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==PAPER 103: THE REALITY OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE==  

==PAPER 103: THE REALITY OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE==  

103:0.1 All of man's truly [[religious]] [[reactions]] are sponsored by the early [[ministry]] of the [[Adjutant Mind Spirits|adjutant of worship]] and are [[censored]] by the adjutant of [[wisdom]]. Man's first supermind [[endowment]] is that of [[personality]] [[encircuitment]] in the [[Holy Spirit]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:6._THE_LOCAL_UNIVERSE_CREATIVE_SPIRITS Universe Creative Spirit]; and long before either the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20#20:5._BESTOWAL_OF_THE_PARADISE_SONS_OF_GOD bestowals of the divine Sons] or the [[universal]] [[bestowal]] of the [[Adjusters]], this [[influence]] [[functions]] to enlarge man's [[viewpoint]] of [[ethics]], [[religion]], and [[spirituality]]. Subsequent to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20#20:5._BESTOWAL_OF_THE_PARADISE_SONS_OF_GOD bestowals of the Paradise Sons] the [[liberated]] [[Spirit of Truth]] makes mighty contributions to the enlargement of the [[human]] [[capacity]] to [[perceive]] religious [[truths]]. As [[evolution]] advances on an [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 inhabited world], the [[Thought Adjusters]] increasingly [[participate]] in the [[development]] of the higher [[types]] of human [[religious]] [[insight]]. The [[Thought Adjuster]] is the [[cosmic]] window through which the [[finite]] [[creature]] may [[faith]]-glimpse the [[certainties]] and [[divinities]] of limitless [[Deity]], the [[Universal Father]].

103:0.1 All of man's truly [[religious]] [[reactions]] are sponsored by the early [[ministry]] of the [[Adjutant Mind Spirits|adjutant of worship]] and are [[censored]] by the adjutant of [[wisdom]]. Man's first supermind [[endowment]] is that of [[personality]] [[encircuitment]] in the [[Holy Spirit]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:6._THE_LOCAL_UNIVERSE_CREATIVE_SPIRITS Universe Creative Spirit]; and long before either the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20#20:5._BESTOWAL_OF_THE_PARADISE_SONS_OF_GOD bestowals of the divine Sons] or the [[universal]] [[bestowal]] of the [[Adjusters]], this [[influence]] [[functions]] to enlarge man's [[viewpoint]] of [[ethics]], [[religion]], and [[spirituality]]. Subsequent to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20#20:5._BESTOWAL_OF_THE_PARADISE_SONS_OF_GOD bestowals of the Paradise Sons] the [[liberated]] [[Spirit of Truth]] makes mighty contributions to the enlargement of the [[human]] [[capacity]] to [[perceive]] religious [[truths]]. As [[evolution]] advances on an [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 inhabited world], the [[Thought Adjusters]] increasingly [[participate]] in the [[development]] of the higher [[types]] of human [[religious]] [[insight]]. The [[Thought Adjuster]] is the [[cosmic]] window through which the [[finite]] [[creature]] may [[faith]]-glimpse the [[certainties]] and [[divinities]] of limitless [[Deity]], the [[Universal Father]].

103:0.2 The [[religious]] [[tendencies]] of the [[human]] races are [[innate]]; they are [[universally]] [[manifested]] and have an apparently [[natural]] [[origin]]; [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_86#86:7._THE_FUNCTION_OF_PRIMITIVE_RELIGION primitive religions] are always [[evolutionary]] in their [[genesis]]. As [[natural]] [[religious]] [[experience]] continues to [[progress]], periodic [[revelations]] of [[truth]] punctuate the otherwise slow-moving [[course]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52 planetary evolution].

103:0.2 The [[religious]] [[tendencies]] of the [[human]] races are [[innate]]; they are [[universally]] [[manifested]] and have an apparently [[natural]] [[origin]]; [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_86#86:7._THE_FUNCTION_OF_PRIMITIVE_RELIGION primitive religions] are always [[evolutionary]] in their [[genesis]]. As [[natural]] [[religious]] [[experience]] continues to [[progress]], periodic [[revelations]] of [[truth]] punctuate the otherwise slow-moving [[course]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52 planetary evolution].

103:0.3 On [[Urantia]], today, there are four kinds of [[religion]]:

103:0.3 On [[Urantia]], today, there are four kinds of [[religion]]:

*1. [[Natural]] or [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:3._THE_NATURE_OF_EVOLUTIONARY_RELIGION evolutionary religion].

*1. [[Natural]] or [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:3._THE_NATURE_OF_EVOLUTIONARY_RELIGION evolutionary religion].

*2. [[Supernatural]] or [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION revelatory religion].

*2. [[Supernatural]] or [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION revelatory religion].

*3. [[Practical]] or current religion, varying [[degrees]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:6._THE_COMPOSITE_RELIGIONS admixture of natural and supernatural religions].

*3. [[Practical]] or current religion, varying [[degrees]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:6._THE_COMPOSITE_RELIGIONS admixture of natural and supernatural religions].

*4. [[Philosophic]] religions, man-made or philosophically [[thought]]-out theologic [[doctrines]] and [[reason]]-[[created]] [[religions]].

*4. [[Philosophic]] religions, man-made or philosophically [[thought]]-out theologic [[doctrines]] and [[reason]]-[[created]] [[religions]].

==103:2. RELIGION AND THE INDIVIDUAL==

==103:2. RELIGION AND THE INDIVIDUAL==

103:2.1 [[Religion]] is [[functional]] in the [[human]] [[mind]] and has been [[realized]] in [[experience]] prior to its [[appearance]] in [[human]] [[consciousness]]. A [[child]] has been in [[existence]] about nine months before it [[experiences]] [[birth]]. But the "birth" of [[religion]] is not sudden; it is rather a [[gradual]] [[emergence]]. Nevertheless, sooner or later there is a "birth day." You do not enter the [[kingdom of heaven]] unless you have been "born again"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_3]—born of the Spirit. Many [[spiritual]] [[births]] are accompanied by much [[anguish]] of spirit and marked [[psychological]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perturbation_(biology) perturbations], as many [[physical]] [[births]] are characterized by a "stormy labor" and other [[abnormalities]] of "delivery." Other [[spiritual]] [[births]] are a [[natural]] and [[normal]] [[growth]] of the [[recognition]] of [[supreme]] [[values]] with an enhancement of spiritual [[experience]], albeit no [[religious]] [[development]] occurs without [[conscious]] [[effort]] and [[positive]] and [[individual]] [[determinations]]. [[Religion]] is never a [[passive]] [[experience]], a [[negative]] [[attitude]]. What is termed the "birth of religion" is not directly [[associated]] with so-called [[conversion]] [[experiences]] which usually characterize religious [[episodes]] occurring later in life as a result of [[mental]] [[conflict]], [[emotional]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_repression repression], and [[temperamental]] upheavals.

103:2.1 [[Religion]] is [[functional]] in the [[human]] [[mind]] and has been [[realized]] in [[experience]] prior to its [[appearance]] in [[human]] [[consciousness]]. A [[child]] has been in [[existence]] about nine months before it [[experiences]] [[birth]]. But the "birth" of [[religion]] is not sudden; it is rather a [[gradual]] [[emergence]]. Nevertheless, sooner or later there is a "birth day." You do not enter the [[kingdom of heaven]] unless you have been "born again"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_3]—born of the Spirit. Many [[spiritual]] [[births]] are accompanied by much [[anguish]] of spirit and marked [[psychological]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perturbation_(biology) perturbations], as many [[physical]] [[births]] are characterized by a "stormy labor" and other [[abnormalities]] of "delivery." Other [[spiritual]] [[births]] are a [[natural]] and [[normal]] [[growth]] of the [[recognition]] of [[supreme]] [[values]] with an enhancement of spiritual [[experience]], albeit no [[religious]] [[development]] occurs without [[conscious]] [[effort]] and [[positive]] and [[individual]] [[determinations]]. [[Religion]] is never a [[passive]] [[experience]], a [[negative]] [[attitude]]. What is termed the "birth of religion" is not directly [[associated]] with so-called [[conversion]] [[experiences]] which usually characterize religious [[episodes]] occurring later in life as a result of [[mental]] [[conflict]], [[emotional]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_repression repression], and [[temperamental]] upheavals.

103:2.2 But those [[persons]] who were so reared by their [[parents]] that they grew up in the [[consciousness]] of being [[children]] of a loving [[heavenly Father]], should not look askance at their fellow [[mortals]] who could only [[attain]] such [[consciousness]] of fellowship with [[God]] through a [[psychological]] [[crisis]], an [[emotional]] [[upheaval]].

103:2.2 But those [[persons]] who were so reared by their [[parents]] that they grew up in the [[consciousness]] of being [[children]] of a loving [[heavenly Father]], should not look askance at their fellow [[mortals]] who could only [[attain]] such [[consciousness]] of fellowship with [[God]] through a [[psychological]] [[crisis]], an [[emotional]] [[upheaval]].

103:2.3 The [[evolutionary]] [[soil]] in the [[mind]] of man in which the seed of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION revealed religion] germinates is the [[moral]] [[nature]] that so early gives [[origin]] to a [[social]] [[consciousness]]. The first promptings of a child's [[moral]] [[nature]] have not to do with [[sex]], [[guilt]], or personal [[pride]], but rather with [[impulses]] of [[justice]], [[fairness]], and urges to [[kindness]]—helpful [[ministry]] to one's fellows. And when such early [[moral]] [[awakenings]] are nurtured, there occurs a [[gradual]] [[development]] of the religious life which is comparatively free from [[conflicts]], upheavals, and [[crises]].

103:2.3 The [[evolutionary]] [[soil]] in the [[mind]] of man in which the seed of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION revealed religion] germinates is the [[moral]] [[nature]] that so early gives [[origin]] to a [[social]] [[consciousness]]. The first promptings of a child's [[moral]] [[nature]] have not to do with [[sex]], [[guilt]], or personal [[pride]], but rather with [[impulses]] of [[justice]], [[fairness]], and urges to [[kindness]]—helpful [[ministry]] to one's fellows. And when such early [[moral]] [[awakenings]] are nurtured, there occurs a [[gradual]] [[development]] of the religious life which is comparatively free from [[conflicts]], upheavals, and [[crises]].

103:2.4 Every [[human being]] very early [[experiences]] something of a [[conflict]] between his [[self]]-seeking and his [[altruistic]] [[impulses]], and many times the first [[experience]] of [[God-consciousness]] may be [[attained]] as the result of seeking for [[superhuman]] help in the task of resolving such [[moral]] [[conflicts]].

103:2.4 Every [[human being]] very early [[experiences]] something of a [[conflict]] between his [[self]]-seeking and his [[altruistic]] [[impulses]], and many times the first [[experience]] of [[God-consciousness]] may be [[attained]] as the result of seeking for [[superhuman]] help in the task of resolving such [[moral]] [[conflicts]].

103:2.8 When a [[moral]] [[being]] [[chooses]] to be [[unselfish]] when confronted by the urge to be [[selfish]], that is [[primitive]] [[religious]] [[experience]]. No [[animal]] can make such a [[choice]]; such a decision is both [[human]] and [[religious]]. It [[embraces]] the [[fact]] of [[God-consciousness]] and exhibits the [[impulse]] of [[social]] [[service]], the basis of the brotherhood of man. When [[mind]] chooses a right [[moral]] [[judgment]] by an [[act]] of the [[free will]], such a [[decision]] [[constitutes]] a [[religious]] [[experience]].

103:2.8 When a [[moral]] [[being]] [[chooses]] to be [[unselfish]] when confronted by the urge to be [[selfish]], that is [[primitive]] [[religious]] [[experience]]. No [[animal]] can make such a [[choice]]; such a decision is both [[human]] and [[religious]]. It [[embraces]] the [[fact]] of [[God-consciousness]] and exhibits the [[impulse]] of [[social]] [[service]], the basis of the brotherhood of man. When [[mind]] chooses a right [[moral]] [[judgment]] by an [[act]] of the [[free will]], such a [[decision]] [[constitutes]] a [[religious]] [[experience]].

103:2.9 But before a [[child]] has [[developed]] sufficiently to acquire [[moral]] [[capacity]] and therefore to be able to choose [[altruistic]] [[service]], he has already [[developed]] a strong and well-unified [[egoistic]] [[nature]]. And it is this [[factual]] situation that gives rise to the [[theory]] of the [[struggle]] between the "higher" and the "lower" natures, between the "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Ephesians#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Ephesians.2C_IV old man of sin" and the "new nature]" of [[grace]]. Very early in life the [[normal]] child begins to learn that it is "more blessed to give than to receive."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Acts_of_the_Apostles#Acts.20]

103:2.9 But before a [[child]] has [[developed]] sufficiently to acquire [[moral]] [[capacity]] and therefore to be able to choose [[altruistic]] [[service]], he has already [[developed]] a strong and well-unified [[egoistic]] [[nature]]. And it is this [[factual]] situation that gives rise to the [[theory]] of the [[struggle]] between the "higher" and the "lower" natures, between the "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Ephesians#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Ephesians.2C_IV old man of sin" and the "new nature]" of [[grace]]. Very early in life the [[normal]] child begins to learn that it is "more blessed to give than to receive."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Acts_of_the_Apostles#Acts.20]

103:2.10 Man tends to identify the urge to be [[self]]-serving with his [[ego]]—himself. In [[contrast]] he is inclined to identify the will to be [[altruistic]] with some [[influence]] outside himself—[[God]]. And indeed is such a [[judgment]] right, for all such nonself [[desires]] do actually have their [[origin]] in the leadings of the indwelling [[Thought Adjuster]], and this Adjuster is a [[fragment]] of [[God]]. The [[impulse]] of the spirit Monitor is [[realized]] in human [[consciousness]] as the urge to be [[altruistic]], fellow-creature minded. At least this is the early and [[fundamental]] [[experience]] of the child mind. When the growing child fails of [[personality]] [[unification]], the [[altruistic]] drive may become so overdeveloped as to work serious [[injury]] to the [[welfare]] of the [[self]]. A misguided [[conscience]] can become [[responsible]] for much [[conflict]], [[worry]], [[sorrow]], and no end of human unhappiness.

103:2.10 Man tends to identify the urge to be [[self]]-serving with his [[ego]]—himself. In [[contrast]] he is inclined to identify the will to be [[altruistic]] with some [[influence]] outside himself—[[God]]. And indeed is such a [[judgment]] right, for all such nonself [[desires]] do actually have their [[origin]] in the leadings of the indwelling [[Thought Adjuster]], and this Adjuster is a [[fragment]] of [[God]]. The [[impulse]] of the spirit Monitor is [[realized]] in human [[consciousness]] as the urge to be [[altruistic]], fellow-creature minded. At least this is the early and [[fundamental]] [[experience]] of the child mind. When the growing child fails of [[personality]] [[unification]], the [[altruistic]] drive may become so overdeveloped as to work serious [[injury]] to the [[welfare]] of the [[self]]. A misguided [[conscience]] can become [[responsible]] for much [[conflict]], [[worry]], [[sorrow]], and no end of human unhappiness.

==103:3. RELIGION AND THE HUMAN RACE==

==103:3. RELIGION AND THE HUMAN RACE==

103:3.1 While the [[belief]] in [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_86#86:6._THE_GHOST-SPIRIT_ENVIRONMENT spirits], [[dreams]], and diverse other [[superstitions]] all played a part in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_85#PAPER_85:_THE_ORIGINS_OF_WORSHIP evolutionary origin] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_86#86:7._THE_FUNCTION_OF_PRIMITIVE_RELIGION primitive religions], you should not overlook the [[influence]] of the [[clan]] or [[tribal]] spirit of [[solidarity]]. In the [[group]] [[relationship]] there was presented the exact [[social]] situation which provided the [[challenge]] to the [[egoistic]]-[[altruistic]] [[conflict]] in the [[moral]] [[nature]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_62#62:6._EVOLUTION_OF_THE_HUMAN_MIND early human mind]. In spite of their [[belief]] in spirits, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Aborigines primitive Australians] still [[focus]] their [[religion]] upon the [[clan]]. In time, such [[religious]] [[concepts]] tend to [[personalize]], first, as [[animals]], and later, as a [[superman]] or as a [[God]]. Even such inferior [[races]] as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushmen African Bushmen], who are not even [[totemic]] in their [[beliefs]], do have a [[recognition]] of the [[difference]] between the [[self]]-interest and the [[group]]-interest, a [[primitive]] distinction between the [[values]] of the [[secular]] and the [[sacred]]. But the [[social]] [[group]] is not the [[source]] of [[religious]] [[experience]][http://books.google.com/books?id=oeRxqlTiAmsC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false]. Regardless of the [[influence]] of all these [[primitive]] contributions to man's [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_86 early religion], the [[fact]] remains that the true religious [[impulse]] has its [[origin]] in [[genuine]] [[spirit]] [[presences]] [[activating]] the [[Free will|will]] to be [[unselfish]].

103:3.1 While the [[belief]] in [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_86#86:6._THE_GHOST-SPIRIT_ENVIRONMENT spirits], [[dreams]], and diverse other [[superstitions]] all played a part in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_85#PAPER_85:_THE_ORIGINS_OF_WORSHIP evolutionary origin] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_86#86:7._THE_FUNCTION_OF_PRIMITIVE_RELIGION primitive religions], you should not overlook the [[influence]] of the [[clan]] or [[tribal]] spirit of [[solidarity]]. In the [[group]] [[relationship]] there was presented the exact [[social]] situation which provided the [[challenge]] to the [[egoistic]]-[[altruistic]] [[conflict]] in the [[moral]] [[nature]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_62#62:6._EVOLUTION_OF_THE_HUMAN_MIND early human mind]. In spite of their [[belief]] in spirits, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Aborigines primitive Australians] still [[focus]] their [[religion]] upon the [[clan]]. In time, such [[religious]] [[concepts]] tend to [[personalize]], first, as [[animals]], and later, as a [[superman]] or as a [[God]]. Even such inferior [[races]] as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushmen African Bushmen], who are not even [[totemic]] in their [[beliefs]], do have a [[recognition]] of the [[difference]] between the [[self]]-interest and the [[group]]-interest, a [[primitive]] distinction between the [[values]] of the [[secular]] and the [[sacred]]. But the [[social]] [[group]] is not the [[source]] of [[religious]] [[experience]][http://books.google.com/books?id=oeRxqlTiAmsC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false]. Regardless of the [[influence]] of all these [[primitive]] contributions to man's [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_86 early religion], the [[fact]] remains that the true religious [[impulse]] has its [[origin]] in [[genuine]] [[spirit]] [[presences]] [[activating]] the [[Free will|will]] to be [[unselfish]].

103:3.2 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92 Later religion] is [[foreshadowed]] in the [[primitive]] [[belief]] in [[natural]] [[wonders]] and [[mysteries]], the [[impersonal]] [[mana]]. But sooner or later the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_86 evolving religion] requires that the [[individual]] should make some [[personal]] [[sacrifice]] for the [[good]] of his [[social]] [[group]], should do something to make other people [[happier]] and better. Ultimately, [[religion]] is [[destined]] to become the [[service]] of [[God]] and of [[man]].

103:3.2 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92 Later religion] is [[foreshadowed]] in the [[primitive]] [[belief]] in [[natural]] [[wonders]] and [[mysteries]], the [[impersonal]] [[mana]]. But sooner or later the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_86 evolving religion] requires that the [[individual]] should make some [[personal]] [[sacrifice]] for the [[good]] of his [[social]] [[group]], should do something to make other people [[happier]] and better. Ultimately, [[religion]] is [[destined]] to become the [[service]] of [[God]] and of [[man]].

103:3.3 [[Religion]] is [[designed]] to [[change]] man's [[environment]], but much of the [[religion]] found among [[mortals]] today has become helpless to do this. [[Environment]] has all too often [[Dominate|mastered]] [[religion]].

103:3.3 [[Religion]] is [[designed]] to [[change]] man's [[environment]], but much of the [[religion]] found among [[mortals]] today has become helpless to do this. [[Environment]] has all too often [[Dominate|mastered]] [[religion]].

103:3.4 Remember that in the [[religion]] of all ages the [[experience]] which is [[paramount]] is the feeling regarding [[moral]] [[values]] and [[social]] [[meanings]], not the [[thinking]] regarding [[theologic]] [[dogmas]] or [[philosophic]] [[theories]]. [[Religion]] evolves favorably as the element of [[magic]] is replaced by the [[concept]] of [[morals]].

103:3.4 Remember that in the [[religion]] of all ages the [[experience]] which is [[paramount]] is the feeling regarding [[moral]] [[values]] and [[social]] [[meanings]], not the [[thinking]] regarding [[theologic]] [[dogmas]] or [[philosophic]] [[theories]]. [[Religion]] evolves favorably as the element of [[magic]] is replaced by the [[concept]] of [[morals]].

103:3.5 Man evolved through the [[superstitions]] of [[mana]], [[magic]], [[nature]] [[worship]], [[spirit]] [[fear]], and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_85#85:3._THE_WORSHIP_OF_ANIMALS animal worship] to the various [[ceremonials]] whereby the [[religious]] [[attitude]] of the [[individual]] became the [[group]] [[reactions]] of the [[clan]]. And then these [[ceremonies]] became [[focalized]] and crystallized into [[tribal]] [[beliefs]], and [[eventually]] these [[fears]] and [[faiths]] became [[personalized]] into [[gods]]. But in all of this [[religious]] [[evolution]] the [[moral]] [[element]] was never wholly absent. The [[impulse]] of the [[God]] within man was always [[potent]]. And these [[powerful]] [[influences]]—one [[human]] and the other [[divine]]—insured the [[survival]] of [[religion]] throughout the [[vicissitudes]] of the ages and that notwithstanding it was so often threatened with [[extinction]] by a thousand subversive [[tendencies]] and hostile [[antagonisms]].

103:3.5 Man evolved through the [[superstitions]] of [[mana]], [[magic]], [[nature]] [[worship]], [[spirit]] [[fear]], and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_85#85:3._THE_WORSHIP_OF_ANIMALS animal worship] to the various [[ceremonials]] whereby the [[religious]] [[attitude]] of the [[individual]] became the [[group]] [[reactions]] of the [[clan]]. And then these [[ceremonies]] became [[focalized]] and crystallized into [[tribal]] [[beliefs]], and [[eventually]] these [[fears]] and [[faiths]] became [[personalized]] into [[gods]]. But in all of this [[religious]] [[evolution]] the [[moral]] [[element]] was never wholly absent. The [[impulse]] of the [[God]] within man was always [[potent]]. And these [[powerful]] [[influences]]—one [[human]] and the other [[divine]]—insured the [[survival]] of [[religion]] throughout the [[vicissitudes]] of the ages and that notwithstanding it was so often threatened with [[extinction]] by a thousand subversive [[tendencies]] and hostile [[antagonisms]].

==103:4. SPIRITUAL COMMUNION==

==103:4. SPIRITUAL COMMUNION==

103:4.1 The characteristic [[difference]] between a [[social]] occasion and a [[religious]] gathering is that in [[contrast]] with the [[secular]] the religious is [[pervaded]] by the [[atmosphere]] of [[communion]]. In this way [[human]] [[association]] generates a [[feeling]] of fellowship with the [[divine]], and this is the beginning of [[group]] [[worship]]. Partaking of a common meal was the earliest [[type]] of [[social]] [[communion]], and so did early [[religions]] provide that some portion of the [[ceremonial]] [[sacrifice]] should be eaten by the [[worshipers]]. Even in [[Christianity]] the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord%27s_supper Lord's Supper] retains this [[mode]] of [[communion]]. The [[atmosphere]] of the [[communion]] provides a refreshing and comforting period of truce in the [[conflict]] of the [[self]]-seeking [[ego]] with the [[altruistic]] urge of the [[indwelling spirit]] Monitor. And this is the prelude to true [[worship]]—the [[practice]] of the [[presence]] of [[God]] which [[eventuates]] in the [[emergence]] of the [[brotherhood]] of man.

103:4.1 The characteristic [[difference]] between a [[social]] occasion and a [[religious]] gathering is that in [[contrast]] with the [[secular]] the religious is [[pervaded]] by the [[atmosphere]] of [[communion]]. In this way [[human]] [[association]] generates a [[feeling]] of fellowship with the [[divine]], and this is the beginning of [[group]] [[worship]]. Partaking of a common meal was the earliest [[type]] of [[social]] [[communion]], and so did early [[religions]] provide that some portion of the [[ceremonial]] [[sacrifice]] should be eaten by the [[worshipers]]. Even in [[Christianity]] the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord%27s_supper Lord's Supper] retains this [[mode]] of [[communion]]. The [[atmosphere]] of the [[communion]] provides a refreshing and comforting period of truce in the [[conflict]] of the [[self]]-seeking [[ego]] with the [[altruistic]] urge of the [[indwelling spirit]] Monitor. And this is the prelude to true [[worship]]—the [[practice]] of the [[presence]] of [[God]] which [[eventuates]] in the [[emergence]] of the [[brotherhood]] of man.

103:4.2 When [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:1._PRIMITIVE_MAN primitive man] felt that his [[communion]] with [[God]] had been interrupted, he resorted to [[sacrifice]] of some kind in an [[effort]] to make [[atonement]], to restore [[friendly]] [[relationship]]. The [[hunger]] and thirst for [[righteousness]] leads to the [[discovery]] of [[truth]], and [[truth]] augments [[ideals]], and this [[creates]] new [[problems]] for the [[individual]] religionists, for our [[ideals]] tend to [[grow]] by [[geometrical]] [[progression]], while our [[ability]] to live up to them is enhanced only by arithmetical [[progression]].

103:4.2 When [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:1._PRIMITIVE_MAN primitive man] felt that his [[communion]] with [[God]] had been interrupted, he resorted to [[sacrifice]] of some kind in an [[effort]] to make [[atonement]], to restore [[friendly]] [[relationship]]. The [[hunger]] and thirst for [[righteousness]] leads to the [[discovery]] of [[truth]], and [[truth]] augments [[ideals]], and this [[creates]] new [[problems]] for the [[individual]] religionists, for our [[ideals]] tend to [[grow]] by [[geometrical]] [[progression]], while our [[ability]] to live up to them is enhanced only by arithmetical [[progression]].

103:4.3 The sense of [[guilt]] (not the [[consciousness]] of [[sin]]) comes either from interrupted [[spiritual]] [[communion]] or from the lowering of one's [[moral]] [[ideals]]. [[Deliverance]] from such a predicament can only come through the [[realization]] that one's highest [[moral]] [[ideals]] are not necessarily synonymous with the will of God. [[Man]] cannot [[hope]] to live up to his highest [[ideals]], but he can be true to his [[purpose]] of finding God and becoming more and more like him.

103:4.3 The sense of [[guilt]] (not the [[consciousness]] of [[sin]]) comes either from interrupted [[spiritual]] [[communion]] or from the lowering of one's [[moral]] [[ideals]]. [[Deliverance]] from such a predicament can only come through the [[realization]] that one's highest [[moral]] [[ideals]] are not necessarily synonymous with the will of God. [[Man]] cannot [[hope]] to live up to his highest [[ideals]], but he can be true to his [[purpose]] of finding God and becoming more and more like him.

==103:5. THE ORIGIN OF IDEALS==

==103:5. THE ORIGIN OF IDEALS==

103:5.1 The early [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_65#65:7._EVOLUTIONARY_MIND_LEVELS evolutionary mind] gives [[origin]] to a [[feeling]] of [[social]] [[duty]] and [[moral]] [[obligation]] derived chiefly from [[emotional]] [[fear]]. The more [[positive]] urge of [[social]] [[service]] and the [[idealism]] of [[altruism]] are derived from the direct [[impulse]] of the [[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]] indwelling the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_62#62:6._EVOLUTION_OF_THE_HUMAN_MIND human mind].

103:5.1 The early [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_65#65:7._EVOLUTIONARY_MIND_LEVELS evolutionary mind] gives [[origin]] to a [[feeling]] of [[social]] [[duty]] and [[moral]] [[obligation]] derived chiefly from [[emotional]] [[fear]]. The more [[positive]] urge of [[social]] [[service]] and the [[idealism]] of [[altruism]] are derived from the direct [[impulse]] of the [[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]] indwelling the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_62#62:6._EVOLUTION_OF_THE_HUMAN_MIND human mind].

103:5.2 This [[idea]]-[[ideal]] of [[doing]] [[good]] to others—the [[impulse]] to deny the [[ego]] something for the benefit of one's [[neighbor]]—is very [[circumscribed]] at first. [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_62#PAPER_62:_THE_DAWN_RACES_OF_EARLY_MAN Primitive man] regards as [[neighbor]] only those very close to him, those who treat him neighborly; as [[religious]] [[civilization]] advances, one's neighbor expands in [[concept]] to [[embrace]] the [[clan]], the [[tribe]], the [[nation]]. And then [[Jesus]] enlarged the [[neighbor]] scope to [[embrace]] the whole of [[humanity]], even that we should [[love]] our enemies. And there is something inside of every [[normal]] [[human being]] that tells him this teaching is [[moral]]—right. Even those who [[practice]] this [[ideal]] least, admit that it is right in [[theory]].

103:5.2 This [[idea]]-[[ideal]] of [[doing]] [[good]] to others—the [[impulse]] to deny the [[ego]] something for the benefit of one's [[neighbor]]—is very [[circumscribed]] at first. [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_62#PAPER_62:_THE_DAWN_RACES_OF_EARLY_MAN Primitive man] regards as [[neighbor]] only those very close to him, those who treat him neighborly; as [[religious]] [[civilization]] advances, one's neighbor expands in [[concept]] to [[embrace]] the [[clan]], the [[tribe]], the [[nation]]. And then [[Jesus]] enlarged the [[neighbor]] scope to [[embrace]] the whole of [[humanity]], even that we should [[love]] our enemies. And there is something inside of every [[normal]] [[human being]] that tells him this teaching is [[moral]]—right. Even those who [[practice]] this [[ideal]] least, admit that it is right in [[theory]].

103:5.3 All men [[recognize]] the [[morality]] of this [[universal]] human urge to be [[unselfish]] and [[altruistic]]. The [[humanist]] ascribes the [[origin]] of this urge to the [[natural]] working of the [[material]] [[mind]]; the religionist more correctly [[recognizes]] that the truly [[unselfish]] drive of [[mortal]] [[mind]] is in [[response]] to the inner spirit [[leadings]] of the [[Thought Adjuster]].

103:5.3 All men [[recognize]] the [[morality]] of this [[universal]] human urge to be [[unselfish]] and [[altruistic]]. The [[humanist]] ascribes the [[origin]] of this urge to the [[natural]] working of the [[material]] [[mind]]; the religionist more correctly [[recognizes]] that the truly [[unselfish]] drive of [[mortal]] [[mind]] is in [[response]] to the inner spirit [[leadings]] of the [[Thought Adjuster]].

103:5.4 But man's [[interpretation]] of these early [[conflicts]] between the [[ego]]-will and the [[other]]-than-[[self]]-will is not always dependable. Only a fairly well [[unified]] [[personality]] can [[arbitrate]] the multiform [[contentions]] of the [[ego]] cravings and the budding [[social]] [[consciousness]]. The [[self]] has [[rights]] as well as one's [[neighbors]]. Neither has exclusive claims upon the [[attention]] and [[service]] of the [[individual]]. Failure to resolve this [[problem]] gives [[origin]] to the earliest type of human [[guilt]] [[feelings]].

103:5.4 But man's [[interpretation]] of these early [[conflicts]] between the [[ego]]-will and the [[other]]-than-[[self]]-will is not always dependable. Only a fairly well [[unified]] [[personality]] can [[arbitrate]] the multiform [[contentions]] of the [[ego]] cravings and the budding [[social]] [[consciousness]]. The [[self]] has [[rights]] as well as one's [[neighbors]]. Neither has exclusive claims upon the [[attention]] and [[service]] of the [[individual]]. Failure to resolve this [[problem]] gives [[origin]] to the earliest type of human [[guilt]] [[feelings]].

103:5.5 Human [[happiness]] is [[achieved]] only when the [[ego]] [[desire]] of the [[self]] and the [[altruistic]] urge of the higher self ([[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]]) are [[co-ordinated]] and [[reconciled]] by the [[unified]] [[Free will|will]] of the [[integrating]] and supervising [[personality]]. The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_62#62:6._EVOLUTION_OF_THE_HUMAN_MIND mind of evolutionary man] is ever confronted with the intricate [[problem]] of refereeing the [[contest]] between the [[natural]] expansion of [[emotional]] [impulses] and the [[moral]] [[growth]] of [[unselfish]] urges predicated on [[spiritual]] [[insight]]—genuine religious [[reflection]].

103:5.5 Human [[happiness]] is [[achieved]] only when the [[ego]] [[desire]] of the [[self]] and the [[altruistic]] urge of the higher self ([[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]]) are [[co-ordinated]] and [[reconciled]] by the [[unified]] [[Free will|will]] of the [[integrating]] and supervising [[personality]]. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_62#62:6._EVOLUTION_OF_THE_HUMAN_MIND mind of evolutionary man] is ever confronted with the intricate [[problem]] of refereeing the [[contest]] between the [[natural]] expansion of [[emotional]] [impulses] and the [[moral]] [[growth]] of [[unselfish]] urges predicated on [[spiritual]] [[insight]]—genuine religious [[reflection]].

103:5.6 The attempt to [[secure]] [[equal]] [[good]] for the [[self]] and for the greatest [[number]] of other selves presents a [[problem]] which cannot always be [[satisfactorily]] resolved in a [[time-space]] frame. Given an [[eternal]] life, such [[antagonisms]] can be worked out, but in one short [[human]] life they are incapable of solution. [[Jesus]] referred to such a [[paradox]] when he said: "Whosoever shall save his life shall lose it, but whosoever shall lose his life for the sake of the kingdom, shall find it."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_12]

103:5.6 The attempt to [[secure]] [[equal]] [[good]] for the [[self]] and for the greatest [[number]] of other selves presents a [[problem]] which cannot always be [[satisfactorily]] resolved in a [[time-space]] frame. Given an [[eternal]] life, such [[antagonisms]] can be worked out, but in one short [[human]] life they are incapable of solution. [[Jesus]] referred to such a [[paradox]] when he said: "Whosoever shall save his life shall lose it, but whosoever shall lose his life for the sake of the kingdom, shall find it."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_12]

103:5.7 The pursuit of the [[ideal]]—the striving to be Godlike—is a [[continuous]] [[effort]] before [[death]] and [[Afterlife|after]]. The [[Afterlife|life after death]] is no [[different]] in the [[essentials]] than the [[mortal]] [[existence]]. Everything we do in this life which is [[good]] contributes directly to the enhancement of the [[future]] life. Real [[religion]] does not foster [[moral]] [[indolence]] and [[spiritual]] [[laziness]] by encouraging the vain [[hope]] of having all the [[virtues]] of a [[noble]] [[character]] [[bestowed]] upon one as a result of passing through the [[portals]] of natural [[death]]. True [[religion]] does not belittle man's [[efforts]] to [[progress]] during the [[mortal]] lease on life. Every [[mortal]] gain is a direct [[contribution]] to the enrichment of the first [[stages]] of the [[immortal]] [[survival]] [[experience]].

103:5.7 The pursuit of the [[ideal]]—the striving to be Godlike—is a [[continuous]] [[effort]] before [[death]] and [[Afterlife|after]]. The [[Afterlife|life after death]] is no [[different]] in the [[essentials]] than the [[mortal]] [[existence]]. Everything we do in this life which is [[good]] contributes directly to the enhancement of the [[future]] life. Real [[religion]] does not foster [[moral]] [[indolence]] and [[spiritual]] [[laziness]] by encouraging the vain [[hope]] of having all the [[virtues]] of a [[noble]] [[character]] [[bestowed]] upon one as a result of passing through the [[portals]] of natural [[death]]. True [[religion]] does not belittle man's [[efforts]] to [[progress]] during the [[mortal]] lease on life. Every [[mortal]] gain is a direct [[contribution]] to the enrichment of the first [[stages]] of the [[immortal]] [[survival]] [[experience]].

103:5.8 It is fatal to man's [[idealism]] when he is taught that all of his [[altruistic]] [[impulses]] are merely the [[development]] of his natural [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herd herd] [[instincts]]. But he is [[ennobled]] and mightily [[energized]] when he learns that these higher urges of his [[soul]] [[emanate]] from the [[spiritual]] [[forces]] that indwell his [[mortal]] [[mind]].

103:5.8 It is fatal to man's [[idealism]] when he is taught that all of his [[altruistic]] [[impulses]] are merely the [[development]] of his natural [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herd herd] [[instincts]]. But he is [[ennobled]] and mightily [[energized]] when he learns that these higher urges of his [[soul]] [[emanate]] from the [[spiritual]] [[forces]] that indwell his [[mortal]] [[mind]].

103:5.9 It lifts man out of himself and beyond himself when he once fully [[realizes]] that there lives and strives within him something which is [[eternal]] and [[divine]]. And so it is that a living [[faith]] in the [[superhuman]] [[origin]] of our [[ideals]] [[validates]] our [[belief]] that we are the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_30 sons of God] and makes real our [[altruistic]] [[convictions]], the [[feelings]] of the [[brotherhood]] of [[man]].

103:5.9 It lifts man out of himself and beyond himself when he once fully [[realizes]] that there lives and strives within him something which is [[eternal]] and [[divine]]. And so it is that a living [[faith]] in the [[superhuman]] [[origin]] of our [[ideals]] [[validates]] our [[belief]] that we are the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_30 sons of God] and makes real our [[altruistic]] [[convictions]], the [[feelings]] of the [[brotherhood]] of [[man]].

103:5.10 Man, in his [[spiritual]] [[domain]], does have a [[free will]]. [[Mortal]] man is neither a helpless [[slave]] of the inflexible [[sovereignty]] of an [[all-powerful]] [[God]] nor the [[victim]] of the hopeless fatality of a [[mechanistic]] [[cosmic]] [[determinism]]. Man is most truly the [[architect]] of his own [[Ascension Career|eternal destiny]].

103:5.10 Man, in his [[spiritual]] [[domain]], does have a [[free will]]. [[Mortal]] man is neither a helpless [[slave]] of the inflexible [[sovereignty]] of an [[all-powerful]] [[God]] nor the [[victim]] of the hopeless fatality of a [[mechanistic]] [[cosmic]] [[determinism]]. Man is most truly the [[architect]] of his own [[Ascension Career|eternal destiny]].

103:5.11 But man is not saved or [[ennobled]] by [[pressure]]. [[Spirit]] [[growth]] springs from within the [[evolving]] [[soul]]. [[Pressure]] may [[deform]] the [[personality]], but it never [[stimulates]] [[growth]]. Even [[educational]] [[pressure]] is only [[negatively]] helpful in that it may aid in the prevention of [[disastrous]] [[experiences]]. [[Spiritual]] [[growth]] is greatest where all [[external]] [[pressures]] are at a minimum. "Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_III] Man [[develops]] best when the [[pressures]] of [[home]], [[community]], [[church]], and [[state]] are least. But this must not be construed as [[meaning]] that there is no place in a [[progressive]] [[society]] for [[home]], [[social]] [[institutions]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_church_and_state church, and state].

103:5.11 But man is not saved or [[ennobled]] by [[pressure]]. [[Spirit]] [[growth]] springs from within the [[evolving]] [[soul]]. [[Pressure]] may [[deform]] the [[personality]], but it never [[stimulates]] [[growth]]. Even [[educational]] [[pressure]] is only [[negatively]] helpful in that it may aid in the prevention of [[disastrous]] [[experiences]]. [[Spiritual]] [[growth]] is greatest where all [[external]] [[pressures]] are at a minimum. "Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_III] Man [[develops]] best when the [[pressures]] of [[home]], [[community]], [[church]], and [[state]] are least. But this must not be construed as [[meaning]] that there is no place in a [[progressive]] [[society]] for [[home]], [[social]] [[institutions]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_church_and_state church, and state].

103:5.12 When a member of a [[social]] religious [[group]] has complied with the requirements of such a [[group]], he should be [[encouraged]] to [[enjoy]] religious [[liberty]] in the full [[expression]] of his own [[personal]] [[interpretation]] of the [[truths]] of religious [[belief]] and the [[facts]] of religious [[experience]]. The [[security]] of a [[religious]] [[group]] depends on [[spiritual]] [[unity]], not on [[theological]] [[uniformity]]. A religious [[group]] should be able to [[enjoy]] the [[liberty]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_thought freethinking] without having to become "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brethren_of_the_Free_Spirit freethinkers]"[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brights]. There is great [[hope]] for any church that [[worships]] the living [[God]], [[validates]] the [[brotherhood]] of [[man]], and dares to remove all creedal [[pressure]] from its members.

103:5.12 When a member of a [[social]] religious [[group]] has complied with the requirements of such a [[group]], he should be [[encouraged]] to [[enjoy]] religious [[liberty]] in the full [[expression]] of his own [[personal]] [[interpretation]] of the [[truths]] of religious [[belief]] and the [[facts]] of religious [[experience]]. The [[security]] of a [[religious]] [[group]] depends on [[spiritual]] [[unity]], not on [[theological]] [[uniformity]]. A religious [[group]] should be able to [[enjoy]] the [[liberty]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_thought freethinking] without having to become "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brethren_of_the_Free_Spirit freethinkers]"[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brights]. There is great [[hope]] for any church that [[worships]] the living [[God]], [[validates]] the [[brotherhood]] of [[man]], and dares to remove all creedal [[pressure]] from its members.

103:6.7 Your [[difficulty]] in arriving at a more [[harmonious]] [[co-ordination]] between [[science]] and [[religion]] is due to your utter [[ignorance]] of the intervening [[domain]] of the [[morontia]] world of [[things]] and [[beings]]. The [[local universe]] consists of [[three]] [[degrees]], or [[stages]], of [[reality]] [[manifestation]]: [[matter]], [[morontia]], and [[spirit]]. The morontia [[angle]] of approach erases all [[divergence]] between the findings of the [[physical sciences]] and the [[functioning]] of the [[spirit]] of [[religion]]. [[Reason]] is the [[understanding]] [[technique]] of [[the sciences]]; [[faith]] is the [[insight]] [[technique]] of [[religion]]; [[mota]] is the [[technique]] of the [[morontia]] level. [[Mota]] is a supermaterial [[reality]] [[sensitivity]] which is beginning to [[compensate]] incomplete [[growth]], having for its substance [[knowledge]]-[[reason]] and for its [[essence]] [[faith]]-[[insight]]. [[Mota]] is a superphilosophical [[reconciliation]] of [[divergent]] [[reality]] [[perception]] which is nonattainable by [[material]] [[personalities]]; it is predicated, in part, on the [[experience]] of having [[survived]] the [[material]] life of the [[flesh]]. But many [[mortals]] have [[recognized]] the desirability of having some [[method]] of reconciling the interplay between the widely separated [[domains]] of [[science]] and [[religion]]; and [[metaphysics]] is the result of man's unavailing attempt to span this well-[[recognized]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rift chasm]. But [[human]] [[metaphysics]] has proved more [[confusing]] than [[illuminating]]. [[Metaphysics]] stands for man's well-meant but futile [[effort]] to [[compensate]] for the [[absence]] of the [[mota]] of [[morontia]].

103:6.7 Your [[difficulty]] in arriving at a more [[harmonious]] [[co-ordination]] between [[science]] and [[religion]] is due to your utter [[ignorance]] of the intervening [[domain]] of the [[morontia]] world of [[things]] and [[beings]]. The [[local universe]] consists of [[three]] [[degrees]], or [[stages]], of [[reality]] [[manifestation]]: [[matter]], [[morontia]], and [[spirit]]. The morontia [[angle]] of approach erases all [[divergence]] between the findings of the [[physical sciences]] and the [[functioning]] of the [[spirit]] of [[religion]]. [[Reason]] is the [[understanding]] [[technique]] of [[the sciences]]; [[faith]] is the [[insight]] [[technique]] of [[religion]]; [[mota]] is the [[technique]] of the [[morontia]] level. [[Mota]] is a supermaterial [[reality]] [[sensitivity]] which is beginning to [[compensate]] incomplete [[growth]], having for its substance [[knowledge]]-[[reason]] and for its [[essence]] [[faith]]-[[insight]]. [[Mota]] is a superphilosophical [[reconciliation]] of [[divergent]] [[reality]] [[perception]] which is nonattainable by [[material]] [[personalities]]; it is predicated, in part, on the [[experience]] of having [[survived]] the [[material]] life of the [[flesh]]. But many [[mortals]] have [[recognized]] the desirability of having some [[method]] of reconciling the interplay between the widely separated [[domains]] of [[science]] and [[religion]]; and [[metaphysics]] is the result of man's unavailing attempt to span this well-[[recognized]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rift chasm]. But [[human]] [[metaphysics]] has proved more [[confusing]] than [[illuminating]]. [[Metaphysics]] stands for man's well-meant but futile [[effort]] to [[compensate]] for the [[absence]] of the [[mota]] of [[morontia]].

103:6.8 [[Metaphysics]] has proved a failure; [[mota]], man cannot [[perceive]]. [[Revelation]] is the only [[technique]] which can [[compensate]] for the [[absence]] of the [[truth]] [[sensitivity]] of [[mota]] in a [[material]] world. [[Revelation]] [[authoritatively]] [[clarifies]] the muddle of [[reason]]-developed metaphysics on an [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 evolutionary sphere].

103:6.8 [[Metaphysics]] has proved a failure; [[mota]], man cannot [[perceive]]. [[Revelation]] is the only [[technique]] which can [[compensate]] for the [[absence]] of the [[truth]] [[sensitivity]] of [[mota]] in a [[material]] world. [[Revelation]] [[authoritatively]] [[clarifies]] the muddle of [[reason]]-developed metaphysics on an [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 evolutionary sphere].

103:6.9 [[Science]] is man's attempted [[study]] of his [[physical]] [[environment]], the world of [[energy]]-[[matter]]; [[religion]] is man's [[experience]] with the [[cosmos]] of [[spirit]] [[values]]; [[philosophy]] has been [[developed]] by man's [[mind]] [[effort]] to [[organize]] and correlate the findings of these widely separated [[concepts]] into something like a reasonable and [[unified]] [[attitude]] toward the [[cosmos]]. [[Philosophy]], [[clarified]] by [[revelation]], [[functions]] acceptably in the [[absence]] of [[mota]] and in the [[presence]] of the breakdown and failure of man's [[reason]] substitute for [[mota]]—[[metaphysics]].

103:6.9 [[Science]] is man's attempted [[study]] of his [[physical]] [[environment]], the world of [[energy]]-[[matter]]; [[religion]] is man's [[experience]] with the [[cosmos]] of [[spirit]] [[values]]; [[philosophy]] has been [[developed]] by man's [[mind]] [[effort]] to [[organize]] and correlate the findings of these widely separated [[concepts]] into something like a reasonable and [[unified]] [[attitude]] toward the [[cosmos]]. [[Philosophy]], [[clarified]] by [[revelation]], [[functions]] acceptably in the [[absence]] of [[mota]] and in the [[presence]] of the breakdown and failure of man's [[reason]] substitute for [[mota]]—[[metaphysics]].

103:6.10 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#PAPER_64:_THE_EVOLUTIONARY_RACES_OF_COLOR Early man] did not differentiate between the [[energy]] level and the [[spirit]] level. It was the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78 violet race] and their [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:4._THE_ANDITES Andite] successors who first attempted to [[divorce]] the [[mathematical]] from the [[volitional]]. Increasingly has civilized man followed in the footsteps of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegean_civilizations earliest Greeks] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumer Sumerians] who distinguished between the inanimate and the animate. And as [[civilization]] [[progresses]], [[philosophy]] will have to bridge ever-widening gulfs between the [[spirit]] [[concept]] and the [[energy]] concept. But in the [[Spacetime|time of space]] these divergencies are at one in [[the Supreme]].

103:6.10 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#PAPER_64:_THE_EVOLUTIONARY_RACES_OF_COLOR Early man] did not differentiate between the [[energy]] level and the [[spirit]] level. It was the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78 violet race] and their [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:4._THE_ANDITES Andite] successors who first attempted to [[divorce]] the [[mathematical]] from the [[volitional]]. Increasingly has civilized man followed in the footsteps of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegean_civilizations earliest Greeks] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumer Sumerians] who distinguished between the inanimate and the animate. And as [[civilization]] [[progresses]], [[philosophy]] will have to bridge ever-widening gulfs between the [[spirit]] [[concept]] and the [[energy]] concept. But in the [[Spacetime|time of space]] these divergencies are at one in [[the Supreme]].

103:6.11 [[Science]] must always be grounded in [[reason]], although [[imagination]] and conjecture are helpful in the extension of its borders. [[Religion]] is forever dependent on [[faith]], albeit [[reason]] is a stabilizing [[influence]] and a helpful handmaid. And always there have been, and ever will be, misleading [[interpretations]] of the [[phenomena]] of both the [[natural]] and the [[spiritual]] worlds, sciences and religions [[falsely]] so called.

103:6.11 [[Science]] must always be grounded in [[reason]], although [[imagination]] and conjecture are helpful in the extension of its borders. [[Religion]] is forever dependent on [[faith]], albeit [[reason]] is a stabilizing [[influence]] and a helpful handmaid. And always there have been, and ever will be, misleading [[interpretations]] of the [[phenomena]] of both the [[natural]] and the [[spiritual]] worlds, sciences and religions [[falsely]] so called.

103:6.12 Out of his incomplete grasp of [[science]], his faint hold upon [[religion]], and his [[abortive]] attempts at [[metaphysics]], man has attempted to construct his [[formulations]] of [[philosophy]]. And [[modern]] man would indeed build a worthy and engaging [[philosophy]] of himself and his [[universe]] were it not for the [[Default|breakdown]] of his all-important and indispensable [[metaphysical]] [[connection]] between the worlds of [[matter]] and [[spirit]], the failure of [[metaphysics]] to bridge the [[morontia]] gulf between the [[physical]] and the [[spiritual]]. [[Mortal]] man lacks the [[concept]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_48#48:7._MORONTIA_MOTA morontia mind] and [[material]]; and [[revelation]] is the only [[technique]] for atoning for this deficiency in the [[conceptual]] [[data]] which man so urgently needs in order to construct a [[logical]] [[philosophy]] of the [[universe]] and to arrive at a satisfying understanding of his sure and settled place in that [[universe]].

103:6.12 Out of his incomplete grasp of [[science]], his faint hold upon [[religion]], and his [[abortive]] attempts at [[metaphysics]], man has attempted to construct his [[formulations]] of [[philosophy]]. And [[modern]] man would indeed build a worthy and engaging [[philosophy]] of himself and his [[universe]] were it not for the [[Default|breakdown]] of his all-important and indispensable [[metaphysical]] [[connection]] between the worlds of [[matter]] and [[spirit]], the failure of [[metaphysics]] to bridge the [[morontia]] gulf between the [[physical]] and the [[spiritual]]. [[Mortal]] man lacks the [[concept]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_48#48:7._MORONTIA_MOTA morontia mind] and [[material]]; and [[revelation]] is the only [[technique]] for atoning for this deficiency in the [[conceptual]] [[data]] which man so urgently needs in order to construct a [[logical]] [[philosophy]] of the [[universe]] and to arrive at a satisfying understanding of his sure and settled place in that [[universe]].

103:6.13 [[Revelation]] is [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_65#65:4._THE_URANTIA_ADVENTURE evolutionary man]'s only [[hope]] of bridging the [[morontia]] gulf. [[Faith]] and [[reason]], unaided by [[mota]], cannot conceive and construct a [[logical]] [[universe]]. Without the [[insight]] of [[mota]], mortal man cannot [[discern]] [[goodness]], [[love]], and [[truth]] in the [[phenomena]] of the [[material]] world.

103:6.13 [[Revelation]] is [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_65#65:4._THE_URANTIA_ADVENTURE evolutionary man]'s only [[hope]] of bridging the [[morontia]] gulf. [[Faith]] and [[reason]], unaided by [[mota]], cannot conceive and construct a [[logical]] [[universe]]. Without the [[insight]] of [[mota]], mortal man cannot [[discern]] [[goodness]], [[love]], and [[truth]] in the [[phenomena]] of the [[material]] world.

103:6.14 When the [[philosophy]] of man leans heavily toward the world of [[matter]], it becomes rationalistic or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturalism (philosophy) naturalistic]. When [[philosophy]] inclines particularly toward the [[spiritual]] level, it becomes [[idealistic]] or even [[mystical]]. When [[philosophy]] is so unfortunate as to lean upon [[metaphysics]], it unfailingly becomes [[skeptical]], [[confused]]. In [[past]] ages, most of man's [[knowledge]] and [[intellectual]] [[evaluation]]s have fallen into one of these three [[distortion]]s of [[perception]]. [[Philosophy]] dare not project its [[interpretations]] of [[reality]] in the [[linear]] [[fashion]] of [[logic]]; it must never fail to reckon with the [[elliptic]] [[symmetry]] of reality and with the [[essential]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curvature curvature] of all [[relation]] [[concepts]].

103:6.14 When the [[philosophy]] of man leans heavily toward the world of [[matter]], it becomes rationalistic or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturalism (philosophy) naturalistic]. When [[philosophy]] inclines particularly toward the [[spiritual]] level, it becomes [[idealistic]] or even [[mystical]]. When [[philosophy]] is so unfortunate as to lean upon [[metaphysics]], it unfailingly becomes [[skeptical]], [[confused]]. In [[past]] ages, most of man's [[knowledge]] and [[intellectual]] [[evaluation]]s have fallen into one of these three [[distortion]]s of [[perception]]. [[Philosophy]] dare not project its [[interpretations]] of [[reality]] in the [[linear]] [[fashion]] of [[logic]]; it must never fail to reckon with the [[elliptic]] [[symmetry]] of reality and with the [[essential]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curvature curvature] of all [[relation]] [[concepts]].

103:7.1 [[Science]] is sustained by [[reason]], [[religion]] by [[faith]]. [[Faith]], though not predicated on [[reason]], is reasonable; though [[independent]] of logic, it is nonetheless [[encouraged]] by sound [[logic]]. [[Faith]] cannot be nourished even by an [[ideal]] [[philosophy]]; indeed, it is, with [[science]], the very [[source]] of such a [[philosophy]]. [[Faith]], human [[religious]] [[insight]], can be surely instructed only by [[revelation]], can be surely elevated only by [[personal]] [[mortal]] [[experience]] with the spiritual [[Adjuster]] [[presence]] of the [[God]] who is [[spirit]].

103:7.1 [[Science]] is sustained by [[reason]], [[religion]] by [[faith]]. [[Faith]], though not predicated on [[reason]], is reasonable; though [[independent]] of logic, it is nonetheless [[encouraged]] by sound [[logic]]. [[Faith]] cannot be nourished even by an [[ideal]] [[philosophy]]; indeed, it is, with [[science]], the very [[source]] of such a [[philosophy]]. [[Faith]], human [[religious]] [[insight]], can be surely instructed only by [[revelation]], can be surely elevated only by [[personal]] [[mortal]] [[experience]] with the spiritual [[Adjuster]] [[presence]] of the [[God]] who is [[spirit]].

103:7.2 True [[salvation]] is the [[technique]] of the [[divine]] [[evolution]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_62#62:6._EVOLUTION_OF_THE_HUMAN_MIND mortal mind] from [[matter]] identification through the realms of [[morontia]] [[liaison]] to the high [[universe]] [[status]] of spiritual correlation. And as [[material]] [[intuitive]] [[instinct]] precedes the [[appearance]] of [[reasoned]] [[knowledge]] in [[terrestrial]] [[evolution]], so does the [[manifestation]] of [[spiritual]] [[intuitive]] [[insight]] presage the later [[appearance]] of [[morontia]] and [[spirit]] [[reason]] and [[experience]] in the [[supernal]] [[program]] of [[celestial]] [[evolution]], the [[business]] of [[transmuting]] the [[potentials]] of man the [[temporal]] into the [[actuality]] and [[divinity]] of man the [[eternal]], a [[Corps of Finality|Paradise finaliter]].

103:7.2 True [[salvation]] is the [[technique]] of the [[divine]] [[evolution]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_62#62:6._EVOLUTION_OF_THE_HUMAN_MIND mortal mind] from [[matter]] identification through the realms of [[morontia]] [[liaison]] to the high [[universe]] [[status]] of spiritual correlation. And as [[material]] [[intuitive]] [[instinct]] precedes the [[appearance]] of [[reasoned]] [[knowledge]] in [[terrestrial]] [[evolution]], so does the [[manifestation]] of [[spiritual]] [[intuitive]] [[insight]] presage the later [[appearance]] of [[morontia]] and [[spirit]] [[reason]] and [[experience]] in the [[supernal]] [[program]] of [[celestial]] [[evolution]], the [[business]] of [[transmuting]] the [[potentials]] of man the [[temporal]] into the [[actuality]] and [[divinity]] of man the [[eternal]], a [[Corps of Finality|Paradise finaliter]].

103:7.3 But as [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascending man] reaches inward and [[Paradiseward]] for the [[God]] [[experience]], he will likewise be reaching outward and spaceward for an [[energy]] [[understanding]] of the [[material]] [[cosmos]]. The [[progression]] of [[science]] is not limited to the [[terrestrial]] life of man; his [[universe]] and [[superuniverse]] [[ascension]] [[experience]] will to no small [[degree]] be the study of [[energy]] [[transmutation]] and [[material]] [[metamorphosis]]. [[God]] is [[spirit]], but [[Deity]] is [[unity]], and the unity of Deity not only [[embraces]] the [[spiritual]] [[values]] of the [[Universal Father]] and the [[Eternal Son]] but is also cognizant of the [[energy]] [[facts]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_9#9:3._THE_UNIVERSAL_MANIPULATOR Universal Controller] and the [[Isle of Paradise]], while these two [[phases]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_56#56:9._UNIVERSAL_ABSOLUTE_UNITY universal reality] are perfectly correlated in the [[mind]] [[relationships]] of the [[Conjoint Actor]] and unified on the [[finite]] level in the emerging [[Deity]] of the [[Supreme Being]].

103:7.3 But as [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascending man] reaches inward and [[Paradiseward]] for the [[God]] [[experience]], he will likewise be reaching outward and spaceward for an [[energy]] [[understanding]] of the [[material]] [[cosmos]]. The [[progression]] of [[science]] is not limited to the [[terrestrial]] life of man; his [[universe]] and [[superuniverse]] [[ascension]] [[experience]] will to no small [[degree]] be the study of [[energy]] [[transmutation]] and [[material]] [[metamorphosis]]. [[God]] is [[spirit]], but [[Deity]] is [[unity]], and the unity of Deity not only [[embraces]] the [[spiritual]] [[values]] of the [[Universal Father]] and the [[Eternal Son]] but is also cognizant of the [[energy]] [[facts]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_9#9:3._THE_UNIVERSAL_MANIPULATOR Universal Controller] and the [[Isle of Paradise]], while these two [[phases]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_56#56:9._UNIVERSAL_ABSOLUTE_UNITY universal reality] are perfectly correlated in the [[mind]] [[relationships]] of the [[Conjoint Actor]] and unified on the [[finite]] level in the emerging [[Deity]] of the [[Supreme Being]].

103:7.4 The [[union]] of the [[scientific]] [[attitude]] and the religious [[insight]] by the mediation of [[experiential]] [[philosophy]] is part of man's long [[Ascension Career|Paradise-ascension]] experience. The approximations of mathematics and the certainties of insight will always require the harmonizing function of mind logic on all levels of [[experience]] short of the maximum [[attainment]] of [[the Supreme]].

103:7.4 The [[union]] of the [[scientific]] [[attitude]] and the religious [[insight]] by the mediation of [[experiential]] [[philosophy]] is part of man's long [[Ascension Career|Paradise-ascension]] experience. The approximations of mathematics and the certainties of insight will always require the harmonizing function of mind logic on all levels of [[experience]] short of the maximum [[attainment]] of [[the Supreme]].

103:7.6 [[Logic]] is the [[technique]] of [[philosophy]], its [[method]] of [[expression]]. Within the [[domain]] of true [[science]], [[reason]] is always amenable to genuine [[logic]]; within the domain of true [[religion]], faith is always logical from the basis of an inner [[viewpoint]], even though such faith may appear to be quite unfounded from the inlooking [[viewpoint]] of the [[scientific]] approach. From outward, looking within, the [[universe]] may appear to be [[material]]; from within, looking out, the same universe appears to be wholly [[spiritual]]. [[Reason]] grows out of [[material]] [[awareness]], [[faith]] out of [[spiritual]] [[awareness]], but through the mediation of a [[philosophy]] strengthened by [[revelation]], [[logic]] may confirm both the inward and the outward view, thereby effecting the [[stabilization]] of both [[science]] and [[religion]]. Thus, through common [[contact]] with the [[logic]] of [[philosophy]], may both [[science]] and [[religion]] become increasingly [[tolerant]] of each other, less and less [[skeptical]].

103:7.6 [[Logic]] is the [[technique]] of [[philosophy]], its [[method]] of [[expression]]. Within the [[domain]] of true [[science]], [[reason]] is always amenable to genuine [[logic]]; within the domain of true [[religion]], faith is always logical from the basis of an inner [[viewpoint]], even though such faith may appear to be quite unfounded from the inlooking [[viewpoint]] of the [[scientific]] approach. From outward, looking within, the [[universe]] may appear to be [[material]]; from within, looking out, the same universe appears to be wholly [[spiritual]]. [[Reason]] grows out of [[material]] [[awareness]], [[faith]] out of [[spiritual]] [[awareness]], but through the mediation of a [[philosophy]] strengthened by [[revelation]], [[logic]] may confirm both the inward and the outward view, thereby effecting the [[stabilization]] of both [[science]] and [[religion]]. Thus, through common [[contact]] with the [[logic]] of [[philosophy]], may both [[science]] and [[religion]] become increasingly [[tolerant]] of each other, less and less [[skeptical]].

103:7.7 What both [[developing]] [[science]] and [[religion]] need is more searching and fearless [[self]]-[[criticism]], a greater awareness of incompleteness in [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_56#56:1._PHYSICAL_CO-ORDINATION evolutionary status]. The [[teachers]] of both [[science]] and [[religion]] are often altogether too [[self]]-[[confident]] and [[dogmatic]]. [[Science]] and [[religion]] can only be self-[[critical]] of their [[facts]]. The [[moment]] departure is made from the [[stage]] of [[facts]], [[reason]] abdicates or else rapidly [[degenerates]] into a consort of [[false]] [[logic]].

103:7.7 What both [[developing]] [[science]] and [[religion]] need is more searching and fearless [[self]]-[[criticism]], a greater awareness of incompleteness in [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_56#56:1._PHYSICAL_CO-ORDINATION evolutionary status]. The [[teachers]] of both [[science]] and [[religion]] are often altogether too [[self]]-[[confident]] and [[dogmatic]]. [[Science]] and [[religion]] can only be self-[[critical]] of their [[facts]]. The [[moment]] departure is made from the [[stage]] of [[facts]], [[reason]] abdicates or else rapidly [[degenerates]] into a consort of [[false]] [[logic]].

103:7.8 The [[truth]]—an [[understanding]] of [[cosmic]] [[relationships]], universe [[facts]], and spiritual [[values]]—can best be had through the ministry of the [[Spirit of Truth]] and can best be criticized by [[revelation]]. But [[revelation]] originates neither a [[science]] nor a [[religion]]; its [[function]] is to [[co-ordinate]] both science and religion with the [[truth]] of [[reality]]. Always, in the [[absence]] of [[revelation]] or in the failure to [[accept]] or grasp it, has [[mortal]] man resorted to his futile [[gesture]] of [[metaphysics]], that being the only human substitute for the [[revelation]] of [[truth]] or for the [[mota]] of [[morontia]] [[personality]].

103:7.8 The [[truth]]—an [[understanding]] of [[cosmic]] [[relationships]], universe [[facts]], and spiritual [[values]]—can best be had through the ministry of the [[Spirit of Truth]] and can best be criticized by [[revelation]]. But [[revelation]] originates neither a [[science]] nor a [[religion]]; its [[function]] is to [[co-ordinate]] both science and religion with the [[truth]] of [[reality]]. Always, in the [[absence]] of [[revelation]] or in the failure to [[accept]] or grasp it, has [[mortal]] man resorted to his futile [[gesture]] of [[metaphysics]], that being the only human substitute for the [[revelation]] of [[truth]] or for the [[mota]] of [[morontia]] [[personality]].

103:7.11 All divisions of [[human]] [[thought]] are predicated on certain [[assumptions]] which are [[accepted]], though unproved, by the constitutive [[reality]] [[sensitivity]] of the [[mind]] [[endowment]] of man. [[Science]] starts out on its vaunted [[career]] of [[reasoning]] by [[assuming]] the [[reality]] of three [[things]]: [[matter]], [[motion]], and life. [[Religion]] starts out with the [[assumption]] of the validity of three things: [[mind]], [[spirit]], and the [[universe]]—the [[Supreme Being]].

103:7.11 All divisions of [[human]] [[thought]] are predicated on certain [[assumptions]] which are [[accepted]], though unproved, by the constitutive [[reality]] [[sensitivity]] of the [[mind]] [[endowment]] of man. [[Science]] starts out on its vaunted [[career]] of [[reasoning]] by [[assuming]] the [[reality]] of three [[things]]: [[matter]], [[motion]], and life. [[Religion]] starts out with the [[assumption]] of the validity of three things: [[mind]], [[spirit]], and the [[universe]]—the [[Supreme Being]].

103:7.12 [[Science]] becomes the [[thought]] [[domain]] of [[mathematics]], of the [[energy]] and [[material]] of [[Spacetime|time in space]]. [[Religion]] assumes to deal not only with [[finite]] and [[temporal]] spirit but also with the spirit of [[eternity]] and [[supremacy]]. Only through a long [[experience]] in [[mota]] can these two extremes of [[universe]] [[perception]] be made to yield [[analogous]] [[interpretations]] of [[origins]], [[functions]], [[relations]], [[realities]], and [[destinies]]. The maximum [[harmonization]] of the [[energy]]-[[spirit]] divergence is in the [[encircuitment]] of the [[Seven Master Spirits]]; the first unification thereof, in the [[Deity]] of the [[Supreme]]; the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_56#56:6._UNIFICATION_OF_EVOLUTIONARY_DEITY finality unity] thereof, in the [[infinity]] of the [[First Source and Center]], the [[I AM]].

103:7.12 [[Science]] becomes the [[thought]] [[domain]] of [[mathematics]], of the [[energy]] and [[material]] of [[Spacetime|time in space]]. [[Religion]] assumes to deal not only with [[finite]] and [[temporal]] spirit but also with the spirit of [[eternity]] and [[supremacy]]. Only through a long [[experience]] in [[mota]] can these two extremes of [[universe]] [[perception]] be made to yield [[analogous]] [[interpretations]] of [[origins]], [[functions]], [[relations]], [[realities]], and [[destinies]]. The maximum [[harmonization]] of the [[energy]]-[[spirit]] divergence is in the [[encircuitment]] of the [[Seven Master Spirits]]; the first unification thereof, in the [[Deity]] of the [[Supreme]]; the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_56#56:6._UNIFICATION_OF_EVOLUTIONARY_DEITY finality unity] thereof, in the [[infinity]] of the [[First Source and Center]], the [[I AM]].

103:7.13 [[Reason]] is the [[act]] of [[recognizing]] the conclusions of [[consciousness]] with regard to the [[experience]] in and with the [[physical]] world of [[energy]] and [[matter]]. [[Faith]] is the [[act]] of [[recognizing]] the validity of [[spiritual]] [[consciousness]]—something which is incapable of other [[mortal]] [[proof]]. [[Logic]] is the synthetic [[truth]]-seeking [[progression]] of the [[unity]] of [[faith]] and [[reason]] and is founded on the constitutive [[mind]] [[endowments]] of [[mortal]] beings, the innate [[recognition]] of [[things]], [[meanings]], and [[values]].

103:7.13 [[Reason]] is the [[act]] of [[recognizing]] the conclusions of [[consciousness]] with regard to the [[experience]] in and with the [[physical]] world of [[energy]] and [[matter]]. [[Faith]] is the [[act]] of [[recognizing]] the validity of [[spiritual]] [[consciousness]]—something which is incapable of other [[mortal]] [[proof]]. [[Logic]] is the synthetic [[truth]]-seeking [[progression]] of the [[unity]] of [[faith]] and [[reason]] and is founded on the constitutive [[mind]] [[endowments]] of [[mortal]] beings, the innate [[recognition]] of [[things]], [[meanings]], and [[values]].

103:8.1 Although both [[science]] and [[philosophy]] may [[assume]] the [[probability]] of [[God]] by their [[reason]] and [[logic]], only the [[personal]] [[religious]] [[experience]] of a [[spirit]]-led man can affirm the [[certainty]] of such a [[supreme]] and [[personal]] [[Deity]]. By the [[technique]] of such an [[incarnation]] of living [[truth]] the [[philosophic]] [[hypothesis]] of the [[probability]] of [[God]] becomes a religious [[reality]].

103:8.1 Although both [[science]] and [[philosophy]] may [[assume]] the [[probability]] of [[God]] by their [[reason]] and [[logic]], only the [[personal]] [[religious]] [[experience]] of a [[spirit]]-led man can affirm the [[certainty]] of such a [[supreme]] and [[personal]] [[Deity]]. By the [[technique]] of such an [[incarnation]] of living [[truth]] the [[philosophic]] [[hypothesis]] of the [[probability]] of [[God]] becomes a religious [[reality]].

103:8.2 The [[confusion]] about the [[experience]] of the [[certainty]] of [[God]] arises out of the dissimilar [[interpretations]] and [[relations]] of that [[experience]] by separate [[individuals]] and by [[different]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:1._RACIAL_AND_CULTURAL_DISTRIBUTION races of men]. The [[experiencing]] of [[God]] may be wholly valid, but the [[discourse]] about God, being [[intellectual]] and [[philosophical]], is divergent and oftentimes [[confusingly]] [[fallacious]].

103:8.2 The [[confusion]] about the [[experience]] of the [[certainty]] of [[God]] arises out of the dissimilar [[interpretations]] and [[relations]] of that [[experience]] by separate [[individuals]] and by [[different]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:1._RACIAL_AND_CULTURAL_DISTRIBUTION races of men]. The [[experiencing]] of [[God]] may be wholly valid, but the [[discourse]] about God, being [[intellectual]] and [[philosophical]], is divergent and oftentimes [[confusingly]] [[fallacious]].

103:8.3 A [[good]] and [[noble]] man may be consummately in [[love]] with his [[wife]] but utterly unable to pass a [[satisfactory]] [[written]] [[examination]] on the [[psychology]] of [[marital]] love. Another man, having little or no [[love]] for his spouse, might pass such an [[examination]] most acceptably. The imperfection of the [[lover]]'s [[insight]] into the true [[nature]] of the beloved does not in the least invalidate either the [[reality]] or [[sincerity]] of his [[love]].

103:8.3 A [[good]] and [[noble]] man may be consummately in [[love]] with his [[wife]] but utterly unable to pass a [[satisfactory]] [[written]] [[examination]] on the [[psychology]] of [[marital]] love. Another man, having little or no [[love]] for his spouse, might pass such an [[examination]] most acceptably. The imperfection of the [[lover]]'s [[insight]] into the true [[nature]] of the beloved does not in the least invalidate either the [[reality]] or [[sincerity]] of his [[love]].

103:9.2 [[Religion]] has to do with [[feeling]], [[acting]], and living, not merely with [[thinking]]. [[Thinking]] is more closely related to the [[material]] life and should be in the main, but not altogether, [[dominated]] by [[reason]] and the [[facts]] of [[science]] and, in its nonmaterial reaches toward the [[spirit]] realms, by [[truth]]. No matter how [[illusory]] and [[erroneous]] one's [[theology]], one's [[religion]] may be wholly genuine and everlastingly true.

103:9.2 [[Religion]] has to do with [[feeling]], [[acting]], and living, not merely with [[thinking]]. [[Thinking]] is more closely related to the [[material]] life and should be in the main, but not altogether, [[dominated]] by [[reason]] and the [[facts]] of [[science]] and, in its nonmaterial reaches toward the [[spirit]] realms, by [[truth]]. No matter how [[illusory]] and [[erroneous]] one's [[theology]], one's [[religion]] may be wholly genuine and everlastingly true.

103:9.3 [[Buddhism]] in its [[original]] form is one of the best religions without a [[God]] which has arisen throughout all the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents#Part_III._The_History_of_Urantia evolutionary history of Urantia], although, as this [[faith]] developed, it did not remain godless. [[Religion]] without [[faith]] is a [[contradiction]]; without [[God]], a philosophic inconsistency and an [[intellectual]] [[absurdity]].

103:9.3 [[Buddhism]] in its [[original]] form is one of the best religions without a [[God]] which has arisen throughout all the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents#Part_III._The_History_of_Urantia evolutionary history of Urantia], although, as this [[faith]] developed, it did not remain godless. [[Religion]] without [[faith]] is a [[contradiction]]; without [[God]], a philosophic inconsistency and an [[intellectual]] [[absurdity]].

103:9.4 The [[magical]] and [[mythological]] parentage of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_86#86:7._THE_FUNCTION_OF_PRIMITIVE_RELIGION natural religion] does not invalidate the [[reality]] and [[truth]] of the later [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION revelational religions] and the consummate saving [[gospel]] of the religion of [[Jesus]]. [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents#Part_IV._The_Life_and_Teachings_of_Jesus Jesus' life and teachings] finally divested [[religion]] of the [[superstitions]] of [[magic]], the [[illusions]] of [[mythology]], and the bondage of [[traditional]] [[dogmatism]]. But this early [[magic]] and [[mythology]] very effectively [[prepared]] the way for later and superior [[religion]] by assuming the [[existence]] and [[reality]] of supermaterial [[values]] and [[beings]].

103:9.4 The [[magical]] and [[mythological]] parentage of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_86#86:7._THE_FUNCTION_OF_PRIMITIVE_RELIGION natural religion] does not invalidate the [[reality]] and [[truth]] of the later [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_92#92:4._THE_GIFT_OF_REVELATION revelational religions] and the consummate saving [[gospel]] of the religion of [[Jesus]]. [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents#Part_IV._The_Life_and_Teachings_of_Jesus Jesus' life and teachings] finally divested [[religion]] of the [[superstitions]] of [[magic]], the [[illusions]] of [[mythology]], and the bondage of [[traditional]] [[dogmatism]]. But this early [[magic]] and [[mythology]] very effectively [[prepared]] the way for later and superior [[religion]] by assuming the [[existence]] and [[reality]] of supermaterial [[values]] and [[beings]].

103:9.5 Although [[religious]] [[experience]] is a [[purely]] [[spiritual]] [[subjective]] [[phenomenon]], such an [[experience]] [[embraces]] a [[positive]] and living [[faith]] [[attitude]] toward the highest realms of [[universe]] [[objective]] [[reality]]. The [[ideal]] of [[religious]] [[philosophy]] is such a [[faith]]-[[trust]] as would lead man unqualifiedly to depend upon the [[absolute]] [[love]] of the [[Universal Father|infinite Father]] of the [[universe of universes]]. Such a genuine [[religious]] [[experience]] far [[transcends]] the philosophic objectification of idealistic [[desire]]; it [[actually]] takes [[salvation]] for granted and concerns itself only with learning and [[doing the will of the Father]] in [[Paradise]]. The earmarks of such a [[religion]] are: [[faith]] in a [[supreme]] [[Deity]], [[hope]] of [[eternal]] [[survival]], and [[love]], especially of one's fellows.

103:9.5 Although [[religious]] [[experience]] is a [[purely]] [[spiritual]] [[subjective]] [[phenomenon]], such an [[experience]] [[embraces]] a [[positive]] and living [[faith]] [[attitude]] toward the highest realms of [[universe]] [[objective]] [[reality]]. The [[ideal]] of [[religious]] [[philosophy]] is such a [[faith]]-[[trust]] as would lead man unqualifiedly to depend upon the [[absolute]] [[love]] of the [[Universal Father|infinite Father]] of the [[universe of universes]]. Such a genuine [[religious]] [[experience]] far [[transcends]] the philosophic objectification of idealistic [[desire]]; it [[actually]] takes [[salvation]] for granted and concerns itself only with learning and [[doing the will of the Father]] in [[Paradise]]. The earmarks of such a [[religion]] are: [[faith]] in a [[supreme]] [[Deity]], [[hope]] of [[eternal]] [[survival]], and [[love]], especially of one's fellows.

103:9.13 Presented by a [[Melchizedek]] of [[Nebadon]].

103:9.13 Presented by a [[Melchizedek]] of [[Nebadon]].

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