Teacher Ophelius:
You Students on the path may have been asking yourselves, “What is next for me?”, “How shall I grow more spiritually?”, “What other practice shall I follow that will lead me to greater spiritual awareness?” “How can I really know the Will of the Universal Father?” “How may I be of service?”. If you are asking these types of questions, dear ones, this means that you are hungry and that spirit gravity has hold of you. These are positive signs of growth, in and of themselves, and it is an indication that you are indeed ready for the next phase of your spirit-led life. You have signaled your readiness to change and that you are open to new opportunities. This is the seedbed for transformation, my friends, and it may be that your days of seeking and sitting at the feet of others have come to an end?

Chris: Teachers, a reader asks: What does it mean to be “On the Spiritual Path?” So many people speak about “Mind, Body, Spirit – Mind, Body Soul,” interchangeably—participating in Yoga, healing, and meditation groups—or joining churches—practicing religion? Being on a spiritual path sounds like a more unified concept? Could you please speak about this?

Teacher Ophelius: Simply put, the “Spirit” is the Indwelling Presence of the Universal Father—your Thought Adjuster. The Soul is the emerging morontial being that you are becoming—all the life experiences and values that your Thought Adjuster has gathered and deemed of survival value are retained in the soul like a container for all things True, Beautiful, and Good—your “true self.” It is this growing and emerging part of you that survives and lives on into the hereafter where you shall continue to “walk the spiritual path.”

Teacher Ophelius:
The message for today, Dear One, is about growth and balance. Now, more than any other time in your life, do you have need to focus on your connection to the I AM. You are passing through another “Destiny Point” which shall require greater attention to your inner life. The busyness of your outer life—your work, family, and home responsibilities compete for your attention more and more. This next phase of your spiritual development shall require much more meditation time than you have allowed for in the past. Not just quantity, but the quality of your meditation needs improvement—a greater effort to reach deeper into the intimate connection with the I AM in such a way as you have not previously experienced. This is a time of preparation that shall not be dismissed or put off for a more convenient season—there is a convergence.

Teacher Ophelius:
The message for today is an address to those students on the path who feel like they are drifting and unable to understand their particular mission there on Urantia. Many of you have been indwelled with extraordinary Thought Adjusters—highly experienced Fragments of the Creator Father who have come to Urantia at this most auspicious and crucial time in its development—to re-align the collective consciousness of its people—to guide, enlighten, and teach universal truths—to reconnect the disconnected souls to their true selves—to awaken a sleeping planet from the illusions born out of centuries of confusion and self-serving delusions. Yes, it is an enormous task that is staggering to the imagination. Many of you have awakened and have had many extraordinary experiences—much divine attention has been given you to bring you to the table, yet as you sit there with empty plates, you ask, “Where is this food I am so hungry for?”

Teacher Ophelius:
Today, my dear friends, we would like to assist you in preparing to make the ultimate connection to your Indwelling Spirit, the Thought Adjuster. Many of you have desired this intimate and personal connection in your heart for some time, but you continue to think in your mind that you are not “ready” or “good enough,” or “spiritual enough” or “still enough,” to make the connection or to receive any real feedback that you have achieved this. To all of you, I tell you that there is not one single thought that you have that the Indwelling Spirit does not hear or share with you. The Thought Adjuster waits patiently and continues to do its work of spiritualizing your mind in preparation for your next adventure and transition to the mansion worlds where Spirit can better lead you in a very real and conscious way toward spiritual self-development and god-likeness.

Teacher Ophelius:
Dear Friends,
Today I would like to lead you all in a prayer. Some of you may not be comfortable doing so, or it is not something you are accustom to doing—or perhaps it brings up memories of childhood religious experiences that you were not particularly fond of. Others find great comfort and a fulfillment of peace and assurance by relinquishing the burdens of life to a “higher power.” Whatever the case may be, I am here to tell you that prayer is communication—it is considered a form of worship in the sense that the Creator’s children (you) acknowledge the parent/child relationship and therefore do you “have the ear” of the Creator. When the prayer connection is established through this form of communication, the faith muscle of the child is strengthened and the trust and bond of the child for the parent grows along with that faith.

Teacher Ophelius:
Today we would like to speak about the Primary Relationship—the First and most essential relationship you will ever know. The very reason for your being is contained within this relationship and the more frequent and intimate you develop the communication in this relationship, the more will you benefit and grow both spiritually and intellectually. This Primary Relationship is with the Creator Father — the First Source and Center, for you have direct access to the Father through the agency of the Thought Adjuster — the Indwelling Spirit of the Father—a pre-personal Fragment of this sameCreator that lives and operates within your mind, which facilitates all spiritual communication to and from the Creator of all.