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==16:8. URANTIA PERSONALITY==

==16:8. URANTIA PERSONALITY==

16:8.1 The Universal Father bestows personality upon numerous orders of beings as they function on diverse levels of universe actuality. Urantia human beings are endowed with personality of the finite-mortal type, functioning on the level of the ascending sons of God.

16:8.1 The [[Universal Father]] bestows [[personality]] upon numerous orders of [[beings]] as they [[function]] on [[diverse]] levels of [[universe]] [[actuality]]. [[Urantia]] [[human beings]] are endowed with personality of the [[finite]]-[[mortal]] type, functioning on the level of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40 ascending sons of God].

16:8.2 Though we can hardly undertake to define personality, we may attempt to narrate our understanding of the known factors which go to make up the ensemble of material, mental, and spiritual energies whose interassociation constitutes the mechanism wherein and whereon and wherewith the Universal Father causes his bestowed personality to function.

16:8.2 Though we can hardly undertake to define personality, we may attempt to [[narrate]] our [[understanding]] of the known factors which go to make up the ensemble of [[material]], [[mental]], and [[spiritual]] [[energies]] whose interassociation [[constitutes]] the [[mechanism]] wherein and whereon and wherewith the Universal Father causes his bestowed [[personality]] to [[function]].

16:8.3 Personality is a unique endowment of original nature whose existence is independent of, and antecedent to, the bestowal of the Thought Adjuster. Nevertheless, the presence of the Adjuster does augment the qualitative manifestation of personality. Thought Adjusters, when they come forth from the Father, are identical in nature, but personality is diverse, original, and exclusive; and the manifestation of personality is further conditioned and qualified by the nature and qualities of the associated energies of a material, mindal, and spiritual nature which constitute the organismal vehicle for personality manifestation.

16:8.3 [[Personality]] is a [[unique]] endowment of [[original]] [[nature]] whose [[existence]] is [[independent]] of, and antecedent to, the bestowal of the [[Thought Adjuster]]. Nevertheless, the [[presence]] of the Adjuster does augment the [[qualitative]] [[manifestation]] of personality. [[Thought Adjusters]], when they come forth from [[the Father]], are [[identical]] in nature, but [[personality]] is [[diverse]], [[original]], and exclusive; and the [[manifestation]] of personality is further conditioned and qualified by the [[nature]] and [[qualities]] of the [[associated]] [[energies]] of a [[material]], [[mindal]], and [[spiritual]] nature which constitute the [[organism]]al vehicle for [[personality]] [[manifestation]].

16:8.4 Personalities may be similar, but they are never the same. Persons of a given series, type, order, or pattern may and do resemble one another, but they are never identical. Personality is that feature of an individual which we know, and which enables us to identify such a being at some future time regardless of the nature and extent of changes in form, mind, or spirit status. Personality is that part of any individual which enables us to recognize and positively identify that person as the one we have previously known, no matter how much he may have changed because of the modification of the vehicle of expression and manifestation of his personality.

16:8.4 Personalities may be similar, but they are never the same. [[Persons]] of a given series, [[type]], order, or [[pattern]] may and do resemble one another, but they are never [[identical]]. Personality is that feature of an [[individual]] which we know, and which enables us to identify such a being at some [[future]] time regardless of the [[nature]] and extent of [[changes]] in [[form]], [[mind]], or [[spirit]] [[status]]. Personality is that part of any individual which enables us to recognize and positively identify that person as the one we have previously known, no matter how much he may have [[changed]] because of the modification of the vehicle of [[expression]] and manifestation of his personality.

16:8.5 Creature personality is distinguished by two self-manifesting and characteristic phenomena of mortal reactive behavior: self-consciousness and associated relative free will.

16:8.5 [[Creature]] [[personality]] is distinguished by two self-manifesting and characteristic [[phenomena]] of mortal reactive behavior: self-[[consciousness]] and associated [[relative]] [[free will]].

16:8.6 Self-consciousness consists in intellectual awareness of personality actuality; it includes the ability to recognize the reality of other personalities. It indicates capacity for individualized experience in and with cosmic realities, equivalating to the attainment of identity status in the personality relationships of the universe. Self-consciousness connotes recognition of the actuality of mind ministration and the realization of relative independence of creative and determinative free will.

16:8.6 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-awareness Self-consciousness] consists in [[intellectual]] [[awareness]] of [[personality]] [[actuality]]; it includes the ability to recognize the [[reality]] of other [[personalities]]. It indicates [[capacity]] for individualized [[experience]] in and with cosmic realities, equivalating to the [[attainment]] of [[identity]] [[status]] in the personality [[relationships]] of the universe. Self-consciousness connotes recognition of the [[actuality]] of mind ministration and the realization of relative independence of creative and determinative free will.

16:8.7 The relative free will which characterizes the self-consciousness of human personality is involved in:

16:8.7 The [[relative]] [[free will]] which characterizes the self-consciousness of human [[personality]] is involved in:

*1. Moral decision, highest wisdom.

*1. [[Moral]] [[decision]], highest [[wisdom]].

*2. Spiritual choice, truth discernment.

*2. [[Spiritual]] [[choice]], [[truth]] [[discernment]].

*3. Unselfish love, brotherhood service.

*3. Unselfish [[love]], [[brotherhood]] [[service]].

*4. Purposeful co-operation, group loyalty.

*4. [[Purpose]]ful [[co-operation]], group [[loyalty]].

*5. Cosmic insight, the grasp of universe meanings.

*5. [[Cosmic]] [[insight]], the grasp of [[universe]] [[meanings]].

*6. Personality dedication, wholehearted devotion to doing the Father's will.

*6. [[Personality]] [[dedication]], wholehearted [[devotion]] to [[doing the Father's will]].

*7. Worship, the sincere pursuit of divine values and the wholehearted love of the divine Value-Giver.

*7. [[Worship]], the [[sincere]] pursuit of [[divine]] [[values]] and the wholehearted [[love]] of the [[divine]] [[First Source and Center|Value-Giver]].

16:8.8 The Urantia type of human personality may be viewed as functioning in a physical mechanism consisting of the planetary modification of the Nebadon type of organism belonging to the electrochemical order of life activation and endowed with the Nebadon order of the Orvonton series of the cosmic mind of parental reproductive pattern. The bestowal of the divine gift of personality upon such a mind-endowed mortal mechanism confers the dignity of cosmic citizenship and enables such a mortal creature forthwith to become reactive to the constitutive recognition of the three basic mind realities of the cosmos:

16:8.8 The [[Urantia]] [[type]] of [[human]] [[personality]] may be viewed as [[functioning]] in a [[physical]] [[mechanism]] consisting of the [[planetary]] modification of the [[Nebadon]] type of [[organism]] belonging to the electrochemical order of life activation and endowed with the Nebadon order of the [[Orvonton]] series of the cosmic [[mind]] of parental reproductive [[pattern]]. The bestowal of the [[divine]] gift of [[personality]] upon such a mind-endowed [[mortal]] [[mechanism]] confers the [[dignity]] of cosmic [[citizenship]] and enables such a mortal creature forthwith to become [[Reaction|reactive]] to the constitutive recognition of the three basic mind realities of the cosmos:

*1. The mathematical or logical recognition of the uniformity of physical causation.

*1. The [[mathematical]] or [[logical]] recognition of the [[uniformity]] of [[physical]] [[causation]].

*2. The reasoned recognition of the obligation of moral conduct.

*2. The [[reason]]ed recognition of the obligation of [[moral]] [[Behavior|conduct]].

*3. The faith-grasp of the fellowship worship of Deity, associated with the loving service of humanity.

*3. The [[faith]]-grasp of the fellowship [[worship]] of [[Deity]], [[associated]] with the loving [[service]] of [[humanity]].

16:8.9 The full function of such a personality endowment is the beginning realization of Deity kinship. Such a selfhood, indwelt by a prepersonal fragment of God the Father, is in truth and in fact a spiritual son of God. Such a creature not only discloses capacity for the reception of the gift of the divine presence but also exhibits reactive response to the personality-gravity circuit of the Paradise Father of all personalities.

16:8.9 The full [[function]] of such a [[personality]] endowment is the beginning [[realization]] of [[Deity]] kinship. Such a selfhood, indwelt by a [[Thought Adjuster|prepersonal fragment]] of [[God the Father]], is in [[truth]] and in [[fact]] a [[spiritual]] son of God. Such a [[creature]] not only discloses capacity for the reception of the gift of the divine [[presence]] but also exhibits reactive [[response]] to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_12#12:3._UNIVERSAL_GRAVITY personality-gravity circuit] of the [[Paradise]] [[Father]] of all [[personalities]].

==16:9. REALITY OF HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS==

==16:9. REALITY OF HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS==

16:9.1 The cosmic-mind-endowed, Adjuster-indwelt, personal creature possesses innate recognition-realization of energy reality, mind reality, and spirit reality. The will creature is thus equipped to discern the fact, the law, and the love of God. Aside from these three inalienables of human consciousness, all human experience is really subjective except that intuitive realization of validity attaches to the unification of these three universe reality responses of cosmic recognition.

16:9.1 The [[cosmic]]-[[mind]]-endowed, [[Thought Adjuster|Adjuster]]-indwelt, [[personal]] [[creature]] possesses innate recognition-[[realization]] of [[energy]] [[reality]], [[mind]] reality, and [[spirit]] [[reality]]. The [[will]] [[creature]] is thus equipped to [[discern]] the [[fact]], the [[law]], and the [[love]] of [[God]]. Aside from these three inalienables of human [[consciousness]], all human [[experience]] is really [[subjective]] except that [[intuitive]] [[realization]] of [[validity]] attaches to the [[unification]] of these three universe [[reality]] [[responses]] of cosmic recognition.

16:9.2 The God-discerning mortal is able to sense the unification value of these three cosmic qualities in the evolution of the surviving soul, man's supreme undertaking in the physical tabernacle where the moral mind collaborates with the indwelling divine spirit to dualize the immortal soul. From its earliest inception the soul is real; it has cosmic survival qualities.

16:9.2 The [[God]]-[[discerning]] [[mortal]] is able to sense the [[unification]] [[value]] of these three cosmic [[qualities]] in the [[evolution]] of the surviving [[soul]], man's supreme undertaking in the [[physical]] [[Body|tabernacle]] where the [[moral]] [[mind]] collaborates with the [[Thought Adjuster|indwelling divine spirit]] to dualize the [[immortal]] [[soul]]. From its earliest inception the [[soul]] is real; it has cosmic [[survival]] qualities.

16:9.3 If mortal man fails to survive natural death, the real spiritual values of his human experience survive as a part of the continuing experience of the Thought Adjuster. The personality values of such a nonsurvivor persist as a factor in the personality of the actualizing Supreme Being. Such persisting qualities of personality are deprived of identity but not of experiential values accumulated during the mortal life in the flesh. The survival of identity is dependent on the survival of the immortal soul of morontia status and increasingly divine value. Personality identity survives in and by the survival of the soul.

16:9.3 If [[mortal]] man fails to [[survive]] [[natural]] death, the real [[spiritual]] [[values]] of his human [[experience]] survive as a part of the continuing experience of the [[Thought Adjuster]]. The [[personality]] [[values]] of such a nonsurvivor persist as a factor in the personality of the actualizing [[Supreme Being]]. Such persisting qualities of personality are deprived of [[identity]] but not of experiential [[values]] accumulated during the mortal life in the [[flesh]]. The survival of [[identity]] is dependent on the survival of the [[immortal]] [[soul]] of [[morontia]] [[status]] and increasingly [[divine]] [[value]]. [[Personality]] [[identity]] survives in and by the survival of the [[soul]].

16:9.4 Human self-consciousness implies the recognition of the reality of selves other than the conscious self and further implies that such awareness is mutual; that the self is known as it knows. This is shown in a purely human manner in man's social life. But you cannot become so absolutely certain of a fellow being's reality as you can of the reality of the presence of God that lives within you. The social consciousness is not inalienable like the God-consciousness; it is a cultural development and is dependent on knowledge, symbols, and the contributions of the constitutive endowments of man—science, morality, and religion. And these cosmic gifts, socialized, constitute civilization.

16:9.4 Human [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-awareness self-consciousness] implies the recognition of the [[reality]] of selves other than the conscious self and further implies that such awareness is [[Shared|mutual]]; that the self is known as it knows. This is shown in a purely human [[manner]] in man's social life. But you cannot become so [[absolute]]ly certain of a fellow [[being]]'s [[reality]] as you can of the reality of the [[presence]] of [[God]] that lives within you. The social [[consciousness]] is not inalienable like the [[God-consciousness]]; it is a [[cultural]] development and is dependent on [[knowledge]], [[symbols]], and the contributions of the constitutive endowments of man—[[science]], [[morality]], and [[religion]]. And these cosmic gifts, socialized, constitute [[civilization]].

16:9.5 Civilizations are unstable because they are not cosmic; they are not innate in the individuals of the races. They must be nurtured by the combined contributions of the constitutive factors of man—science, morality, and religion. Civilizations come and go, but science, morality, and religion always survive the crash.

16:9.5 [[Civilization]]s are unstable because they are not [[cosmic]]; they are not innate in the [[individuals]] of the races. They must be nurtured by the combined contributions of the constitutive factors of man—[[science]], [[morality]], and [[religion]]. Civilizations come and go, but science, morality, and religion always [[survive]] the crash.

16:9.6 Jesus not only revealed God to man, but he also made a new revelation of man to himself and to other men. In the life of Jesus you see man at his best. Man thus becomes so beautifully real because Jesus had so much of God in his life, and the realization (recognition) of God is inalienable and constitutive in all men.

16:9.6 [[Jesus]] not only revealed [[God]] to man, but he also made a new [[revelation]] of man to himself and to other men. In the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents#Part_IV._The_Life_and_Teachings_of_Jesus life of Jesus] you see man at his best. Man thus becomes so [[beautifully]] real because Jesus had so much of [[God]] in his life, and the [[realization]] (recognition) of God is inalienable and constitutive in all men.

16:9.7 Unselfishness, aside from parental instinct, is not altogether natural; other persons are not naturally loved or socially served. It requires the enlightenment of reason, morality, and the urge of religion, God-knowingness, to generate an unselfish and altruistic social order. Man's own personality awareness, self-consciousness, is also directly dependent on this very fact of innate other-awareness, this innate ability to recognize and grasp the reality of other personality, ranging from the human to the divine.

16:9.7 [[Altruism|Unselfishness]], aside from [[parental]] [[instinct]], is not altogether [[natural]]; other persons are not naturally loved or socially served. It requires the [[enlightenment]] of [[reason]], [[morality]], and the urge of [[religion]], God-knowingness, to generate an unselfish and [[altruistic]] social order. Man's own [[personality]] awareness, self-consciousness, is also directly dependent on this very fact of innate other-awareness, this [[innate]] ability to recognize and grasp the [[reality]] of other [[personality]], ranging from the [[human]] to the [[divine]].

16:9.8 Unselfish social consciousness must be, at bottom, a religious consciousness; that is, if it is objective; otherwise it is a purely subjective philosophic abstraction and therefore devoid of love. Only a God-knowing individual can love another person as he loves himself.

16:9.8 [[Altruism|Unselfish]] social consciousness must be, at bottom, a [[religious]] [[consciousness]]; that is, if it is objective; otherwise it is a [[purely]] subjective philosophic [[abstraction]] and therefore devoid of [[love]]. Only a God-knowing [[individual]] can [[love]] another person as he loves himself.

16:9.9 Self-consciousness is in essence a communal consciousness: God and man, Father and son, Creator and creature. In human self-consciousness four universe-reality realizations are latent and inherent:

16:9.9 Self-consciousness is in [[essence]] a [[Communion|communal]] consciousness: God and man, Father and son, [[Creator]] and [[creature]]. In human self-consciousness four universe-[[reality]] [[realizations]] are latent and [[inherent]]:

*1. The quest for knowledge, the logic of science.

*1. The quest for [[knowledge]], the [[logic]] of [[science]].

*2. The quest for moral values, the sense of duty.

*2. The quest for [[moral]] [[values]], the sense of [[duty]].

*3. The quest for spiritual values, the religious experience.

*3. The quest for [[spiritual]] values, the religious [[experience]].

*4. The quest for personality values, the ability to recognize the reality of God as a personality and the concurrent realization of our fraternal relationship with fellow personalities.

*4. The quest for [[personality]] values, the ability to recognize the [[reality]] of [[God]] as a [[personality]] and the concurrent [[realization]] of our fraternal [[relationship]] with fellow personalities.

16:9.10 You become conscious of man as your creature brother because you are already conscious of God as your Creator Father. Fatherhood is the relationship out of which we reason ourselves into the recognition of brotherhood. And Fatherhood becomes, or may become, a universe reality to all moral creatures because the Father has himself bestowed personality upon all such beings and has encircuited them within the grasp of the universal personality circuit. We worship God, first, because he is, then, because he is in us, and last, because we are in him

16:9.10 You become conscious of man as your [[creature]] [[brother]] because you are already conscious of [[God]] as your [[Creator]] Father. [[Fatherhood]] is the [[relationship]] out of which we [[reason]] ourselves into the recognition of [[brotherhood]]. And Fatherhood becomes, or may become, a universe [[reality]] to all [[moral]] [[creatures]] because the Father has himself bestowed [[personality]] upon all such [[beings]] and has encircuited them within the grasp of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:9._CIRCUITS_OF_THE_SUPERUNIVERSES universal personality circuit]. We [[worship]] [[God]], first, because he is, then, because he is in us, and last, because we are in him.

16:9.11 Is it strange that the cosmic mind should be self-consciously aware of its own source, the infinite mind of the Infinite Spirit, and at the same time conscious of the physical reality of the far-flung universes, the spiritual reality of the Eternal Son, and the personality reality of the Universal Father?

16:9.11 Is it strange that the cosmic [[mind]] should be self-consciously aware of its own [[source]], the [[infinite]] mind of the [[Infinite Spirit]], and at the same time conscious of the [[physical]] [[reality]] of the [[Cosmos|far-flung universes]], the [[spiritual]] [[reality]] of the [[Eternal Son]], and the [[personality]] [[reality]] of the [[Universal Father]]?

16:9.12 Sponsored by a [[Universal Censor]] from [[Uversa]].

16:9.12 Sponsored by a [[Universal Censor]] from [[Uversa]].