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==PAPER 56: UNIVERSAL UNITY==  
 
==PAPER 56: UNIVERSAL UNITY==  
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56:0.1 [[God]] is [[unity]]. [[Deity]] is [[universally]] [[co-ordinated]]. The [[universe of universes]] is one vast [[integrated]] [[mechanism]] which is [[absolutely]] [[controlled]] by one [[infinite]] [[mind]]. The [[physical]], [[intellectual]], and [[spiritual]] [[domains]] of [[universal]] [[creation]] are [[divinely]] correlated. The [[perfect]] and imperfect are truly interrelated, and therefore may the [[finite]] [[evolutionary]] [[creature]] [[ascend]] to [[Paradise]] in [[obedience]] to the [[Universal Father]]' s [[mandate]]: "Be you perfect, even as I am perfect."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_5]
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56:0.1 [[God]] is [[unity]]. [[Deity]] is [[universally]] [[co-ordinated]]. The [[universe of universes]] is one vast [[integrated]] [[mechanism]] which is [[absolutely]] [[controlled]] by one [[infinite]] [[mind]]. The [[physical]], [[intellectual]], and [[spiritual]] [[domains]] of [[universal]] [[creation]] are [[divinely]] correlated. The [[perfect]] and imperfect are truly interrelated, and therefore may the [[finite]] [[evolutionary]] [[creature]] [[ascend]] to [[Paradise]] in [[obedience]] to the [[Universal Father]]' s [[mandate]]: "Be you perfect, even as I am perfect."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_5]
    
56:0.2 The [[diverse]] [[levels]] of [[creation]] are all [[unified]] in the [[plans]] and [[administration]] of the [[Architects of the Master Universe]]. To the [[circumscribed]] [[minds]] of [[time-space]] [[mortals]] the [[universe]] may present many [[problems]] and situations which [[apparently]] portray disharmony and indicate [[absence]] of [[effective]] [[co-ordination]]; but those of us who are able to [[observe]] wider stretches of [[universal]] [[phenomena]], and who are more [[experienced]] in this art of detecting the basic [[unity]] which underlies [[creative]] [[diversity]] and of [[discovering]] the [[divine]] [[One|oneness]] which overspreads all this [[functioning]] of [[plurality]], better [[perceive]] the [[divine]] and single [[purpose]] exhibited in all these manifold [[manifestations]] of [[universal]] [[creative]] [[energy]].
 
56:0.2 The [[diverse]] [[levels]] of [[creation]] are all [[unified]] in the [[plans]] and [[administration]] of the [[Architects of the Master Universe]]. To the [[circumscribed]] [[minds]] of [[time-space]] [[mortals]] the [[universe]] may present many [[problems]] and situations which [[apparently]] portray disharmony and indicate [[absence]] of [[effective]] [[co-ordination]]; but those of us who are able to [[observe]] wider stretches of [[universal]] [[phenomena]], and who are more [[experienced]] in this art of detecting the basic [[unity]] which underlies [[creative]] [[diversity]] and of [[discovering]] the [[divine]] [[One|oneness]] which overspreads all this [[functioning]] of [[plurality]], better [[perceive]] the [[divine]] and single [[purpose]] exhibited in all these manifold [[manifestations]] of [[universal]] [[creative]] [[energy]].
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56:1.1 The [[physical]] or [[material]] [[creation]] is not [[infinite]], but it is [[perfectly]] [[co-ordinated]]. There are [[force]], [[energy]], and [[power]], but they are all one in [[origin]]. The [[seven superuniverses]] are seemingly [[dual]]; the [[central universe]], [[triune]]; but [[Paradise]] is of single [[constitution]]. And [[Paradise]] is the [[actual]] [[source]] of all [[material]] [[universes]]—[[past]], [[present]], and [[future]]. But this [[cosmic]] derivation is an [[eternity]] [[event]]; at no [[time]] —[[past]], [[present]], or [[future]]—does either [[space]] or the [[material]] [[cosmos]] come forth from the nuclear[[ Isle of Light]]. As the [[cosmic]] [[source]], [[Paradise]] [[functions]] prior to [[space]] and before [[time]]; hence would its derivations seem to be [[orphan]]ed in [[time and space]] did they not [[emerge]] through the [[Unqualified Absolute]], their [[ultimate]] repository in [[space]] and their revealer and regulator in [[time]].
 
56:1.1 The [[physical]] or [[material]] [[creation]] is not [[infinite]], but it is [[perfectly]] [[co-ordinated]]. There are [[force]], [[energy]], and [[power]], but they are all one in [[origin]]. The [[seven superuniverses]] are seemingly [[dual]]; the [[central universe]], [[triune]]; but [[Paradise]] is of single [[constitution]]. And [[Paradise]] is the [[actual]] [[source]] of all [[material]] [[universes]]—[[past]], [[present]], and [[future]]. But this [[cosmic]] derivation is an [[eternity]] [[event]]; at no [[time]] —[[past]], [[present]], or [[future]]—does either [[space]] or the [[material]] [[cosmos]] come forth from the nuclear[[ Isle of Light]]. As the [[cosmic]] [[source]], [[Paradise]] [[functions]] prior to [[space]] and before [[time]]; hence would its derivations seem to be [[orphan]]ed in [[time and space]] did they not [[emerge]] through the [[Unqualified Absolute]], their [[ultimate]] repository in [[space]] and their revealer and regulator in [[time]].
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56:1.2 The [[Unqualified Absolute]] upholds the [[physical]] [[universe]], while the [[Deity Absolute]] [[motivates]] the exquisite [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_118#118:8._CONTROL_AND_OVERCONTROL overcontrol] of all [[material]] [[reality]]; and both ''Absolutes'' are [[functionally]] [[unified]] by the [[Universal Absolute]]. This [[cohesive]] correlation of the [[material]] [[universe]] is best [[understood]] by all [[personalities]]—[[material]], [[morontia]], [[absonite]], or [[spiritual]]—by the [[observation]] of the [[gravity]] [[response]] of all [[bona fide]] [[material]] [[reality]] to the [[gravity]] [[centering]] on [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:5._NETHER_PARADISE nether Paradise].
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56:1.2 The [[Unqualified Absolute]] upholds the [[physical]] [[universe]], while the [[Deity Absolute]] [[motivates]] the exquisite [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_118#118:8._CONTROL_AND_OVERCONTROL overcontrol] of all [[material]] [[reality]]; and both ''Absolutes'' are [[functionally]] [[unified]] by the [[Universal Absolute]]. This [[cohesive]] correlation of the [[material]] [[universe]] is best [[understood]] by all [[personalities]]—[[material]], [[morontia]], [[absonite]], or [[spiritual]]—by the [[observation]] of the [[gravity]] [[response]] of all [[bona fide]] [[material]] [[reality]] to the [[gravity]] [[centering]] on [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:5._NETHER_PARADISE nether Paradise].
    
56:1.3 [[Gravity]] [[unification]] is [[universal]] and unvarying; [[pure]]-[[energy]] [[response]] is likewise [[universal]] and [[Inevitable|inescapable]]. [[Pure]] [[energy]] (primordial [[force]]) and [[pure]] [[spirit]] are wholly preresponsive to [[gravity]]. These primal [[forces]], inhering in [[the Absolutes]], are [[personally]] [[controlled]] by the [[Universal Father]]; hence does all [[gravity]] [[center]] in the [[personal]] [[presence]] of the [[Paradise Father]] of [[pure]] [[energy]] and pure [[spirit]] and in his supermaterial [[abode]].
 
56:1.3 [[Gravity]] [[unification]] is [[universal]] and unvarying; [[pure]]-[[energy]] [[response]] is likewise [[universal]] and [[Inevitable|inescapable]]. [[Pure]] [[energy]] (primordial [[force]]) and [[pure]] [[spirit]] are wholly preresponsive to [[gravity]]. These primal [[forces]], inhering in [[the Absolutes]], are [[personally]] [[controlled]] by the [[Universal Father]]; hence does all [[gravity]] [[center]] in the [[personal]] [[presence]] of the [[Paradise Father]] of [[pure]] [[energy]] and pure [[spirit]] and in his supermaterial [[abode]].
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56:1.4 [[Pure]] [[energy]] is the [[ancestor]] of all [[relative]], nonspirit [[functional]] [[realities]], while [[pure]] [[spirit]] is the [[potential]] of the [[divine]] and directive [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_118#118:8._CONTROL_AND_OVERCONTROL overcontrol] of all basic [[energy]] [[systems]]. And these [[realities]], so [[diverse]] as [[manifested]] throughout [[space]] and as [[observed]] in the [[motions]] of [[time]], are both [[centered]] in the [[person]] of the [[Paradise Father]]. In him they are [[one]]—must be unified—because [[God]] is one. [[The Father]]'s [[personality]] is [[absolutely]] unified.
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56:1.4 [[Pure]] [[energy]] is the [[ancestor]] of all [[relative]], nonspirit [[functional]] [[realities]], while [[pure]] [[spirit]] is the [[potential]] of the [[divine]] and directive [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_118#118:8._CONTROL_AND_OVERCONTROL overcontrol] of all basic [[energy]] [[systems]]. And these [[realities]], so [[diverse]] as [[manifested]] throughout [[space]] and as [[observed]] in the [[motions]] of [[time]], are both [[centered]] in the [[person]] of the [[Paradise Father]]. In him they are [[one]]—must be unified—because [[God]] is one. [[The Father]]'s [[personality]] is [[absolutely]] unified.
    
56:1.5 In the [[infinite]] [[nature]] of [[God the Father]] there could not possibly exist [[duality]] of [[reality]], such as [[physical]] and [[spiritual]]; but the instant we look aside from the [[infinite]] [[levels]] and [[absolute]] [[reality]] of the [[personal]] [[values]] of the [[Paradise Father]], we [[observe]] the [[existence]] of these two [[realities]] and [[recognize]] that they are fully [[responsive]] to his [[personal]] [[presence]]; in him [[all things]] consist.
 
56:1.5 In the [[infinite]] [[nature]] of [[God the Father]] there could not possibly exist [[duality]] of [[reality]], such as [[physical]] and [[spiritual]]; but the instant we look aside from the [[infinite]] [[levels]] and [[absolute]] [[reality]] of the [[personal]] [[values]] of the [[Paradise Father]], we [[observe]] the [[existence]] of these two [[realities]] and [[recognize]] that they are fully [[responsive]] to his [[personal]] [[presence]]; in him [[all things]] consist.
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56:4.1 The [[Universal Father]] is a [[divinely]] [[unified]] [[personality]]; hence will all his [[ascendant]] [[children]] who are carried to [[Paradise]] by the rebound [[momentum]] of the [[Thought Adjusters]], who went forth from [[Paradise]] to indwell [[material]] [[mortals]] in [[obedience]] to [[the Father]]'s [[mandate]], likewise be fully [[unified]] [[personalities]] ere they reach [[Havona]].
 
56:4.1 The [[Universal Father]] is a [[divinely]] [[unified]] [[personality]]; hence will all his [[ascendant]] [[children]] who are carried to [[Paradise]] by the rebound [[momentum]] of the [[Thought Adjusters]], who went forth from [[Paradise]] to indwell [[material]] [[mortals]] in [[obedience]] to [[the Father]]'s [[mandate]], likewise be fully [[unified]] [[personalities]] ere they reach [[Havona]].
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56:4.2 [[Personality]] [[inherently]] reaches out to [[unify]] all constituent [[realities]]. The [[infinite]] [[personality]] of the [[First Source and Center]], the [[Universal Father]], unifies all [[seven]] constituent [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_105#105:3._THE_SEVEN_ABSOLUTES_OF_INFINITY Absolutes of Infinity]; and the [[personality]] of [[mortal]] man, being an exclusive and direct [[bestowal]] of the [[Universal Father]], likewise [[possesses]] the [[potential]] of unifying the constituent [[factors]] of the [[mortal]] [[creature]]. Such unifying [[creativity]] of all [[creature]] [[personality]] is a birthmark of its high and exclusive [[source]] and is further [[evidential]] of its unbroken [[contact]] with this same [[source]] through the [[personality]] [[circuit]], by means of which the [[personality]] of the [[creature]] [[maintains]] direct and sustaining [[contact]] with [[the Father]] of all [[personality]] on [[Paradise]].
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56:4.2 [[Personality]] [[inherently]] reaches out to [[unify]] all constituent [[realities]]. The [[infinite]] [[personality]] of the [[First Source and Center]], the [[Universal Father]], unifies all [[seven]] constituent [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_105#105:3._THE_SEVEN_ABSOLUTES_OF_INFINITY Absolutes of Infinity]; and the [[personality]] of [[mortal]] man, being an exclusive and direct [[bestowal]] of the [[Universal Father]], likewise [[possesses]] the [[potential]] of unifying the constituent [[factors]] of the [[mortal]] [[creature]]. Such unifying [[creativity]] of all [[creature]] [[personality]] is a birthmark of its high and exclusive [[source]] and is further [[evidential]] of its unbroken [[contact]] with this same [[source]] through the [[personality]] [[circuit]], by means of which the [[personality]] of the [[creature]] [[maintains]] direct and sustaining [[contact]] with [[the Father]] of all [[personality]] on [[Paradise]].
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56:4.3 Notwithstanding that [[God]] is [[manifest]] from the [[domains]] of [[God the Sevenfold|the Sevenfold]] up through [[supremacy]] and [[ultimacy]] to [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_0#X._GOD_THE_ABSOLUTE God the Absolute], the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_0#VI._ENERGY_AND_PATTERN personality circuit], [[centering]] on [[Paradise]] and in the [[person]] of [[God the Father]], provides for the complete and [[perfect]] [[unification]] of all these [[diverse]] [[expressions]] of [[divine]] [[personality]] so far as concerns all [[creature]] [[personalities]] on all [[levels]] of [[intelligent]] [[existence]] and in all the realms of the [[perfect]], perfected, and perfecting [[universes]].
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56:4.3 Notwithstanding that [[God]] is [[manifest]] from the [[domains]] of [[God the Sevenfold|the Sevenfold]] up through [[supremacy]] and [[ultimacy]] to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_0#X._GOD_THE_ABSOLUTE God the Absolute], the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_0#VI._ENERGY_AND_PATTERN personality circuit], [[centering]] on [[Paradise]] and in the [[person]] of [[God the Father]], provides for the complete and [[perfect]] [[unification]] of all these [[diverse]] [[expressions]] of [[divine]] [[personality]] so far as concerns all [[creature]] [[personalities]] on all [[levels]] of [[intelligent]] [[existence]] and in all the realms of the [[perfect]], perfected, and perfecting [[universes]].
    
56:4.4 While [[God]] is to and in the [[universes]] all that we have portrayed, nevertheless, to you and to all other [[God]]-[[knowing]] [[creatures]] he is one, your [[Father]] and their Father. To [[personality]] [[God]] cannot be [[plural]]. God is Father to each of his [[creatures]], and it is [[literally]] impossible for any [[child]] to have more than one [[father]].
 
56:4.4 While [[God]] is to and in the [[universes]] all that we have portrayed, nevertheless, to you and to all other [[God]]-[[knowing]] [[creatures]] he is one, your [[Father]] and their Father. To [[personality]] [[God]] cannot be [[plural]]. God is Father to each of his [[creatures]], and it is [[literally]] impossible for any [[child]] to have more than one [[father]].
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56:4.5 [[Philosophically]], [[Cosmic|cosmically]], and with [[reference]] to [[differential]] [[levels]] and locations of [[manifestation]], you may and perforce must [[conceive]] of the [[functioning]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_0#VIII._GOD_THE_SEVENFOLD plural Deities] and postulate the [[existence]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_0#XII._THE_TRINITIES plural Trinities]; but in the [[worshipful]] [[experience]] of the [[personal]] [[contact]] of every [[worshiping]] [[personality]] throughout the [[master universe]], [[God]] is [[one]]; and that unified and [[personal]] [[Deity]] is our [[Paradise]] [[parent]], [[God]] [[the Father]], the bestower, conservator, and [[Father]] of all [[personalities]] from [[mortal]] man on the [[inhabited worlds]] to the [[Eternal Son]] on the [[Paper 11 - The Eternal Isle of Paradise|central Isle of Light]].
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56:4.5 [[Philosophically]], [[Cosmic|cosmically]], and with [[reference]] to [[differential]] [[levels]] and locations of [[manifestation]], you may and perforce must [[conceive]] of the [[functioning]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_0#VIII._GOD_THE_SEVENFOLD plural Deities] and postulate the [[existence]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_0#XII._THE_TRINITIES plural Trinities]; but in the [[worshipful]] [[experience]] of the [[personal]] [[contact]] of every [[worshiping]] [[personality]] throughout the [[master universe]], [[God]] is [[one]]; and that unified and [[personal]] [[Deity]] is our [[Paradise]] [[parent]], [[God]] [[the Father]], the bestower, conservator, and [[Father]] of all [[personalities]] from [[mortal]] man on the [[inhabited worlds]] to the [[Eternal Son]] on the [[Paper 11 - The Eternal Isle of Paradise|central Isle of Light]].
    
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56:5.1 The [[Union|oneness]], the indivisibility, of [[Paradise]] [[Deity]] is [[existential]] and [[absolute]]. There are [[three]] [[eternal]] [[personalizations]] of [[Deity]]—the [[Universal Father]], the [[Eternal Son]], and the [[Infinite Spirit]]—but in the [[Paradise Trinity]] they are actually one [[Deity]], undivided and indivisible.
 
56:5.1 The [[Union|oneness]], the indivisibility, of [[Paradise]] [[Deity]] is [[existential]] and [[absolute]]. There are [[three]] [[eternal]] [[personalizations]] of [[Deity]]—the [[Universal Father]], the [[Eternal Son]], and the [[Infinite Spirit]]—but in the [[Paradise Trinity]] they are actually one [[Deity]], undivided and indivisible.
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56:5.2 From the [[original]] [[Paradise]]-[[Havona]] [[level]] of [[existential]] [[reality]], [[two]] subabsolute [[levels]] have [[differentiated]], and thereon have [[the Father]], [[the Son|Son]], and [[the Spirit|Spirit]] [[engaged]] in the [[creation]] of numerous [[personal]] [[associates]] and subordinates. And while it is inappropriate in this [[connection]] to undertake the [[consideration]] of [[absonite]] [[deity]] [[unification]] on [[transcendental]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_0#IX._GOD_THE_ULTIMATE levels of ultimacy], it is feasible to look at some features of the unifying [[function]] of the various [[Deity]] [[personalizations]] in whom [[divinity]] is [[functionally]] [[manifest]] to the [[diverse]] sectors of [[creation]] and to the [[different]] [[orders]] of [[intelligent]] [[beings]].
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56:5.2 From the [[original]] [[Paradise]]-[[Havona]] [[level]] of [[existential]] [[reality]], [[two]] subabsolute [[levels]] have [[differentiated]], and thereon have [[the Father]], [[the Son|Son]], and [[the Spirit|Spirit]] [[engaged]] in the [[creation]] of numerous [[personal]] [[associates]] and subordinates. And while it is inappropriate in this [[connection]] to undertake the [[consideration]] of [[absonite]] [[deity]] [[unification]] on [[transcendental]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_0#IX._GOD_THE_ULTIMATE levels of ultimacy], it is feasible to look at some features of the unifying [[function]] of the various [[Deity]] [[personalizations]] in whom [[divinity]] is [[functionally]] [[manifest]] to the [[diverse]] sectors of [[creation]] and to the [[different]] [[orders]] of [[intelligent]] [[beings]].
    
56:5.3 The [[present]] [[functioning]] of [[divinity]] in the [[superuniverses]] is actively [[manifest]] in the operations of the [[Supreme Creators]]—the [[local universe]] [[Creator Sons]] and [[Creative Spirit|Spirits]], the [[superuniverse]] [[Ancients of Days]], and the [[Seven Master Spirits]] of [[Paradise]]. These [[beings]] [[constitute]] the first [[three]] [[levels]] of [[God the Sevenfold]] leading inward to the [[Universal Father]], and this entire [[domain]] of [[God the Sevenfold]] is [[co-ordinating]] on the first level of [[experiential]] [[deity]] in the [[evolving]] [[Supreme Being]].
 
56:5.3 The [[present]] [[functioning]] of [[divinity]] in the [[superuniverses]] is actively [[manifest]] in the operations of the [[Supreme Creators]]—the [[local universe]] [[Creator Sons]] and [[Creative Spirit|Spirits]], the [[superuniverse]] [[Ancients of Days]], and the [[Seven Master Spirits]] of [[Paradise]]. These [[beings]] [[constitute]] the first [[three]] [[levels]] of [[God the Sevenfold]] leading inward to the [[Universal Father]], and this entire [[domain]] of [[God the Sevenfold]] is [[co-ordinating]] on the first level of [[experiential]] [[deity]] in the [[evolving]] [[Supreme Being]].
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56:6.1 When the [[three]] [[eternal]] [[persons]] of [[Deity]] [[function]] as undivided Deity in the [[Paradise Trinity]], they [[achieve]] [[perfect]] [[unity]]; likewise, when they [[create]], either [[associatively]] or severally, their [[Paradise]] [[progeny]] exhibit the characteristic [[unity]] of [[divinity]]. And this [[divinity]] of [[purpose]] [[manifested]] by the [[Supreme Creators]] and Rulers of the [[time-space]] [[domains]] [[eventuates]] in the unifying [[power]] [[potential]] of the [[sovereignty]] of [[experiential]] [[supremacy]] which, in the [[presence]] of the [[impersonal]] [[energy]] [[unity]] of the [[universe]], [[constitutes]] a [[reality]] tension that can be resolved only through adequate [[unification]] with the [[experiential]] [[personality]] realities of experiential [[Deity]].
 
56:6.1 When the [[three]] [[eternal]] [[persons]] of [[Deity]] [[function]] as undivided Deity in the [[Paradise Trinity]], they [[achieve]] [[perfect]] [[unity]]; likewise, when they [[create]], either [[associatively]] or severally, their [[Paradise]] [[progeny]] exhibit the characteristic [[unity]] of [[divinity]]. And this [[divinity]] of [[purpose]] [[manifested]] by the [[Supreme Creators]] and Rulers of the [[time-space]] [[domains]] [[eventuates]] in the unifying [[power]] [[potential]] of the [[sovereignty]] of [[experiential]] [[supremacy]] which, in the [[presence]] of the [[impersonal]] [[energy]] [[unity]] of the [[universe]], [[constitutes]] a [[reality]] tension that can be resolved only through adequate [[unification]] with the [[experiential]] [[personality]] realities of experiential [[Deity]].
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56:6.2 The [[personality]] [[realities]] of the [[Supreme Being]] come forth from the [[Paradise Deities]] and on the pilot world of the outer [[Havona]] [[circuit]] unify with the [[power]] [[prerogatives]] of the [[Almighty Supreme]] coming up from the [[Creator]] divinities of the [[grand universe]]. [[God the Supreme]] as a [[person]] existed in [[Havona]] before the [[creation]] of the [[seven superuniverses]], but he [[functioned]] only on [[spiritual]] [[levels]]. The [[evolution]] of [[the Almighty]] [[power]] of [[Supremacy]] by [[diverse]] [[divinity]] [[synthesis]] in the [[evolving]] [[universes]] [[eventuated]] in a new [[power]] [[presence]] of [[Deity]] which [[co-ordinated]] with the [[spiritual]] [[person]] of [[the Supreme]] in [[Havona]] by means of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_116#116:1._THE_SUPREME_MIND Supreme Mind], which concomitantly [[translated]] from the [[potential]] resident in the [[infinite]] [[mind]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]] to the [[active]] [[functional]] [[mind]] of the [[Supreme Being]].
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56:6.2 The [[personality]] [[realities]] of the [[Supreme Being]] come forth from the [[Paradise Deities]] and on the pilot world of the outer [[Havona]] [[circuit]] unify with the [[power]] [[prerogatives]] of the [[Almighty Supreme]] coming up from the [[Creator]] divinities of the [[grand universe]]. [[God the Supreme]] as a [[person]] existed in [[Havona]] before the [[creation]] of the [[seven superuniverses]], but he [[functioned]] only on [[spiritual]] [[levels]]. The [[evolution]] of [[the Almighty]] [[power]] of [[Supremacy]] by [[diverse]] [[divinity]] [[synthesis]] in the [[evolving]] [[universes]] [[eventuated]] in a new [[power]] [[presence]] of [[Deity]] which [[co-ordinated]] with the [[spiritual]] [[person]] of [[the Supreme]] in [[Havona]] by means of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_116#116:1._THE_SUPREME_MIND Supreme Mind], which concomitantly [[translated]] from the [[potential]] resident in the [[infinite]] [[mind]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]] to the [[active]] [[functional]] [[mind]] of the [[Supreme Being]].
    
56:6.3 The [[material]]-minded [[creatures]] of the [[evolutionary worlds]] of the [[seven superuniverses]] can [[comprehend]] [[Deity]] [[unity]] only as it is [[evolving]] in this [[power]]-[[personality]] [[synthesis]] of the [[Supreme Being]]. On any [[level]] of [[existence]] [[God]] cannot exceed the [[conceptual]] [[capacity]] of the [[beings]] who live on such a level. [[Mortal]] man must, through the [[recognition]] of [[truth]], the [[appreciation]] of [[beauty]], and the [[worship]] of [[goodness]], evolve the [[recognition]] of a [[God]] of [[love]] and then [[progress]] through [[ascending]] [[deity]] [[levels]] to the [[comprehension]] of [[the Supreme]]. [[Deity]], having been thus grasped as unified in [[power]], can then be [[personalized]] in [[spirit]] to [[creature]] [[understanding]] and [[attainment]].
 
56:6.3 The [[material]]-minded [[creatures]] of the [[evolutionary worlds]] of the [[seven superuniverses]] can [[comprehend]] [[Deity]] [[unity]] only as it is [[evolving]] in this [[power]]-[[personality]] [[synthesis]] of the [[Supreme Being]]. On any [[level]] of [[existence]] [[God]] cannot exceed the [[conceptual]] [[capacity]] of the [[beings]] who live on such a level. [[Mortal]] man must, through the [[recognition]] of [[truth]], the [[appreciation]] of [[beauty]], and the [[worship]] of [[goodness]], evolve the [[recognition]] of a [[God]] of [[love]] and then [[progress]] through [[ascending]] [[deity]] [[levels]] to the [[comprehension]] of [[the Supreme]]. [[Deity]], having been thus grasped as unified in [[power]], can then be [[personalized]] in [[spirit]] to [[creature]] [[understanding]] and [[attainment]].
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56:7.4 It should be noted that [[ascending mortals]] may [[experience]] the [[impersonal]] [[presence]] of [[successive]] [[levels]] of [[Deity]] long before they become sufficiently [[spiritual]] and adequately [[educated]] to attain [[experiential]] [[personal]] [[recognition]] of, and [[contact]] with, these [[Deities]] as [[personal]] [[beings]].
 
56:7.4 It should be noted that [[ascending mortals]] may [[experience]] the [[impersonal]] [[presence]] of [[successive]] [[levels]] of [[Deity]] long before they become sufficiently [[spiritual]] and adequately [[educated]] to attain [[experiential]] [[personal]] [[recognition]] of, and [[contact]] with, these [[Deities]] as [[personal]] [[beings]].
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56:7.5 Each new [[evolutionary]] [[attainment]] within a sector of [[creation]], as well as every new [[invasion]] of [[space]] by [[divinity]] [[manifestations]], is attended by [[simultaneous]] expansions of [[Deity]] [[functional]]-[[revelation]] within the then existing and previously [[organized]] [[units]] of all [[creation]]. This new [[invasion]] of the [[administrative]] [[work]] of the [[universes]] and their component [[units]] may not always appear to be [[executed]] exactly in [[accordance]] with the [[technique]] herewith [[outlined]] because it is the [[practice]] to send forth advance [[groups]] of [[administrators]] to [[prepare]] the way for the subsequent and [[successive]] eras of new [[administrative]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_118#118:8._CONTROL_AND_OVERCONTROL overcontrol]. Even [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_0#IX._GOD_THE_ULTIMATE God the Ultimate] [[foreshadows]] his [[transcendental]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_118#118:8._CONTROL_AND_OVERCONTROL overcontrol] of the [[universes]] during the later [[stages]] of a [[local universe]] settled in [[light and life]].
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56:7.5 Each new [[evolutionary]] [[attainment]] within a sector of [[creation]], as well as every new [[invasion]] of [[space]] by [[divinity]] [[manifestations]], is attended by [[simultaneous]] expansions of [[Deity]] [[functional]]-[[revelation]] within the then existing and previously [[organized]] [[units]] of all [[creation]]. This new [[invasion]] of the [[administrative]] [[work]] of the [[universes]] and their component [[units]] may not always appear to be [[executed]] exactly in [[accordance]] with the [[technique]] herewith [[outlined]] because it is the [[practice]] to send forth advance [[groups]] of [[administrators]] to [[prepare]] the way for the subsequent and [[successive]] eras of new [[administrative]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_118#118:8._CONTROL_AND_OVERCONTROL overcontrol]. Even [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_0#IX._GOD_THE_ULTIMATE God the Ultimate] [[foreshadows]] his [[transcendental]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_118#118:8._CONTROL_AND_OVERCONTROL overcontrol] of the [[universes]] during the later [[stages]] of a [[local universe]] settled in [[light and life]].
    
56:7.6 It is a [[fact]] that, as the [[creations]] of [[time and space]] are [[progressively]] settled in [[evolutionary]] [[status]], there is [[observed]] a new and fuller [[functioning]] of [[God the Supreme]] concomitant with a [[corresponding]] withdrawing of the first [[three]] [[manifestations]] of [[God the Sevenfold]]. If and when the [[grand universe]] becomes settled in [[light and life]], what then will be the [[future]] [[function]] of the [[Creator Son|Creator]]-[[Creative Spirit|Creative]] [[manifestations]] of [[God the Sevenfold]] if [[God the Supreme]] [[assumes]] direct [[control]] of these [[creations]] of [[time and space]]? Are these organizers and [[pioneers]] of the [[time-space]] [[universes]] to be [[liberated]] for similar [[activities]] in [[outer space]]? We do not know, but we [[speculate]] much concerning these and related matters.
 
56:7.6 It is a [[fact]] that, as the [[creations]] of [[time and space]] are [[progressively]] settled in [[evolutionary]] [[status]], there is [[observed]] a new and fuller [[functioning]] of [[God the Supreme]] concomitant with a [[corresponding]] withdrawing of the first [[three]] [[manifestations]] of [[God the Sevenfold]]. If and when the [[grand universe]] becomes settled in [[light and life]], what then will be the [[future]] [[function]] of the [[Creator Son|Creator]]-[[Creative Spirit|Creative]] [[manifestations]] of [[God the Sevenfold]] if [[God the Supreme]] [[assumes]] direct [[control]] of these [[creations]] of [[time and space]]? Are these organizers and [[pioneers]] of the [[time-space]] [[universes]] to be [[liberated]] for similar [[activities]] in [[outer space]]? We do not know, but we [[speculate]] much concerning these and related matters.
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56:7.7 As the [[frontiers]] of [[experiential]] [[Deity]] are extended out into the [[domains]] of the [[Unqualified Absolute]], we [[envision]] the [[activity]] of [[God the Sevenfold]] during the earlier [[evolutionary]] [[epochs]] of these [[creations]] of the [[future]]. We are not all in [[agreement]] respecting the [[future]] [[status]] of the [[Ancients of Days]] and the [[superuniverse]] [[Master Spirits]]. Neither do we know whether or not the [[Supreme Being]] will therein [[function]] as in the [[seven superuniverses]]. But we all conjecture that the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21 Michaels], the [[Creator Sons]], are [[destined]] to function in these [[outer universes]]. Some hold that the [[future]] [[ages]] will witness some closer form of [[union]] between the [[associated]] [[Creator Sons]] and [[Divine Ministers]]; it is even possible that such a [[creator]] [[union]] might [[eventuate]] in some new [[expression]] of [[associate]]-[[creator]] [[identity]] of an [[ultimate]] [[nature]]. But we really know nothing about these [[possibilities]] of the unrevealed [[future]].
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56:7.7 As the [[frontiers]] of [[experiential]] [[Deity]] are extended out into the [[domains]] of the [[Unqualified Absolute]], we [[envision]] the [[activity]] of [[God the Sevenfold]] during the earlier [[evolutionary]] [[epochs]] of these [[creations]] of the [[future]]. We are not all in [[agreement]] respecting the [[future]] [[status]] of the [[Ancients of Days]] and the [[superuniverse]] [[Master Spirits]]. Neither do we know whether or not the [[Supreme Being]] will therein [[function]] as in the [[seven superuniverses]]. But we all conjecture that the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21 Michaels], the [[Creator Sons]], are [[destined]] to function in these [[outer universes]]. Some hold that the [[future]] [[ages]] will witness some closer form of [[union]] between the [[associated]] [[Creator Sons]] and [[Divine Ministers]]; it is even possible that such a [[creator]] [[union]] might [[eventuate]] in some new [[expression]] of [[associate]]-[[creator]] [[identity]] of an [[ultimate]] [[nature]]. But we really know nothing about these [[possibilities]] of the unrevealed [[future]].
    
56:7.8 We do know, however, that in the [[universes]] of [[time and space]], [[God the Sevenfold]] provides a [[progressive]] approach to the [[Universal Father]], and that this [[evolutionary]] approach is [[experientially]] unified in [[God the Supreme]]. We might conjecture that such a [[plan]] must prevail in the [[outer universes]]; on the other hand the new [[orders]] of [[beings]] that may sometime inhabit these [[universes]] may be able to approach [[Deity]] on [[ultimate]] [[levels]] and by [[absonite]] [[techniques]]. In short, we have not the slightest [[concept]] of what [[technique]] of [[deity]] approach may become operative in the [[future]] [[universes]] of [[outer space]].
 
56:7.8 We do know, however, that in the [[universes]] of [[time and space]], [[God the Sevenfold]] provides a [[progressive]] approach to the [[Universal Father]], and that this [[evolutionary]] approach is [[experientially]] unified in [[God the Supreme]]. We might conjecture that such a [[plan]] must prevail in the [[outer universes]]; on the other hand the new [[orders]] of [[beings]] that may sometime inhabit these [[universes]] may be able to approach [[Deity]] on [[ultimate]] [[levels]] and by [[absonite]] [[techniques]]. In short, we have not the slightest [[concept]] of what [[technique]] of [[deity]] approach may become operative in the [[future]] [[universes]] of [[outer space]].
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56:7.9 Nevertheless, we deem that the [[perfected]] [[superuniverses]] will in some way become a part of the [[Paradise]]-[[ascension career]]s of those [[beings]] who may inhabit these [[outer creations]]. It is quite possible that in that [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_6:_The_Second_Creative_Thesis future age] we may [[witness]] outer-spacers approaching [[Havona]] through the [[seven superuniverses]], [[administered]] by [[God the Supreme]] with or without the [[collaboration]] of the [[Seven Master Spirits]].
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56:7.9 Nevertheless, we deem that the [[perfected]] [[superuniverses]] will in some way become a part of the [[Paradise]]-[[ascension career]]s of those [[beings]] who may inhabit these [[outer creations]]. It is quite possible that in that [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_6:_The_Second_Creative_Thesis future age] we may [[witness]] outer-spacers approaching [[Havona]] through the [[seven superuniverses]], [[administered]] by [[God the Supreme]] with or without the [[collaboration]] of the [[Seven Master Spirits]].
    
==56:8. THE SUPREME UNIFIER==   
 
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56:8.3 Bear in [[mind]], all that [[God the Father]] and his [[Paradise Sons]] do for us, we in turn and in [[spirit]] have the [[opportunity]] to do for and in the [[emerging]] [[Supreme Being]]. The [[experience]] of [[love]], [[joy]], and [[service]] in the [[universe]] is [[mutual]]. [[God the Father]] does not need that his sons should return to him all that he [[bestows]] upon them, but they do (or may) in turn [[bestow]] all of this upon their fellows and upon the [[evolving]] [[Supreme Being]].
 
56:8.3 Bear in [[mind]], all that [[God the Father]] and his [[Paradise Sons]] do for us, we in turn and in [[spirit]] have the [[opportunity]] to do for and in the [[emerging]] [[Supreme Being]]. The [[experience]] of [[love]], [[joy]], and [[service]] in the [[universe]] is [[mutual]]. [[God the Father]] does not need that his sons should return to him all that he [[bestows]] upon them, but they do (or may) in turn [[bestow]] all of this upon their fellows and upon the [[evolving]] [[Supreme Being]].
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56:8.4 All [[creation]]al [[phenomena]] are [[reflective]] of antecedent [[creator]]-[[spirit]] [[activities]]. Said [[Jesus]], and it is [[literally]] true, "The Son does only those [[things]] which he sees [[the Father]] do."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_5] In time you [[mortals]] may begin the [[revelation]] of [[the Supreme]] to your fellows, and increasingly may you [[augment]] this [[revelation]] as you [[ascend]] Paradiseward. In [[eternity]] you may be permitted to make increasing [[revelations]] of this [[God]] of [[evolutionary]] [[creatures]] on [[supreme]] levels—even [[ultimate]]—as ''seventh-stage'' [[finaliters]].
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56:8.4 All [[creation]]al [[phenomena]] are [[reflective]] of antecedent [[creator]]-[[spirit]] [[activities]]. Said [[Jesus]], and it is [[literally]] true, "The Son does only those [[things]] which he sees [[the Father]] do."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_john#Chapter_5] In time you [[mortals]] may begin the [[revelation]] of [[the Supreme]] to your fellows, and increasingly may you [[augment]] this [[revelation]] as you [[ascend]] Paradiseward. In [[eternity]] you may be permitted to make increasing [[revelations]] of this [[God]] of [[evolutionary]] [[creatures]] on [[supreme]] levels—even [[ultimate]]—as ''seventh-stage'' [[finaliters]].
    
==56:9. UNIVERSAL ABSOLUTE UNITY==   
 
==56:9. UNIVERSAL ABSOLUTE UNITY==   
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56:9.1 The [[Unqualified Absolute]] and the [[Deity Absolute]] are unified in the [[Universal Absolute]]. [[The Absolutes]] are [[co-ordinated]] in [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#IX._GOD_THE_ULTIMATE the Ultimate], conditioned in [[the Supreme]], and [[time-space]] [[modified]] in [[God the Sevenfold]]. On subinfinite levels there are [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#XI._THE_THREE_ABSOLUTES three Absolutes], but in [[infinity]] they appear to be [[one]]. On [[Paradise]] there are [[three]] [[personalizations]] of [[Deity]], but in the [[Trinity]] they are one.
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56:9.1 The [[Unqualified Absolute]] and the [[Deity Absolute]] are unified in the [[Universal Absolute]]. [[The Absolutes]] are [[co-ordinated]] in [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#IX._GOD_THE_ULTIMATE the Ultimate], conditioned in [[the Supreme]], and [[time-space]] [[modified]] in [[God the Sevenfold]]. On subinfinite levels there are [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#XI._THE_THREE_ABSOLUTES three Absolutes], but in [[infinity]] they appear to be [[one]]. On [[Paradise]] there are [[three]] [[personalizations]] of [[Deity]], but in the [[Trinity]] they are one.
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56:9.2 The major [[philosophic]] [[proposition]] of the [[master universe]] is this: Did [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#X._GOD_THE_ABSOLUTE the Absolute] (the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#XI._THE_THREE_ABSOLUTES three Absolutes] as one in [[infinity]]) exist before the [[Trinity]]? and is the Absolute [[ancestral]] to the [[Trinity]]? or is the Trinity antecedent to the Absolute?
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56:9.2 The major [[philosophic]] [[proposition]] of the [[master universe]] is this: Did [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#X._GOD_THE_ABSOLUTE the Absolute] (the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#XI._THE_THREE_ABSOLUTES three Absolutes] as one in [[infinity]]) exist before the [[Trinity]]? and is the Absolute [[ancestral]] to the [[Trinity]]? or is the Trinity antecedent to the Absolute?
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56:9.3 Is the [[Unqualified Absolute]] a [[force]] [[presence]] [[independent]] of the [[Trinity]]? Does the [[presence]] of the [[Deity Absolute]] connote the unlimited [[function]] of the [[Trinity]]? and is the [[Universal Absolute]] the final [[function]] of the [[Trinity]], even a [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_106#106:8._THE_TRINITY_OF_TRINITIES Trinity of Trinities]?
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56:9.3 Is the [[Unqualified Absolute]] a [[force]] [[presence]] [[independent]] of the [[Trinity]]? Does the [[presence]] of the [[Deity Absolute]] connote the unlimited [[function]] of the [[Trinity]]? and is the [[Universal Absolute]] the final [[function]] of the [[Trinity]], even a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_106#106:8._THE_TRINITY_OF_TRINITIES Trinity of Trinities]?
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56:9.4 On first [[thought]], a concept of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#X._GOD_THE_ABSOLUTE the Absolute] as [[ancestor]] to all [[things]]—even the [[Trinity]]—seems to afford transitory [[satisfaction]] of consistency [[gratification]] and [[philosophic]] [[unification]], but any such conclusion is invalidated by the [[actuality]] of the [[eternity]] of the [[Paradise Trinity]]. We are taught, and we believe, that the [[Universal Father]] and his [[Trinity]] [[associates]] are [[eternal]] in [[nature]] and [[existence]]. There is, then, but one consistent philosophic conclusion, and that is: [[The Absolute]] is, to all [[universe]] [[intelligences]], the [[impersonal]] and [[co-ordinate]] [[reaction]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_106#106:8._THE_TRINITY_OF_TRINITIES Trinity (of Trinities]) to all basic and primary [[space]] situations, intrauniversal and extrauniversal. To all [[personality]] [[intelligences]] of the [[grand universe]] the [[Paradise Trinity]] forever stands in finality, [[eternity]], [[supremacy]], and [[ultimacy]] and, for all [[practical]] [[purposes]] of [[personal]] [[comprehension]] and [[creature]] [[realization]], as [[absolute]].
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56:9.4 On first [[thought]], a concept of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#X._GOD_THE_ABSOLUTE the Absolute] as [[ancestor]] to all [[things]]—even the [[Trinity]]—seems to afford transitory [[satisfaction]] of consistency [[gratification]] and [[philosophic]] [[unification]], but any such conclusion is invalidated by the [[actuality]] of the [[eternity]] of the [[Paradise Trinity]]. We are taught, and we believe, that the [[Universal Father]] and his [[Trinity]] [[associates]] are [[eternal]] in [[nature]] and [[existence]]. There is, then, but one consistent philosophic conclusion, and that is: [[The Absolute]] is, to all [[universe]] [[intelligences]], the [[impersonal]] and [[co-ordinate]] [[reaction]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_106#106:8._THE_TRINITY_OF_TRINITIES Trinity (of Trinities]) to all basic and primary [[space]] situations, intrauniversal and extrauniversal. To all [[personality]] [[intelligences]] of the [[grand universe]] the [[Paradise Trinity]] forever stands in finality, [[eternity]], [[supremacy]], and [[ultimacy]] and, for all [[practical]] [[purposes]] of [[personal]] [[comprehension]] and [[creature]] [[realization]], as [[absolute]].
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56:9.5 As [[creature]] [[minds]] may view this [[problem]], they are led to the final [[postulate]] of the [[Universal]] [[I AM]] as the primal [[cause]] and the unqualified [[source]] of both the [[Trinity]] and the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#X._GOD_THE_ABSOLUTE Absolute]. When, therefore, we crave to [[entertain]] a [[personal]] [[concept]] of the [[Absolute]], we revert to our [[ideas]] and [[ideals]] of the [[Paradise Father]]. When we [[desire]] to [[facilitate]] [[comprehension]] or to [[augment]] [[consciousness]] of this otherwise [[impersonal]] [[Absolute]], we revert to the [[fact]] that the [[Universal Father]] is the [[existential]] [[Father]] of [[absolute]] [[personality]]; the [[Eternal Son]] is the ''Absolute Person'', though not, in the [[experiential]] sense, the [[personalization]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#X._GOD_THE_ABSOLUTE the Absolute]. And then we go on to envisage the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#XII._THE_TRINITIES experiential Trinities] as culminating in the [[experiential]] [[personalization]] of the [[Deity Absolute]], while conceiving the [[Universal Absolute]] as constituting the [[universe]] and the extrauniverse [[phenomena]] of the [[manifest]] [[presence]] of the [[impersonal]] [[activities]] of the unified and [[co-ordinated]] [[Deity]] [[associations]] of [[supremacy]], [[ultimacy]], and [[infinity]]—the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_106#106:8._THE_TRINITY_OF_TRINITIES Trinity of Trinities].
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56:9.5 As [[creature]] [[minds]] may view this [[problem]], they are led to the final [[postulate]] of the [[Universal]] [[I AM]] as the primal [[cause]] and the unqualified [[source]] of both the [[Trinity]] and the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#X._GOD_THE_ABSOLUTE Absolute]. When, therefore, we crave to [[entertain]] a [[personal]] [[concept]] of the [[Absolute]], we revert to our [[ideas]] and [[ideals]] of the [[Paradise Father]]. When we [[desire]] to [[facilitate]] [[comprehension]] or to [[augment]] [[consciousness]] of this otherwise [[impersonal]] [[Absolute]], we revert to the [[fact]] that the [[Universal Father]] is the [[existential]] [[Father]] of [[absolute]] [[personality]]; the [[Eternal Son]] is the ''Absolute Person'', though not, in the [[experiential]] sense, the [[personalization]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#X._GOD_THE_ABSOLUTE the Absolute]. And then we go on to envisage the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#XII._THE_TRINITIES experiential Trinities] as culminating in the [[experiential]] [[personalization]] of the [[Deity Absolute]], while conceiving the [[Universal Absolute]] as constituting the [[universe]] and the extrauniverse [[phenomena]] of the [[manifest]] [[presence]] of the [[impersonal]] [[activities]] of the unified and [[co-ordinated]] [[Deity]] [[associations]] of [[supremacy]], [[ultimacy]], and [[infinity]]—the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_106#106:8._THE_TRINITY_OF_TRINITIES Trinity of Trinities].
    
56:9.6 [[God the Father]] is [[discernible]] on all [[levels]] from the [[finite]] to the [[infinite]], and though his [[creatures]] from [[Paradise]] to the [[evolutionary worlds]] have variously [[perceived]] him, only the [[Eternal Son]] and the [[Infinite Spirit]] know him as an [[infinity]].
 
56:9.6 [[God the Father]] is [[discernible]] on all [[levels]] from the [[finite]] to the [[infinite]], and though his [[creatures]] from [[Paradise]] to the [[evolutionary worlds]] have variously [[perceived]] him, only the [[Eternal Son]] and the [[Infinite Spirit]] know him as an [[infinity]].
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56:9.9 [[Existential]] [[status]] in [[eternity]] implies [[existential]] [[self-consciousness]] of [[infinity]], even though another [[eternity]] may be required to [[experience]] [[self-realization]] of the [[experiential]] [[potentialities]] [[inherent]] in an [[infinity]] [[eternity]]—an eternal infinity.
 
56:9.9 [[Existential]] [[status]] in [[eternity]] implies [[existential]] [[self-consciousness]] of [[infinity]], even though another [[eternity]] may be required to [[experience]] [[self-realization]] of the [[experiential]] [[potentialities]] [[inherent]] in an [[infinity]] [[eternity]]—an eternal infinity.
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56:9.10 And [[God the Father]] is the [[personal]] [[source]] of all [[manifestations]] of [[Deity]] and [[reality]] to all [[intelligent]] [[creatures]] and [[spirit]] [[beings]] throughout all the [[universe of universes]]. As [[personalities]], now or in the [[successive]] [[universe]] [[experiences]] of the [[eternal]] [[future]], no matter if you achieve the [[attainment]] of [[God the Sevenfold]], [[comprehend]] [[God the Supreme]], find [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#IX._GOD_THE_ULTIMATE God the Ultimate], or attempt to grasp the concept of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#X._GOD_THE_ABSOLUTE God the Absolute], you will [[discover]] to your [[eternal]] [[satisfaction]] that in the consummation of each [[adventure]] you have, on new [[experiential]] [[levels]], rediscovered the [[eternal]] [[God]]—the [[Paradise Father]] of all [[universe]] [[personalities]].
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56:9.10 And [[God the Father]] is the [[personal]] [[source]] of all [[manifestations]] of [[Deity]] and [[reality]] to all [[intelligent]] [[creatures]] and [[spirit]] [[beings]] throughout all the [[universe of universes]]. As [[personalities]], now or in the [[successive]] [[universe]] [[experiences]] of the [[eternal]] [[future]], no matter if you achieve the [[attainment]] of [[God the Sevenfold]], [[comprehend]] [[God the Supreme]], find [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#IX._GOD_THE_ULTIMATE God the Ultimate], or attempt to grasp the concept of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#X._GOD_THE_ABSOLUTE God the Absolute], you will [[discover]] to your [[eternal]] [[satisfaction]] that in the consummation of each [[adventure]] you have, on new [[experiential]] [[levels]], rediscovered the [[eternal]] [[God]]—the [[Paradise Father]] of all [[universe]] [[personalities]].
    
56:9.11 The [[Universal Father]] is the explanation of [[universal]] [[unity]] as it must be supremely, even ultimately, realized in the postultimate [[unity]] of [[absolute]] [[values]] and [[meanings]]—unqualified [[Reality]].
 
56:9.11 The [[Universal Father]] is the explanation of [[universal]] [[unity]] as it must be supremely, even ultimately, realized in the postultimate [[unity]] of [[absolute]] [[values]] and [[meanings]]—unqualified [[Reality]].
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56:9.12 The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:5._THE_MASTER_FORCE_ORGANIZERS Master Force Organizers] go out into [[space]] and mobilize its [[energies]] to become [[gravity]] responsive to the [[Paradise]] pull of the [[Universal Father]]; and subsequently there come the [[Creator Sons]], who [[organize]] these [[gravity]]-[[responding]] [[forces]] into inhabited [[universes]] and therein evolve [[intelligent]] [[creatures]] who receive unto themselves the [[spirit]] of the [[Paradise Father]] and subsequently [[ascend]] to [[the Father]] to become like him in all possible [[divinity]] [[attributes]].
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56:9.12 The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:5._THE_MASTER_FORCE_ORGANIZERS Master Force Organizers] go out into [[space]] and mobilize its [[energies]] to become [[gravity]] responsive to the [[Paradise]] pull of the [[Universal Father]]; and subsequently there come the [[Creator Sons]], who [[organize]] these [[gravity]]-[[responding]] [[forces]] into inhabited [[universes]] and therein evolve [[intelligent]] [[creatures]] who receive unto themselves the [[spirit]] of the [[Paradise Father]] and subsequently [[ascend]] to [[the Father]] to become like him in all possible [[divinity]] [[attributes]].
    
56:9.13 The ceaseless and expanding march of the [[Paradise]] [[creative]] [[forces]] through [[space]] seems to presage the ever-extending [[domain]] of the [[gravity]] grasp of the [[Universal Father]] and the never-ending multiplication of varied [[types]] of [[intelligent]] [[creatures]] who are able to [[love]] [[God]] and be loved by him, and who, by thus becoming God-knowing, may [[choose]] to be like him, may [[elect]] to [[attain]] [[Paradise]] and find [[God]].
 
56:9.13 The ceaseless and expanding march of the [[Paradise]] [[creative]] [[forces]] through [[space]] seems to presage the ever-extending [[domain]] of the [[gravity]] grasp of the [[Universal Father]] and the never-ending multiplication of varied [[types]] of [[intelligent]] [[creatures]] who are able to [[love]] [[God]] and be loved by him, and who, by thus becoming God-knowing, may [[choose]] to be like him, may [[elect]] to [[attain]] [[Paradise]] and find [[God]].
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56:10.1 As the worlds settled in [[Light and Life|life and light]] [[progress]] from the initial [[stage]] to the seventh [[epoch]], they [[successively]] grasp for the [[realization]] of the [[reality]] of [[God the Sevenfold]], ranging from the [[adoration]] of the [[Creator Son]] to the [[worship]] of his [[Paradise Father]]. Throughout the continuing seventh stage of such a world's [[history]] the ever-[[progressing]] [[mortals]] [[grow]] in the [[knowledge]] of [[God the Supreme]], while they vaguely [[discern]] the [[reality]] of the overshadowing [[ministry]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#IX._GOD_THE_ULTIMATE God the Ultimate].
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56:10.1 As the worlds settled in [[Light and Life|life and light]] [[progress]] from the initial [[stage]] to the seventh [[epoch]], they [[successively]] grasp for the [[realization]] of the [[reality]] of [[God the Sevenfold]], ranging from the [[adoration]] of the [[Creator Son]] to the [[worship]] of his [[Paradise Father]]. Throughout the continuing seventh stage of such a world's [[history]] the ever-[[progressing]] [[mortals]] [[grow]] in the [[knowledge]] of [[God the Supreme]], while they vaguely [[discern]] the [[reality]] of the overshadowing [[ministry]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#IX._GOD_THE_ULTIMATE God the Ultimate].
    
56:10.2 Throughout this [[glorious]] [[age]] the chief pursuit of the ever-[[advancing]] [[mortals]] is the quest for a better [[understanding]] and a fuller [[realization]] of the comprehensible [[elements]] of [[Deity]]—[[truth]], [[beauty]], and [[goodness]]. This [[represents]] man's [[effort]] to [[discern]] [[God]] in [[mind]], [[matter]], and [[spirit]]. And as the [[mortal]] pursues this quest, he finds himself increasingly absorbed in the [[experiential]] [[study]] of [[philosophy]], [[cosmology]], and [[divinity]].
 
56:10.2 Throughout this [[glorious]] [[age]] the chief pursuit of the ever-[[advancing]] [[mortals]] is the quest for a better [[understanding]] and a fuller [[realization]] of the comprehensible [[elements]] of [[Deity]]—[[truth]], [[beauty]], and [[goodness]]. This [[represents]] man's [[effort]] to [[discern]] [[God]] in [[mind]], [[matter]], and [[spirit]]. And as the [[mortal]] pursues this quest, he finds himself increasingly absorbed in the [[experiential]] [[study]] of [[philosophy]], [[cosmology]], and [[divinity]].
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*1. 56:10.6 ''[[Curiosity]]''. Hunger for [[harmony]] and thirst for [[beauty]]. [[Persistent]] attempts to [[discover]] new levels of harmonious [[cosmic]] [[relationships]].
 
*1. 56:10.6 ''[[Curiosity]]''. Hunger for [[harmony]] and thirst for [[beauty]]. [[Persistent]] attempts to [[discover]] new levels of harmonious [[cosmic]] [[relationships]].
*2. 56:10.7 ''[[Aesthetic]] [[appreciation]]''. [[Love]] of the [[beautiful]] and ever-advancing [[appreciation]] of the artistic [[touch]] of all [[creative]] [[manifestations]] on all [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_106 levels of reality].
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*2. 56:10.7 ''[[Aesthetic]] [[appreciation]]''. [[Love]] of the [[beautiful]] and ever-advancing [[appreciation]] of the artistic [[touch]] of all [[creative]] [[manifestations]] on all [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_106 levels of reality].
 
*3. 56:10.8 ''[[Ethic]] [[sensitivity]]''. Through the [[realization]] of [[truth]] the [[appreciation]] of [[beauty]] leads to the sense of the [[eternal]] fitness of those [[things]] which impinge upon the [[recognition]] of [[divine]] [[goodness]] in [[Deity]] relations with all [[beings]]; and thus even [[cosmology]] leads to the pursuit of [[divine]] [[reality]] [[values]]—to [[God-consciousness]].
 
*3. 56:10.8 ''[[Ethic]] [[sensitivity]]''. Through the [[realization]] of [[truth]] the [[appreciation]] of [[beauty]] leads to the sense of the [[eternal]] fitness of those [[things]] which impinge upon the [[recognition]] of [[divine]] [[goodness]] in [[Deity]] relations with all [[beings]]; and thus even [[cosmology]] leads to the pursuit of [[divine]] [[reality]] [[values]]—to [[God-consciousness]].
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56:10.10 [[Truth]] is the basis of [[science]] and [[philosophy]], presenting the [[intellectual]] [[foundation]] of [[religion]]. [[Beauty]] sponsors [[art]], [[music]], and the meaningful [[rhythms]] of all [[human]] [[experience]]. [[Goodness]] [[embraces]] the sense of [[ethics]], [[morality]], and [[religion]]—[[experiential]] [[perfection]]-[[hunger]].
 
56:10.10 [[Truth]] is the basis of [[science]] and [[philosophy]], presenting the [[intellectual]] [[foundation]] of [[religion]]. [[Beauty]] sponsors [[art]], [[music]], and the meaningful [[rhythms]] of all [[human]] [[experience]]. [[Goodness]] [[embraces]] the sense of [[ethics]], [[morality]], and [[religion]]—[[experiential]] [[perfection]]-[[hunger]].
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56:10.11 The [[existence]] of [[beauty]] implies the [[presence]] of [[appreciative]] [[creature]] [[mind]] just as certainly as the [[fact]] of [[progressive]] [[evolution]] indicates the [[dominance]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_116#116:1._THE_SUPREME_MIND Supreme Mind]. [[Beauty]] is the [[intellectual]] [[recognition]] of the [[harmonious]] [[time-space]] [[synthesis]] of the far-flung [[diversification]] of [[phenomenal]] [[reality]], all of which stems from pre-existent and [[eternal]] [[oneness]].
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56:10.11 The [[existence]] of [[beauty]] implies the [[presence]] of [[appreciative]] [[creature]] [[mind]] just as certainly as the [[fact]] of [[progressive]] [[evolution]] indicates the [[dominance]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_116#116:1._THE_SUPREME_MIND Supreme Mind]. [[Beauty]] is the [[intellectual]] [[recognition]] of the [[harmonious]] [[time-space]] [[synthesis]] of the far-flung [[diversification]] of [[phenomenal]] [[reality]], all of which stems from pre-existent and [[eternal]] [[oneness]].
    
56:10.12 [[Goodness]] is the [[mental]] [[recognition]] of the [[relative]] [[values]] of the [[diverse]] [[levels]] of [[divine]] [[perfection]]. The [[recognition]] of [[goodness]] implies a [[mind]] of [[moral]] [[status]], a [[personal]] [[mind]] with [[ability]] to [[discriminate]] between [[good]] and [[evil]]. But the [[possession]] of [[goodness]], greatness, is the [[measure]] of real [[divinity]] [[attainment]].
 
56:10.12 [[Goodness]] is the [[mental]] [[recognition]] of the [[relative]] [[values]] of the [[diverse]] [[levels]] of [[divine]] [[perfection]]. The [[recognition]] of [[goodness]] implies a [[mind]] of [[moral]] [[status]], a [[personal]] [[mind]] with [[ability]] to [[discriminate]] between [[good]] and [[evil]]. But the [[possession]] of [[goodness]], greatness, is the [[measure]] of real [[divinity]] [[attainment]].
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56:10.13 The [[recognition]] of true [[relations]] implies a [[mind]] competent to [[discriminate]] between [[truth]] and [[error]]. The [[bestowal]] [[Spirit of Truth]] which invests the [[human]] [[minds]] of [[Urantia]] is unerringly responsive to [[truth]]—the living [[spirit]] [[relationship]] of [[all things]] and all [[beings]] as they are [[co-ordinated]] in the [[eternal]] [[ascent]] Godward.
 
56:10.13 The [[recognition]] of true [[relations]] implies a [[mind]] competent to [[discriminate]] between [[truth]] and [[error]]. The [[bestowal]] [[Spirit of Truth]] which invests the [[human]] [[minds]] of [[Urantia]] is unerringly responsive to [[truth]]—the living [[spirit]] [[relationship]] of [[all things]] and all [[beings]] as they are [[co-ordinated]] in the [[eternal]] [[ascent]] Godward.
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56:10.14 Every [[impulse]] of every [[electron]], [[thought]], or [[spirit]] is an [[acting]] [[unit]] in the whole [[universe]]. Only [[sin]] is [[isolated]] and [[evil]] [[gravity]] [[resisting]] on the [[mental]] and [[spiritual]] levels. The [[universe]] is a [[whole]]; no [[thing]] or [[being]] exists or lives in [[isolation]]. [[Self-realization]] is [[potentially]] [[evil]] if it is antisocial. It is [[literally]] true: "No man lives by himself."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans.2C_XIV] [[Cosmic]] [[socialization]] [[constitutes]] the highest [[form]] of [[personality]] [[unification]]. Said [[Jesus]]: "He who would be greatest among you, let him become server of all."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_22]
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56:10.14 Every [[impulse]] of every [[electron]], [[thought]], or [[spirit]] is an [[acting]] [[unit]] in the whole [[universe]]. Only [[sin]] is [[isolated]] and [[evil]] [[gravity]] [[resisting]] on the [[mental]] and [[spiritual]] levels. The [[universe]] is a [[whole]]; no [[thing]] or [[being]] exists or lives in [[isolation]]. [[Self-realization]] is [[potentially]] [[evil]] if it is antisocial. It is [[literally]] true: "No man lives by himself."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Romans.2C_XIV] [[Cosmic]] [[socialization]] [[constitutes]] the highest [[form]] of [[personality]] [[unification]]. Said [[Jesus]]: "He who would be greatest among you, let him become server of all."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Luke#Chapter_22]
    
56:10.15 Even [[truth]], [[beauty]], and [[goodness]]—man's [[intellectual]] approach to the [[universe]] of [[mind]], [[matter]], and [[spirit]]—must be combined into one [[unified]] [[concept]] of a [[divine]] and supreme [[ideal]]. As [[mortal]] [[personality]] unifies the [[human]] [[experience]] with [[matter]], [[mind]], and [[spirit]], so does this [[divine]] and [[supreme]] [[ideal]] become [[power]]-unified in [[Supremacy]] and then [[personalized]] as a [[God]] of [[fatherly]] [[love]].
 
56:10.15 Even [[truth]], [[beauty]], and [[goodness]]—man's [[intellectual]] approach to the [[universe]] of [[mind]], [[matter]], and [[spirit]]—must be combined into one [[unified]] [[concept]] of a [[divine]] and supreme [[ideal]]. As [[mortal]] [[personality]] unifies the [[human]] [[experience]] with [[matter]], [[mind]], and [[spirit]], so does this [[divine]] and [[supreme]] [[ideal]] become [[power]]-unified in [[Supremacy]] and then [[personalized]] as a [[God]] of [[fatherly]] [[love]].
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56:10.16 All [[insight]] into the [[relations]] of the parts to any given whole requires an [[understanding]] grasp of the [[relation]] of all [[parts]] to that [[whole]]; and in the [[universe]] this means the [[relation]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_12#12:7._THE_PART_AND_THE_WHOLE created parts to the ''Creative Whole'']. [[Deity]] thus becomes the [[transcendental]], even the [[infinite]], goal of [[universal]] and [[eternal]] [[attainment]].
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56:10.16 All [[insight]] into the [[relations]] of the parts to any given whole requires an [[understanding]] grasp of the [[relation]] of all [[parts]] to that [[whole]]; and in the [[universe]] this means the [[relation]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_12#12:7._THE_PART_AND_THE_WHOLE created parts to the ''Creative Whole'']. [[Deity]] thus becomes the [[transcendental]], even the [[infinite]], goal of [[universal]] and [[eternal]] [[attainment]].
    
56:10.17 [[Universal]] [[beauty]] is the [[recognition]] of the [[reflection]] of the [[Isle of Paradise]] in the [[material]] [[creation]], while [[eternal]] [[truth]] is the special [[ministry]] of the [[Paradise Sons]] who not only [[bestow]] themselves upon the [[mortal]] [[races]] but even pour out their [[Spirit of Truth]] upon all peoples. [[Divine]] [[goodness]] is more fully shown forth in the loving [[ministry]] of the manifold [[personalities]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]]. But [[love]], the sum [[total]] of these [[three]] [[qualities]], is man's [[perception]] of [[God]] as his [[spirit]] [[Father]].
 
56:10.17 [[Universal]] [[beauty]] is the [[recognition]] of the [[reflection]] of the [[Isle of Paradise]] in the [[material]] [[creation]], while [[eternal]] [[truth]] is the special [[ministry]] of the [[Paradise Sons]] who not only [[bestow]] themselves upon the [[mortal]] [[races]] but even pour out their [[Spirit of Truth]] upon all peoples. [[Divine]] [[goodness]] is more fully shown forth in the loving [[ministry]] of the manifold [[personalities]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]]. But [[love]], the sum [[total]] of these [[three]] [[qualities]], is man's [[perception]] of [[God]] as his [[spirit]] [[Father]].
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56:10.18 [[Physical]] [[matter]] is the [[time-space]] [[shadow]] of the [[Paradise]] [[energy]]-shining of the [[absolute]] [[the Deities|Deities]]. [[Truth]] [[meanings]] are the [[mortal]]-[[intellect]] repercussions of the [[eternal]] [[word]] of [[Deity]]—the [[time-space]] [[comprehension]] of [[supreme]] [[concepts]]. The [[goodness]] [[values]] of [[divinity]] are the [[merciful]] [[ministries]] of the [[spirit]] [[personalities]] of the [[Universal]], the [[Eternal]], and the [[Infinite]] to the [[time-space]] [[finite]] [[creatures]] of the [[evolutionary spheres]].
 
56:10.18 [[Physical]] [[matter]] is the [[time-space]] [[shadow]] of the [[Paradise]] [[energy]]-shining of the [[absolute]] [[the Deities|Deities]]. [[Truth]] [[meanings]] are the [[mortal]]-[[intellect]] repercussions of the [[eternal]] [[word]] of [[Deity]]—the [[time-space]] [[comprehension]] of [[supreme]] [[concepts]]. The [[goodness]] [[values]] of [[divinity]] are the [[merciful]] [[ministries]] of the [[spirit]] [[personalities]] of the [[Universal]], the [[Eternal]], and the [[Infinite]] to the [[time-space]] [[finite]] [[creatures]] of the [[evolutionary spheres]].
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56:10.19 These [[meaningful]] [[reality]] [[values]] of [[divinity]] are blended in [[the Father]]'s [[relation]] with each [[personal]] [[creature]] as [[divine]] [[love]]. They are [[co-ordinated]] in [[the Son]] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20 his Sons] as [[divine]] [[mercy]]. They [[manifest]] their [[qualities]] through [[the Spirit]] and his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_9#9:8._PERSONALITIES_OF_THE_INFINITE_SPIRIT spirit children] as [[divine]] [[ministry]], the portrayal of loving [[mercy]] to the [[children]] of [[time]]. These [[three]] [[divinities]] are primarily [[manifested]] by the [[Supreme Being]] as [[power]]- [[synthesis]]. They are variously shown forth by [[God the Sevenfold]] in [[seven]] differing [[associations]] of [[divine]] [[meanings]] and [[values]] on seven [[ascending]] [[levels]].
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56:10.19 These [[meaningful]] [[reality]] [[values]] of [[divinity]] are blended in [[the Father]]'s [[relation]] with each [[personal]] [[creature]] as [[divine]] [[love]]. They are [[co-ordinated]] in [[the Son]] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20 his Sons] as [[divine]] [[mercy]]. They [[manifest]] their [[qualities]] through [[the Spirit]] and his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_9#9:8._PERSONALITIES_OF_THE_INFINITE_SPIRIT spirit children] as [[divine]] [[ministry]], the portrayal of loving [[mercy]] to the [[children]] of [[time]]. These [[three]] [[divinities]] are primarily [[manifested]] by the [[Supreme Being]] as [[power]]- [[synthesis]]. They are variously shown forth by [[God the Sevenfold]] in [[seven]] differing [[associations]] of [[divine]] [[meanings]] and [[values]] on seven [[ascending]] [[levels]].
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56:10.20 To [[finite]] [[man]] [[truth]], [[beauty]], and [[goodness]] [[embrace]] the full [[revelation]] of [[divinity]] [[reality]]. As this [[love]]-[[comprehension]] of [[Deity]] finds spiritual [[expression]] in the lives of [[God]]-knowing [[mortals]], there are yielded the fruits of [[divinity]]: [[intellectual]] [[peace]], [[social]] [[progress]], [[moral]] [[satisfaction]], [[spiritual]] [[joy]], and [[cosmic]] [[wisdom]]. The advanced [[mortals]] on a world in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_55#PAPER_55:_THE_SPHERES_OF_LIGHT_AND_LIFE seventh stage of light and life] have learned that [[love]] is the greatest thing in the [[universe]]—and they [[know]] that [[God]] is [[love]].
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56:10.20 To [[finite]] [[man]] [[truth]], [[beauty]], and [[goodness]] [[embrace]] the full [[revelation]] of [[divinity]] [[reality]]. As this [[love]]-[[comprehension]] of [[Deity]] finds spiritual [[expression]] in the lives of [[God]]-knowing [[mortals]], there are yielded the fruits of [[divinity]]: [[intellectual]] [[peace]], [[social]] [[progress]], [[moral]] [[satisfaction]], [[spiritual]] [[joy]], and [[cosmic]] [[wisdom]]. The advanced [[mortals]] on a world in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_55#PAPER_55:_THE_SPHERES_OF_LIGHT_AND_LIFE seventh stage of light and life] have learned that [[love]] is the greatest thing in the [[universe]]—and they [[know]] that [[God]] is [[love]].
    
56:10.21 [[Love]] is the [[desire]] to do [[good]] to others.
 
56:10.21 [[Love]] is the [[desire]] to do [[good]] to others.
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56:10.23 This paper on Universal Unity is the twenty-fifth of a series of presentations by various authors, having been sponsored as a group by a commission of [[Nebadon]] personalities numbering twelve and acting under the direction of [[Mantutia]] [[Melchizedek]]. We indited these narratives and put them in the [[English]] language, by a technique authorized by our superiors, in the year [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/1934 1934] of [[Urantia]] time.
 
56:10.23 This paper on Universal Unity is the twenty-fifth of a series of presentations by various authors, having been sponsored as a group by a commission of [[Nebadon]] personalities numbering twelve and acting under the direction of [[Mantutia]] [[Melchizedek]]. We indited these narratives and put them in the [[English]] language, by a technique authorized by our superiors, in the year [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/1934 1934] of [[Urantia]] time.
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[[Category: PART II: The Local Universe]]
 
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