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==PAPER 112: PERSONALITY SURVIVAL==

==PAPER 112: PERSONALITY SURVIVAL==

112:0.1 The evolutionary planets are the spheres of human origin, the initial worlds of the ascending mortal career. Urantia is your starting point; here you and your divine Thought Adjuster are joined in temporary union. You have been endowed with a perfect guide; therefore, if you will sincerely run the race of time and gain the final goal of faith, the reward of the ages shall be yours; you will be eternally united with your indwelling Adjuster. Then will begin your real life, the ascending life, to which your present mortal state is but the vestibule. Then will begin your exalted and progressive mission as finaliters in the eternity which stretches out before you. And throughout all of these successive ages and stages of evolutionary growth, there is one part of you that remains absolutely unaltered, and that is personality—permanence in the presence of change.

112:0.1 The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 evolutionary planets] are the [[spheres]] of [[human]] [[origin]], the initial worlds of the [[Ascension Career|ascending mortal career]]. [[Urantia]] is your starting point; here you and your [[divine]] [[Thought Adjuster]] are joined in temporary [[union]]. You have been [[endowed]] with a [[perfect]] guide; therefore, if you will [[sincerely]] run the race of [[time]] and gain the final goal of [[faith]], the reward of the ages shall be yours; you will be [[eternally]] united with your indwelling [[Adjuster]]. Then will begin your real life, the [[Ascension Career|ascending life]], to which your present [[mortal]] [[state]] is but the [[vestibule]]. Then will begin your exalted and [[progressive]] mission as [[finaliters]] in the [[eternity]] which stretches out before you. And throughout all of these [[successive]] [[ages]] and [[stages]] of [[evolutionary]] [[growth]], there is one part of you that remains [[absolutely]] unaltered, and that is [[personality]]—[[permanence]] in the [[presence]] of [[change]].

112:0.2 While it would be presumptuous to attempt the definition of personality, it may prove helpful to recount some of the things which are known about personality:

112:0.2 While it would be [[presumptuous]] to attempt the [[definition]] of [[personality]], it may prove helpful to recount some of the [[things]] which are known about [[personality]]:

*1. 112:0.3 Personality is that quality in reality which is bestowed by the Universal Father himself or by the Conjoint Actor, acting for the Father.

*1. 112:0.3 [[Personality]] is that [[quality]] in [[reality]] which is [[bestowed]] by the [[Universal Father]] himself or by the [[Conjoint Actor]], [[acting]] for the Father.

*2. 112:0.4 It may be bestowed upon any living energy system which includes mind or spirit.

*2. 112:0.4 It may be bestowed upon any living [[energy]] [[system]] which includes [[mind]] or [[spirit]].

*3. 112:0.5 It is not wholly subject to the fetters of antecedent causation. It is relatively creative or cocreative.

*3. 112:0.5 It is not wholly subject to the fetters of antecedent [[causation]]. It is [[relatively]] [[creative]] or cocreative.

*4. 112:0.6 When bestowed upon evolutionary material creatures, it causes spirit to strive for the mastery of energy-matter through the mediation of mind.

*4. 112:0.6 When bestowed upon [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE evolutionary material creatures], it causes [[spirit]] to strive for the mastery of [[energy]]-[[matter]] through the [[mediation]] of [[mind]].

*5. 112:0.7 Personality, while devoid of identity, can unify the identity of any living energy system.

*5. 112:0.7 [[Personality]], while devoid of [[identity]], can unify the identity of any living [[energy]] [[system]].

*6. 112:0.8 It discloses only qualitative response to the personality circuit in contradistinction to the three energies which show both qualitative and quantitative response to gravity.

*6. 112:0.8 It discloses only [[qualitative]] [[response]] to the [[personality]] [[circuit]] in contradistinction to the [[three]] [[energies]] which show both [[qualitative]] and [[quantitative]] [[response]] to [[gravity]].

*7. 112:0.9 Personality is changeless in the presence of change.

*7. 112:0.9 [[Personality]] is changeless in the [[presence]] of [[change]].

*8. 112:0.10 It can make a gift to God—dedication of the free will to the doing of the will of God.

*8. 112:0.10 It can make a [[gift]] to [[God]]—[[dedication]] of the [[free will]] to the [[doing of the will of God]].

*9. 112:0.11 It is characterized by morality—awareness of relativity of relationship with other persons. It discerns conduct levels and choosingly discriminates between them.

*9. 112:0.11 It is characterized by [[morality]]—[[awareness]] of [[relativity]] of [[relationship]] with other [[persons]]. It [[discerns]] [[conduct]] levels and choosingly [[discriminates]] between them.

*10. 112:0.12 Personality is unique, absolutely unique: It is unique in time and space; it is unique in eternity and on Paradise; it is unique when bestowed—there are no duplicates; it is unique during every moment of existence; it is unique in relation to God—he is no respecter of persons, but neither does he add them together, for they are nonaddable—they are associable but nontotalable.

*10. 112:0.12 [[Personality]] is [[unique]], [[absolutely]] [[unique]]: It is unique in [[time and space]]; it is [[unique]] in [[eternity]] and on [[Paradise]]; it is unique when bestowed—there are no duplicates; it is [[unique]] during every [[moment]] of [[existence]]; it is unique in [[relation]] to [[God]]—he is no respecter of persons, but neither does he add them [[together]], for they are nonaddable—they are [[associable]] but nontotalable.

*11. 112:0.13 Personality responds directly to other-personality presence.

*11. 112:0.13 [[Personality]] [[responds]] directly to [[other]]-[[personality]] [[presence]].

*12. 112:0.14 It is one thing which can be added to spirit, thus illustrating the primacy of the Father in relation to the Son. (Mind does not have to be added to spirit.)

*12. 112:0.14 It is one [[thing]] which can be added to spirit, thus [[illustrating]] the primacy of [[the Father]] in relation to [[the Son]]. ([[Mind]] does not have to be added to [[spirit]].)

*13. 112:0.15 Personality may survive mortal death with identity in the surviving soul. The Adjuster and the personality are changeless; the relationship between them (in the soul) is nothing but change, continuing evolution; and if this change (growth) ceased, the soul would cease.

*13. 112:0.15 [[Personality]] may [[survive]] [[mortal]] [[death]] with [[identity]] in the surviving [[soul]]. The [[Adjuster]] and the [[personality]] are changeless; the [[relationship]] between them (in the [[soul]]) is nothing but [[change]], continuing [[evolution]]; and if this change ([[growth]]) ceased, the [[soul]] would cease.

*14. 112:0.16 Personality is uniquely conscious of time, and this is something other than the time perception of mind or spirit.

*14. 112:0.16 [[Personality]] is uniquely [[conscious]] of [[time]], and this is something other than the time [[perception]] of [[mind]] or [[spirit]].

==112:1. PERSONALITY AND REALITY==

==112:1. PERSONALITY AND REALITY==