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111:1.1 Though the [[work]] of [[Adjusters]] is [[spiritual]] in [[nature]], they must, perforce, do all their [[work]] upon an [[intellectual]] [[foundation]]. [[Mind]] is the [[human]] [[soil]] from which the spirit Monitor must evolve the [[morontia]] [[soul]] with the [[co-operation]] of the indwelt [[personality]].

111:1.1 Though the [[work]] of [[Adjusters]] is [[spiritual]] in [[nature]], they must, perforce, do all their [[work]] upon an [[intellectual]] [[foundation]]. [[Mind]] is the [[human]] [[soil]] from which the spirit Monitor must evolve the [[morontia]] [[soul]] with the [[co-operation]] of the indwelt [[personality]].

111:1.2 There is a [[cosmic]] [[unity]] in the several [[mind]] levels of the [[universe of universes]]. [[Intellectual]] selves have their [[origin]] in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_16#16:6._THE_COSMIC_MIND cosmic mind] much as [[nebulae]] take [[origin]] in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#VI._ENERGY_AND_PATTERN cosmic energies] of universe [[space]]. On the human (hence [[personal]]) level of [[intellectual]] selves the [[potential]] of spirit [[evolution]] becomes dominant, with the assent of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 mortal mind], because of the [[spiritual]] [[endowments]] of the [[human]] [[personality]] together with the [[creative]] [[presence]] of an entity-point of [[absolute]] [[value]] in such human selves. But such a [[spirit]] [[dominance]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 material mind] is conditioned upon two [[experiences]]: This [[mind]] must have evolved up through the [[ministry]] of the [[seven adjutant mind-spirits]], and the [[material]] ([[personal]]) [[self]] must [[choose]] to [[co-operate]] with the indwelling [[Adjuster]] in creating and fostering the [[morontia]] [[self]], the [[evolutionary]] and [[potentially]] [[immortal]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:2._NATURE_OF_THE_SOUL soul].

111:1.2 There is a [[cosmic]] [[unity]] in the several [[mind]] levels of the [[universe of universes]]. [[Intellectual]] selves have their [[origin]] in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_16#16:6._THE_COSMIC_MIND cosmic mind] much as [[nebulae]] take [[origin]] in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#VI._ENERGY_AND_PATTERN cosmic energies] of universe [[space]]. On the human (hence [[personal]]) level of [[intellectual]] selves the [[potential]] of spirit [[evolution]] becomes dominant, with the assent of the [[42:10|mortal mind]], because of the [[spiritual]] [[endowments]] of the [[human]] [[personality]] together with the [[creative]] [[presence]] of an entity-point of [[absolute]] [[value]] in such human selves. But such a [[spirit]] [[dominance]] of the [[42:10|material mind]] is conditioned upon two [[experiences]]: This [[mind]] must have evolved up through the [[ministry]] of the [[seven adjutant mind-spirits]], and the [[material]] ([[personal]]) [[self]] must [[choose]] to [[co-operate]] with the indwelling [[Adjuster]] in creating and fostering the [[morontia]] [[self]], the [[evolutionary]] and [[potentially]] [[immortal]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:2._NATURE_OF_THE_SOUL soul].

111:1.3 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 Material mind] is the arena in which [[human]] [[personalities]] live, are [[self-conscious]], make [[decisions]], [[choose]] [[God]] or forsake him, eternalize or destroy themselves.

111:1.3 [[42:10|Material mind]] is the arena in which [[human]] [[personalities]] live, are [[self-conscious]], make [[decisions]], [[choose]] [[God]] or forsake him, eternalize or destroy themselves.

111:1.4 [[Material]] [[evolution]] has provided you a life [[machine]], your [[body]]; [[the Father]] himself has [[endowed]] you with the purest [[spirit]] [[reality]] known in the [[universe]], your [[Thought Adjuster]]. But into your hands, subject to your own [[decisions]], has been given [[mind]], and it is by [[mind]] that you live or die. It is within this [[mind]] and with this mind that you make those [[moral]] [[decisions]] which enable you to achieve Adjusterlikeness, and that is Godlikeness.

111:1.4 [[Material]] [[evolution]] has provided you a life [[machine]], your [[body]]; [[the Father]] himself has [[endowed]] you with the purest [[spirit]] [[reality]] known in the [[universe]], your [[Thought Adjuster]]. But into your hands, subject to your own [[decisions]], has been given [[mind]], and it is by [[mind]] that you live or die. It is within this [[mind]] and with this mind that you make those [[moral]] [[decisions]] which enable you to achieve Adjusterlikeness, and that is Godlikeness.

111:1.5 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 Mortal mind] is a temporary [[intellect]] [[system]] loaned to [[human being]]s for use during a material lifetime, and as they use this [[mind]], they are either accepting or rejecting the [[potential]] of [[eternal]] [[existence]]. [[Mind]] is about all you have of [[universe]] [[reality]] that is subject to your [[Free will|will]], and the [[soul]]—the [[morontia]] [[self]]—will faithfully portray the [[harvest]] of the [[temporal]] [[decisions]] which the [[mortal]] [[self]] is making. [[Human]] [[consciousness]] rests gently upon the [[electrochemical]] [[mechanism]] below and delicately [[touches]] the [[spirit]]-[[morontia]] [[energy]] [[system]] above. Of neither of these two systems is the [[human being]] ever completely [[conscious]] in his mortal life; therefore must he [[work]] in [[mind]], of which he is [[conscious]]. And it is not so much what mind [[comprehends]] as what mind [[desires]] to [[comprehend]] that insures survival; it is not so much what mind is like as what mind is striving to be like that constitutes spirit identification. It is not so much that man is conscious of [[God]] as that man yearns for God that results in [[universe]] [[ascension]]. What you are today is not so important as what you are becoming day by day and in [[eternity]].

111:1.5 [[42:10|Mortal mind]] is a temporary [[intellect]] [[system]] loaned to [[human being]]s for use during a material lifetime, and as they use this [[mind]], they are either accepting or rejecting the [[potential]] of [[eternal]] [[existence]]. [[Mind]] is about all you have of [[universe]] [[reality]] that is subject to your [[Free will|will]], and the [[soul]]—the [[morontia]] [[self]]—will faithfully portray the [[harvest]] of the [[temporal]] [[decisions]] which the [[mortal]] [[self]] is making. [[Human]] [[consciousness]] rests gently upon the [[electrochemical]] [[mechanism]] below and delicately [[touches]] the [[spirit]]-[[morontia]] [[energy]] [[system]] above. Of neither of these two systems is the [[human being]] ever completely [[conscious]] in his mortal life; therefore must he [[work]] in [[mind]], of which he is [[conscious]]. And it is not so much what mind [[comprehends]] as what mind [[desires]] to [[comprehend]] that insures survival; it is not so much what mind is like as what mind is striving to be like that constitutes spirit identification. It is not so much that man is conscious of [[God]] as that man yearns for God that results in [[universe]] [[ascension]]. What you are today is not so important as what you are becoming day by day and in [[eternity]].

111:1.6 [[Mind]] is the [[cosmic]] instrument on which the [[human]] [[Free will|will]] can play the discords of destruction, or upon which this same human will can bring forth the exquisite [[melodies]] of [[God]] [[identification]] and consequent [[eternal]] [[survival]]. The [[Adjuster]] bestowed upon man is, in the last [[analysis]], impervious to [[evil]] and incapable of [[sin]], but [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 mortal mind] can [[actually]] be twisted, distorted, and rendered [[evil]] and ugly by the sinful machinations of a [[perverse]] and [[self]]-seeking human will. Likewise can this [[mind]] be made [[noble]], [[beautiful]], [[true]], and [[good]]—actually great—in [[accordance]] with the [[spirit]]-[[illuminated]] will of a God-knowing [[human being]].

111:1.6 [[Mind]] is the [[cosmic]] instrument on which the [[human]] [[Free will|will]] can play the discords of destruction, or upon which this same human will can bring forth the exquisite [[melodies]] of [[God]] [[identification]] and consequent [[eternal]] [[survival]]. The [[Adjuster]] bestowed upon man is, in the last [[analysis]], impervious to [[evil]] and incapable of [[sin]], but [[42:10|mortal mind]] can [[actually]] be twisted, distorted, and rendered [[evil]] and ugly by the sinful machinations of a [[perverse]] and [[self]]-seeking human will. Likewise can this [[mind]] be made [[noble]], [[beautiful]], [[true]], and [[good]]—actually great—in [[accordance]] with the [[spirit]]-[[illuminated]] will of a God-knowing [[human being]].

111:1.7 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 Evolutionary mind] is only fully [[stable]] and dependable when [[manifesting]] itself upon the two [[extreme]]s of [[cosmic]] [[intellectuality]]—the wholly [[mechanized]] and the entirely [[spiritualized]]. Between the [[intellectual]] extremes of [[pure]] [[mechanical]] [[control]] and true [[spirit]] [[nature]] there [[intervenes]] that enormous [[group]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40 evolving and ascending minds] whose [[stability]] and [[tranquillity]] are dependent upon [[personality]] [[choice]] and spirit identification.

111:1.7 [[42:10|Evolutionary mind]] is only fully [[stable]] and dependable when [[manifesting]] itself upon the two [[extreme]]s of [[cosmic]] [[intellectuality]]—the wholly [[mechanized]] and the entirely [[spiritualized]]. Between the [[intellectual]] extremes of [[pure]] [[mechanical]] [[control]] and true [[spirit]] [[nature]] there [[intervenes]] that enormous [[group]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40 evolving and ascending minds] whose [[stability]] and [[tranquillity]] are dependent upon [[personality]] [[choice]] and spirit identification.

111:1.8 But man does not passively, slavishly, [[surrender]] his will to the [[Adjuster]]. Rather does he [[actively]], positively, and [[co-operative]]ly choose to follow the [[Adjuster]]'s leading when and as such leading consciously differs from the [[desires]] and [[impulses]] of the natural mortal mind. The [[Adjusters]] [[manipulate]] but never [[dominate]] man's mind against his will; to the [[Adjusters]] the human will is [[supreme]]. And they so regard and [[respect]] it while they strive to [[achieve]] the spiritual goals of [[thought]] [[adjustment]] and [[character]] [[transformation]] in the almost [[limitless]] arena of the evolving [[human]] [[intellect]].

111:1.8 But man does not passively, slavishly, [[surrender]] his will to the [[Adjuster]]. Rather does he [[actively]], positively, and [[co-operative]]ly choose to follow the [[Adjuster]]'s leading when and as such leading consciously differs from the [[desires]] and [[impulses]] of the natural mortal mind. The [[Adjusters]] [[manipulate]] but never [[dominate]] man's mind against his will; to the [[Adjusters]] the human will is [[supreme]]. And they so regard and [[respect]] it while they strive to [[achieve]] the spiritual goals of [[thought]] [[adjustment]] and [[character]] [[transformation]] in the almost [[limitless]] arena of the evolving [[human]] [[intellect]].

111:1.9 [[Mind]] is your ship, the [[Adjuster]] is your pilot, the [[human]] [[Free will|will]] is captain. The master of the [[mortal]] vessel should have the [[wisdom]] to trust the [[divine]] pilot to [[guide]] the [[ascending]] [[soul]] into the [[morontia]] [[harbor]]s of eternal [[survival]]. Only by selfishness, slothfulness, and sinfulness can the will of man reject the [[guidance]] of such a loving pilot and [[eventually]] wreck the [[mortal]] [[career]] upon the [[evil]] shoals of rejected [[mercy]] and upon the rocks of [[embraced]] [[sin]]. With your consent, this [[faithful]] pilot will safely carry you across the barriers of [[time]] and the [[handicaps]] of [[space]] to the very [[source]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_3#3:3._GOD.27S_UNIVERSAL_KNOWLEDGE divine mind] and on beyond, even to the [[Paradise Father]] of [[Adjusters]].

111:1.9 [[Mind]] is your ship, the [[Adjuster]] is your pilot, the [[human]] [[Free will|will]] is captain. The master of the [[mortal]] vessel should have the [[wisdom]] to trust the [[divine]] pilot to [[guide]] the [[ascending]] [[soul]] into the [[morontia]] [[harbor]]s of eternal [[survival]]. Only by selfishness, slothfulness, and sinfulness can the will of man reject the [[guidance]] of such a loving pilot and [[eventually]] wreck the [[mortal]] [[career]] upon the [[evil]] shoals of rejected [[mercy]] and upon the rocks of [[embraced]] [[sin]]. With your consent, this [[faithful]] pilot will safely carry you across the barriers of [[time]] and the [[handicaps]] of [[space]] to the very [[source]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_3#3:3._GOD.27S_UNIVERSAL_KNOWLEDGE divine mind] and on beyond, even to the [[Paradise Father]] of [[Adjusters]].

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