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23:3.1 The ''Solitary Messengers'' are the highest [[type]] of [[perfect]] and [[confidential]] [[personality]] available in all realms for the quick [[transmission]] of important and urgent [[messages]] when it is inexpedient to utilize either the [[broadcast]] [[service]] or the [[reflectivity]] [[mechanism]]. They serve in an endless variety of assignments, helping out the [[spiritual]] and [[material]] [[beings]] of the realms, particularly where the element of [[time]] is involved. Of all orders assigned to the [[services]] of the [[superuniverse]] domains, they are the highest and most [[versatile]] [[personalized]] [[beings]] who can come so near to defying [[time and space]].
23:3.2 The [[universe]] is well supplied with spirits who utilize [[gravity]] for [[purposes]] of transit; they can go anywhere any time—instanter—but they are not [[persons]]. Certain other [[gravity]] traversers are personal beings, such as [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_31#31:2._GRAVITY_MESSENGERS Gravity Messengers] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_30#PAPER_30:_PERSONALITIES_OF_THE_GRAND_UNIVERSE Transcendental Recorders (30:1.15)], but they are not available to the [[Superuniverse|super]]- and the [[local universe]] [[administrators]]. The worlds teem with [[angels]] and men and other highly [[personal]] [[beings]], but they are handicapped by [[time and space]]: The [[limit]] of [[velocity]] for most nonenseraphimed beings is [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Light_year 186,280 miles of your world per second] of your time; the [[midway creatures]] and certain others can, often do, attain double velocity—372,560 miles per second—while the [[seraphim]] and others can traverse space at triple [[velocity]], about 558,840 miles per second. There are, however, no transit or [[messenger]] [[personalities]] who [[function]] between the instantaneous velocities of the [[gravity]] traversers and the comparatively slow speeds of the [[seraphim]], except the Solitary Messengers.
23:3.3 Solitary Messengers are, therefore, generally used for dispatch and [[service]] in those situations where [[personality]] is [[essential]] to the achievement of the assignment, and where it is [[desired]] to avoid the loss of [[time]] which would be occasioned by the sending of any other readily available type of personal messenger. They are the only definitely [[personalized]] [[beings]] who can [[synchronize]] with the combined [[universal]] currents of the [[grand universe]]. Their velocity in traversing [[space]] is variable, depending on a great [[variety]] of [[interfering]] [[influences]], but the record shows that on the [[journey]] to fulfill this mission my [[associate]] messenger proceeded at the rate of 841,621,642,000 (4.52 million x [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Light_year speed of light]) of your miles per second of your [[time]].
23:3.4 It is wholly beyond my [[ability]] to explain to the [[material]] [[type]] of [[mind]] how a [[spirit]] can be a real [[person]] and at the same time traverse [[space]] at such tremendous [[velocities]]. But these very Solitary Messengers actually come to, and go from, [[Urantia]] at these incomprehensible speeds; indeed, the whole [[economy]] of [[universal]] [[administration]] would be largely deprived of its [[personal]] element were this not a [[fact]].
23:3.5 The Solitary Messengers are [[able]] to [[function]] as [[emergency]] lines of [[communication]] throughout remote [[space]] regions, realms not [[embraced]] within the established [[circuits]] of the [[grand universe]]. It [[develops]] that one messenger, when so functioning, can transmit a message or send an impulse through [[space]] to a fellow messenger about one hundred [[light-years]] away as [[Urantia]] [[astronomers]] estimate stellar distances.
23:3.6 Of the myriads of [[beings]] who [[co-operate]] with us in the conduct of the affairs of the [[superuniverse]], none are more important in [[practical]] helpfulness and timesaving [[assistance]]. In the [[universes]] of [[space]] we must reckon with the handicaps of [[time]]; hence the great [[service]] of the Solitary Messengers, who, by means of their [[personal]] [[prerogatives]] of [[communication]], are somewhat [[independent]] of [[space]] and, by [[virtue]] of their tremendous transit [[velocities]], are so nearly [[independent]] of [[time]].
23:3.7 I am at a loss to explain to [[Urantia]] [[mortals]] how the Solitary Messengers can be without [[form]] and yet possess real and definite [[personalities]]. Although they are without that form which would naturally be [[associated]] with [[personality]], they do [[possess]] a [[spirit]] [[presence]] which is [[discernible]] by all higher [[types]] of [[spirit]] [[beings]]. The Solitary Messengers are the only class of beings who seem to be possessed of well-nigh all the advantages of a formless [[spirit]] coupled with all the [[prerogatives]] of a full-fledged [[personality]]. They are true [[persons]], yet endowed with nearly all of the [[attributes]] of [[impersonal]] spirit [[manifestation]].
23:3.8 In the [[seven superuniverses]], ordinarily—but not always—[[everything]] which tends to increase any [[creature]]'s [[liberation]] from the handicaps of [[time and space]] [[proportionately]] diminishes [[personality]] [[prerogatives]]. Solitary Messengers are an exception to this general [[law]]. They are in their [[activities]] all but unrestricted in the utilization of any and all of the [[limitless]] avenues of [[spiritual]] [[expression]], [[divine]] [[service]], [[personal]] ministry, and [[cosmic]] [[communication]]. If you could view these extraordinary [[beings]] in the [[light]] of my [[experience]] in [[universe]] [[administration]], you would [[comprehend]] how [[difficult]] it would be to [[co-ordinate]] [[superuniverse]] affairs were it not for their [[versatile]] [[co-operation]].
23:3.9 No matter how much the [[universe]] may enlarge, no more Solitary Messengers will [[probably]] ever be [[created]]. As the universes grow, the expanded work of [[administration]] must be increasingly borne by other [[types]] of spirit ministers and by those beings who take [[origin]] in these new [[creations]], such as the [[creatures]] of the [[Sovereign Sons]] and the [[local universe]] [[Mother Spirit]]s.
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[[Category:Category:Paper 23 - The Solitary Messengers]]
23:3.1 The ''Solitary Messengers'' are the highest [[type]] of [[perfect]] and [[confidential]] [[personality]] available in all realms for the quick [[transmission]] of important and urgent [[messages]] when it is inexpedient to utilize either the [[broadcast]] [[service]] or the [[reflectivity]] [[mechanism]]. They serve in an endless variety of assignments, helping out the [[spiritual]] and [[material]] [[beings]] of the realms, particularly where the element of [[time]] is involved. Of all orders assigned to the [[services]] of the [[superuniverse]] domains, they are the highest and most [[versatile]] [[personalized]] [[beings]] who can come so near to defying [[time and space]].
23:3.2 The [[universe]] is well supplied with spirits who utilize [[gravity]] for [[purposes]] of transit; they can go anywhere any time—instanter—but they are not [[persons]]. Certain other [[gravity]] traversers are personal beings, such as [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_31#31:2._GRAVITY_MESSENGERS Gravity Messengers] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_30#PAPER_30:_PERSONALITIES_OF_THE_GRAND_UNIVERSE Transcendental Recorders (30:1.15)], but they are not available to the [[Superuniverse|super]]- and the [[local universe]] [[administrators]]. The worlds teem with [[angels]] and men and other highly [[personal]] [[beings]], but they are handicapped by [[time and space]]: The [[limit]] of [[velocity]] for most nonenseraphimed beings is [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Light_year 186,280 miles of your world per second] of your time; the [[midway creatures]] and certain others can, often do, attain double velocity—372,560 miles per second—while the [[seraphim]] and others can traverse space at triple [[velocity]], about 558,840 miles per second. There are, however, no transit or [[messenger]] [[personalities]] who [[function]] between the instantaneous velocities of the [[gravity]] traversers and the comparatively slow speeds of the [[seraphim]], except the Solitary Messengers.
23:3.3 Solitary Messengers are, therefore, generally used for dispatch and [[service]] in those situations where [[personality]] is [[essential]] to the achievement of the assignment, and where it is [[desired]] to avoid the loss of [[time]] which would be occasioned by the sending of any other readily available type of personal messenger. They are the only definitely [[personalized]] [[beings]] who can [[synchronize]] with the combined [[universal]] currents of the [[grand universe]]. Their velocity in traversing [[space]] is variable, depending on a great [[variety]] of [[interfering]] [[influences]], but the record shows that on the [[journey]] to fulfill this mission my [[associate]] messenger proceeded at the rate of 841,621,642,000 (4.52 million x [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Light_year speed of light]) of your miles per second of your [[time]].
23:3.4 It is wholly beyond my [[ability]] to explain to the [[material]] [[type]] of [[mind]] how a [[spirit]] can be a real [[person]] and at the same time traverse [[space]] at such tremendous [[velocities]]. But these very Solitary Messengers actually come to, and go from, [[Urantia]] at these incomprehensible speeds; indeed, the whole [[economy]] of [[universal]] [[administration]] would be largely deprived of its [[personal]] element were this not a [[fact]].
23:3.5 The Solitary Messengers are [[able]] to [[function]] as [[emergency]] lines of [[communication]] throughout remote [[space]] regions, realms not [[embraced]] within the established [[circuits]] of the [[grand universe]]. It [[develops]] that one messenger, when so functioning, can transmit a message or send an impulse through [[space]] to a fellow messenger about one hundred [[light-years]] away as [[Urantia]] [[astronomers]] estimate stellar distances.
23:3.6 Of the myriads of [[beings]] who [[co-operate]] with us in the conduct of the affairs of the [[superuniverse]], none are more important in [[practical]] helpfulness and timesaving [[assistance]]. In the [[universes]] of [[space]] we must reckon with the handicaps of [[time]]; hence the great [[service]] of the Solitary Messengers, who, by means of their [[personal]] [[prerogatives]] of [[communication]], are somewhat [[independent]] of [[space]] and, by [[virtue]] of their tremendous transit [[velocities]], are so nearly [[independent]] of [[time]].
23:3.7 I am at a loss to explain to [[Urantia]] [[mortals]] how the Solitary Messengers can be without [[form]] and yet possess real and definite [[personalities]]. Although they are without that form which would naturally be [[associated]] with [[personality]], they do [[possess]] a [[spirit]] [[presence]] which is [[discernible]] by all higher [[types]] of [[spirit]] [[beings]]. The Solitary Messengers are the only class of beings who seem to be possessed of well-nigh all the advantages of a formless [[spirit]] coupled with all the [[prerogatives]] of a full-fledged [[personality]]. They are true [[persons]], yet endowed with nearly all of the [[attributes]] of [[impersonal]] spirit [[manifestation]].
23:3.8 In the [[seven superuniverses]], ordinarily—but not always—[[everything]] which tends to increase any [[creature]]'s [[liberation]] from the handicaps of [[time and space]] [[proportionately]] diminishes [[personality]] [[prerogatives]]. Solitary Messengers are an exception to this general [[law]]. They are in their [[activities]] all but unrestricted in the utilization of any and all of the [[limitless]] avenues of [[spiritual]] [[expression]], [[divine]] [[service]], [[personal]] ministry, and [[cosmic]] [[communication]]. If you could view these extraordinary [[beings]] in the [[light]] of my [[experience]] in [[universe]] [[administration]], you would [[comprehend]] how [[difficult]] it would be to [[co-ordinate]] [[superuniverse]] affairs were it not for their [[versatile]] [[co-operation]].
23:3.9 No matter how much the [[universe]] may enlarge, no more Solitary Messengers will [[probably]] ever be [[created]]. As the universes grow, the expanded work of [[administration]] must be increasingly borne by other [[types]] of spirit ministers and by those beings who take [[origin]] in these new [[creations]], such as the [[creatures]] of the [[Sovereign Sons]] and the [[local universe]] [[Mother Spirit]]s.
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_23 Go to Paper 23]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Category:Paper 23 - The Solitary Messengers]]