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117:4.1 As we view the ceaseless [[struggles]] of the [[creature]] [[creation]] for [[perfection]] of [[status]] and [[divinity]] of [[being]], we cannot but [[believe]] that these unending [[efforts]] bespeak the unceasing [[struggle]] of the [[Supreme]] for [[divine]] [[self-realization]]. ''God the Supreme'' is the [[finite]] [[Deity]], and he must cope with the [[problems]] of the [[finite]] in the [[total]] sense of that [[word]]. Our [[struggles]] with the [[vicissitudes]] of [[time]] in the [[evolutions]] of [[space]] are [[reflections]] of his [[efforts]] to [[achieve]] [[reality]] of [[self]] and completion of [[sovereignty]] within the [[sphere]] of [[action]] which his evolving [[nature]] is expanding to the outermost [[limits]] of [[possibility]].

117:4.1 As we view the ceaseless [[struggles]] of the [[creature]] [[creation]] for [[perfection]] of [[status]] and [[divinity]] of [[being]], we cannot but [[believe]] that these unending [[efforts]] bespeak the unceasing [[struggle]] of the [[Supreme]] for [[divine]] [[self-realization]]. ''God the Supreme'' is the [[finite]] [[Deity]], and he must cope with the [[problems]] of the [[finite]] in the [[total]] sense of that [[word]]. Our [[struggles]] with the [[vicissitudes]] of [[time]] in the [[evolutions]] of [[space]] are [[reflections]] of his [[efforts]] to [[achieve]] [[reality]] of [[self]] and completion of [[sovereignty]] within the [[sphere]] of [[action]] which his evolving [[nature]] is expanding to the outermost [[limits]] of [[possibility]].

117:4.2 Throughout the [[grand universe]] the [[Supreme]] [[struggles]] for [[expression]]. His [[divine]] [[evolution]] is in [[measure]] predicated on the [[wisdom]]-[[action]] of every [[personality]] in [[existence]]. When a [[human being]] [[chooses]] [[eternal]] [[survival]], he is cocreating [[destiny]]; and in the life of this [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascending mortal] the [[finite]] [[God]] finds an increased [[measure]] of [[personality]] [[self-realization]] and an enlargement of [[experiential]] [[sovereignty]]. But if a [[creature]] rejects the [[eternal career]], that [[part]] of the [[Supreme]] which was dependent on this [[creature]]'s [[choice]] [[experiences]] inescapable [[delay]], a [[deprivation]] which must be [[compensated]] by substitutional or [[collateral]] [[experience]]; as for the [[personality]] of the nonsurvivor, it is absorbed into the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_117#117:5._THE_OVERSOUL_OF_CREATION oversoul] of [[creation]], becoming a [[part]] of the [[Deity]] of the [[Supreme]].

117:4.2 Throughout the [[grand universe]] the [[Supreme]] [[struggles]] for [[expression]]. His [[divine]] [[evolution]] is in [[measure]] predicated on the [[wisdom]]-[[action]] of every [[personality]] in [[existence]]. When a [[human being]] [[chooses]] [[eternal]] [[survival]], he is cocreating [[destiny]]; and in the life of this [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascending mortal] the [[finite]] [[God]] finds an increased [[measure]] of [[personality]] [[self-realization]] and an enlargement of [[experiential]] [[sovereignty]]. But if a [[creature]] rejects the [[eternal career]], that [[part]] of the [[Supreme]] which was dependent on this [[creature]]'s [[choice]] [[experiences]] inescapable [[delay]], a [[deprivation]] which must be [[compensated]] by substitutional or [[collateral]] [[experience]]; as for the [[personality]] of the nonsurvivor, it is absorbed into the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_117#117:5._THE_OVERSOUL_OF_CREATION oversoul] of [[creation]], becoming a [[part]] of the [[Deity]] of the [[Supreme]].

117:4.3 [[God]] is so [[trust]]ing, so [[loving]], that he gives a [[Part|portion]] of his [[divine]] [[nature]] into the hands of even [[human being]]s for safekeeping and [[self-realization]]. [[The Father]] [[nature]], the [[Adjuster]] [[presence]], is indestructible regardless of the [[choice]] of the [[mortal]] [[being]]. The [[child]] of the [[Supreme]], the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:2._THE_SELF evolving self], can be destroyed notwithstanding that the [[potentially]] unifying [[personality]] of such a misguided [[self]] will [[persist]] as a [[factor]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_16#16:3._IDENTITY_AND_DIVERSITY_OF_THE_MASTER_SPIRITS Deity of Supremacy, 16:3.18].

117:4.3 [[God]] is so [[trust]]ing, so [[loving]], that he gives a [[Part|portion]] of his [[divine]] [[nature]] into the hands of even [[human being]]s for safekeeping and [[self-realization]]. [[The Father]] [[nature]], the [[Adjuster]] [[presence]], is indestructible regardless of the [[choice]] of the [[mortal]] [[being]]. The [[child]] of the [[Supreme]], the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:2._THE_SELF evolving self], can be destroyed notwithstanding that the [[potentially]] unifying [[personality]] of such a misguided [[self]] will [[persist]] as a [[factor]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_16#16:3._IDENTITY_AND_DIVERSITY_OF_THE_MASTER_SPIRITS Deity of Supremacy, 16:3.18].

117:4.4 The [[human]] [[personality]] can truly destroy [[individuality]] of creaturehood, and though all that was [[worth]] while in the life of such a [[cosmic]] [[suicide]] will [[persist]], these [[qualities]] will not persist as an [[individual]] [[creature]]. The [[Supreme]] will again find [[expression]] in the [[creatures]] of the [[universes]] but never again as that particular [[person]]; the [[unique]] [[personality]] of a nonascender returns to the [[Supreme]] as a drop of [[water]] returns to the [[sea]].

117:4.4 The [[human]] [[personality]] can truly destroy [[individuality]] of creaturehood, and though all that was [[worth]] while in the life of such a [[cosmic]] [[suicide]] will [[persist]], these [[qualities]] will not persist as an [[individual]] [[creature]]. The [[Supreme]] will again find [[expression]] in the [[creatures]] of the [[universes]] but never again as that particular [[person]]; the [[unique]] [[personality]] of a nonascender returns to the [[Supreme]] as a drop of [[water]] returns to the [[sea]].

117:4.5 Any [[isolated]] [[action]] of the [[personal]] [[parts]] of the [[finite]] is comparatively irrelevant to the [[eventual]] [[appearance]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_12#12:7._THE_PART_AND_THE_WHOLE Supreme Whole], but the [[whole]] is nonetheless dependent on the [[total]] [[acts]] of the manifold [[parts]]. The [[personality]] of the [[individual]] [[mortal]] is insignificant in the [[face]] of the [[total]] of [[Supremacy]], but the [[personality]] of each [[human being]] represents an irreplaceable [[meaning]]-[[value]] in the [[finite]]; [[personality]], having once been [[expressed]], never again finds [[identical]] expression except in the continuing [[existence]] of that living [[personality]].

117:4.5 Any [[isolated]] [[action]] of the [[personal]] [[parts]] of the [[finite]] is comparatively irrelevant to the [[eventual]] [[appearance]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_12#12:7._THE_PART_AND_THE_WHOLE Supreme Whole], but the [[whole]] is nonetheless dependent on the [[total]] [[acts]] of the manifold [[parts]]. The [[personality]] of the [[individual]] [[mortal]] is insignificant in the [[face]] of the [[total]] of [[Supremacy]], but the [[personality]] of each [[human being]] represents an irreplaceable [[meaning]]-[[value]] in the [[finite]]; [[personality]], having once been [[expressed]], never again finds [[identical]] expression except in the continuing [[existence]] of that living [[personality]].

117:4.6 And so, as we strive for [[self]]-[[expression]], the [[Supreme]] is striving in us, and with us, for [[deity]] [[expression]]. As we find [[the Father]], so has the [[Supreme]] again found the [[Paradise]] [[Creator]] of [[all things]]. As we master the [[problems]] of [[self-realization]], so is the [[God]] of [[experience]] [[achieving]] [[almighty]] [[supremacy]] in [[the universes]] of [[time and space]].

117:4.6 And so, as we strive for [[self]]-[[expression]], the [[Supreme]] is striving in us, and with us, for [[deity]] [[expression]]. As we find [[the Father]], so has the [[Supreme]] again found the [[Paradise]] [[Creator]] of [[all things]]. As we master the [[problems]] of [[self-realization]], so is the [[God]] of [[experience]] [[achieving]] [[almighty]] [[supremacy]] in [[the universes]] of [[time and space]].

117:4.7 [[Mankind]] does not [[ascend]] effortlessly in the [[universe]], neither does the [[Supreme]] [[evolve]] without [[purposeful]] and [[intelligent]] [[action]]. [[Creatures]] do not attain [[perfection]] by mere [[passivity]], nor can the [[spirit]] of [[Supremacy]] factualize the [[power]] of the [[Almighty]] without unceasing [[service]] ministry to the [[finite]] [[creation]].

117:4.7 [[Mankind]] does not [[ascend]] effortlessly in the [[universe]], neither does the [[Supreme]] [[evolve]] without [[purposeful]] and [[intelligent]] [[action]]. [[Creatures]] do not attain [[perfection]] by mere [[passivity]], nor can the [[spirit]] of [[Supremacy]] factualize the [[power]] of the [[Almighty]] without unceasing [[service]] ministry to the [[finite]] [[creation]].

117:4.8 The temporal [[relation]] of man to the [[Supreme]] is the [[foundation]] for [[cosmic]] [[morality]], the [[universal]] [[sensitivity]] to, and [[acceptance]] of, [[duty]]. This is a [[morality]] which [[transcends]] the [[temporal]] sense of [[relative]] right and wrong; it is a [[morality]] directly predicated on the [[self-conscious]] [[creature]]'s [[appreciation]] of [[experiential]] [[obligation]] to experiential [[Deity]]. [[Mortal]] man and all other [[finite]] [[creatures]] are created out of the living [[potential]] of [[energy]], [[mind]], and [[spirit]] existent in the [[Supreme]]. It is upon the [[Supreme]] that the [[Adjuster]]-[[mortal]] ascender draws for the [[creation]] of the [[immortal]] and [[divine]] [[character]] of a [[finaliter]]. It is out of the very [[reality]] of the [[Supreme]] that the [[Adjuster]], with the [[consent]] of the [[human]] [[free will|will]], weaves the [[patterns]] of the [[eternal]] [[nature]] of an [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40 ascending son of God].

117:4.8 The temporal [[relation]] of man to the [[Supreme]] is the [[foundation]] for [[cosmic]] [[morality]], the [[universal]] [[sensitivity]] to, and [[acceptance]] of, [[duty]]. This is a [[morality]] which [[transcends]] the [[temporal]] sense of [[relative]] right and wrong; it is a [[morality]] directly predicated on the [[self-conscious]] [[creature]]'s [[appreciation]] of [[experiential]] [[obligation]] to experiential [[Deity]]. [[Mortal]] man and all other [[finite]] [[creatures]] are created out of the living [[potential]] of [[energy]], [[mind]], and [[spirit]] existent in the [[Supreme]]. It is upon the [[Supreme]] that the [[Adjuster]]-[[mortal]] ascender draws for the [[creation]] of the [[immortal]] and [[divine]] [[character]] of a [[finaliter]]. It is out of the very [[reality]] of the [[Supreme]] that the [[Adjuster]], with the [[consent]] of the [[human]] [[free will|will]], weaves the [[patterns]] of the [[eternal]] [[nature]] of an [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40 ascending son of God].

117:4.9 The [[evolution]] of [[Adjuster]] [[progress]] in the spiritualizing and eternalizing of a [[human]] [[personality]] is directly [[productive]] of an enlargement of the [[sovereignty]] of the [[Supreme]]. Such [[achievements]] in [[human]] [[evolution]] are at the same time [[achievements]] in the evolutionary [[actualization]] of the [[Supreme]]. While it is true that [[creatures]] could not [[evolve]] without the [[Supreme]], it is [[probably]] also true that the evolution of the Supreme can never be fully [[attained]] [[independent]] of the completed evolution of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_30 all creatures]. Herein lies the great [[cosmic]] [[responsibility]] of [[self-conscious]] [[personalities]]: That [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#III._THE_FIRST_SOURCE_AND_CENTER Supreme Deity 0:3.13] is in a certain sense dependent on the [[choosing]] of the [[mortal]] [[Free will|will]]. And the [[mutual]] [[progression]] of [[creature]] [[evolution]] and of [[Supreme]] [[evolution]] is [[faithfully]] and fully indicated to the [[Ancients of Days]] over the inscrutable [[mechanisms]] of [[universe]] [[reflectivity]].

117:4.9 The [[evolution]] of [[Adjuster]] [[progress]] in the spiritualizing and eternalizing of a [[human]] [[personality]] is directly [[productive]] of an enlargement of the [[sovereignty]] of the [[Supreme]]. Such [[achievements]] in [[human]] [[evolution]] are at the same time [[achievements]] in the evolutionary [[actualization]] of the [[Supreme]]. While it is true that [[creatures]] could not [[evolve]] without the [[Supreme]], it is [[probably]] also true that the evolution of the Supreme can never be fully [[attained]] [[independent]] of the completed evolution of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_30 all creatures]. Herein lies the great [[cosmic]] [[responsibility]] of [[self-conscious]] [[personalities]]: That [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#III._THE_FIRST_SOURCE_AND_CENTER Supreme Deity 0:3.13] is in a certain sense dependent on the [[choosing]] of the [[mortal]] [[Free will|will]]. And the [[mutual]] [[progression]] of [[creature]] [[evolution]] and of [[Supreme]] [[evolution]] is [[faithfully]] and fully indicated to the [[Ancients of Days]] over the inscrutable [[mechanisms]] of [[universe]] [[reflectivity]].

117:4.10 The great [[challenge]] that has been given to [[mortal]] [[man]] is this: Will you [[decide]] to [[personalize]] the experiencible [[value]] [[meanings]] of the [[cosmos]] into your own [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:2._THE_SELF evolving selfhood]? or by rejecting [[survival]], will you allow these [[secrets]] of [[Supremacy]] to lie dormant, awaiting the [[action]] of another [[creature]] at some other [[time]] who will in his way attempt a [[creature]] [[contribution]] to the [[evolution]] of the [[finite]] [[God]]? But that will be his contribution to the [[Supreme]], not yours.

117:4.10 The great [[challenge]] that has been given to [[mortal]] [[man]] is this: Will you [[decide]] to [[personalize]] the experiencible [[value]] [[meanings]] of the [[cosmos]] into your own [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:2._THE_SELF evolving selfhood]? or by rejecting [[survival]], will you allow these [[secrets]] of [[Supremacy]] to lie dormant, awaiting the [[action]] of another [[creature]] at some other [[time]] who will in his way attempt a [[creature]] [[contribution]] to the [[evolution]] of the [[finite]] [[God]]? But that will be his contribution to the [[Supreme]], not yours.

117:4.11 The great [[struggle]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_2:_The_Evolutionary_Antithesis this universe age] is between the [[potential]] and the [[actual]]—the seeking for [[actualization]] by all that is as yet unexpressed. If [[mortal]] man [[proceeds]] upon the [[Paradise]] [[adventure]], he is following the [[motions]] of [[time]], which [[flow]] as [[current]]s within the stream of [[eternity]]; if mortal man [[rejects]] the [[eternal career]], he is moving counter to the stream of [[events]] in the [[finite]] [[universes]]. The [[mechanical]] [[creation]] moves on inexorably in [[accordance]] with the [[unfolding]] [[purpose]] of the [[Paradise Father]], but the [[volitional]] [[creation]] has the [[choice]] of [[accepting]] or of [[rejecting]] the role of [[personality]] [[participation]] in the [[adventure]] of [[eternity]]. [[Mortal]] man cannot destroy the [[supreme]] [[values]] of [[human]] [[existence]], but he can very definitely prevent the [[evolution]] of these [[values]] in his own [[personal]] [[experience]]. To the extent that the [[human]] [[self]] thus refuses to take [[part]] in the [[Ascension Career|Paradise ascent]], to just that extent is the [[Supreme]] delayed in [[achieving]] [[divinity]] [[expression]] in the [[grand universe]].

117:4.11 The great [[struggle]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_2:_The_Evolutionary_Antithesis this universe age] is between the [[potential]] and the [[actual]]—the seeking for [[actualization]] by all that is as yet unexpressed. If [[mortal]] man [[proceeds]] upon the [[Paradise]] [[adventure]], he is following the [[motions]] of [[time]], which [[flow]] as [[current]]s within the stream of [[eternity]]; if mortal man [[rejects]] the [[eternal career]], he is moving counter to the stream of [[events]] in the [[finite]] [[universes]]. The [[mechanical]] [[creation]] moves on inexorably in [[accordance]] with the [[unfolding]] [[purpose]] of the [[Paradise Father]], but the [[volitional]] [[creation]] has the [[choice]] of [[accepting]] or of [[rejecting]] the role of [[personality]] [[participation]] in the [[adventure]] of [[eternity]]. [[Mortal]] man cannot destroy the [[supreme]] [[values]] of [[human]] [[existence]], but he can very definitely prevent the [[evolution]] of these [[values]] in his own [[personal]] [[experience]]. To the extent that the [[human]] [[self]] thus refuses to take [[part]] in the [[Ascension Career|Paradise ascent]], to just that extent is the [[Supreme]] delayed in [[achieving]] [[divinity]] [[expression]] in the [[grand universe]].

117:4.12 Into the keeping of [[mortal]] [[man]] has been given not only the [[Adjuster]] [[presence]] of the [[Paradise Father]] but also [[control]] over the [[destiny]] of an infinitesimal [[fraction]] of the [[future]] of the [[Supreme]]. For as [[man]] [[attains]] [[human]] [[destiny]], so does the [[Supreme]] [[achieve]] [[destiny]] on [[deity]] [[levels]].

117:4.12 Into the keeping of [[mortal]] [[man]] has been given not only the [[Adjuster]] [[presence]] of the [[Paradise Father]] but also [[control]] over the [[destiny]] of an infinitesimal [[fraction]] of the [[future]] of the [[Supreme]]. For as [[man]] [[attains]] [[human]] [[destiny]], so does the [[Supreme]] [[achieve]] [[destiny]] on [[deity]] [[levels]].

117:4.13 And so the [[decision]] awaits each of you as it once awaited each of us: Will you fail the [[God]] of [[time]], who is so dependent upon the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE decisions of the finite mind]? will you fail the [[Supreme]] [[personality]] of the [[universes]] by the [[slothfulness]] of animalistic [[retrogression]]? will you fail the great [[brother]] of all [[creatures]], who is so dependent on each [[creature]]? can you allow yourself to pass into the realm of the unrealized when before you lies the enchanting vista of the [[Ascension Career|universe career]]—the [[divine]] [[discovery]] of the [[Paradise Father]] and the [[divine]] [[participation]] in the search for, and the [[evolution]] of, the [[God]] of [[Supremacy]]?

117:4.13 And so the [[decision]] awaits each of you as it once awaited each of us: Will you fail the [[God]] of [[time]], who is so dependent upon the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE decisions of the finite mind]? will you fail the [[Supreme]] [[personality]] of the [[universes]] by the [[slothfulness]] of animalistic [[retrogression]]? will you fail the great [[brother]] of all [[creatures]], who is so dependent on each [[creature]]? can you allow yourself to pass into the realm of the unrealized when before you lies the enchanting vista of the [[Ascension Career|universe career]]—the [[divine]] [[discovery]] of the [[Paradise Father]] and the [[divine]] [[participation]] in the search for, and the [[evolution]] of, the [[God]] of [[Supremacy]]?

117:4.14 [[God]]'s [[gifts]]—his [[bestowal]] of [[reality]]—are not [[divorce]]ments from himself; he does not [[alienate]] [[creation]] from himself, but he has set up [[tensions]] in the creations [[Orbit|circling]] [[Paradise]]. [[God]] first [[loves]] [[man]] and confers upon him the [[potential]] of [[immortality]]—[[eternal]] [[reality]]. And as [[man]] [[loves]] [[God]], so does man become [[eternal]] in [[actuality]]. And here is [[mystery]]: The more closely man approaches [[God]] through [[love]], the greater the [[reality]]—[[actuality]]—of that man. The more man withdraws from [[God]], the more nearly he approaches nonreality—cessation of [[existence]]. When man [[consecrates]] his will to the [[doing of the Father's will]], when [[man]] gives [[God]] all that he has, then does God make that man more than he is.

117:4.14 [[God]]'s [[gifts]]—his [[bestowal]] of [[reality]]—are not [[divorce]]ments from himself; he does not [[alienate]] [[creation]] from himself, but he has set up [[tensions]] in the creations [[Orbit|circling]] [[Paradise]]. [[God]] first [[loves]] [[man]] and confers upon him the [[potential]] of [[immortality]]—[[eternal]] [[reality]]. And as [[man]] [[loves]] [[God]], so does man become [[eternal]] in [[actuality]]. And here is [[mystery]]: The more closely man approaches [[God]] through [[love]], the greater the [[reality]]—[[actuality]]—of that man. The more man withdraws from [[God]], the more nearly he approaches nonreality—cessation of [[existence]]. When man [[consecrates]] his will to the [[doing of the Father's will]], when [[man]] gives [[God]] all that he has, then does God make that man more than he is.

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