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==PAPER 11: THE ETERNAL ISLE OF PARADISE==     

==PAPER 11: THE ETERNAL ISLE OF PARADISE==     

11:0.1 Paradise is the [[eternal]] [[center]] of the [[universe of universes]] and the abiding place of the [[Universal Father]], the [[Eternal Son]], the [[Infinite Spirit]], and their divine [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_16 co-ordinates] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17 associates][http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_18][http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_19]. This central Isle is the most gigantic organized [[body]] of [[cosmic]] [[reality]] in all the [[master universe]]. Paradise is a [[material]] [[sphere]] as well as a spiritual abode. All of the [[intelligent]] [[creation]] of the Universal Father is domiciled on material abodes; hence must the absolute controlling center also be material, [[literal]]. And again it should be reiterated that [[spirit]] [[things]] and spiritual [[beings]] are real.

11:0.1 Paradise is the [[eternal]] [[center]] of the [[universe of universes]] and the abiding place of the [[Universal Father]], the [[Eternal Son]], the [[Infinite Spirit]], and their divine [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_16 co-ordinates] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17 associates][https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_18][https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_19]. This central Isle is the most gigantic organized [[body]] of [[cosmic]] [[reality]] in all the [[master universe]]. Paradise is a [[material]] [[sphere]] as well as a spiritual abode. All of the [[intelligent]] [[creation]] of the Universal Father is domiciled on material abodes; hence must the absolute controlling center also be material, [[literal]]. And again it should be reiterated that [[spirit]] [[things]] and spiritual [[beings]] are real.

11:0.2 The material [[beauty]] of Paradise consists in the [[magnificence]] of its physical [[perfection]]; the grandeur of the Isle of God is exhibited in the superb [[intellectual]] accomplishments and [[mind]] [[development]] of its inhabitants; the [[glory]] of the central Isle is [[Manifestation|shown forth]] in the infinite endowment of divine spirit [[personality]]—the light of life. But the depths of the spiritual beauty and the [[wonders]] of this magnificent ensemble are utterly beyond the [[comprehension]] of the finite mind of material creatures. The glory and spiritual splendor of the divine abode are impossible of [[mortal]] [[comprehension]]. And Paradise is from eternity; there are neither [[records]] nor [[traditions]] respecting the [[origin]] of this nuclear Isle of [[Light and Life]].

11:0.2 The material [[beauty]] of Paradise consists in the [[magnificence]] of its physical [[perfection]]; the grandeur of the Isle of God is exhibited in the superb [[intellectual]] accomplishments and [[mind]] [[development]] of its inhabitants; the [[glory]] of the central Isle is [[Manifestation|shown forth]] in the infinite endowment of divine spirit [[personality]]—the light of life. But the depths of the spiritual beauty and the [[wonders]] of this magnificent ensemble are utterly beyond the [[comprehension]] of the finite mind of material creatures. The glory and spiritual splendor of the divine abode are impossible of [[mortal]] [[comprehension]]. And Paradise is from eternity; there are neither [[records]] nor [[traditions]] respecting the [[origin]] of this nuclear Isle of [[Light and Life]].

==11:1. THE DIVINE RESIDENCE==   

==11:1. THE DIVINE RESIDENCE==   

11:1.1 Paradise serves many [[purposes]] in the [[administration]] of the [[universal]] realms, but to [[creature]] [[beings]] it exists primarily as the dwelling place of [[Deity]]. The [[personal]] [[presence]] of the [[Universal Father]] is resident at the very [[center]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:3._UPPER_PARADISE upper surface] of this well-nigh circular, but not spherical, abode of the Deities. This Paradise presence of the Universal Father is immediately surrounded by the personal presence of the [[Eternal Son]], while they are both invested by the unspeakable [[glory]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]].

11:1.1 Paradise serves many [[purposes]] in the [[administration]] of the [[universal]] realms, but to [[creature]] [[beings]] it exists primarily as the dwelling place of [[Deity]]. The [[personal]] [[presence]] of the [[Universal Father]] is resident at the very [[center]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:3._UPPER_PARADISE upper surface] of this well-nigh circular, but not spherical, abode of the Deities. This Paradise presence of the Universal Father is immediately surrounded by the personal presence of the [[Eternal Son]], while they are both invested by the unspeakable [[glory]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]].

11:1.2 [[God]] dwells, has dwelt, and everlastingly will dwell in this same central and eternal abode. We have always found him there and always will. The Universal Father is cosmically [[Focus|focalized]], spiritually personalized, and geographically resident at this [[center]] of the [[universe of universes]].

11:1.2 [[God]] dwells, has dwelt, and everlastingly will dwell in this same central and eternal abode. We have always found him there and always will. The Universal Father is cosmically [[Focus|focalized]], spiritually personalized, and geographically resident at this [[center]] of the [[universe of universes]].

11:1.3 We all know the direct course to pursue to find the Universal Father. You are not able to [[comprehend]] much about the divine [[Home|residence]] because of its remoteness from you and the immensity of the intervening [[space]], but those who are able to comprehend the [[meaning]] of these enormous distances know God's location and residence just as certainly and literally as you know the location of [[New York City|New York]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London London], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome Rome], or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore Singapore], cities definitely and geographically located on [[Urantia]]. If you were an intelligent [[navigator]], equipped with ship, maps, and [[compass]], you could readily find these cities. Likewise, if you had the [[time]] and means of passage, were spiritually qualified, and had the necessary [[guidance]], you could be piloted through [[Ascension Career|universe upon universe]] and from [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_34#34:4._THE_LOCAL_UNIVERSE_CIRCUITS circuit] to [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_7#7:1._THE_SPIRIT-GRAVITY_CIRCUIT circuit], ever [[journeying]] inward through the starry realms, until at last you would stand before the central shining of the spiritual [[glory]] of the Universal Father. Provided with all the [[necessities]] for the journey, it is just as possible to find the [[personal]] [[presence]] of [[God]] at the [[center]] of [[all things]] as to find distant cities on your own [[planet]]. That you have not visited these places in no way disproves their [[reality]] or actual [[existence]]. That so few of the universe creatures have found God on Paradise in no way disproves either the reality of his existence or the [[actuality]] of his spiritual person at the center of all things.

11:1.3 We all know the direct course to pursue to find the Universal Father. You are not able to [[comprehend]] much about the divine [[Home|residence]] because of its remoteness from you and the immensity of the intervening [[space]], but those who are able to comprehend the [[meaning]] of these enormous distances know God's location and residence just as certainly and literally as you know the location of [[New York City|New York]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London London], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome Rome], or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore Singapore], cities definitely and geographically located on [[Urantia]]. If you were an intelligent [[navigator]], equipped with ship, maps, and [[compass]], you could readily find these cities. Likewise, if you had the [[time]] and means of passage, were spiritually qualified, and had the necessary [[guidance]], you could be piloted through [[Ascension Career|universe upon universe]] and from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_34#34:4._THE_LOCAL_UNIVERSE_CIRCUITS circuit] to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_7#7:1._THE_SPIRIT-GRAVITY_CIRCUIT circuit], ever [[journeying]] inward through the starry realms, until at last you would stand before the central shining of the spiritual [[glory]] of the Universal Father. Provided with all the [[necessities]] for the journey, it is just as possible to find the [[personal]] [[presence]] of [[God]] at the [[center]] of [[all things]] as to find distant cities on your own [[planet]]. That you have not visited these places in no way disproves their [[reality]] or actual [[existence]]. That so few of the universe creatures have found God on Paradise in no way disproves either the reality of his existence or the [[actuality]] of his spiritual person at the center of all things.

11:1.4 The [[Father]] is always to be found at this central location. Did he move, [[universal]] [[pandemonium]] would be precipitated, for there converge in him at this residential [[center]] the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_12#12:3._UNIVERSAL_GRAVITY universal lines of gravity] from the ends of [[creation]]. Whether we trace the [[personality]] [[circuit]] back through the universes or follow the ascending personalities as they journey inward to the Father; whether we trace the lines of material gravity to nether Paradise or follow the insurging [[cycles]] of cosmic [[force]]; whether we trace the lines of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_7#7:1._THE_SPIRIT-GRAVITY_CIRCUIT spiritual gravity] to the [[Eternal Son]] or follow the inward processional of the [[Paradise Sons of God]]; whether we trace out the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_9#9:6._THE_MIND-GRAVITY_CIRCUIT mind circuits] or follow the trillions upon trillions of [[celestial]] [[beings]] who spring from the [[Infinite Spirit]]—by any of these [[observations]] or by all of them we are led directly back to [[the Father]]'s presence, to his central abode. Here is God personally, [[literally]], and actually present. And from his infinite being there [[flow]] the flood-streams of life, [[energy]], and [[personality]] to [[Master Universe|all universes]].

11:1.4 The [[Father]] is always to be found at this central location. Did he move, [[universal]] [[pandemonium]] would be precipitated, for there converge in him at this residential [[center]] the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_12#12:3._UNIVERSAL_GRAVITY universal lines of gravity] from the ends of [[creation]]. Whether we trace the [[personality]] [[circuit]] back through the universes or follow the ascending personalities as they journey inward to the Father; whether we trace the lines of material gravity to nether Paradise or follow the insurging [[cycles]] of cosmic [[force]]; whether we trace the lines of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_7#7:1._THE_SPIRIT-GRAVITY_CIRCUIT spiritual gravity] to the [[Eternal Son]] or follow the inward processional of the [[Paradise Sons of God]]; whether we trace out the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_9#9:6._THE_MIND-GRAVITY_CIRCUIT mind circuits] or follow the trillions upon trillions of [[celestial]] [[beings]] who spring from the [[Infinite Spirit]]—by any of these [[observations]] or by all of them we are led directly back to [[the Father]]'s presence, to his central abode. Here is God personally, [[literally]], and actually present. And from his infinite being there [[flow]] the flood-streams of life, [[energy]], and [[personality]] to [[Master Universe|all universes]].

==11:2. NATURE OF THE ETERNAL ISLE==   

==11:2. NATURE OF THE ETERNAL ISLE==   

11:2.1 Since you are beginning to glimpse the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=File:Nationalgeoskysurvey.jpg enormity of the material universe] [[discernible]] even from your astronomical location, your space position in the starry systems, it should become evident to you that such a tremendous material universe must have an adequate and worthy [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/capital capital][http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/capitol], a headquarters commensurate with the [[dignity]] and infinitude of the [[universal]] [[Sovereign|Ruler]] of all this vast and far-flung [[creation]] of [[material]] realms and living [[beings]].

11:2.1 Since you are beginning to glimpse the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=File:Nationalgeoskysurvey.jpg enormity of the material universe] [[discernible]] even from your astronomical location, your space position in the starry systems, it should become evident to you that such a tremendous material universe must have an adequate and worthy [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/capital capital][http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/capitol], a headquarters commensurate with the [[dignity]] and infinitude of the [[universal]] [[Sovereign|Ruler]] of all this vast and far-flung [[creation]] of [[material]] realms and living [[beings]].

11:2.2 In form Paradise differs from the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 inhabited space bodies]: it is not [[spherical]]. It is definitely [[ellipsoid]], being one-sixth longer in the north-south diameter than in the east-west diameter. The central Isle is essentially flat, and the distance from the upper surface to the nether surface is one tenth that of the east-west diameter.

11:2.2 In form Paradise differs from the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 inhabited space bodies]: it is not [[spherical]]. It is definitely [[ellipsoid]], being one-sixth longer in the north-south diameter than in the east-west diameter. The central Isle is essentially flat, and the distance from the upper surface to the nether surface is one tenth that of the east-west diameter.

11:2.3 These [[differences]] in [[dimensions]], taken in connection with its stationary status and the greater out-pressure of [[force]]-[[energy]] at the north end of the Isle, make it possible to establish [[absolute]] [[Guidance|direction]] in the [[master universe]].

11:2.3 These [[differences]] in [[dimensions]], taken in connection with its stationary status and the greater out-pressure of [[force]]-[[energy]] at the north end of the Isle, make it possible to establish [[absolute]] [[Guidance|direction]] in the [[master universe]].

11:2.5 We speak of that [[surface]] of Paradise which is occupied with [[personality]] activities as the upper side, and the opposite surface as the nether side. The [[periphery]] of Paradise provides for [[activities]] that are not strictly personal or nonpersonal. The [[Trinity]] seems to dominate the personal or upper plane, the [[Unqualified Absolute]] the nether or impersonal plane. We hardly conceive of the Unqualified Absolute as a [[person]], but we do [[think]] of the functional [[space]] [[presence]] of this Absolute as [[Focus|focalized]] on nether Paradise.

11:2.5 We speak of that [[surface]] of Paradise which is occupied with [[personality]] activities as the upper side, and the opposite surface as the nether side. The [[periphery]] of Paradise provides for [[activities]] that are not strictly personal or nonpersonal. The [[Trinity]] seems to dominate the personal or upper plane, the [[Unqualified Absolute]] the nether or impersonal plane. We hardly conceive of the Unqualified Absolute as a [[person]], but we do [[think]] of the functional [[space]] [[presence]] of this Absolute as [[Focus|focalized]] on nether Paradise.

11:2.6 The eternal Isle is composed of a single form of [[Material|materialization]]—stationary systems of [[reality]]. This [[literal]] substance of Paradise is a homogeneous organization of [[space]] [[Potential|potency]] not to be found elsewhere in all the wide [[universe of universes]]. It has received many [[names]] in different universes, and the [[Melchizedeks]] of [[Nebadon]] long since named it [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_104_-_Growth_of_the_Trinity_Concept#104:4._THE_SEVEN_TRIUNITIES absolutum (104:4.16)]. This Paradise [[source]] material is neither dead nor alive; it is the [[original]] nonspiritual [[expression]] of the [[First Source and Center]]; it is Paradise, and Paradise is [[Unique|without duplicate]].

11:2.6 The eternal Isle is composed of a single form of [[Material|materialization]]—stationary systems of [[reality]]. This [[literal]] substance of Paradise is a homogeneous organization of [[space]] [[Potential|potency]] not to be found elsewhere in all the wide [[universe of universes]]. It has received many [[names]] in different universes, and the [[Melchizedeks]] of [[Nebadon]] long since named it [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_104_-_Growth_of_the_Trinity_Concept#104:4._THE_SEVEN_TRIUNITIES absolutum (104:4.16)]. This Paradise [[source]] material is neither dead nor alive; it is the [[original]] nonspiritual [[expression]] of the [[First Source and Center]]; it is Paradise, and Paradise is [[Unique|without duplicate]].

11:2.7 It appears to us that the First Source and Center has concentrated all [[absolute]] [[potential]] for [[cosmic]] [[reality]] in Paradise as a part of his [[technique]] of self-[[liberation]] from [[infinity]] [[limitations]], as a means of making possible subinfinite, even [[time-space]], [[creation]]. But it does not follow that Paradise is time-space limited just because the [[universe of universes]] discloses these qualities. Paradise exists without [[time]] and has no location in [[space]].

11:2.7 It appears to us that the First Source and Center has concentrated all [[absolute]] [[potential]] for [[cosmic]] [[reality]] in Paradise as a part of his [[technique]] of self-[[liberation]] from [[infinity]] [[limitations]], as a means of making possible subinfinite, even [[time-space]], [[creation]]. But it does not follow that Paradise is time-space limited just because the [[universe of universes]] discloses these qualities. Paradise exists without [[time]] and has no location in [[space]].

==11:3. UPPER PARADISE==

==11:3. UPPER PARADISE==

11:3.1 On upper Paradise there are three grand [[spheres]] of [[activity]], the [[Deity]] [[presence]], the Most Holy Sphere, and the Holy Area. The vast region [[immediately]] surrounding the presence of the Deities is set aside as the Most Holy Sphere and is reserved for the [[functions]] of [[worship]], [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_22#22:7._TECHNIQUE_OF_TRINITIZATION trinitization], and high spiritual [[attainment]]. There are no [[material]] [[structures]] nor [[pure]]ly [[intellectual]] [[creations]] in this zone; they could not exist there. It is useless for me to undertake to portray to the human mind the [[divine]] [[nature]] and the [[Beauty|beauteous]] grandeur of the Most Holy Sphere of Paradise. This realm is wholly spiritual, and you are almost wholly material. A purely spiritual [[reality]] is, to a purely material being, apparently [[Absence|nonexistent]].

11:3.1 On upper Paradise there are three grand [[spheres]] of [[activity]], the [[Deity]] [[presence]], the Most Holy Sphere, and the Holy Area. The vast region [[immediately]] surrounding the presence of the Deities is set aside as the Most Holy Sphere and is reserved for the [[functions]] of [[worship]], [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_22#22:7._TECHNIQUE_OF_TRINITIZATION trinitization], and high spiritual [[attainment]]. There are no [[material]] [[structures]] nor [[pure]]ly [[intellectual]] [[creations]] in this zone; they could not exist there. It is useless for me to undertake to portray to the human mind the [[divine]] [[nature]] and the [[Beauty|beauteous]] grandeur of the Most Holy Sphere of Paradise. This realm is wholly spiritual, and you are almost wholly material. A purely spiritual [[reality]] is, to a purely material being, apparently [[Absence|nonexistent]].

11:3.2 While there are no physical [[materializations]] in the area of the Most Holy, there are abundant [[Artifacts|souvenirs]] of your material days in the Holy Land sectors and still more in the reminiscent [[History|historic]] areas of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:4._PERIPHERAL_PARADISE peripheral Paradise].

11:3.2 While there are no physical [[materializations]] in the area of the Most Holy, there are abundant [[Artifacts|souvenirs]] of your material days in the Holy Land sectors and still more in the reminiscent [[History|historic]] areas of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:4._PERIPHERAL_PARADISE peripheral Paradise].

11:3.3 The Holy Area, the outlying or residential region, is divided into seven concentric zones. Paradise is sometimes called "[[the Father]]'s House" since it is his [[eternal]] [[Home|residence]], and these seven zones are often designated "the Father's Paradise mansions." The inner or first zone is occupied by [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_19#19:7._PARADISE_CITIZENS Paradise Citizens] and the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_14#14:4._CREATURES_OF_THE_CENTRAL_UNIVERSE natives of Havona] who may [[chance]] to be dwelling on Paradise. The next or second zone is the residential area of the natives of [[the seven superuniverses]] of [[time and space]]. This second zone is in part subdivided into seven immense divisions, the Paradise [[home]] of the [[spirit]] [[beings]] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40 ascendant creatures] who hail from the [[Multiverse|universes]] of [[evolution]]ary [[progress]]ion. Each of these sectors is exclusively dedicated to the welfare and advancement of the [[personalities]] of a single [[superuniverse]], but these facilities are almost infinitely beyond the requirements of the present seven superuniverses.

11:3.3 The Holy Area, the outlying or residential region, is divided into seven concentric zones. Paradise is sometimes called "[[the Father]]'s House" since it is his [[eternal]] [[Home|residence]], and these seven zones are often designated "the Father's Paradise mansions." The inner or first zone is occupied by [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_19#19:7._PARADISE_CITIZENS Paradise Citizens] and the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_14#14:4._CREATURES_OF_THE_CENTRAL_UNIVERSE natives of Havona] who may [[chance]] to be dwelling on Paradise. The next or second zone is the residential area of the natives of [[the seven superuniverses]] of [[time and space]]. This second zone is in part subdivided into seven immense divisions, the Paradise [[home]] of the [[spirit]] [[beings]] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40 ascendant creatures] who hail from the [[Multiverse|universes]] of [[evolution]]ary [[progress]]ion. Each of these sectors is exclusively dedicated to the welfare and advancement of the [[personalities]] of a single [[superuniverse]], but these facilities are almost infinitely beyond the requirements of the present seven superuniverses.

11:3.4 Each of the seven sectors of Paradise is subdivided into residential units suitable for the lodgment headquarters of one billion [[glorified]] [[individual]] working [[groups]]. One thousand of these units constitute a division. One hundred thousand divisions equal one congregation. Ten million congregations constitute an assembly. One billion assemblies make one grand unit. And this ascending series continues through the second grand unit, the third, and so on to the seventh grand unit. And seven of the grand units make up the master units, and seven of the master units constitute a superior unit; and thus by sevens the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logarithm ascending series] expands through the superior, supersuperior, celestial, supercelestial, to the supreme units. But even this does not utilize all the space available. This staggering number of residential designations on Paradise, a number beyond your [[concept]], occupies considerably less than one per cent of the assigned area of the Holy Land. There is still plenty of room for those who are on their way inward, even for those who shall not start the [[Ascension Career|Paradise climb]] until the times of the [[eternal]] [[future]].

11:3.4 Each of the seven sectors of Paradise is subdivided into residential units suitable for the lodgment headquarters of one billion [[glorified]] [[individual]] working [[groups]]. One thousand of these units constitute a division. One hundred thousand divisions equal one congregation. Ten million congregations constitute an assembly. One billion assemblies make one grand unit. And this ascending series continues through the second grand unit, the third, and so on to the seventh grand unit. And seven of the grand units make up the master units, and seven of the master units constitute a superior unit; and thus by sevens the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logarithm ascending series] expands through the superior, supersuperior, celestial, supercelestial, to the supreme units. But even this does not utilize all the space available. This staggering number of residential designations on Paradise, a number beyond your [[concept]], occupies considerably less than one per cent of the assigned area of the Holy Land. There is still plenty of room for those who are on their way inward, even for those who shall not start the [[Ascension Career|Paradise climb]] until the times of the [[eternal]] [[future]].

==11:4. PERIPHERAL PARADISE==   

==11:4. PERIPHERAL PARADISE==   

11:4.1 The central Isle ends abruptly at the [[periphery]], but its size is so enormous that this terminal [[angle]] is [[relatively]] indiscernible within any circumscribed area. The peripheral [[surface]] of Paradise is occupied, in part, by the landing and dispatching fields for various [[groups]] of [[spirit]] [[personalities]]. Since the nonpervaded-space[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:6._SPACE_RESPIRATION] zones nearly impinge upon the periphery, all personality transports destined to Paradise land in these regions. Neither upper nor nether Paradise is approachable by transport [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_26#26:1._THE_MINISTERING_SPIRITS supernaphim] or other types of space traversers.

11:4.1 The central Isle ends abruptly at the [[periphery]], but its size is so enormous that this terminal [[angle]] is [[relatively]] indiscernible within any circumscribed area. The peripheral [[surface]] of Paradise is occupied, in part, by the landing and dispatching fields for various [[groups]] of [[spirit]] [[personalities]]. Since the nonpervaded-space[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:6._SPACE_RESPIRATION] zones nearly impinge upon the periphery, all personality transports destined to Paradise land in these regions. Neither upper nor nether Paradise is approachable by transport [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_26#26:1._THE_MINISTERING_SPIRITS supernaphim] or other types of space traversers.

11:4.2 The [[Seven Master Spirits]] have their [[personal]] seats of [[power]] and [[authority]] on the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_13#13:4._THE_WORLDS_OF_THE_INFINITE_SPIRIT seven spheres of the Spirit], which circle about Paradise in the [[space]] between the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_13#13:3._THE_SACRED_WORLDS_OF_THE_ETERNAL_SON shining orbs of the Son] and the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_14#14:1._THE_PARADISE-HAVONA_SYSTEM inner circuit of the Havona worlds], but they maintain [[force]]-[[Focus|focal]] headquarters on the Paradise periphery. Here the slowly circulating [[presences]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:1._THE_SEVEN_SUPREME_POWER_DIRECTORS Seven Supreme Power Directors] indicate the location of the seven flash stations for certain Paradise [[energies]] going forth to [[the seven superuniverses]].

11:4.2 The [[Seven Master Spirits]] have their [[personal]] seats of [[power]] and [[authority]] on the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_13#13:4._THE_WORLDS_OF_THE_INFINITE_SPIRIT seven spheres of the Spirit], which circle about Paradise in the [[space]] between the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_13#13:3._THE_SACRED_WORLDS_OF_THE_ETERNAL_SON shining orbs of the Son] and the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_14#14:1._THE_PARADISE-HAVONA_SYSTEM inner circuit of the Havona worlds], but they maintain [[force]]-[[Focus|focal]] headquarters on the Paradise periphery. Here the slowly circulating [[presences]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:1._THE_SEVEN_SUPREME_POWER_DIRECTORS Seven Supreme Power Directors] indicate the location of the seven flash stations for certain Paradise [[energies]] going forth to [[the seven superuniverses]].

11:4.3 Here on peripheral Paradise are the enormous [[historic]] and [[prophetic]] exhibit areas assigned to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21 Creator Sons], dedicated to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_32 local universes] of [[time and space]]. There are just seven trillion of these historic reservations now set up or in reserve, but these arrangements all together occupy only about four per cent of that portion of the peripheral area thus assigned. We infer that these vast reserves belong to [[creations]] sometime to be situated [[Outer Space|beyond the borders]] of the present known and inhabited [[seven superuniverses]].

11:4.3 Here on peripheral Paradise are the enormous [[historic]] and [[prophetic]] exhibit areas assigned to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21 Creator Sons], dedicated to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_32 local universes] of [[time and space]]. There are just seven trillion of these historic reservations now set up or in reserve, but these arrangements all together occupy only about four per cent of that portion of the peripheral area thus assigned. We infer that these vast reserves belong to [[creations]] sometime to be situated [[Outer Space|beyond the borders]] of the present known and inhabited [[seven superuniverses]].

11:4.4 That portion of Paradise which has been designated for the use of the existing [[universes]] is occupied only from one to four per cent, while the area assigned to these activities is at least one million times that actually required for such [[purposes]]. Paradise is large enough to accommodate the activities of an almost [[infinite]] [[creation]].

11:4.4 That portion of Paradise which has been designated for the use of the existing [[universes]] is occupied only from one to four per cent, while the area assigned to these activities is at least one million times that actually required for such [[purposes]]. Paradise is large enough to accommodate the activities of an almost [[infinite]] [[creation]].

11:4.5 But a further attempt to [[visualize]] to you the [[glories]] of Paradise would be futile. You must wait, and [[ascend]] while you wait, for truly, "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither has it entered into the mind of mortal man, the things which the Universal Father has prepared for those who survive the life in the flesh on the worlds of time and space."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.64][http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_II]

11:4.5 But a further attempt to [[visualize]] to you the [[glories]] of Paradise would be futile. You must wait, and [[ascend]] while you wait, for truly, "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither has it entered into the mind of mortal man, the things which the Universal Father has prepared for those who survive the life in the flesh on the worlds of time and space."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.64][https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_II]

==11:5. NETHER PARADISE==

==11:5. NETHER PARADISE==

11:5.3 2. This Zone is immediately surrounded by an unnamed area.

11:5.3 2. This Zone is immediately surrounded by an unnamed area.

11:5.4 3. Occupying the outer margins of the under surface is a region having mainly to do with [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42_-_Energy_-_Mind_and_Matter#2._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28_PHYSICAL_ENERGIES.29 space potency and force-energy]. The activities of this vast [[elliptical]] [[force]] [[center]] are not identifiable with the known [[functions]] of any [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_104#104:4._THE_SEVEN_TRIUNITIES triunity], but the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42_-_Energy_-_Mind_and_Matter#2._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28_PHYSICAL_ENERGIES.29 primordial force-charge] of [[space]] appears to be [[Focus|focalized]] in this area. This [[center]] consists of three concentric [[elliptical]] zones: The innermost is the [[focal point]] of the force-energy activities of Paradise itself; the outermost may possibly be identified with the functions of the [[Unqualified Absolute]], but we are not certain concerning the space functions of the mid-zone.

11:5.4 3. Occupying the outer margins of the under surface is a region having mainly to do with [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42_-_Energy_-_Mind_and_Matter#2._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28_PHYSICAL_ENERGIES.29 space potency and force-energy]. The activities of this vast [[elliptical]] [[force]] [[center]] are not identifiable with the known [[functions]] of any [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_104#104:4._THE_SEVEN_TRIUNITIES triunity], but the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42_-_Energy_-_Mind_and_Matter#2._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28_PHYSICAL_ENERGIES.29 primordial force-charge] of [[space]] appears to be [[Focus|focalized]] in this area. This [[center]] consists of three concentric [[elliptical]] zones: The innermost is the [[focal point]] of the force-energy activities of Paradise itself; the outermost may possibly be identified with the functions of the [[Unqualified Absolute]], but we are not certain concerning the space functions of the mid-zone.

11:5.5 The inner zone of this force [[center]] seems to act as a gigantic [[heart]] whose pulsations direct currents to the outermost borders of [[Spacetime|physical space]]. It directs and modifies force-energies but hardly drives them. The [[reality]] pressure-[[presence]] of this primal force is definitely greater at the north end of the Paradise center than in the southern regions; this is a [[uniformly]] registered [[difference]]. The mother force of space seems to ''flow'' in at the south and out at the north through the operation of some unknown [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circulatory_system circulatory system] which is concerned with the [[diffusion]] of this basic form of force-energy. From time to time there are also noted [[differences]] in the east-west [[pressure]]s. The forces emanating from this zone are not [[responsive]] to [[observable]] [[physical]] [[gravity]] but are always [[obedient]] to [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:8._PARADISE_GRAVITY Paradise gravity].

11:5.5 The inner zone of this force [[center]] seems to act as a gigantic [[heart]] whose pulsations direct currents to the outermost borders of [[Spacetime|physical space]]. It directs and modifies force-energies but hardly drives them. The [[reality]] pressure-[[presence]] of this primal force is definitely greater at the north end of the Paradise center than in the southern regions; this is a [[uniformly]] registered [[difference]]. The mother force of space seems to ''flow'' in at the south and out at the north through the operation of some unknown [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circulatory_system circulatory system] which is concerned with the [[diffusion]] of this basic form of force-energy. From time to time there are also noted [[differences]] in the east-west [[pressure]]s. The forces emanating from this zone are not [[responsive]] to [[observable]] [[physical]] [[gravity]] but are always [[obedient]] to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:8._PARADISE_GRAVITY Paradise gravity].

11:5.6 The mid-zone of the force center [[immediately]] surrounds this area. This mid-zone appears to be [[static]] except that it expands and contracts through three [[cycles]] of [[activity]]. The least of these pulsations is in an east-west direction, the next in a north-south direction, while the greatest fluctuation is in every direction, a generalized [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_expansion_of_space expansion and contraction]. The [[function]] of this mid-area has never been really identified, but it must have something to do with [[reciprocal]] adjustment between the inner and the outer zones of the force center. It is believed by many that the mid-zone is the [[control]] [[mechanism]] of the midspace or quiet zones which separate the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_12_-_The_Universe_of_Universes#12:1._SPACE_LEVELS_OF_THE_MASTER_UNIVERSE successive space levels][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chord_progression] of the [[master universe]], but no [[evidence]] or [[revelation]] confirms this. This [[inference]] is derived from the [[knowledge]] that this mid-area is in some [[manner]] related to the functioning of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:6._SPACE_RESPIRATION nonpervaded-space] [[mechanism]] of the [[master universe]].

11:5.6 The mid-zone of the force center [[immediately]] surrounds this area. This mid-zone appears to be [[static]] except that it expands and contracts through three [[cycles]] of [[activity]]. The least of these pulsations is in an east-west direction, the next in a north-south direction, while the greatest fluctuation is in every direction, a generalized [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_expansion_of_space expansion and contraction]. The [[function]] of this mid-area has never been really identified, but it must have something to do with [[reciprocal]] adjustment between the inner and the outer zones of the force center. It is believed by many that the mid-zone is the [[control]] [[mechanism]] of the midspace or quiet zones which separate the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_12_-_The_Universe_of_Universes#12:1._SPACE_LEVELS_OF_THE_MASTER_UNIVERSE successive space levels][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chord_progression] of the [[master universe]], but no [[evidence]] or [[revelation]] confirms this. This [[inference]] is derived from the [[knowledge]] that this mid-area is in some [[manner]] related to the functioning of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:6._SPACE_RESPIRATION nonpervaded-space] [[mechanism]] of the [[master universe]].

11:5.7 The outer zone is the largest and most active of the three concentric and [[elliptical]] belts of unidentified [[space]] [[potential]]. This area is the site of unimagined activities, the central [[circuit]] point of [[Diffusion|emanations]] which proceed spaceward in every direction to the outermost borders of [[the seven superuniverses]] and on beyond to overspread the enormous and incomprehensible domains of all [[outer space]]. This [[space]] [[presence]] is entirely impersonal notwithstanding that in some undisclosed manner it seems to be indirectly [[responsive]] to the will and [[mandates]] of the infinite Deities when acting as the [[Trinity]]. This is believed to be the central [[Focus|focalization]], the Paradise center, of the space presence of the [[Unqualified Absolute]].

11:5.7 The outer zone is the largest and most active of the three concentric and [[elliptical]] belts of unidentified [[space]] [[potential]]. This area is the site of unimagined activities, the central [[circuit]] point of [[Diffusion|emanations]] which proceed spaceward in every direction to the outermost borders of [[the seven superuniverses]] and on beyond to overspread the enormous and incomprehensible domains of all [[outer space]]. This [[space]] [[presence]] is entirely impersonal notwithstanding that in some undisclosed manner it seems to be indirectly [[responsive]] to the will and [[mandates]] of the infinite Deities when acting as the [[Trinity]]. This is believed to be the central [[Focus|focalization]], the Paradise center, of the space presence of the [[Unqualified Absolute]].

11:5.8 All forms of [[force]] and all [[phases]] of [[energy]] seem to be encircuited; they circulate throughout [[Grand Universe|the universes]] and return by definite routes. But with the emanations of the activated zone of the [[Unqualified Absolute]] there appears to be either an outgoing or an incoming—never both [[simultaneously]]. This outer zone pulsates in agelong [[cycles]] of gigantic proportions. For a little more than one billion [[Urantia]] years the space-force of this center is outgoing; then for a similar length of [[time]] it will be incoming. And the space-force [[manifestations]] of this [[center]] are [[universal]]; they extend throughout all pervadable space.

11:5.8 All forms of [[force]] and all [[phases]] of [[energy]] seem to be encircuited; they circulate throughout [[Grand Universe|the universes]] and return by definite routes. But with the emanations of the activated zone of the [[Unqualified Absolute]] there appears to be either an outgoing or an incoming—never both [[simultaneously]]. This outer zone pulsates in agelong [[cycles]] of gigantic proportions. For a little more than one billion [[Urantia]] years the space-force of this center is outgoing; then for a similar length of [[time]] it will be incoming. And the space-force [[manifestations]] of this [[center]] are [[universal]]; they extend throughout all pervadable space.

11:5.9 All [[physical]] [[force]], [[energy]], and [[matter]] are one. All force-energy [[originally]] proceeded from nether Paradise and will eventually return thereto following the completion of its space [[circuit]]. But the energies and material organizations of the [[universe of universes]] did not all come from nether Paradise in their present [[phenomenal]] [[state]]s; space is the [[womb]] of several forms of matter and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#9._NATURAL_PHILOSOPHY prematter]. Though the outer zone of the Paradise force center is the [[source]] of space-energies, space does not originate there. [[Space]] is not [[force]], [[energy]], or [[power]]. Nor do the pulsations of this zone account for the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:6._SPACE_RESPIRATION respiration of space], but the incoming and outgoing phases of this zone are [[synchronized]] with the two-billion-year expansion-contraction [[cycles]] of space.

11:5.9 All [[physical]] [[force]], [[energy]], and [[matter]] are one. All force-energy [[originally]] proceeded from nether Paradise and will eventually return thereto following the completion of its space [[circuit]]. But the energies and material organizations of the [[universe of universes]] did not all come from nether Paradise in their present [[phenomenal]] [[state]]s; space is the [[womb]] of several forms of matter and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#9._NATURAL_PHILOSOPHY prematter]. Though the outer zone of the Paradise force center is the [[source]] of space-energies, space does not originate there. [[Space]] is not [[force]], [[energy]], or [[power]]. Nor do the pulsations of this zone account for the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:6._SPACE_RESPIRATION respiration of space], but the incoming and outgoing phases of this zone are [[synchronized]] with the two-billion-year expansion-contraction [[cycles]] of space.

==11:6. SPACE RESPIRATION==   

==11:6. SPACE RESPIRATION==   

11:7.2 Paradise is the actually motionless [[nucleus]] of the [[relatively]] quiescent zones existing between pervaded and unpervaded space. Geographically these zones appear to be a relative extension of Paradise, but there probably is some [[motion]] in them. We know very little about them, but we [[observe]] that these zones of lessened space motion separate pervaded and unpervaded space. Similar zones once existed between the levels of pervaded space, but these are now less quiescent.

11:7.2 Paradise is the actually motionless [[nucleus]] of the [[relatively]] quiescent zones existing between pervaded and unpervaded space. Geographically these zones appear to be a relative extension of Paradise, but there probably is some [[motion]] in them. We know very little about them, but we [[observe]] that these zones of lessened space motion separate pervaded and unpervaded space. Similar zones once existed between the levels of pervaded space, but these are now less quiescent.

11:7.3 The vertical cross section of [[total]] space would slightly resemble a [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=File:Maltese_cross.jpg#file Maltese cross], with the horizontal arms representing pervaded ([[universe]]) space and the vertical arms representing unpervaded (reservoir) space. The areas between the four arms would separate them somewhat as the midspace zones separate pervaded and unpervaded space. These quiescent midspace zones grow larger and larger at greater and greater distances from Paradise and eventually [[encompass]] the borders of all space and completely incapsulate both the space reservoirs and the entire horizontal extension of pervaded space.

11:7.3 The vertical cross section of [[total]] space would slightly resemble a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=File:Maltese_cross.jpg#file Maltese cross], with the horizontal arms representing pervaded ([[universe]]) space and the vertical arms representing unpervaded (reservoir) space. The areas between the four arms would separate them somewhat as the midspace zones separate pervaded and unpervaded space. These quiescent midspace zones grow larger and larger at greater and greater distances from Paradise and eventually [[encompass]] the borders of all space and completely incapsulate both the space reservoirs and the entire horizontal extension of pervaded space.

11:7.4 Space is neither a subabsolute condition within, nor the [[presence]] of, the [[Unqualified Absolute]], neither is it a [[function]] of the [[Ultimate]]. It is a bestowal of Paradise, and the space of the [[grand universe]] and that of all outer regions is believed to be actually pervaded by the ancestral space potency of the Unqualified Absolute. From near approach to [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:4._PERIPHERAL_PARADISE peripheral Paradise], this pervaded space extends horizontally outward through the [http://www.nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_12#12:1._SPACE_LEVELS_OF_THE_MASTER_UNIVERSE fourth space level] and beyond the [[periphery]] of the [[master universe]], but how far beyond we do not know.

11:7.4 Space is neither a subabsolute condition within, nor the [[presence]] of, the [[Unqualified Absolute]], neither is it a [[function]] of the [[Ultimate]]. It is a bestowal of Paradise, and the space of the [[grand universe]] and that of all outer regions is believed to be actually pervaded by the ancestral space potency of the Unqualified Absolute. From near approach to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:4._PERIPHERAL_PARADISE peripheral Paradise], this pervaded space extends horizontally outward through the [http://www.nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_12#12:1._SPACE_LEVELS_OF_THE_MASTER_UNIVERSE fourth space level] and beyond the [[periphery]] of the [[master universe]], but how far beyond we do not know.

11:7.5 If you [[imagine]] a [[finite]], but inconceivably large, V-shaped plane situated at right angles to both the upper and lower surfaces of Paradise, with its point nearly [[tangent]] to peripheral Paradise, and then visualize this plane in [[elliptical]] revolution about Paradise, its revolution would roughly [[outline]] the volume of pervaded space.

11:7.5 If you [[imagine]] a [[finite]], but inconceivably large, V-shaped plane situated at right angles to both the upper and lower surfaces of Paradise, with its point nearly [[tangent]] to peripheral Paradise, and then visualize this plane in [[elliptical]] revolution about Paradise, its revolution would roughly [[outline]] the volume of pervaded space.

11:8.1 The inescapable pull of [[gravity]] effectively grips all the worlds of all [[Universe of Universes|the universes]] of all [[space]]. Gravity is the all-powerful grasp of the [[physical]] [[presence]] of Paradise. Gravity is the [[omnipotent]] strand on which are strung the gleaming stars, blazing suns, and whirling [[spheres]] which constitute the [[universal]] [[physical]] adornment of the [[eternal]] [[God]], who is [[all things]], fills all things, and in whom all things consist.

11:8.1 The inescapable pull of [[gravity]] effectively grips all the worlds of all [[Universe of Universes|the universes]] of all [[space]]. Gravity is the all-powerful grasp of the [[physical]] [[presence]] of Paradise. Gravity is the [[omnipotent]] strand on which are strung the gleaming stars, blazing suns, and whirling [[spheres]] which constitute the [[universal]] [[physical]] adornment of the [[eternal]] [[God]], who is [[all things]], fills all things, and in whom all things consist.

11:8.2 The [[center]] and [[Focus|focal point]] of [[absolute]] material gravity is the Isle of Paradise, complemented by the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_14#14:1._THE_PARADISE-HAVONA_SYSTEM dark gravity bodies] encircling [[Havona]] and equilibrated by the upper and nether space reservoirs. All known emanations of nether Paradise invariably and unerringly [[respond]] to the central [[gravity]] pull operating upon the endless [[circuits]] of the [[elliptical]] [http://www.nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_12#12:1._SPACE_LEVELS_OF_THE_MASTER_UNIVERSE space levels] of the [[master universe]]. Every known form of cosmic [[reality]] has the bend of the [[Aeon|ages]], the trend of the [[circle]], the swing of the great [[ellipse]].

11:8.2 The [[center]] and [[Focus|focal point]] of [[absolute]] material gravity is the Isle of Paradise, complemented by the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_14#14:1._THE_PARADISE-HAVONA_SYSTEM dark gravity bodies] encircling [[Havona]] and equilibrated by the upper and nether space reservoirs. All known emanations of nether Paradise invariably and unerringly [[respond]] to the central [[gravity]] pull operating upon the endless [[circuits]] of the [[elliptical]] [http://www.nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_12#12:1._SPACE_LEVELS_OF_THE_MASTER_UNIVERSE space levels] of the [[master universe]]. Every known form of cosmic [[reality]] has the bend of the [[Aeon|ages]], the trend of the [[circle]], the swing of the great [[ellipse]].

11:8.3 Space is nonresponsive to gravity, but it acts as an [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/equilibrant equilibrant] on gravity. Without the space cushion, explosive [[action]] would jerk surrounding space bodies. Pervaded space also exerts an [[antigravity]] [[influence]] upon [[physical]] or [[linear]] gravity; space can actually neutralize such gravity [[action]] even though it cannot delay it. Absolute gravity is Paradise gravity. Local or linear gravity pertains to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#3._CLASSIFICATION_OF_MATTER electrical stage] of [[energy]] or [[matter]]; it operates within the [[Havona|central]], [[The Seven Superuniverses|super-]], and [[Outer Space|outer universes]], wherever suitable [[materialization]] has taken place.

11:8.3 Space is nonresponsive to gravity, but it acts as an [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/equilibrant equilibrant] on gravity. Without the space cushion, explosive [[action]] would jerk surrounding space bodies. Pervaded space also exerts an [[antigravity]] [[influence]] upon [[physical]] or [[linear]] gravity; space can actually neutralize such gravity [[action]] even though it cannot delay it. Absolute gravity is Paradise gravity. Local or linear gravity pertains to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#3._CLASSIFICATION_OF_MATTER electrical stage] of [[energy]] or [[matter]]; it operates within the [[Havona|central]], [[The Seven Superuniverses|super-]], and [[Outer Space|outer universes]], wherever suitable [[materialization]] has taken place.

11:8.4 The numerous forms of cosmic force, physical energy, universe power, and various materializations disclose three general, though not perfectly clear-cut, stages of [[response]] to Paradise gravity:

11:8.4 The numerous forms of cosmic force, physical energy, universe power, and various materializations disclose three general, though not perfectly clear-cut, stages of [[response]] to Paradise gravity:

*1. 11:8.5 1. ''Pregravity Stages'' ([[Force]]). This is the first step in the individuation of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42_-_Energy_-_Mind_and_Matter#1._PARADISE_FORCES_AND_ENERGIES space potency] into the pre-energy forms of cosmic force. This state is [[analogous]] to the concept of the primordial force-charge of space, sometimes called [[pure]] energy or ''segregata''.

*1. 11:8.5 1. ''Pregravity Stages'' ([[Force]]). This is the first step in the individuation of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42_-_Energy_-_Mind_and_Matter#1._PARADISE_FORCES_AND_ENERGIES space potency] into the pre-energy forms of cosmic force. This state is [[analogous]] to the concept of the primordial force-charge of space, sometimes called [[pure]] energy or ''segregata''.

*2. 11:8.6 2. ''Gravity Stages'' ([[Energy]]). This modification of the force-charge of space is produced by the [[action]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:4._NEBULAE.E2.80.94THE_ANCESTORS_OF_UNIVERSES Paradise force organizers]. It signalizes the appearance of energy [[systems]] [[responsive]] to the pull of Paradise [[gravity]]. This emergent energy is originally neutral but consequent upon further [[metamorphosis]] will exhibit the so-called [[Polarity|negative and positive]] [[qualities]]. We designate these stages ''ultimata''.

*2. 11:8.6 2. ''Gravity Stages'' ([[Energy]]). This modification of the force-charge of space is produced by the [[action]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:4._NEBULAE.E2.80.94THE_ANCESTORS_OF_UNIVERSES Paradise force organizers]. It signalizes the appearance of energy [[systems]] [[responsive]] to the pull of Paradise [[gravity]]. This emergent energy is originally neutral but consequent upon further [[metamorphosis]] will exhibit the so-called [[Polarity|negative and positive]] [[qualities]]. We designate these stages ''ultimata''.

*3. 11:8.7 3. ''Postgravity Stages'' (Universe [[Power]]). In this stage, energy-matter discloses response to the control of [[linear]] [[gravity]]. In the [[central universe]] these physical systems are threefold organizations known as ''triata''. They are the superpower mother systems of the [[creations]] of [[time and space]]. The physical systems of [[the superuniverses]] are mobilized by the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#PAPER_29:_THE_UNIVERSE_POWER_DIRECTORS Universe Power Directors] and their associates. These material organizations are dual in [[constitution]] and are known as ''gravita''. The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_14_-_The_Central_and_Divine_Universe#14:1._THE_PARADISE-HAVONA_SYSTEM dark gravity bodies][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_matter] encircling [[Havona]] are neither triata nor gravita, and their [[Attraction|drawing power]] discloses both forms of physical gravity, linear and absolute.

*3. 11:8.7 3. ''Postgravity Stages'' (Universe [[Power]]). In this stage, energy-matter discloses response to the control of [[linear]] [[gravity]]. In the [[central universe]] these physical systems are threefold organizations known as ''triata''. They are the superpower mother systems of the [[creations]] of [[time and space]]. The physical systems of [[the superuniverses]] are mobilized by the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#PAPER_29:_THE_UNIVERSE_POWER_DIRECTORS Universe Power Directors] and their associates. These material organizations are dual in [[constitution]] and are known as ''gravita''. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_14_-_The_Central_and_Divine_Universe#14:1._THE_PARADISE-HAVONA_SYSTEM dark gravity bodies][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_matter] encircling [[Havona]] are neither triata nor gravita, and their [[Attraction|drawing power]] discloses both forms of physical gravity, linear and absolute.

11:8.8 Space potency is not subject to the interactions of any form of gravitation. This primal endowment of Paradise is not an [[actual]] level of [[reality]], but it is [[ancestral]] to all [[relative]] [[function]]al nonspirit realities—all [[manifestations]] of force-energy and the organization of [[power]] and [[matter]]. Space potency is a term difficult to define. It does not mean that which is ancestral to space; its [[meaning]] should convey the idea of the potencies and [[potentials]] existent within space. It may be roughly conceived to include all those [[absolute]] [[influences]] and potentials which emanate from Paradise and constitute the space [[presence]] of the [[Unqualified Absolute]].

11:8.8 Space potency is not subject to the interactions of any form of gravitation. This primal endowment of Paradise is not an [[actual]] level of [[reality]], but it is [[ancestral]] to all [[relative]] [[function]]al nonspirit realities—all [[manifestations]] of force-energy and the organization of [[power]] and [[matter]]. Space potency is a term difficult to define. It does not mean that which is ancestral to space; its [[meaning]] should convey the idea of the potencies and [[potentials]] existent within space. It may be roughly conceived to include all those [[absolute]] [[influences]] and potentials which emanate from Paradise and constitute the space [[presence]] of the [[Unqualified Absolute]].

11:8.9 Paradise is the [[absolute]] [[source]] and the [[eternal]] [[Focus|focal]] point of all energy-matter in the [[universe of universes]]. The Unqualified Absolute is the revealer, regulator, and repository of that which has Paradise as its [[source]] and [[origin]]. The universal presence of the Unqualified Absolute seems to be [[equivalent]] to the concept of a [[potential]] [[infinity]] of gravity extension, an elastic [[tension]] of Paradise presence. This [[concept]] aids us in grasping the [[fact]] that [[everything]] is drawn inward towards Paradise. The [[illustration]] is crude but nonetheless helpful. It also explains why gravity always acts preferentially in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plane_%28geometry%29 plane] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpendicular perpendicular] to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Mass mass], a [[phenomenon]] indicative of the differential [[dimensions]] of Paradise and the surrounding [[creations]].

11:8.9 Paradise is the [[absolute]] [[source]] and the [[eternal]] [[Focus|focal]] point of all energy-matter in the [[universe of universes]]. The Unqualified Absolute is the revealer, regulator, and repository of that which has Paradise as its [[source]] and [[origin]]. The universal presence of the Unqualified Absolute seems to be [[equivalent]] to the concept of a [[potential]] [[infinity]] of gravity extension, an elastic [[tension]] of Paradise presence. This [[concept]] aids us in grasping the [[fact]] that [[everything]] is drawn inward towards Paradise. The [[illustration]] is crude but nonetheless helpful. It also explains why gravity always acts preferentially in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plane_%28geometry%29 plane] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpendicular perpendicular] to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Mass mass], a [[phenomenon]] indicative of the differential [[dimensions]] of Paradise and the surrounding [[creations]].

==11:9. THE UNIQUENESS OF PARADISE==   

==11:9. THE UNIQUENESS OF PARADISE==   

11:9.5 Paradise is not [[ancestral]] to any [[being]] or living [[entity]]; it is not a [[creator]]. [[Personality]] and mind-spirit [[relationships]] are transmissible, but [[pattern]] is not. Patterns are never [[reflections]]; they are duplications—[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facsimile reproductions]. Paradise is the [[absolute]] of patterns; [[Havona]] is an exhibit of these [[potentials]] in [[actuality]].

11:9.5 Paradise is not [[ancestral]] to any [[being]] or living [[entity]]; it is not a [[creator]]. [[Personality]] and mind-spirit [[relationships]] are transmissible, but [[pattern]] is not. Patterns are never [[reflections]]; they are duplications—[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facsimile reproductions]. Paradise is the [[absolute]] of patterns; [[Havona]] is an exhibit of these [[potentials]] in [[actuality]].

11:9.6 God's [[Home|residence]] is [[Center|central]] and [[eternal]], [[glorious]] and [[ideal]]. His home is the [[beauteous]] pattern for all [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:7._THE_ARCHITECTURAL_SPHERES universe headquarters worlds]; and the central universe of his immediate indwelling is the pattern for all universes in their ideals, organization, and [[ultimate]] [[destiny]].

11:9.6 God's [[Home|residence]] is [[Center|central]] and [[eternal]], [[glorious]] and [[ideal]]. His home is the [[beauteous]] pattern for all [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:7._THE_ARCHITECTURAL_SPHERES universe headquarters worlds]; and the central universe of his immediate indwelling is the pattern for all universes in their ideals, organization, and [[ultimate]] [[destiny]].

11:9.7 Paradise is the universal headquarters of all [[personality]] [[activities]] and the [[source]]-[[center]] of all [[force]]-[[space]] and [[energy]] [[manifestations]]. [[Everything]] which has been, now is, or is yet to be, has come, now comes, or will come forth from this central abiding place of the eternal Gods. Paradise is the center of all [[creation]], the source of all energies, and the place of primal origin of all personalities.

11:9.7 Paradise is the universal headquarters of all [[personality]] [[activities]] and the [[source]]-[[center]] of all [[force]]-[[space]] and [[energy]] [[manifestations]]. [[Everything]] which has been, now is, or is yet to be, has come, now comes, or will come forth from this central abiding place of the eternal Gods. Paradise is the center of all [[creation]], the source of all energies, and the place of primal origin of all personalities.

11:9.8 After all, to [[mortals]] the most important [[thing]] about eternal Paradise is the [[fact]] that this perfect abode of the [[Universal Father]] is the real and far-distant destiny of the [[immortal]] [[souls]] of the [[mortal]] and [[material]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40_-_The_Ascending_Sons_of_God sons of God], the ascending [[creatures]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49_-_The_Inhabited_Worlds evolutionary worlds] of [[time and space]]. Every God-knowing [[mortal]] who has espoused the career of [[Doing the will of God|doing the Father's will]] has already embarked upon the long, long Paradise trail of [[divinity]] pursuit and [[perfection]] [[attainment]]. And when such an [[animal]]-[[origin]] being does stand, as countless numbers now do, before the Gods on Paradise, having [[ascended]] from the lowly [[spheres]] of [[space]], such an achievement represents the reality of a spiritual [[transformation]] bordering on the [[limits]] of [[supremacy]].

11:9.8 After all, to [[mortals]] the most important [[thing]] about eternal Paradise is the [[fact]] that this perfect abode of the [[Universal Father]] is the real and far-distant destiny of the [[immortal]] [[souls]] of the [[mortal]] and [[material]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40_-_The_Ascending_Sons_of_God sons of God], the ascending [[creatures]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49_-_The_Inhabited_Worlds evolutionary worlds] of [[time and space]]. Every God-knowing [[mortal]] who has espoused the career of [[Doing the will of God|doing the Father's will]] has already embarked upon the long, long Paradise trail of [[divinity]] pursuit and [[perfection]] [[attainment]]. And when such an [[animal]]-[[origin]] being does stand, as countless numbers now do, before the Gods on Paradise, having [[ascended]] from the lowly [[spheres]] of [[space]], such an achievement represents the reality of a spiritual [[transformation]] bordering on the [[limits]] of [[supremacy]].

11:9.9 [Presented by a [[Perfector of Wisdom]] commissioned thus to function by the [[Ancients of Days]] on [[Uversa]].]

11:9.9 [Presented by a [[Perfector of Wisdom]] commissioned thus to function by the [[Ancients of Days]] on [[Uversa]].]

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[[Category: PART I: The Central and Superuniverses]]

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