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112:2.2 In all [[concepts]] of [[selfhood]] it should be [[recognized]] that the [[fact]] of life comes first, its [[evaluation]] or [[interpretation]] later. The [[human]] [[child]] first lives and subsequently [[thinks]] about his living. In the [[cosmic]] [[economy]] [[insight]] precedes [[foresight]].

112:2.2 In all [[concepts]] of [[selfhood]] it should be [[recognized]] that the [[fact]] of life comes first, its [[evaluation]] or [[interpretation]] later. The [[human]] [[child]] first lives and subsequently [[thinks]] about his living. In the [[cosmic]] [[economy]] [[insight]] precedes [[foresight]].

112:2.3 The [[universe]] [[fact]] of [[God]]'s becoming man has forever changed all [[meanings]] and altered all [[values]] of [[human]] [[personality]]. In the true [[meaning]] of the [[word]], [[love]] connotes [[mutual]] regard of whole [[personalities]], whether [[human]] or [[divine]] or human and divine. [[Parts]] of the [[self]] may [[function]] in numerous ways—[[thinking]], [[feeling]], [[wishing]]—but only the [[co-ordinated]] [[attributes]] of the whole [[personality]] are [[focused]] in [[intelligent]] [[action]]; and all of these [[powers]] are [[associated]] with the [[spiritual]] [[endowment]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE mortal mind] when a [[human being]] [[sincerely]] and [[unselfishly]] [[loves]] another [[being]], [[human]] or [[divine]].

112:2.3 The [[universe]] [[fact]] of [[God]]'s becoming man has forever changed all [[meanings]] and altered all [[values]] of [[human]] [[personality]]. In the true [[meaning]] of the [[word]], [[love]] connotes [[mutual]] regard of whole [[personalities]], whether [[human]] or [[divine]] or human and divine. [[Parts]] of the [[self]] may [[function]] in numerous ways—[[thinking]], [[feeling]], [[wishing]]—but only the [[co-ordinated]] [[attributes]] of the whole [[personality]] are [[focused]] in [[intelligent]] [[action]]; and all of these [[powers]] are [[associated]] with the [[spiritual]] [[endowment]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE mortal mind] when a [[human being]] [[sincerely]] and [[unselfishly]] [[loves]] another [[being]], [[human]] or [[divine]].

112:2.4 All [[mortal]] [[concepts]] of [[reality]] are based on the [[assumption]] of the [[actuality]] of [[human]] [[personality]]; all [[concepts]] of [[superhuman]] [[realities]] are based on the [[experience]] of the [[human]] [[personality]] with and in the [[cosmic]] [[realities]] of certain [[associated]] [[spiritual]] [[entities]] and [[divine]] [[personalities]]. [[Everything]] nonspiritual in human [[experience]], excepting [[personality]], is a means to an end. Every true [[relationship]] of [[mortal]] man with other [[persons]]—[[human]] or [[divine]]—is an end in itself. And such fellowship with the [[personality]] of [[Deity]] is the [[eternal]] goal of [[universe]] [[ascension]].

112:2.4 All [[mortal]] [[concepts]] of [[reality]] are based on the [[assumption]] of the [[actuality]] of [[human]] [[personality]]; all [[concepts]] of [[superhuman]] [[realities]] are based on the [[experience]] of the [[human]] [[personality]] with and in the [[cosmic]] [[realities]] of certain [[associated]] [[spiritual]] [[entities]] and [[divine]] [[personalities]]. [[Everything]] nonspiritual in human [[experience]], excepting [[personality]], is a means to an end. Every true [[relationship]] of [[mortal]] man with other [[persons]]—[[human]] or [[divine]]—is an end in itself. And such fellowship with the [[personality]] of [[Deity]] is the [[eternal]] goal of [[universe]] [[ascension]].

112:2.5 The [[possession]] of [[personality]] identifies [[man]] as a [[spiritual]] [[being]] since the [[unity]] of [[selfhood]] and the [[self-consciousness]] of [[personality]] are [[endowments]] of the supermaterial world. The very [[fact]] that a [[mortal]] [[materialist]] can deny the [[existence]] of supermaterial realities in and of itself [[demonstrates]] the [[presence]], and indicates the working, of [[spirit]] [[synthesis]] and [[cosmic]] [[consciousness]] in his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 human mind].

112:2.5 The [[possession]] of [[personality]] identifies [[man]] as a [[spiritual]] [[being]] since the [[unity]] of [[selfhood]] and the [[self-consciousness]] of [[personality]] are [[endowments]] of the supermaterial world. The very [[fact]] that a [[mortal]] [[materialist]] can deny the [[existence]] of supermaterial realities in and of itself [[demonstrates]] the [[presence]], and indicates the working, of [[spirit]] [[synthesis]] and [[cosmic]] [[consciousness]] in his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 human mind].

112:2.6 There exists a great [[cosmic]] gulf between [[matter]] and [[thought]], and this gulf is immeasurably greater between [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 material mind] and [[spiritual]] [[love]]. [[Consciousness]], much less [[self-consciousness]], cannot be [[explained]] by any [[theory]] of [[mechanistic]] [[electronic]] [[association]] or [[materialistic]] [[energy]] [[phenomena]].

112:2.6 There exists a great [[cosmic]] gulf between [[matter]] and [[thought]], and this gulf is immeasurably greater between [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 material mind] and [[spiritual]] [[love]]. [[Consciousness]], much less [[self-consciousness]], cannot be [[explained]] by any [[theory]] of [[mechanistic]] [[electronic]] [[association]] or [[materialistic]] [[energy]] [[phenomena]].

112:2.7 As [[mind]] pursues [[reality]] to its [[ultimate]] [[analysis]], [[matter]] vanishes to the [[material]] [[senses]] but may still remain real to [[mind]]. When [[spiritual]] [[insight]] pursues that [[reality]] which remains after the disappearance of [[matter]] and pursues it to an [[ultimate]] [[analysis]], it vanishes to [[mind]], but the [[insight]] of [[spirit]] can still [[perceive]] [[cosmic]] realities and supreme [[values]] of a [[spiritual]] [[nature]]. Accordingly does [[science]] give way to [[philosophy]], while philosophy must [[surrender]] to the conclusions [[inherent]] in genuine [[spiritual]] [[experience]]. [[Thinking]] [[surrenders]] to [[wisdom]], and wisdom is lost in [[enlightened]] and [[reflective]] [[worship]].

112:2.7 As [[mind]] pursues [[reality]] to its [[ultimate]] [[analysis]], [[matter]] vanishes to the [[material]] [[senses]] but may still remain real to [[mind]]. When [[spiritual]] [[insight]] pursues that [[reality]] which remains after the disappearance of [[matter]] and pursues it to an [[ultimate]] [[analysis]], it vanishes to [[mind]], but the [[insight]] of [[spirit]] can still [[perceive]] [[cosmic]] realities and supreme [[values]] of a [[spiritual]] [[nature]]. Accordingly does [[science]] give way to [[philosophy]], while philosophy must [[surrender]] to the conclusions [[inherent]] in genuine [[spiritual]] [[experience]]. [[Thinking]] [[surrenders]] to [[wisdom]], and wisdom is lost in [[enlightened]] and [[reflective]] [[worship]].

112:2.9 In [[time]], [[thinking]] leads to [[wisdom]] and wisdom leads to [[worship]]; in [[eternity]], worship leads to wisdom, and wisdom [[eventuates]] in the finality of [[thought]].

112:2.9 In [[time]], [[thinking]] leads to [[wisdom]] and wisdom leads to [[worship]]; in [[eternity]], worship leads to wisdom, and wisdom [[eventuates]] in the finality of [[thought]].

112:2.10 The [[possibility]] of the [[unification]] of the evolving [[self]] is [[inherent]] in the [[qualities]] of its constitutive [[factors]]: the basic energies, the master tissues, the [[fundamental]] [[chemical]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_118#118:8._CONTROL_AND_OVERCONTROL overcontrol], the [[supreme]] [[ideas]], the supreme [[motives]], the supreme goals, and the [[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]] of [[Paradise]] [[bestowal]]—the [[secret]] of the [[self-consciousness]] of man's [[spiritual]] [[nature]].

112:2.10 The [[possibility]] of the [[unification]] of the evolving [[self]] is [[inherent]] in the [[qualities]] of its constitutive [[factors]]: the basic energies, the master tissues, the [[fundamental]] [[chemical]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_118#118:8._CONTROL_AND_OVERCONTROL overcontrol], the [[supreme]] [[ideas]], the supreme [[motives]], the supreme goals, and the [[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]] of [[Paradise]] [[bestowal]]—the [[secret]] of the [[self-consciousness]] of man's [[spiritual]] [[nature]].

112:2.11 The [[purpose]] of [[cosmic]] [[evolution]] is to achieve [[unity]] of [[personality]] through increasing [[spirit]] [[dominance]], volitional [[response]] to the teaching and leading of the [[Thought Adjuster]]. [[Personality]], both [[human]] and [[superhuman]], is characterized by an [[inherent]] cosmic [[quality]] which may be called "the evolution of dominance,"[http://www.zoology.ubc.ca/~otto/Talks/Dominance/Dominance.html]  the expansion of the [[control]] of both itself and its [[environment]].

112:2.11 The [[purpose]] of [[cosmic]] [[evolution]] is to achieve [[unity]] of [[personality]] through increasing [[spirit]] [[dominance]], volitional [[response]] to the teaching and leading of the [[Thought Adjuster]]. [[Personality]], both [[human]] and [[superhuman]], is characterized by an [[inherent]] cosmic [[quality]] which may be called "the evolution of dominance,"[https://www.zoology.ubc.ca/~otto/Talks/Dominance/Dominance.html]  the expansion of the [[control]] of both itself and its [[environment]].

112:2.12 An [[ascending]] onetime [[human]] [[personality]] passes through [[two]] great [[phases]] of increasing [[volitional]] [[dominance]] over the [[self]] and in the [[universe]]:

112:2.12 An [[ascending]] onetime [[human]] [[personality]] passes through [[two]] great [[phases]] of increasing [[volitional]] [[dominance]] over the [[self]] and in the [[universe]]:

*2. 112:2.14 ''The postfinaliter'' or God-revealing experience of the [[creative]] expansion of self-realization through [[revealing]] the [[Supreme Being]] of [[experience]] to the God-seeking [[intelligences]] who have not yet [[attained]] the [[divine]] levels of Godlikeness.

*2. 112:2.14 ''The postfinaliter'' or God-revealing experience of the [[creative]] expansion of self-realization through [[revealing]] the [[Supreme Being]] of [[experience]] to the God-seeking [[intelligences]] who have not yet [[attained]] the [[divine]] levels of Godlikeness.

112:2.15 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20#20:1._THE_DESCENDING_SONS_OF_GOD Descending personalities] [[attain]] [[analogous]] [[experiences]] through their various [[universe]] [[adventures]] as they seek for enlarged [[capacity]] for ascertaining and [[executing]] the divine wills of the [[Supreme]], [[Ultimate]], and [[Absolute]] Deities.

112:2.15 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20#20:1._THE_DESCENDING_SONS_OF_GOD Descending personalities] [[attain]] [[analogous]] [[experiences]] through their various [[universe]] [[adventures]] as they seek for enlarged [[capacity]] for ascertaining and [[executing]] the divine wills of the [[Supreme]], [[Ultimate]], and [[Absolute]] Deities.

112:2.16 The [[material]] [[self]], the [[ego]]-[[entity]] of [[human]] [[identity]], is dependent during the [[physical]] life on the continuing [[function]] of the material life [[Body|vehicle]], on the continued [[existence]] of the unbalanced [[equilibrium]] of [[energies]] and [[intellect]] which, on [[Urantia]], has been given the name life. But [[selfhood]] of [[survival]] value, [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:6._THE_MORONTIA_SELF selfhood] that can [[transcend]] the [[experience]] of [[death]], is only evolved by [[establishing]] a [[potential]] [[transfer]] of the seat of the [[identity]] of the evolving [[personality]] from the transient life vehicle—the material [[body]]—to the more [[enduring]] and [[immortal]] [[nature]] of the [[morontia]] [[soul]] and on beyond to those [[levels]] whereon the [[soul]] becomes infused with, and [[eventually]] [[attains]] the [[status]] of, [[spirit]] [[reality]]. This actual [[transfer]] from [[material]] [[association]] to [[morontia]] identification is [[effected]] by the [[sincerity]], [[persistence]], and [[steadfastness]] of the God-seeking [[decisions]] of the [[human]] [[creature]].

112:2.16 The [[material]] [[self]], the [[ego]]-[[entity]] of [[human]] [[identity]], is dependent during the [[physical]] life on the continuing [[function]] of the material life [[Body|vehicle]], on the continued [[existence]] of the unbalanced [[equilibrium]] of [[energies]] and [[intellect]] which, on [[Urantia]], has been given the name life. But [[selfhood]] of [[survival]] value, [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:6._THE_MORONTIA_SELF selfhood] that can [[transcend]] the [[experience]] of [[death]], is only evolved by [[establishing]] a [[potential]] [[transfer]] of the seat of the [[identity]] of the evolving [[personality]] from the transient life vehicle—the material [[body]]—to the more [[enduring]] and [[immortal]] [[nature]] of the [[morontia]] [[soul]] and on beyond to those [[levels]] whereon the [[soul]] becomes infused with, and [[eventually]] [[attains]] the [[status]] of, [[spirit]] [[reality]]. This actual [[transfer]] from [[material]] [[association]] to [[morontia]] identification is [[effected]] by the [[sincerity]], [[persistence]], and [[steadfastness]] of the God-seeking [[decisions]] of the [[human]] [[creature]].

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