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Rick Lyon Part 2 · Urantia Radio

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  Welcome back. And we're going to continue our
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  discussion now with Rick Lyon, who has a long history with the
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  Urantia Book and the Urantia Book movement as we move
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  forward. And we talk about some of the
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  more interesting aspects of the Urantia Book and what it
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  predicts for the future as we continue our discussion with
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  Rick Lyon on this wonderful episode of the Urantia Radio
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  Podcast. And I know that, you know, we're
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  talking about that the government type thing.
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  One of the things that really grabbed me early on with the
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  ranch book was the, I think I'll use the term institution of the,
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  you know, planetary government. Because I knew that there had to
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  be so much more than what we have here.
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  That God was something bigger and the universe was something
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  bigger than what we could even imagine.
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  So when I found the ranch book and started reading about, well,
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  there's a planetary Prince, there's a planetary government,
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  we have a local universe, there's a super universe.
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  And even on up to Havona, there's this organization,
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  there's these leaders and different, you know, like the
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  ancients of days, the judicial branch, if you want to put it
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  that way. That was one of the things that
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  really grabbed me early on with the ranch book, was that there
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  is all the way from here all the way to paradise.
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  There's this vast organization that it's not just chaos, it's
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  not just ran, you know? There is somebody in charge of
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  everything. Random is a good word, you know,
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  Right. I think I can say that I am
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  satisfied in a one way, maybe dissatisfied in another, because
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  I want to know more. If there's any dissatisfaction
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  with the Ascension plan is that I want to know more about it.
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  And I think about that, and while I'm not wishing to catch
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  the bus to Mansonia anytime soon, I am eager to participate
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  in that Ascension plan and be part of all that and all that
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  awaits us, you know, from here to paradise for sure.
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  Do you think that the Urantia revelators give a a a reasonable
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  expectation of what the future will be like on our world, with
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  the advancement toward light and life and the elongation of
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  living and more peace and brotherhood?
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  Do you? Do you?
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  Are you satisfied with its projection of our future as a
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  race, as a species, as a planet? And can you think of any other
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  book that presents this kind of scenario?
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  Absolutely not. I don't know of any other book
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  that presents even a glimpse of such a future as what the Ranch
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  book lays out just for this planet and life on this planet.
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  So I think that's that's another one of those things I would like
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  to know more. But I think what the arrange
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  book is telling us is that there is this period of light in life.
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  There is a day when there'll be, you know, no more pain and no
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  more war and all that kind of stuff that, you know, that's
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  right out of the Bible too. And but how we get there is
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  based on the uplifting of the individual.
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  You know, there's a quote that says the hope of a better nation
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  or a better world relies in the Enlightenment of the individual.
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  And I think that's the key to getting our world to that point.
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  We're not going to be here. We're going to be farther on
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  down the line when that happens. But we are trying to to help
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  take help humanity take that evolutionary step toward that
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  goal. And that's our part of our
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  participation in Michael's plan for his local universe is to
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  help bring this world up to that level of light and life.
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  So there's one more world that has accomplished that, so that
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  eventually all his world will be settled in light and life and
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  something, something really great is going to happen when
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  that day comes. So we're just trying to do our
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  little part here to help advance this world.
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  And and also, you know, it's, it's not about advancing the
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  world too. It's also about advancing people
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  because, you know, we're trying to help people find God.
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  We're trying to help people become closer to God.
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  We're hoping or helping people find value and meaning and
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  purpose in their life because so many people are out there today
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  that don't understand what their real purpose is.
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  You know, the ranch book talks about we're going to become
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  finalators and then eventually we have some role to play in the
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  outer space levels. And so just even contemplating
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  the Ascension plan up to and including all that, even after
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  we become finalators, Oh my gosh, it's just, I don't even
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  know. You know, it just blows me away
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  to even contemplate what's ahead of us.
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  So it's pretty, I keep using the word exciting because it is.
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  It is exciting for me for sure. I can see that being like a
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  child entering kindergarten. So when the child gets ready to
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  get on the bus for their first day of kindergarten, what do
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  they do? Stand there and cry because
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  they're scared. You know, what the where am I
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  going? What's going to happen?
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  What's coming next? I don't know.
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  You know, I don't understand any of this.
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  But yet, as you're saying, as I go through junior high in high
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  school and college, you know, it all becomes with this wonderful
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  thing. And we're in that kindergarten
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  stage where we're looking ahead and we don't know.
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  We don't really know what's ahead.
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  We don't know really what's going to be expected of us or,
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  or what's going to happen. So often times people are afraid
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  of that. So, but as far as the ranch book
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  being another religion, no. What do your ranch book does
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  concerning religion? It does two things.
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  One, it points out the the problems with religion nowadays,
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  the organized religion, and it tells us that, you know,
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  whenever you get a group of people together, they will form
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  these organizations, these churches, these did a different
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  face and things like that. And that's not a bad thing, but
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  what it does tell you is the real religion is within you.
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  It's the divine within. And that's a that's becoming a
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  brand name that we're using for the Center for Unity is the
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  divine within. And that's where real religion
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  is. It's your personal relationship
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  with God. And how you how you strengthen
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  that relationship is through prayer.
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  You know, if you don't communicate with somebody, your
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  relationship fades away. So the more you communicate, the
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  stronger your relationship with anyone becomes, whether it's
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  your, your wife or your brother or your sister or your coworkers
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  or whatever. So, so prayer and communication
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  with God is how you strengthen that relationship.
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  And that relationship is what is true religion.
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  And that's what the ranch book is trying to get through to us.
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  Is that your? Your personal religion is what's
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  important, and that's your relationship with God.
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  Urantiabooktutor.com and also the Ask Jesus app which is out
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  there. So there's much more.
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  Ask Jesus, chatbot.com. And then there's
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  discoverjesus.com. What's the the home address for
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  Center for unity.org? Is that it?
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  Correct. Our main website is the Center
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  for unity.org and like I say, then we've got
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  discoverjesus.com, we've got Durant your book podpod.com,
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  then we have Durant book tudor.com and then the other one
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  that's real interesting is Divine Mother productions.com.
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  That's our film project that we have a trailer on there about
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  the spiritual equality of women. And so we're trying to put
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  together this streaming film series that is going to bring
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  the ranch book into a streaming film series or ATV series or
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  something like that. So Divine Mother productions.com
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  is another one that's really good.
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  Very good. All right, well, exciting times
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  ahead to be sure. This is a whole new time, So
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  thank you so much Again, Rick Lyon joining me here on the
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  Rancho Radio Podcast. The Rancho Radio Podcast is
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  produced and and hosted by yours truly, Jim Watkins.
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  For questions or comments or suggestions, you can always
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  e-mail me directlyyourranchobookradio@gmail.com.
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  Until next time, thanks again for stopping by and we look
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  forward to our next get together on the Rancho Radio Podcast.