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You have the [[Spirit of Truth]]. You have the living fragment of [[God within]] you. You have a certain [[knowledge]] of [[truth]] and [[goodness]] and [[beauty]] and [[love]] to guide you. You have the [[spiritual]] muscles of your [[soul]] - as strong as your use of them has made them. And it is those muscles - if you will - that have a firm grip on your [[destiny]] through your [[freewill]]. [[Imagine]] [[the Father]] has given you a large diamond at the beginning of your life, and it is your job to cut that diamond so that it may [[reflect]] [[light]] in brilliant and in interesting ways. You have the gift of [[personality]] given with the [[gift]] of life, and your [[freewill]] is the [[tool]] that you use to shape this [[personality]]. How will you [[shape]] it? That is your [[decision]].

You have the [[Spirit of Truth]]. You have the living fragment of [[God within]] you. You have a certain [[knowledge]] of [[truth]] and [[goodness]] and [[beauty]] and [[love]] to guide you. You have the [[spiritual]] muscles of your [[soul]] - as strong as your use of them has made them. And it is those muscles - if you will - that have a firm grip on your [[destiny]] through your [[freewill]]. [[Imagine]] [[the Father]] has given you a large diamond at the beginning of your life, and it is your job to cut that diamond so that it may [[reflect]] [[light]] in brilliant and in interesting ways. You have the gift of [[personality]] given with the [[gift]] of life, and your [[freewill]] is the [[tool]] that you use to shape this [[personality]]. How will you [[shape]] it? That is your [[decision]].

Will you make [[changes]]? Almost certainly. Will you [[regret]] them? Yes, of course, but not all of them. When you pass from the life in the [[flesh]] and are given the [[choice]] of continuing on or not, at that [[point]] the richness of [[destiny]] will almost certainly be such an irresistible inducement that no one but the most deeply impaired ever [[decline]] to continue. This [[concept]] is [[difficult]] to grasp at this [[point]] for you, nonetheless it is useful to [[ponder]].

Will you make [[changes]]? Almost certainly. Will you [[regret]] them? Yes, of course, but not all of them. When you pass from the life in the [[flesh]] and are given the [[choice]] of continuing on or not, at that [[point]] the richness of [[destiny]] will almost certainly be such an irresistible inducement that no one but the most deeply impaired ever decline to continue. This [[concept]] is [[difficult]] to grasp at this [[point]] for you, nonetheless it is useful to [[ponder]].

Much has been [[written]] in your [[literature]] on [[Urantia]] about [[destiny]], the [[concept]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moirae fate]. And some of what has been [[speculated]] is actually quite close to the [[truth]]. Yes, a single [[decision]] can change the [[course]] very much. Yes, the decision you make at any time can have an [[impact]] on the destiny of another, not unlike [[stars]] on a [[collision]] course, or - less [[dramatic]] - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marbles marbles] rebounding from one another as they roll down an incline, each impact causing a ricocheting of other marbles, and yet others. It is this [[interaction]] of [[destinies]] through [[personalities]] and free-will [[decision]] that makes fellowship so [[vitally]] important in [[the Universe]]. As [[Urantia]] [[progresses]] toward the era of [[light and life]], the [[spiritual growth]] of [[individuals]] will [[accelerate]] and improve. [[Fellowship]] will [[grow]], and there will be far more [[positive]] [[impacts]] of [[personalities]] upon personalities in the sense of non-adverse contributions to [[growth]].

Much has been [[written]] in your [[literature]] on [[Urantia]] about [[destiny]], the [[concept]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moirae fate]. And some of what has been [[speculated]] is actually quite close to the [[truth]]. Yes, a single [[decision]] can change the [[course]] very much. Yes, the decision you make at any time can have an [[impact]] on the destiny of another, not unlike [[stars]] on a [[collision]] course, or - less [[dramatic]] - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marbles marbles] rebounding from one another as they roll down an incline, each impact causing a ricocheting of other marbles, and yet others. It is this [[interaction]] of [[destinies]] through [[personalities]] and free-will [[decision]] that makes fellowship so [[vitally]] important in [[the Universe]]. As [[Urantia]] [[progresses]] toward the era of [[light and life]], the [[spiritual growth]] of [[individuals]] will [[accelerate]] and improve. [[Fellowship]] will [[grow]], and there will be far more [[positive]] [[impacts]] of [[personalities]] upon personalities in the sense of non-adverse contributions to [[growth]].