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134:5.1 While [[the Master]]'s teaching concerning the [[sovereignty]] of [[God]] is a [[truth]]—only complicated by the subsequent [[appearance]] of the religion about him among the world's religions—his presentations concerning [[political]] [[sovereignty]] are vastly complicated by the [[political]] [[evolution]] of [[nation]] life during the last nineteen hundred years and more. In the times of [[Jesus]] there were only two great world powers—the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire Roman Empire] in [[the West]] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Empire Han Empire] in [[the East]]—and these were widely separated by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthian_kingdom Parthian kingdom] and other intervening lands of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_Sea Caspian] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkestan Turkestan] regions. We have, therefore, in the following presentation departed more widely from the substance of [[the Master]]'s teachings at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urmia Urmia] concerning [[political]] [[sovereignty]], at the same time attempting to depict the import of such teachings as they are applicable to the peculiarly [[critical]] [[stage]] of the [[evolution]] of [[political]] [[sovereignty]] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century twentieth century] after Christ.

134:5.1 While [[the Master]]'s teaching concerning the [[sovereignty]] of [[God]] is a [[truth]]—only complicated by the subsequent [[appearance]] of the religion about him among the world's religions—his presentations concerning [[political]] [[sovereignty]] are vastly complicated by the [[political]] [[evolution]] of [[nation]] life during the last nineteen hundred years and more. In the times of [[Jesus]] there were only two great world powers—the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire Roman Empire] in [[the West]] and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Empire Han Empire] in [[the East]]—and these were widely separated by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthian_kingdom Parthian kingdom] and other intervening lands of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_Sea Caspian] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkestan Turkestan] regions. We have, therefore, in the following presentation departed more widely from the substance of [[the Master]]'s teachings at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urmia Urmia] concerning [[political]] [[sovereignty]], at the same time attempting to depict the import of such teachings as they are applicable to the peculiarly [[critical]] [[stage]] of the [[evolution]] of [[political]] [[sovereignty]] in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_century twentieth century] after Christ.

134:5.2 [[War]] on [[Urantia]] will never end so long as [[nations]] cling to the [[illusive]] notions of unlimited [[national]] [[sovereignty]]. There are only [[two]] [[levels]] of [[relative]] [[sovereignty]] on an [[inhabited world]]: the [[spiritual]] [[free will]] of the [[individual]] [[mortal]] and the [[collective]] [[sovereignty]] of [[mankind]] as a [[whole]]. Between the level of the [[individual]] [[human being]] and the level of the [[total]] of [[mankind]], all groupings and [[associations]] are [[relative]], transitory, and of [[value]] only in so far as they enhance the [[welfare]], well-being, and [[progress]] of the [[individual]] and the [[planetary]] grand [[total]]—man and mankind.

134:5.2 [[War]] on [[Urantia]] will never end so long as [[nations]] cling to the [[illusive]] notions of unlimited [[national]] [[sovereignty]]. There are only [[two]] [[levels]] of [[relative]] [[sovereignty]] on an [[inhabited world]]: the [[spiritual]] [[free will]] of the [[individual]] [[mortal]] and the [[collective]] [[sovereignty]] of [[mankind]] as a [[whole]]. Between the level of the [[individual]] [[human being]] and the level of the [[total]] of [[mankind]], all groupings and [[associations]] are [[relative]], transitory, and of [[value]] only in so far as they enhance the [[welfare]], well-being, and [[progress]] of the [[individual]] and the [[planetary]] grand [[total]]—man and mankind.

134:5.8 The [[difficulty]] in the [[evolution]] of [[political]] [[sovereignty]] from the [[family]] to all [[mankind]], lies in the [[inertia]]-[[resistance]] exhibited on all intervening levels. [[Families]] have, on occasion, defied their [[clan]], while clans and [[tribes]] have often been [[subversive]] of the [[sovereignty]] of the territorial [[state]]. Each new and forward [[evolution]] of [[political]] [[sovereignty]] is (and has always been) [[embarrassed]] and hampered by the " scaffolding stages " of the previous [[developments]] in political [[organization]]. And this is true because [[human]] [[loyalties]], once mobilized, are hard to [[change]]. The same [[loyalty]] which makes possible the [[evolution]] of the [[tribe]], makes difficult the evolution of the supertribe—the territorial [[state]]. And the same [[loyalty]] ([[patriotism]]) which makes possible the [[evolution]] of the territorial [[state]], vastly complicates the evolutionary [[development]] of the [[government]] of all [[mankind]].

134:5.8 The [[difficulty]] in the [[evolution]] of [[political]] [[sovereignty]] from the [[family]] to all [[mankind]], lies in the [[inertia]]-[[resistance]] exhibited on all intervening levels. [[Families]] have, on occasion, defied their [[clan]], while clans and [[tribes]] have often been [[subversive]] of the [[sovereignty]] of the territorial [[state]]. Each new and forward [[evolution]] of [[political]] [[sovereignty]] is (and has always been) [[embarrassed]] and hampered by the " scaffolding stages " of the previous [[developments]] in political [[organization]]. And this is true because [[human]] [[loyalties]], once mobilized, are hard to [[change]]. The same [[loyalty]] which makes possible the [[evolution]] of the [[tribe]], makes difficult the evolution of the supertribe—the territorial [[state]]. And the same [[loyalty]] ([[patriotism]]) which makes possible the [[evolution]] of the territorial [[state]], vastly complicates the evolutionary [[development]] of the [[government]] of all [[mankind]].

134:5.9 [[Political]] [[sovereignty]] is created out of the [[surrender]] of [[self]]-[[determinism]], first by the [[individual]] within the [[family]] and then by the families and [[clans]] in relation to the [[tribe]] and larger groupings. This [[progressive]] transfer of [[self-determination]] from the smaller to ever larger [[political]] [[organizations]] has generally proceeded unabated in [[the East]] since the establishment of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ming_Dyansty Ming] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mogul_Dynasty Mogul dynasties]. In [[the West]] it obtained for more than a thousand years right on down to the end of the [[World War I|World War]], when an unfortunate [[retrograde]] movement temporarily reversed this [[normal]] [[trend]] by re-establishing the submerged [[political]] [[sovereignty]] of numerous small groups in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Europe Europe].

134:5.9 [[Political]] [[sovereignty]] is created out of the [[surrender]] of [[self]]-[[determinism]], first by the [[individual]] within the [[family]] and then by the families and [[clans]] in relation to the [[tribe]] and larger groupings. This [[progressive]] transfer of [[self-determination]] from the smaller to ever larger [[political]] [[organizations]] has generally proceeded unabated in [[the East]] since the establishment of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ming_Dyansty Ming] and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mogul_Dynasty Mogul dynasties]. In [[the West]] it obtained for more than a thousand years right on down to the end of the [[World War I|World War]], when an unfortunate [[retrograde]] movement temporarily reversed this [[normal]] [[trend]] by re-establishing the submerged [[political]] [[sovereignty]] of numerous small groups in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Europe Europe].

134:5.10 [[Urantia]] will not enjoy lasting [[peace]] until the so-called [[sovereign]] [[nations]] [[intelligently]] and fully [[surrender]] their sovereign powers into the hands of the brotherhood of men—[[mankind]] [[government]]. Internationalism—[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Nations Leagues of Nations]—can never bring permanent [[peace]] to [[mankind]]. World-wide [[confederation]]s of nations will effectively prevent minor wars and acceptably [[control]] the smaller nations, but they will not prevent world wars nor [[control]] the three, four, or five most powerful [[governments]]. In the face of real [[conflicts]], one of these world powers will withdraw from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Nations League] and declare [[war]]. You cannot prevent nations going to war as long as they remain infected with the [[delusional]] [[virus]] of [[national]] [[sovereignty]]. Internationalism is a step in the right direction. An international [[police]] force will prevent many minor wars, but it will not be [[effective]] in preventing major wars, [[conflicts]] between the great [[military]] [[governments]] of [[earth]].

134:5.10 [[Urantia]] will not enjoy lasting [[peace]] until the so-called [[sovereign]] [[nations]] [[intelligently]] and fully [[surrender]] their sovereign powers into the hands of the brotherhood of men—[[mankind]] [[government]]. Internationalism—[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Nations Leagues of Nations]—can never bring permanent [[peace]] to [[mankind]]. World-wide [[confederation]]s of nations will effectively prevent minor wars and acceptably [[control]] the smaller nations, but they will not prevent world wars nor [[control]] the three, four, or five most powerful [[governments]]. In the face of real [[conflicts]], one of these world powers will withdraw from the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Nations League] and declare [[war]]. You cannot prevent nations going to war as long as they remain infected with the [[delusional]] [[virus]] of [[national]] [[sovereignty]]. Internationalism is a step in the right direction. An international [[police]] force will prevent many minor wars, but it will not be [[effective]] in preventing major wars, [[conflicts]] between the great [[military]] [[governments]] of [[earth]].

134:5.11 As the [[number]] of truly [[sovereign]] nations (great powers) decreases, so do both [[opportunity]] and need for [[mankind]] [[government]] increase. When there are only a few really [[sovereign]] (great) powers, either they must embark on the life and [[death]] [[struggle]] for national ([[imperial]]) [[supremacy]], or else, by [[voluntary]] [[surrender]] of certain [[prerogatives]] of [[sovereignty]], they must create the [[essential]] [[nucleus]] of supernational power which will serve as the beginning of the real [[sovereignty]] of all [[mankind]].

134:5.11 As the [[number]] of truly [[sovereign]] nations (great powers) decreases, so do both [[opportunity]] and need for [[mankind]] [[government]] increase. When there are only a few really [[sovereign]] (great) powers, either they must embark on the life and [[death]] [[struggle]] for national ([[imperial]]) [[supremacy]], or else, by [[voluntary]] [[surrender]] of certain [[prerogatives]] of [[sovereignty]], they must create the [[essential]] [[nucleus]] of supernational power which will serve as the beginning of the real [[sovereignty]] of all [[mankind]].

134:5.12 [[Peace]] will not come to [[Urantia]] until every so-called [[sovereign]] [[nation]] [[surrenders]] its power to make [[war]] into the hands of a [[representative]] [[government]] of all [[mankind]]. [[Political]] [[sovereignty]] is innate with the peoples of the world. When all the peoples of [[Urantia]] create a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_government world government], they have the right and the power to make such a government SOVEREIGN; and when such a [[representative]] or democratic world power [[controls]] the world's [[Military|land, air, and naval forces]], [[peace]] on [[earth]] and good will among men can prevail—but not until then.

134:5.12 [[Peace]] will not come to [[Urantia]] until every so-called [[sovereign]] [[nation]] [[surrenders]] its power to make [[war]] into the hands of a [[representative]] [[government]] of all [[mankind]]. [[Political]] [[sovereignty]] is innate with the peoples of the world. When all the peoples of [[Urantia]] create a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_government world government], they have the right and the power to make such a government SOVEREIGN; and when such a [[representative]] or democratic world power [[controls]] the world's [[Military|land, air, and naval forces]], [[peace]] on [[earth]] and good will among men can prevail—but not until then.

134:5.13 To use an important [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century nineteenth]- and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20thcentury twentieth-century] [[illustration]]: The forty-eight states of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States American Federal Union] have long enjoyed [[peace]]. They have no more wars among themselves. They have [[surrendered]] their [[sovereignty]] to the federal government, and through the arbitrament of [[war]], they have abandoned all claims to the [[delusions]] of [[self-determination]]. While each state regulates its internal affairs, it is not concerned with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_relations foreign relations], tariffs, immigration, [[military]] affairs, or interstate [[commerce]]. Neither do the [[individual]] states concern themselves with matters of [[citizenship]]. The forty-eight states suffer the ravages of [[war]] only when the federal government's [[sovereignty]] is in some way [[jeopardized]].

134:5.13 To use an important [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century nineteenth]- and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20thcentury twentieth-century] [[illustration]]: The forty-eight states of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States American Federal Union] have long enjoyed [[peace]]. They have no more wars among themselves. They have [[surrendered]] their [[sovereignty]] to the federal government, and through the arbitrament of [[war]], they have abandoned all claims to the [[delusions]] of [[self-determination]]. While each state regulates its internal affairs, it is not concerned with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_relations foreign relations], tariffs, immigration, [[military]] affairs, or interstate [[commerce]]. Neither do the [[individual]] states concern themselves with matters of [[citizenship]]. The forty-eight states suffer the ravages of [[war]] only when the federal government's [[sovereignty]] is in some way [[jeopardized]].

134:5.14 These forty-eight states, having abandoned the twin [[sophistries]] of [[sovereignty]] and [[self-determination]], enjoy interstate [[peace]] and tranquillity. So will the [[nations]] of [[Urantia]] begin to enjoy [[peace]] when they freely [[surrender]] their respective sovereignties into the hands of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_government global government]—the [[sovereignty]] of the [[brotherhood]] of men. In this world state the small nations will be as powerful as the great, even as the small state of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhode_Island Rhode Island] has its [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Senate two senators] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Congress American Congress] just the same as the populous state of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York (state) New York] or the large state of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas Texas].

134:5.14 These forty-eight states, having abandoned the twin [[sophistries]] of [[sovereignty]] and [[self-determination]], enjoy interstate [[peace]] and tranquillity. So will the [[nations]] of [[Urantia]] begin to enjoy [[peace]] when they freely [[surrender]] their respective sovereignties into the hands of a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_government global government]—the [[sovereignty]] of the [[brotherhood]] of men. In this world state the small nations will be as powerful as the great, even as the small state of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhode_Island Rhode Island] has its [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Senate two senators] in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Congress American Congress] just the same as the populous state of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York (state) New York] or the large state of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas Texas].

134:5.15 The limited ([[state]]) [[sovereignty]] of these forty-eight states was created by men and for men. The superstate (national) sovereignty of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Government American Federal Union] was created by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial_government_in_the_Thirteen_Colonies original thirteen] of these states for their own benefit and for the benefit of men. Sometime the supernational sovereignty of the [[planetary]] [[government]] of [[mankind]] will be similarly created by nations for their own benefit and for the benefit of all men.

134:5.15 The limited ([[state]]) [[sovereignty]] of these forty-eight states was created by men and for men. The superstate (national) sovereignty of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Government American Federal Union] was created by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial_government_in_the_Thirteen_Colonies original thirteen] of these states for their own benefit and for the benefit of men. Sometime the supernational sovereignty of the [[planetary]] [[government]] of [[mankind]] will be similarly created by nations for their own benefit and for the benefit of all men.

134:5.16 [[Citizens]] are not born for the benefit of [[governments]]; governments are [[organizations]] created and devised for the benefit of men. There can be no end to the [[evolution]] of [[political]] [[sovereignty]] short of the [[appearance]] of the government of the sovereignty of all men. All other sovereignties are [[relative]] in [[value]], [[intermediate]] in [[meaning]], and subordinate in [[status]].

134:5.16 [[Citizens]] are not born for the benefit of [[governments]]; governments are [[organizations]] created and devised for the benefit of men. There can be no end to the [[evolution]] of [[political]] [[sovereignty]] short of the [[appearance]] of the government of the sovereignty of all men. All other sovereignties are [[relative]] in [[value]], [[intermediate]] in [[meaning]], and subordinate in [[status]].

134:5.17 With [[scientific]] [[progress]], wars are going to become more and more devastating until they become almost racially [[suicidal]]. How many [[World War II|world wars]] must be fought and how many [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Nations leagues of nations] must fail before men will be willing to establish the [[government]] of [[mankind]] and begin to enjoy the blessings of permanent [[peace]] and thrive on the tranquillity of good will—world-wide good will—among men?

134:5.17 With [[scientific]] [[progress]], wars are going to become more and more devastating until they become almost racially [[suicidal]]. How many [[World War II|world wars]] must be fought and how many [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Nations leagues of nations] must fail before men will be willing to establish the [[government]] of [[mankind]] and begin to enjoy the blessings of permanent [[peace]] and thrive on the tranquillity of good will—world-wide good will—among men?

<center>[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_134 Go to Paper 134]</center>

<center>[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_134 Go to Paper 134]</center>