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| − | ==PAPER 32: THE EVOLUTION OF LOCAL UNIVERSES==
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| − | 32:0.1 A [[local universe]] is the handiwork of a [[Creator Son]] of the [[Paradise]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21 order of Michael]. It comprises one hundred [[constellations]], each embracing one hundred [[the System|systems]] of [[inhabited worlds]]. Each system will [[eventually]] contain approximately one thousand inhabited [[spheres]].
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| − | 32:0.2 These [[universes]] of [[time and space]] are all [[evolutionary]]. The [[creative]] [[plan]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21 Paradise Michaels] always proceeds along the path of [[gradual]] evolvement and [[progressive]] [[development]] of the [[physical]], [[intellectual]], and [[spiritual]] [[natures]] and [[capacities]] of the manifold [[creatures]] who inhabit the varied orders of [[spheres]] comprising such a [[local universe]].
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| − | 32:0.3 [[Urantia]] belongs to a [[local universe]] whose [[sovereign]] is the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_120#120:4._THE_INCARNATION.E2.80.94MAKING_TWO_ONE God-man] of [[Nebadon]], [[Jesus]] of [[Nazareth]] and [[Michael]] of [[Salvington]]. And all of [[Michael]]'s plans for this [[local universe]] were fully approved by the [[Paradise Trinity]] before he ever embarked upon the [[supreme]] [[adventure]] of [[space]].
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| − | 32:0.4 The [[Sons of God]] may choose the realms of their [[creator]] [[activities]], but these [[material]] [[creations]] were [[originally]] [[projected]] and [[planned]] by the [[Paradise]] [[Architects of the Master Universe]].
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| − | ==32:1. PHYSICAL EMERGENCE OF UNIVERSES==
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| − | 32:1.1 The preuniverse [[manipulations]] of [[space]]-[[force]] and the primordial [[energies]] are the [[work]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:5._THE_MASTER_FORCE_ORGANIZERS Paradise Master Force Organizers]; but in the [[superuniverse]] domains, when [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#VI._ENERGY_AND_PATTERN emergent energy] becomes [[responsive]] to local or [[linear]] [[gravity]], they retire in favor of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:1._THE_SEVEN_SUPREME_POWER_DIRECTORS power directors] of the [[superuniverse]] concerned.
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| − | 32:1.2 These [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:1._THE_SEVEN_SUPREME_POWER_DIRECTORS power directors] [[function]] alone in the prematerial and postforce [[phases]] of a [[local universe]] [[creation]]. There is no [[opportunity]] for a [[Creator Son]] to begin [[universe]] [[organization]] until the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:1._THE_SEVEN_SUPREME_POWER_DIRECTORS power directors] have [[effected]] the mobilization of the [[space]]-[[energies]] sufficiently to provide a [[material]] [[foundation]]—[[literal]] [[suns]] and [[material]] [[Planets|spheres]]—for the [[emerging]] [[universe]].
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| − | 32:1.3 The [[local universes]] are all approximately of the same [[energy]] [[potential]], though they [[differ]] greatly in [[physical]] [[dimensions]] and may vary in visible-[[matter]] [[content]] from [[time]] to time. The [[power]] [[charge]] and [[potential]]-[[matter]] [[endowment]] of a [[local universe]] are determined by the [[manipulations]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:1._THE_SEVEN_SUPREME_POWER_DIRECTORS power directors]] and their [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:5._THE_MASTER_FORCE_ORGANIZERS predecessors] as well as by the [[Creator Son]]'s [[activities]] and by the [[endowment]] of the [[inherent]] [[physical]] [[control]] [[possessed]] by his [[creative]] [[associate]].
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| − | 32:1.4 The [[energy]] [[charge]] of a [[local universe]] is approximately one one-hundred-thousandth of the [[force]] [[endowment]] of its [[superuniverse]]. In the case of [[Nebadon]], your [[local universe]], the [[mass]] [[materialization]] is a trifle less. [[Physically]] speaking, [[Nebadon]] [[possesses]] all of the [[physical]] [[endowment]] of [[energy]] and [[matter]] that may be found in any of the [[Orvonton]] local creations. The only [[physical]] [[limitation]] upon the [[developmental]] expansion of the [[Nebadon]] [[universe]] consists in the [[quantitative]] [[charge]] of [[space]]-[[energy]] held captive by the [[gravity]] [[control]] of the [[associated]] powers and [[personalities]] of the combined [[universe]] [[mechanism]].
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| − | 32:1.5 When [[energy]]-[[matter]] has [[attained]] a certain [[stage]] in [[mass]] [[materialization]], a [[Paradise]] [[Creator Son]] appears upon the scene, accompanied by a [[Creative Daughter]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]]. [[Simultaneously]] with the arrival of the [[Creator Son]], [[work]] is begun upon the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:7._THE_ARCHITECTURAL_SPHERES architectural sphere] which is to become the [[headquarters]] world of the [[projected]] [[local universe]]. For long ages such a local [[creation]] evolves, [[suns]] become [[stabilized]], [[planets]] [[form]] and swing into their [[orbits]], while the [[work]] of creating the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:7._THE_ARCHITECTURAL_SPHERES architectural worlds] which are to serve as [[constellation]] [[headquarters]] and [[the System|system]] capitals continues.
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| − | ==32:2. UNIVERSE ORGANIZATION==
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| − | 32:2.1 The [[Creator Sons]] are preceded in [[universe]] [[organization]] by the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#PAPER_29:_THE_UNIVERSE_POWER_DIRECTORS power directors] and other [[beings]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_9#9:8._PERSONALITIES_OF_THE_INFINITE_SPIRIT originating] in the [[Third Source and Center]]. From the [[energies]] of [[space]], thus previously [[organized]], [[Michael]], your [[Creator Son]], established the [[inhabited realms]] of the [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]] and ever since has been painstakingly [[devoted]] to their [[administration]]. From [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_0#VI._ENERGY_AND_PATTERN pre-existent energy] these [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21 divine Sons] [[materialize]] visible [[matter]], [[project]] living [[creatures]], and with the [[co-operation]] of the [[universe]] [[presence]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]], [[create]] a [[diverse]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_37 retinue of spirit personalities].
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| − | 32:2.2 These [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:1._THE_SEVEN_SUPREME_POWER_DIRECTORS power directors] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:4._THE_MASTER_PHYSICAL_CONTROLLERS energy controllers] who long preceded the [[Creator Son]] in the preliminary [[physical]] [[work]] of [[universe]] [[organization]] later serve in [[magnificent]] [[liaison]] with this Universe Son, forever remaining in [[associated]] [[control]] of those [[energies]] which they [[originally]] [[organized]] and [[Circuits|circuitized]]. On [[Salvington]] there now [[function]] the same one hundred [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:2._THE_SUPREME_POWER_CENTERS power centers] who [[co-operated]] with your [[Creator Son]] in the [[original]] formation of this [[local universe]].
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| − | 32:2.3 The first completed [[act]] of [[physical]] [[creation]] in [[Nebadon]] consisted in the [[organization]] of the [[headquarters]] world, the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:7._THE_ARCHITECTURAL_SPHERES architectural sphere] of [[Salvington]], with its [[satellites]]. From the [[time]] of the initial moves of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:2._THE_SUPREME_POWER_CENTERS power centers] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:4._THE_MASTER_PHYSICAL_CONTROLLERS physical controllers] to the arrival of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_33#33:6._GENERAL_ADMINISTRATION living staff] on the completed [[spheres]] of [[Salvington]], there intervened a little over [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_57#57:8._CRUSTAL_STABILIZATION-THE_AGE_OF_EARTHQUAKES-THE_WORLD_OCEAN_AND_THE_FIRST_CONTINENT one billion years] of your present [[planetary]] [[time]]. The construction of [[Salvington]] was [[immediately]] followed by the [[creation]] of the one hundred [[headquarters]] worlds of the [[projected]] [[constellations]] and the ten thousand [[headquarters]] [[spheres]] of the projected [[local systems]] of [[planetary]] [[control]] and [[administration]], together with their [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_46#46:5._THE_JERUSEM_CIRCLES architectural satellites]. Such architectural worlds are [[designed]] to accommodate both [[physical]] and [[spiritual]] [[personalities]] as well as the intervening [[morontia]] or [[transition]] [[stages]] of [[being]].
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| − | 32:2.4 [[Salvington]], the [[headquarters]] of [[Nebadon]], is situated at the exact [[energy]]-[[mass]] [[center]] of the [[local universe]]. But your local universe is not a single [[astronomic]] [[system]], though a large system does exist at its [[physical]] [[center]].
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| − | 32:2.5 [[Salvington]] is the [[personal]] [[headquarters]] of [[Michael]] of [[Nebadon]], but he will not always be found there. While the smooth [[functioning]] of your [[local universe]] no longer requires the fixed [[presence]] of the [[Creator Son]] at the capital [[sphere]], this was not true of the earlier [[epochs]] of [[physical]] [[organization]]. A [[Creator Son]] is unable to leave his [[headquarters]] world until such a [[time]] as [[gravity]] [[stabilization]] of the realm has been [[effected]] through the [[materialization]] of sufficient [[energy]] to enable the various [[circuits]] and systems to counterbalance one another by [[mutual]] [[material]] [[attraction]].
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| − | 32:2.6 Presently, the [[physical]] [[plan]] of a [[universe]] is completed, and the [[Creator Son]], in [[association]] with the [[Creative Spirit]], [[projects]] his [[plan]] of life [[creation]]; whereupon does this [[representation]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]] begin her [[universe]] [[function]] as a [[Discrete|distinct]] [[creative]] [[personality]]. When this first [[creative]] [[act]] is [[formulated]] and [[executed]], there springs into [[being]] the [[Bright and Morning Star]], the [[personification]] of this initial [[creative]] [[concept]] of [[identity]] and [[ideal]] of [[divinity]]. This is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_executive chief executive] of the [[universe]], the [[personal]] [[associate]] of the [[Creator Son]], one like him in all aspects of [[character]], though markedly [[limited]] in the [[attributes]] of [[divinity]].
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| − | 32:2.7 And now that the right-hand helper and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_executive chief executive] of the [[Creator Son]] has been provided, there ensues the bringing into [[existence]] of a vast and [[wonderful]] array of [[diverse]] [[creatures]]. The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_37 sons and daughters of the local universe] are forthcoming, and soon thereafter the [[government]] of such a [[creation]] is provided, extending from the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_33#33:6._GENERAL_ADMINISTRATION supreme councils] of the universe to the [[Most Highs|fathers]] of the [[constellations]] and the [[sovereigns]] of the [[local systems]]—the [[aggregations]] of those worlds which are [[designed]] subsequently to become the [[homes]] of the varied [[mortal]] [[races]] of [[Free will|will]] [[creatures]]; and each of these worlds will be presided over by a [[Planetary Prince]].
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| − | 32:2.8 And then, when such a [[universe]] has been so completely [[organized]] and so repletely manned, does the [[Creator Son]] enter into [[the Father]]'s proposal to [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_genesis#Chapter_.1 create mortal man in their divine image].
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| − | 32:2.9 The [[organization]] of [[planetary]] abodes is still [[progressing]] in [[Nebadon]], for this [[universe]] is, indeed, a young [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_cluster cluster] in the [[Star|starry]] and [[planetary]] realms of [[Orvonton]]. At the last registry there were 3,840,101 [[inhabited planets]] in [[Nebadon]], and [[Satania]], the [[local system]] of your world, is fairly [[Type|typical]] of other systems.
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| − | 32:2.10 [[Satania]] is not a [[uniform]] [[physical]] [[the System|system]], a single [[astronomic]] [[unit]] or [[organization]]. Its 619 [[inhabited worlds]] are located in over five hundred [[different]] [[physical]] [[Solar System|systems]]. Only five have more than two inhabited worlds, and of these only one has four peopled [[planets]], while there are forty-six having two inhabited worlds.
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| − | 32:2.11 The [[Satania]] [[the System|system]] of [[inhabited worlds]] is far removed from [[Uversa]] and that great [[sun]] cluster which [[functions]] as the [[physical]] or [[astronomic]] [[center]] of the [[Orvonton|seventh superuniverse]]. From [[Jerusem]], the [[headquarters]] of [[Satania]], it is over two hundred thousand [[light-years]] to the [[physical]] [[center]] of the [[superuniverse]] of [[Orvonton]], far, far away in the dense diameter of the [[Milky Way]]. [[Satania]] is on the [[periphery]] of the [[local universe]], and [[Nebadon]] is now well out towards the edge of [[Orvonton]]. From the outermost [[the System|system]] of [[inhabited worlds]] to the [[center]] of the [[superuniverse]] is a trifle less than two hundred and fifty thousand [[light-years]].
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| − | 32:2.12 The [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]] now swings far to the south and east in the [[superuniverse]] [[circuit]] of [[Orvonton]]. The nearest neighboring universes are: [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_38#38:5._SERAPHIC_TRAINING Avalon], [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_35#35:9._THE_LANONANDEK_RULERS Henselon], Sanselon, Portalon, Wolvering, Fanoving, and Alvoring.
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| − | 32:2.13 But the [[evolution]] of a [[local universe]] is a long [[narrative]]. Papers dealing with the [[superuniverse]] introduce this subject, those of this section, treating of the [[local creations]], continue it, while those to follow, [[touching]] upon the [[history]] and [[destiny]] of [[Urantia]], complete the [[story]]. But you can adequately [[comprehend]] the [[destiny]] of the [[mortals]] of such a [[local creation]] only by a perusal of the [[narratives]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents#Part_IV._The_Life_and_Teachings_of_Jesus life and teachings of your Creator Son] as he once lived the life of [[man]], in the likeness of [[mortal]] [[flesh]], on your own evolutionary [[Earth|world]].
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| − | 32:3.1 The only [[creation]] that is [[perfectly]] settled is [[Havona]], the central universe, which was made directly by the [[thought]] of the [[Universal Father]] and the [[word]] of the [[Eternal Son]]. [[Havona]] is an [[existential]], [[perfect]], and replete [[universe]], surrounding the [[home]] of the eternal [[the Deities|Deities]], the [[center]] of [[all things]]. The [[creations]] of the [[seven superuniverses]] are [[finite]], [[evolutionary]], and consistently [[progressive]].
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| − | 32:3.2 The [[physical]] [[systems]] of [[time and space]] are all [[evolutionary]] in [[origin]]. They are not even [[physically]] [[stabilized]] until they are swung into the settled [[circuits]] of their [[superuniverses]]. Neither is a [[local universe]] settled in [[light and life]] until its [[physical]] [[possibilities]] of expansion and [[development]] have been exhausted, and until the [[spiritual]] [[status]] of all its [[inhabited worlds]] has been forever settled and [[stabilized]].
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| − | 32:3.3 Except in the [[central universe]], [[perfection]] is a [[progressive]] [[attainment]]. In the [[central]] [[creation]] we have a [[pattern]] of [[perfection]], but all other realms must [[attain]] that [[perfection]] by the [[methods]] established for the [[advancement]] of those particular worlds or [[universes]]. And an almost [[infinite]] [[variety]] characterizes the [[plans]] of the [[Creator Sons]] for [[organizing]], [[evolving]], [[disciplining]], and settling their respective [[local universes]].
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| − | 32:3.4 With the exception of the [[deity]] [[presence]] of [[the Father]], every [[local universe]] is, in a certain sense, a duplication of the [[administrative]] [[organization]] of the [[Havona|central]] or [[pattern]] [[creation]]. Although the [[Universal Father]] is [[personally]] present in the residential [[universe]], he does not indwell the [[minds]] of the [[beings]] [[Birth|originating]] in that [[universe]] as he does [[literally]] dwell with the [[souls]] of the [[mortals]] of [[time and space]]. There seems to be an all-[[wise]] [[compensation]] in the adjustment and regulation of the [[spiritual]] affairs of the far-flung [[creation]]. In the [[central universe]] [[the Father]] is personally present as such but [[absent]] in the [[minds]] of the [[children]] of that [[perfect]] [[creation]]; in the [[universes]] of [[space]] [[the Father]] is absent in [[person]], being [[represented]] by his [[Creator Sons|Sovereign Sons]], while he is [[intimately]] present in the [[minds]] of his [[mortal]] [[children]], being [[spiritually]] [[represented]] by the prepersonal [[presence]] of the [[Mystery Monitors]] that reside in the [[minds]] of these [[Free will|will]] [[creatures]].
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| − | 32:3.5 On the [[headquarters]] of a [[local universe]] there reside all those [[creator]] and [[creative]] [[personalities]] who [[represent]] self-contained [[authority]] and [[administrative]] [[autonomy]] except the [[personal]] [[presence]] of the [[Universal Father]]. In the [[local universe]] there are to be found something of everyone and someone of almost every [[class]] of [[intelligent]] [[beings]] existing in the [[central universe]] except the [[Universal Father]]. Although the Universal Father is not [[personally]] present in a [[local universe]], he is personally [[represented]] by its [[Creator Son]], sometime [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:3._LOCAL_UNIVERSE_SOVEREIGNTY vicegerent] of [[God]] and subsequently [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:5._RELATION_OF_MASTER_SONS_TO_THE_UNIVERSE supreme and sovereign ruler] in his own right.
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| − | 32:3.6 The farther down the [[scale]] of life we go, the more [[difficult]] it becomes to locate, with the eye of [[faith]], the [[invisible]] [[Father]]. The lower [[creatures]]—and sometimes even the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_37 higher personalities]—find it [[difficult]] always to envisage the [[Universal Father]] in his [[Creator Sons]]. And so, pending the [[time]] of their [[spiritual]] exaltation, when [[perfection]] of [[development]] will enable them to see [[God]] in [[person]], they grow weary in [[progression]], entertain [[spiritual]] [[doubts]], stumble into [[confusion]], and thus [[isolate]] themselves from the [[progressive]] [[spiritual]] aims of their [[time]] and [[universe]]. In this way they lose the [[ability]] to see [[the Father]] when beholding the [[Creator Son]]. The surest safeguard for the [[creature]] throughout the long [[struggle]] to [[attain]] [[the Father]], during this [[time]] when [[inherent]] conditions make such [[attainment]] impossible, is tenaciously to hold on to the [[truth]]-[[fact]] of [[the Father]]'s [[presence]] in [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20 his Sons]. [[Literally]] and figuratively, [[spiritually]] and [[personally]], [[the Father]] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20 the Sons] are one. It is a [[fact]]: He who has seen a [[Creator Son]] has seen [[the Father]].
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| − | 32:3.7 The [[personalities]] of a given [[universe]] are settled and dependable, at the start, only in accordance with their [[degree]] of [[relationship|kinship]] to [[Deity]]. When [[creature]] [[origin]] departs sufficiently far from the [[original]] and [[divine]] [[the Deities|Sources]], whether we are dealing with the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_35 Sons of God] or the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_38 creatures of ministry] belonging to the [[Infinite Spirit]], there is an increase in the [[possibility]] of disharmony, [[confusion]], and sometimes [[rebellion]]—[[sin]].
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| − | 32:3.8 Excepting [[perfect]] [[beings]] of [[Deity]] [[origin]], all [[Free will|will]] [[creatures]] in the [[superuniverses]] are of [[evolutionary]] [[nature]], [[Ascension Career|beginning in lowly estate and climbing ever upward]], in [[reality]] inward. Even highly [[spiritual]] [[personalities]] continue to [[ascend]] the scale of life by [[progressive]] [[translations]] from life to life and from [[sphere]] to sphere. And in the case of those who entertain the [[Mystery Monitors]], there is indeed no [[limit]] to the possible heights of their [[spiritual]] [[ascent]] and [[universe]] [[attainment]].
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| − | 32:3.9 The [[perfection]] of the [[creatures]] of [[time]], when finally [[achieved]], is wholly an acquirement, a bona fide [[personality]] [[possession]]. While the elements of [[grace]] are freely admixed, nevertheless, the [[creature]] [[attainments]] are the result of [[individual]] [[effort]] and actual living, [[personality]] [[reaction]] to the existing [[environment]].
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| − | 32:3.10 The [[fact]] of [[animal]] [[evolutionary]] [[origin]] does not attach [[stigma]] to any [[personality]] in the [[Vision|sight]] of the [[universe]] as that is the exclusive [[method]] of producing one of the two basic [[types]] of [[finite]] [[intelligent]] [[Free will|will]] [[creatures]]. When the heights of [[perfection]] and [[eternity]] are [[attained]], all the more [[honor]] to those who began at the bottom and [[joyfully]] [[Ascend|climbed]] the ladder of life, round by round, and who, when they do reach the heights of [[glory]], will have gained a [[personal]] [[experience]] which [[embodies]] an [[actual]] [[knowledge]] of every [[phase]] of life from the bottom to the top.
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| − | 32:3.11 In all this is shown the [[wisdom]] of [[the Deities|the Creators]]. It would be just as easy for the [[Universal Father]] to make all [[mortals]] [[perfect]] [[beings]], to impart [[perfection]] by his [[divine]] [[word]]. But that would deprive them of the [[wonderful]] [[experience]] of the [[adventure]] and [[training]] [[associated]] with the long and [[gradual]] [[Ascension Career|inward climb]], an [[experience]] to be had only by those who are so fortunate as to begin at the very bottom of living [[existence]].
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| − | 32:3.12 In the [[Seven Superuniverses|universes]] encircling [[Havona]] there are provided only a sufficient [[number]] of [[perfect]] [[creatures]] to meet the need for [[pattern]] [[teacher]] [[guides]] for those who are [[ascending]] the [[evolutionary]] scale of life. The [[experiential]] [[nature]] of the evolutionary [[type]] of [[personality]] is the [[natural]] [[cosmic]] [[complement]] of the ever-[[perfect]] [[natures]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_19_-_The_Co-Ordinate_Trinity_Origin_Beings#19:7._PARADISE_CITIZENS Paradise]-[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_14_-_The_Central_and_Divine_Universe#14:4._CREATURES_OF_THE_CENTRAL_UNIVERSE Havona] [[creatures]]. In [[reality]], both [[perfect]] and perfected [[creatures]] are incomplete as regards [[finite]] [[totality]]. But in the [[complemental]] [[association]] of the [[existential]]ly [[perfect]] [[creatures]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_14#14:1._THE_PARADISE-HAVONA_SYSTEM Paradise-Havona system] with the experientially perfected [[finaliters]] [[ascending]] from the [[evolutionary]] [[universes]], both [[types]] find release from [[inherent]] [[limitations]] and thus may conjointly attempt to reach the [[sublime]] heights of the [[ultimate]] of [[creature]] [[status]].
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| − | 32:3.13 These [[creature]] [[transactions]] are the [[universe]] repercussions of [[actions]] and [[reactions]] within the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Appendix_XII:_Expansion_of_God_the_Sevenfold Sevenfold Deity], wherein the [[eternal]] [[divinity]] of the [[Paradise Trinity]] is conjoined with the evolving [[divinity]] of the [[Supreme Creators]] of the [[time-space]] [[universes]] in, by, and through the [[power]]-[[actualizing]] [[Deity]] of the [[Supreme Being]].
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| − | 32:3.14 The [[divinely]] [[perfect]] [[creature]] and the [[evolutionary]] [[perfected]] [[creature]] are [[equal]] in [[degree]] of [[divinity]] [[potential]], but they [[differ]] in kind. Each must depend on the other to [[attain]] [[supremacy]] of [[service]]. The [[evolutionary]] [[superuniverses]] depend on [[perfect]] [[Havona]] to provide the final [[training]] for their [[ascending]] [[citizens]], but so does the [[perfect]] [[central universe]] require the [[existence]] of the perfecting [[superuniverses]] to provide for the full [[development]] of its [[descending]] inhabitants.
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| − | 32:3.15 The two prime [[manifestations]] of [[finite]] [[reality]], [[Inherent|innate]] [[perfection]] and [[evolved]] perfection, be they [[personalities]] or [[universes]], are [[co-ordinate]], dependent, and [[integrated]]. Each requires the other to [[achieve]] completion of [[function]], [[service]], and [[destiny]].
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| − | 32:4.1 Do not [[entertain]] the [[idea]] that, since the [[Universal Father]] has [[delegated]] so much of himself and his [[power]] to others, he is a [[silent]] or inactive member of the [[Deity]] [[partnership]]. Aside from [[personality]] domains and [[Thought Adjuster|Adjuster]] [[bestowal]], he is [[apparently]] the least [[active]] of the [[Paradise Deities]] in that he allows his [[Paper 10 - The Paradise Trinity|Deity co-ordinates]], [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20 his Sons], and numerous [[created]] [[intelligences]] to [[perform]] so much in the carrying out of his [[eternal]] [[purpose]]. He is the [[silent]] member of the [[creative]] [[Trinity|trio]] only in that he never does aught which any of his [[co-ordinate]] or subordinate [[associates]] can do.
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| − | 32:4.2 [[God]] has full [[understanding]] of the need of every [[intelligent]] [[creature]] for [[function]] and [[experience]], and therefore, in every [[situation]], be it concerned with the [[destiny]] of a [[universe]] or the [[Health|welfare]] of the [[humblest]] of his [[creatures]], [[God]] retires from [[activity]] in favor of the [[galaxy]] of [[creature]] and [[Supreme Creators|Creator]] [[personalities]] who [[inherently]] [[intervene]] between himself and any given [[universe]] situation or [[creative]] [[event]]. But notwithstanding this retirement, this [[exhibition]] of [[infinite]] [[co-ordination]], there is on [[God]]'s part an [[actual]], [[literal]], and [[personal]] [[participation]] in these [[events]] by and through these [[ordained]] [[agencies]] and [[personalities]]. [[The Father]] is [[working]] in and through all these [[channels]] for the welfare of all his far-flung [[creation]]. | |
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| − | 32:4.3 As regards the [[policies]], [[conduct]], and [[administration]] of a [[local universe]], the [[Universal Father]] [[acts]] in the [[person]] of his [[Creator Son]]. In the interrelationships of [[the Sons of God]], in the [[group]] [[associations]] of the [[personalities]] of [[origin]] in the [[Third Source and Center]], or in the [[relationship]] between any other [[creatures]], such as [[human beings]]—as concerns such [[associations]] the [[Universal Father]] never [[intervenes]]. The [[law]] of the [[Creator Son]], the rule of the [[Constellation Fathers]], the [[System Sovereigns]], and the [[Planetary Princes]]—the [[ordained]] [[policies]] and [[procedures]] for that [[universe]]—always prevail. There is no division of [[authority]]; never is there a [[Conflict|cross working]] of [[divine]] [[power]] and [[purpose]]. [[The Deities]] are in [[perfect]] and [[eternal]] [[unanimity]].
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| − | 32:4.4 The [[Creator Son]] rules [[supreme]] in all matters of [[ethical]] [[associations]], the [[relations]] of any division of [[creatures]] to any other [[class]] of [[creatures]] or of two or more [[individuals]] within any given [[group]]; but such a [[plan]] does not mean that the [[Universal Father]] may not in his own way [[intervene]] and do aught that pleases the [[divine]] [[mind]] with any [[individual]] [[creature]] throughout all [[creation]], as pertains to that [[individual]]'s present [[status]] or [[future]] prospects and as concerns [[the Father]]'s [[eternal]] [[plan]] and [[infinite]] [[purpose]].
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| − | 32:4.5 In the [[mortal]] [[Free will|will]] [[creatures]] [[the Father]] is [[actually]] present in the [[indwelling Adjuster]], a [[fragment]] of his prepersonal [[spirit]]; and [[the Father]] is also the [[source]] of the [[personality]] of such a [[mortal]] [[Free will|will]] [[creature]].
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| − | 32:4.6 These [[Thought Adjusters]], the [[bestowal]]s of the [[Universal Father]], are comparatively [[isolated]]; they indwell [[human]] [[minds]] but have no [[discernible]] [[connection]] with the [[ethical]] affairs of a [[local creation]]. They are not directly [[co-ordinated]] with the [[seraphic]] [[service]] nor with the [[administration]] of [[the System|systems]], [[constellations]], or a [[local universe]], not even with the rule of a [[Creator Son]], whose will is the [[supreme]] [[law]] of his [[universe]].
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| − | 32:4.7 The [[indwelling Adjusters]] are one of [[God]]'s separate but [[unified]] modes of contact with the [[creatures]] of his all but [[infinite]] [[creation]]. Thus does he who is [[invisible]] to [[mortal]] [[man]] [[manifest]] his [[presence]], and could he do so, he would show himself to us in still other ways, but such further [[revelation]] is not [[divinely]] [[possible]].
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| − | 32:4.8 We can [[Vision|see]] and [[understand]] the [[mechanism]] whereby the [[Creator Sons|Sons]] enjoy [[intimate]] and complete [[knowledge]] regarding the [[universes]] of their [[jurisdiction]]; but we cannot fully [[comprehend]] the [[methods]] whereby [[God]] is so fully and [[personally]] conversant with the details of the [[universe of universes]], although we at least can [[recognize]] the avenue whereby the [[Universal Father]] can receive [[information]] regarding, and [[manifest]] his [[presence]] to, the [[beings]] of his immense [[creation]]. Through the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_0#VI._ENERGY_AND_PATTERN personality circuit]] [[the Father]] is cognizant—has [[personal]] [[knowledge]]—of all the [[thoughts]] and [[acts]] of all the [[beings]] in all [[the systems]] of all the [[universes]] of all [[creation]]. Though we cannot fully grasp this [[technique]] of [[God]]'s [[communion]] with his [[children]], we can be strengthened in the [[assurance]] that the "Lord knows his children,"[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Letters_to_Timothy,_2#2nd_Letter_of_Paul_to_Timothy.2C_II] and that of each one of us "he takes note where we were born."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_139]
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| − | 32:4.9 In your [[universe]] and in your [[heart]] the [[Universal Father]] is present, [[spiritually]] speaking, by one of the [[Seven Master Spirits]] of central abode and, specifically, by the [[divine Adjuster]] who lives and [[works]] and waits in the depths of the [[mortal]] [[mind]].
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| − | 32:4.10 [[God]] is not a [[self]]-[[centered]] [[personality]]; [[the Father]] freely [[distributes]] himself to his [[creation]] and to his [[creatures]]. He lives and [[acts]], not only in [[the Deities]], but also in [[Paper 20 - The Paradise Sons of God|his Sons]], whom he intrusts with the [[doing]] of [[everything]] that it is [[divinely]] [[possible]] for them to do. The [[Universal Father]] has truly divested himself of every [[function]] which it is possible for another [[being]] to [[perform]]. And this is just as true of [[mortal]] [[man]] as of the [[Creator Son]] who rules in [[God]]'s stead at the [[headquarters]] of a [[local universe]]. Thus we behold the outworking of the [[ideal]] and [[infinite]] [[love]] of the [[Universal Father]].
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| − | 32:4.11 In this [[universal]] [[bestowal]] of himself we have [[abundant]] [[proof]] of both the [[magnitude]] and the magnanimity of [[the Father]]'s [[divine]] [[nature]]. If [[God]] has withheld aught of himself from the [[universal]] [[creation]], then of that residue he is in lavish [[generosity]] bestowing the [[Thought Adjusters]] upon the [[mortals]] of the realms, the [[Mystery Monitors]] of [[time]], who so [[patiently]] indwell the [[mortal]] [[candidates]] for life [[Eternal|everlasting]].
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| − | 32:4.12 The [[Universal Father]] has poured out himself, as it were, to make all [[creation]] rich in [[personality]] [[possession]] and [[potential]] [[spiritual]] [[attainment]]. [[God]] has given us himself that we may be like him, and he has reserved for himself of [[power]] and [[glory]] only that which is [[necessary]] for the [[maintenance]] of those [[things]] for the [[love]] of which he has thus divested himself of [[all things]] else.
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| − | 32:5.1 There is a great and [[glorious]] [[purpose]] in the [[Procession|march]] of the [[universes]] through [[space]]. All of your [[mortal]] [[Work|struggling]] is not in vain. We are all part of an immense [[plan]], a gigantic [[enterprise]], and it is the vastness of the undertaking that renders it impossible to see very much of it at any one [[time]] and during any one life. We are all a part of an [[eternal]] [[project]] which [[the Gods]] are supervising and outworking. The whole [[marvelous]] and [[universal]] [[mechanism]] moves on [[majestic]]ally through [[space]] to the [[music]] of the meter of the [[infinite]] [[thought]] and the [[eternal]] [[purpose]] of the [[First Great Source and Center]].
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| − | 32:5.2 The [[eternal]] [[purpose]] of the [[eternal]] [[God]] is a high [[spiritual]] [[ideal]]. The [[events]] of [[time]] and the struggles of [[material]] [[existence]] are but the [[transient]] [[scaffolding]] which bridges over to the other side, to the [[promise]]d land of [[spiritual]] [[reality]] and [[supernal]] [[existence]]. Of [[course]], you [[mortals]] find it [[difficult]] to grasp the [[idea]] of an [[eternal]] [[purpose]]; you are [[virtually]] unable to [[comprehend]] the [[thought]] of [[eternity]], something never beginning and never ending. [[Everything]] familiar to you has an end.
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| − | 32:5.3 As regards an [[individual]] life, the duration of a realm, or the [[chronology]] of any [[connected]] [[series]] of [[events]], it would seem that we are dealing with an [[isolated]] stretch of [[time]]; [[everything]] seems to have a beginning and an end. And it would [[appear]] that a [[series]] of such [[experiences]], lives, ages, or [[epochs]], when [[successively]] arranged, [[constitutes]] a straightaway drive, an [[isolated]] [[event]] of [[time]] flashing momentarily across the [[infinite]] face of [[eternity]]. But when we look at all this from behind the scenes, a more [[Encompassing|comprehensive]] [[view]] and a more complete [[understanding]] suggest that such an explanation is inadequate, disconnected, and wholly unsuited properly to account for, and otherwise to correlate, the [[transactions]] of [[time]] with the underlying [[purposes]] and basic [[reactions]] of [[eternity]].
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| − | 32:5.4 To me it seems more fitting, for [[purposes]] of [[explanation]] to the [[mortal]] [[mind]], to [[conceive]] of [[eternity]] as a [[cycle]] and the eternal [[purpose]] as an endless [[circle]], a [[cycle]] of [[eternity]] in some way [[synchronized]] with the transient [[material]] cycles of [[time]]. As regards the [[Fraction|sectors]] of time [[connected]] with, and forming a part of, the [[cycle]] of [[eternity]], we are [[forced]] to [[recognize]] that such temporary [[epochs]] are born, live, and die just as the temporary [[beings]] of [[time]] are born, live, and die. Most [[human beings]] die because, having failed to achieve the [[spirit]] level of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Fusion#Adjuster_Fusion Adjuster fusion], the [[metamorphosis]] of [[death]] [[constitutes]] the only possible [[procedure]] whereby they may escape the fetters of [[time]] and the bonds of [[material]] [[creation]], thereby being enabled to strike [[spiritual]] step with the [[progressive]] [[procession]] of [[eternity]]. Having [[survived]] the [[trial]] life of [[time]] and [[material]] [[existence]], it becomes possible for you to continue on in [[touch]] with, even as a part of, [[eternity]], swinging on forever with the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:6._THE_SPHERES_OF_SPACE worlds of space] around the [[circle]] of the [[eternal]] ages.
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| − | 32:5.5 The sectors of [[time]] are like the flashes of [[personality]] in [[temporal]] [[form]]; they appear for a season, and then they are lost to [[human]] [[sight]], only to reappear as new actors and continuing [[factors]] in the higher life of the endless swing around the [[eternal]] [[circle]]. Eternity can hardly be [[conceived]] as a straightaway drive, in view of our [[belief]] in a delimited [[universe]] moving over a vast, [[Ellipse|elongated circle]] around the [http://www.nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11_-_The_Eternal_Isle_of_Paradise#11:1._THE_DIVINE_RESIDENCE central dwelling place] of the [[Universal Father]].
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| − | 32:5.6 Frankly, [[eternity]] is [[Mystery|incomprehensible]] to the [[finite]] [[mind]] of [[time]]. You simply cannot grasp it; you cannot [[comprehend]] it. I do not completely [[visualize]] it, and even if I did, it would be impossible for me to convey my [[concept]] to the [[human]] [[mind]]. Nevertheless, I have done my best to portray something of our [[viewpoint]], to tell you somewhat of our [[understanding]] of [[things]] [[eternal]]. I am endeavoring to aid you in the [[crystallization]] of your [[thoughts]] about these [[values]] which are of [[infinite]] [[nature]] and [[eternal]] import.
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| − | 32:5.7 There is in the [[mind]] of [[God]] a [[plan]] which [[embraces]] every [[creature]] of all his vast domains, and this plan is an [[eternal]] [[purpose]] of boundless [[opportunity]], unlimited [[progress]], and endless life. And the [[infinite]] treasures of such a matchless [[career]] are yours for the striving!
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| − | 32:5.8 The goal of [[eternity]] is ahead! The [[adventure]] of [[divinity]] [[attainment]] lies before you! The race for [[perfection]] is on! whosoever will may enter, and certain victory will crown the efforts of every [[human being]] who will run the race of [[faith]] and [[trust]], depending every step of the way on the leading of the [[indwelling Adjuster]] and on the [[guidance]] of that [[good]] [[Spirit of Truth|spirit of the Universe Son]], which so freely has been poured out upon all [[flesh]].
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