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==PAPER 111: THE ADJUSTER AND THE SOUL==

==PAPER 111: THE ADJUSTER AND THE SOUL==

111:0.1 The [[presence]] of the divine [[Adjuster]] in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE human mind] makes it forever impossible for either [[science]] or [[philosophy]] to attain a [[satisfactory]] [[comprehension]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:3._THE_EVOLVING_SOUL evolving soul] of the [[human]] [[personality]]. The [[morontia]] [[soul]] is the [[child]] of the [[universe]] and may be really known only through [[cosmic]] [[insight]] and [[spiritual]] [[discovery]].

111:0.1 The [[presence]] of the divine [[Adjuster]] in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE human mind] makes it forever impossible for either [[science]] or [[philosophy]] to attain a [[satisfactory]] [[comprehension]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:3._THE_EVOLVING_SOUL evolving soul] of the [[human]] [[personality]]. The [[morontia]] [[soul]] is the [[child]] of the [[universe]] and may be really known only through [[cosmic]] [[insight]] and [[spiritual]] [[discovery]].

111:0.2 The [[concept]] of a [[soul]] and of an [http://books.google.com/books?id=SIZ2tsv7qAQC&dq=indwelling+spirit&source=gbs_navlinks_s indwelling spirit] is not new to [[Urantia]]; it has frequently appeared in the various [[systems]] of [[planetary]] [[beliefs]]. Many of the [[Oriental]] as well as some of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occident Occidental] [[faiths]] have [[perceived]] that man is [[divine]] in [[heritage]] as well as human in [[inheritance]]. The [[feeling]] of the inner [[presence]] in addition to the external [[omnipresence]] of [[Deity]] has long formed a part of many Urantian religions. Men have long believed that there is something growing within the [[human]] [[nature]], something [[vital]] that is destined to [[endure]] beyond the short span of [[temporal]] life.

111:0.2 The [[concept]] of a [[soul]] and of an [https://books.google.com/books?id=SIZ2tsv7qAQC&dq=indwelling+spirit&source=gbs_navlinks_s indwelling spirit] is not new to [[Urantia]]; it has frequently appeared in the various [[systems]] of [[planetary]] [[beliefs]]. Many of the [[Oriental]] as well as some of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occident Occidental] [[faiths]] have [[perceived]] that man is [[divine]] in [[heritage]] as well as human in [[inheritance]]. The [[feeling]] of the inner [[presence]] in addition to the external [[omnipresence]] of [[Deity]] has long formed a part of many Urantian religions. Men have long believed that there is something growing within the [[human]] [[nature]], something [[vital]] that is destined to [[endure]] beyond the short span of [[temporal]] life.

111:0.3 Before [[man]] realized that his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:3._THE_EVOLVING_SOUL evolving soul] was fathered by a [[divine]] [[spirit]], it was thought to reside in different [[physical]] organs—the eye, liver, kidney, [[heart]], and later, the [[brain]]. The [[savage]] [[associated]] the [[soul]] with blood, [[breath]], [[shadows]] and with [[reflections]] of the [[self]] in [[water]].

111:0.3 Before [[man]] realized that his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:3._THE_EVOLVING_SOUL evolving soul] was fathered by a [[divine]] [[spirit]], it was thought to reside in different [[physical]] organs—the eye, liver, kidney, [[heart]], and later, the [[brain]]. The [[savage]] [[associated]] the [[soul]] with blood, [[breath]], [[shadows]] and with [[reflections]] of the [[self]] in [[water]].

111:0.4 In the [[conception]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%80tman_%28Hinduism%29 atman] the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism Hindu] teachers really approximated an [[appreciation]] of the [[nature]] and [[presence]] of the [[Adjuster]], but they failed to distinguish the copresence of the evolving and potentially [[immortal]] [[soul]]. The [[Chinese]], however, [[recognized]] two aspects of a [[human being]], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yin_and_yang yang and the yin], the [[soul]] and the [[spirit]]. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_religion Egyptians] and many [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_traditional_religion African] [[tribes]] also believed in two factors, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_soul ka and the ba]; the [[soul]] was not usually believed to be pre-existent, only the [[spirit]].

111:0.4 In the [[conception]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%80tman_%28Hinduism%29 atman] the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism Hindu] teachers really approximated an [[appreciation]] of the [[nature]] and [[presence]] of the [[Adjuster]], but they failed to distinguish the copresence of the evolving and potentially [[immortal]] [[soul]]. The [[Chinese]], however, [[recognized]] two aspects of a [[human being]], the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yin_and_yang yang and the yin], the [[soul]] and the [[spirit]]. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_religion Egyptians] and many [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_traditional_religion African] [[tribes]] also believed in two factors, the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_soul ka and the ba]; the [[soul]] was not usually believed to be pre-existent, only the [[spirit]].

111:0.5 The [[inhabitants]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile_valley Nile valley] believed that each favored [[individual]] had [[bestowed]] upon him at [[birth]], or soon thereafter, a protecting spirit which they called the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_soul#Ka_.28spirit.29 ka]. They taught that this guardian spirit remained with the [[mortal]] subject throughout life and passed before him into the [[future]] estate. On the walls of a [[temple]] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxor_Temple Luxor], where is depicted the birth of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amenhotep III Amenhotep III], the little prince is pictured on the arm of the [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nile_fontana_dei_Quattro_Fiumi_Rome.jpg Nile god], and near him is another child, in [[appearance]] identical with the prince, which is a [[symbol]] of that entity which the Egyptians called the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_soul#Ka_.28spirit.29 ka]. This sculpture was completed in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1500_BC fifteenth century before Christ].

111:0.5 The [[inhabitants]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile_valley Nile valley] believed that each favored [[individual]] had [[bestowed]] upon him at [[birth]], or soon thereafter, a protecting spirit which they called the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_soul#Ka_.28spirit.29 ka]. They taught that this guardian spirit remained with the [[mortal]] subject throughout life and passed before him into the [[future]] estate. On the walls of a [[temple]] at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxor_Temple Luxor], where is depicted the birth of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amenhotep III Amenhotep III], the little prince is pictured on the arm of the [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nile_fontana_dei_Quattro_Fiumi_Rome.jpg Nile god], and near him is another child, in [[appearance]] identical with the prince, which is a [[symbol]] of that entity which the Egyptians called the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_soul#Ka_.28spirit.29 ka]. This sculpture was completed in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1500_BC fifteenth century before Christ].

111:0.6 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_soul#Ka_.28spirit.29 ka] was thought to be a superior [[spirit]] [[genius]] which [[desired]] to [[guide]] the [[associated]] [[mortal]] [[soul]] into the better paths of [[temporal]] living but more especially to [[influence]] the fortunes of the [[human]] subject in the hereafter. When an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_soul#Ka_.28life_force.29 Egyptian] of this period died, it was expected that his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_soul#Ka_.28spirit.29 ka] would be waiting for him on the other side of the Great River. At first, only [[kings]] were supposed to have [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_soul#Ka_.28spirit.29 ka]s, but presently all [[righteous]] men were believed to [[possess]] them. One Egyptian ruler, speaking of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_soul#Ka_.28spirit.29 ka] within his [[heart]], said: "I did not disregard its [[speech]]; I feared to transgress its [[guidance]]. I prospered thereby greatly; I was thus successful by [[reason]] of that which it caused me to do; I was distinguished by its [[guidance]]." Many believed that the ka was " an [[oracle]] from [[God]] in everybody. "Many believed that they were to "spend [[eternity]] in [[gladness]] of [[heart]] in the [[favor]] of the God that is in you. "

111:0.6 The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_soul#Ka_.28spirit.29 ka] was thought to be a superior [[spirit]] [[genius]] which [[desired]] to [[guide]] the [[associated]] [[mortal]] [[soul]] into the better paths of [[temporal]] living but more especially to [[influence]] the fortunes of the [[human]] subject in the hereafter. When an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_soul#Ka_.28life_force.29 Egyptian] of this period died, it was expected that his [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_soul#Ka_.28spirit.29 ka] would be waiting for him on the other side of the Great River. At first, only [[kings]] were supposed to have [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_soul#Ka_.28spirit.29 ka]s, but presently all [[righteous]] men were believed to [[possess]] them. One Egyptian ruler, speaking of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_soul#Ka_.28spirit.29 ka] within his [[heart]], said: "I did not disregard its [[speech]]; I feared to transgress its [[guidance]]. I prospered thereby greatly; I was thus successful by [[reason]] of that which it caused me to do; I was distinguished by its [[guidance]]." Many believed that the ka was " an [[oracle]] from [[God]] in everybody. "Many believed that they were to "spend [[eternity]] in [[gladness]] of [[heart]] in the [[favor]] of the God that is in you. "

111:0.7 Every [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78 race] of evolving [[Urantia]] [[mortals]] has a [[word]] equivalent to the [[concept]] of [[soul]]. Many [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:1._PRIMITIVE_MAN primitive peoples] believed the [[soul]] looked out upon the world through human eyes; therefore did they so cravenly [[fear]] the malevolence of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_eye evil eye]. They have long believed that "the spirit of man is the lamp of the Lord. " The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigveda Rig-Veda] says: "My [[mind]] speaks to my [[heart]]."

111:0.7 Every [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78 race] of evolving [[Urantia]] [[mortals]] has a [[word]] equivalent to the [[concept]] of [[soul]]. Many [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:1._PRIMITIVE_MAN primitive peoples] believed the [[soul]] looked out upon the world through human eyes; therefore did they so cravenly [[fear]] the malevolence of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_eye evil eye]. They have long believed that "the spirit of man is the lamp of the Lord. " The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigveda Rig-Veda] says: "My [[mind]] speaks to my [[heart]]."

==111:1. THE MIND ARENA OF CHOICE==

==111:1. THE MIND ARENA OF CHOICE==

111:1.1 Though the [[work]] of [[Adjusters]] is [[spiritual]] in [[nature]], they must, perforce, do all their [[work]] upon an [[intellectual]] [[foundation]]. [[Mind]] is the [[human]] [[soil]] from which the spirit Monitor must evolve the [[morontia]] [[soul]] with the [[co-operation]] of the indwelt [[personality]].

111:1.1 Though the [[work]] of [[Adjusters]] is [[spiritual]] in [[nature]], they must, perforce, do all their [[work]] upon an [[intellectual]] [[foundation]]. [[Mind]] is the [[human]] [[soil]] from which the spirit Monitor must evolve the [[morontia]] [[soul]] with the [[co-operation]] of the indwelt [[personality]].

111:1.2 There is a [[cosmic]] [[unity]] in the several [[mind]] levels of the [[universe of universes]]. [[Intellectual]] selves have their [[origin]] in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_16#16:6._THE_COSMIC_MIND cosmic mind] much as [[nebulae]] take [[origin]] in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#VI._ENERGY_AND_PATTERN cosmic energies] of universe [[space]]. On the human (hence [[personal]]) level of [[intellectual]] selves the [[potential]] of spirit [[evolution]] becomes dominant, with the assent of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 mortal mind], because of the [[spiritual]] [[endowments]] of the [[human]] [[personality]] together with the [[creative]] [[presence]] of an entity-point of [[absolute]] [[value]] in such human selves. But such a [[spirit]] [[dominance]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 material mind] is conditioned upon two [[experiences]]: This [[mind]] must have evolved up through the [[ministry]] of the [[seven adjutant mind-spirits]], and the [[material]] ([[personal]]) [[self]] must [[choose]] to [[co-operate]] with the indwelling [[Adjuster]] in creating and fostering the [[morontia]] [[self]], the [[evolutionary]] and [[potentially]] [[immortal]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:2._NATURE_OF_THE_SOUL soul].

111:1.2 There is a [[cosmic]] [[unity]] in the several [[mind]] levels of the [[universe of universes]]. [[Intellectual]] selves have their [[origin]] in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_16#16:6._THE_COSMIC_MIND cosmic mind] much as [[nebulae]] take [[origin]] in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#VI._ENERGY_AND_PATTERN cosmic energies] of universe [[space]]. On the human (hence [[personal]]) level of [[intellectual]] selves the [[potential]] of spirit [[evolution]] becomes dominant, with the assent of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 mortal mind], because of the [[spiritual]] [[endowments]] of the [[human]] [[personality]] together with the [[creative]] [[presence]] of an entity-point of [[absolute]] [[value]] in such human selves. But such a [[spirit]] [[dominance]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 material mind] is conditioned upon two [[experiences]]: This [[mind]] must have evolved up through the [[ministry]] of the [[seven adjutant mind-spirits]], and the [[material]] ([[personal]]) [[self]] must [[choose]] to [[co-operate]] with the indwelling [[Adjuster]] in creating and fostering the [[morontia]] [[self]], the [[evolutionary]] and [[potentially]] [[immortal]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:2._NATURE_OF_THE_SOUL soul].

111:1.3 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 Material mind] is the arena in which [[human]] [[personalities]] live, are [[self-conscious]], make [[decisions]], [[choose]] [[God]] or forsake him, eternalize or destroy themselves.

111:1.3 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 Material mind] is the arena in which [[human]] [[personalities]] live, are [[self-conscious]], make [[decisions]], [[choose]] [[God]] or forsake him, eternalize or destroy themselves.

111:1.4 [[Material]] [[evolution]] has provided you a life [[machine]], your [[body]]; [[the Father]] himself has [[endowed]] you with the purest [[spirit]] [[reality]] known in the [[universe]], your [[Thought Adjuster]]. But into your hands, subject to your own [[decisions]], has been given [[mind]], and it is by [[mind]] that you live or die. It is within this [[mind]] and with this mind that you make those [[moral]] [[decisions]] which enable you to achieve Adjusterlikeness, and that is Godlikeness.

111:1.4 [[Material]] [[evolution]] has provided you a life [[machine]], your [[body]]; [[the Father]] himself has [[endowed]] you with the purest [[spirit]] [[reality]] known in the [[universe]], your [[Thought Adjuster]]. But into your hands, subject to your own [[decisions]], has been given [[mind]], and it is by [[mind]] that you live or die. It is within this [[mind]] and with this mind that you make those [[moral]] [[decisions]] which enable you to achieve Adjusterlikeness, and that is Godlikeness.

111:1.5 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 Mortal mind] is a temporary [[intellect]] [[system]] loaned to [[human being]]s for use during a material lifetime, and as they use this [[mind]], they are either accepting or rejecting the [[potential]] of [[eternal]] [[existence]]. [[Mind]] is about all you have of [[universe]] [[reality]] that is subject to your [[Free will|will]], and the [[soul]]—the [[morontia]] [[self]]—will faithfully portray the [[harvest]] of the [[temporal]] [[decisions]] which the [[mortal]] [[self]] is making. [[Human]] [[consciousness]] rests gently upon the [[electrochemical]] [[mechanism]] below and delicately [[touches]] the [[spirit]]-[[morontia]] [[energy]] [[system]] above. Of neither of these two systems is the [[human being]] ever completely [[conscious]] in his mortal life; therefore must he [[work]] in [[mind]], of which he is [[conscious]]. And it is not so much what mind [[comprehends]] as what mind [[desires]] to [[comprehend]] that insures survival; it is not so much what mind is like as what mind is striving to be like that constitutes spirit identification. It is not so much that man is conscious of [[God]] as that man yearns for God that results in [[universe]] [[ascension]]. What you are today is not so important as what you are becoming day by day and in [[eternity]].

111:1.5 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 Mortal mind] is a temporary [[intellect]] [[system]] loaned to [[human being]]s for use during a material lifetime, and as they use this [[mind]], they are either accepting or rejecting the [[potential]] of [[eternal]] [[existence]]. [[Mind]] is about all you have of [[universe]] [[reality]] that is subject to your [[Free will|will]], and the [[soul]]—the [[morontia]] [[self]]—will faithfully portray the [[harvest]] of the [[temporal]] [[decisions]] which the [[mortal]] [[self]] is making. [[Human]] [[consciousness]] rests gently upon the [[electrochemical]] [[mechanism]] below and delicately [[touches]] the [[spirit]]-[[morontia]] [[energy]] [[system]] above. Of neither of these two systems is the [[human being]] ever completely [[conscious]] in his mortal life; therefore must he [[work]] in [[mind]], of which he is [[conscious]]. And it is not so much what mind [[comprehends]] as what mind [[desires]] to [[comprehend]] that insures survival; it is not so much what mind is like as what mind is striving to be like that constitutes spirit identification. It is not so much that man is conscious of [[God]] as that man yearns for God that results in [[universe]] [[ascension]]. What you are today is not so important as what you are becoming day by day and in [[eternity]].

111:1.6 [[Mind]] is the [[cosmic]] instrument on which the [[human]] [[Free will|will]] can play the discords of destruction, or upon which this same human will can bring forth the exquisite [[melodies]] of [[God]] [[identification]] and consequent [[eternal]] [[survival]]. The [[Adjuster]] bestowed upon man is, in the last [[analysis]], impervious to [[evil]] and incapable of [[sin]], but [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 mortal mind] can [[actually]] be twisted, distorted, and rendered [[evil]] and ugly by the sinful machinations of a [[perverse]] and [[self]]-seeking human will. Likewise can this [[mind]] be made [[noble]], [[beautiful]], [[true]], and [[good]]—actually great—in [[accordance]] with the [[spirit]]-[[illuminated]] will of a God-knowing [[human being]].

111:1.6 [[Mind]] is the [[cosmic]] instrument on which the [[human]] [[Free will|will]] can play the discords of destruction, or upon which this same human will can bring forth the exquisite [[melodies]] of [[God]] [[identification]] and consequent [[eternal]] [[survival]]. The [[Adjuster]] bestowed upon man is, in the last [[analysis]], impervious to [[evil]] and incapable of [[sin]], but [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 mortal mind] can [[actually]] be twisted, distorted, and rendered [[evil]] and ugly by the sinful machinations of a [[perverse]] and [[self]]-seeking human will. Likewise can this [[mind]] be made [[noble]], [[beautiful]], [[true]], and [[good]]—actually great—in [[accordance]] with the [[spirit]]-[[illuminated]] will of a God-knowing [[human being]].

111:1.7 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 Evolutionary mind] is only fully [[stable]] and dependable when [[manifesting]] itself upon the two [[extreme]]s of [[cosmic]] [[intellectuality]]—the wholly [[mechanized]] and the entirely [[spiritualized]]. Between the [[intellectual]] extremes of [[pure]] [[mechanical]] [[control]] and true [[spirit]] [[nature]] there [[intervenes]] that enormous [[group]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40 evolving and ascending minds] whose [[stability]] and [[tranquillity]] are dependent upon [[personality]] [[choice]] and spirit identification.

111:1.7 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 Evolutionary mind] is only fully [[stable]] and dependable when [[manifesting]] itself upon the two [[extreme]]s of [[cosmic]] [[intellectuality]]—the wholly [[mechanized]] and the entirely [[spiritualized]]. Between the [[intellectual]] extremes of [[pure]] [[mechanical]] [[control]] and true [[spirit]] [[nature]] there [[intervenes]] that enormous [[group]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40 evolving and ascending minds] whose [[stability]] and [[tranquillity]] are dependent upon [[personality]] [[choice]] and spirit identification.

111:1.8 But man does not passively, slavishly, [[surrender]] his will to the [[Adjuster]]. Rather does he [[actively]], positively, and [[co-operative]]ly choose to follow the [[Adjuster]]'s leading when and as such leading consciously differs from the [[desires]] and [[impulses]] of the natural mortal mind. The [[Adjusters]] [[manipulate]] but never [[dominate]] man's mind against his will; to the [[Adjusters]] the human will is [[supreme]]. And they so regard and [[respect]] it while they strive to [[achieve]] the spiritual goals of [[thought]] [[adjustment]] and [[character]] [[transformation]] in the almost [[limitless]] arena of the evolving [[human]] [[intellect]].

111:1.8 But man does not passively, slavishly, [[surrender]] his will to the [[Adjuster]]. Rather does he [[actively]], positively, and [[co-operative]]ly choose to follow the [[Adjuster]]'s leading when and as such leading consciously differs from the [[desires]] and [[impulses]] of the natural mortal mind. The [[Adjusters]] [[manipulate]] but never [[dominate]] man's mind against his will; to the [[Adjusters]] the human will is [[supreme]]. And they so regard and [[respect]] it while they strive to [[achieve]] the spiritual goals of [[thought]] [[adjustment]] and [[character]] [[transformation]] in the almost [[limitless]] arena of the evolving [[human]] [[intellect]].

111:1.9 [[Mind]] is your ship, the [[Adjuster]] is your pilot, the [[human]] [[Free will|will]] is captain. The master of the [[mortal]] vessel should have the [[wisdom]] to trust the [[divine]] pilot to [[guide]] the [[ascending]] [[soul]] into the [[morontia]] [[harbor]]s of eternal [[survival]]. Only by selfishness, slothfulness, and sinfulness can the will of man reject the [[guidance]] of such a loving pilot and [[eventually]] wreck the [[mortal]] [[career]] upon the [[evil]] shoals of rejected [[mercy]] and upon the rocks of [[embraced]] [[sin]]. With your consent, this [[faithful]] pilot will safely carry you across the barriers of [[time]] and the [[handicaps]] of [[space]] to the very [[source]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_3#3:3._GOD.27S_UNIVERSAL_KNOWLEDGE divine mind] and on beyond, even to the [[Paradise Father]] of [[Adjusters]].

111:1.9 [[Mind]] is your ship, the [[Adjuster]] is your pilot, the [[human]] [[Free will|will]] is captain. The master of the [[mortal]] vessel should have the [[wisdom]] to trust the [[divine]] pilot to [[guide]] the [[ascending]] [[soul]] into the [[morontia]] [[harbor]]s of eternal [[survival]]. Only by selfishness, slothfulness, and sinfulness can the will of man reject the [[guidance]] of such a loving pilot and [[eventually]] wreck the [[mortal]] [[career]] upon the [[evil]] shoals of rejected [[mercy]] and upon the rocks of [[embraced]] [[sin]]. With your consent, this [[faithful]] pilot will safely carry you across the barriers of [[time]] and the [[handicaps]] of [[space]] to the very [[source]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_3#3:3._GOD.27S_UNIVERSAL_KNOWLEDGE divine mind] and on beyond, even to the [[Paradise Father]] of [[Adjusters]].

==111:2. NATURE OF THE SOUL==

==111:2. NATURE OF THE SOUL==

111:2.1 Throughout the [[mind]] [[functions]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110#110:4._THE_ADJUSTER.27S_WORK_IN_THE_MIND cosmic intelligence], the [[totality]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE mind] is [[dominant]] over the parts of [[intellectual]] [[function]]. [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 Mind], in its [[essence]], is [[functional]] [[unity]]; therefore does [[mind]] never fail to [[manifest]] this constitutive [[unity]], even when hampered and hindered by the unwise [[actions]] and [[choices]] of a misguided [[self]]. And this [[unity]] of [[mind]] invariably seeks for [[spirit]] [[co-ordination]] on all levels of its [[association]] with selves of [[Free will|will]] [[dignity]] and [[ascension]] [[prerogatives]].

111:2.1 Throughout the [[mind]] [[functions]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110#110:4._THE_ADJUSTER.27S_WORK_IN_THE_MIND cosmic intelligence], the [[totality]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE mind] is [[dominant]] over the parts of [[intellectual]] [[function]]. [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 Mind], in its [[essence]], is [[functional]] [[unity]]; therefore does [[mind]] never fail to [[manifest]] this constitutive [[unity]], even when hampered and hindered by the unwise [[actions]] and [[choices]] of a misguided [[self]]. And this [[unity]] of [[mind]] invariably seeks for [[spirit]] [[co-ordination]] on all levels of its [[association]] with selves of [[Free will|will]] [[dignity]] and [[ascension]] [[prerogatives]].

111:2.2 The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 material mind] of [[mortal]] man is the [[cosmic]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loom loom] that carries the [[morontia]] [[fabric]]s on which the indwelling [[Thought Adjuster]] threads the [[spirit]] [[patterns]] of a [[universe]] [[character]] of [[enduring]] [[values]] and [[divine]] [[meanings]]—a surviving [[soul]] of [[ultimate]] [[destiny]] and [[Ascension Career|unending career]], a [[potential]] [[finaliter]].

111:2.2 The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 material mind] of [[mortal]] man is the [[cosmic]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loom loom] that carries the [[morontia]] [[fabric]]s on which the indwelling [[Thought Adjuster]] threads the [[spirit]] [[patterns]] of a [[universe]] [[character]] of [[enduring]] [[values]] and [[divine]] [[meanings]]—a surviving [[soul]] of [[ultimate]] [[destiny]] and [[Ascension Career|unending career]], a [[potential]] [[finaliter]].

111:2.3 The [[human]] [[personality]] is identified with [[mind]] and [[spirit]] held [[together]] in [[functional]] [[relationship]] by life in a [[material]] [[body]]. This functioning [[relationship]] of such [[mind]] and [[spirit]] does not result in some combination of the [[qualities]] or [[attributes]] of [[mind]] and [[spirit]] but rather in an entirely new, [[original]], and [[unique]] [[universe]] [[value]] of potentially [[eternal]] [[endurance]], the [[soul]].

111:2.3 The [[human]] [[personality]] is identified with [[mind]] and [[spirit]] held [[together]] in [[functional]] [[relationship]] by life in a [[material]] [[body]]. This functioning [[relationship]] of such [[mind]] and [[spirit]] does not result in some combination of the [[qualities]] or [[attributes]] of [[mind]] and [[spirit]] but rather in an entirely new, [[original]], and [[unique]] [[universe]] [[value]] of potentially [[eternal]] [[endurance]], the [[soul]].

111:2.4 There are [[three]] and not [[two]] [[factors]] in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_12 evolutionary creation] of such an [[immortal]] [[soul]]. These three antecedents of the [[morontia]] [[human]] [[soul]] are:

111:2.4 There are [[three]] and not [[two]] [[factors]] in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_12 evolutionary creation] of such an [[immortal]] [[soul]]. These three antecedents of the [[morontia]] [[human]] [[soul]] are:

*1. 111:2.5 The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 human mind] and all [[cosmic]] [[influences]] antecedent thereto and impinging thereon.

*1. 111:2.5 The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 human mind] and all [[cosmic]] [[influences]] antecedent thereto and impinging thereon.

*2. 111:2.6 The [[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]] indwelling this [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE human mind] and all [[potentials]] [[inherent]] in such a [[fragment]] of [[absolute]] [[spirituality]] [[together]] with all [[associated]] [[spiritual]] [[influences]] and factors in human life.

*2. 111:2.6 The [[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]] indwelling this [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE human mind] and all [[potentials]] [[inherent]] in such a [[fragment]] of [[absolute]] [[spirituality]] [[together]] with all [[associated]] [[spiritual]] [[influences]] and factors in human life.

*3. 111:2.7 The [[relationship]] between [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 material mind] and [[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]], which connotes a [[value]] and carries a [[meaning]] not found in either of the contributing [[factors]] to such an [[association]]. The [[reality]] of this [[unique]] [[relationship]] is neither [[material]] nor [[spiritual]] but [[morontial]]. It is the [[soul]].

*3. 111:2.7 The [[relationship]] between [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 material mind] and [[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]], which connotes a [[value]] and carries a [[meaning]] not found in either of the contributing [[factors]] to such an [[association]]. The [[reality]] of this [[unique]] [[relationship]] is neither [[material]] nor [[spiritual]] but [[morontial]]. It is the [[soul]].

111:2.8 The [[midway creatures]] have long [[denominated]] this [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:3._THE_EVOLVING_SOUL evolving soul] of [[man]] the mid-mind in contradistinction to the lower or [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 material mind] and the higher or [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_16#16:6._THE_COSMIC_MIND cosmic mind]. This mid-mind is really a [[morontia]] [[phenomenon]] since it exists in the realm between the [[material]] and the [[spiritual]]. The [[potential]] of such a [[morontia]] [[evolution]] is [[inherent]] in the two [[universal]] urges of mind: the [[impulse]] of the [[finite]] mind of the [[creature]] to know [[God]] and [[attain]] the [[divinity]] of the [[Creator]], and the [[impulse]] of the [[infinite]] mind of the [[Creator]] to know man and [[attain]] the [[experience]] of the [[creature]].

111:2.8 The [[midway creatures]] have long [[denominated]] this [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:3._THE_EVOLVING_SOUL evolving soul] of [[man]] the mid-mind in contradistinction to the lower or [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 material mind] and the higher or [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_16#16:6._THE_COSMIC_MIND cosmic mind]. This mid-mind is really a [[morontia]] [[phenomenon]] since it exists in the realm between the [[material]] and the [[spiritual]]. The [[potential]] of such a [[morontia]] [[evolution]] is [[inherent]] in the two [[universal]] urges of mind: the [[impulse]] of the [[finite]] mind of the [[creature]] to know [[God]] and [[attain]] the [[divinity]] of the [[Creator]], and the [[impulse]] of the [[infinite]] mind of the [[Creator]] to know man and [[attain]] the [[experience]] of the [[creature]].

111:2.9 This [[supernal]] [[transaction]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:3._THE_EVOLVING_SOUL evolving the immortal soul] is made possible because the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_16#16:9._REALITY_OF_HUMAN_CONSCIOUSNESS mortal mind] is first [[personal]] and second is in [[contact]] with superanimal realities; it possesses a supermaterial [[endowment]] of [[cosmic]] [[ministry]] which insures the [[evolution]] of a [[moral]] [[nature]] capable of making moral [[decisions]], thereby effecting a [[bona fide]] [[creative]] contact with the [[associated]] [[spiritual]] [[ministries]] and with the indwelling [[Thought Adjuster]].

111:2.9 This [[supernal]] [[transaction]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:3._THE_EVOLVING_SOUL evolving the immortal soul] is made possible because the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_16#16:9._REALITY_OF_HUMAN_CONSCIOUSNESS mortal mind] is first [[personal]] and second is in [[contact]] with superanimal realities; it possesses a supermaterial [[endowment]] of [[cosmic]] [[ministry]] which insures the [[evolution]] of a [[moral]] [[nature]] capable of making moral [[decisions]], thereby effecting a [[bona fide]] [[creative]] contact with the [[associated]] [[spiritual]] [[ministries]] and with the indwelling [[Thought Adjuster]].

111:2.10 The [[inevitable]] result of such a contactual spiritualization of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_12#12:8._MATTER.2C_MIND.2C_AND_SPIRIT human mind] is the [[gradual]] [[birth]] of a [[soul]], the joint offspring of an [[adjutant mind]] [[dominated]] by a human will that craves to [[know]] [[God]], working in [[liaison]] with the [[spiritual]] [[forces]] of the [[universe]] which are under the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_118#118:8._CONTROL_AND_OVERCONTROL overcontrol] of an [[actual]] [[fragment]] of the very [[God]] of all [[creation]]—the [[Mystery Monitor]]. And thus does the [[material]] and [[mortal]] [[reality]] of the [[self]] [[transcend]] the [[temporal]] [[limitations]] of the [[physical]]-life [[machine]] and [[attain]] a new [[expression]] and a new identification in the evolving vehicle for [[selfhood]] [[continuity]], the [[morontia]] and [[immortal]] [[soul]].

111:2.10 The [[inevitable]] result of such a contactual spiritualization of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_12#12:8._MATTER.2C_MIND.2C_AND_SPIRIT human mind] is the [[gradual]] [[birth]] of a [[soul]], the joint offspring of an [[adjutant mind]] [[dominated]] by a human will that craves to [[know]] [[God]], working in [[liaison]] with the [[spiritual]] [[forces]] of the [[universe]] which are under the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_118#118:8._CONTROL_AND_OVERCONTROL overcontrol] of an [[actual]] [[fragment]] of the very [[God]] of all [[creation]]—the [[Mystery Monitor]]. And thus does the [[material]] and [[mortal]] [[reality]] of the [[self]] [[transcend]] the [[temporal]] [[limitations]] of the [[physical]]-life [[machine]] and [[attain]] a new [[expression]] and a new identification in the evolving vehicle for [[selfhood]] [[continuity]], the [[morontia]] and [[immortal]] [[soul]].

==111:3. THE EVOLVING SOUL==

==111:3. THE EVOLVING SOUL==

111:3.1 The mistakes of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 mortal mind] and the errors of [[human]] [[conduct]] may markedly [[delay]] the [[evolution]] of the [[soul]], although they cannot inhibit such a [[morontia]] [[phenomenon]] when once it has been [[initiated]] by the indwelling [[Adjuster]] with the consent of the [[creature]] [[Free will|will]]. But at any time prior to [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:3._THE_PHENOMENON_OF_DEATH morta] death] this same [[material]] and human will is empowered to rescind such a [[choice]] and to reject [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:5._SURVIVAL_OF_THE_HUMAN_SELF survival]. Even after [[survival]] the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascending mortal] still retains this [[prerogative]] of [[choosing]] to reject [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110_-_Relation_of_Adjusters_to_Individual_Mortals#110:7._THE_ATTAINMENT_OF_IMMORTALITY eternal life]; at any time before [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:7._ADJUSTER_FUSION fusion] with the [[Adjuster]] the evolving and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:7._FATHER-FUSED_MORTALS ascending creature] can [[choose]] to forsake [[Doing the will of God|the will of the Paradise Father]]. [[Fusion]] with the [[Adjuster]] signalizes the [[fact]] that the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascending mortal] has eternally and unreservedly [[chosen]] to [[do the Father's will]].

111:3.1 The mistakes of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 mortal mind] and the errors of [[human]] [[conduct]] may markedly [[delay]] the [[evolution]] of the [[soul]], although they cannot inhibit such a [[morontia]] [[phenomenon]] when once it has been [[initiated]] by the indwelling [[Adjuster]] with the consent of the [[creature]] [[Free will|will]]. But at any time prior to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:3._THE_PHENOMENON_OF_DEATH mortal death] this same [[material]] and human will is empowered to rescind such a [[choice]] and to reject [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:5._SURVIVAL_OF_THE_HUMAN_SELF survival]. Even after [[survival]] the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascending mortal] still retains this [[prerogative]] of [[choosing]] to reject [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110_-_Relation_of_Adjusters_to_Individual_Mortals#110:7._THE_ATTAINMENT_OF_IMMORTALITY eternal life]; at any time before [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:7._ADJUSTER_FUSION fusion] with the [[Adjuster]] the evolving and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:7._FATHER-FUSED_MORTALS ascending creature] can [[choose]] to forsake [[Doing the will of God|the will of the Paradise Father]]. [[Fusion]] with the [[Adjuster]] signalizes the [[fact]] that the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascending mortal] has eternally and unreservedly [[chosen]] to [[do the Father's will]].

111:3.2 During the life in the [[flesh]] the ''evolving soul'' is enabled to reinforce the supermaterial [[decisions]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE mortal mind]. The [[soul]], being supermaterial, does not of itself [[function]] on the [[material]] level of [[human]] [[experience]]. Neither can this subspiritual [[soul]], without the [[collaboration]] of some [[spirit]] of [[Deity]], such as the [[Adjuster]], [[function]] above the [[morontia]] level. Neither does the [[soul]] make final [[decisions]] until [[death]] or [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110_-_Relation_of_Adjusters_to_Individual_Mortals#110:7._THE_ATTAINMENT_OF_IMMORTALITY translation] [[divorces]] it from [[material]] [[association]] with the [[mortal]] [[mind]] except when and as this [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 material mind] [[delegates]] such [[authority]] freely and willingly to such a [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:6._THE_MORONTIA_SELF morontia soul] of [[associated]] [[function]]. During life the mortal will, the [[personality]] [[power]] of decision-[[choice]], is resident in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 material mind circuits]; as [[terrestrial]] [[mortal]] [[growth]] [[proceeds]], this [[self]], with its priceless [[powers]] of [[choice]], becomes increasingly identified with the [[emerging]] [[morontia]]-[[soul]] [[entity]]; after [[death]] and following the [[mansion world]] [[resurrection]], the [[human]] [[personality]] is completely identified with the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:6._THE_MORONTIA_SELF morontia self]. The [[soul]] is thus the [[embryo]] of the [[future]] [[morontia]] vehicle of [[personality]] [[identity]].

111:3.2 During the life in the [[flesh]] the ''evolving soul'' is enabled to reinforce the supermaterial [[decisions]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE mortal mind]. The [[soul]], being supermaterial, does not of itself [[function]] on the [[material]] level of [[human]] [[experience]]. Neither can this subspiritual [[soul]], without the [[collaboration]] of some [[spirit]] of [[Deity]], such as the [[Adjuster]], [[function]] above the [[morontia]] level. Neither does the [[soul]] make final [[decisions]] until [[death]] or [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110_-_Relation_of_Adjusters_to_Individual_Mortals#110:7._THE_ATTAINMENT_OF_IMMORTALITY translation] [[divorces]] it from [[material]] [[association]] with the [[mortal]] [[mind]] except when and as this [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 material mind] [[delegates]] such [[authority]] freely and willingly to such a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:6._THE_MORONTIA_SELF morontia soul] of [[associated]] [[function]]. During life the mortal will, the [[personality]] [[power]] of decision-[[choice]], is resident in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 material mind circuits]; as [[terrestrial]] [[mortal]] [[growth]] [[proceeds]], this [[self]], with its priceless [[powers]] of [[choice]], becomes increasingly identified with the [[emerging]] [[morontia]]-[[soul]] [[entity]]; after [[death]] and following the [[mansion world]] [[resurrection]], the [[human]] [[personality]] is completely identified with the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:6._THE_MORONTIA_SELF morontia self]. The [[soul]] is thus the [[embryo]] of the [[future]] [[morontia]] vehicle of [[personality]] [[identity]].

111:3.3 This [[immortal]] [[soul]] is at first wholly [[morontia]] in [[nature]], but it [[possesses]] such a [[capacity]] for [[development]] that it invariably [[ascends]] to the true [[spirit]] [[levels]] of [[fusion]] [[value]] with the spirits of [[Deity]], usually with the same [[Thought Adjuster|spirit]] of the [[Universal Father]] that [[initiated]] such a [[creative]] [[phenomenon]] in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111_-_The_Adjuster_and_the_Soul#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE creature mind].

111:3.3 This [[immortal]] [[soul]] is at first wholly [[morontia]] in [[nature]], but it [[possesses]] such a [[capacity]] for [[development]] that it invariably [[ascends]] to the true [[spirit]] [[levels]] of [[fusion]] [[value]] with the spirits of [[Deity]], usually with the same [[Thought Adjuster|spirit]] of the [[Universal Father]] that [[initiated]] such a [[creative]] [[phenomenon]] in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111_-_The_Adjuster_and_the_Soul#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE creature mind].

111:3.4 Both the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE human mind] and the [[divine]] [[Adjuster]] are [[conscious]] of the [[presence]] and differential nature of the ''evolving soul''—the [[Adjuster]] fully, the [[mind]] partially. The [[soul]] becomes increasingly [[conscious]] of both the [[mind]] and the [[Adjuster]] as [[associated]] [[identities]], [[proportional]] to its own evolutionary [[growth]]. The [[soul]] partakes of the [[qualities]] of both the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 human mind] and the [[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]] but [[persistently]] evolves toward augmentation of [[spirit]] [[control]] and [[divine]] [[dominance]] through the fostering of a [[mind]] [[function]] whose [[meanings]] seek to [[co-ordinate]] with true [[spirit]] [[value]].

111:3.4 Both the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE human mind] and the [[divine]] [[Adjuster]] are [[conscious]] of the [[presence]] and differential nature of the ''evolving soul''—the [[Adjuster]] fully, the [[mind]] partially. The [[soul]] becomes increasingly [[conscious]] of both the [[mind]] and the [[Adjuster]] as [[associated]] [[identities]], [[proportional]] to its own evolutionary [[growth]]. The [[soul]] partakes of the [[qualities]] of both the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 human mind] and the [[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]] but [[persistently]] evolves toward augmentation of [[spirit]] [[control]] and [[divine]] [[dominance]] through the fostering of a [[mind]] [[function]] whose [[meanings]] seek to [[co-ordinate]] with true [[spirit]] [[value]].

111:3.5 The [[mortal]] [[career]], the ''soul's evolution'', is not so much a [[probation]] as an [[education]]. [[Faith]] in the [[survival]] of [[supreme]] [[values]] is the core of [[religion]]; genuine [[religious]] [[experience]] consists in the [[union]] of supreme [[values]] and cosmic [[meanings]] as a [[realization]] of [[universal]] [[reality]].

111:3.5 The [[mortal]] [[career]], the ''soul's evolution'', is not so much a [[probation]] as an [[education]]. [[Faith]] in the [[survival]] of [[supreme]] [[values]] is the core of [[religion]]; genuine [[religious]] [[experience]] consists in the [[union]] of supreme [[values]] and cosmic [[meanings]] as a [[realization]] of [[universal]] [[reality]].

111:3.6 [[Mind]] knows [[quantity]], [[reality]], [[meanings]]. But [[quality]]—[[values]]—is felt. That which [[feels]] is the [[mutual]] [[creation]] of [[mind]], which knows, and the [[associated]] [[spirit]], which [[reality]]-izes.

111:3.6 [[Mind]] knows [[quantity]], [[reality]], [[meanings]]. But [[quality]]—[[values]]—is felt. That which [[feels]] is the [[mutual]] [[creation]] of [[mind]], which knows, and the [[associated]] [[spirit]], which [[reality]]-izes.

111:3.7 In so far as man's evolving [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:6._THE_MORONTIA_SELF morontia soul] becomes permeated by [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_56#56:10._TRUTH.2C_BEAUTY.2C_AND_GOODNESS truth, beauty, and goodness] as the [[value]]-[[realization]] of [[God-consciousness]], such a resultant [[being]] becomes indestructible. If there is no [[survival]] of [[eternal]] [[values]] in the ''evolving soul'' of man, then [[mortal]] [[existence]] is without [[meaning]], and life itself is a [[tragic]] [[illusion]]. But it is forever true: What you begin in [[time]] you will assuredly finish in [[eternity]]—if it is [[worth]] finishing.

111:3.7 In so far as man's evolving [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:6._THE_MORONTIA_SELF morontia soul] becomes permeated by [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_56#56:10._TRUTH.2C_BEAUTY.2C_AND_GOODNESS truth, beauty, and goodness] as the [[value]]-[[realization]] of [[God-consciousness]], such a resultant [[being]] becomes indestructible. If there is no [[survival]] of [[eternal]] [[values]] in the ''evolving soul'' of man, then [[mortal]] [[existence]] is without [[meaning]], and life itself is a [[tragic]] [[illusion]]. But it is forever true: What you begin in [[time]] you will assuredly finish in [[eternity]]—if it is [[worth]] finishing.

==111:4. THE INNER LIFE==

==111:4. THE INNER LIFE==

111:4.5 Only in the higher levels of the [[superconscious]] mind as it impinges upon the [[spirit]] realm of human [[experience]] can you find those higher [[concepts]] in [[association]] with effective master [[patterns]] which will [[contribute]] to the building of a better and more [[enduring]] [[civilization]]. [[Personality]] is [[inherently]] [[creative]], but it thus [[functions]] only in the [[inner life]] of the [[individual]].

111:4.5 Only in the higher levels of the [[superconscious]] mind as it impinges upon the [[spirit]] realm of human [[experience]] can you find those higher [[concepts]] in [[association]] with effective master [[patterns]] which will [[contribute]] to the building of a better and more [[enduring]] [[civilization]]. [[Personality]] is [[inherently]] [[creative]], but it thus [[functions]] only in the [[inner life]] of the [[individual]].

111:4.6 Snow [[crystals]] are always [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexagon hexagonal] in [[form]], but no two are ever alike. [[Children]] conform to [[types]], but no two are exactly alike, even in the case of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twins twins]. [[Personality]] follows [[types]] but is always [[unique]].

111:4.6 Snow [[crystals]] are always [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexagon hexagonal] in [[form]], but no two are ever alike. [[Children]] conform to [[types]], but no two are exactly alike, even in the case of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twins twins]. [[Personality]] follows [[types]] but is always [[unique]].

111:4.7 [[Happiness]] and [[joy]] take [[origin]] in the [[inner life]]. You cannot [[experience]] real [[joy]] all by yourself. A [[solitary]] life is [[fatal]] to [[happiness]]. Even [[families]] and [[nations]] will enjoy life more if they [[share]] it with others.

111:4.7 [[Happiness]] and [[joy]] take [[origin]] in the [[inner life]]. You cannot [[experience]] real [[joy]] all by yourself. A [[solitary]] life is [[fatal]] to [[happiness]]. Even [[families]] and [[nations]] will enjoy life more if they [[share]] it with others.

111:4.10 [[Ideas]] may take [[origin]] in the [[stimuli]] of the outer world, but [[ideals]] are [[born]] only in the [[creative]] realms of the inner world. Today the [[nations]] of the world are directed by men who have a superabundance of [[ideas]], but they are [[poverty]]-stricken in [[ideals]]. That is the [[explanation]] of [[poverty]], [[divorce]], [[war]], and racial hatreds.

111:4.10 [[Ideas]] may take [[origin]] in the [[stimuli]] of the outer world, but [[ideals]] are [[born]] only in the [[creative]] realms of the inner world. Today the [[nations]] of the world are directed by men who have a superabundance of [[ideas]], but they are [[poverty]]-stricken in [[ideals]]. That is the [[explanation]] of [[poverty]], [[divorce]], [[war]], and racial hatreds.

111:4.11 This is the [[problem]]: If [[freewill]] man is [[endowed]] with the [[powers]] of [[creativity]] in the [[Inner Life|inner man]], then must we [[recognize]] that freewill [[creativity]] [[embraces]] the potential of freewill destructivity. And when creativity is turned to destructivity, you are face to face with the devastation of [[evil]] and [[sin]]—[[oppression]], [[war]], and destruction. [[Evil]] is a partiality of [[creativity]] which tends toward disintegration and [[eventual]] destruction. All [[conflict]] is [[evil]] in that it inhibits the [[creative]] [[function]] of the [[inner life]]—it is a species of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_war civil war] in the [[personality]].

111:4.11 This is the [[problem]]: If [[freewill]] man is [[endowed]] with the [[powers]] of [[creativity]] in the [[Inner Life|inner man]], then must we [[recognize]] that freewill [[creativity]] [[embraces]] the potential of freewill destructivity. And when creativity is turned to destructivity, you are face to face with the devastation of [[evil]] and [[sin]]—[[oppression]], [[war]], and destruction. [[Evil]] is a partiality of [[creativity]] which tends toward disintegration and [[eventual]] destruction. All [[conflict]] is [[evil]] in that it inhibits the [[creative]] [[function]] of the [[inner life]]—it is a species of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_war civil war] in the [[personality]].

111:4.12 Inner [[creativity]] contributes to [[ennoblement]] of [[character]] through [[personality]] [[integration]] and [[selfhood]] [[unification]]. It is forever true: The [[past]] is unchangeable; only the [[future]] can be changed by the ministry of the present [[creativity]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:2._THE_SELF inner self].

111:4.12 Inner [[creativity]] contributes to [[ennoblement]] of [[character]] through [[personality]] [[integration]] and [[selfhood]] [[unification]]. It is forever true: The [[past]] is unchangeable; only the [[future]] can be changed by the ministry of the present [[creativity]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:2._THE_SELF inner self].

==111:5. THE CONSECRATION OF CHOICE==

==111:5. THE CONSECRATION OF CHOICE==

111:5.1 The [[doing of the will of God]] is nothing more or less than an [[exhibition]] of [[creature]] willingness to [[share]] the [[inner life]] with [[God]]—with the very God who has made such a [[creature]] life of inner [[meaning]]-[[value]] possible. [[Sharing]] is Godlike—[[divine]]. [[God]] [[shares]] all with the [[Eternal Son]] and the [[Infinite Spirit]], while they, in turn, [[share]] all things with the [[divine Sons]] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:6._THE_LOCAL_UNIVERSE_CREATIVE_SPIRITS spirit Daughters] of the [[universes]].

111:5.1 The [[doing of the will of God]] is nothing more or less than an [[exhibition]] of [[creature]] willingness to [[share]] the [[inner life]] with [[God]]—with the very God who has made such a [[creature]] life of inner [[meaning]]-[[value]] possible. [[Sharing]] is Godlike—[[divine]]. [[God]] [[shares]] all with the [[Eternal Son]] and the [[Infinite Spirit]], while they, in turn, [[share]] all things with the [[divine Sons]] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:6._THE_LOCAL_UNIVERSE_CREATIVE_SPIRITS spirit Daughters] of the [[universes]].

111:5.2 The [[imitation]] of [[God]] is the key to [[perfection]]; the [[doing of his will]] is the [[secret]] of [[survival]] and of [[perfection]] in [[survival]].

111:5.2 The [[imitation]] of [[God]] is the key to [[perfection]]; the [[doing of his will]] is the [[secret]] of [[survival]] and of [[perfection]] in [[survival]].

111:5.5 Such a [[creature]] [[choice]] is not a [[surrender]] of will. It is a [[consecration]] of will, an expansion of will, a [[glorification]] of will, a [[perfecting]] of will; and such choosing raises the [[creature]] will from the level of [[temporal]] significance to that higher estate wherein the [[personality]] of the [[creature]] son [[communes]] with the [[personality]] of the [[Universal Father|spirit Father]].

111:5.5 Such a [[creature]] [[choice]] is not a [[surrender]] of will. It is a [[consecration]] of will, an expansion of will, a [[glorification]] of will, a [[perfecting]] of will; and such choosing raises the [[creature]] will from the level of [[temporal]] significance to that higher estate wherein the [[personality]] of the [[creature]] son [[communes]] with the [[personality]] of the [[Universal Father|spirit Father]].

111:5.6 This [[choosing]] of [[the Father]]'s will is the [[spiritual]] finding of the [[spirit]] [[Father]] by mortal man, even though an age must pass before the [[creature]] son may [[actually]] stand in the [[factual]] [[presence]] of [[God]] on [[Paradise]]. This choosing does not so much consist in the [[negation]] of [[creature]] will—"Not my will but yours be done"—as it consists in the creature's positive affirmation: "It is my will that your will be done."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_12] And if this [[choice]] is made, sooner or later will the [[God]]-choosing son find inner [[union]] ([http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:7._ADJUSTER_FUSION fusion]) with the [[Thought Adjuster|indwelling God fragment]], while this same [[perfecting]] son will find [[supreme]] [[personality]] satisfaction in the [[worship]] [[communion]] of the [[personality]] of man and the personality of his [[Creator|Maker]], two [[personalities]] whose [[creative]] [[attributes]] have eternally joined in [[self]]-willed [[mutuality]] of [[expression]]—the [[birth]] of another [[eternal]] [[partnership]] of the will of man and the will of God.

111:5.6 This [[choosing]] of [[the Father]]'s will is the [[spiritual]] finding of the [[spirit]] [[Father]] by mortal man, even though an age must pass before the [[creature]] son may [[actually]] stand in the [[factual]] [[presence]] of [[God]] on [[Paradise]]. This choosing does not so much consist in the [[negation]] of [[creature]] will—"Not my will but yours be done"—as it consists in the creature's positive affirmation: "It is my will that your will be done."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_12] And if this [[choice]] is made, sooner or later will the [[God]]-choosing son find inner [[union]] ([https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:7._ADJUSTER_FUSION fusion]) with the [[Thought Adjuster|indwelling God fragment]], while this same [[perfecting]] son will find [[supreme]] [[personality]] satisfaction in the [[worship]] [[communion]] of the [[personality]] of man and the personality of his [[Creator|Maker]], two [[personalities]] whose [[creative]] [[attributes]] have eternally joined in [[self]]-willed [[mutuality]] of [[expression]]—the [[birth]] of another [[eternal]] [[partnership]] of the will of man and the will of God.

==111:6. THE HUMAN PARADOX==

==111:6. THE HUMAN PARADOX==

111:6.1 Many of the [[temporal]] troubles of [[mortal]] man grow out of his [[Dual|twofold]] [[relation]] to the [[cosmos]]. Man is a part of [[nature]]—he exists in [[nature]]—and yet he is able to [[transcend]] [[nature]]. Man is [[finite]], but he is indwelt by a [[spark]] of [[infinity]]. Such a [[dual]] situation not only provides the [[potential]] for [[evil]] but also engenders many [[social]] and [[moral]] situations fraught with much [[uncertainty]] and not a little [[anxiety]].

111:6.1 Many of the [[temporal]] troubles of [[mortal]] man grow out of his [[Dual|twofold]] [[relation]] to the [[cosmos]]. Man is a part of [[nature]]—he exists in [[nature]]—and yet he is able to [[transcend]] [[nature]]. Man is [[finite]], but he is indwelt by a [[spark]] of [[infinity]]. Such a [[dual]] situation not only provides the [[potential]] for [[evil]] but also engenders many [[social]] and [[moral]] situations fraught with much [[uncertainty]] and not a little [[anxiety]].

111:6.2 The [[courage]] required to [[effect]] the [[conquest]] of [[nature]] and to [[transcend]] one's [[self]] is a [[courage]] that might succumb to the [[temptations]] of [[self]]-[[pride]]. The [[mortal]] who can [[transcend]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:2._THE_SELF self] might yield to the [[temptation]] to deify his own [[self-consciousness]]. The [[mortal]] [[dilemma]] consists in the double [[fact]] that man is in [[bondage]] to [[nature]] while at the same time he [[possesses]] a [[unique]] [[liberty]]—freedom of [[spiritual]] [[choice]] and [[action]]. On [[material]] levels man finds himself subservient to [[nature]], while on [[spiritual]] levels he is triumphant over [[nature]] and over all [[things]] temporal and [[finite]]. Such a [[paradox]] is inseparable from [[temptation]], [[potential]] [[evil]], decisional [[errors]], and when [[self]] becomes [[proud]] and arrogant, [[sin]] may evolve.

111:6.2 The [[courage]] required to [[effect]] the [[conquest]] of [[nature]] and to [[transcend]] one's [[self]] is a [[courage]] that might succumb to the [[temptations]] of [[self]]-[[pride]]. The [[mortal]] who can [[transcend]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:2._THE_SELF self] might yield to the [[temptation]] to deify his own [[self-consciousness]]. The [[mortal]] [[dilemma]] consists in the double [[fact]] that man is in [[bondage]] to [[nature]] while at the same time he [[possesses]] a [[unique]] [[liberty]]—freedom of [[spiritual]] [[choice]] and [[action]]. On [[material]] levels man finds himself subservient to [[nature]], while on [[spiritual]] levels he is triumphant over [[nature]] and over all [[things]] temporal and [[finite]]. Such a [[paradox]] is inseparable from [[temptation]], [[potential]] [[evil]], decisional [[errors]], and when [[self]] becomes [[proud]] and arrogant, [[sin]] may evolve.

111:6.3 The [[problem]] of [[sin]] is not self-existent in the [[finite]] world. The [[fact]] of finiteness is not [[evil]] or [[sinful]]. The finite world was made by an [[infinite]] [[Creator]]—it is the handiwork of his [[divine Sons]]—and therefore it must be [[good]]. It is the misuse, [[distortion]], and [[perversion]] of the [[finite]] that gives [[origin]] to [[evil]] and [[sin]].

111:6.3 The [[problem]] of [[sin]] is not self-existent in the [[finite]] world. The [[fact]] of finiteness is not [[evil]] or [[sinful]]. The finite world was made by an [[infinite]] [[Creator]]—it is the handiwork of his [[divine Sons]]—and therefore it must be [[good]]. It is the misuse, [[distortion]], and [[perversion]] of the [[finite]] that gives [[origin]] to [[evil]] and [[sin]].

111:6.4 The [[spirit]] can [[dominate]] [[mind]]; so mind can [[control]] [[energy]]. But mind can control energy only through its own [[intelligent]] [[manipulation]] of the [[metamorphic]] [[potentials]] [[inherent]] in the [[mathematical]] level of the [[causes]] and [[effects]] of the [[physical]] [[domains]]. [[Creature]] mind does not [[inherently]] [[control]] [[energy]]; that is a [[Deity]] [[prerogative]]. But [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 creature mind] can and does [[manipulate]] [[energy]] just in so far as it has become master of the energy [[secrets]] of the [[physical]] [[universe]].

111:6.4 The [[spirit]] can [[dominate]] [[mind]]; so mind can [[control]] [[energy]]. But mind can control energy only through its own [[intelligent]] [[manipulation]] of the [[metamorphic]] [[potentials]] [[inherent]] in the [[mathematical]] level of the [[causes]] and [[effects]] of the [[physical]] [[domains]]. [[Creature]] mind does not [[inherently]] [[control]] [[energy]]; that is a [[Deity]] [[prerogative]]. But [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 creature mind] can and does [[manipulate]] [[energy]] just in so far as it has become master of the energy [[secrets]] of the [[physical]] [[universe]].

111:6.5 When man wishes to [[modify]] [[physical]] [[reality]], be it himself or his [[environment]], he succeeds to the extent that he has [[discovered]] the ways and means of controlling [[matter]] and directing [[energy]]. Unaided [[mind]] is impotent to [[influence]] anything [[material]] save its own [[physical]] [[mechanism]], with which it is inescapably linked. But through the [[intelligent]] use of the [[body]] [[mechanism]], [[mind]] can create other mechanisms, even [[energy]] [[relationships]] and living relationships, by the utilization of which this mind can increasingly [[control]] and even [[dominate]] its [[physical]] level in the [[universe]].

111:6.5 When man wishes to [[modify]] [[physical]] [[reality]], be it himself or his [[environment]], he succeeds to the extent that he has [[discovered]] the ways and means of controlling [[matter]] and directing [[energy]]. Unaided [[mind]] is impotent to [[influence]] anything [[material]] save its own [[physical]] [[mechanism]], with which it is inescapably linked. But through the [[intelligent]] use of the [[body]] [[mechanism]], [[mind]] can create other mechanisms, even [[energy]] [[relationships]] and living relationships, by the utilization of which this mind can increasingly [[control]] and even [[dominate]] its [[physical]] level in the [[universe]].

111:6.9 Of all the [[dangers]] which beset man's [[mortal]] [[nature]] and jeopardize his [[spiritual]] [[integrity]], pride is the greatest. [[Courage]] is valorous, but [[egotism]] is vainglorious and suicidal. Reasonable [[self]]-[[confidence]] is not to be deplored. Man's [[ability]] to [[transcend]] himself is the one [[thing]] which distinguishes him from the [[animal]] kingdom.

111:6.9 Of all the [[dangers]] which beset man's [[mortal]] [[nature]] and jeopardize his [[spiritual]] [[integrity]], pride is the greatest. [[Courage]] is valorous, but [[egotism]] is vainglorious and suicidal. Reasonable [[self]]-[[confidence]] is not to be deplored. Man's [[ability]] to [[transcend]] himself is the one [[thing]] which distinguishes him from the [[animal]] kingdom.

111:6.10 [[Pride]] is [[deceitful]], [[intoxicating]], and [[sin]]-breeding whether found in an [[individual]], a [[group]], a [[race]], or a [[nation]]. It is [[literally]] true, "Pride goes before a fall."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.16]

111:6.10 [[Pride]] is [[deceitful]], [[intoxicating]], and [[sin]]-breeding whether found in an [[individual]], a [[group]], a [[race]], or a [[nation]]. It is [[literally]] true, "Pride goes before a fall."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.16]

==111:7. THE ADJUSTER'S PROBLEM==

==111:7. THE ADJUSTER'S PROBLEM==

111:7.1 <u>Uncertainty with security is the essence of the Paradise adventure</u>—uncertainty in time and in mind, uncertainty as to the events of the unfolding Paradise ascent; security in spirit and in eternity, security in the unqualified trust of the creature son in the divine compassion and infinite love of the Universal Father; uncertainty as an inexperienced citizen of the universe; security as an ascending son in the universe mansions of an all-powerful, all-wise, and all-loving Father.

111:7.1 [[Uncertainty]] with [[security]] is the [[essence]] of the [[Paradise]] [[adventure]]—uncertainty in [[time]] and in [[mind]], uncertainty as to the [[events]] of the [[unfolding]] [[Paradise]] [[ascent]]; [[security]] in [[spirit]] and in [[eternity]], security in the unqualified [[trust]] of the [[creature]] son in the [[divine]] [[compassion]] and [[infinite]] [[love]] of the [[Universal Father]]; uncertainty as an inexperienced [[citizen]] of the [[universe]]; [[security]] as an [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascending son] in the [[universe]] [[Mansion Worlds|mansions]] of an [[Omnipotent|all-powerful]], all-wise, and all-loving [[Father]].

111:7.2 May I admonish you to heed the distant echo of the Adjuster's faithful call to your soul? The indwelling Adjuster cannot stop or even materially alter your career struggle of time; the Adjuster cannot lessen the hardships of life as you journey on through this world of toil. The divine indweller can only patiently forbear while you fight the battle of life as it is lived on your planet; but you could, if you only would—as you work and worry, as you fight and toil—permit the valiant Adjuster to fight with you and for you. You could be so comforted and inspired, so enthralled and intrigued, if you would only allow the Adjuster constantly to bring forth the pictures of the real motive, the final aim, and the eternal purpose of all this difficult, uphill struggle with the commonplace problems of your present material world.

111:7.2 May I admonish you to heed the distant [[echo]] of the [[Adjuster]]'s [[faithful]] call to your [[soul]]? The indwelling [[Adjuster]] cannot stop or even materially alter your [[career]] [[struggle]] of time; the [[Adjuster]] cannot lessen the [[hardships]] of life as you [[journey]] on through this world of toil. The divine indweller can only [[patiently]] forbear while you fight the battle of life as it is lived on your [[planet]]; but you could, if you only would—as you [[work]] and [[worry]], as you fight and toil—permit the [[valiant]] [[Adjuster]] to fight with you and for you. You could be so [[comforted]] and [[inspired]], so enthralled and [[intrigued]], if you would only allow the [[Adjuster]] constantly to bring forth the pictures of the real [[motive]], the final aim, and the [[eternal]] [[purpose]] of all this [[difficult]], uphill [[struggle]] with the commonplace [[problems]] of your present [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 material world].

111:7.3 Why do you not aid the Adjuster in the task of showing you the spiritual counterpart of all these strenuous material efforts? Why do you not allow the Adjuster to strengthen you with the spiritual truths of cosmic power while you wrestle with the temporal difficulties of creature existence? Why do you not encourage the heavenly helper to cheer you with the clear vision of the eternal outlook of universal life as you gaze in perplexity at the problems of the passing hour? Why do you refuse to be enlightened and inspired by the universe viewpoint while you toil amidst the handicaps of time and flounder in the maze of uncertainties which beset your mortal life journey? Why not allow the Adjuster to spiritualize your thinking, even though your feet must tread the material paths of earthly endeavor?

111:7.3 Why do you not aid the [[Adjuster]] in the task of showing you the [[spiritual]] [[counterpart]] of all these strenuous [[material]] [[efforts]]? Why do you not allow the [[Adjuster]] to [[strengthen]] you with the [[spiritual]] [[truths]] of [[cosmic]] [[power]] while you wrestle with the temporal [[difficulties]] of [[creature]] [[existence]]? Why do you not [[encourage]] the heavenly helper to cheer you with the [[clear]] [[vision]] of the eternal outlook of [[universal]] life as you gaze in [[perplexity]] at the [[problems]] of the passing hour? Why do you refuse to be [[enlightened]] and [[inspired]] by the [[universe]] [[viewpoint]] while you toil amidst the [[handicaps]] of time and flounder in the [[maze]] of [[uncertainties]] which beset your [[mortal]] life [[journey]]? Why not allow the [[Adjuster]] to spiritualize your [[thinking]], even though your feet must tread the [[material]] [[path]]s of earthly endeavor?

111:7.4 The higher human races of Urantia are complexly admixed; they are a blend of many races and stocks of different origin. This composite nature renders it exceedingly difficult for the Monitors to work efficiently during life and adds definitely to the problems of both the Adjuster and the guardian seraphim after death. Not long since I was present on Salvington and heard a guardian of destiny present a formal statement in extenuation of the difficulties of ministering to her mortal subject. This seraphim said:

111:7.4 The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:3._EARLY_EXPANSIONS_OF_THE_ADAMITES higher human races] of [[Urantia]] are complexly admixed; they are a blend of many races and stocks of [[different]] [[origin]]. This [[composite]] [[nature]] renders it exceedingly [[difficult]] for the [[Monitors]] to [[work]] [[efficiently]] during life and adds definitely to the [[problems]] of both the [[Adjuster]] and the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_113 guardian seraphim] after [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:4._ADJUSTERS_AFTER_DEATH death]. Not long since I was present on [[Salvington]] and heard a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_113#113:2._THE_DESTINY_GUARDIANS guardian of destiny] present a [[formal]] [[statement]] in extenuation of the [[difficulties]] of ministering to her [[mortal]] subject. This [[seraphim]] said:

111:7.5 " Much of my difficulty was due to the unending conflict between the two natures of my subject: the urge of ambition opposed by animal indolence; the ideals of a superior people crossed by the instincts of an inferior race; the high purposes of a great mind antagonized by the urge of a primitive inheritance; the long-distance view of a far-seeing Monitor counteracted by the nearsightedness of a creature of time; the progressive plans of an ascending being modified by the desires and longings of a material nature; the flashes of universe intelligence cancelled by the chemical-energy mandates of the evolving race; the urge of angels opposed by the emotions of an animal; the training of an intellect annulled by the tendencies of instinct; the experience of the individual opposed by the accumulated propensities of the race; the aims of the best overshadowed by the drift of the worst; the flight of genius neutralized by the gravity of mediocrity; the progress of the good retarded by the inertia of the bad; the art of the beautiful besmirched by the presence of evil; the buoyancy of health neutralized by the debility of disease; the fountain of faith polluted by the poisons of fear; the spring of joy embittered by the waters of sorrow; the gladness of anticipation disillusioned by the bitterness of realization; the joys of living ever threatened by the sorrows of death. Such a life on such a planet! And yet, because of the ever-present help and urge of the Thought Adjuster, this soul did achieve a fair degree of happiness and success and has even now ascended to the judgment halls of mansonia. "

111:7.5 " Much of my [[difficulty]] was due to the unending [[conflict]] between the [[two]] [[natures]] of my subject: the urge of [[ambition]] [[opposed]] by [[animal]] [[indolence]]; the [[ideals]] of a superior people crossed by the ''instincts'' of an [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:4._THE_NEANDERTHAL_RACES inferior race]; the high [[purposes]] of a great [[mind]] antagonized by the urge of a [[primitive]] [[inheritance]]; the long-distance view of a far-seeing Monitor counteracted by the nearsightedness of a [[creature]] of [[time]]; the [[progressive]] [[plans]] of an [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40 ascending being] [[modified]] by the [[desires]] and longings of a [[material]] [[nature]]; the flashes of [[universe]] [[intelligence]] cancelled by the [[chemical]]-[[energy]] [[mandates]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64 evolving race]; the urge of [[angels]] opposed by the [[emotions]] of an [[animal]]; the [[training]] of an [[intellect]] annulled by the tendencies of [[instinct]]; the [[experience]] of the [[individual]] opposed by the accumulated [[propensities]] of the race; the aims of the best [[overshadowed]] by the drift of the worst; the flight of [[genius]] neutralized by the [[gravity]] of [[mediocrity]]; the [[progress]] of the [[good]] retarded by the [[inertia]] of the bad; the [[art]] of the [[beautiful]] besmirched by the [[presence]] of [[evil]]; the [[buoyancy]] of [[health]] neutralized by the debility of [[disease]]; the fountain of [[faith]] polluted by the [[poisons]] of [[fear]]; the spring of [[joy]] embittered by the waters of [[sorrow]]; the gladness of [[anticipation]] [[disillusioned]] by the bitterness of [[realization]]; the [[joys]] of living ever threatened by the [[sorrows]] of [[death]]. Such a life on such a [[planet]]! And yet, because of the ever-present help and urge of the [[Thought Adjuster]], this [[soul]] did [[achieve]] a fair [[degree]] of [[happiness]] and success and has even now [[ascended]] to the judgment halls of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:3_THE_FIRST_MANSION_WORLD mansonia]. "

111:7.6 Presented by a [[Solitary Messenger]] of [[Orvonton]].

111:7.6 Presented by a [[Solitary Messenger]] of [[Orvonton]].

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