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103:6.1 [[Theology]] is the [[study]] of the [[actions]] and [[reactions]] of the [[human]] spirit; it can never become a [[science]] since it must always be combined more or less with [[psychology]] in its [[personal]] [[expression]] and with [[philosophy]] in its systematic portrayal. [[Theology]] is always the [[study]] of your [[religion]]; the [[study]] of [[Other|another]]'s religion is [[psychology]].

103:6.1 [[Theology]] is the [[study]] of the [[actions]] and [[reactions]] of the [[human]] spirit; it can never become a [[science]] since it must always be combined more or less with [[psychology]] in its [[personal]] [[expression]] and with [[philosophy]] in its systematic portrayal. [[Theology]] is always the [[study]] of your [[religion]]; the [[study]] of [[Other|another]]'s religion is [[psychology]].

103:6.2 When man approaches the [[study]] and [[examination]] of his [[universe]] from the outside, he brings into being the various [[physical sciences]]; when he approaches the [[research]] of himself and the [[universe]] from the inside, he gives [[origin]] to [[theology]] and [[metaphysics]]. The later art of [[philosophy]] [[develops]] in an [[effort]] to [[harmonize]] the many discrepancies which are [[destined]] at first to appear between the findings and teachings of these two [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diametrical_opposition diametrically] [[opposite]] avenues of approaching the [[universe]] of [[things]] and [[beings]].

103:6.2 When man approaches the [[study]] and [[examination]] of his [[universe]] from the outside, he brings into being the various [[physical sciences]]; when he approaches the [[research]] of himself and the [[universe]] from the inside, he gives [[origin]] to [[theology]] and [[metaphysics]]. The later art of [[philosophy]] [[develops]] in an [[effort]] to [[harmonize]] the many discrepancies which are [[destined]] at first to appear between the findings and teachings of these two [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diametrical_opposition diametrically] [[opposite]] avenues of approaching the [[universe]] of [[things]] and [[beings]].

103:6.3 [[Religion]] has to do with the [[spiritual]] [[viewpoint]], the [[awareness]] of the [[Inner Life|insideness]] of [[human]] [[experience]]. Man's spiritual [[nature]] affords him the [[opportunity]] of turning the [[universe]] [http://www.outsideinthemovie.com/watch/ outside in]. It is therefore true that, viewed exclusively from the insideness of [[personality]] [[experience]], all [[creation]] appears to be [[spiritual]] in [[nature]].

103:6.3 [[Religion]] has to do with the [[spiritual]] [[viewpoint]], the [[awareness]] of the [[Inner Life|insideness]] of [[human]] [[experience]]. Man's spiritual [[nature]] affords him the [[opportunity]] of turning the [[universe]] [https://www.outsideinthemovie.com/watch/ outside in]. It is therefore true that, viewed exclusively from the insideness of [[personality]] [[experience]], all [[creation]] appears to be [[spiritual]] in [[nature]].

103:6.4 When man [[analytically]] inspects the [[universe]] through the [[material]] [[endowments]] of his [[physical]] [[senses]] and associated [[mind]] [[perception]], the [[cosmos]] appears to be [[mechanical]] and [[energy]]-material. Such a [[technique]] of studying [[reality]] consists in turning the universe [http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/klein.html inside out].

103:6.4 When man [[analytically]] inspects the [[universe]] through the [[material]] [[endowments]] of his [[physical]] [[senses]] and associated [[mind]] [[perception]], the [[cosmos]] appears to be [[mechanical]] and [[energy]]-material. Such a [[technique]] of studying [[reality]] consists in turning the universe [https://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/klein.html inside out].

103:6.5 A [[logical]] and [[consistent]] [[philosophic]] [[concept]] of the [[universe]] cannot be built up on the postulations of either [[materialism]] or [[spiritism]], for both of these [[systems]] of [[thinking]], when [[universally]] [[applied]], are compelled to view the [[cosmos]] in [[distortion]], the former contacting with a [[universe]] turned inside out, the latter [[realizing]] the nature of a universe turned outside in. Never, then, can either [[science]] or [[religion]], in and of themselves, standing alone, [[hope]] to gain an adequate [[understanding]] of [[universal]] [[truths]] and [[relationships]] without the [[guidance]] of human [[philosophy]] and the [[illumination]] of [[divine]] [[revelation]].

103:6.5 A [[logical]] and [[consistent]] [[philosophic]] [[concept]] of the [[universe]] cannot be built up on the postulations of either [[materialism]] or [[spiritism]], for both of these [[systems]] of [[thinking]], when [[universally]] [[applied]], are compelled to view the [[cosmos]] in [[distortion]], the former contacting with a [[universe]] turned inside out, the latter [[realizing]] the nature of a universe turned outside in. Never, then, can either [[science]] or [[religion]], in and of themselves, standing alone, [[hope]] to gain an adequate [[understanding]] of [[universal]] [[truths]] and [[relationships]] without the [[guidance]] of human [[philosophy]] and the [[illumination]] of [[divine]] [[revelation]].

103:6.6 Always must man's [[Thought Adjuster|inner spirit]] depend for its [[expression]] and [[self-realization]] upon the [[mechanism]] and [[technique]] of the [[mind]]. Likewise must man's outer [[experience]] of [[material]] [[reality]] be predicated on the [[mind]] [[consciousness]] of the experiencing [[personality]]. Therefore are the [[spiritual]] and the [[material]], the inner and the outer, human experiences always correlated with the [[mind]] [[function]] and conditioned, as to their [[conscious]] [[realization]], by the [[mind]] [[activity]]. Man [[experiences]] [[matter]] in his [[mind]]; he experiences [[spiritual]] [[reality]] in the [[soul]] but becomes [[conscious]] of this [[experience]] in his [[mind]]. The [[intellect]] is the [[harmonizer]] and the ever-present conditioner and qualifier of the sum [[total]] of [[mortal]] [[experience]]. Both [[energy]]-[[things]] and [[spirit]] [[values]] are [[colored]] by their [[interpretation]] through the [[mind]] [[media]] of [[consciousness]].

103:6.6 Always must man's [[Thought Adjuster|inner spirit]] depend for its [[expression]] and [[self-realization]] upon the [[mechanism]] and [[technique]] of the [[mind]]. Likewise must man's outer [[experience]] of [[material]] [[reality]] be predicated on the [[mind]] [[consciousness]] of the experiencing [[personality]]. Therefore are the [[spiritual]] and the [[material]], the inner and the outer, human experiences always correlated with the [[mind]] [[function]] and conditioned, as to their [[conscious]] [[realization]], by the [[mind]] [[activity]]. Man [[experiences]] [[matter]] in his [[mind]]; he experiences [[spiritual]] [[reality]] in the [[soul]] but becomes [[conscious]] of this [[experience]] in his [[mind]]. The [[intellect]] is the [[harmonizer]] and the ever-present conditioner and qualifier of the sum [[total]] of [[mortal]] [[experience]]. Both [[energy]]-[[things]] and [[spirit]] [[values]] are [[colored]] by their [[interpretation]] through the [[mind]] [[media]] of [[consciousness]].

103:6.7 Your [[difficulty]] in arriving at a more [[harmonious]] [[co-ordination]] between [[science]] and [[religion]] is due to your utter [[ignorance]] of the intervening [[domain]] of the [[morontia]] world of [[things]] and [[beings]]. The [[local universe]] consists of [[three]] [[degrees]], or [[stages]], of [[reality]] [[manifestation]]: [[matter]], [[morontia]], and [[spirit]]. The morontia [[angle]] of approach erases all [[divergence]] between the findings of the [[physical sciences]] and the [[functioning]] of the [[spirit]] of [[religion]]. [[Reason]] is the [[understanding]] [[technique]] of [[the sciences]]; [[faith]] is the [[insight]] [[technique]] of [[religion]]; [[mota]] is the [[technique]] of the [[morontia]] level. [[Mota]] is a supermaterial [[reality]] [[sensitivity]] which is beginning to [[compensate]] incomplete [[growth]], having for its substance [[knowledge]]-[[reason]] and for its [[essence]] [[faith]]-[[insight]]. [[Mota]] is a superphilosophical [[reconciliation]] of [[divergent]] [[reality]] [[perception]] which is nonattainable by [[material]] [[personalities]]; it is predicated, in part, on the [[experience]] of having [[survived]] the [[material]] life of the [[flesh]]. But many [[mortals]] have [[recognized]] the desirability of having some [[method]] of reconciling the interplay between the widely separated [[domains]] of [[science]] and [[religion]]; and [[metaphysics]] is the result of man's unavailing attempt to span this well-[[recognized]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rift chasm]. But [[human]] [[metaphysics]] has proved more [[confusing]] than [[illuminating]]. [[Metaphysics]] stands for man's well-meant but futile [[effort]] to [[compensate]] for the [[absence]] of the [[mota]] of [[morontia]].

103:6.7 Your [[difficulty]] in arriving at a more [[harmonious]] [[co-ordination]] between [[science]] and [[religion]] is due to your utter [[ignorance]] of the intervening [[domain]] of the [[morontia]] world of [[things]] and [[beings]]. The [[local universe]] consists of [[three]] [[degrees]], or [[stages]], of [[reality]] [[manifestation]]: [[matter]], [[morontia]], and [[spirit]]. The morontia [[angle]] of approach erases all [[divergence]] between the findings of the [[physical sciences]] and the [[functioning]] of the [[spirit]] of [[religion]]. [[Reason]] is the [[understanding]] [[technique]] of [[the sciences]]; [[faith]] is the [[insight]] [[technique]] of [[religion]]; [[mota]] is the [[technique]] of the [[morontia]] level. [[Mota]] is a supermaterial [[reality]] [[sensitivity]] which is beginning to [[compensate]] incomplete [[growth]], having for its substance [[knowledge]]-[[reason]] and for its [[essence]] [[faith]]-[[insight]]. [[Mota]] is a superphilosophical [[reconciliation]] of [[divergent]] [[reality]] [[perception]] which is nonattainable by [[material]] [[personalities]]; it is predicated, in part, on the [[experience]] of having [[survived]] the [[material]] life of the [[flesh]]. But many [[mortals]] have [[recognized]] the desirability of having some [[method]] of reconciling the interplay between the widely separated [[domains]] of [[science]] and [[religion]]; and [[metaphysics]] is the result of man's unavailing attempt to span this well-[[recognized]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rift chasm]. But [[human]] [[metaphysics]] has proved more [[confusing]] than [[illuminating]]. [[Metaphysics]] stands for man's well-meant but futile [[effort]] to [[compensate]] for the [[absence]] of the [[mota]] of [[morontia]].

103:6.8 [[Metaphysics]] has proved a failure; [[mota]], man cannot [[perceive]]. [[Revelation]] is the only [[technique]] which can [[compensate]] for the [[absence]] of the [[truth]] [[sensitivity]] of [[mota]] in a [[material]] world. [[Revelation]] [[authoritatively]] [[clarifies]] the muddle of [[reason]]-developed metaphysics on an [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 evolutionary sphere].

103:6.8 [[Metaphysics]] has proved a failure; [[mota]], man cannot [[perceive]]. [[Revelation]] is the only [[technique]] which can [[compensate]] for the [[absence]] of the [[truth]] [[sensitivity]] of [[mota]] in a [[material]] world. [[Revelation]] [[authoritatively]] [[clarifies]] the muddle of [[reason]]-developed metaphysics on an [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 evolutionary sphere].

103:6.9 [[Science]] is man's attempted [[study]] of his [[physical]] [[environment]], the world of [[energy]]-[[matter]]; [[religion]] is man's [[experience]] with the [[cosmos]] of [[spirit]] [[values]]; [[philosophy]] has been [[developed]] by man's [[mind]] [[effort]] to [[organize]] and correlate the findings of these widely separated [[concepts]] into something like a reasonable and [[unified]] [[attitude]] toward the [[cosmos]]. [[Philosophy]], [[clarified]] by [[revelation]], [[functions]] acceptably in the [[absence]] of [[mota]] and in the [[presence]] of the breakdown and failure of man's [[reason]] substitute for [[mota]]—[[metaphysics]].

103:6.9 [[Science]] is man's attempted [[study]] of his [[physical]] [[environment]], the world of [[energy]]-[[matter]]; [[religion]] is man's [[experience]] with the [[cosmos]] of [[spirit]] [[values]]; [[philosophy]] has been [[developed]] by man's [[mind]] [[effort]] to [[organize]] and correlate the findings of these widely separated [[concepts]] into something like a reasonable and [[unified]] [[attitude]] toward the [[cosmos]]. [[Philosophy]], [[clarified]] by [[revelation]], [[functions]] acceptably in the [[absence]] of [[mota]] and in the [[presence]] of the breakdown and failure of man's [[reason]] substitute for [[mota]]—[[metaphysics]].

103:6.10 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#PAPER_64:_THE_EVOLUTIONARY_RACES_OF_COLOR Early man] did not differentiate between the [[energy]] level and the [[spirit]] level. It was the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78 violet race] and their [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:4._THE_ANDITES Andite] successors who first attempted to [[divorce]] the [[mathematical]] from the [[volitional]]. Increasingly has civilized man followed in the footsteps of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegean_civilizations earliest Greeks] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumer Sumerians] who distinguished between the inanimate and the animate. And as [[civilization]] [[progresses]], [[philosophy]] will have to bridge ever-widening gulfs between the [[spirit]] [[concept]] and the [[energy]] concept. But in the [[Spacetime|time of space]] these divergencies are at one in [[the Supreme]].

103:6.10 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#PAPER_64:_THE_EVOLUTIONARY_RACES_OF_COLOR Early man] did not differentiate between the [[energy]] level and the [[spirit]] level. It was the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78 violet race] and their [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78#78:4._THE_ANDITES Andite] successors who first attempted to [[divorce]] the [[mathematical]] from the [[volitional]]. Increasingly has civilized man followed in the footsteps of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegean_civilizations earliest Greeks] and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumer Sumerians] who distinguished between the inanimate and the animate. And as [[civilization]] [[progresses]], [[philosophy]] will have to bridge ever-widening gulfs between the [[spirit]] [[concept]] and the [[energy]] concept. But in the [[Spacetime|time of space]] these divergencies are at one in [[the Supreme]].

103:6.11 [[Science]] must always be grounded in [[reason]], although [[imagination]] and conjecture are helpful in the extension of its borders. [[Religion]] is forever dependent on [[faith]], albeit [[reason]] is a stabilizing [[influence]] and a helpful handmaid. And always there have been, and ever will be, misleading [[interpretations]] of the [[phenomena]] of both the [[natural]] and the [[spiritual]] worlds, sciences and religions [[falsely]] so called.

103:6.11 [[Science]] must always be grounded in [[reason]], although [[imagination]] and conjecture are helpful in the extension of its borders. [[Religion]] is forever dependent on [[faith]], albeit [[reason]] is a stabilizing [[influence]] and a helpful handmaid. And always there have been, and ever will be, misleading [[interpretations]] of the [[phenomena]] of both the [[natural]] and the [[spiritual]] worlds, sciences and religions [[falsely]] so called.

103:6.12 Out of his incomplete grasp of [[science]], his faint hold upon [[religion]], and his [[abortive]] attempts at [[metaphysics]], man has attempted to construct his [[formulations]] of [[philosophy]]. And [[modern]] man would indeed build a worthy and engaging [[philosophy]] of himself and his [[universe]] were it not for the [[Default|breakdown]] of his all-important and indispensable [[metaphysical]] [[connection]] between the worlds of [[matter]] and [[spirit]], the failure of [[metaphysics]] to bridge the [[morontia]] gulf between the [[physical]] and the [[spiritual]]. [[Mortal]] man lacks the [[concept]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_48#48:7._MORONTIA_MOTA morontia mind] and [[material]]; and [[revelation]] is the only [[technique]] for atoning for this deficiency in the [[conceptual]] [[data]] which man so urgently needs in order to construct a [[logical]] [[philosophy]] of the [[universe]] and to arrive at a satisfying understanding of his sure and settled place in that [[universe]].

103:6.12 Out of his incomplete grasp of [[science]], his faint hold upon [[religion]], and his [[abortive]] attempts at [[metaphysics]], man has attempted to construct his [[formulations]] of [[philosophy]]. And [[modern]] man would indeed build a worthy and engaging [[philosophy]] of himself and his [[universe]] were it not for the [[Default|breakdown]] of his all-important and indispensable [[metaphysical]] [[connection]] between the worlds of [[matter]] and [[spirit]], the failure of [[metaphysics]] to bridge the [[morontia]] gulf between the [[physical]] and the [[spiritual]]. [[Mortal]] man lacks the [[concept]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_48#48:7._MORONTIA_MOTA morontia mind] and [[material]]; and [[revelation]] is the only [[technique]] for atoning for this deficiency in the [[conceptual]] [[data]] which man so urgently needs in order to construct a [[logical]] [[philosophy]] of the [[universe]] and to arrive at a satisfying understanding of his sure and settled place in that [[universe]].

103:6.13 [[Revelation]] is [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_65#65:4._THE_URANTIA_ADVENTURE evolutionary man]'s only [[hope]] of bridging the [[morontia]] gulf. [[Faith]] and [[reason]], unaided by [[mota]], cannot conceive and construct a [[logical]] [[universe]]. Without the [[insight]] of [[mota]], mortal man cannot [[discern]] [[goodness]], [[love]], and [[truth]] in the [[phenomena]] of the [[material]] world.

103:6.13 [[Revelation]] is [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_65#65:4._THE_URANTIA_ADVENTURE evolutionary man]'s only [[hope]] of bridging the [[morontia]] gulf. [[Faith]] and [[reason]], unaided by [[mota]], cannot conceive and construct a [[logical]] [[universe]]. Without the [[insight]] of [[mota]], mortal man cannot [[discern]] [[goodness]], [[love]], and [[truth]] in the [[phenomena]] of the [[material]] world.

103:6.14 When the [[philosophy]] of man leans heavily toward the world of [[matter]], it becomes rationalistic or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturalism (philosophy) naturalistic]. When [[philosophy]] inclines particularly toward the [[spiritual]] level, it becomes [[idealistic]] or even [[mystical]]. When [[philosophy]] is so unfortunate as to lean upon [[metaphysics]], it unfailingly becomes [[skeptical]], [[confused]]. In [[past]] ages, most of man's [[knowledge]] and [[intellectual]] [[evaluation]]s have fallen into one of these three [[distortion]]s of [[perception]]. [[Philosophy]] dare not project its [[interpretations]] of [[reality]] in the [[linear]] [[fashion]] of [[logic]]; it must never fail to reckon with the [[elliptic]] [[symmetry]] of reality and with the [[essential]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curvature curvature] of all [[relation]] [[concepts]].

103:6.14 When the [[philosophy]] of man leans heavily toward the world of [[matter]], it becomes rationalistic or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturalism (philosophy) naturalistic]. When [[philosophy]] inclines particularly toward the [[spiritual]] level, it becomes [[idealistic]] or even [[mystical]]. When [[philosophy]] is so unfortunate as to lean upon [[metaphysics]], it unfailingly becomes [[skeptical]], [[confused]]. In [[past]] ages, most of man's [[knowledge]] and [[intellectual]] [[evaluation]]s have fallen into one of these three [[distortion]]s of [[perception]]. [[Philosophy]] dare not project its [[interpretations]] of [[reality]] in the [[linear]] [[fashion]] of [[logic]]; it must never fail to reckon with the [[elliptic]] [[symmetry]] of reality and with the [[essential]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curvature curvature] of all [[relation]] [[concepts]].

103:6.15 The highest [[attainable]] [[philosophy]] of [[mortal]] man must be [[logically]] based on the [[reason]] of [[science]], the [[faith]] of [[religion]], and the [[truth]] [[insight]] afforded by [[revelation]]. By this [[union]] man can [[compensate]] somewhat for his failure to [[develop]] an adequate [[metaphysics]] and for his inability to [[comprehend]] the [[mota]] of the [[morontia]].

103:6.15 The highest [[attainable]] [[philosophy]] of [[mortal]] man must be [[logically]] based on the [[reason]] of [[science]], the [[faith]] of [[religion]], and the [[truth]] [[insight]] afforded by [[revelation]]. By this [[union]] man can [[compensate]] somewhat for his failure to [[develop]] an adequate [[metaphysics]] and for his inability to [[comprehend]] the [[mota]] of the [[morontia]].

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