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==PAPER 1: THE UNIVERSAL FATHER==

==PAPER 1: THE UNIVERSAL FATHER==

1:0.1 The [[Universal]] [[Father]] is the [[God]] of all [[creation]], the [[First Source and Center]] of all [[things]] and [[beings]]. First [[think]] of God as a creator, then as a controller, and lastly as an infinite upholder. The [[truth]] about the Universal Father had begun to dawn upon [[mankind]] when the [[prophet]] said: "You, God, are alone; there is none beside you. You have created the heaven and the [[Universe of universes|heaven of heavens]], with all their [[Paper 38 - Ministering Spirits of the Local Universe|hosts]]; you preserve and control them.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Nehemiah#Chapter_.9] By the [[Creator Sons|Sons of God]] were the [[universes]] made.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_33] The Creator covers himself with [[light]] as with a [[Dress|garment]] and stretches out the heavens as a curtain."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_104] Only the [[concept]] of the Universal Father—[[Monotheism|one God]] in the place of many gods—enabled [[mortal]] man to [[comprehend]] the Father as divine creator and infinite controller.

1:0.1 The [[Universal]] [[Father]] is the [[God]] of all [[creation]], the [[First Source and Center]] of all [[things]] and [[beings]]. First [[think]] of God as a creator, then as a controller, and lastly as an infinite upholder. The [[truth]] about the Universal Father had begun to dawn upon [[mankind]] when the [[prophet]] said: "You, God, are alone; there is none beside you. You have created the heaven and the [[Universe of universes|heaven of heavens]], with all their [[Paper 38 - Ministering Spirits of the Local Universe|hosts]]; you preserve and control them.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Nehemiah#Chapter_.9] By the [[Creator Sons|Sons of God]] were the [[universes]] made.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_33] The Creator covers himself with [[light]] as with a [[Dress|garment]] and stretches out the heavens as a curtain."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_104] Only the [[concept]] of the Universal Father—[[Monotheism|one God]] in the place of many gods—enabled [[mortal]] man to [[comprehend]] the Father as divine creator and infinite controller.

1:0.2 The myriads of [[planetary]] [[systems]] were all made to be eventually inhabited by many different [[types]] of [[intelligent]] [[creatures]], beings who could know God, receive the divine [[affection]], and [[love]] him in return. The [[universe of universes]] is the [[work]] of God and the [[Home|dwelling place]] of his diverse creatures. "God created the heavens and formed the earth; he established the universe and created this world not in vain; he formed it to be inhabited."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.45]

1:0.2 The myriads of [[planetary]] [[systems]] were all made to be eventually inhabited by many different [[types]] of [[intelligent]] [[creatures]], beings who could know God, receive the divine [[affection]], and [[love]] him in return. The [[universe of universes]] is the [[work]] of God and the [[Home|dwelling place]] of his diverse creatures. "God created the heavens and formed the earth; he established the universe and created this world not in vain; he formed it to be inhabited."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.45]

1:0.3 The [[enlightened]] worlds all recognize and [[worship]] the Universal Father, the [[eternal]] maker and [[infinite]] upholder of all [[creation]]. The [[Free will|will]] creatures of universe upon universe have embarked upon the long, long [[Paradise]] journey, the fascinating struggle of the eternal [[adventure]] of attaining [[God the Father]]. The [[transcendent]] goal of the children of time is to find the eternal God, to comprehend the divine [[nature]], to recognize the Universal Father. God-knowing creatures have only one supreme [[ambition]], just one consuming [[desire]], and that is to become, as they are in their [[spheres]], like him as he is in his Paradise [[perfection]] of [[personality]] and in his universal sphere of righteous [[supremacy]]. From the Universal Father who inhabits eternity there has gone forth the supreme [[mandate]], "Be you perfect, even as I am perfect."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_5] In [[love]] and [[mercy]] the messengers of Paradise have carried this divine exhortation down through the ages and out through the universes, even to such lowly [[animal]]-[[origin]] creatures as the [[human]] [[races]] of [[Urantia]].

1:0.3 The [[enlightened]] worlds all recognize and [[worship]] the Universal Father, the [[eternal]] maker and [[infinite]] upholder of all [[creation]]. The [[Free will|will]] creatures of universe upon universe have embarked upon the long, long [[Paradise]] journey, the fascinating struggle of the eternal [[adventure]] of attaining [[God the Father]]. The [[transcendent]] goal of the children of time is to find the eternal God, to comprehend the divine [[nature]], to recognize the Universal Father. God-knowing creatures have only one supreme [[ambition]], just one consuming [[desire]], and that is to become, as they are in their [[spheres]], like him as he is in his Paradise [[perfection]] of [[personality]] and in his universal sphere of righteous [[supremacy]]. From the Universal Father who inhabits eternity there has gone forth the supreme [[mandate]], "Be you perfect, even as I am perfect."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_5] In [[love]] and [[mercy]] the messengers of Paradise have carried this divine exhortation down through the ages and out through the universes, even to such lowly [[animal]]-[[origin]] creatures as the [[human]] [[races]] of [[Urantia]].

1:0.4 This magnificent and [[universal]] injunction to strive for the attainment of the [[perfection]] of [[divinity]] is the first duty, and should be the highest [[ambition]], of all the struggling creature creation of the God of perfection. This [[possibility]] of the attainment of divine perfection is the final and certain [[destiny]] of all man's eternal spiritual [[progress]].

1:0.4 This magnificent and [[universal]] injunction to strive for the attainment of the [[perfection]] of [[divinity]] is the first duty, and should be the highest [[ambition]], of all the struggling creature creation of the God of perfection. This [[possibility]] of the attainment of divine perfection is the final and certain [[destiny]] of all man's eternal spiritual [[progress]].

1:0.5 Urantia [[mortals]] can hardly [[hope]] to be perfect in the infinite sense, but it is entirely possible for [[human being]]s, starting out as they do on this [[planet]], to attain the supernal and divine goal which the infinite God has set for mortal man; and when they do achieve this [[destiny]], they will, in all that pertains to [[self-realization]] and [[mind]] attainment, be just as replete in their sphere of divine perfection as God himself is in his sphere of infinity and eternity. Such perfection may not be universal in the [[material]] sense, unlimited in [[intellectual]] grasp, or final in [[spiritual]] [[experience]], but it is final and complete in all finite aspects of divinity of will, [[perfection]] of personality [[motivation]], and [[God-consciousness]].

1:0.5 Urantia [[mortals]] can hardly [[hope]] to be perfect in the infinite sense, but it is entirely possible for [[human being]]s, starting out as they do on this [[planet]], to attain the supernal and divine goal which the infinite God has set for mortal man; and when they do achieve this [[destiny]], they will, in all that pertains to [[self-realization]] and [[mind]] attainment, be just as replete in their sphere of divine perfection as God himself is in his sphere of infinity and eternity. Such perfection may not be universal in the [[material]] sense, unlimited in [[intellectual]] grasp, or final in [[spiritual]] [[experience]], but it is final and complete in all finite aspects of divinity of will, [[perfection]] of personality [[motivation]], and [[God-consciousness]].

1:0.6 This is the true meaning of that divine command, "Be you perfect, even as I am perfect,"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_5] which ever urges [[mortal]] man onward and beckons him inward in that long and fascinating [[Work|struggle]] for the [[attainment]] of higher and higher levels of spiritual [[values]] and true universe [[meanings]]. This [[sublime]] search for the God of universes is the supreme [[adventure]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 inhabitants of all the worlds] of [[time and space]].

1:0.6 This is the true meaning of that divine command, "Be you perfect, even as I am perfect,"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_5] which ever urges [[mortal]] man onward and beckons him inward in that long and fascinating [[Work|struggle]] for the [[attainment]] of higher and higher levels of spiritual [[values]] and true universe [[meanings]]. This [[sublime]] search for the God of universes is the supreme [[adventure]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 inhabitants of all the worlds] of [[time and space]].

==1:1. THE FATHER'S NAME==

==1:1. THE FATHER'S NAME==

1:1.1 Of all the [[names]] by which [[God]] the [[Father]] is known throughout the [[Multiverse|universes]], those which designate him as the [[First Source and Center|First Source and the Universe Center]] are most often encountered. The First Father is known by various names in [[different]] universes and in [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:13._THE_SECTOR_GOVERNMENTS different sectors] of the same universe. The names which the [[creature]] assigns to the [[Creator]] are much dependent on the creature's [[concept]] of the Creator. The First Source and Universe Center has never revealed himself by name, only by [[nature]]. If we believe that we are the [[children]] of this Creator, it is only [[natural]] that we should eventually call him Father. But this is the name of our own choosing, and it grows out of the recognition of our [[personal]] [[relationship]] with the First Source and Center.

1:1.1 Of all the [[names]] by which [[God]] the [[Father]] is known throughout the [[Multiverse|universes]], those which designate him as the [[First Source and Center|First Source and the Universe Center]] are most often encountered. The First Father is known by various names in [[different]] universes and in [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:13._THE_SECTOR_GOVERNMENTS different sectors] of the same universe. The names which the [[creature]] assigns to the [[Creator]] are much dependent on the creature's [[concept]] of the Creator. The First Source and Universe Center has never revealed himself by name, only by [[nature]]. If we believe that we are the [[children]] of this Creator, it is only [[natural]] that we should eventually call him Father. But this is the name of our own choosing, and it grows out of the recognition of our [[personal]] [[relationship]] with the First Source and Center.

1:1.2 The Universal Father never [[Force|imposes]] any form of [[arbitrary]] recognition, [[formal]] [[worship]], or [[Slavery|slavish]] [[service]] upon the intelligent [[Free will|will]] creatures of the universes. The [[evolutionary]] inhabitants of the worlds of [[time and space]] must of themselves—in their own [[hearts]]—recognize, [[love]], and voluntarily [[worship]] him. The Creator refuses to [[coerce]] or compel the submission of the spiritual [[free will]]s of his [[material]] creatures. The [[affectionate]] [[dedication]] of the human will to the [[doing of the Father's will]] is man's choicest gift to God; in [[fact]], such a [[consecration]] of creature will constitutes man's only possible gift of true [[value]] to the [[Paradise]] [[Father]]. In God, man lives, moves, and has his [[being]]; there is nothing which man can give to God except this choosing to abide by the Father's will, and such [[decisions]], effected by the intelligent will creatures of the universes, constitute the [[reality]] of that true [[worship]] which is so satisfying to the [[love]]-dominated [[nature]] of the Creator Father.

1:1.2 The Universal Father never [[Force|imposes]] any form of [[arbitrary]] recognition, [[formal]] [[worship]], or [[Slavery|slavish]] [[service]] upon the intelligent [[Free will|will]] creatures of the universes. The [[evolutionary]] inhabitants of the worlds of [[time and space]] must of themselves—in their own [[hearts]]—recognize, [[love]], and voluntarily [[worship]] him. The Creator refuses to [[coerce]] or compel the submission of the spiritual [[free will]]s of his [[material]] creatures. The [[affectionate]] [[dedication]] of the human will to the [[doing of the Father's will]] is man's choicest gift to God; in [[fact]], such a [[consecration]] of creature will constitutes man's only possible gift of true [[value]] to the [[Paradise]] [[Father]]. In God, man lives, moves, and has his [[being]]; there is nothing which man can give to God except this choosing to abide by the Father's will, and such [[decisions]], effected by the intelligent will creatures of the universes, constitute the [[reality]] of that true [[worship]] which is so satisfying to the [[love]]-dominated [[nature]] of the Creator Father.

1:1.4 Near the [[center]] of the [[Grand Universe|universe of universes]], the Universal Father is generally known by [[names]] which may be regarded as meaning the First Source. Farther out in the universes of space, the terms employed to designate the Universal Father more often mean the Universal Center. Still farther out in the starry [[creation]], he is known, as on the [[Salvington|headquarters world]] of your [[local universe]], as the First Creative Source and Divine Center. In one near-by [[constellation]] God is called the Father of Universes. In another, the Infinite Upholder, and to the east, the Divine Controller. He has also been designated the Father of Lights, the Gift of Life, and the All-powerful One.

1:1.4 Near the [[center]] of the [[Grand Universe|universe of universes]], the Universal Father is generally known by [[names]] which may be regarded as meaning the First Source. Farther out in the universes of space, the terms employed to designate the Universal Father more often mean the Universal Center. Still farther out in the starry [[creation]], he is known, as on the [[Salvington|headquarters world]] of your [[local universe]], as the First Creative Source and Divine Center. In one near-by [[constellation]] God is called the Father of Universes. In another, the Infinite Upholder, and to the east, the Divine Controller. He has also been designated the Father of Lights, the Gift of Life, and the All-powerful One.

1:1.5 On those worlds where a [[Paper 20 - The Paradise Sons of God|Paradise Son]] has lived a [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20#20:5._BESTOWAL_OF_THE_PARADISE_SONS_OF_GOD bestowal life], God is generally known by some name indicative of [[personal]] [[relationship]], tender [[affection]], and [[Fatherhood|fatherly]] [[devotion]]. On your [[Edentia|constellation headquarters]] God is referred to as the Universal Father, and on different [[planets]] in your [[Satania|local system]] of inhabited worlds he is variously known as the Father of Fathers, the [[Paradise]] Father, the [[Havona]] Father, and the Spirit Father. Those who know God through the [[revelations]] of the bestowals of the Paradise Sons, eventually yield to the sentimental appeal of the [[touching]] [[relationship]] of the creature-Creator association and refer to God as "our Father."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_144#144:3._THE_BELIEVER.27S_PRAYER]

1:1.5 On those worlds where a [[Paper 20 - The Paradise Sons of God|Paradise Son]] has lived a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20#20:5._BESTOWAL_OF_THE_PARADISE_SONS_OF_GOD bestowal life], God is generally known by some name indicative of [[personal]] [[relationship]], tender [[affection]], and [[Fatherhood|fatherly]] [[devotion]]. On your [[Edentia|constellation headquarters]] God is referred to as the Universal Father, and on different [[planets]] in your [[Satania|local system]] of inhabited worlds he is variously known as the Father of Fathers, the [[Paradise]] Father, the [[Havona]] Father, and the Spirit Father. Those who know God through the [[revelations]] of the bestowals of the Paradise Sons, eventually yield to the sentimental appeal of the [[touching]] [[relationship]] of the creature-Creator association and refer to God as "our Father."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_144#144:3._THE_BELIEVER.27S_PRAYER]

1:1.6 On a [[planet]] of [[sex]] [[creatures]], in a world where the impulses of [[parental]] [[emotion]] are inherent in the [[hearts]] of its intelligent beings, the term Father becomes a very [[expressive]] and appropriate name for the eternal God. He is best known, most universally acknowledged, on your planet, [[Urantia]], by the name [[God]]. The name he is given is of little importance; the significant thing is that you should know him and aspire to be like him. Your [[prophets]] of old truly called him "the everlasting God"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.40] and referred to him as the one who "inhabits eternity."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.40]

1:1.6 On a [[planet]] of [[sex]] [[creatures]], in a world where the impulses of [[parental]] [[emotion]] are inherent in the [[hearts]] of its intelligent beings, the term Father becomes a very [[expressive]] and appropriate name for the eternal God. He is best known, most universally acknowledged, on your planet, [[Urantia]], by the name [[God]]. The name he is given is of little importance; the significant thing is that you should know him and aspire to be like him. Your [[prophets]] of old truly called him "the everlasting God"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.40] and referred to him as the one who "inhabits eternity."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.40]

==1:2. THE REALITY OF GOD==

==1:2. THE REALITY OF GOD==

1:2.1 [[God]] is primal [[reality]] in the [[spirit]] world; God is the source of [[truth]] in the [[mind]] [[spheres]]; God [[Shadow|overshadows]] [[Everything|all]] throughout the [[material]] realms. To all created [[intelligences]] God is a [[personality]], and to the [[Grand Universe|universe of universes]] he is the [[First Source and Center]] of eternal reality. God is neither [[Human|manlike]] nor [[machine]]like. The First Father is [[universal]] [[spirit]], [[eternal]] [[truth]], [[infinite]] [[reality]], and [[father]] personality.

1:2.1 [[God]] is primal [[reality]] in the [[spirit]] world; God is the source of [[truth]] in the [[mind]] [[spheres]]; God [[Shadow|overshadows]] [[Everything|all]] throughout the [[material]] realms. To all created [[intelligences]] God is a [[personality]], and to the [[Grand Universe|universe of universes]] he is the [[First Source and Center]] of eternal reality. God is neither [[Human|manlike]] nor [[machine]]like. The First Father is [[universal]] [[spirit]], [[eternal]] [[truth]], [[infinite]] [[reality]], and [[father]] personality.

1:2.2 The eternal God is infinitely more than reality [[ideal]]ized or the universe [[personalized]]. God is not simply the supreme [[desire]] of man, the [[mortal]] quest objectified. Neither is God merely a [[concept]], the power-potential of [[Justice|righteousness]]. The Universal Father is not a synonym for nature, neither is he [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_law natural law] personified. God is a [[transcendent]] [[reality]], not merely man's [[traditional]] concept of supreme [[values]]. God is not a [[psychological]] [[Focus|focalization]] of spiritual [[meanings]], neither is he "the [[Nobility|noblest]] [[work]] of man."[http://www.saidwhat.co.uk/quotes/favourite/robert_g_ingersoll/an_honest_god_is_the_noblest_work_of_man_2591][http://www.quotesandpoem.com/quotes/showquotes/author/alexander-pope/116304] God may be any or all of these concepts in the minds of men, but he is more. He is a [[Salvation|saving]] [[person]] and a loving Father to all who enjoy spiritual [[peace]] on [[earth]], and who crave to experience [[personality]] survival in [[death]].

1:2.2 The eternal God is infinitely more than reality [[ideal]]ized or the universe [[personalized]]. God is not simply the supreme [[desire]] of man, the [[mortal]] quest objectified. Neither is God merely a [[concept]], the power-potential of [[Justice|righteousness]]. The Universal Father is not a synonym for nature, neither is he [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_law natural law] personified. God is a [[transcendent]] [[reality]], not merely man's [[traditional]] concept of supreme [[values]]. God is not a [[psychological]] [[Focus|focalization]] of spiritual [[meanings]], neither is he "the [[Nobility|noblest]] [[work]] of man."[https://www.saidwhat.co.uk/quotes/favourite/robert_g_ingersoll/an_honest_god_is_the_noblest_work_of_man_2591][https://www.quotesandpoem.com/quotes/showquotes/author/alexander-pope/116304] God may be any or all of these concepts in the minds of men, but he is more. He is a [[Salvation|saving]] [[person]] and a loving Father to all who enjoy spiritual [[peace]] on [[earth]], and who crave to experience [[personality]] survival in [[death]].

1:2.3 The actuality of the [[existence]] of God is [[demonstrated]] in human [[experience]] by the indwelling of the [[Thought Adjuster|divine presence]], the spirit Monitor sent from [[Paradise]] to live in the mortal mind of man and there to assist in evolving the immortal [[soul]] of eternal [[survival]]. The [[presence]] of this divine Adjuster in the human mind is disclosed by three experiential [[phenomena]]:

1:2.3 The actuality of the [[existence]] of God is [[demonstrated]] in human [[experience]] by the indwelling of the [[Thought Adjuster|divine presence]], the spirit Monitor sent from [[Paradise]] to live in the mortal mind of man and there to assist in evolving the immortal [[soul]] of eternal [[survival]]. The [[presence]] of this divine Adjuster in the human mind is disclosed by three experiential [[phenomena]]:

1:2.6 In [[theory]] you may [[think]] of God as the [[Creator]], and he is the personal creator of [[Paradise]] and the [[Havona|central universe of perfection]], but the [[Paper 15 - The Seven Superuniverses|universes of time and space]] are all created and organized by the Paradise corps of the [[Creator Sons]]. The Universal Father is not the personal creator of the [[local universe]] of [[Nebadon]]; the universe in which you live is the [[creation]] of his Son Michael. Though the Father does not personally create the [[Paper 15 - The Seven Superuniverses|evolutionary universes]], he does control them in many of their universal [[relationships]] and in certain of their [[manifestations]] of [[physical]], mindal, and [[spiritual]] [[energies]]. God the Father is the personal creator of the Paradise universe and, in association with the [[Eternal Son]], the creator of all other personal universe Creators.

1:2.6 In [[theory]] you may [[think]] of God as the [[Creator]], and he is the personal creator of [[Paradise]] and the [[Havona|central universe of perfection]], but the [[Paper 15 - The Seven Superuniverses|universes of time and space]] are all created and organized by the Paradise corps of the [[Creator Sons]]. The Universal Father is not the personal creator of the [[local universe]] of [[Nebadon]]; the universe in which you live is the [[creation]] of his Son Michael. Though the Father does not personally create the [[Paper 15 - The Seven Superuniverses|evolutionary universes]], he does control them in many of their universal [[relationships]] and in certain of their [[manifestations]] of [[physical]], mindal, and [[spiritual]] [[energies]]. God the Father is the personal creator of the Paradise universe and, in association with the [[Eternal Son]], the creator of all other personal universe Creators.

1:2.7 As a physical controller in the material universe of universes, the First Source and Center [[functions]] in the [[patterns]] of [[Paper 11 - The Eternal Isle of Paradise|the eternal Isle of Paradise]], and through this [[absolute]] [[gravity]] [[center]] the eternal God exercises [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_118#118:8._CONTROL_AND_OVERCONTROL cosmic overcontrol] of the [[physical]] level equally in the [[Havona|central universe]] and throughout the [[universe of universes]]. As [[mind]], God [[functions]] in the [[Deity]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]]; as [[spirit]], God is manifest in the person of the [[Eternal Son]] and in the persons of the divine [[children]] of the Eternal Son. This interrelation of the First Source and Center with the co-ordinate Persons and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_105#105:3._THE_SEVEN_ABSOLUTES_OF_INFINITY Absolutes of Paradise] does not in the least preclude the direct personal [[action]] of the Universal Father throughout all [[creation]] and on all levels thereof. Through the presence of his [[Thought Adjuster|fragmentized spirit the Creator Father]] maintains [[immediate]] contact with his [[creature]] [[children]] and his [[Creation|created universes]].

1:2.7 As a physical controller in the material universe of universes, the First Source and Center [[functions]] in the [[patterns]] of [[Paper 11 - The Eternal Isle of Paradise|the eternal Isle of Paradise]], and through this [[absolute]] [[gravity]] [[center]] the eternal God exercises [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_118#118:8._CONTROL_AND_OVERCONTROL cosmic overcontrol] of the [[physical]] level equally in the [[Havona|central universe]] and throughout the [[universe of universes]]. As [[mind]], God [[functions]] in the [[Deity]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]]; as [[spirit]], God is manifest in the person of the [[Eternal Son]] and in the persons of the divine [[children]] of the Eternal Son. This interrelation of the First Source and Center with the co-ordinate Persons and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_105#105:3._THE_SEVEN_ABSOLUTES_OF_INFINITY Absolutes of Paradise] does not in the least preclude the direct personal [[action]] of the Universal Father throughout all [[creation]] and on all levels thereof. Through the presence of his [[Thought Adjuster|fragmentized spirit the Creator Father]] maintains [[immediate]] contact with his [[creature]] [[children]] and his [[Creation|created universes]].

==1:3. GOD IS A UNIVERSAL SPIRIT==

==1:3. GOD IS A UNIVERSAL SPIRIT==

1:3.1 "God is spirit."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_4] He is a [[universal]] [[spiritual]] [[presence]]. The Universal Father is an infinite spiritual [[reality]]; he is "the [[sovereign]], eternal, immortal, invisible, and only true God."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_Timothy#The_1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_Timothy.2C_I] Even though you are "the offspring of God,"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Acts_of_the_Apostles#Acts.17] you ought not to think that the Father is like yourselves in [[Appearance|form and physique]] because you are said to be created "in his image"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.1]—indwelt by [[Mystery Monitors]] dispatched from the [[Paradise|central abode]] of his eternal presence. Spirit beings are real, notwithstanding they are invisible to human [[Perception|eyes]]; even though they have not [[flesh]] and blood.

1:3.1 "God is spirit."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_4] He is a [[universal]] [[spiritual]] [[presence]]. The Universal Father is an infinite spiritual [[reality]]; he is "the [[sovereign]], eternal, immortal, invisible, and only true God."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_Timothy#The_1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_Timothy.2C_I] Even though you are "the offspring of God,"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Acts_of_the_Apostles#Acts.17] you ought not to think that the Father is like yourselves in [[Appearance|form and physique]] because you are said to be created "in his image"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.1]—indwelt by [[Mystery Monitors]] dispatched from the [[Paradise|central abode]] of his eternal presence. Spirit beings are real, notwithstanding they are invisible to human [[Perception|eyes]]; even though they have not [[flesh]] and blood.

1:3.2 Said the seer of old: "Lo, he goes by me, and I see him not; he passes on also, but I perceive him not."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.9] We may constantly [[observe]] the [[works]] of God, we may be highly conscious of the [[material]] [[evidences]] of his [[majestic]] [[Behavior|conduct]], but rarely may we gaze upon the visible [[manifestation]] of his [[divinity]], not even to behold the [[presence]] of his [[Thought Adjuster|delegated spirit of human indwelling]].

1:3.2 Said the seer of old: "Lo, he goes by me, and I see him not; he passes on also, but I perceive him not."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Job#Chapter_.9] We may constantly [[observe]] the [[works]] of God, we may be highly conscious of the [[material]] [[evidences]] of his [[majestic]] [[Behavior|conduct]], but rarely may we gaze upon the visible [[manifestation]] of his [[divinity]], not even to behold the [[presence]] of his [[Thought Adjuster|delegated spirit of human indwelling]].

1:3.3 The Universal Father is not invisible because he is hiding himself away from the lowly creatures of materialistic handicaps and limited spiritual endowments. The situation rather is: "You cannot see my face, for no mortal can see me and live."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Exodus#Chapter_.33] No [[material]] [[Human|man]] could behold the spirit [[God]] and preserve his [[mortal]] [[existence]]. The [[glory]] and the spiritual [[brilliance]] of the [[divine]] [[personality]] presence is impossible of approach by the lower groups of spirit beings or by any order of material personalities. The spiritual [[luminosity]] of the Father's [[personal]] presence is a "[[light]] which no mortal man can approach; which no material creature has seen or can see."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_Timothy#The_1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_Timothy.2CVI] But it is not [[necessary]] to see God with the eyes of the [[flesh]] in order to [[discern]] him by the [[faith]]-[[vision]] of the [[Enlightened|spiritualized]] [[mind]].

1:3.3 The Universal Father is not invisible because he is hiding himself away from the lowly creatures of materialistic handicaps and limited spiritual endowments. The situation rather is: "You cannot see my face, for no mortal can see me and live."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Exodus#Chapter_.33] No [[material]] [[Human|man]] could behold the spirit [[God]] and preserve his [[mortal]] [[existence]]. The [[glory]] and the spiritual [[brilliance]] of the [[divine]] [[personality]] presence is impossible of approach by the lower groups of spirit beings or by any order of material personalities. The spiritual [[luminosity]] of the Father's [[personal]] presence is a "[[light]] which no mortal man can approach; which no material creature has seen or can see."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_Timothy#The_1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_Timothy.2CVI] But it is not [[necessary]] to see God with the eyes of the [[flesh]] in order to [[discern]] him by the [[faith]]-[[vision]] of the [[Enlightened|spiritualized]] [[mind]].

1:3.4 The [[spirit]] [[nature]] of the Universal Father is shared fully with his coexistent self, the [[Eternal Son]] of [[Paradise]]. Both the Father and the Son in like [[manner]] [[share]] the universal and eternal spirit fully and unreservedly with their conjoint personality co-ordinate, the [[Infinite Spirit]]. God's spirit is, in and of himself, [[absolute]]; in the Son it is unqualified, in the Spirit, [[universal]], and in and by all of them, [[infinite]].

1:3.4 The [[spirit]] [[nature]] of the Universal Father is shared fully with his coexistent self, the [[Eternal Son]] of [[Paradise]]. Both the Father and the Son in like [[manner]] [[share]] the universal and eternal spirit fully and unreservedly with their conjoint personality co-ordinate, the [[Infinite Spirit]]. God's spirit is, in and of himself, [[absolute]]; in the Son it is unqualified, in the Spirit, [[universal]], and in and by all of them, [[infinite]].

1:3.5 God is a universal spirit; God is the universal person. The [[supreme]] personal reality of the [[finite]] [[creation]] is [[spirit]]; the [[ultimate]] reality of the personal [[cosmos]] is [[absonite]] spirit. Only the levels of infinity are [[absolute]], and only on such levels is there [[finality]] of oneness between [[matter]], [[mind]], and [[spirit]].

1:3.5 God is a universal spirit; God is the universal person. The [[supreme]] personal reality of the [[finite]] [[creation]] is [[spirit]]; the [[ultimate]] reality of the personal [[cosmos]] is [[absonite]] spirit. Only the levels of infinity are [[absolute]], and only on such levels is there [[finality]] of oneness between [[matter]], [[mind]], and [[spirit]].

1:3.6 In [[Grand Universe|the universes]] God the Father is, in [[potential]], [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_118#118:8._CONTROL_AND_OVERCONTROL the overcontroller] of [[matter]], [[mind]], and [[spirit]]. Only by means of his far-flung [[personality]] [[circuit]] does God deal directly with the personalities of his vast [[creation]] of [[Free will|will]] [[creatures]], but he is contactable (outside of [[Paradise]]) only in the presences of his [[Thought Adjusters|fragmented entities]], the will of God abroad in [[Seven superuniverses|the universes]]. This Paradise spirit that indwells the minds of the mortals of [[time]] and there fosters the [[evolution]] of the immortal [[soul]] of the [[surviving]] creature is of the [[nature]] and [[divinity]] of the Universal Father. But the minds of such evolutionary creatures originate in the [[local universes]] and must gain [[divine]] [[perfection]] by achieving those [[experiential]] [[transformations]] of spiritual attainment which are the inevitable result of a creature's choosing to [[do the will of the Father]] in [[heaven]].

1:3.6 In [[Grand Universe|the universes]] God the Father is, in [[potential]], [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_118#118:8._CONTROL_AND_OVERCONTROL the overcontroller] of [[matter]], [[mind]], and [[spirit]]. Only by means of his far-flung [[personality]] [[circuit]] does God deal directly with the personalities of his vast [[creation]] of [[Free will|will]] [[creatures]], but he is contactable (outside of [[Paradise]]) only in the presences of his [[Thought Adjusters|fragmented entities]], the will of God abroad in [[Seven superuniverses|the universes]]. This Paradise spirit that indwells the minds of the mortals of [[time]] and there fosters the [[evolution]] of the immortal [[soul]] of the [[surviving]] creature is of the [[nature]] and [[divinity]] of the Universal Father. But the minds of such evolutionary creatures originate in the [[local universes]] and must gain [[divine]] [[perfection]] by achieving those [[experiential]] [[transformations]] of spiritual attainment which are the inevitable result of a creature's choosing to [[do the will of the Father]] in [[heaven]].

1:3.7 In the [[Inner Life|inner experience]] of man, mind is joined to matter. Such material-linked minds cannot [[survive]] mortal [[death]]. The [[technique]] of survival is [[embrace]]d in those adjustments of the human will and those transformations in the mortal mind whereby such a [[God-conscious]] [[intellect]] [[Progressive|gradually]] becomes spirit taught and eventually spirit led. This [[evolution]] of the human mind from matter association to spirit union results in the transmutation of the potentially spirit phases of the mortal mind into the [[morontia]] realities of the immortal [[soul]]. Mortal mind subservient to matter is [[destined]] to become increasingly [[material]] and consequently to suffer eventual [[personality]] [[Death|extinction]]; mind yielded to spirit is destined to become increasingly [[spiritual]] and ultimately to achieve [[Fusion|oneness]] with the surviving and [[guiding]] divine spirit and in this way to attain [[survival]] and [[eternity]] of [[personality]] [[existence]].

1:3.7 In the [[Inner Life|inner experience]] of man, mind is joined to matter. Such material-linked minds cannot [[survive]] mortal [[death]]. The [[technique]] of survival is [[embrace]]d in those adjustments of the human will and those transformations in the mortal mind whereby such a [[God-conscious]] [[intellect]] [[Progressive|gradually]] becomes spirit taught and eventually spirit led. This [[evolution]] of the human mind from matter association to spirit union results in the transmutation of the potentially spirit phases of the mortal mind into the [[morontia]] realities of the immortal [[soul]]. Mortal mind subservient to matter is [[destined]] to become increasingly [[material]] and consequently to suffer eventual [[personality]] [[Death|extinction]]; mind yielded to spirit is destined to become increasingly [[spiritual]] and ultimately to achieve [[Fusion|oneness]] with the surviving and [[guiding]] divine spirit and in this way to attain [[survival]] and [[eternity]] of [[personality]] [[existence]].

1:3.8 I come forth from the Eternal, and I have repeatedly returned to the presence of the Universal Father. I know of the actuality and personality of the [[First Source and Center]], the Eternal and Universal Father. I know that, while the great God is [[absolute]], [[eternal]], and [[infinite]], he is also [[good]], [[divine]], and [[gracious]]. I know the [[truth]] of the great declarations: "God is spirit"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_4] and "God is love,"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_John#1st_Letter_of_John.2C_IV] and these two attributes are most completely revealed to the universe in the [[Eternal Son]].

1:3.8 I come forth from the Eternal, and I have repeatedly returned to the presence of the Universal Father. I know of the actuality and personality of the [[First Source and Center]], the Eternal and Universal Father. I know that, while the great God is [[absolute]], [[eternal]], and [[infinite]], he is also [[good]], [[divine]], and [[gracious]]. I know the [[truth]] of the great declarations: "God is spirit"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_4] and "God is love,"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_John#1st_Letter_of_John.2C_IV] and these two attributes are most completely revealed to the universe in the [[Eternal Son]].

==1:4. THE MYSTERY OF GOD==

==1:4. THE MYSTERY OF GOD==

1:4.1 The [[infinity]] of the [[perfection]] of [[God]] is such that it eternally constitutes him [[mystery]]. And the greatest of all the unfathomable mysteries of God is the [[phenomenon]] of the [[Thought Adjusters|divine indwelling]] of [[mortal]] [[minds]]. The [[manner]] in which the Universal Father sojourns with the [[creatures]] of [[time]] is the most [[profound]] of all [[universe]] mysteries; the divine [[presence]] in the mind of [[Human|man]] is the mystery of mysteries.

1:4.1 The [[infinity]] of the [[perfection]] of [[God]] is such that it eternally constitutes him [[mystery]]. And the greatest of all the unfathomable mysteries of God is the [[phenomenon]] of the [[Thought Adjusters|divine indwelling]] of [[mortal]] [[minds]]. The [[manner]] in which the Universal Father sojourns with the [[creatures]] of [[time]] is the most [[profound]] of all [[universe]] mysteries; the divine [[presence]] in the mind of [[Human|man]] is the mystery of mysteries.

1:4.2 The [[physical]] [[bodies]] of [[mortals]] are "the temples of God."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_III] Notwithstanding that the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:5._RELATION_OF_MASTER_SONS_TO_THE_UNIVERSE Sovereign Creator Sons] come near the creatures of their inhabited worlds and "draw all men to themselves"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_6][http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_6]; though they "stand at the door" of [[consciousness]] "and knock"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Revelation#Chapter_3] and delight to come in to all who will "open the doors of their [[hearts]]"[http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/h/helenkelle121474.html]; although there does exist this [[intimate]] [[personal]] [[communion]] between the [[Creator Sons]] and their [[mortal]] [[creatures]], nevertheless, mortal men have something from [[God]] himself which actually dwells within them; their [[bodies]] are the temples thereof.

1:4.2 The [[physical]] [[bodies]] of [[mortals]] are "the temples of God."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_III] Notwithstanding that the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:5._RELATION_OF_MASTER_SONS_TO_THE_UNIVERSE Sovereign Creator Sons] come near the creatures of their inhabited worlds and "draw all men to themselves"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_6][https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_6]; though they "stand at the door" of [[consciousness]] "and knock"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Revelation#Chapter_3] and delight to come in to all who will "open the doors of their [[hearts]]"[https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/h/helenkelle121474.html]; although there does exist this [[intimate]] [[personal]] [[communion]] between the [[Creator Sons]] and their [[mortal]] [[creatures]], nevertheless, mortal men have something from [[God]] himself which actually dwells within them; their [[bodies]] are the temples thereof.

1:4.3 When you are through down here, when your course has been run in temporary form on [[earth]], when your trial trip in the [[flesh]] is finished, when the dust that composes the mortal tabernacle "returns to the earth whence it came"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.3]; then, it is [[revealed]], the indwelling "Spirit shall return to God who gave it."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Ecclesiastes#Chapter_.12] There sojourns within each moral being of this planet a [[Thought Adjuster|fragment of God]], a part and parcel of [[divinity]]. It is not yet yours by right of possession, but it is designedly [[intended]] to be one with you if you survive the [[mortal]] [[existence]].

1:4.3 When you are through down here, when your course has been run in temporary form on [[earth]], when your trial trip in the [[flesh]] is finished, when the dust that composes the mortal tabernacle "returns to the earth whence it came"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.3]; then, it is [[revealed]], the indwelling "Spirit shall return to God who gave it."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Ecclesiastes#Chapter_.12] There sojourns within each moral being of this planet a [[Thought Adjuster|fragment of God]], a part and parcel of [[divinity]]. It is not yet yours by right of possession, but it is designedly [[intended]] to be one with you if you survive the [[mortal]] [[existence]].

1:4.4 We are constantly confronted with this [[mystery]] of [[God]]; we are nonplused by the increasing unfolding of the endless [[panorama]] of the [[truth]] of his infinite [[goodness]], endless [[mercy]], matchless [[wisdom]], and superb [[character]].

1:4.4 We are constantly confronted with this [[mystery]] of [[God]]; we are nonplused by the increasing unfolding of the endless [[panorama]] of the [[truth]] of his infinite [[goodness]], endless [[mercy]], matchless [[wisdom]], and superb [[character]].

1:4.5 The [[divine]] [[mystery]] consists in the inherent [[difference]] which exists between the [[finite]] and the [[infinite]], the temporal and the eternal, the [[time-space]] [[creature]] and the [[Universal]] [[Creator]], the [[material]] and the [[spiritual]], the imperfection of man and the [[perfection]] of [[Paradise]] [[Deity]]. The God of universal [[love]] unfailingly [[manifests]] himself to every one of his [[creatures]] up to the fullness of that creature's capacity to spiritually grasp the qualities of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_56#56:10._TRUTH.2C_BEAUTY.2C_AND_GOODNESS divine truth, beauty, and goodness].

1:4.5 The [[divine]] [[mystery]] consists in the inherent [[difference]] which exists between the [[finite]] and the [[infinite]], the temporal and the eternal, the [[time-space]] [[creature]] and the [[Universal]] [[Creator]], the [[material]] and the [[spiritual]], the imperfection of man and the [[perfection]] of [[Paradise]] [[Deity]]. The God of universal [[love]] unfailingly [[manifests]] himself to every one of his [[creatures]] up to the fullness of that creature's capacity to spiritually grasp the qualities of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_56#56:10._TRUTH.2C_BEAUTY.2C_AND_GOODNESS divine truth, beauty, and goodness].

1:4.6 To every spirit [[being]] and to every [[mortal]] [[creature]] in every sphere and on every world of the [[universe of universes]], the Universal Father reveals all of his [[gracious]] and divine self that can be [[discerne]]d or [[comprehended]] by such spirit beings and by such mortal creatures. God is no respecter of persons, either spiritual or material. The divine presence which any child of the universe enjoys at any given [[moment]] is limited only by the capacity of such a creature to receive and to discern the spirit actualities of the supermaterial world.

1:4.6 To every spirit [[being]] and to every [[mortal]] [[creature]] in every sphere and on every world of the [[universe of universes]], the Universal Father reveals all of his [[gracious]] and divine self that can be [[discerne]]d or [[comprehended]] by such spirit beings and by such mortal creatures. God is no respecter of persons, either spiritual or material. The divine presence which any child of the universe enjoys at any given [[moment]] is limited only by the capacity of such a creature to receive and to discern the spirit actualities of the supermaterial world.

==1:5. PERSONALITY OF THE UNIVERSAL FATHER==

==1:5. PERSONALITY OF THE UNIVERSAL FATHER==

1:5.1 Do not permit the magnitude of [[God]], his infinity, either to obscure or [[eclipse]] his [[personality]]. "He who planned the ear, shall he not hear? He who formed the eye, shall he not see?"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_94] The Universal Father is the [[acme]] of [[divine]] personality; he is the [[origin]] and [[destiny]] of personality throughout all [[creation]]. God is both [[infinite]] and [[personal]]; he is an infinite personality. The Father is truly a personality, notwithstanding that the infinity of his person places him forever beyond the full [[comprehension]] of [[material]] and [[finite]] [[beings]].

1:5.1 Do not permit the magnitude of [[God]], his infinity, either to obscure or [[eclipse]] his [[personality]]. "He who planned the ear, shall he not hear? He who formed the eye, shall he not see?"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_94] The Universal Father is the [[acme]] of [[divine]] personality; he is the [[origin]] and [[destiny]] of personality throughout all [[creation]]. God is both [[infinite]] and [[personal]]; he is an infinite personality. The Father is truly a personality, notwithstanding that the infinity of his person places him forever beyond the full [[comprehension]] of [[material]] and [[finite]] [[beings]].

1:5.2 God is much more than a personality as personality is understood by the human mind; he is even far more than any possible concept of a superpersonality. But it is utterly futile to [[discuss]] such incomprehensible [[concepts]] of divine personality with the minds of material [[creatures]] whose maximum concept of the [[reality]] of being consists in the [[idea]] and [[ideal]] of [[personality]]. The material creature's highest possible concept of the Universal Creator is [[embraced]] within the spiritual ideals of the exalted idea of divine personality. Therefore, although you may know that God must be much more than the [[human]] conception of personality, you equally well know that the Universal Father cannot possibly be anything less than an eternal, infinite, true, good, and beautiful personality.

1:5.2 God is much more than a personality as personality is understood by the human mind; he is even far more than any possible concept of a superpersonality. But it is utterly futile to [[discuss]] such incomprehensible [[concepts]] of divine personality with the minds of material [[creatures]] whose maximum concept of the [[reality]] of being consists in the [[idea]] and [[ideal]] of [[personality]]. The material creature's highest possible concept of the Universal Creator is [[embraced]] within the spiritual ideals of the exalted idea of divine personality. Therefore, although you may know that God must be much more than the [[human]] conception of personality, you equally well know that the Universal Father cannot possibly be anything less than an eternal, infinite, true, good, and beautiful personality.

1:5.3 God is not hiding from any of his creatures. He is unapproachable to so many orders of beings only because he "dwells in a [[light]] which no material creature can approach."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_Timothy#The_1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_Timothy.2CVI] The immensity and grandeur of the divine personality is beyond the grasp of the unperfected mind of [[evolutionary]] [[mortals]]. He "measures the waters in the hollow of his hand, measures a universe with the span of his hand. It is he who sits on the circle of the earth, who stretches out the heavens as a curtain and spreads them out as a universe to dwell in."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.40] "Lift up your eyes on high and behold who has created all these [[things]], who brings out their worlds by [[number]] and calls them all by their [[names]]"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.40]; and so it is true that "the invisible [[things]] of God are partially [[understood]] by the things which are made."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans.2C_I] Today, and as you are, you must [[discern]] the invisible Maker through his manifold and [[diverse]] [[creation]], as well as through the [[revelation]] and ministration of [[Paper 20 - The Paradise Sons of God|his Sons and their numerous subordinates]].

1:5.3 God is not hiding from any of his creatures. He is unapproachable to so many orders of beings only because he "dwells in a [[light]] which no material creature can approach."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_Timothy#The_1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_Timothy.2CVI] The immensity and grandeur of the divine personality is beyond the grasp of the unperfected mind of [[evolutionary]] [[mortals]]. He "measures the waters in the hollow of his hand, measures a universe with the span of his hand. It is he who sits on the circle of the earth, who stretches out the heavens as a curtain and spreads them out as a universe to dwell in."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.40] "Lift up your eyes on high and behold who has created all these [[things]], who brings out their worlds by [[number]] and calls them all by their [[names]]"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.40]; and so it is true that "the invisible [[things]] of God are partially [[understood]] by the things which are made."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans.2C_I] Today, and as you are, you must [[discern]] the invisible Maker through his manifold and [[diverse]] [[creation]], as well as through the [[revelation]] and ministration of [[Paper 20 - The Paradise Sons of God|his Sons and their numerous subordinates]].

1:5.4 Even though [[material]] [[mortals]] cannot see the [[person]] of [[God]], they should rejoice in the [[assurance]] that he is a person; by [[faith]] accept the [[truth]] which portrays that the Universal Father so loved the world as to provide for the eternal [[spiritual]] [[progression]] of its lowly inhabitants; that he "delights in his [[children]]."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.8] God is lacking in none of those superhuman and divine attributes which constitute a perfect, eternal, loving, and infinite Creator personality.

1:5.4 Even though [[material]] [[mortals]] cannot see the [[person]] of [[God]], they should rejoice in the [[assurance]] that he is a person; by [[faith]] accept the [[truth]] which portrays that the Universal Father so loved the world as to provide for the eternal [[spiritual]] [[progression]] of its lowly inhabitants; that he "delights in his [[children]]."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Proverbs#Proverb_.8] God is lacking in none of those superhuman and divine attributes which constitute a perfect, eternal, loving, and infinite Creator personality.

1:5.5 In the [[Local Universes|local creations]] (excepting the personnel of the [[superuniverses]]) God has no personal or residential [[manifestation]] aside from the Paradise [[Creator Sons]] who are the [[fathers]] of the inhabited worlds and the [[sovereign]]s of the local universes. If the [[faith]] of the creature were perfect, he would assuredly know that when he had seen a Creator Son he had seen the Universal Father; in seeking for the Father, he would not ask nor expect to see other than [[Eternal Son|the Son]]. Mortal man simply cannot see God until he achieves completed spirit [[transformation]] and actually attains [[Paradise]].

1:5.5 In the [[Local Universes|local creations]] (excepting the personnel of the [[superuniverses]]) God has no personal or residential [[manifestation]] aside from the Paradise [[Creator Sons]] who are the [[fathers]] of the inhabited worlds and the [[sovereign]]s of the local universes. If the [[faith]] of the creature were perfect, he would assuredly know that when he had seen a Creator Son he had seen the Universal Father; in seeking for the Father, he would not ask nor expect to see other than [[Eternal Son|the Son]]. Mortal man simply cannot see God until he achieves completed spirit [[transformation]] and actually attains [[Paradise]].

1:5.7 Without God and except for his great and central person, there would be no personality throughout all the vast [[universe of universes]]. God is [[personality]].

1:5.7 Without God and except for his great and central person, there would be no personality throughout all the vast [[universe of universes]]. God is [[personality]].

1:5.8 Notwithstanding that God is an eternal [[power]], a [[majestic]] [[presence]], a [[transcendent]] [[ideal]], and a [[glorious]] [[spirit]], though he is all these and infinitely more, nonetheless, he is truly and everlastingly a perfect Creator personality, a person who can "know and be known,"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_XIII] who can "[[love]] and be loved,"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_John#1st_Letter_of_John.2C_IV] and one who can [[Friendship|befriend]] us; while you can be known, as other humans have been known, as the friend of God[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_15]. He is a real spirit and a spiritual reality.

1:5.8 Notwithstanding that God is an eternal [[power]], a [[majestic]] [[presence]], a [[transcendent]] [[ideal]], and a [[glorious]] [[spirit]], though he is all these and infinitely more, nonetheless, he is truly and everlastingly a perfect Creator personality, a person who can "know and be known,"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_XIII] who can "[[love]] and be loved,"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_John#1st_Letter_of_John.2C_IV] and one who can [[Friendship|befriend]] us; while you can be known, as other humans have been known, as the friend of God[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_15]. He is a real spirit and a spiritual reality.

1:5.9 As we see the Universal Father [[revealed]] throughout his universe; as we [[discern]] him indwelling his myriads of [[creatures]]; as we behold him in the persons of his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:5._RELATION_OF_MASTER_SONS_TO_THE_UNIVERSE Sovereign Sons]; as we continue to [[sense]] his divine presence here and there, near and afar, let us not [[doubt]] nor question his personality primacy. Notwithstanding all these far-flung distributions, he remains a true person and everlastingly maintains personal connection with the countless hosts of his creatures scattered throughout the [[universe of universes]].

1:5.9 As we see the Universal Father [[revealed]] throughout his universe; as we [[discern]] him indwelling his myriads of [[creatures]]; as we behold him in the persons of his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:5._RELATION_OF_MASTER_SONS_TO_THE_UNIVERSE Sovereign Sons]; as we continue to [[sense]] his divine presence here and there, near and afar, let us not [[doubt]] nor question his personality primacy. Notwithstanding all these far-flung distributions, he remains a true person and everlastingly maintains personal connection with the countless hosts of his creatures scattered throughout the [[universe of universes]].

1:5.10 The [[idea]] of the personality of the Universal Father is an enlarged and truer [[concept]] of [[God]] which has come to mankind chiefly through [[revelation]]. [[Reason]], [[wisdom]], and religious [[experience]] all [[infer]] and imply the personality of God, but they do not altogether [[Proof|validate]] it. Even the indwelling [[Thought Adjuster]] is prepersonal. The truth and [[maturity]] of any [[religion]] is directly proportional to its concept of the infinite personality of God and to its grasp of the [[absolute]] [[unity]] of [[Deity]]. The idea of a [[personal]] Deity becomes, then, the [[measure]] of religious maturity after religion has first formulated the concept of the unity of God.

1:5.10 The [[idea]] of the personality of the Universal Father is an enlarged and truer [[concept]] of [[God]] which has come to mankind chiefly through [[revelation]]. [[Reason]], [[wisdom]], and religious [[experience]] all [[infer]] and imply the personality of God, but they do not altogether [[Proof|validate]] it. Even the indwelling [[Thought Adjuster]] is prepersonal. The truth and [[maturity]] of any [[religion]] is directly proportional to its concept of the infinite personality of God and to its grasp of the [[absolute]] [[unity]] of [[Deity]]. The idea of a [[personal]] Deity becomes, then, the [[measure]] of religious maturity after religion has first formulated the concept of the unity of God.

1:5.11 [[Paper 86 - Early Evolution of Religion|Primitive religion]] had many [[personal]] gods, and they were [[fashion]]ed in the image of [[man]]. [[Revelation]] affirms the validity of the personality concept of God which is merely possible in the [[scientific]] postulate of a First Cause and is only provisionally suggested in the philosophic idea of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_105#105:4._UNITY.2C_DUALITY.2C_AND_TRIUNITY Universal Unity]. Only by personality approach can any person begin to comprehend the [[unity]] of [[God]]. To deny the personality of the First Source and Center leaves one only the choice of two philosophic [[dilemmas]]: [[materialism]] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantheism pantheism].

1:5.11 [[Paper 86 - Early Evolution of Religion|Primitive religion]] had many [[personal]] gods, and they were [[fashion]]ed in the image of [[man]]. [[Revelation]] affirms the validity of the personality concept of God which is merely possible in the [[scientific]] postulate of a First Cause and is only provisionally suggested in the philosophic idea of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_105#105:4._UNITY.2C_DUALITY.2C_AND_TRIUNITY Universal Unity]. Only by personality approach can any person begin to comprehend the [[unity]] of [[God]]. To deny the personality of the First Source and Center leaves one only the choice of two philosophic [[dilemmas]]: [[materialism]] or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantheism pantheism].

1:5.12 In the contemplation of Deity, the [[concept]] of [[personality]] must be divested of the idea of corporeality. A [[material]] [[body]] is not indispensable to personality in either [[man]] or [[God]]. The corporeality error is shown in both extremes of human [[philosophy]]. In materialism, since man loses his body at [[death]], he ceases to exist as a personality; in pantheism, since God has no body, he is not, therefore, a person. The superhuman type of [[progressing]] personality [[function]]s in a union of [[mind]] and [[spirit]].

1:5.12 In the contemplation of Deity, the [[concept]] of [[personality]] must be divested of the idea of corporeality. A [[material]] [[body]] is not indispensable to personality in either [[man]] or [[God]]. The corporeality error is shown in both extremes of human [[philosophy]]. In materialism, since man loses his body at [[death]], he ceases to exist as a personality; in pantheism, since God has no body, he is not, therefore, a person. The superhuman type of [[progressing]] personality [[function]]s in a union of [[mind]] and [[spirit]].

1:5.15 The [[absolute]] [[perfection]] of the [[infinite]] [[God]] would cause him to [[suffer]] the awful limitations of unqualified [[finality]] of perfectness were it not a [[fact]] that the Universal Father directly participates in the personality struggle of every imperfect [[soul]] in the wide universe who seeks, by divine aid, to [[ascend]] to the spiritually perfect worlds on high. This [[progressive]] experience of every [[spirit]] [[being]] and every [[mortal]] [[creature]] throughout the universe of universes is a part of the Father's ever-expanding [[Deity-consciousness]] of the never-ending divine [[circle]] of ceaseless [[self-realization]].

1:5.15 The [[absolute]] [[perfection]] of the [[infinite]] [[God]] would cause him to [[suffer]] the awful limitations of unqualified [[finality]] of perfectness were it not a [[fact]] that the Universal Father directly participates in the personality struggle of every imperfect [[soul]] in the wide universe who seeks, by divine aid, to [[ascend]] to the spiritually perfect worlds on high. This [[progressive]] experience of every [[spirit]] [[being]] and every [[mortal]] [[creature]] throughout the universe of universes is a part of the Father's ever-expanding [[Deity-consciousness]] of the never-ending divine [[circle]] of ceaseless [[self-realization]].

1:5.16 It is literally true: "In all your [[afflictions]] he is afflicted."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.63] "In all your triumphs he triumphs in and with you."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_II] His [[Thought Adjuster|prepersonal divine spirit]] is a real part of you. The [[Isle of Paradise]] [[responds]] to all the [[physical]] [[metamorphoses]] of the [[universe of universes]]; the [[Eternal Son]] includes all the spirit impulses of all [[creation]]; the [[Conjoint Actor]] [[encompasses]] all the [[mind]] [[expression]] of the expanding [[cosmos]]. The Universal Father realizes in the fullness of the divine [[consciousness]] all the individual experience of the progressive struggles of the expanding minds and the ascending spirits of every entity, being, and personality of the whole evolutionary [[creation]] of [[time and space]]. And all this is literally true, for "in Him we all live and move and have our [[being]]."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Acts_of_the_Apostles#Acts.17]

1:5.16 It is literally true: "In all your [[afflictions]] he is afflicted."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.63] "In all your triumphs he triumphs in and with you."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_II] His [[Thought Adjuster|prepersonal divine spirit]] is a real part of you. The [[Isle of Paradise]] [[responds]] to all the [[physical]] [[metamorphoses]] of the [[universe of universes]]; the [[Eternal Son]] includes all the spirit impulses of all [[creation]]; the [[Conjoint Actor]] [[encompasses]] all the [[mind]] [[expression]] of the expanding [[cosmos]]. The Universal Father realizes in the fullness of the divine [[consciousness]] all the individual experience of the progressive struggles of the expanding minds and the ascending spirits of every entity, being, and personality of the whole evolutionary [[creation]] of [[time and space]]. And all this is literally true, for "in Him we all live and move and have our [[being]]."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Acts_of_the_Apostles#Acts.17]

==1:6. PERSONALITY IN THE UNIVERSE==

==1:6. PERSONALITY IN THE UNIVERSE==

1:6.3 Never lose [[Vision|sight]] of the antipodal [[Perspective|viewpoints]] of [[personality]] as it is conceived by [[God]] and [[man]]. Man views and [[Understanding|comprehends]] personality, looking from the [[finite]] to the [[infinite]]; God looks from the infinite to the finite. Man possesses the lowest type of personality; God, the highest, even [[supreme]], [[ultimate]], and [[absolute]]. Therefore did the better concepts of the divine personality have patiently to await the [[appearance]] of improved ideas of human personality, especially the enhanced [[revelation]] of both human and divine personality in the [[Urantia]]n [[Paper 120 - The Bestowal of Michael on Urantia|bestowal life of Michael]], the [[Creator Son]].

1:6.3 Never lose [[Vision|sight]] of the antipodal [[Perspective|viewpoints]] of [[personality]] as it is conceived by [[God]] and [[man]]. Man views and [[Understanding|comprehends]] personality, looking from the [[finite]] to the [[infinite]]; God looks from the infinite to the finite. Man possesses the lowest type of personality; God, the highest, even [[supreme]], [[ultimate]], and [[absolute]]. Therefore did the better concepts of the divine personality have patiently to await the [[appearance]] of improved ideas of human personality, especially the enhanced [[revelation]] of both human and divine personality in the [[Urantia]]n [[Paper 120 - The Bestowal of Michael on Urantia|bestowal life of Michael]], the [[Creator Son]].

1:6.4 The [[Thought Adjuster|prepersonal divine spirit]] which indwells the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#12._PATTERN_AND_FORM.E2.80.94MIND_DOMINANCE mortal mind] carries, in its very [[presence]], the valid [[proof]] of its actual [[existence]], but the concept of the divine personality can be grasped only by the spiritual [[insight]] of genuine [[personal]] religious [[experience]]. Any person, human or divine, may be known and [[comprehended]] quite apart from the external [[Reaction|reactions]] or the [[material]] presence of that person.

1:6.4 The [[Thought Adjuster|prepersonal divine spirit]] which indwells the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#12._PATTERN_AND_FORM.E2.80.94MIND_DOMINANCE mortal mind] carries, in its very [[presence]], the valid [[proof]] of its actual [[existence]], but the concept of the divine personality can be grasped only by the spiritual [[insight]] of genuine [[personal]] religious [[experience]]. Any person, human or divine, may be known and [[comprehended]] quite apart from the external [[Reaction|reactions]] or the [[material]] presence of that person.

1:6.5 Some degree of [[moral]] affinity and [[spiritual]] [[harmony]] is [[essential]] to [[friendship]] between two persons; a loving personality can hardly reveal himself to a loveless person. Even to approach the knowing of a divine personality, all of man's personality endowments must be wholly [[Consecration|consecrated]] to the effort; halfhearted, partial [[devotion]] will be unavailing.

1:6.5 Some degree of [[moral]] affinity and [[spiritual]] [[harmony]] is [[essential]] to [[friendship]] between two persons; a loving personality can hardly reveal himself to a loveless person. Even to approach the knowing of a divine personality, all of man's personality endowments must be wholly [[Consecration|consecrated]] to the effort; halfhearted, partial [[devotion]] will be unavailing.

1:6.7 To [[Assumption|assume]] that the [[universe]] can be known, that it is [[Intelligence|intelligible]], is to assume that the universe is mind made and personality managed. Man's mind can only [[perceive]] the [[mind]] [[phenomena]] of other minds, be they human or superhuman. If man's personality can experience the universe, there is a divine mind and an actual personality somewhere concealed in that universe.

1:6.7 To [[Assumption|assume]] that the [[universe]] can be known, that it is [[Intelligence|intelligible]], is to assume that the universe is mind made and personality managed. Man's mind can only [[perceive]] the [[mind]] [[phenomena]] of other minds, be they human or superhuman. If man's personality can experience the universe, there is a divine mind and an actual personality somewhere concealed in that universe.

1:6.8 [[God]] is spirit—spirit personality; man is also a spirit—[[potential]] spirit personality. [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] attained the full [[realization]] of this [[potential]] of spirit personality in human experience; therefore his life of achieving [[Doing the will of God|the Father's will]] becomes man's most real and [[ideal]] [[revelation]] of the personality of God. Even though the personality of the Universal Father can be grasped only in actual religious [[experience]], in [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents#Part_IV._The_Life_and_Teachings_of_Jesus Jesus' earth life] we are [[inspired]] by the [[perfect]] [[demonstration]] of such a [[realization]] and [[revelation]] of the personality of God in a truly [[human]] [[experience]].

1:6.8 [[God]] is spirit—spirit personality; man is also a spirit—[[potential]] spirit personality. [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] attained the full [[realization]] of this [[potential]] of spirit personality in human experience; therefore his life of achieving [[Doing the will of God|the Father's will]] becomes man's most real and [[ideal]] [[revelation]] of the personality of God. Even though the personality of the Universal Father can be grasped only in actual religious [[experience]], in [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents#Part_IV._The_Life_and_Teachings_of_Jesus Jesus' earth life] we are [[inspired]] by the [[perfect]] [[demonstration]] of such a [[realization]] and [[revelation]] of the personality of God in a truly [[human]] [[experience]].

==1:7. SPIRITUAL VALUE OF THE PERSONALITY CONCEPT==

==1:7. SPIRITUAL VALUE OF THE PERSONALITY CONCEPT==

1:7.1 When [[Jesus]] talked about "the living [[God]],"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_16] he referred to a [[personal]] [[Deity]]—the [[Father]] in [[heaven]]. The [[concept]] of the [[personality]] of Deity facilitates [[fellowship]]; it favors [[intelligent]] [[worship]]; it promotes refreshing [[Trust|trustfulness]]. Interactions can be had between nonpersonal [[things]], but not fellowship. The fellowship [[relation]] of [[father]] and son, as between God and man, cannot be enjoyed unless both are persons. Only personalities can [[commune]] with each other, albeit this personal communion may be greatly facilitated by the [[presence]] of just such an impersonal [[entity]] as the [[Thought Adjuster]].

1:7.1 When [[Jesus]] talked about "the living [[God]],"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_16] he referred to a [[personal]] [[Deity]]—the [[Father]] in [[heaven]]. The [[concept]] of the [[personality]] of Deity facilitates [[fellowship]]; it favors [[intelligent]] [[worship]]; it promotes refreshing [[Trust|trustfulness]]. Interactions can be had between nonpersonal [[things]], but not fellowship. The fellowship [[relation]] of [[father]] and son, as between God and man, cannot be enjoyed unless both are persons. Only personalities can [[commune]] with each other, albeit this personal communion may be greatly facilitated by the [[presence]] of just such an impersonal [[entity]] as the [[Thought Adjuster]].

1:7.2 [[Man]] does not achieve [[Fusion|union]] with [[God]] as a drop of water might find [[unity]] with the ocean. Man attains [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110#110:7._THE_ATTAINMENT_OF_IMMORTALITY divine union] by [[progressive]] [[reciprocal]] spiritual [[communion]], by [[personality]] [[intercourse]] with the personal God, by increasingly attaining the divine [[nature]] through wholehearted and [[intelligent]] [[Attunement|conformity]] to the divine will. Such a [[sublime]] [[relationship]] can exist only between personalities.

1:7.2 [[Man]] does not achieve [[Fusion|union]] with [[God]] as a drop of water might find [[unity]] with the ocean. Man attains [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110#110:7._THE_ATTAINMENT_OF_IMMORTALITY divine union] by [[progressive]] [[reciprocal]] spiritual [[communion]], by [[personality]] [[intercourse]] with the personal God, by increasingly attaining the divine [[nature]] through wholehearted and [[intelligent]] [[Attunement|conformity]] to the divine will. Such a [[sublime]] [[relationship]] can exist only between personalities.

1:7.3 The [[concept]] of [[truth]] might possibly be entertained apart from personality, the concept of [[beauty]] may exist without personality, but the concept of divine [[goodness]] is understandable only in [[relation]] to [[personality]]. Only a person can [[love]] and be loved. Even beauty and truth would be divorced from [[survival]] [[hope]] if they were not [[attributes]] of a personal God, a loving [[Father]].

1:7.3 The [[concept]] of [[truth]] might possibly be entertained apart from personality, the concept of [[beauty]] may exist without personality, but the concept of divine [[goodness]] is understandable only in [[relation]] to [[personality]]. Only a person can [[love]] and be loved. Even beauty and truth would be divorced from [[survival]] [[hope]] if they were not [[attributes]] of a personal God, a loving [[Father]].

1:7.5 [[Ultimate]] [[Paper 106 - Universe Levels of Reality|universe reality]] cannot be grasped by [[mathematics]], [[logic]], or [[philosophy]], only by personal experience in [[progressive]] [[Attunement|conformity]] to the divine will of a personal God. Neither [[science]], [[philosophy]], nor [[theology]] can [[Proof|validate]] the personality of God. Only the personal experience of the [[faith]] sons of the heavenly Father can effect the actual spiritual [[realization]] of the personality of God.

1:7.5 [[Ultimate]] [[Paper 106 - Universe Levels of Reality|universe reality]] cannot be grasped by [[mathematics]], [[logic]], or [[philosophy]], only by personal experience in [[progressive]] [[Attunement|conformity]] to the divine will of a personal God. Neither [[science]], [[philosophy]], nor [[theology]] can [[Proof|validate]] the personality of God. Only the personal experience of the [[faith]] sons of the heavenly Father can effect the actual spiritual [[realization]] of the personality of God.

1:7.6 The higher concepts of universe personality imply: [[identity]], self-consciousness, self-will, and [[possibility]] for self-revelation. And these [[Attributes|characteristics]] further imply [[fellowship]] with other and equal personalities, such as exists in the personality associations of the [[Trinity|Paradise Deities]]. And the [[absolute]] [[unity]] of these [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associativity associations] is so [[perfect]] that [[divinity]] becomes known by [[Integration|indivisibility]], by oneness. "The Lord God is one."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Deutoronomy#Chapter_.6] Indivisibility of personality does not interfere with God's [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_108#108:1._SELECTION_AND_ASSIGNMENT bestowing his spirit] to live in the [[hearts]] of [[mortal]] men. Indivisibility of a human [[father]]'s personality does not prevent the reproduction of mortal sons and daughters.

1:7.6 The higher concepts of universe personality imply: [[identity]], self-consciousness, self-will, and [[possibility]] for self-revelation. And these [[Attributes|characteristics]] further imply [[fellowship]] with other and equal personalities, such as exists in the personality associations of the [[Trinity|Paradise Deities]]. And the [[absolute]] [[unity]] of these [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associativity associations] is so [[perfect]] that [[divinity]] becomes known by [[Integration|indivisibility]], by oneness. "The Lord God is one."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Deutoronomy#Chapter_.6] Indivisibility of personality does not interfere with God's [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_108#108:1._SELECTION_AND_ASSIGNMENT bestowing his spirit] to live in the [[hearts]] of [[mortal]] men. Indivisibility of a human [[father]]'s personality does not prevent the reproduction of mortal sons and daughters.

1:7.7 This concept of [[Integration|indivisibility]] in association with the [[concept]] of [[unity]] implies [[transcendence]] of both [[time and space]] by the [[Paper 118 - Supreme and Ulitimate-Time and Space|Ultimacy of Deity]]; therefore neither [[Spacetime|space nor time]] can be [[absolute]] or [[infinite]]. The [[First Source and Center]] is that infinity who unqualifiedly transcends all [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_9#9:4._THE_ABSOLUTE_MIND mind], all [[Paper 41 - Physical Aspects of the Local Universe|matter]], and all [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_7#7:1._THE_SPIRIT-GRAVITY_CIRCUIT spirit].

1:7.7 This concept of [[Integration|indivisibility]] in association with the [[concept]] of [[unity]] implies [[transcendence]] of both [[time and space]] by the [[Paper 118 - Supreme and Ulitimate-Time and Space|Ultimacy of Deity]]; therefore neither [[Spacetime|space nor time]] can be [[absolute]] or [[infinite]]. The [[First Source and Center]] is that infinity who unqualifiedly transcends all [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_9#9:4._THE_ABSOLUTE_MIND mind], all [[Paper 41 - Physical Aspects of the Local Universe|matter]], and all [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_7#7:1._THE_SPIRIT-GRAVITY_CIRCUIT spirit].

1:7.8 The [[fact]] of the [[Paradise]] [[Trinity]] in no [[manner]] violates the [[truth]] of the divine unity. The three personalities of Paradise Deity are, in all [[Paper 106 - Universe Levels of Reality|universe reality]] [[reaction]]s and in all [[creature]] [[relations]], as one. Neither does the [[existence]] of these three eternal persons violate the truth of the indivisibility of Deity. I am fully aware that I have at my command no [[language]] adequate to make [[Clarity|clear]] to the mortal [[mind]] how these universe problems appear to us. But you [[Encouragement|should not become discouraged]]; not all of these [[things]] are wholly clear to even the high personalities belonging to my [[group]] of [[Paper 13 - The Sacred Spheres of Paradise|Paradise beings]]. Ever bear in mind that these [[profound]] truths pertaining to [[Deity]] will increasingly clarify as your minds become [[progressively]] spiritualized during the [[Ascension Career|successive epochs]] of the long [[mortal]] [[ascent]] to [[Paradise]].

1:7.8 The [[fact]] of the [[Paradise]] [[Trinity]] in no [[manner]] violates the [[truth]] of the divine unity. The three personalities of Paradise Deity are, in all [[Paper 106 - Universe Levels of Reality|universe reality]] [[reaction]]s and in all [[creature]] [[relations]], as one. Neither does the [[existence]] of these three eternal persons violate the truth of the indivisibility of Deity. I am fully aware that I have at my command no [[language]] adequate to make [[Clarity|clear]] to the mortal [[mind]] how these universe problems appear to us. But you [[Encouragement|should not become discouraged]]; not all of these [[things]] are wholly clear to even the high personalities belonging to my [[group]] of [[Paper 13 - The Sacred Spheres of Paradise|Paradise beings]]. Ever bear in mind that these [[profound]] truths pertaining to [[Deity]] will increasingly clarify as your minds become [[progressively]] spiritualized during the [[Ascension Career|successive epochs]] of the long [[mortal]] [[ascent]] to [[Paradise]].

1:7.9 [Presented by a [[Divine Counselor]], a member of a [[group]] of celestial personalities assigned by the [[Ancients of Days]] on [[Uversa]], the headquarters of the [[Orvonton|seventh superuniverse]], to supervise those portions of this forthcoming [[revelation]] which have to do with affairs beyond the borders of the local universe of [[Nebadon]]. I am commissioned to sponsor those papers portraying the [[nature]] and [[attributes]] of [[God]] because I represent the highest source of [[information]] available for such a [[purpose]] on any inhabited world. I have served as a [[Divine Counselor]] in all [[Paper 15 - The Seven Superuniverses|seven of the superuniverses]] and have long resided at the [[Paradise]] [[center]] of [[Everything|all things]]. Many times have I enjoyed the supreme [[pleasure]] of a sojourn in the [[immediate]] personal presence of the Universal Father. I portray the [[reality]] and truth of the Father's nature and attributes with unchallengeable [[authority]]; I know whereof I speak.]

1:7.9 [Presented by a [[Divine Counselor]], a member of a [[group]] of celestial personalities assigned by the [[Ancients of Days]] on [[Uversa]], the headquarters of the [[Orvonton|seventh superuniverse]], to supervise those portions of this forthcoming [[revelation]] which have to do with affairs beyond the borders of the local universe of [[Nebadon]]. I am commissioned to sponsor those papers portraying the [[nature]] and [[attributes]] of [[God]] because I represent the highest source of [[information]] available for such a [[purpose]] on any inhabited world. I have served as a [[Divine Counselor]] in all [[Paper 15 - The Seven Superuniverses|seven of the superuniverses]] and have long resided at the [[Paradise]] [[center]] of [[Everything|all things]]. Many times have I enjoyed the supreme [[pleasure]] of a sojourn in the [[immediate]] personal presence of the Universal Father. I portray the [[reality]] and truth of the Father's nature and attributes with unchallengeable [[authority]]; I know whereof I speak.]

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