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Kirk: Is it true that, without nurturing or growing your soul, your chances of [[survival]] are lessened?

Kirk: Is it true that, without nurturing or growing your soul, your chances of [[survival]] are lessened?

Lantarnek: In distinction to physical [[births]], as I have done so today in reference to [[the soul]], on a spirit level once a soul is born it does continue to [[survive]]. There are no [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stillbirth stillbirths]. There are no deformed births. But if no [[effort]] ever has been made, then the [[soul]] is not initiated. [[Survival]] is unlikely. But the soul that has begun can [[survive]], and many [[mechanisms]] are in place to nourish such underdeveloped souls. You are aware of some of these [[processes]] from The [[Urantia Book]]. The [[handicap]] is that the developments for soul-[[being]] that could have been experienced on earth must be experienced in substitute in the [[First Mansion World|first mansion realm]].

Lantarnek: In distinction to physical [[births]], as I have done so today in reference to [[the soul]], on a spirit level once a soul is born it does continue to [[survive]]. There are no [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stillbirth stillbirths]. There are no deformed births. But if no [[effort]] ever has been made, then the [[soul]] is not initiated. [[Survival]] is unlikely. But the soul that has begun can [[survive]], and many [[mechanisms]] are in place to nourish such underdeveloped souls. You are aware of some of these [[processes]] from The [[Urantia Book]]. The [[handicap]] is that the developments for soul-[[being]] that could have been experienced on earth must be experienced in substitute in the [[First Mansion World|first mansion realm]].

You know it has been said that it takes no great [[learning]], no extreme [[knowledge]], to comprehend [[truth]] and to live out [[the will of the Father]]. What you [[experience]] is what you have at your [[resurrection]]; nothing else is gained. It is this [[experience]], not necessarily the knowledge that may have contributed to experience, that you [[awaken]] with. You might liken this knowledge and many other forms of purely earth-oriented endeavors as an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbilical_cord umbilical cord] or a [[placenta]] that serves the [[purpose]] of the [[birth]] of [[the soul]]. The material mind is left; the physical body is left.

You know it has been said that it takes no great [[learning]], no extreme [[knowledge]], to comprehend [[truth]] and to live out [[the will of the Father]]. What you [[experience]] is what you have at your [[resurrection]]; nothing else is gained. It is this [[experience]], not necessarily the knowledge that may have contributed to experience, that you [[awaken]] with. You might liken this knowledge and many other forms of purely earth-oriented endeavors as an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbilical_cord umbilical cord] or a [[placenta]] that serves the [[purpose]] of the [[birth]] of [[the soul]]. The material mind is left; the physical body is left.

The only [[danger]] to the continued life of any [[soul]] lies in the personal [[choice]] of the [[being]] who carries this forming [[entity]]. The choice for [[survival]] is yours. Unbeknownst to anyone, they may bring into [[existence]] their soul. Similarly, it is often unbeknownst to a new [[mother]] she is carrying a child. Everything in [[the universe]] is geared toward its continued [[existence]] except for and relying wholly, solely, upon the choice of the [[personality]] who harbors this budding [[morontia]] [[being]].

The only [[danger]] to the continued life of any [[soul]] lies in the personal [[choice]] of the [[being]] who carries this forming [[entity]]. The choice for [[survival]] is yours. Unbeknownst to anyone, they may bring into [[existence]] their soul. Similarly, it is often unbeknownst to a new [[mother]] she is carrying a child. Everything in [[the universe]] is geared toward its continued [[existence]] except for and relying wholly, solely, upon the choice of the [[personality]] who harbors this budding [[morontia]] [[being]].