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32:5.1 There is a great and [[glorious]] [[purpose]] in the [[Procession|march]] of the [[universes]] through [[space]]. All of your [[mortal]] [[Work|struggling]] is not in vain. We are all part of an immense [[plan]], a gigantic [[enterprise]], and it is the vastness of the undertaking that renders it impossible to see very much of it at any one [[time]] and during any one life. We are all a part of an [[eternal]] [[project]] which [[the Gods]] are supervising and outworking. The whole [[marvelous]] and [[universal]] [[mechanism]] moves on [[majestic]]ally through [[space]] to the [[music]] of the meter of the [[infinite]] [[thought]] and the [[eternal]] [[purpose]] of the [[First Great Source and Center]].
32:5.2 The [[eternal]] [[purpose]] of the [[eternal]] [[God]] is a high [[spiritual]] [[ideal]]. The [[events]] of [[time]] and the struggles of [[material]] [[existence]] are but the [[transient]] [[scaffolding]] which bridges over to the other side, to the [[promise]]d land of [[spiritual]] [[reality]] and [[supernal]] [[existence]]. Of [[course]], you [[mortals]] find it [[difficult]] to grasp the [[idea]] of an [[eternal]] [[purpose]]; you are [[virtually]] unable to [[comprehend]] the [[thought]] of [[eternity]], something never beginning and never ending. [[Everything]] familiar to you has an end.
32:5.3 As regards an [[individual]] life, the duration of a realm, or the [[chronology]] of any [[connected]] [[series]] of [[events]], it would seem that we are dealing with an [[isolated]] stretch of [[time]]; [[everything]] seems to have a beginning and an end. And it would [[appear]] that a [[series]] of such [[experiences]], lives, ages, or [[epochs]], when [[successively]] arranged, [[constitutes]] a straightaway drive, an [[isolated]] [[event]] of [[time]] flashing momentarily across the [[infinite]] face of [[eternity]]. But when we look at all this from behind the scenes, a more [[Encompassing|comprehensive]] [[view]] and a more complete [[understanding]] suggest that such an explanation is inadequate, disconnected, and wholly unsuited properly to account for, and otherwise to correlate, the [[transactions]] of [[time]] with the underlying [[purposes]] and basic [[reactions]] of [[eternity]].
32:5.4 To me it seems more fitting, for [[purposes]] of [[explanation]] to the [[mortal]] [[mind]], to [[conceive]] of [[eternity]] as a [[cycle]] and the eternal [[purpose]] as an endless [[circle]], a [[cycle]] of [[eternity]] in some way [[synchronized]] with the transient [[material]] cycles of [[time]]. As regards the [[Fraction|sectors]] of time [[connected]] with, and forming a part of, the [[cycle]] of [[eternity]], we are [[forced]] to [[recognize]] that such temporary [[epochs]] are born, live, and die just as the temporary [[beings]] of [[time]] are born, live, and die. Most [[human beings]] die because, having failed to achieve the [[spirit]] level of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Fusion#Adjuster_Fusion Adjuster fusion], the [[metamorphosis]] of [[death]] [[constitutes]] the only possible [[procedure]] whereby they may escape the fetters of [[time]] and the bonds of [[material]] [[creation]], thereby being enabled to strike [[spiritual]] step with the [[progressive]] [[procession]] of [[eternity]]. Having [[survived]] the [[trial]] life of [[time]] and [[material]] [[existence]], it becomes possible for you to continue on in [[touch]] with, even as a part of, [[eternity]], swinging on forever with the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:6._THE_SPHERES_OF_SPACE worlds of space] around the [[circle]] of the [[eternal]] ages.
32:5.5 The sectors of [[time]] are like the flashes of [[personality]] in [[temporal]] [[form]]; they appear for a season, and then they are lost to [[human]] [[sight]], only to reappear as new actors and continuing [[factors]] in the higher life of the endless swing around the [[eternal]] [[circle]]. Eternity can hardly be [[conceived]] as a straightaway drive, in view of our [[belief]] in a delimited [[universe]] moving over a vast, [[Ellipse|elongated circle]] around the [http://www.nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11_-_The_Eternal_Isle_of_Paradise#11:1._THE_DIVINE_RESIDENCE central dwelling place] of the [[Universal Father]].
32:5.6 Frankly, [[eternity]] is [[Mystery|incomprehensible]] to the [[finite]] [[mind]] of [[time]]. You simply cannot grasp it; you cannot [[comprehend]] it. I do not completely [[visualize]] it, and even if I did, it would be impossible for me to convey my [[concept]] to the [[human]] [[mind]]. Nevertheless, I have done my best to portray something of our [[viewpoint]], to tell you somewhat of our [[understanding]] of [[things]] [[eternal]]. I am endeavoring to aid you in the [[crystallization]] of your [[thoughts]] about these [[values]] which are of [[infinite]] [[nature]] and [[eternal]] import.
32:5.7 There is in the [[mind]] of [[God]] a [[plan]] which [[embraces]] every [[creature]] of all his vast domains, and this plan is an [[eternal]] [[purpose]] of boundless [[opportunity]], unlimited [[progress]], and endless life. And the [[infinite]] treasures of such a matchless [[career]] are yours for the striving!
32:5.8 The goal of [[eternity]] is ahead! The [[adventure]] of [[divinity]] [[attainment]] lies before you! The race for [[perfection]] is on! whosoever will may enter, and certain victory will crown the efforts of every [[human being]] who will run the race of [[faith]] and [[trust]], depending every step of the way on the leading of the [[indwelling Adjuster]] and on the [[guidance]] of that [[good]] [[Spirit of Truth|spirit of the Universe Son]], which so freely has been poured out upon all [[flesh]].
32:5.9 [Presented by a [[Mighty Messenger]] temporarily attached to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_33#33:8._THE_LEGISLATIVE_AND_EXECUTIVE_FUNCTIONS Supreme Council of Nebadon] and assigned to this mission by [[Gabriel]] of [[Salvington]].]
<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]]
32:5.1 There is a great and [[glorious]] [[purpose]] in the [[Procession|march]] of the [[universes]] through [[space]]. All of your [[mortal]] [[Work|struggling]] is not in vain. We are all part of an immense [[plan]], a gigantic [[enterprise]], and it is the vastness of the undertaking that renders it impossible to see very much of it at any one [[time]] and during any one life. We are all a part of an [[eternal]] [[project]] which [[the Gods]] are supervising and outworking. The whole [[marvelous]] and [[universal]] [[mechanism]] moves on [[majestic]]ally through [[space]] to the [[music]] of the meter of the [[infinite]] [[thought]] and the [[eternal]] [[purpose]] of the [[First Great Source and Center]].
32:5.2 The [[eternal]] [[purpose]] of the [[eternal]] [[God]] is a high [[spiritual]] [[ideal]]. The [[events]] of [[time]] and the struggles of [[material]] [[existence]] are but the [[transient]] [[scaffolding]] which bridges over to the other side, to the [[promise]]d land of [[spiritual]] [[reality]] and [[supernal]] [[existence]]. Of [[course]], you [[mortals]] find it [[difficult]] to grasp the [[idea]] of an [[eternal]] [[purpose]]; you are [[virtually]] unable to [[comprehend]] the [[thought]] of [[eternity]], something never beginning and never ending. [[Everything]] familiar to you has an end.
32:5.3 As regards an [[individual]] life, the duration of a realm, or the [[chronology]] of any [[connected]] [[series]] of [[events]], it would seem that we are dealing with an [[isolated]] stretch of [[time]]; [[everything]] seems to have a beginning and an end. And it would [[appear]] that a [[series]] of such [[experiences]], lives, ages, or [[epochs]], when [[successively]] arranged, [[constitutes]] a straightaway drive, an [[isolated]] [[event]] of [[time]] flashing momentarily across the [[infinite]] face of [[eternity]]. But when we look at all this from behind the scenes, a more [[Encompassing|comprehensive]] [[view]] and a more complete [[understanding]] suggest that such an explanation is inadequate, disconnected, and wholly unsuited properly to account for, and otherwise to correlate, the [[transactions]] of [[time]] with the underlying [[purposes]] and basic [[reactions]] of [[eternity]].
32:5.4 To me it seems more fitting, for [[purposes]] of [[explanation]] to the [[mortal]] [[mind]], to [[conceive]] of [[eternity]] as a [[cycle]] and the eternal [[purpose]] as an endless [[circle]], a [[cycle]] of [[eternity]] in some way [[synchronized]] with the transient [[material]] cycles of [[time]]. As regards the [[Fraction|sectors]] of time [[connected]] with, and forming a part of, the [[cycle]] of [[eternity]], we are [[forced]] to [[recognize]] that such temporary [[epochs]] are born, live, and die just as the temporary [[beings]] of [[time]] are born, live, and die. Most [[human beings]] die because, having failed to achieve the [[spirit]] level of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Fusion#Adjuster_Fusion Adjuster fusion], the [[metamorphosis]] of [[death]] [[constitutes]] the only possible [[procedure]] whereby they may escape the fetters of [[time]] and the bonds of [[material]] [[creation]], thereby being enabled to strike [[spiritual]] step with the [[progressive]] [[procession]] of [[eternity]]. Having [[survived]] the [[trial]] life of [[time]] and [[material]] [[existence]], it becomes possible for you to continue on in [[touch]] with, even as a part of, [[eternity]], swinging on forever with the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:6._THE_SPHERES_OF_SPACE worlds of space] around the [[circle]] of the [[eternal]] ages.
32:5.5 The sectors of [[time]] are like the flashes of [[personality]] in [[temporal]] [[form]]; they appear for a season, and then they are lost to [[human]] [[sight]], only to reappear as new actors and continuing [[factors]] in the higher life of the endless swing around the [[eternal]] [[circle]]. Eternity can hardly be [[conceived]] as a straightaway drive, in view of our [[belief]] in a delimited [[universe]] moving over a vast, [[Ellipse|elongated circle]] around the [http://www.nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11_-_The_Eternal_Isle_of_Paradise#11:1._THE_DIVINE_RESIDENCE central dwelling place] of the [[Universal Father]].
32:5.6 Frankly, [[eternity]] is [[Mystery|incomprehensible]] to the [[finite]] [[mind]] of [[time]]. You simply cannot grasp it; you cannot [[comprehend]] it. I do not completely [[visualize]] it, and even if I did, it would be impossible for me to convey my [[concept]] to the [[human]] [[mind]]. Nevertheless, I have done my best to portray something of our [[viewpoint]], to tell you somewhat of our [[understanding]] of [[things]] [[eternal]]. I am endeavoring to aid you in the [[crystallization]] of your [[thoughts]] about these [[values]] which are of [[infinite]] [[nature]] and [[eternal]] import.
32:5.7 There is in the [[mind]] of [[God]] a [[plan]] which [[embraces]] every [[creature]] of all his vast domains, and this plan is an [[eternal]] [[purpose]] of boundless [[opportunity]], unlimited [[progress]], and endless life. And the [[infinite]] treasures of such a matchless [[career]] are yours for the striving!
32:5.8 The goal of [[eternity]] is ahead! The [[adventure]] of [[divinity]] [[attainment]] lies before you! The race for [[perfection]] is on! whosoever will may enter, and certain victory will crown the efforts of every [[human being]] who will run the race of [[faith]] and [[trust]], depending every step of the way on the leading of the [[indwelling Adjuster]] and on the [[guidance]] of that [[good]] [[Spirit of Truth|spirit of the Universe Son]], which so freely has been poured out upon all [[flesh]].
32:5.9 [Presented by a [[Mighty Messenger]] temporarily attached to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_33#33:8._THE_LEGISLATIVE_AND_EXECUTIVE_FUNCTIONS Supreme Council of Nebadon] and assigned to this mission by [[Gabriel]] of [[Salvington]].]
<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]]
