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The [[human condition]] is a delicate [[balance]] between [[uncertainty]] and [[security]]: the uncertainty of what lies ahead; the security of the [[love]], [[mercy]], and Divine [[compassion]] of Deity; the uncertainty as a newly ascendent child of God; the [[certainty]], [[security]], that one day you will stand in the [[presence]] of the [[Creator]], Himself. This is the [[human]] [[struggle]]. But make not the mistake to live only on the [[material]] plane. This is one of the greatest [[dangers]] of this [[age]], children. A [[society]] that dwells only on the [[material]] level is [[doomed]] to [[extinction]]. Because man has these [[opposing]] [[natures]] there is the [[potential]] for [[conflict]]. The conflicts we see in [[nations]], societies, the world [[wars]], [[poverty]], [[prejudice]], [[bigotry]], oppression, unfairness of every kind, have at their [[root]] the inner [[conflict]] between the [[spiritual]] and base natures, the [[dual]] nature, of man. There is also a risk of inner civil war in such a [[diverse]] being. Inner civil war, [[conflict]] causes you to lose the [[peace]] that Michael [[promised]] you, the [[sublime]] [[peace]] that [[transcends]] understanding, causes you to lose [[touch]] with spiritual [[realities]], causes much wasted [[effort]] and a cut off from spiritual help. While you cannot [[control]] the world, the [[environment]] you can control the [[inner life]] of yourself, the inner man or woman. In this [[inner life]] are the [[decisions]] of [[eternity]] created. This is the [[source]] of all [[creativity]]. And if you approach life not from the outer [[material]] world, but bring to the world the inner nature of man, the [[creative]] [[force]] which stems from [[the Father]] Himself, you will make a [[difference]] in the world, but most of all in yourselves, in your ascent [[Godward]]. This is the important [[fact]] to grasp. Even with the strife, [[anxiety]], uncertainty, poor genetic make up, [[lust]] sinfulness, [[slothfulness]], [[poverty]], [[prejudice]], [[bigotry]], [[Hate|hatefulness]], lack of [[God consciousness]] on [[this planet]], many, many, many, many of your [[mortals]] do [[ascend]] and [[fuse]]. This is the great [[miracle]] of the [[Adjuster]], children. When you look around at the world or at your own [[individual]] lives and get [[discouraged]], depressed, despairing, remember that out of such seeming inhospitable [[soil]] have sprung many [[souls]] whose [[eternal]] life is [[assured]]. From these very conditions and worse, children, as you will see - will spring the [[chorus]] of [[ascending mortals]]. And that, children, is your [[destiny]] if you so [[choose]] it.

The [[human condition]] is a delicate [[balance]] between [[uncertainty]] and [[security]]: the uncertainty of what lies ahead; the security of the [[love]], [[mercy]], and Divine [[compassion]] of Deity; the uncertainty as a newly ascendent child of God; the [[certainty]], [[security]], that one day you will stand in the [[presence]] of the [[Creator]], Himself. This is the [[human]] [[struggle]]. But make not the mistake to live only on the [[material]] plane. This is one of the greatest [[dangers]] of this [[age]], children. A [[society]] that dwells only on the [[material]] level is [[doomed]] to [[extinction]]. Because man has these [[opposing]] [[natures]] there is the [[potential]] for [[conflict]]. The conflicts we see in [[nations]], societies, the world [[wars]], [[poverty]], [[prejudice]], [[bigotry]], oppression, unfairness of every kind, have at their [[root]] the inner [[conflict]] between the [[spiritual]] and base natures, the [[dual]] nature, of man. There is also a risk of inner civil war in such a [[diverse]] being. Inner civil war, [[conflict]] causes you to lose the [[peace]] that Michael [[promised]] you, the [[sublime]] [[peace]] that [[transcends]] understanding, causes you to lose [[touch]] with spiritual [[realities]], causes much wasted [[effort]] and a cut off from spiritual help. While you cannot [[control]] the world, the [[environment]] you can control the [[inner life]] of yourself, the inner man or woman. In this [[inner life]] are the [[decisions]] of [[eternity]] created. This is the [[source]] of all [[creativity]]. And if you approach life not from the outer [[material]] world, but bring to the world the inner nature of man, the [[creative]] [[force]] which stems from [[the Father]] Himself, you will make a [[difference]] in the world, but most of all in yourselves, in your ascent [[Godward]]. This is the important [[fact]] to grasp. Even with the strife, [[anxiety]], uncertainty, poor genetic make up, [[lust]] sinfulness, [[slothfulness]], [[poverty]], [[prejudice]], [[bigotry]], [[Hate|hatefulness]], lack of [[God consciousness]] on [[this planet]], many, many, many, many of your [[mortals]] do [[ascend]] and [[fuse]]. This is the great [[miracle]] of the [[Adjuster]], children. When you look around at the world or at your own [[individual]] lives and get [[discouraged]], depressed, despairing, remember that out of such seeming inhospitable [[soil]] have sprung many [[souls]] whose [[eternal]] life is [[assured]]. From these very conditions and worse, children, as you will see - will spring the [[chorus]] of [[ascending mortals]]. And that, children, is your [[destiny]] if you so [[choose]] it.

===Dialogue===

===Dialogue===

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Q: I get [[confused]] about the [[desire]] to expand my [[soul]] and live in my [[soul]], and seek other souls, and you are saying that the soul is for the next life. I feel such a [[desire]] for it here and now that I am [[wondering]] if that is [[dangerous]] somehow, or [[negative]]?

Q: I get [[confused]] about the [[desire]] to expand my [[soul]] and live in my [[soul]], and seek other souls, and you are saying that the soul is for the next life. I feel such a [[desire]] for it here and now that I am [[wondering]] if that is [[dangerous]] somehow, or [[negative]]?

A: [[Experience]], and how one chooses to [[react]] to this experience. You have the [[choice]], will, to react positively in the mid-mind. Much [[latitude]] is there. For a while an [[experience]] might appear [[tragic]]. You have the ability to see the spiritual [[reality]] behind the [[material]] [[tragedy]] and to live in that realm of [[love]], [[survival]], and [[spiritual growth]]. . ..

A: [[Experience]], and how one chooses to [[react]] to this experience. You have the [[choice]], will, to react positively in the mid-mind. Much [[latitude]] is there. For a while an [[experience]] might appear [[tragic]]. You have the ability to see the spiritual [[reality]] behind the [[material]] [[tragedy]] and to live in that realm of [[love]], [[survival]], and [[spiritual growth]]. . ..

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Q: Page 1205 of The [[Urantia Book]] says "[[Adjusters]] are [[devoted]] to building up [[spiritual]] [[counterparts]] of your [[careers]], [[morontia]] transcripts of your true advancing [[self]]."([[110:2 Adjusters and Human Will|110:2.3]]) What is meant by [[counterparts]]?

Q: Page 1205 of The [[Urantia Book]] says "[[Adjusters]] are [[devoted]] to building up [[spiritual]] [[counterparts]] of your [[careers]], [[morontia]] transcripts of your true advancing [[self]]."([[110:2 Adjusters and Human Will|110:2.3]]) What is meant by [[counterparts]]?