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100:1.1 While [[religion]] produces [[growth]] of [[meanings]] and enhancement of [[values]], [[evil]] always results when [[purely]] [[personal]] [[evaluation]]s are elevated to the [[levels]] of [[absolutes]]. A [[child]] evaluates [[experience]] in [[accordance]] with the [[content]] of [[pleasure]]; [[maturity]] is [[proportional]] to the substitution of higher [[meanings]] for [[personal]] [[pleasure]], even [[loyalties]] to the highest [[concepts]] of [[diversified]] life situations and [[cosmic]] relations.
100:1.2 Some [[persons]] are too [[busy]] to [[grow]] and are therefore in grave [[danger]] of [[spiritual]] fixation. [[Provision]] must be made for [[growth]] of [[meanings]] at differing ages, in successive [[cultures]], and in the passing [[stages]] of advancing [[civilization]]. The chief inhibitors of [[growth]] are [[prejudice]] and [[ignorance]].
100:1.3 Give every [[developing]] [[child]] a [[chance]] to [[grow]] his own religious [[experience]]; do not [[force]] a ready-made adult [[experience]] upon him. Remember, year-by-year [[progress]] through an [[established]] [[educational]] [[regime]] does not [[necessarily]] mean [[intellectual]] [[progress]], much less [[spiritual]] [[growth]]. Enlargement of [[vocabulary]] does not signify [[development]] of [[character]]. [[Growth]] is not truly indicated by mere [[products]] but rather by [[progress]]. Real [[educational]] [[growth]] is indicated by enhancement of [[ideals]], increased [[appreciation]] of [[values]], new [[meanings]] of values, and augmented [[loyalty]] to [[supreme]] [[values]].
100:1.4 [[Children]] are permanently impressed only by the [[loyalties]] of their adult [[associates]]; precept or even example is not lastingly [[influential]]. [[Loyal]] persons are [[growing]] [[persons]], and [[growth]] is an impressive and [[inspiring]] [[reality]]. Live loyally today—[[grow]]—and [[tomorrow]] will attend to itself. The quickest way for a tadpole to become a frog is to live loyally each [[moment]] as a tadpole.
100:1.5 The [[soil]] [[essential]] for [[religious]] [[growth]] presupposes a [[progressive]] life of [[self-realization]], the [[co-ordination]] of [[natural]] [[propensities]], the [[exercise]] of [[curiosity]] and the [[enjoyment]] of reasonable [[adventure]], the experiencing of [[feelings]] of [[satisfaction]], the [[functioning]] of the [[fear]] [[stimulus]] of [[attention]] and [[awareness]], the [[wonder]]-lure, and a [[normal]] [[consciousness]] of smallness, [[humility]]. [[Growth]] is also predicated on the [[discovery]] of [[selfhood]] accompanied by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self_criticism self-criticism]—[[conscience]], for conscience is really the [[criticism]] of oneself by one's own [[value]]-[[habits]], [[personal]] [[ideals]].
100:1.6 [[Religious]] [[experience]] is markedly [[influenced]] by [[physical]] [[health]], inherited [[temperament]], and [[social]] [[environment]]. But these [[temporal]] conditions do not inhibit inner [[spiritual]] [[progress]] by a [[soul]] [[dedicated]] to the [[doing of the will of the Father]] in [[heaven]]. There are [[present]] in all [[normal]] [[mortals]] certain innate drives toward [[growth]] and [[self-realization]] which [[function]] if they are not specifically inhibited. The certain [[technique]] of fostering this constitutive [[endowment]] of the [[potential]] of [[spiritual]] [[growth]] is to [[maintain]] an [[attitude]] of wholehearted [[devotion]] to [[supreme]] [[values]].
100:1.7 [[Religion]] cannot be [[bestowed]], received, loaned, learned, or lost. It is a [[personal]] [[experience]] which grows [[proportionally]] to the growing [[quest]] for final [[values]]. [[Cosmic]] [[growth]] thus attends on the accumulation of [[meanings]] and the ever-expanding elevation of [[values]]. But [[nobility]] itself is always an [[unconscious]] [[growth]].
100:1.8 [[Religious]] [[habits]] of [[thinking]] and acting are contributory to the [[economy]] of [[spiritual]] [[growth]]. One can [[develop]] [[religious]] predispositions toward favorable [[reaction]] to [[spiritual]] [[stimuli]], a sort of conditioned [[spiritual]] [[reflex]]. [[Habits]] which favor religious [[growth]] [[embrace]] cultivated [[sensitivity]] to [[divine]] [[values]], recognition of religious living in others, [[reflective]] [[meditation]] on [[cosmic]] [[meanings]], [[worshipful]] [[problem]] solving, [[sharing]] one's [[spiritual]] life with one's fellows, avoidance of [[selfishness]], refusal to presume on [[divine]] [[mercy]], living as in the [[presence]] of [[God]]. The [[factors]] of [[religious]] [[growth]] may be [[intentional]], but the [[growth]] itself is unvaryingly [[unconscious]].
100:1.9 The [[unconscious]] [[nature]] of [[religious]] [[growth]] does not, however, signify that it is an [[activity]] functioning in the supposed [[subconscious]] realms of [[human]] [[intellect]]; rather does it signify [[creative]] activities in the [[superconscious]] [[levels]] of [[mortal]] [[mind]]. The [[experience]] of the [[realization]] of the [[reality]] of [[unconscious]] religious [[growth]] is the one positive [[proof]] of the [[functional]] [[existence]] of the [[superconsciousness]].
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[[Category:Paper 100 - Religion in Human Experience]]
100:1.1 While [[religion]] produces [[growth]] of [[meanings]] and enhancement of [[values]], [[evil]] always results when [[purely]] [[personal]] [[evaluation]]s are elevated to the [[levels]] of [[absolutes]]. A [[child]] evaluates [[experience]] in [[accordance]] with the [[content]] of [[pleasure]]; [[maturity]] is [[proportional]] to the substitution of higher [[meanings]] for [[personal]] [[pleasure]], even [[loyalties]] to the highest [[concepts]] of [[diversified]] life situations and [[cosmic]] relations.
100:1.2 Some [[persons]] are too [[busy]] to [[grow]] and are therefore in grave [[danger]] of [[spiritual]] fixation. [[Provision]] must be made for [[growth]] of [[meanings]] at differing ages, in successive [[cultures]], and in the passing [[stages]] of advancing [[civilization]]. The chief inhibitors of [[growth]] are [[prejudice]] and [[ignorance]].
100:1.3 Give every [[developing]] [[child]] a [[chance]] to [[grow]] his own religious [[experience]]; do not [[force]] a ready-made adult [[experience]] upon him. Remember, year-by-year [[progress]] through an [[established]] [[educational]] [[regime]] does not [[necessarily]] mean [[intellectual]] [[progress]], much less [[spiritual]] [[growth]]. Enlargement of [[vocabulary]] does not signify [[development]] of [[character]]. [[Growth]] is not truly indicated by mere [[products]] but rather by [[progress]]. Real [[educational]] [[growth]] is indicated by enhancement of [[ideals]], increased [[appreciation]] of [[values]], new [[meanings]] of values, and augmented [[loyalty]] to [[supreme]] [[values]].
100:1.4 [[Children]] are permanently impressed only by the [[loyalties]] of their adult [[associates]]; precept or even example is not lastingly [[influential]]. [[Loyal]] persons are [[growing]] [[persons]], and [[growth]] is an impressive and [[inspiring]] [[reality]]. Live loyally today—[[grow]]—and [[tomorrow]] will attend to itself. The quickest way for a tadpole to become a frog is to live loyally each [[moment]] as a tadpole.
100:1.5 The [[soil]] [[essential]] for [[religious]] [[growth]] presupposes a [[progressive]] life of [[self-realization]], the [[co-ordination]] of [[natural]] [[propensities]], the [[exercise]] of [[curiosity]] and the [[enjoyment]] of reasonable [[adventure]], the experiencing of [[feelings]] of [[satisfaction]], the [[functioning]] of the [[fear]] [[stimulus]] of [[attention]] and [[awareness]], the [[wonder]]-lure, and a [[normal]] [[consciousness]] of smallness, [[humility]]. [[Growth]] is also predicated on the [[discovery]] of [[selfhood]] accompanied by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self_criticism self-criticism]—[[conscience]], for conscience is really the [[criticism]] of oneself by one's own [[value]]-[[habits]], [[personal]] [[ideals]].
100:1.6 [[Religious]] [[experience]] is markedly [[influenced]] by [[physical]] [[health]], inherited [[temperament]], and [[social]] [[environment]]. But these [[temporal]] conditions do not inhibit inner [[spiritual]] [[progress]] by a [[soul]] [[dedicated]] to the [[doing of the will of the Father]] in [[heaven]]. There are [[present]] in all [[normal]] [[mortals]] certain innate drives toward [[growth]] and [[self-realization]] which [[function]] if they are not specifically inhibited. The certain [[technique]] of fostering this constitutive [[endowment]] of the [[potential]] of [[spiritual]] [[growth]] is to [[maintain]] an [[attitude]] of wholehearted [[devotion]] to [[supreme]] [[values]].
100:1.7 [[Religion]] cannot be [[bestowed]], received, loaned, learned, or lost. It is a [[personal]] [[experience]] which grows [[proportionally]] to the growing [[quest]] for final [[values]]. [[Cosmic]] [[growth]] thus attends on the accumulation of [[meanings]] and the ever-expanding elevation of [[values]]. But [[nobility]] itself is always an [[unconscious]] [[growth]].
100:1.8 [[Religious]] [[habits]] of [[thinking]] and acting are contributory to the [[economy]] of [[spiritual]] [[growth]]. One can [[develop]] [[religious]] predispositions toward favorable [[reaction]] to [[spiritual]] [[stimuli]], a sort of conditioned [[spiritual]] [[reflex]]. [[Habits]] which favor religious [[growth]] [[embrace]] cultivated [[sensitivity]] to [[divine]] [[values]], recognition of religious living in others, [[reflective]] [[meditation]] on [[cosmic]] [[meanings]], [[worshipful]] [[problem]] solving, [[sharing]] one's [[spiritual]] life with one's fellows, avoidance of [[selfishness]], refusal to presume on [[divine]] [[mercy]], living as in the [[presence]] of [[God]]. The [[factors]] of [[religious]] [[growth]] may be [[intentional]], but the [[growth]] itself is unvaryingly [[unconscious]].
100:1.9 The [[unconscious]] [[nature]] of [[religious]] [[growth]] does not, however, signify that it is an [[activity]] functioning in the supposed [[subconscious]] realms of [[human]] [[intellect]]; rather does it signify [[creative]] activities in the [[superconscious]] [[levels]] of [[mortal]] [[mind]]. The [[experience]] of the [[realization]] of the [[reality]] of [[unconscious]] religious [[growth]] is the one positive [[proof]] of the [[functional]] [[existence]] of the [[superconsciousness]].
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_100 Go to Paper 100]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 100 - Religion in Human Experience]]