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84:8.2 Originally, [[property]] was the basic [[institution]] of [[self]]-[[maintenance]], while [[marriage]] functioned as the [[unique]] [[institution]] of [[self]]-[[perpetuation]]. Although [[food]] [[satisfaction]], [[play]], and [[humor]], along with periodic [[sex]] indulgence, were means of [[self-gratification]], it remains a [[fact]] that the evolving [[mores]] have failed to build any distinct [[institution]] of [[self-gratification]]. And it is due to this failure to evolve specialized [[techniques]] of pleasurable enjoyment that all [[human]] [[institutions]] are so completely shot through with this [[pleasure]] pursuit. [[Property]] accumulation is becoming an instrument for augmenting all forms of [[self-gratification]], while [[marriage]] is often viewed only as a means of [[pleasure]]. And this overindulgence, this widely spread [[pleasure]] mania, now [[constitutes]] the greatest [[threat]] that has ever been leveled at the [[social]] [[evolutionary]] [[institution]] of [[family]] life, the [[home]].

84:8.2 Originally, [[property]] was the basic [[institution]] of [[self]]-[[maintenance]], while [[marriage]] functioned as the [[unique]] [[institution]] of [[self]]-[[perpetuation]]. Although [[food]] [[satisfaction]], [[play]], and [[humor]], along with periodic [[sex]] indulgence, were means of [[self-gratification]], it remains a [[fact]] that the evolving [[mores]] have failed to build any distinct [[institution]] of [[self-gratification]]. And it is due to this failure to evolve specialized [[techniques]] of pleasurable enjoyment that all [[human]] [[institutions]] are so completely shot through with this [[pleasure]] pursuit. [[Property]] accumulation is becoming an instrument for augmenting all forms of [[self-gratification]], while [[marriage]] is often viewed only as a means of [[pleasure]]. And this overindulgence, this widely spread [[pleasure]] mania, now [[constitutes]] the greatest [[threat]] that has ever been leveled at the [[social]] [[evolutionary]] [[institution]] of [[family]] life, the [[home]].

84:8.3 The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76_-_The_Second_Garden#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE violet race] introduced a new and only imperfectly realized characteristic into the [[experience]] of [[humankind]]—the [[play]] [[instinct]] coupled with the sense of [[humor]]. It was there in [[measure]] in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA Sangiks] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:5._DISPERSION_OF_THE_ANDONITES Andonites], but the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76_-_The_Second_Garden#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE Adamic strain] elevated this [[primitive]] [[propensity]] into the [[potential]] of [[pleasure]], a new and [[glorified]] form of [[self-gratification]]. The basic type of self-gratification, aside from appeasing hunger, is sex gratification, and this form of sensual pleasure was enormously heightened by the blending of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA Sangiks] and the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:4._THE_ANDITES Andites].

84:8.3 The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76_-_The_Second_Garden#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE violet race] introduced a new and only imperfectly realized characteristic into the [[experience]] of [[humankind]]—the [[play]] [[instinct]] coupled with the sense of [[humor]]. It was there in [[measure]] in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA Sangiks] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:5._DISPERSION_OF_THE_ANDONITES Andonites], but the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76_-_The_Second_Garden#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE Adamic strain] elevated this [[primitive]] [[propensity]] into the [[potential]] of [[pleasure]], a new and [[glorified]] form of [[self-gratification]]. The basic type of self-gratification, aside from appeasing hunger, is sex gratification, and this form of sensual pleasure was enormously heightened by the blending of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA Sangiks] and the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:4._THE_ANDITES Andites].

84:8.4 There is real [[danger]] in the combination of restlessness, [[curiosity]], [[adventure]], and [[pleasure]]-abandon characteristic of the post-Andite races. The [[hunger]] of the [[soul]] cannot be satisfied with [[physical]] [[pleasures]]; the [[love]] of [[home]] and [[children]] is not augmented by the unwise [[pursuit]] of [[pleasure]]. Though you exhaust the [[resources]] of [[art]], [[color]], [[sound]], rhythm, [[music]], and adornment of person, you cannot hope thereby to elevate the [[soul]] or to nourish the [[spirit]]. [[Vanity]] and [[fashion]] cannot minister to [[home]] building and [[child]] [[culture]]; [[pride]] and [[rivalry]] are powerless to enhance the [[survival]] qualities of succeeding [[generations]].

84:8.4 There is real [[danger]] in the combination of restlessness, [[curiosity]], [[adventure]], and [[pleasure]]-abandon characteristic of the post-Andite races. The [[hunger]] of the [[soul]] cannot be satisfied with [[physical]] [[pleasures]]; the [[love]] of [[home]] and [[children]] is not augmented by the unwise [[pursuit]] of [[pleasure]]. Though you exhaust the [[resources]] of [[art]], [[color]], [[sound]], rhythm, [[music]], and adornment of person, you cannot hope thereby to elevate the [[soul]] or to nourish the [[spirit]]. [[Vanity]] and [[fashion]] cannot minister to [[home]] building and [[child]] [[culture]]; [[pride]] and [[rivalry]] are powerless to enhance the [[survival]] qualities of succeeding [[generations]].

84:8.5 Advancing [[celestial]] [[beings]] all enjoy [[rest]] and the [[ministry]] of the [[reversion directors]]. All [[efforts]] to obtain wholesome diversion and to [[engage]] in uplifting [[play]] are sound; refreshing [[sleep]], rest, recreation, and all pastimes which prevent the boredom of monotony are worth while. [[Competitive]] [[games]], [[storytelling]], and even the taste of good [[food]] may serve as forms of [[self-gratification]]. (When you use [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt salt] to savor [[food]], pause to consider that, for almost a million years, man could obtain salt only by dipping his [[food]] in ashes.)

84:8.5 Advancing [[celestial]] [[beings]] all enjoy [[rest]] and the [[ministry]] of the [[reversion directors]]. All [[efforts]] to obtain wholesome diversion and to [[engage]] in uplifting [[play]] are sound; refreshing [[sleep]], rest, recreation, and all pastimes which prevent the boredom of monotony are worth while. [[Competitive]] [[games]], [[storytelling]], and even the taste of good [[food]] may serve as forms of [[self-gratification]]. (When you use [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt salt] to savor [[food]], pause to consider that, for almost a million years, man could obtain salt only by dipping his [[food]] in ashes.)

84:8.6 Let man enjoy himself; let the [[human]] [[race]] find [[pleasure]] in a thousand and one ways; let [[evolutionary]] [[mankind]] explore all forms of legitimate [[self-gratification]], the fruits of the long upward [[biologic]] [[struggle]]. Man has well earned some of his present-day [[joys]] and [[pleasures]]. But look you well to the goal of [[destiny]]! [[Pleasures]] are indeed [[suicidal]] if they succeed in destroying [[property]], which has become the [[institution]] of [[self]]-[[maintenance]]; and [[self-gratification]]s have indeed cost a fatal price if they bring about the collapse of [[marriage]], the [[decadence]] of [[family]] life, and the destruction of the [[home]]—man's supreme [[evolutionary]] acquirement and [[civilization]]'s only [[hope]] of [[survival]].

84:8.6 Let man enjoy himself; let the [[human]] [[race]] find [[pleasure]] in a thousand and one ways; let [[evolutionary]] [[mankind]] explore all forms of legitimate [[self-gratification]], the fruits of the long upward [[biologic]] [[struggle]]. Man has well earned some of his present-day [[joys]] and [[pleasures]]. But look you well to the goal of [[destiny]]! [[Pleasures]] are indeed [[suicidal]] if they succeed in destroying [[property]], which has become the [[institution]] of [[self]]-[[maintenance]]; and [[self-gratification]]s have indeed cost a fatal price if they bring about the collapse of [[marriage]], the [[decadence]] of [[family]] life, and the destruction of the [[home]]—man's supreme [[evolutionary]] acquirement and [[civilization]]'s only [[hope]] of [[survival]].

84:8.7 Presented by the Chief of [[Seraphim]] stationed on [[Urantia]].

84:8.7 Presented by the Chief of [[Seraphim]] stationed on [[Urantia]].

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[[Category:Paper 84 - Marriage and Family Life]]

[[Category:Paper 84 - Marriage and Family Life]]