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*1. The Central Universe—[[Havona]].

*1. The Central Universe—[[Havona]].

*2. [[The Seven Superuniverses]].

*2. [[The Seven Superuniverses]].

*3. [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_6:_The_Second_Creative_Thesis The First Outer Space Level].

*3. [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_6:_The_Second_Creative_Thesis The First Outer Space Level].

*4. [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_9:_The_Second_Synthesis:_God_the_Ultimate The Second Outer Space Level].

*4. [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_9:_The_Second_Synthesis:_God_the_Ultimate The Second Outer Space Level].

*5. [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_10:_The_Final_Creative_Thesis The Third Outer Space Level].

*5. [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_10:_The_Final_Creative_Thesis The Third Outer Space Level].

*6. [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_12:_The_Impossible_Synthesis The Fourth and Outermost Space Level].

*6. [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_12:_The_Impossible_Synthesis The Fourth and Outermost Space Level].

12:1.4 [[Havona]], the central universe, is not a [[time]] [[creation]]; it is an eternal [[existence]]. This never-beginning, never-ending [[universe]] consists of one billion [[spheres]] of sublime [[perfection]] and is surrounded by the enormous [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_gravity dark gravity] bodies. At the center of Havona is the stationary and absolutely stabilized Isle of [[Paradise]], surrounded by its [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_13#PAPER_13:_THE_SACRED_SPHERES_OF_PARADISE twenty-one satellites]. Owing to the enormous encircling masses of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_14#14:1._THE_PARADISE-HAVONA_SYSTEM dark gravity bodies] about the fringe of the central universe, the [[mass]] [[content]] of this central creation is far in excess of the total known mass of all seven sectors of the [[grand universe]].

12:1.4 [[Havona]], the central universe, is not a [[time]] [[creation]]; it is an eternal [[existence]]. This never-beginning, never-ending [[universe]] consists of one billion [[spheres]] of sublime [[perfection]] and is surrounded by the enormous [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_gravity dark gravity] bodies. At the center of Havona is the stationary and absolutely stabilized Isle of [[Paradise]], surrounded by its [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_13#PAPER_13:_THE_SACRED_SPHERES_OF_PARADISE twenty-one satellites]. Owing to the enormous encircling masses of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_14#14:1._THE_PARADISE-HAVONA_SYSTEM dark gravity bodies] about the fringe of the central universe, the [[mass]] [[content]] of this central creation is far in excess of the total known mass of all seven sectors of the [[grand universe]].

12:1.5 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_14#14:1._THE_PARADISE-HAVONA_SYSTEM The Paradise-Havona System], the eternal universe encircling the eternal Isle, constitutes the [[perfect]] and eternal [[nucleus]] of the [[master universe]]; all seven of [[the superuniverses]] and all regions of [[outer space]] revolve in established orbits around the gigantic central aggregation of the [[Paradise]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_13#PAPER_13:_THE_SACRED_SPHERES_OF_PARADISE satellites] and the [[Havona]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_14#14:3._THE_HAVONA_WORLDS spheres].

12:1.5 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_14#14:1._THE_PARADISE-HAVONA_SYSTEM The Paradise-Havona System], the eternal universe encircling the eternal Isle, constitutes the [[perfect]] and eternal [[nucleus]] of the [[master universe]]; all seven of [[the superuniverses]] and all regions of [[outer space]] revolve in established orbits around the gigantic central aggregation of the [[Paradise]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_13#PAPER_13:_THE_SACRED_SPHERES_OF_PARADISE satellites] and the [[Havona]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_14#14:3._THE_HAVONA_WORLDS spheres].

12:1.6 [[The Seven Superuniverses]] are not primary [[physical]] [[organization]]s; nowhere do their boundaries divide a [[nebula]]r [[family]], neither do they cross a [[local universe]], a prime creative unit. Each [[superuniverse]] is simply a geographic space clustering of approximately one seventh of the organized and partially [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 inhabited post-Havona creation], and each is about equal in the number of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_32 local universes] [[embraced]] and in the [[space]] [[encompassed]]. [[Nebadon]], your local universe, is one of the newer creations in [[Orvonton]], the seventh superuniverse.

12:1.6 [[The Seven Superuniverses]] are not primary [[physical]] [[organization]]s; nowhere do their boundaries divide a [[nebula]]r [[family]], neither do they cross a [[local universe]], a prime creative unit. Each [[superuniverse]] is simply a geographic space clustering of approximately one seventh of the organized and partially [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 inhabited post-Havona creation], and each is about equal in the number of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_32 local universes] [[embraced]] and in the [[space]] [[encompassed]]. [[Nebadon]], your local universe, is one of the newer creations in [[Orvonton]], the seventh superuniverse.

12:1.7 The [[Grand Universe]] is the present organized and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 inhabited creation]. It consists of [[the seven superuniverses]], with an aggregate [[evolutionary]] [[potential]] of around seven trillion inhabited [[planets]], not to mention the eternal [[spheres]] of the [[Havona|central creation]]. But this tentative estimate takes no account of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:7._THE_ARCHITECTURAL_SPHERES architectural administrative spheres], neither does it include the outlying [[groups]] of [[Outer Space|unorganized universes]]. The present ragged edge of the [[grand universe]], its uneven and unfinished [[periphery]], together with the tremendously unsettled condition of the whole astronomical plot, suggests to our star students that even [[the seven superuniverses]] are, as yet, uncompleted. As we move from within, from the divine center outward in any one direction, we do, eventually, come to the outer limits of the organized and inhabited creation; we come to the outer limits of the [[grand universe]]. And it is near this outer border, in a far-off corner of such a [[magnificent]] [[creation]], that your [[local universe]] has its eventful [[existence]].

12:1.7 The [[Grand Universe]] is the present organized and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 inhabited creation]. It consists of [[the seven superuniverses]], with an aggregate [[evolutionary]] [[potential]] of around seven trillion inhabited [[planets]], not to mention the eternal [[spheres]] of the [[Havona|central creation]]. But this tentative estimate takes no account of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:7._THE_ARCHITECTURAL_SPHERES architectural administrative spheres], neither does it include the outlying [[groups]] of [[Outer Space|unorganized universes]]. The present ragged edge of the [[grand universe]], its uneven and unfinished [[periphery]], together with the tremendously unsettled condition of the whole astronomical plot, suggests to our star students that even [[the seven superuniverses]] are, as yet, uncompleted. As we move from within, from the divine center outward in any one direction, we do, eventually, come to the outer limits of the organized and inhabited creation; we come to the outer limits of the [[grand universe]]. And it is near this outer border, in a far-off corner of such a [[magnificent]] [[creation]], that your [[local universe]] has its eventful [[existence]].

12:1.8 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword The Outer Space Levels]. Far out in [[space]], at an enormous distance from the seven inhabited superuniverses, there are assembling vast and unbelievably stupendous [[circuits]] of [[force]] and materializing energies. Between the energy circuits of [[the seven superuniverses]] and this gigantic outer belt of [[force]] [[activity]], there is a space zone of comparative quiet, which varies in width but averages about four hundred thousand [[light-year]]s. These space zones are free from star dust—cosmic fog. Our students of these [[phenomena]] are in [[doubt]] as to the exact [[status]] of the space-forces existing in this zone of [[relative]] [[quiet]] which encircles [[the seven superuniverses]]. But about one-half million light-years beyond the [[periphery]] of the present [[grand universe]] we observe the beginnings of a zone of an unbelievable [[energy]] [[action]] which increases in volume and [[intensity]] for over twenty-five million light-years. These tremendous [[wheels]] of energizing forces are situated in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_6:_The_Second_Creative_Thesis first outer space level], a [[continuous]] belt of cosmic activity encircling the whole of the known, organized, and inhabited [[creation]].

12:1.8 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#VIII._GOD_THE_SEVENFOLD The Outer Space Levels]. Far out in [[space]], at an enormous distance from the seven inhabited superuniverses, there are assembling vast and unbelievably stupendous [[circuits]] of [[force]] and materializing energies. Between the energy circuits of [[the seven superuniverses]] and this gigantic outer belt of [[force]] [[activity]], there is a space zone of comparative quiet, which varies in width but averages about four hundred thousand [[light-year]]s. These space zones are free from star dust—cosmic fog. Our students of these [[phenomena]] are in [[doubt]] as to the exact [[status]] of the space-forces existing in this zone of [[relative]] [[quiet]] which encircles [[the seven superuniverses]]. But about one-half million light-years beyond the [[periphery]] of the present [[grand universe]] we observe the beginnings of a zone of an unbelievable [[energy]] [[action]] which increases in volume and [[intensity]] for over twenty-five million light-years. These tremendous [[wheels]] of energizing forces are situated in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_6:_The_Second_Creative_Thesis first outer space level], a [[continuous]] belt of cosmic activity encircling the whole of the known, organized, and inhabited [[creation]].

12:1.9 Still greater activities are taking place beyond these regions, for the Uversa physicists have detected early evidence of force manifestations more than fifty million light-years beyond the outermost ranges of the phenomena in the first outer space level. These activities undoubtedly presage the organization of the material creations of the second outer space level of the master universe.

12:1.9 Still greater activities are taking place beyond these regions, for the Uversa physicists have detected early evidence of force manifestations more than fifty million light-years beyond the outermost ranges of the phenomena in the first outer space level. These activities undoubtedly presage the organization of the material creations of the second outer space level of the master universe.

12:1.10 The [[Havona|central universe]] is the creation of eternity; the seven superuniverses are the creations of time; the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=A_Study_of_the_Master_Universe four outer space levels] are undoubtedly destined to [[eventuate]]-evolve the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_106#106:4._ULTIMATE_QUARTAN_INTEGRATION ultimacy] of creation. And there are those who maintain that the Infinite can never attain full [[expression]] short of infinity; and therefore do they postulate an additional and unrevealed creation beyond the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_106#106:_9._EXISTENTIAL_INFINITE_UNIFICATION fourth and outermost space level], a possible ever-expanding, never-ending universe of infinity. In [[theory]] we do not know how to limit either the infinity of the Creator or the potential infinity of creation, but as it exists and is [[administered]], we regard the [[master universe]] as having [[limitations]], as being definitely delimited and bounded on its outer margins by open space.

12:1.10 The [[Havona|central universe]] is the creation of eternity; the seven superuniverses are the creations of time; the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=A_Study_of_the_Master_Universe four outer space levels] are undoubtedly destined to [[eventuate]]-evolve the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_106#106:4._ULTIMATE_QUARTAN_INTEGRATION ultimacy] of creation. And there are those who maintain that the Infinite can never attain full [[expression]] short of infinity; and therefore do they postulate an additional and unrevealed creation beyond the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_106#106:_9._EXISTENTIAL_INFINITE_UNIFICATION fourth and outermost space level], a possible ever-expanding, never-ending universe of infinity. In [[theory]] we do not know how to limit either the infinity of the Creator or the potential infinity of creation, but as it exists and is [[administered]], we regard the [[master universe]] as having [[limitations]], as being definitely delimited and bounded on its outer margins by open space.

==12:2. THE DOMAINS OF THE UNQUALIFIED ABSOLUTE==     

==12:2. THE DOMAINS OF THE UNQUALIFIED ABSOLUTE==     

12:2.1 When [[Urantia]] [[astronomers]] peer through their increasingly powerful [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telescope telescopes] into the [[mysterious]] stretches of [[outer space]] and there behold the amazing [[evolution]] of almost countless [[physical]] [[universes]], they should realize that they are gazing upon the mighty outworking of the unsearchable plans of the [[Architects of the Master Universe]]. True, we do possess [[evidences]] which are suggestive of the [[presence]] of certain [[Paradise]] [[personality]] [[influences]] here and there throughout the vast energy [[manifestations]] now characteristic of these outer regions, but from the larger [[viewpoint]] the space regions extending beyond the outer borders of the seven superuniverses are generally recognized as constituting the domains of the [[Unqualified Absolute]].

12:2.1 When [[Urantia]] [[astronomers]] peer through their increasingly powerful [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telescope telescopes] into the [[mysterious]] stretches of [[outer space]] and there behold the amazing [[evolution]] of almost countless [[physical]] [[universes]], they should realize that they are gazing upon the mighty outworking of the unsearchable plans of the [[Architects of the Master Universe]]. True, we do possess [[evidences]] which are suggestive of the [[presence]] of certain [[Paradise]] [[personality]] [[influences]] here and there throughout the vast energy [[manifestations]] now characteristic of these outer regions, but from the larger [[viewpoint]] the space regions extending beyond the outer borders of the seven superuniverses are generally recognized as constituting the domains of the [[Unqualified Absolute]].

12:2.2 Although the unaided human eye can see only two or three [[nebulae]] outside the borders of the [[superuniverse]] of [[Orvonton]], your telescopes literally reveal millions upon millions of these [[physical]] [[universes]] in [[process]] of formation. Most of the starry realms visually exposed to the search of your present-day telescopes are in [[Orvonton]], but with photographic [[technique]] the larger telescopes penetrate far beyond the borders of the [[grand universe]] into the domains of [[outer space]], where untold universes are in process of [[organization]]. And there are yet other millions of universes beyond the range of your present instruments.

12:2.2 Although the unaided human eye can see only two or three [[nebulae]] outside the borders of the [[superuniverse]] of [[Orvonton]], your telescopes literally reveal millions upon millions of these [[physical]] [[universes]] in [[process]] of formation. Most of the starry realms visually exposed to the search of your present-day telescopes are in [[Orvonton]], but with photographic [[technique]] the larger telescopes penetrate far beyond the borders of the [[grand universe]] into the domains of [[outer space]], where untold universes are in process of [[organization]]. And there are yet other millions of universes beyond the range of your present instruments.

12:2.3 In the not-distant future, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telescope#Lists_of_telescopes new telescopes] will reveal to the [[wondering]] gaze of [[Urantian]] [[astronomers]] no less than 375 million new galaxies in the remote stretches of [[outer space]]. At the same time these more powerful telescopes will disclose that many island universes formerly believed to be in outer space are really a part of the [[galactic]] system of [[Orvonton]]. [[The seven superuniverses]] are still growing; the periphery of each is gradually expanding; new [[nebulae]] are constantly being stabilized and organized; and some of the nebulae which Urantian astronomers regard as extragalactic are actually on the fringe of Orvonton and are traveling along with us.

12:2.3 In the not-distant future, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telescope#Lists_of_telescopes new telescopes] will reveal to the [[wondering]] gaze of [[Urantian]] [[astronomers]] no less than 375 million new galaxies in the remote stretches of [[outer space]]. At the same time these more powerful telescopes will disclose that many island universes formerly believed to be in outer space are really a part of the [[galactic]] system of [[Orvonton]]. [[The seven superuniverses]] are still growing; the periphery of each is gradually expanding; new [[nebulae]] are constantly being stabilized and organized; and some of the nebulae which Urantian astronomers regard as extragalactic are actually on the fringe of Orvonton and are traveling along with us.

12:2.4 The [[Uversa]] star students [[observe]] that the [[grand universe]] is surrounded by the ancestors of a series of starry and planetary clusters which completely encircle the present inhabited creation as concentric rings of outer universes upon universes. The physicists of Uversa calculate that the energy and matter of these outer and uncharted regions already equal many times the total [[material]] [[mass]] and energy charge embraced in all [[seven superuniverses]]. We are informed that the [[metamorphosis]] of cosmic force in these outer space levels is a [[function]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:5._THE_MASTER_FORCE_ORGANIZERS Paradise force organizers]. We also know that these forces are [[ancestral]] to those physical energies which at present activate the [[grand universe]]. The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:4._THE_MASTER_PHYSICAL_CONTROLLERS Orvonton power directors], however, have nothing to do with these far-distant realms, neither are the energy movements therein discernibly [[connected]] with the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:2._THE_SUPREME_POWER_CENTERS power circuits] of the organized and inhabited creations.

12:2.4 The [[Uversa]] star students [[observe]] that the [[grand universe]] is surrounded by the ancestors of a series of starry and planetary clusters which completely encircle the present inhabited creation as concentric rings of outer universes upon universes. The physicists of Uversa calculate that the energy and matter of these outer and uncharted regions already equal many times the total [[material]] [[mass]] and energy charge embraced in all [[seven superuniverses]]. We are informed that the [[metamorphosis]] of cosmic force in these outer space levels is a [[function]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:5._THE_MASTER_FORCE_ORGANIZERS Paradise force organizers]. We also know that these forces are [[ancestral]] to those physical energies which at present activate the [[grand universe]]. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:4._THE_MASTER_PHYSICAL_CONTROLLERS Orvonton power directors], however, have nothing to do with these far-distant realms, neither are the energy movements therein discernibly [[connected]] with the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:2._THE_SUPREME_POWER_CENTERS power circuits] of the organized and inhabited creations.

12:2.5 We know very little of the significance of these tremendous [[phenomena]] of [[outer space]]. A greater [[creation]] of the [[future]] is in [[process]] of formation. We can [[observe]] its immensity, we can [[discern]] its extent and sense its [[majestic]] [[dimensions]], but otherwise we know little more about these realms than do the [[astronomers]] of [[Urantia]]. As far as we know, no [[material]] [[beings]] on the order of [[humans]], no [[angels]] or other [[spirit]] [[creatures]], exist in this outer ring of [[nebulae]], suns, and [[planets]]. This distant domain is beyond the jurisdiction and [[administration]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#PAPER_15:_THE_SEVEN_SUPERUNIVERSES superuniverse governments].

12:2.5 We know very little of the significance of these tremendous [[phenomena]] of [[outer space]]. A greater [[creation]] of the [[future]] is in [[process]] of formation. We can [[observe]] its immensity, we can [[discern]] its extent and sense its [[majestic]] [[dimensions]], but otherwise we know little more about these realms than do the [[astronomers]] of [[Urantia]]. As far as we know, no [[material]] [[beings]] on the order of [[humans]], no [[angels]] or other [[spirit]] [[creatures]], exist in this outer ring of [[nebulae]], suns, and [[planets]]. This distant domain is beyond the jurisdiction and [[administration]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#PAPER_15:_THE_SEVEN_SUPERUNIVERSES superuniverse governments].

12:2.6 Throughout [[Orvonton]] it is believed that a new [[type]] of [[creation]] is in [[process]], an order of universes [[destined]] to become the scene of the future activities of the assembling [[Corps of the Finality]]; and if our conjectures are correct, then the endless [[future]] may hold for all of you the same enthralling [[spectacles]] that the endless [[past]] has held for your seniors and predecessors.

12:2.6 Throughout [[Orvonton]] it is believed that a new [[type]] of [[creation]] is in [[process]], an order of universes [[destined]] to become the scene of the future activities of the assembling [[Corps of the Finality]]; and if our conjectures are correct, then the endless [[future]] may hold for all of you the same enthralling [[spectacles]] that the endless [[past]] has held for your seniors and predecessors.

*4. The ''Cosmic Gravity'' of the [[Isle of Paradise]].

*4. The ''Cosmic Gravity'' of the [[Isle of Paradise]].

12:3.2 These four circuits are not related to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:5._NETHER_PARADISE nether Paradise] [[force]] [[center]]; they are neither force, energy, nor power circuits. They are [[absolute]] presence circuits and like [[God]] are independent of [[time and space]].

12:3.2 These four circuits are not related to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:5._NETHER_PARADISE nether Paradise] [[force]] [[center]]; they are neither force, energy, nor power circuits. They are [[absolute]] presence circuits and like [[God]] are independent of [[time and space]].

12:3.3 In this [[connection]] it is interesting to record certain [[observations]] made on [[Uversa]] during recent millenniums by the corps of [[gravity]] [[researcher]]s. This expert [[group]] of [[work]]ers has arrived at the following conclusions regarding the [[different]] gravity [[systems]] of the [[master universe]]:

12:3.3 In this [[connection]] it is interesting to record certain [[observations]] made on [[Uversa]] during recent millenniums by the corps of [[gravity]] [[researcher]]s. This expert [[group]] of [[work]]ers has arrived at the following conclusions regarding the [[different]] gravity [[systems]] of the [[master universe]]:

12:3.4 1. ''Physical Gravity''. Having formulated an estimate of the summation of the entire [[physical]]-[[gravity]] capacity of the [[grand universe]], they have laboriously effected a comparison of this finding with the estimated [[total]] of [[absolute]] [[gravity]] presence now operative. These calculations indicate that the total gravity [[action]] on the grand universe is a very small part of the estimated gravity pull of [[Paradise]], computed on the basis of the gravity [[response]] of basic physical units of [[universe]] [[matter]]. These investigators reach the amazing conclusion that the [[central universe]] and the surrounding [[seven superuniverses]] are at the present time making use of only about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_matter_problem#Observational_evidence five per cent] of the active [[functioning]] of the Paradise absolute-gravity [[Potential|grasp]]. In other [[words]]: At the present [[moment]] about ninety-five per cent of the active cosmic-gravity action of the Isle of Paradise, computed on this [[totality]] [[theory]], is engaged in [[controlling]] material [[systems]] beyond the borders of the present organized universes. These calculations all refer to absolute gravity; [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#6._ULTIMATONS.2C_ELECTRONS.2C_AND_ATOMS linear gravity] is an [[interactive]] [[phenomenon]] which can be computed only by knowing the [[actual]] Paradise gravity.

12:3.4 1. ''Physical Gravity''. Having formulated an estimate of the summation of the entire [[physical]]-[[gravity]] capacity of the [[grand universe]], they have laboriously effected a comparison of this finding with the estimated [[total]] of [[absolute]] [[gravity]] presence now operative. These calculations indicate that the total gravity [[action]] on the grand universe is a very small part of the estimated gravity pull of [[Paradise]], computed on the basis of the gravity [[response]] of basic physical units of [[universe]] [[matter]]. These investigators reach the amazing conclusion that the [[central universe]] and the surrounding [[seven superuniverses]] are at the present time making use of only about [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_matter_problem#Observational_evidence five per cent] of the active [[functioning]] of the Paradise absolute-gravity [[Potential|grasp]]. In other [[words]]: At the present [[moment]] about ninety-five per cent of the active cosmic-gravity action of the Isle of Paradise, computed on this [[totality]] [[theory]], is engaged in [[controlling]] material [[systems]] beyond the borders of the present organized universes. These calculations all refer to absolute gravity; [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#6._ULTIMATONS.2C_ELECTRONS.2C_AND_ATOMS linear gravity] is an [[interactive]] [[phenomenon]] which can be computed only by knowing the [[actual]] Paradise gravity.

12:3.5 2. ''Spiritual Gravity''. By the same [[technique]] of comparative estimation and calculation these [[researchers]] have explored the [[present]] [[reaction]] [[capacity]] of [[spirit]] gravity and, with the [[co-operation]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_23 Solitary Messengers] and other spirit [[personalities]], have arrived at the summation of the active spirit gravity of the [[Second Source and Center]]. And it is most instructive to note that they find about the same [[value]] for the [[actual]] and [[functional]] presence of spirit gravity in the [[grand universe]] that they postulate for the present [[total]] of active spirit gravity. In other [[words]]: At the present time practically the entire spirit gravity of the [[Eternal Son]], computed on this [[theory]] of [[totality]], is observable as functioning in the grand universe. If these findings are dependable, we may conclude that the universes now evolving in [[outer space]] are at the present time wholly nonspiritual. And if this is true, it would satisfactorily explain why spirit-endowed [[beings]] are in possession of little or no [[information]] about these vast energy [[manifestations]] aside from knowing the [[fact]] of their [[physical]] [[existence]].

12:3.5 2. ''Spiritual Gravity''. By the same [[technique]] of comparative estimation and calculation these [[researchers]] have explored the [[present]] [[reaction]] [[capacity]] of [[spirit]] gravity and, with the [[co-operation]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_23 Solitary Messengers] and other spirit [[personalities]], have arrived at the summation of the active spirit gravity of the [[Second Source and Center]]. And it is most instructive to note that they find about the same [[value]] for the [[actual]] and [[functional]] presence of spirit gravity in the [[grand universe]] that they postulate for the present [[total]] of active spirit gravity. In other [[words]]: At the present time practically the entire spirit gravity of the [[Eternal Son]], computed on this [[theory]] of [[totality]], is observable as functioning in the grand universe. If these findings are dependable, we may conclude that the universes now evolving in [[outer space]] are at the present time wholly nonspiritual. And if this is true, it would satisfactorily explain why spirit-endowed [[beings]] are in possession of little or no [[information]] about these vast energy [[manifestations]] aside from knowing the [[fact]] of their [[physical]] [[existence]].

12:3.6 3. ''Mind Gravity''. By these same principles of comparative computation these experts have attacked the [[problem]] of mind-gravity [[presence]] and [[response]]. The mind unit of estimation was arrived at by averaging three material and three spiritual [[types]] of [[Mind|mentality]], although the type of mind found in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29 power directors] and their associates proved to be a disturbing factor in the effort to arrive at a basic unit for mind-gravity estimation. There was little to impede the estimation of the present capacity of the [[Third Source and Center]] for mind-gravity [[function]] in accordance with this theory of totality. Although the findings in this instance are not so conclusive as in the estimates of [[physical]] and [[spirit]] gravity, they are, comparatively considered, very instructive, even intriguing. These investigators [[deduce]] that about eighty-five per cent of the mind-gravity response to the [[intellectual]] drawing of the Conjoint Actor takes [[origin]] in the existing grand universe. This would suggest the [[possibility]] that mind [[activities]] are involved in [[connection]] with the [[observable]] physical activities now in [[progress]] throughout the realms of [[outer space]]. While this estimate is probably far from accurate, it accords, in principle, with our [[belief]] that intelligent [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:5._THE_MASTER_FORCE_ORGANIZERS force organizers] are at present directing universe [[evolution]] in the space levels beyond the present outer limits of the [[grand universe]]. Whatever the nature of this postulated [[intelligence]], it is apparently not spirit-gravity responsive.

12:3.6 3. ''Mind Gravity''. By these same principles of comparative computation these experts have attacked the [[problem]] of mind-gravity [[presence]] and [[response]]. The mind unit of estimation was arrived at by averaging three material and three spiritual [[types]] of [[Mind|mentality]], although the type of mind found in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29 power directors] and their associates proved to be a disturbing factor in the effort to arrive at a basic unit for mind-gravity estimation. There was little to impede the estimation of the present capacity of the [[Third Source and Center]] for mind-gravity [[function]] in accordance with this theory of totality. Although the findings in this instance are not so conclusive as in the estimates of [[physical]] and [[spirit]] gravity, they are, comparatively considered, very instructive, even intriguing. These investigators [[deduce]] that about eighty-five per cent of the mind-gravity response to the [[intellectual]] drawing of the Conjoint Actor takes [[origin]] in the existing grand universe. This would suggest the [[possibility]] that mind [[activities]] are involved in [[connection]] with the [[observable]] physical activities now in [[progress]] throughout the realms of [[outer space]]. While this estimate is probably far from accurate, it accords, in principle, with our [[belief]] that intelligent [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:5._THE_MASTER_FORCE_ORGANIZERS force organizers] are at present directing universe [[evolution]] in the space levels beyond the present outer limits of the [[grand universe]]. Whatever the nature of this postulated [[intelligence]], it is apparently not spirit-gravity responsive.

12:3.7 But all these [[computations]] are at best estimates based on [[assumed]] [[laws]]. We think they are fairly reliable. Even if a few spirit beings were located in outer space, their [[collective]] presence would not markedly [[influence]] calculations involving such enormous measurements.

12:3.7 But all these [[computations]] are at best estimates based on [[assumed]] [[laws]]. We think they are fairly reliable. Even if a few spirit beings were located in outer space, their [[collective]] presence would not markedly [[influence]] calculations involving such enormous measurements.

==12:4. SPACE AND MOTION==

==12:4. SPACE AND MOTION==

12:4.1 All [[units]] of [[cosmic]] [[energy]] are in primary [[revolution]], are engaged in the [[execution]] of their mission, while swinging around the [[universal]] orbit. The [[universes]] of [[space]] and their component [[systems]] and worlds are all revolving [[spheres]], moving along the endless [[circuits]] of the [http://www.nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_12#12:1._SPACE_LEVELS_OF_THE_MASTER_UNIVERSE master universe space levels]. Absolutely nothing is stationary in all the master universe except the very center of [[Havona]], the eternal [[Isle of Paradise]], the [[center]] of [[gravity]].

12:4.1 All [[units]] of [[cosmic]] [[energy]] are in primary [[revolution]], are engaged in the [[execution]] of their mission, while swinging around the [[universal]] orbit. The [[universes]] of [[space]] and their component [[systems]] and worlds are all revolving [[spheres]], moving along the endless [[circuits]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_12#12:1._SPACE_LEVELS_OF_THE_MASTER_UNIVERSE master universe space levels]. Absolutely nothing is stationary in all the master universe except the very center of [[Havona]], the eternal [[Isle of Paradise]], the [[center]] of [[gravity]].

12:4.2 The [[Unqualified Absolute]] is [[function]]ally limited to space, but we are [[Unknown|not so sure]] about the relation of this Absolute to [[motion]]. Is motion [[inherent]] therein? We do not know. We know that motion is not inherent in space; even the motions ''of'' space are not innate. But we are not so sure about the [[relation]] of the Unqualified to motion. Who, or what, is really [[responsible]] for the gigantic activities of force-energy transmutations now in [[progress]] out beyond the borders of the present [[seven superuniverses]]? Concerning the [[origin]] of motion we have the following opinions:

12:4.2 The [[Unqualified Absolute]] is [[function]]ally limited to space, but we are [[Unknown|not so sure]] about the relation of this Absolute to [[motion]]. Is motion [[inherent]] therein? We do not know. We know that motion is not inherent in space; even the motions ''of'' space are not innate. But we are not so sure about the [[relation]] of the Unqualified to motion. Who, or what, is really [[responsible]] for the gigantic activities of force-energy transmutations now in [[progress]] out beyond the borders of the present [[seven superuniverses]]? Concerning the [[origin]] of motion we have the following opinions:

*3. 12:4.5 The Universal Absolute does not originate initial motion but does [[equalize]] and [[control]] all of the [[tension]]s originated by motion.

*3. 12:4.5 The Universal Absolute does not originate initial motion but does [[equalize]] and [[control]] all of the [[tension]]s originated by motion.

12:4.6 In [[outer space]] the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:5._THE_MASTER_FORCE_ORGANIZERS force organizers] are apparently responsible for the production of the gigantic universe wheels which are now in process of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_evolution stellar evolution], but their ability so to function must have been made possible by some modification of the space [[presence]] of the [[Unqualified Absolute]].

12:4.6 In [[outer space]] the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:5._THE_MASTER_FORCE_ORGANIZERS force organizers] are apparently responsible for the production of the gigantic universe wheels which are now in process of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_evolution stellar evolution], but their ability so to function must have been made possible by some modification of the space [[presence]] of the [[Unqualified Absolute]].

12:4.7 Space is, from the human [[viewpoint]], [[nothing]]—negative[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ywn25ePj8c]; it exists only as related to something positive and nonspatial. Space is, however, real. It contains and conditions motion. It even moves. Space motions may be roughly classified as follows:

12:4.7 Space is, from the human [[viewpoint]], [[nothing]]—negative[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ywn25ePj8c]; it exists only as related to something positive and nonspatial. Space is, however, real. It contains and conditions motion. It even moves. Space motions may be roughly classified as follows:

*1. 12:4.8 ''Primary motion''—[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:6._SPACE_RESPIRATION space respiration], the motion of space itself.

*1. 12:4.8 ''Primary motion''—[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:6._SPACE_RESPIRATION space respiration], the motion of space itself.

*2. 12:4.9 ''Secondary motion''—the alternate directional swings of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:6._SPACE_RESPIRATION successive space levels].

*2. 12:4.9 ''Secondary motion''—the alternate directional swings of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:6._SPACE_RESPIRATION successive space levels].

*3. 12:4.10 ''[[Relative]] motions''—relative in the sense that they are not evaluated with [[Paradise]] as a base point. Primary and secondary motions are [[absolute]], motion in relation to unmoving Paradise.

*3. 12:4.10 ''[[Relative]] motions''—relative in the sense that they are not evaluated with [[Paradise]] as a base point. Primary and secondary motions are [[absolute]], motion in relation to unmoving Paradise.

*4. 12:4.11 ''Compensatory'' or correlating movement [[designed]] to [[co-ordinate]] all other motions.  

*4. 12:4.11 ''Compensatory'' or correlating movement [[designed]] to [[co-ordinate]] all other motions.  

12:4.12 The present [[relationship]] of your sun and its associated [[planets]], while disclosing many [[relative]] and [[absolute]] motions in space, tends to convey the impression to astronomic [[observers]] that you are comparatively stationary in space, and that the surrounding starry clusters and streams are engaged in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_bang outward flight][http://www.nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Big_Bang_Never_Happened] at ever-increasing velocities as your calculations proceed outward in space. But such is not the case. You fail to recognize the present outward and [[uniform]] expansion of the physical creations of all pervaded space. Your own local creation ([[Nebadon]]) participates in this movement of universal outward expansion. The entire [[seven superuniverses]] participate in the two-billion-year cycles of space respiration along with the outer regions of the [[master universe]].

12:4.12 The present [[relationship]] of your sun and its associated [[planets]], while disclosing many [[relative]] and [[absolute]] motions in space, tends to convey the impression to astronomic [[observers]] that you are comparatively stationary in space, and that the surrounding starry clusters and streams are engaged in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_bang outward flight][https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Big_Bang_Never_Happened] at ever-increasing velocities as your calculations proceed outward in space. But such is not the case. You fail to recognize the present outward and [[uniform]] expansion of the physical creations of all pervaded space. Your own local creation ([[Nebadon]]) participates in this movement of universal outward expansion. The entire [[seven superuniverses]] participate in the two-billion-year cycles of space respiration along with the outer regions of the [[master universe]].

12:4.13 When the universes expand and contract, the [[material]] [[mass]]es in pervaded space alternately move against and with the pull of [[Paradise]] [[gravity]]. The [[work]] that is done in moving the material energy mass of creation is space work but not power-energy work.

12:4.13 When the universes expand and contract, the [[material]] [[mass]]es in pervaded space alternately move against and with the pull of [[Paradise]] [[gravity]]. The [[work]] that is done in moving the material energy mass of creation is space work but not power-energy work.

12:4.14 Although your [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectroscopy spectroscopic] estimations of [[astronomic]] velocities are fairly reliable when applied to the starry realms belonging to your [[superuniverse]] and its associate superuniverses, such reckonings with [[reference]] to the realms of [[outer space]] are wholly unreliable. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectral_lines Spectral lines] are displaced from the [[normal]] towards the violet by an approaching star; likewise these lines are displaced towards the red by a receding star.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble%27s_law] Many [[influences]] interpose to make it appear that the recessional velocity of the external universes increases at the rate of more than one hundred miles a second for every million light-years increase in distance. By this [[method]] of [[Measure|reckoning]], subsequent to the [[perfection]] of more powerful telescopes, it will appear that these far-distant systems are in flight from this part of the universe at the unbelievable rate of more than thirty thousand miles a second. But this apparent speed of recession is not real; it results from numerous factors of error embracing [[angle]]s of [[observation]] and other [[time-space]] distortions.

12:4.14 Although your [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectroscopy spectroscopic] estimations of [[astronomic]] velocities are fairly reliable when applied to the starry realms belonging to your [[superuniverse]] and its associate superuniverses, such reckonings with [[reference]] to the realms of [[outer space]] are wholly unreliable. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectral_lines Spectral lines] are displaced from the [[normal]] towards the violet by an approaching star; likewise these lines are displaced towards the red by a receding star.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble%27s_law] Many [[influences]] interpose to make it appear that the recessional velocity of the external universes increases at the rate of more than one hundred miles a second for every million light-years increase in distance. By this [[method]] of [[Measure|reckoning]], subsequent to the [[perfection]] of more powerful telescopes, it will appear that these far-distant systems are in flight from this part of the universe at the unbelievable rate of more than thirty thousand miles a second. But this apparent speed of recession is not real; it results from numerous factors of error embracing [[angle]]s of [[observation]] and other [[time-space]] distortions.

12:4.15 But the greatest of all such [[distortion]]s arises because the vast universes of [[outer space]] in the realms next to the domains of [[the seven superuniverses]], seem to be revolving in a direction [[opposite]] to that of the [[grand universe]]. That is, these myriads of [[nebulae]] and their accompanying suns and [[spheres]] are at the present time revolving clockwise about the central creation. The seven superuniverses revolve about Paradise in a counterclockwise direction. It appears that the second outer universe of galaxies, like the seven superuniverses, revolves counterclockwise about Paradise. And the astronomic [[observers]] of [[Uversa]] think they detect [[evidence]] of [[Revolution (orbital)|revolution]]ary movements in a third outer belt of far-distant space which are beginning to exhibit directional tendencies of a clockwise nature.

12:4.15 But the greatest of all such [[distortion]]s arises because the vast universes of [[outer space]] in the realms next to the domains of [[the seven superuniverses]], seem to be revolving in a direction [[opposite]] to that of the [[grand universe]]. That is, these myriads of [[nebulae]] and their accompanying suns and [[spheres]] are at the present time revolving clockwise about the central creation. The seven superuniverses revolve about Paradise in a counterclockwise direction. It appears that the second outer universe of galaxies, like the seven superuniverses, revolves counterclockwise about Paradise. And the astronomic [[observers]] of [[Uversa]] think they detect [[evidence]] of [[Revolution (orbital)|revolution]]ary movements in a third outer belt of far-distant space which are beginning to exhibit directional tendencies of a clockwise nature.

==12:5. SPACE AND TIME==

==12:5. SPACE AND TIME==

12:5.1 Like [[space]], [[time]] is a bestowal of [[Paradise]], but not in the same sense, only indirectly. Time comes by [[virtue]] of [[motion]] and because [[mind]] is inherently aware of [[sequentiality]]. From a [[practical]] [[viewpoint]], motion is [[essential]] to time, but there is no universal time unit based on motion except in so far as the Paradise-Havona standard day is [[arbitrarily]] so recognized. The [[totality]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:6._SPACE_RESPIRATION space respiration] destroys its local [[value]] as a time source.

12:5.1 Like [[space]], [[time]] is a bestowal of [[Paradise]], but not in the same sense, only indirectly. Time comes by [[virtue]] of [[motion]] and because [[mind]] is inherently aware of [[sequentiality]]. From a [[practical]] [[viewpoint]], motion is [[essential]] to time, but there is no universal time unit based on motion except in so far as the Paradise-Havona standard day is [[arbitrarily]] so recognized. The [[totality]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:6._SPACE_RESPIRATION space respiration] destroys its local [[value]] as a time source.

12:5.2 Space is not [[infinite]], even though it takes [[origin]] from [[Paradise]]; not absolute, for it is pervaded by the [[Unqualified Absolute]]. We do not know the [[absolute]] [[limits]] of space, but we do know that the [[absolute]] of time is [[eternity]].

12:5.2 Space is not [[infinite]], even though it takes [[origin]] from [[Paradise]]; not absolute, for it is pervaded by the [[Unqualified Absolute]]. We do not know the [[absolute]] [[limits]] of space, but we do know that the [[absolute]] of time is [[eternity]].

12:5.3 Time and space are inseparable only in the [[time-space]] [[creations]], [[the seven superuniverses]]. Nontemporal space (space without time) [[theoretically]] exists, but the only truly nontemporal place is Paradise area. Nonspatial time (time without space) exists in [[mind]] of the Paradise level of [[function]].

12:5.3 Time and space are inseparable only in the [[time-space]] [[creations]], [[the seven superuniverses]]. Nontemporal space (space without time) [[theoretically]] exists, but the only truly nontemporal place is Paradise area. Nonspatial time (time without space) exists in [[mind]] of the Paradise level of [[function]].

12:5.4 The [[relatively]] [[Quiescent|motionless midspace zones]] impinging on Paradise and separating pervaded from [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:7._SPACE_FUNCTIONS_OF_PARADISE unpervaded space] are the [[transition]] zones from time to eternity, hence the [[necessity]] of Paradise [[pilgrims]] becoming unconscious during this transit when it is to culminate in Paradise [[citizenship]]. Time-conscious visitors can go to Paradise without thus sleeping, but they remain [[creatures]] of time.

12:5.4 The [[relatively]] [[Quiescent|motionless midspace zones]] impinging on Paradise and separating pervaded from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:7._SPACE_FUNCTIONS_OF_PARADISE unpervaded space] are the [[transition]] zones from time to eternity, hence the [[necessity]] of Paradise [[pilgrims]] becoming unconscious during this transit when it is to culminate in Paradise [[citizenship]]. Time-conscious visitors can go to Paradise without thus sleeping, but they remain [[creatures]] of time.

12:5.5 [[Relationships]] to time do not exist without [[motion]] in [[space]], but [[consciousness]] of time does. [[Sequentiality]] can consciousize time even in the [[absence]] of [[motion]]. Man's mind is less time-bound than space-bound because of the [[inherent]] [[nature]] of [[mind]]. Even during the days of the [[earth]] life in the [[flesh]], though man's mind is rigidly space-bound, the [[creative]] human [[imagination]] is comparatively time free. But time itself is not genetically a [[quality]] of mind.

12:5.5 [[Relationships]] to time do not exist without [[motion]] in [[space]], but [[consciousness]] of time does. [[Sequentiality]] can consciousize time even in the [[absence]] of [[motion]]. Man's mind is less time-bound than space-bound because of the [[inherent]] [[nature]] of [[mind]]. Even during the days of the [[earth]] life in the [[flesh]], though man's mind is rigidly space-bound, the [[creative]] human [[imagination]] is comparatively time free. But time itself is not genetically a [[quality]] of mind.

*3. 12:5.9 ''[[Personality]]'' creates a [[unique]] time sense out of [[insight]] into [[Reality]] plus a [[consciousness]] of [[presence]] and an awareness of duration.  

*3. 12:5.9 ''[[Personality]]'' creates a [[unique]] time sense out of [[insight]] into [[Reality]] plus a [[consciousness]] of [[presence]] and an awareness of duration.  

12:5.10 Unspiritual [[animals]] know only the [[past]] and live in the [[present]]. Spirit-indwelt man has [[powers]] of prevision ([[insight]]); he may [[visualize]] the [[future]]. Only forward-looking and [[progressive]] [[attitudes]] are [[personally]] real. [[Static]] [[ethics]] and [[traditional]] [[morality]] are just slightly superanimal. Nor is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism stoicism] a high order of [[self-realization]]. Ethics and morals become truly [[human]] when they are [[dynamic]] and progressive, alive with universe reality.

12:5.10 Unspiritual [[animals]] know only the [[past]] and live in the [[present]]. Spirit-indwelt man has [[powers]] of prevision ([[insight]]); he may [[visualize]] the [[future]]. Only forward-looking and [[progressive]] [[attitudes]] are [[personally]] real. [[Static]] [[ethics]] and [[traditional]] [[morality]] are just slightly superanimal. Nor is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism stoicism] a high order of [[self-realization]]. Ethics and morals become truly [[human]] when they are [[dynamic]] and progressive, alive with universe reality.

12:5.11 The human [[personality]] is not merely a concomitant of time-and-space [[events]]; the human personality can also act as the cosmic [[cause]] of such events.

12:5.11 The human [[personality]] is not merely a concomitant of time-and-space [[events]]; the human personality can also act as the cosmic [[cause]] of such events.

==12:6. UNIVERSAL OVERCONTROL==

==12:6. UNIVERSAL OVERCONTROL==

12:6.1 The [[universe]] is [[Dynamic|nonstatic]]. Stability is not the result of [[inertia]] but rather the product of [[balanced]] [[energies]], [[co-operative]] [[minds]], [[co-ordinated]] [[morontias]], [[spirit]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_118#118:8._CONTROL_AND_OVERCONTROL overcontrol], and [[personality]] [[Integration|unification. Stability is wholly and always [[proportional]] to [[divinity]].

12:6.1 The [[universe]] is [[Dynamic|nonstatic]]. Stability is not the result of [[inertia]] but rather the product of [[balanced]] [[energies]], [[co-operative]] [[minds]], [[co-ordinated]] [[morontias]], [[spirit]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_118#118:8._CONTROL_AND_OVERCONTROL overcontrol], and [[personality]] [[Integration|unification. Stability is wholly and always [[proportional]] to [[divinity]].

12:6.2 In the [[physical]] [[control]] of the [[master universe]] the [[Universal Father]] exercises priority and primacy through the [[Isle of Paradise]]; [[God]] is [[absolute]] in the [[spiritual]] [[administration]] of the [[cosmos]] in the person of the [[Eternal Son]]. Concerning the domains of [[mind]], the Father and the Son function [[co-ordinate]]ly in the [[Conjoint Actor]].

12:6.2 In the [[physical]] [[control]] of the [[master universe]] the [[Universal Father]] exercises priority and primacy through the [[Isle of Paradise]]; [[God]] is [[absolute]] in the [[spiritual]] [[administration]] of the [[cosmos]] in the person of the [[Eternal Son]]. Concerning the domains of [[mind]], the Father and the Son function [[co-ordinate]]ly in the [[Conjoint Actor]].

*4. The [[Architects of the Master Universe]] in [[administration]] prior to the appearance of specific rulers.

*4. The [[Architects of the Master Universe]] in [[administration]] prior to the appearance of specific rulers.

12:6.9 The [[Unqualified Absolute]] pervades all space. We are not altogether clear as to the exact [[status]] of the Deity and [[Universal Absolute]]s, but we know the latter [[functions]] wherever the Deity and Unqualified Absolutes function. The Deity Absolute may be universally present but hardly space present. The Ultimate is, or sometime will be, space present to the outer margins of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_12:_The_Impossible_Synthesis fourth space level]. We doubt that the Ultimate will ever have a space presence beyond the [[periphery]] of the [[master universe]], but within this limit the Ultimate is progressively integrating the [[creative]] organization of the [[potentials]] of [[the three Absolutes]].

12:6.9 The [[Unqualified Absolute]] pervades all space. We are not altogether clear as to the exact [[status]] of the Deity and [[Universal Absolute]]s, but we know the latter [[functions]] wherever the Deity and Unqualified Absolutes function. The Deity Absolute may be universally present but hardly space present. The Ultimate is, or sometime will be, space present to the outer margins of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_12:_The_Impossible_Synthesis fourth space level]. We doubt that the Ultimate will ever have a space presence beyond the [[periphery]] of the [[master universe]], but within this limit the Ultimate is progressively integrating the [[creative]] organization of the [[potentials]] of [[the three Absolutes]].

==12:7. THE PART AND THE WHOLE==

==12:7. THE PART AND THE WHOLE==

12:7.1 There is operative throughout all [[time and space]] and with regard to all [[reality]] of whatever [[nature]] an [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Inexorable_Evolution-2006-03-06 inexorable] and impersonal [[law]] which is equivalent to the function of a [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_118#118:10._FUNCTIONS_OF_PROVIDENCE cosmic providence]. [[Mercy]] characterizes [[God]]'s [[attitude]] of [[love]] for the [[individual]]; impartiality [[motivates]] God's attitude toward the [[total]]. The will of God does not [[necessarily]] prevail in the [[part]]—the [[heart]] of any one [[personality]]—but his will does actually rule the [[whole]], the [[universe of universes]].

12:7.1 There is operative throughout all [[time and space]] and with regard to all [[reality]] of whatever [[nature]] an [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Inexorable_Evolution-2006-03-06 inexorable] and impersonal [[law]] which is equivalent to the function of a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_118#118:10._FUNCTIONS_OF_PROVIDENCE cosmic providence]. [[Mercy]] characterizes [[God]]'s [[attitude]] of [[love]] for the [[individual]]; impartiality [[motivates]] God's attitude toward the [[total]]. The will of God does not [[necessarily]] prevail in the [[part]]—the [[heart]] of any one [[personality]]—but his will does actually rule the [[whole]], the [[universe of universes]].

12:7.2 In all his dealings with all his [[beings]] it is true that the [[laws]] of God are not inherently [[arbitrary]]. To you, with your limited [[vision]] and [[finite]] [[viewpoint]], the [[acts]] of God must often appear to be [[Tyranny|dictatorial]] and [[arbitrary]]. The laws of God are merely the [[habits]] of God, his way of [[Repetition|repeatedly]] [[doing]] [[things]]; and he ever does [[all things]] well. You [[observe]] that God does the same thing in the same way, repeatedly, simply because that is the best way to do that particular thing in a given circumstance; and the best way is the right way, and therefore does infinite [[wisdom]] always order it done in that precise and [[perfect]] [[manner]]. You should also [[remember]] that [[nature]] is not the exclusive [[act]] of [[Deity]]; other [[influences]] are present in those [[phenomena]] which man calls nature.

12:7.2 In all his dealings with all his [[beings]] it is true that the [[laws]] of God are not inherently [[arbitrary]]. To you, with your limited [[vision]] and [[finite]] [[viewpoint]], the [[acts]] of God must often appear to be [[Tyranny|dictatorial]] and [[arbitrary]]. The laws of God are merely the [[habits]] of God, his way of [[Repetition|repeatedly]] [[doing]] [[things]]; and he ever does [[all things]] well. You [[observe]] that God does the same thing in the same way, repeatedly, simply because that is the best way to do that particular thing in a given circumstance; and the best way is the right way, and therefore does infinite [[wisdom]] always order it done in that precise and [[perfect]] [[manner]]. You should also [[remember]] that [[nature]] is not the exclusive [[act]] of [[Deity]]; other [[influences]] are present in those [[phenomena]] which man calls nature.

12:7.3 It is repugnant to the divine nature to suffer any sort of deterioration or ever to permit the [[execution]] of any [[pure]]ly [[personal]] [[act]] in an inferior way. It should be made clear, however, that, if, in the [[divinity]] of any situation, in the extremity of any circumstance, in any case where the course of supreme wisdom might indicate the demand for [[different]] [[conduct]]—if the demands of perfection might for any [[reason]] dictate another [[method]] of [[reaction]], a better one, then and there would the all-wise God [[function]] in that better and more suitable way. That would be the [[expression]] of a higher law, not the reversal of a lower law.

12:7.3 It is repugnant to the divine nature to suffer any sort of deterioration or ever to permit the [[execution]] of any [[pure]]ly [[personal]] [[act]] in an inferior way. It should be made clear, however, that, if, in the [[divinity]] of any situation, in the extremity of any circumstance, in any case where the course of supreme wisdom might indicate the demand for [[different]] [[conduct]]—if the demands of perfection might for any [[reason]] dictate another [[method]] of [[reaction]], a better one, then and there would the all-wise God [[function]] in that better and more suitable way. That would be the [[expression]] of a higher law, not the reversal of a lower law.

12:7.4 God is not a [[habit]]-bound [[slave]] to the chronicity of the [[repetition]] of his own [[Free will|voluntary]] acts. There is no [[conflict]] among the laws of the Infinite; they are all [[perfections]] of the [[infallible]] nature; they are all the unquestioned acts expressive of faultless [[decisions]]. Law is the unchanging reaction of an infinite, perfect, and [[divine]] mind. The acts of God are all [[volitional]] notwithstanding this apparent sameness. In God there "is no variableness neither shadow of changing."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_James#James_I] But all this which can be truly said of the [[Universal Father]] cannot be said with equal certainty of all his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_35 subordinate intelligences] or of his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40 evolutionary creatures].

12:7.4 God is not a [[habit]]-bound [[slave]] to the chronicity of the [[repetition]] of his own [[Free will|voluntary]] acts. There is no [[conflict]] among the laws of the Infinite; they are all [[perfections]] of the [[infallible]] nature; they are all the unquestioned acts expressive of faultless [[decisions]]. Law is the unchanging reaction of an infinite, perfect, and [[divine]] mind. The acts of God are all [[volitional]] notwithstanding this apparent sameness. In God there "is no variableness neither shadow of changing."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_James#James_I] But all this which can be truly said of the [[Universal Father]] cannot be said with equal certainty of all his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_35 subordinate intelligences] or of his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40 evolutionary creatures].

12:7.5 Because God is changeless, therefore can you depend, in all ordinary circumstances, on his doing the same [[thing]] in the same identical and ordinary way. God is the [[assurance]] of [[stability]] for all created [[things]] and [[beings]]. He is God; therefore he changes not.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Malachi#Chapter_.3]

12:7.5 Because God is changeless, therefore can you depend, in all ordinary circumstances, on his doing the same [[thing]] in the same identical and ordinary way. God is the [[assurance]] of [[stability]] for all created [[things]] and [[beings]]. He is God; therefore he changes not.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Malachi#Chapter_.3]

12:7.6 And all this [[steadfastness]] of [[conduct]] and [[uniformity]] of [[action]] is [[personal]], conscious, and highly [[volitional]], for the great God is not a helpless [[slave]] to his own [[perfection]] and infinity. God is not a self-acting [[automatic]] force; he is not a slavish law-bound [[power]]. God is neither a [[mathematical]] [[equation]] nor a [[chemical]] [[formula]]. He is a freewill and primal [[personality]]. He is the [[Universal Father]], a being surcharged with personality and the universal [[Source|fount]] of all creature personality.

12:7.6 And all this [[steadfastness]] of [[conduct]] and [[uniformity]] of [[action]] is [[personal]], conscious, and highly [[volitional]], for the great God is not a helpless [[slave]] to his own [[perfection]] and infinity. God is not a self-acting [[automatic]] force; he is not a slavish law-bound [[power]]. God is neither a [[mathematical]] [[equation]] nor a [[chemical]] [[formula]]. He is a freewill and primal [[personality]]. He is the [[Universal Father]], a being surcharged with personality and the universal [[Source|fount]] of all creature personality.

12:7.7 The will of God does not uniformly prevail in the [[heart]] of the God-seeking [[material]] [[mortal]], but if the [[Frame of Reference|time frame]] is enlarged beyond the [[moment]] to [[embrace]] the whole of the first life, then does God's will become increasingly [[discernible]] in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Fruits_of_the_spirit spirit fruits] which are borne in the lives of the spirit-led children of God. And then, if human life is further enlarged to include the [[Mansion Worlds|morontia experience]], the [[divine]] will is observed to shine brighter and brighter in the spiritualizing [[acts]] of those [[creatures]] of [[time]] who have begun to [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Senses#Smell.2C_Taste.2C_and_Touch taste] the divine delights of experiencing the [[relationship]] of the [[personality]] of man with the personality of the [[Universal Father]].

12:7.7 The will of God does not uniformly prevail in the [[heart]] of the God-seeking [[material]] [[mortal]], but if the [[Frame of Reference|time frame]] is enlarged beyond the [[moment]] to [[embrace]] the whole of the first life, then does God's will become increasingly [[discernible]] in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Fruits_of_the_spirit spirit fruits] which are borne in the lives of the spirit-led children of God. And then, if human life is further enlarged to include the [[Mansion Worlds|morontia experience]], the [[divine]] will is observed to shine brighter and brighter in the spiritualizing [[acts]] of those [[creatures]] of [[time]] who have begun to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Senses#Smell.2C_Taste.2C_and_Touch taste] the divine delights of experiencing the [[relationship]] of the [[personality]] of man with the personality of the [[Universal Father]].

12:7.8 The Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man present the [[paradox]] of the [[part]] and the [[whole]] on the level of personality. God loves each individual as an individual child in the heavenly [[family]]. Yet God thus [[loves]] every individual; he is no respecter of persons[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Wisdom_of_Jesus,_Son_of_Sirach#Sirach_35], and the [[universality]] of his love brings into being a [[relationship]] of the [[whole]], the universal [[brotherhood]].

12:7.8 The Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man present the [[paradox]] of the [[part]] and the [[whole]] on the level of personality. God loves each individual as an individual child in the heavenly [[family]]. Yet God thus [[loves]] every individual; he is no respecter of persons[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Wisdom_of_Jesus,_Son_of_Sirach#Sirach_35], and the [[universality]] of his love brings into being a [[relationship]] of the [[whole]], the universal [[brotherhood]].

12:7.9 The love of the Father absolutely individualizes each [[personality]] as a [[unique]] child of the Universal Father, a child without duplicate in infinity, a [[Free will|will]] creature irreplaceable in all eternity. The Father's love [[glorifies]] each child of God, [[illuminating]] each member of the celestial family, sharply silhouetting the unique nature of each personal being against the impersonal levels that lie outside the fraternal circuit of the Father of all. The love of God strikingly portrays the [[transcendent]] [[value]] of each will creature, unmistakably reveals the high value which the Universal Father has placed upon each and every one of his [[children]] from the [[Creator Son|highest creator personality]] of [[Paradise]] [[status]] to the lowest personality of will dignity among the [[Primitive|savage]] tribes of men in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_68 dawn of the human species] on some [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 evolutionary world] of [[time and space]].

12:7.9 The love of the Father absolutely individualizes each [[personality]] as a [[unique]] child of the Universal Father, a child without duplicate in infinity, a [[Free will|will]] creature irreplaceable in all eternity. The Father's love [[glorifies]] each child of God, [[illuminating]] each member of the celestial family, sharply silhouetting the unique nature of each personal being against the impersonal levels that lie outside the fraternal circuit of the Father of all. The love of God strikingly portrays the [[transcendent]] [[value]] of each will creature, unmistakably reveals the high value which the Universal Father has placed upon each and every one of his [[children]] from the [[Creator Son|highest creator personality]] of [[Paradise]] [[status]] to the lowest personality of will dignity among the [[Primitive|savage]] tribes of men in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_68 dawn of the human species] on some [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 evolutionary world] of [[time and space]].

12:7.10 This very [[love]] of God for the [[individual]] brings into being the divine [[family]] of all individuals, the universal brotherhood of the [[freewill]] [[children]] of the [[Paradise]] [[Father]]. And this brotherhood, being universal, is a [[relationship]] of the [[whole]]. Brotherhood, when universal, discloses not the each relationship, but the all relationship. Brotherhood is a [[reality]] of the [[total]] and therefore discloses [[qualities]] of the whole in contradistinction to qualities of the [[part]].

12:7.10 This very [[love]] of God for the [[individual]] brings into being the divine [[family]] of all individuals, the universal brotherhood of the [[freewill]] [[children]] of the [[Paradise]] [[Father]]. And this brotherhood, being universal, is a [[relationship]] of the [[whole]]. Brotherhood, when universal, discloses not the each relationship, but the all relationship. Brotherhood is a [[reality]] of the [[total]] and therefore discloses [[qualities]] of the whole in contradistinction to qualities of the [[part]].

12:7.11 Brotherhood constitutes a [[fact]] of relationship between every personality in universal [[existence]]. No person can escape the benefits or the penalties that may come as a result of relationship to other persons. The part profits or suffers in measure with the whole. The [[good]] effort of each man benefits all men; the error or [[evil]] of each man augments the tribulation of all men. As moves the part, so moves the whole. As the progress of the whole, so the progress of the part. The [[relative]] [[velocities]] of part and whole determine whether the part is retarded by the [[inertia]] of the whole or is carried forward by the [[momentum]] of the cosmic brotherhood.

12:7.11 Brotherhood constitutes a [[fact]] of relationship between every personality in universal [[existence]]. No person can escape the benefits or the penalties that may come as a result of relationship to other persons. The part profits or suffers in measure with the whole. The [[good]] effort of each man benefits all men; the error or [[evil]] of each man augments the tribulation of all men. As moves the part, so moves the whole. As the progress of the whole, so the progress of the part. The [[relative]] [[velocities]] of part and whole determine whether the part is retarded by the [[inertia]] of the whole or is carried forward by the [[momentum]] of the cosmic brotherhood.

12:7.12 It is a [[mystery]] that God is a highly [[personal]] self-conscious being with [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:1._THE_DIVINE_RESIDENCE residential headquarters], and at the same time personally present in such a vast universe and personally in contact with such a well-nigh [[infinite]] [[number]] of [[beings]]. That such a [[phenomenon]] is a mystery beyond human [[comprehension]] should not in the least lessen your [[faith]]. Do not allow the [[magnitude]] of the infinity, the immensity of the [[eternity]], and the grandeur and [[glory]] of the matchless [[character]] of God to overawe, stagger, or discourage you; for [[the Father]] is not very far from any one of you; he dwells within you, and in him do we all [[literally]] move, actually live, and veritably have our being.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Acts_of_the_Apostles#Acts.17]

12:7.12 It is a [[mystery]] that God is a highly [[personal]] self-conscious being with [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:1._THE_DIVINE_RESIDENCE residential headquarters], and at the same time personally present in such a vast universe and personally in contact with such a well-nigh [[infinite]] [[number]] of [[beings]]. That such a [[phenomenon]] is a mystery beyond human [[comprehension]] should not in the least lessen your [[faith]]. Do not allow the [[magnitude]] of the infinity, the immensity of the [[eternity]], and the grandeur and [[glory]] of the matchless [[character]] of God to overawe, stagger, or discourage you; for [[the Father]] is not very far from any one of you; he dwells within you, and in him do we all [[literally]] move, actually live, and veritably have our being.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Acts_of_the_Apostles#Acts.17]

12:7.13 Even though the Paradise Father functions through his [[Creator Sons|divine creators]] and his [[creature]] [[children]], he also enjoys the most [[intimate]] inner contact with you, so [[sublime]], so highly personal, that it is even beyond my [[comprehension]]—that [[mysterious]] [[communion]] of the [[Father fragment]] with the human [[soul]] and with the [[mortal]] [[mind]] of its actual indwelling. Knowing what you do of these gifts of God, you therefore know that the Father is in intimate [[touch]], not only with his divine associates, but also with his evolutionary [[mortal]] [[children]] of time. The Father indeed abides on Paradise, but his divine presence also dwells in the minds of men.

12:7.13 Even though the Paradise Father functions through his [[Creator Sons|divine creators]] and his [[creature]] [[children]], he also enjoys the most [[intimate]] inner contact with you, so [[sublime]], so highly personal, that it is even beyond my [[comprehension]]—that [[mysterious]] [[communion]] of the [[Father fragment]] with the human [[soul]] and with the [[mortal]] [[mind]] of its actual indwelling. Knowing what you do of these gifts of God, you therefore know that the Father is in intimate [[touch]], not only with his divine associates, but also with his evolutionary [[mortal]] [[children]] of time. The Father indeed abides on Paradise, but his divine presence also dwells in the minds of men.

12:7.14 Even though the [[Spirit of Truth|spirit of a Son]] be poured out upon all [[flesh]],[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Acts_of_the_Apostles#Acts.2] even though a Son once dwelt with you in the likeness of [[mortal]] [[flesh]], even though the [[seraphim]] personally guard and guide you, how can any of these divine beings of the [[Eternal Son|Second]] and [[Infinite Spirit|Third Centers]] ever [[hope]] to come as near to you or to [[understand]] you as fully as [[the Father]], who has given a part of himself to be in you, to be your real and [[divine]], even your [[eternal]], self?

12:7.14 Even though the [[Spirit of Truth|spirit of a Son]] be poured out upon all [[flesh]],[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Acts_of_the_Apostles#Acts.2] even though a Son once dwelt with you in the likeness of [[mortal]] [[flesh]], even though the [[seraphim]] personally guard and guide you, how can any of these divine beings of the [[Eternal Son|Second]] and [[Infinite Spirit|Third Centers]] ever [[hope]] to come as near to you or to [[understand]] you as fully as [[the Father]], who has given a part of himself to be in you, to be your real and [[divine]], even your [[eternal]], self?

==12:8. MATTER, MIND, AND SPIRIT==   

==12:8. MATTER, MIND, AND SPIRIT==   

12:8.1 "God is spirit,"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_4] but [[Paradise]] is not. The [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physcial_Cosmology material universe] is always the arena wherein take place all [[spiritual]] [[activities]]; spirit [[beings]] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40_-_The_Ascending_Sons_of_God spirit ascenders] live and [[work]] on physical [[spheres]] of [[material]] [[reality]].

12:8.1 "God is spirit,"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_4] but [[Paradise]] is not. The [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Cosmology material universe] is always the arena wherein take place all [[spiritual]] [[activities]]; spirit [[beings]] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40_-_The_Ascending_Sons_of_God spirit ascenders] live and [[work]] on physical [[spheres]] of [[material]] [[reality]].

12:8.2 The bestowal of [[cosmic]] [[force]], the domain of cosmic [[gravity]], is the [[function]] of the [[Isle of Paradise]]. All [[original]] force-energy proceeds from Paradise, and the [[matter]] for the making of untold [[universes]] now circulates throughout the [[master universe]] in the form of a supergravity presence which constitutes the force-charge of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:6._SPACE_RESPIRATION pervaded space].

12:8.2 The bestowal of [[cosmic]] [[force]], the domain of cosmic [[gravity]], is the [[function]] of the [[Isle of Paradise]]. All [[original]] force-energy proceeds from Paradise, and the [[matter]] for the making of untold [[universes]] now circulates throughout the [[master universe]] in the form of a supergravity presence which constitutes the force-charge of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:6._SPACE_RESPIRATION pervaded space].

12:8.3 Whatever the [[transformations]] of force in the outlying universes, having gone out from [[Paradise]], it [[journeys]] on subject to the never-ending, ever-[[present]], unfailing [[Law of Attraction|pull]] of the eternal Isle, [[obediently]] and [[inherently]] swinging on forever around the eternal space paths of the universes. Physical energy is the one reality which is true and [[steadfast]] in its obedience to [[universal]] [[law]]. Only in the realms of [[creature]] [[volition]] has there been deviation from the divine paths and the original plans. [[Power]] and [[energy]] are the universal [[evidences]] of the [[stability]], constancy, and [[eternity]] of the central [[Isle of Paradise]].

12:8.3 Whatever the [[transformations]] of force in the outlying universes, having gone out from [[Paradise]], it [[journeys]] on subject to the never-ending, ever-[[present]], unfailing [[Law of Attraction|pull]] of the eternal Isle, [[obediently]] and [[inherently]] swinging on forever around the eternal space paths of the universes. Physical energy is the one reality which is true and [[steadfast]] in its obedience to [[universal]] [[law]]. Only in the realms of [[creature]] [[volition]] has there been deviation from the divine paths and the original plans. [[Power]] and [[energy]] are the universal [[evidences]] of the [[stability]], constancy, and [[eternity]] of the central [[Isle of Paradise]].

12:8.4 The bestowal of [[spirit]] and the [[Progress|spiritualization]] of personalities, the domain of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_7#7:1._THE_SPIRIT-GRAVITY_CIRCUIT spiritual gravity], is the realm of the [[Eternal Son]]. And this spirit gravity of the Son, ever drawing all spiritual realities to himself, is just as real and [[absolute]] as is the all-powerful material grasp of the Isle of Paradise. But material-minded [[man]] is naturally more familiar with the [[material]] [[manifestations]] of a [[physical]] [[nature]] than with the equally real and mighty operations of a [[spiritual]] nature which are discerned only by the spiritual [[insight]] of the [[soul]].

12:8.4 The bestowal of [[spirit]] and the [[Progress|spiritualization]] of personalities, the domain of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_7#7:1._THE_SPIRIT-GRAVITY_CIRCUIT spiritual gravity], is the realm of the [[Eternal Son]]. And this spirit gravity of the Son, ever drawing all spiritual realities to himself, is just as real and [[absolute]] as is the all-powerful material grasp of the Isle of Paradise. But material-minded [[man]] is naturally more familiar with the [[material]] [[manifestations]] of a [[physical]] [[nature]] than with the equally real and mighty operations of a [[spiritual]] nature which are discerned only by the spiritual [[insight]] of the [[soul]].

12:8.5 As the [[mind]] of any personality in the universe becomes more [[spiritual]]—Godlike—it becomes less [[responsive]] to material gravity. [[Reality]], measured by [[Quantitative|physical-gravity]] response, is the [[antithesis]] of reality as determined by [[quality]] of spirit [[content]]. Physical-gravity action is a quantitative determiner of nonspirit energy; spiritual-gravity action is the qualitative [[measure]] of the living energy of [[divinity]].

12:8.5 As the [[mind]] of any personality in the universe becomes more [[spiritual]]—Godlike—it becomes less [[responsive]] to material gravity. [[Reality]], measured by [[Quantitative|physical-gravity]] response, is the [[antithesis]] of reality as determined by [[quality]] of spirit [[content]]. Physical-gravity action is a quantitative determiner of nonspirit energy; spiritual-gravity action is the qualitative [[measure]] of the living energy of [[divinity]].

12:8.8 Mind is the [[technique]] whereby spirit realities become [[experiential]] to creature personalities. And in the last [[analysis]] the unifying possibilities of even human mind, the ability to [[co-ordinate]] [[things]], [[ideas]], and [[values]], is supermaterial.

12:8.8 Mind is the [[technique]] whereby spirit realities become [[experiential]] to creature personalities. And in the last [[analysis]] the unifying possibilities of even human mind, the ability to [[co-ordinate]] [[things]], [[ideas]], and [[values]], is supermaterial.

12:8.9 Though it is hardly possible for the mortal mind to comprehend the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_106#PAPER_106:_UNIVERSE_LEVELS_OF_REALITY seven levels] of relative cosmic [[reality]], the human [[intellect]] should be able to grasp much of the [[meaning]] of three functioning levels of [[finite]] reality:

12:8.9 Though it is hardly possible for the mortal mind to comprehend the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_106#PAPER_106:_UNIVERSE_LEVELS_OF_REALITY seven levels] of relative cosmic [[reality]], the human [[intellect]] should be able to grasp much of the [[meaning]] of three functioning levels of [[finite]] reality:

*1. 12:8.10 ''Matter''. Organized [[energy]] which is subject to [[linear]] [[gravity]] except as it is modified by [[motion]] and conditioned by [[mind]].

*1. 12:8.10 ''Matter''. Organized [[energy]] which is subject to [[linear]] [[gravity]] except as it is modified by [[motion]] and conditioned by [[mind]].

12:8.15 In cosmic [[evolution]] [[matter]] becomes a philosophic [[shadow]] cast by mind in the [[presence]] of spirit [[luminosity]] of divine [[enlightenment]], but this does not invalidate the reality of matter-energy. Mind, matter, and spirit are equally real, but they are not of equal value to personality in the attainment of [[divinity]]. [[Consciousness]] of divinity is a [[progressive]] spiritual [[experience]].

12:8.15 In cosmic [[evolution]] [[matter]] becomes a philosophic [[shadow]] cast by mind in the [[presence]] of spirit [[luminosity]] of divine [[enlightenment]], but this does not invalidate the reality of matter-energy. Mind, matter, and spirit are equally real, but they are not of equal value to personality in the attainment of [[divinity]]. [[Consciousness]] of divinity is a [[progressive]] spiritual [[experience]].

12:8.16 The brighter the shining of the spiritualized personality ([[the Father]] in the universe, the [[Thought Adjuster|fragment]] of [[potential]] spirit personality in the individual [[creature]]), the greater the shadow cast by the intervening mind upon its material investment. In time, man's body is just as real as mind or spirit, but in death, both mind ([[identity]]) and spirit [[survive]] while the body does not. A cosmic reality can be nonexistent in personality experience. And so your Greek figure of speech—the material as the shadow of the more real spirit substance[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_Cave]—does have a philosophic significance.

12:8.16 The brighter the shining of the spiritualized personality ([[the Father]] in the universe, the [[Thought Adjuster|fragment]] of [[potential]] spirit personality in the individual [[creature]]), the greater the shadow cast by the intervening mind upon its material investment. In time, man's body is just as real as mind or spirit, but in death, both mind ([[identity]]) and spirit [[survive]] while the body does not. A cosmic reality can be nonexistent in personality experience. And so your Greek figure of speech—the material as the shadow of the more real spirit substance[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_Cave]—does have a philosophic significance.

==12:9. PERSONAL REALITIES==

==12:9. PERSONAL REALITIES==

12:9.1 Spirit is the basic personal reality in the universes, and personality is basic to all progressing experience with spiritual reality. Every phase of personality experience on every successive level of universe progression swarms with clues to the discovery of alluring personal realities. Man's true destiny consists in the creation of new and spirit goals and then in responding to the cosmic allurements of such supernal goals of nonmaterial value.

12:9.1 [[Spirit]] is the [[Foundation|basic]] [[personal]] [[reality]] in the [[universes]], and [[personality]] is basic to all [[Progress|progressing]] [[experience]] with spiritual reality. Every [[phase]] of personality experience on every [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_106#PAPER_106:_UNIVERSE_LEVELS_OF_REALITY successive level] of universe progression swarms with [[Evidence|clues]] to the [[discovery]] of alluring personal realities. Man's true destiny consists in the creation of new and spirit goals and then in responding to the cosmic allurements of such [[supernal]] goals of nonmaterial [[value]].

12:9.2 Love is the secret of beneficial association between personalities. You cannot really know a person as the result of a single contact. You cannot appreciatingly know music through mathematical deduction, even though music is a form of mathematical rhythm. The number assigned to a telephone subscriber does not in any manner identify the personality of that subscriber or signify anything concerning his character.

12:9.2 [[Love]] is the secret of beneficial [[association]] between personalities. You cannot really know a person as the result of a single contact. You cannot appreciatingly know [[music]] through [[mathematical]] [[deduction]], even though music is a form of mathematical [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm rhythm]]. The [[number]] assigned to a telephone subscriber does not in any [[manner]] identify the personality of that subscriber or signify anything concerning his [[character]].

12:9.3 Mathematics, material science, is indispensable to the intelligent discussion of the material aspects of the universe, but such knowledge is not necessarily a part of the higher realization of truth or of the personal appreciation of spiritual realities. Not only in the realms of life but even in the world of physical energy, the sum of two or more things is very often something more than, or something different from, the predictable additive consequences of such unions. The entire science of mathematics, the whole domain of philosophy, the highest physics or chemistry, could not predict or know that the union of two gaseous hydrogen atoms with one gaseous oxygen atom would result in a new and qualitatively superadditive substance—liquid water. The understanding knowledge of this one physiochemical phenomenon should have prevented the development of materialistic philosophy and mechanistic cosmology.

12:9.3 [[Mathematics]], material science, is indispensable to the [[intelligent]] [[discussion]] of the [[material]] aspects of the universe, but such [[knowledge]] is not [[necessarily]] a part of the higher [[realization]] of [[truth]] or of the personal appreciation of spiritual realities. Not only in the realms of life but even in the world of physical energy, the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Synergy sum of two or more [[things]]] is very often something more than, or something different from, the predictable additive [[consequences]] of such [[union]]s. The entire [[science]] of mathematics, the whole domain of [[philosophy]], the highest [[physics]] or [[chemistry]], could not [[predict]] or know that the [[union]] of two gaseous hydrogen atoms with one gaseous oxygen atom would result in a new and qualitatively superadditive substance—liquid water. The [[understanding]] knowledge of this one physiochemical [[phenomenon]] should have prevented the [[development]] of [[materialistic]] [[philosophy]] and [[mechanistic]] [[cosmology]].

12:9.4 Technical analysis does not reveal what a person or a thing can do. For example: Water is used effectively to extinguish fire. That water will put out fire is a fact of everyday experience, but no analysis of water could ever be made to disclose such a property. Analysis determines that water is composed of hydrogen and oxygen; a further study of these elements discloses that oxygen is the real supporter of combustion and that hydrogen will itself freely burn.

12:9.4 Technical [[analysis]] does not reveal what a [[person]] or a thing can do. For example: Water is used effectively to extinguish fire. That water will put out fire is a [[fact]] of everyday [[experience]], but no analysis of water could ever be made to disclose such a property. Analysis determines that water is composed of hydrogen and oxygen; a further [[study]] of these elements discloses that oxygen is the real supporter of combustion and that hydrogen will itself freely burn.

12:9.5 Your religion is becoming real because it is emerging from the slavery of fear and the bondage of superstition. Your philosophy struggles for emancipation from dogma and tradition. Your science is engaged in the agelong contest between truth and error while it fights for deliverance from the bondage of abstraction, the slavery of mathematics, and the relative blindness of mechanistic materialism.

12:9.5 Your [[religion]] is becoming real because it is emerging from the [[slavery]] of [[fear]] and the bondage of [[superstition]]. Your [[philosophy]] struggles for emancipation from [[dogma]] and [[tradition]]. Your [[science]] is engaged in the agelong contest between [[truth]] and error while it fights for deliverance from the bondage of [[abstraction]], the [[slavery]] of [[mathematics]], and the [[relative]] blindness of [[mechanistic]] [[materialism]].

12:9.6 Mortal man has a spirit nucleus. The mind is a personal-energy system existing around a divine spirit nucleus and functioning in a material environment. Such a living relationship of personal mind and spirit constitutes the universe potential of eternal personality. Real trouble, lasting disappointment, serious defeat, or inescapable death can come only after self-concepts presume fully to displace the governing power of the central spirit nucleus, thereby disrupting the cosmic scheme of personality identity.

12:9.6 [[Mortal]] [[man]] has a [[spirit]] [[nucleus]]. The [[mind]] is a personal-energy [[system]] existing around a divine spirit nucleus and [[functioning]] in a material [[environment]]. Such a living [[relationship]] of personal mind and spirit [[constitutes]] the universe [[potential]] of eternal [[personality]]. Real trouble, lasting disappointment, serious defeat, or inescapable [[death]] can come only after self-concepts presume fully to displace the governing [[power]] of the [[Thought Adjuster|central spirit nucleus]], thereby disrupting the cosmic scheme of [[personality]] [[identity]].

12:9.7 Presented by a [[Perfector of Wisdom]] acting by authority of the [[Ancients of Days]].

12:9.7 Presented by a [[Perfector of Wisdom]] acting by authority of the [[Ancients of Days]].

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[[Category: PART I: The Central and Superuniverses]]

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