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36:1.2 In the [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]] we have on [[record]] the [[creation]] of one hundred million Life Carriers. This [[efficient]] corps of life [[disseminators]] is not a truly [[self-governing]] group. They are directed by the life-determining trio, consisting of [[Gabriel]], the [[Father Melchizedek]], and ''Nambia'', the [[original]] and first-born Life Carrier of [[Nebadon]]. But in all [[phases]] of their divisional [[administration]] they are [[self-governing]].

36:1.2 In the [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]] we have on [[record]] the [[creation]] of one hundred million Life Carriers. This [[efficient]] corps of life [[disseminators]] is not a truly [[self-governing]] group. They are directed by the life-determining trio, consisting of [[Gabriel]], the [[Father Melchizedek]], and ''Nambia'', the [[original]] and first-born Life Carrier of [[Nebadon]]. But in all [[phases]] of their divisional [[administration]] they are [[self-governing]].

36:1.3 Life Carriers are graded into three grand [[divisions]]: The first division is the senior Life Carriers, the second, assistants, and the third, custodians. The primary division is subdivided into [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve twelve] [[groups]] of specialists in the various [[forms]] of life [[manifestation]]. The [[segregation]] of these three divisions was [[effected]] by the [[Melchizedeks]], who conducted tests for such [[purposes]] on the Life Carriers' [[headquarters]] sphere. The [[Melchizedeks]] have ever since been closely [[associated]] with the Life Carriers and always accompany them when they go forth to establish life on a new [[planet]].

36:1.3 Life Carriers are graded into three grand [[divisions]]: The first division is the senior Life Carriers, the second, assistants, and the third, custodians. The primary division is subdivided into [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve twelve] [[groups]] of specialists in the various [[forms]] of life [[manifestation]]. The [[segregation]] of these three divisions was [[effected]] by the [[Melchizedeks]], who conducted tests for such [[purposes]] on the Life Carriers' [[headquarters]] sphere. The [[Melchizedeks]] have ever since been closely [[associated]] with the Life Carriers and always accompany them when they go forth to establish life on a new [[planet]].

36:1.4 When an [[evolutionary planet]] is finally settled in [[light and life]], the Life Carriers are [[organized]] into the higher [[deliberative]] bodies of advisory capacity to [[assist]] in the further [[administration]] and [[development]] of the world and its [[glorified]] [[beings]]. In the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_55#55:10._THE_FOURTH_OR_LOCAL_UNIVERSE_STAGE later and settled ages] of an evolving universe these Life Carriers are intrusted with many new [[duties]].

36:1.4 When an [[evolutionary planet]] is finally settled in [[light and life]], the Life Carriers are [[organized]] into the higher [[deliberative]] bodies of advisory capacity to [[assist]] in the further [[administration]] and [[development]] of the world and its [[glorified]] [[beings]]. In the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_55#55:10._THE_FOURTH_OR_LOCAL_UNIVERSE_STAGE later and settled ages] of an evolving universe these Life Carriers are intrusted with many new [[duties]].

36:2.3 ''World Number One'', the [[headquarters]] [[sphere]], together with its six tributary [[satellites]], is [[devoted]] to the study of [[universal]] life, life in all of its known [[phases]] of [[manifestation]]. Here is located the [[college]] of life planning, wherein [[function]] [[teachers]] and advisers from [[Uversa]] and [[Havona]], even from [[Paradise]]. And I am permitted to reveal that the seven central emplacements of the [[adjutant mind-spirits]] are situated on this world of the Life Carriers.

36:2.3 ''World Number One'', the [[headquarters]] [[sphere]], together with its six tributary [[satellites]], is [[devoted]] to the study of [[universal]] life, life in all of its known [[phases]] of [[manifestation]]. Here is located the [[college]] of life planning, wherein [[function]] [[teachers]] and advisers from [[Uversa]] and [[Havona]], even from [[Paradise]]. And I am permitted to reveal that the seven central emplacements of the [[adjutant mind-spirits]] are situated on this world of the Life Carriers.

36:2.4 The number [http;//www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten ten]—the decimal system—is [[inherent]] in the [[physical]] universe but not in the [[spiritual]]. The [[domain]] of life is characterized by [[three]], [[seven]], and [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_(number) twelve] or by multiples and combinations of these basic [[numbers]]. There are [[three]] primal and [[essentially]] [[different]] life [[plans]], after the order of the three [[the Deities|Paradise Sources and Centers]], and in the [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]] these three basic forms of life are [[segregated]] on three [[different]] [[types]] of [[planets]]. There were, originally, twelve distinct and [[divine]] [[concepts]] of transmissible life. This number twelve, with its subdivisions and multiples, runs throughout all basic life [[patterns]] of all [[seven superuniverses]]. There are also [[seven]] architectural types of life [[design]], [[fundamental]] arrangements of the [[reproducing]] configurations of living [[matter]]. The [[Orvonton]] life patterns are configured as twelve [[inheritance]] carriers. The differing orders of will [[creatures]] are configured as 12, 24, 48, 96, 192, 384, and 768. On [[Urantia]] there are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromosomes#Karyotype forty-eight units] of [[pattern]] [[control]]—trait determiners—in the [[sex]] [[cells]] of [[human]] [[reproduction]].

36:2.4 The number [http;//www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten ten]—the decimal system—is [[inherent]] in the [[physical]] universe but not in the [[spiritual]]. The [[domain]] of life is characterized by [[three]], [[seven]], and [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_(number) twelve] or by multiples and combinations of these basic [[numbers]]. There are [[three]] primal and [[essentially]] [[different]] life [[plans]], after the order of the three [[the Deities|Paradise Sources and Centers]], and in the [[universe]] of [[Nebadon]] these three basic forms of life are [[segregated]] on three [[different]] [[types]] of [[planets]]. There were, originally, twelve distinct and [[divine]] [[concepts]] of transmissible life. This number twelve, with its subdivisions and multiples, runs throughout all basic life [[patterns]] of all [[seven superuniverses]]. There are also [[seven]] architectural types of life [[design]], [[fundamental]] arrangements of the [[reproducing]] configurations of living [[matter]]. The [[Orvonton]] life patterns are configured as twelve [[inheritance]] carriers. The differing orders of will [[creatures]] are configured as 12, 24, 48, 96, 192, 384, and 768. On [[Urantia]] there are [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromosomes#Karyotype forty-eight units] of [[pattern]] [[control]]—trait determiners—in the [[sex]] [[cells]] of [[human]] [[reproduction]].

36:2.5 ''The Second World'' is the life-[[designing]] [[sphere]]; here all new modes of life [[organization]] are worked out. While the [[original]] life [[designs]] are provided by the [[Creator Son]], the [[actual]] outworking of these [[plans]] is intrusted to the Life Carriers and their [[associates]]. When the general life plans for a new world have been formulated, they are [[transmitted]] to the [[headquarters]] sphere, where they are minutely scrutinized by the [[supreme]] [[council]] of the senior Life Carriers in [[collaboration]] with a corps of consulting [[Melchizedeks]]. If the [[plans]] are a departure from previously accepted [[formulas]], they must be passed upon, and endorsed by, the [[Creator Son]]. The chief of [[Melchizedeks]] often [[represents]] the Creator Son in these [[deliberations]].

36:2.5 ''The Second World'' is the life-[[designing]] [[sphere]]; here all new modes of life [[organization]] are worked out. While the [[original]] life [[designs]] are provided by the [[Creator Son]], the [[actual]] outworking of these [[plans]] is intrusted to the Life Carriers and their [[associates]]. When the general life plans for a new world have been formulated, they are [[transmitted]] to the [[headquarters]] sphere, where they are minutely scrutinized by the [[supreme]] [[council]] of the senior Life Carriers in [[collaboration]] with a corps of consulting [[Melchizedeks]]. If the [[plans]] are a departure from previously accepted [[formulas]], they must be passed upon, and endorsed by, the [[Creator Son]]. The chief of [[Melchizedeks]] often [[represents]] the Creator Son in these [[deliberations]].

36:2.6 Planetary life, therefore, while similar in some respects, differs in many ways on each [[evolutionary world]]. Even in a [[uniform]] life series in a single [[family]] of worlds, life is not exactly the same on any two [[planets]]; there is always a [[planetary]] [[type]], for the Life Carriers [[work]] constantly in an [[effort]] to improve the [[vital]] [[formulas]] committed to their keeping.

36:2.6 Planetary life, therefore, while similar in some respects, differs in many ways on each [[evolutionary world]]. Even in a [[uniform]] life series in a single [[family]] of worlds, life is not exactly the same on any two [[planets]]; there is always a [[planetary]] [[type]], for the Life Carriers [[work]] constantly in an [[effort]] to improve the [[vital]] [[formulas]] committed to their keeping.

36:2.7 There are over one million [[fundamental]] or [[cosmic]] [[chemical]] [[formulas]] which [[constitute]] the [[parent]] [[patterns]] and the numerous basic [[functional]] variations of life [[manifestations]]. [[Satellite]] number one of the life-planning sphere is the realm of the [[universe]] [[physicists]] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrochemistry electrochemists] who serve as [[technical]] assistants to the Life Carriers in the [[work]] of capturing, [[organizing]], and [[manipulating]] the [[essential]] [[units]] of [[energy]] which are employed in building up the [[material]] vehicles of life transmission, the so-called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ_plasm germ plasm].

36:2.7 There are over one million [[fundamental]] or [[cosmic]] [[chemical]] [[formulas]] which [[constitute]] the [[parent]] [[patterns]] and the numerous basic [[functional]] variations of life [[manifestations]]. [[Satellite]] number one of the life-planning sphere is the realm of the [[universe]] [[physicists]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrochemistry electrochemists] who serve as [[technical]] assistants to the Life Carriers in the [[work]] of capturing, [[organizing]], and [[manipulating]] the [[essential]] [[units]] of [[energy]] which are employed in building up the [[material]] vehicles of life transmission, the so-called [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ_plasm germ plasm].

36:2.8 The planetary life-planning [[laboratories]] are situated on the second [[satellite]] of this world number two. In these [[laboratories]] the Life Carriers and all their [[associates]] [[collaborate]] with the [[Melchizedeks]] in the effort to modify and possibly improve the life designed for implantation on the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_58#PAPER_58:_LIFE_ESTABLISHMENT_ON_URANTIA decimal planets] of [[Nebadon]]. The life now evolving on [[Urantia]] was [[planned]] and partially worked out on this very world, for Urantia is a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_58#PAPER_58:_LIFE_ESTABLISHMENT_ON_URANTIA decimal planet], a life-[[experiment]] world. On one world in each ten a greater variance in the [[standard]] life [[designs]] is permitted than on the other (nonexperimental) worlds.

36:2.8 The planetary life-planning [[laboratories]] are situated on the second [[satellite]] of this world number two. In these [[laboratories]] the Life Carriers and all their [[associates]] [[collaborate]] with the [[Melchizedeks]] in the effort to modify and possibly improve the life designed for implantation on the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_58#PAPER_58:_LIFE_ESTABLISHMENT_ON_URANTIA decimal planets] of [[Nebadon]]. The life now evolving on [[Urantia]] was [[planned]] and partially worked out on this very world, for Urantia is a [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_58#PAPER_58:_LIFE_ESTABLISHMENT_ON_URANTIA decimal planet], a life-[[experiment]] world. On one world in each ten a greater variance in the [[standard]] life [[designs]] is permitted than on the other (nonexperimental) worlds.

36:2.9 ''World Number Three'' is [[devoted]] to the [[conservation]] of life. Here various modes of life protection and [[preservation]] are [[studied]] and [[developed]] by the assistants and custodians of the Life Carrier corps. The life plans for every new world always provide for the early [[establishment]] of the life-conservation commission, consisting of custodian specialists in the expert [[manipulation]] of the basic life [[patterns]]. On [[Urantia]] there were twenty-four such custodian commissioners, two for each [[fundamental]] or [[parent]] [[pattern]] of the architectural [[organization]] of the life [[material]]. On [[planets]] such as yours the highest [[form]] of life is [[reproduced]] by a life-carrying bundle which [[possesses]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromosomes#Human_chromosomes twenty-four pattern units]. (And since the [[intellectual]] life [[grows]] out of, and upon the [[foundation]] of, the [[physical]], there come into [[existence]] the four and twenty basic orders of [[Mind|psychic]] [[organization]].)

36:2.9 ''World Number Three'' is [[devoted]] to the [[conservation]] of life. Here various modes of life protection and [[preservation]] are [[studied]] and [[developed]] by the assistants and custodians of the Life Carrier corps. The life plans for every new world always provide for the early [[establishment]] of the life-conservation commission, consisting of custodian specialists in the expert [[manipulation]] of the basic life [[patterns]]. On [[Urantia]] there were twenty-four such custodian commissioners, two for each [[fundamental]] or [[parent]] [[pattern]] of the architectural [[organization]] of the life [[material]]. On [[planets]] such as yours the highest [[form]] of life is [[reproduced]] by a life-carrying bundle which [[possesses]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromosomes#Human_chromosomes twenty-four pattern units]. (And since the [[intellectual]] life [[grows]] out of, and upon the [[foundation]] of, the [[physical]], there come into [[existence]] the four and twenty basic orders of [[Mind|psychic]] [[organization]].)

36:2.10 ''Sphere Number Four'' and its tributary [[satellites]] are [[devoted]] to the [[study]] of the [[evolution]] of [[creature]] life in general and to the evolutionary antecedents of any one life level in particular. The [[original]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ_plasm life plasm] of an [[evolutionary world]] must contain the full [[potential]] for all [[future]] [[developmental]] variations and for all subsequent evolutionary [[changes]] and modifications. The provision for such far-reaching [[projects]] of life [[metamorphosis]] may require the [[appearance]] of many [[apparently]] useless [[forms]] of [[animal]] and [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetable vegetable] life. Such by-products of [[planetary]] [[evolution]], foreseen or unforeseen, appear upon the [[stage]] of [[action]] only to disappear, but in and through all this long [[process]] there runs the thread of the [[wise]] and [[intelligent]] [[formulations]] of the [[original]] [[designers]] of the [[planetary]] life [[plan]] and [[species]] scheme. The manifold by-products of [[biologic]] [[evolution]] are all [[essential]] to the final and full [[function]] of the higher [[intelligent]] forms of life, notwithstanding that great outward [[Confusion|disharmony]] may prevail from time to time in the long upward [[struggle]] of the higher [[creatures]] to effect the mastery of the lower forms of life, many of which are sometimes so [[antagonistic]] to the [[peace]] and comfort of the evolving will [[creatures]].

36:2.10 ''Sphere Number Four'' and its tributary [[satellites]] are [[devoted]] to the [[study]] of the [[evolution]] of [[creature]] life in general and to the evolutionary antecedents of any one life level in particular. The [[original]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ_plasm life plasm] of an [[evolutionary world]] must contain the full [[potential]] for all [[future]] [[developmental]] variations and for all subsequent evolutionary [[changes]] and modifications. The provision for such far-reaching [[projects]] of life [[metamorphosis]] may require the [[appearance]] of many [[apparently]] useless [[forms]] of [[animal]] and [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetable vegetable] life. Such by-products of [[planetary]] [[evolution]], foreseen or unforeseen, appear upon the [[stage]] of [[action]] only to disappear, but in and through all this long [[process]] there runs the thread of the [[wise]] and [[intelligent]] [[formulations]] of the [[original]] [[designers]] of the [[planetary]] life [[plan]] and [[species]] scheme. The manifold by-products of [[biologic]] [[evolution]] are all [[essential]] to the final and full [[function]] of the higher [[intelligent]] forms of life, notwithstanding that great outward [[Confusion|disharmony]] may prevail from time to time in the long upward [[struggle]] of the higher [[creatures]] to effect the mastery of the lower forms of life, many of which are sometimes so [[antagonistic]] to the [[peace]] and comfort of the evolving will [[creatures]].

36:2.11 ''Number Five World'' is concerned wholly with life [[associated]] with [[mind]]. Each of its [[satellites]] is [[devoted]] to the [[study]] of a single [[phase]] of [[creature]] [[mind]] correlated with creature life. Mind such as man [[comprehends]] is an [[endowment]] of the [[seven adjutant mind-spirits]] superimposed on the nonteachable or [[mechanical]] levels of mind by the [[agencies]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]]. The life [[patterns]] are variously [[responsive]] to these adjutants and to the [[different]] [[spirit]] ministries operating throughout the [[Grand Universe|universes]] of [[time and space]]. The [[capacity]] of [[material]] [[creatures]] to [[effect]] [[spirit]] [[response]] is entirely dependent on the [[associated]] [[mind]] [[endowment]], which, in turn, has directionized the [[course]] of the [[biologic]] [[evolution]] of these same [[mortal]] [[creatures]].

36:2.11 ''Number Five World'' is concerned wholly with life [[associated]] with [[mind]]. Each of its [[satellites]] is [[devoted]] to the [[study]] of a single [[phase]] of [[creature]] [[mind]] correlated with creature life. Mind such as man [[comprehends]] is an [[endowment]] of the [[seven adjutant mind-spirits]] superimposed on the nonteachable or [[mechanical]] levels of mind by the [[agencies]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]]. The life [[patterns]] are variously [[responsive]] to these adjutants and to the [[different]] [[spirit]] ministries operating throughout the [[Grand Universe|universes]] of [[time and space]]. The [[capacity]] of [[material]] [[creatures]] to [[effect]] [[spirit]] [[response]] is entirely dependent on the [[associated]] [[mind]] [[endowment]], which, in turn, has directionized the [[course]] of the [[biologic]] [[evolution]] of these same [[mortal]] [[creatures]].

36:3.1 Life does not [[spontaneously]] appear in the [[universes]]; the Life Carriers must [[initiate]] it on the barren [[planets]]. They are the carriers, [[disseminators]], and guardians of life as it appears on the [[evolutionary worlds]] of [[space]]. All life of the order and [[forms]] known on [[Urantia]] arises with these Sons, though not all [[forms]] of planetary life are [[existent]] on [[Urantia]].

36:3.1 Life does not [[spontaneously]] appear in the [[universes]]; the Life Carriers must [[initiate]] it on the barren [[planets]]. They are the carriers, [[disseminators]], and guardians of life as it appears on the [[evolutionary worlds]] of [[space]]. All life of the order and [[forms]] known on [[Urantia]] arises with these Sons, though not all [[forms]] of planetary life are [[existent]] on [[Urantia]].

36:3.2 The corps of Life Carriers commissioned to plant life upon a new world usually consists of one hundred senior carriers, one hundred assistants, and one thousand custodians. The Life Carriers often carry [[actual]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ_plasm life plasm] to a new world, but not always. They sometimes [[organize]] the life [[patterns]] after arriving on the [[planet]] of assignment in accordance with [[formulas]] previously approved for a new [[adventure]] in life establishment. Such was the [[origin]] of the planetary life of [[Urantia]].

36:3.2 The corps of Life Carriers commissioned to plant life upon a new world usually consists of one hundred senior carriers, one hundred assistants, and one thousand custodians. The Life Carriers often carry [[actual]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ_plasm life plasm] to a new world, but not always. They sometimes [[organize]] the life [[patterns]] after arriving on the [[planet]] of assignment in accordance with [[formulas]] previously approved for a new [[adventure]] in life establishment. Such was the [[origin]] of the planetary life of [[Urantia]].

36:3.3 When, in accordance with approved [[formulas]], the [[physical]] [[patterns]] have been provided, then do the Life Carriers [[catalyze]] this lifeless [[material]], imparting through their [[persons]] the [[vital]] [[spirit]] [[spark]]; and forthwith do the inert [[patterns]] become living [[matter]].

36:3.3 When, in accordance with approved [[formulas]], the [[physical]] [[patterns]] have been provided, then do the Life Carriers [[catalyze]] this lifeless [[material]], imparting through their [[persons]] the [[vital]] [[spirit]] [[spark]]; and forthwith do the inert [[patterns]] become living [[matter]].

36:3.4 The [[vital]] [[spark]]—the [[mystery]] of life—is bestowed ''through'' the Life Carriers, not by them. They do indeed supervise such [[transactions]], they [[formulate]] the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ_plasm life plasm] itself, but it is the [[Universe Mother Spirit]] who supplies the [[essential]] factor of the living plasm. From the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:6._THE_LOCAL_UNIVERSE_CREATIVE_SPIRITS Creative Daughter] of the [[Infinite Spirit]] comes that [[energy]] [[spark]] which enlivens the [[body]] and presages the [[mind]].

36:3.4 The [[vital]] [[spark]]—the [[mystery]] of life—is bestowed ''through'' the Life Carriers, not by them. They do indeed supervise such [[transactions]], they [[formulate]] the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ_plasm life plasm] itself, but it is the [[Universe Mother Spirit]] who supplies the [[essential]] factor of the living plasm. From the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:6._THE_LOCAL_UNIVERSE_CREATIVE_SPIRITS Creative Daughter] of the [[Infinite Spirit]] comes that [[energy]] [[spark]] which enlivens the [[body]] and presages the [[mind]].

36:3.5 In the [[bestowal]] of life the Life Carriers [[transmit]] nothing of their [[personal]] [[natures]], not even on those [[spheres]] where new orders of life are [[projected]]. At such times they simply initiate and [[transmit]] the spark of life, start the required [[revolutions]] of [[matter]] in accordance with the [[physical]], [[chemical]], and [[electrical]] specifications of the [[ordained]] plans and patterns. Life Carriers are living [[catalytic]] [[presences]] which agitate, [[organize]], and vitalize the otherwise inert elements of the [[material]] order of [[existence]].

36:3.5 In the [[bestowal]] of life the Life Carriers [[transmit]] nothing of their [[personal]] [[natures]], not even on those [[spheres]] where new orders of life are [[projected]]. At such times they simply initiate and [[transmit]] the spark of life, start the required [[revolutions]] of [[matter]] in accordance with the [[physical]], [[chemical]], and [[electrical]] specifications of the [[ordained]] plans and patterns. Life Carriers are living [[catalytic]] [[presences]] which agitate, [[organize]], and vitalize the otherwise inert elements of the [[material]] order of [[existence]].

==36:6. LIVING FORCES==   

==36:6. LIVING FORCES==   

36:6.1 Life is both [[mechanistic]] and [[vitalistic]]—[[material]] and [[spiritual]]. Ever will [[Urantia]] [[physicists]] and [[chemists]] [[progress]] in their [[understanding]] of the protoplasmic [[forms]] of [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetable vegetable] and [[animal]] life, but never will they be able to produce living [[organisms]]. Life is something [[different]] from all [[energy]] [[manifestations]]; even the [[material]] life of [[physical]] [[creatures]] is not [[inherent]] in [[matter]].

36:6.1 Life is both [[mechanistic]] and [[vitalistic]]—[[material]] and [[spiritual]]. Ever will [[Urantia]] [[physicists]] and [[chemists]] [[progress]] in their [[understanding]] of the protoplasmic [[forms]] of [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetable vegetable] and [[animal]] life, but never will they be able to produce living [[organisms]]. Life is something [[different]] from all [[energy]] [[manifestations]]; even the [[material]] life of [[physical]] [[creatures]] is not [[inherent]] in [[matter]].

36:6.2 [[Things]] [[material]] may [[enjoy]] an [[independent]] [[existence]], but life springs only from life. [[Mind]] can be derived only from pre-existent [[mind]]. [[Spirit]] takes [[origin]] only from [[spirit]] [[ancestors]]. The [[creature]] may produce the [[forms]] of life, but only a [[creator]] [[personality]] or a [[creative]] [[force]] can supply the [[Action|activating]] living [[spark]].

36:6.2 [[Things]] [[material]] may [[enjoy]] an [[independent]] [[existence]], but life springs only from life. [[Mind]] can be derived only from pre-existent [[mind]]. [[Spirit]] takes [[origin]] only from [[spirit]] [[ancestors]]. The [[creature]] may produce the [[forms]] of life, but only a [[creator]] [[personality]] or a [[creative]] [[force]] can supply the [[Action|activating]] living [[spark]].

36:6.3 ''Life Carriers'' can [[organize]] the [[material]] [[forms]], or [[physical]] [[patterns]], of living [[beings]], but [[the Spirit]] provides the [[initial]] [[spark]] of life and [[bestows]] the [[endowment]] of [[mind]]. Even the living [[forms]] of [[experimental]] life which the Life Carriers [[organize]] on their [[Salvington]] worlds are always devoid of [[reproductive]] [[powers]]. When the life [[formulas]] and the [[vital]] [[patterns]] are correctly assembled and properly [[organized]], the [[presence]] of a Life Carrier is sufficient to [[initiate]] life, but all such living [[organisms]] are lacking in two [[essential]] [[attributes]]—[[mind]] [[endowment]] and [[reproductive]] [[powers]]. [[Animal]] [[mind]] and [[human]] mind are gifts of the [[local universe]] [[Mother Spirit]], [[functioning]] through the [[seven adjutant mind-spirits]], while [[creature]] [[ability]] to [[reproduce]] is the specific and [[personal]] impartation of the [[Mother Spirit|Universe Spirit]] to the [[ancestral]] life [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ_plasm plasm] inaugurated by the ''Life Carriers''.

36:6.3 ''Life Carriers'' can [[organize]] the [[material]] [[forms]], or [[physical]] [[patterns]], of living [[beings]], but [[the Spirit]] provides the [[initial]] [[spark]] of life and [[bestows]] the [[endowment]] of [[mind]]. Even the living [[forms]] of [[experimental]] life which the Life Carriers [[organize]] on their [[Salvington]] worlds are always devoid of [[reproductive]] [[powers]]. When the life [[formulas]] and the [[vital]] [[patterns]] are correctly assembled and properly [[organized]], the [[presence]] of a Life Carrier is sufficient to [[initiate]] life, but all such living [[organisms]] are lacking in two [[essential]] [[attributes]]—[[mind]] [[endowment]] and [[reproductive]] [[powers]]. [[Animal]] [[mind]] and [[human]] mind are gifts of the [[local universe]] [[Mother Spirit]], [[functioning]] through the [[seven adjutant mind-spirits]], while [[creature]] [[ability]] to [[reproduce]] is the specific and [[personal]] impartation of the [[Mother Spirit|Universe Spirit]] to the [[ancestral]] life [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ_plasm plasm] inaugurated by the ''Life Carriers''.

36:6.4 When the Life Carriers have [[designed]] the [[patterns]] of life, after they have [[organized]] the [[energy]] [[systems]], there must occur an additional [[phenomenon]]; the "breath of life" must be imparted to these lifeless [[forms]]. The [[Sons of God]] can construct the [[forms]] of life, but it is the [[Infinite Spirit|Spirit of God]] who really [[contributes]] the [[vital]] [[spark]]. And when the life thus imparted is spent, then again the remaining [[material]] [[body]] becomes [[dead]] [[matter]]. When the [[bestowed]] life is exhausted, the [[body]] returns to the [[bosom]] of the [[material]] [[universe]] from which it was borrowed by the Life Carriers to serve as a transient vehicle for that life [[endowment]] which they conveyed to such a [[visible]] [[association]] of [[energy]]-[[matter]].

36:6.4 When the Life Carriers have [[designed]] the [[patterns]] of life, after they have [[organized]] the [[energy]] [[systems]], there must occur an additional [[phenomenon]]; the "breath of life" must be imparted to these lifeless [[forms]]. The [[Sons of God]] can construct the [[forms]] of life, but it is the [[Infinite Spirit|Spirit of God]] who really [[contributes]] the [[vital]] [[spark]]. And when the life thus imparted is spent, then again the remaining [[material]] [[body]] becomes [[dead]] [[matter]]. When the [[bestowed]] life is exhausted, the [[body]] returns to the [[bosom]] of the [[material]] [[universe]] from which it was borrowed by the Life Carriers to serve as a transient vehicle for that life [[endowment]] which they conveyed to such a [[visible]] [[association]] of [[energy]]-[[matter]].

36:6.5 The life [[bestowed]] upon [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant plants] and [[animals]] by the Life Carriers does not return to the Life Carriers upon the [[death]] of plant or animal. The departing life of such a living [[thing]] [[possesses]] neither [[identity]] nor [[personality]]; it does not [[individually]] [[survive]] [[death]]. During its [[existence]] and the [[time]] of its [[sojourn]] in the [[body]] of [[matter]], it has undergone a [[change]]; it has undergone [[energy]] [[evolution]] and [[survives]] only as a part of the [[cosmic]] [[forces]] of the [[universe]]; it does not [[survive]] as [[individual]] life. The [[survival]] of [[mortal]] [[creatures]] is wholly predicated on the evolvement of an [[immortal]] [[soul]] within the [[mortal]] [[mind]].

36:6.5 The life [[bestowed]] upon [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant plants] and [[animals]] by the Life Carriers does not return to the Life Carriers upon the [[death]] of plant or animal. The departing life of such a living [[thing]] [[possesses]] neither [[identity]] nor [[personality]]; it does not [[individually]] [[survive]] [[death]]. During its [[existence]] and the [[time]] of its [[sojourn]] in the [[body]] of [[matter]], it has undergone a [[change]]; it has undergone [[energy]] [[evolution]] and [[survives]] only as a part of the [[cosmic]] [[forces]] of the [[universe]]; it does not [[survive]] as [[individual]] life. The [[survival]] of [[mortal]] [[creatures]] is wholly predicated on the evolvement of an [[immortal]] [[soul]] within the [[mortal]] [[mind]].

36:6.6 We speak of life as "[[energy]]" and as "[[force]]," but it is really neither. [[Force]]-[[energy]] is variously [[gravity]] [[responsive]]; life is not. [[Pattern]] is also nonresponsive to [[gravity]], being a [[configuration]] of [[energies]] that have already fulfilled all [[gravity]]-[[responsive]] [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obligation obligations]. Life, as such, [[constitutes]] the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animation animation] of some [[pattern]]-[[configured]] or otherwise [[segregated]] [[system]] of [[energy]]—[[material]], [[mindal]], or [[spiritual]].

36:6.6 We speak of life as "[[energy]]" and as "[[force]]," but it is really neither. [[Force]]-[[energy]] is variously [[gravity]] [[responsive]]; life is not. [[Pattern]] is also nonresponsive to [[gravity]], being a [[configuration]] of [[energies]] that have already fulfilled all [[gravity]]-[[responsive]] [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obligation obligations]. Life, as such, [[constitutes]] the [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animation animation] of some [[pattern]]-[[configured]] or otherwise [[segregated]] [[system]] of [[energy]]—[[material]], [[mindal]], or [[spiritual]].

36:6.7 There are some [[things]] [[connected]] with the elaboration of life on the [[evolutionary planets]] which are not altogether clear to us. We fully [[comprehend]] the [[physical]] [[organization]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrochemical electrochemical] [[formulas]] of the Life Carriers, but we do not wholly [[understand]] the [[nature]] and [[source]] of the life-[[activation]] [[spark]]. We [[know]] that life [[flows]] from [[the Father]] through [[the Son]] and by[[ the Spirit]]. It is more than [[possible]] that the [[Master Spirits]] are the sevenfold [[channel]] of the river of life which is poured out upon all [[creation]]. But we do not [[comprehend]] the [[technique]] whereby the supervising [[Master Spirit]] [[participates]] in the [[initial]] [[episode]] of life [[bestowal]] on a new [[planet]]. The [[Ancients of Days]], we are [[confident]], also have some part in this inauguration of life on a new world, but we are wholly [[ignorant]] of the [[nature]] thereof. We do know that the [[Universe Mother Spirit]] [[actually]] [[vitalizes]] the lifeless [[patterns]] and imparts to such activated [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ_plasm plasm] the [[prerogatives]] of [[organismal]] [[reproduction]]. We [[observe]] that these [[three]] are the levels of [[God the Sevenfold]], sometimes designated as the [[Supreme Creators]] of [[time and space]]; but otherwise we know little more than [[Urantia]] [[mortals]]—simply that [[concept]] is inherent in [[the Father]], [[expression]] in [[the Son]], and life [[realization]] in [[the Spirit]].

36:6.7 There are some [[things]] [[connected]] with the elaboration of life on the [[evolutionary planets]] which are not altogether clear to us. We fully [[comprehend]] the [[physical]] [[organization]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrochemical electrochemical] [[formulas]] of the Life Carriers, but we do not wholly [[understand]] the [[nature]] and [[source]] of the life-[[activation]] [[spark]]. We [[know]] that life [[flows]] from [[the Father]] through [[the Son]] and by[[ the Spirit]]. It is more than [[possible]] that the [[Master Spirits]] are the sevenfold [[channel]] of the river of life which is poured out upon all [[creation]]. But we do not [[comprehend]] the [[technique]] whereby the supervising [[Master Spirit]] [[participates]] in the [[initial]] [[episode]] of life [[bestowal]] on a new [[planet]]. The [[Ancients of Days]], we are [[confident]], also have some part in this inauguration of life on a new world, but we are wholly [[ignorant]] of the [[nature]] thereof. We do know that the [[Universe Mother Spirit]] [[actually]] [[vitalizes]] the lifeless [[patterns]] and imparts to such activated [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ_plasm plasm] the [[prerogatives]] of [[organismal]] [[reproduction]]. We [[observe]] that these [[three]] are the levels of [[God the Sevenfold]], sometimes designated as the [[Supreme Creators]] of [[time and space]]; but otherwise we know little more than [[Urantia]] [[mortals]]—simply that [[concept]] is inherent in [[the Father]], [[expression]] in [[the Son]], and life [[realization]] in [[the Spirit]].

36:6.8 Indited by a [[Vorondadek Son]] stationed on [[Urantia]] as an observer and acting in this capacity by request of the [[Melchizedek]] Chief of the Supervising Revelatory Corps.

36:6.8 Indited by a [[Vorondadek Son]] stationed on [[Urantia]] as an observer and acting in this capacity by request of the [[Melchizedek]] Chief of the Supervising Revelatory Corps.