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==48:1. MORONTIA MATERIALS==

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48:1.1 The [[morontia]] realms are the [[local universe]] [[liaison]] [[spheres]] between the [[material]] and [[spiritual]] [[levels]] of [[creature]] [[existence]]. This [[morontia]] life has been known on [[Urantia]] since the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:1._PRINCE_CALIGASTIA early days] of the [[Planetary Prince]]. From time to time this [[transition]] [[state]] has been taught to [[mortals]], and the [[concept]], in distorted [[form]], has found a place in present-day [[religions]].[~~http~~://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purgatory]

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48:1.1 The [[morontia]] realms are the [[local universe]] [[liaison]] [[spheres]] between the [[material]] and [[spiritual]] [[levels]] of [[creature]] [[existence]]. This [[morontia]] life has been known on [[Urantia]] since the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_66#66:1._PRINCE_CALIGASTIA early days] of the [[Planetary Prince]]. From time to time this [[transition]] [[state]] has been taught to [[mortals]], and the [[concept]], in distorted [[form]], has found a place in present-day [[religions]].[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purgatory]

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48:1.2 The [[morontia]] [[spheres]] are the [[transition]] [[phases]] of [[mortal]] [[ascension]] through the [[progression]] worlds of the [[local universe]]. Only the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#PAPER_47:_THE_SEVEN_MANSION_WORLDS seven worlds] surrounding the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:1._THE_FINALITERS.27_WORLD finaliters' sphere] of the [[local systems]] are called [[mansion worlds]], but all fifty-six of [[the system]] [[transition]] abodes, in common with the higher [[spheres]] around the [[constellations]] and the [[Salvington|universe headquarters]], are called [[morontia]] worlds. These [[creations]] partake of the [[physical]] [[beauty]] and the [[morontia]] grandeur of the [[local universe]] [[headquarters]] [[spheres]].

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48:1.2 The [[morontia]] [[spheres]] are the [[transition]] [[phases]] of [[mortal]] [[ascension]] through the [[progression]] worlds of the [[local universe]]. Only the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#PAPER_47:_THE_SEVEN_MANSION_WORLDS seven worlds] surrounding the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:1._THE_FINALITERS.27_WORLD finaliters' sphere] of the [[local systems]] are called [[mansion worlds]], but all fifty-six of [[the system]] [[transition]] abodes, in common with the higher [[spheres]] around the [[constellations]] and the [[Salvington|universe headquarters]], are called [[morontia]] worlds. These [[creations]] partake of the [[physical]] [[beauty]] and the [[morontia]] grandeur of the [[local universe]] [[headquarters]] [[spheres]].

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48:1.3 All of these worlds are [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:7._THE_ARCHITECTURAL_SPHERES architectural spheres], and they have just double the [[number]] of [[elements]] of the [[evolved planets]]. Such [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:7._THE_ARCHITECTURAL_SPHERES made-to-order worlds] not only abound in the heavy metals and [[crystals]], having one hundred [[physical]] [[elements]], but likewise have exactly one hundred [[forms]] of a [[unique]] [[energy]] [[organization]] called [[morontia]] [[material]]. The [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:4._THE_MASTER_PHYSICAL_CONTROLLERS Master Physical Controllers] and the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_48#48:2._MORONTIA_POWER_SUPERVISORS Morontia Power Supervisors] are able so to [[modify]] the [[revolutions]] of the primary [[units]] of [[matter]] and at the same time so to [[transform]] these [[associations]] of [[energy]] as to [[create]] this new substance.

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48:1.3 All of these worlds are [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:7._THE_ARCHITECTURAL_SPHERES architectural spheres], and they have just double the [[number]] of [[elements]] of the [[evolved planets]]. Such [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:7._THE_ARCHITECTURAL_SPHERES made-to-order worlds] not only abound in the heavy metals and [[crystals]], having one hundred [[physical]] [[elements]], but likewise have exactly one hundred [[forms]] of a [[unique]] [[energy]] [[organization]] called [[morontia]] [[material]]. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:4._THE_MASTER_PHYSICAL_CONTROLLERS Master Physical Controllers] and the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_48#48:2._MORONTIA_POWER_SUPERVISORS Morontia Power Supervisors] are able so to [[modify]] the [[revolutions]] of the primary [[units]] of [[matter]] and at the same time so to [[transform]] these [[associations]] of [[energy]] as to [[create]] this new substance.

48:1.4 The early [[morontia]] life in the [[local systems]] is very much like that of your present [[material]] world, becoming less [[physical]] and more truly [[morontial]] on the [[constellation]] [[study]] worlds. And as you [[advance]] to the [[Salvington]] [[spheres]], you increasingly [[attain]] [[spiritual]] [[levels]].

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48:1.5 The [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_48#48:2._MORONTIA_POWER_SUPERVISORS Morontia Power Supervisors] are able to [[effect]] a [[union]] of [[material]] and of [[spiritual]] [[energies]], thereby [[organizing]] a [[morontia]] [[form]] of [[materialization]] which is [[receptive]] to the [[superimposition]] of a [[controlling]] [[spirit]]. When you [[traverse]] the [[morontia]] life of [[Nebadon]], these same [[patient]] and [[skillful]] [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_48#48:2._MORONTIA_POWER_SUPERVISORS Morontia Power Supervisors] will [[successively]] provide you with 570 [[morontia]] [[bodies]], each one a [[phase]] of your [[progressive]] [[transformation]]. From the [[time]] of leaving the [[material]] worlds until you are [[constituted]] a first-stage spirit on [[Salvington]], you will undergo just 570 separate and [[ascending]] [[morontia]] [[changes]]. Eight of these occur in [[the system]], seventy-one in the [[constellation]], and 491 during the [[sojourn]] on the [[spheres]] of [[Salvington]].

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48:1.5 The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_48#48:2._MORONTIA_POWER_SUPERVISORS Morontia Power Supervisors] are able to [[effect]] a [[union]] of [[material]] and of [[spiritual]] [[energies]], thereby [[organizing]] a [[morontia]] [[form]] of [[materialization]] which is [[receptive]] to the [[superimposition]] of a [[controlling]] [[spirit]]. When you [[traverse]] the [[morontia]] life of [[Nebadon]], these same [[patient]] and [[skillful]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_48#48:2._MORONTIA_POWER_SUPERVISORS Morontia Power Supervisors] will [[successively]] provide you with 570 [[morontia]] [[bodies]], each one a [[phase]] of your [[progressive]] [[transformation]]. From the [[time]] of leaving the [[material]] worlds until you are [[constituted]] a first-stage spirit on [[Salvington]], you will undergo just 570 separate and [[ascending]] [[morontia]] [[changes]]. Eight of these occur in [[the system]], seventy-one in the [[constellation]], and 491 during the [[sojourn]] on the [[spheres]] of [[Salvington]].

48:1.6 In the days of the [[mortal]] [[flesh]] the [[divine]] [[spirit]] indwells you, almost as a [[thing]] apart—in [[reality]] an [[invasion]] of man by the [[bestowed]] [[spirit]] of the [[Universal Father]]. But in the [[morontia]] life the [[spirit]] will become a real part of your [[personality]], and as you [[successively]] pass through the 570 [[progressive]] [[transformations]], you [[ascend]] from the [[material]] to the [[spiritual]] estate of [[creature]] life.

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48:1.7 [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]] [[learned]] of the [[existence]] of the [[morontia]] worlds and of the [[reality]] of morontia [[materials]], for he [[wrote]], "They have in [[heaven]] a better and more enduring substance."[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews#The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews.2C_XI] And these [[morontia]] [[materials]] are real, [[literal]], even as in "the [[city]] which has [[foundations]], whose builder and maker is [[God]]"[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews#The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews.2C_XI] And each of these [[marvelous]] [[spheres]] is "a better country, that is, a [[heavenly]] one."

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48:1.7 [[Paul, the Apostle|Paul]] [[learned]] of the [[existence]] of the [[morontia]] worlds and of the [[reality]] of morontia [[materials]], for he [[wrote]], "They have in [[heaven]] a better and more enduring substance."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews#The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews.2C_XI] And these [[morontia]] [[materials]] are real, [[literal]], even as in "the [[city]] which has [[foundations]], whose builder and maker is [[God]]"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews#The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews.2C_XI] And each of these [[marvelous]] [[spheres]] is "a better country, that is, a [[heavenly]] one."

==48:2. MORONTIA POWER SUPERVISORS==

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48:2.1 These [[unique]] [[beings]] are exclusively concerned with the supervision of those [[activities]] which [[represent]] a working combination of [[spiritual]] and [[physical]] or semimaterial [[energies]]. They are exclusively [[devoted]] to the [[ministry]] of [[morontia]] [[progression]]. Not that they so much minister to [[mortals]] during the [[transition]] [[experience]], but they rather make [[possible]] the [[transition]] [[environment]] for the progressing [[morontia]] [[creatures]]. They are the [[channels]] of [[morontia]] [[power]] which sustain and energize the morontia [[phases]] of the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_45#45:1._TRANSITIONAL_CULTURE_WORLDS transition worlds].

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48:2.1 These [[unique]] [[beings]] are exclusively concerned with the supervision of those [[activities]] which [[represent]] a working combination of [[spiritual]] and [[physical]] or semimaterial [[energies]]. They are exclusively [[devoted]] to the [[ministry]] of [[morontia]] [[progression]]. Not that they so much minister to [[mortals]] during the [[transition]] [[experience]], but they rather make [[possible]] the [[transition]] [[environment]] for the progressing [[morontia]] [[creatures]]. They are the [[channels]] of [[morontia]] [[power]] which sustain and energize the morontia [[phases]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_45#45:1._TRANSITIONAL_CULTURE_WORLDS transition worlds].

48:2.2 ''Morontia Power Supervisors'' are the [[offspring]] of a [[local universe]] [[Mother Spirit]]. They are fairly [[standard]] in [[design]] though [[differing]] slightly in [[nature]] in the various [[local creations]]. They are [[created]] for their specific [[function]] and require no [[training]] before entering upon their [[responsibilities]].

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48:2.4 The power supervisors always serve in their [[native]] [[universe]]. They are directed exclusively by the joint [[spirit]] [[activity]] of the [[Universe Son]] and the [[Universe Spirit]] but are otherwise a wholly [[self-governing]] [[group]]. They [[maintain]] [[headquarters]] on each of the first [[mansion worlds]] of the [[local systems]], where they [[work]] in close [[association]] with both the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:4._THE_MASTER_PHYSICAL_CONTROLLERS physical controllers] and the [[seraphim]] but [[function]] in a world of their own as regards [[energy]] [[manifestation]] and [[spirit]] [[application]].

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48:2.4 The power supervisors always serve in their [[native]] [[universe]]. They are directed exclusively by the joint [[spirit]] [[activity]] of the [[Universe Son]] and the [[Universe Spirit]] but are otherwise a wholly [[self-governing]] [[group]]. They [[maintain]] [[headquarters]] on each of the first [[mansion worlds]] of the [[local systems]], where they [[work]] in close [[association]] with both the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:4._THE_MASTER_PHYSICAL_CONTROLLERS physical controllers] and the [[seraphim]] but [[function]] in a world of their own as regards [[energy]] [[manifestation]] and [[spirit]] [[application]].

48:2.5 They also sometimes [[work]] in [[connection]] with supermaterial [[phenomena]] on the [[evolutionary worlds]] as ministers of temporary assignment. But they rarely serve on the [[inhabited planets]]; neither do they [[work]] on the higher [[training]] worlds of the [[superuniverse]], being chiefly [[devoted]] to the [[transition]] [[regime]] of [[morontia]] [[progression]] in a [[local universe]].

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48:2.6 1. ''Circuit Regulators''. These are the [[unique]] [[beings]] who [[co-ordinate]] [[physical]] and [[spiritual]] [[energy]] and regulate its [[flow]] into the [[segregated]] [[channels]] of the [[morontia]] [[spheres]], and these [[circuits]] are exclusively [[planetary]], limited to a single world. The [[morontia]] [[circuits]] are distinct from, and supplementary to, both [[physical]] and [[spiritual]] [[circuits]] on the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_45#45:1._TRANSITIONAL_CULTURE_WORLDS transition worlds], and it requires millions of these regulators to [[energize]] even a [[The System|system]] of [[mansion worlds]] like that of [[Satania]].

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48:2.6 1. ''Circuit Regulators''. These are the [[unique]] [[beings]] who [[co-ordinate]] [[physical]] and [[spiritual]] [[energy]] and regulate its [[flow]] into the [[segregated]] [[channels]] of the [[morontia]] [[spheres]], and these [[circuits]] are exclusively [[planetary]], limited to a single world. The [[morontia]] [[circuits]] are distinct from, and supplementary to, both [[physical]] and [[spiritual]] [[circuits]] on the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_45#45:1._TRANSITIONAL_CULTURE_WORLDS transition worlds], and it requires millions of these regulators to [[energize]] even a [[The System|system]] of [[mansion worlds]] like that of [[Satania]].

48:2.7 Circuit regulators [[initiate]] those [[changes]] in [[material]] [[energies]] which render them subject to the [[control]] and regulation of their [[associates]]. These [[beings]] are [[morontia]] [[power]] [[generators]] as well as [[circuit]] regulators. Much as a [[dynamo]] apparently generates [[electricity]] out of the [[atmosphere]], so do these living [[morontia]] dynamos seem to [[transform]] the [[everywhere]] [[energies]] of [[space]] into those [[materials]] which the morontia supervisors weave into the [[bodies]] and life [[activities]] of the [[ascending mortals]].

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48:2.8 2. ''System Co-ordinators''. Since each [[morontia]] world has a separate order of [[morontia]] [[energy]], it is exceedingly [[difficult]] for [[humans]] to [[visualize]] these [[spheres]]. But on each [[successive]] [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_45#45:1._TRANSITIONAL_CULTURE_WORLDS transition sphere], [[mortals]] will find the plant life and [[everything]] else pertaining to the [[morontia]] [[existence]] [[progressively]] [[modified]] to [[correspond]] with the advancing spiritization of the [[ascending]] [[survivor]]. And since the [[energy]] [[system]] of each world is thus [[individualized]], these [[co-ordinator]]s operate to [[harmonize]] and blend such [[differing]] [[power]] [[systems]] into a working [[unit]] for the [[associated]] [[spheres]] of any particular [[group]].

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48:2.8 2. ''System Co-ordinators''. Since each [[morontia]] world has a separate order of [[morontia]] [[energy]], it is exceedingly [[difficult]] for [[humans]] to [[visualize]] these [[spheres]]. But on each [[successive]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_45#45:1._TRANSITIONAL_CULTURE_WORLDS transition sphere], [[mortals]] will find the plant life and [[everything]] else pertaining to the [[morontia]] [[existence]] [[progressively]] [[modified]] to [[correspond]] with the advancing spiritization of the [[ascending]] [[survivor]]. And since the [[energy]] [[system]] of each world is thus [[individualized]], these [[co-ordinator]]s operate to [[harmonize]] and blend such [[differing]] [[power]] [[systems]] into a working [[unit]] for the [[associated]] [[spheres]] of any particular [[group]].

48:2.9 [[Ascending mortals]] [[gradually]] [[progress]] from the [[physical]] to the [[spiritual]] as they advance from one [[morontia]] world to another; hence the [[necessity]] for providing an [[ascending]] [[scale]] of [[morontia]] [[spheres]] and an ascending scale of morontia [[forms]].

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48:2.10 When [[mansion world]] [[ascenders]] pass from one [[sphere]] to another, they are delivered by the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39#39:3._SUPERVISOR_SERAPHIM transport seraphim] to the receivers of [[the system]] co-ordinators on the advanced world. Here in those [[unique]] [[temples]] at the [[center]] of the seventy radiating wings wherein are the chambers of [[transition]] similar to the [[resurrection]] halls on the initial world of [[reception]] for [[earth]]-[[origin]] [[mortals]], the [[necessary]] [[changes]] in [[creature]] [[form]] are [[skillfully]] [[effected]] by the system co-ordinators. These early [[morontia]]-[[form]] [[changes]] require about [[seven]] days of standard time for their accomplishment.

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48:2.10 When [[mansion world]] [[ascenders]] pass from one [[sphere]] to another, they are delivered by the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39#39:3._SUPERVISOR_SERAPHIM transport seraphim] to the receivers of [[the system]] co-ordinators on the advanced world. Here in those [[unique]] [[temples]] at the [[center]] of the seventy radiating wings wherein are the chambers of [[transition]] similar to the [[resurrection]] halls on the initial world of [[reception]] for [[earth]]-[[origin]] [[mortals]], the [[necessary]] [[changes]] in [[creature]] [[form]] are [[skillfully]] [[effected]] by the system co-ordinators. These early [[morontia]]-[[form]] [[changes]] require about [[seven]] days of standard time for their accomplishment.

48:2.11 3. ''Planetary Custodians''. Each [[morontia]] world, from the [[mansion spheres]] up to the [[Salvington|universe headquarters]], is in the custody—as regards [[morontia]] affairs—of seventy guardians. They [[constitute]] the local [[planetary]] [[council]] of supreme [[morontia]] [[authority]]. This [[council]] grants [[material]] for [[morontia]] [[forms]] to all [[ascending]] [[creatures]] who land on the [[spheres]] and authorizes those [[changes]] in [[creature]] [[form]] which make it possible for an [[ascender]] to [[proceed]] to the [[succeeding]] [[sphere]]. After the [[mansion worlds]] have been [[traversed]], you will [[translate]] from one [[phase]] of [[morontia]] life to another without having to surrender [[consciousness]]. [[Sleep|Unconsciousness]] attends only the earlier [[metamorphoses]] and the later [[transitions]] from one [[universe]] to another and from [[Havona]] to [[Paradise]].

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48:2.14 6. ''Selective Assorters''. As you [[progress]] from one class or [[phase]] of a [[morontia]] world to another, you must be re-keyed or advance-[[tuned]], and it is the [[Work|task]] of the selective assorters to keep you in [[progressive]] [[synchrony]] with the [[morontia]] life.

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48:2.15 While the basic [[morontia]] [[forms]] of life and [[matter]] are [[identical]] from the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:3_THE_FIRST_MANSION_WORLD first mansion world] to the last [[universe]] [[transition]] [[sphere]], there is a [[functional]] [[progression]] which [[gradually]] extends from the [[material]] to the [[spiritual]]. Your [[adaptation]] to this basically [[uniform]] but [[successively]] advancing and spiritizing [[creation]] is [[effected]] by this selective re-keying. Such an [[adjustment]] in the [[mechanism]] of [[personality]] is tantamount to a new [[creation]], notwithstanding that you retain the same [[morontia]] [[form]].

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48:2.15 While the basic [[morontia]] [[forms]] of life and [[matter]] are [[identical]] from the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:3_THE_FIRST_MANSION_WORLD first mansion world] to the last [[universe]] [[transition]] [[sphere]], there is a [[functional]] [[progression]] which [[gradually]] extends from the [[material]] to the [[spiritual]]. Your [[adaptation]] to this basically [[uniform]] but [[successively]] advancing and spiritizing [[creation]] is [[effected]] by this selective re-keying. Such an [[adjustment]] in the [[mechanism]] of [[personality]] is tantamount to a new [[creation]], notwithstanding that you retain the same [[morontia]] [[form]].

48:2.16 You may repeatedly subject yourself to the test of these [[examiners]], and as soon as you register adequate [[spiritual]] [[achievement]], they will gladly certify you for advanced standing. These [[progressive]] [[changes]] result in altered [[reactions]] to the [[morontia]] [[environment]], such as [[modifications]] in [[food]] requirements and numerous other [[personal]] [[practices]].

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48:3.7 1. ''Pilgrim Guardians'' are not assigned to specific [[duties]] in their [[association]] with the [[morontia]] [[progressors]]. These companions are [[responsible]] for the whole of the [[morontia]] [[career]] and are therefore the [[co-ordinator]]s of the [[work]] of all other [[morontia]] and [[transition]] ministers.

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48:3.8 2. ''Pilgrim Receivers'' and ''Free Associators''. These are the [[social]] companions of the new arrivals on the [[mansion worlds]]. One of them will [[certain]]ly be on hand to [[welcome]] you when you [[awaken]] on the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:3_THE_FIRST_MANSION_WORLD initial mansion world] from the first [[transit]] [[sleep]] of [[time]], when you [[experience]] the [[resurrection]] from the [[death]] of the [[flesh]] into the [[morontia]] life. And from the [[time]] you are thus [[formally]] [[welcomed]] on [[awakening]] to that day when you leave the [[local universe]] as a first-stage spirit, these ''Morontia Companions'' are ever with you.

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48:3.8 2. ''Pilgrim Receivers'' and ''Free Associators''. These are the [[social]] companions of the new arrivals on the [[mansion worlds]]. One of them will [[certain]]ly be on hand to [[welcome]] you when you [[awaken]] on the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:3_THE_FIRST_MANSION_WORLD initial mansion world] from the first [[transit]] [[sleep]] of [[time]], when you [[experience]] the [[resurrection]] from the [[death]] of the [[flesh]] into the [[morontia]] life. And from the [[time]] you are thus [[formally]] [[welcomed]] on [[awakening]] to that day when you leave the [[local universe]] as a first-stage spirit, these ''Morontia Companions'' are ever with you.

48:3.9 Companions are not assigned [[permanently]] to [[individuals]]. An [[ascending mortal]] on one of the mansion or higher worlds might have a [[different]] companion on each of several [[successive]] occasions and again might go for long periods without one. It would all depend on the requirements and also on the supply of companions available.

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48:3.10 3. ''Hosts to Celestial Visitors''. These [[gracious]] [[creatures]] are [[dedicated]] to the [[entertainment]] of the [[superhuman]] [[groups]] of [[student]] [[visitors]] and other [[celestials]] who may [[chance]] to [[sojourn]] on the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_45#45:1._TRANSITIONAL_CULTURE_WORLDS transition worlds]. You will have ample [[opportunity]] to [[visit]] within any realm you have [[experientially]] [[attained]]. [[Student]] [[visitors]] are allowed on all [[inhabited planets]], even those in [[isolation]].

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48:3.10 3. ''Hosts to Celestial Visitors''. These [[gracious]] [[creatures]] are [[dedicated]] to the [[entertainment]] of the [[superhuman]] [[groups]] of [[student]] [[visitors]] and other [[celestials]] who may [[chance]] to [[sojourn]] on the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_45#45:1._TRANSITIONAL_CULTURE_WORLDS transition worlds]. You will have ample [[opportunity]] to [[visit]] within any realm you have [[experientially]] [[attained]]. [[Student]] [[visitors]] are allowed on all [[inhabited planets]], even those in [[isolation]].

48:3.11 4. ''Co-ordinators and Liaison Directors''. These companions are [[dedicated]] to the [[facilitation]] of [[morontia]] [[intercourse]] and to the prevention of [[confusion]]. They are the [[instructors]] of [[social]] conduct and [[morontia]] [[progress]], sponsoring [[classes]] and other [[group]] [[activities]] among the [[ascending mortals]]. They [[maintain]] extensive areas wherein they assemble their [[pupils]] and from time to time make requisition on the [[celestial artisans]] and the [[reversion directors]] for the embellishment of their [[programs]]. As you [[progress]], you will come in [[intimate]] [[contact]] with these [[companions]], and you will grow exceedingly fond of both [[groups]]. It is a matter of [[chance]] as to whether you will be [[associated]] with an [[Active|aggressive]] or a [[Passive|retiring]] [[type]] of [[companion]].

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48:3.13 You will not acquire new [[languages]] [[automatically]]; you will [[learn]] a [[language]] over there much as you do down here, and these [[brilliant]] [[beings]] will be your [[language]] [[teachers]]. The first [[study]] on the [[mansion worlds]] will be the [[tongue]] of [[Satania]] and then the [[language]] of [[Nebadon]]. And while you are mastering these new [[tongues]], the ''Morontia Companions'' will be your [[efficient]] [[interpreters]] and [[patient]] [[translators]]. You will never encounter a [[visitor]] on any of these worlds but that some one of the ''Morontia Companions'' will be able to officiate as [[interpreter]].

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48:3.14 6. ''Excursion and Reversion Supervisors''. These [[companions]] will accompany you on the longer trips to the [[headquarters]] [[sphere]] and to the [[surrounding]] [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_45#45:1._TRANSITIONAL_CULTURE_WORLDS worlds of transition culture]. They [[plan]], conduct, and supervise all such [[individual]] and [[group]] tours about [[the system]] worlds of [[training]] and [[culture]].

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48:3.14 6. ''Excursion and Reversion Supervisors''. These [[companions]] will accompany you on the longer trips to the [[headquarters]] [[sphere]] and to the [[surrounding]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_45#45:1._TRANSITIONAL_CULTURE_WORLDS worlds of transition culture]. They [[plan]], conduct, and supervise all such [[individual]] and [[group]] tours about [[the system]] worlds of [[training]] and [[culture]].

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48:3.15 7. ''Area and Building Custodians''. Even the [[material]] and [[morontia]] [[structures]] increase in [[perfection]] and grandeur as you advance in the [[mansonia]] [[career]]. As [[individuals]] and as [[groups]] you are permitted to make certain [[changes]] in the [[abodes]] assigned as [[headquarters]] for your [[sojourn]] on the [[different]] [[mansion worlds]]. Many of the [[activities]] of these [[spheres]] take place in the open enclosures of the variously designated [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_46#46:5._THE_JERUSEM_CIRCLES circles], [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_46#46:6._THE_EXECUTIVE-ADMINISTRATIVE_SQUARES squares], and [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_46#46:8._THE_JERUSEM_TRIANGLES triangles]. The [[majority]] of the [[mansion world]] [[structures]] are roofless, being enclosures of [[magnificent]] construction and exquisite embellishment. The climatic and other [[physical]] conditions prevailing on the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:7._THE_ARCHITECTURAL_SPHERES architectural worlds] make roofs wholly unnecessary.

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48:3.15 7. ''Area and Building Custodians''. Even the [[material]] and [[morontia]] [[structures]] increase in [[perfection]] and grandeur as you advance in the [[mansonia]] [[career]]. As [[individuals]] and as [[groups]] you are permitted to make certain [[changes]] in the [[abodes]] assigned as [[headquarters]] for your [[sojourn]] on the [[different]] [[mansion worlds]]. Many of the [[activities]] of these [[spheres]] take place in the open enclosures of the variously designated [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_46#46:5._THE_JERUSEM_CIRCLES circles], [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_46#46:6._THE_EXECUTIVE-ADMINISTRATIVE_SQUARES squares], and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_46#46:8._THE_JERUSEM_TRIANGLES triangles]. The [[majority]] of the [[mansion world]] [[structures]] are roofless, being enclosures of [[magnificent]] construction and exquisite embellishment. The climatic and other [[physical]] conditions prevailing on the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:7._THE_ARCHITECTURAL_SPHERES architectural worlds] make roofs wholly unnecessary.

48:3.16 These custodians of the [[transition]] [[phases]] of [[ascendant]] life are supreme in the [[management]] of [[morontia]] affairs. They were created for this [[work]], and pending the factualization of the [[Supreme Being]], always will they remain ''Morontia Companions''; never do they [[perform]] other [[duties]].

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48:3.17 As [[the System|systems]] and [[universes]] are settled in [[light and life]], the [[mansion worlds]] increasingly cease to [[function]] as [[transition]] [[spheres]] of [[morontia]] [[training]]. More and more the [[finaliters]] [[institute]] their new [[training]] [[regime]], which appears to be [[designed]] to [[translate]] the [[cosmic]] [[consciousness]] from the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_2:_The_Evolutionary_Antithesis present level] of the [[grand universe]] to that of the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_4:_Nuclear_and_Cytoplasmic_Universes future outer universes]]. The ''Morontia Companions'' are [[destined]] to [[function]] increasingly in [[association]] with the [[finaliters]] and in numerous other realms [[Unknown|not at present revealed]] on [[Urantia]].

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48:3.17 As [[the System|systems]] and [[universes]] are settled in [[light and life]], the [[mansion worlds]] increasingly cease to [[function]] as [[transition]] [[spheres]] of [[morontia]] [[training]]. More and more the [[finaliters]] [[institute]] their new [[training]] [[regime]], which appears to be [[designed]] to [[translate]] the [[cosmic]] [[consciousness]] from the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_2:_The_Evolutionary_Antithesis present level] of the [[grand universe]] to that of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_4:_Nuclear_and_Cytoplasmic_Universes future outer universes]]. The ''Morontia Companions'' are [[destined]] to [[function]] increasingly in [[association]] with the [[finaliters]] and in numerous other realms [[Unknown|not at present revealed]] on [[Urantia]].

48:3.18 You can [[forecast]] that these [[beings]] are probably going to [[contribute]] much to your [[enjoyment]] of the [[mansion worlds]], whether your [[sojourn]] is to be long or short. And you will [[continue]] to [[enjoy]] them all the way up to [[Salvington]]. They are not, [[technically]], [[essential]] to any part of your [[survival]] [[experience]]. You could reach [[Salvington]] without them, but you would greatly miss them. They are the [[personality]] [[luxury]] of your [[ascending career]] in the [[local universe]].

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48:4.1 [[Joyful]] mirth and the smile-equivalent are as [[universal]] as [[music]]. There is a [[morontial]] and a [[spiritual]] [[equivalent]] of mirth and [[laughter]]. The [[ascendant]] life is about equally divided between [[work]] and [[play]]—[[freedom]] from assignment.

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48:4.2 [[Celestial]] [[relaxation]] and [[superhuman]] [[humor]] are quite [[different]] from their [[human]] analogues, but we all [[actually]] indulge in a [[form]] of both; and they really accomplish for us, in our [[state]], just about what [[ideal]] [[humor]] is able to do for you on [[Urantia]]. The [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_48#48:3._MORONTIA_COMPANIONS Morontia Companions] are [[skillful]] [[play]] sponsors, and they are most ably [[supported]] by the ''reversion directors''.

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48:4.2 [[Celestial]] [[relaxation]] and [[superhuman]] [[humor]] are quite [[different]] from their [[human]] analogues, but we all [[actually]] indulge in a [[form]] of both; and they really accomplish for us, in our [[state]], just about what [[ideal]] [[humor]] is able to do for you on [[Urantia]]. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_48#48:3._MORONTIA_COMPANIONS Morontia Companions] are [[skillful]] [[play]] sponsors, and they are most ably [[supported]] by the ''reversion directors''.

48:4.3 You would [[probably]] best [[understand]] the [[work]] of the ''reversion directors'' if they were likened to the higher [[types]] of [[humorists]] on [[Urantia]], though that would be an exceedingly crude and somewhat unfortunate way in which to try to convey an [[idea]] of the [[function]] of these directors of [[change]] and [[relaxation]], these ministers of the exalted [[humor]] of the [[morontia]] and [[spirit]] realms.

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48:4.6 2. ''Current humor''. The senselessness of much that so often causes us serious concern, the [[joy]] at [[discovering]] the unimportance of much of our serious [[personal]] [[anxiety]]. We are most [[appreciative]] of this phase of humor when we are best able to discount the anxieties of the [[present]] in favor of the [[certainties]] of the [[future]].

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48:4.7 3. ''Prophetic joy''. t will perhaps be [[difficult]] for [[mortals]] to envisage this [[phase]] of humor, but we do get a peculiar [[satisfaction]] out of the [[assurance]] "that all things work together for good"[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans.2C_VIII]—for [[spirits]] and [[morontia]]ns as well as for [[mortals]]. This aspect of [[celestial]] humor grows out of our [[faith]] in the [[loving]] overcare of our superiors and in the [[divine]] [[stability]] of our [[Supreme Directors]].

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48:4.7 3. ''Prophetic joy''. t will perhaps be [[difficult]] for [[mortals]] to envisage this [[phase]] of humor, but we do get a peculiar [[satisfaction]] out of the [[assurance]] "that all things work together for good"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans.2C_VIII]—for [[spirits]] and [[morontia]]ns as well as for [[mortals]]. This aspect of [[celestial]] humor grows out of our [[faith]] in the [[loving]] overcare of our superiors and in the [[divine]] [[stability]] of our [[Supreme Directors]].

48:4.8 But the ''reversion directors'' of the realms are not concerned exclusively with depicting the high [[humor]] of the various [[orders]] of [[intelligent]] [[beings]]; they are also occupied with the [[leadership]] of diversion, [[spiritual]] recreation and [[morontia]] [[entertainment]]. And in this [[connection]] they have the hearty [[co-operation]] of the [[celestial artisans]].

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48:4.9 The ''reversion directors'' themselves are not a [[created]] [[group]]; they are a recruited corps [[embracing]] [[beings]] ranging from the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_31_-_The_Corps_of_the_Finality#31:1._THE_HAVONA_NATIVES Havona natives] down through the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_25 messenger hosts of space] and the [[ministering spirits of time]] to the [[morontia]] [[progressors]] from the [[evolutionary worlds]]. All are [[volunteers]], giving themselves to the [[work]] of [[assisting]] their fellows in the [[achievement]] of [[thought]] [[change]] and [[mind]] [[rest]], for such [[attitudes]] are most helpful in recuperating depleted [[energies]].

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48:4.9 The ''reversion directors'' themselves are not a [[created]] [[group]]; they are a recruited corps [[embracing]] [[beings]] ranging from the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_31_-_The_Corps_of_the_Finality#31:1._THE_HAVONA_NATIVES Havona natives] down through the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_25 messenger hosts of space] and the [[ministering spirits of time]] to the [[morontia]] [[progressors]] from the [[evolutionary worlds]]. All are [[volunteers]], giving themselves to the [[work]] of [[assisting]] their fellows in the [[achievement]] of [[thought]] [[change]] and [[mind]] [[rest]], for such [[attitudes]] are most helpful in recuperating depleted [[energies]].

48:4.10 When partially [[exhausted]] by the [[efforts]] of [[attainment]], and while awaiting the [[reception]] of new [[energy]] charges, there is agreeable [[pleasure]] in living over again the enactments of [[Past|other days and ages]]. The early [[experiences]] of the [[race]] or the order are restful to [[reminisce]]. And that is exactly why these artists are called [[reversion directors]]—they [[assist]] in reverting the [[memory]] to a former [[state]] of [[development]] or to a less [[experienced]] [[status]] of [[being]].

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48:4.11 All [[beings]] [[enjoy]] this sort of reversion except those who are [[inherent]] [[Creators]], hence [[automatic]] self-rejuvenators, and certain highly specialized [[types]] of [[creatures]], such as the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:3._THE_DOMAIN_OF_POWER_CENTERS power centers] and the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:4._THE_MASTER_PHYSICAL_CONTROLLERS physical controllers], who are always and [[eternally]] thoroughly [[business]]like in all their [[reactions]]. These [[periodic]] releases from the [[tension]] of [[functional]] [[duty]] are a regular part of life on all worlds throughout the [[universe of universes]] but not on the [[Isle of Paradise]]. [[Beings]] [[indigenous]] to the [[Paradise|central abode]] are incapable of [[Exhaustion|depletion]] and are not, therefore, subject to re-energizing. And with such [[beings]] of [[eternal]] [[Paradise]] [[perfection]] there can be no such reversion to [[evolutionary]] [[experiences]].

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48:4.11 All [[beings]] [[enjoy]] this sort of reversion except those who are [[inherent]] [[Creators]], hence [[automatic]] self-rejuvenators, and certain highly specialized [[types]] of [[creatures]], such as the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:3._THE_DOMAIN_OF_POWER_CENTERS power centers] and the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:4._THE_MASTER_PHYSICAL_CONTROLLERS physical controllers], who are always and [[eternally]] thoroughly [[business]]like in all their [[reactions]]. These [[periodic]] releases from the [[tension]] of [[functional]] [[duty]] are a regular part of life on all worlds throughout the [[universe of universes]] but not on the [[Isle of Paradise]]. [[Beings]] [[indigenous]] to the [[Paradise|central abode]] are incapable of [[Exhaustion|depletion]] and are not, therefore, subject to re-energizing. And with such [[beings]] of [[eternal]] [[Paradise]] [[perfection]] there can be no such reversion to [[evolutionary]] [[experiences]].

48:4.12 Most of us have come up through lower [[stages]] of [[existence]] or through [[progressive]] [[levels]] of our orders, and it is refreshing and in a [[measure]] amusing to look back upon certain [[episodes]] of our [[Past|early]] [[experience]]. There is a restfulness in the [[contemplation]] of that which is old to one's order, and which lingers as a [[memory]] [[possession]] of the [[mind]]. The [[future]] signifies [[struggle]] and advancement; it bespeaks [[work]], [[effort]], and [[achievement]]; but the [[past]] savors of [[things]] already mastered and achieved; [[contemplation]] of the [[past]] permits of [[relaxation]] and such a carefree review as to provoke [[spirit]] mirth and a [[morontia]] [[state]] of [[mind]] verging on merriment.

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48:4.13 Even [[mortal]] [[humor]] becomes most hearty when it depicts [[episodes]] affecting those just a little beneath one's [[present]] [[developmental]] [[state]], or when it portrays one's supposed superiors falling [[victim]] to the [[experiences]] which are commonly [[associated]] with supposed inferiors. You of [[Urantia]] have allowed much that is at once [[vulgar]] and unkind to become [[confused]] with your [[humor]], but on the whole, you are to be congratulated on a [[comparatively]] keen sense of [[humor]]. Some of your [[races]] have a rich vein of it and are greatly helped in their [[earthly]] [[careers]] thereby. Apparently you received much in the way of [[humor]] from your [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78 Adamic inheritance], much more than was secured of either [[music]] or [[art]].

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48:4.13 Even [[mortal]] [[humor]] becomes most hearty when it depicts [[episodes]] affecting those just a little beneath one's [[present]] [[developmental]] [[state]], or when it portrays one's supposed superiors falling [[victim]] to the [[experiences]] which are commonly [[associated]] with supposed inferiors. You of [[Urantia]] have allowed much that is at once [[vulgar]] and unkind to become [[confused]] with your [[humor]], but on the whole, you are to be congratulated on a [[comparatively]] keen sense of [[humor]]. Some of your [[races]] have a rich vein of it and are greatly helped in their [[earthly]] [[careers]] thereby. Apparently you received much in the way of [[humor]] from your [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78 Adamic inheritance], much more than was secured of either [[music]] or [[art]].

48:4.14 All [[Satania]], during times of [[play]], those times when its [[inhabitants]] refreshingly [[resurrect]] the [[memories]] of a lower [[stage]] of [[existence]], is edified by the [[pleasant]] [[humor]] of a corps of [[reversion directors]] from [[Urantia]]. The sense of [[celestial]] [[humor]] we have with us always, even when engaged in the most [[difficult]] of assignments. It helps to avoid an overdevelopment of the notion of one's self-importance. But we do not give rein to it freely, as you might say, "have fun," except when we are in recess from the serious assignments of our respective [[orders]].

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48:5.2 These deserted [[assistants]] of the ministering [[seraphim]] are often summoned to [[universe]] [[headquarters]], where they pass into the [[intimate]] [[embrace]] of the [[Universe Mother Spirit]] and then go forth to [[the system]] [[training]] [[spheres]] as ''Mansion World Teachers''. These [[teachers]] often visit the [[material worlds]] and [[function]] from the lowest [[mansion worlds]] on up to the highest of the [[educational]] [[spheres]] [[connected]] with the [[universe]] [[headquarters]]. Upon their own motion they may return to their former [[associative]] work with the ministering [[seraphim]].

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48:5.3 There are billions upon billions of these [[teachers]] in [[Satania]], and their [[numbers]] constantly increase because, in the [[majority]] of instances, when a [[seraphim]] proceeds inward with an [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:7._FATHER-FUSED_MORTALS Adjuster-fused mortal], both a [[cherubim]] and a [[sanobim]] are left behind.

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48:5.3 There are billions upon billions of these [[teachers]] in [[Satania]], and their [[numbers]] constantly increase because, in the [[majority]] of instances, when a [[seraphim]] proceeds inward with an [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:7._FATHER-FUSED_MORTALS Adjuster-fused mortal], both a [[cherubim]] and a [[sanobim]] are left behind.

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48:5.4 ''Mansion World Teachers'', like most of the other [[instructors]], are commissioned by the [[Melchizedeks]]. They are generally supervised by the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_48#48:3._MORONTIA_COMPANIONS Morontia Companions], but as [[individuals]] and as [[teachers]] they are supervised by the [[acting]] heads of the schools or [[spheres]] wherein they may be [[function]]ing as [[instructors]].

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48:5.4 ''Mansion World Teachers'', like most of the other [[instructors]], are commissioned by the [[Melchizedeks]]. They are generally supervised by the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_48#48:3._MORONTIA_COMPANIONS Morontia Companions], but as [[individuals]] and as [[teachers]] they are supervised by the [[acting]] heads of the schools or [[spheres]] wherein they may be [[function]]ing as [[instructors]].

48:5.5 These advanced [[cherubim]] usually [[work]] in pairs as they did when attached to the [[seraphim]]. They are by [[nature]] very near the [[morontia]] [[type]] of [[existence]], and they are [[inherently]] [[sympathetic]] [[teachers]] of the [[ascending mortals]] and most [[efficiently]] conduct the [[program]] of the [[mansion world]] and [[morontia]] [[educational]] [[system]].

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48:5.6 In the schools of the [[morontia]] life these [[teachers]] engage in [[individual]], [[group]], [[class]], and mass teaching. On the [[mansion worlds]] such schools are [[organized]] in [[three]] general [[groups]] of one hundred divisions each: the schools of [[thinking]], the schools of [[feeling]], and the schools of [[doing]]. When you reach the [[constellation]], there are added the schools of [[ethics]], the schools of [[administration]], and the schools of [[social]] [[adjustment]]. On the [[universe]] [[headquarters]] worlds you will enter the schools of [[philosophy]], [[divinity]], and pure [[spirituality]].

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48:5.7 Those [[things]] which you might have learned on [[earth]], but which you failed to learn, must be acquired under the tutelage of these [[faithful]] and [[patient]] [[teachers]]. There are no royal roads, short cuts, or easy paths to [[Paradise]]. Irrespective of the [[individual]] variations of the route, you [[master]] the lessons of one [[sphere]] before you [[proceed]] to another; at least this is true after you once leave the world of your [[nativity]].

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48:5.7 Those [[things]] which you might have learned on [[earth]], but which you failed to learn, must be acquired under the tutelage of these [[faithful]] and [[patient]] [[teachers]]. There are no royal roads, short cuts, or easy paths to [[Paradise]]. Irrespective of the [[individual]] variations of the route, you master the lessons of one [[sphere]] before you [[proceed]] to another; at least this is true after you once leave the world of your [[nativity]].

48:5.8 One of the [[purposes]] of the [[morontia]] [[career]] is to [[effect]] the [[permanent]] eradication from the [[mortal]] [[survivors]] of such [[animal]] vestigial traits as [[procrastination]], [[equivocation]], insincerity, [[problem]] avoidance, unfairness, and ease seeking. The [[mansonia]] life early teaches the young [[morontia]] [[pupils]] that postponement is in no sense avoidance. After the life in the [[flesh]], [[time]] is no longer available as a [[technique]] of dodging situations or of circumventing disagreeable [[obligations]].

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==48:6. MORONTIA WORLD SERAPHIM—TRANSITION MINISTERS==

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48:6.1 While all [[orders]] of [[angels]], from the [[planetary]] helpers to the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Seraphic_hosts#39:1._SUPREME_SERAPHIM supreme seraphim], minister on the [[morontia]] worlds, the [[transition]] ministers are more exclusively assigned to these [[activities]]. These [[angels]] are of the sixth order of seraphic servers, and their [[ministry]] is [[devoted]] to [[facilitating]] the [[transit]] of [[material]] and [[mortal]] [[creatures]] from the [[temporal]] life in the [[flesh]] on into the early [[stages]] of [[morontia]] [[existence]] on the [[seven]] [[mansion worlds]].

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48:6.1 While all [[orders]] of [[angels]], from the [[planetary]] helpers to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Seraphic_hosts#39:1._SUPREME_SERAPHIM supreme seraphim], minister on the [[morontia]] worlds, the [[transition]] ministers are more exclusively assigned to these [[activities]]. These [[angels]] are of the sixth order of seraphic servers, and their [[ministry]] is [[devoted]] to [[facilitating]] the [[transit]] of [[material]] and [[mortal]] [[creatures]] from the [[temporal]] life in the [[flesh]] on into the early [[stages]] of [[morontia]] [[existence]] on the [[seven]] [[mansion worlds]].

48:6.2 You should [[understand]] that the [[morontia]] life of an [[ascending mortal]] is really [[initiated]] on the [[inhabited worlds]] at the [[conception]] of the [[soul]], at that [[moment]] when the [[creature]] [[mind]] of [[moral]] [[status]] is indwelt by the [[spirit]] [[Adjuster]]. And from that [[moment]] on, the [[mortal]] [[soul]] has [[potential]] [[capacity]] for [[supermortal]] [[function]], even for [[recognition]] on the higher levels of the [[morontia]] [[spheres]] of the [[local universe]].

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48:6.7 These ''seraphic evangels'' are [[dedicated]] to the [[proclamation]] of the [[gospel]] of [[eternal]] [[progression]], the triumph of [[perfection]] [[attainment]]. On the [[mansion worlds]] they [[proclaim]] the great [[law]] of the [[conservation]] and [[dominance]] of [[goodness]]: No [[act]] of [[good]] is ever wholly lost; it may be long thwarted but never wholly annulled, and it is [[eternally]] [[potent]] in [[proportion]] to the [[divinity]] of its [[motivation]].

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48:6.8 Even on [[Urantia]] they [[counsel]] the [[human]] [[teachers]] of [[truth]] and [[righteousness]] to [[adhere]] to the preaching of "the goodness of God, which leads to repentance,"[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans.2C_II] to [[proclaim]] "the love of God, which casts out all fear."[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_John#1st_Letter_of_John.2C_IV] Even so have these [[truths]] been declared on your world:

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*1. [[The Gods]] are my caretakers; I shall not stray;

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*9. I shall not [[doubt]] you nor fear you,

*10. For I know that in the fullness of [[time]] and the [[glory]] of your [[name]]

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*11. You will raise me up to sit with you on the battlements on high.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_23]

48:6.9 That is the story whispered in the night season to the shepherd boy. He could not retain it word for word, but to the best of his memory he gave it much as it is recorded today.

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48:6.10 These [[seraphim]] are also the evangels of the [[gospel]] of [[perfection]] [[attainment]] for the whole [[the System|system]] as well as for the [[individual]] [[ascender]]. Even now in the young system of [[Satania]] their [[teachings]] and plans [[encompass]] [[provisions]] for the [[future]] [[ages]] when the [[mansion worlds]] will no longer serve the [[mortal]] [[ascenders]] as steppingstones to the [[spheres]] on high.

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48:6.11 2. ''Racial Interpreters''. All [[races]] of [[mortal]] [[beings]] are not alike. True, there is a [[planetary]] [[pattern]] running through the [[physical]], [[mental]], and [[spiritual]] [[natures]] and [[tendencies]] of the various [[races]] of a given world; but there are also distinct racial [[types]], and very definite [[social]] [[tendencies]] characterize the [[offspring]] of these [[different]] basic [[types]] of [[human beings]]. On the worlds of [[time]] the [[seraphic]] ''racial interpreters'' further the [[efforts]] of the race commissioners to [[harmonize]] the varied [[viewpoints]] of the [[races]], and they [[continue]] to [[function]] on the [[mansion worlds]], where these same [[differences]] tend to [[persist]] in a [[measure]]. On a [[confused]] [[planet]], such as [[Urantia]], these [[brilliant]] [[beings]] have hardly had a fair [[opportunity]] to [[function]], but they are the [[skillful]] [[sociologists]] and the [[wise]] ethnic advisers of the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:3_THE_FIRST_MANSION_WORLD first heaven].

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48:6.11 2. ''Racial Interpreters''. All [[races]] of [[mortal]] [[beings]] are not alike. True, there is a [[planetary]] [[pattern]] running through the [[physical]], [[mental]], and [[spiritual]] [[natures]] and [[tendencies]] of the various [[races]] of a given world; but there are also distinct racial [[types]], and very definite [[social]] [[tendencies]] characterize the [[offspring]] of these [[different]] basic [[types]] of [[human beings]]. On the worlds of [[time]] the [[seraphic]] ''racial interpreters'' further the [[efforts]] of the race commissioners to [[harmonize]] the varied [[viewpoints]] of the [[races]], and they [[continue]] to [[function]] on the [[mansion worlds]], where these same [[differences]] tend to [[persist]] in a [[measure]]. On a [[confused]] [[planet]], such as [[Urantia]], these [[brilliant]] [[beings]] have hardly had a fair [[opportunity]] to [[function]], but they are the [[skillful]] [[sociologists]] and the [[wise]] ethnic advisers of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:3_THE_FIRST_MANSION_WORLD first heaven].

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48:6.12 You should [[consider]] the [[statement]] about "heaven" and the "heaven of heavens."[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=First_Book_of_Kings#Chapter_8] The [[heaven]] conceived by most of your [[prophets]] was the first of the [[mansion worlds]] of the [[local system]]. When the apostle spoke of being "caught up to the third heaven,"[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_XII] he referred to that [[experience]] in which his [[Adjuster]] was detached during [[sleep]] and in this unusual [[state]] made a [[projection]] to the third of the [[seven]] [[mansion worlds]]. Some of your [[wise]] men saw the [[vision]] of the greater [[heaven]], "the heaven of heavens,"[~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Deutoronomy#Chapter_.10] of which the sevenfold [[mansion world]] [[experience]] was but the first; the second being [[Jerusem]]; the third, [[Edentia]] and its [[satellites]]; the fourth, [[Salvington]] and the [[surrounding]] [[educational]] [[spheres]]; the fifth, [[Uversa]]; the sixth, [[Havona]]; and the seventh, [[Paradise]].

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48:6.12 You should [[consider]] the [[statement]] about "heaven" and the "heaven of heavens."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=First_Book_of_Kings#Chapter_8] The [[heaven]] conceived by most of your [[prophets]] was the first of the [[mansion worlds]] of the [[local system]]. When the apostle spoke of being "caught up to the third heaven,"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_XII] he referred to that [[experience]] in which his [[Adjuster]] was detached during [[sleep]] and in this unusual [[state]] made a [[projection]] to the third of the [[seven]] [[mansion worlds]]. Some of your [[wise]] men saw the [[vision]] of the greater [[heaven]], "the heaven of heavens,"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Deutoronomy#Chapter_.10] of which the sevenfold [[mansion world]] [[experience]] was but the first; the second being [[Jerusem]]; the third, [[Edentia]] and its [[satellites]]; the fourth, [[Salvington]] and the [[surrounding]] [[educational]] [[spheres]]; the fifth, [[Uversa]]; the sixth, [[Havona]]; and the seventh, [[Paradise]].

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48:6.13 3. ''Mind Planners''. These [[seraphim]] are [[devoted]] to the [[effective]] [[grouping]] of [[morontia]] [[beings]] and to [[organizing]] their teamwork on the [[mansion worlds]]. They are the [[psychologists]] of the first [[heaven]]. The [[majority]] of this particular division of [[seraphic]] ministers have had previous [[experience]] as [[guardian angels]] to the [[children]] of [[time]], but their wards, for some [[reason]], failed to [[personalize]] on the [[mansion worlds]] or else [[survived]] by the [[technique]] of [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:9._SPIRIT-FUSED_MORTALS Spirit fusion].

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48:6.13 3. ''Mind Planners''. These [[seraphim]] are [[devoted]] to the [[effective]] [[grouping]] of [[morontia]] [[beings]] and to [[organizing]] their teamwork on the [[mansion worlds]]. They are the [[psychologists]] of the first [[heaven]]. The [[majority]] of this particular division of [[seraphic]] ministers have had previous [[experience]] as [[guardian angels]] to the [[children]] of [[time]], but their wards, for some [[reason]], failed to [[personalize]] on the [[mansion worlds]] or else [[survived]] by the [[technique]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:9._SPIRIT-FUSED_MORTALS Spirit fusion].

48:6.14 It is the [[task]] of the [[mind]] [[planners]] to [[study]] the [[nature]], [[experience]], and [[status]] of the [[Adjuster]] [[souls]] in [[transit]] through the [[mansion worlds]] and to [[facilitate]] their grouping for assignment and [[advancement]]. But these [[mind]] [[planners]] do not [[scheme]], [[manipulate]], or otherwise take advantage of the [[ignorance]] or other [[limitations]] of [[mansion world]] [[students]]. They are wholly fair and eminently [[just]]. They [[respect]] your newborn [[morontia]] will; they regard you as [[independent]] [[volitional]] [[beings]], and they seek to [[encourage]] your [[speed]]y [[development]] and [[advancement]]. Here you are face to face with true [[friends]] and [[understanding]] [[counselors]], [[angels]] who are really able to help you "to see yourself as others see you" and "to know yourself as angels know you."

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48:6.15 Even on [[Urantia]], these [[seraphim]] [[teach]] the everlasting [[truth]]: If your own [[mind]] does not serve you well, you can exchange it for the [[mind]] of [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]], who always serves you well.

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48:6.15 Even on [[Urantia]], these [[seraphim]] [[teach]] the everlasting [[truth]]: If your own [[mind]] does not serve you well, you can exchange it for the [[mind]] of [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]], who always serves you well.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Philippians#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Philippians.2C_II]

48:6.16 4. ''Morontia Counselors''. These ministers [[receive]] their [[name]] because they are assigned to [[teach]], direct, and [[counsel]] the [[surviving]] [[mortals]] from the worlds of [[human]] [[origin]], [[souls]] in [[transit]] to the higher schools of [[the system headquarters]]. They are the [[teachers]] of those who seek [[insight]] into the [[experiential]] [[unity]] of [[divergent]] life [[levels]], those who are attempting the [[integration]] of [[meanings]] and the [[unification]] of [[values]]. This is the [[function]] of [[philosophy]] in [[mortal]] life, of [[mota]] on the [[morontia]] [[spheres]].

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48:6.17 [[Mota]] is more than a superior [[philosophy]]; it is to [[philosophy]] as two eyes are to one; it has a [[stereoscopic]] [[effect]] on [[meanings]] and [[values]]. [[Material]] [[man]] sees the [[universe]], as it were, with but one eye—[~~http~~://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatland flat]. [[Mansion world]] [[students]] [[achieve]] [[cosmic]] [[perspective]]—[[depth]]—by [[superimposing]] the [[perceptions]] of the [[morontia]] life upon the [[perceptions]] of the [[physical]] life. And they are enabled to bring these [[material]] and [[morontial]] [[viewpoints]] into true [[focus]] largely through the untiring [[ministry]] of their [[seraphic]] [[counselors]], who so [[patiently]] [[teach]] the [[mansion world]] [[students]] and the [[morontia]] [[progressors]]. Many of the teaching [[counselors]] of the [[supreme order of seraphim]] began their [[careers]] as advisers of the newly [[liberated]] [[souls]] of the [[mortals]] of [[time]].

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48:6.17 [[Mota]] is more than a superior [[philosophy]]; it is to [[philosophy]] as two eyes are to one; it has a [[stereoscopic]] [[effect]] on [[meanings]] and [[values]]. [[Material]] [[man]] sees the [[universe]], as it were, with but one eye—[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatland flat]. [[Mansion world]] [[students]] [[achieve]] [[cosmic]] [[perspective]]—[[depth]]—by [[superimposing]] the [[perceptions]] of the [[morontia]] life upon the [[perceptions]] of the [[physical]] life. And they are enabled to bring these [[material]] and [[morontial]] [[viewpoints]] into true [[focus]] largely through the untiring [[ministry]] of their [[seraphic]] [[counselors]], who so [[patiently]] [[teach]] the [[mansion world]] [[students]] and the [[morontia]] [[progressors]]. Many of the teaching [[counselors]] of the [[supreme order of seraphim]] began their [[careers]] as advisers of the newly [[liberated]] [[souls]] of the [[mortals]] of [[time]].

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48:6.18 5. ''Technicians''. These are the [[seraphim]] who help new [[ascenders]] [[adjust]] themselves to the new and [[comparatively]] [[strange]] [[environment]] of the [[morontia]] [[spheres]]. Life on the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_45#45:1._TRANSITIONAL_CULTURE_WORLDS transition worlds] entails real [[contact]] with the [[energies]] and [[materials]] of both the [[physical]] and [[morontia]] [[levels]] and to a certain extent with [[spiritual]] [[realities]]. [[Ascenders]] must acclimatize to every new [[morontia]] [[level]], and in all of this they are greatly helped by the ''seraphic technicians''. These [[seraphim]] [[act]] as [[liaisons]] with the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_48#48:2._MORONTIA_POWER_SUPERVISORS Morontia Power Supervisors] and with the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:4._THE_MASTER_PHYSICAL_CONTROLLERS Master Physical Controllers] and [[function]] extensively as [[instructors]] of the [[ascending]] [[pilgrims]] concerning the [[nature]] of those [[energies]] which are utilized on the [[transition]] [[spheres]]. They serve as [[emergency]] [[space]] [[traverse]]rs and [[perform]] numerous other regular and special [[duties]].

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48:6.18 5. ''Technicians''. These are the [[seraphim]] who help new [[ascenders]] [[adjust]] themselves to the new and [[comparatively]] [[strange]] [[environment]] of the [[morontia]] [[spheres]]. Life on the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_45#45:1._TRANSITIONAL_CULTURE_WORLDS transition worlds] entails real [[contact]] with the [[energies]] and [[materials]] of both the [[physical]] and [[morontia]] [[levels]] and to a certain extent with [[spiritual]] [[realities]]. [[Ascenders]] must acclimatize to every new [[morontia]] [[level]], and in all of this they are greatly helped by the ''seraphic technicians''. These [[seraphim]] [[act]] as [[liaisons]] with the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_48#48:2._MORONTIA_POWER_SUPERVISORS Morontia Power Supervisors] and with the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:4._THE_MASTER_PHYSICAL_CONTROLLERS Master Physical Controllers] and [[function]] extensively as [[instructors]] of the [[ascending]] [[pilgrims]] concerning the [[nature]] of those [[energies]] which are utilized on the [[transition]] [[spheres]]. They serve as [[emergency]] [[space]] [[traverse]]rs and [[perform]] numerous other regular and special [[duties]].

48:6.19 6. ''Recorder-Teachers''. These [[seraphim]] are the [[recorders]] of the borderland [[transactions]] of the [[spiritual]] and the [[physical]], of the [[relationships]] of [[men]] and [[angels]], of the [[morontia]] [[transactions]] of the lower [[universe]] realms. They also serve as [[instructors]] regarding the [[efficient]] and [[effective]] [[techniques]] of [[fact]] [[recording]]. There is an [[artistry]] in the [[intelligent]] assembly and [[co-ordination]] of [[related]] [[data]], and this [[art]] is heightened in [[collaboration]] with the [[celestial artisans]], and even the [[ascending mortals]] become thus affiliated with the recording [[seraphim]].

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48:6.20 The recorders of all the [[Seraphic Hosts|seraphic orders]] [[devote]] a certain amount of [[time]] to the [[education]] and [[training]] of the [[morontia]] progressors. These angelic custodians of the [[facts]] of [[time]] are the [[ideal]] [[instructors]] of all [[fact]] [[seekers]]. Before leaving [[Jerusem]], you will become quite familiar with the [[history]] of [[Satania]] and its 619 [[inhabited worlds]], and much of this [[story]] will be imparted by the ''seraphic recorders''.

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48:6.21 These [[angels]] are all in the chain of recorders extending from the lowest to the highest custodians of the [[facts]] of time and the [[truths]] of [[eternity]]. Some day they will teach you to seek [[truth]] as well as [[fact]], to expand your [[soul]] as well as your [[mind]]. Even now you should [[learn]] to [[water]] the [[garden]] of your [[heart]] as well as to [[seek]] for the dry sands of [[knowledge]][~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Desert_Flower]. [[Forms]] are valueless when lessons are [[learned]]. No chick may be had without the shell, and no shell is of any worth after the chick is hatched. But sometimes [[error]] is so great that its [[rectification]] by [[revelation]] would be fatal to those slowly [[emerging]] [[truths]] which are [[essential]] to its [[experiential]] overthrow. When [[children]] have their [[ideals]], do not dislodge them; let them [[grow]]. And while you are [[learning]] to [[think]] as men, you should also be [[learning]] to [[pray]] as [[children]].

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48:6.21 These [[angels]] are all in the chain of recorders extending from the lowest to the highest custodians of the [[facts]] of time and the [[truths]] of [[eternity]]. Some day they will teach you to seek [[truth]] as well as [[fact]], to expand your [[soul]] as well as your [[mind]]. Even now you should [[learn]] to [[water]] the [[garden]] of your [[heart]] as well as to [[seek]] for the dry sands of [[knowledge]][https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Desert_Flower]. [[Forms]] are valueless when lessons are [[learned]]. No chick may be had without the shell, and no shell is of any worth after the chick is hatched. But sometimes [[error]] is so great that its [[rectification]] by [[revelation]] would be fatal to those slowly [[emerging]] [[truths]] which are [[essential]] to its [[experiential]] overthrow. When [[children]] have their [[ideals]], do not dislodge them; let them [[grow]]. And while you are [[learning]] to [[think]] as men, you should also be [[learning]] to [[pray]] as [[children]].

48:6.22 [[Law]] is life itself and not the rules of its [[conduct]]. [[Evil]] is a [[transgression]] of [[law]], not a violation of the rules of conduct pertaining to life, which is the [[law]]. [[Falsehood]] is not a matter of [[narration]] [[technique]] but something premeditated as a [[perversion]] of [[truth]]. The [[creation]] of new [[pictures]] out of old [[facts]], the restatement of [[parental]] life in the lives of [[offspring]]—these are the [[artistic]] triumphs of [[truth]]. The [[shadow]] of a hair's turning, premeditated for an untrue [[purpose]], the slightest twisting or [[perversion]] of that which is [[principle]]—these [[constitute]] falseness. But the [[fetish]] of [[Facticity|factualized]] [[truth]], [[fossilized]] [[truth]], the iron band of so-called unchanging [[truth]], holds one blindly in a closed [[circle]] of cold [[fact]]. One can be [[technically]] right as to [[fact]] and everlastingly wrong in the [[truth]].

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48:6.23 7. ''Ministering Reserves''. A large corps of all [[orders]] of the [[transition]] [[seraphim]] is held on the [~~http~~://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:3_THE_FIRST_MANSION_WORLD first mansion world]. Next to the [[destiny guardians]], these transition ministers draw the nearest to [[humans]] of all [[orders]] of [[seraphim]], and many of your [[leisure]] [[moments]] will be spent with them. [[Angels]] take delight in [[service]] and, when unassigned, often minister as [[volunteers]]. The [[soul]] of many an [[ascending mortal]] has for the first time been kindled by the [[divine]] fire of the will-to-[[service]] through [[personal]] [[friendship]] with the [[volunteer]] servers of the [[seraphic]] reserves.

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48:6.23 7. ''Ministering Reserves''. A large corps of all [[orders]] of the [[transition]] [[seraphim]] is held on the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:3_THE_FIRST_MANSION_WORLD first mansion world]. Next to the [[destiny guardians]], these transition ministers draw the nearest to [[humans]] of all [[orders]] of [[seraphim]], and many of your [[leisure]] [[moments]] will be spent with them. [[Angels]] take delight in [[service]] and, when unassigned, often minister as [[volunteers]]. The [[soul]] of many an [[ascending mortal]] has for the first time been kindled by the [[divine]] fire of the will-to-[[service]] through [[personal]] [[friendship]] with the [[volunteer]] servers of the [[seraphic]] reserves.

48:6.24 From them you will learn to let [[pressure]] [[develop]] [[stability]] and [[certainty]]; to be [[faithful]] and [[earnest]] and, withal, cheerful; to [[accept]] [[challenges]] without complaint and to face [[difficulties]] and uncertainties without [[fear]]. They will ask: If you fail, will you rise indomitably to try anew? If you succeed, will you [[maintain]] a well-[[balanced]] [[poise]]—a [[stabilized]] and [[spiritualized]] [[attitude]]—throughout every [[effort]] in the long [[struggle]] to break the fetters of [[material]] [[inertia]], to [[attain]] the [[freedom]] of [[spirit]] [[existence]]?

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48:7.1 The lower planes of morontia mota join directly with the higher levels of human philosophy. On the first mansion world it is the practice to teach the less advanced students by the parallel technique; that is, in one column are presented the more simple concepts of mota meanings, and in the opposite column citation is made of analogous statements of mortal philosophy.

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48:7.1 The lower [[planes]] of [[morontia]] [[mota]] join directly with the higher [[levels]] of [[human]] [[philosophy]]. On the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:3_THE_FIRST_MANSION_WORLD first mansion world] it is the [[practice]] to teach the less advanced [[students]] by the [[parallel]] [[technique]]; that is, in one column are presented the more [[simple]] [[concepts]] of [[mota]] [[meanings]], and in the [[opposite]] column citation is made of [[analogous]] [[statements]] of [[mortal]] [[philosophy]].

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48:7.2 Not long since, while executing an assignment on the first mansion world of Satania, I had occasion to observe this method of teaching; and though I may not undertake to present the mota content of the lesson, I am permitted to record the twenty-eight statements of human philosophy which this morontia instructor was utilizing as illustrative material designed to assist these new mansion world sojourners in their early efforts to grasp the significance and meaning of mota. These illustrations of human philosophy were:

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48:7.2 Not long since, while [[executing]] an assignment on the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:3_THE_FIRST_MANSION_WORLD first mansion world] of [[Satania]], I had occasion to [[observe]] this [[method]] of [[teaching]]; and though I may not undertake to present the [[mota]] [[content]] of the lesson, I am permitted to [[record]] the twenty-eight [[statements]] of [[human]] [[philosophy]] which this [[morontia]] [[instructor]] was utilizing as [[illustrative]] [[material]] [[designed]] to [[assist]] these new [[mansion world]] [[sojourners]] in their early [[efforts]] to grasp the significance and [[meaning]] of [[mota]]. These [[illustrations]] of [[human]] [[philosophy]] were:

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*1. 48:7.3 A display of specialized skill does not signify possession of spiritual capacity. Cleverness is not a substitute for true character.

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*1. 48:7.3 A display of specialized [[skill]] does not signify [[possession]] of [[spiritual]] [[capacity]]. [[Cleverness]] is not a substitute for true [[character]].

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*2. 48:7.4 Few persons live up to the faith which they really have. Unreasoned fear is a master intellectual fraud practiced upon the evolving mortal soul.

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*2. 48:7.4 Few [[persons]] live up to the [[faith]] which they really have. Unreasoned [[fear]] is a master [[intellectual]] [[fraud]] [[practiced]] upon the [[evolving]] [[mortal]] [[soul]].

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*3. 48:7.5 Inherent capacities cannot be exceeded; a pint can never hold a quart. The spirit concept cannot be mechanically forced into the material memory mold.

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*3. 48:7.5 [[Inherent]] [[capacities]] cannot be exceeded; a pint can never hold a quart. The [[spirit]] [[concept]] cannot be [[mechanically]] [[forced]] into the [[material]] [[memory]] mold.

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*4. 48:7.6 Few mortals ever dare to draw anything like the sum of personality credits established by the combined ministries of nature and grace. The majority of impoverished souls are truly rich, but they refuse to believe it.

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*4. 48:7.6 Few [[mortals]] ever dare to draw anything like the sum of [[personality]] credits [[established]] by the combined [[ministries]] of [[nature]] and [[grace]]. The [[majority]] of [[impoverished]] [[souls]] are truly [[rich]], but they refuse to [[believe]] it.

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*5. 48:7.7 Difficulties may challenge mediocrity and defeat the fearful, but they only stimulate the true children of the Most Highs.

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*5. 48:7.7 [[Difficulties]] may [[challenge]] mediocrity and defeat the fearful, but they only stimulate the true [[children]] of the [[Most Highs]].

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*6. 48:7.8 To enjoy privilege without abuse, to have liberty without license, to possess power and steadfastly refuse to use it for self-~~aggrandizement—these~~ are the marks of high civilization.

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*6. 48:7.8 To [[enjoy]] [[privilege]] without [[abuse]], to have [[liberty]] without [[license]], to [[possess]] [[power]] and [[steadfastly]] refuse to use it for [[self-aggrandizement]]—these are the marks of high [[civilization]].

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*7. 48:7.9 Blind and unforeseen accidents do not occur in the cosmos. Neither do the celestial beings assist the lower being who refuses to act upon his light of truth.

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*7. 48:7.9 Blind and unforeseen [[accidents]] do not occur in the [[cosmos]]. Neither do the [[celestial]] [[beings]] [[assist]] the lower being who refuses to [[act]] upon his [[light]] of [[truth]].

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*8. 48:7.10 Effort does not always produce joy, but there is no happiness without intelligent effort.

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*8. 48:7.10 [[Effort]] does not always produce [[joy]], but there is no [[happiness]] without [[intelligent]] [[effort]].

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*9. 48:7.11 Action achieves strength; moderation eventuates in charm.

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*9. 48:7.11 [[Action]] [[achieves]] [[strength]]; moderation [[eventuates]] in [[charm]].

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*10. 48:7.12 Righteousness strikes the harmony chords of truth, and the melody vibrates throughout the cosmos, even to the recognition of the Infinite.

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*10. 48:7.12 [[Righteousness]] strikes the [[harmony]] chords of [[truth]], and the [[melody]] [[vibrates]] throughout the [[cosmos]], even to the [[recognition]] of the [[Infinite]].

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*11. 48:7.13 The weak indulge in resolutions, but the strong act. Life is but a day's ~~work—do~~ it well. The act is ours; the consequences God's.

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*11. 48:7.13 The weak indulge in resolutions, but the strong [[act]]. Life is but a day's [[work]]—do it well. The [[act]] is ours; the [[consequences]] [[God]]'s.

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*12. 48:7.14 The greatest affliction of the cosmos is never to have been afflicted. Mortals only learn wisdom by experiencing tribulation.

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*12. 48:7.14 The greatest affliction of the [[cosmos]] is never to have been afflicted. [[Mortals]] only learn [[wisdom]] by [[experiencing]] tribulation.

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*13. 48:7.15 Stars are best discerned from the lonely isolation of experiential depths, not from the illuminated and ecstatic mountain tops.

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*13. 48:7.15 [[Stars]] are best [[discerned]] from the lonely [[isolation]] of [[experiential]] [[depths]], not from the [[illuminated]] and [[ecstatic]] [[mountain tops]].

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*14. 48:7.16 Whet the appetites of your associates for truth; give advice only when it is asked for.

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*14. 48:7.16 Whet the appetites of your [[associates]] for [[truth]]; give [[advice]] only when it is asked for.

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*15. 48:7.17 Affectation is the ridiculous effort of the ignorant to appear wise, the attempt of the barren soul to appear rich.

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*15. 48:7.17 Affectation is the ridiculous [[effort]] of the [[ignorant]] to appear [[wise]], the attempt of the barren [[soul]] to appear [[rich]].

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*16. 48:7.18 You cannot perceive spiritual truth until you feelingly experience it, and many truths are not really felt except in adversity.

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*16. 48:7.18 You cannot [[perceive]] [[spiritual]] [[truth]] until you [[feelingly]] [[experience]] it, and many [[truths]] are not really felt except in [[adversity]].

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*17. 48:7.19 Ambition is dangerous until it is fully socialized. You have not truly acquired any virtue until your acts make you worthy of it.

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*17. 48:7.19 [[Ambition]] is dangerous until it is fully [[socialized]]. You have not truly acquired any [[virtue]] until your [[acts]] make you [[worthy]] of it.

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*18. 48:7.20 Impatience is a spirit poison; anger is like a stone hurled into a hornet's nest.

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*18. 48:7.20 Impatience is a [[spirit]] [[poison]]; [[anger]] is like a stone hurled into a hornet's nest.

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*19. 48:7.21 Anxiety must be abandoned. The disappointments hardest to bear are those which never come.

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*19. 48:7.21 [[Anxiety]] must be abandoned. The disappointments hardest to bear are those which never come.

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*20. 48:7.22 Only a poet can discern poetry in the commonplace prose of routine existence.

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*20. 48:7.22 Only a poet can discern [[poetry]] in the commonplace [[prose]] of [[routine]] [[existence]].

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*21. 48:7.23 The high mission of any art is, by its illusions, to foreshadow a higher universe reality, to crystallize the emotions of time into the thought of eternity.

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*21. 48:7.23 The high mission of any [[art]] is, by its [[illusions]], to [[foreshadow]] a higher [[universe]] [[reality]], to [[crystallize]] the [[emotions]] of [[time]] into the [[thought]] of [[eternity]].

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*22. 48:7.24 The evolving soul is not made divine by what it does, but by what it strives to do.

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*22. 48:7.24 The evolving [[soul]] is not made [[divine]] by what it does, but by what it [[strives]] to do.

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*23. 48:7.25 Death added nothing to the intellectual possession or to the spiritual endowment, but it did add to the experiential status the consciousness of survival.

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*24. 48:7.26 The destiny of eternity is determined moment by moment by the achievements of the day by day living. The acts of today are the destiny of tomorrow.

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*24. 48:7.26 The [[destiny]] of [[eternity]] is [[determined]] moment by [[moment]] by the [[achievements]] of the day by day living. The [[acts]] of today are the [[destiny]] of [[Future|tomorrow]].

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*25. 48:7.27 Greatness lies not so much in possessing strength as in making a wise and divine use of such strength.

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*25. 48:7.27 Greatness lies not so much in [[possessing]] strength as in making a [[wise]] and [[divine]] use of such strength.

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*26. 48:7.28 Knowledge is possessed only by sharing; it is safeguarded by wisdom and socialized by love.

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*26. 48:7.28 [[Knowledge]] is [[possessed]] only by [[sharing]]; it is safeguarded by [[wisdom]] and socialized by [[love]].

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*27. 48:7.29 Progress demands development of individuality; mediocrity seeks perpetuation in standardization.

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*27. 48:7.29 [[Progress]] demands [[development]] of [[individuality]]; mediocrity seeks perpetuation in standardization.

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*28. 48:7.30 The argumentative defense of any proposition is inversely proportional to the truth contained.

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*28. 48:7.30 The [[argumentative]] [[defense]] of any proposition is [[inversely]] [[proportional]] to the [[truth]] contained.

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48:7.31 Such is the [[work]] of the beginners on the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47#47:3_THE_FIRST_MANSION_WORLD first mansion world] while the more advanced [[pupils]] on the later worlds are mastering the higher levels of [[cosmic]] [[insight]] and [[morontia]] [[mota]].

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~~48:7.31 Such is the work of the beginners on the first mansion world while the more advanced pupils on the later worlds are mastering the higher levels of cosmic insight and morontia mota.~~

==48:8. THE MORONTIA PROGRESSORS==

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48:8.1 From the time of graduation from the mansion worlds to the attainment of spirit status in the superuniverse career, ascending mortals are denominated morontia progressors. Your passage through this wonderful borderland life will be an unforgettable experience, a charming memory. It is the evolutionary portal to spirit life and the eventual attainment of creature perfection by which ascenders achieve the goal of ~~time—the~~ finding of God on Paradise.

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48:8.1 From the [[time]] of [[graduation]] from the [[mansion worlds]] to the [[attainment]] of [[spirit]] [[status]] in the [[superuniverse]] [[career]], [[ascending mortals]] are [[denominated]] ''[[morontia]] progressors''. Your passage through this [[wonderful]] borderland life will be an unforgettable [[experience]], a [[charming]] [[memory]]. It is the [[evolutionary]] [[portal]] to [[spirit]] life and the [[eventual]] [[attainment]] of [[creature]] [[perfection]] by which [[ascenders]] [[achieve]] the goal of [[time]]—the finding of [[God]] on [[Paradise]].

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48:8.2 There is a definite and divine purpose in all this morontia and subsequent spirit scheme of mortal progression, this elaborate universe training school for ascending creatures. It is the design of the Creators to afford the creatures of time a graduated opportunity to master the details of the operation and administration of the grand universe, and this long course of training is best carried forward by having the surviving mortal climb up gradually and by actual participation in every step of the ascent.

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48:8.2 There is a definite and [[divine]] [[purpose]] in all this [[morontia]] and subsequent [[spirit]] [[scheme]] of [[mortal]] [[progression]], this elaborate [[universe]] [[training]] school for [[ascending]] [[creatures]]. It is the [[design]] of [[the Creators]] to afford the [[creatures]] of [[time]] a [[graduated]] [[opportunity]] to master the details of the operation and [[administration]] of the [[grand universe]], and this long [[course]] of [[training]] is best carried forward by having the [[surviving]] [[mortal]] climb up [[gradually]] and by [[actual]] [[participation]] in every step of the [[ascent]].

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48:8.3 The mortal-survival plan has a practical and serviceable objective; you are not the recipients of all this divine labor and painstaking training only that you may survive just to enjoy endless bliss and eternal ease. There is a goal of transcendent service concealed beyond the horizon of the present universe age. If the Gods designed merely to take you on one long and eternal joy excursion, they certainly would not so largely turn the whole universe into one vast and intricate practical training school, requisition a substantial part of the celestial creation as teachers and instructors, and then spend ages upon ages piloting you, one by one, through this gigantic universe school of experiential training. The furtherance of the scheme of mortal progression seems to be one of the chief businesses of the present organized universe, and the majority of innumerable orders of created intelligences are either directly or indirectly engaged in advancing some phase of this progressive perfection plan.

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48:8.3 The [[mortal]]-[[survival]] plan has a [[practical]] and serviceable [[objective]]; you are not the [[recipients]] of all this [[divine]] [[labor]] and painstaking [[training]] only that you may [[survive]] just to [[enjoy]] endless [[bliss]] and [[eternal]] ease. There is a goal of [[transcendent]] [[service]] concealed beyond the [[horizon]] of the [[present universe age]]. If [[the Gods]] [[designed]] merely to take you on one long and [[eternal]] [[joy]] excursion, they certainly would not so largely turn the whole [[universe]] into one vast and intricate [[practical]] [[training]] school, requisition a substantial part of the [[celestial]] [[creation]] as [[teachers]] and instructors, and then spend [[ages]] upon ages [[piloting]] you, one by one, through this gigantic [[universe]] school of [[experiential]] [[training]]. The furtherance of the [[scheme]] of [[mortal]] [[progression]] seems to be one of the chief [[businesses]] of the present [[organized]] [[universe]], and the [[majority]] of innumerable [[orders]] of [[created]] [[intelligences]] are either directly or indirectly engaged in advancing some [[phase]] of this [[progressive]] [[perfection]] [[plan]].

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48:8.4 In traversing the ascending scale of living existence from mortal man to the Deity embrace, you actually live the very life of every possible phase and stage of perfected creature existence within the limits of the present universe age. From mortal man to Paradise finaliter embraces all that now can ~~be—encompasses~~ everything presently possible to the living orders of intelligent, perfected finite creature beings. If the future destiny of the Paradise finaliters is service in new universes now in the making, it is assured that in this new and future creation there will be no created orders of experiential beings whose lives will be wholly different from those which mortal finaliters have lived on some world as a part of their ascending training, as one of the stages of their agelong progress from animal to angel and from angel to spirit and from spirit to God.

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48:8.4 In traversing the [[ascending]] [[scale]] of living [[existence]] from [[mortal]] man to the [[Deity]] [[embrace]], you [[actually]] live the very life of every possible [[phase]] and [[stage]] of [[perfected]] [[creature]] [[existence]] within the [[limits]] of the [[present universe age]]. From [[mortal]] [[man]] to [[Paradise]] [[finaliter]] [[embraces]] all that now can be—[[encompasses]] [[everything]] presently [[possible]] to the living [[orders]] of [[intelligent]], [[perfected]] [[finite]] [[creature]] [[beings]]. If the [[future]] [[destiny]] of the [[Paradise]] [[finaliters]] is [[service]] in new [[universes]] now in the making, it is [[assured]] that in this new and [[future]] [[creation]] there will be no created orders of [[experiential]] [[beings]] whose lives will be wholly [[different]] from those which [[mortal]] [[finaliters]] have lived on some world as a part of their [[ascending]] [[training]], as one of the [[stages]] of their agelong [[progress]] from [[animal]] to [[angel]] and from [[angel]] to [[spirit]] and from [[spirit]] to [[God]].

48:8.5 Presented by an [[Archangel]] of [[Nebadon]].

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