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==PAPER 32: THE EVOLUTION OF LOCAL UNIVERSES==

==PAPER 32: THE EVOLUTION OF LOCAL UNIVERSES==

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 [[systems]] of [[inhabited worlds]]. Each system will [[eventually]] contain approximately one thousand inhabited [[spheres]].

32:0.1 A [[local universe]] is the handiwork of a [[Creator Son]] of the [[Paradise]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21 order of Michael]. It comprises one hundred [[constellations]], each embracing one hundred [[systems]] of [[inhabited worlds]]. Each system will [[eventually]] contain approximately one thousand inhabited [[spheres]].

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]].

32:0.2 These [[universes]] of [[time and space]] are all [[evolutionary]]. The [[creative]] [[plan]] of the [https://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]].

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]].

32:0.3 [[Urantia]] belongs to a [[local universe]] whose [[sovereign]] is the [https://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]].

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]].

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]].

==32:1. PHYSICAL EMERGENCE OF UNIVERSES==

==32:1. PHYSICAL EMERGENCE OF UNIVERSES==

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.

32:1.1 The preuniverse [[manipulations]] of [[space]]-[[force]] and the primordial [[energies]] are the [[work]] of the [https://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 [https://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 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:1._THE_SEVEN_SUPREME_POWER_DIRECTORS power directors] of the [[superuniverse]] concerned.

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]] [[spheres]]—for the [[emerging]] [[universe]].

32:1.2 These [https://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 [https://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]] [[spheres]]—for the [[emerging]] [[universe]].

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 predecessors as well as by the [[Creator Son]]'s [[activities]] and by the [[endowment]] of the [[inherent]] [[physical]] [[control]] possessed by his [[Universe Mother Spirit|creative associate]].

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 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:1._THE_SEVEN_SUPREME_POWER_DIRECTORS power directors] and their predecessors as well as by the [[Creator Son]]'s [[activities]] and by the [[endowment]] of the [[inherent]] [[physical]] [[control]] possessed by his [[Universe Mother Spirit|creative associate]].

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]].

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]].

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 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_43#43:1._THE_CONSTELLATION_HEADQUARTERS constellation headquarters] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_46 system capitals] continues.

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 [https://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 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:7._THE_ARCHITECTURAL_SPHERES architectural worlds] which are to serve as [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_43#43:1._THE_CONSTELLATION_HEADQUARTERS constellation headquarters] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_46 system capitals] continues.

==32:2. UNIVERSE ORGANIZATION==

==32:2. UNIVERSE ORGANIZATION==

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 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 [[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].

32:2.1 The [[Creator Sons]] are preceded in [[universe]] [[organization]] by the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#PAPER_29:_THE_UNIVERSE_POWER_DIRECTORS power directors] and other beings 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 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_0#VI._ENERGY_AND_PATTERN pre-existent energy] these [[divine Sons]] [[materialize]] visible [[matter]], project living [[creatures]], and with the [[co-operation]] of the [[universe]] [[presence]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]], create a diverse [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_37 retinue of spirit personalities].

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 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]].

32:2.2 These [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:1._THE_SEVEN_SUPREME_POWER_DIRECTORS power directors] and [https://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 circuitized. On [[Salvington]] there now [[function]] the same one hundred [https://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]].

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 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_43#43:1._THE_CONSTELLATION_HEADQUARTERS headquarters worlds] of the projected [[Paper 43 - The Constellations|constellations]] and the ten thousand [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_46#PAPER_46:_THE_LOCAL_SYSTEM_HEADQUARTERS headquarters spheres] of the projected [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_45 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]].

32:2.3 The first completed [[act]] of [[physical]] creation in [[Nebadon]] consisted in the [[organization]] of the headquarters world, the [https://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 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:2._THE_SUPREME_POWER_CENTERS power centers] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:4._THE_MASTER_PHYSICAL_CONTROLLERS physical controllers] to the arrival of the [https://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 [https://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 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_43#43:1._THE_CONSTELLATION_HEADQUARTERS headquarters worlds] of the projected [[Paper 43 - The Constellations|constellations]] and the ten thousand [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_46#PAPER_46:_THE_LOCAL_SYSTEM_HEADQUARTERS headquarters spheres] of the projected [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_45 local systems] of [[planetary]] [[control]] and [[administration]], together with their [https://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]].

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]].

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]].

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 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 [[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]].

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 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 [[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]].

32:2.7 And now that the right-hand helper and [[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 [[System Sovereign|sovereigns of the local systems]]—the aggregations of those worlds which are designed subsequently to become the [[homes]] of the varied [[mortal]] races of will [[creatures]]; and each of [[Inhabited worlds|these worlds]] will be presided over by a [[Planetary Prince]].

32:2.7 And now that the right-hand helper and [[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 [https://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 [https://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 [[System Sovereign|sovereigns of the local systems]]—the aggregations of those worlds which are designed subsequently to become the [[homes]] of the varied [[mortal]] races of will [[creatures]]; and each of [[Inhabited worlds|these worlds]] will be presided over by a [[Planetary Prince]].

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].

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 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_genesis#Chapter_.1 create mortal man in their divine image].

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 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 typical of other systems.

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 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 typical of other systems.

32:2.11 The [[Satania]] 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 system of [[inhabited worlds]] to the center of the [[superuniverse]] is a trifle less than two hundred and fifty thousand [[light-years]].

32:2.11 The [[Satania]] 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 system of [[inhabited worlds]] to the center of the [[superuniverse]] is a trifle less than two hundred and fifty thousand [[light-years]].

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.

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: [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_38#38:5._SERAPHIC_TRAINING Avalon], [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_35#35:9._THE_LANONANDEK_RULERS Henselon], Sanselon, Portalon, Wolvering, Fanoving, and Alvoring.

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 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 world.

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 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 world.

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 central or [[pattern]] creation. Although the [[Universal Father]] is personally present in the residential universe, he does not indwell the [[minds]] of the beings 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 [[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.

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 central or [[pattern]] creation. Although the [[Universal Father]] is personally present in the residential universe, he does not indwell the [[minds]] of the beings 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 [[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.

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.

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 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_21#21:3._LOCAL_UNIVERSE_SOVEREIGNTY vicegerent] of God and subsequently [https://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.

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]].

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 [https://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 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_20 his Sons]. Literally and figuratively, spiritually and personally, [[the Father]] and [https://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]].

32:3.7 The [[personalities]] of a given [[universe]] are settled and dependable, at the start, only in [[accordance]] with their [[degree]] of kinship to [[Deity]]. When [[creature]] [[origin]] departs sufficiently far from the [[original]] and [[the Gods|divine Sources]], whether we are dealing with the [[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]].

32:3.7 The [[personalities]] of a given [[universe]] are settled and dependable, at the start, only in [[accordance]] with their [[degree]] of kinship to [[Deity]]. When [[creature]] [[origin]] departs sufficiently far from the [[original]] and [[the Gods|divine Sources]], whether we are dealing with the [[Sons of God]] or the [https://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]].

32:3.8 Excepting [[perfect]] [[beings]] of [[Deity]] [[origin]], all 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]].

32:3.8 Excepting [[perfect]] [[beings]] of [[Deity]] [[origin]], all 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]].

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]] inward climb, an [[experience]] to be had only by those who are so fortunate as to begin at the very bottom of living [[existence]].

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]] inward climb, an [[experience]] to be had only by those who are so fortunate as to begin at the very bottom of living [[existence]].

32:3.12 In [[Superuniverse|the 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 [[Paradise]]-[[Havona]] creatures. In [[reality]], both perfect and perfected creatures are incomplete as regards [[finite]] [[totality]]. But in the complemental association of the existentially 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]].

32:3.12 In [[Superuniverse|the 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 [[Paradise]]-[[Havona]] creatures. In [[reality]], both perfect and perfected creatures are incomplete as regards [[finite]] [[totality]]. But in the complemental association of the existentially perfect creatures of the [https://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]].

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]].

32:3.13 These [[creature]] [[transactions]] are the universe repercussions of [[actions]] and [[reactions]] within the [https://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]].

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.

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.

==32:4. GOD'S RELATION TO A LOCAL UNIVERSE==  

==32:4. GOD'S RELATION TO A LOCAL UNIVERSE==  

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.

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]], [https://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.

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]].

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]].

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]].

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]].

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]

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 [https://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,"[https://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."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Psalms#Psalm_139]

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]].

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]].

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]].

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]].

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.

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 [https://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 [https://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.

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]].

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]].

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]].

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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32:5.9 [Presented by a [[Mighty Messenger]] temporarily attached to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_33#33:8._THE_LEGISLATIVE_AND_EXECUTIVE_FUNCTIONS Supreme Council of Nebadon] and assigned to this mission by [[Gabriel]] of [[Salvington]].]

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[[Category: PART II: The Local Universe]]

[[Category: PART II: The Local Universe]]