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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 mortal 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 [[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 [http://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]].

111:7.1 [[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 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 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]] [[path]]s 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 [http://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 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_113 guardian seraphim] after [http://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 [http://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:

111:7.4 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 [http://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 [http://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 [http://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 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:3_THE_FIRST_MANSION_WORLD 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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[[Category: PART III: The History of Urantia]]

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