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8:1.9 In brief, the Infinite Spirit testifies that, since he is [[eternal]], so also is the central universe eternal. And this is the traditional [[Origin|starting point]] of the [[history]] of the [[universe of universes]]. Absolutely nothing is known, and no records are in [[existence]], regarding any event or transaction prior to this stupendous eruption of creative [[energy]] and [[administrative]] [[wisdom]] that crystallized the vast universe which exists, and so exquisitely [[functions]], at the [[center]] of [[all things]]. Beyond this event lie the unsearchable transactions of eternity and the depths of infinity—[[absolute]] [[mystery]].

8:1.9 In brief, the Infinite Spirit testifies that, since he is [[eternal]], so also is the central universe eternal. And this is the traditional [[Origin|starting point]] of the [[history]] of the [[universe of universes]]. Absolutely nothing is known, and no records are in [[existence]], regarding any event or transaction prior to this stupendous eruption of creative [[energy]] and [[administrative]] [[wisdom]] that crystallized the vast universe which exists, and so exquisitely [[functions]], at the [[center]] of [[all things]]. Beyond this event lie the unsearchable transactions of eternity and the depths of infinity—[[absolute]] [[mystery]].

8:1.10 And we thus portray the [[sequential]] [[origin]] of the ''Third Source and Center'' as an [[interpretative]] [[Compromise|condescension]] to the time-bound and space-conditioned mind of [[mortal]] [[creatures]]. The mind of man must have a starting point for the [[visualization]] of universe history, and I have been directed to provide this [[technique]] of approach to the historic concept of eternity. In the material mind, consistency demands a First [[Cause]]; therefore do we postulate the [[Universal Father]] as the First Source and the [[Absolute]] [[Center]] of all [[creation]], at the same time instructing all creature minds that the Son and the Spirit are coeternal with the Father in all [[phases]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmogony universe history] and in all realms of creative activity. And we do this without in any sense being disregardful of the [[reality]] and [[eternity]] of the [[Isle of Paradise]] and of the [[The Three Absolutes|Unqualified, Universal, and Deity Absolutes]].

8:1.10 And we thus portray the [[sequential]] [[origin]] of the ''Third Source and Center'' as an [[interpretative]] [[Compromise|condescension]] to the time-bound and space-conditioned mind of [[mortal]] [[creatures]]. The mind of man must have a starting point for the [[visualization]] of universe history, and I have been directed to provide this [[technique]] of approach to the historic concept of eternity. In the material mind, consistency demands a First [[Cause]]; therefore do we postulate the [[Universal Father]] as the First Source and the [[Absolute]] [[Center]] of all [[creation]], at the same time instructing all creature minds that the Son and the Spirit are coeternal with the Father in all [[phases]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmogony universe history] and in all realms of creative activity. And we do this without in any sense being disregardful of the [[reality]] and [[eternity]] of the [[Isle of Paradise]] and of the [[The Three Absolutes|Unqualified, Universal, and Deity Absolutes]].

8:1.11 It is enough of a reach of the [[material]] mind of the [[children]] of time to conceive of [[the Father]] in [[eternity]]. We know that any child can best relate himself to reality by first mastering the [[relationships]] of the child-[[parent]] situation and then by enlarging this [[concept]] to embrace the [[family]] as a whole. Subsequently the growing mind of the child will be able to adjust to the concept of family relations, to [[relationships]] of the [[community]], the [[race]], and the [[Planet|world]], and then to those of the [[Local Universe|universe]], the [[superuniverse]], even the [[universe of universes]].

8:1.11 It is enough of a reach of the [[material]] mind of the [[children]] of time to conceive of [[the Father]] in [[eternity]]. We know that any child can best relate himself to reality by first mastering the [[relationships]] of the child-[[parent]] situation and then by enlarging this [[concept]] to embrace the [[family]] as a whole. Subsequently the growing mind of the child will be able to adjust to the concept of family relations, to [[relationships]] of the [[community]], the [[race]], and the [[Planet|world]], and then to those of the [[Local Universe|universe]], the [[superuniverse]], even the [[universe of universes]].