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133:6.1 On leaving [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Athens Athens], the travelers went by way of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troad Troas] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephesus Ephesus], the [[capital]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia_%28Roman_province%29 Roman province of Asia]. They made many trips out to the famous [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Artemis temple of Artemis] of the Ephesians, about two miles from the [[city]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis Artemis] was the most famous [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goddess goddess] of all [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia_Minor Asia Minor] and a perpetuation of the still earlier [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_goddess mother goddess] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Anatolia ancient Anatolian] times. The crude [[idol]] exhibited in the enormous [[temple]] [[dedicated]] to her [[worship]] was reputed to have fallen from [[heaven]]. Not all of Ganid's early [[training]] to respect images as [[symbols]] of [[divinity]] had been eradicated, and he [[thought]] it best to purchase a little silver [[shrine]] in [[honor]] of this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fertility_goddess fertility goddess] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia_Minor Asia Minor]. That night they talked at great length about the [[worship]] of [[things]] made with human hands.

133:6.1 On leaving [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Athens Athens], the travelers went by way of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troad Troas] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephesus Ephesus], the [[capital]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia_%28Roman_province%29 Roman province of Asia]. They made many trips out to the famous [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Artemis temple of Artemis] of the Ephesians, about two miles from the [[city]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis Artemis] was the most famous [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goddess goddess] of all [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia_Minor Asia Minor] and a perpetuation of the still earlier [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_goddess mother goddess] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Anatolia ancient Anatolian] times. The crude [[idol]] exhibited in the enormous [[temple]] [[dedicated]] to her [[worship]] was reputed to have fallen from [[heaven]]. Not all of Ganid's early [[training]] to respect images as [[symbols]] of [[divinity]] had been eradicated, and he [[thought]] it best to purchase a little silver [[shrine]] in [[honor]] of this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fertility_goddess fertility goddess] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia_Minor Asia Minor]. That night they talked at great length about the [[worship]] of [[things]] made with human hands.

133:6.2 On the third day of their stay they walked down by the [[river]] to observe the dredging of the [[harbor]]'s mouth. At noon they talked with a young [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenicia Phoenician] who was homesick and much discouraged; but most of all he was envious of a certain young man who had received promotion over his head. [[Jesus]] spoke comforting [[words]] to him and quoted the olden [[Hebrew]] proverb: " A man's gift makes room for him and brings him before great men. "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.18]

133:6.2 On the third day of their stay they walked down by the [[river]] to observe the dredging of the [[harbor]]'s mouth. At noon they talked with a young [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenicia Phoenician] who was homesick and much discouraged; but most of all he was envious of a certain young man who had received promotion over his head. [[Jesus]] spoke comforting [[words]] to him and quoted the olden [[Hebrew]] proverb: " A man's gift makes room for him and brings him before great men. "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.18]

133:6.3 Of all the large [[cities]] they visited on this tour of the [[Mediterranean]], they here accomplished the least of [[value]] to the subsequent [[work]] of the [[Christian]] [[mission]]aries. Christianity secured its start in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephesus Ephesus] largely through the [[efforts]] of [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]], who resided here more than two years, making tents for a living and conducting [[lecture]]s on [[religion]] and [[philosophy]] each night in the main [[audience]] chamber of the [http://www.israeljerusalem.com/school-of-tyrannus.htm school of Tyrannus].

133:6.3 Of all the large [[cities]] they visited on this tour of the [[Mediterranean]], they here accomplished the least of [[value]] to the subsequent [[work]] of the [[Christian]] [[mission]]aries. Christianity secured its start in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephesus Ephesus] largely through the [[efforts]] of [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]], who resided here more than two years, making tents for a living and conducting [[lecture]]s on [[religion]] and [[philosophy]] each night in the main [[audience]] chamber of the [http://www.israeljerusalem.com/school-of-tyrannus.htm school of Tyrannus].

133:6.4 There was a [[progressive]] [[thinker]] connected with this local [[school]] of [[philosophy]], and [[Jesus]] had several profitable sessions with him. In the [[course]] of these talks [[Jesus]] had repeatedly used the word " [[soul]]. " This learned [[Greek]] finally asked him what he meant by " [[soul]], " and he replied:

133:6.4 There was a [[progressive]] [[thinker]] connected with this local [[school]] of [[philosophy]], and [[Jesus]] had several profitable sessions with him. In the [[course]] of these talks [[Jesus]] had repeatedly used the word " [[soul]]. " This learned [[Greek]] finally asked him what he meant by " [[soul]], " and he replied:

133:6.5 " The [[soul]] is the [[self]]-[[reflective]], [[truth]]-[[discerning]], and [[spirit]]-[[perceiving]] part of man which forever elevates the [[human being]] above the level of the [[animal]] world. [[Self-consciousness]], in and of itself, is not the [[soul]]. [[Moral]] [[self-consciousness]] is true [[human]] [[self-realization]] and constitutes the [[foundation]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:2._NATURE_OF_THE_SOUL human soul], and the [[soul]] is that part of man which [[represents]] the [[potential]] [[survival]] [[value]] of human [[experience]]. [[Moral]] [[choice]] and [[spiritual]] [[attainment]], the [[ability]] to know God and the urge to be like him, are the characteristics of the [[soul]]. The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:3._THE_EVOLVING_SOUL soul of man] cannot exist apart from [[moral]] [[thinking]] and spiritual [[activity]]. A stagnant [[soul]] is a dying soul. But the soul of man is distinct from the [[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]] which dwells within the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE mind]. The [[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]] arrives ''simultaneously'' with the first [[moral]] [[activity]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 human mind], and that is the occasion of the [[birth]] of the [[soul]].

133:6.5 " The [[soul]] is the [[self]]-[[reflective]], [[truth]]-[[discerning]], and [[spirit]]-[[perceiving]] part of man which forever elevates the [[human being]] above the level of the [[animal]] world. [[Self-consciousness]], in and of itself, is not the [[soul]]. [[Moral]] [[self-consciousness]] is true [[human]] [[self-realization]] and constitutes the [[foundation]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:2._NATURE_OF_THE_SOUL human soul], and the [[soul]] is that part of man which [[represents]] the [[potential]] [[survival]] [[value]] of human [[experience]]. [[Moral]] [[choice]] and [[spiritual]] [[attainment]], the [[ability]] to know God and the urge to be like him, are the characteristics of the [[soul]]. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:3._THE_EVOLVING_SOUL soul of man] cannot exist apart from [[moral]] [[thinking]] and spiritual [[activity]]. A stagnant [[soul]] is a dying soul. But the soul of man is distinct from the [[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]] which dwells within the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE mind]. The [[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]] arrives ''simultaneously'' with the first [[moral]] [[activity]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 human mind], and that is the occasion of the [[birth]] of the [[soul]].

133:6.6 " The saving or losing of a [[soul]] has to do with whether or not the [[moral]] [[consciousness]] attains [[survival]] [[status]] through [[eternal]] [[alliance]] with its [[associated]] [[immortal]] [[spirit]] [[endowment]]. [[Salvation]] is the spiritualization of the [[self-realization]] of the [[moral]] [[consciousness]], which thereby becomes possessed of [[survival]] [[value]]. All forms of soul [[conflict]] consist in the lack of [[harmony]] between the [[moral]], or [[spiritual]], [[self-consciousness]] and the [[purely]] [[intellectual]] [[self-consciousness]].

133:6.6 " The saving or losing of a [[soul]] has to do with whether or not the [[moral]] [[consciousness]] attains [[survival]] [[status]] through [[eternal]] [[alliance]] with its [[associated]] [[immortal]] [[spirit]] [[endowment]]. [[Salvation]] is the spiritualization of the [[self-realization]] of the [[moral]] [[consciousness]], which thereby becomes possessed of [[survival]] [[value]]. All forms of soul [[conflict]] consist in the lack of [[harmony]] between the [[moral]], or [[spiritual]], [[self-consciousness]] and the [[purely]] [[intellectual]] [[self-consciousness]].

133:6.7 " The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:2._NATURE_OF_THE_SOUL human soul], when [[matured]], ennobled, and spiritualized, approaches the heavenly [[status]] in that it comes near to being an [[entity]] [[intervening]] between the [[material]] and the [[spiritual]], the [[material]] [[self]] and the [[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]]. The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:3._THE_EVOLVING_SOUL evolving soul] of a [[human being]] is [[difficult]] of description and more difficult of [[demonstration]] because it is not discoverable by the [[methods]] of either [[material]] [[investigation]] or spiritual [[Proof|proving]]. Material [[science]] cannot [[demonstrate]] the [[existence]] of a [[soul]], neither can [[pure]] spirit-testing. Notwithstanding the failure of both material [[science]] and spiritual [[standards]] to [[discover]] the [[existence]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:2._NATURE_OF_THE_SOUL human soul], every [[morally]] [[conscious]] [[mortal]] knows of the [[existence]] of his [[soul]] as a real and [[actual]] [[personal]] [[experience]]. "

133:6.7 " The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:2._NATURE_OF_THE_SOUL human soul], when [[matured]], ennobled, and spiritualized, approaches the heavenly [[status]] in that it comes near to being an [[entity]] [[intervening]] between the [[material]] and the [[spiritual]], the [[material]] [[self]] and the [[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]]. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:3._THE_EVOLVING_SOUL evolving soul] of a [[human being]] is [[difficult]] of description and more difficult of [[demonstration]] because it is not discoverable by the [[methods]] of either [[material]] [[investigation]] or spiritual [[Proof|proving]]. Material [[science]] cannot [[demonstrate]] the [[existence]] of a [[soul]], neither can [[pure]] spirit-testing. Notwithstanding the failure of both material [[science]] and spiritual [[standards]] to [[discover]] the [[existence]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:2._NATURE_OF_THE_SOUL human soul], every [[morally]] [[conscious]] [[mortal]] knows of the [[existence]] of his [[soul]] as a real and [[actual]] [[personal]] [[experience]]. "

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[[Category:Paper 133 - The Return From Rome]]

[[Category:Paper 133 - The Return From Rome]]

[[Category: Soul]]

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