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36:6.2 [[Things]] [[material]] may [[enjoy]] an [[independent]] [[existence]], but life springs only from life. [[Mind]] can be derived only from pre-existent [[mind]]. [[Spirit]] takes [[origin]] only from [[spirit]] [[ancestors]]. The [[creature]] may produce the [[forms]] of life, but only a [[creator]] [[personality]] or a [[creative]] [[force]] can supply the [[Action|activating]] living [[spark]].

36:6.2 [[Things]] [[material]] may [[enjoy]] an [[independent]] [[existence]], but life springs only from life. [[Mind]] can be derived only from pre-existent [[mind]]. [[Spirit]] takes [[origin]] only from [[spirit]] [[ancestors]]. The [[creature]] may produce the [[forms]] of life, but only a [[creator]] [[personality]] or a [[creative]] [[force]] can supply the [[Action|activating]] living [[spark]].

36:6.3 ''Life Carriers'' can [[organize]] the [[material]] [[forms]], or [[physical]] [[patterns]], of living [[beings]], but [[the Spirit]] provides the [[initial]] [[spark]] of life and [[bestows]] the [[endowment]] of [[mind]]. Even the living [[forms]] of [[experimental]] life which the Life Carriers [[organize]] on their [[Salvington]] worlds are always devoid of [[reproductive]] [[powers]]. When the life [[formulas]] and the [[vital]] [[patterns]] are correctly assembled and properly [[organized]], the [[presence]] of a Life Carrier is [[sufficient]] to [[initiate]] life, but all such living [[organisms]] are lacking in two [[essential]] [[attributes]]—[[mind]] [[endowment]] and [[reproductive]] [[powers]]. [[Animal]] [[mind]] and [[human]] mind are gifts of the [[local universe]] [[Mother Spirit]], [[functioning]] through the [[seven adjutant mind-spirits]], while [[creature]] [[ability]] to [[reproduce]] is the specific and [[personal]] impartation of the [[Mother Spirit|Universe Spirit]] to the [[ancestral]] life [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ_plasm plasm] inaugurated by the ''Life Carriers''.

36:6.3 ''Life Carriers'' can [[organize]] the [[material]] [[forms]], or [[physical]] [[patterns]], of living [[beings]], but [[the Spirit]] provides the [[initial]] [[spark]] of life and [[bestows]] the [[endowment]] of [[mind]]. Even the living [[forms]] of [[experimental]] life which the Life Carriers [[organize]] on their [[Salvington]] worlds are always devoid of [[reproductive]] [[powers]]. When the life [[formulas]] and the [[vital]] [[patterns]] are correctly assembled and properly [[organized]], the [[presence]] of a Life Carrier is sufficient to [[initiate]] life, but all such living [[organisms]] are lacking in two [[essential]] [[attributes]]—[[mind]] [[endowment]] and [[reproductive]] [[powers]]. [[Animal]] [[mind]] and [[human]] mind are gifts of the [[local universe]] [[Mother Spirit]], [[functioning]] through the [[seven adjutant mind-spirits]], while [[creature]] [[ability]] to [[reproduce]] is the specific and [[personal]] impartation of the [[Mother Spirit|Universe Spirit]] to the [[ancestral]] life [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ_plasm plasm] inaugurated by the ''Life Carriers''.

36:6.4 When the Life Carriers have [[designed]] the [[patterns]] of life, after they have [[organized]] the [[energy]] [[systems]], there must occur an additional [[phenomenon]]; the "breath of life" must be imparted to these lifeless [[forms]]. The [[Sons of God]] can construct the [[forms]] of life, but it is the [[Infinite Spirit|Spirit of God]] who really [[contributes]] the [[vital]] [[spark]]. And when the life thus imparted is spent, then again the remaining [[material]] [[body]] becomes [[dead]] [[matter]]. When the [[bestowed]] life is exhausted, the [[body]] returns to the [[bosom]] of the [[material]] [[universe]] from which it was borrowed by the Life Carriers to serve as a transient vehicle for that life [[endowment]] which they conveyed to such a [[visible]] [[association]] of [[energy]]-[[matter]].

36:6.4 When the Life Carriers have [[designed]] the [[patterns]] of life, after they have [[organized]] the [[energy]] [[systems]], there must occur an additional [[phenomenon]]; the "breath of life" must be imparted to these lifeless [[forms]]. The [[Sons of God]] can construct the [[forms]] of life, but it is the [[Infinite Spirit|Spirit of God]] who really [[contributes]] the [[vital]] [[spark]]. And when the life thus imparted is spent, then again the remaining [[material]] [[body]] becomes [[dead]] [[matter]]. When the [[bestowed]] life is exhausted, the [[body]] returns to the [[bosom]] of the [[material]] [[universe]] from which it was borrowed by the Life Carriers to serve as a transient vehicle for that life [[endowment]] which they conveyed to such a [[visible]] [[association]] of [[energy]]-[[matter]].

36:6.5 The life [[bestowed]] upon [[plants]] and [[animals]] by the Life Carriers does not return to the Life Carriers upon the [[death]] of plant or animal. The departing life of such a living [[thing]] [[possesses]] neither [[identity]] nor [[personality]]; it does not [[individually]] [[survive]] [[death]]. During its [[existence]] and the [[time]] of its [[sojourn]] in the [[body]] of [[matter]], it has undergone a [[change]]; it has undergone [[energy]] [[evolution]] and [[survives]] only as a part of the [[cosmic]] [[forces]] of the [[universe]]; it does not [[survive]] as [[individual]] life. The [[survival]] of [[mortal]] [[creatures]] is wholly predicated on the evolvement of an [[immortal]] [[soul]] within the [[mortal]] [[mind]].

36:6.5 The life [[bestowed]] upon [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant plants] and [[animals]] by the Life Carriers does not return to the Life Carriers upon the [[death]] of plant or animal. The departing life of such a living [[thing]] [[possesses]] neither [[identity]] nor [[personality]]; it does not [[individually]] [[survive]] [[death]]. During its [[existence]] and the [[time]] of its [[sojourn]] in the [[body]] of [[matter]], it has undergone a [[change]]; it has undergone [[energy]] [[evolution]] and [[survives]] only as a part of the [[cosmic]] [[forces]] of the [[universe]]; it does not [[survive]] as [[individual]] life. The [[survival]] of [[mortal]] [[creatures]] is wholly predicated on the evolvement of an [[immortal]] [[soul]] within the [[mortal]] [[mind]].

36:6.6 We speak of life as "[[energy]]" and as "[[force]]," but it is really neither. [[Force]]-[[energy]] is variously [[gravity]] [[responsive]]; life is not. [[Pattern]] is also nonresponsive to [[gravity]], being a [[configuration]] of [[energies]] that have already fulfilled all [[gravity]]-[[responsive]] [[obligations]]. Life, as such, [[constitutes]] the [[animation]] of some [[pattern]]-[[configured]] or otherwise [[segregated]] [[system]] of [[energy]]—[[material]], [[mindal]], or [[spiritual]].

36:6.6 We speak of life as "[[energy]]" and as "[[force]]," but it is really neither. [[Force]]-[[energy]] is variously [[gravity]] [[responsive]]; life is not. [[Pattern]] is also nonresponsive to [[gravity]], being a [[configuration]] of [[energies]] that have already fulfilled all [[gravity]]-[[responsive]] [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obligation obligations]. Life, as such, [[constitutes]] the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animation animation] of some [[pattern]]-[[configured]] or otherwise [[segregated]] [[system]] of [[energy]]—[[material]], [[mindal]], or [[spiritual]].

36:6.7 There are some [[things]] [[connected]] with the elaboration of life on the [[evolutionary planets]] which are not altogether clear to us. We fully [[comprehend]] the [[physical]] [[organization]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrochemical electrochemical] [[formulas]] of the Life Carriers, but we do not wholly [[understand]] the [[nature]] and [[source]] of the life-[[activation]] [[spark]]. We [[know]] that life [[flows]] from [[the Father]] through [[the Son]] and by[[ the Spirit]]. It is more than [[possible]] that the [[Master Spirits]] are the sevenfold [[channel]] of the river of life which is poured out upon all [[creation]]. But we do not [[comprehend]] the [[technique]] whereby the supervising [[Master Spirit]] [[participates]] in the [[initial]] [[episode]] of life [[bestowal]] on a new [[planet]]. The [[Ancients of Days]], we are [[confident]], also have some part in this inauguration of life on a new world, but we are wholly [[ignorant]] of the [[nature]] thereof. We do know that the [[Universe Mother Spirit]] [[actually]] [[vitalizes]] the lifeless [[patterns]] and imparts to such activated [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ_plasm plasm] the [[prerogatives]] of [[organismal]] [[reproduction]]. We [[observe]] that these [[three]] are the levels of [[God the Sevenfold]], sometimes designated as the [[Supreme Creators]] of [[time and space]]; but otherwise we know little more than [[Urantia]] [[mortals]]—simply that [[concept]] is inherent in [[the Father]], [[expression]] in [[the Son]], and life [[realization]] in [[the Spirit]].

36:6.7 There are some [[things]] [[connected]] with the elaboration of life on the [[evolutionary planets]] which are not altogether clear to us. We fully [[comprehend]] the [[physical]] [[organization]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrochemical electrochemical] [[formulas]] of the Life Carriers, but we do not wholly [[understand]] the [[nature]] and [[source]] of the life-[[activation]] [[spark]]. We [[know]] that life [[flows]] from [[the Father]] through [[the Son]] and by[[ the Spirit]]. It is more than [[possible]] that the [[Master Spirits]] are the sevenfold [[channel]] of the river of life which is poured out upon all [[creation]]. But we do not [[comprehend]] the [[technique]] whereby the supervising [[Master Spirit]] [[participates]] in the [[initial]] [[episode]] of life [[bestowal]] on a new [[planet]]. The [[Ancients of Days]], we are [[confident]], also have some part in this inauguration of life on a new world, but we are wholly [[ignorant]] of the [[nature]] thereof. We do know that the [[Universe Mother Spirit]] [[actually]] [[vitalizes]] the lifeless [[patterns]] and imparts to such activated [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ_plasm plasm] the [[prerogatives]] of [[organismal]] [[reproduction]]. We [[observe]] that these [[three]] are the levels of [[God the Sevenfold]], sometimes designated as the [[Supreme Creators]] of [[time and space]]; but otherwise we know little more than [[Urantia]] [[mortals]]—simply that [[concept]] is inherent in [[the Father]], [[expression]] in [[the Son]], and life [[realization]] in [[the Spirit]].