Changes

to lead forth from within [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastoral pastoral] living tended to [[create]] a new [[system]] of [[mores]], the [[patriarchal]] type of [[family]] life; and the basis of family [[unity]] under the herder and early [[agricultural]] [[mores]] was the unquestioned and [[arbitrary]] [[authority]] of the [[father]]. All [[society]], whether [[national]] or [[familial]], passed through the [[stage]] of the [[autocratic]] [[authority]] of a [[patriarchal]] order.

to lead forth from within [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastoral pastoral] living tended to [[create]] a new [[system]] of [[mores]], the [[patriarchal]] type of [[family]] life; and the basis of family [[unity]] under the herder and early [[agricultural]] [[mores]] was the unquestioned and [[arbitrary]] [[authority]] of the [[father]]. All [[society]], whether [[national]] or [[familial]], passed through the [[stage]] of the [[autocratic]] [[authority]] of a [[patriarchal]] order.

84:3.2 The scant [[courtesy]] paid [[womankind]] during the [[Old Testament]] era is a true [[reflection]] of the [[mores]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastoral herdsmen]. The [[Hebrew]] [[patriarchs]] were all herdsmen, as is [[witnessed]] by the saying, "The Lord is my Shepherd."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_23]

84:3.2 The scant [[courtesy]] paid [[womankind]] during the [[Old Testament]] era is a true [[reflection]] of the [[mores]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastoral herdsmen]. The [[Hebrew]] [[patriarchs]] were all herdsmen, as is [[witnessed]] by the saying, "The Lord is my Shepherd."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_23]

84:3.3 But man was no more to blame for his low [[opinion]] of [[woman]] during past ages than was woman herself. She failed to get [[social]] [[recognition]] during [[primitive]] times because she did not [[function]] in an [[emergency]]; she was not a spectacular or [[crisis]] [[hero]]. [[Maternity]] was a distinct [[disability]] in the [[existence]] [[struggle]]; [[mother]] [[love]] [[handicapped]] women in the [[tribal]] [[defense]].

84:3.3 But man was no more to blame for his low [[opinion]] of [[woman]] during past ages than was woman herself. She failed to get [[social]] [[recognition]] during [[primitive]] times because she did not [[function]] in an [[emergency]]; she was not a spectacular or [[crisis]] [[hero]]. [[Maternity]] was a distinct [[disability]] in the [[existence]] [[struggle]]; [[mother]] [[love]] [[handicapped]] women in the [[tribal]] [[defense]].

84:4.6 [[Birth|Childbearing]] was once generally looked upon as rendering a [[woman]] [[dangerous]] and unclean. And many [[tribal]] [[mores]] [[decreed]] that a [[mother]] must undergo extensive purification [[ceremonies]] subsequent to the [[birth]] of a child. Except among those groups where the [[husband]] [[participated]] in the lying-in, the expectant mother was shunned, left alone. The [[ancients]] even avoided having a [[child]] born in the house. Finally, the old women were permitted to attend the [[mother]] during [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childbirth labor], and this [[practice]] gave [[origin]] to the [[profession]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwifery midwifery]. During labor, scores of foolish things were said and done in an [[effort]] to [[facilitate]] delivery. It was the [[custom]] to sprinkle the newborn with [[holy]] [[water]] to prevent [[ghost]] [[interference]].

84:4.6 [[Birth|Childbearing]] was once generally looked upon as rendering a [[woman]] [[dangerous]] and unclean. And many [[tribal]] [[mores]] [[decreed]] that a [[mother]] must undergo extensive purification [[ceremonies]] subsequent to the [[birth]] of a child. Except among those groups where the [[husband]] [[participated]] in the lying-in, the expectant mother was shunned, left alone. The [[ancients]] even avoided having a [[child]] born in the house. Finally, the old women were permitted to attend the [[mother]] during [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childbirth labor], and this [[practice]] gave [[origin]] to the [[profession]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwifery midwifery]. During labor, scores of foolish things were said and done in an [[effort]] to [[facilitate]] delivery. It was the [[custom]] to sprinkle the newborn with [[holy]] [[water]] to prevent [[ghost]] [[interference]].

84:4.7 Among the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA unmixed tribes], [[Birth|childbirth]] was comparatively easy, occupying only two or three hours; it is seldom so easy among the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:4._THE_ANDITES mixed races]. If a [[woman]] died in childbirth, especially during the delivery of twins, she was believed to have been [[guilty]] of [[spirit]] [[adultery]]. Later on, the higher [[tribes]] looked upon [[death]] in childbirth as the will of [[heaven]]; such mothers were regarded as having perished in a [[noble]] [[cause]].

84:4.7 Among the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA unmixed tribes], [[Birth|childbirth]] was comparatively easy, occupying only two or three hours; it is seldom so easy among the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:4._THE_ANDITES mixed races]. If a [[woman]] died in childbirth, especially during the delivery of twins, she was believed to have been [[guilty]] of [[spirit]] [[adultery]]. Later on, the higher [[tribes]] looked upon [[death]] in childbirth as the will of [[heaven]]; such mothers were regarded as having perished in a [[noble]] [[cause]].

84:4.8 The so-called [[modesty]] of [[women]] respecting their clothing and the [[exposure]] of the [[Body|person]] grew out of the deadly [[fear]] of being [[observed]] at the time of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menstruation menstrual period]. To be thus detected was a grievous [[sin]], the violation of a [[taboo]]. Under the [[mores]] of olden times, every woman, from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolescence adolescence] to the end of the childbearing period, was subjected to complete [[family]] and [[social]] [[quarantine]] one full week each month. Everything she might [[touch]], sit upon, or lie upon was "defiled."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Leviticus#Chapter_.15] It was for long the [[custom]] to brutally beat a girl after each [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menstruation monthly period] in an [[effort]] to drive the [[evil]] [[spirit]] out of her [[body]]. But when a woman passed beyond the childbearing age, she was usually treated more considerately, being accorded more [[rights]] and [[privileges]]. In view of all this it was not strange that women were looked down upon. Even the [[Greeks]] held the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menstruation menstruating] woman as one of the three great [[causes]] of defilement, the other two being pork and garlic.

84:4.8 The so-called [[modesty]] of [[women]] respecting their clothing and the [[exposure]] of the [[Body|person]] grew out of the deadly [[fear]] of being [[observed]] at the time of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menstruation menstrual period]. To be thus detected was a grievous [[sin]], the violation of a [[taboo]]. Under the [[mores]] of olden times, every woman, from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolescence adolescence] to the end of the childbearing period, was subjected to complete [[family]] and [[social]] [[quarantine]] one full week each month. Everything she might [[touch]], sit upon, or lie upon was "defiled."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Leviticus#Chapter_.15] It was for long the [[custom]] to brutally beat a girl after each [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menstruation monthly period] in an [[effort]] to drive the [[evil]] [[spirit]] out of her [[body]]. But when a woman passed beyond the childbearing age, she was usually treated more considerately, being accorded more [[rights]] and [[privileges]]. In view of all this it was not strange that women were looked down upon. Even the [[Greeks]] held the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menstruation menstruating] woman as one of the three great [[causes]] of defilement, the other two being pork and garlic.

84:4.9 However foolish these olden notions were, they did some good since they gave overworked [[females]], at least when young, one week each month for welcome [[rest]] and profitable [[meditation]]. Thus could they sharpen their wits for dealing with their [[male]] associates the rest of the time. This [[quarantine]] of women also protected men from over-[[sex]] indulgence, thereby indirectly contributing to the restriction of [[population]] and to the enhancement of [[self]]-[[control]].

84:4.9 However foolish these olden notions were, they did some good since they gave overworked [[females]], at least when young, one week each month for welcome [[rest]] and profitable [[meditation]]. Thus could they sharpen their wits for dealing with their [[male]] associates the rest of the time. This [[quarantine]] of women also protected men from over-[[sex]] indulgence, thereby indirectly contributing to the restriction of [[population]] and to the enhancement of [[self]]-[[control]].

84:5.4 But man did not consciously nor [[intentionally]] seize woman's [[rights]] and then [[gradually]] and grudgingly give them back to her; all this was an [[unconscious]] and unplanned [[episode]] of [[social]] [[evolution]]. When the time really came for woman to enjoy added [[rights]], she got them, and all quite regardless of man's [[conscious]] [[attitude]]. Slowly but surely the [[mores]] [[change]] so as to provide for those [[social]] [[adjustments]] which are a part of the [[persistent]] [[evolution]] of [[civilization]]. The advancing [[mores]] slowly provided increasingly better treatment for [[females]]; those [[tribes]] which [[persisted]] in cruelty to them did not [[survive]].

84:5.4 But man did not consciously nor [[intentionally]] seize woman's [[rights]] and then [[gradually]] and grudgingly give them back to her; all this was an [[unconscious]] and unplanned [[episode]] of [[social]] [[evolution]]. When the time really came for woman to enjoy added [[rights]], she got them, and all quite regardless of man's [[conscious]] [[attitude]]. Slowly but surely the [[mores]] [[change]] so as to provide for those [[social]] [[adjustments]] which are a part of the [[persistent]] [[evolution]] of [[civilization]]. The advancing [[mores]] slowly provided increasingly better treatment for [[females]]; those [[tribes]] which [[persisted]] in cruelty to them did not [[survive]].

84:5.5 The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76_-_The_Second_Garden#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE Adamites] and [[Nodites]] accorded [[women]] increased recognition, and those groups which were [[influenced]] by the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:5._THE_ANDITE_MIGRATIONS migrating Andites] have tended to be influenced by the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 Edenic teachings] regarding [[women]]'s place in [[society]].

84:5.5 The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76_-_The_Second_Garden#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE Adamites] and [[Nodites]] accorded [[women]] increased recognition, and those groups which were [[influenced]] by the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:5._THE_ANDITE_MIGRATIONS migrating Andites] have tended to be influenced by the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 Edenic teachings] regarding [[women]]'s place in [[society]].

84:5.6 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_china#Ancient_era early Chinese] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_greece Greeks] treated [[women]] better than did most [[surrounding]] peoples. But the [[Hebrews]] were exceedingly distrustful of them. In the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occident Occident] woman has had a [[difficult]] climb under the [[Paul, the Apostle|Pauline]] [[doctrines]] which became attached to [[Christianity]], although Christianity did advance the [[mores]] by imposing more stringent [[sex]] [[obligations]] upon man. Woman's estate is little short of hopeless under the peculiar degradation which attaches to her in [[Islam|Mohammedanism]], and she fares even worse under the teachings of several other [Orient|Oriental]] [[religions]].

84:5.6 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_china#Ancient_era early Chinese] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_greece Greeks] treated [[women]] better than did most [[surrounding]] peoples. But the [[Hebrews]] were exceedingly distrustful of them. In the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occident Occident] woman has had a [[difficult]] climb under the [[Paul, the Apostle|Pauline]] [[doctrines]] which became attached to [[Christianity]], although Christianity did advance the [[mores]] by imposing more stringent [[sex]] [[obligations]] upon man. Woman's estate is little short of hopeless under the peculiar degradation which attaches to her in [[Islam|Mohammedanism]], and she fares even worse under the teachings of several other [Orient|Oriental]] [[religions]].

84:6.4 [[Women]] seem to have more [[intuition]] than men, but they also appear to be somewhat less [[logical]]. Woman, however, has always been the [[moral]] [[standard]]-bearer and the [[spiritual]] [[leader]] of [[mankind]]. The hand that rocks the [[cradle]] still fraternizes with [[destiny]].[http://www.quoteland.com/topic.asp?CATEGORY_ID=105]

84:6.4 [[Women]] seem to have more [[intuition]] than men, but they also appear to be somewhat less [[logical]]. Woman, however, has always been the [[moral]] [[standard]]-bearer and the [[spiritual]] [[leader]] of [[mankind]]. The hand that rocks the [[cradle]] still fraternizes with [[destiny]].[http://www.quoteland.com/topic.asp?CATEGORY_ID=105]

84:6.5 The [[differences]] of [[nature]], [[reaction]], [[viewpoint]], and [[thinking]] between men and women, far from occasioning concern, should be regarded as highly beneficial to [[mankind]], both [[individually]] and [[collectively]]. Many orders of [[universe]] [[creatures]] are created in [[dual]] [[phases]] of [[personality]] [[manifestation]]. Among [[mortals]], [[Material Sons]], and [[midsoniters]], this [[difference]] is described as [[male]] and [[female]]; among [[seraphim]], [[cherubim]], and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_48#48:3._MORONTIA_COMPANIONS Morontia Companions], it has been denominated positive or aggressive and negative or retiring. Such [[dual]] [[associations]] greatly multiply [[versatility]] and overcome [[inherent]] [[limitations]], even as do certain [[triune]] [[associations]] in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_14#14:1._THE_PARADISE-HAVONA_SYSTEM Paradise-Havona system].

84:6.5 The [[differences]] of [[nature]], [[reaction]], [[viewpoint]], and [[thinking]] between men and women, far from occasioning concern, should be regarded as highly beneficial to [[mankind]], both [[individually]] and [[collectively]]. Many orders of [[universe]] [[creatures]] are created in [[dual]] [[phases]] of [[personality]] [[manifestation]]. Among [[mortals]], [[Material Sons]], and [[midsoniters]], this [[difference]] is described as [[male]] and [[female]]; among [[seraphim]], [[cherubim]], and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_48#48:3._MORONTIA_COMPANIONS Morontia Companions], it has been denominated positive or aggressive and negative or retiring. Such [[dual]] [[associations]] greatly multiply [[versatility]] and overcome [[inherent]] [[limitations]], even as do certain [[triune]] [[associations]] in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_14#14:1._THE_PARADISE-HAVONA_SYSTEM Paradise-Havona system].

84:6.6 [[Men]] and [[women]] need each other in their [[morontial]] and [[spiritual]] as well as in their [[mortal]] [[careers]]. The [[differences]] in [[viewpoint]] between [[male]] and [[female]] [[persist]] even beyond the first life and throughout the [[Ascension Career|local and superuniverse ascensions]. And even in [[Havona]], the [[pilgrims]] who were once [[men]] and [[women]] will still be aiding each other in the [[Paradise]] [[ascent]]. Never, even in the Corps of the Finality, will the creature metamorphose so far as to obliterate the personality trends that humans call male and female; always will these two basic variations of [[humankind]] continue to [[intrigue]], [[stimulate]], [[encourage]], and [[assist]] each other; always will they be [[mutually]] dependent on [[co-operation]] in the solution of perplexing [[universe]] [[problems]] and in the overcoming of manifold [[cosmic]] [[difficulties]].

84:6.6 [[Men]] and [[women]] need each other in their [[morontial]] and [[spiritual]] as well as in their [[mortal]] [[careers]]. The [[differences]] in [[viewpoint]] between [[male]] and [[female]] [[persist]] even beyond the first life and throughout the [[Ascension Career|local and superuniverse ascensions]. And even in [[Havona]], the [[pilgrims]] who were once [[men]] and [[women]] will still be aiding each other in the [[Paradise]] [[ascent]]. Never, even in the Corps of the Finality, will the creature metamorphose so far as to obliterate the personality trends that humans call male and female; always will these two basic variations of [[humankind]] continue to [[intrigue]], [[stimulate]], [[encourage]], and [[assist]] each other; always will they be [[mutually]] dependent on [[co-operation]] in the solution of perplexing [[universe]] [[problems]] and in the overcoming of manifold [[cosmic]] [[difficulties]].

84:7.7 4. ''The enhancement of parental instinct''. Each [[generation]] now tends to eliminate from the [[reproductive]] [[stream]] of the [[race]] those [[individuals]] in whom parental instinct is insufficiently strong to insure the procreation of [[children]], the prospective [[parents]] of the next [[generation]].

84:7.7 4. ''The enhancement of parental instinct''. Each [[generation]] now tends to eliminate from the [[reproductive]] [[stream]] of the [[race]] those [[individuals]] in whom parental instinct is insufficiently strong to insure the procreation of [[children]], the prospective [[parents]] of the next [[generation]].

84:7.8 But the [[home]] as an [[institution]], a partnership between one man and one woman, dates more specifically from the days of [[Dalamatia]], about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleistocene one-half million years ago], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monogamy monogamous] [[practices]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#PAPER_63:_THE_FIRST_HUMAN_FAMILY Andon] and his immediate [[descendants]] having been abandoned long before. [[Family]] life, however, was not much to boast of before the days of the [[Nodites]] and the later [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76_-_The_Second_Garden#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE Adamites]. [[Adam and Eve]] exerted a lasting [[influence]] on all [[mankind]]; for the first time in the [[history]] of the world [[men]] and [[women]] were [[observed]] working side by side in [[the Garden]]. The [[Eden]]ic [[ideal]], the whole [[family]] as gardeners, was a new [[idea]] on [[Urantia]].

84:7.8 But the [[home]] as an [[institution]], a partnership between one man and one woman, dates more specifically from the days of [[Dalamatia]], about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleistocene one-half million years ago], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monogamy monogamous] [[practices]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#PAPER_63:_THE_FIRST_HUMAN_FAMILY Andon] and his immediate [[descendants]] having been abandoned long before. [[Family]] life, however, was not much to boast of before the days of the [[Nodites]] and the later [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76_-_The_Second_Garden#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE Adamites]. [[Adam and Eve]] exerted a lasting [[influence]] on all [[mankind]]; for the first time in the [[history]] of the world [[men]] and [[women]] were [[observed]] working side by side in [[the Garden]]. The [[Eden]]ic [[ideal]], the whole [[family]] as gardeners, was a new [[idea]] on [[Urantia]].

84:7.9 The early [[family]] [[embraced]] a related working [[group]], including the [[slaves]], all living in one dwelling. [[Marriage]] and [[family]] life have not always been identical but have of [[necessity]] been closely [[associated]]. [[Woman]] always wanted the [[individual]] [[family]], and [[eventually]] she had her way.

84:7.9 The early [[family]] [[embraced]] a related working [[group]], including the [[slaves]], all living in one dwelling. [[Marriage]] and [[family]] life have not always been identical but have of [[necessity]] been closely [[associated]]. [[Woman]] always wanted the [[individual]] [[family]], and [[eventually]] she had her way.

84:7.20 Among [[ancient]] [[savages]], [[discipline]] of [[children]] was begun very early; and the child early [[realized]] that disobedience meant failure or even [[death]] just as it did to the [[animals]]. It is [[civilization]]'s [[protection]] of the [[child]] from the [[natural]] consequences of foolish conduct that [[contributes]] so much to [[modern]] insubordination.

84:7.20 Among [[ancient]] [[savages]], [[discipline]] of [[children]] was begun very early; and the child early [[realized]] that disobedience meant failure or even [[death]] just as it did to the [[animals]]. It is [[civilization]]'s [[protection]] of the [[child]] from the [[natural]] consequences of foolish conduct that [[contributes]] so much to [[modern]] insubordination.

84:7.21 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskimo Eskimo] [[children]] thrive on so little [[discipline]] and correction simply because they are [[naturally]] docile little [[animals]]; the children of both the red and the yellow men are almost equally tractable. But in races containing [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:4._THE_ANDITES Andite] [[inheritance]], [[children]] are not so placid; these more [[imaginative]] and [[adventurous]] [[youths]] require more [[training]] and [[discipline]]. [[Modern]] [[problems]] of [[child]] [[culture]] are rendered increasingly difficult by:

84:7.21 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskimo Eskimo] [[children]] thrive on so little [[discipline]] and correction simply because they are [[naturally]] docile little [[animals]]; the children of both the red and the yellow men are almost equally tractable. But in races containing [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:4._THE_ANDITES Andite] [[inheritance]], [[children]] are not so placid; these more [[imaginative]] and [[adventurous]] [[youths]] require more [[training]] and [[discipline]]. [[Modern]] [[problems]] of [[child]] [[culture]] are rendered increasingly difficult by:

*1. 84:7.22 ''The large degree of race mixture''.

*1. 84:7.22 ''The large degree of race mixture''.

84:7.28 [[Marriage]], with [[children]] and consequent [[family]] life, is stimulative of the highest [[potentials]] in [[human]] [[nature]] and [[simultaneously]] provides the [[ideal]] avenue for the [[expression]] of these quickened [[attributes]] of [[mortal]] [[personality]]. The [[family]] provides for the [[biologic]] [[perpetuation]] of the [[human]] [[species]]. The [[home]] is the [[natural]] [[social]] arena wherein the [[ethics]] of blood [[brotherhood]] may be grasped by the growing [[children]]. The [[family]] is the [[fundamental]] [[unit]] of fraternity in which [[parents]] and [[children]] learn those lessons of [[patience]], [[altruism]], [[tolerance]], and forbearance which are so [[essential]] to the [[realization]] of brotherhood among all men.

84:7.28 [[Marriage]], with [[children]] and consequent [[family]] life, is stimulative of the highest [[potentials]] in [[human]] [[nature]] and [[simultaneously]] provides the [[ideal]] avenue for the [[expression]] of these quickened [[attributes]] of [[mortal]] [[personality]]. The [[family]] provides for the [[biologic]] [[perpetuation]] of the [[human]] [[species]]. The [[home]] is the [[natural]] [[social]] arena wherein the [[ethics]] of blood [[brotherhood]] may be grasped by the growing [[children]]. The [[family]] is the [[fundamental]] [[unit]] of fraternity in which [[parents]] and [[children]] learn those lessons of [[patience]], [[altruism]], [[tolerance]], and forbearance which are so [[essential]] to the [[realization]] of brotherhood among all men.

84:7.29 [[Human]] [[society]] would be greatly improved if the civilized [[races]] would more generally return to the [[family]]-[[council]] [[practices]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:4._THE_ANDITES Andites]. They did not maintain the [[patriarchal]] or [[autocratic]] form of [[family]] [[government]]. They were very brotherly and [[associative]], freely and frankly [[discussing]] every proposal and regulation of a [[family]] [[nature]]. They were ideally fraternal in all their family [[government]]. In an ideal family filial and parental [[affection]] are both augmented by fraternal [[devotion]].

84:7.29 [[Human]] [[society]] would be greatly improved if the civilized [[races]] would more generally return to the [[family]]-[[council]] [[practices]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:4._THE_ANDITES Andites]. They did not maintain the [[patriarchal]] or [[autocratic]] form of [[family]] [[government]]. They were very brotherly and [[associative]], freely and frankly [[discussing]] every proposal and regulation of a [[family]] [[nature]]. They were ideally fraternal in all their family [[government]]. In an ideal family filial and parental [[affection]] are both augmented by fraternal [[devotion]].

84:7.30 Family life is the progenitor of true [[morality]], the [[ancestor]] of the [[consciousness]] of [[loyalty]] to [[duty]]. The enforced [[associations]] of [[family]] life [[stabilize]] [[personality]] and stimulate its [[growth]] through the compulsion of necessitous [[adjustment]] to other and [[diverse]] [[personalities]]. But even more, a true family—a [[good]] [[family]]—reveals to the parental procreators the [[attitude]] of the [[Creator]] to his [[children]], while at the same time such true [[parents]] portray to their children the first of a long series of [[ascending]] disclosures of the [[love]] of the [[Paradise]] [[parent]] of all [[universe]] [[children]].

84:7.30 Family life is the progenitor of true [[morality]], the [[ancestor]] of the [[consciousness]] of [[loyalty]] to [[duty]]. The enforced [[associations]] of [[family]] life [[stabilize]] [[personality]] and stimulate its [[growth]] through the compulsion of necessitous [[adjustment]] to other and [[diverse]] [[personalities]]. But even more, a true family—a [[good]] [[family]]—reveals to the parental procreators the [[attitude]] of the [[Creator]] to his [[children]], while at the same time such true [[parents]] portray to their children the first of a long series of [[ascending]] disclosures of the [[love]] of the [[Paradise]] [[parent]] of all [[universe]] [[children]].

84:8.2 Originally, [[property]] was the basic [[institution]] of [[self]]-[[maintenance]], while [[marriage]] functioned as the [[unique]] [[institution]] of [[self]]-[[perpetuation]]. Although [[food]] [[satisfaction]], [[play]], and [[humor]], along with periodic [[sex]] indulgence, were means of [[self-gratification]], it remains a [[fact]] that the evolving [[mores]] have failed to build any distinct [[institution]] of [[self-gratification]]. And it is due to this failure to evolve specialized [[techniques]] of pleasurable enjoyment that all [[human]] [[institutions]] are so completely shot through with this [[pleasure]] pursuit. [[Property]] accumulation is becoming an instrument for augmenting all forms of [[self-gratification]], while [[marriage]] is often viewed only as a means of [[pleasure]]. And this overindulgence, this widely spread [[pleasure]] mania, now [[constitutes]] the greatest [[threat]] that has ever been leveled at the [[social]] [[evolutionary]] [[institution]] of [[family]] life, the [[home]].

84:8.2 Originally, [[property]] was the basic [[institution]] of [[self]]-[[maintenance]], while [[marriage]] functioned as the [[unique]] [[institution]] of [[self]]-[[perpetuation]]. Although [[food]] [[satisfaction]], [[play]], and [[humor]], along with periodic [[sex]] indulgence, were means of [[self-gratification]], it remains a [[fact]] that the evolving [[mores]] have failed to build any distinct [[institution]] of [[self-gratification]]. And it is due to this failure to evolve specialized [[techniques]] of pleasurable enjoyment that all [[human]] [[institutions]] are so completely shot through with this [[pleasure]] pursuit. [[Property]] accumulation is becoming an instrument for augmenting all forms of [[self-gratification]], while [[marriage]] is often viewed only as a means of [[pleasure]]. And this overindulgence, this widely spread [[pleasure]] mania, now [[constitutes]] the greatest [[threat]] that has ever been leveled at the [[social]] [[evolutionary]] [[institution]] of [[family]] life, the [[home]].

84:8.3 The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76_-_The_Second_Garden#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE violet race] introduced a new and only imperfectly realized characteristic into the [[experience]] of [[humankind]]—the [[play]] [[instinct]] coupled with the sense of [[humor]]. It was there in [[measure]] in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA Sangiks] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:5._DISPERSION_OF_THE_ANDONITES Andonites], but the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76_-_The_Second_Garden#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE Adamic strain] elevated this [[primitive]] [[propensity]] into the [[potential]] of [[pleasure]], a new and [[glorified]] form of [[self-gratification]]. The basic type of self-gratification, aside from appeasing hunger, is sex gratification, and this form of sensual pleasure was enormously heightened by the blending of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA Sangiks] and the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:4._THE_ANDITES Andites].

84:8.3 The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76_-_The_Second_Garden#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE violet race] introduced a new and only imperfectly realized characteristic into the [[experience]] of [[humankind]]—the [[play]] [[instinct]] coupled with the sense of [[humor]]. It was there in [[measure]] in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA Sangiks] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:5._DISPERSION_OF_THE_ANDONITES Andonites], but the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76_-_The_Second_Garden#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE Adamic strain] elevated this [[primitive]] [[propensity]] into the [[potential]] of [[pleasure]], a new and [[glorified]] form of [[self-gratification]]. The basic type of self-gratification, aside from appeasing hunger, is sex gratification, and this form of sensual pleasure was enormously heightened by the blending of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA Sangiks] and the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:4._THE_ANDITES Andites].

84:8.4 There is real [[danger]] in the combination of restlessness, [[curiosity]], [[adventure]], and [[pleasure]]-abandon characteristic of the post-Andite races. The [[hunger]] of the [[soul]] cannot be satisfied with [[physical]] [[pleasures]]; the [[love]] of [[home]] and [[children]] is not augmented by the unwise [[pursuit]] of [[pleasure]]. Though you exhaust the [[resources]] of [[art]], [[color]], [[sound]], rhythm, [[music]], and adornment of person, you cannot hope thereby to elevate the [[soul]] or to nourish the [[spirit]]. [[Vanity]] and [[fashion]] cannot minister to [[home]] building and [[child]] [[culture]]; [[pride]] and [[rivalry]] are powerless to enhance the [[survival]] qualities of succeeding [[generations]].

84:8.4 There is real [[danger]] in the combination of restlessness, [[curiosity]], [[adventure]], and [[pleasure]]-abandon characteristic of the post-Andite races. The [[hunger]] of the [[soul]] cannot be satisfied with [[physical]] [[pleasures]]; the [[love]] of [[home]] and [[children]] is not augmented by the unwise [[pursuit]] of [[pleasure]]. Though you exhaust the [[resources]] of [[art]], [[color]], [[sound]], rhythm, [[music]], and adornment of person, you cannot hope thereby to elevate the [[soul]] or to nourish the [[spirit]]. [[Vanity]] and [[fashion]] cannot minister to [[home]] building and [[child]] [[culture]]; [[pride]] and [[rivalry]] are powerless to enhance the [[survival]] qualities of succeeding [[generations]].

84:8.7 Presented by the Chief of [[Seraphim]] stationed on [[Urantia]].

84:8.7 Presented by the Chief of [[Seraphim]] stationed on [[Urantia]].

<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_85 Go to Next Paper]</center><center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_83 Go to Previous Paper]</center>

<center>[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_85 Go to Next Paper]</center><center>[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_83 Go to Previous Paper]</center>

<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>

<center>[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>

[[Category: PART III: The History of Urantia]]

[[Category: PART III: The History of Urantia]]