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− | 10:5.1 The [[personal]] [[Deities]] have [[attributes]], but it is hardly consistent to speak of the [[Trinity]] as having attributes. This [[association]] of divine beings may more properly be regarded as having [[functions]], such as [[justice]] [[administration]], [[totality]] [[attitudes]], [[co-ordinate]] [[action]], and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_118#118:8._CONTROL_AND_OVERCONTROL cosmic overcontrol]. These functions are actively [[supreme]], [[ultimate]], and (within the limits of Deity) [[absolute]] as far as all living realities of [[personality]] [[value]] are concerned. | + | 10:5.1 The [[personal]] [[Deities]] have [[attributes]], but it is hardly consistent to speak of the [[Trinity]] as having attributes. This [[association]] of divine beings may more properly be regarded as having [[functions]], such as [[justice]] [[administration]], [[totality]] [[attitudes]], [[co-ordinate]] [[action]], and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_118#118:8._CONTROL_AND_OVERCONTROL cosmic overcontrol]. These functions are actively [[supreme]], [[ultimate]], and (within the limits of Deity) [[absolute]] as far as all living realities of [[personality]] [[value]] are concerned. |
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− | 10:5.2 The functions of the Paradise Trinity are not simply the sum of the Father's [[Appearance|apparent]] endowment of [[divinity]] plus those specialized [[attributes]] that are [[unique]] in the personal [[existence]] of [[the Son]] and [[the Spirit]]. The Trinity association of the three Paradise Deities results in the [[evolution]], eventuation, and deitization of new [[meanings]], [[values]], [[powers]], and capacities for [[universal]] [[revelation]], [[action]], and [[administration]]. Living associations, human [[families]], social [[groups]], or the Paradise Trinity are not augmented by mere arithmetical summation. The group potential is always far in excess of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Synergy-1995-06-23 simple sum of the attributes of the component individuals]. | + | 10:5.2 The functions of the Paradise Trinity are not simply the sum of the Father's [[Appearance|apparent]] endowment of [[divinity]] plus those specialized [[attributes]] that are [[unique]] in the personal [[existence]] of [[the Son]] and [[the Spirit]]. The Trinity association of the three Paradise Deities results in the [[evolution]], eventuation, and deitization of new [[meanings]], [[values]], [[powers]], and capacities for [[universal]] [[revelation]], [[action]], and [[administration]]. Living associations, human [[families]], social [[groups]], or the Paradise Trinity are not augmented by mere arithmetical summation. The group potential is always far in excess of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Synergy-1995-06-23 simple sum of the attributes of the component individuals]. |
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| 10:5.3 The [[Trinity]] maintains a [[unique]] [[attitude]] as the Trinity towards the [[Master Universe|entire universe]] of the [[past]], [[present]], and [[future]]. And the functions of the Trinity can best be considered in [[relation]] to the universe attitudes of the Trinity. Such attitudes are [[simultaneous]] and may be multiple concerning any isolated situation or [[event]]: | | 10:5.3 The [[Trinity]] maintains a [[unique]] [[attitude]] as the Trinity towards the [[Master Universe|entire universe]] of the [[past]], [[present]], and [[future]]. And the functions of the Trinity can best be considered in [[relation]] to the universe attitudes of the Trinity. Such attitudes are [[simultaneous]] and may be multiple concerning any isolated situation or [[event]]: |
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− | *1. 10:5.4 ''Attitude toward the Finite''. The maximum self-[[limitation]] of the Trinity is its attitude toward the [[finite]]. The Trinity is not a [[person]], nor is the [[Supreme Being]] an exclusive [[personalization]] of the Trinity, but [[the Supreme]] is the nearest approach to a [[power]]-[[personality]] [[Focus|focalization]] of the Trinity which can be [[comprehended]] by finite [[creatures]]. Hence the Trinity in relation to the finite is sometimes spoken of as the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#VIII._GOD_THE_SEVENFOLD Trinity of Supremacy (0.8.3)]. | + | *1. 10:5.4 ''Attitude toward the Finite''. The maximum self-[[limitation]] of the Trinity is its attitude toward the [[finite]]. The Trinity is not a [[person]], nor is the [[Supreme Being]] an exclusive [[personalization]] of the Trinity, but [[the Supreme]] is the nearest approach to a [[power]]-[[personality]] [[Focus|focalization]] of the Trinity which can be [[comprehended]] by finite [[creatures]]. Hence the Trinity in relation to the finite is sometimes spoken of as the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#VIII._GOD_THE_SEVENFOLD Trinity of Supremacy (0.8.3)]. |
− | *2. 10:5.5 ''Attitude toward the Absonite''. The Paradise Trinity has regard for those levels of [[existence]] which are more than [[finite]] but less than [[absolute]], and this [[relationship]] is sometimes denominated the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_106#106:8._THE_TRINITY_OF_TRINITIES Trinity of Ultimacy (106.8.6)]. Neither the Ultimate nor the Supreme are wholly representative of the Paradise Trinity, but in a qualified sense and to their [[Paper 106 - Universe Levels of Reality|respective levels]], each seems to [[represent]] the Trinity during the prepersonal eras of experiential-power [[development]]. | + | *2. 10:5.5 ''Attitude toward the Absonite''. The Paradise Trinity has regard for those levels of [[existence]] which are more than [[finite]] but less than [[absolute]], and this [[relationship]] is sometimes denominated the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_106#106:8._THE_TRINITY_OF_TRINITIES Trinity of Ultimacy (106.8.6)]. Neither the Ultimate nor the Supreme are wholly representative of the Paradise Trinity, but in a qualified sense and to their [[Paper 106 - Universe Levels of Reality|respective levels]], each seems to [[represent]] the Trinity during the prepersonal eras of experiential-power [[development]]. |
− | *3. 10:5.6 ''The Absolute Attitude'' of the Paradise Trinity is in relation to [[absolute]] [[existences]] and culminates in the [[action]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_106#106:8._THE_TRINITY_OF_TRINITIES total Deity (106.8.8)] | + | *3. 10:5.6 ''The Absolute Attitude'' of the Paradise Trinity is in relation to [[absolute]] [[existences]] and culminates in the [[action]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_106#106:8._THE_TRINITY_OF_TRINITIES total Deity (106.8.8)] |
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− | 10:5.7 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_106#106:_9._EXISTENTIAL_INFINITE_UNIFICATION The Trinity Infinite] involves the [[co-ordinate]] [[action]] of all [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_104#104:4._THE_SEVEN_TRIUNITIES triunity relationships] of the [[First Source and Center]]—undeified as well as deified—and hence is very [[difficult]] for [[personalities]] to grasp. In the contemplation of the Trinity as infinite, do not ignore the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_104#104:4._THE_SEVEN_TRIUNITIES seven triunities]; thereby certain difficulties of understanding may be avoided, and certain [[paradoxes]] may be partially resolved. | + | 10:5.7 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_106#106:_9._EXISTENTIAL_INFINITE_UNIFICATION The Trinity Infinite] involves the [[co-ordinate]] [[action]] of all [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_104#104:4._THE_SEVEN_TRIUNITIES triunity relationships] of the [[First Source and Center]]—undeified as well as deified—and hence is very [[difficult]] for [[personalities]] to grasp. In the contemplation of the Trinity as infinite, do not ignore the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_104#104:4._THE_SEVEN_TRIUNITIES seven triunities]; thereby certain difficulties of understanding may be avoided, and certain [[paradoxes]] may be partially resolved. |
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| 10:5.8 But I do not command [[language]] which would enable me to convey to the limited human mind the full [[truth]] and the eternal significance of the Paradise Trinity and the [[nature]] of the never-ending interassociation of the three [[beings]] of [[infinite]] [[perfection]]. | | 10:5.8 But I do not command [[language]] which would enable me to convey to the limited human mind the full [[truth]] and the eternal significance of the Paradise Trinity and the [[nature]] of the never-ending interassociation of the three [[beings]] of [[infinite]] [[perfection]]. |
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