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133:7.1 Shortly the travelers set sail for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus Cyprus], stopping at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodes Rhodes]. They enjoyed the long [[water]] voyage and arrived at their island destination much rested in [[body]] and refreshed in [[spirit]].

133:7.1 Shortly the travelers set sail for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus Cyprus], stopping at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodes Rhodes]. They enjoyed the long [[water]] voyage and arrived at their island destination much rested in [[body]] and refreshed in [[spirit]].

133:7.2 It was their [[plan]] to [[enjoy]] a period of real [[rest]] and [[play]] on this [[visit]] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus Cyprus] as their tour of the [[Mediterranean]] was drawing to a close. They landed at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paphos Paphos] and at once began the assembly of supplies for their [[sojourn]] of several weeks in the near-by [[mountains]]. On the third day after their arrival they started for the hills with their well-loaded [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pack_animal pack animals].

133:7.2 It was their [[plan]] to [[enjoy]] a period of real [[rest]] and [[play]] on this [[visit]] to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus Cyprus] as their tour of the [[Mediterranean]] was drawing to a close. They landed at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paphos Paphos] and at once began the assembly of supplies for their [[sojourn]] of several weeks in the near-by [[mountains]]. On the third day after their arrival they started for the hills with their well-loaded [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pack_animal pack animals].

133:7.3 For two weeks the trio greatly [[enjoyed]] themselves, and then, without [[warning]], young Ganid was suddenly taken grievously ill. For two weeks he [[suffered]] from a raging fever, oftentimes becoming delirious; both [[Jesus]] and Gonod were kept busy attending the sick boy. [[Jesus]] [[skill]]fully and tenderly cared for the lad, and the [[father]] was amazed by both the gentleness and adeptness [[manifested]] in all his [[ministry]] to the afflicted [[youth]]. They were far from [[human]] habitations, and the boy was too ill to be moved; so they [[prepared]] as best they could to nurse him back to [[health]] right there in the [[mountains]].

133:7.3 For two weeks the trio greatly [[enjoyed]] themselves, and then, without [[warning]], young Ganid was suddenly taken grievously ill. For two weeks he [[suffered]] from a raging fever, oftentimes becoming delirious; both [[Jesus]] and Gonod were kept busy attending the sick boy. [[Jesus]] [[skill]]fully and tenderly cared for the lad, and the [[father]] was amazed by both the gentleness and adeptness [[manifested]] in all his [[ministry]] to the afflicted [[youth]]. They were far from [[human]] habitations, and the boy was too ill to be moved; so they [[prepared]] as best they could to nurse him back to [[health]] right there in the [[mountains]].

133:7.4 During Ganid's convalescence of three weeks [[Jesus]] told him many interesting things about [[nature]] and her various [[moods]]. And what fun they had as they wandered over the [[mountains]], the boy asking questions, [[Jesus]] answering them, and the [[father]] marveling at the whole [[performance]].

133:7.4 During Ganid's convalescence of three weeks [[Jesus]] told him many interesting things about [[nature]] and her various [[moods]]. And what fun they had as they wandered over the [[mountains]], the boy asking questions, [[Jesus]] answering them, and the [[father]] marveling at the whole [[performance]].

133:7.5 The last week of their [[sojourn]] in the [[mountains]] [[Jesus]] and Ganid had a long talk on the [[functions]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 human mind]. After several hours of [[discussion]] the lad asked this question: " But, Teacher, what do you mean when you say that [[man]] [[experiences]] a higher form of [[self-consciousness]] than do the higher [[animals]]? " And as restated in modern phraseology, Jesus answered:

133:7.5 The last week of their [[sojourn]] in the [[mountains]] [[Jesus]] and Ganid had a long talk on the [[functions]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 human mind]. After several hours of [[discussion]] the lad asked this question: " But, Teacher, what do you mean when you say that [[man]] [[experiences]] a higher form of [[self-consciousness]] than do the higher [[animals]]? " And as restated in modern phraseology, Jesus answered:

133:7.6 My son, I have already told you much about the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE mind of man] and the [[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]] that lives therein, but now let me emphasize that [[self-consciousness]] is a [[reality]]. When any [[animal]] becomes [[self-conscious]], it becomes a [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:1._PRIMITIVE_MAN primitive man]. Such an [[attainment]] results from a [[co-ordination]] of [[function]] between [[impersonal]] [[energy]] and [[spirit]]-conceiving [[mind]], and it is this [[phenomenon]] which warrants the [[bestowal]] of an [[absolute]] [[focal point]] for the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:1._PERSONALITY_AND_REALITY human personality], the spirit of [[the Father]] in heaven.

133:7.6 My son, I have already told you much about the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE mind of man] and the [[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]] that lives therein, but now let me emphasize that [[self-consciousness]] is a [[reality]]. When any [[animal]] becomes [[self-conscious]], it becomes a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:1._PRIMITIVE_MAN primitive man]. Such an [[attainment]] results from a [[co-ordination]] of [[function]] between [[impersonal]] [[energy]] and [[spirit]]-conceiving [[mind]], and it is this [[phenomenon]] which warrants the [[bestowal]] of an [[absolute]] [[focal point]] for the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:1._PERSONALITY_AND_REALITY human personality], the spirit of [[the Father]] in heaven.

133:7.7 [[Ideas]] are not simply a [[record]] of sensations; [[ideas]] are sensations plus the [[reflective]] [[interpretations]] of the [[personal]] [[self]]; and the [[self]] is more than the sum of one's sensations. There begins to be something of an approach to [[unity]] in an evolving [[selfhood]], and that [[unity]] is derived from the [[Thought Adjuster|indwelling presence]] of a [[part]] of [[absolute]] [[unity]] which spiritually [[Initiative|activates]] such a [[self-conscious]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 animal-origin mind].

133:7.7 [[Ideas]] are not simply a [[record]] of sensations; [[ideas]] are sensations plus the [[reflective]] [[interpretations]] of the [[personal]] [[self]]; and the [[self]] is more than the sum of one's sensations. There begins to be something of an approach to [[unity]] in an evolving [[selfhood]], and that [[unity]] is derived from the [[Thought Adjuster|indwelling presence]] of a [[part]] of [[absolute]] [[unity]] which spiritually [[Initiative|activates]] such a [[self-conscious]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 animal-origin mind].

133:7.8 No mere [[animal]] could [[possess]] a [[time]] [[self-consciousness]]. Animals possess a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physiology physiological] [[co-ordination]] of associated sensation-[[recognition]] and [[memory]] thereof, but none [[experience]] a [[meaningful]] [[recognition]] of sensation or exhibit a [[purposeful]] [[association]] of these combined [[physical]] [[experiences]] such as is [[manifested]] in the conclusions of [[intelligent]] and [[reflective]] [[human]] [[interpretations]]. And this [[fact]] of [[self-conscious]] [[existence]], associated with the [[reality]] of his subsequent [[spiritual]] [[experience]], [[constitutes]] man a [[potential]] son of the [[universe]] and [[foreshadows]] his [[eventual]] [[attainment]] of the [[Supremacy|Supreme Unity]] of the [[universe]].

133:7.8 No mere [[animal]] could [[possess]] a [[time]] [[self-consciousness]]. Animals possess a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physiology physiological] [[co-ordination]] of associated sensation-[[recognition]] and [[memory]] thereof, but none [[experience]] a [[meaningful]] [[recognition]] of sensation or exhibit a [[purposeful]] [[association]] of these combined [[physical]] [[experiences]] such as is [[manifested]] in the conclusions of [[intelligent]] and [[reflective]] [[human]] [[interpretations]]. And this [[fact]] of [[self-conscious]] [[existence]], associated with the [[reality]] of his subsequent [[spiritual]] [[experience]], [[constitutes]] man a [[potential]] son of the [[universe]] and [[foreshadows]] his [[eventual]] [[attainment]] of the [[Supremacy|Supreme Unity]] of the [[universe]].

133:7.9 Neither is the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:2._THE_SELF human self] merely the [[sum]] of the [[successive]] states of [[consciousness]]. Without the [[effective]] [[functioning]] of a [[consciousness]] sorter and associater there would not exist sufficient [[unity]] to warrant the designation of a [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:5._SURVIVAL_OF_THE_HUMAN_SELF selfhood]. Such an ununified [[mind]] could hardly [[attain]] conscious levels of [[human]] [[status]]. If the associations of [[consciousness]] were just an [[accident]], the [[minds]] of all men would then exhibit the uncontrolled and [[random]] [[associations]] of certain [[phases]] of mental madness.

133:7.9 Neither is the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:2._THE_SELF human self] merely the [[sum]] of the [[successive]] states of [[consciousness]]. Without the [[effective]] [[functioning]] of a [[consciousness]] sorter and associater there would not exist sufficient [[unity]] to warrant the designation of a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:5._SURVIVAL_OF_THE_HUMAN_SELF selfhood]. Such an ununified [[mind]] could hardly [[attain]] conscious levels of [[human]] [[status]]. If the associations of [[consciousness]] were just an [[accident]], the [[minds]] of all men would then exhibit the uncontrolled and [[random]] [[associations]] of certain [[phases]] of mental madness.

133:7.10 A [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 human mind], built up solely out of the [[consciousness]] of [[physical]] sensations, could never [[attain]] [[spiritual]] levels; this kind of material [[mind]] would be utterly lacking in a sense of [[moral]] [[values]] and would be without a [[guiding]] sense of [[spiritual]] [[dominance]] which is so [[essential]] to achieving [[harmonious]] [[personality]] [[unity]] in [[time]], and which is inseparable from [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112 personality survival] in [[eternity]].

133:7.10 A [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 human mind], built up solely out of the [[consciousness]] of [[physical]] sensations, could never [[attain]] [[spiritual]] levels; this kind of material [[mind]] would be utterly lacking in a sense of [[moral]] [[values]] and would be without a [[guiding]] sense of [[spiritual]] [[dominance]] which is so [[essential]] to achieving [[harmonious]] [[personality]] [[unity]] in [[time]], and which is inseparable from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112 personality survival] in [[eternity]].

133:7.11 The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 human mind] early begins to [[manifest]] [[qualities]] which are supermaterial; the truly [[reflective]] human [[intellect]] is not altogether bound by the [[limits]] of [[time]]. That [[individuals]] so differ in their life [[performances]] indicates, not only the varying [[endowments]] of [[heredity]] and the different [[influences]] of the [[environment]], but also the [[degree]] of unification with the [[indwelling spirit]] of [[the Father]] which has been achieved by the [[self]], the [[measure]] of the identification of the one with the other.

133:7.11 The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 human mind] early begins to [[manifest]] [[qualities]] which are supermaterial; the truly [[reflective]] human [[intellect]] is not altogether bound by the [[limits]] of [[time]]. That [[individuals]] so differ in their life [[performances]] indicates, not only the varying [[endowments]] of [[heredity]] and the different [[influences]] of the [[environment]], but also the [[degree]] of unification with the [[indwelling spirit]] of [[the Father]] which has been achieved by the [[self]], the [[measure]] of the identification of the one with the other.

133:7.12 The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE human mind] does not well stand the [[conflict]] of double [[allegiance]]. It is a severe strain on the [[soul]] to undergo the [[experience]] of an [[effort]] to serve both [[good]] and [[evil]]. The supremely [[happy]] and efficiently [[unified]] [[mind]] is the one wholly [[dedicated]] to the [[Doing the will of God|doing of the will of the Father]] in heaven. Unresolved [[conflicts]] destroy [[unity]] and may terminate in [[mind]] disruption. But the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:5._SURVIVAL_OF_THE_HUMAN_SELF survival character]] of a [[soul]] is not fostered by attempting to [[secure]] [[peace]] of [[mind]] at any price, by the [[surrender]] of [[noble]] [[aspirations]], and by the [[compromise]] of [[spiritual]] [[ideals]]; rather is such [[peace]] attained by the stalwart [[assertion]] of the triumph of that which is [[true]], and this [[victory]] is achieved in the overcoming of [[evil]] with the [[potent]] [[force]] of [[good]].

133:7.12 The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE human mind] does not well stand the [[conflict]] of double [[allegiance]]. It is a severe strain on the [[soul]] to undergo the [[experience]] of an [[effort]] to serve both [[good]] and [[evil]]. The supremely [[happy]] and efficiently [[unified]] [[mind]] is the one wholly [[dedicated]] to the [[Doing the will of God|doing of the will of the Father]] in heaven. Unresolved [[conflicts]] destroy [[unity]] and may terminate in [[mind]] disruption. But the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:5._SURVIVAL_OF_THE_HUMAN_SELF survival character]] of a [[soul]] is not fostered by attempting to [[secure]] [[peace]] of [[mind]] at any price, by the [[surrender]] of [[noble]] [[aspirations]], and by the [[compromise]] of [[spiritual]] [[ideals]]; rather is such [[peace]] attained by the stalwart [[assertion]] of the triumph of that which is [[true]], and this [[victory]] is achieved in the overcoming of [[evil]] with the [[potent]] [[force]] of [[good]].

133:7.13 The next day they departed for Salamis, where they embarked for Antioch on the Syrian coast.

133:7.13 The next day they departed for Salamis, where they embarked for Antioch on the Syrian coast.

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

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