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160:5.8 I am not only [[intrigued]] by the consummate [[ideals]] of this [[religion]] of your [[the Master|Master]], but I am mightily moved to profess my [[belief]] in his announcement that these [[ideals]] of spirit [[realities]] are attainable; that you and I can enter upon this long and [[eternal]] [[adventure]] with his [[assurance]] of the certainty of our [[ultimate]] arrival at the [[portals]] of [[Paradise]]. My brethren, I am a believer, I have embarked; I am on my way with you in this [[eternal]] venture. [[The Master]] says he came from [[the Father]], and that he will show us the way. I am fully persuaded he speaks the [[truth]]. I am finally convinced that there are no attainable [[ideals]] of [[reality]] or [[values]] of [[perfection]] apart from the [[eternal]] and [[Universal Father]].

160:5.8 I am not only [[intrigued]] by the consummate [[ideals]] of this [[religion]] of your [[the Master|Master]], but I am mightily moved to profess my [[belief]] in his announcement that these [[ideals]] of spirit [[realities]] are attainable; that you and I can enter upon this long and [[eternal]] [[adventure]] with his [[assurance]] of the certainty of our [[ultimate]] arrival at the [[portals]] of [[Paradise]]. My brethren, I am a believer, I have embarked; I am on my way with you in this [[eternal]] venture. [[The Master]] says he came from [[the Father]], and that he will show us the way. I am fully persuaded he speaks the [[truth]]. I am finally convinced that there are no attainable [[ideals]] of [[reality]] or [[values]] of [[perfection]] apart from the [[eternal]] and [[Universal Father]].

160:5.9 I come, then, to [[worship]], not merely the [[God]] of [[existences]], but the God of the [[possibility]] of all [[future]] [[existences]]. Therefore must your [[devotion]] to a [[supreme]] [[ideal]], if that ideal is real, be [[devotion]] to this [[God]] of [[past]], [[present]], and [[future]] universes of [[things]] and [[beings]]. And there is no other [[God]], for there cannot possibly be any other God. All other gods are figments of the [[imagination]], [[illusions]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110#110:1._INDWELLING_THE_MORTAL_MIND mortal mind], distortions of [[false]] [[logic]], and the self-[[deceptive]] [[idols]] of those who create them. Yes, you can have a [[religion]] without this [[God]], but it does not mean anything. And if you seek to substitute the [[word]] [[God]] for the [[reality]] of this [[ideal]] of the living God, you have only deluded yourself by putting an [[idea]] in the place of an [[ideal]], a [[divine]] [[reality]]. Such [[beliefs]] are merely religions of [[wish]]ful fancy.

160:5.9 I come, then, to [[worship]], not merely the [[God]] of [[existences]], but the God of the [[possibility]] of all [[future]] [[existences]]. Therefore must your [[devotion]] to a [[supreme]] [[ideal]], if that ideal is real, be [[devotion]] to this [[God]] of [[past]], [[present]], and [[future]] universes of [[things]] and [[beings]]. And there is no other [[God]], for there cannot possibly be any other God. All other gods are figments of the [[imagination]], [[illusions]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110#110:1._INDWELLING_THE_MORTAL_MIND mortal mind], distortions of [[false]] [[logic]], and the self-[[deceptive]] [[idols]] of those who create them. Yes, you can have a [[religion]] without this [[God]], but it does not mean anything. And if you seek to substitute the [[word]] [[God]] for the [[reality]] of this [[ideal]] of the living God, you have only deluded yourself by putting an [[idea]] in the place of an [[ideal]], a [[divine]] [[reality]]. Such [[beliefs]] are merely religions of [[wish]]ful fancy.

160:5.10 I see in the teachings of [[Jesus]], [[religion]] at its best. This [[gospel]] enables us to seek for the true [[God]] and to find him. But are we willing to pay the price of this entrance into [[the kingdom]] of heaven? Are we willing to be born again? to be remade? Are we willing to be subject to this terrible and testing [[process]] of self-destruction and [[soul]] reconstruction? Has not [[the Master]] said: " Whoso would save his life must lose it. Think not that I have come to bring peace but rather a soul struggle "?[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_9] True, after we pay the price of [[dedication]] to [[the Father]]'s will, we do [[experience]] great [[peace]] provided we continue to walk in these spiritual paths of [[consecrated]] living.

160:5.10 I see in the teachings of [[Jesus]], [[religion]] at its best. This [[gospel]] enables us to seek for the true [[God]] and to find him. But are we willing to pay the price of this entrance into [[the kingdom]] of heaven? Are we willing to be born again? to be remade? Are we willing to be subject to this terrible and testing [[process]] of self-destruction and [[soul]] reconstruction? Has not [[the Master]] said: " Whoso would save his life must lose it. Think not that I have come to bring peace but rather a soul struggle "?[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_9] True, after we pay the price of [[dedication]] to [[the Father]]'s will, we do [[experience]] great [[peace]] provided we continue to walk in these spiritual paths of [[consecrated]] living.

160:5.11 Now are we truly forsaking the lures of the known order of [[existence]] while we unreservedly [[dedicate]] our [[quest]] to the lures of the [[unknown]] and unexplored order of the [[existence]] of a [[future]] life of [[adventure]] in the spirit worlds of the higher [[idealism]] of [[divine]] [[reality]]. And we seek for those [[symbols]] of [[meaning]] wherewith to convey to our fellow men these [[concepts]] of the [[reality]] of the idealism of the [[religion]] of [[Jesus]], and we will not cease to pray for that day when all [[mankind]] shall be thrilled by the communal [[vision]] of this [[supreme]] [[truth]]. Just now, our focalized [[concept]] of [[the Father]], as held in our [[hearts]], is that God is spirit; as conveyed to our fellows, that [[God]] is [[love]].

160:5.11 Now are we truly forsaking the lures of the known order of [[existence]] while we unreservedly [[dedicate]] our [[quest]] to the lures of the [[unknown]] and unexplored order of the [[existence]] of a [[future]] life of [[adventure]] in the spirit worlds of the higher [[idealism]] of [[divine]] [[reality]]. And we seek for those [[symbols]] of [[meaning]] wherewith to convey to our fellow men these [[concepts]] of the [[reality]] of the idealism of the [[religion]] of [[Jesus]], and we will not cease to pray for that day when all [[mankind]] shall be thrilled by the communal [[vision]] of this [[supreme]] [[truth]]. Just now, our focalized [[concept]] of [[the Father]], as held in our [[hearts]], is that God is spirit; as conveyed to our fellows, that [[God]] is [[love]].

160:5.14 And thus ended the [[dissertation]]s of the [[Greek]] philosopher, one of the greatest of his [[race]], who had become a believer in the [[gospel]] of [[Jesus]].

160:5.14 And thus ended the [[dissertation]]s of the [[Greek]] philosopher, one of the greatest of his [[race]], who had become a believer in the [[gospel]] of [[Jesus]].

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[[Category:Paper 160 - Rodan of Alexandria]]

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[[Category: Spirituality]]

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