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[[Image:lighterstill.jpg]][[File:The_eye_of_all_ur_80px.jpg|right|frame]] ==PAPER 113: SERAPHIC GUARDIANS OF DESTINY== 113:0.1 Having presented the narratives of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_38 Ministering Spirits of Time] and the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_25 Messenger Hosts of Space], we come to the [[consideration]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_113#113:1._THE_GUARDIAN_ANGELS guardian angels], [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_38#38:1._ORIGIN_OF_SERAPHIM seraphim] [[devoted]] to the [[ministry]] to [[individual]] [[mortals]], for whose elevation and perfection all of the vast survival scheme of spiritual progression has been provided. In past ages on Urantia, these [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_113#113:2._THE_DESTINY_GUARDIANS destiny guardians] were about the only [[group]] of [[angels]] that had recognition. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_113#113:5._SERAPHIC_MINISTRY_TO_MORTALS planetary seraphim] are indeed [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_38 ministering spirits] sent forth to do [[service]] for those who shall [[survive]]. These attending [[seraphim]] have functioned as the [[spiritual]] helpers of [[mortal]] man in all the great [[events]] of the [[past]] and the [[present]]. In many a [[revelation]] "the word was spoken by angels"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews#The_Letter_to_the_Hebrews.2C_II]; many of the [[mandates]] of [[heaven]] have been "received by the ministry of angels."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_acts#Acts.7] 113:0.2 [[Seraphim]] are the [[traditional]] [[angels]] of [[heaven]]; they are the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_38 ministering spirits] who live so near you and do so much for you. They have ministered on [[Urantia]] since the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63 earliest times] of [[human]] [[intelligence]]. ==113:1. THE GUARDIAN ANGELS== 113:1.1 The teaching about ''guardian angels'' is not a [[myth]]; certain [[groups]] of [[human beings]] do [[actually]] have [[personal]] [[angels]]. It was in [[recognition]] of this that [[Jesus]], in speaking of the [[children]] of the heavenly kingdom, said: "Take heed that you despise not one of these little ones, for I say to you, their [[angels]] do always behold the [[presence]] of the [[Thought Adjuster|spirit of my Father]]."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_matthew#Chapter_18] 113:1.2 Originally, the [[seraphim]] were definitely assigned to the separate [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64 Urantia races]. But since the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120 bestowal of Michael], they are assigned in [[accordance]] with [[human]] [[intelligence]], [[spirituality]], and [[destiny]]. [[Intellectually]], mankind is divided into [[three]] classes: *1. 113:1.3 ''The subnormal minded''—those who do not exercise [[normal]] [[Free will|will power]]; those who do not make [[average]] decisions. This class [[embraces]] those who cannot [[comprehend]] [[God]]; they lack [[capacity]] for the [[intelligent]] [[worship]] of [[Deity]]. The subnormal beings of [[Urantia]] have a corps of [[seraphim]], one company, with one battalion of [[cherubim]], assigned to minister to them and to [[witness]] that [[justice]] and [[mercy]] are extended to them in the life [[struggles]] of the [[sphere]]. *2. 113:1.4 ''The average, normal type of human mind''. From the [[standpoint]] of [[seraphic]] [[ministry]], most men and women are grouped in [[seven]] classes in [[accordance]] with their [[status]] in making the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110#110:6._THE_SEVEN_PSYCHIC_CIRCLES circles of human progress] and [[spiritual]] [[development]]. *3. 113:1.5 ''The supernormal minded''—those of great [[decision]] and undoubted [[potential]] of [[spiritual]] achievement; men and women who [[enjoy]] more or less [[contact]] with their indwelling [[Adjusters]]; members of the various [[reserve corps of destiny]]. No matter in what [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110#110:6._THE_SEVEN_PSYCHIC_CIRCLES circle] a [[human]] happens to be, if such an [[individual]] becomes enrolled in any of the several [[reserve corps of destiny]], right then and there, [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_113#113:2._THE_DESTINY_GUARDIANS personal seraphim] are assigned, and from that time until the [[earthly]] [[career]] is finished, that [[mortal]] will enjoy the continuous [[ministry]] and unceasing watchcare of a ''guardian angel''. Also, when any [[human being]] makes the [[supreme]] [[decision]], when there is a real [[betrothal]] with the [[Adjuster]], a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_113#113:2._THE_DESTINY_GUARDIANS personal guardian] is [[immediately]] assigned to that [[soul]]. 113:1.6 In the [[ministry]] to so-called [[normal]] [[beings]], [[seraphic]] assignments are made in [[accordance]] with the human [[attainment]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110#110:6._THE_SEVEN_PSYCHIC_CIRCLES circles] of [[intellect]]uality and [[spirituality]]. You start out in your [[mind]] of [[mortal]] investment in the seventh circle and journey inward in the task of [[self]]-[[understanding]], [[Self Realization|self-conquest]], and self-mastery; and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110#110:6._THE_SEVEN_PSYCHIC_CIRCLES circles circle by circle] you advance until (if [[natural]] [[death]] does not terminate your career and [[transfer]] your [[struggles]] to the [[mansion worlds]]) you reach the first or inner circle of [[relative]] [[contact]] and [[communion]] with the indwelling [[Adjuster]]. 113:1.7 [[Human being]]s in the initial or [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110#110:6._THE_SEVEN_PSYCHIC_CIRCLES circles seventh circle] have one ''guardian angel'' with one company of assisting [[cherubim]] assigned to the watchcare and [[custody]] of one thousand mortals. In the sixth circle, a seraphic pair with one company of cherubim is assigned to guide these [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascending mortals] in groups of five hundred. When the fifth circle is attained, human beings are grouped in companies of approximately one hundred, and a pair of guardian [[seraphim]] with a group of [[cherubim]] is placed in charge. Upon [[attainment]] of the fourth circle, mortal beings are assembled in groups of ten, and again charge is given to a pair of [[seraphim]], assisted by one company of [[cherubim]]. 113:1.8 When a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 mortal mind] breaks through the [[inertia]] of [[animal]] [[legacy]] and [[attains]] the third circle of [[human]] [[intellect]]uality and acquired [[spirituality]], a personal angel (in [[reality]] two) will henceforth be wholly and exclusively devoted to this [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascending mortal]. And thus these [[human]] [[souls]], in addition to the ever-present and increasingly [[efficient]] indwelling [[Thought Adjusters]], receive the undivided [[assistance]] of these [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_113#113:2._THE_DESTINY_GUARDIANS personal guardians of destiny] in all their [[efforts]] to finish the third circle, traverse the second, and attain the first. ==113:2. THE DESTINY GUARDIANS== 113:2.1 [[Seraphim]] are not known as ''guardians of destiny'' until such time as they are assigned to the [[association]] of a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:2._NATURE_OF_THE_SOUL human soul] who has [[realized]] one or more of three achievements: has made a [[supreme]] [[decision]] to become Godlike, has entered the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110#110:6._THE_SEVEN_PSYCHIC_CIRCLES third circle], or has been mustered into one of the [[reserve corps of destiny]]. 113:2.2 In the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64 evolution of races] a ''guardian of destiny'' is assigned to the very first [[being]] who [[attains]] the requisite circle of conquest. On [[Urantia]] the first [[mortal]] to secure a personal guardian was ''Rantowoc'', a [[wise]] man of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_64#64:6._THE_SIX_SANGIK_RACES_OF_URANTIA red race] of long ago. 113:2.3 All [[angelic]] assignments are made from a [[group]] of volunteering [[seraphim]], and these appointments are always in [[accordance]] with [[human]] needs and with regard to the [[status]] of the angelic pair—in the light of [[seraphic]] [[experience]], [[skill]], and [[wisdom]]. Only [[seraphim]] of long [[service]], the more [[experienced]] and tested types, are assigned as ''destiny guards''. Many guardians have gained much valuable [[experience]] on those worlds which are of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:8._SON-FUSED_MORTALS non-Adjuster fusion series]. Like the [[Adjusters]], the [[seraphim]] attend these [[beings]] for a single lifetime and then are liberated for new assignment. Many guardians on [[Urantia]] have had this previous [[practical]] [[experience]] on other worlds. 113:2.4 When [[human being]]s fail to [[survive]], their [[personal]] or [[group]] guardians may repeatedly serve in similar capacities on the same [[planet]]. The [[seraphim]] develop a sentimental regard for [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 individual worlds] and [[entertain]] a special [[affection]] for certain [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49#49:2._PLANETARY_PHYSICAL_TYPES races] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49#49:5._THE_PLANETARY_SERIES_OF_MORTALS types] of [[mortal]] [[creatures]] with whom they have been so closely and [[intimately]] [[associated]]. 113:2.5 The [[angels]] [[develop]] an abiding [[affection]] for their [[human]] [[associates]]; and you would, if you could only [[visualize]] the [[seraphim]], develop a warm [[affection]] for them. Divested of [[material]] [[bodies]], given [[spirit]] [[forms]], you would be very near the [[angels]] in many [[attributes]] of [[personality]]. They [[share]] most of your [[emotions]] and [[experience]] some additional ones. The only [[emotion]] actuating you which is somewhat [[difficult]] for them to [[comprehend]] is the [[legacy]] of animal [[fear]] that bulks so large in the [[mental]] life of the [[average]] [[inhabitant]] of [[Urantia]]. The [[angels]] really find it hard to [[understand]] why you will so [[persistently]] allow your higher [[intellectual]] powers, even your religious [[faith]], to be so [[dominated]] by fear, so thoroughly demoralized by the thoughtless [[panic]] of dread and [[anxiety]]. 113:2.6 All [[seraphim]] have individual [[names]], but in the [[records]] of assignment to world [[service]] they are frequently designated by their [[planetary]] [[numbers]]. At the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_33#PAPER_33:_ADMINISTRATION_OF_THE_LOCAL_UNIVERSE universe headquarters] they are registered by [[name]] and [[number]]. The ''destiny guardian'' of the human subject used in this contactual [[communication]] is number 3 of group 17, of company 126, of battalion 4, of unit 384, of legion 6, of host 37, of the 182,314th seraphic army of [[Nebadon]]. The current [[planetary]] assignment number of this [[seraphim]] on [[Urantia]] and to this human subject is 3,641,852. 113:2.7 In the [[ministry]] of personal guardianship, the assignment of [[angels]] as ''destiny guardians'', [[seraphim]] always [[volunteer]] their services. In the [[city]] of this visitation a certain [[mortal]] was recently admitted to the [[reserve corps of destiny]], and since all such [[humans]] are personally attended by [[guardian angels]], more than one hundred qualified [[seraphim]] sought the assignment. The planetary director selected twelve of the more experienced [[individuals]] and subsequently appointed the [[seraphim]] whom they selected as best adapted to guide this [[human being]] through his life [[journey]]. That is, they selected a certain pair of equally qualified [[seraphim]]; one of this seraphic pair will always be on [[duty]]. 113:2.8 Seraphic tasks may be unremitting, but either of the angelic pair can discharge all ministering [[responsibilities]]. Like [[cherubim]], [[seraphim]] usually serve in pairs, but unlike their less advanced associates, the [[seraphim]] sometimes work singly. In [[practically]] all their [[contacts]] with [[human being]]s they can [[function]] as [[individuals]]. Both [[angels]] are required only for [[communication]] and [[service]] on the higher circuits of [[the universes]]. 113:2.9 When a seraphic pair [[accept]] guardian assignment, they serve for the remainder of the life of that [[human being]]. The [[complement]] of [[being]] (one of the two [[angels]]) becomes the recorder of the undertaking. These complemental [[seraphim]] are the recording angels of the [[mortals]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 evolutionary worlds]. The [[records]] are kept by the pair of [[cherubim]] (a cherubim and a [[sanobim]]) who are always [[associated]] with the [[seraphic guardians]], but these [[records]] are always sponsored by one of the [[seraphim]]. 113:2.10 For [[purposes]] of rest and recharging with the life [[energy]] of the [[universe]] [[circuits]], the guardian is periodically relieved by her [[complement]], and during her [[absence]] the associated [[cherubim]] functions as the recorder, as is also the case when the complemental seraphim is similarly absent. ==113:3. RELATION TO OTHER SPIRIT INFLUENCES== 113:3.1 One of the most important [[things]] a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_113#113:2._THE_DESTINY_GUARDIANS destiny guardian] does for her [[mortal]] subject is to effect a [[personal]] [[co-ordination]] of the numerous [[impersonal]] [[spirit]] [[influences]] which indwell, [[surround]], and impinge upon the [[mind]] and [[soul]] of the evolving [[material]] [[creature]]. [[Human being]]s are [[personalities]], and it is exceedingly [[difficult]] for nonpersonal spirits and prepersonal [[entities]] to make direct [[contact]] with such highly [[material]] and [[discrete]]ly [[personal]] [[minds]]. In the [[ministry]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_113#113:1._THE_GUARDIAN_ANGELS guarding angel] all of these [[influences]] are more or less [[unified]] and made more nearly appreciable by the expanding [[moral]] [[nature]] of the evolving [[human]] [[personality]]. 113:3.2 More especially can and does this [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_113#113:2._THE_DESTINY_GUARDIANS seraphic guardian] correlate the manifold [[agencies]] and [[influences]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]], ranging from the [[domains]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:4._THE_MASTER_PHYSICAL_CONTROLLERS physical controllers] and the [[adjutant mind-spirits]] up to the [[Holy Spirit]] of the [[Divine Minister]] and to the [[Omnipresent]] Spirit presence of the [[Paradise]] [[Third Source and Center]]. Having thus unified and made more [[personal]] these vast ministries of the [[Infinite Spirit]], the [[seraphim]] then undertakes to correlate this [[integrated]] influence of the [[Conjoint Actor]] with the [[spirit]] [[presences]] of [[the Father]] and [[the Son]]. 113:3.3 The [[Adjuster]] is the [[presence]] of [[the Father]]; the [[Spirit of Truth]], the [[presence]] of [[the Sons]]. These [[divine]] [[endowments]] are unified and [[co-ordinated]] on the lower levels of [[human]] [[spiritual]] [[experience]] by the ministry of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_113#113:1._THE_GUARDIAN_ANGELS guardian seraphim]. The angelic servers are gifted in combining the [[love]] of [[the Father]] and the [[mercy]] of [[the Son]] in their ministry to [[mortal]] [[creatures]]. 113:3.4 And herein is [[revealed]] the reason why the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_113#113:2._THE_DESTINY_GUARDIANS seraphic guardian] [[eventually]] becomes the [[personal]] [[custodian]] of the [[mind]] [[patterns]], [[memory]] [[formulas]], and [[soul]] realities of the mortal [[survivor]] during that interval between [[physical]] [[death]] and [[morontia]] [[resurrection]]. None but the ministering [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_38 children of the Infinite Spirit] could thus [[function]] in behalf of the [[human]] [[creature]] during this [[phase]] of [[transition]] from one [[level]] of the [[universe]] to another and higher level. Even when you [[engage]] in your terminal [[transition]] [[slumber]], when you pass from [[time]] to [[eternity]], a high [[supernaphim]] likewise [[shares]] the transit with you as the [[custodian]] of creature [[identity]] and the surety of [[personal]] [[integrity]]. 113:3.5 On the [[spiritual]] level, [[seraphim]] make [[personal]] many otherwise [[impersonal]] and prepersonal ministries of the [[universe]]; they are [[co-ordinators]]. On the [[intellectual]] level they are the correlators of [[mind]] and [[morontia]]; they are [[interpreters]]. And on the [[physical]] level they [[manipulate]] [[terrestrial]] [[environment]] through their [[liaison]] with the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:4._THE_MASTER_PHYSICAL_CONTROLLERS Master Physical Controllers] and through the [[co-operative]] [[ministry]] of the [[midway creatures]]. 113:3.6 This is a [[recital]] of the manifold and intricate [[function]] of an attending [[seraphim]]; but how does such a subordinate [[angelic]] [[personality]], created but a little above the [[universe]] level of [[humanity]], do such difficult and [[complex]] things? We do not really know, but we conjecture that this phenomenal [[ministry]] is in some undisclosed [[manner]] [[facilitated]] by the unrecognized and unrevealed working of the [[Supreme Being]], the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_117_-_God_the_Supreme actualizing Deity] of the [[Grand Universe|evolving universes]] of [[time and space]]. Throughout the entire realm of [[progressive]] [[survival]] in and through the [[Supreme Being]], [[seraphim]] are an essential part of continuing [[mortal]] [[progression]]. ==113:4. SERAPHIC DOMAINS OF ACTION== 113:4.1 The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_113#113:1._THE_GUARDIAN_ANGELS guardian seraphim] are not [[mind]], though they do [[Well|spring]] from the same [[source]] that also gives [[origin]] to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 mortal mind], the [[Creative Spirit]]. [[Seraphim]] are [[mind]] [[stimulators]]; they continually seek to promote [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110#110:6._THE_SEVEN_PSYCHIC_CIRCLES circle-making decisions] in [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE human mind]. They do this, not as does the [[Adjuster]], operating from within and through the [[soul]], but rather from the outside inward, working through the [[social]], [[ethical]], and [[moral]] [[environment]] of [[human being]]s. [[Seraphim]] are not the [[divine]] [[Adjuster]] lure of the [[Universal Father]], but they do [[function]] as the [[personal]] [[agency]] of the [[ministry]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]]. 113:4.2 [[Mortal]] man, subject to [[Adjuster]] leading, is also amenable to [[seraphic]] [[guidance]]. The [[Adjuster]] is the [[essence]] of man's [[eternal]] [[nature]]; the [[seraphim]] is the [[teacher]] of man's [[evolving]] nature—in this life the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 mortal mind], in the next the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:2._NATURE_OF_THE_SOUL morontia soul]. On the [[mansion worlds]] you will be [[conscious]] and [[aware]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_48#48:6._MORONTIA_WORLD_SERAPHIM.E2.80.94TRANSITION_MINISTERS seraphic instructors], but in the first life men are usually unaware of them. 113:4.3 [[Seraphim]] [[function]] as [[teachers]] of men by [[guiding]] the footsteps of the [[human]] [[personality]] into [[paths]] of new and [[progressive]] [[experiences]]. To [[accept]] the [[guidance]] of a [[seraphim]] rarely means attaining a life of [[ease]]. In following this [[leading]] you are sure to encounter, and if you have the [[courage]], to [[traverse]], the rugged hills of [[moral]] [[choosing]] and [[spiritual]] [[progress]]. 113:4.4 The [[impulse]] of [[worship]] largely [[originates]] in the spirit promptings of the higher [[Adjutant Mind Spirits|mind adjutants]], reinforced by the leadings of the [[Adjuster]]. But the urge to [[pray]] so often [[experienced]] by [[God-conscious]] [[mortals]] very often arises as the result of [[seraphic]] [[influence]]. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_113#113:2._THE_DESTINY_GUARDIANS guarding seraphim] is constantly [[manipulating]] the [[mortal]] [[environment]] for the [[purpose]] of augmenting the [[cosmic]] [[insight]] of the human ascender to the end that such a [[survival]] [[candidate]] may acquire enhanced [[realization]] of the [[presence]] of the indwelling [[Adjuster]] and thus be enabled to yield increased [[co-operation]] with the spiritual mission of the [[divine]] [[presence]]. 113:4.5 While there is apparently no [[communication]] between the indwelling [[Adjusters]] and the [[encompassing]] [[seraphim]], they always seem to [[work]] in perfect [[harmony]] and exquisite accord. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_113#113:1._THE_GUARDIAN_ANGELS guardians] are most [[active]] at those times when the [[Adjusters]] are least active, but their [[ministry]] is in some [[manner]] strangely correlated. Such superb [[co-operation]] could hardly be either [[accidental]] or incidental. 113:4.6 The ministering personality of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_113#113:2._THE_DESTINY_GUARDIANS guardian seraphim], the [[God]] [[presence]] of the indwelling [[Adjuster]], the encircuited [[action]] of the [[Holy Spirit]], and [[Creator Son|the Son]]-consciousness of the [[Spirit of Truth]] are all divinely correlated into a [[meaningful]] [[unity]] of spiritual [[ministry]] in and to a [[mortal]] [[personality]]. Though hailing from [[different]] [[sources]] and different [[levels]], these celestial [[influences]] are all integrated in the enveloping and evolving [[presence]] of the [[Supreme Being]]. ==113:5. SERAPHIC MINISTRY TO MORTALS== 113:5.1 [[Angels]] do not [[invade]] the [[sanctity]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE human mind]; they do not [[manipulate]] the [[Free will|will]] of [[mortals]]; neither do they directly [[contact]] with the indwelling [[Adjusters]]. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_113#113:2._THE_DESTINY_GUARDIANS guardian of destiny] [[influences]] you in every possible [[manner]] consistent with the [[dignity]] of your [[personality]]; under no circumstances do these [[angels]] interfere with the [[free]] [[action]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110#110:2._ADJUSTERS_AND_HUMAN_WILL human will]. Neither [[angels]] nor any other [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_30 order of universe personality] have [[power]] or [[authority]] to curtail or abridge the [[prerogatives]] of [[human]] [[choosing]]. 113:5.2 [[Angels]] are so near you and care so feelingly for you that they figuratively "weep because of your willful intolerance and stubbornness."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Jeremiah#Chapter_.48] [[Seraphim]] do not shed [[physical]] tears; they do not have [[physical]] [[bodies]]; neither do they possess wings. But they do have [[spiritual]] [[emotions]], and they do [[experience]] [[feelings]] and sentiments of a [[spiritual]] [[nature]] which are in certain ways comparable to [[human]] [[emotions]]. 113:5.3 The [[seraphim]] [[act]] in your behalf quite [[independent]] of your direct [[appeals]]; they are [[executing]] the [[mandates]] of their superiors, and thus they [[function]] regardless of your passing whims or changing [[moods]]. This does not imply that you may not make their tasks either easier or more [[difficult]], but rather that [[angels]] are not directly concerned with your [[appeals]] or with your [[prayers]]. 113:5.4 In the life of the [[flesh]] the [[intelligence]] of [[angels]] is not directly available to [[mortal]] men. They are not overlords or directors; they are simply [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_113#113:1._THE_GUARDIAN_ANGELS guardians]. The [[seraphim]] guard you; they do not seek directly to [[influence]] you; you must chart your own [[course]], but these [[angels]] then [[act]] to make the best possible use of the [[course]] you have [[chosen]]. They do not (ordinarily) [[arbitrarily]] [[intervene]] in the routine affairs of [[human]] life. But when they [[receive]] instructions from their superiors to [[perform]] some unusual exploit, you may rest [[assured]] that these [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_113#113:1._THE_GUARDIAN_ANGELS guardians] will find some means of carrying out these [[mandates]]. They do not, therefore, intrude into the picture of [[human]] [[drama]] except in [[emergencies]] and then usually on the direct orders of their superiors. They are the [[beings]] who are going to follow you for many an age, and they are thus receiving an introduction to their [[future]] [[work]] and [[personality]] [[association]]. 113:5.5 [[Seraphim]] are able to [[function]] as [[material]] ministers to [[human being]]s under certain circumstances, but their [[action]] in this capacity is very rare. They are able, with the [[assistance]] of the [[midway creatures]] and the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:4._THE_MASTER_PHYSICAL_CONTROLLERS physical controllers], to [[function]] in a wide range of [[activities]] in behalf of [[human being]]s, even to make [[actual]] [[contact]] with [[mankind]], but such occurrences are very unusual. In most instances the circumstances of the [[material]] realm [[proceed]] unaltered by [[seraphic]] [[action]], although occasions have arisen, involving [[jeopardy]] to vital links in the chain of [[human evolution]], in which [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_113#113:1._THE_GUARDIAN_ANGELS seraphic guardians] have [[acted]], and properly, on their own [[initiative]]. ==113:6. GUARDIAN ANGELS AFTER DEATH== 113:6.1 Having told you something of the [[ministry]] of [[seraphim]] during natural life, I will endeavor to [[inform]] you about the [[conduct]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_113#113:2._THE_DESTINY_GUARDIANS guardians of destiny] at the [[time]] of the mortal [[Death|dissolution]] of their [[human]] associates. Upon your [[death]], your [[records]], [[identity]] specifications, and the [[morontia]] [[entity]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:2._NATURE_OF_THE_SOUL human soul]—conjointly evolved by the [[ministry]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:1._THE_MIND_ARENA_OF_CHOICE mortal mind] and the [[divine]] [[Adjuster]]—are [[faithfully]] conserved by the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_113#113:2._THE_DESTINY_GUARDIANS destiny guardian] together with all other [[values]] related to your [[future]] [[existence]], everything that [[constitutes]] you, the real you, except the [[identity]] of continuing [[existence]] [[represented]] by the departing [[Adjuster]] and the [[actuality]] of [[personality]]. 113:6.2 The instant the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot_light pilot light] in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 human mind] disappears, the [[spirit]] [[luminosity]] which [[seraphim]] associate with the [[presence]] of the [[Adjuster]], the attending [[angel]] reports in [[person]] to the commanding angels, successively, of the group, company, battalion, unit, legion, and host; and after being duly registered for the final [[adventure]] of [[time and space]], such an [[angel]] receives certification by the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_114#114:5._THE_PLANETARY_GOVERNMENT planetary chief] of [[seraphim]] for reporting to the [[Evening Star]] (or other lieutenant of [[Gabriel]]) in command of the seraphic army of this [[candidate]] for [[universe]] [[ascension]]. And upon being granted permission from the commander of this highest [[organization]]al [[unit]], such a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_113#113:2._THE_DESTINY_GUARDIANS guardian of destiny] proceeds to the [[first mansion world]] and there awaits the [[Awakening|consciousizing]] of her former ward in the [[flesh]]. 113:6.3 In case the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111#111:3._THE_EVOLVING_SOUL human soul] fails of [[survival]] after having received the assignment of a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_113#113:1._THE_GUARDIAN_ANGELS personal angel], the attending [[seraphim]] must proceed to the [[Salvington|headquarters]] of the [[local universe]], there to [[witness]] to the complete [[records]] of her [[complement]] as previously reported. Next she goes before the [[tribunals]] of the [[archangels]], to be absolved from blame in the matter of the [[survival]] failure of her subject; and then she goes back to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 the worlds], again to be assigned to another [[mortal]] of [[ascending]] [[potentiality]] or to some other division of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39 seraphic ministry]. 113:6.4 But [[angels]] minister to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE evolutionary creatures] in many ways aside from the [[services]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_113#113:1._THE_GUARDIAN_ANGELS personal and group guardianship]. [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_113#113:2._THE_DESTINY_GUARDIANS Personal guardians] whose subjects do not go [[immediately]] to the [[mansion worlds]] do not tarry there in [[idleness]] awaiting the [[dispensation]]al roll calls of [[judgment]]; they are reassigned to numerous ministering missions throughout the [[universe]]. 113:6.5 The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_113#113:1._THE_GUARDIAN_ANGELS guardian seraphim] is the [[custodial]] trustee of the [[survival]] [[values]] of [[mortal]] man's [[slumbering]] [[soul]] as the absent [[Adjuster]] is the [[identity]] of such an [[immortal]] [[universe]] [[being]]. When these two [[collaborate]] in the [[resurrection]] halls of [[First Mansion World|mansonia]] in conjunction with the newly fabricated [[morontia]] [[form]], there occurs the reassembly of the constituent [[factors]] of the [[personality]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE mortal ascender]. 113:6.6 The [[Adjuster]] will identify you; the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_113#113:1._THE_GUARDIAN_ANGELS guardian seraphim] will [[repersonalize]] you and then re-present you to the [[faithful]] [[Thought Adjuster|Monitor]] of your earth days. 113:6.7 And even so, when a [[Epoch|planetary age]] ends, when those in the lower [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110#110:6._THE_SEVEN_PSYCHIC_CIRCLES circles of mortal achievement] are forgathered, it is their [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_113#113:1._THE_GUARDIAN_ANGELS group guardians] who reassemble them in the [[resurrection halls]] of the [[Mansion Worlds|mansion spheres]], even as your record tells: "And he shall send his angels with a great voice and shall gather together his elect from one end of the realm to another."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_mark#Chapter_13][https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_Matthew#Chapter_24] 113:6.8 The [[technique]] of [[justice]] demands that [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_113#113:1._THE_GUARDIAN_ANGELS personal or group guardians] shall [[respond]] to the [[dispensation]]al roll call in behalf of all nonsurviving [[personalities]]. The [[Adjusters]] of such nonsurvivors do not return, and when the rolls are called, the [[seraphim]] [[respond]], but the [[Adjusters]] make no answer. This [[constitutes]] the "resurrection of the unjust,"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_acts#Acts.24] in [[reality]] the [[formal]] [[recognition]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:12._THE_SUPREME_TRIBUNALS cessation of creature existence]. This roll call of [[justice]] always [[immediately]] follows the roll call of [[mercy]], the [[resurrection]] of the [[sleeping survivors]]. But these are matters which are of concern to none but the [[Ancients of Days|supreme and all-knowing Judges]] of [[survival]] [[values]]. Such [[problems]] of [[adjudication]] do not really concern us. 113:6.9 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_113#113:1._THE_GUARDIAN_ANGELS Group guardians] may serve on a [[planet]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52 age after age] and [[eventually]] become [[custodians]] of the [[slumbering]] [[souls]] of thousands upon thousands of [[sleeping survivors]]. They can so serve on many [[different]] worlds in a given [[the System|system]] since the [[resurrection]] response occurs on the [[mansion worlds]]. 113:6.10 All [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_113#113:1._THE_GUARDIAN_ANGELS personal and group guardians] in [[the system]] of [[Satania]] who went astray in the [[Lucifer rebellion]], notwithstanding that many sincerely [[repented]] of their [[folly]], are to be detained on [[Jerusem]] until the final [[adjudication]] of [[the rebellion]]. Already have the [[Universal Censors]] [[arbitrarily]] taken from these disobedient and unfaithful guardians all aspects of their [[soul]] [[trusts]] and lodged these [[morontia]] realities for safekeeping in the [[custody]] of volunteer [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_28#28:3._THE_SECONAPHIM seconaphim]. ==113:7. SERAPHIM AND THE ASCENDANT CAREER== 113:7.1 It is indeed an [[epoch]] in the [[career]] of an [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascending mortal], this first [[awakening]] on the shores of the [[First Mansion World|mansion world]]; there, for the first time, [[actually]] to see your long-loved and ever-present [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_113#113:1._THE_GUARDIAN_ANGELS angelic companions] of [[earth]] days; there also to become truly [[conscious]] of the [[identity]] and [[presence]] of the [[Thought Adjuster|divine Monitor]] who so long [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_110#110:1._INDWELLING_THE_MORTAL_MIND indwelt your mind] on [[earth]]. Such an [[experience]] [[constitutes]] a [[glorious]] [[awakening]], a real [[resurrection]]. 113:7.2 On the [[Mansion Worlds|morontia spheres]] the attending [[seraphim]] (there are two of them) are your open [[companions]]. These [[angels]] not only [[consort]] with you as you [[progress]] through the [[career]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_47_-_The_Seven_Mansion_Worlds#PAPER_47:_THE_SEVEN_MANSION_WORLDS transition worlds], in every way possible assisting you in the acquirement of [[morontia]] and [[spirit]] [[status]], but they also avail themselves of the [[opportunity]] to advance by [[study]] in the extension schools for [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:1._EVOLUTIONARY_SERAPHIM evolutionary seraphim] maintained on the [[mansion worlds]]. 113:7.3 The [[human]] race was created just a little lower than the more [[simple]] [[types]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_38#38:7._CHERUBIM_AND_SANOBIM angelic orders]. Therefore will your first assignment of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_48 morontia life] be as assistants to the [[seraphim]] in the [[immediate]] [[work]] awaiting at the [[time]] you [[attain]] [[personality]] [[consciousness]] subsequent to your [[liberation]] from the bonds of the [[flesh]]. 113:7.4 Before leaving the [[mansion worlds]], all [[mortals]] will have [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39#39:8._SERAPHIC_DESTINY permanent seraphic associates or guardians]. And as you [[ascend]] the [[morontia]] spheres, [[eventually]] it is the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_113#113:2._THE_DESTINY_GUARDIANS seraphic guardians] who [[witness]] and certify the [[decrees]] of your [[eternal]] [[union]] with the [[Thought Adjusters]]. Together they have [[established]] your [[personality]] [[identities]] as [[children]] of the [[flesh]] from the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 worlds of time]. Then, with your [[attainment]] of the [[mature]] [[morontia]] estate, they accompany you through [[Jerusem]] and the associated worlds of [[the System|system]] [[progress]] and [[culture]]. After that they go with you to [[Edentia]] and its [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_43#43:8._THE_EDENTIA_TRAINING_WORLDS seventy spheres] of advanced [[socialization]], and subsequently will they pilot you to the [[Melchizedeks]] and follow you through the superb [[career]] of the [[Salvington|universe headquarters worlds]]. And when you have learned the [[wisdom]] and [[culture]] of the [[Melchizedeks]], they will take you on to [[Salvington]], where you will stand face to face with the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_33#33:2._THE_SOVEREIGN_OF_NEBADON Sovereign of all Nebadon]. And still will these [[Seraphim|seraphic guides]] follow you through the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:13._THE_SECTOR_GOVERNMENTS minor and major sectors] of the [[superuniverse]] and on to the receiving worlds of [[Uversa]], remaining with you until you finally [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_28#28:3._THE_SECONAPHIM enseconaphim] for the long [[Havona]] flight. 113:7.5 Some of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_113#113:2._THE_DESTINY_GUARDIANS destiny guardians] of attachment during the [[mortal]] [[career]] follow the [[course]] of the [[ascending]] [[pilgrims]] through [[Havona]]. The others bid their long-time [[mortal]] [[associates]] a temporary [[farewell]], and then, while these [[mortals]] traverse the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_14#14:1._THE_PARADISE-HAVONA_SYSTEM circles of the central universe], these [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_113#113:2._THE_DESTINY_GUARDIANS guardians of destiny] [[achieve]] the circles of [[Seraphington]]. And they will be in waiting on the shores of [[Paradise]] when their [[mortal]] [[associates]] awaken from the last transit [[sleep]] of time into the new [[experiences]] of [[eternity]]. Such [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:1._EVOLUTIONARY_SERAPHIM ascending seraphim] subsequently enter upon [[divergent]] [[services]] in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_31#31:4._ADOPTED_SERAPHIM finaliter corps] and in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39#39:9._THE_CORPS_OF_SERAPHIC_COMPLETION Seraphic Corps of Completion]. 113:7.6 [[Man]] and [[angel]] may or may not be reunited in [[eternal]] [[service]], but wherever seraphic assignment may take them, the [[seraphim]] are always in [[communication]] with their former wards of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 evolutionary worlds], the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascendant mortals of time]. The [[intimate]] [[associations]] and the [[affectionate]] attachments of the realms of [[human]] [[origin]] are never forgotten nor ever completely severed. In the [[eternal]] ages [[men]] and [[angels]] will [[co-operate]] in the [[divine]] [[service]] as they did in the [[Ascension Career|career of time]]. 113:7.7 For [[seraphim]], the surest way of achieving the [[Paradise Deities]] is by successfully [[guiding]] a [[soul]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 evolutionary origin] to the [[portals]] of [[Paradise]]. Therefore is the assignment of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_113#113:2._THE_DESTINY_GUARDIANS guardian of destiny] the most highly prized [[seraphic]] [[duty]]. 113:7.8 Only [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_113#113:2._THE_DESTINY_GUARDIANS destiny guardians] are mustered into the primary or mortal [[Corps of the Finality]], and such pairs have engaged in the [[supreme]] [[adventure]] of [[identity]] at-[[oneness]]; the two beings have achieved [[spiritual]] bi-unification on [[Seraphington]] prior to their [[reception]] into the [[finaliter corps]]. In this [[experience]] the [[two]] angelic [[natures]], so [[complement]]al in all [[universe]] [[functions]], achieve [[ultimate]] spirit two-in-[[oneness]], repercussing in a new [[capacity]] for the [[reception]] of, and [[fusion]] with, a non-Adjuster [[fragment]] of the [[Paradise Father]]. And so do some of your loving [[seraphic]] [[associates]] in time also become your [[finaliter]] associates in [[eternity]], [[children]] of [[the Supreme]] and [[perfected]] sons of the [[Paradise Father]]. 113:7.9 Presented by the Chief of [[Seraphim]] stationed on [[Urantia]]. <center>[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_114 Go to Next Paper]</center><center>[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112 Go to Previous Paper]</center> <center>[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center> [[Category: PART III: The History of Urantia]]

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