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5:3.1 Though the [[Paradise Trinity|Paradise Deities]], from the [[universe]] [[Perspective|standpoint]], are as one, in their spiritual [[relations]] with such beings as inhabit [[Urantia]] they are also three distinct and separate [[persons]]. There is a [[difference]] between the Godheads in the matter of [[personal]] [[Prayer|appeals]], [[communion]], and other [[intimate]] relations. In the highest sense, we [[worship]] the [[Universal Father]] and him only. True, we can and do worship the Father as he is manifested in his [[Creator Sons]], but it is the Father, directly or indirectly, who is worshiped and adored.

5:3.1 Though the [[Paradise Trinity|Paradise Deities]], from the [[universe]] [[Perspective|standpoint]], are as one, in their spiritual [[relations]] with such beings as inhabit [[Urantia]] they are also three distinct and separate [[persons]]. There is a [[difference]] between the Godheads in the matter of [[personal]] [[Prayer|appeals]], [[communion]], and other [[intimate]] relations. In the highest sense, we [[worship]] the [[Universal Father]] and him only. True, we can and do worship the Father as he is manifested in his [[Creator Sons]], but it is the Father, directly or indirectly, who is worshiped and adored.

5:3.2 [[Prayer|Supplications]] of all kinds belong to the realm of the [[Eternal Son]] and the [[Paper 7 - Relation of the Eternal Son to the Universe|Son's spiritual organization]]. Prayers, all [[formal]] [[communications]], [[everything]] except [[adoration]] and [[worship]] of the [[Universal Father]], are matters that concern a [[local universe]]; they do not ordinarily proceed out of the realm of the jurisdiction of a [[Creator Son]]. But worship is undoubtedly encircuited and dispatched to the [[person]] of the Creator by the [[function]] of the [[Father]]'s [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#VI._ENERGY_AND_PATTERN personality circuit]. We further believe that such registry of the homage of an Adjuster-indwelt [[creature]] is facilitated by the Father's spirit presence. There exists a tremendous amount of [[evidence]] to [[Support|substantiate]] such a [[belief]], and I know that [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_107#107:2._CLASSIFICATION_OF_ADJUSTERS all orders of Father fragments] are empowered to register the bona fide [[adoration]] of their subjects acceptably in the [[presence]] of the [[Universal Father]]. The Adjusters undoubtedly also utilize direct prepersonal [[channels]] of [[communication]] with [[God]], and they are likewise able to utilize the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_7#7:1._THE_SPIRIT-GRAVITY_CIRCUIT spirit-gravity circuits] of the [[Eternal Son]].

5:3.2 [[Prayer|Supplications]] of all kinds belong to the realm of the [[Eternal Son]] and the [[Paper 7 - Relation of the Eternal Son to the Universe|Son's spiritual organization]]. Prayers, all [[formal]] [[communications]], [[everything]] except [[adoration]] and [[worship]] of the [[Universal Father]], are matters that concern a [[local universe]]; they do not ordinarily proceed out of the realm of the jurisdiction of a [[Creator Son]]. But worship is undoubtedly encircuited and dispatched to the [[person]] of the Creator by the [[function]] of the [[Father]]'s [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#VI._ENERGY_AND_PATTERN personality circuit]. We further believe that such registry of the homage of an Adjuster-indwelt [[creature]] is facilitated by the Father's spirit presence. There exists a tremendous amount of [[evidence]] to [[Support|substantiate]] such a [[belief]], and I know that [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_107#107:2._CLASSIFICATION_OF_ADJUSTERS all orders of Father fragments] are empowered to register the bona fide [[adoration]] of their subjects acceptably in the [[presence]] of the [[Universal Father]]. The Adjusters undoubtedly also utilize direct prepersonal [[channels]] of [[communication]] with [[God]], and they are likewise able to utilize the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_7#7:1._THE_SPIRIT-GRAVITY_CIRCUIT spirit-gravity circuits] of the [[Eternal Son]].

5:3.3 [[Worship]] is for its own sake; [[prayer]] embodies a self- or [[creature]]-interest element; that is the great [[difference]] between worship and prayer. There is [[absolutely]] no self-request or other element of [[personal]] interest in true worship; we simply worship [[God]] for what we [[comprehend]] him to be. Worship asks nothing and expects nothing for the worshiper. We do not worship the Father because of anything we may derive from such veneration; we render such [[devotion]] and engage in such worship as a natural and [[spontaneous]] [[reaction]] to the recognition of the Father's matchless [[personality]] and because of his lovable [[nature]] and adorable [[attributes]].

5:3.3 [[Worship]] is for its own sake; [[prayer]] embodies a self- or [[creature]]-interest element; that is the great [[difference]] between worship and prayer. There is [[absolutely]] no self-request or other element of [[personal]] interest in true worship; we simply worship [[God]] for what we [[comprehend]] him to be. Worship asks nothing and expects nothing for the worshiper. We do not worship the Father because of anything we may derive from such veneration; we render such [[devotion]] and engage in such worship as a natural and [[spontaneous]] [[reaction]] to the recognition of the Father's matchless [[personality]] and because of his lovable [[nature]] and adorable [[attributes]].

5:3.5 When you deal with the practical affairs of your daily life, you are in the hands of the [[Paper 38 - Ministering Spirits of the Local Universe|spirit personalities]] having [[origin]] in the [[Third Source and Center]]; you are [[co-operating]] with the agencies of the [[Conjoint Actor]]. And so it is: You [[worship]] [[The Father|God]]; pray to, and [[commune]] with, [[Eternal Son|the Son]]; and [[work]] out the details of your [[earth]]ly [[Journey|sojourn]] in connection with the [[intelligences]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]] operating on your world and throughout your [[universe]].

5:3.5 When you deal with the practical affairs of your daily life, you are in the hands of the [[Paper 38 - Ministering Spirits of the Local Universe|spirit personalities]] having [[origin]] in the [[Third Source and Center]]; you are [[co-operating]] with the agencies of the [[Conjoint Actor]]. And so it is: You [[worship]] [[The Father|God]]; pray to, and [[commune]] with, [[Eternal Son|the Son]]; and [[work]] out the details of your [[earth]]ly [[Journey|sojourn]] in connection with the [[intelligences]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]] operating on your world and throughout your [[universe]].

5:3.6 The Creator or [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:5._RELATION_OF_MASTER_SONS_TO_THE_UNIVERSE Sovereign Sons] who preside over the [[destinies]] of the [[local universes]] stand in the place of both the [[Universal Father]] and the [[Eternal Son]] of [[Paradise]]. These Universe Sons receive, in the name of the Father, the [[adoration]] of [[worship]] and give ear to the pleas of their petitioning subjects throughout their respective [[creations]]. To the [[children]] of a local universe a [[Paper 21 - The Paradise Creator Sons|Michael Son]] is, to all [[practical]] [[intents]] and [[purposes]], God. He is the local universe [[personification]] of the Universal Father and the Eternal Son. The Infinite Spirit maintains personal contact with the children of these realms through the [[Paper 34 - The Local Universe Mother Spirit|Universe Spirits]], the [[administrative]] and [[creative]] associates of the [[Paradise]] [[Creator Sons]].

5:3.6 The Creator or [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:5._RELATION_OF_MASTER_SONS_TO_THE_UNIVERSE Sovereign Sons] who preside over the [[destinies]] of the [[local universes]] stand in the place of both the [[Universal Father]] and the [[Eternal Son]] of [[Paradise]]. These Universe Sons receive, in the name of the Father, the [[adoration]] of [[worship]] and give ear to the pleas of their petitioning subjects throughout their respective [[creations]]. To the [[children]] of a local universe a [[Paper 21 - The Paradise Creator Sons|Michael Son]] is, to all [[practical]] [[intents]] and [[purposes]], God. He is the local universe [[personification]] of the Universal Father and the Eternal Son. The Infinite Spirit maintains personal contact with the children of these realms through the [[Paper 34 - The Local Universe Mother Spirit|Universe Spirits]], the [[administrative]] and [[creative]] associates of the [[Paradise]] [[Creator Sons]].

5:3.7 [[Sincere]] worship connotes the mobilization of all the [[powers]] of the human [[personality]] under the dominance of the evolving [[soul]] and subject to the [[divine]] directionization of the associated [[Thought Adjuster]]. The mind of [[material]] [[limitations]] can never become highly conscious of the real significance of true worship. Man's [[realization]] of the [[reality]] of the [[worship]] [[experience]] is chiefly determined by the [[Growth|developmental]] [[status]] of his evolving [[immortal]] [[soul]]. The spiritual [[growth]] of the soul takes place wholly independently of the [[intellectual]] self-consciousness.

5:3.7 [[Sincere]] worship connotes the mobilization of all the [[powers]] of the human [[personality]] under the dominance of the evolving [[soul]] and subject to the [[divine]] directionization of the associated [[Thought Adjuster]]. The mind of [[material]] [[limitations]] can never become highly conscious of the real significance of true worship. Man's [[realization]] of the [[reality]] of the [[worship]] [[experience]] is chiefly determined by the [[Growth|developmental]] [[status]] of his evolving [[immortal]] [[soul]]. The spiritual [[growth]] of the soul takes place wholly independently of the [[intellectual]] self-consciousness.

5:3.8 The worship experience consists in the [[sublime]] attempt of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:5._SURVIVAL_OF_THE_HUMAN_SELF betrothed Adjuster] to [[communicate]] to the divine Father the inexpressible longings and the unutterable [[aspirations]] of the human [[soul]]—the [[Cocreation|conjoint creation]] of the God-seeking [[mortal]] mind and the God-revealing [[immortal]] [[Adjuster]]. Worship is, therefore, the act of the material mind's assenting to the attempt of its spiritualizing self, under the guidance of the associated [[spirit]], to communicate with God as a [[faith]] son of the Universal Father. The mortal mind consents to [[worship]]; the immortal soul craves and initiates worship; the divine Adjuster presence conducts such worship in behalf of the mortal mind and the evolving immortal soul. True worship, in the last [[analysis]], becomes an experience [[realized]] on four [[cosmic]] [[Dimensions|levels]]: the [[intellectual]], the [[morontia]]l, the [[spiritual]], and the [[personal]]—the [[consciousness]] of [[mind]], [[soul]], and [[spirit]], and their unification in [[personality]].

5:3.8 The worship experience consists in the [[sublime]] attempt of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:5._SURVIVAL_OF_THE_HUMAN_SELF betrothed Adjuster] to [[communicate]] to the divine Father the inexpressible longings and the unutterable [[aspirations]] of the human [[soul]]—the [[Cocreation|conjoint creation]] of the God-seeking [[mortal]] mind and the God-revealing [[immortal]] [[Adjuster]]. Worship is, therefore, the act of the material mind's assenting to the attempt of its spiritualizing self, under the guidance of the associated [[spirit]], to communicate with God as a [[faith]] son of the Universal Father. The mortal mind consents to [[worship]]; the immortal soul craves and initiates worship; the divine Adjuster presence conducts such worship in behalf of the mortal mind and the evolving immortal soul. True worship, in the last [[analysis]], becomes an experience [[realized]] on four [[cosmic]] [[Dimensions|levels]]: the [[intellectual]], the [[morontia]]l, the [[spiritual]], and the [[personal]]—the [[consciousness]] of [[mind]], [[soul]], and [[spirit]], and their unification in [[personality]].

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