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*Perception and Reality:

*Perception and Reality:

Question #1:  First, in the category of perception and reality: in studies of people who are close to death, there have been many reported visions of angels with feathered wings; in some instances feathers have materialized in the hands of some people in their rooms. Although this is in contradiction to the information contained in The Urantia Book about angels, I wonder if these feather materializations are the direct result of those individuals’ mental creations coupled with their perceptions of reality.  Could you speak to this?

Question #1:  First, in the category of [[perception]] and [[reality]]: in [[studies]] of people who are close to [[death]], there have been many reported [[visions]] of [[angels]] with feathered wings; in some instances feathers have [[materialized]] in the hands of some people in their rooms. Although this is in contradiction to the [[information]] contained in [[The Urantia Book]] about angels, I [[wonder]] if these feather [[materializations]] are the direct result of those [[individuals]]’ mental [[creations]] coupled with their [[perceptions]] of [[reality]].  Could you speak to this?

Monjoronson:  You have rightly discerned the mechanism at play.  The realm of spirit is far beyond the conceivable range of human consciousness.  You are capable of glimpsing the intervening level of the morontia state, but it ‘s not the realm of spirit.  When you begin to translate an experience of the morontia form into human intelligibility, you will apply recognizable forms that will contain the meanings in your experience, and it will include your background, that being your education and conceptual preferences.

Monjoronson:  You have rightly discerned the [[mechanism]] at [[play]].  The realm of [[spirit]] is far beyond the conceivable range of [[human]] [[consciousness]].  You are capable of glimpsing the intervening level of the [[morontia]] [[state]], but it ‘s not the realm of [[spirit]].  When you begin to [[translate]] an [[experience]] of the [[morontia]] [[form]] into [[human]] [[Recognition|intelligibility]], you will apply recognizable [[forms]] that will contain the [[meanings]] in your [[experience]], and it will include your background, that being your [[education]] and [[conceptual]] preferences.

Spirit, while essentially one, is capable of multiple manifestations.  To make contact through morontia to the physical realm it will readily translate the experience into recognizable frameworks.  As you know, angels don ‘t have wings, therefore less do they have feathers.  But you know in your modern century, there are wings without feathers.  It is a legacy of your traditions and becomes translatable meaning to the mind of a human, even more so in the duress of the transition from life in the physical world to life in the morontia realm. Thank you for this question.

[[Spirit]], while [[essentially]] [[one]], is capable of multiple [[manifestations]].  To make contact through [[morontia]] to the [[physical]] realm it will readily [[translate]] the [[experience]] into recognizable frameworks.  As you know, [[angels]] don ‘t have wings, therefore less do they have feathers.  But you know in your [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century modern century], there are wings without feathers.  It is a [[legacy]] of your [[traditions]] and becomes translatable [[meaning]] to the [[mind]] of a [[human]], even more so in the duress of the [[transition]] from life in the [[physical]] world to life in the [[Mansion Worlds|morontia realm]]. Thank you for this question.

Question #2:  Your comments lead to another question along this line.  You are saying we perceive things according to our own inclination or the things we tend to believe in.  Does human perception dictate what spiritual reality we will experience?  I don ‘t know if the trappings of spiritual reality, the language of it, may vary according to one ‘s traditions.  But the underlying spiritual reality would be consistent?  Could you speak to that a little bit further?

Question #2:  Your comments lead to another question along this line.  You are saying we [[perceive]] things according to our own inclination or the [[things]] we tend to believe in.  Does [[human]] [[perception]] dictate what [[spiritual]] [[reality]] we will [[experience]]?  I don ‘t know if the trappings of spiritual reality, the [[language]] of it, may vary according to one ‘s [[traditions]].  But the underlying spiritual reality would be consistent?  Could you speak to that a little bit further?

Monjoronson:  I will use a visual reference.  You may perceive in dim lighting a disk, circular and apparently flat, distinguishable as apart from its surroundings.  However, if you apply light sources which will shine upon this disk, you may perceive an object which is spherical.  The illumination of the contour of this sphere becomes apparent with the assistance of those light sources.  However, in this perception you only perceive the surface and are unable to determine whether this sphere is hollow or solid and to what degree of density.  Further investigation would give you better information as to the nature of the object.

Monjoronson:  I will use a [[visual]] [[reference]].  You may [[perceive]] in dim lighting a disk, [[circular]] and apparently flat, distinguishable as apart from its [[Context|surroundings]].  However, if you apply [[light]] sources which will shine upon this disk, you may perceive an object which is [[spherical]].  The [[illumination]] of the contour of this [[sphere]] becomes apparent with the [[assistance]] of those [[light]] [[sources]].  However, in this [[perception]] you only perceive the [[surface]] and are unable to [[determine]] whether this [[sphere]] is hollow or solid and to what [[degree]] of [[density]].  Further [[investigation]] would give you better [[information]] as to the [[nature]] of the object.

Spirit has a broad differential of manifestation; it is capable of manifesting all things.  Yet the human mind, taught and trained by culture and limited by the evolution of knowledge and the civilization wherein that mind is functioning, must interpret a spiritual experience which may be the perception of a disk or a sphere and will still encounter the uncertainty of further understanding of the true nature, the deeper qualities, of the experience of spiritual manifestation. Having said this, I must emphasize that the experience of the human being with spirit manifestation is nonetheless valid; it truly is an encounter; it is only described by the understanding mechanisms of the human mind.  While the description may fail in its thoroughness, it is still all the while a genuine encounter.

Spirit has a broad [[differential]] of [[manifestation]]; it is capable of [[manifesting]] [[all things]].  Yet the [[human]] [[mind]], taught and trained by [[culture]] and limited by the [[evolution]] of [[knowledge]] and the [[civilization]] wherein that mind is [[functioning]], must [[interpret]] a [[spiritual]] [[experience]] which may be the [[perception]] of a [[Circle|disk]] or a [[sphere]] and will still encounter the [[uncertainty]] of further [[understanding]] of the true [[nature]], the deeper [[qualities]], of the [[experience]] of [[spiritual]] [[manifestation]]. Having said this, I must emphasize that the [[experience]] of the [[human being]] with spirit [[manifestation]] is nonetheless valid; it truly is an encounter; it is only described by the [[understanding]] [[mechanisms]] of the human mind.  While the description may fail in its thoroughness, it is still all the while a [[genuine]] encounter.

As you ascend throughout the levels of the universe you will begin to discern and continue to refine the understanding that each episode and the ones that follow subsequently are refinements of each other in succession.  Near Paradise your encounters with pure spirit will embrace all your prior engagements, your earlier experiences being limited in description.  Each one that follows has a greater range of embrace of the vastness of spirit.  While you at this high level of spirit being realize the singularity of spirit, you will simultaneously perceive the multiplicity of spirit manifestation as it is translated into the experiences of the gradations of creature comprehension. I thank you also for this question.

As you [[ascend]] throughout the [[Ascension Career|levels]] of the [[universe]] you will begin to [[discern]] and continue to refine the [[understanding]] that each [[episode]] and the ones that follow subsequently are refinements of each other in [[succession]].  Near [[Paradise]] your encounters with pure [[spirit]] will [[embrace]] all your prior engagements, your earlier [[experiences]] being limited in description.  Each one that follows has a greater range of [[embrace]] of the [[Magnitude|vastness]] of [[spirit]].  While you at this high level of [[spirit]] [[being]] realize the [[singularity]] of [[spirit]], you will [[simultaneously]] [[perceive]] the multiplicity of spirit manifestation as it is [[translated]] into the [[experiences]] of the gradations of [[creature]] [[comprehension]]. I thank you also for this question.

Question #3:  In the category of perception and reality: Lately there have been many books written on the process of dying as it is experienced by people on that threshold.  Their testimony has provided a version of this process that is different from The Urantia Book ‘s version.  They have described seeing departed loved ones coming to get them.  Some have seen Jesus at the foot of their beds coming to escort them to heaven.  Some have seen a bright tunnel of light.  Since the reconnection of the spiritual circuit on Urantia, has the process of translation been modified or changed?

Question #3:  In the category of [[perception]] and [[reality]]: Lately there have been many [[books]] [[written]] on the [[process]] of dying as it is [[experienced]] by people on that threshold.  Their [[testimony]] has provided a version of this [[process]] that is [[different]] from [[The Urantia Book]] ‘s version.  They have described seeing departed loved ones coming to get them.  Some have seen [[Jesus]] at the foot of their beds coming to escort them to [[heaven]].  Some have seen a bright tunnel of [[light]].  Since the reconnection of the [[spiritual]] [[circuit]] on [[Urantia]], has the [[process]] of [[translation]] been modified or changed?

Monjoronson:  No, it has not.  It is still functioning as it has since the bestowal of Michael and his attainment of sovereignty wherein human beings who are translating to the morontia realm by way of the passage of death are resurrected according to their progress as a spiritual being.  What is occurring that is different is the ability of humankind to share their near death experiences and to preserve those sharings for decades and centuries to come.  What will accumulate, as we have been discussing this evening, will be the human descriptions, and you will find many descriptions, varied descriptions, all of which appear to indicate a wide range of encounters that seem to defy being coordinated into a description common to every one.  When the soul is taken up into the embrace of spirit and is assisted in this uplift by the angels it must be extracted from the circuitry of mind and its emplacement in physical form.  The mind and body are being disrupted, displaced, and discarded and as these systems are shutting down or going idle, what you would call death, there is a great release of historical personal experiences.  Many of these things are perceived in these encounters at the edge of translation.  When a soul does not cross over but returns to the human status, these experiences are further interpreted based upon background.  

Monjoronson:  No, it has not.  It is still [[functioning]] as it has since the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 bestowal of Michael] and his [[attainment]] of [[sovereignty]][http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_119#119:8._MICHAEL.27S_POSTBESTOWAL_STATUS] wherein [[human beings]] who are [[translating]] to the [[Mansion Worlds|morontia realm]] by way of the passage of [[death]] are [[resurrected]] according to their [[progress]] as a [[spiritual]] [[being]].  What is occurring that is [[different]] is the [[ability]] of humankind to [[share]] their [[near death experiences]] and to preserve those sharings for decades and centuries to come.  What will accumulate, as we have been discussing this evening, will be the [[human]] descriptions, and you will find many descriptions, varied descriptions, all of which appear to indicate a wide range of encounters that seem to defy being [[coordinated]] into a description common to every one.  When the [[soul]] is taken up into the [[embrace]] of [[spirit]] and is [[assisted]] in this uplift by the [[angels]] it must be extracted from the [[circuitry]] of [[mind]] and its emplacement in [[physical]] [[form]].  The mind and body are being disrupted, displaced, and discarded and as these [[systems]] are shutting down or going idle, what you would call [[death]], there is a great release of [[historical]] [[personal]] [[experiences]].  Many of these [[things]] are perceived in these encounters at the edge of [[translation]].  When a [[soul]] does not cross over but returns to the [[human]] [[status]], these [[experiences]] are further [[interpreted]] based upon background.  

Our resurrection attendants who receive those who do shed their physical form to enter into the morontia state are performing the same tasks they have done since the first human being shed its form.  It is the accumulation of your informational database of encounters or near encounters with death that has added to the manifold descriptions of that experience. I hope this helps.

Our [[resurrection]] attendants who receive those who do shed their [[physical]] [[form]] to enter into the [[morontia]] [[state]] are [[performing]] the same tasks they have done since the first [[human being]] shed its [[Body|form]].  It is the accumulation of your [[informational]] database of encounters or near encounters with [[death]] that has added to the manifold descriptions of that [[experience]]. I hope this helps.

 

Mary:  There is a time between the human perception and the reality we experience and how we describe it.

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