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11:2.7 It appears to us that the First Source and Center has concentrated all [[absolute]] [[potential]] for [[cosmic]] [[reality]] in Paradise as a part of his [[technique]] of self-[[liberation]] from [[infinity]] [[limitations]], as a means of making possible subinfinite, even [[time-space]], [[creation]]. But it does not follow that Paradise is time-space limited just because the [[universe of universes]] discloses these qualities. Paradise exists without [[time]] and has no location in [[space]].

11:2.7 It appears to us that the First Source and Center has concentrated all [[absolute]] [[potential]] for [[cosmic]] [[reality]] in Paradise as a part of his [[technique]] of self-[[liberation]] from [[infinity]] [[limitations]], as a means of making possible subinfinite, even [[time-space]], [[creation]]. But it does not follow that Paradise is time-space limited just because the [[universe of universes]] discloses these qualities. Paradise exists without [[time]] and has no location in [[space]].

11:2.8 Roughly: space seemingly originates just below nether Paradise; time just above upper Paradise. <u>Time, as you [[understand]] it, is not a feature of Paradise [[existence]], though the [[citizens]] of the central Isle are fully conscious of nontime [[sequence]] of [[events]]. [[Motion]] is not inherent on Paradise; it is [[volition]]al.</u> But the concept of distance, even absolute distance, has very much [[meaning]] as it may be applied to [[relative]] locations on Paradise. Paradise is nonspatial; hence its areas are absolute and therefore serviceable in many ways beyond the [[concept]] of [[mortal]] [[mind]].

11:2.8 Roughly: space seemingly originates just below nether Paradise; time just above upper Paradise. Time, as you [[understand]] it, is not a feature of Paradise [[existence]], though the [[citizens]] of the central Isle are fully conscious of nontime [[sequence]] of [[events]]. [[Motion]] is not inherent on Paradise; it is [[volition]]al. But the concept of distance, even absolute distance, has very much [[meaning]] as it may be applied to [[relative]] locations on Paradise. Paradise is nonspatial; hence its areas are absolute and therefore serviceable in many ways beyond the [[concept]] of [[mortal]] [[mind]].

==11:3. UPPER PARADISE==

==11:3. UPPER PARADISE==

11:4.1 The central Isle ends abruptly at the [[periphery]], but its size is so enormous that this terminal [[angle]] is [[relatively]] indiscernible within any circumscribed area. The peripheral [[surface]] of Paradise is occupied, in part, by the landing and dispatching fields for various [[groups]] of [[spirit]] [[personalities]]. Since the nonpervaded-space[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:6._SPACE_RESPIRATION] zones nearly impinge upon the periphery, all personality transports destined to Paradise land in these regions. Neither upper nor nether Paradise is approachable by transport [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_26#26:1._THE_MINISTERING_SPIRITS supernaphim] or other types of space traversers.

11:4.1 The central Isle ends abruptly at the [[periphery]], but its size is so enormous that this terminal [[angle]] is [[relatively]] indiscernible within any circumscribed area. The peripheral [[surface]] of Paradise is occupied, in part, by the landing and dispatching fields for various [[groups]] of [[spirit]] [[personalities]]. Since the nonpervaded-space[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:6._SPACE_RESPIRATION] zones nearly impinge upon the periphery, all personality transports destined to Paradise land in these regions. Neither upper nor nether Paradise is approachable by transport [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_26#26:1._THE_MINISTERING_SPIRITS supernaphim] or other types of space traversers.

11:4.2 The [[Seven Master Spirits]] have their [[personal]] seats of [[power]] and [[authority]] on the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_13#13:4._THE_WORLDS_OF_THE_INFINITE_SPIRIT seven spheres of the Spirit], which circle about Paradise in the [[space]] between the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_13#13:3._THE_SACRED_WORLDS_OF_THE_ETERNAL_SON shining orbs of the Son] and the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_14#14:1._THE_PARADISE-HAVONA_SYSTEM inner circuit of the Havona worlds], but they maintain [[force]]-[[Focus|focal] headquarters on the Paradise periphery. Here the slowly circulating [[presences]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:1._THE_SEVEN_SUPREME_POWER_DIRECTORS Seven Supreme Power Directors] indicate the location of the seven flash stations for certain Paradise [[energies]] going forth to [[the seven superuniverses]].

11:4.2 The [[Seven Master Spirits]] have their [[personal]] seats of [[power]] and [[authority]] on the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_13#13:4._THE_WORLDS_OF_THE_INFINITE_SPIRIT seven spheres of the Spirit], which circle about Paradise in the [[space]] between the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_13#13:3._THE_SACRED_WORLDS_OF_THE_ETERNAL_SON shining orbs of the Son] and the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_14#14:1._THE_PARADISE-HAVONA_SYSTEM inner circuit of the Havona worlds], but they maintain [[force]]-[[Focus|focal]] headquarters on the Paradise periphery. Here the slowly circulating [[presences]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:1._THE_SEVEN_SUPREME_POWER_DIRECTORS Seven Supreme Power Directors] indicate the location of the seven flash stations for certain Paradise [[energies]] going forth to [[the seven superuniverses]].

11:4.3 Here on peripheral Paradise are the enormous [[historic]] and [[prophetic]] exhibit areas assigned to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21 Creator Sons], dedicated to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_32 local universes] of [[time and space]]. There are just seven trillion of these historic reservations now set up or in reserve, but these arrangements all together occupy only about four per cent of that portion of the peripheral area thus assigned. We infer that these vast reserves belong to [[creations]] sometime to be situated [[Outer Space|beyond the borders]] of the present known and inhabited [[seven superuniverses]].

11:4.3 Here on peripheral Paradise are the enormous [[historic]] and [[prophetic]] exhibit areas assigned to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21 Creator Sons], dedicated to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_32 local universes] of [[time and space]]. There are just seven trillion of these historic reservations now set up or in reserve, but these arrangements all together occupy only about four per cent of that portion of the peripheral area thus assigned. We infer that these vast reserves belong to [[creations]] sometime to be situated [[Outer Space|beyond the borders]] of the present known and inhabited [[seven superuniverses]].

11:4.5 But a further attempt to [[visualize]] to you the [[glories]] of Paradise would be futile. You must wait, and [[ascend]] while you wait, for truly, "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither has it entered into the mind of mortal man, the things which the Universal Father has prepared for those who survive the life in the flesh on the worlds of time and space."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.64][http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_II]

11:4.5 But a further attempt to [[visualize]] to you the [[glories]] of Paradise would be futile. You must wait, and [[ascend]] while you wait, for truly, "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither has it entered into the mind of mortal man, the things which the Universal Father has prepared for those who survive the life in the flesh on the worlds of time and space."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.64][http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_II]

==11:5. NETHER PARADISE==

==11:5. NETHER PARADISE==

11:5.1 Concerning nether Paradise, we know only that which is [[revealed]]; [[personalities]] do not sojourn there. It has nothing whatever to do with the affairs of [[spirit]] [[intelligences]], nor does the [[Deity Absolute]] there [[function]]. We are informed that all [[physical]]-[[energy]] and cosmic-[[force]] [[circuits]] have their [[origin]] on nether Paradise, and that it is [[constituted]] as follows:

11:5.1 Concerning nether Paradise, we know only that which is [[revealed]]; [[personalities]] do not sojourn there. It has nothing whatever to do with the affairs of [[spirit]] [[intelligences]], nor does the [[Deity Absolute]] there [[function]]. We are informed that all [[physical]]-[[energy]] and cosmic-[[force]] [[circuits]] have their [[origin]] on nether Paradise, and that it is [[constituted]] as follows:

11:8.2 The [[center]] and [[Focus|focal point]] of [[absolute]] material gravity is the Isle of Paradise, complemented by the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_14#14:1._THE_PARADISE-HAVONA_SYSTEM dark gravity bodies] encircling [[Havona]] and equilibrated by the upper and nether space reservoirs. All known emanations of nether Paradise invariably and unerringly [[respond]] to the central [[gravity]] pull operating upon the endless [[circuits]] of the [[elliptical]] [http://www.nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_12#12:1._SPACE_LEVELS_OF_THE_MASTER_UNIVERSE space levels] of the [[master universe]]. Every known form of cosmic [[reality]] has the bend of the [[Aeon|ages]], the trend of the [[circle]], the swing of the great [[ellipse]].

11:8.2 The [[center]] and [[Focus|focal point]] of [[absolute]] material gravity is the Isle of Paradise, complemented by the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_14#14:1._THE_PARADISE-HAVONA_SYSTEM dark gravity bodies] encircling [[Havona]] and equilibrated by the upper and nether space reservoirs. All known emanations of nether Paradise invariably and unerringly [[respond]] to the central [[gravity]] pull operating upon the endless [[circuits]] of the [[elliptical]] [http://www.nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_12#12:1._SPACE_LEVELS_OF_THE_MASTER_UNIVERSE space levels] of the [[master universe]]. Every known form of cosmic [[reality]] has the bend of the [[Aeon|ages]], the trend of the [[circle]], the swing of the great [[ellipse]].

11:8.3 Space is nonresponsive to gravity, but it acts as an [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/equilibrant equilibrant] on gravity. Without the space cushion, explosive [[action]] would jerk surrounding space bodies. Pervaded space also exerts an [[antigravity]] [[influence]] upon [[physical]] or [[linear]] gravity; space can actually neutralize such gravity [[action]] even though it cannot delay it. Absolute gravity is Paradise gravity. Local or linear gravity pertains to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#3._CLASSIFICATION_OF_MATTER electrical stage] of [[energy]] or [[matter]]; it operates within the [[Havona|central]], [[Seven Superuniverses|super-]], and [[Outer Space|outer universes]], wherever suitable [[materialization]] has taken place.

11:8.3 Space is nonresponsive to gravity, but it acts as an [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/equilibrant equilibrant] on gravity. Without the space cushion, explosive [[action]] would jerk surrounding space bodies. Pervaded space also exerts an [[antigravity]] [[influence]] upon [[physical]] or [[linear]] gravity; space can actually neutralize such gravity [[action]] even though it cannot delay it. Absolute gravity is Paradise gravity. Local or linear gravity pertains to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#3._CLASSIFICATION_OF_MATTER electrical stage] of [[energy]] or [[matter]]; it operates within the [[Havona|central]], [[The Seven Superuniverses|super-]], and [[Outer Space|outer universes]], wherever suitable [[materialization]] has taken place.

11:8.4 The numerous forms of cosmic force, physical energy, universe power, and various materializations disclose three general, though not perfectly clear-cut, stages of [[response]] to Paradise gravity:

11:8.4 The numerous forms of cosmic force, physical energy, universe power, and various materializations disclose three general, though not perfectly clear-cut, stages of [[response]] to Paradise gravity:

11:9.5 Paradise is not [[ancestral]] to any [[being]] or living [[entity]]; it is not a [[creator]]. [[Personality]] and mind-spirit [[relationships]] are transmissible, but [[pattern]] is not. Patterns are never [[reflections]]; they are duplications—[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facsimile reproductions]. Paradise is the [[absolute]] of patterns; [[Havona]] is an exhibit of these [[potentials]] in [[actuality]].

11:9.5 Paradise is not [[ancestral]] to any [[being]] or living [[entity]]; it is not a [[creator]]. [[Personality]] and mind-spirit [[relationships]] are transmissible, but [[pattern]] is not. Patterns are never [[reflections]]; they are duplications—[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facsimile reproductions]. Paradise is the [[absolute]] of patterns; [[Havona]] is an exhibit of these [[potentials]] in [[actuality]].

11:9.6 God's [[Home|residence]] is [[Center|central]] and [[eternal]], [[glorious]] and [[ideal]]. His home is the [[beauteous]] pattern for all [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:5._THE_ORIGIN_OF_SPACE_BODIES universe headquarters worlds]; and the central universe of his immediate indwelling is the pattern for all universes in their ideals, organization, and [[ultimate]] [[destiny]].

11:9.6 God's [[Home|residence]] is [[Center|central]] and [[eternal]], [[glorious]] and [[ideal]]. His home is the [[beauteous]] pattern for all [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:7._THE_ARCHITECTURAL_SPHERES universe headquarters worlds]; and the central universe of his immediate indwelling is the pattern for all universes in their ideals, organization, and [[ultimate]] [[destiny]].

11:9.7 Paradise is the universal headquarters of all [[personality]] [[activities]] and the [[source]]-[[center]] of all [[force]]-[[space]] and [[energy]] [[manifestations]]. [[Everything]] which has been, now is, or is yet to be, has come, now comes, or will come forth from this central abiding place of the eternal Gods. Paradise is the center of all [[creation]], the source of all energies, and the place of primal origin of all personalities.

11:9.7 Paradise is the universal headquarters of all [[personality]] [[activities]] and the [[source]]-[[center]] of all [[force]]-[[space]] and [[energy]] [[manifestations]]. [[Everything]] which has been, now is, or is yet to be, has come, now comes, or will come forth from this central abiding place of the eternal Gods. Paradise is the center of all [[creation]], the source of all energies, and the place of primal origin of all personalities.

11:9.9 [Presented by a [[Perfector of Wisdom]] commissioned thus to function by the [[Ancients of Days]] on [[Uversa]].]

11:9.9 [Presented by a [[Perfector of Wisdom]] commissioned thus to function by the [[Ancients of Days]] on [[Uversa]].]

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