
feltoutsltip of belieuerc." (nr. 171)0)
"As fait b -ertligb t en'ed ant'dspirtt'
tbe teacltings of T'be(Jrantia lJook.
Okay! Just what is the PurPose of
liberated sorzs of tbe kin'gdont' of
Our Society's actiuities utill portray
FSIA?
beauen, youface a. double resPolxtbe loyalties of our faitb; ntagilfu
"'l'he purposcs of ltirst Socicty of
sibility of d'r.ttyto ,'txarxant'd duty to
of trutls, beauty andgoodLos Angclcs arc the stucly ancl clis- tbe hres
God utbile you uolurt'tarily assunte
tbe attractiorl to
scmination of the teachings of 'l'he ness; foster
a tbird and sacred obligatiott; serlt
s
e
lfis
ne urt lue s; enb ant'ceznt
lJrantia llook; the inculcation and sLtpre,
uice to tbe brotberltood of Godattd felloutsbip; glorify
cncouragement of the realization seruice
knouing belieuers." (Pg. 1930)
life; pront'ote spiritual
anclapprcciation of thc Iratherhood fantily
prouide uise counsel
of God and the llrotherhoocl of echrcatiott4
l guidantce attd Jb st er,
d
spiritua
"Did yott tlot un'derstant'd botu
Man in ordcr to incrcase and en- a.n
best
to
tbe
support
antd
encourage
grea.t LUastbe gospel of tbe kin'gdont'
hance thc comfort, haPPinessand
proliferatiort, of
tbe
a.bilities,
our
of
tabiclt tbis ntan, [JentsJ deliueredto
wcll-being of man as an individual
Society's yott? Do
Tbe
sturbl
quality
Srolrps.
You ttot Perceiue hou
and as a member of societYthrough
rf Tlte grea,t a saluatiott bas cotne upo'tx
teacbings
tbe
itt'
liuingfaitb
thc medium of llaternal association,
(Jrantia. Book sltall euer erxcoltr&ge yott?' (Pg.2035)
cver obedicnt to the laws of this
conserue nt'oralitY,
country and to the regulations of fellousbiP,
pronl,ote cottt'rtt'ttttity uelfare ant'd
thc Fellowship."
We all do whatever we can. Irt's
ad.uancetlte spread of our esserttial
all try to do our best, individuallY
gospel, tbe Fatberltood of Gocl an'd
Ijrot n' t lse ITSIA Cort'stittttiott'
and as a group. Enough said.
of Mert' and
tbe llrotberbood
That's a worthy Pufpose but a tad
Worrl.en."
Editor's Note: To all Mort'itor
(Ref. pg. Io92)
general. Can you Provide more
readers and in'terested parties: If
specific goals to assist in mY
you baue arly colrxlllet?ts or su.ggesSounds good but I have other
decision to ioin?
tiotts cott'cent'ittg tbese r'txa'tters.
"'I'bepurposes of tbe First Society responsibilities and I don't know
Please u.ryite to: Tbe Mott'itor, c/o
if I can find the time to reallYParof Los Angeles are tbe stucljt, dis'
Editor or FAXit to (714) 566-8821.
ticipate. \flrhat do I do then?
senilnatiort antd socializatiort' of
..YOU
R MORTALASCENSION''
Our "thank you" to Chick Montgomery for the
quality talk, "The Ascender's Guide to the Master
Universe:Your Mortal Ascension"Sunday, February
7.1993. The talk was excellent complimented by The
Master Mural which was absolutely awesome'
The real thrill came when Chick gave everyone
permission to really get involved by taking responiinitity in creating a universe for which they would
personally take charge of. Being only humans' we
all stepped uP to create one!
Chick is great, he is an artist, lecturer' composcr
of mugic and plays several instruments. We were
especially entertained by Chick, llllen and Monica
Montgomery (Chick's sister) and Keg Johnson whrl
lead us in a sing-a-longof a song Chick w'rote' Ve all
sang..."Spiritresurrection, moving to perfection"'"
'We
learned where we are and where we arc going'
The claywasjoyful and uplifting for everyone' Again,
we wisir to thank Chick and his wonderful family and
fiiends who came and made the day so special for
each of us.
T'lseMorttgontery Fantily:
L-R:Monica, Ellen',
Ertca: Cen'ter:Fredericka. Mural by: Cbick Mort'tgont'ery
page terx
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ANAHEIM
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Pierre & Marlene Chicoine
Debra Goaldman
BURBANK
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rVednesdays @ 7:00PM
GOLETA
Tuesdays @ 8:O0PM
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IRVINE
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LOMPOC
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MALIBU
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ARCADIA
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page eleuen
FORYOURAMUSEMENT
"An'd so you uill en'joy tbe celestiat equiualents of your earthly bunror all tbe uay up
tbrougb your long ntorontia, a nd tbett. increasingly spiritual, careers. Atld tbat part of
God (tbe Adiuster) utbicb beconres a,n.etenta.l part of tbe personality of a.n,ascendant
ntortal cototrtbutgs tbe ouertortes of diuirtity to tbe joyorts expressiorts, euen.spirttual
laugbter, of tbe ascending creatxffes of tinte and space.
(P g . 5 50 )
I seem to run into more and more readers of The Urantia Book who seem to think that
their fusion is coming soon. This causedme to ponder regarding the various clues that
could lead one to believe that translation to the-mansion worldiis imminent. The following list is the result of my cogirations.
THETOPTENCLUESTO IMMINENT
FUSION
10 987-
Your bathwater is hotter after getting out than when you get in.
You don't have need for a pilot light on your gas stove.
You don't smoke, but you're alwayskicked out of 'No Smoking' sections.
You don't hav.ematches or a lighter, but when smokers ask you for a light, 1'ou're
always able to oblige.
6 - You begin to notice clouds of steamcoming offyour bodywhenwalkingin the rain.
5 - You notice all your friends wear lots of suntan oil when they're around you.
loJSSueyou coverage.
3 - You are consta
arshmal2 - Smoky the Bear,won
that mur
ow
'1,
'ryr
t'€
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Mar. 7th, 1992 @ 2:00PM
Topic: "TheKingdom of God
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MAP TO MAR. FSLA MEETING
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Santa Monica Blvd.
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From 10 Freeway: W-bound, take Cloverfield N to W on Santa Monica
then N on 18th. E-bound, take 20th N to V on Santa Monica, N on lgth
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