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==PAPER 36 THE LIFE CARRIERS==     

==PAPER 36 THE LIFE CARRIERS==     

36:0.1 Life does not [[originate]] [[spontaneously]]. Life is constructed according to [[plans]] formulated by the (unrevealed) ''Architects of Being''[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Architects_of_the_Master_Universe] and appears on the [[inhabited planets]] either by direct importation or as a result of the operations of the ''Life Carriers'' of the [[local universes]]. These carriers of life are among the most interesting and [[versatile]] of the [[diverse]] [[family]] of universe Sons. They are intrusted with designing and carrying [[creature]] life to the [[planetary]] [[spheres]]. And after planting this life on such new worlds, they remain there for long periods to foster its [[development]].

36:0.1 Life does not [[originate]] [[spontaneously]]. Life is constructed according to [[plans]] formulated by the (unrevealed) ''Architects of Being'' ([[Architects of the Master Universe|?]]) and appears on the [[inhabited planets]] either by direct importation or as a result of the operations of the ''Life Carriers'' of the [[local universes]]. These carriers of life are among the most interesting and [[versatile]] of the [[diverse]] [[family]] of universe Sons. They are intrusted with designing and carrying [[creature]] life to the [[planetary]] [[spheres]]. And after planting this life on such new worlds, they remain there for long periods to foster its [[development]].

==36:1. ORIGIN AND NATURE OF LIFE CARRIERS==     

==36:1. ORIGIN AND NATURE OF LIFE CARRIERS==     

36:1.2 In the [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]] we have on [[record]] the [[creation]] of one hundred million Life Carriers. This [[efficient]] corps of life [[disseminators]] is not a truly [[self-governing]] group. They are directed by the life-determining trio, consisting of [[Gabriel]], the [[Father Melchizedek]], and ''Nambia'', the [[original]] and first-born Life Carrier of [[Nebadon]]. But in all [[phases]] of their divisional [[administration]] they are [[self-governing]].

36:1.2 In the [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]] we have on [[record]] the [[creation]] of one hundred million Life Carriers. This [[efficient]] corps of life [[disseminators]] is not a truly [[self-governing]] group. They are directed by the life-determining trio, consisting of [[Gabriel]], the [[Father Melchizedek]], and ''Nambia'', the [[original]] and first-born Life Carrier of [[Nebadon]]. But in all [[phases]] of their divisional [[administration]] they are [[self-governing]].

36:1.3 Life Carriers are graded into three grand [[divisions]]: The first division is the senior Life Carriers, the second, assistants, and the third, custodians. The primary division is subdivided into [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve twelve] [[groups]] of specialists in the various [[forms]] of life [[manifestation]]. The [[segregation]] of these three divisions was [[effected]] by the [[Melchizedeks]], who conducted tests for such [[purposes]] on the Life Carriers' [[headquarters]] sphere. The [[Melchizedeks]] have ever since been closely [[associated]] with the Life Carriers and always accompany them when they go forth to establish life on a new [[planet]].

36:1.3 Life Carriers are graded into three grand [[divisions]]: The first division is the senior Life Carriers, the second, assistants, and the third, custodians. The primary division is subdivided into [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve twelve] [[groups]] of specialists in the various [[forms]] of life [[manifestation]]. The [[segregation]] of these three divisions was [[effected]] by the [[Melchizedeks]], who conducted tests for such [[purposes]] on the Life Carriers' [[headquarters]] sphere. The [[Melchizedeks]] have ever since been closely [[associated]] with the Life Carriers and always accompany them when they go forth to establish life on a new [[planet]].

36:1.4 When an [[evolutionary planet]] is finally settled in [[light and life]], the Life Carriers are [[organized]] into the higher [[deliberative]] bodies of advisory capacity to [[assist]] in the further [[administration]] and [[development]] of the world and its [[glorified]] [[beings]]. In the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_55#55:10._THE_FOURTH_OR_LOCAL_UNIVERSE_STAGE later and settled ages] of an evolving universe these Life Carriers are intrusted with many new [[duties]].

36:1.4 When an [[evolutionary planet]] is finally settled in [[light and life]], the Life Carriers are [[organized]] into the higher [[deliberative]] bodies of advisory capacity to [[assist]] in the further [[administration]] and [[development]] of the world and its [[glorified]] [[beings]]. In the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_55#55:10._THE_FOURTH_OR_LOCAL_UNIVERSE_STAGE later and settled ages] of an evolving universe these Life Carriers are intrusted with many new [[duties]].

==36:2. THE LIFE CARRIER WORLDS==   

==36:2. THE LIFE CARRIER WORLDS==   

36:2.3 ''World Number One'', the [[headquarters]] [[sphere]], together with its six tributary [[satellites]], is [[devoted]] to the study of [[universal]] life, life in all of its known [[phases]] of [[manifestation]]. Here is located the [[college]] of life planning, wherein [[function]] [[teachers]] and advisers from [[Uversa]] and [[Havona]], even from [[Paradise]]. And I am permitted to reveal that the seven central emplacements of the [[adjutant mind-spirits]] are situated on this world of the Life Carriers.

36:2.3 ''World Number One'', the [[headquarters]] [[sphere]], together with its six tributary [[satellites]], is [[devoted]] to the study of [[universal]] life, life in all of its known [[phases]] of [[manifestation]]. Here is located the [[college]] of life planning, wherein [[function]] [[teachers]] and advisers from [[Uversa]] and [[Havona]], even from [[Paradise]]. And I am permitted to reveal that the seven central emplacements of the [[adjutant mind-spirits]] are situated on this world of the Life Carriers.

36:2.4 The number [http;//www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten ten]—the decimal system—is [[inherent]] in the [[physical]] universe but not in the [[spiritual]]. The [[domain]] of life is characterized by [[three]], [[seven]], and [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve twelve] or by multiples and combinations of these basic [[numbers]]. There are [[three]] primal and [[essentially]] [[different]] life [[plans]], after the order of the three [[the Deities|Paradise Sources and Centers]], and in the [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]] these three basic forms of life are [[segregated]] on three [[different]] [[types]] of [[planets]]. There were, originally, twelve distinct and [[divine]] [[concepts]] of transmissible life. This number twelve, with its subdivisions and multiples, runs throughout all basic life [[patterns]] of all [[seven superuniverses]]. There are also [[seven]] architectural types of life [[design]], [[fundamental]] arrangements of the [[reproducing]] configurations of living [[matter]]. The [[Orvonton]] life patterns are configured as twelve [[inheritance]] carriers. The differing orders of will [[creatures]] are configured as 12, 24, 48, 96, 192, 384, and 768. On [[Urantia]] there are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromosomes#Karyotype forty-eight units] of [[pattern]] [[control]]—trait determiners—in the [[sex]] [[cells]] of [[human]] [[reproduction]].

36:2.4 The number [http;//www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten ten]—the decimal system—is [[inherent]] in the [[physical]] universe but not in the [[spiritual]]. The [[domain]] of life is characterized by [[three]], [[seven]], and [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_(number) twelve] or by multiples and combinations of these basic [[numbers]]. There are [[three]] primal and [[essentially]] [[different]] life [[plans]], after the order of the three [[the Deities|Paradise Sources and Centers]], and in the [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]] these three basic forms of life are [[segregated]] on three [[different]] [[types]] of [[planets]]. There were, originally, twelve distinct and [[divine]] [[concepts]] of transmissible life. This number twelve, with its subdivisions and multiples, runs throughout all basic life [[patterns]] of all [[seven superuniverses]]. There are also [[seven]] architectural types of life [[design]], [[fundamental]] arrangements of the [[reproducing]] configurations of living [[matter]]. The [[Orvonton]] life patterns are configured as twelve [[inheritance]] carriers. The differing orders of will [[creatures]] are configured as 12, 24, 48, 96, 192, 384, and 768. On [[Urantia]] there are [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromosomes#Karyotype forty-eight units] of [[pattern]] [[control]]—trait determiners—in the [[sex]] [[cells]] of [[human]] [[reproduction]].

36:2.5 ''The Second World'' is the life-[[designing]] [[sphere]]; here all new modes of life [[organization]] are worked out. While the [[original]] life [[designs]] are provided by the [[Creator Son]], the [[actual]] outworking of these [[plans]] is intrusted to the Life Carriers and their [[associates]]. When the general life plans for a new world have been formulated, they are [[transmitted]] to the [[headquarters]] sphere, where they are minutely scrutinized by the [[supreme]] [[council]] of the senior Life Carriers in [[collaboration]] with a corps of consulting [[Melchizedeks]]. If the [[plans]] are a departure from previously accepted [[formulas]], they must be passed upon, and endorsed by, the [[Creator Son]]. The chief of [[Melchizedeks]] often [[represents]] the Creator Son in these [[deliberations]].

36:2.5 ''The Second World'' is the life-[[designing]] [[sphere]]; here all new modes of life [[organization]] are worked out. While the [[original]] life [[designs]] are provided by the [[Creator Son]], the [[actual]] outworking of these [[plans]] is intrusted to the Life Carriers and their [[associates]]. When the general life plans for a new world have been formulated, they are [[transmitted]] to the [[headquarters]] sphere, where they are minutely scrutinized by the [[supreme]] [[council]] of the senior Life Carriers in [[collaboration]] with a corps of consulting [[Melchizedeks]]. If the [[plans]] are a departure from previously accepted [[formulas]], they must be passed upon, and endorsed by, the [[Creator Son]]. The chief of [[Melchizedeks]] often [[represents]] the Creator Son in these [[deliberations]].

36:2.6 Planetary life, therefore, while similar in some respects, differs in many ways on each [[evolutionary world]]. Even in a [[uniform]] life series in a single [[family]] of worlds, life is not exactly the same on any two [[planets]]; there is always a [[planetary]] [[type]], for the Life Carriers [[work]] constantly in an [[effort]] to improve the [[vital]] [[formulas]] committed to their keeping.

36:2.6 Planetary life, therefore, while similar in some respects, differs in many ways on each [[evolutionary world]]. Even in a [[uniform]] life series in a single [[family]] of worlds, life is not exactly the same on any two [[planets]]; there is always a [[planetary]] [[type]], for the Life Carriers [[work]] constantly in an [[effort]] to improve the [[vital]] [[formulas]] committed to their keeping.

36:2.7 There are over one million [[fundamental]] or [[cosmic]] [[chemical]] [[formulas]] which [[constitute]] the [[parent]] [[patterns]] and the numerous basic [[functional]] variations of life [[manifestations]]. [[Satellite]] number one of the life-planning sphere is the realm of the [[universe]] [[physicists]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrochemistry electrochemists] who serve as [[technical]] assistants to the Life Carriers in the [[work]] of capturing, [[organizing]], and [[manipulating]] the [[essential]] [[units]] of [[energy]] which are employed in building up the [[material]] vehicles of life transmission, the so-called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ_plasm germ plasm].

36:2.7 There are over one million [[fundamental]] or [[cosmic]] [[chemical]] [[formulas]] which [[constitute]] the [[parent]] [[patterns]] and the numerous basic [[functional]] variations of life [[manifestations]]. [[Satellite]] number one of the life-planning sphere is the realm of the [[universe]] [[physicists]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrochemistry electrochemists] who serve as [[technical]] assistants to the Life Carriers in the [[work]] of capturing, [[organizing]], and [[manipulating]] the [[essential]] [[units]] of [[energy]] which are employed in building up the [[material]] vehicles of life transmission, the so-called [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ_plasm germ plasm].

36:2.8 The planetary life-planning [[laboratories]] are situated on the second [[satellite]] of this world number two. In these [[laboratories]] the Life Carriers and all their [[associates]] [[collaborate]] with the [[Melchizedeks]] in the effort to modify and possibly improve the life designed for implantation on the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_58#PAPER_58:_LIFE_ESTABLISHMENT_ON_URANTIA decimal planets] of [[Nebadon]]. The life now evolving on [[Urantia]] was [[planned]] and partially worked out on this very world, for Urantia is a [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_58#PAPER_58:_LIFE_ESTABLISHMENT_ON_URANTIA decimal planet], a life-[[experiment]] world. On one world in each ten a greater variance in the [[standard]] life [[designs]] is permitted than on the other (nonexperimental) worlds.

36:2.8 The planetary life-planning [[laboratories]] are situated on the second [[satellite]] of this world number two. In these [[laboratories]] the Life Carriers and all their [[associates]] [[collaborate]] with the [[Melchizedeks]] in the effort to modify and possibly improve the life designed for implantation on the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_58#PAPER_58:_LIFE_ESTABLISHMENT_ON_URANTIA decimal planets] of [[Nebadon]]. The life now evolving on [[Urantia]] was [[planned]] and partially worked out on this very world, for Urantia is a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_58#PAPER_58:_LIFE_ESTABLISHMENT_ON_URANTIA decimal planet], a life-[[experiment]] world. On one world in each ten a greater variance in the [[standard]] life [[designs]] is permitted than on the other (nonexperimental) worlds.

36:2.9 ''World Number Three'' is [[devoted]] to the [[conservation]] of life. Here various modes of life protection and [[preservation]] are [[studied]] and [[developed]] by the assistants and custodians of the Life Carrier corps. The life plans for every new world always provide for the early [[establishment]] of the life-conservation commission, consisting of custodian specialists in the expert [[manipulation]] of the basic life [[patterns]]. On [[Urantia]] there were twenty-four such custodian commissioners, two for each [[fundamental]] or [[parent]] [[pattern]] of the architectural [[organization]] of the life [[material]]. On [[planets]] such as yours the highest [[form]] of life is [[reproduced]] by a life-carrying bundle which [[possesses]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromosomes#Human_chromosomes twenty-four pattern units]. (And since the [[intellectual]] life [[grows]] out of, and upon the [[foundation]] of, the [[physical]], there come into [[existence]] the four and twenty basic orders of [[Mind|psychic]] [[organization]].)

36:2.9 ''World Number Three'' is [[devoted]] to the [[conservation]] of life. Here various modes of life protection and [[preservation]] are [[studied]] and [[developed]] by the assistants and custodians of the Life Carrier corps. The life plans for every new world always provide for the early [[establishment]] of the life-conservation commission, consisting of custodian specialists in the expert [[manipulation]] of the basic life [[patterns]]. On [[Urantia]] there were twenty-four such custodian commissioners, two for each [[fundamental]] or [[parent]] [[pattern]] of the architectural [[organization]] of the life [[material]]. On [[planets]] such as yours the highest [[form]] of life is [[reproduced]] by a life-carrying bundle which [[possesses]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromosomes#Human_chromosomes twenty-four pattern units]. (And since the [[intellectual]] life [[grows]] out of, and upon the [[foundation]] of, the [[physical]], there come into [[existence]] the four and twenty basic orders of [[Mind|psychic]] [[organization]].)

36:2.10 ''Sphere Number Four'' and its tributary [[satellites]] are [[devoted]] to the [[study]] of the [[evolution]] of [[creature]] life in general and to the evolutionary antecedents of any one life level in particular. The [[original]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ_plasm life plasm] of an [[evolutionary world]] must contain the full [[potential]] for all [[future]] [[developmental]] variations and for all subsequent evolutionary [[changes]] and modifications. The provision for such far-reaching [[projects]] of life [[metamorphosis]] may require the [[appearance]] of many [[apparently]] useless [[forms]] of [[animal]] and [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetable vegetable] life. Such by-products of [[planetary]] [[evolution]], foreseen or unforeseen, appear upon the [[stage]] of [[action]] only to disappear, but in and through all this long [[process]] there runs the thread of the [[wise]] and [[intelligent]] [[formulations]] of the [[original]] [[designers]] of the [[planetary]] life [[plan]] and [[species]] scheme. The manifold by-products of [[biologic]] [[evolution]] are all [[essential]] to the final and full [[function]] of the higher [[intelligent]] forms of life, notwithstanding that great outward [[Confusion|disharmony]] may prevail from time to time in the long upward [[struggle]] of the higher [[creatures]] to effect the mastery of the lower forms of life, many of which are sometimes so [[antagonistic]] to the [[peace]] and comfort of the evolving will [[creatures]].

36:2.10 ''Sphere Number Four'' and its tributary [[satellites]] are [[devoted]] to the [[study]] of the [[evolution]] of [[creature]] life in general and to the evolutionary antecedents of any one life level in particular. The [[original]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ_plasm life plasm] of an [[evolutionary world]] must contain the full [[potential]] for all [[future]] [[developmental]] variations and for all subsequent evolutionary [[changes]] and modifications. The provision for such far-reaching [[projects]] of life [[metamorphosis]] may require the [[appearance]] of many [[apparently]] useless [[forms]] of [[animal]] and [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetable vegetable] life. Such by-products of [[planetary]] [[evolution]], foreseen or unforeseen, appear upon the [[stage]] of [[action]] only to disappear, but in and through all this long [[process]] there runs the thread of the [[wise]] and [[intelligent]] [[formulations]] of the [[original]] [[designers]] of the [[planetary]] life [[plan]] and [[species]] scheme. The manifold by-products of [[biologic]] [[evolution]] are all [[essential]] to the final and full [[function]] of the higher [[intelligent]] forms of life, notwithstanding that great outward [[Confusion|disharmony]] may prevail from time to time in the long upward [[struggle]] of the higher [[creatures]] to effect the mastery of the lower forms of life, many of which are sometimes so [[antagonistic]] to the [[peace]] and comfort of the evolving will [[creatures]].

36:2.11 ''Number Five World'' is concerned wholly with life [[associated]] with [[mind]]. Each of its [[satellites]] is [[devoted]] to the [[study]] of a single [[phase]] of [[creature]] [[mind]] correlated with creature life. Mind such as man [[comprehends]] is an [[endowment]] of the [[seven adjutant mind-spirits]] superimposed on the nonteachable or [[mechanical]] levels of mind by the [[agencies]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]]. The life [[patterns]] are variously [[responsive]] to these adjutants and to the [[different]] [[spirit]] ministries operating throughout the [[Grand Universe|universes]] of [[time and space]]. The [[capacity]] of [[material]] [[creatures]] to [[effect]] [[spirit]] [[response]] is entirely dependent on the [[associated]] [[mind]] [[endowment]], which, in turn, has directionized the [[course]] of the [[biologic]] [[evolution]] of these same [[mortal]] [[creatures]].

36:2.11 ''Number Five World'' is concerned wholly with life [[associated]] with [[mind]]. Each of its [[satellites]] is [[devoted]] to the [[study]] of a single [[phase]] of [[creature]] [[mind]] correlated with creature life. Mind such as man [[comprehends]] is an [[endowment]] of the [[seven adjutant mind-spirits]] superimposed on the nonteachable or [[mechanical]] levels of mind by the [[agencies]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]]. The life [[patterns]] are variously [[responsive]] to these adjutants and to the [[different]] [[spirit]] ministries operating throughout the [[Grand Universe|universes]] of [[time and space]]. The [[capacity]] of [[material]] [[creatures]] to [[effect]] [[spirit]] [[response]] is entirely dependent on the [[associated]] [[mind]] [[endowment]], which, in turn, has directionized the [[course]] of the [[biologic]] [[evolution]] of these same [[mortal]] [[creatures]].

36:3.1 Life does not [[spontaneously]] appear in the [[universes]]; the Life Carriers must [[initiate]] it on the barren [[planets]]. They are the carriers, [[disseminators]], and guardians of life as it appears on the [[evolutionary worlds]] of [[space]]. All life of the order and [[forms]] known on [[Urantia]] arises with these Sons, though not all [[forms]] of planetary life are [[existent]] on [[Urantia]].

36:3.1 Life does not [[spontaneously]] appear in the [[universes]]; the Life Carriers must [[initiate]] it on the barren [[planets]]. They are the carriers, [[disseminators]], and guardians of life as it appears on the [[evolutionary worlds]] of [[space]]. All life of the order and [[forms]] known on [[Urantia]] arises with these Sons, though not all [[forms]] of planetary life are [[existent]] on [[Urantia]].

36:3.2 The corps of Life Carriers commissioned to plant life upon a new world usually consists of one hundred senior carriers, one hundred assistants, and one thousand custodians. The Life Carriers often carry [[actual]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ_plasm life plasm] to a new world, but not always. They sometimes [[organize]] the life [[patterns]] after arriving on the [[planet]] of assignment in accordance with [[formulas]] previously approved for a new [[adventure]] in life establishment. Such was the [[origin]] of the planetary life of [[Urantia]].

36:3.2 The corps of Life Carriers commissioned to plant life upon a new world usually consists of one hundred senior carriers, one hundred assistants, and one thousand custodians. The Life Carriers often carry [[actual]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ_plasm life plasm] to a new world, but not always. They sometimes [[organize]] the life [[patterns]] after arriving on the [[planet]] of assignment in accordance with [[formulas]] previously approved for a new [[adventure]] in life establishment. Such was the [[origin]] of the planetary life of [[Urantia]].

36:3.3 When, in accordance with approved [[formulas]], the [[physical]] [[patterns]] have been provided, then do the Life Carriers [[catalyze]] this lifeless [[material]], imparting through their [[persons]] the [[vital]] [[spirit]] [[spark]]; and forthwith do the inert [[patterns]] become living [[matter]].

36:3.3 When, in accordance with approved [[formulas]], the [[physical]] [[patterns]] have been provided, then do the Life Carriers [[catalyze]] this lifeless [[material]], imparting through their [[persons]] the [[vital]] [[spirit]] [[spark]]; and forthwith do the inert [[patterns]] become living [[matter]].

36:3.4 The [[vital]] [[spark]]—the [[mystery]] of life—is bestowed ''through'' the Life Carriers, not by them. They do indeed supervise such [[transactions]], they [[formulate]] the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ_plasm life plasm] itself, but it is the [[Universe Mother Spirit]] who supplies the [[essential]] factor of the living plasm. From the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:6._THE_LOCAL_UNIVERSE_CREATIVE_SPIRITS Creative Daughter] of the [[Infinite Spirit]] comes that [[energy]] [[spark]] which enlivens the [[body]] and presages the [[mind]].

36:3.4 The [[vital]] [[spark]]—the [[mystery]] of life—is bestowed ''through'' the Life Carriers, not by them. They do indeed supervise such [[transactions]], they [[formulate]] the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ_plasm life plasm] itself, but it is the [[Universe Mother Spirit]] who supplies the [[essential]] factor of the living plasm. From the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:6._THE_LOCAL_UNIVERSE_CREATIVE_SPIRITS Creative Daughter] of the [[Infinite Spirit]] comes that [[energy]] [[spark]] which enlivens the [[body]] and presages the [[mind]].

36:3.5 In the [[bestowal]] of life the Life Carriers [[transmit]] nothing of their [[personal]] [[natures]], not even on those [[spheres]] where new orders of life are [[projected]]. At such times they simply initiate and [[transmit]] the spark of life, start the required [[revolutions]] of [[matter]] in accordance with the [[physical]], [[chemical]], and [[electrical]] specifications of the [[ordained]] plans and patterns. Life Carriers are living [[catalytic]] [[presences]] which agitate, [[organize]], and vitalize the otherwise inert elements of the [[material]] order of [[existence]].

36:3.5 In the [[bestowal]] of life the Life Carriers [[transmit]] nothing of their [[personal]] [[natures]], not even on those [[spheres]] where new orders of life are [[projected]]. At such times they simply initiate and [[transmit]] the spark of life, start the required [[revolutions]] of [[matter]] in accordance with the [[physical]], [[chemical]], and [[electrical]] specifications of the [[ordained]] plans and patterns. Life Carriers are living [[catalytic]] [[presences]] which agitate, [[organize]], and vitalize the otherwise inert elements of the [[material]] order of [[existence]].

36:3.6 The Life Carriers of a [[planetary]] corps are given a certain period in which to [[establish]] life on a new world, approximately [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Geologic_Timescale one-half million years of the time of that planet]. At the termination of this period, indicated by certain [[developmental]] [[attainments]] of the planetary life, they cease implantation efforts, and they may not subsequently add any [[thing]] new or supplemental to the life of that [[planet]].

36:3.6 The Life Carriers of a [[planetary]] corps are given a certain period in which to [[establish]] life on a new world, approximately [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Geologic_Timescale one-half million years of the time of that planet]. At the termination of this period, indicated by certain [[developmental]] [[attainments]] of the planetary life, they cease implantation efforts, and they may not subsequently add any [[thing]] new or supplemental to the life of that [[planet]].

36:3.7 During the ages intervening between life [[establishment]] and the [[emergence]] of [[human]] [[creatures]] of [[moral]] [[status]], the Life Carriers are permitted to [[manipulate]] the life [[environment]] and otherwise favorably directionize the [[course]] of [[biologic]] [[evolution]]. And this they do for long periods of [[time]].

36:3.7 During the ages intervening between life [[establishment]] and the [[emergence]] of [[human]] [[creatures]] of [[moral]] [[status]], the Life Carriers are permitted to [[manipulate]] the life [[environment]] and otherwise favorably directionize the [[course]] of [[biologic]] [[evolution]]. And this they do for long periods of [[time]].

==36:4. MELCHIZEDEK LIFE CARRIERS==     

==36:4. MELCHIZEDEK LIFE CARRIERS==     

36:4.1 In every [[local system]] of [[inhabited worlds]] throughout [[Nebadon]] there is a single [[sphere]] whereon the [[Melchizedeks]] have [[functioned]] as life carriers. These abodes are known as [[the system]] ''midsonite worlds'', and on each of them a [[materially]] modified [[Melchizedek]] Son has [[mated]] with a selected [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_37#37:9._PERMANENT_CITIZENS_OF_THE_LOCAL_UNIVERSE Daughter of the material order of sonship]. The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_51 Mother Eves] of such [[midsonite worlds]] are dispatched from [[the system]] headquarters of [[jurisdiction]], having been chosen by the designated [[Melchizedek]] life carrier from among the numerous [[volunteers]] who [[respond]] to the call of the [[System Sovereign]] addressed to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_51 Material Daughters] of his [[sphere]].

36:4.1 In every [[local system]] of [[inhabited worlds]] throughout [[Nebadon]] there is a single [[sphere]] whereon the [[Melchizedeks]] have [[functioned]] as life carriers. These abodes are known as [[the system]] ''midsonite worlds'', and on each of them a [[materially]] modified [[Melchizedek]] Son has [[mated]] with a selected [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_37#37:9._PERMANENT_CITIZENS_OF_THE_LOCAL_UNIVERSE Daughter of the material order of sonship]. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_51 Mother Eves] of such [[midsonite worlds]] are dispatched from [[the system]] headquarters of [[jurisdiction]], having been chosen by the designated [[Melchizedek]] life carrier from among the numerous [[volunteers]] who [[respond]] to the call of the [[System Sovereign]] addressed to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_51 Material Daughters] of his [[sphere]].

36:4.2 The [[progeny]] of a [[Melchizedek]] life carrier and a [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_51 Material Daughter] are known as [[midsoniters]]. The Melchizedek [[father]] of such a [[race]] of [[supernal]] [[creatures]] [[eventually]] leaves the [[planet]] of his [[unique]] life [[function]], and the Mother Eve of this special order of universe beings also departs upon the [[appearance]] of the [[seventh]] [[generation]] of [[planetary]] [[offspring]]. The direction of such a world then devolves upon her eldest son.

36:4.2 The [[progeny]] of a [[Melchizedek]] life carrier and a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_51 Material Daughter] are known as [[midsoniters]]. The Melchizedek [[father]] of such a [[race]] of [[supernal]] [[creatures]] [[eventually]] leaves the [[planet]] of his [[unique]] life [[function]], and the Mother Eve of this special order of universe beings also departs upon the [[appearance]] of the [[seventh]] [[generation]] of [[planetary]] [[offspring]]. The direction of such a world then devolves upon her eldest son.

36:4.3 The [[midsonite]] [[creatures]] live and [[function]] as [[reproducing]] [[beings]] on their [[magnificent]] worlds until they are one thousand standard years of age; whereupon they are [[translated]] by [[seraphic transport]]. Midsoniters are nonreproducing beings thereafter because the [[technique]] of dematerialization which they pass through in [[preparation]] for [[enseraphiming]] forever deprives them of [[reproductive]] [[prerogatives]].

36:4.3 The [[midsonite]] [[creatures]] live and [[function]] as [[reproducing]] [[beings]] on their [[magnificent]] worlds until they are one thousand standard years of age; whereupon they are [[translated]] by [[seraphic transport]]. Midsoniters are nonreproducing beings thereafter because the [[technique]] of dematerialization which they pass through in [[preparation]] for [[enseraphiming]] forever deprives them of [[reproductive]] [[prerogatives]].

36:4.4 The present [[status]] of these [[beings]] can hardly be reckoned as either [[mortal]] or [[immortal]], neither can they be definitely [[classified]] as [[human]] or [[divine]]. These [[creatures]] are not [[Adjuster]] indwelt, hence hardly [[immortal]]. But neither do they seem to be [[mortal]]; no midsoniter has experienced [[death]]. All [[midsoniters]] ever born in [[Nebadon]] are alive today, [[functioning]] on their [[native]] worlds, on some intervening sphere, or on the [[Salvington]] midsonite [[sphere]] in the [[finaliters]]' [[group]] of worlds.

36:4.4 The present [[status]] of these [[beings]] can hardly be reckoned as either [[mortal]] or [[immortal]], neither can they be definitely [[classified]] as [[human]] or [[divine]]. These [[creatures]] are not [[Adjuster]] indwelt, hence hardly [[immortal]]. But neither do they seem to be [[mortal]]; no midsoniter has experienced [[death]]. All [[midsoniters]] ever born in [[Nebadon]] are alive today, [[functioning]] on their [[native]] worlds, on some intervening sphere, or on the [[Salvington]] midsonite [[sphere]] in the [[finaliters]]' [[group]] of worlds.

36:4.5 ''The Salvington Worlds of the Finaliters''. The [[Melchizedek]] life carriers, as well as the [[associated]] [[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_51 Mother Eves], go from [[the system]] [[midsonite]] [[spheres]] to the [[finaliters]]' worlds of the [[Salvington]] [[circuit]], where their offspring are also [[destined]] to forgather.

36:4.5 ''The Salvington Worlds of the Finaliters''. The [[Melchizedek]] life carriers, as well as the [[associated]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_51 Mother Eves], go from [[the system]] [[midsonite]] [[spheres]] to the [[finaliters]]' worlds of the [[Salvington]] [[circuit]], where their offspring are also [[destined]] to forgather.

36:4.6 It should be [[explained]] in this [[connection]] that the fifth [[group]] of seven primary worlds in the [[Salvington]] circuit are the [[Nebadon]] worlds of the [[finaliters]]. The children of the [[Melchizedek]] life carriers and the Material Daughters are domiciled on the [[seventh]] world of the [[finaliters]], the Salvington midsonite sphere.

36:4.6 It should be [[explained]] in this [[connection]] that the fifth [[group]] of seven primary worlds in the [[Salvington]] circuit are the [[Nebadon]] worlds of the [[finaliters]]. The children of the [[Melchizedek]] life carriers and the Material Daughters are domiciled on the [[seventh]] world of the [[finaliters]], the Salvington midsonite sphere.

36:4.7 The [[satellites]] of the seven primary worlds of the [[finaliters]] are the rendezvous of the [[personalities]] of the [[Superuniverse|super]]- and [[central universe]]s who may be executing assignments in [[Nebadon]]. While the [[ascending mortals]] go about freely on all of the cultural worlds and [[training]] [[spheres]] of the 490 worlds comprising the [[Melchizedek University]], there are certain special schools and numerous restricted zones which they are not permitted to enter. This is especially true of the forty-nine [[spheres]] under the jurisdiction of the [[finaliters]].

36:4.7 The [[satellites]] of the seven primary worlds of the [[finaliters]] are the rendezvous of the [[personalities]] of the [[Superuniverse|super]]- and [[central universe]]s who may be executing assignments in [[Nebadon]]. While the [[ascending mortals]] go about freely on all of the cultural worlds and [[training]] [[spheres]] of the 490 worlds comprising the [[Melchizedek University]], there are certain special schools and numerous restricted zones which they are not permitted to enter. This is especially true of the forty-nine [[spheres]] under the jurisdiction of the [[finaliters]].

36:4.8 The [[purpose]] of the [[midsonite]] [[creatures]] is not at present known, but it would appear that these [[personalities]] are forgathering on the [[seventh]] [[finaliter]] world in [[preparation]] for some [[future]] [[eventuality]] in universe [[evolution]]. Our [[inquiries]] concerning the [[midsonite]] [[races]] are always referred to the [[finaliters]], and always do the finaliters decline to [[discuss]] the [[destiny]] of their wards. Regardless of our [[uncertainty]] as to the [[future]] of the midsoniters, we do know that every [[local universe]] in [[Orvonton]] harbors such an accumulating corps of these [[mysterious]] [[beings]]. It is the [[belief]] of the [[Melchizedek]] life carriers that their midsonite [[children]] will some day be [[endowed]] with the [[transcendental]] and [[eternal]] [[spirit]] of [[absonity]] by [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#IX._GOD_THE_ULTIMATE God the Ultimate].

36:4.8 The [[purpose]] of the [[midsonite]] [[creatures]] is not at present known, but it would appear that these [[personalities]] are forgathering on the [[seventh]] [[finaliter]] world in [[preparation]] for some [[future]] [[eventuality]] in universe [[evolution]]. Our [[inquiries]] concerning the [[midsonite]] [[races]] are always referred to the [[finaliters]], and always do the finaliters decline to [[discuss]] the [[destiny]] of their wards. Regardless of our [[uncertainty]] as to the [[future]] of the midsoniters, we do know that every [[local universe]] in [[Orvonton]] harbors such an accumulating corps of these [[mysterious]] [[beings]]. It is the [[belief]] of the [[Melchizedek]] life carriers that their midsonite [[children]] will some day be [[endowed]] with the [[transcendental]] and [[eternal]] [[spirit]] of [[absonity]] by [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#IX._GOD_THE_ULTIMATE God the Ultimate].

==36:5. THE SEVEN ADJUTANT MIND-SPIRITS==     

==36:5. THE SEVEN ADJUTANT MIND-SPIRITS==     

*7. 36:5.12 ''The spirit of wisdom'' —the [[inherent]] tendency of all [[moral]] [[creatures]] towards orderly and [[progressive]] [[evolutionary]] advancement. This is the highest of the adjutants, the spirit [[co-ordinator]] and articulator of the [[work]] of all the others. This spirit is the [[secret]] of that inborn urge of [[mind]] [[creatures]] which initiates and maintains the [[practical]] and [[effective]] program of the [[ascending]] [[scale]] of [[existence]]; that gift of living things which accounts for their inexplicable [[ability]] to [[survive]] and, in survival, to utilize the [[co-ordination]] of all their [[past]] [[experience]] and present [[opportunities]] for the acquisition of all of [[everything]] that all of the other six mental ministers can mobilize in the [[mind]] of the [[organism]] concerned. [[Wisdom]] is the [[acme]] of [[intellectual]] [[performance]]. [[Wisdom]] is the goal of a purely [[mental]] and [[moral]] [[existence]].

*7. 36:5.12 ''The spirit of wisdom'' —the [[inherent]] tendency of all [[moral]] [[creatures]] towards orderly and [[progressive]] [[evolutionary]] advancement. This is the highest of the adjutants, the spirit [[co-ordinator]] and articulator of the [[work]] of all the others. This spirit is the [[secret]] of that inborn urge of [[mind]] [[creatures]] which initiates and maintains the [[practical]] and [[effective]] program of the [[ascending]] [[scale]] of [[existence]]; that gift of living things which accounts for their inexplicable [[ability]] to [[survive]] and, in survival, to utilize the [[co-ordination]] of all their [[past]] [[experience]] and present [[opportunities]] for the acquisition of all of [[everything]] that all of the other six mental ministers can mobilize in the [[mind]] of the [[organism]] concerned. [[Wisdom]] is the [[acme]] of [[intellectual]] [[performance]]. [[Wisdom]] is the goal of a purely [[mental]] and [[moral]] [[existence]].

36:5.13 The adjutant mind-spirits experientially grow, but they never become personal. They evolve in function, and the function of the first five in the animal orders is to a certain extent essential to the function of all seven as human intellect. This animal relationship makes the adjutants more practically effective as human mind; hence animals are to a certain extent indispensable to man's intellectual as well as to his physical evolution.

36:5.13 The ''adjutant mind-spirits'' [[experientially]] [[grow]], but they never become [[personal]]. They evolve in [[function]], and the function of the first five in the [[animal]] orders is to a certain extent [[essential]] to the function of all [[seven]] as [[human]] [[intellect]]. This [[animal]] [[relationship]] makes the adjutants more [[practically]] [[effective]] as human [[mind]]; hence animals are to a certain extent indispensable to man's [[intellectual]] as well as to his [[physical]] [[evolution]].

36:5.14 These mind-adjutants of a local universe Mother Spirit are related to creature life of intelligence status much as the power centers and physical controllers are related to the nonliving forces of the universe. They perform invaluable service in the mind circuits on the inhabited worlds and are effective collaborators with the Master Physical Controllers, who also serve as controllers and directors of the preadjutant mind levels, the levels of nonteachable or mechanical mind.

36:5.14 These [[mind]]-adjutants of a [[local universe]] [[Mother Spirit]] are related to [[creature]] life of [[intelligence]] [[status]] much as the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:3._THE_DOMAIN_OF_POWER_CENTERS power centers] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:4._THE_MASTER_PHYSICAL_CONTROLLERS physical controllers] are related to the nonliving [[forces]] of the [[universe]]. They [[perform]] invaluable [[service]] in the [[mind]] [[circuits]] on the [[inhabited worlds]] and are [[effective]] [[collaborators]] with the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:4._THE_MASTER_PHYSICAL_CONTROLLERS Master Physical Controllers], who also serve as controllers and directors of the preadjutant mind levels, the levels of nonteachable or [[mechanical]] [[mind]].

36:5.15 Living mind, prior to the appearance of capacity to learn from experience, is the ministry domain of the Master Physical Controllers. Creature mind, before acquiring the ability to recognize divinity and worship Deity, is the exclusive domain of the adjutant spirits. With the appearance of the spiritual response of the creature intellect, such created minds at once become superminded, being instantly encircuited in the spirit cycles of the local universe Mother Spirit.

36:5.15 Living [[mind]], prior to the [[appearance]] of [[capacity]] to learn from [[experience]], is the [[ministry]] [[domain]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:4._THE_MASTER_PHYSICAL_CONTROLLERS Master Physical Controllers]. [[Creature]] [[mind]], before acquiring the [[ability]] to [[recognize]] [[divinity]] and [[worship]] [[Deity]], is the exclusive [[domain]] of the ''adjutant spirits''. With the [[appearance]] of the [[spiritual]] [[response]] of the [[creature]] [[intellect]], such created minds at once become superminded, being instantly encircuited in the [[spirit]] [[cycles]] of the [[local universe]] [[Mother Spirit]].

36:5.16 The adjutant mind-spirits are in no manner directly related to the diverse and highly spiritual function of the spirit of the personal presence of the Divine Minister, the Holy Spirit of the inhabited worlds; but they are functionally antecedent to, and preparatory for, the appearance of this very spirit in evolutionary man. The adjutants afford the Universe Mother Spirit a varied contact with, and control over, the material living creatures of a local universe, but they do not repercuss in the Supreme Being when acting on prepersonality levels.

36:5.16 The ''adjutant mind-spirits'' are in no [[manner]] directly related to the [[diverse]] and highly [[spiritual]] [[function]] of the [[Holy Spirit|spirit]] of the [[personal]] [[presence]] of the [[Divine Minister]], the [[Holy Spirit]] of the [[inhabited worlds]]; but they are functionally antecedent to, and [[preparatory]] for, the [[appearance]] of this very spirit in [[evolutionary]] [[man]]. The adjutants afford the [[Universe Mother Spirit]] a varied contact with, and [[control]] over, the [[material]] living [[creatures]] of a [[local universe]], but they do not repercuss in the [[Supreme Being]] when [[acting]] on prepersonality levels.

36:5.17 Nonspiritual mind is either a spirit-energy manifestation or a physical-energy phenomenon. Even human mind, personal mind, has no survival qualities apart from spirit identification. Mind is a divinity bestowal, but it is not immortal when it functions without spirit insight, and when it is devoid of the ability to worship and crave survival.

36:5.17 Nonspiritual mind is either a spirit-energy manifestation or a physical-energy phenomenon. Even human mind, personal mind, has no survival qualities apart from spirit identification. Mind is a divinity bestowal, but it is not immortal when it functions without spirit insight, and when it is devoid of the ability to worship and crave survival.

==36:6. LIVING FORCES==   

==36:6. LIVING FORCES==   

36:6.1 Life is both mechanistic and vitalistic—material and spiritual. Ever will Urantia physicists and chemists progress in their understanding of the protoplasmic forms of vegetable and animal life, but never will they be able to produce living organisms. Life is something different from all energy manifestations; even the material life of physical creatures is not inherent in matter.

36:6.1 Life is both [[mechanistic]] and [[vitalistic]]—[[material]] and [[spiritual]]. Ever will [[Urantia]] [[physicists]] and [[chemists]] [[progress]] in their [[understanding]] of the protoplasmic [[forms]] of [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetable vegetable] and [[animal]] life, but never will they be able to produce living [[organisms]]. Life is something [[different]] from all [[energy]] [[manifestations]]; even the [[material]] life of [[physical]] [[creatures]] is not [[inherent]] in [[matter]].

36:6.2 Things material may enjoy an independent existence, but life springs only from life. Mind can be derived only from pre-existent mind. Spirit takes origin only from spirit ancestors. The creature may produce the forms of life, but only a creator personality or a creative force can supply the activating living spark.

36:6.2 [[Things]] [[material]] may [[enjoy]] an [[independent]] [[existence]], but life springs only from life. [[Mind]] can be derived only from pre-existent [[mind]]. [[Spirit]] takes [[origin]] only from [[spirit]] [[ancestors]]. The [[creature]] may produce the [[forms]] of life, but only a [[creator]] [[personality]] or a [[creative]] [[force]] can supply the [[Action|activating]] living [[spark]].

36:6.3 Life Carriers can organize the material forms, or physical patterns, of living beings, but the Spirit provides the initial spark of life and bestows the endowment of mind. Even the living forms of experimental life which the Life Carriers organize on their Salvington worlds are always devoid of reproductive powers. When the life formulas and the vital patterns are correctly assembled and properly organized, the presence of a Life Carrier is sufficient to initiate life, but all such living organisms are lacking in two essential attributes—mind endowment and reproductive powers. Animal mind and human mind are gifts of the local universe Mother Spirit, functioning through the seven adjutant mind-spirits, while creature ability to reproduce is the specific and personal impartation of the Universe Spirit to the ancestral life plasm inaugurated by the Life Carriers.

36:6.3 ''Life Carriers'' can [[organize]] the [[material]] [[forms]], or [[physical]] [[patterns]], of living [[beings]], but [[the Spirit]] provides the [[initial]] [[spark]] of life and [[bestows]] the [[endowment]] of [[mind]]. Even the living [[forms]] of [[experimental]] life which the Life Carriers [[organize]] on their [[Salvington]] worlds are always devoid of [[reproductive]] [[powers]]. When the life [[formulas]] and the [[vital]] [[patterns]] are correctly assembled and properly [[organized]], the [[presence]] of a Life Carrier is sufficient to [[initiate]] life, but all such living [[organisms]] are lacking in two [[essential]] [[attributes]]—[[mind]] [[endowment]] and [[reproductive]] [[powers]]. [[Animal]] [[mind]] and [[human]] mind are gifts of the [[local universe]] [[Mother Spirit]], [[functioning]] through the [[seven adjutant mind-spirits]], while [[creature]] [[ability]] to [[reproduce]] is the specific and [[personal]] impartation of the [[Mother Spirit|Universe Spirit]] to the [[ancestral]] life [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ_plasm plasm] inaugurated by the ''Life Carriers''.

36:6.4 When the Life Carriers have designed the patterns of life, after they have organized the energy systems, there must occur an additional phenomenon; the " breath of life " must be imparted to these lifeless forms. The Sons of God can construct the forms of life, but it is the Spirit of God who really contributes the vital spark. And when the life thus imparted is spent, then again the remaining material body becomes dead matter. When the bestowed life is exhausted, the body returns to the bosom of the material universe from which it was borrowed by the Life Carriers to serve as a transient vehicle for that life endowment which they conveyed to such a visible association of energy-matter.

36:6.4 When the Life Carriers have [[designed]] the [[patterns]] of life, after they have [[organized]] the [[energy]] [[systems]], there must occur an additional [[phenomenon]]; the "breath of life" must be imparted to these lifeless [[forms]]. The [[Sons of God]] can construct the [[forms]] of life, but it is the [[Infinite Spirit|Spirit of God]] who really [[contributes]] the [[vital]] [[spark]]. And when the life thus imparted is spent, then again the remaining [[material]] [[body]] becomes [[dead]] [[matter]]. When the [[bestowed]] life is exhausted, the [[body]] returns to the [[bosom]] of the [[material]] [[universe]] from which it was borrowed by the Life Carriers to serve as a transient vehicle for that life [[endowment]] which they conveyed to such a [[visible]] [[association]] of [[energy]]-[[matter]].

36:6.5 The life bestowed upon plants and animals by the Life Carriers does not return to the Life Carriers upon the death of plant or animal. The departing life of such a living thing possesses neither identity nor personality; it does not individually survive death. During its existence and the time of its sojourn in the body of matter, it has undergone a change; it has undergone energy evolution and survives only as a part of the cosmic forces of the universe; it does not survive as individual life. The survival of mortal creatures is wholly predicated on the evolvement of an immortal soul within the mortal mind.

36:6.5 The life [[bestowed]] upon [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant plants] and [[animals]] by the Life Carriers does not return to the Life Carriers upon the [[death]] of plant or animal. The departing life of such a living [[thing]] [[possesses]] neither [[identity]] nor [[personality]]; it does not [[individually]] [[survive]] [[death]]. During its [[existence]] and the [[time]] of its [[sojourn]] in the [[body]] of [[matter]], it has undergone a [[change]]; it has undergone [[energy]] [[evolution]] and [[survives]] only as a part of the [[cosmic]] [[forces]] of the [[universe]]; it does not [[survive]] as [[individual]] life. The [[survival]] of [[mortal]] [[creatures]] is wholly predicated on the evolvement of an [[immortal]] [[soul]] within the [[mortal]] [[mind]].

36:6.6 We speak of life as " energy " and as " force, " but it is really neither. Force-energy is variously gravity responsive; life is not. Pattern is also nonresponsive to gravity, being a configuration of energies that have already fulfilled all gravity-responsive obligations. Life, as such, constitutes the animation of some pattern-configured or otherwise segregated system of energy—material, mindal, or spiritual.

36:6.6 We speak of life as "[[energy]]" and as "[[force]]," but it is really neither. [[Force]]-[[energy]] is variously [[gravity]] [[responsive]]; life is not. [[Pattern]] is also nonresponsive to [[gravity]], being a [[configuration]] of [[energies]] that have already fulfilled all [[gravity]]-[[responsive]] [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obligation obligations]. Life, as such, [[constitutes]] the [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animation animation] of some [[pattern]]-[[configured]] or otherwise [[segregated]] [[system]] of [[energy]]—[[material]], [[mindal]], or [[spiritual]].

36:6.7 There are some things connected with the elaboration of life on the evolutionary planets which are not altogether clear to us. We fully comprehend the physical organization of the electrochemical formulas of the Life Carriers, but we do not wholly understand the nature and source of the life-activation spark. We know that life flows from the Father through the Son and by the Spirit. It is more than possible that the Master Spirits are the sevenfold channel of the river of life which is poured out upon all creation. But we do not comprehend the technique whereby the supervising Master Spirit participates in the initial episode of life bestowal on a new planet. The Ancients of Days, we are confident, also have some part in this inauguration of life on a new world, but we are wholly ignorant of the nature thereof. We do know that the Universe Mother Spirit actually vitalizes the lifeless patterns and imparts to such activated plasm the prerogatives of organismal reproduction. We observe that these three are the levels of God the Sevenfold, sometimes designated as the Supreme Creators of time and space; but otherwise we know little more than Urantia mortals—simply that concept is inherent in the Father, expression in the Son, and life realization in the Spirit.

36:6.7 There are some [[things]] [[connected]] with the elaboration of life on the [[evolutionary planets]] which are not altogether clear to us. We fully [[comprehend]] the [[physical]] [[organization]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrochemical electrochemical] [[formulas]] of the Life Carriers, but we do not wholly [[understand]] the [[nature]] and [[source]] of the life-[[activation]] [[spark]]. We [[know]] that life [[flows]] from [[the Father]] through [[the Son]] and by[[ the Spirit]]. It is more than [[possible]] that the [[Master Spirits]] are the sevenfold [[channel]] of the river of life which is poured out upon all [[creation]]. But we do not [[comprehend]] the [[technique]] whereby the supervising [[Master Spirit]] [[participates]] in the [[initial]] [[episode]] of life [[bestowal]] on a new [[planet]]. The [[Ancients of Days]], we are [[confident]], also have some part in this inauguration of life on a new world, but we are wholly [[ignorant]] of the [[nature]] thereof. We do know that the [[Universe Mother Spirit]] [[actually]] [[vitalizes]] the lifeless [[patterns]] and imparts to such activated [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ_plasm plasm] the [[prerogatives]] of [[organismal]] [[reproduction]]. We [[observe]] that these [[three]] are the levels of [[God the Sevenfold]], sometimes designated as the [[Supreme Creators]] of [[time and space]]; but otherwise we know little more than [[Urantia]] [[mortals]]—simply that [[concept]] is inherent in [[the Father]], [[expression]] in [[the Son]], and life [[realization]] in [[the Spirit]].

36:6.8 Indited by a [[Vorondadek Son]] stationed on [[Urantia]] as an observer and acting in this capacity by request of the [[Melchizedek]] Chief of the [[Supervising Revelatory Corps]].

36:6.8 Indited by a [[Vorondadek Son]] stationed on [[Urantia]] as an observer and acting in this capacity by request of the [[Melchizedek]] Chief of the Supervising Revelatory Corps.

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