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==PAPER 16: THE SEVEN MASTER SPIRITS==

==PAPER 16: THE SEVEN MASTER SPIRITS==

16:0.1 The Seven Master Spirits of [[Paradise]] are the primary [[personalities]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]]. In this sevenfold [[creative]] [[act]] of self-duplication the Infinite Spirit exhausted the [[associative]] [[possibilities]] [[mathematically]] [[inherent]] in the factual [[existence]] of the [[Paradise Trinity|three persons of Deity]]. Had it been possible to produce a larger [[number]] of Master Spirits, they would have been created, but there are just seven associative possibilities, and only seven, inherent in three Deities. And this explains why the [[universe]] is [[Administration|operated]] in [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:2._ORGANIZATION_OF_THE_SUPERUNIVERSES seven grand divisions], and why the [[number]] [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven seven] is basically [[fundamental]] in its [[organization]] and [[administration]].

16:0.1 The Seven Master Spirits of [[Paradise]] are the primary [[personalities]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]]. In this sevenfold [[creative]] [[act]] of self-duplication the Infinite Spirit exhausted the [[associative]] [[possibilities]] [[mathematically]] [[inherent]] in the factual [[existence]] of the [[Paradise Trinity|three persons of Deity]]. Had it been possible to produce a larger [[number]] of Master Spirits, they would have been created, but there are just seven associative possibilities, and only seven, inherent in three Deities. And this explains why the [[universe]] is [[Administration|operated]] in [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:2._ORGANIZATION_OF_THE_SUPERUNIVERSES seven grand divisions], and why the [[number]] [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven seven] is basically [[fundamental]] in its [[organization]] and [[administration]].

16:0.2 The Seven Master Spirits thus have their [[origin]] in, and derive their [[individual]] [[characteristics]] from, the following seven likenesses:

16:0.2 The Seven Master Spirits thus have their [[origin]] in, and derive their [[individual]] [[characteristics]] from, the following seven likenesses:

*2. [[Eternal Son|The Eternal Son]].

*2. [[Eternal Son|The Eternal Son]].

*3. [[The Infinite Spirit]].

*3. [[The Infinite Spirit]].

*4. The Father and the Son.[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#PAPER_21:_THE_PARADISE_CREATOR_SONS]

*4. The Father and the Son.[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#PAPER_21:_THE_PARADISE_CREATOR_SONS]

*5. The Father and the Spirit.[?]

*5. The Father and the Spirit.[?]

*6. The Son and the Spirit. [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20#20:2._THE_MAGISTERIAL_SONS]

*6. The Son and the Spirit. [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20#20:2._THE_MAGISTERIAL_SONS]

*7. The Father, Son, and Spirit. [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20#20:7._THE_TRINITY_TEACHER_SONS]

*7. The Father, Son, and Spirit. [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20#20:7._THE_TRINITY_TEACHER_SONS]

16:0.3 We know very little about the [[action]] of [[the Father]] and [[the Son]] in the creation of the Master Spirits. Apparently they were brought into [[existence]] by the [[personal]] acts of the [[Infinite Spirit]], but we have been definitely instructed that both the Father and the Son participated in their origin.

16:0.3 We know very little about the [[action]] of [[the Father]] and [[the Son]] in the creation of the Master Spirits. Apparently they were brought into [[existence]] by the [[personal]] acts of the [[Infinite Spirit]], but we have been definitely instructed that both the Father and the Son participated in their origin.

16:1.1 The [[Conjoint Creator]], the [[Infinite Spirit]], is [[necessary]] to the completion of the triune[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three] [[personalization]] of undivided [[Deity]]. This threefold Deity personalization is [[inherently]] sevenfold[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven] in [[possibility]] of [[individual]] and [[associative]] [[expression]]; hence the subsequent plan to [[create]] [[universes]] inhabited by [[intelligent]] and [[potentially]] [[spiritual]] [[beings]], duly expressive of [[the Father]], [[Eternal Son|Son]], and [[Infinite Spirit|Spirit]], made the [[personalization]] of the Seven Master Spirits [[Inevitable|inescapable]]. We have come to [[speak]] of the threefold personalization of [[Deity]] as the [[absolute]] [[inevitability]], while we have come to look upon the [[appearance]] of the Seven Master Spirits as the subabsolute inevitability

16:1.1 The [[Conjoint Creator]], the [[Infinite Spirit]], is [[necessary]] to the completion of the triune[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three] [[personalization]] of undivided [[Deity]]. This threefold Deity personalization is [[inherently]] sevenfold[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven] in [[possibility]] of [[individual]] and [[associative]] [[expression]]; hence the subsequent plan to [[create]] [[universes]] inhabited by [[intelligent]] and [[potentially]] [[spiritual]] [[beings]], duly expressive of [[the Father]], [[Eternal Son|Son]], and [[Infinite Spirit|Spirit]], made the [[personalization]] of the Seven Master Spirits [[Inevitable|inescapable]]. We have come to [[speak]] of the threefold personalization of [[Deity]] as the [[absolute]] [[inevitability]], while we have come to look upon the [[appearance]] of the Seven Master Spirits as the subabsolute inevitability

16:1.2 While the Seven Master Spirits are hardly expressive of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_9_-_Relation_of_the_Infinite_Spirit_to_the_Universe#9:2._THE_OMNIPRESENT_SPIRIT threefold Deity], they are the [[eternal]] portrayal of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Appendix_XII:_Expansion_of_God_the_Sevenfold sevenfold Deity], the [[active]] and [[associative]] [[functions]] of the three ever-existent [[persons]] of Deity. By and in and through these Seven Spirits, the [[Universal Father]], the [[Eternal Son]], or the [[Infinite Spirit]], or any dual [[association]], is able to [[function]] as such. When the Father, the Son, and the Spirit act together, they can and do [[function]] through Master Spirit Number Seven, but not as the [[Trinity]]. The Master Spirits singly and [[collectively]] [[represent]] any and all possible [[Deity]] [[functions]], single and several, but not [[collective]], not the [[Trinity]]. Master Spirit Number Seven is [[personally]] nonfunctional with regard to the [[Paradise Trinity]], and that is just why he can function [[personally]] for the [[Supreme Being]].

16:1.2 While the Seven Master Spirits are hardly expressive of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_9_-_Relation_of_the_Infinite_Spirit_to_the_Universe#9:2._THE_OMNIPRESENT_SPIRIT threefold Deity], they are the [[eternal]] portrayal of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Appendix_XII:_Expansion_of_God_the_Sevenfold sevenfold Deity], the [[active]] and [[associative]] [[functions]] of the three ever-existent [[persons]] of Deity. By and in and through these Seven Spirits, the [[Universal Father]], the [[Eternal Son]], or the [[Infinite Spirit]], or any dual [[association]], is able to [[function]] as such. When the Father, the Son, and the Spirit act together, they can and do [[function]] through Master Spirit Number Seven, but not as the [[Trinity]]. The Master Spirits singly and [[collectively]] [[represent]] any and all possible [[Deity]] [[functions]], single and several, but not [[collective]], not the [[Trinity]]. Master Spirit Number Seven is [[personally]] nonfunctional with regard to the [[Paradise Trinity]], and that is just why he can function [[personally]] for the [[Supreme Being]].

16:1.3 But when the Seven Master Spirits vacate their [[individual]] seats of [[personal]] [[power]] and [[superuniverse]] [[authority]] and assemble about the [[Conjoint Actor]] in the triune [[presence]] of [[Paradise]] [[Deity]], then and there are they collectively [[representative]] of the functional [[power]], [[wisdom]], and [[authority]] of undivided Deity—the [[Trinity]]—to and in the [[The Seven Superuniverses|evolving universes]]. Such a Paradise [[union]] of the primal sevenfold [[expression]] of [[Deity]] does actually [[embrace]], [[literally]] [[encompass]], all of every [[attribute]] and [[attitude]] of the three eternal Deities in [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#VII._THE_SUPREME_BEING Supremacy] and in [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#IX._GOD_THE_ULTIMATE Ultimacy]. To all [[practical]] [[intents]] and [[purposes]] the Seven Master Spirits do, then and there, encompass the functional domain of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_118 Supreme-Ultimate] to and in the [[master universe]].

16:1.3 But when the Seven Master Spirits vacate their [[individual]] seats of [[personal]] [[power]] and [[superuniverse]] [[authority]] and assemble about the [[Conjoint Actor]] in the triune [[presence]] of [[Paradise]] [[Deity]], then and there are they collectively [[representative]] of the functional [[power]], [[wisdom]], and [[authority]] of undivided Deity—the [[Trinity]]—to and in the [[The Seven Superuniverses|evolving universes]]. Such a Paradise [[union]] of the primal sevenfold [[expression]] of [[Deity]] does actually [[embrace]], [[literally]] [[encompass]], all of every [[attribute]] and [[attitude]] of the three eternal Deities in [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#VII._THE_SUPREME_BEING Supremacy] and in [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#IX._GOD_THE_ULTIMATE Ultimacy]. To all [[practical]] [[intents]] and [[purposes]] the Seven Master Spirits do, then and there, encompass the functional domain of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_118 Supreme-Ultimate] to and in the [[master universe]].

16:1.4 As far as we can [[discern]], these Seven Spirits are [[associated]] with the [[divine]] [[activities]] of the three [[eternal]] [[persons]] of [[Deity]]; we detect no [[evidence]] of direct [[association]] with the [[functioning]] [[presences]] of the three eternal [[phases]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Three_Absolutes#The_Absolute the Absolute]. When [[associated]], the Master Spirits [[represent]] the [[Paradise]] Deities in what may be roughly [[Conception|conceived]] as the [[finite]] domain of [[action]]. It might [[embrace]] much that is [[ultimate]] but not [[absolute]].

16:1.4 As far as we can [[discern]], these Seven Spirits are [[associated]] with the [[divine]] [[activities]] of the three [[eternal]] [[persons]] of [[Deity]]; we detect no [[evidence]] of direct [[association]] with the [[functioning]] [[presences]] of the three eternal [[phases]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Three_Absolutes#The_Absolute the Absolute]. When [[associated]], the Master Spirits [[represent]] the [[Paradise]] Deities in what may be roughly [[Conception|conceived]] as the [[finite]] domain of [[action]]. It might [[embrace]] much that is [[ultimate]] but not [[absolute]].

==16:2. RELATION TO THE INFINITE SPIRIT==

==16:2. RELATION TO THE INFINITE SPIRIT==

16:2.1 Just as the [[Eternal Son|Eternal]] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_6#6:1._IDENTITY_OF_THE_ETERNAL_SON Original Son] is [[revealed]] through the [[persons]] of the constantly increasing number of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20 divine Sons], so is the [[Infinite Spirit|Infinite and Divine Spirit]] revealed through the [[channels]] of the Seven Master Spirits and their [[associated]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17 spirit groups]. At the [[center]] of centers the Infinite Spirit is approachable, but not all who attain [[Paradise]] are [[immediately]] able to [[discern]] his [[personality]] and differentiated [[presence]]; but all who [[attain]] the [[central universe]] can and do immediately [[commune]] with one of the Seven Master Spirits, the one presiding over the [[superuniverse]] from which the newly arrived [[space]] [[pilgrim]] hails.

16:2.1 Just as the [[Eternal Son|Eternal]] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_6#6:1._IDENTITY_OF_THE_ETERNAL_SON Original Son] is [[revealed]] through the [[persons]] of the constantly increasing number of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20 divine Sons], so is the [[Infinite Spirit|Infinite and Divine Spirit]] revealed through the [[channels]] of the Seven Master Spirits and their [[associated]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17 spirit groups]. At the [[center]] of centers the Infinite Spirit is approachable, but not all who attain [[Paradise]] are [[immediately]] able to [[discern]] his [[personality]] and differentiated [[presence]]; but all who [[attain]] the [[central universe]] can and do immediately [[commune]] with one of the Seven Master Spirits, the one presiding over the [[superuniverse]] from which the newly arrived [[space]] [[pilgrim]] hails.

16:2.2 To the [[universe of universes]] the [[Paradise Father]] speaks only through his [[Eternal Son|Son]], while he and the Son conjointly [[act]] only through the [[Infinite Spirit]]. Outside of [[Paradise]] and [[Havona]] the Infinite Spirit speaks only by the [[voices]] of the Seven Master Spirits.

16:2.2 To the [[universe of universes]] the [[Paradise Father]] speaks only through his [[Eternal Son|Son]], while he and the Son conjointly [[act]] only through the [[Infinite Spirit]]. Outside of [[Paradise]] and [[Havona]] the Infinite Spirit speaks only by the [[voices]] of the Seven Master Spirits.

16:2.3 The [[Infinite Spirit]] exerts an [[influence]] of [[personal]] [[presence]] within the confines of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_14#14:1._THE_PARADISE-HAVONA_SYSTEM Paradise-Havona system]; elsewhere his [[personal]] [[spirit]] [[presence]] is exerted by and through one of the Seven Master Spirits. Therefore is the superuniverse spirit presence of the [[Third Source and Center]] on any world or in any [[individual]] conditioned by the [[unique]] [[nature]] of the supervisory Master Spirit of that segment of [[creation]]. Conversely, the combined lines of [[spirit]] [[force]] and [[intelligence]] pass inward to the Third Person of [[Deity]] by way of the Seven Master Spirits.

16:2.3 The [[Infinite Spirit]] exerts an [[influence]] of [[personal]] [[presence]] within the confines of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_14#14:1._THE_PARADISE-HAVONA_SYSTEM Paradise-Havona system]; elsewhere his [[personal]] [[spirit]] [[presence]] is exerted by and through one of the Seven Master Spirits. Therefore is the superuniverse spirit presence of the [[Third Source and Center]] on any world or in any [[individual]] conditioned by the [[unique]] [[nature]] of the supervisory Master Spirit of that segment of [[creation]]. Conversely, the combined lines of [[spirit]] [[force]] and [[intelligence]] pass inward to the Third Person of [[Deity]] by way of the Seven Master Spirits.

16:2.4 The Seven Master Spirits are [[collectively]] endowed with the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_118#PAPER_118:_SUPREME_AND_ULTIMATE.E2.80.94TIME_AND_SPACE supreme-ultimate] [[attributes]] of the [[Third Source and Center]]. While each one individually partakes of this endowment, only [[collectively]] do they disclose the [[attributes]] of [[omnipotence]], [[omniscience]], and [[omnipresence]]. No one of them can so [[function]] [[universally]]; as [[individuals]] and in the [[exercise]] of these [[powers]] of [[supremacy]] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#IX._GOD_THE_ULTIMATE ultimacy] each is [[personally]] [[limited]] to the [[superuniverse]] of immediate supervision.

16:2.4 The Seven Master Spirits are [[collectively]] endowed with the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_118#PAPER_118:_SUPREME_AND_ULTIMATE.E2.80.94TIME_AND_SPACE supreme-ultimate] [[attributes]] of the [[Third Source and Center]]. While each one individually partakes of this endowment, only [[collectively]] do they disclose the [[attributes]] of [[omnipotence]], [[omniscience]], and [[omnipresence]]. No one of them can so [[function]] [[universally]]; as [[individuals]] and in the [[exercise]] of these [[powers]] of [[supremacy]] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#IX._GOD_THE_ULTIMATE ultimacy] each is [[personally]] [[limited]] to the [[superuniverse]] of immediate supervision.

16:2.5 All of [[everything]] which has been told you concerning the [[divinity]] and [[personality]] of the [[Conjoint Actor]] applies [[equally]] and fully to the Seven Master Spirits, who so [[effectively]] [[distribute]] the [[Infinite Spirit]] to the seven segments of the [[grand universe]] in accordance with their [[divine]] endowment and in the [[manner]] of their differing and individually [[unique]] [[natures]]. It would therefore be proper to apply to the [[collective]] [[group]] of seven any or all of the names of the Infinite Spirit. [[Collectively]] they are [[one]] with the Conjoint Creator on all subabsolute levels.

16:2.5 All of [[everything]] which has been told you concerning the [[divinity]] and [[personality]] of the [[Conjoint Actor]] applies [[equally]] and fully to the Seven Master Spirits, who so [[effectively]] [[distribute]] the [[Infinite Spirit]] to the seven segments of the [[grand universe]] in accordance with their [[divine]] endowment and in the [[manner]] of their differing and individually [[unique]] [[natures]]. It would therefore be proper to apply to the [[collective]] [[group]] of seven any or all of the names of the Infinite Spirit. [[Collectively]] they are [[one]] with the Conjoint Creator on all subabsolute levels.

16:3.1 The Seven Master Spirits are indescribable [[beings]], but they are distinctly and definitely [[personal]]. They have [[names]], but we elect to introduce them by [[number]]. As primary [[personalizations]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]], they are akin, but as primary [[expressions]] of the seven possible [[Associativity|associations]] of triune Deity, they are [[essentially]] [[diverse]] in [[nature]], and this diversity of [[nature]] determines their [[differential]] of [[superuniverse]] conduct. These Seven Master Spirits may be described as follows:

16:3.1 The Seven Master Spirits are indescribable [[beings]], but they are distinctly and definitely [[personal]]. They have [[names]], but we elect to introduce them by [[number]]. As primary [[personalizations]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]], they are akin, but as primary [[expressions]] of the seven possible [[Associativity|associations]] of triune Deity, they are [[essentially]] [[diverse]] in [[nature]], and this diversity of [[nature]] determines their [[differential]] of [[superuniverse]] conduct. These Seven Master Spirits may be described as follows:

16:3.2 ''Master Spirit Number One''. In a special [[manner]] this [[Spirit]] is the [[direct]] [[representation]] of the [[Paradise Father]]. He is a peculiar and efficient [[manifestation]] of the [[power]], [[love]], and [[wisdom]] of the [[Universal Father]]. He is the close associate and [[supernal]] [[adviser]] of the chief  of [[Mystery Monitors]], that being who presides over the College of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_107#107:2._CLASSIFICATION_OF_ADJUSTERS Personalized Adjusters] on [[Divinington]]. In all [[associations]] of the Seven Master Spirits, it is always Master Spirit Number One who speaks for the [[Universal Father]].

16:3.2 ''Master Spirit Number One''. In a special [[manner]] this [[Spirit]] is the [[direct]] [[representation]] of the [[Paradise Father]]. He is a peculiar and efficient [[manifestation]] of the [[power]], [[love]], and [[wisdom]] of the [[Universal Father]]. He is the close associate and [[supernal]] [[adviser]] of the chief  of [[Mystery Monitors]], that being who presides over the College of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_107#107:2._CLASSIFICATION_OF_ADJUSTERS Personalized Adjusters] on [[Divinington]]. In all [[associations]] of the Seven Master Spirits, it is always Master Spirit Number One who speaks for the [[Universal Father]].

16:3.3 This Spirit presides over the first [[superuniverse]] and, while unfailingly exhibiting the [[divine]] [[nature]] of a primary [[personalization]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]], seems more especially to resemble the [[Universal Father]] in [[character]]. He is always in [[personal]] [[liaison]] with the seven [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:3._THE_REFLECTIVE_SPIRITS Reflective Spirits] at the headquarters of the first superuniverse.

16:3.3 This Spirit presides over the first [[superuniverse]] and, while unfailingly exhibiting the [[divine]] [[nature]] of a primary [[personalization]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]], seems more especially to resemble the [[Universal Father]] in [[character]]. He is always in [[personal]] [[liaison]] with the seven [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:3._THE_REFLECTIVE_SPIRITS Reflective Spirits] at the headquarters of the first superuniverse.

16:3.4 ''Master Spirit Number Two''. This Spirit adequately portrays the matchless [[nature]] and [[charming]] [[character]] of the [[Eternal Son]], the first-born of all [[creation]]. He is always in close [[association]] with all orders of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20 Sons of God] whenever they may happen to be in the [[Havona|residential universe]] as [[individuals]] or in joyous conclave. In all the assemblies of the Seven Master Spirits he always speaks for, and in behalf of, the [[Eternal Son]].

16:3.4 ''Master Spirit Number Two''. This Spirit adequately portrays the matchless [[nature]] and [[charming]] [[character]] of the [[Eternal Son]], the first-born of all [[creation]]. He is always in close [[association]] with all orders of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20 Sons of God] whenever they may happen to be in the [[Havona|residential universe]] as [[individuals]] or in joyous conclave. In all the assemblies of the Seven Master Spirits he always speaks for, and in behalf of, the [[Eternal Son]].

16:3.5 This Spirit directs the [[destinies]] of superuniverse number two and rules this vast domain much as would the Eternal Son. He is always in [[liaison]] with the seven [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:3._THE_REFLECTIVE_SPIRITS Reflective Spirits] situated at the capital of the second superuniverse.

16:3.5 This Spirit directs the [[destinies]] of superuniverse number two and rules this vast domain much as would the Eternal Son. He is always in [[liaison]] with the seven [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:3._THE_REFLECTIVE_SPIRITS Reflective Spirits] situated at the capital of the second superuniverse.

16:3.6 ''Master Spirit Number Three''. This Spirit [[personality]] especially resembles the [[Infinite Spirit]], and he directs the [[movements]] and [[work]] of many of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_24 high personalities of the Infinite Spirit]. He presides over their assemblies and is closely associated with all personalities who take exclusive [[origin]] in the Third Source and Center. When the Seven Master Spirits are in council, it is Master Spirit Number Three who always speaks for the Infinite Spirit.

16:3.6 ''Master Spirit Number Three''. This Spirit [[personality]] especially resembles the [[Infinite Spirit]], and he directs the [[movements]] and [[work]] of many of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_24 high personalities of the Infinite Spirit]. He presides over their assemblies and is closely associated with all personalities who take exclusive [[origin]] in the Third Source and Center. When the Seven Master Spirits are in council, it is Master Spirit Number Three who always speaks for the Infinite Spirit.

16:3.7 This Spirit is in charge of superuniverse number three, and he administers the affairs of this segment much as would the Infinite Spirit. He is always in [[liaison]] with the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:3._THE_REFLECTIVE_SPIRITS Reflective Spirits] at the headquarters of the third superuniverse.

16:3.7 This Spirit is in charge of superuniverse number three, and he administers the affairs of this segment much as would the Infinite Spirit. He is always in [[liaison]] with the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:3._THE_REFLECTIVE_SPIRITS Reflective Spirits] at the headquarters of the third superuniverse.

16:3.8 ''Master Spirit Number Four''. Partaking of the combined natures of [[the Father]] and [[the Son]], this Master Spirit is the determining [[influence]] regarding [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_104#104:4._THE_SEVEN_TRIUNITIES Father-Son] policies and procedures in the councils of the Seven Master Spirits. This Spirit is the chief director and adviser of those [[ascendant]] [[beings]] who have [[attained]] the Infinite Spirit and thus have become candidates for seeing the Son and the Father. He fosters that enormous [[group]] of [[personalities]] taking origin in the Father and the Son. When it becomes necessary to [[represent]] the Father and the Son in the association of the Seven Master Spirits, it is always Master Spirit Number Four who speaks.

16:3.8 ''Master Spirit Number Four''. Partaking of the combined natures of [[the Father]] and [[the Son]], this Master Spirit is the determining [[influence]] regarding [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_104#104:4._THE_SEVEN_TRIUNITIES Father-Son] policies and procedures in the councils of the Seven Master Spirits. This Spirit is the chief director and adviser of those [[ascendant]] [[beings]] who have [[attained]] the Infinite Spirit and thus have become candidates for seeing the Son and the Father. He fosters that enormous [[group]] of [[personalities]] taking origin in the Father and the Son. When it becomes necessary to [[represent]] the Father and the Son in the association of the Seven Master Spirits, it is always Master Spirit Number Four who speaks.

16:3.9 This Spirit fosters the fourth segment of the [[grand universe]] in accordance with his peculiar [[association]] of the [[attributes]] of the Universal Father and the Eternal Son. He is always in personal [[liaison]] with the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:3._THE_REFLECTIVE_SPIRITS Reflective Spirits] of the headquarters of the fourth superuniverse.

16:3.9 This Spirit fosters the fourth segment of the [[grand universe]] in accordance with his peculiar [[association]] of the [[attributes]] of the Universal Father and the Eternal Son. He is always in personal [[liaison]] with the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:3._THE_REFLECTIVE_SPIRITS Reflective Spirits] of the headquarters of the fourth superuniverse.

16:3.10 ''Master Spirit Number Five''. This [[divine]] [[personality]] who exquisitely blends the [[character]] of the [[Universal Father]] and the [[Infinite Spirit]] is the adviser of that enormous group of beings known as the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:1._THE_SEVEN_SUPREME_POWER_DIRECTORS power directors], [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:2._THE_SUPREME_POWER_CENTERS power centers], and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:4._THE_MASTER_PHYSICAL_CONTROLLERS physical controllers]. This Spirit also fosters all [[personalities]] taking origin in the Father and the Conjoint Actor. In the councils of the Seven Master Spirits, when the Father-Spirit [[attitude]] is in question, it is always Master Spirit Number Five who speaks.

16:3.10 ''Master Spirit Number Five''. This [[divine]] [[personality]] who exquisitely blends the [[character]] of the [[Universal Father]] and the [[Infinite Spirit]] is the adviser of that enormous group of beings known as the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:1._THE_SEVEN_SUPREME_POWER_DIRECTORS power directors], [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:2._THE_SUPREME_POWER_CENTERS power centers], and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:4._THE_MASTER_PHYSICAL_CONTROLLERS physical controllers]. This Spirit also fosters all [[personalities]] taking origin in the Father and the Conjoint Actor. In the councils of the Seven Master Spirits, when the Father-Spirit [[attitude]] is in question, it is always Master Spirit Number Five who speaks.

16:3.11 This Spirit directs the welfare of the fifth superuniverse in such a way as to suggest the combined [[action]] of the [[Universal Father]] and the [[Infinite Spirit]]. He is always in [[liaison]] with the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:3._THE_REFLECTIVE_SPIRITS Reflective Spirits] at the headquarters of the fifth superuniverse.

16:3.11 This Spirit directs the welfare of the fifth superuniverse in such a way as to suggest the combined [[action]] of the [[Universal Father]] and the [[Infinite Spirit]]. He is always in [[liaison]] with the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:3._THE_REFLECTIVE_SPIRITS Reflective Spirits] at the headquarters of the fifth superuniverse.

16:3.12 ''Master Spirit Number Six''. This [[divine]] [[being]] seems to portray the combined [[character]] of the [[Eternal Son]] and the [[Infinite Spirit]]. Whenever the creatures jointly created by the Son and the Spirit forgather in the central universe, it is this Master Spirit who is their adviser; and whenever, in the councils of the Seven Master Spirits, it becomes [[necessary]] to speak conjointly for the Eternal Son and the Infinite Spirit, it is Master Spirit Number Six who [[responds]].

16:3.12 ''Master Spirit Number Six''. This [[divine]] [[being]] seems to portray the combined [[character]] of the [[Eternal Son]] and the [[Infinite Spirit]]. Whenever the creatures jointly created by the Son and the Spirit forgather in the central universe, it is this Master Spirit who is their adviser; and whenever, in the councils of the Seven Master Spirits, it becomes [[necessary]] to speak conjointly for the Eternal Son and the Infinite Spirit, it is Master Spirit Number Six who [[responds]].

16:3.13 This Spirit directs the affairs of the sixth superuniverse much as would the Eternal Son and the Infinite Spirit. He is always in [[liaison]] with the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:3._THE_REFLECTIVE_SPIRITS Reflective Spirits] at the headquarters of the sixth superuniverse.

16:3.13 This Spirit directs the affairs of the sixth superuniverse much as would the Eternal Son and the Infinite Spirit. He is always in [[liaison]] with the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:3._THE_REFLECTIVE_SPIRITS Reflective Spirits] at the headquarters of the sixth superuniverse.

16:3.14 ''Master Spirit Number Seven''. The presiding Spirit of the [[Orvonton|seventh superuniverse]] is a [[uniquely]] [[equal]] portrayal of the [[Universal Father]], the [[Eternal Son]], and the [[Infinite Spirit]]. The Seventh Spirit, the fostering adviser of all triune-origin beings, is also the adviser and director of all the [[ascending]] [[pilgrims]] of [[Havona]], those lowly beings who have [[attained]] the [[courts]] of [[glory]] through the combined [[ministry]] of the Father, the Son, and the Spirit.

16:3.14 ''Master Spirit Number Seven''. The presiding Spirit of the [[Orvonton|seventh superuniverse]] is a [[uniquely]] [[equal]] portrayal of the [[Universal Father]], the [[Eternal Son]], and the [[Infinite Spirit]]. The Seventh Spirit, the fostering adviser of all triune-origin beings, is also the adviser and director of all the [[ascending]] [[pilgrims]] of [[Havona]], those lowly beings who have [[attained]] the [[courts]] of [[glory]] through the combined [[ministry]] of the Father, the Son, and the Spirit.

16:3.16 No one of the Seven Spirits is organically [[representative]] of the [[Paradise Trinity]], but when they [[unite]] as sevenfold Deity, this [[union]] in a [[deity]] sense—not in a [[personal]] sense—equivalates to a [[functional]] level associable with [[Trinity]] [[functions]]. In this sense the " Sevenfold Spirit " is [[functionally]] associable with the [[Paradise Trinity]]. It is also in this sense that Master Spirit Number Seven sometimes speaks in [[confirmation]] of [[Trinity]] [[attitudes]] or, rather, acts as spokesman for the attitude of the Sevenfold-Spirit-union regarding the attitude of the Threefold-Deity-union, the attitude of the Paradise Trinity.

16:3.16 No one of the Seven Spirits is organically [[representative]] of the [[Paradise Trinity]], but when they [[unite]] as sevenfold Deity, this [[union]] in a [[deity]] sense—not in a [[personal]] sense—equivalates to a [[functional]] level associable with [[Trinity]] [[functions]]. In this sense the " Sevenfold Spirit " is [[functionally]] associable with the [[Paradise Trinity]]. It is also in this sense that Master Spirit Number Seven sometimes speaks in [[confirmation]] of [[Trinity]] [[attitudes]] or, rather, acts as spokesman for the attitude of the Sevenfold-Spirit-union regarding the attitude of the Threefold-Deity-union, the attitude of the Paradise Trinity.

16:3.17 The multiple functions of the Seventh Master Spirit thus range from a combined portraiture of the [[personal]] [[natures]] of [[the Father]], [[the Son|Son]], and [[the Spirit|Spirit]], through a [[representation]] of the [[personal]] [[attitude]] of [[God the Supreme]], to a disclosure of the [[deity]] [[attitude]] of the [[Paradise Trinity]]. And in certain respects this presiding Spirit is similarly [[expressive]] of the attitudes of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#IX._GOD_THE_ULTIMATE Ultimate] and of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_118 Supreme-Ultimate].

16:3.17 The multiple functions of the Seventh Master Spirit thus range from a combined portraiture of the [[personal]] [[natures]] of [[the Father]], [[the Son|Son]], and [[the Spirit|Spirit]], through a [[representation]] of the [[personal]] [[attitude]] of [[God the Supreme]], to a disclosure of the [[deity]] [[attitude]] of the [[Paradise Trinity]]. And in certain respects this presiding Spirit is similarly [[expressive]] of the attitudes of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#IX._GOD_THE_ULTIMATE Ultimate] and of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_118 Supreme-Ultimate].

16:3.18 It is Master Spirit Number Seven who, in his multiple capacities, [[personally]] sponsors the [[progress]] of the [[ascension]] candidates from the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 worlds of time] in their attempts to achieve [[comprehension]] of the undivided Deity of [[Supremacy]]. Such comprehension involves a grasp of the [[existential]] [[sovereignty]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_106#106:8._THE_TRINITY_OF_TRINITIES Trinity of Supremacy] so [[co-ordinated]] with a [[concept]] of the [[growing]] experiential [[sovereignty]] of the [[Supreme Being]] as to [[constitute]] the [[creature]] grasp of the [[unity]] of [[Supremacy]]. Creature [[realization]] of these three factors [[equals]] [[Havona]] [[comprehension]] of [[Trinity]] [[reality]] and endows the [[pilgrims]] of [[time]] with the ability [[eventually]] to penetrate the [[Trinity]], to discover the three [[infinite]] [[persons]] of [[Deity]].

16:3.18 It is Master Spirit Number Seven who, in his multiple capacities, [[personally]] sponsors the [[progress]] of the [[ascension]] candidates from the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 worlds of time] in their attempts to achieve [[comprehension]] of the undivided Deity of [[Supremacy]]. Such comprehension involves a grasp of the [[existential]] [[sovereignty]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_106#106:8._THE_TRINITY_OF_TRINITIES Trinity of Supremacy] so [[co-ordinated]] with a [[concept]] of the [[growing]] experiential [[sovereignty]] of the [[Supreme Being]] as to [[constitute]] the [[creature]] grasp of the [[unity]] of [[Supremacy]]. Creature [[realization]] of these three factors [[equals]] [[Havona]] [[comprehension]] of [[Trinity]] [[reality]] and endows the [[pilgrims]] of [[time]] with the ability [[eventually]] to penetrate the [[Trinity]], to discover the three [[infinite]] [[persons]] of [[Deity]].

16:3.19 The inability of the [[Havona]] [[pilgrims]] fully to find [[God the Supreme]] is compensated by the Seventh Master Spirit, whose triune nature in such a [[Weird|peculiar]] [[manner]] is [[revelatory]] of the spirit person of the [[Supreme]]. During the present universe age of the noncontactability of the person of the Supreme, Master Spirit Number Seven [[functions]] in the place of the God of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40 ascendant creatures] in the matter of [[personal]] [[relationships]]. He is the one high spirit being that all ascenders are certain to recognize and somewhat [[comprehend]] when they reach the [[centers]] of [[glory]].

16:3.19 The inability of the [[Havona]] [[pilgrims]] fully to find [[God the Supreme]] is compensated by the Seventh Master Spirit, whose triune nature in such a [[Weird|peculiar]] [[manner]] is [[revelatory]] of the spirit person of the [[Supreme]]. During the present universe age of the noncontactability of the person of the Supreme, Master Spirit Number Seven [[functions]] in the place of the God of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40 ascendant creatures] in the matter of [[personal]] [[relationships]]. He is the one high spirit being that all ascenders are certain to recognize and somewhat [[comprehend]] when they reach the [[centers]] of [[glory]].

16:3.20 This Master Spirit is always in liaison with the [[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:3._THE_REFLECTIVE_SPIRITS Reflective Spirits] of [[Uversa]], the headquarters of the seventh superuniverse, our own segment of [[creation]]. His [[administration]] of [[Orvonton]] discloses the marvelous [[symmetry]] of the [[co-ordinate]] blending of the [[divine]] [[natures]] of [[the Father|Father]], [[the Son|Son]], and [[the Spirit|Spirit]].

16:3.20 This Master Spirit is always in liaison with the [[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:3._THE_REFLECTIVE_SPIRITS Reflective Spirits] of [[Uversa]], the headquarters of the seventh superuniverse, our own segment of [[creation]]. His [[administration]] of [[Orvonton]] discloses the marvelous [[symmetry]] of the [[co-ordinate]] blending of the [[divine]] [[natures]] of [[the Father|Father]], [[the Son|Son]], and [[the Spirit|Spirit]].

==16:4. ATTRIBUTES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE MASTER SPIRITS==   

==16:4. ATTRIBUTES AND FUNCTIONS OF THE MASTER SPIRITS==   

16:4.1 The Seven Master Spirits are the full [[representation]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]] to the [[evolutionary]] [[universes]]. They represent the [[Third Source and Center]] in the [[relationships]] of [[energy]], [[mind]], and [[spirit]]. While they [[function]] as the [[co-ordinating]] heads of the [[universal]] [[administrative]] [[control]] of the Conjoint Actor, do not forget that they have their [[origin]] in the [[creative]] [[acts]] of the [[Trinity|Paradise Deities]]. It is literally true that these Seven Spirits are the [[personalized]] [[physical]] [[power]], [[cosmic]] [[mind]], and [[spiritual]] [[presence]] of the triune Deity, "the Seven Spirits of God sent forth to all the universe."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Revelation#Chapter_5]

16:4.1 The Seven Master Spirits are the full [[representation]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]] to the [[evolutionary]] [[universes]]. They represent the [[Third Source and Center]] in the [[relationships]] of [[energy]], [[mind]], and [[spirit]]. While they [[function]] as the [[co-ordinating]] heads of the [[universal]] [[administrative]] [[control]] of the Conjoint Actor, do not forget that they have their [[origin]] in the [[creative]] [[acts]] of the [[Trinity|Paradise Deities]]. It is literally true that these Seven Spirits are the [[personalized]] [[physical]] [[power]], [[cosmic]] [[mind]], and [[spiritual]] [[presence]] of the triune Deity, "the Seven Spirits of God sent forth to all the universe."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Revelation#Chapter_5]

16:4.2 The Master Spirits are [[unique]] in that they [[function]] on all [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_106 universe levels of reality] excepting the [[absolute]]. They are, therefore, efficient and [[perfect]] supervisors of all [[phases]] of [[administrative]] affairs on all levels of [[superuniverse]] activities. It is difficult for the [[mortal]] [[mind]] to [[understand]] very much about the Master Spirits because their [[work]] is so highly specialized yet [[Encompassing|all-embracing]], so exceptionally [[material]] and at the same time so exquisitely [[spiritual]]. These [[versatile]] [[creators]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_9#9:4._THE_ABSOLUTE_MIND cosmic mind] are the [[ancestors]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#PAPER_29:_THE_UNIVERSE_POWER_DIRECTORS Universe Power Directors] and are, themselves, supreme directors of the vast and far-flung [[spirit]]-[[creature]] [[creation]].

16:4.2 The Master Spirits are [[unique]] in that they [[function]] on all [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_106 universe levels of reality] excepting the [[absolute]]. They are, therefore, efficient and [[perfect]] supervisors of all [[phases]] of [[administrative]] affairs on all levels of [[superuniverse]] activities. It is difficult for the [[mortal]] [[mind]] to [[understand]] very much about the Master Spirits because their [[work]] is so highly specialized yet [[Encompassing|all-embracing]], so exceptionally [[material]] and at the same time so exquisitely [[spiritual]]. These [[versatile]] [[creators]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_9#9:4._THE_ABSOLUTE_MIND cosmic mind] are the [[ancestors]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#PAPER_29:_THE_UNIVERSE_POWER_DIRECTORS Universe Power Directors] and are, themselves, supreme directors of the vast and far-flung [[spirit]]-[[creature]] [[creation]].

16:4.3 The Seven Master Spirits are the creators of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#PAPER_29:_THE_UNIVERSE_POWER_DIRECTORS Universe Power Directors] and their associates, entities who are indispensable to the [[organization]], [[control]], and regulation of the [[physical]] [[energies]] of the [[grand universe]]. And these same Master Spirits very materially assist the [[Creator Sons]] in the [[work]] of shaping and organizing the [[local universes]].

16:4.3 The Seven Master Spirits are the creators of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#PAPER_29:_THE_UNIVERSE_POWER_DIRECTORS Universe Power Directors] and their associates, entities who are indispensable to the [[organization]], [[control]], and regulation of the [[physical]] [[energies]] of the [[grand universe]]. And these same Master Spirits very materially assist the [[Creator Sons]] in the [[work]] of shaping and organizing the [[local universes]].

16:4.4 We are unable to trace any [[personal]] [[connection]] between the [[cosmic]]-[[energy]] [[work]] of the Master Spirits and the [[force]] [[functions]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_absolutes#The_Unqualified_Absolute Unqualified Absolute]. The [[energy]] [[manifestations]] under the jurisdiction of the Master Spirits are all directed from the [[periphery]] of [[Paradise]]; they do not appear to be in any direct [[manner]] associated with the [[force]] [[phenomena]] identified with the [http://www.nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11_-_The_Eternal_Isle_of_Paradise#11:5._NETHER_PARADISE nether surface of Paradise].

16:4.4 We are unable to trace any [[personal]] [[connection]] between the [[cosmic]]-[[energy]] [[work]] of the Master Spirits and the [[force]] [[functions]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_absolutes#The_Unqualified_Absolute Unqualified Absolute]. The [[energy]] [[manifestations]] under the jurisdiction of the Master Spirits are all directed from the [[periphery]] of [[Paradise]]; they do not appear to be in any direct [[manner]] associated with the [[force]] [[phenomena]] identified with the [http://www.nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11_-_The_Eternal_Isle_of_Paradise#11:5._NETHER_PARADISE nether surface of Paradise].

16:4.5 Unquestionably, when we encounter the functional activities of the various [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#PAPER_29:_THE_UNIVERSE_POWER_DIRECTORS Morontia Power Supervisors], we are face to face with certain of the unrevealed activities of the Master Spirits. Who, aside from these [[ancestors]] of both [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:4._THE_MASTER_PHYSICAL_CONTROLLERS physical controllers] and spirit ministers, could have contrived so to combine and associate [[material]] and [[spiritual]] [[energies]] as to produce a hitherto nonexistent [[phase]] of [[universe]] [[reality]]—[[morontia]] substance and [[morontia]] [[mind]]?

16:4.5 Unquestionably, when we encounter the functional activities of the various [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#PAPER_29:_THE_UNIVERSE_POWER_DIRECTORS Morontia Power Supervisors], we are face to face with certain of the unrevealed activities of the Master Spirits. Who, aside from these [[ancestors]] of both [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:4._THE_MASTER_PHYSICAL_CONTROLLERS physical controllers] and spirit ministers, could have contrived so to combine and associate [[material]] and [[spiritual]] [[energies]] as to produce a hitherto nonexistent [[phase]] of [[universe]] [[reality]]—[[morontia]] substance and [[morontia]] [[mind]]?

16:4.6 Much of the [[reality]] of the [[spiritual]] worlds is of the [[morontia]] order, a [[phase]] of [[universe]] [[reality]] wholly [[unknown]] on [[Urantia]]. The goal of [[personality]] [[existence]] is spiritual, but the [[morontia]] creations always [[intervene]], bridging the gulf between the [[material]] realms of [[mortal]] [[origin]] and the superuniverse [[spheres]] of advancing [[spiritual]] [[status]]. It is in this realm that the Master Spirits make their great contribution to the plan of man's [[Paradise]] [[ascension]].

16:4.6 Much of the [[reality]] of the [[spiritual]] worlds is of the [[morontia]] order, a [[phase]] of [[universe]] [[reality]] wholly [[unknown]] on [[Urantia]]. The goal of [[personality]] [[existence]] is spiritual, but the [[morontia]] creations always [[intervene]], bridging the gulf between the [[material]] realms of [[mortal]] [[origin]] and the superuniverse [[spheres]] of advancing [[spiritual]] [[status]]. It is in this realm that the Master Spirits make their great contribution to the plan of man's [[Paradise]] [[ascension]].

*1. 16:4.9 1. The life-initiation procedures of the local universe [[Life Carriers]].

*1. 16:4.9 1. The life-initiation procedures of the local universe [[Life Carriers]].

*2. 16:4.10 2. The life activations of the [[adjutant mind-spirits]] bestowed upon the worlds by a [[local universe]] [[Creative Spirit]].

*2. 16:4.10 2. The life activations of the [[adjutant mind-spirits]] bestowed upon the worlds by a [[local universe]] [[Creative Spirit]].

*3. 16:4.11 3. The fluctuations in [[energy]] [[manifestations]] exhibited by the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#VI._ENERGY_AND_PATTERN linear-gravity-responding] [[units]] of organized [[matter]].

*3. 16:4.11 3. The fluctuations in [[energy]] [[manifestations]] exhibited by the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#VI._ENERGY_AND_PATTERN linear-gravity-responding] [[units]] of organized [[matter]].

*4. 16:4.12 4. The [[behavior]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#VI._ENERGY_AND_PATTERN emergent energy] when fully [[liberated]] from the grasp of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Three_Absolutes#The_Unqualified_Absolute Unqualified Absolute], thus becoming [[responsive]] to the direct [[influence]] of [[linear]] [[gravity]] and to the [[manipulations]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#PAPER_29:_THE_UNIVERSE_POWER_DIRECTORS Universe Power Directors] and their associates.

*4. 16:4.12 4. The [[behavior]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#VI._ENERGY_AND_PATTERN emergent energy] when fully [[liberated]] from the grasp of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Three_Absolutes#The_Unqualified_Absolute Unqualified Absolute], thus becoming [[responsive]] to the direct [[influence]] of [[linear]] [[gravity]] and to the [[manipulations]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#PAPER_29:_THE_UNIVERSE_POWER_DIRECTORS Universe Power Directors] and their associates.

*5. 16:4.13 5. The bestowal of the ministry spirit of a local universe [[Creative Spirit]], known on [[Urantia]] as the [[Holy Spirit]].

*5. 16:4.13 5. The bestowal of the ministry spirit of a local universe [[Creative Spirit]], known on [[Urantia]] as the [[Holy Spirit]].

*6. 16:4.14 6. The subsequent bestowal of the spirit of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20#20:5._BESTOWAL_OF_THE_PARADISE_SONS_OF_GOD bestowal Sons], on [[Urantia]] called the Comforter or the [[Spirit of Truth]].

*6. 16:4.14 6. The subsequent bestowal of the spirit of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20#20:5._BESTOWAL_OF_THE_PARADISE_SONS_OF_GOD bestowal Sons], on [[Urantia]] called the Comforter or the [[Spirit of Truth]].

*7. 16:4.15 7. The [[reflectivity]] [[mechanism]] of the [[local universes]] and the [[superuniverse]]. Many features [[connected]] with this extraordinary [[phenomenon]] can hardly be reasonably explained or [[rationally]] [[understood]] without postulating the activity of the Master Spirits in association with the [[Conjoint Actor]] and the [[Supreme Being]].

*7. 16:4.15 7. The [[reflectivity]] [[mechanism]] of the [[local universes]] and the [[superuniverse]]. Many features [[connected]] with this extraordinary [[phenomenon]] can hardly be reasonably explained or [[rationally]] [[understood]] without postulating the activity of the Master Spirits in association with the [[Conjoint Actor]] and the [[Supreme Being]].

16:4.16 Notwithstanding our failure adequately to [[comprehend]] the manifold workings of the Seven Master Spirits, we are [[confident]] there are two realms in the vast range of universe activities with which they have nothing whatever to do: the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_108 bestowal and ministry] of the [[Thought Adjusters]] and the inscrutable [[functions]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Three_Absolutes#The_Unqualified_Absolute Unqualified Absolute].

16:4.16 Notwithstanding our failure adequately to [[comprehend]] the manifold workings of the Seven Master Spirits, we are [[confident]] there are two realms in the vast range of universe activities with which they have nothing whatever to do: the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_108 bestowal and ministry] of the [[Thought Adjusters]] and the inscrutable [[functions]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Three_Absolutes#The_Unqualified_Absolute Unqualified Absolute].

==16:5. RELATION TO CREATURES==  

==16:5. RELATION TO CREATURES==  

16:5.2 Through this [[personal]] [[influence]] of the Seven Master Spirits every [[creature]] of every order of [[intelligent]] [[beings]], outside of [[Paradise]] and [[Havona]], must bear the characteristic stamp of [[individuality]] indicative of the [[ancestral]] [[nature]] of some one of these Seven Paradise Spirits. As concerns [[the seven superuniverses]], each native [[creature]], [[Human|man]] or [[angel]], will forever bear this badge of natal identification.

16:5.2 Through this [[personal]] [[influence]] of the Seven Master Spirits every [[creature]] of every order of [[intelligent]] [[beings]], outside of [[Paradise]] and [[Havona]], must bear the characteristic stamp of [[individuality]] indicative of the [[ancestral]] [[nature]] of some one of these Seven Paradise Spirits. As concerns [[the seven superuniverses]], each native [[creature]], [[Human|man]] or [[angel]], will forever bear this badge of natal identification.

16:5.3 The Seven Master Spirits do not directly invade the [[material]] [[minds]] of the [[individual]] [[creatures]] on the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 evolutionary worlds of space]. The [[mortals]] of [[Urantia]] do not [[experience]] the [[personal]] [[presence]] of the mind-spirit [[influence]] of the Master Spirit of [[Orvonton]]. If this Master Spirit does [[attain]] any sort of contact with the individual mortal mind during the earlier evolutionary ages of an inhabited world, it must occur through the ministry of the [[local universe]] [[Creative Spirit]], the consort and associate of the [[Creator Son]] of God who presides over the [[destinies]] of each [[local creation]]. But this very Creative [[Mother Spirit]] is, in [[nature]] and [[character]], quite like the Master Spirit of [[Orvonton]].

16:5.3 The Seven Master Spirits do not directly invade the [[material]] [[minds]] of the [[individual]] [[creatures]] on the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 evolutionary worlds of space]. The [[mortals]] of [[Urantia]] do not [[experience]] the [[personal]] [[presence]] of the mind-spirit [[influence]] of the Master Spirit of [[Orvonton]]. If this Master Spirit does [[attain]] any sort of contact with the individual mortal mind during the earlier evolutionary ages of an inhabited world, it must occur through the ministry of the [[local universe]] [[Creative Spirit]], the consort and associate of the [[Creator Son]] of God who presides over the [[destinies]] of each [[local creation]]. But this very Creative [[Mother Spirit]] is, in [[nature]] and [[character]], quite like the Master Spirit of [[Orvonton]].

16:5.4 The [[physical]] stamp of a Master Spirit is a part of man's [[material]] [[origin]]. The entire [[morontia]] [[career]] is lived under the continuing [[influence]] of this same Master Spirit. It is hardly strange that the subsequent [[spirit]] career of such an [[ascending]] [[mortal]] never fully eradicates the characteristic stamp of this same supervising Spirit. The impress of a Master Spirit is basic to the very [[existence]] of every pre-[[Havona]] stage of [[mortal]] [[ascension]].

16:5.4 The [[physical]] stamp of a Master Spirit is a part of man's [[material]] [[origin]]. The entire [[morontia]] [[career]] is lived under the continuing [[influence]] of this same Master Spirit. It is hardly strange that the subsequent [[spirit]] career of such an [[ascending]] [[mortal]] never fully eradicates the characteristic stamp of this same supervising Spirit. The impress of a Master Spirit is basic to the very [[existence]] of every pre-[[Havona]] stage of [[mortal]] [[ascension]].

==16:6. THE COSMIC MIND==

==16:6. THE COSMIC MIND==

16:6.1 The Master Spirits are the sevenfold [[source]] of the [[cosmic]] [[mind]], the [[intellectual]] [[potential]] of the [[grand universe]]. This cosmic mind is a [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_106#PAPER_106:_UNIVERSE_LEVELS_OF_REALITY subabsolute] [[manifestation]] of the mind of the [[Third Source and Center]] and, in certain ways, is [[functionally]] related to the mind of the evolving [[Supreme Being]].

16:6.1 The Master Spirits are the sevenfold [[source]] of the [[cosmic]] [[mind]], the [[intellectual]] [[potential]] of the [[grand universe]]. This cosmic mind is a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_106#PAPER_106:_UNIVERSE_LEVELS_OF_REALITY subabsolute] [[manifestation]] of the mind of the [[Third Source and Center]] and, in certain ways, is [[functionally]] related to the mind of the evolving [[Supreme Being]].

16:6.2 On a world like [[Urantia]] we do not encounter the direct [[influence]] of the Seven Master Spirits in the affairs of the [[human]] [[races]]. You live under the [[immediate]] influence of the [[Creative Spirit]] of [[Nebadon]]. Nevertheless these same Master Spirits dominate the basic [[reactions]] of all [[creature]] [[mind]] because they are the actual [[sources]] of the [[intellect]]ual and [[spiritual]] [[potentials]] which have been specialized in the [[local universes]] for [[function]] in the lives of those [[individuals]] who inhabit the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 evolutionary worlds] of [[time and space]].

16:6.2 On a world like [[Urantia]] we do not encounter the direct [[influence]] of the Seven Master Spirits in the affairs of the [[human]] [[races]]. You live under the [[immediate]] influence of the [[Creative Spirit]] of [[Nebadon]]. Nevertheless these same Master Spirits dominate the basic [[reactions]] of all [[creature]] [[mind]] because they are the actual [[sources]] of the [[intellect]]ual and [[spiritual]] [[potentials]] which have been specialized in the [[local universes]] for [[function]] in the lives of those [[individuals]] who inhabit the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 evolutionary worlds] of [[time and space]].

16:6.3 The [[fact]] of the [[cosmic]] [[mind]] explains the kinship of various types of human and superhuman minds. Not only are "[[kindred spirits]]" [[Law of Attraction|attracted]] to each other, but kindred minds are also very [[fraternal]] and inclined towards [[co-operation]] the one with the other. Human minds are sometimes [[observed]] to be running in [[channels]] of astonishing similarity and inexplicable [[agreement]].

16:6.3 The [[fact]] of the [[cosmic]] [[mind]] explains the kinship of various types of human and superhuman minds. Not only are "[[kindred spirits]]" [[Law of Attraction|attracted]] to each other, but kindred minds are also very [[fraternal]] and inclined towards [[co-operation]] the one with the other. Human minds are sometimes [[observed]] to be running in [[channels]] of astonishing similarity and inexplicable [[agreement]].

==16:8. URANTIA PERSONALITY==

==16:8. URANTIA PERSONALITY==

16:8.1 The [[Universal Father]] bestows [[personality]] upon numerous orders of [[beings]] as they [[function]] on [[diverse]] levels of [[universe]] [[actuality]]. [[Urantia]] [[human beings]] are endowed with personality of the [[finite]]-[[mortal]] type, functioning on the level of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40 ascending sons of God].

16:8.1 The [[Universal Father]] bestows [[personality]] upon numerous orders of [[beings]] as they [[function]] on [[diverse]] levels of [[universe]] [[actuality]]. [[Urantia]] [[human beings]] are endowed with personality of the [[finite]]-[[mortal]] type, functioning on the level of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40 ascending sons of God].

16:8.2 Though we can hardly undertake to define personality, we may attempt to [[narrate]] our [[understanding]] of the known factors which go to make up the ensemble of [[material]], [[mental]], and [[spiritual]] [[energies]] whose interassociation [[constitutes]] the [[mechanism]] wherein and whereon and wherewith the Universal Father causes his bestowed [[personality]] to [[function]].

16:8.2 Though we can hardly undertake to define personality, we may attempt to [[narrate]] our [[understanding]] of the known factors which go to make up the ensemble of [[material]], [[mental]], and [[spiritual]] [[energies]] whose interassociation [[constitutes]] the [[mechanism]] wherein and whereon and wherewith the Universal Father causes his bestowed [[personality]] to [[function]].

*3. The [[faith]]-grasp of the fellowship [[worship]] of [[Deity]], [[associated]] with the loving [[service]] of [[humanity]].

*3. The [[faith]]-grasp of the fellowship [[worship]] of [[Deity]], [[associated]] with the loving [[service]] of [[humanity]].

16:8.9 The full [[function]] of such a [[personality]] endowment is the beginning [[realization]] of [[Deity]] kinship. Such a selfhood, indwelt by a [[Thought Adjuster|prepersonal fragment]] of [[God the Father]], is in [[truth]] and in [[fact]] a [[spiritual]] son of God. Such a [[creature]] not only discloses capacity for the reception of the gift of the divine [[presence]] but also exhibits reactive [[response]] to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_12#12:3._UNIVERSAL_GRAVITY personality-gravity circuit] of the [[Paradise]] [[Father]] of all [[personalities]].

16:8.9 The full [[function]] of such a [[personality]] endowment is the beginning [[realization]] of [[Deity]] kinship. Such a selfhood, indwelt by a [[Thought Adjuster|prepersonal fragment]] of [[God the Father]], is in [[truth]] and in [[fact]] a [[spiritual]] son of God. Such a [[creature]] not only discloses capacity for the reception of the gift of the divine [[presence]] but also exhibits reactive [[response]] to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_12#12:3._UNIVERSAL_GRAVITY personality-gravity circuit] of the [[Paradise]] [[Father]] of all [[personalities]].

==16:9. REALITY OF HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS==

==16:9. REALITY OF HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS==

16:9.5 [[Civilization]]s are unstable because they are not [[cosmic]]; they are not innate in the [[individuals]] of the races. They must be nurtured by the combined contributions of the constitutive factors of man—[[science]], [[morality]], and [[religion]]. Civilizations come and go, but science, morality, and religion always [[survive]] the crash.

16:9.5 [[Civilization]]s are unstable because they are not [[cosmic]]; they are not innate in the [[individuals]] of the races. They must be nurtured by the combined contributions of the constitutive factors of man—[[science]], [[morality]], and [[religion]]. Civilizations come and go, but science, morality, and religion always [[survive]] the crash.

16:9.6 [[Jesus]] not only revealed [[God]] to man, but he also made a new [[revelation]] of man to himself and to other men. In the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents#Part_IV._The_Life_and_Teachings_of_Jesus life of Jesus] you see man at his best. Man thus becomes so [[beautifully]] real because Jesus had so much of [[God]] in his life, and the [[realization]] (recognition) of God is inalienable and constitutive in all men.

16:9.6 [[Jesus]] not only revealed [[God]] to man, but he also made a new [[revelation]] of man to himself and to other men. In the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents#Part_IV._The_Life_and_Teachings_of_Jesus life of Jesus] you see man at his best. Man thus becomes so [[beautifully]] real because Jesus had so much of [[God]] in his life, and the [[realization]] (recognition) of God is inalienable and constitutive in all men.

16:9.7 [[Altruism|Unselfishness]], aside from [[parental]] [[instinct]], is not altogether [[natural]]; other persons are not naturally loved or socially served. It requires the [[enlightenment]] of [[reason]], [[morality]], and the urge of [[religion]], God-knowingness, to generate an unselfish and [[altruistic]] social order. Man's own [[personality]] awareness, self-consciousness, is also directly dependent on this very fact of innate other-awareness, this [[innate]] ability to recognize and grasp the [[reality]] of other [[personality]], ranging from the [[human]] to the [[divine]].

16:9.7 [[Altruism|Unselfishness]], aside from [[parental]] [[instinct]], is not altogether [[natural]]; other persons are not naturally loved or socially served. It requires the [[enlightenment]] of [[reason]], [[morality]], and the urge of [[religion]], God-knowingness, to generate an unselfish and [[altruistic]] social order. Man's own [[personality]] awareness, self-consciousness, is also directly dependent on this very fact of innate other-awareness, this [[innate]] ability to recognize and grasp the [[reality]] of other [[personality]], ranging from the [[human]] to the [[divine]].

*4. The quest for [[personality]] values, the ability to recognize the [[reality]] of [[God]] as a [[personality]] and the concurrent [[realization]] of our fraternal [[relationship]] with fellow personalities.

*4. The quest for [[personality]] values, the ability to recognize the [[reality]] of [[God]] as a [[personality]] and the concurrent [[realization]] of our fraternal [[relationship]] with fellow personalities.

16:9.10 You become conscious of man as your [[creature]] [[brother]] because you are already conscious of [[God]] as your [[Creator]] Father. [[Fatherhood]] is the [[relationship]] out of which we [[reason]] ourselves into the recognition of [[brotherhood]]. And Fatherhood becomes, or may become, a universe [[reality]] to all [[moral]] [[creatures]] because the Father has himself bestowed [[personality]] upon all such [[beings]] and has encircuited them within the grasp of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:9._CIRCUITS_OF_THE_SUPERUNIVERSES universal personality circuit]. We [[worship]] [[God]], first, because he is, then, because he is in us, and last, because we are in him.

16:9.10 You become conscious of man as your [[creature]] [[brother]] because you are already conscious of [[God]] as your [[Creator]] Father. [[Fatherhood]] is the [[relationship]] out of which we [[reason]] ourselves into the recognition of [[brotherhood]]. And Fatherhood becomes, or may become, a universe [[reality]] to all [[moral]] [[creatures]] because the Father has himself bestowed [[personality]] upon all such [[beings]] and has encircuited them within the grasp of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:9._CIRCUITS_OF_THE_SUPERUNIVERSES universal personality circuit]. We [[worship]] [[God]], first, because he is, then, because he is in us, and last, because we are in him.

16:9.11 Is it strange that the cosmic [[mind]] should be self-consciously aware of its own [[source]], the [[infinite]] mind of the [[Infinite Spirit]], and at the same time conscious of the [[physical]] [[reality]] of the [[Cosmos|far-flung universes]], the [[spiritual]] [[reality]] of the [[Eternal Son]], and the [[personality]] [[reality]] of the [[Universal Father]]?

16:9.11 Is it strange that the cosmic [[mind]] should be self-consciously aware of its own [[source]], the [[infinite]] mind of the [[Infinite Spirit]], and at the same time conscious of the [[physical]] [[reality]] of the [[Cosmos|far-flung universes]], the [[spiritual]] [[reality]] of the [[Eternal Son]], and the [[personality]] [[reality]] of the [[Universal Father]]?

16:9.12 Sponsored by a [[Universal Censor]] from [[Uversa]].

16:9.12 Sponsored by a [[Universal Censor]] from [[Uversa]].

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