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==PAPER 107: ORIGIN AND NATURE OF THOUGHT ADJUSTERS ==
 
==PAPER 107: ORIGIN AND NATURE OF THOUGHT ADJUSTERS ==
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107:0.1 Although the [[Universal Father]] is [[personally]] resident on [[Paradise]], at the very [[center]] of the [[universes]], he is also [[actually]] present on the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#PAPER_52:_PLANETARY_MORTAL_EPOCHS worlds of space] in the [[minds]] of his countless [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD children of time], for he indwells them as the [[Mystery Monitors]]. The [[eternal Father]] is at [[Simultaneity|one and the same time]] farthest removed from, and most [[intimately]] [[associated]] with, his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE planetary mortal sons].
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107:0.1 Although the [[Universal Father]] is [[personally]] resident on [[Paradise]], at the very [[center]] of the [[universes]], he is also [[actually]] present on the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#PAPER_52:_PLANETARY_MORTAL_EPOCHS worlds of space] in the [[minds]] of his countless [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD children of time], for he indwells them as the [[Mystery Monitors]]. The [[eternal Father]] is at [[Simultaneity|one and the same time]] farthest removed from, and most [[intimately]] [[associated]] with, his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE planetary mortal sons].
    
107:0.2 The [[Adjusters]] are the [[actuality]] of [[the Father]]'s [[love]] [[incarnate]] in the [[souls]] of men; they are the veritable [[promise]] of man's [[eternal career]] imprisoned within the [[mortal]] [[mind]]; they are the [[essence]] of man's perfected [[finaliter]] [[personality]], which he can foretaste in [[time]] as he [[progressively]] masters the [[divine]] [[technique]] of achieving the [[living of the Father's will]], step by step, through the [[ascension]] of [[Grand Universe|universe upon universe]] until he [[actually]] [[attains]] the [[divine]] [[presence]] of his [[Paradise Father]].
 
107:0.2 The [[Adjusters]] are the [[actuality]] of [[the Father]]'s [[love]] [[incarnate]] in the [[souls]] of men; they are the veritable [[promise]] of man's [[eternal career]] imprisoned within the [[mortal]] [[mind]]; they are the [[essence]] of man's perfected [[finaliter]] [[personality]], which he can foretaste in [[time]] as he [[progressively]] masters the [[divine]] [[technique]] of achieving the [[living of the Father's will]], step by step, through the [[ascension]] of [[Grand Universe|universe upon universe]] until he [[actually]] [[attains]] the [[divine]] [[presence]] of his [[Paradise Father]].
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107:0.4 Any [[mortal]] who has seen a [[Creator Son]] has seen the [[Universal Father]], and he who is indwelt by a [[divine]] [[Adjuster]] is indwelt by the [[Paradise Father]]. Every [[mortal]] who is [[consciously]] or unconsciously following the [[leading]] of his indwelling [[Adjuster]] is living in [[accordance]] with [[the will of God]]. [[Consciousness]] of [[Adjuster]] [[presence]] is [[consciousness]] of [[God]]'s presence. [[Eternal]] [[fusion]] of the [[Adjuster]] with the [[evolutionary]] [[soul]] of man is the [[factual]] [[experience]] of eternal [[union]] with [[God]] as a universe [[associate]] of [[Deity]].
 
107:0.4 Any [[mortal]] who has seen a [[Creator Son]] has seen the [[Universal Father]], and he who is indwelt by a [[divine]] [[Adjuster]] is indwelt by the [[Paradise Father]]. Every [[mortal]] who is [[consciously]] or unconsciously following the [[leading]] of his indwelling [[Adjuster]] is living in [[accordance]] with [[the will of God]]. [[Consciousness]] of [[Adjuster]] [[presence]] is [[consciousness]] of [[God]]'s presence. [[Eternal]] [[fusion]] of the [[Adjuster]] with the [[evolutionary]] [[soul]] of man is the [[factual]] [[experience]] of eternal [[union]] with [[God]] as a universe [[associate]] of [[Deity]].
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107:0.5 It is the [[Adjuster]] who creates within man that unquenchable yearning and incessant longing to be like [[God]], to [[attain]] [[Paradise]], and there before the [[actual]] [[person]] of [[Deity]] to [[worship]] the [[infinite]] [[source]] of the [[divine]] [[gift]]. The [[Adjuster]] is the living [[presence]] which [[actually]] links the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE mortal son] with his [[Paradise Father]] and draws him nearer and nearer to the Father. The [[Adjuster]] is our [[compensatory]] [[equalization]] of the enormous [[universe]] [[tension]] which is created by the distance of man's removal from [[God]] and by the [[degree]] of his partiality in [[contrast]] with the [[universality]] of the [[eternal Father]].
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107:0.5 It is the [[Adjuster]] who creates within man that unquenchable yearning and incessant longing to be like [[God]], to [[attain]] [[Paradise]], and there before the [[actual]] [[person]] of [[Deity]] to [[worship]] the [[infinite]] [[source]] of the [[divine]] [[gift]]. The [[Adjuster]] is the living [[presence]] which [[actually]] links the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE mortal son] with his [[Paradise Father]] and draws him nearer and nearer to the Father. The [[Adjuster]] is our [[compensatory]] [[equalization]] of the enormous [[universe]] [[tension]] which is created by the distance of man's removal from [[God]] and by the [[degree]] of his partiality in [[contrast]] with the [[universality]] of the [[eternal Father]].
    
107:0.6 The [[Adjuster]] is an [[absolute]] [[essence]] of an [[infinite]] [[being]] imprisoned within the [[mind]] of a [[finite]] [[creature]] which, depending on the [[choosing]] of such a [[mortal]], can [[eventually]] [[consummate]] this temporary [[union]] of [[God]] and [[man]] and veritably [[actualize]] a new order of [[being]] for unending universe [[service]]. The [[Adjuster]] is the [[divine]] [[universe]] [[reality]] which factualizes the [[truth]] that [[God]] is man's [[Father]]. The [[Adjuster]] is man's [[infallible]] [[cosmic]] [[compass]], always and unerringly pointing the [[soul]] Godward.
 
107:0.6 The [[Adjuster]] is an [[absolute]] [[essence]] of an [[infinite]] [[being]] imprisoned within the [[mind]] of a [[finite]] [[creature]] which, depending on the [[choosing]] of such a [[mortal]], can [[eventually]] [[consummate]] this temporary [[union]] of [[God]] and [[man]] and veritably [[actualize]] a new order of [[being]] for unending universe [[service]]. The [[Adjuster]] is the [[divine]] [[universe]] [[reality]] which factualizes the [[truth]] that [[God]] is man's [[Father]]. The [[Adjuster]] is man's [[infallible]] [[cosmic]] [[compass]], always and unerringly pointing the [[soul]] Godward.
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107:0.7 On the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 evolutionary worlds], [[Free will|will]] [[creatures]] traverse [[three]] general [[developmental]] [[stages]] of [[being]]: From the arrival of the [[Adjuster]] to [[Adult|comparative full growth]], about twenty years of age on [[Urantia]], the [[Monitors]] are sometimes designated ''Thought Changers''. From this time to the [[attainment]] of the age of [[discretion]], about forty years, the [[Mystery Monitors]] are called ''Thought Adjusters''. From the [[attainment]] of [[discretion]] to deliverance from the flesh, they are often referred to as ''Thought Controllers''. These [[three]] [[phases]] of [[mortal]] life have no [[connection]] with the three stages of [[Adjuster]] [[progress]] in [[mind]] duplication and [[soul]] [[evolution]].
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107:0.7 On the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 evolutionary worlds], [[Free will|will]] [[creatures]] traverse [[three]] general [[developmental]] [[stages]] of [[being]]: From the arrival of the [[Adjuster]] to [[Adult|comparative full growth]], about twenty years of age on [[Urantia]], the [[Monitors]] are sometimes designated ''Thought Changers''. From this time to the [[attainment]] of the age of [[discretion]], about forty years, the [[Mystery Monitors]] are called ''Thought Adjusters''. From the [[attainment]] of [[discretion]] to deliverance from the flesh, they are often referred to as ''Thought Controllers''. These [[three]] [[phases]] of [[mortal]] life have no [[connection]] with the three stages of [[Adjuster]] [[progress]] in [[mind]] duplication and [[soul]] [[evolution]].
    
==107:1. ORIGIN OF THOUGHT ADJUSTERS==
 
==107:1. ORIGIN OF THOUGHT ADJUSTERS==
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107:1.2 Though there are [[diverse]] [[opinions]] regarding the [[mode]] of the [[bestowal]] of [[Thought Adjusters]], there exist no such [[differences]] concerning their [[origin]]; all are [[agreed]] that they [[proceed]] direct from the [[Universal Father]], the [[First Source and Center]]. They are not [[created]] [[beings]]; they are [[fragmentized]] [[entities]] [[constituting]] the [[factual]] [[presence]] of the [[infinite]] [[God]]. [[Together]] with their many unrevealed [[associates]], the [[Adjusters]] are undiluted and unmixed [[divinity]], unqualified and unattenuated [[parts]] of [[Deity]]; they are of [[God]], and as far as we are able to [[discern]], they are [[God]]
 
107:1.2 Though there are [[diverse]] [[opinions]] regarding the [[mode]] of the [[bestowal]] of [[Thought Adjusters]], there exist no such [[differences]] concerning their [[origin]]; all are [[agreed]] that they [[proceed]] direct from the [[Universal Father]], the [[First Source and Center]]. They are not [[created]] [[beings]]; they are [[fragmentized]] [[entities]] [[constituting]] the [[factual]] [[presence]] of the [[infinite]] [[God]]. [[Together]] with their many unrevealed [[associates]], the [[Adjusters]] are undiluted and unmixed [[divinity]], unqualified and unattenuated [[parts]] of [[Deity]]; they are of [[God]], and as far as we are able to [[discern]], they are [[God]]
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107:1.3 As to the [[time]] of their beginning separate [[existences]] apart from the [[absoluteness]] of the [[First Source and Center]], we do not know; neither do we know their [[number]]. We know very little concerning their [[careers]] until they arrive on the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 planets of time] to indwell [[human]] [[minds]], but from that time on we are more or less familiar with their [[cosmic]] [[progressions]] up to and including the [[consummation]] of their [[triune]] [[destinies]]: [[attainment]] of [[personality]] by [[fusion]] with some [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE mortal ascender], [[attainment]] of [[personality]] by [[fiat]] of the [[Universal Father]], or [[liberation]] from the known assignments of [[Thought Adjusters]].
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107:1.3 As to the [[time]] of their beginning separate [[existences]] apart from the [[absoluteness]] of the [[First Source and Center]], we do not know; neither do we know their [[number]]. We know very little concerning their [[careers]] until they arrive on the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 planets of time] to indwell [[human]] [[minds]], but from that time on we are more or less familiar with their [[cosmic]] [[progressions]] up to and including the [[consummation]] of their [[triune]] [[destinies]]: [[attainment]] of [[personality]] by [[fusion]] with some [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE mortal ascender], [[attainment]] of [[personality]] by [[fiat]] of the [[Universal Father]], or [[liberation]] from the known assignments of [[Thought Adjusters]].
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107:1.4 Although we do not know, we [[presume]] that [[Adjusters]] are being constantly [[individualized]] as the [[universe]] enlarges, and as the [[candidates]] for [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Fusion#Adjuster_Fusion Adjuster fusion] increase in [[numbers]]. But it may be [[equally]] [[possible]] that we are in [[error]] in attempting to assign a numerical [[magnitude]] to the [[Adjusters]]; like [[God]] himself, these [[fragments]] of his unfathomable [[nature]] may be existentially [[infinite]].
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107:1.4 Although we do not know, we [[presume]] that [[Adjusters]] are being constantly [[individualized]] as the [[universe]] enlarges, and as the [[candidates]] for [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Fusion#Adjuster_Fusion Adjuster fusion] increase in [[numbers]]. But it may be [[equally]] [[possible]] that we are in [[error]] in attempting to assign a numerical [[magnitude]] to the [[Adjusters]]; like [[God]] himself, these [[fragments]] of his unfathomable [[nature]] may be existentially [[infinite]].
    
107:1.5 The [[technique]] of the [[origin]] of the [[Thought Adjusters]] is one of the unrevealed [[functions]] of the [[Universal Father]]. We have every [[reason]] to believe that none of the other [[absolute]] [[associates]] of the [[First Source and Center]] have aught to do with the production of Father fragments. [[Adjusters]] are [[simply]] and eternally the [[divine]] [[gifts]]; they are of God and from God, and they are like [[God]].
 
107:1.5 The [[technique]] of the [[origin]] of the [[Thought Adjusters]] is one of the unrevealed [[functions]] of the [[Universal Father]]. We have every [[reason]] to believe that none of the other [[absolute]] [[associates]] of the [[First Source and Center]] have aught to do with the production of Father fragments. [[Adjusters]] are [[simply]] and eternally the [[divine]] [[gifts]]; they are of God and from God, and they are like [[God]].
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107:1.6 In their [[relationship]] to [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:7._FATHER-FUSED_MORTALS fusion creatures] they [[reveal]] a [[supernal]] [[love]] and [[spiritual]] [[ministry]] that is profoundly confirmative of the [[declaration]] that [[God]] is [[spirit]]. But there is much that takes place in addition to this [[transcendent]] [[ministry]] that has never been [[revealed]] to [[Urantia]] [[mortals]]. Neither do we fully [[understand]] just what really transpires when the [[Universal Father]] gives of himself to be a [[part]] of the [[personality]] of a [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE creature of time]. Nor has the ascending [[progression]] of the [[Paradise]] [[finaliters]] as yet disclosed the full [[possibilities]] [[inherent]] in this [[supernal]] [[partnership]] of [[man]] and [[God]]. In the last [[analysis]], [[the Father]] [[fragments]] must be the [[gift]] of the [[absolute]] [[God]] to those [[creatures]] whose [[destiny]] [[encompasses]] the [[possibility]] of the [[attainment]] of [[God]] as [[absolute]].
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107:1.6 In their [[relationship]] to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:7._FATHER-FUSED_MORTALS fusion creatures] they [[reveal]] a [[supernal]] [[love]] and [[spiritual]] [[ministry]] that is profoundly confirmative of the [[declaration]] that [[God]] is [[spirit]]. But there is much that takes place in addition to this [[transcendent]] [[ministry]] that has never been [[revealed]] to [[Urantia]] [[mortals]]. Neither do we fully [[understand]] just what really transpires when the [[Universal Father]] gives of himself to be a [[part]] of the [[personality]] of a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE creature of time]. Nor has the ascending [[progression]] of the [[Paradise]] [[finaliters]] as yet disclosed the full [[possibilities]] [[inherent]] in this [[supernal]] [[partnership]] of [[man]] and [[God]]. In the last [[analysis]], [[the Father]] [[fragments]] must be the [[gift]] of the [[absolute]] [[God]] to those [[creatures]] whose [[destiny]] [[encompasses]] the [[possibility]] of the [[attainment]] of [[God]] as [[absolute]].
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107:1.7 As the [[Universal Father]] [[fragmentizes]] his prepersonal [[Deity]], so does the [[Infinite Spirit]] individuate portions of his premind spirit to indwell and [[actually]] to [[fuse]] with the evolutionary [[souls]] of the [[surviving]] [[mortals]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:9._SPIRIT-FUSED_MORTALS spirit-fusion series]. But the [[nature]] of the [[Eternal Son]] is not thus [[fragmentable]]; the [[spirit]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_7#7:6._THE_PARADISE_SONS_OF_GOD Original Son] is either [[diffuse]] or [[discrete]]ly [[personal]]. [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:8._SON-FUSED_MORTALS Son-fused creatures] are [[united]] with individualized [[bestowals]] of the spirit of the [[Creator Sons]] of the [[Eternal Son]].
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107:1.7 As the [[Universal Father]] [[fragmentizes]] his prepersonal [[Deity]], so does the [[Infinite Spirit]] individuate portions of his premind spirit to indwell and [[actually]] to [[fuse]] with the evolutionary [[souls]] of the [[surviving]] [[mortals]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:9._SPIRIT-FUSED_MORTALS spirit-fusion series]. But the [[nature]] of the [[Eternal Son]] is not thus [[fragmentable]]; the [[spirit]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_7#7:6._THE_PARADISE_SONS_OF_GOD Original Son] is either [[diffuse]] or [[discrete]]ly [[personal]]. [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:8._SON-FUSED_MORTALS Son-fused creatures] are [[united]] with individualized [[bestowals]] of the spirit of the [[Creator Sons]] of the [[Eternal Son]].
    
==107:2. CLASSIFICATION OF ADJUSTERS==
 
==107:2. CLASSIFICATION OF ADJUSTERS==
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107:2.1 [[Adjusters]] are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individuation individuated] as [[virgin]] [[entities]], and all are [[destined]] to become either [[liberated]], [[fused]], or [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_109#109:7._DESTINY_OF_PERSONALIZED_ADJUSTERS Personalized Monitors]. We [[understand]] that there are [[seven]] orders of [[Thought Adjusters]], although we do not altogether [[comprehend]] these divisions. We often refer to the [[different]] orders as follows:
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107:2.1 [[Adjusters]] are [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individuation individuated] as [[virgin]] [[entities]], and all are [[destined]] to become either [[liberated]], [[fused]], or [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_109#109:7._DESTINY_OF_PERSONALIZED_ADJUSTERS Personalized Monitors]. We [[understand]] that there are [[seven]] orders of [[Thought Adjusters]], although we do not altogether [[comprehend]] these divisions. We often refer to the [[different]] orders as follows:
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*1. 107:2.2 ''Virgin Adjusters'', those serving on their initial assignment in the [[minds]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD evolutionary] [[candidates]] for [[eternal]] [[survival]]. [[Mystery Monitors]] are [[eternally]] [[uniform]] in [[divine]] [[nature]]. They are also [[uniform]] in [[experiential]] [[nature]] as they first go out from [[Divinington]]; subsequent experiential [[differentiation]] is the result of [[actual]] [[experience]] in [[universe]] [[ministry]].
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*1. 107:2.2 ''Virgin Adjusters'', those serving on their initial assignment in the [[minds]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD evolutionary] [[candidates]] for [[eternal]] [[survival]]. [[Mystery Monitors]] are [[eternally]] [[uniform]] in [[divine]] [[nature]]. They are also [[uniform]] in [[experiential]] [[nature]] as they first go out from [[Divinington]]; subsequent experiential [[differentiation]] is the result of [[actual]] [[experience]] in [[universe]] [[ministry]].
*2. 107:2.3 ''Advanced Adjusters'', those who have served one or more [[seasons]] with [[Free will|will]] [[creatures]] on worlds where the final [[fusion]] takes place between the [[identity]] of the [[creature]] of time and an [[individualized]] portion of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:9._SPIRIT-FUSED_MORTALS spirit of the local universe] [[manifestation]] of the [[Third Source and Center]].
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*2. 107:2.3 ''Advanced Adjusters'', those who have served one or more [[seasons]] with [[Free will|will]] [[creatures]] on worlds where the final [[fusion]] takes place between the [[identity]] of the [[creature]] of time and an [[individualized]] portion of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:9._SPIRIT-FUSED_MORTALS spirit of the local universe] [[manifestation]] of the [[Third Source and Center]].
*3. 107:2.4 ''Supreme Adjusters'', those [[Monitors]] that have served in the [[adventure]] of time on the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 evolutionary worlds], but whose [[human]] [[partners]] for some reason declined [[eternal]] [[survival]], and those that have been subsequently assigned to other [[adventures]] in other [[mortals]] on other [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 evolving worlds]. A [[supreme]] Adjuster, though no more [[divine]] than a [[virgin]] Monitor, has had more [[experience]], can do [[things]] in the human [[mind]] which a less experienced Adjuster could not do.
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*3. 107:2.4 ''Supreme Adjusters'', those [[Monitors]] that have served in the [[adventure]] of time on the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 evolutionary worlds], but whose [[human]] [[partners]] for some reason declined [[eternal]] [[survival]], and those that have been subsequently assigned to other [[adventures]] in other [[mortals]] on other [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 evolving worlds]. A [[supreme]] Adjuster, though no more [[divine]] than a [[virgin]] Monitor, has had more [[experience]], can do [[things]] in the human [[mind]] which a less experienced Adjuster could not do.
 
*4. 107:2.5 ''Vanished Adjusters''. Here occurs a break in our [[efforts]] to follow the [[careers]] of the [[Mystery Monitors]]. There is a fourth [[stage]] of [[service]] about which we are not sure. The [[Melchizedeks]] teach that the fourth-stage Adjusters are on detached assignments, roaming the [[universe of universes]]. The [[Solitary Messengers]] are inclined to believe that they are at one with the [[First Source and Center]], enjoying a period of refreshing [[association]] with [[the Father]] himself. And it is entirely possible that an [[Adjuster]] could be roaming the [[master universe]] [[simultaneously]] with being at [[one]] with the [[omnipresent]] [[Father]].
 
*4. 107:2.5 ''Vanished Adjusters''. Here occurs a break in our [[efforts]] to follow the [[careers]] of the [[Mystery Monitors]]. There is a fourth [[stage]] of [[service]] about which we are not sure. The [[Melchizedeks]] teach that the fourth-stage Adjusters are on detached assignments, roaming the [[universe of universes]]. The [[Solitary Messengers]] are inclined to believe that they are at one with the [[First Source and Center]], enjoying a period of refreshing [[association]] with [[the Father]] himself. And it is entirely possible that an [[Adjuster]] could be roaming the [[master universe]] [[simultaneously]] with being at [[one]] with the [[omnipresent]] [[Father]].
*5. 107:2.6 ''Liberated Adjusters'', those [[Mystery Monitors]] that have been eternally [[liberated]] from the [[service]] of [[time]] for the [[mortals]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 evolving spheres]. What [[functions]] may be theirs, we do not know.
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*5. 107:2.6 ''Liberated Adjusters'', those [[Mystery Monitors]] that have been eternally [[liberated]] from the [[service]] of [[time]] for the [[mortals]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 evolving spheres]. What [[functions]] may be theirs, we do not know.
*6. 107:2.7 ''Fused Adjusters'' — [[finaliters]]—those who have become one with the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:7._FATHER-FUSED_MORTALS ascending creatures] of the [[superuniverses]], the [[eternity]] [[partners]] of the time ascenders of the [[Paradise]] [[Corps of the Finality]]. [[Thought Adjusters]] ordinarily become [[fused]] with the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascending mortals of time], and with such [[surviving]] [[mortals]] they are registered in and out of [[Ascendington]]; they follow the [[course]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#PAPER_40:_THE_ASCENDING_SONS_OF_GOD ascendant beings]. Upon [[fusion]] with the [[ascending]] evolutionary [[soul]], it [[appears]] that the [[Adjuster]] [[translates]] from the [[absolute]] [[existential]] [[level]] of the [[universe]] to the [[finite]] [[experiential]] level of [[functional]] [[association]] with an [[ascending]] [[personality]]. While retaining all of the [[character]] of the [[existential]] [[divine]] [[nature]], a fused [[Adjuster]] becomes indissolubly linked with the [[ascending career]] of a [[surviving]] [[mortal]].
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*6. 107:2.7 ''Fused Adjusters'' — [[finaliters]]—those who have become one with the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:7._FATHER-FUSED_MORTALS ascending creatures] of the [[superuniverses]], the [[eternity]] [[partners]] of the time ascenders of the [[Paradise]] [[Corps of the Finality]]. [[Thought Adjusters]] ordinarily become [[fused]] with the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascending mortals of time], and with such [[surviving]] [[mortals]] they are registered in and out of [[Ascendington]]; they follow the [[course]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#PAPER_40:_THE_ASCENDING_SONS_OF_GOD ascendant beings]. Upon [[fusion]] with the [[ascending]] evolutionary [[soul]], it [[appears]] that the [[Adjuster]] [[translates]] from the [[absolute]] [[existential]] [[level]] of the [[universe]] to the [[finite]] [[experiential]] level of [[functional]] [[association]] with an [[ascending]] [[personality]]. While retaining all of the [[character]] of the [[existential]] [[divine]] [[nature]], a fused [[Adjuster]] becomes indissolubly linked with the [[ascending career]] of a [[surviving]] [[mortal]].
*7. 107:2.8 ''Personalized Adjusters'', those who have served with the [[incarnated]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20#20:5._BESTOWAL_OF_THE_PARADISE_SONS_OF_GOD Paradise Sons], [[together]] with many who have [[achieved]] unusual distinction during the [[mortal]] indwelling, but whose subjects rejected [[survival]]. We have reasons for believing that such [[Adjusters]] are [[personalized]] on the recommendations of the [[Ancients of Days]] of the [[superuniverse]] of their assignment.
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*7. 107:2.8 ''Personalized Adjusters'', those who have served with the [[incarnated]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20#20:5._BESTOWAL_OF_THE_PARADISE_SONS_OF_GOD Paradise Sons], [[together]] with many who have [[achieved]] unusual distinction during the [[mortal]] indwelling, but whose subjects rejected [[survival]]. We have reasons for believing that such [[Adjusters]] are [[personalized]] on the recommendations of the [[Ancients of Days]] of the [[superuniverse]] of their assignment.
    
107:2.9 There are many ways in which these [[mysterious]] [[God]] [[fragments]] can be classified: according to [[universe]] assignment, by the [[measure]] of success in the indwelling of an [[individual]] [[mortal]], or even by the racial [[ancestry]] of the mortal [[candidate]] for [[fusion]].
 
107:2.9 There are many ways in which these [[mysterious]] [[God]] [[fragments]] can be classified: according to [[universe]] assignment, by the [[measure]] of success in the indwelling of an [[individual]] [[mortal]], or even by the racial [[ancestry]] of the mortal [[candidate]] for [[fusion]].
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107:3.2 When [[Thought Adjusters]] return to [[the Father]], they go back to the realm of supposed [[origin]], [[Divinington]]; and probably as a part of this [[experience]], there is [[actual]] [[contact]] with [[the Father]]'s [[Paradise]] [[personality]] as well as with the specialized [[manifestation]] of [[the Father]]'s [[divinity]] which is reported to be situated on this [[secret]] [[sphere]].
 
107:3.2 When [[Thought Adjusters]] return to [[the Father]], they go back to the realm of supposed [[origin]], [[Divinington]]; and probably as a part of this [[experience]], there is [[actual]] [[contact]] with [[the Father]]'s [[Paradise]] [[personality]] as well as with the specialized [[manifestation]] of [[the Father]]'s [[divinity]] which is reported to be situated on this [[secret]] [[sphere]].
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107:3.3 Although we know something of all the [[seven]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_13#PAPER_13:_THE_SACRED_SPHERES_OF_PARADISE secret spheres of Paradise], we know less of [[Divinington]] than of the others. [[Beings]] of high spiritual orders receive only [[three]] [[divine]] injunctions, and they are:
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107:3.3 Although we know something of all the [[seven]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_13#PAPER_13:_THE_SACRED_SPHERES_OF_PARADISE secret spheres of Paradise], we know less of [[Divinington]] than of the others. [[Beings]] of high spiritual orders receive only [[three]] [[divine]] injunctions, and they are:
    
*1. Always to show adequate [[respect]] for the [[experience]] and [[endowments]] of their seniors and superiors.
 
*1. Always to show adequate [[respect]] for the [[experience]] and [[endowments]] of their seniors and superiors.
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*3. Never to attempt a landing on the shores of [[Divinington]].
 
*3. Never to attempt a landing on the shores of [[Divinington]].
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107:3.4 I have often [[reflected]] that it would be quite useless for me to go to [[Divinington]]; I probably should be unable to see any resident [[beings]] except such as the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_109#109:7._DESTINY_OF_PERSONALIZED_ADJUSTERS Personalized Adjusters], and I have seen them elsewhere. I am very sure there is nothing on [[Divinington]] of real [[value]] or [[profit]] to me, nothing [[essential]] to my [[growth]] and development, or I should not have been [[forbidden]] to go there.
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107:3.4 I have often [[reflected]] that it would be quite useless for me to go to [[Divinington]]; I probably should be unable to see any resident [[beings]] except such as the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_109#109:7._DESTINY_OF_PERSONALIZED_ADJUSTERS Personalized Adjusters], and I have seen them elsewhere. I am very sure there is nothing on [[Divinington]] of real [[value]] or [[profit]] to me, nothing [[essential]] to my [[growth]] and development, or I should not have been [[forbidden]] to go there.
    
107:3.5 Since we can [[learn]] little or nothing of the [[nature]] and [[origin]] of [[Adjusters]] from [[Divinington]], we are [[compelled]] to gather [[information]] from a thousand and one [[different]] [[sources]], and it is [[necessary]] to assemble, [[associate]], and correlate this accumulated [[data]] in order that such [[knowledge]] may be informative.
 
107:3.5 Since we can [[learn]] little or nothing of the [[nature]] and [[origin]] of [[Adjusters]] from [[Divinington]], we are [[compelled]] to gather [[information]] from a thousand and one [[different]] [[sources]], and it is [[necessary]] to assemble, [[associate]], and correlate this accumulated [[data]] in order that such [[knowledge]] may be informative.
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107:3.6 The [[valor]] and [[wisdom]] [[exhibited]] by [[Thought Adjusters]] suggest that they have undergone a [[training]] of tremendous scope and range. Since they are not [[personalities]], this [[training]] must be imparted in the [[educational]] [[institutions]] of [[Divinington]]. The [[unique]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_109#109:7._DESTINY_OF_PERSONALIZED_ADJUSTERS Personalized Adjusters] no [[doubt]] [[constitute]] the personnel of the [[Adjuster]] training schools of [[Divinington]]. And we do know that this [[central]] and supervising corps is presided over by the now [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_109#109:7._DESTINY_OF_PERSONALIZED_ADJUSTERS Personalized Adjuster] of the first [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS Paradise Son of the Michael order] to complete his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:8._MICHAEL.27S_POSTBESTOWAL_STATUS sevenfold bestowal] upon the [[races]] and peoples of his [[universe]] realms.
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107:3.6 The [[valor]] and [[wisdom]] [[exhibited]] by [[Thought Adjusters]] suggest that they have undergone a [[training]] of tremendous scope and range. Since they are not [[personalities]], this [[training]] must be imparted in the [[educational]] [[institutions]] of [[Divinington]]. The [[unique]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_109#109:7._DESTINY_OF_PERSONALIZED_ADJUSTERS Personalized Adjusters] no [[doubt]] [[constitute]] the personnel of the [[Adjuster]] training schools of [[Divinington]]. And we do know that this [[central]] and supervising corps is presided over by the now [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_109#109:7._DESTINY_OF_PERSONALIZED_ADJUSTERS Personalized Adjuster] of the first [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS Paradise Son of the Michael order] to complete his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:8._MICHAEL.27S_POSTBESTOWAL_STATUS sevenfold bestowal] upon the [[races]] and peoples of his [[universe]] realms.
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107:3.7 We really know very little about the nonpersonalized [[Adjusters]]; we only [[contact]] and [[communicate]] with the personalized orders. These are christened on [[Divinington]] and are always known by [[name]] and not by [[number]]. The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_109#109:7._DESTINY_OF_PERSONALIZED_ADJUSTERS Personalized Adjusters] are permanently domiciled on [[Divinington]]; that [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_13#13:1._THE_SEVEN_SACRED_WORLDS_OF_THE_FATHER sacred sphere] is their [[home]]. They go out from that abode only by the will of the [[Universal Father]]. Very few are found in the [[domains]] of the [[local universes]], but larger numbers are present in the [[central universe]].
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107:3.7 We really know very little about the nonpersonalized [[Adjusters]]; we only [[contact]] and [[communicate]] with the personalized orders. These are christened on [[Divinington]] and are always known by [[name]] and not by [[number]]. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_109#109:7._DESTINY_OF_PERSONALIZED_ADJUSTERS Personalized Adjusters] are permanently domiciled on [[Divinington]]; that [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_13#13:1._THE_SEVEN_SACRED_WORLDS_OF_THE_FATHER sacred sphere] is their [[home]]. They go out from that abode only by the will of the [[Universal Father]]. Very few are found in the [[domains]] of the [[local universes]], but larger numbers are present in the [[central universe]].
    
==107:4. NATURE AND PRESENCE OF ADJUSTERS==
 
==107:4. NATURE AND PRESENCE OF ADJUSTERS==
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107:4.1 To say that a [[Thought Adjuster]] is [[divine]] is merely to [[recognize]] the [[nature]] of [[origin]]. It is highly [[probable]] that such [[purity]] of [[divinity]] [[embraces]] the [[essence]] of the [[potential]] of all [[attributes]] of [[Deity]] which can be contained within such a [[fragment]] of the [[absolute]] [[essence]] of the [[universal]] [[presence]] of the [[eternal]] and [[infinite]] [[Paradise Father]].
 
107:4.1 To say that a [[Thought Adjuster]] is [[divine]] is merely to [[recognize]] the [[nature]] of [[origin]]. It is highly [[probable]] that such [[purity]] of [[divinity]] [[embraces]] the [[essence]] of the [[potential]] of all [[attributes]] of [[Deity]] which can be contained within such a [[fragment]] of the [[absolute]] [[essence]] of the [[universal]] [[presence]] of the [[eternal]] and [[infinite]] [[Paradise Father]].
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107:4.2 The [[actual]] [[source]] of the [[Adjuster]] must be [[infinite]], and before [[fusion]] with the [[immortal]] [[soul]] of an [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE evolving mortal], the [[reality]] of the [[Adjuster]] must border on [[absoluteness]]. [[Adjusters]] are not [[absolutes]] in the [[universal]] sense, in the [[Deity]] sense, but they are probably true absolutes within the [[potentialities]] of their [[fragmented]] [[nature]]. They are qualified as to [[universality]] but not as to [[nature]]; in extensiveness they are [[limited]], but in [[intensiveness]] of [[meaning]], [[value]], and [[fact]] they are [[absolute]]. For this [[reason]] we sometimes denominate the [[divine]] [[gifts]] as the qualified [[absolute]] [[fragments]] of [[the Father]].
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107:4.2 The [[actual]] [[source]] of the [[Adjuster]] must be [[infinite]], and before [[fusion]] with the [[immortal]] [[soul]] of an [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE evolving mortal], the [[reality]] of the [[Adjuster]] must border on [[absoluteness]]. [[Adjusters]] are not [[absolutes]] in the [[universal]] sense, in the [[Deity]] sense, but they are probably true absolutes within the [[potentialities]] of their [[fragmented]] [[nature]]. They are qualified as to [[universality]] but not as to [[nature]]; in extensiveness they are [[limited]], but in [[intensiveness]] of [[meaning]], [[value]], and [[fact]] they are [[absolute]]. For this [[reason]] we sometimes denominate the [[divine]] [[gifts]] as the qualified [[absolute]] [[fragments]] of [[the Father]].
    
107:4.3 No [[Adjuster]] has ever been disloyal to the [[Paradise Father]]; the lower orders of [[personal]] [[creatures]] may sometimes have to [[contend]] with disloyal fellows, but never the [[Adjusters]]; they are [[supreme]] and [[infallible]] in their [[supernal]] [[sphere]] of [[creature]] [[ministry]] and [[universe]] [[function]].
 
107:4.3 No [[Adjuster]] has ever been disloyal to the [[Paradise Father]]; the lower orders of [[personal]] [[creatures]] may sometimes have to [[contend]] with disloyal fellows, but never the [[Adjusters]]; they are [[supreme]] and [[infallible]] in their [[supernal]] [[sphere]] of [[creature]] [[ministry]] and [[universe]] [[function]].
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107:4.4 Nonpersonalized Adjusters are visible only to [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_109#109:7._DESTINY_OF_PERSONALIZED_ADJUSTERS Personalized Adjusters]. My order, the [[Solitary Messengers]], together with [[Inspired Trinity Spirits]], can detect the [[presence]] of [[Adjusters]] by means of spiritual [[reactive]] [[phenomena]]; and even [[seraphim]] can sometimes [[discern]] the [[spirit]] [[luminosity]] of supposed [[association]] with the [[presence]] of [[Monitors]] in the [[material]] [[minds]] of men; but none of us are able [[actually]] to [[discern]] the real [[presence]] of [[Adjusters]], not unless they have been [[personalized]], albeit their [[natures]] are perceivable in [[union]] with the [[fused]] [[personalities]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascending mortals] from the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 evolutionary worlds]. The [[universal]] [[invisibility]] of the [[Adjusters]] is strongly suggestive of their high and exclusive [[divine]] [[origin]] and [[nature]].
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107:4.4 Nonpersonalized Adjusters are visible only to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_109#109:7._DESTINY_OF_PERSONALIZED_ADJUSTERS Personalized Adjusters]. My order, the [[Solitary Messengers]], together with [[Inspired Trinity Spirits]], can detect the [[presence]] of [[Adjusters]] by means of spiritual [[reactive]] [[phenomena]]; and even [[seraphim]] can sometimes [[discern]] the [[spirit]] [[luminosity]] of supposed [[association]] with the [[presence]] of [[Monitors]] in the [[material]] [[minds]] of men; but none of us are able [[actually]] to [[discern]] the real [[presence]] of [[Adjusters]], not unless they have been [[personalized]], albeit their [[natures]] are perceivable in [[union]] with the [[fused]] [[personalities]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascending mortals] from the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 evolutionary worlds]. The [[universal]] [[invisibility]] of the [[Adjusters]] is strongly suggestive of their high and exclusive [[divine]] [[origin]] and [[nature]].
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107:4.5 There is a characteristic [[light]], a [[spirit]] [[luminosity]], which accompanies this [[divine]] [[presence]], and which has become generally [[associated]] with [[Thought Adjusters]]. In the [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]] this [[Paradise]] [[luminosity]] is widespreadly known as the "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot_light pilot light]"; on [[Uversa]] it is called the "light of life."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_8] On [[Urantia]] this phenomenon has sometimes been referred to as that "true light which lights every man who comes into the world."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_1]
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107:4.5 There is a characteristic [[light]], a [[spirit]] [[luminosity]], which accompanies this [[divine]] [[presence]], and which has become generally [[associated]] with [[Thought Adjusters]]. In the [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]] this [[Paradise]] [[luminosity]] is widespreadly known as the "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot_light pilot light]"; on [[Uversa]] it is called the "light of life."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_8] On [[Urantia]] this phenomenon has sometimes been referred to as that "true light which lights every man who comes into the world."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_1]
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107:4.6 To all [[beings]] who have [[attained]] the [[Universal Father]], the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_109#109:7._DESTINY_OF_PERSONALIZED_ADJUSTERS Personalized Thought Adjusters] are visible. [[Adjusters]] of all [[stages]], [[together]] with all other [[beings]], [[entities]], [[spirits]], [[personalities]], and spirit [[manifestations]], are always [[discernible]] by those [[Supreme Creator Personalities]] who [[originate]] in the [[Paradise Deities]], and who preside over the major [[governments]] of the [[grand universe]].
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107:4.6 To all [[beings]] who have [[attained]] the [[Universal Father]], the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_109#109:7._DESTINY_OF_PERSONALIZED_ADJUSTERS Personalized Thought Adjusters] are visible. [[Adjusters]] of all [[stages]], [[together]] with all other [[beings]], [[entities]], [[spirits]], [[personalities]], and spirit [[manifestations]], are always [[discernible]] by those [[Supreme Creator Personalities]] who [[originate]] in the [[Paradise Deities]], and who preside over the major [[governments]] of the [[grand universe]].
    
107:4.7 Can you really [[realize]] the true significance of the [[Adjuster]]'s indwelling? Do you really [[fathom]] what it means to have an [[absolute]] [[fragment]] of the absolute and [[infinite]] [[Deity]], the [[Universal Father]], indwelling and [[fusing]] with your finite [[mortal]] [[natures]]? When mortal man [[fuses]] with an [[actual]] [[fragment]] of the [[existential]] [[Cause]] of the [[total]] [[cosmos]], no [[limit]] can ever be placed upon the [[destiny]] of such an unprecedented and unimaginable [[partnership]]. In [[eternity]], man will be [[discovering]] not only the [[infinity]] of the [[objective]] [[Deity]] but also the unending [[potentiality]] of the [[subjective]] [[fragment]] of this same [[God]]. Always will the [[Adjuster]] be revealing to the [[mortal]] [[personality]] the [[wonder]] of [[God]], and never can this [[supernal]] [[revelation]] come to an end, for the [[Adjuster]] is of [[God]] and as God to [[mortal]] man.
 
107:4.7 Can you really [[realize]] the true significance of the [[Adjuster]]'s indwelling? Do you really [[fathom]] what it means to have an [[absolute]] [[fragment]] of the absolute and [[infinite]] [[Deity]], the [[Universal Father]], indwelling and [[fusing]] with your finite [[mortal]] [[natures]]? When mortal man [[fuses]] with an [[actual]] [[fragment]] of the [[existential]] [[Cause]] of the [[total]] [[cosmos]], no [[limit]] can ever be placed upon the [[destiny]] of such an unprecedented and unimaginable [[partnership]]. In [[eternity]], man will be [[discovering]] not only the [[infinity]] of the [[objective]] [[Deity]] but also the unending [[potentiality]] of the [[subjective]] [[fragment]] of this same [[God]]. Always will the [[Adjuster]] be revealing to the [[mortal]] [[personality]] the [[wonder]] of [[God]], and never can this [[supernal]] [[revelation]] come to an end, for the [[Adjuster]] is of [[God]] and as God to [[mortal]] man.
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107:5.1 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE Evolutionary mortals] are prone to look upon [[mind]] as a [[cosmic]] [[mediation]] between [[spirit]] and [[matter]], for that is indeed the principal [[ministry]] of mind as [[discernible]] by you. Hence it is quite [[difficult]] for humans to [[perceive]] that [[Thought Adjusters]] have minds, for Adjusters are [[fragmentations]] of [[God]] on an [[absolute]] level of [[reality]] which is not only prepersonal but also prior to all [[energy]] and [[spirit]] [[divergence]]. On a [[monistic]] level antecedent to [[energy]] and [[spirit]] [[differentiation]] there could be no mediating [[function]] of [[mind]], for there are no divergencies to be mediated.
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107:5.1 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE Evolutionary mortals] are prone to look upon [[mind]] as a [[cosmic]] [[mediation]] between [[spirit]] and [[matter]], for that is indeed the principal [[ministry]] of mind as [[discernible]] by you. Hence it is quite [[difficult]] for humans to [[perceive]] that [[Thought Adjusters]] have minds, for Adjusters are [[fragmentations]] of [[God]] on an [[absolute]] level of [[reality]] which is not only prepersonal but also prior to all [[energy]] and [[spirit]] [[divergence]]. On a [[monistic]] level antecedent to [[energy]] and [[spirit]] [[differentiation]] there could be no mediating [[function]] of [[mind]], for there are no divergencies to be mediated.
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107:5.2 Since [[Adjusters]] can [[plan]], [[work]], and [[love]], they must have [[powers]] of [[selfhood]] which are [[commensurate]] with [[mind]]. They are [[possessed]] of unlimited [[ability]] to [[communicate]] with each other, that is, all forms of [[Monitors]] above the first or [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_107#107:2._CLASSIFICATION_OF_ADJUSTERS virgin groups]. As to the [[nature]] and purport of their intercommunications, we can [[reveal]] very little, for we do not know. And we further know that they must be minded in some [[manner]] else they could never be [[personalized]].
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107:5.2 Since [[Adjusters]] can [[plan]], [[work]], and [[love]], they must have [[powers]] of [[selfhood]] which are [[commensurate]] with [[mind]]. They are [[possessed]] of unlimited [[ability]] to [[communicate]] with each other, that is, all forms of [[Monitors]] above the first or [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_107#107:2._CLASSIFICATION_OF_ADJUSTERS virgin groups]. As to the [[nature]] and purport of their intercommunications, we can [[reveal]] very little, for we do not know. And we further know that they must be minded in some [[manner]] else they could never be [[personalized]].
    
107:5.3 The mindedness of the [[Thought Adjuster]] is like the mindedness of the [[Universal Father]] and the [[Eternal Son]]—that which is [[ancestral]] to the minds of the [[Conjoint Actor]].
 
107:5.3 The mindedness of the [[Thought Adjuster]] is like the mindedness of the [[Universal Father]] and the [[Eternal Son]]—that which is [[ancestral]] to the minds of the [[Conjoint Actor]].
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107:5.4 The [[type]] of [[mind]] [[postulated]] in an [[Adjuster]] must be similar to the [[mind]] [[endowment]] of numerous other orders of prepersonal [[entities]] which presumably likewise originate in the [[First Source and Center]]. Though many of these orders have not been [[revealed]] on [[Urantia]], they all disclose minded [[qualities]]. It is also possible for these [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individuation individuations] of [[original]] [[Deity]] to become [[unified]] with numerous evolving [[types]] of nonmortal [[beings]] and even with a limited number of nonevolutionary beings who have [[developed]] [[capacity]] for [[fusion]] with such [[Deity]] [[fragments]].
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107:5.4 The [[type]] of [[mind]] [[postulated]] in an [[Adjuster]] must be similar to the [[mind]] [[endowment]] of numerous other orders of prepersonal [[entities]] which presumably likewise originate in the [[First Source and Center]]. Though many of these orders have not been [[revealed]] on [[Urantia]], they all disclose minded [[qualities]]. It is also possible for these [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individuation individuations] of [[original]] [[Deity]] to become [[unified]] with numerous evolving [[types]] of nonmortal [[beings]] and even with a limited number of nonevolutionary beings who have [[developed]] [[capacity]] for [[fusion]] with such [[Deity]] [[fragments]].
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107:5.5 When a [[Thought Adjuster]] is [[fused]] with the evolving [[immortal]] [[morontia]] [[soul]] of the surviving [[human]], the [[mind]] of the [[Adjuster]] can only be identified as [[persisting]] apart from the [[creature]]'s [[mind]] until the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascending mortal] [[attains]] [[spirit]] [[levels]] of [[universe]] [[progression]].
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107:5.5 When a [[Thought Adjuster]] is [[fused]] with the evolving [[immortal]] [[morontia]] [[soul]] of the surviving [[human]], the [[mind]] of the [[Adjuster]] can only be identified as [[persisting]] apart from the [[creature]]'s [[mind]] until the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascending mortal] [[attains]] [[spirit]] [[levels]] of [[universe]] [[progression]].
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107:5.6 Upon the [[attainment]] of the [[finaliter]] levels of [[ascendant]] [[experience]], these spirits of the sixth stage appear to [[transmute]] some [[mind]] [[factor]] [[representing]] a [[union]] of certain [[phases]] of the [[mortal]] and [[Adjuster]] minds which had previously [[functioned]] as [[liaison]] between the [[divine]] and [[human]] phases of such [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#PAPER_40:_THE_ASCENDING_SONS_OF_GOD ascending personalities]. This [[experiential]] [[mind]] [[quality]] probably "supremacizes" and subsequently augments the [[experiential]] [[endowment]] of [[evolutionary]] [[Deity]]—the [[Supreme Being]].
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107:5.6 Upon the [[attainment]] of the [[finaliter]] levels of [[ascendant]] [[experience]], these spirits of the sixth stage appear to [[transmute]] some [[mind]] [[factor]] [[representing]] a [[union]] of certain [[phases]] of the [[mortal]] and [[Adjuster]] minds which had previously [[functioned]] as [[liaison]] between the [[divine]] and [[human]] phases of such [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#PAPER_40:_THE_ASCENDING_SONS_OF_GOD ascending personalities]. This [[experiential]] [[mind]] [[quality]] probably "supremacizes" and subsequently augments the [[experiential]] [[endowment]] of [[evolutionary]] [[Deity]]—the [[Supreme Being]].
    
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107:6.3 Your [[path]] to [[Paradise]] is the path of [[spirit]] [[attainment]], and the [[Adjuster]] [[nature]] will faithfully [[unfold]] the [[revelation]] of the [[spiritual]] [[nature]] of the [[Universal Father]]. Beyond the [[Paradise]] [[ascent]] and in the postfinaliter [[stages]] of the [[eternity]] [[career]], the [[Adjuster]] may possibly [[contact]] with the onetime [[human]] [[partner]] in other than [[spirit]] [[ministry]]; but the [[Ascension Career|Paradise ascent]] and the [[finaliter]] [[career]] are the [[partnership]] between the God-knowing spiritualizing [[mortal]] and the spiritual ministry of the [[God]]-[[revealing]] [[Adjuster]].
 
107:6.3 Your [[path]] to [[Paradise]] is the path of [[spirit]] [[attainment]], and the [[Adjuster]] [[nature]] will faithfully [[unfold]] the [[revelation]] of the [[spiritual]] [[nature]] of the [[Universal Father]]. Beyond the [[Paradise]] [[ascent]] and in the postfinaliter [[stages]] of the [[eternity]] [[career]], the [[Adjuster]] may possibly [[contact]] with the onetime [[human]] [[partner]] in other than [[spirit]] [[ministry]]; but the [[Ascension Career|Paradise ascent]] and the [[finaliter]] [[career]] are the [[partnership]] between the God-knowing spiritualizing [[mortal]] and the spiritual ministry of the [[God]]-[[revealing]] [[Adjuster]].
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107:6.4 We know that [[Thought Adjusters]] are [[spirits]], pure spirits, presumably [[absolute]] spirits. But the [[Adjuster]] must also be something more than exclusive [[spirit]] [[reality]]. In addition to conjectured [[mindedness]], [[factors]] of [[pure]] [[energy]] are also present. If you will [[remember]] that [[God]] is the [[source]] of [[pure]] [[energy]] and of pure [[spirit]], it will not be so [[difficult]] to [[perceive]] that his [[fragments]] would be both. It is a [[fact]] that the [[Adjusters]] traverse [[space]] over the [[instantaneous]] and [[universal]] [http://www.nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11_-_The_Eternal_Isle_of_Paradise#11:8._PARADISE_GRAVITY gravity circuits] of the [[Paradise]] Isle.
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107:6.4 We know that [[Thought Adjusters]] are [[spirits]], pure spirits, presumably [[absolute]] spirits. But the [[Adjuster]] must also be something more than exclusive [[spirit]] [[reality]]. In addition to conjectured [[mindedness]], [[factors]] of [[pure]] [[energy]] are also present. If you will [[remember]] that [[God]] is the [[source]] of [[pure]] [[energy]] and of pure [[spirit]], it will not be so [[difficult]] to [[perceive]] that his [[fragments]] would be both. It is a [[fact]] that the [[Adjusters]] traverse [[space]] over the [[instantaneous]] and [[universal]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11_-_The_Eternal_Isle_of_Paradise#11:8._PARADISE_GRAVITY gravity circuits] of the [[Paradise]] Isle.
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107:6.5 That the [[Mystery Monitors]] are thus [[associated]] with the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_12#12:3._UNIVERSAL_GRAVITY material circuits] of the [[universe of universes]] is indeed puzzling. But it remains a [[fact]] that they flash throughout the entire [[grand universe]] over the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_12#12:3._UNIVERSAL_GRAVITY material-gravity circuits]. It is entirely [[possible]] that they may even penetrate the [[outer space]] levels; they certainly could follow the [[gravity]] [[presence]] of [[Paradise]] into these regions, and though my order of [[personality]] can traverse the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_9#9:6._THE_MIND-GRAVITY_CIRCUIT mind circuits] of the [[Conjoint Actor]] also beyond the confines of the [[grand universe]], we have never been sure of detecting the [[presence]] of [[Adjusters]] in the uncharted regions of [[outer space]].
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107:6.5 That the [[Mystery Monitors]] are thus [[associated]] with the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_12#12:3._UNIVERSAL_GRAVITY material circuits] of the [[universe of universes]] is indeed puzzling. But it remains a [[fact]] that they flash throughout the entire [[grand universe]] over the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_12#12:3._UNIVERSAL_GRAVITY material-gravity circuits]. It is entirely [[possible]] that they may even penetrate the [[outer space]] levels; they certainly could follow the [[gravity]] [[presence]] of [[Paradise]] into these regions, and though my order of [[personality]] can traverse the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_9#9:6._THE_MIND-GRAVITY_CIRCUIT mind circuits] of the [[Conjoint Actor]] also beyond the confines of the [[grand universe]], we have never been sure of detecting the [[presence]] of [[Adjusters]] in the uncharted regions of [[outer space]].
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107:6.6 And yet, while the [[Adjusters]] utilize the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_12#12:3._UNIVERSAL_GRAVITY material-gravity circuits], they are not subject thereto as is [[material]] [[creation]]. The [[Adjusters]] are [[fragments]] of the [[ancestor]] of [[gravity]], not the consequentials of gravity; they have segmentized on a [[universe]] level of [[existence]] which is [[hypothetically]] antecedent to [[gravity]] [[appearance]].
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107:6.6 And yet, while the [[Adjusters]] utilize the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_12#12:3._UNIVERSAL_GRAVITY material-gravity circuits], they are not subject thereto as is [[material]] [[creation]]. The [[Adjusters]] are [[fragments]] of the [[ancestor]] of [[gravity]], not the consequentials of gravity; they have segmentized on a [[universe]] level of [[existence]] which is [[hypothetically]] antecedent to [[gravity]] [[appearance]].
    
107:6.7 [[Thought Adjusters]] have no [[relaxation]] from the [[time]] of their [[bestowal]] until the day of their release to start for [[Divinington]] upon the [[natural]] [[death]] of their [[mortal]] subjects. And those whose subjects do not pass through the [[portals]] of [[natural]] [[death]] do not even [[experience]] this temporary respite. [[Thought Adjusters]] do not require [[energy]] intake; they are [[energy]], energy of the highest and most [[divine]] order.
 
107:6.7 [[Thought Adjusters]] have no [[relaxation]] from the [[time]] of their [[bestowal]] until the day of their release to start for [[Divinington]] upon the [[natural]] [[death]] of their [[mortal]] subjects. And those whose subjects do not pass through the [[portals]] of [[natural]] [[death]] do not even [[experience]] this temporary respite. [[Thought Adjusters]] do not require [[energy]] intake; they are [[energy]], energy of the highest and most [[divine]] order.
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107:7.1 Thought Adjusters are not personalities, but they are real entities; they are truly and perfectly individualized, although they are never, while indwelling mortals, actually personalized. Thought Adjusters are not true personalities; they are true realities, realities of the purest order known in the universe of universes—they are the divine presence. Though not personal, these marvelous fragments of the Father are commonly referred to as beings and sometimes, in view of the spiritual phases of their present ministry to mortals, as spirit entities.
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107:7.1 [[Thought Adjusters]] are not [[personalities]], but they are real [[entities]]; they are truly and [[perfectly]] [[individualized]], although they are never, while indwelling [[mortals]], actually [[personalized]]. [[Thought Adjusters]] are not true [[personalities]]; they are true realities, realities of the [[purest]] order known in the [[universe of universes]]—they are the [[divine]] [[presence]]. Though not [[personal]], these [[marvelous]] [[fragments]] of [[the Father]] are commonly referred to as [[beings]] and sometimes, in view of the [[spiritual]] [[phases]] of their present [[ministry]] to [[mortals]], as [[spirit]] [[entities]].
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107:7.2 If Thought Adjusters are not personalities having prerogatives of will and powers of choice, how then can they select mortal subjects and volunteer to indwell these creatures of the evolutionary worlds? This is a question easy to ask, but probably no being in the universe of universes has ever found the exact answer. Even my order of personality, the Solitary Messengers, does not fully understand the endowment of will, choice, and love in entities that are not personal.
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107:7.2 If [[Thought Adjusters]] are not [[personalities]] having [[prerogatives]] of [[Free will|will]] and [[powers]] of [[choice]], how then can they select [[mortal]] subjects and [[volunteer]] to indwell these [[creatures]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 evolutionary worlds]? This is a question easy to ask, but [[probably]] no [[being]] in the [[universe of universes]] has ever found the exact answer. Even my order of [[personality]], the [[Solitary Messengers]], does not fully [[understand]] the [[endowment]] of will, [[choice]], and [[love]] in [[entities]] that are [[Impersonal|not personal]].
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107:7.3 We have often speculated that Thought Adjusters must have volition on all prepersonal levels of choice. They volunteer to indwell human beings, they lay plans for man's eternal career, they adapt, modify, and substitute in accordance with circumstances, and these activities connote genuine volition. They have affection for mortals, they function in universe crises, they are always waiting to act decisively in accordance with human choice, and all these are highly volitional reactions. In all situations not concerned with the domain of the human will, they unquestionably exhibit conduct which betokens the exercise of powers in every sense the equivalent of will, maximated decision.
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107:7.3 We have often [[speculated]] that [[Thought Adjusters]] must have [[volition]] on all prepersonal levels of choice. They [[volunteer]] to indwell [[human being]]s, they lay [[plans]] for man's [[eternal]] [[career]], they [[adapt]], modify, and substitute in [[accordance]] with [[circumstances]], and these [[activities]] connote [[genuine]] [[volition]]. They have [[affection]] for [[mortals]], they [[function]] in [[universe]] [[crises]], they are always waiting to [[act]] decisively in [[accordance]] with [[human]] [[choice]], and all these are highly [[volitional]] [[reactions]]. In all situations not concerned with the [[domain]] of the human will, they unquestionably [[exhibit]] [[conduct]] which betokens the [[exercise]] of [[powers]] in every sense the equivalent of will, maximated [[decision]].
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107:7.4 Why then, if Thought Adjusters possess volition, are they subservient to the mortal will? We believe it is because Adjuster volition, though absolute in nature, is prepersonal in manifestation. Human will functions on the personality level of universe reality, and throughout the cosmos the impersonal—the nonpersonal, the subpersonal, and the prepersonal—is ever responsive to the will and acts of existent personality.
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107:7.4 Why then, if [[Thought Adjusters]] possess [[volition]], are they subservient to the [[mortal]] will? We [[believe]] it is because [[Adjuster]] volition, though [[absolute]] in [[nature]], is prepersonal in [[manifestation]]. Human will functions on the [[personality]] level of [[universe]] [[reality]], and throughout the [[cosmos]] the [[impersonal]]—the nonpersonal, the subpersonal, and the prepersonal—is ever [[responsive]] to the will and [[acts]] of existent [[personality]].
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107:7.5 Throughout a universe of created beings and nonpersonal energies we do not observe will, volition, choice, and love manifested apart from personality. Except in the Adjusters and other similar entities we do not witness these attributes of personality functioning in association with impersonal realities. It would not be correct to designate an Adjuster as subpersonal, neither would it be proper to allude to such an entity as superpersonal, but it would be entirely permissible to term such a being prepersonal.
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107:7.5 Throughout a [[universe]] of created [[beings]] and nonpersonal [[energies]] we do not observe will, [[volition]], choice, and [[love]] [[manifested]] apart from [[personality]]. Except in the [[Adjusters]] and other similar [[entities]] we do not [[witness]] these [[attributes]] of [[personality]] [[functioning]] in [[association]] with [[impersonal]] [[realities]]. It would not be correct to designate an [[Adjuster]] as subpersonal, neither would it be proper to allude to such an [[entity]] as superpersonal, but it would be entirely permissible to term such a being prepersonal.
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107:7.6 To our orders of being these fragments of Deity are known as the divine gifts. We recognize that the Adjusters are divine in origin, and that they constitute the probable proof and demonstration of a reservation by the Universal Father of the possibility of direct and unlimited communication with any and all material creatures throughout his virtually infinite realms, and all of this quite apart from his presence in the personalities of his Paradise Sons or through his indirect ministrations in the personalities of the Infinite Spirit.
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107:7.6 To our orders of [[being]] these [[fragments]] of [[Deity]] are known as the [[divine]] [[gifts]]. We [[recognize]] that the [[Adjusters]] are [[divine]] in [[origin]], and that they [[constitute]] the probable [[proof]] and [[demonstration]] of a reservation by the [[Universal Father]] of the [[possibility]] of [[direct]] and unlimited [[communication]] with any and all [[material]] [[creatures]] throughout his [[virtually]] [[infinite]] realms, and all of this quite apart from his [[presence]] in the [[personalities]] of his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20 Paradise Sons] or through his indirect ministrations in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#PAPER_17:_THE_SEVEN_SUPREME_SPIRIT_GROUPS personalities of the Infinite Spirit].
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107:7.7 There are no created beings that would not delight to be hosts to the Mystery Monitors, but no orders of beings are thus indwelt excepting evolutionary will creatures of finaliter destiny.
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107:7.7 There are no created [[beings]] that would not delight to be hosts to the [[Mystery Monitors]], but no orders of beings are thus indwelt excepting [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE evolutionary will creatures] of [[finaliter]] [[destiny]].
    
107:7.8 Presented by a [[Solitary Messenger]] of [[Orvonton]].
 
107:7.8 Presented by a [[Solitary Messenger]] of [[Orvonton]].
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