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48:6.10 These [[seraphim]] are also the evangels of the [[gospel]] of [[perfection]] [[attainment]] for the whole [[the System|system]] as well as for the [[individual]] [[ascender]]. Even now in the young system of [[Satania]] their [[teachings]] and plans [[encompass]] [[provisions]] for the [[future]] [[ages]] when the [[mansion worlds]] will no longer serve the [[mortal]] [[ascenders]] as steppingstones to the [[spheres]] on high.

48:6.10 These [[seraphim]] are also the evangels of the [[gospel]] of [[perfection]] [[attainment]] for the whole [[the System|system]] as well as for the [[individual]] [[ascender]]. Even now in the young system of [[Satania]] their [[teachings]] and plans [[encompass]] [[provisions]] for the [[future]] [[ages]] when the [[mansion worlds]] will no longer serve the [[mortal]] [[ascenders]] as steppingstones to the [[spheres]] on high.

48:6.11 2. ''Racial Interpreters''. All [[races]] of [[mortal]] [[beings]] are not alike. True, there is a [[planetary]] [[pattern]] running through the [[physical]], [[mental]], and [[spiritual]] [[natures]] and [[tendencies]] of the various [[races]] of a given world; but there are also distinct racial [[types]], and very definite [[social]] [[tendencies]] characterize the [[offspring]] of these [[different]] basic [[types]] of [[human beings]]. On the worlds of [[time]] the [[seraphic]] ''racial interpreters'' further the [[efforts]] of the race commissioners to [[harmonize]] the varied [[viewpoints]] of the [[races]], and they [[continue]] to [[function]] on the [[mansion worlds]], where these same [[differences]] tend to [[persist]] in a [[measure]]. On a [[confused]] [[planet]], such as [[Urantia]], these [[brilliant]] [[beings]] have hardly had a fair [[opportunity]] to [[function]], but they are the [[skillful]] [[sociologists]] and the [[wise]] [[ethnic]] advisers of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:3_THE_FIRST_MANSION_WORLD first heaven].

48:6.11 2. ''Racial Interpreters''. All [[races]] of [[mortal]] [[beings]] are not alike. True, there is a [[planetary]] [[pattern]] running through the [[physical]], [[mental]], and [[spiritual]] [[natures]] and [[tendencies]] of the various [[races]] of a given world; but there are also distinct racial [[types]], and very definite [[social]] [[tendencies]] characterize the [[offspring]] of these [[different]] basic [[types]] of [[human beings]]. On the worlds of [[time]] the [[seraphic]] ''racial interpreters'' further the [[efforts]] of the race commissioners to [[harmonize]] the varied [[viewpoints]] of the [[races]], and they [[continue]] to [[function]] on the [[mansion worlds]], where these same [[differences]] tend to [[persist]] in a [[measure]]. On a [[confused]] [[planet]], such as [[Urantia]], these [[brilliant]] [[beings]] have hardly had a fair [[opportunity]] to [[function]], but they are the [[skillful]] [[sociologists]] and the [[wise]] ethnic advisers of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:3_THE_FIRST_MANSION_WORLD first heaven].

48:6.12 You should [[consider]] the [[statement]] about "heaven" and the "heaven of heavens."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=First_Book_of_Kings#Chapter_8] The [[heaven]] conceived by most of your [[prophets]] was the first of the [[mansion worlds]] of the [[local system]]. When the apostle spoke of being "caught up to the third heaven,"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_XII] he referred to that [[experience]] in which his [[Adjuster]] was detached during [[sleep]] and in this unusual [[state]] made a [[projection]] to the third of the [[seven]] [[mansion worlds]]. Some of your [[wise]] men saw the [[vision]] of the greater [[heaven]], "the heaven of heavens,"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Deutoronomy#Chapter_.10] of which the sevenfold [[mansion world]] [[experience]] was but the first; the second being [[Jerusem]]; the third, [[Edentia]] and its [[satellites]]; the fourth, [[Salvington]] and the [[surrounding]] [[educational]] [[spheres]]; the fifth, [[Uversa]]; the sixth, [[Havona]]; and the seventh, [[Paradise]].

48:6.12 You should [[consider]] the [[statement]] about "heaven" and the "heaven of heavens."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=First_Book_of_Kings#Chapter_8] The [[heaven]] conceived by most of your [[prophets]] was the first of the [[mansion worlds]] of the [[local system]]. When the apostle spoke of being "caught up to the third heaven,"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_XII] he referred to that [[experience]] in which his [[Adjuster]] was detached during [[sleep]] and in this unusual [[state]] made a [[projection]] to the third of the [[seven]] [[mansion worlds]]. Some of your [[wise]] men saw the [[vision]] of the greater [[heaven]], "the heaven of heavens,"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Deutoronomy#Chapter_.10] of which the sevenfold [[mansion world]] [[experience]] was but the first; the second being [[Jerusem]]; the third, [[Edentia]] and its [[satellites]]; the fourth, [[Salvington]] and the [[surrounding]] [[educational]] [[spheres]]; the fifth, [[Uversa]]; the sixth, [[Havona]]; and the seventh, [[Paradise]].

48:6.17 [[Mota]] is more than a superior [[philosophy]]; it is to [[philosophy]] as two eyes are to one; it has a [[stereoscopic]] [[effect]] on [[meanings]] and [[values]]. [[Material]] [[man]] sees the [[universe]], as it were, with but one eye—[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatland flat]. [[Mansion world]] [[students]] [[achieve]] [[cosmic]] [[perspective]]—[[depth]]—by [[superimposing]] the [[perceptions]] of the [[morontia]] life upon the [[perceptions]] of the [[physical]] life. And they are enabled to bring these [[material]] and [[morontial]] [[viewpoints]] into true [[focus]] largely through the untiring [[ministry]] of their [[seraphic]] [[counselors]], who so [[patiently]] [[teach]] the [[mansion world]] [[students]] and the [[morontia]] [[progressors]]. Many of the teaching [[counselors]] of the [[supreme order of seraphim]] began their [[careers]] as advisers of the newly [[liberated]] [[souls]] of the [[mortals]] of [[time]].

48:6.17 [[Mota]] is more than a superior [[philosophy]]; it is to [[philosophy]] as two eyes are to one; it has a [[stereoscopic]] [[effect]] on [[meanings]] and [[values]]. [[Material]] [[man]] sees the [[universe]], as it were, with but one eye—[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatland flat]. [[Mansion world]] [[students]] [[achieve]] [[cosmic]] [[perspective]]—[[depth]]—by [[superimposing]] the [[perceptions]] of the [[morontia]] life upon the [[perceptions]] of the [[physical]] life. And they are enabled to bring these [[material]] and [[morontial]] [[viewpoints]] into true [[focus]] largely through the untiring [[ministry]] of their [[seraphic]] [[counselors]], who so [[patiently]] [[teach]] the [[mansion world]] [[students]] and the [[morontia]] [[progressors]]. Many of the teaching [[counselors]] of the [[supreme order of seraphim]] began their [[careers]] as advisers of the newly [[liberated]] [[souls]] of the [[mortals]] of [[time]].

48:6.18 5. ''Technicians''. These are the [[seraphim]] who help new [[ascenders]] [[adjust]] themselves to the new and [[comparatively]] [[strange]] [[environment]] of the [[morontia]] [[spheres]]. Life on the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_45#45:1._TRANSITIONAL_CULTURE_WORLDS transition worlds] entails real [[contact]] with the [[energies]] and [[materials]] of both the [[physical]] and [[morontia]] [[levels]] and to a certain extent with [[spiritual]] [[realities]]. [[Ascenders]] must acclimatize to every new [[morontia]] [[level]], and in all of this they are greatly helped by the ''seraphic technicians''. These [[seraphim]] [[act]] as [[liaisons]] with the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_48#48:2._MORONTIA_POWER_SUPERVISORS Morontia Power Supervisors] and with the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:4._THE_MASTER_PHYSICAL_CONTROLLERS Master Physical Controllers] and [[function]] extensively as [[instructors]] of the [[ascending]] [[pilgrims]] concerning the [[nature]] of those [[energies]] which are [[utilized]] on the [[transition]] [[spheres]]. They serve as [[emergency]] [[space]] [[traverse]]rs and [[perform]] numerous other regular and special [[duties]].

48:6.18 5. ''Technicians''. These are the [[seraphim]] who help new [[ascenders]] [[adjust]] themselves to the new and [[comparatively]] [[strange]] [[environment]] of the [[morontia]] [[spheres]]. Life on the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_45#45:1._TRANSITIONAL_CULTURE_WORLDS transition worlds] entails real [[contact]] with the [[energies]] and [[materials]] of both the [[physical]] and [[morontia]] [[levels]] and to a certain extent with [[spiritual]] [[realities]]. [[Ascenders]] must acclimatize to every new [[morontia]] [[level]], and in all of this they are greatly helped by the ''seraphic technicians''. These [[seraphim]] [[act]] as [[liaisons]] with the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_48#48:2._MORONTIA_POWER_SUPERVISORS Morontia Power Supervisors] and with the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:4._THE_MASTER_PHYSICAL_CONTROLLERS Master Physical Controllers] and [[function]] extensively as [[instructors]] of the [[ascending]] [[pilgrims]] concerning the [[nature]] of those [[energies]] which are utilized on the [[transition]] [[spheres]]. They serve as [[emergency]] [[space]] [[traverse]]rs and [[perform]] numerous other regular and special [[duties]].

48:6.19 6. ''Recorder-Teachers''. These [[seraphim]] are the [[recorders]] of the borderland [[transactions]] of the [[spiritual]] and the [[physical]], of the [[relationships]] of [[men]] and [[angels]], of the [[morontia]] [[transactions]] of the lower [[universe]] realms. They also serve as [[instructors]] regarding the [[efficient]] and [[effective]] [[techniques]] of [[fact]] [[recording]]. There is an [[artistry]] in the [[intelligent]] assembly and [[co-ordination]] of [[related]] [[data]], and this [[art]] is heightened in [[collaboration]] with the [[celestial artisans]], and even the [[ascending mortals]] become thus affiliated with the recording [[seraphim]].

48:6.19 6. ''Recorder-Teachers''. These [[seraphim]] are the [[recorders]] of the borderland [[transactions]] of the [[spiritual]] and the [[physical]], of the [[relationships]] of [[men]] and [[angels]], of the [[morontia]] [[transactions]] of the lower [[universe]] realms. They also serve as [[instructors]] regarding the [[efficient]] and [[effective]] [[techniques]] of [[fact]] [[recording]]. There is an [[artistry]] in the [[intelligent]] assembly and [[co-ordination]] of [[related]] [[data]], and this [[art]] is heightened in [[collaboration]] with the [[celestial artisans]], and even the [[ascending mortals]] become thus affiliated with the recording [[seraphim]].

48:6.22 [[Law]] is life itself and not the rules of its [[conduct]]. [[Evil]] is a [[transgression]] of [[law]], not a violation of the rules of conduct pertaining to life, which is the [[law]]. [[Falsehood]] is not a matter of [[narration]] [[technique]] but something premeditated as a [[perversion]] of [[truth]]. The [[creation]] of new [[pictures]] out of old [[facts]], the restatement of [[parental]] life in the lives of [[offspring]]—these are the [[artistic]] triumphs of [[truth]]. The [[shadow]] of a hair's turning, premeditated for an untrue [[purpose]], the slightest twisting or [[perversion]] of that which is [[principle]]—these [[constitute]] falseness. But the [[fetish]] of [[Facticity|factualized]] [[truth]], [[fossilized]] [[truth]], the iron band of so-called unchanging [[truth]], holds one blindly in a closed [[circle]] of cold [[fact]]. One can be [[technically]] right as to [[fact]] and everlastingly wrong in the [[truth]].

48:6.22 [[Law]] is life itself and not the rules of its [[conduct]]. [[Evil]] is a [[transgression]] of [[law]], not a violation of the rules of conduct pertaining to life, which is the [[law]]. [[Falsehood]] is not a matter of [[narration]] [[technique]] but something premeditated as a [[perversion]] of [[truth]]. The [[creation]] of new [[pictures]] out of old [[facts]], the restatement of [[parental]] life in the lives of [[offspring]]—these are the [[artistic]] triumphs of [[truth]]. The [[shadow]] of a hair's turning, premeditated for an untrue [[purpose]], the slightest twisting or [[perversion]] of that which is [[principle]]—these [[constitute]] falseness. But the [[fetish]] of [[Facticity|factualized]] [[truth]], [[fossilized]] [[truth]], the iron band of so-called unchanging [[truth]], holds one blindly in a closed [[circle]] of cold [[fact]]. One can be [[technically]] right as to [[fact]] and everlastingly wrong in the [[truth]].

48:6.23 7. ''Ministering Reserves''. A large corps of all [[orders]] of the [[transition]] [[seraphim]] is held on the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:3_THE_FIRST_MANSION_WORLD first mansion world]. Next to the [[destiny guardians]], these transition ministers draw the nearest to [[humans]] of all [[orders]] of [[seraphim]], and many of your [[leisure]] [[moments]] will be spent with them. [[Angels]] take [[delight]] in [[service]] and, when unassigned, often minister as [[volunteers]]. The [[soul]] of many an [[ascending mortal]] has for the first time been kindled by the [[divine]] fire of the will-to-[[service]] through [[personal]] [[friendship]] with the [[volunteer]] servers of the [[seraphic]] reserves.

48:6.23 7. ''Ministering Reserves''. A large corps of all [[orders]] of the [[transition]] [[seraphim]] is held on the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:3_THE_FIRST_MANSION_WORLD first mansion world]. Next to the [[destiny guardians]], these transition ministers draw the nearest to [[humans]] of all [[orders]] of [[seraphim]], and many of your [[leisure]] [[moments]] will be spent with them. [[Angels]] take delight in [[service]] and, when unassigned, often minister as [[volunteers]]. The [[soul]] of many an [[ascending mortal]] has for the first time been kindled by the [[divine]] fire of the will-to-[[service]] through [[personal]] [[friendship]] with the [[volunteer]] servers of the [[seraphic]] reserves.

48:6.24 From them you will learn to let [[pressure]] [[develop]] [[stability]] and [[certainty]]; to be [[faithful]] and [[earnest]] and, withal, [[cheerful]]; to [[accept]] [[challenges]] without complaint and to face [[difficulties]] and uncertainties without [[fear]]. They will ask: If you fail, will you rise [[indomitably]] to try anew? If you succeed, will you [[maintain]] a well-[[balanced]] [[poise]]—a [[stabilized]] and [[spiritualized]] [[attitude]]—throughout every [[effort]] in the long [[struggle]] to break the fetters of [[material]] [[inertia]], to [[attain]] the [[freedom]] of [[spirit]] [[existence]]?

48:6.24 From them you will learn to let [[pressure]] [[develop]] [[stability]] and [[certainty]]; to be [[faithful]] and [[earnest]] and, withal, cheerful; to [[accept]] [[challenges]] without complaint and to face [[difficulties]] and uncertainties without [[fear]]. They will ask: If you fail, will you rise indomitably to try anew? If you succeed, will you [[maintain]] a well-[[balanced]] [[poise]]—a [[stabilized]] and [[spiritualized]] [[attitude]]—throughout every [[effort]] in the long [[struggle]] to break the fetters of [[material]] [[inertia]], to [[attain]] the [[freedom]] of [[spirit]] [[existence]]?

48:6.25 Even as [[mortals]], so have these [[angels]] been father to many [[disappointments]], and they will point out that sometimes your most disappointing disappointments have become your greatest [[blessings]]. Sometimes the planting of a [[seed]] [[necessitates]] its [[death]], the death of your fondest [[hopes]], before it can be reborn to bear the [[fruits]] of new life and new [[opportunity]]. And from them you will learn to [[suffer]] less through [[sorrow]] and disappointment, first, by making fewer [[personal]] [[plans]] concerning other [[personalities]], and then, by accepting your lot when you have [[faithfully]] [[performed]] your [[duty]].

48:6.25 Even as [[mortals]], so have these [[angels]] been father to many [[disappointments]], and they will point out that sometimes your most disappointing disappointments have become your greatest [[blessings]]. Sometimes the planting of a [[seed]] [[necessitates]] its [[death]], the death of your fondest [[hopes]], before it can be reborn to bear the fruits of new life and new [[opportunity]]. And from them you will learn to [[suffer]] less through [[sorrow]] and disappointment, first, by making fewer [[personal]] [[plans]] concerning other [[personalities]], and then, by accepting your lot when you have [[faithfully]] [[performed]] your [[duty]].

48:6.26 You will [[learn]] that you increase your burdens and decrease the likelihood of success by taking yourself too seriously. Nothing can take precedence over the [[work]] of your [[status]] [[sphere]]—this world or the next. Very important is the [[work]] of [[preparation]] for the next higher [[sphere]], but nothing [[equals]] the importance of the [[work]] of the world in which you are actually living. But though the [[work]] is important, the [[self]] is not. When you feel important, you lose [[energy]] to the wear and tear of [[ego]] [[dignity]] so that there is little [[energy]] left to do the [[work]]. Self-importance, not work-importance, exhausts immature creatures; it is the self element that exhausts, not the effort to achieve. You can do important work if you do not become [[self]]-important; you can do several [[things]] as easily as one if you leave yourself out. [[Variety]] is restful; [[monotony]] is what wears and [[exhausts]]. Day after day is alike—just life or the [[alternative]] of [[death]].

48:6.26 You will [[learn]] that you increase your burdens and decrease the likelihood of success by taking yourself too seriously. Nothing can take precedence over the [[work]] of your [[status]] [[sphere]]—this world or the next. Very important is the [[work]] of [[preparation]] for the next higher [[sphere]], but nothing [[equals]] the importance of the [[work]] of the world in which you are actually living. But though the [[work]] is important, the [[self]] is not. When you feel important, you lose [[energy]] to the wear and tear of [[ego]] [[dignity]] so that there is little [[energy]] left to do the [[work]]. Self-importance, not work-importance, exhausts immature creatures; it is the self element that exhausts, not the effort to achieve. You can do important work if you do not become [[self]]-important; you can do several [[things]] as easily as one if you leave yourself out. [[Variety]] is restful; monotony is what wears and [[exhausts]]. Day after day is alike—just life or the [[alternative]] of [[death]].

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