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101:1.1 True [[religion]] is not a [[system]] of [[philosophic]] [[belief]] which can be [[reasoned]] out and substantiated by [[natural]] [[proofs]], neither is it a [[fantastic]] and [[mystic]] [[experience]] of indescribable [[feelings]] of [[ecstasy]] which can be enjoyed only by the [[romantic]] devotees of [[mysticism]]. [[Religion]] is not the [[product]] of [[reason]], but viewed from within, it is altogether reasonable. [[Religion]] is not derived from the [[logic]] of [[human]] [[philosophy]], but as a [[mortal]] [[experience]] it is altogether [[logical]]. [[Religion]] is the experiencing of [[divinity]] in the [[consciousness]] of a [[moral]] [[being]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_62#62:5._THE_FIRST_HUMAN_BEINGS evolutionary origin]; it [[represents]] true [[experience]] with [[eternal]] [[realities]] in [[time]], the [[realization]] of [[spiritual]] [[satisfactions]] while yet in the [[flesh]].

101:1.1 True [[religion]] is not a [[system]] of [[philosophic]] [[belief]] which can be [[reasoned]] out and substantiated by [[natural]] [[proofs]], neither is it a [[fantastic]] and [[mystic]] [[experience]] of indescribable [[feelings]] of [[ecstasy]] which can be enjoyed only by the [[romantic]] devotees of [[mysticism]]. [[Religion]] is not the [[product]] of [[reason]], but viewed from within, it is altogether reasonable. [[Religion]] is not derived from the [[logic]] of [[human]] [[philosophy]], but as a [[mortal]] [[experience]] it is altogether [[logical]]. [[Religion]] is the experiencing of [[divinity]] in the [[consciousness]] of a [[moral]] [[being]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_62#62:5._THE_FIRST_HUMAN_BEINGS evolutionary origin]; it [[represents]] true [[experience]] with [[eternal]] [[realities]] in [[time]], the [[realization]] of [[spiritual]] [[satisfactions]] while yet in the [[flesh]].

101:1.2 The [[Thought Adjuster]] has no special [[mechanism]] through which to gain [[self]]-[[expression]]; there is no [[mystic]] religious [[faculty]] for the [[reception]] or [[expression]] of religious [[emotions]]. These [[experiences]] are made available through the [[naturally]] [[ordained]] [[mechanism]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_62#62:6._EVOLUTION_OF_THE_HUMAN_MIND mortal mind]. And therein lies one [[explanation]] of the [[Adjuster]]'s [[difficulty]] in [[engaging]] in direct [[communication]] with the [[material]] [[mind]] of its constant indwelling.

101:1.2 The [[Thought Adjuster]] has no special [[mechanism]] through which to gain [[self]]-[[expression]]; there is no [[mystic]] religious [[faculty]] for the [[reception]] or [[expression]] of religious [[emotions]]. These [[experiences]] are made available through the [[naturally]] [[ordained]] [[mechanism]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_62#62:6._EVOLUTION_OF_THE_HUMAN_MIND mortal mind]. And therein lies one [[explanation]] of the [[Adjuster]]'s [[difficulty]] in [[engaging]] in direct [[communication]] with the [[material]] [[mind]] of its constant indwelling.

101:1.3 The [[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]] makes [[contact]] with [[mortal]] man, not by [[feelings]] or [[emotions]], but in the realm of the highest and most spiritualized [[thinking]]. It is your [[thoughts]], not your [[feelings]], that lead you Godward. The [[divine]] [[nature]] may be [[perceived]] only with the [[Mind's eye|eyes of the mind]]. But the [[mind]] that really [[discerns]] [[God]], hears the indwelling [[Adjuster]], is the [[pure]] mind. "Without [[holiness]] no man may see the Lord."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews#The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews.2C_XII] All such inner and [[spiritual]] [[communion]] is termed [[spiritual]] [[insight]]. Such [[religious]] [[experiences]] result from the impress made upon the [[mind]] of man by the combined operations of the [[Adjuster]] and the [[Spirit of Truth]] as they [[function]] amid and upon the [[ideas]], [[ideals]], [[insights]], and spirit strivings of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE evolving sons of God].

101:1.3 The [[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]] makes [[contact]] with [[mortal]] man, not by [[feelings]] or [[emotions]], but in the realm of the highest and most spiritualized [[thinking]]. It is your [[thoughts]], not your [[feelings]], that lead you Godward. The [[divine]] [[nature]] may be [[perceived]] only with the [[Mind's eye|eyes of the mind]]. But the [[mind]] that really [[discerns]] [[God]], hears the indwelling [[Adjuster]], is the [[pure]] mind. "Without [[holiness]] no man may see the Lord."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews#The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews.2C_XII] All such inner and [[spiritual]] [[communion]] is termed [[spiritual]] [[insight]]. Such [[religious]] [[experiences]] result from the impress made upon the [[mind]] of man by the combined operations of the [[Adjuster]] and the [[Spirit of Truth]] as they [[function]] amid and upon the [[ideas]], [[ideals]], [[insights]], and spirit strivings of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE evolving sons of God].

101:1.4 [[Religion]] lives and prospers, then, not by [[sight]] and [[feeling]], but rather by [[faith]] and [[insight]]. It consists not in the [[discovery]] of new [[facts]] or in the finding of a [[unique]] [[experience]], but rather in the [[discovery]] of new and [[spiritual]] [[meanings]] in [[facts]] already well known to [[mankind]]. The highest [[religious]] [[experience]] is not dependent on prior [[acts]] of [[belief]], [[tradition]], and [[authority]]; neither is [[religion]] the [[offspring]] of [[sublime]] [[feelings]] and purely [[mystical]] [[emotions]]. It is, rather, a [[profoundly]] deep and [[actual]] [[experience]] of [[spiritual]] [[communion]] with the spirit [[influences]] resident within the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Mind-2001-03-08 human mind], and as far as such an [[experience]] is definable in terms of [[psychology]], it is simply the [[experience]] of experiencing the [[reality]] of believing in [[God]] as the [[reality]] of such a [[purely]] [[personal]] [[experience]].

101:1.4 [[Religion]] lives and prospers, then, not by [[sight]] and [[feeling]], but rather by [[faith]] and [[insight]]. It consists not in the [[discovery]] of new [[facts]] or in the finding of a [[unique]] [[experience]], but rather in the [[discovery]] of new and [[spiritual]] [[meanings]] in [[facts]] already well known to [[mankind]]. The highest [[religious]] [[experience]] is not dependent on prior [[acts]] of [[belief]], [[tradition]], and [[authority]]; neither is [[religion]] the [[offspring]] of [[sublime]] [[feelings]] and purely [[mystical]] [[emotions]]. It is, rather, a [[profoundly]] deep and [[actual]] [[experience]] of [[spiritual]] [[communion]] with the spirit [[influences]] resident within the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Mind-2001-03-08 human mind], and as far as such an [[experience]] is definable in terms of [[psychology]], it is simply the [[experience]] of experiencing the [[reality]] of believing in [[God]] as the [[reality]] of such a [[purely]] [[personal]] [[experience]].

101:1.5 While [[religion]] is not the [[product]] of the [[rationalistic]] [[speculations]] of a [[material cosmology]], it is, nonetheless, the [[creation]] of a wholly [[rational]] [[insight]] which originates in man's [[mind]]-[[experience]]. [[Religion]] is born neither of [[mystic]] [[meditations]] nor of [[isolated]] [[contemplation]]s, albeit it is ever more or less [[mysterious]] and always indefinable and inexplicable in terms of [[purely]] [[intellectual]] [[reason]] and [[philosophic]] [[logic]]. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ_cell germs] of true [[religion]] [[originate]] in the [[domain]] of man's [[moral]] [[consciousness]], and they are [[revealed]] in the [[growth]] of man's [[spiritual]] [[insight]], that [[faculty]] of [[human]] [[personality]] which accrues as a [[consequence]] of the [[presence]] of the [[God]]-revealing [[Thought Adjuster]] in the [[God]]-[[hungry]] [[mortal mind]].

101:1.5 While [[religion]] is not the [[product]] of the [[rationalistic]] [[speculations]] of a [[material cosmology]], it is, nonetheless, the [[creation]] of a wholly [[rational]] [[insight]] which originates in man's [[mind]]-[[experience]]. [[Religion]] is born neither of [[mystic]] [[meditations]] nor of [[isolated]] [[contemplation]]s, albeit it is ever more or less [[mysterious]] and always indefinable and inexplicable in terms of [[purely]] [[intellectual]] [[reason]] and [[philosophic]] [[logic]]. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ_cell germs] of true [[religion]] [[originate]] in the [[domain]] of man's [[moral]] [[consciousness]], and they are [[revealed]] in the [[growth]] of man's [[spiritual]] [[insight]], that [[faculty]] of [[human]] [[personality]] which accrues as a [[consequence]] of the [[presence]] of the [[God]]-revealing [[Thought Adjuster]] in the [[God]]-[[hungry]] [[mortal mind]].

101:1.6 [[Faith]] [[unites]] [[moral]] [[insight]] with conscientious [[discrimination]]s of [[values]], and the pre-existent evolutionary sense of [[duty]] completes the [[ancestry]] of true [[religion]]. The [[experience]] of [[religion]] [[eventually]] results in the certain [[consciousness]] of [[God]] and in the undoubted [[assurance]] of the [[survival]] of the believing [[personality]].

101:1.6 [[Faith]] [[unites]] [[moral]] [[insight]] with conscientious [[discrimination]]s of [[values]], and the pre-existent evolutionary sense of [[duty]] completes the [[ancestry]] of true [[religion]]. The [[experience]] of [[religion]] [[eventually]] results in the certain [[consciousness]] of [[God]] and in the undoubted [[assurance]] of the [[survival]] of the believing [[personality]].

101:1.7 Thus it may be seen that [[religious]] longings and [[spiritual]] urges are not of such a [[nature]] as would merely lead men to want to [[believe]] in [[God]], but rather are they of such [[nature]] and [[power]] that men are [[profoundly]] impressed with the [[conviction]] that they ''ought'' to [[believe]] in [[God]]. The sense of [[evolutionary]] [[duty]] and the [[obligations]] consequent upon the [[illumination]] of [[revelation]] make such a [[profound]] impression upon man's [[moral]] [[nature]] that he finally reaches that position of [[mind]] and that [[attitude]] of [[soul]] where he concludes that he has no right not to believe in God. The higher and superphilosophic [[wisdom]] of such [[enlightened]] and [[disciplined]] [[individuals]] ultimately instructs them that to [[doubt]] [[God]] or distrust his [[goodness]] would be to prove untrue to the realest and deepest thing within the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=More_On_Mind-2003-10-20 human mind] and [[soul]]—the [[divine]] [[Adjuster]].

101:1.7 Thus it may be seen that [[religious]] longings and [[spiritual]] urges are not of such a [[nature]] as would merely lead men to want to [[believe]] in [[God]], but rather are they of such [[nature]] and [[power]] that men are [[profoundly]] impressed with the [[conviction]] that they ''ought'' to [[believe]] in [[God]]. The sense of [[evolutionary]] [[duty]] and the [[obligations]] consequent upon the [[illumination]] of [[revelation]] make such a [[profound]] impression upon man's [[moral]] [[nature]] that he finally reaches that position of [[mind]] and that [[attitude]] of [[soul]] where he concludes that he has no right not to believe in God. The higher and superphilosophic [[wisdom]] of such [[enlightened]] and [[disciplined]] [[individuals]] ultimately instructs them that to [[doubt]] [[God]] or distrust his [[goodness]] would be to prove untrue to the realest and deepest thing within the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=More_On_Mind-2003-10-20 human mind] and [[soul]]—the [[divine]] [[Adjuster]].

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[[Category:Paper 101 - The Real Nature of Religion]]

[[Category:Paper 101 - The Real Nature of Religion]]