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Urantia Book Paper 105 Deity And Reality
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SPIRITWEB ORG, PROMOTING SPIRITUAL CONSCIOUSNESS ON THE INTERNET.
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Subjects Archive The Urantia Book Urantia Book PART III: The History of Urantia
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: The Origin Of Urantia Life Establishment On Urantia The Marine-life Era On
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Urantia Urantia During The Early Land-life Era The Mammalian Era On Urantia The
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Dawn Races Of Early Man The First Human Family The Evolutionary Races Of Color
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The Overcontrol Of Evolution The Planetary Prince Of Urantia The Planetary
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Rebellion The Dawn Of Civilization Primitive Human Institutions The Evolution
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Of Human Government Development Of The State Government On A Neighboring Planet
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The Garden Of Eden Adam And Eve The Default Of Adam And Eve The Second Garden
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The Midway Creatures The Violet Race After The Days Of Adam Andite Expansion In
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The Orient Andite Expansion In The Occident Development Of Modern Civilization
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The Evolution Of Marriage The Marriage Institution Marriage And Family Life The
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Origins Of Worship Early Evolution Of Religion The Ghost Cults Fetishes,
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Charms, And Magic Sin, Sacrifice, And Atonement Shamanism--medicine Men And
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Priests The Evolution Of Prayer The Later Evolution Of Religion Machiventa
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Melchizedek The Melchizedek Teachings In The Orient The Melchizedek Teachings
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In The Levant Yahweh--god Of The Hebrews Evolution Of The God Concept Among The
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Hebrews The Melchizedek Teachings In The Occident The Social Problems Of
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Religion Religion In Human Experience The Real Nature Of Religion The
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Foundations Of Religious Faith The Reality Of Religious Experience Growth Of
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The Trinity Concept Deity And Reality Universe Levels Of Reality Origin And
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Nature Of Thought Adjusters Mission And Ministry Of Thought Adjusters Relation
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Of Adjusters To Universe Creatures Relation Of Adjusters To Individual Mortals
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Paper 105 Deity And Reality
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Introduction
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TO EVEN high orders of universe intelligences infinity is only partially
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comprehensible, and the finality of reality is only relatively understandable.
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The human mind, as it seeks to penetrate the eternity-mystery of the origin and
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destiny of all that is called real, may helpfully approach the problem by
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conceiving eternity-infinity as an almost limitless ellipse which is produced
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by one absolute cause, and which functions throughout this universal circle of
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endless diversification, ever seeking some absolute and infinite potential of
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destiny.
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When the mortal intellect attempts to grasp the concept of reality totality,
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such a finite mind is face to face with infinity-reality; reality totality is
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infinity and therefore can never be fully comprehended by any mind that is
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subinfinite in concept capacity.
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The human mind can hardly form an adequate concept of eternity existences, and
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without such comprehension it is impossible to portray even our concepts of
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reality totality. Nevertheless, we may attempt such a presentation, although we
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are fully aware that our concepts must be subjected to profound distortion in
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the process of translation-modification to the comprehension level of mortal
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mind.
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1. THE PHILOSOPHIC CONCEPT OF THE I AM
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Absolute primal causation in infinity the philosophers of the universes
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attribute to the Universal Father functioning as the infinite, the eternal, and
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the absolute I AM.
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There are many elements of danger attendant upon the presentation to the mortal
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intellect of this idea of an infinite I AM since this concept is so remote from
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human experiential understanding as to involve serious distortion of meanings
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and misconception of values. Nevertheless, the philosophic concept of the I AM
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does afford finite beings some basis for an attempted approach to the partial
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comprehension of absolute origins and infinite destinies. But in all our
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attempts to elucidate the genesis and fruition of reality, let it be made clear
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that this concept of the I AM is, in all personality meanings and values,
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synonymous with the First Person of Deity, the Universal Father of all
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personalities. But this postulate of the I AM is not so clearly identifiable in
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undeified realms of universal reality.
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The I AM is the Infinite; the I AM is also infinity. From the sequential, time
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viewpoint, all reality has its origin in the infinite I AM, whose solitary
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existence in past infinite eternity must be a finite creature's premier
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philosophic
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postulate. The concept of the I AM connotes unqualified infinity, the
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undifferentiated reality of all that could ever be in all of an infinite
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eternity.
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As an existential concept the I AM is neither deified nor undeified, neither
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actual nor potential, neither personal nor impersonal, neither static nor
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dynamic. No qualification can be applied to the Infinite except to state that
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the I AM is. The philosophic postulate of the I AM is one universe concept
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which is somewhat more difficult of comprehension than that of the Unqualified
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Absolute.
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To the finite mind there simply must be a beginning, and though there never was
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a real beginning to reality, still there are certain source relationships which
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reality manifests to infinity. The prereality, primordial, eternity situation
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may be thought of something like this: At some infinitely distant,
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hypothetical, past-eternity moment, the I AM may be conceived as both thing and
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no thing, as both cause and effect, as both volition and response. At this
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hypothetical eternity moment there is no differentiation throughout all
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infinity. Infinity is filled by the Infinite; the Infinite encompasses
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infinity. This is the hypothetical static moment of eternity; actuals are still
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contained within their potentials, and potentials have not yet appeared within
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the infinity of the I AM. But even in this conjectured situation we must assume
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the existence of the possibility of self-will.
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Ever remember that man's comprehension of the Universal Father is a personal
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experience. God, as your spiritual Father, is comprehensible to you and to all
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other mortals; but your experiential worshipful concept of the Universal Father
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must always be less than your philosophic postulate of the infinity of the
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First Source and Center, the I AM. When we speak of the Father, we mean God as
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he is understandable by his creatures both high and low, but there is much more
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of Deity which is not comprehensible to universe creatures. God, your Father
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and my Father, is that phase of the Infinite which we perceive in our
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personalities as an actual experiential reality, but the I AM ever remains as
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our hypothesis of all that we feel is unknowable of the First Source and
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Center. And even that hypothesis probably falls far short of the unfathomed
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infinity of original reality.
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The universe of universes, with its innumerable host of inhabiting
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personalities, is a vast and complex organism, but the First Source and Center
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is infinitely more complex than the universes and personalities which have
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become real in response to his willful mandates. When you stand in awe of the
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magnitude of the master universe, pause to consider that even this
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inconceivable creation can be no more than a partial revelation of the
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Infinite.
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Infinity is indeed remote from the experience level of mortal comprehension,
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but even in this age on Urantia your concepts of infinity are growing, and they
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will continue to grow throughout your endless careers stretching onward into
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future eternity. Unqualified infinity is meaningless to the finite creature,
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but infinity is capable of self-limitation and is susceptible of reality
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expression to all levels of universe existences. And the face which the
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Infinite turns toward all universe personalities is the face of a Father, the
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Universal Father of love.
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2. THE I AM AS TRIUNE AND AS SEVENFOLD
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In considering the genesis of reality, ever bear in mind that all absolute
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reality is from eternity and is without beginning of existence. By absolute
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reality we refer to the three existential persons of Deity, the Isle of
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Paradise, and the three Absolutes. These seven realities are co-ordinately
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eternal, notwithstanding that we resort to time-space language in presenting
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their sequential origins to human beings.
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In following the chronological portrayal of the origins of reality, there must
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be a postulated theoretical moment of "first" volitional expression and "first"
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repercussional reaction within the I AM. In our attempts to portray the genesis
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and generation of reality, this stage may be conceived as the
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self-differentiation of The Infinite One from The Infinitude, but the
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postulation of this dual relationship must always be expanded to a triune
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conception by the recognition of the eternal continuum of The Infinity, the I
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AM.
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This self-metamorphosis of the I AM culminates in the multiple differentiation
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of deified reality and of undeified reality, of potential and actual reality,
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and of certain other realities that can hardly be so classified. These
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differentiations of the theoretical monistic I AM are eternally integrated by
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simultaneous relationships arising within the same I AM--the prepotential,
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preactual, prepersonal, monothetic prereality which, though infinite, is
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revealed as absolute in the presence of the First Source and Center and as
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personality in the limitless love of the Universal Father.
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By these internal metamorphoses the I AM is establishing the basis for a
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sevenfold self-relationship. The philosophic (time) concept of the solitary I
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AM and the transitional (time) concept of the I AM as triune can now be
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enlarged to encompass the I AM as sevenfold. This sevenfold--or seven
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phase--nature may be best suggested in relation to the Seven Absolutes of
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Infinity:
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1. The Universal Father. I AM father of the Eternal Son. This is the primal
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personality relationship of actualities. The absolute personality of the Son
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makes absolute the fact of God's fatherhood and establishes the potential
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sonship of all personalities. This relationship establishes the personality of
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the Infinite and consummates its spiritual revelation in the personality of the
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Original Son. This phase of the I AM is partially experiencible on spiritual
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levels even by mortals who, while yet in the flesh, may worship our Father.
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2. The Universal Controller. I AM cause of eternal Paradise. This is the primal
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impersonal relationship of actualities, the original nonspiritual association.
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The Universal Father is God-as-love; the Universal Controller is
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God-as-pattern. This relationship establishes the potential of
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form--configuration--and determines the master pattern of impersonal and
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nonspiritual relationship--the master pattern from which all copies are made.
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3. The Universal Creator. I AM one with the Eternal Son. This union of the
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Father and the Son (in the presence of Paradise) initiates the creative cycle,
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which is consummated in the appearance of conjoint personality and the eternal
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universe. From the finite mortal's viewpoint, reality has its true beginnings
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with the eternity appearance of the Havona creation. This creative act of Deity
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is by and through the God of Action, who is in essence the unity of the
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Father-Son manifested on and to all levels of the actual. Therefore is divine
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creativity unfailingly characterized by unity, and this unity is the outward
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reflection of the absolute oneness of the duality of the Father-Son and of the
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Trinity of the Father-Son-Spirit.
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4. The Infinite Upholder. I AM self-associative. This is the primordial
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association of the statics and potentials of reality. In this relationship, all
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qualifieds and unqualifieds are compensated. This phase of the I AM is best
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understood as the Universal Absolute--the unifier of the Deity and the
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Unqualified Absolutes.
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5. The Infinite Potential. I AM self-qualified. This is the infinity bench mark
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bearing eternal witness to the volitional self-limitation of the I AM by virtue
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of which there was achieved threefold self-expression and self-revelation. This
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phase of the I AM is usually understood as the Deity Absolute.
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6. The Infinite Capacity. I AM static-reactive. This is the endless matrix, the
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possibility for all future cosmic expansion. This phase of the I AM is perhaps
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best conceived as the supergravity presence of the Unqualified Absolute.
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7. The Universal One of Infinity. I AM as I AM. This is the stasis or
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self-relationship of Infinity, the eternal fact of infinity-reality and the
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universal truth of reality-infinity. In so far as this relationship is
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discernible as personality, it is revealed to the universes in the divine
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Father of all personality--even of absolute personality. In so far as this
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relationship is impersonally expressible, it is contacted by the universe as
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the absolute coherence of pure energy and of pure spirit in the presence of the
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Universal Father. In so far as this relationship is conceivable as an absolute,
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it is revealed in the primacy of the First Source and Center; in him we all
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live and move and have our being, from the creatures of space to the citizens
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of Paradise; and this is just as true of the master universe as of the
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infinitesimal ultimaton, just as true of what is to be as of that which is and
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of what has been.
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3. THE SEVEN ABSOLUTES OF INFINITY
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The seven prime relationships within the I AM eternalize as the Seven Absolutes
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of Infinity. But though we may portray reality origins and infinity
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differentiation by a sequential narrative, in fact all seven Absolutes are
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unqualifiedly and co-ordinately eternal. It may be necessary for mortal minds
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to conceive of their beginnings, but always should this conception be
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overshadowed by the realization that the seven Absolutes had no beginning; they
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are eternal and as such have always been. The seven Absolutes are the premise
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of reality. They have been described in these papers as follows:
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1. The First Source and Center. First Person of Deity and primal nondeity
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pattern, God, the Universal Father, creator, controller, and upholder;
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universal love, eternal spirit, and infinite energy; potential of all
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potentials and source of all actuals; stability of all statics and dynamism of
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all change; source of pattern and Father of persons. Collectively, all seven
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Absolutes equivalate to infinity, but the Universal Father himself actually is
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infinite.
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2. The Second Source and Center. Second Person of Deity, the Eternal and
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Original Son; the absolute personality realities of the I AM and the basis for
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the realization-revelation of "I AM personality." No personality can hope to
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attain the Universal Father except through his Eternal Son; neither can
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personality attain to spirit levels of existence apart from the action and aid
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of this absolute pattern for all personalities. In the Second Source and Center
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spirit is unqualified while personality is absolute.
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3. The Paradise Source and Center. Second nondeity pattern, the eternal Isle of
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Paradise; the basis for the realization-revelation of "I AM force" and the
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foundation for the establishment of gravity control throughout the universes.
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Regarding all actualized, nonspiritual, impersonal, and nonvolitional reality,
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Paradise is the absolute of patterns. Just as spirit energy is related to the
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Universal Father through the absolute personality of the Mother-Son, so is all
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cosmic energy grasped in the gravity control of the First Source and Center
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through the absolute pattern of the Paradise Isle. Paradise is not in space;
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space exists relative to Paradise, and the chronicity of motion is determined
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through Paradise relationship. The eternal Isle is absolutely at rest; all
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other organized and organizing energy is in eternal motion; in all space, only
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the presence of the Unqualified Absolute is quiescent, and the Unqualified is
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co-ordinate with Paradise. Paradise exists at the focus of space, the
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Unqualified pervades it, and all relative existence has its being within this
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domain.
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4. The Third Source and Center. Third Person of Deity, the Conjoint Actor;
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infinite integrator of Paradise cosmic energies with the spirit energies of the
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Eternal Son; perfect co-ordinator of the motives of will and the mechanics of
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force; unifier of all actual and actualizing reality. Through the ministrations
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of his manifold children the Infinite Spirit reveals the mercy of the Eternal
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Son while at the same time functioning as the infinite manipulator, forever
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weaving the pattern of Paradise into the energies of space. This selfsame
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Conjoint Actor, this God of Action, is the perfect expression of the limitless
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plans and purposes of the Father-Son while functioning himself as the source of
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mind and the bestower of intellect upon the creatures of a far-flung cosmos.
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5. The Deity Absolute. The causational, potentially personal possibilities of
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universal reality, the totality of all Deity potential. The Deity Absolute is
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the purposive qualifier of the unqualified, absolute, and nondeity realities.
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The Deity Absolute is the qualifier of the absolute and the absolutizer of the
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qualified--the destiny inceptor.
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6. The Unqualified Absolute. Static, reactive, and abeyant; the unrevealed
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cosmic infinity of the I AM; totality of nondeified reality and finality of all
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nonpersonal potential. Space limits the function of the Unqualified, but the
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presence of the Unqualified is without limit, infinite. There is a concept
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periphery to the master universe, but the presence of the Unqualified is
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limitless; even eternity cannot exhaust the boundless quiescence of this
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nondeity Absolute.
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7. The Universal Absolute. Unifier of the deified and the undeified; correlator
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of the absolute and the relative. The Universal Absolute (being static,
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potential, and associative) compensates the tension between the ever-existent
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and the uncompleted.
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The Seven Absolutes of Infinity constitute the beginnings of reality. As mortal
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minds would regard it, the First Source and Center would appear to be
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antecedent to all absolutes. But such a postulate, however helpful, is
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invalidated
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by the eternity co-existence of the Son, the Spirit, the three Absolutes, and
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the Paradise Isle.
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It is a truth that the Absolutes are manifestations of the I AM-First Source
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and Center; it is a fact that these Absolutes never had a beginning but are
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co-ordinate eternals with the First Source and Center. The relationships of
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absolutes in eternity cannot always be presented without involving paradoxes in
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the language of time and in the concept patterns of space. But regardless of
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any confusion concerning the origin of the Seven Absolutes of Infinity, it is
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both fact and truth that all reality is predicated upon their eternity
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existence and infinity relationships.
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4. UNITY, DUALITY, AND TRIUNITY
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The universe philosophers postulate the eternity existence of the I AM as the
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primal source of all reality. And concomitant therewith they postulate the
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self-segmentation of the I AM into the primary self-relationships--the seven
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phases of infinity. And simultaneous with this assumption is the third
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postulate--the eternity appearance of the Seven Absolutes of Infinity and the
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eternalization of the duality association of the seven phases of the I AM and
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these seven Absolutes.
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The self-revelation of the I AM thus proceeds from static self through
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self-segmentation and self-relationship to absolute relationships,
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relationships with self-derived Absolutes. Duality becomes thus existent in the
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eternal association of the Seven Absolutes of Infinity with the sevenfold
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infinity of the self-segmented phases of the self-revealing I AM. These dual
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relationships, eternalizing to the universes as the seven Absolutes, eternalize
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the basic foundations for all universe reality.
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It has been sometime stated that unity begets duality, that duality begets
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triunity, and that triunity is the eternal ancestor of all things. There are,
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indeed, three great classes of primordial relationships, and they are:
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1. Unity relationships. Relations existent within the I AM as the unity thereof
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is conceived as a threefold and then as a sevenfold self-differentiation.
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2. Duality relationships. Relations existent between the I AM as sevenfold and
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the Seven Absolutes of Infinity.
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3. Triunity relationships. These are the functional associations of the Seven
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Absolutes of Infinity.
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Triunity relationships arise upon duality foundations because of the
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inevitability of Absolute interassociation. Such triunity associations
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eternalize the potential of all reality; they encompass both deified and
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undeified reality.
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The I AM is unqualified infinity as unity. The dualities eternalize reality
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foundations. The triunities eventuate the realization of infinity as universal
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function.
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Pre-existentials become existential in the seven Absolutes, and existentials
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become functional in the triunities, the basic association of Absolutes. And
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concomitant with the eternalization of the triunities the universe stage is
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set--the potentials are. existent and the actuals are present--and the fullness
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of eternity witnesses the diversification of cosmic energy, the outspreading of
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Paradise spirit, and the endowment of mind together with the bestowal of
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personality, by virtue of which all of these Deity and Paradise derivatives are
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unified
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in experience on the creature level and by other techniques on the
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supercreature level.
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5. PROMULGATION OF FINITE REALITY
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Just as the original diversification of the I AM must be attributed to inherent
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and self-contained volition, so must the promulgation of finite reality be
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ascribed to the volitional acts of Paradise Deity and to the repercussional
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adjustments of the functional triunities.
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Prior to the deitization of the finite, it would appear that all reality
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diversification took place on absolute levels; but the volitional act
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promulgating finite reality connotes a qualification of absoluteness and
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implies the appearance of relativities.
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While we present this narrative as a sequence and portray the historic
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appearance of the finite as a direct derivative of the absolute, it should be
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borne in mind that transcendentals both preceded and succeeded all that is
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finite. Transcendental ultimates are, in relation to the finite, both causal
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and consummational.
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Finite possibility is inherent in the Infinite, but the transmutation of
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possibility to probability and inevitability must be attributed to the
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self-existent free will of the First Source and Center, activating all triunity
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associations. Only the infinity of the Father's will could ever have so
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qualified the absolute level of existence as to eventuate an ultimate or to
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create a finite.
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With the appearance of relative and qualified reality there comes into being a
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new cycle of reality--the growth cycle--a majestic downsweep from the heights
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of infinity to the domain of the finite, forever swinging inward to Paradise
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and Deity, always seeking those high destinies commensurate with an infinity
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source.
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These inconceivable transactions mark the beginning of universe history, mark
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the coming into existence of time itself. To a creature, the beginning of the
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finite is the genesis of reality; as viewed by creature mind, there is no
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actuality conceivable prior to the finite. This newly appearing finite reality
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exists in two original phases:
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1. Primary maximums, the supremely perfect reality, the Havona type of universe
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and creature.
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2. Secondary maximums, the supremely perfected reality, the superuniverse type
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of creature and creation.
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These, then, are the two original manifestations: the constitutively perfect
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and the evolutionally perfected. The two are co-ordinate in eternity
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relationships, but within the limits of time they are seemingly different. A
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time factor means growth to that which grows; secondary finites grow; hence
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those that are growing must appear as incomplete in time. But these
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differences, which are so important this side of Paradise, are nonexistent in
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eternity.
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We speak of the perfect and the perfected as primary and secondary maximums,
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but there is still another type: Trinitizing and other relationships between
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the primaries and the secondaries result in the appearance of tertiary
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maximums--things, meanings, and values that are neither perfect nor perfected
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yet are co-ordinate with both ancestral factors.
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6. REPERCUSSIONS OF FINITE REALITY
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The entire promulgation of finite existences represents a transference from
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potentials to actuals within the absolute associations of functional infinity.
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Of the many repercussions to creative actualization of the finite, there may be
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cited:
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1. The deity response, the appearance of the three levels of experiential
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supremacy: the actuality of personal-spirit supremacy in Havona, the potential
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for personal-power supremacy in the grand universe to be, and the capacity for
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some unknown function of experiential mind acting on some level of supremacy in
|
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the future master universe.
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2. The universe response involved an activation of the architectural plans for
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the superuniverse space level, and this evolution is still progressing
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throughout the physical organization of the seven superuniverses.
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3. The creature repercussion to finite-reality promulgation resulted in the
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appearance of perfect beings on the order of the eternal inhabitants of Havona
|
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and of perfected evolutionary ascenders from the seven superuniverses. But to
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attain perfection as an evolutionary (time-creative) experience implies
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something other-than-perfection as a point of departure. Thus arises
|
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imperfection in the evolutionary creations. And this is the origin of potential
|
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evil. Misadaptation, disharmony, and conflict, all these things are inherent in
|
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evolutionary growth, from physical universes to personal creatures.
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4. The divinity response to the imperfection inherent in the time lag of
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evolution is disclosed in the compensating presence of God the Sevenfold, by
|
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whose activities that which is perfecting is integrated with both the perfect
|
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and the perfected. This time lag is inseparable from evolution, which is
|
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creativity in time. Because of it, as well as for other reasons, the almighty
|
||
power of the Supreme is predicated on the divinity successes of God the
|
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Sevenfold. This time lag makes possible creature participation in divine
|
||
creation by permitting creature personalities to become partners with Deity in
|
||
the attainment of maximum development. Even the material mind of the mortal
|
||
creature thus becomes partner with the divine Adjuster in the dualization of
|
||
the immortal soul. God the Sevenfold also provides techniques of compensation
|
||
for the experiential limitations of inherent perfection as well as compensating
|
||
the preascension limitations of imperfection.
|
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|
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7. EVENTUATION OF TRANSCENDENTALS
|
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|
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Transcendentals are subinfinite and subabsolute but superfinite and
|
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supercreatural. Transcendentals eventuate as an integrating level correlating
|
||
the supervalues of absolutes with the maximum values of finites. From the
|
||
creature standpoint, that which is transcendental would appear to have
|
||
eventuated as a consequence of the finite; from the eternity viewpoint, in
|
||
anticipation of the finite; and there are those who have considered it as a
|
||
"pre-echo" of the finite.
|
||
|
||
That which is transcendental is not necessarily nondevelopmental, but it is
|
||
superevolutional in the finite sense; neither is it nonexperiential, but it is
|
||
superexperience as such is meaningful to creatures. Perhaps the best
|
||
illustration of
|
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|
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such a paradox is the central universe of perfection: It is hardly
|
||
absolute--only the Paradise Isle is truly absolute in the "materialized" sense.
|
||
Neither is it a finite evolutionary creation as are the seven superuniverses.
|
||
Havona is eternal but not changeless in the sense of being a universe of
|
||
nongrowth. It is inhabited by creatures (Havona natives) who never were
|
||
actually created, for they are eternally existent. Havona thus illustrates
|
||
something which is not exactly finite nor yet absolute. Havona further acts as
|
||
a buffer between absolute Paradise and finite creations, still further
|
||
illustrating the function of transcendentals. But Havona itself is not a
|
||
transcendental--it is Havona.
|
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|
||
As the Supreme is associated with finites, so the Ultimate is identified with
|
||
transcendentals. But though we thus compare Supreme and Ultimate, they differ
|
||
by something more than degree; the difference is also a matter of quality. The
|
||
Ultimate is something more than a super-Supreme projected on the transcendental
|
||
level. The Ultimate is all of that, but more: The Ultimate is an eventuation of
|
||
new Deity realities, the qualification of new phases of the theretofore
|
||
unqualified.
|
||
|
||
Among those realities which are associated with the transcendental level are
|
||
the following:
|
||
|
||
1. The Deity presence of the Ultimate.
|
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|
||
2. The concept of the master universe.
|
||
|
||
3. The Architects of the Master Universe.
|
||
|
||
4. The two orders of Paradise force organizers.
|
||
|
||
5. Certain modifications in space potency.
|
||
|
||
6. Certain values of spirit.
|
||
|
||
7. Certain meanings of mind.
|
||
|
||
8. Absonite qualities and realities.
|
||
|
||
9. Omnipotence, omniscience, and omnipresence.
|
||
|
||
10. Space.
|
||
|
||
The universe in which we now live may be thought of as existing on finite,
|
||
transcendental, and absolute levels. This is the cosmic stage on which is
|
||
enacted the endless drama of personality performance and energy metamorphosis.
|
||
|
||
And all of these manifold realities are unified absolutely by the several
|
||
triunities, functionally by the Architects of the Master Universe, and
|
||
relatively by the Seven Master Spirits, the subsupreme co-ordinators of the
|
||
divinity of God the Sevenfold.
|
||
|
||
God the Sevenfold represents the personality and divinity revelation of the
|
||
Universal Father to creatures of both maximum and submaximum status, but there
|
||
are other sevenfold relationships of the First Source and Center which do not
|
||
pertain to the manifestation of the divine spiritual ministry of the God who is
|
||
spirit.
|
||
|
||
In the eternity of the past the forces of the Absolutes, the spirits of the
|
||
Deities, and the personalities of the Gods stirred in response to the
|
||
primordial self-will of self-existent self-will. In this universe age we are
|
||
all witnessing the stupendous repercussions of the far-flung cosmic panorama of
|
||
the subabsolute manifestations of the limitless potentials of all these
|
||
realities. And it is altogether possible that the continued diversification of
|
||
the original reality of the First Source and
|
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|
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Center may proceed onward and outward throughout age upon age, on and on, into
|
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the faraway and inconceivable stretches of absolute infinity.
|
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Subjects Archive The Urantia Book Urantia Book PART III: The History of Urantia
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: The Origin Of Urantia Life Establishment On Urantia The Marine-life Era On
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Urantia Urantia During The Early Land-life Era The Mammalian Era On Urantia The
|
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Dawn Races Of Early Man The First Human Family The Evolutionary Races Of Color
|
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The Overcontrol Of Evolution The Planetary Prince Of Urantia The Planetary
|
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Rebellion The Dawn Of Civilization Primitive Human Institutions The Evolution
|
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|
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|
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