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111:0.1 The [[presence]] of the divine [[Adjuster]] in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE human mind] makes it forever impossible for either [[science]] or [[philosophy]] to attain a [[satisfactory]] [[comprehension]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:3._THE_EVOLVING_SOUL evolving soul] of the [[human]] [[personality]]. The [[morontia]] [[soul]] is the [[child]] of the [[universe]] and may be really known only through [[cosmic]] [[insight]] and [[spiritual]] [[discovery]].

111:0.1 The [[presence]] of the divine [[Adjuster]] in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE human mind] makes it forever impossible for either [[science]] or [[philosophy]] to attain a [[satisfactory]] [[comprehension]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:3._THE_EVOLVING_SOUL evolving soul] of the [[human]] [[personality]]. The [[morontia]] [[soul]] is the [[child]] of the [[universe]] and may be really known only through [[cosmic]] [[insight]] and [[spiritual]] [[discovery]].

111:0.2 The [[concept]] of a [[soul]] and of an [http://books.google.com/books?id=SIZ2tsv7qAQC&dq=indwelling+spirit&source=gbs_navlinks_s indwelling spirit] is not new to [[Urantia]]; it has frequently appeared in the various [[systems]] of [[planetary]] [[beliefs]]. Many of the [[Oriental]] as well as some of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occident Occidental] [[faiths]] have [[perceived]] that man is [[divine]] in [[heritage]] as well as human in [[inheritance]]. The [[feeling]] of the inner [[presence]] in addition to the external [[omnipresence]] of [[Deity]] has long formed a part of many Urantian religions. Men have long believed that there is something growing within the [[human]] [[nature]], something [[vital]] that is destined to [[endure]] beyond the short span of [[temporal]] life.

111:0.2 The [[concept]] of a [[soul]] and of an [https://books.google.com/books?id=SIZ2tsv7qAQC&dq=indwelling+spirit&source=gbs_navlinks_s indwelling spirit] is not new to [[Urantia]]; it has frequently appeared in the various [[systems]] of [[planetary]] [[beliefs]]. Many of the [[Oriental]] as well as some of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occident Occidental] [[faiths]] have [[perceived]] that man is [[divine]] in [[heritage]] as well as human in [[inheritance]]. The [[feeling]] of the inner [[presence]] in addition to the external [[omnipresence]] of [[Deity]] has long formed a part of many Urantian religions. Men have long believed that there is something growing within the [[human]] [[nature]], something [[vital]] that is destined to [[endure]] beyond the short span of [[temporal]] life.

111:0.3 Before [[man]] realized that his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:3._THE_EVOLVING_SOUL evolving soul] was fathered by a [[divine]] [[spirit]], it was thought to reside in different [[physical]] organs—the eye, liver, kidney, [[heart]], and later, the [[brain]]. The [[savage]] [[associated]] the [[soul]] with blood, [[breath]], [[shadows]] and with [[reflections]] of the [[self]] in [[water]].

111:0.3 Before [[man]] realized that his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:3._THE_EVOLVING_SOUL evolving soul] was fathered by a [[divine]] [[spirit]], it was thought to reside in different [[physical]] organs—the eye, liver, kidney, [[heart]], and later, the [[brain]]. The [[savage]] [[associated]] the [[soul]] with blood, [[breath]], [[shadows]] and with [[reflections]] of the [[self]] in [[water]].

111:0.4 In the [[conception]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%80tman_%28Hinduism%29 atman] the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism Hindu] teachers really approximated an [[appreciation]] of the [[nature]] and [[presence]] of the [[Adjuster]], but they failed to distinguish the copresence of the evolving and potentially [[immortal]] [[soul]]. The [[Chinese]], however, [[recognized]] two aspects of a [[human being]], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yin_and_yang yang and the yin], the [[soul]] and the [[spirit]]. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_religion Egyptians] and many [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_traditional_religion African] [[tribes]] also believed in two factors, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_soul ka and the ba]; the [[soul]] was not usually believed to be pre-existent, only the [[spirit]].

111:0.4 In the [[conception]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%80tman_%28Hinduism%29 atman] the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism Hindu] teachers really approximated an [[appreciation]] of the [[nature]] and [[presence]] of the [[Adjuster]], but they failed to distinguish the copresence of the evolving and potentially [[immortal]] [[soul]]. The [[Chinese]], however, [[recognized]] two aspects of a [[human being]], the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yin_and_yang yang and the yin], the [[soul]] and the [[spirit]]. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egyptian_religion Egyptians] and many [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_traditional_religion African] [[tribes]] also believed in two factors, the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_soul ka and the ba]; the [[soul]] was not usually believed to be pre-existent, only the [[spirit]].

111:0.5 The [[inhabitants]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile_valley Nile valley] believed that each favored [[individual]] had [[bestowed]] upon him at [[birth]], or soon thereafter, a protecting spirit which they called the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_soul#Ka_.28spirit.29 ka]. They taught that this guardian spirit remained with the [[mortal]] subject throughout life and passed before him into the [[future]] estate. On the walls of a [[temple]] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxor_Temple Luxor], where is depicted the birth of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amenhotep III Amenhotep III], the little prince is pictured on the arm of the [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nile_fontana_dei_Quattro_Fiumi_Rome.jpg Nile god], and near him is another child, in [[appearance]] identical with the prince, which is a [[symbol]] of that entity which the Egyptians called the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_soul#Ka_.28spirit.29 ka]. This sculpture was completed in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1500_BC fifteenth century before Christ].

111:0.5 The [[inhabitants]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile_valley Nile valley] believed that each favored [[individual]] had [[bestowed]] upon him at [[birth]], or soon thereafter, a protecting spirit which they called the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_soul#Ka_.28spirit.29 ka]. They taught that this guardian spirit remained with the [[mortal]] subject throughout life and passed before him into the [[future]] estate. On the walls of a [[temple]] at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxor_Temple Luxor], where is depicted the birth of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amenhotep III Amenhotep III], the little prince is pictured on the arm of the [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nile_fontana_dei_Quattro_Fiumi_Rome.jpg Nile god], and near him is another child, in [[appearance]] identical with the prince, which is a [[symbol]] of that entity which the Egyptians called the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_soul#Ka_.28spirit.29 ka]. This sculpture was completed in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1500_BC fifteenth century before Christ].

111:0.6 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_soul#Ka_.28spirit.29 ka] was thought to be a superior [[spirit]] [[genius]] which [[desired]] to [[guide]] the [[associated]] [[mortal]] [[soul]] into the better paths of [[temporal]] living but more especially to [[influence]] the fortunes of the [[human]] subject in the hereafter. When an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_soul#Ka_.28life_force.29 Egyptian] of this period died, it was expected that his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_soul#Ka_.28spirit.29 ka] would be waiting for him on the other side of the Great River. At first, only [[kings]] were supposed to have [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_soul#Ka_.28spirit.29 ka]s, but presently all [[righteous]] men were believed to [[possess]] them. One Egyptian ruler, speaking of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_soul#Ka_.28spirit.29 ka] within his [[heart]], said: "I did not disregard its [[speech]]; I feared to transgress its [[guidance]]. I prospered thereby greatly; I was thus successful by [[reason]] of that which it caused me to do; I was distinguished by its [[guidance]]." Many believed that the ka was " an [[oracle]] from [[God]] in everybody. "Many believed that they were to "spend [[eternity]] in [[gladness]] of [[heart]] in the [[favor]] of the God that is in you. "

111:0.6 The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_soul#Ka_.28spirit.29 ka] was thought to be a superior [[spirit]] [[genius]] which [[desired]] to [[guide]] the [[associated]] [[mortal]] [[soul]] into the better paths of [[temporal]] living but more especially to [[influence]] the fortunes of the [[human]] subject in the hereafter. When an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_soul#Ka_.28life_force.29 Egyptian] of this period died, it was expected that his [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_soul#Ka_.28spirit.29 ka] would be waiting for him on the other side of the Great River. At first, only [[kings]] were supposed to have [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_soul#Ka_.28spirit.29 ka]s, but presently all [[righteous]] men were believed to [[possess]] them. One Egyptian ruler, speaking of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_soul#Ka_.28spirit.29 ka] within his [[heart]], said: "I did not disregard its [[speech]]; I feared to transgress its [[guidance]]. I prospered thereby greatly; I was thus successful by [[reason]] of that which it caused me to do; I was distinguished by its [[guidance]]." Many believed that the ka was " an [[oracle]] from [[God]] in everybody. "Many believed that they were to "spend [[eternity]] in [[gladness]] of [[heart]] in the [[favor]] of the God that is in you. "

111:0.7 Every [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78 race] of evolving [[Urantia]] [[mortals]] has a [[word]] equivalent to the [[concept]] of [[soul]]. Many [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:1._PRIMITIVE_MAN primitive peoples] believed the [[soul]] looked out upon the world through human eyes; therefore did they so cravenly [[fear]] the malevolence of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_eye evil eye]. They have long believed that "the spirit of man is the lamp of the Lord. " The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigveda Rig-Veda] says: "My [[mind]] speaks to my [[heart]]."

111:0.7 Every [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_78 race] of evolving [[Urantia]] [[mortals]] has a [[word]] equivalent to the [[concept]] of [[soul]]. Many [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:1._PRIMITIVE_MAN primitive peoples] believed the [[soul]] looked out upon the world through human eyes; therefore did they so cravenly [[fear]] the malevolence of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_eye evil eye]. They have long believed that "the spirit of man is the lamp of the Lord. " The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigveda Rig-Veda] says: "My [[mind]] speaks to my [[heart]]."

==111:1. THE MIND ARENA OF CHOICE==

==111:1. THE MIND ARENA OF CHOICE==

111:2.1 Throughout the [[mind]] [[functions]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110#110:4._THE_ADJUSTER.27S_WORK_IN_THE_MIND cosmic intelligence], the [[totality]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE mind] is [[dominant]] over the parts of [[intellectual]] [[function]]. [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 Mind], in its [[essence]], is [[functional]] [[unity]]; therefore does [[mind]] never fail to [[manifest]] this constitutive [[unity]], even when hampered and hindered by the unwise [[actions]] and [[choices]] of a misguided [[self]]. And this [[unity]] of [[mind]] invariably seeks for [[spirit]] [[co-ordination]] on all levels of its [[association]] with selves of [[Free will|will]] [[dignity]] and [[ascension]] [[prerogatives]].

111:2.1 Throughout the [[mind]] [[functions]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110#110:4._THE_ADJUSTER.27S_WORK_IN_THE_MIND cosmic intelligence], the [[totality]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE mind] is [[dominant]] over the parts of [[intellectual]] [[function]]. [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 Mind], in its [[essence]], is [[functional]] [[unity]]; therefore does [[mind]] never fail to [[manifest]] this constitutive [[unity]], even when hampered and hindered by the unwise [[actions]] and [[choices]] of a misguided [[self]]. And this [[unity]] of [[mind]] invariably seeks for [[spirit]] [[co-ordination]] on all levels of its [[association]] with selves of [[Free will|will]] [[dignity]] and [[ascension]] [[prerogatives]].

111:2.2 The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 material mind] of [[mortal]] man is the [[cosmic]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loom loom] that carries the [[morontia]] [[fabric]]s on which the indwelling [[Thought Adjuster]] threads the [[spirit]] [[patterns]] of a [[universe]] [[character]] of [[enduring]] [[values]] and [[divine]] [[meanings]]—a surviving [[soul]] of [[ultimate]] [[destiny]] and [[Ascension Career|unending career]], a [[potential]] [[finaliter]].

111:2.2 The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 material mind] of [[mortal]] man is the [[cosmic]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loom loom] that carries the [[morontia]] [[fabric]]s on which the indwelling [[Thought Adjuster]] threads the [[spirit]] [[patterns]] of a [[universe]] [[character]] of [[enduring]] [[values]] and [[divine]] [[meanings]]—a surviving [[soul]] of [[ultimate]] [[destiny]] and [[Ascension Career|unending career]], a [[potential]] [[finaliter]].

111:2.3 The [[human]] [[personality]] is identified with [[mind]] and [[spirit]] held [[together]] in [[functional]] [[relationship]] by life in a [[material]] [[body]]. This functioning [[relationship]] of such [[mind]] and [[spirit]] does not result in some combination of the [[qualities]] or [[attributes]] of [[mind]] and [[spirit]] but rather in an entirely new, [[original]], and [[unique]] [[universe]] [[value]] of potentially [[eternal]] [[endurance]], the [[soul]].

111:2.3 The [[human]] [[personality]] is identified with [[mind]] and [[spirit]] held [[together]] in [[functional]] [[relationship]] by life in a [[material]] [[body]]. This functioning [[relationship]] of such [[mind]] and [[spirit]] does not result in some combination of the [[qualities]] or [[attributes]] of [[mind]] and [[spirit]] but rather in an entirely new, [[original]], and [[unique]] [[universe]] [[value]] of potentially [[eternal]] [[endurance]], the [[soul]].

111:4.5 Only in the higher levels of the [[superconscious]] mind as it impinges upon the [[spirit]] realm of human [[experience]] can you find those higher [[concepts]] in [[association]] with effective master [[patterns]] which will [[contribute]] to the building of a better and more [[enduring]] [[civilization]]. [[Personality]] is [[inherently]] [[creative]], but it thus [[functions]] only in the [[inner life]] of the [[individual]].

111:4.5 Only in the higher levels of the [[superconscious]] mind as it impinges upon the [[spirit]] realm of human [[experience]] can you find those higher [[concepts]] in [[association]] with effective master [[patterns]] which will [[contribute]] to the building of a better and more [[enduring]] [[civilization]]. [[Personality]] is [[inherently]] [[creative]], but it thus [[functions]] only in the [[inner life]] of the [[individual]].

111:4.6 Snow [[crystals]] are always [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexagon hexagonal] in [[form]], but no two are ever alike. [[Children]] conform to [[types]], but no two are exactly alike, even in the case of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twins twins]. [[Personality]] follows [[types]] but is always [[unique]].

111:4.6 Snow [[crystals]] are always [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexagon hexagonal] in [[form]], but no two are ever alike. [[Children]] conform to [[types]], but no two are exactly alike, even in the case of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twins twins]. [[Personality]] follows [[types]] but is always [[unique]].

111:4.7 [[Happiness]] and [[joy]] take [[origin]] in the [[inner life]]. You cannot [[experience]] real [[joy]] all by yourself. A [[solitary]] life is [[fatal]] to [[happiness]]. Even [[families]] and [[nations]] will enjoy life more if they [[share]] it with others.

111:4.7 [[Happiness]] and [[joy]] take [[origin]] in the [[inner life]]. You cannot [[experience]] real [[joy]] all by yourself. A [[solitary]] life is [[fatal]] to [[happiness]]. Even [[families]] and [[nations]] will enjoy life more if they [[share]] it with others.

111:4.10 [[Ideas]] may take [[origin]] in the [[stimuli]] of the outer world, but [[ideals]] are [[born]] only in the [[creative]] realms of the inner world. Today the [[nations]] of the world are directed by men who have a superabundance of [[ideas]], but they are [[poverty]]-stricken in [[ideals]]. That is the [[explanation]] of [[poverty]], [[divorce]], [[war]], and racial hatreds.

111:4.10 [[Ideas]] may take [[origin]] in the [[stimuli]] of the outer world, but [[ideals]] are [[born]] only in the [[creative]] realms of the inner world. Today the [[nations]] of the world are directed by men who have a superabundance of [[ideas]], but they are [[poverty]]-stricken in [[ideals]]. That is the [[explanation]] of [[poverty]], [[divorce]], [[war]], and racial hatreds.

111:4.11 This is the [[problem]]: If [[freewill]] man is [[endowed]] with the [[powers]] of [[creativity]] in the [[Inner Life|inner man]], then must we [[recognize]] that freewill [[creativity]] [[embraces]] the potential of freewill destructivity. And when creativity is turned to destructivity, you are face to face with the devastation of [[evil]] and [[sin]]—[[oppression]], [[war]], and destruction. [[Evil]] is a partiality of [[creativity]] which tends toward disintegration and [[eventual]] destruction. All [[conflict]] is [[evil]] in that it inhibits the [[creative]] [[function]] of the [[inner life]]—it is a species of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_war civil war] in the [[personality]].

111:4.11 This is the [[problem]]: If [[freewill]] man is [[endowed]] with the [[powers]] of [[creativity]] in the [[Inner Life|inner man]], then must we [[recognize]] that freewill [[creativity]] [[embraces]] the potential of freewill destructivity. And when creativity is turned to destructivity, you are face to face with the devastation of [[evil]] and [[sin]]—[[oppression]], [[war]], and destruction. [[Evil]] is a partiality of [[creativity]] which tends toward disintegration and [[eventual]] destruction. All [[conflict]] is [[evil]] in that it inhibits the [[creative]] [[function]] of the [[inner life]]—it is a species of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_war civil war] in the [[personality]].

111:4.12 Inner [[creativity]] contributes to [[ennoblement]] of [[character]] through [[personality]] [[integration]] and [[selfhood]] [[unification]]. It is forever true: The [[past]] is unchangeable; only the [[future]] can be changed by the ministry of the present [[creativity]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:2._THE_SELF inner self].

111:4.12 Inner [[creativity]] contributes to [[ennoblement]] of [[character]] through [[personality]] [[integration]] and [[selfhood]] [[unification]]. It is forever true: The [[past]] is unchangeable; only the [[future]] can be changed by the ministry of the present [[creativity]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:2._THE_SELF inner self].