The Cosmic Citizen

This wThis ThisThhisTThhkThis week we will be discussing human association and the benefits of socialized religion. Why do we crave human contact, socialization and association?  Why do people want to worship together or study a religious text, such as The Urantia Book, with a group of like-minded individuals? We'll be reading the section from the Jesus Papers called The Art of Living, as well as sections from the Religion Papers that expound on the values of socialized religion and the pitfall of institutionalized religion. We'll also cover the dangers of personality isolation, something that the Urantia Book offers serious warnings about.  We're hoping to discuss these matters with YOU. So don't be shy, give us a call. Do you attend a Urantia study group, a Bible study or worship regularly with a group? Why? We'd like to hear about your experiences. The show airs at 10 AM Mountain Time. The call in number is (646) 716-8158 The URL is: www.blogtalkradio.com/cosmiccitizen If you register with Blogtalk you can participate in a lively weekly chat board during the show.  We hope you can make it!

Cosmic Citizen radio program this week will be covering several events happening this summer. www.blogtalkradio.com/cosmiccitizen If you have an event you would like to share Please call in to our number 646.716.8158    Some events to discuss:   Living Faith Conference in Berlin, Germany Fri, 07/06/2012  - Mon, 07/09/2012   http://www.urantiaeurope.org/   Truthseekers -  Taos, NM                                Sat, 07/17/2012 - Thu, 07/22/2012   http://truthseekersquest.com/event-registration/   Youth and Young Adult Conference - Chicago  Sat, 07/28/2012 - Thu, 08/02/2012   http://urantianow.com/join-us-for-summer-in-chicago/   The Urantia Book Fellowship Summer Study Session - Chicago, IL Wed, 08/01/2012 - Mon, 08/06/2012  http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?EventID=1030571   The Heart of the Mountain Retreat - Valle Crucis, NC   (for Southeastern US, Urantia Book Students)                                                     Fri, 08/17/2012 - Sun, 08/19/2012  http://www.retreatnetwork.com/offerings.php

Last week's show with Larry Mullins on the history of the Urantia Papers was so popular that we decided to continue it this week. Larry Mullins, author of A History of The Urantia Papers, will be our guest again. We will explore some issues about the book's origin in greater depth, and will make a special effort to answer all of the questions of callers. CALL: 646 716-8158 Larry will be here again to answer questions lIke: Dr. Meredith Sprunger thought the Urantia Book was a hoax when he first saw it. What changed his mind?  What did Dr. Sprunger and his team of 11 ministers discover when they visited 533? What part did Dr. Lena Sadler play in the revelation? How did the first contact with celestial beings happen? What did Dr. Sadler learn when he hypnotized the sleeping subject? How did the forum get started? What prompted Dr. Sadler to test the celestial beings who were talking through the sleeping subject with difficult questions? How did the forum get involved in the process? What did the Sadlers do that triggered the first written manuscript? Does anyone really know how the Urantia Papers were materialized? Why was the original written manuscript destroyed? Why did the revelators use so much human information? When did the Jesus Papers come through? How? Why were the revelators displeased with the forum? Why were the original typed manuscripts destroyed after the type was set for the Urantia Book? Was The Urantia Book intended for a later time? When? When was permission given to publish the UB? Call us with your questions. Showtime is 10 AM Mountain Time.  ShSh

Unauathorized History of The Urantia Papers with Larry Mullins Join us (Dave Tucker joins Christilyn as guest Co-host, while Paula is on the road without cell phone access) this week on Cosmic Citizen for a discussion with our guest speaker and Author, Larry Mullins as he talks about his book, an unauthorized and untold story:  "A History of The Urantia Papers" book, both the 2000 and 2012 editions.  We will talk about the Urantia Revelation, and what many think might be the most important event of the twentieth century.  Mr. Mullins will share with us why he chose to write the book orignally, (2000) who helped him write it, and what is new in the second edition (2010).  Also Larry will discuss some of the information gleaned from Dr. Meredith Sprunger, the minister and personal friend of Dr. William S. Sadler.  Some of the questions he will address are: Why did Meredith Sprunger think the Urantia Book was a hoax when he first saw it and what changed his mind?  What did Dr. Sprunger and his team of 11 ministers discover when they visited 533?  What part did Dr. Lena Sadler play in the revelation?  How did the first contact with celestial beings happen?  What did Lena do that triggered their response?  What did Dr. Sadler learn when he hypnotized the Sleeping Subject?  How many nightly sessions took place before the forum got involved? This should be a very stimulating show which might answer many of your long held questions about this amazing book.  Please call in live and ask Larry any questions which have burned in your mind for years. Call us at 646.716.8158

This week we will be talking to young people involved in the Urantia Book Fellowship's Youth and Young Adult Committee as well as Truthseekers International, concerning events happening this summer in Chicago, Illinois and Taos, New Mexico. We will also be discussing the Urantia conference scheduled in Berlin.  The Fellowship's Youth and Young Adult Committee (affecionately known as YaYA) is comprised of young people who are commited to the Urantia Revelation. They will be presenting workshops at the Fellowship's Summer Study Session at Techny Towers Retreat Center near Chicago in early August.  Prior to the Summer Study the YaYAs will sponsor an Invitational at the Urantia Foundation headquaters. For information on these YaYA events, click here: http://urantianow.com/join-us-for-summer-in-chicago/ Truk    Truthseekers will be in Taos, NM, in July. As always, this event is designed to help young people develop a personal quest for truth, beauty and goodness. Click here for more information on the Truthseeker event in Taos, http://truthseekersquest.com/event-registration/?ee=1. We also plan to cover an intimate Urantia conference for all ages will be happening in Berlin. For more information click here: http://www.urantiaeurope.org/    Truth

Gandhi said this about Jesus, "What, then, does Jesus mean to me? To me, he was one of the greatest teachers humanity has ever had. To his believers, he was God’s only begotten Son. Could the fact that I do or do not accept this belief make Jesus have any more or less influence in my life? Is all the grandeur of his teaching and of his doctrine to be forbidden to me? I cannot believe so. To me, it implies a spiritual birth. My interpretation, in other words, is that in Jesus’ own life is the key of his nearness to God; that he expressed, as no other could, the spirit and will of God. It is in this sense that I see him and recognize him as the Son of God." Jesus was not a political reformer. He did not come to reorganize the world; even if he had done this, it would have been applicable o...nly to his day and generation. Nevertheless, he did show man the best way of living, and no generation is exempt from the labor of discovering how best to adapt Jesus' life to its own problems. Can we unravel Jesus his teachings from 2,000 years of religious doctrine? Can we resurrect Jesus from his burial tomb amidst the theological traditions and the religious dogmas of twenty centuries? Jesus must be recovered from the tomb of traditional theology and be presented anew as the living Christ to the church that bears his name, and to all other religions! The time is ripe to look afresh at his amazing life and teachings. Please join this lively conversation! Call in to speak with the host (646) 716-8158

After our 2012 show last week, we thought it would be interesting and timely to open the phones and explore with you, our listeners, the topic of fear and faith. Are you faithful or afraid? What drives these two great motives? The Urantia Book says, "Unreasoned fear is a master intellectual fraud practiced upon the evolving mortal soul." Many on this world are at the mercy of this "master intellectual fraud." Many are, as the UB says, "humanly dislocated....anxious, restless, fearful, uncertain, and unsettled."  Are you experiencing these symptoms of fear? What is making so many of us afraid?  Are we afraid of social disorder, cultural degradation, poverty, want, or perhaps even God? Jesus declared that he would liberate man from the age-long bondage of animal fear and at the same time enrich human living with the endowments of the new life of spiritual liberty. He boldly stated that truth would make us free. If truth makes us free, why are we still so afraid? Jesus also said that, "Fear is man's chief enslaver." The Urantia Book also says that "faith is a mighty force for the promotion of personal happiness, individual self-control, social harmony, moral progress, and spiritual attainment." It says that, "Faith is man's true wealth; it is the endowment of virtue and glory." And that, "faith is always triumphant over doubting, for faith is both positive and living." Are you ready to stop being a slave to fear?  If so, we hope you will tune in and explore these matters of fear and faith with us. Our goal with this episode is to look our Unreasoned Fear in the face, see it for what it is, and abandon it's cold discomfort for the warmth and assurance of genuine LIving Faith. Please join us!

Who are God's Gumshoe and his youthful cohort Watson?  We've heard that they are lurking in spiritual chat rooms and spreading a message of hope about the future of the world, so we invited them on the show. They are saying that the world isn't really coming to end. Do you believe that?  The Urantia Book emphatically states that our world is even now, "quivering on the very brink of one of its most amazing and enthralling epochs of social readjustment, moral quickening, and spiritual enlightenment." It provides a message of hope and faith that is unparalleled in these troubling times. The Gumshoe is asking us to seize the day and start spreading the good news. He says this is our chance, our prime opportunity. Do you agree?  If you do, and even if you don't, we hope you'll call in and join the conversation. His youthful friend Watson is poised and ready to "espouse the Master's program" for "thousands of apparently indifferent youths" who will "rush forward to enlist in such a spiritual undertaking" and will "not hesitate to go all the way through with this great adventure."  Why? Because they know they have a future! Will we sign on with these two brave and adventurous souls? Are they right?  Is the time now? Is the hour ripe? The Urantia Book's spiritual message is "throbbing with new life and new meanings. Those who accept this teaching are filled with joy and in their hearts are constrained to rejoice evermore. Increasing happiness is always the experience of all who are certain about God." Come join us tomorrow if you agree, beginning timers, we want to hear from you. It's time for "Carpe Diem" so let's start the conversation and be about our Father's business.  Please join us!

Are you struggling over the loss of a loved one?  Are you facing your own mortality? Do you just wonder if there really is life after death?  If you answered "yes" to any of these questions you will want to tune in. This week we will be interviewing author and attorney, Serge Jusyp. His first novel: OTMA 82--The First Day: Trial and Resurrection, tackles the question of what might happen to us when we die. Serge has been an avid student of The Urantia Book since early in 1980. It has inspired his life and his work. He started law school when he was 19 and remains a member of the Bar of the Province of Ontario, Canada. He is now retired, having been a trial lawyer throughout his career. . This book, OTMA-82, is for those who wonder if they have a sufficient conscience “above” their consciousness. It’s also a book about death. Many believe that one’s death is also a birth — to either another physical world or to insight about the current one. In the latter case, a near-death experience (NDE) often transforms one’s perspective on life. We hope you'll join us for this interesting perspective on life, death, and the after life with Serge Jusyp. For more information on Serge and OTMA-82 visit here: http://www.amazon.com/Serge-Jusyp/e/B0067CV0UY The show airs at 10 AM Mountain Time.

A Mother's Day tribute for ALL our earthly mothers, but also for the Mother of us all, our beautiful Universe Mother Spirit. We will discuss her special form of ministry and the unique place she holds in both our material and spiritual lives. She is the source of our Angelic Corps and Adjutant Mind Spirits, so these beings and their functions will be explored. We will also discuss the importance of feminine equality in the world and of course, Mothers and Motherhood in general. Sexequality prevails on all advanced worlds; male and female are equal in mind endowment and spiritual status. We do not regard a planet as having emerged from barbarism so long as onesexseeks to tyrannize over the other. The Urantia Book 49:4.4                                                       Join us for a different approach to the importance of ‘Mothers Day.’This is an open phone segment and we want to here from mothers and anyone who wants to say something about Mom or motherhood. and all who are interested in joining the conversation are invited to call in: 646.716.8158 and of course you can always just listen or chat: www.blogtalkradio.com/cosmiccitizen