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104:3.1 While [[mankind]] has sometimes grasped at an [[understanding]] of the [[Trinity]] of the [[three]] [[persons]] of [[Deity]], [[consistency]] demands that the human [[intellect]] [[perceive]] that there are certain [[relationships]] between all [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_105#105:3._THE_SEVEN_ABSOLUTES_OF_INFINITY seven Absolutes]. But all that which is true of the [[Paradise Trinity]] is not necessarily true of a [[triunity]], for a triunity is something other than a [[trinity]]. In certain [[functional]] aspects a triunity may be [[analogous]] to a [[trinity]], but it is never [[homologous]] in [[nature]] with a trinity.

104:3.1 While [[mankind]] has sometimes grasped at an [[understanding]] of the [[Trinity]] of the [[three]] [[persons]] of [[Deity]], [[consistency]] demands that the human [[intellect]] [[perceive]] that there are certain [[relationships]] between all [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_105#105:3._THE_SEVEN_ABSOLUTES_OF_INFINITY seven Absolutes]. But all that which is true of the [[Paradise Trinity]] is not necessarily true of a [[triunity]], for a triunity is something other than a [[trinity]]. In certain [[functional]] aspects a triunity may be [[analogous]] to a [[trinity]], but it is never [[homologous]] in [[nature]] with a trinity.

104:3.2 [[Mortal]] man is passing through a great age of expanding [[horizons]] and enlarging [[concepts]] on [[Urantia]], and his [[cosmic]] [[philosophy]] must [[accelerate]] in [[evolution]] to keep [[pace]] with the expansion of the [[intellectual]] [[Domain|arena]] of [[human]] [[thought]]. As the [[cosmic]] [[consciousness]] of mortal man expands, he [[perceives]] the [[interrelatedness]] of all that he finds in his [[material]] [[science]], [[intellectual]] [[philosophy]], and [[spiritual]] [[insight]]. Still, with all this [[belief]] in the [[unity]] of the [[cosmos]], man [[perceives]] the [[diversity]] of all [[existence]]. In spite of all [[concepts]] concerning the immutability of [[Deity]], man [[perceives]] that he lives in a [[universe]] of constant [[change]] and [[experiential]] [[growth]]. Regardless of the [[realization]] of the [[survival]] of [[spiritual]] [[values]], man has ever to reckon with the [[mathematics]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-measure premathematics] of [[force]], [[energy]], and [[power]].

104:3.2 [[Mortal]] man is passing through a great age of expanding [[horizons]] and enlarging [[concepts]] on [[Urantia]], and his [[cosmic]] [[philosophy]] must [[accelerate]] in [[evolution]] to keep [[pace]] with the expansion of the [[intellectual]] [[Domain|arena]] of [[human]] [[thought]]. As the [[cosmic]] [[consciousness]] of mortal man expands, he [[perceives]] the [[interrelatedness]] of all that he finds in his [[material]] [[science]], [[intellectual]] [[philosophy]], and [[spiritual]] [[insight]]. Still, with all this [[belief]] in the [[unity]] of the [[cosmos]], man [[perceives]] the [[diversity]] of all [[existence]]. In spite of all [[concepts]] concerning the immutability of [[Deity]], man [[perceives]] that he lives in a [[universe]] of constant [[change]] and [[experiential]] [[growth]]. Regardless of the [[realization]] of the [[survival]] of [[spiritual]] [[values]], man has ever to reckon with the [[mathematics]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-measure premathematics] of [[force]], [[energy]], and [[power]].

104:3.3 In some [[manner]] the eternal repleteness of [[infinity]] must be [[reconciled]] with the [[time]]-[[growth]] of the [[Spacetime|evolving universes]] and with the incompleteness of the [[experiential]] [[inhabitants]] thereof. In some way the [[conception]] of [[total]] infinitude must be so [[segmented]] and qualified that the [[mortal]] [[intellect]] and the [[morontia]] [[soul]] can grasp this [[concept]] of final [[value]] and spiritualizing significance.

104:3.3 In some [[manner]] the eternal repleteness of [[infinity]] must be [[reconciled]] with the [[time]]-[[growth]] of the [[Spacetime|evolving universes]] and with the incompleteness of the [[experiential]] [[inhabitants]] thereof. In some way the [[conception]] of [[total]] infinitude must be so [[segmented]] and qualified that the [[mortal]] [[intellect]] and the [[morontia]] [[soul]] can grasp this [[concept]] of final [[value]] and spiritualizing significance.

104:3.4 While [[reason]] demands a [[monotheistic]] [[unity]] of [[cosmic]] [[reality]], [[finite]] [[experience]] requires the [[postulate]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_105#105:3._THE_SEVEN_ABSOLUTES_OF_INFINITY plural Absolutes] and of their [[co-ordination]] in [[cosmic]] [[relationships]]. Without [[co-ordinate]] [[existences]] there is no [[possibility]] for the [[appearance]] of [[diversity]] of [[absolute]] [[relationships]], no [[chance]] for the operation of differentials, variables, modifiers, attenuators, qualifiers, or diminishers.

104:3.4 While [[reason]] demands a [[monotheistic]] [[unity]] of [[cosmic]] [[reality]], [[finite]] [[experience]] requires the [[postulate]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_105#105:3._THE_SEVEN_ABSOLUTES_OF_INFINITY plural Absolutes] and of their [[co-ordination]] in [[cosmic]] [[relationships]]. Without [[co-ordinate]] [[existences]] there is no [[possibility]] for the [[appearance]] of [[diversity]] of [[absolute]] [[relationships]], no [[chance]] for the operation of differentials, variables, modifiers, attenuators, qualifiers, or diminishers.

104:3.5 In these papers [[total]] [[reality]] ([[infinity]]) has been presented as it exists in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_105#105:3._THE_SEVEN_ABSOLUTES_OF_INFINITY seven Absolutes]:

104:3.5 In these papers [[total]] [[reality]] ([[infinity]]) has been presented as it exists in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_105#105:3._THE_SEVEN_ABSOLUTES_OF_INFINITY seven Absolutes]:

*1. ''[[Universal Father|The Universal Father]]''.

*1. ''[[Universal Father|The Universal Father]]''.

*7. ''[[Unqualified Absolute|The Unqualified Absolute]]''.

*7. ''[[Unqualified Absolute|The Unqualified Absolute]]''.

104:3.6 The [[First Source and Center]], who is [[Father]] to the [[Eternal Son]], is also [[Pattern]] to the [[Paradise Isle]]. He is [[personality]] unqualified in [[the Son]] but [[personality]] [[potential]]ized in the [[Deity Absolute]]. [[The Father]] is [[energy]] revealed in [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_14#14:1._THE_PARADISE-HAVONA_SYSTEM Paradise-Havona] and at the same [[time]] [[energy]] concealed in the [[Unqualified Absolute]]. The [[Infinite]] is ever disclosed in the ceaseless [[acts]] of the [[Conjoint Actor]] while he is [[eternally]] [[functioning]] in the compensating but enshrouded [[activities]] of the [[Universal Absolute]]. Thus is [[the Father]] related to the six [[co-ordinate]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_105#105:3._THE_SEVEN_ABSOLUTES_OF_INFINITY Absolutes], and thus do all [[seven]] [[encompass]] the [[circle]] of [[infinity]] throughout the endless [[cycles]] of [[eternity]].

104:3.6 The [[First Source and Center]], who is [[Father]] to the [[Eternal Son]], is also [[Pattern]] to the [[Paradise Isle]]. He is [[personality]] unqualified in [[the Son]] but [[personality]] [[potential]]ized in the [[Deity Absolute]]. [[The Father]] is [[energy]] revealed in [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_14#14:1._THE_PARADISE-HAVONA_SYSTEM Paradise-Havona] and at the same [[time]] [[energy]] concealed in the [[Unqualified Absolute]]. The [[Infinite]] is ever disclosed in the ceaseless [[acts]] of the [[Conjoint Actor]] while he is [[eternally]] [[functioning]] in the compensating but enshrouded [[activities]] of the [[Universal Absolute]]. Thus is [[the Father]] related to the six [[co-ordinate]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_105#105:3._THE_SEVEN_ABSOLUTES_OF_INFINITY Absolutes], and thus do all [[seven]] [[encompass]] the [[circle]] of [[infinity]] throughout the endless [[cycles]] of [[eternity]].

104:3.7 It would seem that [[triunity]] of [[absolute]] [[relationships]] is [[inevitable]]. [[Personality]] seeks other personality [[association]] on [[absolute]] as well as on all other [[levels]]. And the [[association]] of the [[three]] [[Paradise]] [[personalities]] eternalizes the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_104#104:4._THE_SEVEN_TRIUNITIES first triunity], the [[personality]] [[union]] of [[the Father]], [[the Son]], and [[the Spirit]]. For when these [[three]] [[persons]], as persons, conjoin for united [[function]], they thereby [[constitute]] a triunity of [[functional]] [[unity]], not a [[trinity]]—an [[organic]] [[entity]]—but nonetheless a triunity, a threefold [[functional]] aggregate unanimity.

104:3.7 It would seem that [[triunity]] of [[absolute]] [[relationships]] is [[inevitable]]. [[Personality]] seeks other personality [[association]] on [[absolute]] as well as on all other [[levels]]. And the [[association]] of the [[three]] [[Paradise]] [[personalities]] eternalizes the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_104#104:4._THE_SEVEN_TRIUNITIES first triunity], the [[personality]] [[union]] of [[the Father]], [[the Son]], and [[the Spirit]]. For when these [[three]] [[persons]], as persons, conjoin for united [[function]], they thereby [[constitute]] a triunity of [[functional]] [[unity]], not a [[trinity]]—an [[organic]] [[entity]]—but nonetheless a triunity, a threefold [[functional]] aggregate unanimity.

104:3.8 The [[Paradise Trinity]] is not a triunity; it is not a [[functional]] [[unanimity]]; rather is it undivided and indivisible [[Deity]]. The Father, Son, and Spirit (as [[persons]]) can sustain a [[relationship]] to the [[Paradise Trinity]], for the [[Trinity]] is their undivided [[Deity]]. The Father, Son, and Spirit sustain no such [[personal]] [[relationship]] to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_104#104:4._THE_SEVEN_TRIUNITIES first triunity], for that is their [[functional]] [[union]] as [[three]] persons. Only as the [[Trinity]]—as undivided [[Deity]]—do they collectively [[sustain]] an external [[relationship]] to the triunity of their [[personal]] [[aggregation]].

104:3.8 The [[Paradise Trinity]] is not a triunity; it is not a [[functional]] [[unanimity]]; rather is it undivided and indivisible [[Deity]]. The Father, Son, and Spirit (as [[persons]]) can sustain a [[relationship]] to the [[Paradise Trinity]], for the [[Trinity]] is their undivided [[Deity]]. The Father, Son, and Spirit sustain no such [[personal]] [[relationship]] to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_104#104:4._THE_SEVEN_TRIUNITIES first triunity], for that is their [[functional]] [[union]] as [[three]] persons. Only as the [[Trinity]]—as undivided [[Deity]]—do they collectively [[sustain]] an external [[relationship]] to the triunity of their [[personal]] [[aggregation]].

104:3.9 Thus does the [[Paradise Trinity]] stand [[unique]] among [[absolute]] [[relationships]]; there are several [[existential]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_104#104:4._THE_SEVEN_TRIUNITIES triunities] but only one [[existential]] [[Trinity]]. A triunity is not an [[entity]]. It is [[functional]] rather than [[organic]]. Its members are [[partners]] rather than corporative. The components of the triunities may be [[entities]], but a triunity itself is an [[association]].

104:3.9 Thus does the [[Paradise Trinity]] stand [[unique]] among [[absolute]] [[relationships]]; there are several [[existential]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_104#104:4._THE_SEVEN_TRIUNITIES triunities] but only one [[existential]] [[Trinity]]. A triunity is not an [[entity]]. It is [[functional]] rather than [[organic]]. Its members are [[partners]] rather than corporative. The components of the triunities may be [[entities]], but a triunity itself is an [[association]].

104:3.10 There is, however, one point of comparison between [[trinity]] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_104#104:4._THE_SEVEN_TRIUNITIES triunity]: Both [[eventuate]] in [[functions]] that are something other than the discernible [[sum]] of the [[attributes]] of the component members. But while they are thus comparable from a [[functional]] [[standpoint]], they otherwise exhibit no categorical [[relationship]]. They are roughly related as the [[relation]] of [[function]] to [[structure]]. But the [[function]] of the triunity [[association]] is not the function of the [[trinity]] [[structure]] or [[entity]].

104:3.10 There is, however, one point of comparison between [[trinity]] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_104#104:4._THE_SEVEN_TRIUNITIES triunity]: Both [[eventuate]] in [[functions]] that are something other than the discernible [[sum]] of the [[attributes]] of the component members. But while they are thus comparable from a [[functional]] [[standpoint]], they otherwise exhibit no categorical [[relationship]]. They are roughly related as the [[relation]] of [[function]] to [[structure]]. But the [[function]] of the triunity [[association]] is not the function of the [[trinity]] [[structure]] or [[entity]].

104:3.11 The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_104#104:4._THE_SEVEN_TRIUNITIES triunities] are nonetheless real; they are very real. In them is [[total]] reality functionalized, and through them does the [[Universal Father]] [[exercise]] [[immediate]] and [[personal]] [[control]] over the master [[functions]] of [[infinity]].

104:3.11 The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_104#104:4._THE_SEVEN_TRIUNITIES triunities] are nonetheless real; they are very real. In them is [[total]] reality functionalized, and through them does the [[Universal Father]] [[exercise]] [[immediate]] and [[personal]] [[control]] over the master [[functions]] of [[infinity]].

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