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5:1.1 The inability of the [[finite]] [[creature]] to approach the [[infinite]] [[Father]] is inherent, not in the [[Father]]'s aloofness, but in the finiteness and [[material]] [[limitations]] of created beings. The [[magnitude]] of the [[spiritual]] [[difference]] between the highest [[personality]] of universe [[existence]] and the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_30#30:4._THE_ASCENDING_MORTALS lower groups] of created [[intelligences]] is inconceivable. Were it possible for the lower orders of intelligence to be transported instantly into the [[presence]] of the Father himself, they would not know they were there. They would there be just as oblivious of the presence of the [[Universal Father]] as where they now are. There is a long, long road ahead of [[mortal]] man before he can consistently and within the realms of [[possibility]] ask for safe conduct into the [[Paradise]] [[presence]] of the Universal Father. Spiritually, man must be [[translated]] many times before he can attain a [[plane]] that will yield the spiritual [[vision]] which will enable him to see even any one of the [[Seven Master Spirits]].

5:1.1 The inability of the [[finite]] [[creature]] to approach the [[infinite]] [[Father]] is inherent, not in the [[Father]]'s aloofness, but in the finiteness and [[material]] [[limitations]] of created beings. The [[magnitude]] of the [[spiritual]] [[difference]] between the highest [[personality]] of universe [[existence]] and the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_30#30:4._THE_ASCENDING_MORTALS lower groups] of created [[intelligences]] is inconceivable. Were it possible for the lower orders of intelligence to be transported instantly into the [[presence]] of the Father himself, they would not know they were there. They would there be just as oblivious of the presence of the [[Universal Father]] as where they now are. There is a long, long road ahead of [[mortal]] man before he can consistently and within the realms of [[possibility]] ask for safe conduct into the [[Paradise]] [[presence]] of the Universal Father. Spiritually, man must be [[translated]] many times before he can attain a [[plane]] that will yield the spiritual [[vision]] which will enable him to see even any one of the [[Seven Master Spirits]].

5:1.2 Our Father is not in hiding; he is not in [[arbitrary]] seclusion. He has mobilized the resources of [[divine]] [[wisdom]] in a never-ending effort to reveal himself to the [[children]] of his [[Master Universe|universal domains]]. There is an infinite grandeur and an inexpressible [[generosity]] connected with the [[majesty]] of his [[love]] which causes him to yearn for the [[association]] of every created being who can [[comprehend]], [[love]], or approach him; and it is, therefore, the limitations inherent in you, inseparable from your finite [[personality]] and [[material]] existence, that determine the time and place and circumstances in which you may achieve the goal of the [[journey]] of [[Ascension Career|mortal ascension]] and stand in the presence of the Father at the [[center]] of [[all things]].

5:1.2 Our Father is not in hiding; he is not in [[arbitrary]] seclusion. He has mobilized the resources of [[divine]] [[wisdom]] in a never-ending effort to reveal himself to the [[children]] of his [[Master Universe|universal domains]]. There is an infinite grandeur and an inexpressible [[generosity]] connected with the [[majesty]] of his [[love]] which causes him to yearn for the [[association]] of every created being who can [[comprehend]], [[love]], or approach him; and it is, therefore, the limitations inherent in you, inseparable from your finite [[personality]] and [[material]] existence, that determine the time and place and circumstances in which you may achieve the goal of the [[journey]] of [[Ascension Career|mortal ascension]] and stand in the presence of the Father at the [[center]] of [[all things]].

5:1.3 Although the approach to the [[Paradise]] [[presence]] of the Father must await your [[attainment]] of the [[Corps of the Finality|highest finite levels]] of [[spirit]] [[progression]], you should rejoice in the recognition of the ever-present possibility of [[immediate]] [[communion]] with the [[Thought Adjuster|bestowal spirit]] of [[the Father]] so [[intimate]]ly associated with your [[Inner Life|inner]] [[soul]] and your spiritualizing self.

5:1.3 Although the approach to the [[Paradise]] [[presence]] of the Father must await your [[attainment]] of the [[Corps of the Finality|highest finite levels]] of [[spirit]] [[progression]], you should rejoice in the recognition of the ever-present possibility of [[immediate]] [[communion]] with the [[Thought Adjuster|bestowal spirit]] of [[the Father]] so [[intimate]]ly associated with your [[Inner Life|inner]] [[soul]] and your spiritualizing self.

5:1.4 The [[mortals]] of the realms of [[time and space]] may differ greatly in innate abilities and [[intellectual]] endowment, they may enjoy [[environments]] exceptionally favorable to social advancement and [[moral]] [[progress]], or they may suffer from the lack of almost every [[human]] aid to [[culture]] and supposed advancement in the [[arts]] of [[civilization]];[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Human_condition] but the [[possibilities]] for spiritual [[progress]] in the [[ascension career]] are equal to all; increasing levels of spiritual [[insight]] and [[cosmic]] [[meanings]] are attained quite independently of all such sociomoral differentials of the diversified [[material]] [[environments]] on the [[Paper 49 - The Inhabited Worlds|evolutionary worlds]].

5:1.4 The [[mortals]] of the realms of [[time and space]] may differ greatly in innate abilities and [[intellectual]] endowment, they may enjoy [[environments]] exceptionally favorable to social advancement and [[moral]] [[progress]], or they may suffer from the lack of almost every [[human]] aid to [[culture]] and supposed advancement in the [[arts]] of [[civilization]];[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Human_condition] but the [[possibilities]] for spiritual [[progress]] in the [[ascension career]] are equal to all; increasing levels of spiritual [[insight]] and [[cosmic]] [[meanings]] are attained quite independently of all such sociomoral differentials of the diversified [[material]] [[environments]] on the [[Paper 49 - The Inhabited Worlds|evolutionary worlds]].

5:1.5 However [[Urantia]] mortals may differ in their [[intellectual]], [[social]], [[economic]], and even [[moral]] opportunities and endowments, forget not that their spiritual endowment is [[uniform]] and [[unique]]. They all enjoy the same [[divine]] [[presence]] of [[Thought Adjuster|the gift from the Father]], and they are all equally [[privileged]] to seek [[intimate]] [[personal]] [[communion]] with this indwelling spirit of divine [[origin]], while they may all equally [[choose]] to accept the uniform [[Guidance|spiritual leading]] of these [[Mystery Monitors]].

5:1.5 However [[Urantia]] mortals may differ in their [[intellectual]], [[social]], [[economic]], and even [[moral]] opportunities and endowments, forget not that their spiritual endowment is [[uniform]] and [[unique]]. They all enjoy the same [[divine]] [[presence]] of [[Thought Adjuster|the gift from the Father]], and they are all equally [[privileged]] to seek [[intimate]] [[personal]] [[communion]] with this indwelling spirit of divine [[origin]], while they may all equally [[choose]] to accept the uniform [[Guidance|spiritual leading]] of these [[Mystery Monitors]].

5:1.7 [[Man]] is spiritually indwelt by a [[surviving]] [[Thought Adjuster]]. If such a [[Adjutant Mind Spirits|human mind]] is [[sincerely]] and spiritually motivated, if such a human [[soul]] [[desires]] to know God and become like him, [[honestly]] wants to [[do the Father's will]], there exists no [[negative]] [[influence]] of mortal deprivation nor positive [[power]] of possible [[interference]] which can prevent such a divinely motivated soul from securely [[ascending]] to the [[portals]] of [[Paradise]].

5:1.7 [[Man]] is spiritually indwelt by a [[surviving]] [[Thought Adjuster]]. If such a [[Adjutant Mind Spirits|human mind]] is [[sincerely]] and spiritually motivated, if such a human [[soul]] [[desires]] to know God and become like him, [[honestly]] wants to [[do the Father's will]], there exists no [[negative]] [[influence]] of mortal deprivation nor positive [[power]] of possible [[interference]] which can prevent such a divinely motivated soul from securely [[ascending]] to the [[portals]] of [[Paradise]].

5:1.8 [[The Father]] [[desires]] all his [[creatures]] to be in [[personal]] [[communion]] with him. He has on Paradise [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:3._UPPER_PARADISE a place to receive all] those whose [[survival]] [[status]] and [[spiritual]] [[nature]] make possible such attainment. Therefore settle in your [[philosophy]] now and forever: To each of you and to all of us, God is approachable, the Father is attainable, the way is open; the [[forces]] of [[divine]] [[love]] and the ways and means of divine [[administration]] are all interlocked in an effort to facilitate the advancement of every [[worthy]] [[intelligence]] of [[Universe of Universes|every universe]] to the Paradise presence of the Universal Father.

5:1.8 [[The Father]] [[desires]] all his [[creatures]] to be in [[personal]] [[communion]] with him. He has on Paradise [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:3._UPPER_PARADISE a place to receive all] those whose [[survival]] [[status]] and [[spiritual]] [[nature]] make possible such attainment. Therefore settle in your [[philosophy]] now and forever: To each of you and to all of us, God is approachable, the Father is attainable, the way is open; the [[forces]] of [[divine]] [[love]] and the ways and means of divine [[administration]] are all interlocked in an effort to facilitate the advancement of every [[worthy]] [[intelligence]] of [[Universe of Universes|every universe]] to the Paradise presence of the Universal Father.

5:1.9 The [[fact]] that vast [[time]] is involved in the attainment of [[God]] makes the [[presence]] and [[personality]] of the Infinite none the less real. Your [[ascension]] is a part of the [[circuit]] of [[the seven superuniverses]], and though you swing around it countless times, you may expect, in [[spirit]] and in [[status]], to be ever swinging inward. You can depend upon being [[translated]] from [[sphere]] to sphere, from the [[Ascension Career|outer circuits ever nearer the inner center]], and some day, doubt not, you shall stand in the divine and [[central]] [[presence]] and see him, figuratively speaking, [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=File:Face_off_2.jpg face to face]. It is a question of the attainment of actual and [[literal]] spiritual [[Dimensions|levels]]; and these spiritual levels are attainable by any [[being]] who has been indwelt by a Mystery Monitor, and who has subsequently eternally [[Fusion|fused]] with that [[Thought Adjuster]].

5:1.9 The [[fact]] that vast [[time]] is involved in the attainment of [[God]] makes the [[presence]] and [[personality]] of the Infinite none the less real. Your [[ascension]] is a part of the [[circuit]] of [[the seven superuniverses]], and though you swing around it countless times, you may expect, in [[spirit]] and in [[status]], to be ever swinging inward. You can depend upon being [[translated]] from [[sphere]] to sphere, from the [[Ascension Career|outer circuits ever nearer the inner center]], and some day, doubt not, you shall stand in the divine and [[central]] [[presence]] and see him, figuratively speaking, [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=File:Face_off_2.jpg face to face]. It is a question of the attainment of actual and [[literal]] spiritual [[Dimensions|levels]]; and these spiritual levels are attainable by any [[being]] who has been indwelt by a Mystery Monitor, and who has subsequently eternally [[Fusion|fused]] with that [[Thought Adjuster]].

5:1.10 [[The Father]] is not in spiritual hiding[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Secret_Garden-2001-04-17], but so many of his [[creatures]] have hidden themselves away in the mists of their own willful [[decisions]] and for the time being have separated themselves from the [[communion]] of his spirit and the [[Spirit of Truth|spirit of his Son]] by the choosing of their own [[perverse]] ways and by the indulgence of the self-assertiveness of their intolerant minds and unspiritual natures.

5:1.10 [[The Father]] is not in spiritual hiding[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Secret_Garden-2001-04-17], but so many of his [[creatures]] have hidden themselves away in the mists of their own willful [[decisions]] and for the time being have separated themselves from the [[communion]] of his spirit and the [[Spirit of Truth|spirit of his Son]] by the choosing of their own [[perverse]] ways and by the indulgence of the self-assertiveness of their intolerant minds and unspiritual natures.

5:1.11 [[Mortal]] man may draw near [[God]] and may repeatedly forsake the divine will so long as the [[power]] of [[choice]] remains. Man's final doom is not sealed until he has lost the power to choose the Father's will. There is never a closure of the [[Father]]'s [[heart]] to the need and the petition of his [[children]]. Only do his offspring close their hearts forever to the Father's [[Charm|drawing power]] when they finally and forever lose the [[desire]] to do his divine will—to know him and to be like him. Likewise is man's [[eternal]] [[destiny]] assured when Adjuster [[fusion]] proclaims to the universe that such an ascender has made the final and irrevocable [[choice]] to live the Father's will.

5:1.11 [[Mortal]] man may draw near [[God]] and may repeatedly forsake the divine will so long as the [[power]] of [[choice]] remains. Man's final doom is not sealed until he has lost the power to choose the Father's will. There is never a closure of the [[Father]]'s [[heart]] to the need and the petition of his [[children]]. Only do his offspring close their hearts forever to the Father's [[Charm|drawing power]] when they finally and forever lose the [[desire]] to do his divine will—to know him and to be like him. Likewise is man's [[eternal]] [[destiny]] assured when Adjuster [[fusion]] proclaims to the universe that such an ascender has made the final and irrevocable [[choice]] to live the Father's will.

5:1.12 The great [[God]] makes [[Immediate|direct]] contact with [[mortal]] man and gives a part of his infinite and eternal and incomprehensible self to live and dwell within him. God has embarked upon the eternal [[adventure]] with man. If you yield to the [[Guidance|leadings]] of the spiritual forces in you and around you, you cannot fail to attain the high [[destiny]] established by a loving God as the universe goal of his [[Paper 40 - The Ascending Sons of God|ascendant creatures]] from the [[Paper 49 - The Inhabited Worlds|evolutionary worlds]] of space.

5:1.12 The great [[God]] makes [[Immediate|direct]] contact with [[mortal]] man and gives a part of his infinite and eternal and incomprehensible self to live and dwell within him. God has embarked upon the eternal [[adventure]] with man. If you yield to the [[Guidance|leadings]] of the spiritual forces in you and around you, you cannot fail to attain the high [[destiny]] established by a loving God as the universe goal of his [[Paper 40 - The Ascending Sons of God|ascendant creatures]] from the [[Paper 49 - The Inhabited Worlds|evolutionary worlds]] of space.

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