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32:4.1 Do not [[entertain]] the [[idea]] that, since the [[Universal Father]] has [[delegated]] so much of himself and his [[power]] to others, he is a [[silent]] or inactive member of the [[Deity]] [[partnership]]. Aside from [[personality]] domains and [[Thought Adjuster|Adjuster]] [[bestowal]], he is [[apparently]] the least [[active]] of the [[Paradise Deities]] in that he allows his [[Paper 10 - The Paradise Trinity|Deity co-ordinates]], [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20 his Sons], and numerous [[created]] [[intelligences]] to [[perform]] so much in the carrying out of his [[eternal]] [[purpose]]. He is the [[silent]] member of the [[creative]] [[Trinity|trio]] only in that he never does aught which any of his [[co-ordinate]] or subordinate [[associates]] can do.
32:4.2 [[God]] has full [[understanding]] of the need of every [[intelligent]] [[creature]] for [[function]] and [[experience]], and therefore, in every [[situation]], be it concerned with the [[destiny]] of a [[universe]] or the [[Health|welfare]] of the [[humblest]] of his [[creatures]], [[God]] retires from [[activity]] in favor of the [[galaxy]] of [[creature]] and [[Supreme Creators|Creator]] [[personalities]] who [[inherently]] [[intervene]] between himself and any given [[universe]] situation or [[creative]] [[event]]. But notwithstanding this retirement, this [[exhibition]] of [[infinite]] [[co-ordination]], there is on [[God]]'s part an [[actual]], [[literal]], and [[personal]] [[participation]] in these [[events]] by and through these [[ordained]] [[agencies]] and [[personalities]]. [[The Father]] is [[working]] in and through all these [[channels]] for the welfare of all his far-flung [[creation]].
32:4.3 As regards the [[policies]], [[conduct]], and [[administration]] of a [[local universe]], the [[Universal Father]] [[acts]] in the [[person]] of his [[Creator Son]]. In the interrelationships of [[the Sons of God]], in the [[group]] [[associations]] of the [[personalities]] of [[origin]] in the [[Third Source and Center]], or in the [[relationship]] between any other [[creatures]], such as [[human beings]]—as concerns such [[associations]] the [[Universal Father]] never [[intervenes]]. The [[law]] of the [[Creator Son]], the rule of the [[Constellation Fathers]], the [[System Sovereigns]], and the [[Planetary Princes]]—the [[ordained]] [[policies]] and [[procedures]] for that [[universe]]—always prevail. There is no division of [[authority]]; never is there a [[Conflict|cross working]] of [[divine]] [[power]] and [[purpose]]. [[The Deities]] are in [[perfect]] and [[eternal]] [[unanimity]].
32:4.4 The [[Creator Son]] rules [[supreme]] in all matters of [[ethical]] [[associations]], the [[relations]] of any division of [[creatures]] to any other [[class]] of [[creatures]] or of two or more [[individuals]] within any given [[group]]; but such a [[plan]] does not mean that the [[Universal Father]] may not in his own way [[intervene]] and do aught that pleases the [[divine]] [[mind]] with any [[individual]] [[creature]] throughout all [[creation]], as pertains to that [[individual]]'s present [[status]] or [[future]] prospects and as concerns [[the Father]]'s [[eternal]] [[plan]] and [[infinite]] [[purpose]].
32:4.5 In the [[mortal]] [[Free will|will]] [[creatures]] [[the Father]] is [[actually]] present in the [[indwelling Adjuster]], a [[fragment]] of his prepersonal [[spirit]]; and [[the Father]] is also the [[source]] of the [[personality]] of such a [[mortal]] [[Free will|will]] [[creature]].
32:4.6 These [[Thought Adjusters]], the [[bestowal]]s of the [[Universal Father]], are comparatively [[isolated]]; they indwell [[human]] [[minds]] but have no [[discernible]] [[connection]] with the [[ethical]] affairs of a [[local creation]]. They are not directly [[co-ordinated]] with the [[seraphic]] [[service]] nor with the [[administration]] of [[the System|systems]], [[constellations]], or a [[local universe]], not even with the rule of a [[Creator Son]], whose will is the [[supreme]] [[law]] of his [[universe]].
32:4.7 The [[indwelling Adjusters]] are one of [[God]]'s separate but [[unified]] modes of contact with the [[creatures]] of his all but [[infinite]] [[creation]]. Thus does he who is [[invisible]] to [[mortal]] [[man]] [[manifest]] his [[presence]], and could he do so, he would show himself to us in still other ways, but such further [[revelation]] is not [[divinely]] [[possible]].
32:4.8 We can [[Vision|see]] and [[understand]] the [[mechanism]] whereby the [[Creator Sons|Sons]] enjoy [[intimate]] and complete [[knowledge]] regarding the [[universes]] of their [[jurisdiction]]; but we cannot fully [[comprehend]] the [[methods]] whereby [[God]] is so fully and [[personally]] conversant with the details of the [[universe of universes]], although we at least can [[recognize]] the avenue whereby the [[Universal Father]] can receive [[information]] regarding, and [[manifest]] his [[presence]] to, the [[beings]] of his immense [[creation]]. Through the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_0#VI._ENERGY_AND_PATTERN personality circuit]] [[the Father]] is cognizant—has [[personal]] [[knowledge]]—of all the [[thoughts]] and [[acts]] of all the [[beings]] in all [[the systems]] of all the [[universes]] of all [[creation]]. Though we cannot fully grasp this [[technique]] of [[God]]'s [[communion]] with his [[children]], we can be strengthened in the [[assurance]] that the "Lord knows his children,"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Letters_to_Timothy,_2#2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_Timothy.2C_II] and that of each one of us "he takes note where we were born."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_139]
32:4.9 In your [[universe]] and in your [[heart]] the [[Universal Father]] is present, [[spiritually]] speaking, by one of the [[Seven Master Spirits]] of central abode and, specifically, by the [[divine Adjuster]] who lives and [[works]] and waits in the depths of the [[mortal]] [[mind]].
32:4.10 [[God]] is not a [[self]]-[[centered]] [[personality]]; [[the Father]] freely [[distributes]] himself to his [[creation]] and to his [[creatures]]. He lives and [[acts]], not only in [[the Deities]], but also in [[Paper 20 - The Paradise Sons of God|his Sons]], whom he intrusts with the [[doing]] of [[everything]] that it is [[divinely]] [[possible]] for them to do. The [[Universal Father]] has truly divested himself of every [[function]] which it is possible for another [[being]] to [[perform]]. And this is just as true of [[mortal]] [[man]] as of the [[Creator Son]] who rules in [[God]]'s stead at the [[headquarters]] of a [[local universe]]. Thus we behold the outworking of the [[ideal]] and [[infinite]] [[love]] of the [[Universal Father]].
32:4.11 In this [[universal]] [[bestowal]] of himself we have [[abundant]] [[proof]] of both the [[magnitude]] and the magnanimity of [[the Father]]'s [[divine]] [[nature]]. If [[God]] has withheld aught of himself from the [[universal]] [[creation]], then of that residue he is in lavish [[generosity]] bestowing the [[Thought Adjusters]] upon the [[mortals]] of the realms, the [[Mystery Monitors]] of [[time]], who so [[patiently]] indwell the [[mortal]] [[candidates]] for life [[Eternal|everlasting]].
32:4.12 The [[Universal Father]] has poured out himself, as it were, to make all [[creation]] rich in [[personality]] [[possession]] and [[potential]] [[spiritual]] [[attainment]]. [[God]] has given us himself that we may be like him, and he has reserved for himself of [[power]] and [[glory]] only that which is [[necessary]] for the [[maintenance]] of those [[things]] for the [[love]] of which he has thus divested himself of [[all things]] else.
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_32 Go to Paper 32]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 32 - The Evolution of Local Universes]]
32:4.1 Do not [[entertain]] the [[idea]] that, since the [[Universal Father]] has [[delegated]] so much of himself and his [[power]] to others, he is a [[silent]] or inactive member of the [[Deity]] [[partnership]]. Aside from [[personality]] domains and [[Thought Adjuster|Adjuster]] [[bestowal]], he is [[apparently]] the least [[active]] of the [[Paradise Deities]] in that he allows his [[Paper 10 - The Paradise Trinity|Deity co-ordinates]], [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20 his Sons], and numerous [[created]] [[intelligences]] to [[perform]] so much in the carrying out of his [[eternal]] [[purpose]]. He is the [[silent]] member of the [[creative]] [[Trinity|trio]] only in that he never does aught which any of his [[co-ordinate]] or subordinate [[associates]] can do.
32:4.2 [[God]] has full [[understanding]] of the need of every [[intelligent]] [[creature]] for [[function]] and [[experience]], and therefore, in every [[situation]], be it concerned with the [[destiny]] of a [[universe]] or the [[Health|welfare]] of the [[humblest]] of his [[creatures]], [[God]] retires from [[activity]] in favor of the [[galaxy]] of [[creature]] and [[Supreme Creators|Creator]] [[personalities]] who [[inherently]] [[intervene]] between himself and any given [[universe]] situation or [[creative]] [[event]]. But notwithstanding this retirement, this [[exhibition]] of [[infinite]] [[co-ordination]], there is on [[God]]'s part an [[actual]], [[literal]], and [[personal]] [[participation]] in these [[events]] by and through these [[ordained]] [[agencies]] and [[personalities]]. [[The Father]] is [[working]] in and through all these [[channels]] for the welfare of all his far-flung [[creation]].
32:4.3 As regards the [[policies]], [[conduct]], and [[administration]] of a [[local universe]], the [[Universal Father]] [[acts]] in the [[person]] of his [[Creator Son]]. In the interrelationships of [[the Sons of God]], in the [[group]] [[associations]] of the [[personalities]] of [[origin]] in the [[Third Source and Center]], or in the [[relationship]] between any other [[creatures]], such as [[human beings]]—as concerns such [[associations]] the [[Universal Father]] never [[intervenes]]. The [[law]] of the [[Creator Son]], the rule of the [[Constellation Fathers]], the [[System Sovereigns]], and the [[Planetary Princes]]—the [[ordained]] [[policies]] and [[procedures]] for that [[universe]]—always prevail. There is no division of [[authority]]; never is there a [[Conflict|cross working]] of [[divine]] [[power]] and [[purpose]]. [[The Deities]] are in [[perfect]] and [[eternal]] [[unanimity]].
32:4.4 The [[Creator Son]] rules [[supreme]] in all matters of [[ethical]] [[associations]], the [[relations]] of any division of [[creatures]] to any other [[class]] of [[creatures]] or of two or more [[individuals]] within any given [[group]]; but such a [[plan]] does not mean that the [[Universal Father]] may not in his own way [[intervene]] and do aught that pleases the [[divine]] [[mind]] with any [[individual]] [[creature]] throughout all [[creation]], as pertains to that [[individual]]'s present [[status]] or [[future]] prospects and as concerns [[the Father]]'s [[eternal]] [[plan]] and [[infinite]] [[purpose]].
32:4.5 In the [[mortal]] [[Free will|will]] [[creatures]] [[the Father]] is [[actually]] present in the [[indwelling Adjuster]], a [[fragment]] of his prepersonal [[spirit]]; and [[the Father]] is also the [[source]] of the [[personality]] of such a [[mortal]] [[Free will|will]] [[creature]].
32:4.6 These [[Thought Adjusters]], the [[bestowal]]s of the [[Universal Father]], are comparatively [[isolated]]; they indwell [[human]] [[minds]] but have no [[discernible]] [[connection]] with the [[ethical]] affairs of a [[local creation]]. They are not directly [[co-ordinated]] with the [[seraphic]] [[service]] nor with the [[administration]] of [[the System|systems]], [[constellations]], or a [[local universe]], not even with the rule of a [[Creator Son]], whose will is the [[supreme]] [[law]] of his [[universe]].
32:4.7 The [[indwelling Adjusters]] are one of [[God]]'s separate but [[unified]] modes of contact with the [[creatures]] of his all but [[infinite]] [[creation]]. Thus does he who is [[invisible]] to [[mortal]] [[man]] [[manifest]] his [[presence]], and could he do so, he would show himself to us in still other ways, but such further [[revelation]] is not [[divinely]] [[possible]].
32:4.8 We can [[Vision|see]] and [[understand]] the [[mechanism]] whereby the [[Creator Sons|Sons]] enjoy [[intimate]] and complete [[knowledge]] regarding the [[universes]] of their [[jurisdiction]]; but we cannot fully [[comprehend]] the [[methods]] whereby [[God]] is so fully and [[personally]] conversant with the details of the [[universe of universes]], although we at least can [[recognize]] the avenue whereby the [[Universal Father]] can receive [[information]] regarding, and [[manifest]] his [[presence]] to, the [[beings]] of his immense [[creation]]. Through the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_0#VI._ENERGY_AND_PATTERN personality circuit]] [[the Father]] is cognizant—has [[personal]] [[knowledge]]—of all the [[thoughts]] and [[acts]] of all the [[beings]] in all [[the systems]] of all the [[universes]] of all [[creation]]. Though we cannot fully grasp this [[technique]] of [[God]]'s [[communion]] with his [[children]], we can be strengthened in the [[assurance]] that the "Lord knows his children,"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Letters_to_Timothy,_2#2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_Timothy.2C_II] and that of each one of us "he takes note where we were born."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_139]
32:4.9 In your [[universe]] and in your [[heart]] the [[Universal Father]] is present, [[spiritually]] speaking, by one of the [[Seven Master Spirits]] of central abode and, specifically, by the [[divine Adjuster]] who lives and [[works]] and waits in the depths of the [[mortal]] [[mind]].
32:4.10 [[God]] is not a [[self]]-[[centered]] [[personality]]; [[the Father]] freely [[distributes]] himself to his [[creation]] and to his [[creatures]]. He lives and [[acts]], not only in [[the Deities]], but also in [[Paper 20 - The Paradise Sons of God|his Sons]], whom he intrusts with the [[doing]] of [[everything]] that it is [[divinely]] [[possible]] for them to do. The [[Universal Father]] has truly divested himself of every [[function]] which it is possible for another [[being]] to [[perform]]. And this is just as true of [[mortal]] [[man]] as of the [[Creator Son]] who rules in [[God]]'s stead at the [[headquarters]] of a [[local universe]]. Thus we behold the outworking of the [[ideal]] and [[infinite]] [[love]] of the [[Universal Father]].
32:4.11 In this [[universal]] [[bestowal]] of himself we have [[abundant]] [[proof]] of both the [[magnitude]] and the magnanimity of [[the Father]]'s [[divine]] [[nature]]. If [[God]] has withheld aught of himself from the [[universal]] [[creation]], then of that residue he is in lavish [[generosity]] bestowing the [[Thought Adjusters]] upon the [[mortals]] of the realms, the [[Mystery Monitors]] of [[time]], who so [[patiently]] indwell the [[mortal]] [[candidates]] for life [[Eternal|everlasting]].
32:4.12 The [[Universal Father]] has poured out himself, as it were, to make all [[creation]] rich in [[personality]] [[possession]] and [[potential]] [[spiritual]] [[attainment]]. [[God]] has given us himself that we may be like him, and he has reserved for himself of [[power]] and [[glory]] only that which is [[necessary]] for the [[maintenance]] of those [[things]] for the [[love]] of which he has thus divested himself of [[all things]] else.
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_32 Go to Paper 32]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 32 - The Evolution of Local Universes]]
