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180:5.1 The new helper which [[Jesus]] [[promised]] to send into the [[hearts]] of ''believers'', to pour out upon all [[flesh]], is the [[Spirit of Truth]]. This [[divine]] [[endowment]] is not the [[letter]] or [[law]] of [[truth]], neither is it to [[function]] as the [[form]] or [[expression]] of [[truth]]. The new [[teacher]] is the [[conviction]] of [[truth]], the [[consciousness]] and [[assurance]] of true [[meanings]] on real [[spirit]] [[levels]]. And this new teacher is the spirit of living and [[growing]] [[truth]], expanding, [[unfolding]], and [[adaptative]] [[truth]].

180:5.1 The new helper which [[Jesus]] [[promised]] to send into the [[hearts]] of ''believers'', to pour out upon all [[flesh]], is the [[Spirit of Truth]]. This [[divine]] [[endowment]] is not the [[letter]] or [[law]] of [[truth]], neither is it to [[function]] as the [[form]] or [[expression]] of [[truth]]. The new [[teacher]] is the [[conviction]] of [[truth]], the [[consciousness]] and [[assurance]] of true [[meanings]] on real [[spirit]] [[levels]]. And this new teacher is the spirit of living and [[growing]] [[truth]], expanding, [[unfolding]], and [[adaptative]] [[truth]].

180:5.2 [[Divine]] [[truth]] is a [[spirit]]-[[discerned]] and living [[reality]]. [[Truth]] [[exists]] only on high spiritual [[levels]] of the [[realization]] of [[divinity]] and the [[consciousness]] of [[communion]] with [[God]]. You can know the [[truth]], and you can live the truth; you can [[experience]] the [[growth]] of truth in the [[soul]] and enjoy the [[liberty]] of its [[enlightenment]] in the [[mind]], but you cannot [[imprison]] [[truth]] in [[formulas]], codes, [[creeds]], or [[intellectual]] [[patterns]] of [[human]] [[conduct]]. When you undertake the human [[formulation]] of [[divine]] [[truth]], it speedily dies. The post-mortem salvage of [[imprisoned]] [[truth]], even at best, can [[eventuate]] only in the [[realization]] of a peculiar [[form]] of intellectualized [[glorified]] [[wisdom]]. [[Static]] [[truth]] is dead [[truth]], and only dead [[truth]] can be held as a [[theory]]. Living [[truth]] is [[dynamic]] and can [[enjoy]] only an [[experiential]] [[existence]] in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 human mind].

180:5.2 [[Divine]] [[truth]] is a [[spirit]]-[[discerned]] and living [[reality]]. [[Truth]] [[exists]] only on high spiritual [[levels]] of the [[realization]] of [[divinity]] and the [[consciousness]] of [[communion]] with [[God]]. You can know the [[truth]], and you can live the truth; you can [[experience]] the [[growth]] of truth in the [[soul]] and enjoy the [[liberty]] of its [[enlightenment]] in the [[mind]], but you cannot [[imprison]] [[truth]] in [[formulas]], codes, [[creeds]], or [[intellectual]] [[patterns]] of [[human]] [[conduct]]. When you undertake the human [[formulation]] of [[divine]] [[truth]], it speedily dies. The post-mortem salvage of [[imprisoned]] [[truth]], even at best, can [[eventuate]] only in the [[realization]] of a peculiar [[form]] of intellectualized [[glorified]] [[wisdom]]. [[Static]] [[truth]] is dead [[truth]], and only dead [[truth]] can be held as a [[theory]]. Living [[truth]] is [[dynamic]] and can [[enjoy]] only an [[experiential]] [[existence]] in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 human mind].

180:5.3 [[Intelligence]] [[grows]] out of a [[material]] [[existence]] which is [[illuminated]] by the [[presence]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 cosmic mind]. [[Wisdom]] comprises the [[consciousness]] of [[knowledge]] elevated to new levels of [[meaning]] and [[activated]] by the [[presence]] of the [[universe]] [[endowment]] of the [[Adjutant Mind Spirits|adjutant of wisdom]]. [[Truth]] is a [[spiritual]] [[reality]] [[value]] [[experienced]] only by [[spirit]]-[[endowed]] [[beings]] who [[function]] upon supermaterial levels of [[universe]] [[consciousness]], and who, after the [[realization]] of [[truth]], [[permit]] its spirit of [[activation]] to live and [[reign]] within their [[souls]].

180:5.3 [[Intelligence]] [[grows]] out of a [[material]] [[existence]] which is [[illuminated]] by the [[presence]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 cosmic mind]. [[Wisdom]] comprises the [[consciousness]] of [[knowledge]] elevated to new levels of [[meaning]] and [[activated]] by the [[presence]] of the [[universe]] [[endowment]] of the [[Adjutant Mind Spirits|adjutant of wisdom]]. [[Truth]] is a [[spiritual]] [[reality]] [[value]] [[experienced]] only by [[spirit]]-[[endowed]] [[beings]] who [[function]] upon supermaterial levels of [[universe]] [[consciousness]], and who, after the [[realization]] of [[truth]], [[permit]] its spirit of [[activation]] to live and [[reign]] within their [[souls]].

180:5.4 The true [[child]] of [[universe]] [[insight]] looks for the living [[Spirit of Truth]] in every [[wise]] saying. The [[God]]-knowing [[individual]] is constantly elevating [[wisdom]] to the living-[[truth]] levels of [[divine]] [[attainment]]; the spiritually unprogressive [[soul]] is all the while dragging the living [[truth]] down to the dead levels of [[wisdom]] and to the [[domain]] of mere exalted [[knowledge]].

180:5.4 The true [[child]] of [[universe]] [[insight]] looks for the living [[Spirit of Truth]] in every [[wise]] saying. The [[God]]-knowing [[individual]] is constantly elevating [[wisdom]] to the living-[[truth]] levels of [[divine]] [[attainment]]; the spiritually unprogressive [[soul]] is all the while dragging the living [[truth]] down to the dead levels of [[wisdom]] and to the [[domain]] of mere exalted [[knowledge]].

180:5.6 Some [[persons]] [[discern]] and [[interpret]] the [[golden rule]] as a [[purely]] [[intellectual]] affirmation of human fraternity. Others [[experience]] this [[expression]] of human [[relationship]] as an [[emotional]] [[gratification]] of the [[tender]] [[feelings]] of the [[human]] [[personality]]. Another [[mortal]] [[recognizes]] this same [[golden rule]] as the yardstick for measuring all [[social]] [[relations]], the [[standard]] of [[social]] [[conduct]]. Still others look upon it as [[being]] the [[positive]] injunction of a great [[moral]] [[teacher]] who embodied in this [[statement]] the highest [[concept]] of [[moral]] [[obligation]] as regards all fraternal [[relationships]]. In the lives of such [[moral]] beings the [[golden rule]] becomes the [[wise]] [[center]] and [[circumference]] of all their [[philosophy]].

180:5.6 Some [[persons]] [[discern]] and [[interpret]] the [[golden rule]] as a [[purely]] [[intellectual]] affirmation of human fraternity. Others [[experience]] this [[expression]] of human [[relationship]] as an [[emotional]] [[gratification]] of the [[tender]] [[feelings]] of the [[human]] [[personality]]. Another [[mortal]] [[recognizes]] this same [[golden rule]] as the yardstick for measuring all [[social]] [[relations]], the [[standard]] of [[social]] [[conduct]]. Still others look upon it as [[being]] the [[positive]] injunction of a great [[moral]] [[teacher]] who embodied in this [[statement]] the highest [[concept]] of [[moral]] [[obligation]] as regards all fraternal [[relationships]]. In the lives of such [[moral]] beings the [[golden rule]] becomes the [[wise]] [[center]] and [[circumference]] of all their [[philosophy]].

180:5.7 In [[the kingdom]] of the [[believing]] brotherhood of [[God]]-[[knowing]] [[truth]] lovers, this [[golden rule]] takes on living [[qualities]] of [[spiritual]] [[realization]] on those higher [[levels]] of [[interpretation]] which cause the [[mortal]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE sons of God] to view this injunction of [[the Master]] as requiring them so to relate themselves to their fellows that they will [[receive]] the highest possible [[good]] as a result of the [[believer]]'s contact with them. This is the [[essence]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_101#101:1._TRUE_RELIGION true religion]: that you [[love]] your [[neighbor]] as yourself.

180:5.7 In [[the kingdom]] of the [[believing]] brotherhood of [[God]]-[[knowing]] [[truth]] lovers, this [[golden rule]] takes on living [[qualities]] of [[spiritual]] [[realization]] on those higher [[levels]] of [[interpretation]] which cause the [[mortal]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE sons of God] to view this injunction of [[the Master]] as requiring them so to relate themselves to their fellows that they will [[receive]] the highest possible [[good]] as a result of the [[believer]]'s contact with them. This is the [[essence]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_101#101:1._TRUE_RELIGION true religion]: that you [[love]] your [[neighbor]] as yourself.

180:5.8 But the highest [[realization]] and the truest [[interpretation]] of the [[golden rule]] consists in the [[consciousness]] of the spirit of the [[truth]] of the [[enduring]] and living [[reality]] of such a [[divine]] [[declaration]]. The true [[cosmic]] [[meaning]] of this rule of [[universal]] [[relationship]] is [[revealed]] only in its [[spiritual]] [[realization]], in the [[interpretation]] of the [[law]] of [[conduct]] by the [[Spirit of Truth|spirit of the Son]] to the [[Thought Adjuster|spirit of the Father]] that indwells the [[soul]] of [[mortal]] man. And when such [[spirit]]-led [[mortals]] [[realize]] the true [[meaning]] of this [[golden rule]], they are filled to overflowing with the [[assurance]] of [[citizenship]] in a friendly [[universe]], and their [[ideals]] of [[spirit]] [[reality]] are [[satisfied]] only when they [[love]] their fellows as [[Jesus]] loved us all, and that is the [[reality]] of the [[realization]] of the [[love]] of [[God]].

180:5.8 But the highest [[realization]] and the truest [[interpretation]] of the [[golden rule]] consists in the [[consciousness]] of the spirit of the [[truth]] of the [[enduring]] and living [[reality]] of such a [[divine]] [[declaration]]. The true [[cosmic]] [[meaning]] of this rule of [[universal]] [[relationship]] is [[revealed]] only in its [[spiritual]] [[realization]], in the [[interpretation]] of the [[law]] of [[conduct]] by the [[Spirit of Truth|spirit of the Son]] to the [[Thought Adjuster|spirit of the Father]] that indwells the [[soul]] of [[mortal]] man. And when such [[spirit]]-led [[mortals]] [[realize]] the true [[meaning]] of this [[golden rule]], they are filled to overflowing with the [[assurance]] of [[citizenship]] in a friendly [[universe]], and their [[ideals]] of [[spirit]] [[reality]] are [[satisfied]] only when they [[love]] their fellows as [[Jesus]] loved us all, and that is the [[reality]] of the [[realization]] of the [[love]] of [[God]].

180:5.9 This same [[philosophy]] of the living [[flexibility]] and [[cosmic]] [[adaptability]] of [[divine]] [[truth]] to the [[individual]] requirements and [[capacity]] of every [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD son of God], must be [[perceived]] before you can [[hope]] adequately to [[understand]] [[the Master]]'s [[teaching]] and [[practice]] of [[nonresistance]] to [[evil]]. [[The Master]]'s teaching is basically a [[spiritual]] pronouncement. Even the [[material]] implications of his [[philosophy]] cannot be helpfully [[considered]] apart from their [[spiritual]] correlations. The spirit of [[the Master]]'s injunction consists in the [[nonresistance]] of all [[selfish]] [[reaction]] to the [[universe]], coupled with the [[aggressive]] and [[progressive]] [[attainment]] of [[righteous]] levels of true spirit [[values]]: [[divine]] [[beauty]], [[infinite]] [[goodness]], and [[eternal]] [[truth]]—to know [[God]] and to become increasingly like him.

180:5.9 This same [[philosophy]] of the living [[flexibility]] and [[cosmic]] [[adaptability]] of [[divine]] [[truth]] to the [[individual]] requirements and [[capacity]] of every [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:6._THE_FAITH_SONS_OF_GOD son of God], must be [[perceived]] before you can [[hope]] adequately to [[understand]] [[the Master]]'s [[teaching]] and [[practice]] of [[nonresistance]] to [[evil]]. [[The Master]]'s teaching is basically a [[spiritual]] pronouncement. Even the [[material]] implications of his [[philosophy]] cannot be helpfully [[considered]] apart from their [[spiritual]] correlations. The spirit of [[the Master]]'s injunction consists in the [[nonresistance]] of all [[selfish]] [[reaction]] to the [[universe]], coupled with the [[aggressive]] and [[progressive]] [[attainment]] of [[righteous]] levels of true spirit [[values]]: [[divine]] [[beauty]], [[infinite]] [[goodness]], and [[eternal]] [[truth]]—to know [[God]] and to become increasingly like him.

180:5.10 [[Love]], [[unselfishness]], must undergo a constant and living readaptative [[interpretation]] of [[relationships]] in [[accordance]] with the [[leading]] of the [[Spirit of Truth]]. [[Love]] must thereby grasp the ever-[[changing]] and enlarging [[concepts]] of the highest [[cosmic]] [[good]] of the [[individual]] who is [[loved]]. And then [[love]] goes on to strike this same [[attitude]] concerning all other [[individuals]] who could possibly be [[influenced]] by the [[growing]] and living [[relationship]] of one [[spirit]]-led [[mortal]]'s [[love]] for other [[citizens]] of the [[universe]]. And this entire living [[adaptation]] of [[love]] must be effected in the [[light]] of both the [[environment]] of present [[evil]] and the [[eternal]] goal of the [[perfection]] of [[divine]] [[destiny]].

180:5.10 [[Love]], [[unselfishness]], must undergo a constant and living readaptative [[interpretation]] of [[relationships]] in [[accordance]] with the [[leading]] of the [[Spirit of Truth]]. [[Love]] must thereby grasp the ever-[[changing]] and enlarging [[concepts]] of the highest [[cosmic]] [[good]] of the [[individual]] who is [[loved]]. And then [[love]] goes on to strike this same [[attitude]] concerning all other [[individuals]] who could possibly be [[influenced]] by the [[growing]] and living [[relationship]] of one [[spirit]]-led [[mortal]]'s [[love]] for other [[citizens]] of the [[universe]]. And this entire living [[adaptation]] of [[love]] must be effected in the [[light]] of both the [[environment]] of present [[evil]] and the [[eternal]] goal of the [[perfection]] of [[divine]] [[destiny]].

180:5.12 And all this clearly indicates the [[difference]] between the old [[religion]] and the new. The old religion taught [[self]]-[[sacrifice]]; the new religion teaches only [[self]]-forgetfulness, enhanced [[self-realization]] in conjoined [[social]] [[service]] and [[universe]] [[comprehension]]. The old [[religion]] was [[motivated]] by [[fear]]-[[consciousness]]; the new [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] is [[dominated]] by [[truth]]-[[conviction]], the [[spirit]] of [[eternal]] and [[universal]] [[truth]]. And no amount of [[piety]] or [[creedal]] [[loyalty]] can [[compensate]] for the [[absence]] in the life [[experience]] of kingdom [[believers]] of that [[spontaneous]], generous, and [[sincere]] friendliness which characterizes the spirit-born sons of the living [[God]]. Neither [[tradition]] nor a [[ceremonial]] [[system]] of [[formal]] [[worship]] can [[atone]] for the lack of genuine [[compassion]] for one's fellows.

180:5.12 And all this clearly indicates the [[difference]] between the old [[religion]] and the new. The old religion taught [[self]]-[[sacrifice]]; the new religion teaches only [[self]]-forgetfulness, enhanced [[self-realization]] in conjoined [[social]] [[service]] and [[universe]] [[comprehension]]. The old [[religion]] was [[motivated]] by [[fear]]-[[consciousness]]; the new [[gospel]] of [[the kingdom]] is [[dominated]] by [[truth]]-[[conviction]], the [[spirit]] of [[eternal]] and [[universal]] [[truth]]. And no amount of [[piety]] or [[creedal]] [[loyalty]] can [[compensate]] for the [[absence]] in the life [[experience]] of kingdom [[believers]] of that [[spontaneous]], generous, and [[sincere]] friendliness which characterizes the spirit-born sons of the living [[God]]. Neither [[tradition]] nor a [[ceremonial]] [[system]] of [[formal]] [[worship]] can [[atone]] for the lack of genuine [[compassion]] for one's fellows.

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