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180:5.1 The new helper which [[Jesus]] [[promised]] to send into the [[hearts]] of ''believers'', to pour out upon all [[flesh]], is the [[Spirit of Truth]]. This [[divine]] [[endowment]] is not the [[letter]] or [[law]] of [[truth]], neither is it to [[function]] as the [[form]] or [[expression]] of [[truth]]. The new [[teacher]] is the [[conviction]] of [[truth]], the [[consciousness]] and [[assurance]] of true [[meanings]] on real [[spirit]] [[levels]]. And this new teacher is the spirit of living and [[growing]] [[truth]], expanding, [[unfolding]], and [[adaptative]] [[truth]].
 
180:5.1 The new helper which [[Jesus]] [[promised]] to send into the [[hearts]] of ''believers'', to pour out upon all [[flesh]], is the [[Spirit of Truth]]. This [[divine]] [[endowment]] is not the [[letter]] or [[law]] of [[truth]], neither is it to [[function]] as the [[form]] or [[expression]] of [[truth]]. The new [[teacher]] is the [[conviction]] of [[truth]], the [[consciousness]] and [[assurance]] of true [[meanings]] on real [[spirit]] [[levels]]. And this new teacher is the spirit of living and [[growing]] [[truth]], expanding, [[unfolding]], and [[adaptative]] [[truth]].
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180:5.2 [[Divine]] [[truth]] is a [[spirit]]-[[discerned]] and living [[reality]]. [[Truth]] [[exists]] only on high spiritual [[levels]] of the [[realization]] of [[divinity]] and the [[consciousness]] of [[communion]] with [[God]]. You can know the [[truth]], and you can live the truth; you can [[experience]] the [[growth]] of truth in the [[soul]] and enjoy the [[liberty]] of its [[enlightenment]] in the [[mind]], but you cannot [[imprison]] [[truth]] in [[formulas]], codes, [[creeds]], or [[intellectual]] [[patterns]] of [[human]] [[conduct]]. When you undertake the human [[formulation]] of [[divine]] [[truth]], it speedily dies. The post-mortem [[salvage]] of [[imprisoned]] [[truth]], even at best, can [[eventuate]] only in the [[realization]] of a peculiar [[form]] of intellectualized [[glorified]] [[wisdom]]. [[Static]] [[truth]] is dead [[truth]], and only dead [[truth]] can be held as a [[theory]]. Living [[truth]] is [[dynamic]] and can [[enjoy]] only an [[experiential]] [[existence]] in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 human mind].
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180:5.2 [[Divine]] [[truth]] is a [[spirit]]-[[discerned]] and living [[reality]]. [[Truth]] [[exists]] only on high spiritual [[levels]] of the [[realization]] of [[divinity]] and the [[consciousness]] of [[communion]] with [[God]]. You can know the [[truth]], and you can live the truth; you can [[experience]] the [[growth]] of truth in the [[soul]] and enjoy the [[liberty]] of its [[enlightenment]] in the [[mind]], but you cannot [[imprison]] [[truth]] in [[formulas]], codes, [[creeds]], or [[intellectual]] [[patterns]] of [[human]] [[conduct]]. When you undertake the human [[formulation]] of [[divine]] [[truth]], it speedily dies. The post-mortem salvage of [[imprisoned]] [[truth]], even at best, can [[eventuate]] only in the [[realization]] of a peculiar [[form]] of intellectualized [[glorified]] [[wisdom]]. [[Static]] [[truth]] is dead [[truth]], and only dead [[truth]] can be held as a [[theory]]. Living [[truth]] is [[dynamic]] and can [[enjoy]] only an [[experiential]] [[existence]] in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 human mind].
    
180:5.3 [[Intelligence]] [[grows]] out of a [[material]] [[existence]] which is [[illuminated]] by the [[presence]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 cosmic mind]. [[Wisdom]] comprises the [[consciousness]] of [[knowledge]] elevated to new levels of [[meaning]] and [[activated]] by the [[presence]] of the [[universe]] [[endowment]] of the [[Adjutant Mind Spirits|adjutant of wisdom]]. [[Truth]] is a [[spiritual]] [[reality]] [[value]] [[experienced]] only by [[spirit]]-[[endowed]] [[beings]] who [[function]] upon supermaterial levels of [[universe]] [[consciousness]], and who, after the [[realization]] of [[truth]], [[permit]] its spirit of [[activation]] to live and [[reign]] within their [[souls]].
 
180:5.3 [[Intelligence]] [[grows]] out of a [[material]] [[existence]] which is [[illuminated]] by the [[presence]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 cosmic mind]. [[Wisdom]] comprises the [[consciousness]] of [[knowledge]] elevated to new levels of [[meaning]] and [[activated]] by the [[presence]] of the [[universe]] [[endowment]] of the [[Adjutant Mind Spirits|adjutant of wisdom]]. [[Truth]] is a [[spiritual]] [[reality]] [[value]] [[experienced]] only by [[spirit]]-[[endowed]] [[beings]] who [[function]] upon supermaterial levels of [[universe]] [[consciousness]], and who, after the [[realization]] of [[truth]], [[permit]] its spirit of [[activation]] to live and [[reign]] within their [[souls]].
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180:5.5 The [[golden rule]], when divested of the [[superhuman]] [[insight]] of the [[Spirit of Truth]], becomes nothing more than a rule of high [[ethical]] [[conduct]]. The [[golden rule]], when [[literally]] [[interpreted]], may become the instrument of great [[offense]] to one's fellows. Without a [[spiritual]] [[discernment]] of the [[golden rule]] of [[wisdom]] you might [[reason]] that, since you are [[desirous]] that all men [[speak]] the full and frank [[truth]] of their [[minds]] to you, you should therefore fully and frankly speak the full [[thought]] of your [[mind]] to your fellow [[beings]]. Such an unspiritual [[interpretation]] of the [[golden rule]] might result in untold unhappiness and no end of [[sorrow]].
 
180:5.5 The [[golden rule]], when divested of the [[superhuman]] [[insight]] of the [[Spirit of Truth]], becomes nothing more than a rule of high [[ethical]] [[conduct]]. The [[golden rule]], when [[literally]] [[interpreted]], may become the instrument of great [[offense]] to one's fellows. Without a [[spiritual]] [[discernment]] of the [[golden rule]] of [[wisdom]] you might [[reason]] that, since you are [[desirous]] that all men [[speak]] the full and frank [[truth]] of their [[minds]] to you, you should therefore fully and frankly speak the full [[thought]] of your [[mind]] to your fellow [[beings]]. Such an unspiritual [[interpretation]] of the [[golden rule]] might result in untold unhappiness and no end of [[sorrow]].
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180:5.6 Some [[persons]] [[discern]] and [[interpret]] the [[golden rule]] as a [[purely]] [[intellectual]] [[affirmation]] of human fraternity. Others [[experience]] this [[expression]] of human [[relationship]] as an [[emotional]] [[gratification]] of the [[tender]] [[feelings]] of the [[human]] [[personality]]. Another [[mortal]] [[recognizes]] this same [[golden rule]] as the yardstick for measuring all [[social]] [[relations]], the [[standard]] of [[social]] [[conduct]]. Still others look upon it as [[being]] the [[positive]] injunction of a great [[moral]] [[teacher]] who embodied in this [[statement]] the highest [[concept]] of [[moral]] [[obligation]] as regards all fraternal [[relationships]]. In the lives of such [[moral]] beings the [[golden rule]] becomes the [[wise]] [[center]] and [[circumference]] of all their [[philosophy]].
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180:5.6 Some [[persons]] [[discern]] and [[interpret]] the [[golden rule]] as a [[purely]] [[intellectual]] affirmation of human fraternity. Others [[experience]] this [[expression]] of human [[relationship]] as an [[emotional]] [[gratification]] of the [[tender]] [[feelings]] of the [[human]] [[personality]]. Another [[mortal]] [[recognizes]] this same [[golden rule]] as the yardstick for measuring all [[social]] [[relations]], the [[standard]] of [[social]] [[conduct]]. Still others look upon it as [[being]] the [[positive]] injunction of a great [[moral]] [[teacher]] who embodied in this [[statement]] the highest [[concept]] of [[moral]] [[obligation]] as regards all fraternal [[relationships]]. In the lives of such [[moral]] beings the [[golden rule]] becomes the [[wise]] [[center]] and [[circumference]] of all their [[philosophy]].
    
180:5.7 In [[the kingdom]] of the [[believing]] brotherhood of [[God]]-[[knowing]] [[truth]] lovers, this [[golden rule]] takes on living [[qualities]] of [[spiritual]] [[realization]] on those higher [[levels]] of [[interpretation]] which cause the [[mortal]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE sons of God] to view this injunction of [[the Master]] as requiring them so to relate themselves to their fellows that they will [[receive]] the highest possible [[good]] as a result of the [[believer]]'s contact with them. This is the [[essence]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_101#101:1._TRUE_RELIGION true religion]: that you [[love]] your [[neighbor]] as yourself.
 
180:5.7 In [[the kingdom]] of the [[believing]] brotherhood of [[God]]-[[knowing]] [[truth]] lovers, this [[golden rule]] takes on living [[qualities]] of [[spiritual]] [[realization]] on those higher [[levels]] of [[interpretation]] which cause the [[mortal]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE sons of God] to view this injunction of [[the Master]] as requiring them so to relate themselves to their fellows that they will [[receive]] the highest possible [[good]] as a result of the [[believer]]'s contact with them. This is the [[essence]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_101#101:1._TRUE_RELIGION true religion]: that you [[love]] your [[neighbor]] as yourself.

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