This is one of the essence families.
**Session #67**:
ELIAS: I will explain to you, this family (Elias speaks of Sumafi) incorporates the focus of teaching. It incorporates teachers of every element and every subject of your existence. Many who manifest being a part of this family will be individuals connected with universities. They may be aligned with museums, they may be religious leaders, they may be within government; any area of society that incorporates any element of teaching, you will find these individuals.
In other time periods within your history, they have been "keepers of knowledge". They have manifest as scribes. Many have chosen religious focuses. They are quite intent upon keeping truths. Their intent also is in the direction of the least distortion. Therefore, within any element of teaching, they strive to incorporate the least distortion, the most original, the most pure.
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These essences also, of Sumafi, I will express, are playful. They do not incorporate the seriousness that you think of, within physical focus, of "solemn teachers"! They are quite flexible and incorporate much humor, for this is an asset to teaching. They are also quite experiential, understanding the value of experience with teaching. You learn through experience; therefore they are quite directing of experiences, and hold much desire to be experiencing.