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55:3.1 During this age of [[light and life]] the world increasingly prospers under the [[fatherly]] rule of the [[Planetary Sovereign]]. By this [[time]] the worlds are [[progressing]] under the [[momentum]] of one [[language]], one [[religion]], and, on [[normal]] [[spheres]], one [[race]]. But this [[age]] is not [[perfect]]. These worlds still have well-appointed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospital hospitals], homes for the care of the sick. There still remain the [[problems]] of caring for [[accidental]] injuries and the inescapable infirmities attendant upon the decrepitude of old age and the disorders of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senility senility]. [[Disease]] has not been entirely vanquished, neither have the [[earth]] [[animals]] been subdued in [[perfection]]; but such worlds are like [[Paradise]] in [[comparison]] with the early times of [[primitive]] man during the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:1._PRIMITIVE_MAN pre-Planetary Prince age]. You would [[instinctively]] describe such a realm—could you be suddenly [[transported]] to a [[planet]] in this [[stage]] of [[development]]—as [[heaven]] on [[earth]].

55:3.1 During this age of [[light and life]] the world increasingly prospers under the [[fatherly]] rule of the [[Planetary Sovereign]]. By this [[time]] the worlds are [[progressing]] under the [[momentum]] of one [[language]], one [[religion]], and, on [[normal]] [[spheres]], one [[race]]. But this [[age]] is not [[perfect]]. These worlds still have well-appointed [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospital hospitals], homes for the care of the sick. There still remain the [[problems]] of caring for [[accidental]] injuries and the inescapable infirmities attendant upon the decrepitude of old age and the disorders of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senility senility]. [[Disease]] has not been entirely vanquished, neither have the [[earth]] [[animals]] been subdued in [[perfection]]; but such worlds are like [[Paradise]] in [[comparison]] with the early times of [[primitive]] man during the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:1._PRIMITIVE_MAN pre-Planetary Prince age]. You would [[instinctively]] describe such a realm—could you be suddenly [[transported]] to a [[planet]] in this [[stage]] of [[development]]—as [[heaven]] on [[earth]].

55:3.2 [[Human]] [[government]] in the [[conduct]] of [[material]] affairs continues to [[function]] throughout this [[age]] of [[relative]] [[progress]] and [[perfection]]. The [[public]] [[activities]] of a world in the first [[stage]] of [[light and life]] which I recently visited were [[financed]] by the [[tithing]] [[technique]]. Every [[adult]] worker—and all able-bodied [[citizens]] worked at something—paid ten per cent of his [[income]] or increase to the [[public]] treasury, and it was disbursed as follows:

55:3.2 [[Human]] [[government]] in the [[conduct]] of [[material]] affairs continues to [[function]] throughout this [[age]] of [[relative]] [[progress]] and [[perfection]]. The [[public]] [[activities]] of a world in the first [[stage]] of [[light and life]] which I recently visited were [[financed]] by the [[tithing]] [[technique]]. Every [[adult]] worker—and all able-bodied [[citizens]] worked at something—paid ten per cent of his [[income]] or increase to the [[public]] treasury, and it was disbursed as follows:

55:3.5 3. Three per cent was [[dedicated]] to [[goodness]]—[[social]] [[service]], [[altruism]], and [[religion]].

55:3.5 3. Three per cent was [[dedicated]] to [[goodness]]—[[social]] [[service]], [[altruism]], and [[religion]].

55:3.6 4. One per cent was assigned to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurance insurance] reserves against the [[risk]] of incapacity for [[labor]] resultant from [[accident]], [[disease]], old age, or unpreventable [[disasters]].

55:3.6 4. One per cent was assigned to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurance insurance] reserves against the [[risk]] of incapacity for [[labor]] resultant from [[accident]], [[disease]], old age, or unpreventable [[disasters]].

55:3.7 The [[natural]] [[resources]] of this [[planet]] were [[administered]] as [[social]] [[possessions]], [[community]] property.

55:3.7 The [[natural]] [[resources]] of this [[planet]] were [[administered]] as [[social]] [[possessions]], [[community]] property.

55:3.9 The [[majority]] of [[social]] and [[administrative]] posts were held jointly by [[men]] and [[women]]. Most of the [[teaching]] was also done jointly; likewise all [[judicial]] trusts were discharged by similar [[associated]] couples.

55:3.9 The [[majority]] of [[social]] and [[administrative]] posts were held jointly by [[men]] and [[women]]. Most of the [[teaching]] was also done jointly; likewise all [[judicial]] trusts were discharged by similar [[associated]] couples.

55:3.10 On these superb worlds the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childbearing childbearing] period is not greatly prolonged. It is not best for too many years to [[intervene]] between the ages of a [[family]] of [[children]]. When close together in age, [[children]] are able to [[contribute]] much more to their [[mutual]] [[training]]. And on these worlds they are [[magnificently]] trained by the [[competitive]] [[systems]] of keen striving in the advanced [[domains]] and divisions of [[diverse]] [[achievement]] in the mastery of [[truth]], [[beauty]], and [[goodness]]. Never [[fear]] but that even such [[glorified]] [[spheres]] present plenty of [[evil]], real and [[potential]], which is stimulative of the [[choosing]] between [[truth]] and [[error]], [[good]] and [[evil]], [[sin]] and [[righteousness]].

55:3.10 On these superb worlds the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childbearing childbearing] period is not greatly prolonged. It is not best for too many years to [[intervene]] between the ages of a [[family]] of [[children]]. When close together in age, [[children]] are able to [[contribute]] much more to their [[mutual]] [[training]]. And on these worlds they are [[magnificently]] trained by the [[competitive]] [[systems]] of keen striving in the advanced [[domains]] and divisions of [[diverse]] [[achievement]] in the mastery of [[truth]], [[beauty]], and [[goodness]]. Never [[fear]] but that even such [[glorified]] [[spheres]] present plenty of [[evil]], real and [[potential]], which is stimulative of the [[choosing]] between [[truth]] and [[error]], [[good]] and [[evil]], [[sin]] and [[righteousness]].

55:3.11 Nevertheless, there is a certain, inevitable penalty attaching to [[mortal]] [[existence]] on such advanced [[evolutionary]] [[planets]]. When a settled world [[progresses]] beyond the third stage of [[light and life]], all [[ascenders]] are [[destined]], before [[attaining]] the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:13._THE_SECTOR_GOVERNMENTS minor sector], to receive some sort of [[transient]] assignment on a [[planet]] passing through the earlier [[stages]] of [[evolution]].

55:3.11 Nevertheless, there is a certain, inevitable penalty attaching to [[mortal]] [[existence]] on such advanced [[evolutionary]] [[planets]]. When a settled world [[progresses]] beyond the third stage of [[light and life]], all [[ascenders]] are [[destined]], before [[attaining]] the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:13._THE_SECTOR_GOVERNMENTS minor sector], to receive some sort of [[transient]] assignment on a [[planet]] passing through the earlier [[stages]] of [[evolution]].

55:3.12 Each of these [[successive]] [[ages]] [[represents]] advancing [[achievements]] in all [[phases]] of [[planetary]] [[attainment]]. In the initial age of light the [[revelation]] of [[truth]] was enlarged to [[embrace]] the workings of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_12 universe of universes], while the [[Deity]] [[study]] of the second age is the attempt to master the [[protean]] [[concept]] of the [[nature]], mission, [[ministry]], [[associations]], [[origin]], and [[destiny]] of the [[Creator Sons]], the first level of [[God the Sevenfold]].

55:3.12 Each of these [[successive]] [[ages]] [[represents]] advancing [[achievements]] in all [[phases]] of [[planetary]] [[attainment]]. In the initial age of light the [[revelation]] of [[truth]] was enlarged to [[embrace]] the workings of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_12 universe of universes], while the [[Deity]] [[study]] of the second age is the attempt to master the [[protean]] [[concept]] of the [[nature]], mission, [[ministry]], [[associations]], [[origin]], and [[destiny]] of the [[Creator Sons]], the first level of [[God the Sevenfold]].

55:3.13 A [[planet]] the size of [[Urantia]], when fairly well settled, would have about one hundred subadministrative [[centers]]. These subordinate centers would be presided over by one of the following [[groups]] of qualified [[administrators]]:

55:3.13 A [[planet]] the size of [[Urantia]], when fairly well settled, would have about one hundred subadministrative [[centers]]. These subordinate centers would be presided over by one of the following [[groups]] of qualified [[administrators]]:

*1. Young [[Material Sons and Daughters]] brought from the [[system headquarters]] to [[act]] as assistants to the ruling [[Adam and Eve]].

*1. Young [[Material Sons and Daughters]] brought from the [[system headquarters]] to [[act]] as assistants to the ruling [[Adam and Eve]].

*2. The progeny of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF semimortal staff] of the [[Planetary Prince]] who were [[Reproduction|procreated]] on certain worlds for this and tther similar [[responsibilities]].

*2. The progeny of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:2._THE_PRINCE.27S_STAFF semimortal staff] of the [[Planetary Prince]] who were [[Reproduction|procreated]] on certain worlds for this and tther similar [[responsibilities]].

*3. The direct planetary [[progeny]] of [[Adam and Eve]].

*3. The direct planetary [[progeny]] of [[Adam and Eve]].

*4. Materialized and humanized [[midway creatures]].  

*4. Materialized and humanized [[midway creatures]].  

55:3.15 No [[evolutionary world]] can [[hope]] to [[progress]] beyond the first stage of settledness in [[Light and Life|light]] until it has [[achieved]] one [[language]], one [[religion]], and one [[philosophy]]. Being of one [[race]] greatly [[facilitates]] such achievement, but the many peoples of [[Urantia]] do not preclude the [[attainment]] of higher [[stages]].

55:3.15 No [[evolutionary world]] can [[hope]] to [[progress]] beyond the first stage of settledness in [[Light and Life|light]] until it has [[achieved]] one [[language]], one [[religion]], and one [[philosophy]]. Being of one [[race]] greatly [[facilitates]] such achievement, but the many peoples of [[Urantia]] do not preclude the [[attainment]] of higher [[stages]].

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[[Category:Paper 55 - The Spheres of Light and Life]]

[[Category:Paper 55 - The Spheres of Light and Life]]