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161:3.1 [[Consciousness]] of [[divinity]] was a [[gradual]] [[growth]] in the [[mind]] of [[Jesus]] up to the occasion of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_136#136:2._THE_BAPTISM_OF_JESUS his baptism]. After he became fully [[self-conscious]] of his [[divine]] [[nature]], prehuman [[existence]], and [[universe]] [[prerogatives]], he seems to have possessed the [[power]] of variously limiting his [[human]] [[consciousness]] of his [[divinity]]. It [[appears]] to us that from his [[baptism]] until the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_187 crucifixion] it was entirely [[option]]al with [[Jesus]] whether to depend only on the [[human]] [[mind]] or to utilize the [[knowledge]] of both the human and the [[divine]] minds. At times he [[appeared]] to avail himself of only that [[information]] which was resident in the human [[intellect]]. On other occasions he appeared to [[act]] with such fullness of [[knowledge]] and [[wisdom]] as could be afforded only by the utilization of the [[superhuman]] content of his [[divine]] [[consciousness]].

161:3.1 [[Consciousness]] of [[divinity]] was a [[gradual]] [[growth]] in the [[mind]] of [[Jesus]] up to the occasion of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_136#136:2._THE_BAPTISM_OF_JESUS his baptism]. After he became fully [[self-conscious]] of his [[divine]] [[nature]], prehuman [[existence]], and [[universe]] [[prerogatives]], he seems to have possessed the [[power]] of variously limiting his [[human]] [[consciousness]] of his [[divinity]]. It [[appears]] to us that from his [[baptism]] until the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_187 crucifixion] it was entirely [[option]]al with [[Jesus]] whether to depend only on the [[human]] [[mind]] or to utilize the [[knowledge]] of both the human and the [[divine]] minds. At times he [[appeared]] to avail himself of only that [[information]] which was resident in the human [[intellect]]. On other occasions he appeared to [[act]] with such fullness of [[knowledge]] and [[wisdom]] as could be afforded only by the utilization of the [[superhuman]] content of his [[divine]] [[consciousness]].

161:3.2 We can [[understand]] his [[unique]] [[performances]] only by [[accepting]] the [[theory]] that he could, at will, [[self]]-[[limit]] his [[divinity]] [[consciousness]]. We are fully cognizant that he frequently withheld from his [[associates]] his [[foreknowledge]] of [[events]], and that he was [[aware]] of the [[nature]] of their [[thinking]] and [[planning]]. We [[understand]] that he did not wish his followers to know too fully that he was able to [[discern]] their [[thoughts]] and to penetrate their [[plans]]. He did not [[desire]] too far to [[transcend]] the [[concept]] of the [[human]] as it was held in the [[minds]] of his [[apostles]] and [[disciples]].

161:3.2 We can [[understand]] his [[unique]] [[performances]] only by [[accepting]] the [[theory]] that he could, at will, [[self]]-[[limit]] his [[divinity]] [[consciousness]]. We are fully cognizant that he frequently withheld from his [[associates]] his [[foreknowledge]] of [[events]], and that he was [[aware]] of the [[nature]] of their [[thinking]] and [[planning]]. We [[understand]] that he did not wish his followers to know too fully that he was able to [[discern]] their [[thoughts]] and to penetrate their [[plans]]. He did not [[desire]] too far to [[transcend]] the [[concept]] of the [[human]] as it was held in the [[minds]] of his [[apostles]] and [[disciples]].

161:3.3 We are utterly at a loss to [[differentiate]] between his [[practice]] of [[self]]-[[limit]]ing his [[divine]] [[consciousness]] and his [[technique]] of concealing his [[preknowledge]] and [[thought]] [[discernment]] from his [[human]] [[associates]]. We are convinced that he used both of these [[techniques]], but we are not always able, in a given instance, to specify which [[method]] he may have employed. We frequently [[observed]] him [[acting]] with only the [[human]] [[content]] of [[consciousness]]; then would we behold him in [[conference]] with the directors of the [[celestial hosts]] of the [[Nebadon|universe]] and [[discern]] the undoubted [[functioning]] of the [[divine]] [[mind]]. And then on almost numberless occasions did we [[witness]] the working of this combined [[personality]] of [[man]] and [[God]] as it was activated by the [[apparent]] [[perfect]] [[union]] of the [[human]] and the [[divine]] [[minds]]. This is the [[limit]] of our [[knowledge]] of such [[phenomena]]; we really do not actually know the full [[truth]] about this [[mystery]].

161:3.3 We are utterly at a loss to [[differentiate]] between his [[practice]] of [[self]]-[[limit]]ing his [[divine]] [[consciousness]] and his [[technique]] of concealing his [[preknowledge]] and [[thought]] [[discernment]] from his [[human]] [[associates]]. We are convinced that he used both of these [[techniques]], but we are not always able, in a given instance, to specify which [[method]] he may have employed. We frequently [[observed]] him [[acting]] with only the [[human]] [[content]] of [[consciousness]]; then would we behold him in [[conference]] with the directors of the [[celestial hosts]] of the [[Nebadon|universe]] and [[discern]] the undoubted [[functioning]] of the [[divine]] [[mind]]. And then on almost numberless occasions did we [[witness]] the working of this combined [[personality]] of [[man]] and [[God]] as it was activated by the [[apparent]] [[perfect]] [[union]] of the [[human]] and the [[divine]] [[minds]]. This is the [[limit]] of our [[knowledge]] of such [[phenomena]]; we really do not actually know the full [[truth]] about this [[mystery]].

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[[Category:Paper 161 - Further Discussions with Rodan]]

[[Category:Paper 161 - Further Discussions with Rodan]]

[[Category: Jesus/TeaM]]

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[[Category: Mind]]

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