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132:1.1 It was with Angamon, the [[leader]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism Stoics], that [[Jesus]] had an all-night [[Dialogue|talk]] early during his [[sojourn]] in [[Rome]]. This man subsequently became a great [[friend]] of [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]] and proved to be one of the strong [[support]]ers of the [[Christian]] church at [[Rome]]. In substance, and restated in [[modern]] phraseology, [[Jesus]] taught Angamon:

132:1.1 It was with Angamon, the [[leader]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism Stoics], that [[Jesus]] had an all-night [[Dialogue|talk]] early during his [[sojourn]] in [[Rome]]. This man subsequently became a great [[friend]] of [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]] and proved to be one of the strong [[support]]ers of the [[Christian]] church at [[Rome]]. In substance, and restated in [[modern]] phraseology, [[Jesus]] taught Angamon:

132:1.2 The [[standard]] of true [[values]] must be looked for in the [[spiritual]] world and on [[divine]] levels of [[eternal]] [[reality]]. To an [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascending mortal] all lower and [[material]] [[standards]] must be recognized as transient, partial, and inferior. The [[scientist]], as such, is limited to the [[discovery]] of the [[relatedness]] of [[material]] [[facts]]. Technically, he has no right to assert that he is either [[materialist]] or [[idealist]], for in so doing he has assumed to forsake the attitude of a true scientist since any and all such assertions of [[attitude]] are the very [[essence]] of [[philosophy]].

132:1.2 The [[standard]] of true [[values]] must be looked for in the [[spiritual]] world and on [[divine]] levels of [[eternal]] [[reality]]. To an [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascending mortal] all lower and [[material]] [[standards]] must be recognized as transient, partial, and inferior. The [[scientist]], as such, is limited to the [[discovery]] of the [[relatedness]] of [[material]] [[facts]]. Technically, he has no right to assert that he is either [[materialist]] or [[idealist]], for in so doing he has assumed to forsake the attitude of a true scientist since any and all such assertions of [[attitude]] are the very [[essence]] of [[philosophy]].

132:1.3 Unless the [[moral]] [[insight]] and the [[spiritual]] [[attainment]] of [[mankind]] are [[proportionately]] augmented, the unlimited advancement of a purely [[materialistic]] [[culture]] may [[eventually]] become a menace to [[civilization]]. A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductionism purely materialistic] science harbors within itself the [[potential]] [[seed]] of the destruction of all scientific striving, for this very [[attitude]] presages the ultimate [[collapse]] of a [[civilization]] which has abandoned its sense of [[moral]] [[values]] and has repudiated its [[spiritual]] goal of [[attainment]].

132:1.3 Unless the [[moral]] [[insight]] and the [[spiritual]] [[attainment]] of [[mankind]] are [[proportionately]] augmented, the unlimited advancement of a purely [[materialistic]] [[culture]] may [[eventually]] become a menace to [[civilization]]. A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reductionism purely materialistic] science harbors within itself the [[potential]] [[seed]] of the destruction of all scientific striving, for this very [[attitude]] presages the ultimate [[collapse]] of a [[civilization]] which has abandoned its sense of [[moral]] [[values]] and has repudiated its [[spiritual]] goal of [[attainment]].

132:2.2 My [[brother]], [[good]] and [[evil]] are merely [[words]] symbolizing [[relative]] [[levels]] of human [[comprehension]] of the [[observable]] [[universe]]. If you are [[ethically]] [[lazy]] and socially indifferent, you can take as your [[standard]] of [[good]] the [[Status Quo|current social usages]]. If you are [[spiritually]] indolent and [[morally]] unprogressive, you may take as your [[standards]] of [[good]] the religious [[practices]] and [[traditions]] of your contemporaries. But the [[soul]] that [[survives]] time and [[emerges]] into [[eternity]] must make a living and [[personal]] [[choice]] between [[good]] and [[evil]] as they are determined by the true [[values]] of the spiritual [[standards]] [[established]] by the [[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]] which [[the Father]] in heaven has sent to dwell within the [[heart]] of [[man]]. This [[indwelling spirit]] is the [[standard]] of [[personality survival]].

132:2.2 My [[brother]], [[good]] and [[evil]] are merely [[words]] symbolizing [[relative]] [[levels]] of human [[comprehension]] of the [[observable]] [[universe]]. If you are [[ethically]] [[lazy]] and socially indifferent, you can take as your [[standard]] of [[good]] the [[Status Quo|current social usages]]. If you are [[spiritually]] indolent and [[morally]] unprogressive, you may take as your [[standards]] of [[good]] the religious [[practices]] and [[traditions]] of your contemporaries. But the [[soul]] that [[survives]] time and [[emerges]] into [[eternity]] must make a living and [[personal]] [[choice]] between [[good]] and [[evil]] as they are determined by the true [[values]] of the spiritual [[standards]] [[established]] by the [[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]] which [[the Father]] in heaven has sent to dwell within the [[heart]] of [[man]]. This [[indwelling spirit]] is the [[standard]] of [[personality survival]].

132:2.3 [[Goodness]], like [[truth]], is always [[relative]] and unfailingly [[evil]]-[[contrast]]ed. It is the [[perception]] of these [[qualities]] of [[goodness]] and [[truth]] that enables the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112_-_Personality_Survival#112:6._THE_MORONTIA_SELF evolving souls] of men to make those [[personal]] [[decisions]] of choice which are [[essential]] to eternal [[survival]].

132:2.3 [[Goodness]], like [[truth]], is always [[relative]] and unfailingly [[evil]]-[[contrast]]ed. It is the [[perception]] of these [[qualities]] of [[goodness]] and [[truth]] that enables the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112_-_Personality_Survival#112:6._THE_MORONTIA_SELF evolving souls] of men to make those [[personal]] [[decisions]] of choice which are [[essential]] to eternal [[survival]].

132:2.4 The [[spiritually]] blind [[individual]] who [[logically]] follows [[scientific]] dictation, social usage, and [[religious]] [[dogma]] stands in grave [[danger]] of [[sacrificing]] his [[moral]] [[freedom]] and losing his [[spiritual]] [[liberty]]. Such a [[soul]] is [[destined]] to become an [[intellectual]] parrot, a [[social]] [[automaton]], and a [[slave]] to [[religious]] [[authority]].

132:2.4 The [[spiritually]] blind [[individual]] who [[logically]] follows [[scientific]] dictation, social usage, and [[religious]] [[dogma]] stands in grave [[danger]] of [[sacrificing]] his [[moral]] [[freedom]] and losing his [[spiritual]] [[liberty]]. Such a [[soul]] is [[destined]] to become an [[intellectual]] parrot, a [[social]] [[automaton]], and a [[slave]] to [[religious]] [[authority]].

132:2.5 [[Goodness]] is always growing toward new [[levels]] of the increasing [[liberty]] of [[moral]] [[self-realization]] and [[spiritual]] [[personality]] [[attainment]]—the [[discovery]] of, and identification with, the [[indwelling Adjuster]]. An [[experience]] is good when it heightens the [[appreciation]] of [[beauty]], augments the [[moral]] [[Free will|will]], enhances the [[discernment]] of [[truth]], enlarges the [[capacity]] to [[love]] and serve one's fellows, exalts the [[spiritual]] [[ideals]], and unifies the [[supreme]] human [[motives]] of time with the [[eternal]] [[plans]] of the [[indwelling Adjuster]], all of which lead directly to an increased [[desire]] to [[do the Father's will]], thereby fostering the [[divine]] [[passion]] to find [[God]] and to be more like him.

132:2.5 [[Goodness]] is always growing toward new [[levels]] of the increasing [[liberty]] of [[moral]] [[self-realization]] and [[spiritual]] [[personality]] [[attainment]]—the [[discovery]] of, and identification with, the [[indwelling Adjuster]]. An [[experience]] is good when it heightens the [[appreciation]] of [[beauty]], augments the [[moral]] [[Free will|will]], enhances the [[discernment]] of [[truth]], enlarges the [[capacity]] to [[love]] and serve one's fellows, exalts the [[spiritual]] [[ideals]], and unifies the [[supreme]] human [[motives]] of time with the [[eternal]] [[plans]] of the [[indwelling Adjuster]], all of which lead directly to an increased [[desire]] to [[do the Father's will]], thereby fostering the [[divine]] [[passion]] to find [[God]] and to be more like him.

132:2.6 As you [[ascend]] the [[universe]] [[scale]] of [[creature]] [[development]], you will find increasing [[goodness]] and diminishing [[evil]] in perfect accordance with your [[capacity]] for [[goodness]]-[[experience]] and [[truth]]-[[discernment]]. The [[ability]] to entertain [[error]] or [[experience]] [[evil]] will not be fully lost until the [[Ascension Career|ascending human soul]] [[achieves]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_13#13:2._FATHER-WORLD_RELATIONSHIPS final spirit levels].

132:2.6 As you [[ascend]] the [[universe]] [[scale]] of [[creature]] [[development]], you will find increasing [[goodness]] and diminishing [[evil]] in perfect accordance with your [[capacity]] for [[goodness]]-[[experience]] and [[truth]]-[[discernment]]. The [[ability]] to entertain [[error]] or [[experience]] [[evil]] will not be fully lost until the [[Ascension Career|ascending human soul]] [[achieves]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_13#13:2._FATHER-WORLD_RELATIONSHIPS final spirit levels].

132:2.7 [[Goodness]] is living, [[relative]], always [[progressing]], invariably a [[personal]] [[experience]], and everlastingly correlated with the [[discernment]] of [[truth]] and [[beauty]]. [[Goodness]] is found in the [[recognition]] of the [[positive]] [[truth]]-[[values]] of the [[spiritual]] level, which must, in human [[experience]], be [[contrasted]] with the [[negative]] [[counterpart]]—the [[shadows]] of [[potential]] [[evil]].

132:2.7 [[Goodness]] is living, [[relative]], always [[progressing]], invariably a [[personal]] [[experience]], and everlastingly correlated with the [[discernment]] of [[truth]] and [[beauty]]. [[Goodness]] is found in the [[recognition]] of the [[positive]] [[truth]]-[[values]] of the [[spiritual]] level, which must, in human [[experience]], be [[contrasted]] with the [[negative]] [[counterpart]]—the [[shadows]] of [[potential]] [[evil]].

132:2.8 Until you attain [[Paradise]] levels, [[goodness]] will always be more of a [[quest]] than a [[possession]], more of a goal than an [[experience]] of [[attainment]]. But even as you [[hunger]] and [[thirst]] for [[righteousness]], you [[experience]] increasing [[satisfaction]] in the partial [[attainment]] of [[goodness]]. The [[presence]] of  and evil in the world is in itself [[positive]] [[proof]] of the [[existence]] and [[reality]] of man's [[moral]] will, the [[personality]], which thus identifies these [[values]] and is also able to [[choose]] between them.

132:2.8 Until you attain [[Paradise]] levels, [[goodness]] will always be more of a [[quest]] than a [[possession]], more of a goal than an [[experience]] of [[attainment]]. But even as you [[hunger]] and [[thirst]] for [[righteousness]], you [[experience]] increasing [[satisfaction]] in the partial [[attainment]] of [[goodness]]. The [[presence]] of  and evil in the world is in itself [[positive]] [[proof]] of the [[existence]] and [[reality]] of man's [[moral]] will, the [[personality]], which thus identifies these [[values]] and is also able to [[choose]] between them.

132:2.9 By the [[time]] of the [[attainment]] of [[Paradise]] the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascending mortal]'s capacity for identifying the [[self]] with true [[spirit]] [[values]] has become so enlarged as to result in the [[attainment]] of the [[perfection]] of the [[possession]] of the light of life. Such a [[perfected]] spirit [[personality]] becomes so wholly, divinely, and spiritually [[unified]] with the positive and [[supreme]] [[qualities]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_56#56:10._TRUTH.2C_BEAUTY.2C_AND_GOODNESS goodness, beauty, and truth] that there remains no [[possibility]] that such a [[righteous]] spirit would cast any [[negative]] [[shadow]] of [[potential]] [[evil]] when exposed to the searching [[luminosity]] of the divine light of the [[The Gods|infinite Rulers]] of [[Paradise]]. In all such [[spirit]] [[personalities]], [[goodness]] is no longer partial, contrastive, and comparative; it has become [[divinely]] complete and spiritually replete; it approaches the [[purity]] and [[perfection]] of [[the Supreme]].

132:2.9 By the [[time]] of the [[attainment]] of [[Paradise]] the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascending mortal]'s capacity for identifying the [[self]] with true [[spirit]] [[values]] has become so enlarged as to result in the [[attainment]] of the [[perfection]] of the [[possession]] of the light of life. Such a [[perfected]] spirit [[personality]] becomes so wholly, divinely, and spiritually [[unified]] with the positive and [[supreme]] [[qualities]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_56#56:10._TRUTH.2C_BEAUTY.2C_AND_GOODNESS goodness, beauty, and truth] that there remains no [[possibility]] that such a [[righteous]] spirit would cast any [[negative]] [[shadow]] of [[potential]] [[evil]] when exposed to the searching [[luminosity]] of the divine light of the [[The Gods|infinite Rulers]] of [[Paradise]]. In all such [[spirit]] [[personalities]], [[goodness]] is no longer partial, contrastive, and comparative; it has become [[divinely]] complete and spiritually replete; it approaches the [[purity]] and [[perfection]] of [[the Supreme]].

132:2.10 The [[possibility]] of [[evil]] is [[necessary]] to [[moral]] [[choosing]], but not the [[actuality]] thereof. A [[shadow]] is only relatively real. [[Actual]] [[evil]] is not [[necessary]] as a [[personal]] [[experience]]. [[Potential]] [[evil]] [[acts]] equally well as a [[decision]] [[stimulus]] in the realms of [[moral]] [[progress]] on the lower levels of [[spiritual]] [[development]]. Evil becomes a [[reality]] of [[personal]] [[experience]] only when a [[moral]] [[mind]] makes [[evil]] its [[choice]].

132:2.10 The [[possibility]] of [[evil]] is [[necessary]] to [[moral]] [[choosing]], but not the [[actuality]] thereof. A [[shadow]] is only relatively real. [[Actual]] [[evil]] is not [[necessary]] as a [[personal]] [[experience]]. [[Potential]] [[evil]] [[acts]] equally well as a [[decision]] [[stimulus]] in the realms of [[moral]] [[progress]] on the lower levels of [[spiritual]] [[development]]. Evil becomes a [[reality]] of [[personal]] [[experience]] only when a [[moral]] [[mind]] makes [[evil]] its [[choice]].

132:3.3 Man tends to [[crystallize]] [[science]], [[formulate]] [[philosophy]], and [[dogmatize]] [[truth]] because he is mentally [[lazy]] in [[adjusting]] to the [[progressive]] struggles of living, while he is also terribly [[afraid]] of the [[unknown]]. Natural man is slow to [[initiate]] [[changes]] in his [[habits]] of [[thinking]] and in his [[techniques]] of living.

132:3.3 Man tends to [[crystallize]] [[science]], [[formulate]] [[philosophy]], and [[dogmatize]] [[truth]] because he is mentally [[lazy]] in [[adjusting]] to the [[progressive]] struggles of living, while he is also terribly [[afraid]] of the [[unknown]]. Natural man is slow to [[initiate]] [[changes]] in his [[habits]] of [[thinking]] and in his [[techniques]] of living.

132:3.4 [[Revealed]] [[truth]], personally [[discovered]] [[truth]], is the [[supreme]] [[delight]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:2._NATURE_OF_THE_SOUL human soul]; it is the joint [[creation]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 material mind] and the [[indwelling spirit]]. The [[eternal]] [[salvation]] of this [[truth]]-[[discerning]] and [[beauty]]-loving [[soul]] is [[assured]] by that [[hunger]] and [[thirst]] for [[goodness]] which leads this [[mortal]] to develop a singleness of [[purpose]] to [[do the Father's will]], to find God and to become like him. There is never [[conflict]] between true [[knowledge]] and [[truth]]. There may be conflict between [[knowledge]] and human [[beliefs]], beliefs colored with [[prejudice]], distorted by [[fear]], and [[dominated]] by the dread of facing new [[facts]] of material [[discovery]] or spiritual [[progress]].

132:3.4 [[Revealed]] [[truth]], personally [[discovered]] [[truth]], is the [[supreme]] [[delight]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:2._NATURE_OF_THE_SOUL human soul]; it is the joint [[creation]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 material mind] and the [[indwelling spirit]]. The [[eternal]] [[salvation]] of this [[truth]]-[[discerning]] and [[beauty]]-loving [[soul]] is [[assured]] by that [[hunger]] and [[thirst]] for [[goodness]] which leads this [[mortal]] to develop a singleness of [[purpose]] to [[do the Father's will]], to find God and to become like him. There is never [[conflict]] between true [[knowledge]] and [[truth]]. There may be conflict between [[knowledge]] and human [[beliefs]], beliefs colored with [[prejudice]], distorted by [[fear]], and [[dominated]] by the dread of facing new [[facts]] of material [[discovery]] or spiritual [[progress]].

132:3.5 But [[truth]] can never become man's [[possession]] without the [[exercise]] of [[faith]]. This is true because man's [[thoughts]], [[wisdom]], [[ethics]], and [[ideals]] will never rise higher than his [[faith]], his [[sublime]] [[hope]]. And all such true [[faith]] is predicated on [[profound]] [[reflection]], [[sincere]] [[self]]-[[criticism]], and uncompromising [[moral]] [[consciousness]]. [[Faith]] is the [[inspiration]] of the spiritized [[creative]] [[imagination]].

132:3.5 But [[truth]] can never become man's [[possession]] without the [[exercise]] of [[faith]]. This is true because man's [[thoughts]], [[wisdom]], [[ethics]], and [[ideals]] will never rise higher than his [[faith]], his [[sublime]] [[hope]]. And all such true [[faith]] is predicated on [[profound]] [[reflection]], [[sincere]] [[self]]-[[criticism]], and uncompromising [[moral]] [[consciousness]]. [[Faith]] is the [[inspiration]] of the spiritized [[creative]] [[imagination]].

132:3.6 [[Faith]] [[acts]] to release the [[superhuman]] [[activities]] of the [[divine]] [[spark]], the [[immortal]] [[germ]], that lives within the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE mind of man], and which is the [[potential]] of [[eternal]] [[survival]]. [[Plants]] and [[animals]] survive in [[time]] by the [[technique]] of passing on from one [[generation]] to another identical particles of themselves. The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:2._NATURE_OF_THE_SOUL human soul] ([[personality]]) of man survives [[mortal]] [[death]] by [[identity]] association with this [[Thought Adjuster|indwelling spark]] of [[divinity]], which is [[immortal]], and which [[functions]] to perpetuate the human [[personality]] upon a continuing and higher level of [[progressive]] [[universe]] [[existence]]. The concealed [[seed]] of the [[human]] [[soul]] is an [[immortal]] [[spirit]]. The second [[generation]] of the [[soul]] is the first of a [[succession]] of [[personality]] [[manifestations]] of spiritual and progressing [[existences]], terminating only when this [[divine]] [[entity]] attains the [[source]] of its [[existence]], the [[First Source and Center|personal source]] of all [[existence]], God, the [[Universal Father]].

132:3.6 [[Faith]] [[acts]] to release the [[superhuman]] [[activities]] of the [[divine]] [[spark]], the [[immortal]] [[germ]], that lives within the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE mind of man], and which is the [[potential]] of [[eternal]] [[survival]]. [[Plants]] and [[animals]] survive in [[time]] by the [[technique]] of passing on from one [[generation]] to another identical particles of themselves. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:2._NATURE_OF_THE_SOUL human soul] ([[personality]]) of man survives [[mortal]] [[death]] by [[identity]] association with this [[Thought Adjuster|indwelling spark]] of [[divinity]], which is [[immortal]], and which [[functions]] to perpetuate the human [[personality]] upon a continuing and higher level of [[progressive]] [[universe]] [[existence]]. The concealed [[seed]] of the [[human]] [[soul]] is an [[immortal]] [[spirit]]. The second [[generation]] of the [[soul]] is the first of a [[succession]] of [[personality]] [[manifestations]] of spiritual and progressing [[existences]], terminating only when this [[divine]] [[entity]] attains the [[source]] of its [[existence]], the [[First Source and Center|personal source]] of all [[existence]], God, the [[Universal Father]].

132:3.7 [[Human]] life continues—[[survives]]—because it has a [[universe]] [[function]], the task of finding [[God]]. The [[faith]]-activated [[soul]] of man cannot stop short of the [[attainment]] of this goal of [[destiny]]; and when it does once achieve this divine goal, it can never end because it has become like [[God]]—[[eternal]].

132:3.7 [[Human]] life continues—[[survives]]—because it has a [[universe]] [[function]], the task of finding [[God]]. The [[faith]]-activated [[soul]] of man cannot stop short of the [[attainment]] of this goal of [[destiny]]; and when it does once achieve this divine goal, it can never end because it has become like [[God]]—[[eternal]].

132:3.8 [[Spiritual evolution]] is an [[experience]] of the increasing and voluntary [[choice]] of [[goodness]] attended by an [[equal]] and [[progressive]] diminution of the possibility of [[evil]]. With the [[attainment]] of [[finality]] of [[choice]] for [[goodness]] and of completed [[capacity]] for [[truth]] [[appreciation]], there comes into [[existence]] a [[perfection]] of [[beauty]] and [[holiness]] whose [[righteousness]] eternally inhibits the [[possibility]] of the [[emergence]] of even the [[concept]] of [[potential]] [[evil]]. Such a God-knowing [[soul]] casts no [[shadow]] of doubting [[evil]] when functioning on such a high [[spirit]] level of [[divine]] [[goodness]].

132:3.8 [[Spiritual evolution]] is an [[experience]] of the increasing and voluntary [[choice]] of [[goodness]] attended by an [[equal]] and [[progressive]] diminution of the possibility of [[evil]]. With the [[attainment]] of [[finality]] of [[choice]] for [[goodness]] and of completed [[capacity]] for [[truth]] [[appreciation]], there comes into [[existence]] a [[perfection]] of [[beauty]] and [[holiness]] whose [[righteousness]] eternally inhibits the [[possibility]] of the [[emergence]] of even the [[concept]] of [[potential]] [[evil]]. Such a God-knowing [[soul]] casts no [[shadow]] of doubting [[evil]] when functioning on such a high [[spirit]] level of [[divine]] [[goodness]].

132:3.9 The [[presence]] of the [[Paradise]] spirit in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE mind of man] [[constitutes]] the [[revelation]] [[promise]] and the [[faith]] pledge of an [[eternal]] [[existence]] of divine [[progression]] for every [[soul]] seeking to achieve [[identity]] with this [[immortal]] and [[Thought Adjuster|indwelling spirit]] fragment of the [[Universal Father]].

132:3.9 The [[presence]] of the [[Paradise]] spirit in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE mind of man] [[constitutes]] the [[revelation]] [[promise]] and the [[faith]] pledge of an [[eternal]] [[existence]] of divine [[progression]] for every [[soul]] seeking to achieve [[identity]] with this [[immortal]] and [[Thought Adjuster|indwelling spirit]] fragment of the [[Universal Father]].

132:3.10 [[Universe]] [[progress]] is characterized by increasing [[personality]] [[freedom]] because it is associated with the progressive [[attainment]] of higher and higher levels of [[self]]-[[understanding]] and consequent [[voluntary]] self-restraint. The [[attainment]] of [[perfection]] of spiritual self-restraint [[equals]] completeness of [[universe]] [[freedom]] and [[personal]] [[liberty]]. [[Faith]] fosters and maintains man's [[soul]] in the midst of the [[confusion]] of his early [[orientation]] in such a vast [[universe]], whereas [[prayer]] becomes the great unifier of the various [[inspirations]] of the [[creative]] [[imagination]] and the [[faith]] urges of a [[soul]] trying to identify itself with the [[spirit]] [[ideals]] of the [[Thought Adjuster|indwelling]] and associated divine [[presence]].

132:3.10 [[Universe]] [[progress]] is characterized by increasing [[personality]] [[freedom]] because it is associated with the progressive [[attainment]] of higher and higher levels of [[self]]-[[understanding]] and consequent [[voluntary]] self-restraint. The [[attainment]] of [[perfection]] of spiritual self-restraint [[equals]] completeness of [[universe]] [[freedom]] and [[personal]] [[liberty]]. [[Faith]] fosters and maintains man's [[soul]] in the midst of the [[confusion]] of his early [[orientation]] in such a vast [[universe]], whereas [[prayer]] becomes the great unifier of the various [[inspirations]] of the [[creative]] [[imagination]] and the [[faith]] urges of a [[soul]] trying to identify itself with the [[spirit]] [[ideals]] of the [[Thought Adjuster|indwelling]] and associated divine [[presence]].

132:4.1 [[Jesus]] did not [[devote]] all his [[leisure]] while in [[Rome]] to this [[work]] of [[preparing]] men and women to become [[future]] [[disciples]] in the oncoming kingdom. He spent much time gaining an [[intimate]] [[knowledge]] of all [[races]] and [[classes]] of men who lived in this, the largest and most [[cosmopolitan]] [[city]] of the world. In each of these numerous human [[contacts]] Jesus had a double [[purpose]]: He [[desired]] to [[learn]] their [[reactions]] to the life they were living in the [[flesh]], and he was also minded to say or do something to make that life richer and more [[worth]] while. His religious [[teachings]] during these weeks were no [[different]] than those which characterized his later life as teacher of [[the Apostles|the twelve]] and preacher to the multitudes.

132:4.1 [[Jesus]] did not [[devote]] all his [[leisure]] while in [[Rome]] to this [[work]] of [[preparing]] men and women to become [[future]] [[disciples]] in the oncoming kingdom. He spent much time gaining an [[intimate]] [[knowledge]] of all [[races]] and [[classes]] of men who lived in this, the largest and most [[cosmopolitan]] [[city]] of the world. In each of these numerous human [[contacts]] Jesus had a double [[purpose]]: He [[desired]] to [[learn]] their [[reactions]] to the life they were living in the [[flesh]], and he was also minded to say or do something to make that life richer and more [[worth]] while. His religious [[teachings]] during these weeks were no [[different]] than those which characterized his later life as teacher of [[the Apostles|the twelve]] and preacher to the multitudes.

132:4.2 Always the burden of his [[message]] was: the [[fact]] of the heavenly Father's [[love]] and the [[truth]] of his [[mercy]], coupled with the good news that man is a [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD faith-son] of this same [[God]] of [[love]]. Jesus' usual [[technique]] of [[social]] [[contact]] was to draw people out and into talking with him by asking them questions. The interview would usually begin by his asking them questions and end by their asking him questions. He was equally adept in teaching by either asking or answering questions. ''As a rule, to those he taught the most, he said the least.'' Those who derived most [[benefit]] from his [[personal]] [[ministry]] were overburdened, [[anxious]], and dejected [[mortals]] who gained much relief because of the [[opportunity]] to unburden their [[souls]] to a [[sympathetic]] and understanding [[listener]], and he was all that and more. And when these maladjusted [[human beings]] had told [[Jesus]] about their [[trouble]]s, always was he able to offer [[practical]] and immediately helpful suggestions looking toward the correction of their real difficulties, albeit he did not neglect to speak [[words]] of present [[comfort]] and immediate consolation. And invariably would he tell these distressed [[mortals]] about the [[love]] of God and impart the [[information]], by various and sundry [[methods]], that they were the [[children]] of this loving [[Father in heaven]].

132:4.2 Always the burden of his [[message]] was: the [[fact]] of the heavenly Father's [[love]] and the [[truth]] of his [[mercy]], coupled with the good news that man is a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD faith-son] of this same [[God]] of [[love]]. Jesus' usual [[technique]] of [[social]] [[contact]] was to draw people out and into talking with him by asking them questions. The interview would usually begin by his asking them questions and end by their asking him questions. He was equally adept in teaching by either asking or answering questions. ''As a rule, to those he taught the most, he said the least.'' Those who derived most [[benefit]] from his [[personal]] [[ministry]] were overburdened, [[anxious]], and dejected [[mortals]] who gained much relief because of the [[opportunity]] to unburden their [[souls]] to a [[sympathetic]] and understanding [[listener]], and he was all that and more. And when these maladjusted [[human beings]] had told [[Jesus]] about their [[trouble]]s, always was he able to offer [[practical]] and immediately helpful suggestions looking toward the correction of their real difficulties, albeit he did not neglect to speak [[words]] of present [[comfort]] and immediate consolation. And invariably would he tell these distressed [[mortals]] about the [[love]] of God and impart the [[information]], by various and sundry [[methods]], that they were the [[children]] of this loving [[Father in heaven]].

132:4.3 In this [[manner]], during the [[sojourn]] in [[Rome]], Jesus personally came into [[affectionate]] and uplifting [[contact]] with upward of five hundred [[mortals]] of the realm. He thus gained a [[knowledge]] of the [[different]] [[races]] of [[mankind]] which he could never have acquired in [[Jerusalem]] and hardly even in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria Alexandria]. He always regarded this six months as one of the richest and most informative of any like period of his [[earth]] life.

132:4.3 In this [[manner]], during the [[sojourn]] in [[Rome]], Jesus personally came into [[affectionate]] and uplifting [[contact]] with upward of five hundred [[mortals]] of the realm. He thus gained a [[knowledge]] of the [[different]] [[races]] of [[mankind]] which he could never have acquired in [[Jerusalem]] and hardly even in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria Alexandria]. He always regarded this six months as one of the richest and most informative of any like period of his [[earth]] life.

132:4.4 As might have been [[expected]], such a [[versatile]] and aggressive man could not thus [[function]] for six months in the world's metropolis without being approached by numerous [[persons]] who desired to secure his [[services]] in connection with some [[business]] or, more often, for some project of [[teaching]], social reform, or religious [[movement]]. More than a dozen such proffers were made, and he utilized each one as an [[opportunity]] for imparting some [[thought]] of [[spiritual]] ennoblement by well-chosen [[words]] or by some obliging [[service]]. Jesus was very fond of doing things—even little things—for all sorts of people.

132:4.4 As might have been [[expected]], such a [[versatile]] and aggressive man could not thus [[function]] for six months in the world's metropolis without being approached by numerous [[persons]] who desired to secure his [[services]] in connection with some [[business]] or, more often, for some project of [[teaching]], social reform, or religious [[movement]]. More than a dozen such proffers were made, and he utilized each one as an [[opportunity]] for imparting some [[thought]] of [[spiritual]] ennoblement by well-chosen [[words]] or by some obliging [[service]]. Jesus was very fond of doing things—even little things—for all sorts of people.

132:4.5 He talked with a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_senate Roman senator] on [[politics]] and [[statesmanship]], and this one contact with [[Jesus]] made such an impression on this legislator that he spent the rest of his life vainly trying to induce his [[colleagues]] to [[change]] the [[course]] of the ruling [[policy]] from the [[idea]] of the government supporting and feeding the people to that of the people [[supporting]] the [[government]]. [[Jesus]] spent one evening with a [[wealthy]] slaveholder, talked about man as a [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE son of God], and the next day this man, Claudius, gave [[freedom]] to one hundred and seventeen [[slaves]]. He [[visited]] at dinner with a [[Greek]] [[physician]], telling him that his patients had [[minds]] and [[souls]] as well as [[bodies]], and thus led this able doctor to attempt a more far-reaching [[ministry]] to his fellow men. He talked with all sorts of people in every walk of life. The only place in [[Rome]] he did not visit was the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_baths public baths]. He refused to accompany his [[friends]] to the baths because of the [[sex]] [[promiscuity]] which there prevailed.

132:4.5 He talked with a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_senate Roman senator] on [[politics]] and [[statesmanship]], and this one contact with [[Jesus]] made such an impression on this legislator that he spent the rest of his life vainly trying to induce his [[colleagues]] to [[change]] the [[course]] of the ruling [[policy]] from the [[idea]] of the government supporting and feeding the people to that of the people [[supporting]] the [[government]]. [[Jesus]] spent one evening with a [[wealthy]] slaveholder, talked about man as a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE son of God], and the next day this man, Claudius, gave [[freedom]] to one hundred and seventeen [[slaves]]. He [[visited]] at dinner with a [[Greek]] [[physician]], telling him that his patients had [[minds]] and [[souls]] as well as [[bodies]], and thus led this able doctor to attempt a more far-reaching [[ministry]] to his fellow men. He talked with all sorts of people in every walk of life. The only place in [[Rome]] he did not visit was the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_baths public baths]. He refused to accompany his [[friends]] to the baths because of the [[sex]] [[promiscuity]] which there prevailed.

132:4.6 To a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_soldier Roman soldier], as they walked along the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiber Tiber], he said: " Be [[brave]] of [[heart]] as well as of hand. Dare to do [[justice]] and be big enough to show [[mercy]]. Compel your lower [[nature]] to [[obey]] your higher nature as you obey your superiors. [[Revere]] [[goodness]] and exalt [[truth]]. [[Choose]] the [[beautiful]] in place of the ugly. [[Love]] your fellows and reach out for [[God]] with a whole heart, for God is y[[our Father]] in heaven. "

132:4.6 To a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_soldier Roman soldier], as they walked along the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiber Tiber], he said: " Be [[brave]] of [[heart]] as well as of hand. Dare to do [[justice]] and be big enough to show [[mercy]]. Compel your lower [[nature]] to [[obey]] your higher nature as you obey your superiors. [[Revere]] [[goodness]] and exalt [[truth]]. [[Choose]] the [[beautiful]] in place of the ugly. [[Love]] your fellows and reach out for [[God]] with a whole heart, for God is y[[our Father]] in heaven. "

132:7.9 What a scene for the [[celestial]] [[intelligences]] to behold, this [[spectacle]] of the Indian lad proposing to the [[Creator Son|Creator]] of a [[universe]] that they make a new [[religion]]! And though the young man did not know it, they were making a new and everlasting [[religion]] right then and there—this new way of [[salvation]], the [[revelation]] of [[God]] to man through, and in, [[Jesus]]. That which the lad wanted most to do he was unconsciously actually [[doing]]. And it was, and is, ever thus. That which the [[enlightened]] and [[reflective]] [[human]] [[imagination]] of spiritual teaching and leading wholeheartedly and unselfishly wants to do and be, becomes measurably [[creative]] in [[accordance]] with the [[degree]] of mortal [[dedication]] to the [[divine]] [[doing of the Father's will]]. When man goes in [[partnership]] with [[God]], great things may, and do, happen.

132:7.9 What a scene for the [[celestial]] [[intelligences]] to behold, this [[spectacle]] of the Indian lad proposing to the [[Creator Son|Creator]] of a [[universe]] that they make a new [[religion]]! And though the young man did not know it, they were making a new and everlasting [[religion]] right then and there—this new way of [[salvation]], the [[revelation]] of [[God]] to man through, and in, [[Jesus]]. That which the lad wanted most to do he was unconsciously actually [[doing]]. And it was, and is, ever thus. That which the [[enlightened]] and [[reflective]] [[human]] [[imagination]] of spiritual teaching and leading wholeheartedly and unselfishly wants to do and be, becomes measurably [[creative]] in [[accordance]] with the [[degree]] of mortal [[dedication]] to the [[divine]] [[doing of the Father's will]]. When man goes in [[partnership]] with [[God]], great things may, and do, happen.

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[[Category: PART IV: The Life and Teachings of Jesus]]

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