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==PAPER 34: THE LOCAL UNIVERSE MOTHER SPIRIT==     
 
==PAPER 34: THE LOCAL UNIVERSE MOTHER SPIRIT==     
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34:0.1 When a [[Creator Son]] is [[personalized]] by the [[Universal Father]] and the [[Eternal Son]], then does the [[Infinite Spirit]] [[individualize]] a new and [[unique]] [[representation]] of himself to accompany this [[Creator Son]] to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:6._THE_SPHERES_OF_SPACE realms of space], there to be his companion, first, in [[physical]] [[organization]] and, later, in [[creation]] and [[ministry]] to the [[creatures]] of the newly [[projected]] [[universe]].
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34:0.1 When a [[Creator Son]] is [[personalized]] by the [[Universal Father]] and the [[Eternal Son]], then does the [[Infinite Spirit]] [[individualize]] a new and [[unique]] [[representation]] of himself to accompany this [[Creator Son]] to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:6._THE_SPHERES_OF_SPACE realms of space], there to be his companion, first, in [[physical]] [[organization]] and, later, in [[creation]] and [[ministry]] to the [[creatures]] of the newly [[projected]] [[universe]].
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34:0.2 A [[Creative Spirit]][http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:6._THE_LOCAL_UNIVERSE_CREATIVE_SPIRITS] [[reacts]] to both [[physical]] and [[spiritual]] [[realities]]; so does a [[Creator Son]]; and thus are they [[co-ordinate]] and [[associate]] in the [[administration]] of a [[local universe]] of [[time and space]].
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34:0.2 A [[Creative Spirit]][https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:6._THE_LOCAL_UNIVERSE_CREATIVE_SPIRITS] [[reacts]] to both [[physical]] and [[spiritual]] [[realities]]; so does a [[Creator Son]]; and thus are they [[co-ordinate]] and [[associate]] in the [[administration]] of a [[local universe]] of [[time and space]].
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34:0.3 These [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:6._THE_LOCAL_UNIVERSE_CREATIVE_SPIRITS Daughter Spirits] are of the [[essence]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]], but they cannot [[function]] in the [[work]] of [[physical]] [[creation]] and [[spiritual]] [[ministry]] [[simultaneously]]. In [[physical]] [[creation]] the [[Creator Son|Universe Son]] provides the [[pattern]] while the Universe Spirit initiates the [[materialization]] of [[physical]] [[realities]]. The Son operates in the [[power]] [[designs]], but the Spirit [[transforms]] these [[energy]] [[creations]] into physical substances. Although it is somewhat [[difficult]] to portray this early [[universe]] [[presence]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]] as a [[person]], nevertheless, to the [[Creator Son]] the Spirit [[associate]] is [[personal]] and has always [[functioned]] as a distinct [[individual]].
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34:0.3 These [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:6._THE_LOCAL_UNIVERSE_CREATIVE_SPIRITS Daughter Spirits] are of the [[essence]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]], but they cannot [[function]] in the [[work]] of [[physical]] [[creation]] and [[spiritual]] [[ministry]] [[simultaneously]]. In [[physical]] [[creation]] the [[Creator Son|Universe Son]] provides the [[pattern]] while the Universe Spirit initiates the [[materialization]] of [[physical]] [[realities]]. The Son operates in the [[power]] [[designs]], but the Spirit [[transforms]] these [[energy]] [[creations]] into physical substances. Although it is somewhat [[difficult]] to portray this early [[universe]] [[presence]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]] as a [[person]], nevertheless, to the [[Creator Son]] the Spirit [[associate]] is [[personal]] and has always [[functioned]] as a distinct [[individual]].
    
==34:1. PERSONALIZATION OF THE CREATIVE SPIRIT==     
 
==34:1. PERSONALIZATION OF THE CREATIVE SPIRIT==     
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34:1.1 After the completion of the [[physical]] [[organization]] of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_cluster starry] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetary_nebula planetary cluster] and the establishment of the [[energy]] [[circuits]] by the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:2._THE_SUPREME_POWER_CENTERS superuniverse power centers], subsequent to this preliminary [[work]] of [[creation]] by the [[agencies]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]], operating through, and under the direction of, his [[local universe]] creative [[focalization]], there goes forth the proclamation of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21 Michael Son] that [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:2._THE_CREATORS_OF_LOCAL_UNIVERSES life is next to be projected]] in the newly organized [[universe]]. Upon the [[Paradise]] [[recognition]] of this [[declaration]] of [[intention]], there occurs a [[reaction]] of approval in the [[Paradise Trinity]], followed by the disappearance in the [[spiritual]] shining of [[the Deities]] of the [[Master Spirit]] in whose [[superuniverse]] this new [[creation]] is organizing. Meanwhile the other [[Master Spirits]] draw near this central lodgment of the [[Paradise Deities]], and subsequently, when the [[Deity]]-[[embraced]] [[Master Spirit]] emerges to the [[recognition]] of his fellows, there occurs what is known as a "primary eruption." This is a tremendous [[spiritual]] flash, a [[phenomenon]] clearly [[discernible]] as far away as the [[headquarters]] of the [[superuniverse]] concerned; and [[simultaneously]] with this little-[[understood]] [[Trinity]] [[manifestation]] there occurs a marked [[change]] in the [[nature]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:6._THE_LOCAL_UNIVERSE_CREATIVE_SPIRITS creative spirit] [[presence]] and [[power]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]] resident in the [[local universe]] concerned. In [[response]] to these [[Paradise]] [[phenomena]] there [[immediately]] [[personalizes]], in the very [[presence]] of the [[Creator Son]], a new [[personal]] [[representation]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]]. This is the [[Divine Minister]]. The individualized [[Creative Spirit]] helper of the [[Creator Son]] has become his [[personal]] [[creative]] [[associate]], the [[local universe]] [[Mother Spirit]].
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34:1.1 After the completion of the [[physical]] [[organization]] of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_cluster starry] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetary_nebula planetary cluster] and the establishment of the [[energy]] [[circuits]] by the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:2._THE_SUPREME_POWER_CENTERS superuniverse power centers], subsequent to this preliminary [[work]] of [[creation]] by the [[agencies]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]], operating through, and under the direction of, his [[local universe]] creative [[focalization]], there goes forth the proclamation of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21 Michael Son] that [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:2._THE_CREATORS_OF_LOCAL_UNIVERSES life is next to be projected]] in the newly organized [[universe]]. Upon the [[Paradise]] [[recognition]] of this [[declaration]] of [[intention]], there occurs a [[reaction]] of approval in the [[Paradise Trinity]], followed by the disappearance in the [[spiritual]] shining of [[the Deities]] of the [[Master Spirit]] in whose [[superuniverse]] this new [[creation]] is organizing. Meanwhile the other [[Master Spirits]] draw near this central lodgment of the [[Paradise Deities]], and subsequently, when the [[Deity]]-[[embraced]] [[Master Spirit]] emerges to the [[recognition]] of his fellows, there occurs what is known as a "primary eruption." This is a tremendous [[spiritual]] flash, a [[phenomenon]] clearly [[discernible]] as far away as the [[headquarters]] of the [[superuniverse]] concerned; and [[simultaneously]] with this little-[[understood]] [[Trinity]] [[manifestation]] there occurs a marked [[change]] in the [[nature]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:6._THE_LOCAL_UNIVERSE_CREATIVE_SPIRITS creative spirit] [[presence]] and [[power]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]] resident in the [[local universe]] concerned. In [[response]] to these [[Paradise]] [[phenomena]] there [[immediately]] [[personalizes]], in the very [[presence]] of the [[Creator Son]], a new [[personal]] [[representation]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]]. This is the [[Divine Minister]]. The individualized [[Creative Spirit]] helper of the [[Creator Son]] has become his [[personal]] [[creative]] [[associate]], the [[local universe]] [[Mother Spirit]].
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34:1.2 From and through this new [[personal]] [[segregation]] of the [[Conjoint Creator]] there proceed the established currents and the [[ordained]] [[circuits]] of [[spirit]] [[power]] and [[spiritual]] [[influence]] destined to pervade all the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 worlds] and [[beings]] of that [[local universe]]. In [[reality]], this new and [[personal]] [[presence]] is but a [[transformation]] of the pre-existent and less personal [[associate]] of the Son in his earlier [[work]] of [[physical]] [[universe]] [[organization]].
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34:1.2 From and through this new [[personal]] [[segregation]] of the [[Conjoint Creator]] there proceed the established currents and the [[ordained]] [[circuits]] of [[spirit]] [[power]] and [[spiritual]] [[influence]] destined to pervade all the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 worlds] and [[beings]] of that [[local universe]]. In [[reality]], this new and [[personal]] [[presence]] is but a [[transformation]] of the pre-existent and less personal [[associate]] of the Son in his earlier [[work]] of [[physical]] [[universe]] [[organization]].
    
34:1.3 This is the [[relation]] of a stupendous [[drama]] in few [[words]], but it [[represents]] about all that can be told regarding these momentous [[transactions]]. They are [[instantaneous]], inscrutable, and incomprehensible; the [[secret]] of the [[technique]] and procedure resides in the bosom of the [[Paradise Trinity]]. Of only one [[thing]] are we certain: The [[Mother Spirit|Spirit]] [[presence]] in the [[local universe]] during the time of [[purely]] [[physical]] [[creation]] or [[organization]] was incompletely [[differentiated]] from the spirit of the [[Paradise]] [[Infinite Spirit]]; whereas, after the reappearance of the supervising [[Master Spirit]] from the [[secret]] [[embrace]] of [[the Gods]] and following the flash of [[spiritual]] [[energy]], the [[local universe]] [[manifestation]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]] suddenly and completely [[changes]] to the [[personal]] likeness of that Master Spirit who was in [[transmuting]] [[liaison]] with the [[Infinite Spirit]]. The [[local universe]] [[Mother Spirit]] thus acquires a [[personal]] nature tinged by that of the [[Master Spirit]] of the [[superuniverse]] of [[astronomic]] [[jurisdiction]].
 
34:1.3 This is the [[relation]] of a stupendous [[drama]] in few [[words]], but it [[represents]] about all that can be told regarding these momentous [[transactions]]. They are [[instantaneous]], inscrutable, and incomprehensible; the [[secret]] of the [[technique]] and procedure resides in the bosom of the [[Paradise Trinity]]. Of only one [[thing]] are we certain: The [[Mother Spirit|Spirit]] [[presence]] in the [[local universe]] during the time of [[purely]] [[physical]] [[creation]] or [[organization]] was incompletely [[differentiated]] from the spirit of the [[Paradise]] [[Infinite Spirit]]; whereas, after the reappearance of the supervising [[Master Spirit]] from the [[secret]] [[embrace]] of [[the Gods]] and following the flash of [[spiritual]] [[energy]], the [[local universe]] [[manifestation]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]] suddenly and completely [[changes]] to the [[personal]] likeness of that Master Spirit who was in [[transmuting]] [[liaison]] with the [[Infinite Spirit]]. The [[local universe]] [[Mother Spirit]] thus acquires a [[personal]] nature tinged by that of the [[Master Spirit]] of the [[superuniverse]] of [[astronomic]] [[jurisdiction]].
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34:1.4 This [[personalized]] [[presence]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]], the [[Creative Mother Spirit]] of the [[local universe]], is known in [[Satania]] as the [[Divine Minister]]. To all [[practical]] [[intents]] and [[spiritual]] [[purposes]] this [[manifestation]] of [[Deity]] is a [[divine]] [[individual]], a [[spirit]] [[person]]. And she is so [[recognized]] and regarded by the [[Creator Son]]. It is through this localization and [[personalization]] of the [[Third Source and Center]] in our [[local universe]] that the Spirit could subsequently become so fully subject to the [[Creator Son]] that of this Son it was truly said, "All power in heaven and on earth has been intrusted to him."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_28]
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34:1.4 This [[personalized]] [[presence]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]], the [[Creative Mother Spirit]] of the [[local universe]], is known in [[Satania]] as the [[Divine Minister]]. To all [[practical]] [[intents]] and [[spiritual]] [[purposes]] this [[manifestation]] of [[Deity]] is a [[divine]] [[individual]], a [[spirit]] [[person]]. And she is so [[recognized]] and regarded by the [[Creator Son]]. It is through this localization and [[personalization]] of the [[Third Source and Center]] in our [[local universe]] that the Spirit could subsequently become so fully subject to the [[Creator Son]] that of this Son it was truly said, "All power in heaven and on earth has been intrusted to him."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_28]
    
==34:2. NATURE OF THE DIVINE MINISTER==   
 
==34:2. NATURE OF THE DIVINE MINISTER==   
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34:2.1 Having undergone marked [[personality]] [[metamorphosis]] at the [[time]] of life [[creation]], the [[Divine Minister]] thereafter [[functions]] as a [[person]] and [[co-operates]] in a very [[personal]] [[manner]] with the [[Creator Son]] in the [[planning]] and [[management]] of the extensive affairs of their local [[creation]]. To many [[universe]] [[types]] of [[being]], even this [[representation]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]] may not appear to be wholly [[personal]] during the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119 ages preceding the final Michael bestowal]; but subsequent to the elevation of the [[Creator Son]] to the [[sovereign]] [[authority]] of a [[Master Son]], the [[Creative Mother Spirit]] becomes so augmented in [[personal]] qualities as to be personally [[recognized]] by all contacting [[individuals]].
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34:2.1 Having undergone marked [[personality]] [[metamorphosis]] at the [[time]] of life [[creation]], the [[Divine Minister]] thereafter [[functions]] as a [[person]] and [[co-operates]] in a very [[personal]] [[manner]] with the [[Creator Son]] in the [[planning]] and [[management]] of the extensive affairs of their local [[creation]]. To many [[universe]] [[types]] of [[being]], even this [[representation]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]] may not appear to be wholly [[personal]] during the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119 ages preceding the final Michael bestowal]; but subsequent to the elevation of the [[Creator Son]] to the [[sovereign]] [[authority]] of a [[Master Son]], the [[Creative Mother Spirit]] becomes so augmented in [[personal]] qualities as to be personally [[recognized]] by all contacting [[individuals]].
    
34:2.2 From the earliest [[association]] with the [[Creator Son]] the Universe Spirit [[possesses]] all the [[physical]]-[[control]] [[attributes]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]], including the full [[endowment]] of [[antigravity]]. Upon the [[attainment]] of [[personal]] [[status]] the Universe Spirit exerts just as full and complete [[control]] of [[mind]] [[gravity]], in the [[local universe]], as would the [[Infinite Spirit]] if personally present.
 
34:2.2 From the earliest [[association]] with the [[Creator Son]] the Universe Spirit [[possesses]] all the [[physical]]-[[control]] [[attributes]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]], including the full [[endowment]] of [[antigravity]]. Upon the [[attainment]] of [[personal]] [[status]] the Universe Spirit exerts just as full and complete [[control]] of [[mind]] [[gravity]], in the [[local universe]], as would the [[Infinite Spirit]] if personally present.
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34:2.3 In each [[local universe]] the [[Divine Minister]] [[functions]] in accordance with the [[nature]] and [[inherent]] characteristics of the [[Infinite Spirit]] as [[embodied]] in one of the [[Seven Master Spirits]] of [[Paradise]]. While there is a basic [[uniformity]] of [[character]] in all [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:6._THE_LOCAL_UNIVERSE_CREATIVE_SPIRITS Universe Spirits], there is also a [[diversity]] of [[function]], determined by their [[origin]] through one of the [[Seven Master Spirits]]. This [[differential]] of [[origin]] accounts for the [[diverse]] [[techniques]] in the [[function]] of the [[local universe]] [[Mother Spirits]] in [[different]] [[superuniverses]]. But in all [[essential]] [[spiritual]] [[attributes]] these Spirits are identical, [[equally]] spiritual and wholly [[divine]], irrespective of [[superuniverse]] differentiation.
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34:2.3 In each [[local universe]] the [[Divine Minister]] [[functions]] in accordance with the [[nature]] and [[inherent]] characteristics of the [[Infinite Spirit]] as [[embodied]] in one of the [[Seven Master Spirits]] of [[Paradise]]. While there is a basic [[uniformity]] of [[character]] in all [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:6._THE_LOCAL_UNIVERSE_CREATIVE_SPIRITS Universe Spirits], there is also a [[diversity]] of [[function]], determined by their [[origin]] through one of the [[Seven Master Spirits]]. This [[differential]] of [[origin]] accounts for the [[diverse]] [[techniques]] in the [[function]] of the [[local universe]] [[Mother Spirits]] in [[different]] [[superuniverses]]. But in all [[essential]] [[spiritual]] [[attributes]] these Spirits are identical, [[equally]] spiritual and wholly [[divine]], irrespective of [[superuniverse]] differentiation.
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34:2.4 The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:6._THE_LOCAL_UNIVERSE_CREATIVE_SPIRITS Creative Spirit] is coresponsible with the [[Creator Son]] in producing the [[creatures]] of the worlds and never fails the Son in all efforts to uphold and conserve these [[creations]]. Life is ministered and [[maintained]] through the [[agency]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:6._THE_LOCAL_UNIVERSE_CREATIVE_SPIRITS Creative Spirit]. "You send forth your Spirit, and they are created. You renew the face of the earth."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_104]
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34:2.4 The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:6._THE_LOCAL_UNIVERSE_CREATIVE_SPIRITS Creative Spirit] is coresponsible with the [[Creator Son]] in producing the [[creatures]] of the worlds and never fails the Son in all efforts to uphold and conserve these [[creations]]. Life is ministered and [[maintained]] through the [[agency]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:6._THE_LOCAL_UNIVERSE_CREATIVE_SPIRITS Creative Spirit]. "You send forth your Spirit, and they are created. You renew the face of the earth."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_104]
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34:2.5 In the [[creation]] of a [[universe]] of [[intelligent]] [[creatures]] the Creative [[Mother Spirit]] [[functions]] first in the [[sphere]] of universe [[perfection]], [[collaborating]] with the Son in the production of the [[Bright and Morning Star]]. Subsequently the offspring of the Spirit increasingly approach the order of created beings on the [[planets]], even as the Sons grade downward from the [[Melchizedeks]] to the [[Material Sons]], who actually contact with the [[mortals]] of the realms. In the later [[evolution]] of [[mortal]] [[creatures]] the [[Life Carrier Sons]] provide the [[physical]] [[body]], fabricated out of the existing organized [[material]] of the realm, while the Universe Spirit contributes the "breath of life."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_genesis#Chapter_.2]
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34:2.5 In the [[creation]] of a [[universe]] of [[intelligent]] [[creatures]] the Creative [[Mother Spirit]] [[functions]] first in the [[sphere]] of universe [[perfection]], [[collaborating]] with the Son in the production of the [[Bright and Morning Star]]. Subsequently the offspring of the Spirit increasingly approach the order of created beings on the [[planets]], even as the Sons grade downward from the [[Melchizedeks]] to the [[Material Sons]], who actually contact with the [[mortals]] of the realms. In the later [[evolution]] of [[mortal]] [[creatures]] the [[Life Carrier Sons]] provide the [[physical]] [[body]], fabricated out of the existing organized [[material]] of the realm, while the Universe Spirit contributes the "breath of life."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_genesis#Chapter_.2]
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34:2.6 While the [[Orvonton|seventh segment]] of the [[grand universe]] may, in many respects, be tardy in [[development]], thoughtful students of our [[problems]] look forward to the [[evolution]] of an extraordinarily well-[[balanced]] [[creation]] in the ages to come. We [[predict]] this high [[degree]] of [[symmetry]] in [[Orvonton]] because the presiding Spirit of this [[superuniverse]] is the chief of the [[Master Spirits]] on high, being a [[spirit]] [[intelligence]] embodying the balanced [[union]] and [[perfect]] [[co-ordination]] of the traits and [[character]] of all three of the[[ eternal Deities]]. We are tardy and backward in comparison with other [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15 sectors], but there undoubtedly awaits us a [[transcendent]] [[development]] and an unprecedented achievement sometime in the [[eternal]] ages of the [[future]].
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34:2.6 While the [[Orvonton|seventh segment]] of the [[grand universe]] may, in many respects, be tardy in [[development]], thoughtful students of our [[problems]] look forward to the [[evolution]] of an extraordinarily well-[[balanced]] [[creation]] in the ages to come. We [[predict]] this high [[degree]] of [[symmetry]] in [[Orvonton]] because the presiding Spirit of this [[superuniverse]] is the chief of the [[Master Spirits]] on high, being a [[spirit]] [[intelligence]] embodying the balanced [[union]] and [[perfect]] [[co-ordination]] of the traits and [[character]] of all three of the[[ eternal Deities]]. We are tardy and backward in comparison with other [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15 sectors], but there undoubtedly awaits us a [[transcendent]] [[development]] and an unprecedented achievement sometime in the [[eternal]] ages of the [[future]].
    
==34:3. THE SON AND SPIRIT IN TIME AND SPACE==  
 
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34:3.1 Neither the [[Eternal Son]] nor the [[Infinite Spirit]] is [[limited]] or conditioned by either [[time]] or [[space]], but most of their [[offspring]] are.
 
34:3.1 Neither the [[Eternal Son]] nor the [[Infinite Spirit]] is [[limited]] or conditioned by either [[time]] or [[space]], but most of their [[offspring]] are.
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34:3.2 The [[Infinite Spirit]] pervades all [[space]] and indwells the [[circle]] of [[eternity]]. Still, in their [[personal]] contact with the [[children]] of [[time]], the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_9#9:8._PERSONALITIES_OF_THE_INFINITE_SPIRIT personalities of the Infinite Spirit] must often reckon with [[temporal]] elements, though not so much with [[space]]. Many [[mind]] ministries ignore [[space]] but suffer a [[time]] lag in effecting [[co-ordination]] of [[diverse]] levels of [[universe]] [[reality]]. A [[Solitary Messenger]] is virtually [[independent]] of [[space]] except that [[time]] is actually required in traveling from one location to another; and there are similar [[entities]] [[unknown]] to you.
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34:3.2 The [[Infinite Spirit]] pervades all [[space]] and indwells the [[circle]] of [[eternity]]. Still, in their [[personal]] contact with the [[children]] of [[time]], the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_9#9:8._PERSONALITIES_OF_THE_INFINITE_SPIRIT personalities of the Infinite Spirit] must often reckon with [[temporal]] elements, though not so much with [[space]]. Many [[mind]] ministries ignore [[space]] but suffer a [[time]] lag in effecting [[co-ordination]] of [[diverse]] levels of [[universe]] [[reality]]. A [[Solitary Messenger]] is virtually [[independent]] of [[space]] except that [[time]] is actually required in traveling from one location to another; and there are similar [[entities]] [[unknown]] to you.
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34:3.3 In [[personal]] prerogatives a [[Creative Spirit]] is wholly and entirely [[independent]] of [[space]], but not of [[time]]. There is no specialized personal [[presence]] of such a Universe Spirit on either the [[constellation]] or [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_46 system headquarters]. She is [[equally]] and [[diffusely]] present throughout her entire [[local universe]] and is, therefore, just as [[literally]] and [[personally]] present on one world as on any other.
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34:3.3 In [[personal]] prerogatives a [[Creative Spirit]] is wholly and entirely [[independent]] of [[space]], but not of [[time]]. There is no specialized personal [[presence]] of such a Universe Spirit on either the [[constellation]] or [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_46 system headquarters]. She is [[equally]] and [[diffusely]] present throughout her entire [[local universe]] and is, therefore, just as [[literally]] and [[personally]] present on one world as on any other.
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34:3.4 Only as regards the element of [[time]] is a [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:6._THE_LOCAL_UNIVERSE_CREATIVE_SPIRITS Creative Spirit] ever [[limited]] in her universe ministrations. A [[Creator Son]] acts [[instantaneously]] throughout his universe; but the Creative Spirit must reckon with [[time]] in the ministration of the [[universal]] [[mind]] except as she consciously and designedly avails herself of the [[personal]] [[prerogatives]] of the [[Universe Son]]. In [[pure]]-[[spirit]] [[function]] the Creative Spirit also acts [[independently]] of time as well as in her [[collaboration]] with the [[mysterious]] [[function]] of universe [[reflectivity]].
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34:3.4 Only as regards the element of [[time]] is a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:6._THE_LOCAL_UNIVERSE_CREATIVE_SPIRITS Creative Spirit] ever [[limited]] in her universe ministrations. A [[Creator Son]] acts [[instantaneously]] throughout his universe; but the Creative Spirit must reckon with [[time]] in the ministration of the [[universal]] [[mind]] except as she consciously and designedly avails herself of the [[personal]] [[prerogatives]] of the [[Universe Son]]. In [[pure]]-[[spirit]] [[function]] the Creative Spirit also acts [[independently]] of time as well as in her [[collaboration]] with the [[mysterious]] [[function]] of universe [[reflectivity]].
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34:3.5 Though the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_7#7:1._THE_SPIRIT-GRAVITY_CIRCUIT spirit-gravity circuit] of the [[Eternal Son]] operates [[independently]] of both [[time]] and [[space]], all [[functions]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21 Creator Sons] are not exempt from [[space]] [[limitations]]. If the [[transactions]] of the [Paper 49 - The Inhabited Worlds evolutionary worlds] are excepted, these [[Michael Sons]] seem to be able to operate [[relatively]] [[independent]] of [[time]]. A [[Creator Son]] is not [[handicapped]] by time, but he is conditioned by [[space]]; he cannot [[personally]] be in two places at the same time. Michael of Nebadon [[acts]] timelessly within his own universe and by [[reflectivity]] practically so in the [[superuniverse]]. He [[communicates]] timelessly with the [[Eternal Son]] directly.
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34:3.5 Though the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_7#7:1._THE_SPIRIT-GRAVITY_CIRCUIT spirit-gravity circuit] of the [[Eternal Son]] operates [[independently]] of both [[time]] and [[space]], all [[functions]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21 Creator Sons] are not exempt from [[space]] [[limitations]]. If the [[transactions]] of the [Paper 49 - The Inhabited Worlds evolutionary worlds] are excepted, these [[Michael Sons]] seem to be able to operate [[relatively]] [[independent]] of [[time]]. A [[Creator Son]] is not [[handicapped]] by time, but he is conditioned by [[space]]; he cannot [[personally]] be in two places at the same time. Michael of Nebadon [[acts]] timelessly within his own universe and by [[reflectivity]] practically so in the [[superuniverse]]. He [[communicates]] timelessly with the [[Eternal Son]] directly.
    
34:3.6 The [[Divine Minister]] is the [[understanding]] helper of the [[Creator Son]], enabling him to overcome and [[atone]] for his [[inherent]] [[limitations]] regarding [[space]], for when these two [[function]] in [[administrative]] [[union]], they are [[practically]] [[independent]] of [[time and space]] within the confines of their local creation. Therefore, as [[practically]] [[observed]] throughout a [[local universe]], the [[Creator Son]] and the [[Creative Spirit]] usually [[function]] independently of both [[time and space]] since there is always available to each the time and the space [[liberation]] of the other.
 
34:3.6 The [[Divine Minister]] is the [[understanding]] helper of the [[Creator Son]], enabling him to overcome and [[atone]] for his [[inherent]] [[limitations]] regarding [[space]], for when these two [[function]] in [[administrative]] [[union]], they are [[practically]] [[independent]] of [[time and space]] within the confines of their local creation. Therefore, as [[practically]] [[observed]] throughout a [[local universe]], the [[Creator Son]] and the [[Creative Spirit]] usually [[function]] independently of both [[time and space]] since there is always available to each the time and the space [[liberation]] of the other.
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*3. The [[intelligence]]-ministry [[circuit]], including the more or less unified [[activities]] but [[diverse]] [[functioning]] of the [[seven adjutant mind-spirits]].
 
*3. The [[intelligence]]-ministry [[circuit]], including the more or less unified [[activities]] but [[diverse]] [[functioning]] of the [[seven adjutant mind-spirits]].
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34:4.2 The [[Creator Sons]] are [[endowed]] with a [[spirit]] of [[universe]] [[presence]] in many ways [[analogous]] to that of the [[Seven Master Spirits]] of [[Paradise]]. This is the [[Spirit of Truth]] which is poured out upon a world by a [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20#20:6._THE_MORTAL-BESTOWAL_CAREERS bestowal Son] after he receives spiritual title to such a [[sphere]]. This bestowed [[Comforter]] is the [[spiritual]] [[force]] which ever draws all [[truth]] [[seekers]] towards Him who is the [[personification]] of [[truth]] in the [[local universe]]. This spirit is an [[inherent]] [[endowment]] of the [[Creator Son]], emerging from his [[divine]] [[nature]] just as the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#VI._ENERGY_AND_PATTERN master circuits] of the [[grand universe]] are derived from the [[personality]] [[presences]] of the [[Paradise Deities]].
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34:4.2 The [[Creator Sons]] are [[endowed]] with a [[spirit]] of [[universe]] [[presence]] in many ways [[analogous]] to that of the [[Seven Master Spirits]] of [[Paradise]]. This is the [[Spirit of Truth]] which is poured out upon a world by a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20#20:6._THE_MORTAL-BESTOWAL_CAREERS bestowal Son] after he receives spiritual title to such a [[sphere]]. This bestowed [[Comforter]] is the [[spiritual]] [[force]] which ever draws all [[truth]] [[seekers]] towards Him who is the [[personification]] of [[truth]] in the [[local universe]]. This spirit is an [[inherent]] [[endowment]] of the [[Creator Son]], emerging from his [[divine]] [[nature]] just as the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#VI._ENERGY_AND_PATTERN master circuits] of the [[grand universe]] are derived from the [[personality]] [[presences]] of the [[Paradise Deities]].
    
34:4.3 The [[Creator Son]] may come and go; his [[personal]] [[presence]] may be in the [[local universe]] or elsewhere; yet the [[Spirit of Truth]] [[functions]] undisturbed, for this [[divine]] [[presence]], while derived from the [[personality]] of the [[Creator Son]], is [[functionally]] [[centered]] in the [[person]] of the [[Divine Minister]].
 
34:4.3 The [[Creator Son]] may come and go; his [[personal]] [[presence]] may be in the [[local universe]] or elsewhere; yet the [[Spirit of Truth]] [[functions]] undisturbed, for this [[divine]] [[presence]], while derived from the [[personality]] of the [[Creator Son]], is [[functionally]] [[centered]] in the [[person]] of the [[Divine Minister]].
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34:4.7 The [[seven adjutant mind-spirits]] are the [[creation]] of the [[Divine Minister]] of a [[local universe]]. These mind-spirits are similar in [[character]] but [[diverse]] in [[power]], and all partake alike of the [[nature]] of the Universe Spirit, although they are hardly regarded as [[personalities]] apart from their Mother Creator. The [[seven adjutants]] have been given the following [[names]]: ''the spirit of [[wisdom]]'', ''the spirit of [[worship]]'', ''the spirit of [[counsel]]'', ''the spirit of [[knowledge]]'', ''the spirit of [[courage]]'', ''the spirit of [[understanding]]'', ''the spirit of [[intuition]]'' —of quick [[perception]].
 
34:4.7 The [[seven adjutant mind-spirits]] are the [[creation]] of the [[Divine Minister]] of a [[local universe]]. These mind-spirits are similar in [[character]] but [[diverse]] in [[power]], and all partake alike of the [[nature]] of the Universe Spirit, although they are hardly regarded as [[personalities]] apart from their Mother Creator. The [[seven adjutants]] have been given the following [[names]]: ''the spirit of [[wisdom]]'', ''the spirit of [[worship]]'', ''the spirit of [[counsel]]'', ''the spirit of [[knowledge]]'', ''the spirit of [[courage]]'', ''the spirit of [[understanding]]'', ''the spirit of [[intuition]]'' —of quick [[perception]].
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34:4.8 These are the "seven spirits of God," "like lamps burning before the throne,"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Revelation#Chapter_4] which the [[prophet]] saw in the [[symbols]] of [[vision]]. But he did not see the seats of the four and twenty sentinels[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Revelation#Chapter_4] about these [[seven adjutant mind-spirits]]. This [[record]] [[represents]] the [[confusion]] of two presentations, one pertaining to the [[Salvington|universe headquarters]] and the other to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_46 system capital]. The seats of the four and twenty elders are on [[Jerusem]], the [[headquarters]] of your [[local system]] of [[inhabited worlds]].
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34:4.8 These are the "seven spirits of God," "like lamps burning before the throne,"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Revelation#Chapter_4] which the [[prophet]] saw in the [[symbols]] of [[vision]]. But he did not see the seats of the four and twenty sentinels[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Revelation#Chapter_4] about these [[seven adjutant mind-spirits]]. This [[record]] [[represents]] the [[confusion]] of two presentations, one pertaining to the [[Salvington|universe headquarters]] and the other to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_46 system capital]. The seats of the four and twenty elders are on [[Jerusem]], the [[headquarters]] of your [[local system]] of [[inhabited worlds]].
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34:4.9 But it was of [[Salvington]] that [[John, the Apostle|John]] wrote: "And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Revelation#Chapter_4]—the [[universe broadcasts]] to the [[local systems]]. He also envisaged the directional control creatures of the local universe, the living [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comass|compasses]] of the [[headquarters]] world. This directional [[control]] in [[Nebadon]] is maintained by the four control creatures of [[Salvington]], who operate over the universe currents and are ably assisted by the first functioning mind-spirit, the adjutant of [[intuition]], the spirit of "quick understanding." But the description of these four [[creatures]]—called beasts—has been sadly marred; they are of unparalleled [[beauty]] and exquisite [[form]].
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34:4.9 But it was of [[Salvington]] that [[John, the Apostle|John]] wrote: "And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Revelation#Chapter_4]—the [[universe broadcasts]] to the [[local systems]]. He also envisaged the directional control creatures of the local universe, the living [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comass|compasses]] of the [[headquarters]] world. This directional [[control]] in [[Nebadon]] is maintained by the four control creatures of [[Salvington]], who operate over the universe currents and are ably assisted by the first functioning mind-spirit, the adjutant of [[intuition]], the spirit of "quick understanding." But the description of these four [[creatures]]—called beasts—has been sadly marred; they are of unparalleled [[beauty]] and exquisite [[form]].
    
34:4.10 The four points of the [[compass]] are [[universal]] and [[inherent]] in the life of [[Nebadon]]. All living [[creatures]] [[possess]] [[bodily]] [[units]] which are [[sensitive]] and [[responsive]] to these directional currents. These creature creations are duplicated on down through the [[universe]] to the individual [[planets]] and, in conjunction with the [[magnetic]] [[forces]] of the worlds, so [[activate]] the hosts of [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microscope microscopic] bodies in the [[animal]] [[organism]] that these direction [[cells]] ever point north and south. Thus is the sense of [[orientation]] forever fixed in the living [[beings]] of the universe. This sense is not wholly wanting as a [[conscious]] [[possession]] by [[mankind]]. These [[bodies]] were first [[observed]] on [[Urantia]] about the time of this [[narration]].
 
34:4.10 The four points of the [[compass]] are [[universal]] and [[inherent]] in the life of [[Nebadon]]. All living [[creatures]] [[possess]] [[bodily]] [[units]] which are [[sensitive]] and [[responsive]] to these directional currents. These creature creations are duplicated on down through the [[universe]] to the individual [[planets]] and, in conjunction with the [[magnetic]] [[forces]] of the worlds, so [[activate]] the hosts of [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microscope microscopic] bodies in the [[animal]] [[organism]] that these direction [[cells]] ever point north and south. Thus is the sense of [[orientation]] forever fixed in the living [[beings]] of the universe. This sense is not wholly wanting as a [[conscious]] [[possession]] by [[mankind]]. These [[bodies]] were first [[observed]] on [[Urantia]] about the time of this [[narration]].
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34:5.1 The [[Divine Minister]] [[co-operates]] with the [[Creator Son]] in the formulation of life and the [[creation]] of new orders of [[beings]] up to the time of his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119 seventh bestowal] and, subsequently, after his elevation to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:8._MICHAEL.27S_POSTBESTOWAL_STATUS full sovereignty] of the [[Nebadon|universe]], continues to [[collaborate]] with the Son and the Son's [[Spirit of Truth|bestowed spirit]] in the further [[work]] of world [[ministry]] and [[planetary]] [[progression]].
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34:5.1 The [[Divine Minister]] [[co-operates]] with the [[Creator Son]] in the formulation of life and the [[creation]] of new orders of [[beings]] up to the time of his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119 seventh bestowal] and, subsequently, after his elevation to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:8._MICHAEL.27S_POSTBESTOWAL_STATUS full sovereignty] of the [[Nebadon|universe]], continues to [[collaborate]] with the Son and the Son's [[Spirit of Truth|bestowed spirit]] in the further [[work]] of world [[ministry]] and [[planetary]] [[progression]].
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34:5.2 On the [[inhabited worlds]] the Spirit begins the [[work]] of [[evolutionary]] [[progression]], starting with the lifeless [[material]] of the realm, first endowing [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetable vegetable life], then the [[animal]] [[organisms]], then the first orders of [[human]] [[existence]]; and each succeeding impartation [[contributes]] to the further unfolding of the evolutionary [[potential]] of planetary life from the initial and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_62#62:1._THE_EARLY_LEMUR_TYPES primitive stages] to the [[appearance]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_62#62:5._THE_FIRST_HUMAN_BEINGS will creatures]. This [[labor]] of the Spirit is largely [[effected]] through the [[seven adjutants]], the spirits of [[promise]], the unifying and [[co-ordinating]] spirit-mind of the [[evolving planets]], ever and unitedly leading the [[races]] of [[men]] towards higher [[ideas]] and [[spiritual]] [[ideals]].
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34:5.2 On the [[inhabited worlds]] the Spirit begins the [[work]] of [[evolutionary]] [[progression]], starting with the lifeless [[material]] of the realm, first endowing [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetable vegetable life], then the [[animal]] [[organisms]], then the first orders of [[human]] [[existence]]; and each succeeding impartation [[contributes]] to the further unfolding of the evolutionary [[potential]] of planetary life from the initial and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_62#62:1._THE_EARLY_LEMUR_TYPES primitive stages] to the [[appearance]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_62#62:5._THE_FIRST_HUMAN_BEINGS will creatures]. This [[labor]] of the Spirit is largely [[effected]] through the [[seven adjutants]], the spirits of [[promise]], the unifying and [[co-ordinating]] spirit-mind of the [[evolving planets]], ever and unitedly leading the [[races]] of [[men]] towards higher [[ideas]] and [[spiritual]] [[ideals]].
    
34:5.3 [[Mortal]] [[man]] first [[experiences]] the [[ministry]] of the Spirit in conjunction with [[mind]] when the purely [[animal]] mind of [[evolutionary]] [[creatures]] [[develops]] [[reception]] [[capacity]] for the [[adjutants]] of [[worship]] and of [[wisdom]]. This [[ministry]] of the sixth and seventh adjutants indicates [[mind]] [[evolution]] crossing the threshold of [[spiritual]] [[ministry]]. And [[immediately]] are such minds of [[worship]]- and [[wisdom]]-[[function]] included in the [[spiritual]] [[circuits]] of the [[Divine Minister]].
 
34:5.3 [[Mortal]] [[man]] first [[experiences]] the [[ministry]] of the Spirit in conjunction with [[mind]] when the purely [[animal]] mind of [[evolutionary]] [[creatures]] [[develops]] [[reception]] [[capacity]] for the [[adjutants]] of [[worship]] and of [[wisdom]]. This [[ministry]] of the sixth and seventh adjutants indicates [[mind]] [[evolution]] crossing the threshold of [[spiritual]] [[ministry]]. And [[immediately]] are such minds of [[worship]]- and [[wisdom]]-[[function]] included in the [[spiritual]] [[circuits]] of the [[Divine Minister]].
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34:5.4 When [[mind]] is thus [[endowed]] with the [[ministry]] of the [[Holy Spirit]], it [[possesses]] the [[capacity]] for ([[consciously]] or unconsciously) choosing the [[spiritual]] [[presence]] of the [[Universal Father]]—the [[Thought Adjuster]]. But it is not until a [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20#20:5._BESTOWAL_OF_THE_PARADISE_SONS_OF_GOD bestowal Son] has [[liberated]] the [[Spirit of Truth]] for [[planetary]] [[ministry]] to all [[mortals]] that all [[normal]] [[minds]] are [[automatically]] [[prepared]] for the [[reception]] of the [[Thought Adjusters]]. The [[Spirit of Truth]] [[works]] as one with the [[presence]] of the [[Holy Spirit|spirit]] of the [[Divine Minister]]. This dual spirit [[liaison]] hovers over the worlds, seeking to teach [[truth]] and to spiritually [[enlighten]] the minds of men, to [[inspire]] the [[souls]] of the [[creatures]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascending races], and to lead the peoples dwelling on the [[evolutionary planets]] ever towards their [[Paradise]] goal of [[divine]] [[destiny]].
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34:5.4 When [[mind]] is thus [[endowed]] with the [[ministry]] of the [[Holy Spirit]], it [[possesses]] the [[capacity]] for ([[consciously]] or unconsciously) choosing the [[spiritual]] [[presence]] of the [[Universal Father]]—the [[Thought Adjuster]]. But it is not until a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20#20:5._BESTOWAL_OF_THE_PARADISE_SONS_OF_GOD bestowal Son] has [[liberated]] the [[Spirit of Truth]] for [[planetary]] [[ministry]] to all [[mortals]] that all [[normal]] [[minds]] are [[automatically]] [[prepared]] for the [[reception]] of the [[Thought Adjusters]]. The [[Spirit of Truth]] [[works]] as one with the [[presence]] of the [[Holy Spirit|spirit]] of the [[Divine Minister]]. This dual spirit [[liaison]] hovers over the worlds, seeking to teach [[truth]] and to spiritually [[enlighten]] the minds of men, to [[inspire]] the [[souls]] of the [[creatures]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascending races], and to lead the peoples dwelling on the [[evolutionary planets]] ever towards their [[Paradise]] goal of [[divine]] [[destiny]].
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34:5.5 Though the [[Spirit of Truth]] is poured out upon all [[flesh]], this spirit of the Son is almost wholly [[limited]] in [[function]] and [[power]] by man's [[personal]] [[reception]] of that which [[constitutes]] the sum and substance of the mission of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS bestowal Son]. The [[Holy Spirit]] is partly [[independent]] of [[human]] [[attitude]] and partially conditioned by the [[decisions]] and [[co-operation]] of the will of man. Nevertheless, the [[ministry]] of the [[Holy Spirit]] becomes increasingly [[effective]] in the sanctification and spiritualization of the [[inner life]] of those [[mortals]] who the more fully [[obey]] the [[divine]] [[Guidance|leadings]].
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34:5.5 Though the [[Spirit of Truth]] is poured out upon all [[flesh]], this spirit of the Son is almost wholly [[limited]] in [[function]] and [[power]] by man's [[personal]] [[reception]] of that which [[constitutes]] the sum and substance of the mission of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:4._THE_MICHAEL_BESTOWALS bestowal Son]. The [[Holy Spirit]] is partly [[independent]] of [[human]] [[attitude]] and partially conditioned by the [[decisions]] and [[co-operation]] of the will of man. Nevertheless, the [[ministry]] of the [[Holy Spirit]] becomes increasingly [[effective]] in the sanctification and spiritualization of the [[inner life]] of those [[mortals]] who the more fully [[obey]] the [[divine]] [[Guidance|leadings]].
    
34:5.6 As [[individuals]] you do not [[personally]] [[possess]] a [[segregated]] portion or [[entity]] of the spirit of the [[Creator Son|Creator Father-Son]] or the Creative [[Mother Spirit]]; these ministries do not contact with, nor indwell, the [[thinking]] centers of the [[individual]]'s mind as do the [[Mystery Monitors]]. [[Thought Adjusters]] are definite individualizations of the prepersonal reality of the [[Universal Father]], actually indwelling the [[mortal]] [[mind]] as a very part of that mind, and they ever [[work]] in [[perfect]] [[harmony]] with the combined spirits of the [[Creator Son]] and [[Creative Spirit]].
 
34:5.6 As [[individuals]] you do not [[personally]] [[possess]] a [[segregated]] portion or [[entity]] of the spirit of the [[Creator Son|Creator Father-Son]] or the Creative [[Mother Spirit]]; these ministries do not contact with, nor indwell, the [[thinking]] centers of the [[individual]]'s mind as do the [[Mystery Monitors]]. [[Thought Adjusters]] are definite individualizations of the prepersonal reality of the [[Universal Father]], actually indwelling the [[mortal]] [[mind]] as a very part of that mind, and they ever [[work]] in [[perfect]] [[harmony]] with the combined spirits of the [[Creator Son]] and [[Creative Spirit]].
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34:5.7 The [[presence]] of the [[Holy Spirit]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:6._THE_LOCAL_UNIVERSE_CREATIVE_SPIRITS Universe Daughter] of the[[ Infinite Spirit]], of the [[Spirit of Truth]] of the [[Creator Son|Universe Son]] of the [[Eternal Son]], and of the [[Adjuster]]-spirit of the [[Paradise Father]] in or with an [[evolutionary]] [[mortal]], denotes [[symmetry]] of [[spiritual]] [[endowment]] and [[ministry]] and qualifies such a [[mortal]] [[consciously]] to [[realize]] the [[faith]]-[[fact]] of sonship with God.
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34:5.7 The [[presence]] of the [[Holy Spirit]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:6._THE_LOCAL_UNIVERSE_CREATIVE_SPIRITS Universe Daughter] of the[[ Infinite Spirit]], of the [[Spirit of Truth]] of the [[Creator Son|Universe Son]] of the [[Eternal Son]], and of the [[Adjuster]]-spirit of the [[Paradise Father]] in or with an [[evolutionary]] [[mortal]], denotes [[symmetry]] of [[spiritual]] [[endowment]] and [[ministry]] and qualifies such a [[mortal]] [[consciously]] to [[realize]] the [[faith]]-[[fact]] of sonship with God.
    
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34:6.3 From the heights of [[eternal]] [[glory]] the [[divine]] [[Spirit]] [[descends]], by a long series of steps, to meet you as you are and where you are and then, in the [[partnership]] of [[faith]], lovingly to [[embrace]] the [[soul]] of [[mortal]] [[origin]] and to embark on the sure and certain retracement of those steps of condescension, never stopping until the [[evolutionary]] [[soul]] is safely exalted to the very heights of [[bliss]] from which the divine Spirit originally sallied forth on this mission of [[mercy]] and [[ministry]].
 
34:6.3 From the heights of [[eternal]] [[glory]] the [[divine]] [[Spirit]] [[descends]], by a long series of steps, to meet you as you are and where you are and then, in the [[partnership]] of [[faith]], lovingly to [[embrace]] the [[soul]] of [[mortal]] [[origin]] and to embark on the sure and certain retracement of those steps of condescension, never stopping until the [[evolutionary]] [[soul]] is safely exalted to the very heights of [[bliss]] from which the divine Spirit originally sallied forth on this mission of [[mercy]] and [[ministry]].
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34:6.4 [[Spiritual]] [[forces]] unerringly seek and [[attain]] their own [[original]] levels. Having gone out from the [[Eternal]], they are certain to return thereto, bringing with them all those [[children]] of [[time and space]] who have espoused the [[leading]] and [[teaching]] of the [[indwelling Adjuster]], those who have been truly "born of the Spirit,"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_3] the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD faith sons of God].
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34:6.4 [[Spiritual]] [[forces]] unerringly seek and [[attain]] their own [[original]] levels. Having gone out from the [[Eternal]], they are certain to return thereto, bringing with them all those [[children]] of [[time and space]] who have espoused the [[leading]] and [[teaching]] of the [[indwelling Adjuster]], those who have been truly "born of the Spirit,"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_3] the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD faith sons of God].
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34:6.5 The [[divine]] [[Spirit]] is the [[source]] of continual [[ministry]] and [[encouragement]] to the [[children]] of [[men]]. Your [[power]] and achievement is "according to his mercy, through the renewing of the Spirit."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_Titus#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_Titus.2C_III] [[Spiritual]] life, like [[physical]] [[energy]], is consumed. Spiritual [[effort]] results in [[relative]] spiritual [[exhaustion]]. The whole [[ascendant]] [[experience]] is real as well as [[spiritual]]; therefore, it is truly written, "It is the Spirit that quickens."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_III] "The Spirit gives life."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_6]
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34:6.5 The [[divine]] [[Spirit]] is the [[source]] of continual [[ministry]] and [[encouragement]] to the [[children]] of [[men]]. Your [[power]] and achievement is "according to his mercy, through the renewing of the Spirit."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_Titus#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_Titus.2C_III] [[Spiritual]] life, like [[physical]] [[energy]], is consumed. Spiritual [[effort]] results in [[relative]] spiritual [[exhaustion]]. The whole [[ascendant]] [[experience]] is real as well as [[spiritual]]; therefore, it is truly written, "It is the Spirit that quickens."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_III] "The Spirit gives life."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_6]
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34:6.6 The [[dead]] [[theory]] of even the highest religious [[doctrines]] is powerless to [[transform]] [[human]] [[character]] or to [[control]] [[mortal]] [[behavior]]. What the world of today needs is the [[truth]] which your [[teacher]] of old declared: "Not in word only but also in power and in the Holy Spirit."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Thessalonians#1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Thessalonians.2C_I] The [[seed]] of [[theoretical]] [[truth]] is ''dead'', the highest [[moral]] [[concepts]] without [[effect]], unless and until the [[divine]] [[Spirit]] [[breathes]] upon the [[forms]] of [[truth]] and quickens the [[formulas]] of [[righteousness]].
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34:6.6 The [[dead]] [[theory]] of even the highest religious [[doctrines]] is powerless to [[transform]] [[human]] [[character]] or to [[control]] [[mortal]] [[behavior]]. What the world of today needs is the [[truth]] which your [[teacher]] of old declared: "Not in word only but also in power and in the Holy Spirit."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Thessalonians#1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Thessalonians.2C_I] The [[seed]] of [[theoretical]] [[truth]] is ''dead'', the highest [[moral]] [[concepts]] without [[effect]], unless and until the [[divine]] [[Spirit]] [[breathes]] upon the [[forms]] of [[truth]] and quickens the [[formulas]] of [[righteousness]].
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34:6.7 Those who have received and [[recognized]] the [[Thought Adjuster|indwelling of God]] have been born of the Spirit. "You are the temple of God, and the spirit of God dwells in you."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_III] It is not enough that this [[Thought Adjuster|spirit]] be poured out upon you; the divine Spirit must dominate and [[control]] every [[phase]] of [[human]] [[experience]].
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34:6.7 Those who have received and [[recognized]] the [[Thought Adjuster|indwelling of God]] have been born of the Spirit. "You are the temple of God, and the spirit of God dwells in you."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_III] It is not enough that this [[Thought Adjuster|spirit]] be poured out upon you; the divine Spirit must dominate and [[control]] every [[phase]] of [[human]] [[experience]].
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34:6.8 It is the [[presence]] of the divine Spirit, the water of life, that prevents the consuming thirst of [[mortal]] discontent and that indescribable hunger of the unspiritualized [[human]] [[mind]]. Spirit-[[motivated]] [[beings]] "never thirst, for this spiritual water shall be in them a well of satisfaction springing up into life everlasting."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_4] Such [[divinely]] watered souls are all but [[independent]] of [[material]] [[environment]] as regards the [[joys]] of living and the [[satisfactions]] of [[earthly]] [[existence]]. They are [[spiritually]] [[illuminated]] and refreshed, [[morally]] strengthened and [[endowed]].
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34:6.8 It is the [[presence]] of the divine Spirit, the water of life, that prevents the consuming thirst of [[mortal]] discontent and that indescribable hunger of the unspiritualized [[human]] [[mind]]. Spirit-[[motivated]] [[beings]] "never thirst, for this spiritual water shall be in them a well of satisfaction springing up into life everlasting."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_4] Such [[divinely]] watered souls are all but [[independent]] of [[material]] [[environment]] as regards the [[joys]] of living and the [[satisfactions]] of [[earthly]] [[existence]]. They are [[spiritually]] [[illuminated]] and refreshed, [[morally]] strengthened and [[endowed]].
    
34:6.9 In every [[mortal]] there exists a dual nature: the [[inheritance]] of [[animal]] tendencies and the high urge of [[spirit]] [[endowment]]. During the short life you live on [[Urantia]], these two [[diverse]] and [[opposing]] urges can seldom be fully [[reconciled]]; they can hardly be [[harmonized]] and unified; but throughout your lifetime the combined Spirit ever ministers to assist you in subjecting the [[flesh]] more and more to the [[leading]] of the [[Spirit]]. Even though you must live your [[material]] life through, even though you cannot escape the [[body]] and its [[necessities]], nonetheless, in [[purpose]] and [[ideals]] you are empowered increasingly to subject the [[animal nature]] to the mastery of the Spirit. There truly exists within you a [[conspiracy]] of [[spiritual]] [[forces]], a confederation of [[divine]] [[powers]], whose exclusive [[purpose]] is to effect your final deliverance from [[material]] bondage and [[finite]] [[handicaps]].
 
34:6.9 In every [[mortal]] there exists a dual nature: the [[inheritance]] of [[animal]] tendencies and the high urge of [[spirit]] [[endowment]]. During the short life you live on [[Urantia]], these two [[diverse]] and [[opposing]] urges can seldom be fully [[reconciled]]; they can hardly be [[harmonized]] and unified; but throughout your lifetime the combined Spirit ever ministers to assist you in subjecting the [[flesh]] more and more to the [[leading]] of the [[Spirit]]. Even though you must live your [[material]] life through, even though you cannot escape the [[body]] and its [[necessities]], nonetheless, in [[purpose]] and [[ideals]] you are empowered increasingly to subject the [[animal nature]] to the mastery of the Spirit. There truly exists within you a [[conspiracy]] of [[spiritual]] [[forces]], a confederation of [[divine]] [[powers]], whose exclusive [[purpose]] is to effect your final deliverance from [[material]] bondage and [[finite]] [[handicaps]].
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34:6.11 The Spirit never [[Coercion|drives]], only [[leads]]. If you are a willing learner, if you want to [[attain]] [[spirit]] levels and reach [[divine]] heights, if you [[sincerely]] [[desire]] to reach the [[eternal]] goal, then the divine Spirit will gently and lovingly lead you along the pathway of sonship and [[spiritual]] [[progress]]. Every step you take must be one of willingness, [[intelligent]] and cheerful [[co-operation]]. The domination of the Spirit is never tainted with [[coercion]] nor [[compromised]] by compulsion.
 
34:6.11 The Spirit never [[Coercion|drives]], only [[leads]]. If you are a willing learner, if you want to [[attain]] [[spirit]] levels and reach [[divine]] heights, if you [[sincerely]] [[desire]] to reach the [[eternal]] goal, then the divine Spirit will gently and lovingly lead you along the pathway of sonship and [[spiritual]] [[progress]]. Every step you take must be one of willingness, [[intelligent]] and cheerful [[co-operation]]. The domination of the Spirit is never tainted with [[coercion]] nor [[compromised]] by compulsion.
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34:6.12 And when such a life of spirit [[guidance]] is freely and [[intelligently]] [[accepted]], there [[gradually]] [[develops]] within the [[human]] [[mind]] a positive [[consciousness]] of [[divine]] contact and [[assurance]] of spirit [[communion]]; sooner or later  the Spirit bears witness with your spirit (the Adjuster) that you are a child of God."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans.2C_VIII] Already has your own [[Thought Adjuster]] told you of your kinship to [[God]] so that the [[record]] testifies that the Spirit bears witness "with your spirit,"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans.2C_VIII] not to your spirit.
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34:6.12 And when such a life of spirit [[guidance]] is freely and [[intelligently]] [[accepted]], there [[gradually]] [[develops]] within the [[human]] [[mind]] a positive [[consciousness]] of [[divine]] contact and [[assurance]] of spirit [[communion]]; sooner or later  the Spirit bears witness with your spirit (the Adjuster) that you are a child of God."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans.2C_VIII] Already has your own [[Thought Adjuster]] told you of your kinship to [[God]] so that the [[record]] testifies that the Spirit bears witness "with your spirit,"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans.2C_VIII] not to your spirit.
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34:6.13 The [[consciousness]] of the spirit domination of a [[human]] life is presently attended by an increasing [[exhibition]] of the characteristics of the Spirit in the life [[reactions]] of such a spirit-led [[mortal]], "for the fruits of the spirit are love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Galatians#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Galatians.2C_V] Such spirit-[[guided]] and [[divinely]] [[illuminated]] [[mortals]], while they yet tread the lowly paths of toil and in [[human]] [[faithfulness]] [[perform]] the [[duties]] of their earthly assignments, have already begun to [[discern]] the [[lights]] of [[eternal]] life as they glimmer on the faraway shores of another world; already have they begun to [[comprehend]] the [[reality]] of that [[inspiring]] and comforting [[truth]], "The kingdom of God is not meat and drink but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. " And throughout every trial and in the [[presence]] of every hardship, spirit-born [[souls]] are sustained by that [[hope]] which [[transcends]] all [[fear]] because the [[love]] of [[God]] is shed abroad in all [[hearts]] by the [[presence]] of the divine Spirit.
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34:6.13 The [[consciousness]] of the spirit domination of a [[human]] life is presently attended by an increasing [[exhibition]] of the characteristics of the Spirit in the life [[reactions]] of such a spirit-led [[mortal]], "for the fruits of the spirit are love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Galatians#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Galatians.2C_V] Such spirit-[[guided]] and [[divinely]] [[illuminated]] [[mortals]], while they yet tread the lowly paths of toil and in [[human]] [[faithfulness]] [[perform]] the [[duties]] of their earthly assignments, have already begun to [[discern]] the [[lights]] of [[eternal]] life as they glimmer on the faraway shores of another world; already have they begun to [[comprehend]] the [[reality]] of that [[inspiring]] and comforting [[truth]], "The kingdom of God is not meat and drink but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. " And throughout every trial and in the [[presence]] of every hardship, spirit-born [[souls]] are sustained by that [[hope]] which [[transcends]] all [[fear]] because the [[love]] of [[God]] is shed abroad in all [[hearts]] by the [[presence]] of the divine Spirit.
    
==34:7. THE SPIRIT AND THE FLESH==   
 
==34:7. THE SPIRIT AND THE FLESH==   
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34:7.1 The [[flesh]], the [[inherent]] [[nature]] derived from the [[animal]]-[[origin]] [[races]], does not naturally bear the [[Fruits of the Spirit.|fruits of the divine Spirit]]. When the mortal nature has been upstepped by the addition of the [[nature]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_51 Material Sons of God], as the [[Urantia]] [[races]] were in a [[measure]] advanced by the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_74 bestowal of Adam], then is the way better [[prepared]] for the [[Spirit of Truth]] to [[co-operate]] with the [[indwelling Adjuster]] to bring forth the [[beautiful]] [[harvest]] of the [[character]] [[Fruits of the Spirit.|fruits of the spiri]]t. If you do not reject this [[Thought Adjuster|spirit]], even though [[eternity]] may be required to fulfill the commission, "he will guide you into all truth."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_16]
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34:7.1 The [[flesh]], the [[inherent]] [[nature]] derived from the [[animal]]-[[origin]] [[races]], does not naturally bear the [[Fruits of the Spirit.|fruits of the divine Spirit]]. When the mortal nature has been upstepped by the addition of the [[nature]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_51 Material Sons of God], as the [[Urantia]] [[races]] were in a [[measure]] advanced by the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_74 bestowal of Adam], then is the way better [[prepared]] for the [[Spirit of Truth]] to [[co-operate]] with the [[indwelling Adjuster]] to bring forth the [[beautiful]] [[harvest]] of the [[character]] [[Fruits of the Spirit.|fruits of the spiri]]t. If you do not reject this [[Thought Adjuster|spirit]], even though [[eternity]] may be required to fulfill the commission, "he will guide you into all truth."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_16]
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34:7.2 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE Evolutionary mortals] inhabiting [[normal]] worlds of [[spiritual]] [[progress]] do not [[experience]] the acute [[conflicts]] between the [[spirit]] and the [[flesh]] which characterize the present-day [[Urantia]] [[races]]. But even on the most [[ideal]] [[planets]], [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:2._POST-PLANETARY_PRINCE_MAN pre-Adamic man] must put forth positive [[efforts]] to [[ascend]] from the [[purely]] [[animalistic]] [[plane]] of [[existence]] up through [[successive]] levels of increasingly [[intellectual]] [[meanings]] and higher [[spiritual]] [[values]].
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34:7.2 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE Evolutionary mortals] inhabiting [[normal]] worlds of [[spiritual]] [[progress]] do not [[experience]] the acute [[conflicts]] between the [[spirit]] and the [[flesh]] which characterize the present-day [[Urantia]] [[races]]. But even on the most [[ideal]] [[planets]], [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:2._POST-PLANETARY_PRINCE_MAN pre-Adamic man] must put forth positive [[efforts]] to [[ascend]] from the [[purely]] [[animalistic]] [[plane]] of [[existence]] up through [[successive]] levels of increasingly [[intellectual]] [[meanings]] and higher [[spiritual]] [[values]].
    
34:7.3 The [[mortals]] of a [[normal]] world do not [[experience]] constant [[warfare]] between their [[physical]] and [[spiritual]] [[natures]]. They are confronted with the [[necessity]] of climbing up from the [[animal]] levels of [[existence]] to the higher [[planes]] of [[spiritual]] living, but this [[ascent]] is more like undergoing an [[education]]al [[training]] when compared with the [[intense]] [[conflicts]] of [[Urantia]] [[mortals]] in this realm of the divergent [[material]] and [[spiritual]] [[natures]].
 
34:7.3 The [[mortals]] of a [[normal]] world do not [[experience]] constant [[warfare]] between their [[physical]] and [[spiritual]] [[natures]]. They are confronted with the [[necessity]] of climbing up from the [[animal]] levels of [[existence]] to the higher [[planes]] of [[spiritual]] living, but this [[ascent]] is more like undergoing an [[education]]al [[training]] when compared with the [[intense]] [[conflicts]] of [[Urantia]] [[mortals]] in this realm of the divergent [[material]] and [[spiritual]] [[natures]].
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34:7.4 The [[Urantia]] peoples are [[suffering]] the [[consequences]] of a double deprivation of help in this task of [[progressive]] [[planetary]] spiritual [[attainment]]. The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67#67:1._THE_CALIGASTIA_BETRAYAL Caligastia upheaval] precipitated world-wide [[confusion]] and robbed all subsequent [[generations]] of the [[moral]] [[assistance]] which a well-ordered [[society]] would have provided. But even more disastrous was the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_75 Adamic default] in that it deprived the [[races]] of that superior [[type]] of [[physical]] [[nature]] which would have been more consonant with [[spiritual]] [[aspirations]].
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34:7.4 The [[Urantia]] peoples are [[suffering]] the [[consequences]] of a double deprivation of help in this task of [[progressive]] [[planetary]] spiritual [[attainment]]. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67#67:1._THE_CALIGASTIA_BETRAYAL Caligastia upheaval] precipitated world-wide [[confusion]] and robbed all subsequent [[generations]] of the [[moral]] [[assistance]] which a well-ordered [[society]] would have provided. But even more disastrous was the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_75 Adamic default] in that it deprived the [[races]] of that superior [[type]] of [[physical]] [[nature]] which would have been more consonant with [[spiritual]] [[aspirations]].
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34:7.5 [[Urantia]] [[mortals]] are compelled to undergo such marked struggling between the [[spirit]] and the [[flesh]] because their remote [[ancestors]] were not more fully [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 Adamized by the Edenic bestowal]. It was the [[divine]] plan that the [[mortal]] [[races]] of [[Urantia]] should have had [[physical]] [[natures]] more naturally [[spirit]] [[responsive]].
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34:7.5 [[Urantia]] [[mortals]] are compelled to undergo such marked struggling between the [[spirit]] and the [[flesh]] because their remote [[ancestors]] were not more fully [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_73 Adamized by the Edenic bestowal]. It was the [[divine]] plan that the [[mortal]] [[races]] of [[Urantia]] should have had [[physical]] [[natures]] more naturally [[spirit]] [[responsive]].
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34:7.6 Notwithstanding this double disaster to man's [[nature]] and his [[environment]], present-day [[mortals]] would [[experience]] less of this apparent [[warfare]] between the [[flesh]] and the [[spirit]] if they would enter the spirit kingdom, wherein the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD faith sons of God] enjoy [[comparative]] [[deliverance]] from the [[slave]]-bondage of the [[flesh]] in the [[enlightened]] and [[liberating]] [[service]] of wholehearted [[devotion]] to [[doing the will of the Father]] in [[heaven]]. [[Jesus]] showed [[mankind]] the new way of [[mortal]] living whereby [[human beings]] may very largely escape the dire [[consequences]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67 Caligastic rebellion] and most [[effectively]] [[compensate]] for the deprivations resulting from the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_75 Adamic default]. "The spirit of the life of Christ Jesus has made us free from the law of animal living and the temptations of evil and sin." "This is the victory that overcomes the flesh, even your faith."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans.2C_VIII]
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34:7.6 Notwithstanding this double disaster to man's [[nature]] and his [[environment]], present-day [[mortals]] would [[experience]] less of this apparent [[warfare]] between the [[flesh]] and the [[spirit]] if they would enter the spirit kingdom, wherein the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD faith sons of God] enjoy [[comparative]] [[deliverance]] from the [[slave]]-bondage of the [[flesh]] in the [[enlightened]] and [[liberating]] [[service]] of wholehearted [[devotion]] to [[doing the will of the Father]] in [[heaven]]. [[Jesus]] showed [[mankind]] the new way of [[mortal]] living whereby [[human beings]] may very largely escape the dire [[consequences]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67 Caligastic rebellion] and most [[effectively]] [[compensate]] for the deprivations resulting from the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_75 Adamic default]. "The spirit of the life of Christ Jesus has made us free from the law of animal living and the temptations of evil and sin." "This is the victory that overcomes the flesh, even your faith."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans.2C_VIII]
    
34:7.7 Those God-knowing men and women who have been born of the Spirit [[experience]] no more [[conflict]] with their [[mortal]] [[natures]] than do the [[inhabitants]] of the most [[normal]] of worlds, [[planets]] which have never been tainted with [[sin]] nor [[touched]] by [[rebellion]]. Faith sons work on [[intellectual]] levels and live on [[spiritual]] [[planes]] far above the [[conflicts]] produced by unrestrained or unnatural [[physical]] [[desires]]. The [[normal]] urges of [[animal]] ''beings'' and the natural appetites and impulses of the [[physical]] [[nature]] are not in [[conflict]] with even the highest [[spiritual]] [[attainment]] except in the minds of ignorant, mistaught, or unfortunately overconscientious [[persons]].
 
34:7.7 Those God-knowing men and women who have been born of the Spirit [[experience]] no more [[conflict]] with their [[mortal]] [[natures]] than do the [[inhabitants]] of the most [[normal]] of worlds, [[planets]] which have never been tainted with [[sin]] nor [[touched]] by [[rebellion]]. Faith sons work on [[intellectual]] levels and live on [[spiritual]] [[planes]] far above the [[conflicts]] produced by unrestrained or unnatural [[physical]] [[desires]]. The [[normal]] urges of [[animal]] ''beings'' and the natural appetites and impulses of the [[physical]] [[nature]] are not in [[conflict]] with even the highest [[spiritual]] [[attainment]] except in the minds of ignorant, mistaught, or unfortunately overconscientious [[persons]].
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34:7.8 Having started out on the way of life everlasting, having accepted the assignment and received your orders to advance, do not [[fear]] the dangers of [[human]] forgetfulness and mortal inconstancy, do not be troubled with [[doubts]] of failure or by perplexing [[confusion]], do not falter and question your [[status]] and standing, for in every [[dark]] hour, at every crossroad in the forward [[struggle]], the [[Spirit of Truth]] will always speak, saying, "This is the way." [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.30]
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34:7.8 Having started out on the way of life everlasting, having accepted the assignment and received your orders to advance, do not [[fear]] the dangers of [[human]] forgetfulness and mortal inconstancy, do not be troubled with [[doubts]] of failure or by perplexing [[confusion]], do not falter and question your [[status]] and standing, for in every [[dark]] hour, at every crossroad in the forward [[struggle]], the [[Spirit of Truth]] will always speak, saying, "This is the way." [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Isaiah#Chapter_.30]
    
34:7.9 Presented by a [[Mighty Messenger]] temporarily assigned to service on [[Urantia]].
 
34:7.9 Presented by a [[Mighty Messenger]] temporarily assigned to service on [[Urantia]].
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