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1:2.1 [[God]] is primal [[reality]] in the [[spirit]] world; God is the source of [[truth]] in the [[mind]] [[spheres]]; God [[Shadow|overshadows]] [[Everything|all]] throughout the [[material]] realms. To all created [[intelligences]] God is a [[personality]], and to the [[Grand Universe|universe of universes]] he is the [[First Source and Center]] of eternal reality. God is neither [[Human|manlike]] nor [[machine]]like. The First Father is [[universal]] [[spirit]], [[eternal]] [[truth]], [[infinite]] [[reality]], and [[father]] personality.

1:2.1 [[God]] is primal [[reality]] in the [[spirit]] world; God is the source of [[truth]] in the [[mind]] [[spheres]]; God [[Shadow|overshadows]] [[Everything|all]] throughout the [[material]] realms. To all created [[intelligences]] God is a [[personality]], and to the [[Grand Universe|universe of universes]] he is the [[First Source and Center]] of eternal reality. God is neither [[Human|manlike]] nor [[machine]]like. The First Father is [[universal]] [[spirit]], [[eternal]] [[truth]], [[infinite]] [[reality]], and [[father]] personality.

1:2.2 The eternal God is infinitely more than reality [[ideal]]ized or the universe [[personalized]]. God is not simply the supreme [[desire]] of man, the [[mortal]] quest objectified. Neither is God merely a [[concept]], the power-potential of [[Justice|righteousness]]. The Universal Father is not a synonym for nature, neither is he [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_law natural law] personified. God is a [[transcendent]] [[reality]], not merely man's [[traditional]] concept of supreme [[values]]. God is not a [[psychological]] [[Focus|focalization]] of spiritual [[meanings]], neither is he "the [[Nobility|noblest]] [[work]] of man."[http://www.saidwhat.co.uk/quotes/favourite/robert_g_ingersoll/an_honest_god_is_the_noblest_work_of_man_2591][http://www.quotesandpoem.com/quotes/showquotes/author/alexander-pope/116304] God may be any or all of these concepts in the minds of men, but he is more. He is a [[Salvation|saving]] [[person]] and a loving Father to all who enjoy spiritual [[peace]] on [[earth]], and who crave to experience [[personality]] survival in [[death]].

1:2.2 The eternal God is infinitely more than reality [[ideal]]ized or the universe [[personalized]]. God is not simply the supreme [[desire]] of man, the [[mortal]] quest objectified. Neither is God merely a [[concept]], the power-potential of [[Justice|righteousness]]. The Universal Father is not a synonym for nature, neither is he [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_law natural law] personified. God is a [[transcendent]] [[reality]], not merely man's [[traditional]] concept of supreme [[values]]. God is not a [[psychological]] [[Focus|focalization]] of spiritual [[meanings]], neither is he "the [[Nobility|noblest]] [[work]] of man."[https://www.saidwhat.co.uk/quotes/favourite/robert_g_ingersoll/an_honest_god_is_the_noblest_work_of_man_2591][https://www.quotesandpoem.com/quotes/showquotes/author/alexander-pope/116304] God may be any or all of these concepts in the minds of men, but he is more. He is a [[Salvation|saving]] [[person]] and a loving Father to all who enjoy spiritual [[peace]] on [[earth]], and who crave to experience [[personality]] survival in [[death]].

1:2.3 The actuality of the [[existence]] of God is [[demonstrated]] in human [[experience]] by the indwelling of the [[Thought Adjuster|divine presence]], the spirit Monitor sent from [[Paradise]] to live in the mortal mind of man and there to assist in evolving the immortal [[soul]] of eternal [[survival]]. The [[presence]] of this divine Adjuster in the human mind is disclosed by three experiential [[phenomena]]:

1:2.3 The actuality of the [[existence]] of God is [[demonstrated]] in human [[experience]] by the indwelling of the [[Thought Adjuster|divine presence]], the spirit Monitor sent from [[Paradise]] to live in the mortal mind of man and there to assist in evolving the immortal [[soul]] of eternal [[survival]]. The [[presence]] of this divine Adjuster in the human mind is disclosed by three experiential [[phenomena]]:

1:4.1 The [[infinity]] of the [[perfection]] of [[God]] is such that it eternally constitutes him [[mystery]]. And the greatest of all the unfathomable mysteries of God is the [[phenomenon]] of the [[Thought Adjusters|divine indwelling]] of [[mortal]] [[minds]]. The [[manner]] in which the Universal Father sojourns with the [[creatures]] of [[time]] is the most [[profound]] of all [[universe]] mysteries; the divine [[presence]] in the mind of [[Human|man]] is the mystery of mysteries.

1:4.1 The [[infinity]] of the [[perfection]] of [[God]] is such that it eternally constitutes him [[mystery]]. And the greatest of all the unfathomable mysteries of God is the [[phenomenon]] of the [[Thought Adjusters|divine indwelling]] of [[mortal]] [[minds]]. The [[manner]] in which the Universal Father sojourns with the [[creatures]] of [[time]] is the most [[profound]] of all [[universe]] mysteries; the divine [[presence]] in the mind of [[Human|man]] is the mystery of mysteries.

1:4.2 The [[physical]] [[bodies]] of [[mortals]] are "the temples of God."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_III] Notwithstanding that the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:5._RELATION_OF_MASTER_SONS_TO_THE_UNIVERSE Sovereign Creator Sons] come near the creatures of their inhabited worlds and "draw all men to themselves"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_6][https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_6]; though they "stand at the door" of [[consciousness]] "and knock"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Revelation#Chapter_3] and delight to come in to all who will "open the doors of their [[hearts]]"[http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/h/helenkelle121474.html]; although there does exist this [[intimate]] [[personal]] [[communion]] between the [[Creator Sons]] and their [[mortal]] [[creatures]], nevertheless, mortal men have something from [[God]] himself which actually dwells within them; their [[bodies]] are the temples thereof.

1:4.2 The [[physical]] [[bodies]] of [[mortals]] are "the temples of God."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians#1st_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Corinthians.2C_III] Notwithstanding that the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:5._RELATION_OF_MASTER_SONS_TO_THE_UNIVERSE Sovereign Creator Sons] come near the creatures of their inhabited worlds and "draw all men to themselves"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_6][https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gospel_of_John#Chapter_6]; though they "stand at the door" of [[consciousness]] "and knock"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Revelation#Chapter_3] and delight to come in to all who will "open the doors of their [[hearts]]"[https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/h/helenkelle121474.html]; although there does exist this [[intimate]] [[personal]] [[communion]] between the [[Creator Sons]] and their [[mortal]] [[creatures]], nevertheless, mortal men have something from [[God]] himself which actually dwells within them; their [[bodies]] are the temples thereof.

1:4.3 When you are through down here, when your course has been run in temporary form on [[earth]], when your trial trip in the [[flesh]] is finished, when the dust that composes the mortal tabernacle "returns to the earth whence it came"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.3]; then, it is [[revealed]], the indwelling "Spirit shall return to God who gave it."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Ecclesiastes#Chapter_.12] There sojourns within each moral being of this planet a [[Thought Adjuster|fragment of God]], a part and parcel of [[divinity]]. It is not yet yours by right of possession, but it is designedly [[intended]] to be one with you if you survive the [[mortal]] [[existence]].

1:4.3 When you are through down here, when your course has been run in temporary form on [[earth]], when your trial trip in the [[flesh]] is finished, when the dust that composes the mortal tabernacle "returns to the earth whence it came"[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.3]; then, it is [[revealed]], the indwelling "Spirit shall return to God who gave it."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Ecclesiastes#Chapter_.12] There sojourns within each moral being of this planet a [[Thought Adjuster|fragment of God]], a part and parcel of [[divinity]]. It is not yet yours by right of possession, but it is designedly [[intended]] to be one with you if you survive the [[mortal]] [[existence]].

1:5.10 The [[idea]] of the personality of the Universal Father is an enlarged and truer [[concept]] of [[God]] which has come to mankind chiefly through [[revelation]]. [[Reason]], [[wisdom]], and religious [[experience]] all [[infer]] and imply the personality of God, but they do not altogether [[Proof|validate]] it. Even the indwelling [[Thought Adjuster]] is prepersonal. The truth and [[maturity]] of any [[religion]] is directly proportional to its concept of the infinite personality of God and to its grasp of the [[absolute]] [[unity]] of [[Deity]]. The idea of a [[personal]] Deity becomes, then, the [[measure]] of religious maturity after religion has first formulated the concept of the unity of God.

1:5.10 The [[idea]] of the personality of the Universal Father is an enlarged and truer [[concept]] of [[God]] which has come to mankind chiefly through [[revelation]]. [[Reason]], [[wisdom]], and religious [[experience]] all [[infer]] and imply the personality of God, but they do not altogether [[Proof|validate]] it. Even the indwelling [[Thought Adjuster]] is prepersonal. The truth and [[maturity]] of any [[religion]] is directly proportional to its concept of the infinite personality of God and to its grasp of the [[absolute]] [[unity]] of [[Deity]]. The idea of a [[personal]] Deity becomes, then, the [[measure]] of religious maturity after religion has first formulated the concept of the unity of God.

1:5.11 [[Paper 86 - Early Evolution of Religion|Primitive religion]] had many [[personal]] gods, and they were [[fashion]]ed in the image of [[man]]. [[Revelation]] affirms the validity of the personality concept of God which is merely possible in the [[scientific]] postulate of a First Cause and is only provisionally suggested in the philosophic idea of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_105#105:4._UNITY.2C_DUALITY.2C_AND_TRIUNITY Universal Unity]. Only by personality approach can any person begin to comprehend the [[unity]] of [[God]]. To deny the personality of the First Source and Center leaves one only the choice of two philosophic [[dilemmas]]: [[materialism]] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantheism pantheism].

1:5.11 [[Paper 86 - Early Evolution of Religion|Primitive religion]] had many [[personal]] gods, and they were [[fashion]]ed in the image of [[man]]. [[Revelation]] affirms the validity of the personality concept of God which is merely possible in the [[scientific]] postulate of a First Cause and is only provisionally suggested in the philosophic idea of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_105#105:4._UNITY.2C_DUALITY.2C_AND_TRIUNITY Universal Unity]. Only by personality approach can any person begin to comprehend the [[unity]] of [[God]]. To deny the personality of the First Source and Center leaves one only the choice of two philosophic [[dilemmas]]: [[materialism]] or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantheism pantheism].

1:5.12 In the contemplation of Deity, the [[concept]] of [[personality]] must be divested of the idea of corporeality. A [[material]] [[body]] is not indispensable to personality in either [[man]] or [[God]]. The corporeality error is shown in both extremes of human [[philosophy]]. In materialism, since man loses his body at [[death]], he ceases to exist as a personality; in pantheism, since God has no body, he is not, therefore, a person. The superhuman type of [[progressing]] personality [[function]]s in a union of [[mind]] and [[spirit]].

1:5.12 In the contemplation of Deity, the [[concept]] of [[personality]] must be divested of the idea of corporeality. A [[material]] [[body]] is not indispensable to personality in either [[man]] or [[God]]. The corporeality error is shown in both extremes of human [[philosophy]]. In materialism, since man loses his body at [[death]], he ceases to exist as a personality; in pantheism, since God has no body, he is not, therefore, a person. The superhuman type of [[progressing]] personality [[function]]s in a union of [[mind]] and [[spirit]].

1:7.5 [[Ultimate]] [[Paper 106 - Universe Levels of Reality|universe reality]] cannot be grasped by [[mathematics]], [[logic]], or [[philosophy]], only by personal experience in [[progressive]] [[Attunement|conformity]] to the divine will of a personal God. Neither [[science]], [[philosophy]], nor [[theology]] can [[Proof|validate]] the personality of God. Only the personal experience of the [[faith]] sons of the heavenly Father can effect the actual spiritual [[realization]] of the personality of God.

1:7.5 [[Ultimate]] [[Paper 106 - Universe Levels of Reality|universe reality]] cannot be grasped by [[mathematics]], [[logic]], or [[philosophy]], only by personal experience in [[progressive]] [[Attunement|conformity]] to the divine will of a personal God. Neither [[science]], [[philosophy]], nor [[theology]] can [[Proof|validate]] the personality of God. Only the personal experience of the [[faith]] sons of the heavenly Father can effect the actual spiritual [[realization]] of the personality of God.

1:7.6 The higher concepts of universe personality imply: [[identity]], self-consciousness, self-will, and [[possibility]] for self-revelation. And these [[Attributes|characteristics]] further imply [[fellowship]] with other and equal personalities, such as exists in the personality associations of the [[Trinity|Paradise Deities]]. And the [[absolute]] [[unity]] of these [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associativity associations] is so [[perfect]] that [[divinity]] becomes known by [[Integration|indivisibility]], by oneness. "The Lord God is one."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Deutoronomy#Chapter_.6] Indivisibility of personality does not interfere with God's [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_108#108:1._SELECTION_AND_ASSIGNMENT bestowing his spirit] to live in the [[hearts]] of [[mortal]] men. Indivisibility of a human [[father]]'s personality does not prevent the reproduction of mortal sons and daughters.

1:7.6 The higher concepts of universe personality imply: [[identity]], self-consciousness, self-will, and [[possibility]] for self-revelation. And these [[Attributes|characteristics]] further imply [[fellowship]] with other and equal personalities, such as exists in the personality associations of the [[Trinity|Paradise Deities]]. And the [[absolute]] [[unity]] of these [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associativity associations] is so [[perfect]] that [[divinity]] becomes known by [[Integration|indivisibility]], by oneness. "The Lord God is one."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Deutoronomy#Chapter_.6] Indivisibility of personality does not interfere with God's [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_108#108:1._SELECTION_AND_ASSIGNMENT bestowing his spirit] to live in the [[hearts]] of [[mortal]] men. Indivisibility of a human [[father]]'s personality does not prevent the reproduction of mortal sons and daughters.

1:7.7 This concept of [[Integration|indivisibility]] in association with the [[concept]] of [[unity]] implies [[transcendence]] of both [[time and space]] by the [[Paper 118 - Supreme and Ulitimate-Time and Space|Ultimacy of Deity]]; therefore neither [[Spacetime|space nor time]] can be [[absolute]] or [[infinite]]. The [[First Source and Center]] is that infinity who unqualifiedly transcends all [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_9#9:4._THE_ABSOLUTE_MIND mind], all [[Paper 41 - Physical Aspects of the Local Universe|matter]], and all [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_7#7:1._THE_SPIRIT-GRAVITY_CIRCUIT spirit].

1:7.7 This concept of [[Integration|indivisibility]] in association with the [[concept]] of [[unity]] implies [[transcendence]] of both [[time and space]] by the [[Paper 118 - Supreme and Ulitimate-Time and Space|Ultimacy of Deity]]; therefore neither [[Spacetime|space nor time]] can be [[absolute]] or [[infinite]]. The [[First Source and Center]] is that infinity who unqualifiedly transcends all [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_9#9:4._THE_ABSOLUTE_MIND mind], all [[Paper 41 - Physical Aspects of the Local Universe|matter]], and all [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_7#7:1._THE_SPIRIT-GRAVITY_CIRCUIT spirit].