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The [[universe]] [[fact]] of [[God]]'s becoming [[man]] has forever [[changed]] all [[meanings]] and altered all [[values]] of human [[personality]]. In the true [[meaning]] of the [[word]], [[love]] connotes mutual regard of whole [[personalities]], whether [[human]] or [[divine]] or human and divine. [[Parts]] of the self may [[function]] in numerous ways—[[thinking]], [[feeling]], wishing—but only the [[co-ordinated]] [[attributes]] of the whole [[personality]] are [[focused]] in [[intelligent]] [[action]]; and all of these [[powers]] are [[associated]] with the [[spiritual]] endowment of the [[mortal]] [[mind]] when a [[human being]] [[sincerely]] and unselfishly [[loves]] another [[being]], human or divine.

The [[universe]] [[fact]] of [[God]]'s becoming [[man]] has forever [[changed]] all [[meanings]] and altered all [[values]] of human [[personality]]. In the true [[meaning]] of the [[word]], [[love]] connotes mutual regard of whole [[personalities]], whether [[human]] or [[divine]] or human and divine. [[Parts]] of the self may [[function]] in numerous ways—[[thinking]], [[feeling]], wishing—but only the [[co-ordinated]] [[attributes]] of the whole [[personality]] are [[focused]] in [[intelligent]] [[action]]; and all of these [[powers]] are [[associated]] with the [[spiritual]] endowment of the [[mortal]] [[mind]] when a [[human being]] [[sincerely]] and unselfishly [[loves]] another [[being]], human or divine.

 

All [[mortal]] [[concepts]] of [[reality]] are based on the [[assumption]] of the [[actuality]] of human [[personality]]; all [[concepts]] of superhuman [[realities]] are based on the [[experience]] of the human [[personality]] with and in the [[cosmic]] realities of certain [[associated]] [[spiritual]] [[entities]] and [[divine]] [[personalities]]. <u>Everything nonspiritual in human [[experience]], excepting [[personality]], is a means to an end. Every true [[relationship]] of mortal man with other [[persons]]—human or divine—is an end in itself.</u> And such [[fellowship]] with the [[personality]] of [[Deity]] is the [[eternal]] goal of [[Ascension career|universe ascension]].

All [[mortal]] [[concepts]] of [[reality]] are based on the [[assumption]] of the [[actuality]] of human [[personality]]; all [[concepts]] of superhuman [[realities]] are based on the [[experience]] of the human [[personality]] with and in the [[cosmic]] realities of certain [[associated]] [[spiritual]] [[entities]] and [[divine]] [[personalities]]. ''[[Everything]] nonspiritual in human [[experience]], excepting [[personality]], is a means to an end. Every true [[relationship]] of mortal man with other [[persons]]—human or divine—is an end in itself.'' And such [[fellowship]] with the [[personality]] of [[Deity]] is the [[eternal]] goal of [[Ascension career|universe ascension]].

The [[possession]] of [[personality]] identifies man as a [[spiritual]] [[being]] since the [[unity]] of selfhood and the [[self-consciousness]] of personality are [[endowments]] of the [[Superconsciousness|supermaterial world]]. The very [[fact]] that a mortal [[materialist]] can deny the existence of supermaterial realities in and of itself [[demonstrates]] the [[presence]], and indicates the working, of [[spirit]] [[synthesis]] and [[cosmic consciousness]] in his [[human]] [[mind]].

The [[possession]] of [[personality]] identifies man as a [[spiritual]] [[being]] since the [[unity]] of selfhood and the [[self-consciousness]] of personality are [[endowments]] of the [[Superconsciousness|supermaterial world]]. The very [[fact]] that a mortal [[materialist]] can deny the existence of supermaterial realities in and of itself [[demonstrates]] the [[presence]], and indicates the working, of [[spirit]] [[synthesis]] and [[cosmic consciousness]] in his [[human]] [[mind]].

An [[ascending]] onetime [[human]] [[personality]] passes through two great [[phases]] of increasing [[volitional]] dominance over the self and in the universe:

An [[ascending]] onetime [[human]] [[personality]] passes through two great [[phases]] of increasing [[volitional]] dominance over the self and in the universe:

* 1. The [[Corps of the Finality|prefinaliter]] or [[God]]-seeking [[experience]] of augmenting the [[self-realization]] through a [[technique]] of [[identity]] expansion and [[actualization]] together with cosmic [[problem]] solving and consequent universe mastery.

* 1. The [[Ascension Career|prefinaliter]] or [[God]]-seeking [[experience]] of augmenting the [[self-realization]] through a [[technique]] of [[identity]] expansion and [[actualization]] together with cosmic [[problem]] solving and consequent universe mastery.

* 2. The [[Corps of the Finality|postfinaliter]] or [[God]]-revealing experience of the [[creative]] [[expansion]] of [[self-realization]] through revealing the [[Supreme Being]] of [[experience]] to the God-seeking [[intelligences]] who have not yet [[attained]] the [[divine]] levels of Godlikeness.  

* 2. The [[Corps of the Finality|postfinaliter]] or [[God]]-revealing experience of the [[creative]] [[expansion]] of [[self-realization]] through revealing the [[Supreme Being]] of [[experience]] to the God-seeking [[intelligences]] who have not yet [[attained]] the [[divine]] levels of Godlikeness.  

[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20#20:1._THE_DESCENDING_SONS_OF_GOD Descending personalities] attain [[analogous]] [[experiences]] through their various [[universe]] [[adventures]] as they seek for enlarged [[capacity]] for ascertaining and [[executing]] the [[divine]] [[wills]] of [[the Supreme]], [[Ultimate]], and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_0_-_The_Foreword#III._THE_FIRST_SOURCE_AND_CENTER Absolute Deities].

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20#20:1._THE_DESCENDING_SONS_OF_GOD Descending personalities] attain [[analogous]] [[experiences]] through their various [[universe]] [[adventures]] as they seek for enlarged [[capacity]] for ascertaining and [[executing]] the [[divine]] [[wills]] of [[the Supreme]], [[Ultimate]], and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_0_-_The_Foreword#III._THE_FIRST_SOURCE_AND_CENTER Absolute Deities].

The [[material]] self, the [[ego]]-[[entity]] of human [[identity]], is dependent during the [[physical]] life on the continuing [[function]] of the [[Body|material life vehicle]], on the continued [[existence]] of the unbalanced [[equilibrium]] of energies and [[intellect]] which, on [[Urantia]], has been given the name life. But selfhood of [[survival]] [[value]], selfhood that can [[transcend]] the experience of [[death]], is only evolved by establishing a [[potential]] transfer of the seat of the [[identity]] of the evolving [[personality]] from the transient life vehicle—the [[material]] [[body]]—to the more enduring and [[immortal]] [[nature]] of the [[morontia]] [[soul]] and on beyond to those levels whereon the [[soul]] becomes infused with, and [[eventually]] [[attains]] the [[status]] of, [[spirit]] [[reality]]. This actual transfer from [[material]] [[association]] to [[morontia]] identification is effected by the [[sincerity]], [[persistence]], and [[steadfastness]] of the [[God]]-seeking [[decisions]] of the [[human]] [[creature]].  

The [[material]] self, the [[ego]]-[[entity]] of human [[identity]], is dependent during the [[physical]] life on the continuing [[function]] of the [[Body|material life vehicle]], on the continued [[existence]] of the unbalanced [[equilibrium]] of energies and [[intellect]] which, on [[Urantia]], has been given the name life. But selfhood of [[survival]] [[value]], selfhood that can [[transcend]] the experience of [[death]], is only evolved by establishing a [[potential]] transfer of the seat of the [[identity]] of the evolving [[personality]] from the transient life vehicle—the [[material]] [[body]]—to the more enduring and [[immortal]] [[nature]] of the [[morontia]] [[soul]] and on beyond to those levels whereon the [[soul]] becomes infused with, and [[eventually]] [[attains]] the [[status]] of, [[spirit]] [[reality]]. This actual transfer from [[material]] [[association]] to [[morontia]] identification is effected by the [[sincerity]], [[persistence]], and [[steadfastness]] of the [[God]]-seeking [[decisions]] of the [[human]] [[creature]].