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==48:7. MORONTIA MOTA==   

==48:7. MORONTIA MOTA==   

48:7.1 The lower planes of morontia mota join directly with the higher levels of human philosophy. On the first mansion world it is the practice to teach the less advanced students by the parallel technique; that is, in one column are presented the more simple concepts of mota meanings, and in the opposite column citation is made of analogous statements of mortal philosophy.

48:7.1 The lower [[planes]] of [[morontia]] [[mota]] join directly with the higher [[levels]] of [[human]] [[philosophy]]. On the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:3_THE_FIRST_MANSION_WORLD first mansion world] it is the [[practice]] to teach the less advanced [[students]] by the [[parallel]] [[technique]]; that is, in one column are presented the more [[simple]] [[concepts]] of [[mota]] [[meanings]], and in the [[opposite]] column citation is made of [[analogous]] [[statements]] of [[mortal]] [[philosophy]].

48:7.2 Not long since, while executing an assignment on the first mansion world of Satania, I had occasion to observe this method of teaching; and though I may not undertake to present the mota content of the lesson, I am permitted to record the twenty-eight statements of human philosophy which this morontia instructor was utilizing as illustrative material designed to assist these new mansion world sojourners in their early efforts to grasp the significance and meaning of mota. These illustrations of human philosophy were:

48:7.2 Not long since, while [[executing]] an assignment on the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:3_THE_FIRST_MANSION_WORLD first mansion world] of [[Satania]], I had occasion to [[observe]] this [[method]] of [[teaching]]; and though I may not undertake to present the [[mota]] [[content]] of the lesson, I am permitted to [[record]] the twenty-eight [[statements]] of [[human]] [[philosophy]] which this [[morontia]] [[instructor]] was utilizing as [[illustrative]] [[material]] [[designed]] to [[assist]] these new [[mansion world]] [[sojourners]] in their early [[efforts]] to grasp the significance and [[meaning]] of [[mota]]. These [[illustrations]] of [[human]] [[philosophy]] were:

*1. 48:7.3 A display of specialized skill does not signify possession of spiritual capacity. Cleverness is not a substitute for true character.

*1. 48:7.3 A display of specialized [[skill]] does not signify [[possession]] of [[spiritual]] [[capacity]]. [[Cleverness]] is not a [[substitute]] for true [[character]].

*2. 48:7.4 Few persons live up to the faith which they really have. Unreasoned fear is a master intellectual fraud practiced upon the evolving mortal soul.

*2. 48:7.4 Few [[persons]] live up to the [[faith]] which they really have. Unreasoned [[fear]] is a master [[intellectual]] [[fraud]] [[practiced]] upon the [[evolving]] [[mortal]] [[soul]].

*3. 48:7.5 Inherent capacities cannot be exceeded; a pint can never hold a quart. The spirit concept cannot be mechanically forced into the material memory mold.

*3. 48:7.5 [[Inherent]] [[capacities]] cannot be exceeded; a pint can never hold a quart. The [[spirit]] [[concept]] cannot be [[mechanically]] [[forced]] into the [[material]] [[memory]] mold.

*4. 48:7.6 Few mortals ever dare to draw anything like the sum of personality credits established by the combined ministries of nature and grace. The majority of impoverished souls are truly rich, but they refuse to believe it.

*4. 48:7.6 Few [[mortals]] ever dare to draw anything like the [[sum]] of [[personality]] credits [[established]] by the combined [[ministries]] of [[nature]] and [[grace]]. The [[majority]] of [[impoverished]] [[souls]] are truly [[rich]], but they refuse to [[believe]] it.

*5. 48:7.7 Difficulties may challenge mediocrity and defeat the fearful, but they only stimulate the true children of the Most Highs.

*5. 48:7.7 [[Difficulties]] may [[challenge]] [[mediocrity]] and defeat the fearful, but they only [[stimulate]] the true [[children]] of the [[Most Highs]].

*6. 48:7.8 To enjoy privilege without abuse, to have liberty without license, to possess power and steadfastly refuse to use it for self-aggrandizement—these are the marks of high civilization.

*6. 48:7.8 To [[enjoy]] [[privilege]] without [[abuse]], to have [[liberty]] without [[license]], to [[possess]] [[power]] and [[steadfastly]] refuse to use it for [[self-aggrandizement]]—these are the marks of high [[civilization]].

*7. 48:7.9 Blind and unforeseen accidents do not occur in the cosmos. Neither do the celestial beings assist the lower being who refuses to act upon his light of truth.

*7. 48:7.9 Blind and unforeseen [[accidents]] do not occur in the [[cosmos]]. Neither do the [[celestial]] [[beings]] [[assist]] the lower being who refuses to [[act]] upon his [[light]] of [[truth]].

*8. 48:7.10 Effort does not always produce joy, but there is no happiness without intelligent effort.

*8. 48:7.10 [[Effort]] does not always produce [[joy]], but there is no [[happiness]] without [[intelligent]] [[effort]].

*9. 48:7.11 Action achieves strength; moderation eventuates in charm.

*9. 48:7.11 [[Action]] [[achieves]] [[strength]]; [[moderation]] [[eventuates]] in [[charm]].

*10. 48:7.12 Righteousness strikes the harmony chords of truth, and the melody vibrates throughout the cosmos, even to the recognition of the Infinite.

*10. 48:7.12 [[Righteousness]] strikes the [[harmony]] chords of [[truth]], and the [[melody]] [[vibrates]] throughout the [[cosmos]], even to the [[recognition]] of the [[Infinite]].

*11. 48:7.13 The weak indulge in resolutions, but the strong act. Life is but a day's work—do it well. The act is ours; the consequences God's.

*11. 48:7.13 The weak indulge in [[resolutions]], but the strong [[act]]. Life is but a day's [[work]]—do it well. The [[act]] is ours; the [[consequences]] [[God]]'s.

*12. 48:7.14 The greatest affliction of the cosmos is never to have been afflicted. Mortals only learn wisdom by experiencing tribulation.

*12. 48:7.14 The greatest [[affliction]] of the [[cosmos]] is never to have been afflicted. [[Mortals]] only learn [[wisdom]] by [[experiencing]] [[tribulation]].

*13. 48:7.15 Stars are best discerned from the lonely isolation of experiential depths, not from the illuminated and ecstatic mountain tops.

*13. 48:7.15 [[Stars]] are best [[discerned]] from the lonely [[isolation]] of [[experiential]] [[depths]], not from the [[illuminated]] and [[ecstatic]] [[mountain tops]].

*14. 48:7.16 Whet the appetites of your associates for truth; give advice only when it is asked for.

*14. 48:7.16 Whet the [[appetites]] of your [[associates]] for [[truth]]; give [[advice]] only when it is asked for.

*15. 48:7.17 Affectation is the ridiculous effort of the ignorant to appear wise, the attempt of the barren soul to appear rich.

*15. 48:7.17 [[Affectation]] is the ridiculous [[effort]] of the [[ignorant]] to appear [[wise]], the attempt of the barren [[soul]] to appear [[rich]].

*16. 48:7.18 You cannot perceive spiritual truth until you feelingly experience it, and many truths are not really felt except in adversity.

*16. 48:7.18 You cannot [[perceive]] [[spiritual]] [[truth]] until you [[feelingly]] [[experience]] it, and many [[truths]] are not really felt except in [[adversity]].

*17. 48:7.19 Ambition is dangerous until it is fully socialized. You have not truly acquired any virtue until your acts make you worthy of it.

*17. 48:7.19 [[Ambition]] is dangerous until it is fully [[socialized]]. You have not truly acquired any [[virtue]] until your [[acts]] make you [[worthy]] of it.

*18. 48:7.20 Impatience is a spirit poison; anger is like a stone hurled into a hornet's nest.

*18. 48:7.20 Impatience is a [[spirit]] [[poison]]; [[anger]] is like a stone hurled into a hornet's nest.

*19. 48:7.21 Anxiety must be abandoned. The disappointments hardest to bear are those which never come.

*19. 48:7.21 [[Anxiety]] must be abandoned. The disappointments hardest to bear are those which never come.

*20. 48:7.22 Only a poet can discern poetry in the commonplace prose of routine existence.

*20. 48:7.22 Only a poet can discern [[poetry]] in the commonplace [[prose]] of [[routine]] [[existence]].

*21. 48:7.23 The high mission of any art is, by its illusions, to foreshadow a higher universe reality, to crystallize the emotions of time into the thought of eternity.

*21. 48:7.23 The high mission of any [[art]] is, by its [[illusions]], to [[foreshadow]] a higher [[universe]] [[reality]], to [[crystallize]] the [[emotions]] of [[time]] into the [[thought]] of [[eternity]].

*22. 48:7.24 The evolving soul is not made divine by what it does, but by what it strives to do.

*22. 48:7.24 The evolving [[soul]] is not made [[divine]] by what it does, but by what it [[strives]] to do.

*23. 48:7.25 Death added nothing to the intellectual possession or to the spiritual endowment, but it did add to the experiential status the consciousness of survival.

*23. 48:7.25 [[Death]] added nothing to the [[intellectual]] [[possession]] or to the [[spiritual]] [[endowment]], but it did add to the [[experiential]] [[status]] the [[consciousness]] of [[survival]].

*24. 48:7.26 The destiny of eternity is determined moment by moment by the achievements of the day by day living. The acts of today are the destiny of tomorrow.

*24. 48:7.26 The [[destiny]] of [[eternity]] is [[determined]] moment by [[moment]] by the [[achievements]] of the day by day living. The [[acts]] of today are the [[destiny]] of [[Future|tomorrow]].

*25. 48:7.27 Greatness lies not so much in possessing strength as in making a wise and divine use of such strength.

*25. 48:7.27 Greatness lies not so much in [[possessing]] strength as in making a [[wise]] and [[divine]] use of such strength.

*26. 48:7.28 Knowledge is possessed only by sharing; it is safeguarded by wisdom and socialized by love.

*26. 48:7.28 [[Knowledge]] is [[possessed]] only by [[sharing]]; it is safeguarded by [[wisdom]] and socialized by [[love]].

*27. 48:7.29 Progress demands development of individuality; mediocrity seeks perpetuation in standardization.

*27. 48:7.29 [[Progress]] demands [[development]] of [[individuality]]; [[mediocrity]] seeks [[perpetuation]] in [[standardization]].

*28. 48:7.30 The argumentative defense of any proposition is inversely proportional to the truth contained.

*28. 48:7.30 The [[argumentative]] [[defense]] of any [[proposition]] is [[inversely]] [[proportional]] to the [[truth]] contained.

 

48:7.31 Such is the [[work]] of the beginners on the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:3_THE_FIRST_MANSION_WORLD first mansion world] while the more advanced [[pupils]] on the later worlds are mastering the higher levels of [[cosmic]] [[insight]] and [[morontia]] [[mota]].

==48:8. THE MORONTIA PROGRESSORS==

==48:8. THE MORONTIA PROGRESSORS==