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101:1.2 The [[Thought Adjuster]] has no special [[mechanism]] through which to gain [[self]]-[[expression]]; there is no [[mystic]] religious [[faculty]] for the [[reception]] or [[expression]] of religious [[emotions]]. These [[experiences]] are made available through the [[naturally]] [[ordained]] [[mechanism]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_62#62:6._EVOLUTION_OF_THE_HUMAN_MIND mortal mind]. And therein lies one [[explanation]] of the [[Adjuster]]'s [[difficulty]] in [[engaging]] in direct [[communication]] with the [[material]] [[mind]] of its constant indwelling.

101:1.2 The [[Thought Adjuster]] has no special [[mechanism]] through which to gain [[self]]-[[expression]]; there is no [[mystic]] religious [[faculty]] for the [[reception]] or [[expression]] of religious [[emotions]]. These [[experiences]] are made available through the [[naturally]] [[ordained]] [[mechanism]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_62#62:6._EVOLUTION_OF_THE_HUMAN_MIND mortal mind]. And therein lies one [[explanation]] of the [[Adjuster]]'s [[difficulty]] in [[engaging]] in direct [[communication]] with the [[material]] [[mind]] of its constant indwelling.

101:1.3 The [[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]] makes [[contact]] with [[mortal]] man, not by [[feelings]] or [[emotions]], but in the realm of the highest and most spiritualized [[thinking]]. It is your [[thoughts]], not your [[feelings]], that lead you Godward. The [[divine]] [[nature]] may be [[perceived]] only with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind's_eye eyes of the mind]. But the [[mind]] that really [[discerns]] [[God]], hears the indwelling [[Adjuster]], is the [[pure]] mind. "Without [[holiness]] no man may see the Lord."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews#The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews.2C_XII] All such inner and [[spiritual]] [[communion]] is termed [[spiritual]] [[insight]]. Such [[religious]] [[experiences]] result from the impress made upon the [[mind]] of man by the combined operations of the [[Adjuster]] and the [[Spirit of Truth]] as they [[function]] amid and upon the [[ideas]], [[ideals]], [[insights]], and spirit strivings of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE evolving sons of God].

101:1.3 The [[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]] makes [[contact]] with [[mortal]] man, not by [[feelings]] or [[emotions]], but in the realm of the highest and most spiritualized [[thinking]]. It is your [[thoughts]], not your [[feelings]], that lead you Godward. The [[divine]] [[nature]] may be [[perceived]] only with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind's_eye eyes of the mind]. But the [[mind]] that really [[discerns]] [[God]], hears the indwelling [[Adjuster]], is the [[pure]] mind. "Without [[holiness]] no man may see the Lord."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews#The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews.2C_XII] All such inner and [[spiritual]] [[communion]] is termed [[spiritual]] [[insight]]. Such [[religious]] [[experiences]] result from the impress made upon the [[mind]] of man by the combined operations of the [[Adjuster]] and the [[Spirit of Truth]] as they [[function]] amid and upon the [[ideas]], [[ideals]], [[insights]], and spirit strivings of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE evolving sons of God].

101:1.4 [[Religion]] lives and prospers, then, not by [[sight]] and [[feeling]], but rather by [[faith]] and [[insight]]. It consists not in the [[discovery]] of new [[facts]] or in the finding of a [[unique]] [[experience]], but rather in the [[discovery]] of new and [[spiritual]] [[meanings]] in [[facts]] already well known to [[mankind]]. The highest [[religious]] [[experience]] is not dependent on prior [[acts]] of [[belief]], [[tradition]], and [[authority]]; neither is [[religion]] the [[offspring]] of [[sublime]] [[feelings]] and purely [[mystical]] [[emotions]]. It is, rather, a [[profoundly]] deep and [[actual]] [[experience]] of [[spiritual]] [[communion]] with the spirit [[influences]] resident within the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Mind-2001-03-08 human mind], and as far as such an [[experience]] is definable in terms of [[psychology]], it is simply the [[experience]] of experiencing the [[reality]] of believing in [[God]] as the [[reality]] of such a [[purely]] [[personal]] [[experience]].

101:1.4 [[Religion]] lives and prospers, then, not by [[sight]] and [[feeling]], but rather by [[faith]] and [[insight]]. It consists not in the [[discovery]] of new [[facts]] or in the finding of a [[unique]] [[experience]], but rather in the [[discovery]] of new and [[spiritual]] [[meanings]] in [[facts]] already well known to [[mankind]]. The highest [[religious]] [[experience]] is not dependent on prior [[acts]] of [[belief]], [[tradition]], and [[authority]]; neither is [[religion]] the [[offspring]] of [[sublime]] [[feelings]] and purely [[mystical]] [[emotions]]. It is, rather, a [[profoundly]] deep and [[actual]] [[experience]] of [[spiritual]] [[communion]] with the spirit [[influences]] resident within the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Mind-2001-03-08 human mind], and as far as such an [[experience]] is definable in terms of [[psychology]], it is simply the [[experience]] of experiencing the [[reality]] of believing in [[God]] as the [[reality]] of such a [[purely]] [[personal]] [[experience]].

101:1.5 While [[religion]] is not the [[product]] of the [[rationalistic]] [[speculations]] of a [[material cosmology]], it is, nonetheless, the [[creation]] of a wholly [[rational]] [[insight]] which originates in man's [[mind]]-[[experience]]. [[Religion]] is born neither of [[mystic]] [[meditations]] nor of [[isolated]] [[contemplation]]s, albeit it is ever more or less [[mysterious]] and always indefinable and inexplicable in terms of [[purely]] [[intellectual]] [[reason]] and [[philosophic]] [[logic]]. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ_cell germs] of true [[religion]] [[originate]] in the [[domain]] of man's [[moral]] [[consciousness]], and they are [[revealed]] in the [[growth]] of man's [[spiritual]] [[insight]], that [[faculty]] of [[human]] [[personality]] which accrues as a [[consequence]] of the [[presence]] of the [[God]]-revealing [[Thought Adjuster]] in the [[God]]-[[hungry]] [[mortal mind]].

101:1.5 While [[religion]] is not the [[product]] of the [[rationalistic]] [[speculations]] of a [[material cosmology]], it is, nonetheless, the [[creation]] of a wholly [[rational]] [[insight]] which originates in man's [[mind]]-[[experience]]. [[Religion]] is born neither of [[mystic]] [[meditations]] nor of [[isolated]] [[contemplation]]s, albeit it is ever more or less [[mysterious]] and always indefinable and inexplicable in terms of [[purely]] [[intellectual]] [[reason]] and [[philosophic]] [[logic]]. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ_cell germs] of true [[religion]] [[originate]] in the [[domain]] of man's [[moral]] [[consciousness]], and they are [[revealed]] in the [[growth]] of man's [[spiritual]] [[insight]], that [[faculty]] of [[human]] [[personality]] which accrues as a [[consequence]] of the [[presence]] of the [[God]]-revealing [[Thought Adjuster]] in the [[God]]-[[hungry]] [[mortal mind]].

101:1.6 [[Faith]] [[unites]] [[moral]] [[insight]] with conscientious [[discrimination]]s of [[values]], and the pre-existent evolutionary sense of [[duty]] completes the [[ancestry]] of true [[religion]]. The [[experience]] of [[religion]] [[eventually]] results in the certain [[consciousness]] of [[God]] and in the undoubted [[assurance]] of the [[survival]] of the believing [[personality]].

101:1.6 [[Faith]] [[unites]] [[moral]] [[insight]] with conscientious [[discrimination]]s of [[values]], and the pre-existent evolutionary sense of [[duty]] completes the [[ancestry]] of true [[religion]]. The [[experience]] of [[religion]] [[eventually]] results in the certain [[consciousness]] of [[God]] and in the undoubted [[assurance]] of the [[survival]] of the believing [[personality]].

101:2.2 [[Reason]] is the [[method]] of [[science]]; [[faith]] is the [[method]] of [[religion]]; [[logic]] is the attempted [[technique]] of [[philosophy]]. [[Revelation]] compensates for the [[absence]] of the [[morontia]] [[viewpoint]] by providing a [[technique]] for achieving [[unity]] in the [[comprehension]] of the [[reality]] and [[relationships]] of [[matter]] and [[spirit]] by the mediation of [[mind]]. And true [[revelation]] never renders [[science]] unnatural, [[religion]] unreasonable, or [[philosophy]] illogical.

101:2.2 [[Reason]] is the [[method]] of [[science]]; [[faith]] is the [[method]] of [[religion]]; [[logic]] is the attempted [[technique]] of [[philosophy]]. [[Revelation]] compensates for the [[absence]] of the [[morontia]] [[viewpoint]] by providing a [[technique]] for achieving [[unity]] in the [[comprehension]] of the [[reality]] and [[relationships]] of [[matter]] and [[spirit]] by the mediation of [[mind]]. And true [[revelation]] never renders [[science]] unnatural, [[religion]] unreasonable, or [[philosophy]] illogical.

101:2.3 [[Reason]], through the [[study]] of [[science]], may lead back through [[nature]] to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_cause First Cause], but it requires religious [[faith]] to [[transform]] the First Cause of [[science]] into a [[God]] of [[salvation]]; and [[revelation]] is further required for the validation of such a [[faith]], such [[spiritual]] [[insight]].

101:2.3 [[Reason]], through the [[study]] of [[science]], may lead back through [[nature]] to a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_cause First Cause], but it requires religious [[faith]] to [[transform]] the First Cause of [[science]] into a [[God]] of [[salvation]]; and [[revelation]] is further required for the validation of such a [[faith]], such [[spiritual]] [[insight]].

101:2.4 There are two basic reasons for believing in a [[God]] who fosters [[human]] [[survival]]:

101:2.4 There are two basic reasons for believing in a [[God]] who fosters [[human]] [[survival]]:

*2. The [[revelation]] of [[truth]], whether by direct [[personal]] ministry of the [[Spirit of Truth]], by the world [[bestowal]] of [[divine Sons]], or through the [[revelations]] of the [[written]] [[word]].

*2. The [[revelation]] of [[truth]], whether by direct [[personal]] ministry of the [[Spirit of Truth]], by the world [[bestowal]] of [[divine Sons]], or through the [[revelations]] of the [[written]] [[word]].

101:2.5 [[Science]] ends its [[reason]]-search in the [[hypothesis]] of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_cause First Cause]. [[Religion]] does not stop in its flight of [[faith]] until it is sure of a [[God]] of [[salvation]]. The [[discriminating]] [[study]] of [[science]] logically suggests the [[reality]] and [[existence]] of an [[Absolute]]. [[Religion]] believes unreservedly in the [[existence]] and [[reality]] of a [[God]] who fosters [[personality]] [[survival]]. What [[metaphysics]] fails utterly in doing, and what even [[philosophy]] fails partially in doing, [[revelation]] does; that is, affirms that this [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_cause First Cause] of [[science]] and [[religion]]'s God of salvation are one and the same [[Deity]].

101:2.5 [[Science]] ends its [[reason]]-search in the [[hypothesis]] of a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_cause First Cause]. [[Religion]] does not stop in its flight of [[faith]] until it is sure of a [[God]] of [[salvation]]. The [[discriminating]] [[study]] of [[science]] logically suggests the [[reality]] and [[existence]] of an [[Absolute]]. [[Religion]] believes unreservedly in the [[existence]] and [[reality]] of a [[God]] who fosters [[personality]] [[survival]]. What [[metaphysics]] fails utterly in doing, and what even [[philosophy]] fails partially in doing, [[revelation]] does; that is, affirms that this [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_cause First Cause] of [[science]] and [[religion]]'s God of salvation are one and the same [[Deity]].

101:2.6 [[Reason]] is the [[proof]] of [[science]], [[faith]] the [[proof]] of [[religion]], [[logic]] the proof of [[philosophy]], but [[revelation]] is validated only by human [[experience]]. [[Science]] yields [[knowledge]]; [[religion]] yields [[happiness]]; [[philosophy]] yields [[unity]]; [[revelation]] confirms the experiential [[harmony]] of this [[triune]] approach to [[universal]] [[reality]].

101:2.6 [[Reason]] is the [[proof]] of [[science]], [[faith]] the [[proof]] of [[religion]], [[logic]] the proof of [[philosophy]], but [[revelation]] is validated only by human [[experience]]. [[Science]] yields [[knowledge]]; [[religion]] yields [[happiness]]; [[philosophy]] yields [[unity]]; [[revelation]] confirms the experiential [[harmony]] of this [[triune]] approach to [[universal]] [[reality]].

101:6.9 Such a [[sevenfold]] [[salvation]] is the equivalent of the completeness and [[perfection]] of the [[realization]] of the [[ultimate]] [[experience]] of the [[Universal Father]]. And all this, in [[potential]], is contained within the [[reality]] of the [[faith]] of the human [[experience]] of [[religion]]. And it can be so contained since the [[faith]] of [[Jesus]] was nourished by, and was [[revelatory]] of, even [[realities]] beyond the [[ultimate]]; the faith of [[Jesus]] approached the [[status]] of a [[universe]] [[absolute]] in so far as such is possible of [[manifestation]] in the evolving [[cosmos]] of [[time and space]].

101:6.9 Such a [[sevenfold]] [[salvation]] is the equivalent of the completeness and [[perfection]] of the [[realization]] of the [[ultimate]] [[experience]] of the [[Universal Father]]. And all this, in [[potential]], is contained within the [[reality]] of the [[faith]] of the human [[experience]] of [[religion]]. And it can be so contained since the [[faith]] of [[Jesus]] was nourished by, and was [[revelatory]] of, even [[realities]] beyond the [[ultimate]]; the faith of [[Jesus]] approached the [[status]] of a [[universe]] [[absolute]] in so far as such is possible of [[manifestation]] in the evolving [[cosmos]] of [[time and space]].

101:6.10 Through the appropriation of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_196 faith of Jesus], [[mortal]] man can foretaste in time the [[realities]] of [[eternity]]. [[Jesus]] made the [[discovery]], in [[human]] [[experience]], of the [[Universal Father|Final Father]], and his brothers in the flesh of mortal life can follow him along this same [[experience]] of Father [[discovery]]. They can even [[attain]], as they are, the same [[satisfaction]] in this [[experience]] with [[the Father]] as did [[Jesus]] as he was. New [[potentials]] were [[actualized]] in the [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]] consequent upon the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:7._THE_SEVENTH_AND_FINAL_BESTOWAL terminal bestowal of Michael], and one of these was the new [[illumination]] of the path of [[eternity]] that leads to [[the Father]] of all, and which can be traversed even by the mortals of [[material]] [[flesh]] and blood in the initial life on the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 planets of space]. [[Jesus]] was and is the new and living way whereby man can come into the [[divine]] inheritance which [[the Father]] has [[decreed]] shall be his for but the asking. In [[Jesus]] there is abundantly [[demonstrated]] both the beginnings and endings of the [[faith]] [[experience]] of [[humanity]], even of [http://books.google.com/books?id=0kRZ52N8TJsC&printsec=frontcover&dq=divine+humanity&source=bl&ots=fvSq-8YW0e&sig=eMnNa_aRqXh5u60akAjKj_pmuRw&hl=en&ei=4Y-qTKOjA4XGlQfM9LW6CA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CDMQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q&f=false divine humanity].

101:6.10 Through the appropriation of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_196 faith of Jesus], [[mortal]] man can foretaste in time the [[realities]] of [[eternity]]. [[Jesus]] made the [[discovery]], in [[human]] [[experience]], of the [[Universal Father|Final Father]], and his brothers in the flesh of mortal life can follow him along this same [[experience]] of Father [[discovery]]. They can even [[attain]], as they are, the same [[satisfaction]] in this [[experience]] with [[the Father]] as did [[Jesus]] as he was. New [[potentials]] were [[actualized]] in the [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]] consequent upon the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:7._THE_SEVENTH_AND_FINAL_BESTOWAL terminal bestowal of Michael], and one of these was the new [[illumination]] of the path of [[eternity]] that leads to [[the Father]] of all, and which can be traversed even by the mortals of [[material]] [[flesh]] and blood in the initial life on the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 planets of space]. [[Jesus]] was and is the new and living way whereby man can come into the [[divine]] inheritance which [[the Father]] has [[decreed]] shall be his for but the asking. In [[Jesus]] there is abundantly [[demonstrated]] both the beginnings and endings of the [[faith]] [[experience]] of [[humanity]], even of [https://books.google.com/books?id=0kRZ52N8TJsC&printsec=frontcover&dq=divine+humanity&source=bl&ots=fvSq-8YW0e&sig=eMnNa_aRqXh5u60akAjKj_pmuRw&hl=en&ei=4Y-qTKOjA4XGlQfM9LW6CA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CDMQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q&f=false divine humanity].

==101:7. A PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION==

==101:7. A PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION==

101:7.1 An [[idea]] is only a [[theoretical]] [[plan]] for [[action]], while a positive [[decision]] is a validated [[plan]] of [[action]]. A [[stereotype]] is a plan of [[action]] [[accepted]] without [[validation]]. The [[materials]] out of which to build a [http://books.google.com/books?id=0Rtu8kCpvz4C&printsec=frontcover&dq=personal+knowledge&hl=en&ei=7ZKqTPCwFsO88gaEgO2RCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false personal philosophy of religion] are derived from both the [[Inner Life|inner]] and the [[environmental]] [[experience]] of the [[individual]]. The [[social status]], [[economic]] conditions, [[educational]] [[opportunities]], [[moral]] [[trends]], [[institutional]] [[influences]], [[political]] [[developments]], [[racial]] [[tendencies]], and the religious [[teachings]] of one's [[time]] and place all become [[factors]] in the [[formulation]] of a [http://www.personal.kent.edu/~jwattles/TBG.htm personal philosophy of religion]. Even the [[inherent]] [[temperament]] and [[intellectual]] bent markedly determine the [[pattern]] of [[religious]] [[philosophy]]. [[Vocation]], [[marriage]], and kindred all [[influence]] the [[evolution]] of one's [[personal]] [[standards]] of life.

101:7.1 An [[idea]] is only a [[theoretical]] [[plan]] for [[action]], while a positive [[decision]] is a validated [[plan]] of [[action]]. A [[stereotype]] is a plan of [[action]] [[accepted]] without [[validation]]. The [[materials]] out of which to build a [https://books.google.com/books?id=0Rtu8kCpvz4C&printsec=frontcover&dq=personal+knowledge&hl=en&ei=7ZKqTPCwFsO88gaEgO2RCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false personal philosophy of religion] are derived from both the [[Inner Life|inner]] and the [[environmental]] [[experience]] of the [[individual]]. The [[social status]], [[economic]] conditions, [[educational]] [[opportunities]], [[moral]] [[trends]], [[institutional]] [[influences]], [[political]] [[developments]], [[racial]] [[tendencies]], and the religious [[teachings]] of one's [[time]] and place all become [[factors]] in the [[formulation]] of a [https://www.personal.kent.edu/~jwattles/TBG.htm personal philosophy of religion]. Even the [[inherent]] [[temperament]] and [[intellectual]] bent markedly determine the [[pattern]] of [[religious]] [[philosophy]]. [[Vocation]], [[marriage]], and kindred all [[influence]] the [[evolution]] of one's [[personal]] [[standards]] of life.

101:7.2 A [[philosophy]] of [[religion]] evolves out of a basic [[growth]] of [[ideas]] plus [[experimental]] living as both are [[modified]] by the [[tendency]] to [[imitate]] [[associates]]. The soundness of [[philosophic]] conclusions depends on keen, [[honest]], and [[discriminating]] [[thinking]] in [[connection]] with [[sensitivity]] to [[meanings]] and accuracy of [[evaluation]]. Moral cowards never achieve high [[planes]] of philosophic [[thinking]]; it requires [[courage]] to [[invade]] new levels of [[experience]] and to attempt the [[exploration]] of [[unknown]] realms of [[intellectual]] living.

101:7.2 A [[philosophy]] of [[religion]] evolves out of a basic [[growth]] of [[ideas]] plus [[experimental]] living as both are [[modified]] by the [[tendency]] to [[imitate]] [[associates]]. The soundness of [[philosophic]] conclusions depends on keen, [[honest]], and [[discriminating]] [[thinking]] in [[connection]] with [[sensitivity]] to [[meanings]] and accuracy of [[evaluation]]. Moral cowards never achieve high [[planes]] of philosophic [[thinking]]; it requires [[courage]] to [[invade]] new levels of [[experience]] and to attempt the [[exploration]] of [[unknown]] realms of [[intellectual]] living.

101:7.3 Presently new [[systems]] of [[values]] come into [[existence]]; new formulations of principles and [[standards]] are achieved; [[habits]] and [[ideals]] are reshaped; some [[idea]] of a [[personal]] [[God]] is [[attained]], followed by enlarging [[concepts]] of [[relationship]] thereto.

101:7.3 Presently new [[systems]] of [[values]] come into [[existence]]; new formulations of principles and [[standards]] are achieved; [[habits]] and [[ideals]] are reshaped; some [[idea]] of a [[personal]] [[God]] is [[attained]], followed by enlarging [[concepts]] of [[relationship]] thereto.

101:7.4 The great [[difference]] between a [[religious]] and a nonreligious [http://www.personal.kent.edu/~jwattles/TBG.htm philosophy of living] consists in the [[nature]] and level of recognized [[values]] and in the object of loyalties. There are four phases in the [[evolution]] of religious [[philosophy]]: Such an [[experience]] may become merely [[conformative]], resigned to submission to [[tradition]] and [[authority]]. Or it may be satisfied with slight [[attainments]], just enough to [[stabilize]] the daily living, and therefore becomes early arrested on such an adventitious level. Such [[mortals]] believe in letting well enough alone. A third group [[progress]] to the level of [[logical]] [[intellectuality]] but there stagnate in [[consequence]] of [[cultural]] [[slavery]]. It is indeed pitiful to behold giant [[intellects]] held so securely within the cruel grasp of [[cultural]] [[bondage]]. It is equally pathetic to [[observe]] those who trade their cultural [[bondage]] for the [[materialistic]] fetters of a [[science]], falsely so called. The fourth level of [[philosophy]] attains [[freedom]] from all conventional and [[traditional]] [[handicaps]] and dares to [[think]], [[act]], and live [[honestly]], loyally, fearlessly, and [[truthfully]].

101:7.4 The great [[difference]] between a [[religious]] and a nonreligious [https://www.personal.kent.edu/~jwattles/TBG.htm philosophy of living] consists in the [[nature]] and level of recognized [[values]] and in the object of loyalties. There are four phases in the [[evolution]] of religious [[philosophy]]: Such an [[experience]] may become merely [[conformative]], resigned to submission to [[tradition]] and [[authority]]. Or it may be satisfied with slight [[attainments]], just enough to [[stabilize]] the daily living, and therefore becomes early arrested on such an adventitious level. Such [[mortals]] believe in letting well enough alone. A third group [[progress]] to the level of [[logical]] [[intellectuality]] but there stagnate in [[consequence]] of [[cultural]] [[slavery]]. It is indeed pitiful to behold giant [[intellects]] held so securely within the cruel grasp of [[cultural]] [[bondage]]. It is equally pathetic to [[observe]] those who trade their cultural [[bondage]] for the [[materialistic]] fetters of a [[science]], falsely so called. The fourth level of [[philosophy]] attains [[freedom]] from all conventional and [[traditional]] [[handicaps]] and dares to [[think]], [[act]], and live [[honestly]], loyally, fearlessly, and [[truthfully]].

101:7.5 The acid test for any [[religious]] [[philosophy]] consists in whether or not it distinguishes between the [[realities]] of the [[material]] and the [[spiritual]] worlds while at the same moment recognizing their [[unification]] in [[intellectual]] striving and in social serving. A sound religious [[philosophy]] does not confound the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_22 things of God with the things of Caesar]. Neither does it [[recognize]] the [[aesthetic]] [[cult]] of [[pure]] [[wonder]] as a substitute for [[religion]].

101:7.5 The acid test for any [[religious]] [[philosophy]] consists in whether or not it distinguishes between the [[realities]] of the [[material]] and the [[spiritual]] worlds while at the same moment recognizing their [[unification]] in [[intellectual]] striving and in social serving. A sound religious [[philosophy]] does not confound the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_22 things of God with the things of Caesar]. Neither does it [[recognize]] the [[aesthetic]] [[cult]] of [[pure]] [[wonder]] as a substitute for [[religion]].

101:7.6 [[Philosophy]] [[transforms]] that [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_86#86:7._THE_FUNCTION_OF_PRIMITIVE_RELIGION primitive religion] which was largely a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_tale fairy tale] of [[conscience]] into a living [[experience]] in the [[ascending]] [[values]] of [[cosmic]] [[reality]].

101:7.6 [[Philosophy]] [[transforms]] that [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_86#86:7._THE_FUNCTION_OF_PRIMITIVE_RELIGION primitive religion] which was largely a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_tale fairy tale] of [[conscience]] into a living [[experience]] in the [[ascending]] [[values]] of [[cosmic]] [[reality]].

==101:8. FAITH AND BELIEF==

==101:8. FAITH AND BELIEF==

101:8.1 [[Belief]] has [[attained]] the [[level]] of [[faith]] when it [[motivates]] life and shapes the [[mode]] of living. The [[acceptance]] of a teaching as true is not [[faith]]; that is mere [[belief]]. Neither is [[certainty]] nor [[conviction]] [[faith]]. A [[state]] of [[mind]] attains to [http://books.google.com/books?id=Omz8GgAACAAJ&dq=dynamics+of+faith&hl=en&ei=2JeqTPWQFcL98AaI2In4Bw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAA faith levels] only when it actually [[dominates]] the mode of living. [[Faith]] is a living [[attribute]] of genuine [[personal]] religious [[experience]]. One [[believes]] [[truth]], admires [[beauty]], and [[reverences]] [[goodness]], but does not [[worship]] them; such an [[attitude]] of saving [[faith]] is [[centered]] on [[God]] alone, who is all of these [[personified]] and infinitely more.

101:8.1 [[Belief]] has [[attained]] the [[level]] of [[faith]] when it [[motivates]] life and shapes the [[mode]] of living. The [[acceptance]] of a teaching as true is not [[faith]]; that is mere [[belief]]. Neither is [[certainty]] nor [[conviction]] [[faith]]. A [[state]] of [[mind]] attains to [https://books.google.com/books?id=Omz8GgAACAAJ&dq=dynamics+of+faith&hl=en&ei=2JeqTPWQFcL98AaI2In4Bw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAA faith levels] only when it actually [[dominates]] the mode of living. [[Faith]] is a living [[attribute]] of genuine [[personal]] religious [[experience]]. One [[believes]] [[truth]], admires [[beauty]], and [[reverences]] [[goodness]], but does not [[worship]] them; such an [[attitude]] of saving [[faith]] is [[centered]] on [[God]] alone, who is all of these [[personified]] and infinitely more.

101:8.2 [[Belief]] is always [[limiting]] and binding; [[faith]] is expanding and releasing. [[Belief]] fixates, [[faith]] [[liberates]]. But living religious faith is more than the [[association]] of [[noble]] [[beliefs]]; it is more than an exalted [[system]] of [[philosophy]]; it is a living [[experience]] concerned with [[spiritual]] [[meanings]], [[divine]] [[ideals]], and [[supreme]] [[values]]; it is [[God]]-[[knowing]] and [[man]]-[[serving]]. [[Beliefs]] may become [[group]] [[possessions]], but [[faith]] must be [[personal]]. Theologic [[beliefs]] can be suggested to a [[group]], but [[faith]] can rise up only in the [[heart]] of the [[individual]] religionist.

101:8.2 [[Belief]] is always [[limiting]] and binding; [[faith]] is expanding and releasing. [[Belief]] fixates, [[faith]] [[liberates]]. But living religious faith is more than the [[association]] of [[noble]] [[beliefs]]; it is more than an exalted [[system]] of [[philosophy]]; it is a living [[experience]] concerned with [[spiritual]] [[meanings]], [[divine]] [[ideals]], and [[supreme]] [[values]]; it is [[God]]-[[knowing]] and [[man]]-[[serving]]. [[Beliefs]] may become [[group]] [[possessions]], but [[faith]] must be [[personal]]. Theologic [[beliefs]] can be suggested to a [[group]], but [[faith]] can rise up only in the [[heart]] of the [[individual]] religionist.