Rick Lyon Part 2

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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.