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==PAPER 23: THE SOLITARY MESSENGERS==   

==PAPER 23: THE SOLITARY MESSENGERS==   

23:0.1 ''Solitary Messengers'' are the [[personal]] and [[universal]] corps of the [[Conjoint Creator]]; they are the first and senior order of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_24#PAPER_24:_HIGHER_PERSONALITIES_OF_THE_INFINITE_SPIRIT Higher Personalities of the Infinite Spirit]. They [[represent]] the initial [[creative]] [[action]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]] in [[solitary]] [[function]] for the [[purpose]] of bringing into [[existence]] solitary [[personality]] spirits. Neither [[the Father]] nor [[the Son]] directly [[participated]] in this stupendous spiritualization.

23:0.1 ''Solitary Messengers'' are the [[personal]] and [[universal]] corps of the [[Conjoint Creator]]; they are the first and senior order of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_24#PAPER_24:_HIGHER_PERSONALITIES_OF_THE_INFINITE_SPIRIT Higher Personalities of the Infinite Spirit]. They [[represent]] the initial [[creative]] [[action]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]] in [[solitary]] [[function]] for the [[purpose]] of bringing into [[existence]] solitary [[personality]] spirits. Neither [[the Father]] nor [[the Son]] directly [[participated]] in this stupendous spiritualization.

23:0.2 These [[spirit]] [[messengers]] were [[personalized]] in a single [[creative]] [[episode]], and their [[number]] is stationary. Although I have one of these extraordinary [[beings]] [[associated]] with me on this present mission, I do not know how many such [[personalities]] exist in the [[universe of universes]]. I only know, from time to time, how many are of registry-record as functioning for the time being within the [[jurisdiction]] of our [[superuniverse]]. From the last [[Uversa]] report I [[observe]] that there were almost 7,690 trillion Solitary Messengers then operating within the boundaries of [[Orvonton]]; and I conjecture that this is considerably less than one seventh of their total [[number]].

23:0.2 These [[spirit]] [[messengers]] were [[personalized]] in a single [[creative]] [[episode]], and their [[number]] is stationary. Although I have one of these extraordinary [[beings]] [[associated]] with me on this present mission, I do not know how many such [[personalities]] exist in the [[universe of universes]]. I only know, from time to time, how many are of registry-record as functioning for the time being within the [[jurisdiction]] of our [[superuniverse]]. From the last [[Uversa]] report I [[observe]] that there were almost 7,690 trillion Solitary Messengers then operating within the boundaries of [[Orvonton]]; and I conjecture that this is considerably less than one seventh of their total [[number]].

==23:1. NATURE AND ORIGIN OF SOLITARY MESSENGERS==   

==23:1. NATURE AND ORIGIN OF SOLITARY MESSENGERS==   

23:1.1 [[Immediately]] following the [[creation]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:5._THE_SEVEN_SPIRITS_OF_THE_CIRCUITS Seven Spirits of the Havona Circuits] the [[Infinite Spirit]] brought into being the vast corps of Solitary Messengers. There is no part of the [[universal]] [[creation]] which is pre-existent to the Solitary Messengers except [[Paradise]] and the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_14#14:1._THE_PARADISE-HAVONA_SYSTEM Havona circuits]; they have [[functioned]] throughout the [[grand universe]] from near [[eternity]]. They are fundamental to the [[divine]] [[technique]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]] for self-revelation to, and [[personal]] contact with, the far-flung [[creations]] of [[time and space]].

23:1.1 [[Immediately]] following the [[creation]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:5._THE_SEVEN_SPIRITS_OF_THE_CIRCUITS Seven Spirits of the Havona Circuits] the [[Infinite Spirit]] brought into being the vast corps of Solitary Messengers. There is no part of the [[universal]] [[creation]] which is pre-existent to the Solitary Messengers except [[Paradise]] and the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_14#14:1._THE_PARADISE-HAVONA_SYSTEM Havona circuits]; they have [[functioned]] throughout the [[grand universe]] from near [[eternity]]. They are fundamental to the [[divine]] [[technique]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]] for self-revelation to, and [[personal]] contact with, the far-flung [[creations]] of [[time and space]].

23:1.2 Notwithstanding that these messengers are [[existent]] from the near times of [[eternity]], they are all [[aware]] of a beginning of [[selfhood]]. They are [[conscious]] of [[time]], being the first of the [[creation]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]] to [[possess]] such a time [[consciousness]]. They are the first-born [[creatures]] of the Infinite Spirit to be [[personalized]] in time and spiritualized in [[space]].

23:1.2 Notwithstanding that these messengers are [[existent]] from the near times of [[eternity]], they are all [[aware]] of a beginning of [[selfhood]]. They are [[conscious]] of [[time]], being the first of the [[creation]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]] to [[possess]] such a time [[consciousness]]. They are the first-born [[creatures]] of the Infinite Spirit to be [[personalized]] in time and spiritualized in [[space]].

23:1.3 These [[solitary]] [[spirits]] came forth in the dawn of time as full-fledged and perfectly [[endowed]] [[spirit]] [[beings]]. They are all [[equal]], and there are no classes or subdivisions founded on [[personal]] variation. Their classifications are based wholly on the [[type]] of [[work]] to which they are assigned from time to time.

23:1.3 These [[solitary]] [[spirits]] came forth in the dawn of time as full-fledged and perfectly [[endowed]] [[spirit]] [[beings]]. They are all [[equal]], and there are no classes or subdivisions founded on [[personal]] variation. Their classifications are based wholly on the [[type]] of [[work]] to which they are assigned from time to time.

23:1.4 [[Mortals]] start out as well-nigh [[material]] [[beings]] on the [[worlds of space]] and [[ascend]] inward towards the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_0_-_The_Foreword#III._THE_FIRST_SOURCE_AND_CENTER Great Centers]; these solitary spirits start out at the [[center]] of [[all things]] and crave assignment to the remote [[creations]], even to the [[individual worlds]] of the outermost [[local universes]] and even on beyond.

23:1.4 [[Mortals]] start out as well-nigh [[material]] [[beings]] on the [[worlds of space]] and [[ascend]] inward towards the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_0_-_The_Foreword#III._THE_FIRST_SOURCE_AND_CENTER Great Centers]; these solitary spirits start out at the [[center]] of [[all things]] and crave assignment to the remote [[creations]], even to the [[individual worlds]] of the outermost [[local universes]] and even on beyond.

23:1.5 Though denominated ''Solitary Messengers'', they are not lonesome spirits, for they truly like to [[work]] alone. They are the only [[beings]] in all creation who can and do enjoy a [[solitary]] [[existence]], albeit they equally enjoy [[association]] with the very few orders of [[universe]] [[intelligence]] with whom they can fraternize.

23:1.5 Though denominated ''Solitary Messengers'', they are not lonesome spirits, for they truly like to [[work]] alone. They are the only [[beings]] in all creation who can and do enjoy a [[solitary]] [[existence]], albeit they equally enjoy [[association]] with the very few orders of [[universe]] [[intelligence]] with whom they can fraternize.

23:1.6 ''Solitary Messengers'' are not [[isolated]] in their [[service]]; they are constantly in [[touch]] with the [[wealth]] of the [[intellect]] of all [[creation]] as they are capable of "listening in" on all the [[broadcasts]] of the realms of their [[sojourn]]. They can also intercommunicate with members of their own [[immediate]] corps, those [[beings]] doing the same kind of work in the same [[superuniverse]]. They could [[communicate]] with others of their number, but they have been directed by the council of the [[Seven Master Spirits]] not to do so, and they are a [[loyal]] [[group]]; they do not disobey or [[default]]. There is no record that a Solitary Messenger ever stumbled into [[darkness]].

23:1.6 ''Solitary Messengers'' are not [[isolated]] in their [[service]]; they are constantly in [[touch]] with the [[wealth]] of the [[intellect]] of all [[creation]] as they are capable of "listening in" on all the [[broadcasts]] of the realms of their [[sojourn]]. They can also intercommunicate with members of their own [[immediate]] corps, those [[beings]] doing the same kind of work in the same [[superuniverse]]. They could [[communicate]] with others of their number, but they have been directed by the council of the [[Seven Master Spirits]] not to do so, and they are a [[loyal]] [[group]]; they do not disobey or [[default]]. There is no record that a Solitary Messenger ever stumbled into [[darkness]].

23:1.7 The ''Solitary Messengers'', like the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#PAPER_29:_THE_UNIVERSE_POWER_DIRECTORS Universe Power Directors], are among the very few [[types]] of [[beings]] operating throughout the realms who are exempt from apprehension or detention by the [[tribunals]] of [[time and space]]. They could be cited to [[appear]] before no one except the [[Seven Master Spirits]], but not in all the annals of the [[master universe]] has this [[Paradise]] council ever been called upon to [[adjudicate]] the case of a Solitary Messenger.

23:1.7 The ''Solitary Messengers'', like the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#PAPER_29:_THE_UNIVERSE_POWER_DIRECTORS Universe Power Directors], are among the very few [[types]] of [[beings]] operating throughout the realms who are exempt from apprehension or detention by the [[tribunals]] of [[time and space]]. They could be cited to [[appear]] before no one except the [[Seven Master Spirits]], but not in all the annals of the [[master universe]] has this [[Paradise]] council ever been called upon to [[adjudicate]] the case of a Solitary Messenger.

23:1.8 These messengers of solitary assignment are a dependable, self-reliant, [[versatile]], thoroughly spiritual, and broadly [[sympathetic]] [[group]] of created [[beings]] derived from the [[Third Source and Center]]; they operate by the [[authority]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]] resident on the central [[Isle of Paradise]] and as [[personalized]] on the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_33#33:6._GENERAL_ADMINISTRATION headquarters spheres] of the [[local universes]]. They are constant partakers of the direct [[circuit]] emanating from the [[Infinite Spirit]], even when they [[function]] in the local [[creations]] under the [[immediate]] [[influence]] of the [[local universe]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:6._THE_LOCAL_UNIVERSE_CREATIVE_SPIRITS Mother Spirits].

23:1.8 These messengers of solitary assignment are a dependable, self-reliant, [[versatile]], thoroughly spiritual, and broadly [[sympathetic]] [[group]] of created [[beings]] derived from the [[Third Source and Center]]; they operate by the [[authority]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]] resident on the central [[Isle of Paradise]] and as [[personalized]] on the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_33#33:6._GENERAL_ADMINISTRATION headquarters spheres] of the [[local universes]]. They are constant partakers of the direct [[circuit]] emanating from the [[Infinite Spirit]], even when they [[function]] in the local [[creations]] under the [[immediate]] [[influence]] of the [[local universe]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:6._THE_LOCAL_UNIVERSE_CREATIVE_SPIRITS Mother Spirits].

23:1.9 There is a [[technical]] [[reason]] why these [[Solitary Messengers]] must travel and [[work]] alone. For short periods and when stationary, they can [[collaborate]] in a [[group]], but when thus ensembled, they are altogether cut off from the sustenance and direction of their [[Paradise]] [[circuit]]; they are wholly isolated. When in transit, or when operating in the [[circuits]] of [[space]] and the currents of [[time]], if two or more of this order are in close proximity, both or all are thrown out of [[liaison]] with the higher [[circulating]] [[forces]]. They are " short circuited " as you might describe it in [[illustrative]] [[symbols]]. Therefore they have [[inherent]] within them a power of [[automatic]] alarm, a warning signal, which unerringly operates to apprise them of approaching [[conflicts]] and unfailingly keeps them sufficiently separated as not to [[interfere]] with their proper and [[effective]] [[functioning]]. They also [[possess]] [[inherent]] and [[automatic]] [[powers]] which detect and indicate the proximity of both the [[Inspired Trinity Spirits]] and the divine [[Thought Adjusters]].

23:1.9 There is a [[technical]] [[reason]] why these [[Solitary Messengers]] must travel and [[work]] alone. For short periods and when stationary, they can [[collaborate]] in a [[group]], but when thus ensembled, they are altogether cut off from the sustenance and direction of their [[Paradise]] [[circuit]]; they are wholly isolated. When in transit, or when operating in the [[circuits]] of [[space]] and the currents of [[time]], if two or more of this order are in close proximity, both or all are thrown out of [[liaison]] with the higher [[circulating]] [[forces]]. They are " short circuited " as you might describe it in [[illustrative]] [[symbols]]. Therefore they have [[inherent]] within them a power of [[automatic]] alarm, a warning signal, which unerringly operates to apprise them of approaching [[conflicts]] and unfailingly keeps them sufficiently separated as not to [[interfere]] with their proper and [[effective]] [[functioning]]. They also [[possess]] [[inherent]] and [[automatic]] [[powers]] which detect and indicate the proximity of both the [[Inspired Trinity Spirits]] and the divine [[Thought Adjusters]].

*1. Messengers of the [[Paradise Trinity]].

*1. Messengers of the [[Paradise Trinity]].

*2. Messengers of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_14_-_The_Central_and_Divine_Universe#14:1._THE_PARADISE-HAVONA_SYSTEM Havona Circuits].

*2. Messengers of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_14_-_The_Central_and_Divine_Universe#14:1._THE_PARADISE-HAVONA_SYSTEM Havona Circuits].

*3. Messengers of the [[Seven Superuniverses|Superuniverses]].

*3. Messengers of the [[Seven Superuniverses|Superuniverses]].

*4. Messengers of the [[Local Universes]].

*4. Messengers of the [[Local Universes]].

23:2.5 The [[confusion]] and turmoil of [[Urantia]] do not signify that the Paradise Rulers lack either interest or [[ability]] to manage affairs [[differently]]. The Creators are [[possessed]] of full [[power]] to make [[Urantia]] a veritable [[paradise]], but such an [[Eden]] would not contribute to the [[development]] of those strong, [[noble]], and experienced [[characters]] which the Gods are so surely forging out on your world between the anvils of [[necessity]] and the hammers of anguish. Your [[anxieties]] and [[sorrows]], your trials and [[disappointments]], are just as much a part of the [[divine]] plan on your [[sphere]] as are the exquisite [[perfection]] and [[infinite]] adaptation of [[all things]] to their supreme [[purpose]] on the worlds of the [[Havona|central and perfect universe]].

23:2.5 The [[confusion]] and turmoil of [[Urantia]] do not signify that the Paradise Rulers lack either interest or [[ability]] to manage affairs [[differently]]. The Creators are [[possessed]] of full [[power]] to make [[Urantia]] a veritable [[paradise]], but such an [[Eden]] would not contribute to the [[development]] of those strong, [[noble]], and experienced [[characters]] which the Gods are so surely forging out on your world between the anvils of [[necessity]] and the hammers of anguish. Your [[anxieties]] and [[sorrows]], your trials and [[disappointments]], are just as much a part of the [[divine]] plan on your [[sphere]] as are the exquisite [[perfection]] and [[infinite]] adaptation of [[all things]] to their supreme [[purpose]] on the worlds of the [[Havona|central and perfect universe]].

23:2.6 2. ''Messengers of the Havona Circuits''. Throughout the [[ascendant career]] you will be vaguely, but increasingly, able to detect the [[presence]] of the Solitary Messengers, but not until you reach [[Havona]] will you recognize them unmistakably. The first of the messengers you will see [[Interface|face to face]] will be those of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_14_-_The_Central_and_Divine_Universe#14:1._THE_PARADISE-HAVONA_SYSTEM Havona circuits].

23:2.6 2. ''Messengers of the Havona Circuits''. Throughout the [[ascendant career]] you will be vaguely, but increasingly, able to detect the [[presence]] of the Solitary Messengers, but not until you reach [[Havona]] will you recognize them unmistakably. The first of the messengers you will see [[Interface|face to face]] will be those of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_14_-_The_Central_and_Divine_Universe#14:1._THE_PARADISE-HAVONA_SYSTEM Havona circuits].

23:2.7 Solitary Messengers enjoy special [[relations]] with the natives of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_14_-_The_Central_and_Divine_Universe#14:4._CREATURES_OF_THE_CENTRAL_UNIVERSE Havona worlds]. These [[messengers]], who are so [[functionally]] handicapped when [[associating]] with one another, can and do have a very close and [[personal]] [[communion]] with the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_14_-_The_Central_and_Divine_Universe#14:4._CREATURES_OF_THE_CENTRAL_UNIVERSE Havona natives]. But it is quite impossible to convey to [[human]] [[minds]] the [[supreme]] [[satisfactions]] consequent upon the contact of the [[minds]] of these divinely [[perfect]] [[beings]] with the spirits of such near-transcendent personalities.

23:2.7 Solitary Messengers enjoy special [[relations]] with the natives of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_14_-_The_Central_and_Divine_Universe#14:4._CREATURES_OF_THE_CENTRAL_UNIVERSE Havona worlds]. These [[messengers]], who are so [[functionally]] handicapped when [[associating]] with one another, can and do have a very close and [[personal]] [[communion]] with the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_14_-_The_Central_and_Divine_Universe#14:4._CREATURES_OF_THE_CENTRAL_UNIVERSE Havona natives]. But it is quite impossible to convey to [[human]] [[minds]] the [[supreme]] [[satisfactions]] consequent upon the contact of the [[minds]] of these divinely [[perfect]] [[beings]] with the spirits of such near-transcendent personalities.

23:2.8 3. ''Messengers of the Superuniverses''. The [[Ancients of Days]], those [[personalities]] of [[Trinity]] [[origin]] who preside over the [[destinies]] of the [[seven superuniverses]], those trios of [[divine]] [[power]] and [[administrative]] [[wisdom]], are bountifully supplied with Solitary Messengers. It is only through this order of [[messengers]] that the triune rulers of one [[superuniverse]] can directly and [[personally]] [[communicate]] with the rulers of another. Solitary Messengers are the only available [[type]] of [[spirit]] [[intelligence]]—aside, possibly, from the [[Inspired Trinity Spirits]]—that can be dispatched from the headquarters of one [[superuniverse]] directly to the headquarters of another. All other [[personalities]] must make such excursions by way of [[Havona]] and the executive worlds of the [[Master Spirits]].

23:2.8 3. ''Messengers of the Superuniverses''. The [[Ancients of Days]], those [[personalities]] of [[Trinity]] [[origin]] who preside over the [[destinies]] of the [[seven superuniverses]], those trios of [[divine]] [[power]] and [[administrative]] [[wisdom]], are bountifully supplied with Solitary Messengers. It is only through this order of [[messengers]] that the triune rulers of one [[superuniverse]] can directly and [[personally]] [[communicate]] with the rulers of another. Solitary Messengers are the only available [[type]] of [[spirit]] [[intelligence]]—aside, possibly, from the [[Inspired Trinity Spirits]]—that can be dispatched from the headquarters of one [[superuniverse]] directly to the headquarters of another. All other [[personalities]] must make such excursions by way of [[Havona]] and the executive worlds of the [[Master Spirits]].

23:2.9 There are some kinds of [[information]] which cannot be obtained either by [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_31#31:2._GRAVITY_MESSENGERS Gravity Messengers], [[reflectivity]], or [[broadcast]]. And when the [[Ancients of Days]] would certainly know these [[things]], they must dispatch a Solitary Messenger to the [[source]] of [[knowledge]]. Long before the [[presence]] of life on [[Urantia]] the messenger now [[associated]] with me was assigned on a mission out of [[Uversa]] to the [[central universe]]—was absent from the roll calls of [[Orvonton]] for almost a million years but returned in due time with the [[desired]] [[information]].

23:2.9 There are some kinds of [[information]] which cannot be obtained either by [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_31#31:2._GRAVITY_MESSENGERS Gravity Messengers], [[reflectivity]], or [[broadcast]]. And when the [[Ancients of Days]] would certainly know these [[things]], they must dispatch a Solitary Messenger to the [[source]] of [[knowledge]]. Long before the [[presence]] of life on [[Urantia]] the messenger now [[associated]] with me was assigned on a mission out of [[Uversa]] to the [[central universe]]—was absent from the roll calls of [[Orvonton]] for almost a million years but returned in due time with the [[desired]] [[information]].

23:2.10 There is no [[limitation]] upon the [[service]] of Solitary Messengers in the [[superuniverses]]; they may [[function]] as [[executioners]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:12._THE_SUPREME_TRIBUNALS high tribunals] or as [[intelligence]] gatherers for the [[good]] of the realm. Of all the supercreations they most delight to serve in [[Orvonton]] because here the need is greatest and the [[opportunities]] for [[heroic]] effort are greatly multiplied. In the more needy realms we all enjoy the [[satisfaction]] of a more replete [[function]].

23:2.10 There is no [[limitation]] upon the [[service]] of Solitary Messengers in the [[superuniverses]]; they may [[function]] as [[executioners]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:12._THE_SUPREME_TRIBUNALS high tribunals] or as [[intelligence]] gatherers for the [[good]] of the realm. Of all the supercreations they most delight to serve in [[Orvonton]] because here the need is greatest and the [[opportunities]] for [[heroic]] effort are greatly multiplied. In the more needy realms we all enjoy the [[satisfaction]] of a more replete [[function]].

23:2.11 4. ''Messengers of the Local Universes''. In the [[services]] of a [[local universe]] there is no [[limit]] upon the functioning of the Solitary Messengers. They are the [[faithful]] revealers of the [[motives]] and [[intent]] of the [[local universe]] [[Mother Spirit]], although they are under the full [[jurisdiction]] of the reigning [[Master Son]]. And this is true of all [[messengers]] operating in a [[local universe]], whether they are traveling out directly from [[universe]] headquarters, or whether they are [[acting]] temporarily in [[liaison]] with [[Constellation Fathers]], [[System Sovereigns]], or [[Planetary Princes]]. Before the [[concentration]] of all [[power]] in the hands of a [[Creator Son]] at the [[time]] of his elevation as [[sovereign]] ruler of his [[universe]], these messengers of the local universes [[function]] under the general direction of the [[Ancients of Days]] and are [[immediately]] responsible to their resident [[representative]], the [[Union of Days]].

23:2.11 4. ''Messengers of the Local Universes''. In the [[services]] of a [[local universe]] there is no [[limit]] upon the functioning of the Solitary Messengers. They are the [[faithful]] revealers of the [[motives]] and [[intent]] of the [[local universe]] [[Mother Spirit]], although they are under the full [[jurisdiction]] of the reigning [[Master Son]]. And this is true of all [[messengers]] operating in a [[local universe]], whether they are traveling out directly from [[universe]] headquarters, or whether they are [[acting]] temporarily in [[liaison]] with [[Constellation Fathers]], [[System Sovereigns]], or [[Planetary Princes]]. Before the [[concentration]] of all [[power]] in the hands of a [[Creator Son]] at the [[time]] of his elevation as [[sovereign]] ruler of his [[universe]], these messengers of the local universes [[function]] under the general direction of the [[Ancients of Days]] and are [[immediately]] responsible to their resident [[representative]], the [[Union of Days]].

23:2.12 5. ''Explorers of Undirected Assignment''. When the reserve corps of the Solitary Messengers is overrecruited, there issues from one of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:1._THE_SEVEN_SUPREME_POWER_DIRECTORS Seven Supreme Power Directors] a call for [[exploration]] volunteers; and there is never a lack of volunteers, for they delight to be dispatched as [[free]] and untrammeled [[explorers]], to [[experience]] the thrill of finding the [[organizing]] [[nucleuses]] of new worlds and [[universes]].

23:2.12 5. ''Explorers of Undirected Assignment''. When the reserve corps of the Solitary Messengers is overrecruited, there issues from one of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:1._THE_SEVEN_SUPREME_POWER_DIRECTORS Seven Supreme Power Directors] a call for [[exploration]] volunteers; and there is never a lack of volunteers, for they delight to be dispatched as [[free]] and untrammeled [[explorers]], to [[experience]] the thrill of finding the [[organizing]] [[nucleuses]] of new worlds and [[universes]].

23:2.13 They go forth to [[investigate]] the clues furnished by the [[space]] contemplators of the realms. Undoubtedly the [[Paradise Deities]] know of the [[existence]] of these [[Unknown|undiscovered]] [[energy]] [[systems]] of [[space]], but they never divulge such [[information]]. If the Solitary Messengers did not explore and chart these newly organizing energy centers, such [[phenomena]] would long remain unnoticed even by the [[intelligences]] of adjacent realms. Solitary Messengers, as a class, are highly [[sensitive]] to [[gravity]]; accordingly they can sometimes detect the [[probable]] [[presence]] of very small [[dark]] [[planets]], the very worlds which are best adapted to life [[experiments]].

23:2.13 They go forth to [[investigate]] the clues furnished by the [[space]] contemplators of the realms. Undoubtedly the [[Paradise Deities]] know of the [[existence]] of these [[Unknown|undiscovered]] [[energy]] [[systems]] of [[space]], but they never divulge such [[information]]. If the Solitary Messengers did not explore and chart these newly organizing energy centers, such [[phenomena]] would long remain unnoticed even by the [[intelligences]] of adjacent realms. Solitary Messengers, as a class, are highly [[sensitive]] to [[gravity]]; accordingly they can sometimes detect the [[probable]] [[presence]] of very small [[dark]] [[planets]], the very worlds which are best adapted to life [[experiments]].

23:2.14 These [[messenger]]-[[explorers]] of undirected assignment patrol the [[master universe]]. They are constantly out on exploring expeditions to the uncharted regions of all [[outer space]]. Very much of the [[information]] which we [[possess]] of [[transactions]] in the realms of[[ outer space]], we owe to the explorations of the Solitary Messengers as they often [[work]] and [[study]] with the [[celestial]] [[astronomers]].

23:2.14 These [[messenger]]-[[explorers]] of undirected assignment patrol the [[master universe]]. They are constantly out on exploring expeditions to the uncharted regions of all [[outer space]]. Very much of the [[information]] which we [[possess]] of [[transactions]] in the realms of[[ outer space]], we owe to the explorations of the Solitary Messengers as they often [[work]] and [[study]] with the [[celestial]] [[astronomers]].

23:2.15 6. ''Ambassadors and Emissaries of Special Assignment''. [[Local universes]] situated within the same [[superuniverse]] customarily exchange [[ambassadors]] selected from their native orders of sonship. But to avoid delay, Solitary Messengers are frequently asked to go as ambassadors from one local [[creation]] to another, to [[represent]] and [[interpret]] one realm to another. For example: When a newly inhabited realm is [[discovered]], it may [[prove]] to be so remote in [[space]] that a long time will pass before an [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39#39:2._SUPERIOR_SERAPHIM enseraphimed (39:2.12)] ambassador can reach this far-distant [[universe]]. An enseraphimed being cannot possibly exceed the velocity of 558,840 [[Urantia]] miles in one second of your time. Massive [[stars]], crosscurrents, and detours, as well as [[attraction]] [[tangents]], will all tend to retard such [Velocity|speed]] so that on a long [[journey]] the velocity will [[average]] about 550,000 miles per second.

23:2.15 6. ''Ambassadors and Emissaries of Special Assignment''. [[Local universes]] situated within the same [[superuniverse]] customarily exchange [[ambassadors]] selected from their native orders of sonship. But to avoid delay, Solitary Messengers are frequently asked to go as ambassadors from one local [[creation]] to another, to [[represent]] and [[interpret]] one realm to another. For example: When a newly inhabited realm is [[discovered]], it may [[prove]] to be so remote in [[space]] that a long time will pass before an [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_39#39:2._SUPERIOR_SERAPHIM enseraphimed (39:2.12)] ambassador can reach this far-distant [[universe]]. An enseraphimed being cannot possibly exceed the velocity of 558,840 [[Urantia]] miles in one second of your time. Massive [[stars]], crosscurrents, and detours, as well as [[attraction]] [[tangents]], will all tend to retard such [Velocity|speed]] so that on a long [[journey]] the velocity will [[average]] about 550,000 miles per second.

23:2.16 When it [[develops]] that it will require hundreds of years for a native [[ambassador]] to reach a far-distant local [[universe]], a Solitary Messenger is often asked to [[proceed]] there [[immediately]] to act as ambassador ad interim. Solitary Messengers can go in very short order, not [[independently]] of [[time and space]] as do the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_31_-_The_Corps_of_the_Finality#31:2._GRAVITY_MESSENGERS Gravity Messengers], but nearly so. They also serve in other [[circumstances]] as emissaries of special assignment.

23:2.16 When it [[develops]] that it will require hundreds of years for a native [[ambassador]] to reach a far-distant local [[universe]], a Solitary Messenger is often asked to [[proceed]] there [[immediately]] to act as ambassador ad interim. Solitary Messengers can go in very short order, not [[independently]] of [[time and space]] as do the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_31_-_The_Corps_of_the_Finality#31:2._GRAVITY_MESSENGERS Gravity Messengers], but nearly so. They also serve in other [[circumstances]] as emissaries of special assignment.

23:2.17 7. ''Revelators of Truth''. The Solitary Messengers regard the assignment to [[reveal]] [[truth]] as the highest [[trust]] of their order. And they [[function]] ever and anon in this capacity, from the [[superuniverses]] to the [[individual planets]] of space. They are frequently attached to commissions which are sent to enlarge the [[revelation]] of [[truth]] to the worlds and systems.

23:2.17 7. ''Revelators of Truth''. The Solitary Messengers regard the assignment to [[reveal]] [[truth]] as the highest [[trust]] of their order. And they [[function]] ever and anon in this capacity, from the [[superuniverses]] to the [[individual planets]] of space. They are frequently attached to commissions which are sent to enlarge the [[revelation]] of [[truth]] to the worlds and systems.

23:3.1 The ''Solitary Messengers'' are the highest [[type]] of [[perfect]] and [[confidential]] [[personality]] available in all realms for the quick [[transmission]] of important and urgent [[messages]] when it is inexpedient to utilize either the [[broadcast]] [[service]] or the [[reflectivity]] [[mechanism]]. They serve in an endless variety of assignments, helping out the [[spiritual]] and [[material]] [[beings]] of the realms, particularly where the element of [[time]] is involved. Of all orders assigned to the [[services]] of the [[superuniverse]] domains, they are the highest and most [[versatile]] [[personalized]] [[beings]] who can come so near to defying [[time and space]].

23:3.1 The ''Solitary Messengers'' are the highest [[type]] of [[perfect]] and [[confidential]] [[personality]] available in all realms for the quick [[transmission]] of important and urgent [[messages]] when it is inexpedient to utilize either the [[broadcast]] [[service]] or the [[reflectivity]] [[mechanism]]. They serve in an endless variety of assignments, helping out the [[spiritual]] and [[material]] [[beings]] of the realms, particularly where the element of [[time]] is involved. Of all orders assigned to the [[services]] of the [[superuniverse]] domains, they are the highest and most [[versatile]] [[personalized]] [[beings]] who can come so near to defying [[time and space]].

23:3.2 The [[universe]] is well supplied with spirits who utilize [[gravity]] for [[purposes]] of transit; they can go anywhere any time—instanter—but they are not [[persons]]. Certain other [[gravity]] traversers are personal beings, such as [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_31#31:2._GRAVITY_MESSENGERS Gravity Messengers] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_30#PAPER_30:_PERSONALITIES_OF_THE_GRAND_UNIVERSE Transcendental Recorders (30:1.15)], but they are not available to the [[Superuniverse|super]]- and the [[local universe]] [[administrators]]. The worlds teem with [[angels]] and men and other highly [[personal]] [[beings]], but they are handicapped by [[time and space]]: The [[limit]] of [[velocity]] for most nonenseraphimed beings is [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Light_year 186,280 miles of your world per second] of your time; the [[midway creatures]] and certain others can, often do, attain double velocity—372,560 miles per second—while the [[seraphim]] and others can traverse space at triple [[velocity]], about 558,840 miles per second. There are, however, no transit or [[messenger]] [[personalities]] who [[function]] between the instantaneous velocities of the [[gravity]] traversers and the comparatively slow speeds of the [[seraphim]], except the Solitary Messengers.

23:3.2 The [[universe]] is well supplied with spirits who utilize [[gravity]] for [[purposes]] of transit; they can go anywhere any time—instanter—but they are not [[persons]]. Certain other [[gravity]] traversers are personal beings, such as [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_31#31:2._GRAVITY_MESSENGERS Gravity Messengers] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_30#PAPER_30:_PERSONALITIES_OF_THE_GRAND_UNIVERSE Transcendental Recorders (30:1.15)], but they are not available to the [[Superuniverse|super]]- and the [[local universe]] [[administrators]]. The worlds teem with [[angels]] and men and other highly [[personal]] [[beings]], but they are handicapped by [[time and space]]: The [[limit]] of [[velocity]] for most nonenseraphimed beings is [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Light_year 186,280 miles of your world per second] of your time; the [[midway creatures]] and certain others can, often do, attain double velocity—372,560 miles per second—while the [[seraphim]] and others can traverse space at triple [[velocity]], about 558,840 miles per second. There are, however, no transit or [[messenger]] [[personalities]] who [[function]] between the instantaneous velocities of the [[gravity]] traversers and the comparatively slow speeds of the [[seraphim]], except the Solitary Messengers.

23:3.3 Solitary Messengers are, therefore, generally used for dispatch and [[service]] in those situations where [[personality]] is [[essential]] to the achievement of the assignment, and where it is [[desired]] to avoid the loss of [[time]] which would be occasioned by the sending of any other readily available type of personal messenger. They are the only definitely [[personalized]] [[beings]] who can [[synchronize]] with the combined [[universal]] currents of the [[grand universe]]. Their velocity in traversing [[space]] is variable, depending on a great [[variety]] of [[interfering]] [[influences]], but the record shows that on the [[journey]] to fulfill this mission my [[associate]] messenger proceeded at the rate of 841,621,642,000 (4.52 million x [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Light_year speed of light]) of your miles per second of your [[time]].

23:3.3 Solitary Messengers are, therefore, generally used for dispatch and [[service]] in those situations where [[personality]] is [[essential]] to the achievement of the assignment, and where it is [[desired]] to avoid the loss of [[time]] which would be occasioned by the sending of any other readily available type of personal messenger. They are the only definitely [[personalized]] [[beings]] who can [[synchronize]] with the combined [[universal]] currents of the [[grand universe]]. Their velocity in traversing [[space]] is variable, depending on a great [[variety]] of [[interfering]] [[influences]], but the record shows that on the [[journey]] to fulfill this mission my [[associate]] messenger proceeded at the rate of 841,621,642,000 (4.52 million x [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Light_year speed of light]) of your miles per second of your [[time]].

23:3.4 It is wholly beyond my [[ability]] to explain to the [[material]] [[type]] of [[mind]] how a [[spirit]] can be a real [[person]] and at the same time traverse [[space]] at such tremendous [[velocities]]. But these very Solitary Messengers actually come to, and go from, [[Urantia]] at these incomprehensible speeds; indeed, the whole [[economy]] of [[universal]] [[administration]] would be largely deprived of its [[personal]] element were this not a [[fact]].

23:3.4 It is wholly beyond my [[ability]] to explain to the [[material]] [[type]] of [[mind]] how a [[spirit]] can be a real [[person]] and at the same time traverse [[space]] at such tremendous [[velocities]]. But these very Solitary Messengers actually come to, and go from, [[Urantia]] at these incomprehensible speeds; indeed, the whole [[economy]] of [[universal]] [[administration]] would be largely deprived of its [[personal]] element were this not a [[fact]].

23:4.1 The ''Solitary Messengers'' seem to be [[personality]] [[co-ordinators]] for all [[types]] of [[spirit]] [[beings]]. Their [[ministry]] helps to make all the personalities of the far-flung spiritual world akin. They contribute much to the [[development]], in all spirit beings, of a [[consciousness]] of [[group]] [[identity]]. Every type of spirit being is served by special [[groups]] of Solitary Messengers who foster the [[ability]] of such [[beings]] to [[understand]] and fraternize with all other types and orders, however [[Different|dissimilar]].

23:4.1 The ''Solitary Messengers'' seem to be [[personality]] [[co-ordinators]] for all [[types]] of [[spirit]] [[beings]]. Their [[ministry]] helps to make all the personalities of the far-flung spiritual world akin. They contribute much to the [[development]], in all spirit beings, of a [[consciousness]] of [[group]] [[identity]]. Every type of spirit being is served by special [[groups]] of Solitary Messengers who foster the [[ability]] of such [[beings]] to [[understand]] and fraternize with all other types and orders, however [[Different|dissimilar]].

23:4.2 The Solitary Messengers [[demonstrate]] such an [[amazing]] [[ability]] to [[co-ordinate]] all [[types]] and orders of [[finite]] [[personality]]—even to make contact with the [[absonite]] regime of the [[master universe]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_0_-_The_Foreword#IX._GOD_THE_ULTIMATE overcontrollers]—that some of us postulate that the [[creation]] of these [[messengers]] by the [[Infinite Spirit]] is in some [[manner]] related to the [[Conjoint Actor]]' s [[bestowal]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_118#PAPER_118:_SUPREME_AND_ULTIMATE.E2.80.94TIME_AND_SPACE Supreme-Ultimate] [[Mind]].

23:4.2 The Solitary Messengers [[demonstrate]] such an [[amazing]] [[ability]] to [[co-ordinate]] all [[types]] and orders of [[finite]] [[personality]]—even to make contact with the [[absonite]] regime of the [[master universe]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_0_-_The_Foreword#IX._GOD_THE_ULTIMATE overcontrollers]—that some of us postulate that the [[creation]] of these [[messengers]] by the [[Infinite Spirit]] is in some [[manner]] related to the [[Conjoint Actor]]' s [[bestowal]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_118#PAPER_118:_SUPREME_AND_ULTIMATE.E2.80.94TIME_AND_SPACE Supreme-Ultimate] [[Mind]].

23:4.3 When a [[finaliter]] and a [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_19#19:7._PARADISE_CITIZENS Paradise Citizen] [[co-operate]] in the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_22#22:7._TECHNIQUE_OF_TRINITIZATION trinitization] of a "child of time and eternity"—a transaction involving the unrevealed [[mind]] [[potentials]] of the [[Supreme-Ultimate]]—and when such an unclassified [[personality]] is dispatched to [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_13#13:1._THE_SEVEN_SACRED_WORLDS_OF_THE_FATHER Vicegerington], a Solitary Messenger (a conjectured [[personality]] repercussion of the [[bestowal]] of such [[deity]] [[mind]]) is always assigned as guardian-companion to such a [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_22#22:8._THE_CREATURE-TRINITIZED_SONS creature-trinitized son]. This messenger accompanies the new son of [[destiny]] to the world of his assignment and nevermore leaves Vicegerington. When thus attached to the [[destinies]] of a child of [[time]] and [[eternity]], a Solitary Messenger is forever transferred to the sole supervision of the [[Architects of the Master Universe]]. What the [[future]] of such an extraordinary [[association]] may be, we do not know. For ages these [[partnerships]] of [[unique]] [[personalities]] have continued to forgather on [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_13#13:1._THE_SEVEN_SACRED_WORLDS_OF_THE_FATHER Vicegerington], but not even a single pair has ever gone forth therefrom.

23:4.3 When a [[finaliter]] and a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_19#19:7._PARADISE_CITIZENS Paradise Citizen] [[co-operate]] in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_22#22:7._TECHNIQUE_OF_TRINITIZATION trinitization] of a "child of time and eternity"—a transaction involving the unrevealed [[mind]] [[potentials]] of the [[Supreme-Ultimate]]—and when such an unclassified [[personality]] is dispatched to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_13#13:1._THE_SEVEN_SACRED_WORLDS_OF_THE_FATHER Vicegerington], a Solitary Messenger (a conjectured [[personality]] repercussion of the [[bestowal]] of such [[deity]] [[mind]]) is always assigned as guardian-companion to such a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_22#22:8._THE_CREATURE-TRINITIZED_SONS creature-trinitized son]. This messenger accompanies the new son of [[destiny]] to the world of his assignment and nevermore leaves Vicegerington. When thus attached to the [[destinies]] of a child of [[time]] and [[eternity]], a Solitary Messenger is forever transferred to the sole supervision of the [[Architects of the Master Universe]]. What the [[future]] of such an extraordinary [[association]] may be, we do not know. For ages these [[partnerships]] of [[unique]] [[personalities]] have continued to forgather on [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_13#13:1._THE_SEVEN_SACRED_WORLDS_OF_THE_FATHER Vicegerington], but not even a single pair has ever gone forth therefrom.

23:4.4 Solitary Messengers are of stationary numbers, but the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_22#22:7._TECHNIQUE_OF_TRINITIZATION trinitization] of the sons of [[destiny]] is apparently an unlimited [[technique]]. Since each trinitized son of [[destiny]] has assigned to him a Solitary Messenger, it [[appears]] to us that at some time in the remote [[future]] the supply of [[messengers]] will become exhausted. Who will take up their work in the [[grand universe]]? Will their [[service]] be assumed by some new [[development]] among the [[Inspired Trinity Spirits]]? Is the [[grand universe]] at some remote period going to be more nearly [[administered]] by [[Trinity]]-[[origin]] [[beings]] while the single- and dual-origin [[creatures]] move on into the realms of [[outer space]]? If the [[messengers]] return to their former [[service]], will these sons of [[destiny]] accompany them? Will the trinitizations between [[finaliters]] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_19#19:7._PARADISE_CITIZENS Paradise]-[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_19#19:6._HAVONA_NATIVES Havoners] cease when the supply of Solitary Messengers has been absorbed as guardian-companions of these sons of [[destiny]]? Are all our [[efficient]] Solitary Messengers going to be [[concentrated]] on [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_13#13:1._THE_SEVEN_SACRED_WORLDS_OF_THE_FATHER Vicegerington]? Are these extraordinary [[spirit]] [[personalities]] going to be eternally [[associated]] with these [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_22 trinitized sons] of unrevealed [[destiny]]? What significance should we attach to the [[fact]] that these couples forgathering on Vicegerington are under the exclusive direction of those mighty [[mystery]] [[beings]], the [[Architects of the Master Universe]]? These and many similar questions we ask ourselves, and ask numerous other orders of [[celestial]] [[beings]], but we do not know the answers.

23:4.4 Solitary Messengers are of stationary numbers, but the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_22#22:7._TECHNIQUE_OF_TRINITIZATION trinitization] of the sons of [[destiny]] is apparently an unlimited [[technique]]. Since each trinitized son of [[destiny]] has assigned to him a Solitary Messenger, it [[appears]] to us that at some time in the remote [[future]] the supply of [[messengers]] will become exhausted. Who will take up their work in the [[grand universe]]? Will their [[service]] be assumed by some new [[development]] among the [[Inspired Trinity Spirits]]? Is the [[grand universe]] at some remote period going to be more nearly [[administered]] by [[Trinity]]-[[origin]] [[beings]] while the single- and dual-origin [[creatures]] move on into the realms of [[outer space]]? If the [[messengers]] return to their former [[service]], will these sons of [[destiny]] accompany them? Will the trinitizations between [[finaliters]] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_19#19:7._PARADISE_CITIZENS Paradise]-[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_19#19:6._HAVONA_NATIVES Havoners] cease when the supply of Solitary Messengers has been absorbed as guardian-companions of these sons of [[destiny]]? Are all our [[efficient]] Solitary Messengers going to be [[concentrated]] on [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_13#13:1._THE_SEVEN_SACRED_WORLDS_OF_THE_FATHER Vicegerington]? Are these extraordinary [[spirit]] [[personalities]] going to be eternally [[associated]] with these [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_22 trinitized sons] of unrevealed [[destiny]]? What significance should we attach to the [[fact]] that these couples forgathering on Vicegerington are under the exclusive direction of those mighty [[mystery]] [[beings]], the [[Architects of the Master Universe]]? These and many similar questions we ask ourselves, and ask numerous other orders of [[celestial]] [[beings]], but we do not know the answers.

23:4.5 This transaction, together with many similar occurrences in [[universe]] [[administration]], unmistakably indicates that the personnel of the [[grand universe]], even that of [[Havona]] and [[Paradise]], is undergoing a definite and certain reorganization in [[co-ordination]] with, and with [[reference]] to, the vast [[energy]] [[evolutions]] now taking place throughout the realms of [[outer space]].

23:4.5 This transaction, together with many similar occurrences in [[universe]] [[administration]], unmistakably indicates that the personnel of the [[grand universe]], even that of [[Havona]] and [[Paradise]], is undergoing a definite and certain reorganization in [[co-ordination]] with, and with [[reference]] to, the vast [[energy]] [[evolutions]] now taking place throughout the realms of [[outer space]].

23:4.7 Presented by a [[Divine Counselor]] from [[Uversa]].

23:4.7 Presented by a [[Divine Counselor]] from [[Uversa]].

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[[Category: PART I: The Central and Superuniverses]]

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