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100:2.1 [[Spiritual]] [[development]] depends, first, on the [[maintenance]] of a living [[spiritual]] [[connection]] with true spiritual [[forces]] and, second, on the continuous bearing of [[Fruits of the Spirit|spiritual fruit]]: yielding the [[ministry]] to one's fellows of that which has been received from one's spiritual [[benefactors]]. Spiritual [[progress]] is predicated on [[intellectual]] [[recognition]] of [[spiritual]] [[poverty]] coupled with the [[self-consciousness]] of [[perfection]]-[[hunger]], the [[desire]] to know [[God]] and be like him, the wholehearted [[purpose]] to [[do the will of the Father]] in [[heaven]].
100:2.2 [[Spiritual]] [[growth]] is first an [[awakening]] to needs, next a [[discernment]] of [[meanings]], and then a [[discovery]] of [[values]]. The [[evidence]] of true [[spiritual]] [[development]] consists in the [[exhibition]] of a [[human]] [[personality]] [[motivated]] by [[love]], activated by [[unselfish]] [[ministry]], and [[dominated]] by the wholehearted [[worship]] of the [[perfection]] [[ideals]] of [[divinity]]. And this entire [[experience]] [[constitutes]] the [[reality]] of [[religion]] as [[contrasted]] with mere [[theological]] [[beliefs]].
100:2.3 [[Religion]] can [[progress]] to that [[level]] of [[experience]] whereon it becomes an [[enlightened]] and [[wise]] [[technique]] of [[spiritual]] [[reaction]] to the [[universe]]. Such a [[glorified]] [[religion]] can [[function]] on [[three]] [[levels]] of [[human]] [[personality]]: the [[intellectual]], the [[morontial]], and the [[spiritual]]; upon the [[mind]], in the evolving [[soul]], and with the [[indwelling spirit]].
100:2.4 [[Spirituality]] becomes at once the indicator of one's nearness to [[God]] and the [[measure]] of one's usefulness to fellow [[beings]]. [[Spirituality]] enhances the [[ability]] to [[discover]] [[beauty]] in [[things]], [[recognize]] [[truth]] in [[meanings]], and [[discover]] [[goodness]] in [[values]]. [[Spiritual]] [[development]] is determined by [[capacity]] therefor and is directly [[proportional]] to the elimination of the [[selfish]] [[qualities]] of [[love]].
100:2.5 [[Actual]] [[spiritual]] [[status]] is the [[measure]] of [[Deity]] [[attainment]], [[Adjuster]] [[attunement]]. The [[achievement]] of [[Corps of Finality|finality]] of [[spirituality]] is equivalent to the [[attainment]] of the maximum of [[reality]], the maximum of Godlikeness. [[Eternal]] life is the endless [[quest]] for [[infinite]] [[values]].
100:2.6 The goal of [[human]] [[self-realization]] should be [[spiritual]], not [[material]]. The only [[realities]] worth striving for are [[divine]], [[spiritual]], and [[eternal]]. [[Mortal]] man is entitled to the [[enjoyment]] of [[physical]] [[pleasures]] and to the [[satisfaction]] of [[human]] [[affections]]; he is benefited by [[loyalty]] to [[human]] [[associations]] and [[temporal]] [[institutions]]; but these are not the [[eternal]] [[foundations]] upon which to build the [[immortal]] [[personality]] which must [[transcend]] [[space]], vanquish [[time]], and achieve the eternal [[destiny]] of [[divine]] [[perfection]] and [[finaliter]] [[service]].
100:2.7 [[Jesus]] portrayed the [[profound]] surety of the [[God]]-knowing [[mortal]] when he said: "To a God-knowing kingdom believer, what does it matter if all [[things]] [[earthly]] crash?"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_6] [[Temporal]] securities are vulnerable, but [[spiritual]] sureties are impregnable. When the flood [[tides]] of human [[adversity]], [[selfishness]], cruelty, hate, malice, and [[jealousy]] beat about the [[mortal]] [[soul]], you may rest in the [[assurance]] that there is one inner bastion, the citadel of the [[spirit]], which is absolutely unassailable; at least this is true of every [[human being]] who has [[dedicated]] the keeping of his [[soul]] to the indwelling spirit of the [[eternal]] [[God]].
100:2.8 After such [[spiritual]] [[attainment]], whether secured by [[gradual]] [[growth]] or specific [[crisis]], there occurs a new [[orientation]] of [[personality]] as well as the [[development]] of a new [[standard]] of [[values]]. Such spirit-born [[individuals]] are so remotivated in life that they can calmly stand by while their fondest [[ambitions]] perish and their keenest [[hopes]] crash; they positively know that such [[catastrophes]] are but the redirecting [[cataclysms]] which wreck one's [[temporal]] [[creations]] preliminary to the rearing of the more [[noble]] and enduring [[realities]] of a new and more [[sublime]] level of [[universe]] [[attainment]].
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[[Category:Paper 100 - Religion in Human Experience]]
100:2.1 [[Spiritual]] [[development]] depends, first, on the [[maintenance]] of a living [[spiritual]] [[connection]] with true spiritual [[forces]] and, second, on the continuous bearing of [[Fruits of the Spirit|spiritual fruit]]: yielding the [[ministry]] to one's fellows of that which has been received from one's spiritual [[benefactors]]. Spiritual [[progress]] is predicated on [[intellectual]] [[recognition]] of [[spiritual]] [[poverty]] coupled with the [[self-consciousness]] of [[perfection]]-[[hunger]], the [[desire]] to know [[God]] and be like him, the wholehearted [[purpose]] to [[do the will of the Father]] in [[heaven]].
100:2.2 [[Spiritual]] [[growth]] is first an [[awakening]] to needs, next a [[discernment]] of [[meanings]], and then a [[discovery]] of [[values]]. The [[evidence]] of true [[spiritual]] [[development]] consists in the [[exhibition]] of a [[human]] [[personality]] [[motivated]] by [[love]], activated by [[unselfish]] [[ministry]], and [[dominated]] by the wholehearted [[worship]] of the [[perfection]] [[ideals]] of [[divinity]]. And this entire [[experience]] [[constitutes]] the [[reality]] of [[religion]] as [[contrasted]] with mere [[theological]] [[beliefs]].
100:2.3 [[Religion]] can [[progress]] to that [[level]] of [[experience]] whereon it becomes an [[enlightened]] and [[wise]] [[technique]] of [[spiritual]] [[reaction]] to the [[universe]]. Such a [[glorified]] [[religion]] can [[function]] on [[three]] [[levels]] of [[human]] [[personality]]: the [[intellectual]], the [[morontial]], and the [[spiritual]]; upon the [[mind]], in the evolving [[soul]], and with the [[indwelling spirit]].
100:2.4 [[Spirituality]] becomes at once the indicator of one's nearness to [[God]] and the [[measure]] of one's usefulness to fellow [[beings]]. [[Spirituality]] enhances the [[ability]] to [[discover]] [[beauty]] in [[things]], [[recognize]] [[truth]] in [[meanings]], and [[discover]] [[goodness]] in [[values]]. [[Spiritual]] [[development]] is determined by [[capacity]] therefor and is directly [[proportional]] to the elimination of the [[selfish]] [[qualities]] of [[love]].
100:2.5 [[Actual]] [[spiritual]] [[status]] is the [[measure]] of [[Deity]] [[attainment]], [[Adjuster]] [[attunement]]. The [[achievement]] of [[Corps of Finality|finality]] of [[spirituality]] is equivalent to the [[attainment]] of the maximum of [[reality]], the maximum of Godlikeness. [[Eternal]] life is the endless [[quest]] for [[infinite]] [[values]].
100:2.6 The goal of [[human]] [[self-realization]] should be [[spiritual]], not [[material]]. The only [[realities]] worth striving for are [[divine]], [[spiritual]], and [[eternal]]. [[Mortal]] man is entitled to the [[enjoyment]] of [[physical]] [[pleasures]] and to the [[satisfaction]] of [[human]] [[affections]]; he is benefited by [[loyalty]] to [[human]] [[associations]] and [[temporal]] [[institutions]]; but these are not the [[eternal]] [[foundations]] upon which to build the [[immortal]] [[personality]] which must [[transcend]] [[space]], vanquish [[time]], and achieve the eternal [[destiny]] of [[divine]] [[perfection]] and [[finaliter]] [[service]].
100:2.7 [[Jesus]] portrayed the [[profound]] surety of the [[God]]-knowing [[mortal]] when he said: "To a God-knowing kingdom believer, what does it matter if all [[things]] [[earthly]] crash?"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_6] [[Temporal]] securities are vulnerable, but [[spiritual]] sureties are impregnable. When the flood [[tides]] of human [[adversity]], [[selfishness]], cruelty, hate, malice, and [[jealousy]] beat about the [[mortal]] [[soul]], you may rest in the [[assurance]] that there is one inner bastion, the citadel of the [[spirit]], which is absolutely unassailable; at least this is true of every [[human being]] who has [[dedicated]] the keeping of his [[soul]] to the indwelling spirit of the [[eternal]] [[God]].
100:2.8 After such [[spiritual]] [[attainment]], whether secured by [[gradual]] [[growth]] or specific [[crisis]], there occurs a new [[orientation]] of [[personality]] as well as the [[development]] of a new [[standard]] of [[values]]. Such spirit-born [[individuals]] are so remotivated in life that they can calmly stand by while their fondest [[ambitions]] perish and their keenest [[hopes]] crash; they positively know that such [[catastrophes]] are but the redirecting [[cataclysms]] which wreck one's [[temporal]] [[creations]] preliminary to the rearing of the more [[noble]] and enduring [[realities]] of a new and more [[sublime]] level of [[universe]] [[attainment]].
<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]]
