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1:5.1 Do not permit the magnitude of [[God]], his infinity, either to obscure or [[eclipse]] his [[personality]]. "He who planned the ear, shall he not hear? He who formed the eye, shall he not see?"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_94] The Universal Father is the [[acme]] of [[divine]] personality; he is the [[origin]] and [[destiny]] of personality throughout all [[creation]]. God is both [[infinite]] and [[personal]]; he is an infinite personality. The Father is truly a personality, notwithstanding that the infinity of his person places him forever beyond the full [[comprehension]] of [[material]] and [[finite]] [[beings]].

1:5.1 Do not permit the magnitude of [[God]], his infinity, either to obscure or [[eclipse]] his [[personality]]. "He who planned the ear, shall he not hear? He who formed the eye, shall he not see?"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_94] The Universal Father is the [[acme]] of [[divine]] personality; he is the [[origin]] and [[destiny]] of personality throughout all [[creation]]. God is both [[infinite]] and [[personal]]; he is an infinite personality. The Father is truly a personality, notwithstanding that the infinity of his person places him forever beyond the full [[comprehension]] of [[material]] and [[finite]] [[beings]].

1:5.2 God is much more than a personality as personality is understood by the human mind; he is even far more than any possible concept of a superpersonality. But it is utterly futile to [[discuss]] such incomprehensible [[concepts]] of divine personality with the minds of material [[creatures]] whose maximum concept of the [[reality]] of being consists in the [[idea]] and [[ideal]] of [[personality]]. The material creature's highest possible concept of the Universal Creator is [[embraced]] within the spiritual ideals of the exalted idea of divine personality. Therefore, although you may know that God must be much more than the [[human]] conception of personality, you equally well know that the Universal Father cannot possibly be anything less than an eternal, infinite, true, good, and beautiful personality.

1:5.2 God is much more than a personality as personality is understood by the human mind; he is even far more than any possible concept of a superpersonality. But it is utterly futile to [[discuss]] such incomprehensible [[concepts]] of divine personality with the minds of material [[creatures]] whose maximum concept of the [[reality]] of being consists in the [[idea]] and [[ideal]] of [[personality]]. The material creature's highest possible concept of the Universal Creator is [[embraced]] within the spiritual ideals of the exalted idea of divine personality. Therefore, although you may know that God must be much more than the [[human]] conception of personality, you equally well know that the Universal Father cannot possibly be anything less than an eternal, infinite, true, good, and beautiful personality.

1:5.3 God is not hiding from any of his creatures. He is unapproachable to so many orders of beings only because he "dwells in a [[light]] which no material creature can approach."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_Timothy#The_1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_Timothy.2CVI] The immensity and grandeur of the divine personality is beyond the grasp of the unperfected mind of [[evolutionary]] [[mortals]]. He "measures the waters in the hollow of his hand, measures a universe with the span of his hand. It is he who sits on the circle of the earth, who stretches out the heavens as a curtain and spreads them out as a universe to dwell in."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.40] "Lift up your eyes on high and behold who has created all these [[things]], who brings out their worlds by [[number]] and calls them all by their [[names]]"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.40]; and so it is true that "the invisible [[things]] of God are partially [[understood]] by the things which are made."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans.2C_I] Today, and as you are, you must [[discern]] the invisible Maker through his manifold and [[diverse]] [[creation]], as well as through the [[revelation]] and ministration of [[Paper 20 - The Paradise Sons of God|his Sons and their numerous subordinates]].

1:5.3 God is not hiding from any of his creatures. He is unapproachable to so many orders of beings only because he "dwells in a [[light]] which no material creature can approach."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_Timothy#The_1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_Timothy.2CVI] The immensity and grandeur of the divine personality is beyond the grasp of the unperfected mind of [[evolutionary]] [[mortals]]. He "measures the waters in the hollow of his hand, measures a universe with the span of his hand. It is he who sits on the circle of the earth, who stretches out the heavens as a curtain and spreads them out as a universe to dwell in."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.40] "Lift up your eyes on high and behold who has created all these [[things]], who brings out their worlds by [[number]] and calls them all by their [[names]]"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.40]; and so it is true that "the invisible [[things]] of God are partially [[understood]] by the things which are made."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans.2C_I] Today, and as you are, you must [[discern]] the invisible Maker through his manifold and [[diverse]] [[creation]], as well as through the [[revelation]] and ministration of [[Paper 20 - The Paradise Sons of God|his Sons and their numerous subordinates]].

1:5.4 Even though [[material]] [[mortals]] cannot see the [[person]] of [[God]], they should rejoice in the [[assurance]] that he is a person; by [[faith]] accept the [[truth]] which portrays that the Universal Father so loved the world as to provide for the eternal [[spiritual]] [[progression]] of its lowly inhabitants; that he "delights in his [[children]]."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.8] God is lacking in none of those superhuman and divine attributes which constitute a perfect, eternal, loving, and infinite Creator personality.

1:5.4 Even though [[material]] [[mortals]] cannot see the [[person]] of [[God]], they should rejoice in the [[assurance]] that he is a person; by [[faith]] accept the [[truth]] which portrays that the Universal Father so loved the world as to provide for the eternal [[spiritual]] [[progression]] of its lowly inhabitants; that he "delights in his [[children]]."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.8] God is lacking in none of those superhuman and divine attributes which constitute a perfect, eternal, loving, and infinite Creator personality.

1:5.5 In the [[Local Universes|local creations]] (excepting the personnel of the [[superuniverses]]) God has no personal or residential [[manifestation]] aside from the Paradise [[Creator Sons]] who are the [[fathers]] of the inhabited worlds and the [[sovereign]]s of the local universes. If the [[faith]] of the creature were perfect, he would assuredly know that when he had seen a Creator Son he had seen the Universal Father; in seeking for the Father, he would not ask nor expect to see other than [[Eternal Son|the Son]]. Mortal man simply cannot see God until he achieves completed spirit [[transformation]] and actually attains [[Paradise]].

1:5.5 In the [[Local Universes|local creations]] (excepting the personnel of the [[superuniverses]]) God has no personal or residential [[manifestation]] aside from the Paradise [[Creator Sons]] who are the [[fathers]] of the inhabited worlds and the [[sovereign]]s of the local universes. If the [[faith]] of the creature were perfect, he would assuredly know that when he had seen a Creator Son he had seen the Universal Father; in seeking for the Father, he would not ask nor expect to see other than [[Eternal Son|the Son]]. Mortal man simply cannot see God until he achieves completed spirit [[transformation]] and actually attains [[Paradise]].

1:5.7 Without God and except for his great and central person, there would be no personality throughout all the vast [[universe of universes]]. God is [[personality]].

1:5.7 Without God and except for his great and central person, there would be no personality throughout all the vast [[universe of universes]]. God is [[personality]].

1:5.8 Notwithstanding that God is an eternal [[power]], a [[majestic]] [[presence]], a [[transcendent]] [[ideal]], and a [[glorious]] [[spirit]], though he is all these and infinitely more, nonetheless, he is truly and everlastingly a perfect Creator personality, a person who can "know and be known,"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_XIII] who can "[[love]] and be loved,"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_John#1st_Letter_of_John.2C_IV] and one who can [[Friendship|befriend]] us; while you can be known, as other humans have been known, as the friend of God[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_15]. He is a real spirit and a spiritual reality.

1:5.8 Notwithstanding that God is an eternal [[power]], a [[majestic]] [[presence]], a [[transcendent]] [[ideal]], and a [[glorious]] [[spirit]], though he is all these and infinitely more, nonetheless, he is truly and everlastingly a perfect Creator personality, a person who can "know and be known,"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_XIII] who can "[[love]] and be loved,"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_John#1st_Letter_of_John.2C_IV] and one who can [[Friendship|befriend]] us; while you can be known, as other humans have been known, as the friend of God[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_15]. He is a real spirit and a spiritual reality.

1:5.9 As we see the Universal Father [[revealed]] throughout his universe; as we [[discern]] him indwelling his myriads of [[creatures]]; as we behold him in the persons of his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:5._RELATION_OF_MASTER_SONS_TO_THE_UNIVERSE Sovereign Sons]; as we continue to [[sense]] his divine presence here and there, near and afar, let us not [[doubt]] nor question his personality primacy. Notwithstanding all these far-flung distributions, he remains a true person and everlastingly maintains personal connection with the countless hosts of his creatures scattered throughout the [[universe of universes]].

1:5.9 As we see the Universal Father [[revealed]] throughout his universe; as we [[discern]] him indwelling his myriads of [[creatures]]; as we behold him in the persons of his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:5._RELATION_OF_MASTER_SONS_TO_THE_UNIVERSE Sovereign Sons]; as we continue to [[sense]] his divine presence here and there, near and afar, let us not [[doubt]] nor question his personality primacy. Notwithstanding all these far-flung distributions, he remains a true person and everlastingly maintains personal connection with the countless hosts of his creatures scattered throughout the [[universe of universes]].

1:5.10 The [[idea]] of the personality of the Universal Father is an enlarged and truer [[concept]] of [[God]] which has come to mankind chiefly through [[revelation]]. [[Reason]], [[wisdom]], and religious [[experience]] all [[infer]] and imply the personality of God, but they do not altogether [[Proof|validate]] it. Even the indwelling [[Thought Adjuster]] is prepersonal. The truth and [[maturity]] of any [[religion]] is directly proportional to its concept of the infinite personality of God and to its grasp of the [[absolute]] [[unity]] of [[Deity]]. The idea of a [[personal]] Deity becomes, then, the [[measure]] of religious maturity after religion has first formulated the concept of the unity of God.

1:5.10 The [[idea]] of the personality of the Universal Father is an enlarged and truer [[concept]] of [[God]] which has come to mankind chiefly through [[revelation]]. [[Reason]], [[wisdom]], and religious [[experience]] all [[infer]] and imply the personality of God, but they do not altogether [[Proof|validate]] it. Even the indwelling [[Thought Adjuster]] is prepersonal. The truth and [[maturity]] of any [[religion]] is directly proportional to its concept of the infinite personality of God and to its grasp of the [[absolute]] [[unity]] of [[Deity]]. The idea of a [[personal]] Deity becomes, then, the [[measure]] of religious maturity after religion has first formulated the concept of the unity of God.

1:5.11 [[Paper 86 - Early Evolution of Religion|Primitive religion]] had many [[personal]] gods, and they were [[fashion]]ed in the image of [[man]]. [[Revelation]] affirms the validity of the personality concept of God which is merely possible in the [[scientific]] postulate of a First Cause and is only provisionally suggested in the philosophic idea of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_105#105:4._UNITY.2C_DUALITY.2C_AND_TRIUNITY Universal Unity]. Only by personality approach can any person begin to comprehend the [[unity]] of [[God]]. To deny the personality of the First Source and Center leaves one only the choice of two philosophic [[dilemmas]]: [[materialism]] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantheism pantheism].

1:5.11 [[Paper 86 - Early Evolution of Religion|Primitive religion]] had many [[personal]] gods, and they were [[fashion]]ed in the image of [[man]]. [[Revelation]] affirms the validity of the personality concept of God which is merely possible in the [[scientific]] postulate of a First Cause and is only provisionally suggested in the philosophic idea of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_105#105:4._UNITY.2C_DUALITY.2C_AND_TRIUNITY Universal Unity]. Only by personality approach can any person begin to comprehend the [[unity]] of [[God]]. To deny the personality of the First Source and Center leaves one only the choice of two philosophic [[dilemmas]]: [[materialism]] or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantheism pantheism].

1:5.12 In the contemplation of Deity, the [[concept]] of [[personality]] must be divested of the idea of corporeality. A [[material]] [[body]] is not indispensable to personality in either [[man]] or [[God]]. The corporeality error is shown in both extremes of human [[philosophy]]. In materialism, since man loses his body at [[death]], he ceases to exist as a personality; in pantheism, since God has no body, he is not, therefore, a person. The superhuman type of [[progressing]] personality [[function]]s in a union of [[mind]] and [[spirit]].

1:5.12 In the contemplation of Deity, the [[concept]] of [[personality]] must be divested of the idea of corporeality. A [[material]] [[body]] is not indispensable to personality in either [[man]] or [[God]]. The corporeality error is shown in both extremes of human [[philosophy]]. In materialism, since man loses his body at [[death]], he ceases to exist as a personality; in pantheism, since God has no body, he is not, therefore, a person. The superhuman type of [[progressing]] personality [[function]]s in a union of [[mind]] and [[spirit]].

1:5.15 The [[absolute]] [[perfection]] of the [[infinite]] [[God]] would cause him to [[suffer]] the awful limitations of unqualified [[finality]] of perfectness were it not a [[fact]] that the Universal Father directly participates in the personality struggle of every imperfect [[soul]] in the wide universe who seeks, by divine aid, to [[ascend]] to the spiritually perfect worlds on high. This [[progressive]] experience of every [[spirit]] [[being]] and every [[mortal]] [[creature]] throughout the universe of universes is a part of the Father's ever-expanding [[Deity-consciousness]] of the never-ending divine [[circle]] of ceaseless [[self-realization]].

1:5.15 The [[absolute]] [[perfection]] of the [[infinite]] [[God]] would cause him to [[suffer]] the awful limitations of unqualified [[finality]] of perfectness were it not a [[fact]] that the Universal Father directly participates in the personality struggle of every imperfect [[soul]] in the wide universe who seeks, by divine aid, to [[ascend]] to the spiritually perfect worlds on high. This [[progressive]] experience of every [[spirit]] [[being]] and every [[mortal]] [[creature]] throughout the universe of universes is a part of the Father's ever-expanding [[Deity-consciousness]] of the never-ending divine [[circle]] of ceaseless [[self-realization]].

1:5.16 It is literally true: "In all your [[afflictions]] he is afflicted."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.63] "In all your triumphs he triumphs in and with you."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_II] His [[Thought Adjuster|prepersonal divine spirit]] is a real part of you. The [[Isle of Paradise]] [[responds]] to all the [[physical]] [[metamorphoses]] of the [[universe of universes]]; the [[Eternal Son]] includes all the spirit impulses of all [[creation]]; the [[Conjoint Actor]] [[encompasses]] all the [[mind]] [[expression]] of the expanding [[cosmos]]. The Universal Father realizes in the fullness of the divine [[consciousness]] all the individual experience of the progressive struggles of the expanding minds and the ascending spirits of every entity, being, and personality of the whole evolutionary [[creation]] of [[time and space]]. And all this is literally true, for "in Him we all live and move and have our [[being]]."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Acts_of_the_Apostles#Acts.17]

1:5.16 It is literally true: "In all your [[afflictions]] he is afflicted."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.63] "In all your triumphs he triumphs in and with you."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_II] His [[Thought Adjuster|prepersonal divine spirit]] is a real part of you. The [[Isle of Paradise]] [[responds]] to all the [[physical]] [[metamorphoses]] of the [[universe of universes]]; the [[Eternal Son]] includes all the spirit impulses of all [[creation]]; the [[Conjoint Actor]] [[encompasses]] all the [[mind]] [[expression]] of the expanding [[cosmos]]. The Universal Father realizes in the fullness of the divine [[consciousness]] all the individual experience of the progressive struggles of the expanding minds and the ascending spirits of every entity, being, and personality of the whole evolutionary [[creation]] of [[time and space]]. And all this is literally true, for "in Him we all live and move and have our [[being]]."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Acts_of_the_Apostles#Acts.17]

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