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Urantia Book Paper 34 The Local Universe Mother Spirit
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SPIRITWEB ORG, PROMOTING SPIRITUAL CONSCIOUSNESS ON THE INTERNET.
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Subjects Archive The Urantia Book Urantia Book PART II: The Local Universe :
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The Evolution Of Local Universes Administration Of The Local Universe The Local
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Universe Mother Spirit The Local Universe Sons Of God The Life Carriers
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Personalities Of The Local Universe Ministering Spirits Of The Local Universe
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The Seraphic Hosts The Ascending Sons Of God Physical Aspects Of The Local
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Universe Energy--mind And Matter The Constellations The Celestial Artisans The
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Local System Administration The Local System Headquarters The Seven Mansion
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Worlds The Morontia Life The Inhabited Worlds The Planetary Princes The
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Planetary Adams Planetary Mortal Epochs The Lucifer Rebellion Problems Of The
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Lucifer Rebellion The Spheres Of Light And Life Universal Unity
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Paper 34 The Local Universe Mother Spirit
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Introduction
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WHEN a Creator Son is personalized by the Universal Father and the Eternal Son,
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then does the Infinite Spirit individualize a new and unique representation of
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himself to accompany this Creator Son to the realms of space, there to be his
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companion, first, in physical organization and, later, in creation and ministry
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to the creatures of the newly projected universe.
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A Creative Spirit reacts to both physical and spiritual realities; so does a
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Creator Son; and thus are they co-ordinate and associate in the administration
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of a local universe of time and space.
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These Daughter Spirits are of the essence of the Infinite Spirit, but they
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cannot function in the work of physical creation and spiritual ministry
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simultaneously. In physical creation the Universe Son provides the pattern
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while the Universe Spirit initiates the materialization of physical realities.
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The Son operates in the power designs, but the Spirit transforms these energy
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creations into physical substances. Although it is somewhat difficult to
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portray this early universe presence of the Infinite Spirit as a person,
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nevertheless, to the Creator Son the Spirit associate is personal and has
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always functioned as a distinct individual.
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1. PERSONALIZATION OF THE CREATIVE SPIRIT
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After the completion of the physical organization of a starry and planetary
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cluster and the establishment of the energy circuits by the superuniverse power
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centers, subsequent to this preliminary work of creation by the agencies of the
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Infinite Spirit, operating through, and under the direction of, his local
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universe creative focalization, there goes forth the proclamation of the
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Michael Son that life is next to be projected in the newly organized universe.
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Upon the Paradise recognition of this declaration of intention, there occurs a
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reaction of approval in the Paradise Trinity, followed by the disappearance in
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the spiritual shining of the Deities of the Master Spirit in whose
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superuniverse this new creation is organizing. Meanwhile the other Master
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Spirits draw near this central lodgment of the Paradise Deities, and
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subsequently, when the Deity-embraced Master Spirit emerges to the recognition
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of his fellows, there occurs what is known as a "primary eruption." This is a
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tremendous spiritual flash, a phenomenon clearly discernible as far away as the
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headquarters of the superuniverse concerned; and simultaneously with this
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little-understood Trinity manifestation there occurs a marked change in the
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nature of the creative spirit presence and power of the Infinite Spirit
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resident in the local universe concerned. In response to these Paradise
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phenomena there immediately personalizes, in the very presence of the Creator
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Son, a new personal representation of the Infinite Spirit. This is the
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Divine Minister. The individualized Creative Spirit helper of the Creator Son
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has become his personal creative associate, the local universe Mother Spirit.
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From and through this new personal segregation of the Conjoint Creator there
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proceed the established currents and the ordained circuits of spirit power and
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spiritual influence destined to pervade all the worlds and beings of that local
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universe. In reality, this new and personal presence is but a transformation of
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the pre-existent and less personal associate of the Son in his earlier work of
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physical universe organization.
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This is the relation of a stupendous drama in few words, but it represents
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about all that can be told regarding these momentous transactions. They are
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instantaneous, inscrutable, and incomprehensible; the secret of the technique
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and procedure resides in the bosom of the Paradise Trinity. Of only one thing
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are we certain: The Spirit presence in the local universe during the time of
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purely physical creation or organization was incompletely differentiated from
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the spirit of the Paradise Infinite Spirit; whereas, after the reappearance of
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the supervising Master Spirit from the secret embrace of the Gods and following
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the flash of spiritual energy, the local universe manifestation of the Infinite
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Spirit suddenly and completely changes to the personal likeness of that Master
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Spirit who was in transmuting liaison with the Infinite Spirit. The local
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universe Mother Spirit thus acquires a personal nature tinged by that of the
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Master Spirit of the superuniverse of astronomic jurisdiction.
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This personalized presence of the Infinite Spirit, the Creative Mother Spirit
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of the local universe, is known in Satania as the Divine Minister. To all
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practical intents and spiritual purposes this manifestation of Deity is a
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divine individual, a spirit person. And she is so recognized and regarded by
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the Creator Son. It is through this localization and personalization of the
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Third Source and Center in our local universe that the Spirit could
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subsequently become so fully subject to the Creator Son that of this Son it was
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truly said, "All power in heaven and on earth has been intrusted to him."
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2. NATURE OF THE DIVINE MINISTER
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Having undergone marked personality metamorphosis at the time of life creation,
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the Divine Minister thereafter functions as a person and co-operates in a very
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personal manner with the Creator Son in the planning and management of the
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extensive affairs of their local creation. To many universe types of being,
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even this representation of the Infinite Spirit may not appear to be wholly
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personal during the ages preceding the final Michael bestowal; but subsequent
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to the elevation of the Creator Son to the sovereign authority of a Master Son,
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the Creative Mother Spirit becomes so augmented in personal qualities as to be
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personally recognized by all contacting individuals.
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From the earliest association with the Creator Son the Universe Spirit
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possesses all the physical-control attributes of the Infinite Spirit, including
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the full endowment of antigravity. Upon the attainment of personal status the
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Universe Spirit exerts just as full and complete control of mind gravity, in
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the local universe, as would the Infinite Spirit if personally present.
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In each local universe the Divine Minister functions in accordance with the
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nature and inherent characteristics of the Infinite Spirit as embodied in one
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of the Seven Master Spirits of Paradise. While there is a basic uniformity of
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char-
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acter in all Universe Spirits, there is also a diversity of function,
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determined by their origin through one of the Seven Master Spirits. This
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differential of origin accounts for the diverse techniques in the function of
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the local universe Mother Spirits in different superuniverses. But in all
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essential spiritual attributes these Spirits are identical, equally spiritual
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and wholly divine, irrespective of superuniverse differentiation.
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The Creative Spirit is coresponsible with the Creator Son in producing the
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creatures of the worlds and never fails the Son in all efforts to uphold and
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conserve these creations. Life is ministered and maintained through the agency
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of the Creative Spirit. "You send forth your Spirit, and they are created. You
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renew the face of the earth."
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In the creation of a universe of intelligent creatures the Creative Mother
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Spirit functions first in the sphere of universe perfection, collaborating with
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the Son in the production of the Bright and Morning Star. Subsequently the
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offspring of the Spirit increasingly approach the order of created beings on
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the planets, even as the Sons grade downward from the Melchizedeks to the
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Material Sons, who actually contact with the mortals of the realms. In the
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later evolution of mortal creatures the Life Carrier Sons provide the physical
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body, fabricated out of the existing organized material of the realm, while the
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Universe Spirit contributes the "breath of life."
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While the seventh segment of the grand universe may, in many respects, be tardy
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in development, thoughtful students of our problems look forward to the
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evolution of an extraordinarily well-balanced creation in the ages to come. We
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predict this high degree of symmetry in Orvonton because the presiding Spirit
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of this superuniverse is the chief of the Master Spirits on high, being a
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spirit intelligence embodying the balanced union and perfect co-ordination of
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the traits and character of all three of the eternal Deities. We are tardy and
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backward in comparison with other sectors, but there undoubtedly awaits us a
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transcendent development and an unprecedented achievement sometime in the
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eternal ages of the future.
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3. THE SON AND SPIRIT IN TIME AND SPACE
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Neither the Eternal Son nor the Infinite Spirit is limited or conditioned by
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either time or space, but most of their offspring are.
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The Infinite Spirit pervades all space and indwells the circle of eternity.
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Still, in their personal contact with the children of time, the personalities
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of the Infinite Spirit must often reckon with temporal elements, though not so
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much with space. Many mind ministries ignore space but suffer a time lag in
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effecting co-ordination of diverse levels of universe reality. A Solitary
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Messenger is virtually independent of space except that time is actually
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required in traveling from one location to another; and there are similar
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entities unknown to you.
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In personal prerogatives a Creative Spirit is wholly and entirely independent
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of space, but not of time. There is no specialized personal presence of such a
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Universe Spirit on either the constellation or system headquarters. She is
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equally and diffusely present throughout her entire local universe and is,
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therefore, just as literally and personally present on one world as on any
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other.
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Only as regards the element of time is a Creative Spirit ever limited in her
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universe ministrations. A Creator Son acts instantaneously throughout his uni-
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verse; but the Creative Spirit must reckon with time in the ministration of the
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universal mind except as she consciously and designedly avails herself of the
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personal prerogatives of the Universe Son. In pure-spirit function the Creative
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Spirit also acts independently of time as well as in her collaboration with the
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mysterious function of universe reflectivity.
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Though the spirit-gravity circuit of the Eternal Son operates independently of
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both time and space, all functions of the Creator Sons are not exempt from
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space limitations. If the transactions of the evolutionary worlds are excepted,
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these Michael Sons seem to be able to operate relatively independent of time. A
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Creator Son is not handicapped by time, but he is conditioned by space; he
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cannot personally be in two places at the same time. Michael of Nebadon acts
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timelessly within his own universe and by reflectivity practically so in the
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superuniverse. He communicates timelessly with the Eternal Son directly.
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The Divine Minister is the understanding helper of the Creator Son, enabling
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him to overcome and atone for his inherent limitations regarding space, for
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when these two function in administrative union, they are practically
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independent of time and space within the confines of their local creation.
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Therefore, as practically observed throughout a local universe, the Creator Son
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and the Creative Spirit usually function independently of both time and space
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since there is always available to each the time and the space liberation of
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the other.
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Only absolute beings are independent of time and space in the absolute sense.
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The majority of the subordinate persons of both the Eternal Son and the
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Infinite Spirit are subject to both time and space.
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When a Creative Spirit becomes "space conscious," she is preparing to recognize
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a circumscribed "space domain" as hers, a realm in which to be space free in
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contradistinction to all other space by which she would be conditioned. One is
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free to choose and act only within the realm of one's consciousness.
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4. THE LOCAL UNIVERSE CIRCUITS
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There are three distinct spirit circuits in the local universe of Nebadon:
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1. The bestowal spirit of the Creator Son, the Comforter, the Spirit of Truth.
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2. The spirit circuit of the Divine Minister, the Holy Spirit.
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3. The intelligence-ministry circuit, including the more or less unified
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activities but diverse functioning of the seven adjutant mind-spirits.
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The Creator Sons are endowed with a spirit of universe presence in many ways
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analogous to that of the Seven Master Spirits of Paradise. This is the Spirit
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of Truth which is poured out upon a world by a bestowal Son after he receives
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spiritual title to such a sphere. This bestowed Comforter is the spiritual
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force which ever draws all truth seekers towards Him who is the personification
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of truth in the local universe. This spirit is an inherent endowment of the
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Creator Son, emerging from his divine nature just as the master circuits of the
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grand universe are derived from the personality presences of the Paradise
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Deities.
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The Creator Son may come and go; his personal presence may be in the local
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universe or elsewhere; yet the Spirit of Truth functions undisturbed, for
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this divine presence, while derived from the personality of the Creator Son, is
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functionally centered in the person of the Divine Minister.
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The Universe Mother Spirit, however, never leaves the local universe
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headquarters world. The spirit of the Creator Son may and does function
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independently of the personal presence of the Son, but not so with her personal
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spirit. The Holy Spirit of the Divine Minister would become nonfunctional if
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her personal presence should be removed from Salvington. Her spirit presence
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seems to be fixed on the universe headquarters world, and it is this very fact
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that enables the spirit of the Creator Son to function independently of the
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whereabouts of the Son. The Universe Mother Spirit acts as the universe focus
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and center of the Spirit of Truth as well as of her own personal influence, the
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Holy Spirit.
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The Creator Father-Son and the Creative Mother Spirit both contribute variously
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to the mind endowment of their local universe children. But the Creative Spirit
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does not bestow mind until she is endowed with personal prerogatives.
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The superevolutionary orders of personality in a local universe are endowed
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with the local universe type of the superuniverse pattern of mind. The human
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and the subhuman orders of evolutionary life are endowed with the adjutant
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spirit types of mind ministration.
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The seven adjutant mind-spirits are the creation of the Divine Minister of a
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local universe. These mind-spirits are similar in character but diverse in
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power, and all partake alike of the nature of the Universe Spirit, although
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they are hardly regarded as personalities apart from their Mother Creator. The
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seven adjutants have been given the following names: the spirit of wisdom, the
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spirit of worship, the spirit of counsel, the spirit of knowledge, the spirit
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of courage, the spirit of understanding, the spirit of intuition--of quick
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perception.
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These are the "seven spirits of God," "like lamps burning before the throne,"
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which the prophet saw in the symbols of vision. But he did not see the seats of
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the four and twenty sentinels about these seven adjutant mind-spirits. This
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record represents the confusion of two presentations, one pertaining to the
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universe headquarters and the other to the system capital. The seats of the
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four and twenty elders are on Jerusem, the headquarters of your local system of
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inhabited worlds.
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But it was of Salvington that John wrote: "And out of the throne proceeded
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lightnings and thunderings and voices"--the universe broadcasts to the local
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systems. He also envisaged the directional control creatures of the local
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universe, the living compasses of the headquarters world. This directional
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control in Nebadon is maintained by the four control creatures of Salvington,
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who operate over the universe currents and are ably assisted by the first
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functioning mind-spirit, the adjutant of intuition, the spirit of "quick
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understanding." But the description of these four creatures--called beasts--has
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been sadly marred; they are of unparalleled beauty and exquisite form.
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The four points of the compass are universal and inherent in the life of
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Nebadon. All living creatures possess bodily units which are sensitive and
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responsive to these directional currents. These creature creations are
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duplicated on down through the universe to the individual planets and, in
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conjunction with the magnetic forces of the worlds, so activate the hosts of
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microscopic bodies
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in the animal organism that these direction cells ever point north and south.
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Thus is the sense of orientation forever fixed in the living beings of the
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universe. This sense is not wholly wanting as a conscious possession by
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mankind. These bodies were first observed on Urantia about the time of this
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narration.
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5. THE MINISTRY OF THE SPIRIT
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The Divine Minister co-operates with the Creator Son in the formulation of life
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and the creation of new orders of beings up to the time of his seventh bestowal
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and, subsequently, after his elevation to the full sovereignty of the universe,
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continues to collaborate with the Son and the Son's bestowed spirit in the
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further work of world ministry and planetary progression.
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On the inhabited worlds the Spirit begins the work of evolutionary progression,
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starting with the lifeless material of the realm, first endowing vegetable
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life, then the animal organisms, then the first orders of human existence; and
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each succeeding impartation contributes to the further unfolding of the
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evolutionary potential of planetary life from the initial and primitive stages
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to the appearance of will creatures. This labor of the Spirit is largely
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effected through the seven adjutants, the spirits of promise, the unifying and
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co-ordinating spirit-mind of the evolving planets, ever and unitedly leading
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the races of men towards higher ideas and spiritual ideals.
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Mortal man first experiences the ministry of the Spirit in conjunction with
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mind when the purely animal mind of evolutionary creatures develops reception
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capacity for the adjutants of worship and of wisdom. This ministry of the sixth
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and seventh adjutants indicates mind evolution crossing the threshold of
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spiritual ministry. And immediately are such minds of worship- and
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wisdom-function included in the spiritual circuits of the Divine Minister.
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When mind is thus endowed with the ministry of the Holy Spirit, it possesses
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the capacity for (consciously or unconsciously) choosing the spiritual presence
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of the Universal Father--the Thought Adjuster. But it is not until a bestowal
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Son has liberated the Spirit of Truth for planetary ministry to all mortals
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that all normal minds are automatically prepared for the reception of the
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Thought Adjusters. The Spirit of Truth works as one with the presence of the
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spirit of the Divine Minister. This dual spirit liaison hovers over the worlds,
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seeking to teach truth and to spiritually enlighten the minds of men, to
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inspire the souls of the creatures of the ascending races, and to lead the
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peoples dwelling on the evolutionary planets ever towards their Paradise goal
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of divine destiny.
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Though the Spirit of Truth is poured out upon all flesh, this spirit of the Son
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is almost wholly limited in function and power by man's personal reception of
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that which constitutes the sum and substance of the mission of the bestowal
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Son. The Holy Spirit is partly independent of human attitude and partially
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conditioned by the decisions and co-operation of the will of man. Nevertheless,
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the ministry of the Holy Spirit becomes increasingly effective in the
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sanctification and spiritualization of the inner life of those mortals who the
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more fully obey the divine leadings.
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As individuals you do not personally possess a segregated portion or entity of
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the spirit of the Creator Father-Son or the Creative Mother Spirit; these
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ministries do not contact with, nor indwell, the thinking centers of the
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individual's mind as do the Mystery Monitors. Thought Adjusters are definite
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dividualizations of the prepersonal reality of the Universal Father, actually
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indwelling the mortal mind as a very part of that mind, and they ever work in
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perfect harmony with the combined spirits of the Creator Son and Creative
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Spirit.
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The presence of the Holy Spirit of the Universe Daughter of the Infinite
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Spirit, of the Spirit of Truth of the Universe Son of the Eternal Son, and of
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the Adjuster-spirit of the Paradise Father in or with an evolutionary mortal,
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denotes symmetry of spiritual endowment and ministry and qualifies such a
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mortal consciously to realize the faith-fact of sonship with God.
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6. THE SPIRIT IN MAN
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With the advancing evolution of an inhabited planet and the further
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spiritualization of its inhabitants, additional spiritual influences may be
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received by such mature personalities. As mortals progress in mind control and
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spirit perception, these multiple spirit ministries become more and more
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co-ordinate in function; they become increasingly blended with the overministry
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of the Paradise Trinity.
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Although Divinity may be plural in manifestation, in human experience Deity is
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singular, always one. Neither is spiritual ministry plural in human experience.
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Regardless of plurality of origin, all spirit influences are one in function.
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Indeed they are one, being the spirit ministry of God the Sevenfold in and to
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the creatures of the grand universe; and as creatures grow in appreciation of,
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and receptivity for, this unifying ministry of the spirit, it becomes in their
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experience the ministry of God the Supreme.
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From the heights of eternal glory the divine Spirit descends, by a long series
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of steps, to meet you as you are and where you are and then, in the partnership
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of faith, lovingly to embrace the soul of mortal origin and to embark on the
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sure and certain retracement of those steps of condescension, never stopping
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until the evolutionary soul is safely exalted to the very heights of bliss from
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which the divine Spirit originally sallied forth on this mission of mercy and
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ministry.
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Spiritual forces unerringly seek and attain their own original levels. Having
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gone out from the Eternal, they are certain to return thereto, bringing with
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them all those children of time and space who have espoused the leading and
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teaching of the indwelling Adjuster, those who have been truly "born of the
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Spirit," the faith sons of God.
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The divine Spirit is the source of continual ministry and encouragement to the
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children of men. Your power and achievement is "according to his mercy, through
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the renewing of the Spirit." Spiritual life, like physical energy, is consumed.
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Spiritual effort results in relative spiritual exhaustion. The whole ascendant
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experience is real as well as spiritual; therefore, it is truly written, "It is
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the Spirit that quickens." "The Spirit gives life."
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The dead theory of even the highest religious doctrines is powerless to
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transform human character or to control mortal behavior. What the world of
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today needs is the truth which your teacher of old declared: "Not in word only
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but also in power and in the Holy Spirit." The seed of theoretical truth is
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dead, the highest moral concepts without effect, unless and until the divine
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Spirit breathes upon the forms of truth and quickens the formulas of
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righteousness.
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Those who have received and recognized the indwelling of God have been born of
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the Spirit. "You are the temple of God, and the spirit of God dwells in you."
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It is not enough that this spirit be poured out upon you; the divine Spirit
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must dominate and control every phase of human experience.
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It is the presence of the divine Spirit, the water of life, that prevents the
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consuming thirst of mortal discontent and that indescribable hunger of the
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unspiritualized human mind. Spirit-motivated beings "never thirst, for this
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spiritual water shall be in them a well of satisfaction springing up into life
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everlasting." Such divinely watered souls are all but independent of material
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environment as regards the joys of living and the satisfactions of earthly
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existence. They are spiritually illuminated and refreshed, morally strengthened
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and endowed.
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In every mortal there exists a dual nature: the inheritance of animal
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||
tendencies and the high urge of spirit endowment. During the short life you
|
||
live on Urantia, these two diverse and opposing urges can seldom be fully
|
||
reconciled; they can hardly be harmonized and unified; but throughout your
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||
lifetime the combined Spirit ever ministers to assist you in subjecting the
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flesh more and more to the leading of the Spirit. Even though you must live
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your material life through, even though you cannot escape the body and its
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||
necessities, nonetheless, in purpose and ideals you are empowered increasingly
|
||
to subject the animal nature to the mastery of the Spirit. There truly exists
|
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within you a conspiracy of spiritual forces, a confederation of divine powers,
|
||
whose exclusive purpose is to effect your final deliverance from material
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bondage and finite handicaps.
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|
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The purpose of all this ministration is, "That you may be strengthened with
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||
power through His spirit in the inner man." And all this represents but the
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||
preliminary steps to the final attainment of the perfection of faith and
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service, that experience wherein you shall be "filled with all the fullness of
|
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God," "for all those who are led by the spirit of God are the sons of God."
|
||
|
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The Spirit never drives, only leads. If you are a willing learner, if you want
|
||
to attain spirit levels and reach divine heights, if you sincerely desire to
|
||
reach the eternal goal, then the divine Spirit will gently and lovingly lead
|
||
you along the pathway of sonship and spiritual progress. Every step you take
|
||
must be one of willingness, intelligent and cheerful co-operation. The
|
||
domination of the Spirit is never tainted with coercion nor compromised by
|
||
compulsion.
|
||
|
||
And when such a life of spirit guidance is freely and intelligently accepted,
|
||
there gradually develops within the human mind a positive consciousness of
|
||
divine contact and assurance of spirit communion; sooner or later "the Spirit
|
||
bears witness with your spirit (the Adjuster) that you are a child of God."
|
||
Already has your own Thought Adjuster told you of your kinship to God so that
|
||
the record testifies that the Spirit bears witness "with your spirit," not to
|
||
your spirit.
|
||
|
||
The consciousness of the spirit domination of a human life is presently
|
||
attended by an increasing exhibition of the characteristics of the Spirit in
|
||
the life reactions of such a spirit-led mortal, "for the fruits of the spirit
|
||
are love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness,
|
||
and temperance." Such spirit-guided and divinely illuminated mortals, while
|
||
they yet tread the lowly paths of toil and in human faithfulness perform the
|
||
duties of their earthly assignments, have already begun to discern the lights
|
||
of eternal life as they glimmer on the faraway shores of another world; already
|
||
have they begun to
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comprehend the reality of that inspiring and comforting truth, "The kingdom of
|
||
God is not meat and drink but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy
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Spirit." And throughout every trial and in the presence of every hardship,
|
||
spirit-born souls are sustained by that hope which transcends all fear because
|
||
the love of God is shed abroad in all hearts by the presence of the divine
|
||
Spirit.
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7. THE SPIRIT AND THE FLESH
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The flesh, the inherent nature derived from the animal-origin races, does not
|
||
naturally bear the fruits of the divine Spirit. When the mortal nature has been
|
||
upstepped by the addition of the nature of the Material Sons of God, as the
|
||
Urantia races were in a measure advanced by the bestowal of Adam, then is the
|
||
way better prepared for the Spirit of Truth to co-operate with the indwelling
|
||
Adjuster to bring forth the beautiful harvest of the character fruits of the
|
||
spirit. If you do not reject this spirit, even though eternity may be required
|
||
to fulfill the commission, "he will guide you into all truth."
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|
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Evolutionary mortals inhabiting normal worlds of spiritual progress do not
|
||
experience the acute conflicts between the spirit and the flesh which
|
||
characterize the present-day Urantia races. But even on the most ideal planets,
|
||
pre-Adamic man must put forth positive efforts to ascend from the purely
|
||
animalistic plane of existence up through successive levels of increasingly
|
||
intellectual meanings and higher spiritual values.
|
||
|
||
The mortals of a normal world do not experience constant warfare between their
|
||
physical and spiritual natures. They are confronted with the necessity of
|
||
climbing up from the animal levels of existence to the higher planes of
|
||
spiritual living, but this ascent is more like undergoing an educational
|
||
training when compared with the intense conflicts of Urantia mortals in this
|
||
realm of the divergent material and spiritual natures.
|
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|
||
The Urantia peoples are suffering the consequences of a double deprivation of
|
||
help in this task of progressive planetary spiritual attainment. The Caligastia
|
||
upheaval precipitated world-wide confusion and robbed all subsequent
|
||
generations of the moral assistance which a well-ordered society would have
|
||
provided. But even more disastrous was the Adamic default in that it deprived
|
||
the races of that superior type of physical nature which would have been more
|
||
consonant with spiritual aspirations.
|
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|
||
Urantia mortals are compelled to undergo such marked struggling between the
|
||
spirit and the flesh because their remote ancestors were not more fully
|
||
Adamized by the Edenic bestowal. It was the divine plan that the mortal races
|
||
of Urantia should have had physical natures more naturally spirit responsive.
|
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|
||
Notwithstanding this double disaster to man's nature and his environment,
|
||
present-day mortals would experience less of this apparent warfare between the
|
||
flesh and the spirit if they would enter the spirit kingdom, wherein the faith
|
||
sons of God enjoy comparative deliverance from the slave-bondage of the flesh
|
||
in the enlightened and liberating service of wholehearted devotion to doing the
|
||
will of the Father in heaven. Jesus showed mankind the new way of mortal living
|
||
whereby human beings may very largely escape the dire consequences of the
|
||
Caligastic rebellion and most effectively compensate for the deprivations
|
||
resulting from the Adamic default. "The spirit of the life of Christ Jesus
|
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has made us free from the law of animal living and the temptations of evil and
|
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sin." "This is the victory that overcomes the flesh, even your faith."
|
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|
||
Those God-knowing men and women who have been born of the Spirit experience no
|
||
more conflict with their mortal natures than do the inhabitants of the most
|
||
normal of worlds, planets which have never been tainted with sin nor touched by
|
||
rebellion. Faith sons work on intellectual levels and live on spiritual planes
|
||
far above the conflicts produced by unrestrained or unnatural physical desires.
|
||
The normal urges of animal beings and the natural appetites and impulses of the
|
||
physical nature are not in conflict with even the highest spiritual attainment
|
||
except in the minds of ignorant, mistaught, or unfortunately overconscientious
|
||
persons.
|
||
|
||
Having started out on the way of life everlasting, having accepted the
|
||
assignment and received your orders to advance, do not fear the dangers of
|
||
human forgetfulness and mortal inconstancy, do not be troubled with doubts of
|
||
failure or by perplexing confusion, do not falter and question your status and
|
||
standing, for in every dark hour, at every crossroad in the forward struggle,
|
||
the Spirit of Truth will always speak, saying, "This is the way."
|
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|
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[Presented by a Mighty Messenger temporarily assigned to service on Urantia.]
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