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42:0.2 The [[manipulation]] of [[universe]] [[energy]] is ever in [[accordance]] with the [[personal]] [[Volition|will]] and the all-[[wise]] [[mandates]] of the [[Universal Father]]. This [[personal]] [[control]] of [[manifested]] [[power]] and [[circulating]] [[energy]] is [[modified]] by the [[co-ordinate]] [[acts]] and [[decisions]] of the [[Eternal Son]], as well as by the united [[purposes]] of [[the Son]] and [[the Father]] [[executed]] by the [[Conjoint Actor]]. These [[divine]] [[beings]] act [[personally]] and as [[individuals]]; they also [[function]] in the [[persons]] and [[powers]] of an almost unlimited [[number]] of subordinates, each variously [[expressive]] of the [[eternal]] and [[divine]] [[purpose]] in the [[universe of universes]]. But these [[functional]] and provisional [[modifications]] or [[transmutation]]s of [[divine]] [[power]] in no way lessen the [[truth]] of the [[statement]] that all [[force]]-[[energy]] is under the [[ultimate]] [[control]] of a [[personal]] [[God]] resident at the [[center]] of [[all things]].
 
42:0.2 The [[manipulation]] of [[universe]] [[energy]] is ever in [[accordance]] with the [[personal]] [[Volition|will]] and the all-[[wise]] [[mandates]] of the [[Universal Father]]. This [[personal]] [[control]] of [[manifested]] [[power]] and [[circulating]] [[energy]] is [[modified]] by the [[co-ordinate]] [[acts]] and [[decisions]] of the [[Eternal Son]], as well as by the united [[purposes]] of [[the Son]] and [[the Father]] [[executed]] by the [[Conjoint Actor]]. These [[divine]] [[beings]] act [[personally]] and as [[individuals]]; they also [[function]] in the [[persons]] and [[powers]] of an almost unlimited [[number]] of subordinates, each variously [[expressive]] of the [[eternal]] and [[divine]] [[purpose]] in the [[universe of universes]]. But these [[functional]] and provisional [[modifications]] or [[transmutation]]s of [[divine]] [[power]] in no way lessen the [[truth]] of the [[statement]] that all [[force]]-[[energy]] is under the [[ultimate]] [[control]] of a [[personal]] [[God]] resident at the [[center]] of [[all things]].
  
==1. PARADISE FORCES AND ENERGIES==  
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==42:1. PARADISE FORCES AND ENERGIES==  
  
 
42:1.1 The [[foundation]] of the [[universe]] is [[material]], but the [[essence]] of life is [[spirit]]. [[The Father]] of spirits is also the [[ancestor]] of [[universes]]; the [[eternal]] [[Father]] of the [[Original Son]] is also the [[eternity]]-[[source]] of the [[original]] [[pattern]], the [[Isle of Paradise]].
 
42:1.1 The [[foundation]] of the [[universe]] is [[material]], but the [[essence]] of life is [[spirit]]. [[The Father]] of spirits is also the [[ancestor]] of [[universes]]; the [[eternal]] [[Father]] of the [[Original Son]] is also the [[eternity]]-[[source]] of the [[original]] [[pattern]], the [[Isle of Paradise]].
  
42:1.2 [[Matter]]—[[energy]]—for they are but [[diverse]] [[manifestations]] of the same [[cosmic]] [[reality]], as a [[universe]] [[phenomenon]] is [[inherent]] in the [[Universal Father]]. "In him all things consist."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Colossians#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Colossians.2C_I] [[Matter]] may [[appear]] to [[manifest]] [[inherent]] [[energy]] and to exhibit self-contained [[powers]], but the lines of [[gravity]] involved in the [[energies]] concerned in all these [[physical]] [[phenomena]] are derived from, and are dependent on, [[Paradise]]. The [[ultimaton]], the first [[measurable]] [[form]] of [[energy]], has [[Paradise]] as its [[nucleus]].
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42:1.2 [[Matter]]—[[energy]]—for they are but [[diverse]] [[manifestations]] of the same [[cosmic]] [[reality]], as a [[universe]] [[phenomenon]] is [[inherent]] in the [[Universal Father]]. "In him all things consist."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Colossians#The_Letter_of_Paul_to_the_Colossians.2C_I] [[Matter]] may [[appear]] to [[manifest]] [[inherent]] [[energy]] and to exhibit self-contained [[powers]], but the lines of [[gravity]] involved in the [[energies]] concerned in all these [[physical]] [[phenomena]] are derived from, and are dependent on, [[Paradise]]. The [[ultimaton]], the first [[measurable]] [[form]] of [[energy]], has [[Paradise]] as its [[nucleus]].
  
 
42:1.3 There is [[innate]] in [[matter]] and present in [[universal]] [[space]] a [[form]] of [[energy]] [[Unknown|not known]] on [[Urantia]]. When this [[discovery]] is finally made, then will [[physicists]] feel that they have solved, almost at least, the [[mystery]] of [[matter]]. And so will they have approached one step nearer the [[Creator]]; so will they have mastered one more [[phase]] of the [[divine]] [[technique]]; but in no sense will they have found [[God]], neither will they have [[established]] the [[existence]] of [[matter]] or the operation of [[natural law]]s apart from the [[cosmic]] [[technique]] of [[Paradise]] and the [[motivating]] [[purpose]] of the [[Universal Father]].
 
42:1.3 There is [[innate]] in [[matter]] and present in [[universal]] [[space]] a [[form]] of [[energy]] [[Unknown|not known]] on [[Urantia]]. When this [[discovery]] is finally made, then will [[physicists]] feel that they have solved, almost at least, the [[mystery]] of [[matter]]. And so will they have approached one step nearer the [[Creator]]; so will they have mastered one more [[phase]] of the [[divine]] [[technique]]; but in no sense will they have found [[God]], neither will they have [[established]] the [[existence]] of [[matter]] or the operation of [[natural law]]s apart from the [[cosmic]] [[technique]] of [[Paradise]] and the [[motivating]] [[purpose]] of the [[Universal Father]].
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42:1.4 Subsequent to even still greater [[progress]] and further [[discoveries]], after [[Urantia]] has advanced immeasurably in [[comparison]] with present [[knowledge]], though you should gain [[control]] of the [[energy]] [[revolutions]] of the [[Electron|electrical]] [[units]] of [[matter]] to the extent of [[modifying]] their [[physical]] [[manifestations]]—even after all such [[possible]] [[progress]], forever will [[scientists]] be powerless to create one [[atom]] of [[matter]] or to originate one flash of [[energy]] or ever to add to [[matter]] that which we call life.
 
42:1.4 Subsequent to even still greater [[progress]] and further [[discoveries]], after [[Urantia]] has advanced immeasurably in [[comparison]] with present [[knowledge]], though you should gain [[control]] of the [[energy]] [[revolutions]] of the [[Electron|electrical]] [[units]] of [[matter]] to the extent of [[modifying]] their [[physical]] [[manifestations]]—even after all such [[possible]] [[progress]], forever will [[scientists]] be powerless to create one [[atom]] of [[matter]] or to originate one flash of [[energy]] or ever to add to [[matter]] that which we call life.
  
42:1.5 The [[creation]] of [[energy]] and the [[bestowal]] of life are the [[prerogatives]] of the [[Universal Father]] and his [[associate]] [[Supreme Creators|Creator]] [[personalities]]. The river of [[energy]] and life is a [[continuous]] [[Flow|outpouring]] from [[the Deities]], the [[universal]] and [[united]] [[stream]] of [[Paradise]] [[force]] going forth to all [[space]]. This [[divine]] [[energy]] pervades all [[creation]]. The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:5._THE_MASTER_FORCE_ORGANIZERS force organizers] initiate those [[changes]] and [[institute]] those [[modification]]s of [[space]]-[[force]] which [[eventuate]] in [[energy]]; the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29_-_The_Universe_Power_Directors#29:1._THE_SEVEN_SUPREME_POWER_DIRECTORS power directors] [[transmute]] [[energy]] into [[matter]]; thus the [[material worlds]] are [[born]]. The [[Life Carriers]] initiate those [[processes]] in dead [[matter]] which we call life, [[material]] life. The [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_48#48:2._MORONTIA_POWER_SUPERVISORS Morontia Power Supervisors] likewise [[perform]] throughout the [[transition]] realms between the [[material]] and the [[spiritual]] worlds. The higher spirit [[Creators]] inaugurate similar [[processes]] in [[divine]] [[forms]] of [[energy]], and there ensue the higher [[spirit]] [[forms]] of [[intelligent]] life.
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42:1.5 The [[creation]] of [[energy]] and the [[bestowal]] of life are the [[prerogatives]] of the [[Universal Father]] and his [[associate]] [[Supreme Creators|Creator]] [[personalities]]. The river of [[energy]] and life is a [[continuous]] [[Flow|outpouring]] from [[the Deities]], the [[universal]] and [[united]] [[stream]] of [[Paradise]] [[force]] going forth to all [[space]]. This [[divine]] [[energy]] pervades all [[creation]]. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:5._THE_MASTER_FORCE_ORGANIZERS force organizers] initiate those [[changes]] and [[institute]] those [[modification]]s of [[space]]-[[force]] which [[eventuate]] in [[energy]]; the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29_-_The_Universe_Power_Directors#29:1._THE_SEVEN_SUPREME_POWER_DIRECTORS power directors] [[transmute]] [[energy]] into [[matter]]; thus the [[material worlds]] are [[born]]. The [[Life Carriers]] initiate those [[processes]] in dead [[matter]] which we call life, [[material]] life. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_48#48:2._MORONTIA_POWER_SUPERVISORS Morontia Power Supervisors] likewise [[perform]] throughout the [[transition]] realms between the [[material]] and the [[spiritual]] worlds. The higher spirit [[Creators]] inaugurate similar [[processes]] in [[divine]] [[forms]] of [[energy]], and there ensue the higher [[spirit]] [[forms]] of [[intelligent]] life.
  
 
42:1.6 [[Energy]] [[proceeds]] from [[Paradise]], [[Design|fashioned]] after the [[divine]] [[Cosmos|order]]. [[Energy]]— [[pure]] energy—partakes of the [[nature]] of the [[divine]] [[organization]]; it is fashioned after the similitude of the [[three Gods]] [[embraced]] in [[one]], as they [[function]] at the [[headquarters]] of the [[universe of universes]]. And all [[force]] is [[circuited]] in [[Paradise]], comes from the [[Paradise]] [[Presences]] and returns thereto, and is in [[essence]] a [[manifestation]] of the [[I AM|uncaused Cause]]—the [[Universal Father]]; and without the Father would not anything [[exist]] that does exist.
 
42:1.6 [[Energy]] [[proceeds]] from [[Paradise]], [[Design|fashioned]] after the [[divine]] [[Cosmos|order]]. [[Energy]]— [[pure]] energy—partakes of the [[nature]] of the [[divine]] [[organization]]; it is fashioned after the similitude of the [[three Gods]] [[embraced]] in [[one]], as they [[function]] at the [[headquarters]] of the [[universe of universes]]. And all [[force]] is [[circuited]] in [[Paradise]], comes from the [[Paradise]] [[Presences]] and returns thereto, and is in [[essence]] a [[manifestation]] of the [[I AM|uncaused Cause]]—the [[Universal Father]]; and without the Father would not anything [[exist]] that does exist.
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42:1.9 And all this [[confirms]] our [[belief]] in a [[circular]], somewhat [[limited]], but orderly and far-flung [[universe of universes]]. If this were not true, then [[evidence]] of [[energy]] depletion at some point would sooner or later [[appear]]. All [[laws]], [[organizations]], [[administration]], and the [[testimony]] of [[universe]] [[explorers]]—[[everything]] points to the [[existence]] of an [[infinite]] [[God]] but, as yet, a [[finite]] [[universe]], a [[circularity]] of endless [[existence]], well-nigh limitless but, nevertheless, [[finite]] in [[contrast]] with [[infinity]].
 
42:1.9 And all this [[confirms]] our [[belief]] in a [[circular]], somewhat [[limited]], but orderly and far-flung [[universe of universes]]. If this were not true, then [[evidence]] of [[energy]] depletion at some point would sooner or later [[appear]]. All [[laws]], [[organizations]], [[administration]], and the [[testimony]] of [[universe]] [[explorers]]—[[everything]] points to the [[existence]] of an [[infinite]] [[God]] but, as yet, a [[finite]] [[universe]], a [[circularity]] of endless [[existence]], well-nigh limitless but, nevertheless, [[finite]] in [[contrast]] with [[infinity]].
  
==2. UNIVERSAL NONSPIRITUAL ENERGY SYSTEMS (PHYSICAL ENERGIES)==     
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==42:2. UNIVERSAL NONSPIRITUAL ENERGY SYSTEMS (PHYSICAL ENERGIES)==     
  
42:2.1 It is indeed [[difficult]] to find suitable [[words]] in the [[English]] [[language]] whereby to designate and wherewith to describe the various [[levels]] of [[force]] and [[energy]]—[[physical]], [[mindal]], or [[spiritual]]. These [[narratives]] cannot altogether follow your [[accepted]] definitions of [[force]], [[energy]], and [[power]]. There is such [[paucity]] of [[language]] that we must use these terms in multiple [[meanings]]. In this paper, for example, the [[word]] [[energy]] is used to denote all [[phases]] and [[forms]] of [[phenomenal]] [[motion]], [[action]], and [[potential]], while [[force]] is [[applied]] to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:8._PARADISE_GRAVITY pregravity], and [[power]] to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:8._PARADISE_GRAVITY postgravity], stages of [[energy]].
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42:2.1 It is indeed [[difficult]] to find suitable [[words]] in the [[English]] [[language]] whereby to designate and wherewith to describe the various [[levels]] of [[force]] and [[energy]]—[[physical]], [[mindal]], or [[spiritual]]. These [[narratives]] cannot altogether follow your [[accepted]] definitions of [[force]], [[energy]], and [[power]]. There is such [[paucity]] of [[language]] that we must use these terms in multiple [[meanings]]. In this paper, for example, the [[word]] [[energy]] is used to denote all [[phases]] and [[forms]] of [[phenomenal]] [[motion]], [[action]], and [[potential]], while [[force]] is [[applied]] to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:8._PARADISE_GRAVITY pregravity], and [[power]] to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:8._PARADISE_GRAVITY postgravity], stages of [[energy]].
  
 
42:2.2 I will, however, endeavor to lessen [[conceptual]] [[confusion]] by suggesting the advisability of adopting the following [[classification]] for [[cosmic]] [[force]], emergent [[energy]], and [[universe]] [[power]]—[[physical]] [[energy]]:
 
42:2.2 I will, however, endeavor to lessen [[conceptual]] [[confusion]] by suggesting the advisability of adopting the following [[classification]] for [[cosmic]] [[force]], emergent [[energy]], and [[universe]] [[power]]—[[physical]] [[energy]]:
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42:2.3 1. ''[[Space potency]]''. This is the unquestioned [[free]] [[space]] [[presence]] of the [[Unqualified Absolute]]. The extension of this [[concept]] connotes the [[universe]] [[force]]-[[space]] [[potential]] [[inherent]] in the [[functional]] [[totality]] of the [[Unqualified Absolute]], while the [[intension]] of this [[concept]] implies the [[totality]] of [[cosmic]] [[reality]]—[[universes]]—which [[emanated]] eternitywise from the never-beginning, never-ending, never-moving, never-changing [[Isle of Paradise]].
 
42:2.3 1. ''[[Space potency]]''. This is the unquestioned [[free]] [[space]] [[presence]] of the [[Unqualified Absolute]]. The extension of this [[concept]] connotes the [[universe]] [[force]]-[[space]] [[potential]] [[inherent]] in the [[functional]] [[totality]] of the [[Unqualified Absolute]], while the [[intension]] of this [[concept]] implies the [[totality]] of [[cosmic]] [[reality]]—[[universes]]—which [[emanated]] eternitywise from the never-beginning, never-ending, never-moving, never-changing [[Isle of Paradise]].
  
42:2.4 The [[phenomena]] [[indigenous]] to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:5._NETHER_PARADISE nether side of Paradise] [[probably]] [[embrace]] three zones of [[absolute]] [[force]] [[presence]] and [[performance]]: the [[Fulcrum|fulcral]] zone of the [[Unqualified Absolute]], the zone of the Isle of [[Paradise]] itself, and the intervening zone of certain unidentified [[equalizing]] and [[compensating]] [[agencies]] or [[functions]]. These triconcentric zones are the [[Center|centrum]] of the [[Paradise]] [[cycle]] of [[cosmic]] [[reality]].
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42:2.4 The [[phenomena]] [[indigenous]] to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:5._NETHER_PARADISE nether side of Paradise] [[probably]] [[embrace]] three zones of [[absolute]] [[force]] [[presence]] and [[performance]]: the [[Fulcrum|fulcral]] zone of the [[Unqualified Absolute]], the zone of the Isle of [[Paradise]] itself, and the intervening zone of certain unidentified [[equalizing]] and [[compensating]] [[agencies]] or [[functions]]. These triconcentric zones are the [[Center|centrum]] of the [[Paradise]] [[cycle]] of [[cosmic]] [[reality]].
  
42:2.5 [[Space]] potency is a prereality; it is the domain of the [[Unqualified Absolute]] and is [[responsive]] only to the [[personal]] grasp of the [[Universal Father]], notwithstanding that it is seemingly [[modifiable]] by the [[presence]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:5._THE_MASTER_FORCE_ORGANIZERS Primary Master Force Organizers].
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42:2.5 [[Space]] potency is a prereality; it is the domain of the [[Unqualified Absolute]] and is [[responsive]] only to the [[personal]] grasp of the [[Universal Father]], notwithstanding that it is seemingly [[modifiable]] by the [[presence]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:5._THE_MASTER_FORCE_ORGANIZERS Primary Master Force Organizers].
  
42:2.6 On [[Uversa]], space potency is spoken of as ''absoluta''.
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42:2.6 On [[Uversa]], space potency is spoken of as ''[[absoluta]]''.
  
42:2.7 2. ''[[Primordial force]]''. This [[represents]] the first basic [[change]] in [[space]] potency and may be one of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:5._NETHER_PARADISE nether Paradise] [[functions]] of the [[Unqualified Absolute]]. We know that the [[space]] [[presence]] going out from [[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:5._NETHER_PARADISE nether Paradise] is [[modified]] in some [[manner]] from that which is incoming. But regardless of any such [[possible]] [[relationships]], the openly recognized [[transmutation]] of [[space]] potency into primordial [[force]] is the primary [[differentiating]] [[function]] of the [[tension]]-[[presence]] of the living [[Paradise]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29_-_The_Universe_Power_Directors#29:5._THE_MASTER_FORCE_ORGANIZERS force organizers].
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42:2.7 2. ''[[Primordial force]]''. This [[represents]] the first basic [[change]] in [[space]] potency and may be one of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:5._NETHER_PARADISE nether Paradise] [[functions]] of the [[Unqualified Absolute]]. We know that the [[space]] [[presence]] going out from [[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:5._NETHER_PARADISE nether Paradise] is [[modified]] in some [[manner]] from that which is incoming. But regardless of any such [[possible]] [[relationships]], the openly recognized [[transmutation]] of [[space]] potency into primordial [[force]] is the primary [[differentiating]] [[function]] of the [[tension]]-[[presence]] of the living [[Paradise]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29_-_The_Universe_Power_Directors#29:5._THE_MASTER_FORCE_ORGANIZERS force organizers].
  
42:2.8 [[Passive]] and [[potential]] [[force]] becomes [[active]] and primordial in [[response]] to the [[resistance]] afforded by the [[space]] [[presence]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29_-_The_Universe_Power_Directors#29:5._THE_MASTER_FORCE_ORGANIZERS Primary Eventuated Master Force Organizers]. [[Force]] is now emerging from the exclusive [[domain]] of the [[Unqualified Absolute]] into the realms of multiple [[response]]—response to certain primal [[motions]] initiated by the [[God of Action]] and thereupon to certain [[compensating]] [[motions]] [[emanating]] from the [[Universal Absolute]]. Primordial [[force]] is seemingly [[reactive]] to [[transcendental]] [[causation]] in [[proportion]] to [[absoluteness]].
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42:2.8 [[Passive]] and [[potential]] [[force]] becomes [[active]] and primordial in [[response]] to the [[resistance]] afforded by the [[space]] [[presence]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29_-_The_Universe_Power_Directors#29:5._THE_MASTER_FORCE_ORGANIZERS Primary Eventuated Master Force Organizers]. [[Force]] is now emerging from the exclusive [[domain]] of the [[Unqualified Absolute]] into the realms of multiple [[response]]—response to certain primal [[motions]] initiated by the [[God of Action]] and thereupon to certain [[compensating]] [[motions]] [[emanating]] from the [[Universal Absolute]]. Primordial [[force]] is seemingly [[reactive]] to [[transcendental]] [[causation]] in [[proportion]] to [[absoluteness]].
  
42:2.9 Primordial force is sometimes [[spoken]] of as [[pure]] [[energy]]; on [[Uversa]] we refer to it as ''segregata''.
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42:2.9 Primordial force is sometimes [[spoken]] of as [[pure]] [[energy]]; on [[Uversa]] we refer to it as ''[[segregata]]''.
  
42:2.10 3. ''Emergent energies''. The [[passive]] [[presence]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29_-_The_Universe_Power_Directors#29:5._THE_MASTER_FORCE_ORGANIZERS primary force organizers] is [[sufficient]] to [[transform]] [[space]] potency into primordial [[force]], and it is upon such an activated space field that these same [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29_-_The_Universe_Power_Directors#29:5._THE_MASTER_FORCE_ORGANIZERS force organizers] begin their [[initial]] and [[active]] operations. Primordial force is [[destined]] to pass through two [[distinct]] [[phases]] of [[transmutation]] in the realms of [[energy]] [[manifestation]] before [[appearing]] as [[universe]] [[power]]. These two [[levels]] of emerging [[energy]] are:
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42:2.10 3. ''[[Emergent energies]]''. The [[passive]] [[presence]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29_-_The_Universe_Power_Directors#29:5._THE_MASTER_FORCE_ORGANIZERS primary force organizers] is sufficient to [[transform]] [[space]] potency into primordial [[force]], and it is upon such an activated space field that these same [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29_-_The_Universe_Power_Directors#29:5._THE_MASTER_FORCE_ORGANIZERS force organizers] begin their [[initial]] and [[active]] operations. Primordial force is [[destined]] to pass through two [[distinct]] [[phases]] of [[transmutation]] in the realms of [[energy]] [[manifestation]] before [[appearing]] as [[universe]] [[power]]. These two [[levels]] of emerging [[energy]] are:
  
42:2.11 a. ''Puissant energy''. This is the [[powerful]]-directional, [[mass-movement]]ed, mighty-[[tension]]ed, and forcible-[[Response|reacting]] [[energy]]—gigantic energy systems set in [[motion]] by the activities of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29_-_The_Universe_Power_Directors#29:5._THE_MASTER_FORCE_ORGANIZERS primary force organizers]. This primary or ''puissant energy'' is not at first definitely [[responsive]] to the [[Paradise]]-[[gravity]] pull though probably yielding an [[aggregate]]-[[mass]] or [[space]]-directional [[response]] to the [[collective]] [[group]] of [[absolute]] [[influences]] operative from the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:5._NETHER_PARADISE nether side of Paradise]. When [[energy]] emerges to the [[level]] of [[initial]] [[response]] to the [[circular]] and [[absolute]]-[[gravity]] grasp of [[Paradise]], the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29_-_The_Universe_Power_Directors#29:5._THE_MASTER_FORCE_ORGANIZERS primary force organizers] give way to the [[functioning]] of their secondary [[associates]].
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42:2.11 a. ''[[Puissant energy]]''. This is the [[powerful]]-directional, [[mass-movement]]ed, mighty-[[tension]]ed, and forcible-[[Response|reacting]] [[energy]]—gigantic energy systems set in [[motion]] by the activities of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29_-_The_Universe_Power_Directors#29:5._THE_MASTER_FORCE_ORGANIZERS primary force organizers]. This primary or ''puissant energy'' is not at first definitely [[responsive]] to the [[Paradise]]-[[gravity]] pull though probably yielding an [[aggregate]]-[[mass]] or [[space]]-directional [[response]] to the [[collective]] [[group]] of [[absolute]] [[influences]] operative from the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:5._NETHER_PARADISE nether side of Paradise]. When [[energy]] emerges to the [[level]] of [[initial]] [[response]] to the [[circular]] and [[absolute]]-[[gravity]] grasp of [[Paradise]], the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29_-_The_Universe_Power_Directors#29:5._THE_MASTER_FORCE_ORGANIZERS primary force organizers] give way to the [[functioning]] of their secondary [[associates]].
  
42:2.12 b. ''Gravity energy''. The now-appearing [[gravity]]-[[responding]] [[energy]] carries the [[potential]] of [[universe]] [[power]] and becomes the [[active]] [[ancestor]] of all [[universe]] [[matter]]. This secondary or [[gravity]] [[energy]] is the product of the energy elaboration resulting from the [[pressure]]-[[presence]] and the [[tension]]-[[trends]] set up by the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29_-_The_Universe_Power_Directors#29:5._THE_MASTER_FORCE_ORGANIZERS Associate Transcendental Master Force Organizers]. In [[response]] to the [[work]] of these [[force]] [[manipulators]], [[space]]-[[energy]] rapidly passes from the puissant to the [[gravity]] [[stage]], thus becoming directly [[responsive]] to the [[circular]] grasp of [[Paradise]] ([[absolute]]) [[gravity]] while disclosing a certain [[potential]] for [[sensitivity]] to the [[linear]]-[[gravity]] pull [[inherent]] in the soon appearing [[material]] [[mass]] of the [[electronic]] and the postelectronic [[stages]] of [[energy]] and [[matter]]. Upon the [[appearance]] of [[gravity]] [[response]], the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29_-_The_Universe_Power_Directors#29:5._THE_MASTER_FORCE_ORGANIZERS Associate Master Force Organizers] may retire from the energy cyclones of space provided the Universe Power Directors are assignable to that field of action.
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42:2.12 b. ''[[Gravity energy]]''. The now-appearing [[gravity]]-[[responding]] [[energy]] carries the [[potential]] of [[universe]] [[power]] and becomes the [[active]] [[ancestor]] of all [[universe]] [[matter]]. This secondary or [[gravity]] [[energy]] is the product of the energy elaboration resulting from the [[pressure]]-[[presence]] and the [[tension]]-[[trends]] set up by the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29_-_The_Universe_Power_Directors#29:5._THE_MASTER_FORCE_ORGANIZERS Associate Transcendental Master Force Organizers]. In [[response]] to the [[work]] of these [[force]] [[manipulators]], [[space]]-[[energy]] rapidly passes from the puissant to the [[gravity]] [[stage]], thus becoming directly [[responsive]] to the [[circular]] grasp of [[Paradise]] ([[absolute]]) [[gravity]] while disclosing a certain [[potential]] for [[sensitivity]] to the [[linear]]-[[gravity]] pull [[inherent]] in the soon appearing [[material]] [[mass]] of the [[electronic]] and the postelectronic [[stages]] of [[energy]] and [[matter]]. Upon the [[appearance]] of [[gravity]] [[response]], the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29_-_The_Universe_Power_Directors#29:5._THE_MASTER_FORCE_ORGANIZERS Associate Master Force Organizers] may retire from the [[energy]] cyclones of [[space]] provided the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29_-_The_Universe_Power_Directors#PAPER_29:_THE_UNIVERSE_POWER_DIRECTORS Universe Power Directors] are assignable to that [[field]] of [[action]].
  
42:2.13 We are quite uncertain regarding the exact causes of the early stages of force evolution, but we recognize the intelligent action of the Ultimate in both levels of emergent-energy manifestation. Puissant and gravity energies, when regarded collectively, are spoken of on Uversa as ultimata.
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42:2.13 We are quite [[uncertain]] regarding the exact [[causes]] of the early [[stages]] of [[force]] [[evolution]], but we [[recognize]] the [[intelligent]] [[action]] of the [[Ultimate]] in both [[levels]] of emergent-[[energy]] [[manifestation]]. [[Puissant Energy|Puissant]] and [[Gravity Energy|gravity energies]], when regarded [[collectively]], are spoken of on [[Uversa]] as ''[[ultimata]]''.
  
42:2.14 4. Universe power. Space-force has been changed into space-energy and thence into the energy of gravity control. Thus has physical energy been ripened to that point where it can be directed into channels of power and made to serve the manifold purposes of the universe Creators. This work is carried on by the versatile directors, centers, and controllers of physical energy in the grand universe—the organized and inhabited creations. These Universe Power Directors assume the more or less complete control of twenty-one of the thirty phases of energy constituting the present energy system of the seven superuniverses. This domain of power-energy-matter is the realm of the intelligent activities of the Sevenfold, functioning under the time-space overcontrol of the Supreme.
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42:2.14 4. ''[[Universe power]]''. Space-[[force]] has been [[changed]] into space-[[energy]] and thence into the energy of [[gravity]] [[control]]. Thus has [[physical]] [[energy]] been ripened to that point where it can be directed into [[channels]] of [[power]] and made to serve the manifold [[purposes]] of the [[universe Creators]]. This [[work]] is carried on by the [[versatile]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29_-_The_Universe_Power_Directors#PAPER_29:_THE_UNIVERSE_POWER_DIRECTORS directors, centers, and controllers of physical energy] in the [[grand universe]]—the [[organized]] and inhabited [[creations]]. These [[Universe Power Directors]] [[assume]] the more or less complete [[control]] of twenty-one of the thirty [[phases]] of [[energy]] [[constituting]] the present [[energy]] [[system]] of the [[seven superuniverses]]. This [[domain]] of [[power]]-[[energy]]-[[matter]] is the realm of the [[intelligent]] [[activities]] of [[God the Sevenfold|the Sevenfold]], [[functioning]] under the [[time-space]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_118#118:8._CONTROL_AND_OVERCONTROL overcontrol] of [[the Supreme]].
  
42:2.15 On Uversa we refer to the realm of universe power as gravita.
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42:2.15 On [[Uversa]] we refer to the realm of universe power as ''[[gravita]]''.
  
42:2.16 5. Havona energy. In concept this narrative has been moving Paradiseward as transmuting space-force has been followed, level by level, to the working level of the energy-power of the universes of time and space. Continuing Paradiseward, there is next encountered a pre-existent phase of energy which is characteristic of the central universe. Here the evolutionary cycle seems to turn back upon itself; energy-power now seems to begin to swing back towards force, but force of a nature very unlike that of space potency and primordial force. Havona energy systems are not dual; they are triune. This is the existential energy domain of the Conjoint Actor, functioning in behalf of the Paradise Trinity.
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42:2.16 5. ''[[Havona energy]]''. In [[concept]] this [[narrative]] has been moving Paradiseward as [[transmuting]] [[space]]-[[force]] has been followed, level by [[level]], to the working level of the energy-[[power]] of the [[universes]] of [[time and space]]. Continuing Paradiseward, there is next encountered a pre-existent [[phase]] of [[energy]] which is characteristic of the [[central universe]]. Here the [[evolutionary]] [[cycle]] seems to turn back upon itself; energy-power now seems to begin to swing back towards [[force]], but force of a [[nature]] very unlike that of space potency and primordial force. [[Havona]] [[energy]] [[systems]] are not [[dual]]; they are [[triune]]. This is the [[existential]] energy [[domain]] of the [[Conjoint Actor]], functioning in behalf of the [[Paradise Trinity]].
  
42:2.17 On Uversa these energies of Havona are known as triata.
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42:2.17 On [[Uversa]] these energies of [[Havona]] are known as ''[[triata]]''.
  
42:2.18 6. Transcendental energy. This energy system operates on and from the upper level of Paradise and only in connection with the absonite peoples. On Uversa it is denominated tranosta.
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42:2.18 6. ''[[Transcendental energy]]''. This [[energy]] [[system]] operates on and from the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_11#11:3._UPPER_PARADISE upper level of Paradise] and only in [[connection]] with the [[absonite]] peoples. On [[Uversa]] it is [[Names|denominated]] ''[[tranosta]]''.
  
42:2.19 7. Monota. Energy is close of kin to divinity when it is Paradise energy. We incline to the belief that monota is the living, nonspirit energy of Paradise—an eternity counterpart of the living, spirit energy of the Original Son—hence the nonspiritual energy system of the Universal Father.
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42:2.19 7. ''[[Monota]]''. [[Energy]] is close of kin to [[divinity]] when it is [[Paradise]] energy. We incline to the [[belief]] that monota is the living, nonspirit [[energy]] of [[Paradise]]—an [[eternity]] [[counterpart]] of the living, [[spirit]] energy of the [[Original Son]]—hence the nonspiritual [[energy]] [[system]] of the [[Universal Father]].
  
42:2.20 We cannot differentiate the nature of Paradise spirit and Paradise monota; they are apparently alike. They have different names, but you can hardly be told very much about a reality whose spiritual and whose nonspiritual manifestations are distinguishable only by name
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42:2.20 We cannot [[differentiate]] the [[nature]] of [[Paradise]] [[spirit]] and Paradise monota; they are apparently alike. They have [[different]] [[names]], but you can hardly be told very much about a [[reality]] whose [[spiritual]] and whose nonspiritual [[manifestations]] are distinguishable only by name.
  
42:2.21 We know that finite creatures can attain the worship experience of the Universal Father through the ministry of God the Sevenfold and the Thought Adjusters, but we doubt that any subabsolute personality, even power directors, can comprehend the energy infinity of the First Great Source and Center. One thing is certain: If the power directors are conversant with the technique of the metamorphosis of space-force, they do not reveal the secret to the rest of us. It is my opinion that they do not fully comprehend the function of the force organizers.
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42:2.21 We know that [[finite]] [[creatures]] can [[attain]] the [[worship]] [[experience]] of the [[Universal Father]] through the [[ministry]] of [[God the Sevenfold]] and the [[Thought Adjusters]], but we doubt that any subabsolute [[personality]], even [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:1._THE_SEVEN_SUPREME_POWER_DIRECTORS power directors], can [[comprehend]] the [[energy]] [[infinity]] of the [[First Great Source and Center]]. One [[thing]] is [[certain]]: If the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:1._THE_SEVEN_SUPREME_POWER_DIRECTORS power directors] are conversant with the [[technique]] of the [[metamorphosis]] of [[space]]-[[force]], they do not reveal the [[secret]] to the rest of us. It is my [[opinion]] that they do not fully [[comprehend]] the [[function]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:5._THE_MASTER_FORCE_ORGANIZERS force organizers].
  
42:2.22 These power directors themselves are energy catalyzers; that is, they cause energy to segment, organize, or assemble in unit formation by their presence. And all this implies that there must be something inherent in energy which causes it thus to function in the presence of these power entities. The Nebadon Melchizedeks long since denominated the phenomenon of the transmutation of cosmic force into universe power as one of the seven " infinities of divinity. " And that is as far as you will advance on this point during your local universe ascension.
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42:2.22 These [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:1._THE_SEVEN_SUPREME_POWER_DIRECTORS power directors] themselves are [[energy]] [[catalyzers]]; that is, they [[cause]] [[energy]] to segment, [[organize]], or assemble in [[unit]] formation by their [[presence]]. And all this implies that there must be something [[inherent]] in [[energy]] which [[causes]] it thus to [[function]] in the [[presence]] of these [[power]] [[entities]]. The [[Nebadon]] [[Melchizedeks]] long since denominated the [[phenomenon]] of the [[transmutation]] of cosmic [[force]] into universe [[power]] as one of the [[seven]] "infinities of [[divinity]]." And that is as far as you will [[advance]] on this point during your [[local universe]] [[ascension]].
  
42:2.23 Notwithstanding our inability fully to comprehend the origin, nature, and transmutations of cosmic force, we are fully conversant with all phases of emergent-energy behavior from the times of its direct and unmistakable response to the action of Paradise gravity—about the time of the beginning of the function of the superuniverse power directors.
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42:2.23 Notwithstanding our inability fully to [[comprehend]] the [[origin]], [[nature]], and [[transmutation]]s of [[cosmic]] [[force]], we are fully conversant with all [[phases]] of [[emergent]]-[[energy]] [[behavior]] from the times of its direct and unmistakable [[response]] to the [[action]] of [[Paradise]] [[gravity]]—about the [[time]] of the beginning of the function of the [[superuniverse]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:2._THE_SUPREME_POWER_CENTERS power directors].
  
==3. CLASSIFICATION OF MATTER==     
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==42:3. CLASSIFICATION OF MATTER==     
  
42:3.1 Matter in all universes, excepting in the central universe, is identical. Matter in its physical properties depends on the revolutionary rates of its component members, the number and size of the revolving members, their distance from the nuclear body or the space content of matter, as well as on the presence of certain forces as yet undiscovered on Urantia.
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42:3.1 [[Matter]] in all [[universes]], excepting in the [[central universe]], is [[identical]]. [[Matter]] in its [[physical]] [[properties]] depends on the [[revolution]]ary rates of its component members, the [[number]] and size of the revolving [[members]], their [[distance]] from the nuclear [[body]] or the [[space]] [[content]] of [[matter]], as well as on the [[presence]] of certain [[forces]] as yet [[undiscovered]] on [[Urantia]].
  
 
42:3.2 In the varied suns, planets, and space bodies there are ten grand divisions of matter:
 
42:3.2 In the varied suns, planets, and space bodies there are ten grand divisions of matter:
  
*1. 42:3.3 <u>Ultimatonic</u> matter—the prime physical units of material existence, the energy particles which go to make up electrons.
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*1. 42:3.3 [[Ultimatonic]] matter—the prime [[physical]] [[units]] of [[material]] [[existence]], the [[energy]] [[particles]] which go to make up [[electrons]].
*2. 42:3.4 Subelectronic matter—the explosive and repellent stage of the solar supergases.
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*2. 42:3.4 Subelectronic matter—the [[explosive]] and repellent [[stage]] of the [[solar]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_%28physics%29 ?supergases].
*3. 42:3.5 Electronic matter—the electrical stage of material differentiation—electrons, protons, and various other units entering into the varied constitution of the electronic groups.
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*3. 42:3.5 [[Electronic]] matter—the electrical [[stage]] of [[material]] [[differentiation]]—[[electrons]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protons protons], and various other [[units]] entering into the varied [[constitution]] of the electronic [[groups]].
*4. 42:3.6 Subatomic matter—matter existing extensively in the interior of the hot suns.
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*4. 42:3.6 [[Particle|Subatomic]] matter—matter existing extensively in the interior of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star#Classification hot] [[suns]].
*5. 42:3.7 Shattered atoms—found in the cooling suns and throughout space.
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*5. 42:3.7 Shattered [[atoms]]—found in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_classification#Cool_red_and_brown_dwarf_classes cooling suns] and throughout [[space]].
*6. 42:3.8 Ionized matter—individual atoms stripped of their outer (chemically active) electrons by electrical, thermal, or X-ray activities and by solvents.
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*6. 42:3.8 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionization Ionized] matter—individual [[atoms]] stripped of their outer (chemically active) [[electrons]] by [[electrical]], [[Heat|thermal]], or [[X-ray]] [[activities]] and by solvents.
*7. 42:3.9 Atomic matter—the chemical stage of elemental organization, the component units of molecular or visible matter.
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*7. 42:3.9 [[Atomic]] matter—the [[chemical]] stage of [[element]]al [[organization]], the component [[units]] of molecular or [[visible]] [[matter]].
*8. 42:3.10 The molecular stage of matter—matter as it exists on Urantia in a state of relatively stable materialization under ordinary conditions.
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*8. 42:3.10 The [[molecular]] [[stage]] of matter—[[matter]] as it exists on [[Urantia]] in a state of [[relatively]] stable [[materialization]] under [[ordinary]] conditions.
*9. 42:3.11 Radioactive matter—the disorganizing tendency and activity of the heavier elements under conditions of moderate heat and diminished gravity pressure.
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*9. 42:3.11 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioactive Radioactive] matter—the disorganizing tendency and [[activity]] of the heavier [[elements]] under conditions of moderate [[heat]] and diminished [[gravity]] [[pressure]].
*10. 42:3.12 Collapsed matter—the relatively stationary matter found in the interior of the cold or dead suns. This form of matter is not really stationary; there is still some ultimatonic even electronic activity, but these units are in very close proximity, and their rates of revolution are greatly diminished.
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*10. 42:3.12 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_hole#Gravitational_collapse Collapsed] matter—the [[relatively]] stationary matter found in the interior of the cold or dead suns. This [[form]] of [[matter]] is not really stationary; there is still some [[ultimatonic]] even [[electronic]] [[activity]], but these [[units]] are in very close proximity, and their rates of revolution are greatly diminished.
  
42:3.13 The foregoing classification of matter pertains to its organization rather than to the forms of its appearance to created beings. Neither does it take into account the pre-emergent stages of energy nor the eternal materializations on Paradise and in the central universe.
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42:3.13 The foregoing [[classification]] of [[matter]] pertains to its [[organization]] rather than to the [[forms]] of its [[appearance]] to created [[beings]]. Neither does it take into account the pre-emergent stages of [[energy]] nor the [[eternal]] [[materializations]] on [[Paradise]] and in the [[central universe]].
  
==4. ENERGY AND MATTER TRANSMUTATIONS==  
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==42:4. ENERGY AND MATTER TRANSMUTATIONS==  
  
42:4.1 Light, heat, electricity, magnetism, chemism, energy, and matter are—in origin, nature, and destiny—one and the same thing, together with other material realities as yet undiscovered on Urantia.
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42:4.1 [[Light]], [[heat]], [[electricity]], [[magnetism]], [[Chemistry|chemism]], [[energy]], and [[matter]] are—in [[origin]], [[nature]], and [[destiny]]—one and the same [[thing]], [[together]] with other [[material]] realities as yet [[undiscovered]] on [[Urantia]].
  
42:4.2 We do not fully comprehend the almost endless changes to which physical energy may be subject. In one universe it appears as light, in another as light plus heat, in another as forms of energy unknown on Urantia; in untold millions of years it may reappear as some form of restless, surging electrical energy or magnetic power; and still later on it may again appear in a subsequent universe as some form of variable matter going through a series of metamorphoses, to be followed by its outward physical disappearance in some great cataclysm of the realms. And then, after countless ages and almost endless wandering through numberless universes, again may this same energy re-emerge and many times change its form and potential; and so do these transformations continue through successive ages and throughout countless realms. Thus matter sweeps on, undergoing the transmutations of time but swinging ever true to the circle of eternity; even if long prevented from returning to its source, it is ever responsive thereto, and it ever proceeds in the path ordained by the Infinite Personality who sent it forth.
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42:4.2 We do not fully [[comprehend]] the almost endless [[changes]] to which [[physical]] [[energy]] may be subject. In one [[universe]] it appears as [[light]], in another as light plus [[heat]], in another as [[forms]] of [[energy]] [[unknown]] on [[Urantia]]; in untold millions of years it may reappear as some [[form]] of restless, surging [[electrical]] energy or [[magnetic]] [[power]]; and still later on it may again [[appear]] in a subsequent [[universe]] as some [[form]] of variable [[matter]] going through a series of [[metamorphoses]], to be followed by its outward [[physical]] disappearance in some great [[cataclysm]] of the realms. And then, after countless [[ages]] and almost endless [[wandering]] through numberless [[universes]], again may this same energy re-[[emerge]] and many times [[change]] its [[form]] and [[potential]]; and so do these [[transformations]] continue through [[successive]] [[ages]] and throughout countless realms. Thus [[matter]] sweeps on, undergoing the [[transmutation]]s of [[time]] but swinging ever true to the [[circle]] of [[eternity]]; even if long prevented from returning to its [[source]], it is ever responsive thereto, and it ever [[proceeds]] in the path [[ordained]] by the [[Universal Father|Infinite Personality]] who sent it forth.
  
42:4.3 The power centers and their associates are much concerned in the work of transmuting the ultimaton into the circuits and revolutions of the electron. These unique beings control and compound power by their skillful manipulation of the basic units of materialized energy, the ultimatons. They are masters of energy as it circulates in this primitive state. In liaison with the physical controllers they are able to effectively control and direct energy even after it has transmuted to the electrical level, the so-called electronic stage. But their range of action is enormously curtailed when electronically organized energy swings into the whirls of the atomic systems. Upon such materialization, these energies fall under the complete grasp of the drawing power of linear gravity.
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42:4.3 The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:2._THE_SUPREME_POWER_CENTERS power centers] and their [[associates]] are much concerned in the [[work]] of [[transmuting]] the [[ultimaton]] into the [[circuits]] and revolutions of the [[electron]]. These [[unique]] [[beings]] [[control]] and compound [[power]] by their skillful [[manipulation]] of the basic [[units]] of materialized [[energy]], the [[ultimatons]]. They are masters of [[energy]] as it [[circulates]] in this [[primitive]] state. In [[liaison]] with the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:4._THE_MASTER_PHYSICAL_CONTROLLERS physical controllers] they are able to [[effectively]] [[control]] and direct [[energy]] even after it has [[transmuted]] to the [[electrical]] level, the so-called electronic [[stage]]. But their range of [[action]] is enormously curtailed when electronically [[organized]] [[energy]] swings into the whirls of the [[atomic]] [[systems]]. Upon such [[materialization]], these energies fall under the complete grasp of the drawing [[power]] of [[linear]] [[gravity]].
  
42:4.4 Gravity acts positively on the power lanes and energy channels of the power centers and the physical controllers, but these beings have only a negative relation to gravity—the exercise of their antigravity endowments.
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42:4.4 [[Gravity]] acts positively on the [[power]] lanes and [[energy]] [[channels]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:2._THE_SUPREME_POWER_CENTERS power centers] and the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:4._THE_MASTER_PHYSICAL_CONTROLLERS physical controllers], but these [[beings]] have only a [[negative]] [[relation]] to [[gravity]]—the [[exercise]] of their [[antigravity]] [[endowments]].
  
42:4.5 Throughout all space, cold and other influences are at work creatively organizing ultimatons into electrons. Heat is the measurement of electronic activity, while cold merely signifies absence of heat—comparative energy rest—the status of the universal force-charge of space provided neither emergent energy nor organized matter were present and responding to gravity.
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42:4.5 Throughout all [[space]], cold and other [[influences]] are at [[work]] [[creatively]] [[organizing]] [[ultimatons]] into [[electrons]]. [[Heat]] is the [[measurement]] of [[electronic]] [[activity]], while cold merely signifies [[absence]] of heat—[[comparative]] [[energy]] [[rest]]—the [[status]] of the [[universal]] [[force]]-charge of [[space]] provided neither [[emergent energy]] nor [[organized]] [[matter]] were present and responding to [[gravity]].
  
42:4.6 Gravity presence and action is what prevents the appearance of the theoretical absolute zero, for interstellar space does not have the temperature of absolute zero. Throughout all organized space there are gravity-responding energy currents, power circuits, and ultimatonic activities, as well as organizing electronic energies. Practically speaking, space is not empty. Even the atmosphere of Urantia thins out increasingly until at about three thousand miles it begins to shade off into the average space matter in this section of the universe. The most nearly empty space known in Nebadon would yield about one hundred ultimatons—the equivalent of one electron—in each cubic inch. Such scarcity of matter is regarded as practically empty space.
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42:4.6 [[Gravity]] [[presence]] and [[action]] is what prevents the [[appearance]] of the [[theoretical]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_zero absolute zero], for interstellar [[space]] does not have the [[temperature]] of absolute zero. Throughout all [[Grand Universe|organized space]] there are [[gravity]]-[[responding]] [[energy]] currents, power [[circuits]], and [[ultimatonic]] [[activities]], as well as organizing [[electronic]] energies. [[Practically]] speaking, [[space]] is not empty[https://books.google.com/books?id=wjxrloC2gyMC&dq=fullness+of+space&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&ei=bXP1S4CGNMGB8gbT4fTRCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCEQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false]. Even the [[atmosphere]] of [[Urantia]] thins out increasingly until at about three thousand miles it begins to shade off into the [[average]] [[space]] [[matter]] in this section of the [[universe]]. The most nearly empty space known in [[Nebadon]] would yield about one hundred [[ultimatons]]—the [[equivalent]] of one [[electron]]—in each cubic inch. Such [[scarcity]] of [[matter]] is regarded as practically empty space.
  
42:4.7 Temperature—heat and cold—is secondary only to gravity in the realms of energy and matter evolution. Ultimatons are humbly obedient to temperature extremes. Low temperatures favor certain forms of electronic construction and atomic assembly, while high temperatures facilitate all sorts of atomic breakup and material disintegration.
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42:4.7 [[Temperature]]—[[heat]] and cold—is secondary only to [[gravity]] in the realms of [[energy]] and [[matter]] [[evolution]]. [[Ultimatons]] are [[humbly]] [[obedient]] to temperature extremes. Low temperatures favor certain [[forms]] of [[electronic]] construction and atomic assembly, while high temperatures [[facilitate]] all sorts of atomic breakup and [[material]] disintegration.
  
42:4.8 When subjected to the heat and pressure of certain internal solar states, all but the most primitive associations of matter may be broken up. Heat can thus largely overcome gravity stability. But no known solar heat or pressure can convert ultimatons back into puissant energy.
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42:4.8 When subjected to the [[heat]] and [[pressure]] of certain [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun#Core internal solar states], all but the most [[primitive]] [[associations]] of matter may be broken up. [[Heat]] can thus largely overcome [[gravity]] [[stability]]. But no known [[solar]] [[heat]] or [[pressure]] can convert [[ultimatons]] back into [[puissant energy]].
  
42:4.9 The blazing suns can transform matter into various forms of energy, but the dark worlds and all outer space can slow down electronic and ultimatonic activity to the point of converting these energies into the matter of the realms. Certain electronic associations of a close nature, as well as many of the basic associations of nuclear matter, are formed in the exceedingly low temperatures of open space, being later augmented by association with larger accretions of materializing energy.
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42:4.9 The blazing [[suns]] can [[transform]] [[matter]] into various [[forms]] of [[energy]], but the dark worlds and all [[outer space]] can slow down [[electronic]] and [[ultimatonic]] [[activity]] to the point of converting these [[energies]] into the [[matter]] of the realms. Certain [[electronic]] [[associations]] of a close [[nature]], as well as many of the basic [[associations]] of [[nuclear]] [[matter]], are formed in the exceedingly low [[temperatures]] of open [[space]], being later augmented by association with larger [[accretions]] of [[materializing]] [[energy]].
  
42:4.10 Throughout all of this never-ending metamorphosis of energy and matter we must reckon with the influence of gravity pressure and with the antigravity behavior of the ultimatonic energies under certain conditions of temperature, velocity, and revolution. Temperature, energy currents, distance, and the presence of the living force organizers and the power directors also have a bearing on all transmutation phenomena of energy and matter.
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42:4.10 Throughout all of this never-ending [[metamorphosis]] of [[energy]] and [[matter]] we must reckon with the [[influence]] of [[gravity]] [[pressure]] and with the [[antigravity]] [[behavior]] of the [[ultimatonic]] [[energies]] under certain conditions of [[temperature]], [[velocity]], and [[revolution]]. [[Temperature]], [[energy]] [[currents]], [[distance]], and the [[presence]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:5._THE_MASTER_FORCE_ORGANIZERS living force organizers] and the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:1._THE_SEVEN_SUPREME_POWER_DIRECTORS power directors] also have a bearing on all [[transmutation]] [[phenomena]] of [[energy]] and [[matter]].
  
42:4.11 The increase of mass in matter is equal to the increase of energy divided by the square of the velocity of light. In a dynamic sense the work which resting matter can perform is equal to the energy expended in bringing its parts together from Paradise minus the resistance of the forces overcome in transit and the attraction exerted by the parts of matter on one another.
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42:4.11 The increase of [[mass]] in [[matter]] is [[equal]] to the increase of [[energy]] divided by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_%28algebra%29 square] of the [[velocity]] of [[light]]. In a [[dynamic]] sense the [[work]] which [[resting]] [[matter]] can [[perform]] is equal to the [[energy]] expended in bringing its parts [[together]] from [[Paradise]] minus the [[resistance]] of the [[forces]] overcome in transit and the [[attraction]] exerted by the parts of [[matter]] on one another.
  
42:4.12 The existence of pre-electronic forms of matter is indicated by the two atomic weights of lead. The lead of original formation weighs slightly more than that produced through uranium disintegration by way of radium emanations; and this difference in atomic weight represents the actual loss of energy in the atomic breakup.
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42:4.12 The [[existence]] of pre-[[electronic]] [[forms]] of [[matter]] is indicated by the two [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_weight atomic weights] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead lead]. The lead of [[original]] formation weighs slightly more than that produced through [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium uranium] disintegration by way of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium radium] [[emanations]]; and this [[difference]] in atomic weight [[represents]] the actual loss of [[energy]] in the [[atomic]] breakup.
  
42:4.13 The relative integrity of matter is assured by the fact that energy can be absorbed or released only in those exact amounts which Urantia scientists have designated quanta. This wise provision in the material realms serves to maintain the universes as going concerns.
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42:4.13 The [[relative]] [[integrity]] of [[matter]] is [[assured]] by the [[fact]] that [[energy]] can be absorbed or released only in those exact amounts which [[Urantia]] [[scientists]] have designated [[quanta]]. This [[wise]] provision in the [[material]] realms serves to [[maintain]] the [[universes]] as going concerns.
  
42:4.14 The quantity of energy taken in or given out when electronic or other positions are shifted is always a " quantum " or some multiple thereof, but the vibratory or wavelike behavior of such units of energy is wholly determined by the dimensions of the material structures concerned. Such wavelike energy ripples are 860 times the diameters of the ultimatons, electrons, atoms, or other units thus performing. The never-ending confusion attending the observation of the wave mechanics of quantum behavior is due to the superimposition of energy waves: Two crests can combine to make a double-height crest, while a crest and a trough may combine, thus producing mutual cancellation.
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42:4.14 The [[quantity]] of [[energy]] taken in or given out when [[electronic]] or other positions are shifted is always a "[[quantum]]" or some multiple thereof, but the [[vibratory]] or [[Wave|wavelike]] [[behavior]] of such [[units]] of [[energy]] is wholly determined by the [[dimensions]] of the [[material]] [[structures]] concerned. Such [[Wave|wavelike]] [[energy]] ripples are 860 times the [[diameters]] of the [[ultimatons]], [[electrons]], [[atoms]], or other [[units]] thus [[performing]]. The never-ending [[confusion]] attending the [[observation]] of the [[wave]] [[mechanics]] of [[quantum]] [[behavior]] is due to the [[superimposition]] of [[energy]] [[waves]]: Two crests can combine to make a double-height crest, while a crest and a trough may combine, thus producing [[mutual]] cancellation.
  
==5. WAVE-ENERGY MANIFESTATIONS==   
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==42:5. WAVE-ENERGY MANIFESTATIONS==   
  
42:5.1 In the superuniverse of Orvonton there are one hundred octaves of wave energy. Of these one hundred groups of energy manifestations, sixty-four are wholly or partially recognized on Urantia. The sun's rays constitute four octaves in the superuniverse scale, the visible rays embracing a single octave, number forty-six in this series. The ultraviolet group comes next, while ten octaves up are the X rays, followed by the Y rays of radium. Thirty-two octaves above the visible light of the sun are the outer-space energy rays so frequently commingled with their associated highly energized minute particles of matter. Next downward from visible sunlight appear the infrared rays, and thirty octaves below are the radio transmission group.
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42:5.1 In the [[superuniverse]] of [[Orvonton]] there are one hundred [[octaves]] of [[wave]] [[energy]]. Of these one hundred [[groups]] of [[energy]] [[manifestations]], sixty-four are wholly or partially recognized on [[Urantia]]. The [[sun]]'s [[rays]] [[constitute]] four [[octaves]] in the [[superuniverse]] [[scale]], the [[visible]] [[rays]] [[embracing]] a single [[octave]], number forty-six in this [[series]]. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultraviolet ultraviolet] [[group]] comes next, while ten [[octaves]] up are the [[X rays]], followed by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium#Characteristics Y rays of radium?]. Thirty-two ''octaves'' above the [[visible]] [[light]] of the [[sun]] are the [[outer-space]] [[energy]] [[rays]] so frequently commingled with their [[associated]] highly energized minute [[particles]] of ''matter''. Next downward from [[visible]] sunlight appear the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrared infrared rays], and thirty [[octaves]] below are the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_waves radio transmission group].
  
42:5.2 Wavelike energy manifestations—from the standpoint of twentieth-century Urantia scientific enlightenment—may be classified into the following ten groups:
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42:5.2 [[Wave|Wavelike]] [[energy]] [[manifestations]]—from the standpoint of [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century twentieth-century] [[Urantia]] [[scientific]] [[enlightenment]]—may be [[classified]] into the following ten [[groups]]:
  
*1. 42:5.3 Infraultimatonic rays —the borderland revolutions of ultimatons as they begin to assume definite form. This is the first stage of emergent energy in which wavelike phenomena can be detected and measured.
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*1. 42:5.3 ''Infraultimatonic rays'' —the borderland [[revolutions]] of [[ultimatons]] as they begin to [[assume]] definite [[form]]. This is the first [[stage]] of [[emergent energy]] in which [[wavelike]] [[phenomena]] can be detected and [[measured]].
*2. 42:5.4 Ultimatonic rays. The assembly of energy into the minute spheres of the ultimatons occasions vibrations in the content of space which are discernible and measurable. And long before physicists ever discover the ultimaton, they will undoubtedly detect the phenomena of these rays as they shower in upon Urantia. These short and powerful rays represent the initial activity of the ultimatons as they are slowed down to that point where they veer towards the electronic organization of matter. As the ultimatons aggregate into electrons, condensation occurs with a consequent storage of energy.
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*2. 42:5.4 ''[[Ultimatonic]] rays''. The assembly of [[energy]] into the minute [[spheres]] of the [[ultimatons]] occasions [[vibrations]] in the [[content]] of [[space]] which are [[discernible]] and [[measurable]]. And long before [[physicists]] ever [[discover]] the [[ultimaton]], they will undoubtedly detect the [[phenomena]] of these [[rays]] as they shower in upon [[Urantia]]. These short and [[powerful]] [[rays]] [[represent]] the initial [[activity]] of the [[ultimatons]] as they are slowed down to that point where they veer towards the [[electronic]] [[organization]] of [[matter]]. As the [[ultimatons]] [[aggregate]] into [[electrons]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condensed_matter condensation] occurs with a consequent storage of [[energy]].
*3. 42:5.5 The short space rays. These are the shortest of all purely electronic vibrations and represent the preatomic stage of this form of matter. These rays require extraordinarily high or low temperatures for their production. There are two sorts of these space rays: one attendant upon the birth of atoms and the other indicative of atomic disruption. They emanate in the largest quantities from the densest plane of the superuniverse, the Milky Way, which is also the densest plane of the outer universes.
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*3. 42:5.5 ''The short space rays''. These are the shortest of all [[purely]] [[electronic]] [[vibrations]] and [[represent]] the preatomic [[stage]] of this [[form]] of [[matter]]. These rays require extraordinarily high or low [[temperatures]] for their production. There are two sorts of these space rays: one attendant upon the [[birth]] of [[atoms]] and the other indicative of atomic disruption. They [[emanate]] in the largest [[quantities]] from the densest [[plane]] of the [[superuniverse]], the [[Milky Way]], which is also the densest plane of the [[outer universes]].
*4. 42:5.6 The electronic stage. This stage of energy is the basis of all materialization in the seven superuniverses. When electrons pass from higher to lower energy levels of orbital revolution, quanta are always given off. Orbital shifting of electrons results in the ejection or the absorption of very definite and uniform measurable particles of light-energy, while the individual electron always gives up a particle of light-energy when subjected to collision. Wavelike energy manifestations also attend upon the performances of the positive bodies and the other members of the electronic stage.
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*4. 42:5.6 ''The electronic stage''. This [[stage]] of energy is the basis of all [[materialization]] in the [[seven superuniverses]]. When [[electrons]] pass from higher to lower [[energy]] levels of [[orbital]] [[revolution]], [[quanta]] are always given off. Orbital shifting of [[electrons]] results in the ejection or the absorption of very definite and [[uniform]] [[measurable]] [[particles]] of [[light]]-[[energy]], while the [[individual]] [[electron]] always gives up a [[particle]] of [[light]]-[[energy]] when subjected to collision. [[Wavelike]] [[energy]] [[manifestations]] also attend upon the [[performances]] of the positive [[bodies]] and the other members of the [[electronic]] [[stage]].
*5. 42:5.7 Gamma rays —those emanations which characterize the spontaneous dissociation of atomic matter. The best illustration of this form of electronic activity is in the phenomena associated with radium disintegration.
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*5. 42:5.7 ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_rays Gamma rays]'' —those [[emanations]] which characterize the [[spontaneous]] dissociation of [[atomic]] [[matter]]. The best [[illustration]] of this form of electronic [[activity]] is in the [[phenomena]] associated with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium#Radioactivity radium disintegration].
*6. 42:5.8 The X-ray group. The next step in the slowing down of the electron yields the various forms of solar X rays together with artificially generated X rays. The electronic charge creates an electric field; movement gives rise to an electric current; the current produces a magnetic field. When an electron is suddenly stopped, the resultant electromagnetic commotion produces the X ray; the X ray is that disturbance. The solar X rays are identical with those which are mechanically generated for exploring the interior of the human body except that they are a trifle longer.
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*6. 42:5.8 ''The [[X-ray]] group''. The next step in the slowing down of the [[electron]] yields the various [[forms]] of [[solar]] [[X rays]] [[together]] with [[artificially]] generated [[X rays]]. The [[electronic]] charge creates an electric [[field]]; movement gives rise to an electric [[current]]; the current produces a [[magnetic]] field. When an [[electron]] is suddenly stopped, the resultant [[electromagnetic]] commotion produces the [[X ray]]; the X ray is that disturbance. The solar [[X rays]] are [[identical]] with those which are [[mechanically]] generated for exploring the interior of the [[human]] [[body]] except that they are a trifle longer.
*7. 42:5.9 The ultraviolet or chemical rays of sunlight and the various mechanical productions.
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*7. 42:5.9 ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultraviolet The ultraviolet]'' or [[chemical]] rays of sunlight and the various [[mechanical]] productions.
*8. 42:5.10 The white light —the whole visible light of the suns.
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*8. 42:5.10 ''The white light'' —the whole [[visible]] [[light]] of the [[suns]].
*9. 42:5.11 Infrared rays —the slowing down of electronic activity still nearer the stage of appreciable heat.
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*9. 42:5.11 ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrared Infrared rays]'' —the slowing down of [[electronic]] [[activity]] still nearer the [[stage]] of appreciable [[heat]].
*10. 42:5.12 Hertzian waves —those energies utilized on Urantia for broadcasting.
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*10. 42:5.12 ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertzian_waves Hertzian waves]'' —those energies utilized on [[Urantia]] for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio broadcasting].
  
42:5.13 Of all these ten phases of wavelike energy activity, the human eye can react to just one octave, the whole light of ordinary sunlight.
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42:5.13 Of all these ten [[phases]] of [[wavelike]] [[energy]] [[activity]], the human eye can react to just one [[octave]], the whole light of [[ordinary]] sunlight.
  
42:5.14 The so-called ether is merely a collective name to designate a group of force and energy activities occurring in space. Ultimatons, electrons, and other mass aggregations of energy are uniform particles of matter, and in their transit through space they really proceed in direct lines. Light and all other forms of recognizable energy manifestations consist of a succession of definite energy particles which proceed in direct lines except as modified by gravity and other intervening forces. That these processions of energy particles appear as wave phenomena when subjected to certain observations is due to the resistance of the undifferentiated force blanket of all space, the hypothetical ether, and to the intergravity tension of the associated aggregations of matter. The spacing of the particle-intervals of matter, together with the initial velocity of the energy beams, establishes the undulatory appearance of many forms of energy-matter.
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42:5.14 The so-called [[ether]] is merely a [[collective]] [[name]] to designate a [[group]] of [[force]] and [[energy]] [[activities]] occurring in [[space]]. [[Ultimatons]], [[electrons]], and other [[mass]] aggregations of [[energy]] are [[uniform]] [[particles]] of [[matter]], and in their [[transit]] through [[space]] they really [[proceed]] in direct lines. [[Light]] and all other [[forms]] of recognizable [[energy]] [[manifestations]] consist of a [[succession]] of definite [[energy]] [[particles]] which [[proceed]] in direct lines except as [[modified]] by [[gravity]] and other [[intervening]] [[forces]]. That these [[processions]] of [[energy]] [[particles]] appear as [[wave]] [[phenomena]] when subjected to certain [[observations]] is due to the [[resistance]] of the undifferentiated [[force]] blanket of all [[space]], the hypothetical [[ether]], and to the intergravity [[tension]] of the [[associated]] [[aggregations]] of [[matter]]. The spacing of the [[particle]]-intervals of [[matter]], together with the initial [[velocity]] of the [[energy]] beams, [[establishes]] the undulatory [[appearance]] of many [[forms]] of [[energy]]-[[matter]].
  
42:5.15 The excitation of the content of space produces a wavelike reaction to the passage of rapidly moving particles of matter, just as the passage of a ship through water initiates waves of varying amplitude and interval.
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42:5.15 The excitation of the [[content]] of [[space]] produces a [[wavelike]] [[reaction]] to the passage of [[Speed|rapidly]] moving [[particles]] of [[matter]], just as the passage of a ship through water initiates [[waves]] of varying [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amplitude amplitude] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interval interval].
  
42:5.16 Primordial-force behavior does give rise to phenomena which are in many ways analogous to your postulated ether. Space is not empty; the spheres of all space whirl and plunge on through a vast ocean of outspread force-energy; neither is the space content of an atom empty. Nevertheless there is no ether, and the very absence of this hypothetical ether enables the inhabited planet to escape falling into the sun and the encircling electron to resist falling into the nucleus.
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42:5.16 Primordial-[[force]] [[behavior]] does give rise to [[phenomena]] which are in many ways [[analogous]] to your postulated [[ether]]. [[Space]] is not empty; the [[spheres]] of all [[space]] whirl and plunge on through a vast [[ocean]] of outspread [[force]]-[[energy]]; neither is the [[space]] [[content]] of an [[atom]] empty. Nevertheless there is no [[ether]], and the very [[absence]] of this [[hypothetical]] ether enables the [[inhabited planet]] to escape falling into the [[sun]] and the encircling [[electron]] to resist falling into the [[nucleus]].
  
==6. ULTIMATONS, ELECTRONS, AND ATOMS==     
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==42:6. ULTIMATONS, ELECTRONS, AND ATOMS==     
  
42:6.1 While the space charge of universal force is homogeneous and undifferentiated, the organization of evolved energy into matter entails the concentration of energy into discrete masses of definite dimensions and established weight—precise gravity reaction.
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42:6.1 While the space charge of [[universal]] [[force]] is [[homogeneous]] and undifferentiated, the [[organization]] of evolved [[energy]] into [[matter]] entails the [[concentration]] of energy into [[discrete]] masses of definite [[dimensions]] and established [[weight]]—precise [[gravity]] [[reaction]].
  
42:6.2 <u>Local or linear gravity becomes fully operative with the appearance of the atomic organization of matter. Preatomic matter becomes slightly gravity responsive when activated by X ray and other similar energies, but no measurable linear-gravity pull is exerted on free, unattached, and uncharged electronic-energy particles or on unassociated ultimatons.</u>
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42:6.2 Local or [[linear]] [[gravity]] becomes fully operative with the [[appearance]] of the [[atomic]] [[organization]] of [[matter]]. Preatomic matter becomes slightly [[gravity]] [[responsive]] when [[activated]] by [[X ray]] and other similar [[energies]], but no [[measurable]] [[linear]]-[[gravity]] pull is exerted on free, unattached, and uncharged [[electronic]]-[[energy]] [[particles]] or on unassociated [[ultimatons]].
  
42:6.3 Ultimatons function by mutual attraction, responding only to the circular Paradise-gravity pull. Without linear-gravity response they are thus held in the universal space drift. Ultimatons are capable of accelerating revolutionary velocity to the point of partial antigravity behavior, but they cannot, independent of force organizers or power directors, attain the critical escape velocity of deindividuation, return to the puissant-energy stage. In nature, ultimatons escape the status of physical existence only when participating in the terminal disruption of a cooled-off and dying sun.
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42:6.3 [[Ultimatons]] [[function]] by mutual [[attraction]], [[responding]] only to the circular [[Paradise]]-[[gravity]] pull. Without [[linear]]-gravity [[response]] they are thus held in the [[universal]] [[space]] drift. [[Ultimatons]] are capable of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acceleration accelerating] [[revolutionary]] [[velocity]] to the point of partial [[antigravity]] [[behavior]], but they cannot, [[independent]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:5._THE_MASTER_FORCE_ORGANIZERS force organizers] or [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:1._THE_SEVEN_SUPREME_POWER_DIRECTORS power directors], [[attain]] the critical escape [[velocity]] of deindividuation, return to the [[puissant-energy]] [[stage]]. In [[nature]], [[ultimatons]] escape the [[status]] of [[physical]] [[existence]] only when [[participating]] in the terminal disruption of a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun#Possible_long-term_cycle cooled-off and dying sun].
  
42:6.4 The ultimatons, unknown on Urantia, slow down through many phases of physical activity before they attain the revolutionary-energy prerequisites to electronic organization. Ultimatons have three varieties of motion: mutual resistance to cosmic force, individual revolutions of antigravity potential, and the intraelectronic positions of the one hundred mutually interassociated ultimatons.
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42:6.4 The [[ultimatons]], [[unknown]] on [[Urantia]], slow down through many [[phases]] of [[physical]] [[activity]] before they [[attain]] the [[revolutionary]]-[[energy]] prerequisites to [[electronic]] [[organization]]. [[Ultimatons]] have [[three]] varieties of [[motion]]: [[mutual]] [[resistance]] to [[cosmic]] [[force]], [[individual]] [[revolutions]] of [[antigravity]] [[potential]], and the intraelectronic positions of the one hundred mutually interassociated [[ultimatons]].
  
42:6.5 Mutual attraction holds one hundred ultimatons together in the constitution of the electron; and there are never more nor less than one hundred ultimatons in a typical electron. The loss of one or more ultimatons destroys typical electronic identity, thus bringing into existence one of the ten modified forms of the electron.
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42:6.5 [[Mutual]] [[attraction]] holds one hundred [[ultimatons]] [[together]] in the [[constitution]] of the [[electron]]; and there are never more nor less than one hundred [[ultimatons]] in a typical [[electron]]. The loss of one or more [[ultimatons]] destroys typical [[electronic]] [[identity]], thus bringing into [[existence]] one of the ten [[modified]] [[forms]] of the [[electron]].
  
42:6.6 Ultimatons do not describe orbits or whirl about in circuits within the electrons, but they do spread or cluster in accordance with their axial revolutionary velocities, thus determining the differential electronic dimensions. This same ultimatonic velocity of axial revolution also determines the negative or positive reactions of the several types of electronic units. The entire segregation and grouping of electronic matter, together with the electric differentiation of negative and positive bodies of energy-matter, result from these various functions of the component ultimatonic interassociation.
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42:6.6 [[Ultimatons]] do not describe [[orbits]] or whirl about in [[circuits]] within the [[electrons]], but they do spread or cluster in [[accordance]] with their [[axial]] [[revolutionary]] [[velocities]], thus determining the [[differential]] electronic [[dimensions]]. This same [[ultimatonic]] [[velocity]] of [[axial]] [[revolution]] also determines the [[negative]] or positive [[reactions]] of the several [[types]] of electronic [[units]]. The entire [[segregation]] and grouping of electronic [[matter]], [[together]] with the electric [[differentiation]] of negative and positive bodies of [[energy]]-[[matter]], result from these various [[functions]] of the component [[ultimatonic]] interassociation.
  
42:6.7 Each atom is a trifle over 1/100,000,000th of an inch in diameter, while an electron weighs a little less than 1/2,000th of the smallest atom, hydrogen. The positive proton, characteristic of the atomic nucleus, while it may be no larger than a negative electron, weighs from two to three thousand times more.
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42:6.7 Each [[atom]] is a trifle over 1/100,000,000th of an inch in [[diameter]], while an [[electron]] [[weighs]] a little less than 1/2,000th of the smallest [[atom]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen hydrogen]. The positive [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton proton], characteristic of the atomic [[nucleus]], while it may be no larger than a negative [[electron]], weighs from two to three thousand times more.
  
42:6.8 If the mass of matter should be magnified until that of an electron equaled one tenth of an ounce, then were size to be proportionately magnified, the volume of such an electron would become as large as that of the earth. If the volume of a proton—eighteen hundred times as heavy as an electron—should be magnified to the size of the head of a pin, then, in comparison, a pin's head would attain a diameter equal to that of the earth's orbit around the sun.
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42:6.8 If the [[mass]] of [[matter]] should be [[magnified]] until that of an [[electron]] [[equaled]] one tenth of an ounce, then were size to be [[proportionately]] magnified, the [[volume]] of such an [[electron]] would become as large as that of the [[earth]]. If the [[volume]] of a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton proton]—eighteen hundred times as heavy as an [[electron]]—should be magnified to the size of the head of a pin, then, in [[comparison]], a pin's head would [[attain]] a [[diameter]] [[equal]] to that of the [[earth]]'s [[orbit]] around the [[sun]].
  
==7. ATOMIC MATTER==  
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==42:7. ATOMIC MATTER==  
  
42:7.1 The formation of all matter is on the order of the solar system. There is at the center of every minute universe of energy a relatively stable, comparatively stationary, nuclear portion of material existence. This central unit is endowed with a threefold possibility of manifestation. Surrounding this energy center there whirl, in endless profusion but in fluctuating circuits, the energy units which are faintly comparable to the planets encircling the sun of some starry group like your own solar system.
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42:7.1 The [[formation]] of all [[matter]] is on the order of the [[solar system]]. There is at the [[center]] of every minute [[universe]] of [[energy]] a [[relatively]] [[stable]], comparatively stationary, [[nuclear]] portion of [[material]] [[existence]]. This [[central]] [[unit]] is [[endowed]] with a threefold [[possibility]] of [[manifestation]]. Surrounding this [[energy]] [[center]] there whirl, in endless profusion but in fluctuating [[circuits]], the [[energy]] [[units]] which are faintly comparable to the [[planets]] encircling the [[sun]] of some [[star]]ry [[group]] like your own [[solar system]].
  
42:7.2 Within the atom the electrons revolve about the central proton with about the same comparative room the planets have as they revolve about the sun in the space of the solar system. There is the same relative distance, in comparison with actual size, between the atomic nucleus and the inner electronic circuit as exists between the inner planet, Mercury, and your sun.
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42:7.2 Within the [[atom]] the [[electrons]] revolve about the [[central]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton proton] with about the same [[comparative]] room the [[planets]] have as they revolve about the [[sun]] in the [[space]] of the [[solar system]]. There is the [[same]] [[relative]] [[distance]], in comparison with [[actual]] size, between the [[atomic]] [[nucleus]] and the inner [[electronic]] [[circuit]] as exists between the inner [[planet]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury Mercury], and your [[sun]].
  
42:7.3 The electronic axial revolutions and their orbital velocities about the atomic nucleus are both beyond the human imagination, not to mention the velocities of their component ultimatons. The positive particles of radium fly off into space at the rate of ten thousand miles a second, while the negative particles attain a velocity approximating that of light.
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42:7.3 The [[electronic]] [[axial]] [[revolutions]] and their [[orbital]] [[velocities]] about the [[atomic]] [[nucleus]] are both beyond the [[human]] [[imagination]], not to mention the [[velocities]] of their component [[ultimatons]]. The positive [[particles]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium radium] fly off into [[space]] at the rate of ten thousand miles a second, while the negative particles attain a [[velocity]] [[Light year|approximating that of light]].
  
42:7.4 The local universes are of decimal construction. There are just one hundred distinguishable atomic materializations of space-energy in a dual universe; that is the maximum possible organization of matter in Nebadon. These one hundred forms of matter consist of a regular series in which from one to one hundred electrons revolve around a central and relatively compact nucleus. It is this orderly and dependable association of various energies that constitutes matter.
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42:7.4 The [[local universes]] are of [[decimal]] [[Creation|construction]]. There are just one hundred distinguishable [[atomic]] [[materializations]] of [[space]]-[[energy]] in a [[dual]] [[universe]]; that is the maximum [[possible]] [[organization]] of [[matter]] in [[Nebadon]]. These one hundred [[forms]] of [[matter]] consist of a regular [[series]] in which from one to one hundred [[electrons]] revolve around a central and [[relatively]] compact [[nucleus]]. It is this orderly and dependable [[association]] of various [[energies]] that [[constitutes]] [[matter]].
  
42:7.5 Not every world will show one hundred recognizable elements at the surface, but they are somewhere present, have been present, or are in process of evolution. Conditions surrounding the origin and subsequent evolution of a planet determine how many of the one hundred atomic types will be observable. The heavier atoms are not found on the surface of many worlds. Even on Urantia the known heavier elements manifest a tendency to fly to pieces, as is illustrated by radium behavior.
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42:7.5 Not every world will show one hundred recognizable [[elements]] at the [[surface]], but they are somewhere present, have been present, or are in [[process]] of [[evolution]]. Conditions surrounding the [[origin]] and subsequent [[evolution]] of a [[planet]] determine how many of the one hundred [[atomic]] [[types]] will be [[observable]]. The heavier [[atoms]] are not found on the surface of many worlds. Even on [[Urantia]] the known heavier elements [[manifest]] a tendency to fly to pieces, as is [[illustrated]] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium radium] [[behavior]].
  
42:7.6 Stability of the atom depends on the number of electrically inactive neutrons in the central body. Chemical behavior is wholly dependent on the activity of the freely revolving electrons.
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42:7.6 [[Stability]] of the [[atom]] depends on the [[number]] of electrically inactive [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutrons neutrons] in the [[central]] [[body]]. [[Chemical]] [[behavior]] is wholly dependent on the [[activity]] of the freely revolving [[electrons]].
  
42:7.7 In Orvonton it has never been possible naturally to assemble over one hundred orbital electrons in one atomic system. When one hundred and one have been artificially introduced into the orbital field, the result has always been the instantaneous disruption of the central proton with the wild dispersion of the electrons and other liberated energies.
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42:7.7 In [[Orvonton]] it has never been [[possible]] naturally to assemble over one hundred orbital [[electrons]] in one [[atomic]] [[system]]. When one hundred and one have been [[artificially]] introduced into the orbital field, the result has always been the instantaneous disruption of the central [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton proton] with the wild [[dispersion]] of the [[electrons]] and other [[liberated]] [[energies]].
  
42:7.8 While atoms may contain from one to one hundred orbital electrons, only the outer ten electrons of the larger atoms revolve about the central nucleus as distinct and discrete bodies, intactly and compactly swinging around on precise and definite orbits. The thirty electrons nearest the center are difficult of observation or detection as separate and organized bodies. This same comparative ratio of electronic behavior in relation to nuclear proximity obtains in all atoms regardless of the number of electrons embraced. The nearer the nucleus, the less there is of electronic individuality. The wavelike energy extension of an electron may so spread out as to occupy the whole of the lesser atomic orbits; especially is this true of the electrons nearest the atomic nucleus.
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42:7.8 While [[atoms]] may contain from one to one hundred [[orbital]] [[electrons]], only the outer ten [[electrons]] of the larger atoms revolve about the central [[nucleus]] as distinct and [[discrete]] bodies, intactly and compactly swinging around on precise and definite [[orbits]]. The thirty [[electrons]] nearest the [[center]] are [[difficult]] of [[observation]] or detection as separate and [[organized]] [[bodies]]. This same comparative [[ratio]] of [[electronic]] [[behavior]] in [[relation]] to nuclear proximity obtains in all [[atoms]] regardless of the [[number]] of [[electrons]] [[embraced]]. The nearer the [[nucleus]], the less there is of [[electronic]] [[individuality]]. The [[wavelike]] [[energy]] extension of an [[electron]] may so spread out as to occupy the whole of the lesser [[atomic]] [[orbits]]; especially is this true of the [[electrons]] nearest the atomic [[nucleus]].
  
42:7.9 The thirty innermost orbital electrons have individuality, but their energy systems tend to intermingle, extending from electron to electron and well-nigh from orbit to orbit. The next thirty electrons constitute the second family, or energy zone, and are of advancing individuality, bodies of matter exerting a more complete control over their attendant energy systems. The next thirty electrons, the third energy zone, are still more individualized and circulate in more distinct and definite orbits. The last ten electrons, present in only the ten heaviest elements, are possessed of the dignity of independence and are, therefore, able to escape more or less freely from the control of the mother nucleus. With a minimum variation in temperature and pressure, the members of this fourth and outermost group of electrons will escape from the grasp of the central nucleus, as is illustrated by the spontaneous disruption of uranium and kindred elements.
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42:7.9 The thirty innermost [[orbital]] [[electrons]] have [[individuality]], but their [[energy]] [[systems]] tend to intermingle, extending from electron to electron and well-nigh from orbit to orbit. The next thirty [[electrons]] [[constitute]] the second [[family]], or [[energy]] zone, and are of advancing [[individuality]], [[bodies]] of [[matter]] exerting a more complete [[control]] over their attendant energy [[systems]]. The next thirty [[electrons]], the third energy zone, are still more individualized and [[circulate]] in more distinct and definite [[orbits]]. The last ten electrons, present in only the ten heaviest [[elements]], are possessed of the [[dignity]] of [[independence]] and are, therefore, able to escape more or less [[freely]] from the [[control]] of the [[mother]] [[nucleus]]. With a minimum variation in [[temperature]] and [[pressure]], the members of this fourth and outermost [[group]] of [[electrons]] will escape from the grasp of the central [[nucleus]], as is [[illustrated]] by the [[spontaneous]] disruption of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium uranium] and kindred [[elements]].
  
42:7.10 The first twenty-seven atoms, those containing from one to twenty-seven orbital electrons, are more easy of comprehension than the rest. From twenty-eight upward we encounter more and more of the unpredictability of the supposed presence of the Unqualified Absolute. But some of this electronic unpredictability is due to differential ultimatonic axial revolutionary velocities and to the unexplained " huddling " proclivity of ultimatons. Other influences—physical, electrical, magnetic, and gravitational—also operate to produce variable electronic behavior. Atoms therefore are similar to persons as to predictability. Statisticians may announce laws governing a large number of either atoms or persons but not for a single individual atom or person.
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42:7.10 The first twenty-seven [[atoms]], those containing from one to twenty-seven [[orbital]] [[electrons]], are more easy of [[comprehension]] than the rest. From twenty-eight upward we encounter more and more of the [[Random|unpredictability]] of the supposed [[presence]] of the [[Unqualified Absolute]]. But some of this [[electronic]] unpredictability is due to [[differential]] [[ultimatonic]] [[axial]] [[revolutionary]] [[velocities]] and to the [[unexplained]] "huddling" [[proclivity]] of [[ultimatons]]. Other [[influences]]—[[physical]], [[electrical]], [[magnetic]], and [[gravitational]]—also operate to produce [[variable]] electronic [[behavior]]. [[Atoms]] therefore are similar to [[persons]] as to [[predictability]]. [[Statisticians]] may [[announce]] [[laws]] [[governing]] a large [[number]] of either [[atoms]] or [[persons]] but not for a single [[individual]] atom or person.
  
==8. ATOMIC COHESION==   
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42:8.1 While gravity is one of several factors concerned in holding together a tiny atomic energy system, there is also present in and among these basic physical units a powerful and unknown energy, the secret of their basic constitution and ultimate behavior, a force which remains to be discovered on Urantia. This universal influence permeates all the space embraced within this tiny energy organization.
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42:8.1 While [[gravity]] is one of several [[factors]] concerned in holding [[together]] a tiny [[atomic]] [[energy]] [[system]], there is also present in and among these basic [[physical]] [[units]] a [[powerful]] and [[unknown]] [[energy]], the [[secret]] of their basic [[constitution]] and [[ultimate]] [[behavior]], a [[force]] which remains to be [[discovered]] on [[Urantia]]. This [[universal]] [[influence]] permeates all the [[space]] [[embraced]] within this tiny [[energy]] [[organization]].
  
42:8.2 The interelectronic space of an atom is not empty. Throughout an atom this interelectronic space is activated by wavelike manifestations which are perfectly synchronized with electronic velocity and ultimatonic revolutions. This force is not wholly dominated by your recognized laws of positive and negative attraction; its behavior is therefore sometimes unpredictable. This unnamed influence seems to be a space-force reaction of the Unqualified Absolute.
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42:8.2 The interelectronic [[space]] of an [[atom]] is not empty. Throughout an [[atom]] this interelectronic [[space]] is [[activated]] by [[wavelike]] [[manifestations]] which are perfectly [[synchronized]] with [[electronic]] [[velocity]] and [[ultimatonic]] [[revolutions]]. This [[force]] is not wholly [[dominated]] by your [[recognized]] [[laws]] of positive and negative [[attraction]]; its [[behavior]] is therefore sometimes [[Random|unpredictable]]. This unnamed [[influence]] seems to be a [[space]]-[[force]] [[reaction]] of the [[Unqualified Absolute]].
  
42:8.3 The charged protons and the uncharged neutrons of the nucleus of the atom are held together by the reciprocating function of the mesotron, a particle of matter 180 times as heavy as the electron. Without this arrangement the electric charge carried by the protons would be disruptive of the atomic nucleus.
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42:8.3 The charged [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protons protons] and the uncharged [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutrons neutrons] of the [[nucleus]] of the [[atom]] are held [[together]] by the [[reciprocating]] [[function]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesotron mesotron], a [[particle]] of [[matter]] 180 times as heavy as the [[electron]]. Without this arrangement the [[electric]] [[charge]] carried by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton protons] would be disruptive of the [[atomic]] [[nucleus]].
  
42:8.4 As atoms are constituted, neither electric nor gravitational forces could hold the nucleus together. The integrity of the nucleus is maintained by the reciprocal cohering function of the mesotron, which is able to hold charged and uncharged particles together because of superior force-mass power and by the further function of causing protons and neutrons constantly to change places. The mesotron causes the electric charge of the nuclear particles to be incessantly tossed back and forth between protons and neutrons. At one infinitesimal part of a second a given nuclear particle is a charged proton and the next an uncharged neutron. And these alternations of energy status are so unbelievably rapid that the electric charge is deprived of all opportunity to function as a disruptive influence. Thus does the mesotron function as an " energy-carrier " particle which mightily contributes to the nuclear stability of the atom.
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42:8.4 As [[atoms]] are [[constituted]], neither [[electric]] nor [[gravitational]] [[forces]] could hold the [[nucleus]] [[together]]. The [[integrity]] of the [[nucleus]] is [[maintained]] by the [[reciprocal]] cohering [[function]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ mesotron], which is able to hold [[charged]] and uncharged [[particles]] [[together]] because of superior [[force]]-[[mass]] [[power]] and by the further [[function]] of causing [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton protons] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron neutrons] constantly to [[change]] places. The mesotron causes the [[electric]] [[charge]] of the [[nuclear]] [[particles]] to be incessantly tossed back and forth between [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton protons] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron neutrons]. At one infinitesimal part of a second a given [[nuclear]] [[particle]] is a [[charged]] proton and the next an uncharged neutron. And these alternations of [[energy]] [[status]] are so unbelievably [[Speed|rapid]] that the [[electric]] [[charge]] is deprived of all [[opportunity]] to [[function]] as a disruptive [[influence]]. Thus does the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesotron mesotron] [[function]] as an "energy-carrier" [[particle]] which mightily [[contributes]] to the nuclear [[stability]] of the [[atom]].
  
42:8.5 The presence and function of the mesotron also explains another atomic riddle. When atoms perform radioactively, they emit far more energy than would be expected. This excess of radiation is derived from the breaking up of the mesotron " energy carrier, " which thereby becomes a mere electron. The mesotronic disintegration is also accompanied by the emission of certain small uncharged particles.
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42:8.5 The [[presence]] and [[function]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesotron mesotron] also [[explains]] another atomic [[riddle]]. When [[atoms]] [[perform]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioactivity radioactively], they emit far more [[energy]] than would be [[expected]]. This excess of [[radiation]] is derived from the breaking up of the mesotron "energy carrier," which thereby becomes a mere [[electron]]. The mesotronic disintegration is also accompanied by the emission of certain small uncharged [[particles]].
  
42:8.6 The mesotron explains certain cohesive properties of the atomic nucleus, but it does not account for the cohesion of proton to proton nor for the adhesion of neutron to neutron. The paradoxical and powerful force of atomic cohesive integrity is a form of energy as yet undiscovered on Urantia.
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42:8.6 The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesotron mesotron] [[explains]] certain cohesive [[properties]] of the [[atomic]] [[nucleus]], but it does not account for the cohesion of proton to proton nor for the adhesion of neutron to neutron. The [[paradoxical]] and [[powerful]] [[force]] of atomic cohesive [[integrity]] is a [[form]] of [[energy]] as yet [[undiscovered]] on [[Urantia]].
  
42:8.7 These mesotrons are found abundantly in the space rays which so incessantly impinge upon your planet.
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42:8.7 These [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesotron mesotrons] are found [[abundantly]] in the [[space]] [[rays]] which so incessantly impinge upon your [[planet]].
  
==9. NATURAL PHILOSOPHY==   
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42:9.1 Religion is not alone dogmatic; natural philosophy equally tends to dogmatize. When a renowned religious teacher reasoned that the number seven was fundamental to nature because there are seven openings in the human head, if he had known more of chemistry, he might have advocated such a belief founded on a true phenomenon of the physical world. There is in all the physical universes of time and space, notwithstanding the universal manifestation of the decimal constitution of energy, the ever-present reminder of the reality of the sevenfold electronic organization of prematter.
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42:9.1 [[Religion]] is not alone [[dogmatic]]; [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_philosophy natural philosophy] [[equally]] tends to [[dogmatize]]. When a renowned religious teacher [[reasoned]] that the [[number]] [[seven]] was [[fundamental]] to [[nature]] because there are seven openings in the [[human]] head, if he had known more of [[chemistry]], he might have advocated such a [[belief]] founded on a true [[phenomenon]] of the [[physical]] world. There is in all the [[physical]] [[universes]] of [[time and space]], notwithstanding the [[universal]] [[manifestation]] of the [[decimal]] [[constitution]] of [[energy]], the ever-present reminder of the [[reality]] of the sevenfold [[electronic]] [[organization]] of prematter.
  
42:9.2 The number seven is basic to the central universe and the spiritual system of inherent transmissions of character, but the number ten, the decimal system, is inherent in energy, matter, and the material creation. Nevertheless the atomic world does display a certain periodic characterization which recurs in groups of seven—a birthmark carried by this material world indicative of its far-distant spiritual origin.
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42:9.2 The [[number]] [[seven]] is basic to the [[central universe]] and the [[spiritual]] [[system]] of [[inherent]] transmissions of [[character]], but the [[number]] [[ten]], the [[decimal]] [[system]], is [[inherent]] in [[energy]], [[matter]], and the [[material]] [[creation]]. Nevertheless the [[atomic]] world does display a certain [[periodic]] characterization which recurs in [[groups]] of [[seven]]—a birthmark carried by this [[material]] world indicative of its far-distant [[spiritual]] [[origin]].
  
42:9.3 This sevenfold persistence of creative constitution is exhibited in the chemical domains as a recurrence of similar physical and chemical properties in segregated periods of seven when the basic elements are arranged in the order of their atomic weights. When the Urantia chemical elements are thus arranged in a row, any given quality or property tends to recur by sevens. This periodic change by sevens recurs diminishingly and with variations throughout the entire chemical table, being most markedly observable in the earlier or lighter atomic groupings. Starting from any one element, after noting some one property, such a quality will change for six consecutive elements, but on reaching the eighth, it tends to reappear, that is, the eighth chemically active element resembles the first, the ninth the second, and so on. Such a fact of the physical world unmistakably points to the sevenfold constitution of ancestral energy and is indicative of the fundamental reality of the sevenfold diversity of the creations of time and space. Man should also note that there are seven colors in the natural spectrum.
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42:9.3 This [[sevenfold]] [[persistence]] of [[creative]] [[constitution]] is [[exhibited]] in the [[chemical]] [[domains]] as a recurrence of similar [[physical]] and [[chemical]] properties in [[segregated]] periods of [[seven]] when the basic [[elements]] are arranged in the order of their [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ atomic weights]. When the [[Urantia]] [[chemical]] [[elements]] are thus arranged in a row, any given [[quality]] or [[property]] tends to recur by [[sevens]]. This [[periodic]] [[change]] by sevens recurs diminishingly and with [[variations]] throughout the entire [[Periodic Table|chemical table]], being most markedly [[observable]] in the earlier or lighter [[atomic]] groupings. Starting from any one element, after noting some one property, such a [[quality]] will change for six consecutive elements, but on reaching the eighth, it tends to reappear, that is, the eighth chemically [[active]] element resembles the first, the ninth the second, and so on. Such a [[fact]] of the [[physical]] world unmistakably points to the [[sevenfold]] [[constitution]] of [[ancestral]] [[energy]] and is indicative of the [[fundamental]] [[reality]] of the sevenfold [[diversity]] of the [[Seven Superuniverses|creations]] of [[time and space]]. Man should also note that there are [[seven]] [[colors]] in the [[natural]] [[spectrum]].
  
42:9.4 But not all the suppositions of natural philosophy are valid; for example, the hypothetical ether, which represents an ingenious attempt of man to unify his ignorance of space phenomena. The philosophy of the universe cannot be predicated on the observations of so-called science. If such a metamorphosis could not be seen, a scientist would be inclined to deny the possibility of developing a butterfly out of a caterpillar.
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42:9.4 But not all the [[suppositions]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_philosophy natural philosophy] are valid; for example, the [[hypothetical]] [[ether]], which [[represents]] an ingenious attempt of man to [[unify]] his ignorance of [[space]] [[phenomena]]. The [[philosophy]] of the [[universe]] cannot be predicated on the [[observations]] of so-called [[science]]. If such a [[metamorphosis]] could not be seen, a scientist would be inclined to deny the [[possibility]] of [[developing]] a butterfly out of a caterpillar.
  
42:9.5 Physical stability associated with biologic elasticity is present in nature only because of the well-nigh infinite wisdom possessed by the Master Architects of creation. Nothing less than transcendental wisdom could ever design units of matter which are at the same time so stable and so efficiently flexible.
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42:9.5 [[Physical]] [[stability]] [[associated]] with [[biologic]] elasticity is present in [[nature]] only because of the well-nigh [[infinite]] [[wisdom]] [[possessed]] by the [[Master Architects]] of [[creation]]. Nothing less than [[transcendental]] [[wisdom]] could ever [[design]] [[units]] of [[matter]] which are at the same time so stable and so [[efficiently]] [[flexible]].
  
==10. UNIVERSAL NONSPIRITUAL ENERGY SYSTEMS (MATERIAL MIND SYSTEMS)==     
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==42:10. UNIVERSAL NONSPIRITUAL ENERGY SYSTEMS (MATERIAL MIND SYSTEMS)==     
  
42:10.1 The endless sweep of relative cosmic reality from the absoluteness of Paradise monota to the absoluteness of space potency, is suggestive of certain evolutions of relationship in the nonspiritual realities of the First Source and Center—those realities which are concealed in space potency, revealed in monota, and provisionally disclosed on intervening cosmic levels. This eternal cycle of energy, being circuited in the Father of universes, is absolute and, being absolute, is expansile in neither fact nor value; nevertheless the Primal Father is even now—as always—self-realizing of an ever-expanding arena of time-space, and of time-space-transcended, meanings, an arena of changing relationships wherein energy-matter is being progressively subjected to the overcontrol of living and divine spirit through the experiential striving of living and personal mind.
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42:10.1 The endless sweep of [[relative]] [[cosmic]] [[reality]] from the [[absoluteness]] of [[Paradise]] [[monota]] to the absoluteness of [[space potency]], is suggestive of certain [[evolutions]] of [[relationship]] in the nonspiritual [[realities]] of the [[First Source and Center]]—those realities which are concealed in [[space potency]], [[revealed]] in [[monota]], and provisionally disclosed on [[intervening]] [[cosmic]] [[levels]]. This [[eternal]] [[cycle]] of [[energy]], being [[circuit]]ed in [[the Father]] of [[universes]], is [[absolute]] and, being absolute, is expansile in neither [[fact]] nor [[value]]; nevertheless [[Universal Father|the Primal Father]] is even now—as always—[[self-realizing]] of an ever-expanding arena of [[time-space]], and of time-space-[[transcended]], [[meanings]], an arena of changing [[relationships]] wherein [[energy]]-[[matter]] is being [[progressively]] subjected to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_118#118:8._CONTROL_AND_OVERCONTROL overcontrol] of living and [[divine]] [[spirit]] through the [[experiential]] striving of living and [[personal]] [[mind]].
  
42:10.2 The universal nonspiritual energies are reassociated in the living systems of non-Creator minds on various levels, certain of which may be depicted as follows:
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42:10.2 The [[universal]] nonspiritual energies are reassociated in the living [[systems]] of non-Creator [[minds]] on various [[levels]], certain of which may be depicted as follows:
  
*1. 42:10.3 P readjutant-spirit minds. This level of mind is nonexperiencing and on the inhabited worlds is ministered by the Master Physical Controllers. This is mechanical mind, the nonteachable intellect of the most primitive forms of material life, but the nonteachable mind functions on many levels beside that of primitive planetary life.
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*1. 42:10.3 ''Preadjutant-spirit minds''. This [[level]] of [[mind]] is nonexperiencing and on the [[inhabited worlds]] is ministered by the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:4._THE_MASTER_PHYSICAL_CONTROLLERS Master Physical Controllers]. This is [[mechanical]] [[mind]], the nonteachable [[intellect]] of the most [[primitive]] [[forms]] of [[material]] life, but the nonteachable mind [[functions]] on many levels beside that of [[primitive]] [[planetary]] life.
*2. 42:10.4 Adjutant-spirit minds. This is the ministry of a local universe Mother Spirit functioning through her seven adjutant mind-spirits on the teachable (nonmechanical) level of material mind. On this level material mind is experiencing: as subhuman (animal) intellect in the first five adjutants; as human (moral) intellect in the seven adjutants; as superhuman (midwayer) intellect in the last two adjutants.
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*2. 42:10.4 ''Adjutant-spirit minds''. This is the [[ministry]] of a [[local universe]] [[Mother Spirit]] functioning through her [[seven adjutant mind-spirits]] on the teachable (nonmechanical) level of [[material]] [[mind]]. On this level material mind is [[experiencing]]: as subhuman ([[animal]]) [[intellect]] in the first five adjutants; as [[human]] ([[moral]]) [[intellect]] in the seven adjutants; as superhuman ([[midwayer]]) [[intellect]] in the last two adjutants.
*3. 42:10.5 Evolving morontia minds —the expanding consciousness of evolving personalities in the local universe ascending careers. This is the bestowal of the local universe Mother Spirit in liaison with the Creator Son. This mind level connotes the organization of the morontia type of life vehicle, a synthesis of the material and the spiritual which is effected by the Morontia Power Supervisors of a local universe. Morontia mind functions differentially in response to the 570 levels of morontia life, disclosing increasing associative capacity with the cosmic mind on the higher levels of attainment. This is the evolutionary course of mortal creatures, but mind of a nonmorontia order is also bestowed by a Universe Son and a Universe Spirit upon the nonmorontia children of the local creations.
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*3. 42:10.5 ''Evolving morontia minds'' —the expanding [[consciousness]] of [[evolving]] [[personalities]] in the [[local universe]] [[ascending careers]]. This is the [[bestowal]] of the [[local universe]] [[Mother Spirit]] in [[liaison]] with the [[Creator Son]]. This mind level connotes the [[organization]] of the [[morontia]] type of [[Body|life vehicle]], a [[synthesis]] of the [[material]] and the [[spiritual]] which is effected by the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_48#48:2._MORONTIA_POWER_SUPERVISORS Morontia Power Supervisors] of a [[local universe]]. [[Morontia mind]] [[functions]] differentially in [[response]] to the 570 levels of morontia life, disclosing increasing [[associative]] [[capacity]] with the [[cosmic mind]] on the higher levels of [[attainment]]. This is the [[evolutionary]] [[course]] of [[mortal]] [[creatures]], but mind of a nonmorontia order is also bestowed by a [[Creator Son|Universe Son]] and a [[Mother Spirit|Universe Spirit]] upon the nonmorontia [[children]] of the [[Local Universe|local creations]].
*4. 42:10.6 The cosmic mind. This is the sevenfold diversified mind of time and space, one phase of which is ministered by each of the Seven Master Spirits to one of the seven superuniverses. The cosmic mind encompasses all finite-mind levels and co-ordinates experientially with the evolutionary-deity levels of the Supreme Mind and transcendentally with the existential levels of absolute mind—the direct circuits of the Conjoint Actor.
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*4. 42:10.6 ''The cosmic mind''. This is the [[sevenfold]] [[diversified]] [[mind]] of [[time and space]], one [[phase]] of which is ministered by each of the [[Seven Master Spirits]] to one of the [[seven superuniverses]]. The [[cosmic]] [[mind]] [[encompasses]] all [[finite]]-[[mind]] levels and [[co-ordinates]] [[experientially]] with the evolutionary-[[deity]] [[levels]] of [[the Supreme]] Mind and [[transcendental]]ly with the [[existential]] levels of [[absolute]] mind—the direct [[circuits]] of the [[Conjoint Actor]].
  
42:10.7 On Paradise, mind is absolute; in Havona, absonite; in Orvonton, finite. Mind always connotes the presence-activity of living ministry plus varied energy systems, and this is true of all levels and of all kinds of mind. But beyond the cosmic mind it becomes increasingly difficult to portray the relationships of mind to nonspiritual energy. Havona mind is subabsolute but superevolutionary; being existential-experiential, it is nearer the absonite than any other concept revealed to you. Paradise mind is beyond human understanding; it is existential, nonspatial, and nontemporal. Nevertheless, all of these levels of mind are overshadowed by the universal presence of the Conjoint Actor—by the mind-gravity grasp of the God of mind on Paradise.
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42:10.7 On [[Paradise]], [[mind]] is [[absolute]]; in [[Havona]], [[absonite]]; in [[Orvonton]], [[finite]]. Mind always connotes the [[presence]]-[[activity]] of living [[ministry]] plus varied [[energy]] [[systems]], and this is true of all [[levels]] and of all kinds of [[mind]]. But beyond the [[cosmic mind]] it becomes increasingly [[difficult]] to portray the [[relationships]] of mind to nonspiritual [[energy]]. [[Havona]] mind is subabsolute but superevolutionary; being [[existential]]-[[experiential]], it is nearer the [[absonite]] than any other [[concept]] [[revealed]] to you. [[Paradise]] mind is beyond [[human]] [[understanding]]; it is [[existential]], nonspatial, and nontemporal. Nevertheless, all of these [[levels]] of [[mind]] are overshadowed by the [[universal]] [[presence]] of the [[Conjoint Actor]]—by the [[mind]]-[[gravity]] grasp of the [[God]] of mind on [[Paradise]].
  
==11. UNIVERSE MECHANISMS==  
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==42:11. UNIVERSE MECHANISMS==  
  
42:11.1 In the evaluation and recognition of mind it should be remembered that the universe is neither mechanical nor magical; it is a creation of mind and a mechanism of law. But while in practical application the laws of nature operate in what seems to be the dual realms of the physical and the spiritual, in reality they are one. The First Source and Center is the primal cause of all materialization and at the same time the first and final Father of all spirits. The Paradise Father appears personally in the extra-Havona universes only as pure energy and pure spirit—as the Thought Adjusters and other similar fragmentations.
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42:11.1 In the [[evaluation]] and [[recognition]] of [[mind]] it should be [[remembered]] that the [[universe]] is neither [[mechanical]] nor [[magical]]; it is a [[creation]] of [[mind]] and a [[mechanism]] of [[law]]. But while in [[practical]] [[application]] the [[laws]] of [[nature]] operate in what seems to be the [[dual]] realms of the [[physical]] and the [[spiritual]], in [[reality]] they are one. The [[First Source and Center]] is the primal [[cause]] of all [[materialization]] and at the same time the first and final [[Father]] of all [[spirits]]. The [[Paradise Father]] appears [[personally]] in the extra-[[Havona]] [[universes]] only as [[pure]] [[energy]] and pure [[spirit]]—as the [[Thought Adjusters]] and other similar [[fragmentations]].
  
42:11.2 Mechanisms do not absolutely dominate the total creation; the universe of universes in toto is mind planned, mind made, and mind administered. But the divine mechanism of the universe of universes is altogether too perfect for the scientific methods of the finite mind of man to discern even a trace of the dominance of the infinite mind. For this creating, controlling, and upholding mind is neither material mind nor creature mind; it is spirit-mind functioning on and from creator levels of divine reality.
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42:11.2 [[Mechanisms]] do not [[absolutely]] [[dominate]] the [[total]] [[creation]]; the [[universe of universes]] in toto is [[mind]] [[planned]], mind made, and mind [[administered]]. But the [[divine]] [[mechanism]] of the [[universe of universes]] is altogether too [[perfect]] for the [[scientific method]]s of the [[finite]] mind of [[man]] to [[discern]] even a trace of the [[dominance]] of the [[infinite]] [[mind]]. For this creating, [[controlling]], and upholding mind is neither [[material]] mind nor [[creature]] mind; it is [[spirit]]-[[mind]] [[functioning]] on and from [[creator]] [[levels]] of [[divine]] [[reality]].
  
42:11.3 The ability to discern and discover mind in universe mechanisms depends entirely on the ability, scope, and capacity of the investigating mind engaged in such a task of observation. Time-space minds, organized out of the energies of time and space, are subject to the mechanisms of time and space.
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42:11.3 The [[ability]] to [[discern]] and [[discover]] [[mind]] in [[universe]] [[mechanisms]] depends entirely on the [[ability]], scope, and [[capacity]] of the [[investigating]] [[mind]] engaged in such a task of [[observation]]. [[Time-space]] minds, [[organized]] out of the [[energies]] of [[time and space]], are subject to the [[mechanisms]] of [[time and space]].
  
42:11.4 Motion and universe gravitation are twin facets of the impersonal time-space mechanism of the universe of universes. The levels of gravity response for spirit, mind, and matter are quite independent of time, but only true spirit levels of reality are independent of space (nonspatial). The higher mind levels of the universe—the spirit-mind levels—may also be nonspatial, but the levels of material mind, such as human mind, are responsive to the interactions of universe gravitation, losing this response only in proportion to spirit identification. Spirit-reality levels are recognized by their spirit content, and spirituality in time and space is measured inversely to the linear-gravity response.
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42:11.4 [[Motion]] and [[universe]] [[gravitation]] are twin [[facets]] of the [[impersonal]] [[time-space]] [[mechanism]] of the [[universe of universes]]. The [[levels]] of [[gravity]] [[response]] for [[spirit]], [[mind]], and [[matter]] are quite [[independent]] of [[time]], but only true [[spirit]] levels of [[reality]] are [[independent]] of [[space]] (nonspatial). The higher mind levels of the universe—the [[spirit]]-[[mind]] levels—may also be nonspatial, but the levels of [[material]] mind, such as [[human]] mind, are [[responsive]] to the [[interactions]] of [[universe]] [[gravitation]], losing this [[response]] only in [[proportion]] to [[spirit]] [[identification]]. [[Spirit]]-[[reality]] levels are [[recognized]] by their spirit [[content]], and [[spirituality]] in [[time and space]] is [[measured]] [[inversely]] to the [[linear]]-[[gravity]] [[response]].
  
42:11.5 Linear-gravity response is a quantitative measure of nonspirit energy. All mass—organized energy—is subject to this grasp except as motion and mind act upon it. Linear gravity is the short-range cohesive force of the macrocosmos somewhat as the forces of intra-atomic cohesion are the short-range forces of the microcosmos. Physical materialized energy, organized as so-called matter, cannot traverse space without affecting linear-gravity response. Although such gravity response is directly proportional to mass, it is so modified by intervening space that the final result is no more than roughly approximated when expressed as inversely according to the square of the distance. Space eventually conquers linear gravitation because of the presence therein of the antigravity influences of numerous supermaterial forces which operate to neutralize gravity action and all responses thereto.
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42:11.5 [[Linear]]-[[gravity]] [[response]] is a [[quantitative]] [[measure]] of nonspirit [[energy]]. All [[mass]]—[[organized]] [[energy]]—is subject to this grasp except as [[motion]] and [[mind]] [[act]] upon it. [[Linear]] [[gravity]] is the short-range [[cohesive]] [[force]] of the [[macrocosmos]] somewhat as the [[forces]] of [[Particle|intra-atomic]] cohesion are the short-range [[forces]] of the [[microcosmos]]. [[Physical]] [[materialized]] [[energy]], [[organized]] as so-called [[matter]], cannot [[traverse]] [[space]] without affecting [[linear]]-[[gravity]] [[response]]. Although such [[gravity]] [[response]] is directly [[proportional]] to [[mass]], it is so [[modified]] by [[intervening]] [[space]] that the final result is no more than roughly approximated when [[expressed]] as [[inversely]] according to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_%28algebra%29 square] of the [[distance]]. [[Space]] [[eventually]] conquers [[linear]] [[gravitation]] because of the [[presence]] therein of the [[antigravity]] [[influences]] of numerous supermaterial [[forces]] which operate to neutralize [[gravity]] [[action]] and all [[responses]] thereto.
  
42:11.6 Extremely complex and highly automatic-appearing cosmic mechanisms always tend to conceal the presence of the originative or creative indwelling mind from any and all intelligences very far below the universe levels of the nature and capacity of the mechanism itself. Therefore is it inevitable that the higher universe mechanisms must appear to be mindless to the lower orders of creatures. The only possible exception to such a conclusion would be the implication of mindedness in the amazing phenomenon of an apparently self-maintaining universe —but that is a matter of philosophy rather than one of actual experience.
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42:11.6 Extremely [[complex]] and highly [[automatic]]-appearing [[cosmic]] [[mechanisms]] always tend to [[conceal]] the [[presence]] of the [[originative]] or [[creative]] indwelling [[mind]] from any and all [[intelligences]] very far below the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_106 universe levels] of the [[nature]] and [[capacity]] of the [[mechanism]] itself. Therefore is it [[inevitable]] that the higher [[universe]] [[mechanisms]] must appear to be mindless to the lower orders of [[creatures]]. The only possible [[exception]] to such a [[conclusion]] would be the implication of mindedness in the amazing [[phenomenon]] of an apparently [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perpetual_motion self-maintaining] [[universe]] —but that is a matter of [[philosophy]] rather than one of [[actual]] [[experience]].
  
42:11.7 Since mind co-ordinates the universe, fixity of mechanisms is nonexistent. The phenomenon of progressive evolution associated with cosmic self-maintenance is universal. The evolutionary capacity of the universe is inexhaustible in the infinity of spontaneity. Progress towards harmonious unity, a growing experiential synthesis superimposed on an ever-increasing complexity of relationships, could be effected only by a purposive and dominant mind.
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42:11.7 Since [[mind]] [[co-ordinates]] the [[universe]], fixity of [[mechanisms]] is nonexistent. The [[phenomenon]] of [[progressive]] [[evolution]] [[associated]] with [[cosmic]] self-maintenance is [[universal]]. The [[evolutionary]] [[capacity]] of the [[universe]] is inexhaustible in the [[infinity]] of [[spontaneity]]. [[Progress]] towards [[harmonious]] [[unity]], a growing [[experiential]] [[synthesis]] [[superimposed]] on an ever-increasing [[complexity]] of [[relationships]], could be [[effected]] only by a [[purposive]] and [[dominant]] [[mind]].
  
42:11.8 The higher the universe mind associated with any universe phenomenon, the more difficult it is for the lower types of mind to discover it. And since the mind of the universe mechanism is creative spirit-mind (even the mindedness of the Infinite), it can never be discovered or discerned by the lower-level minds of the universe, much less by the lowest mind of all, the human. The evolving animal mind, while naturally God-seeking, is not alone and of itself inherently God-knowing.
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42:11.8 The higher the [[universe]] [[mind]] [[associated]] with any [[universe]] [[phenomenon]], the more [[difficult]] it is for the lower [[types]] of [[mind]] to [[discover]] it. And since the [[mind]] of the [[universe]] [[mechanism]] is [[creative]] [[spirit]]-[[mind]] (even the mindedness of the [[Infinite]]), it can never be [[discovered]] or [[discerned]] by the lower-level minds of the [[universe]], much less by the lowest mind of all, the [[human]]. The evolving [[animal]] [[mind]], while naturally [[God]]-[[seeking]], is not alone and of itself [[inherently]] God-[[knowing]].
  
==12. PATTERN AND FORM—MIND DOMINANCE==   
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42:12.1 The evolution of mechanisms implies and indicates the concealed presence and dominance of creative mind. The ability of the mortal intellect to conceive, design, and create automatic mechanisms demonstrates the superior, creative, and purposive qualities of man's mind as the dominant influence on the planet. Mind always reaches out towards:
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42:12.1 The [[evolution]] of [[mechanisms]] implies and indicates the [[concealed]] [[presence]] and [[dominance]] of [[creative]] [[mind]]. The [[ability]] of the [[mortal]] [[intellect]] to [[conceive]], [[design]], and create [[automatic]] [[mechanisms]] [[demonstrates]] the superior, [[creative]], and [[purposive]] [[qualities]] of [[man]]'s [[mind]] as the [[dominant]] [[influence]] on the [[planet]]. [[Mind]] always reaches out towards:
  
*1. Creation of material mechanisms.
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*1. [[Creation]] of [[material]] [[mechanisms]].
*2. Discovery of hidden mysteries.
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*2. [[Discovery]] of hidden [[mysteries]].
*3. Exploration of remote situations.
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*3. [[Exploration]] of remote situations.
*4. Formulation of mental systems.
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*4. [[Formulation]] of [[mental]] [[systems]].
*5. Attainment of wisdom goals.
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*5. [[Attainment]] of [[wisdom]] goals.
*6. Achievement of spirit levels.
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*6. Achievement of [[spirit]] [[levels]].
*7. The accomplishment of divine destinies—supreme, ultimate, and absolute.
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*7. The accomplishment of [[divine]] [[destinies]]—[[supreme]], [[ultimate]], and [[absolute]].
  
42:12.2 Mind is always creative. The mind endowment of an individual animal, mortal, morontian, spirit ascender, or finality attainer is always competent to produce a suitable and serviceable body for the living creature identity. But the presence phenomenon of a personality or the pattern of an identity, as such, is not a manifestation of energy, either physical, mindal, or spiritual. The personality form is the pattern aspect of a living being; it connotes the arrangement of energies, and this, plus life and motion, is the mechanism of creature existence.
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42:12.2 [[Mind]] is always [[creative]]. The [[mind]] [[endowment]] of an [[individual]] [[animal]], [[mortal]], [[morontia]]n, [[spirit]] [[ascender]], or [[finality]] attainer is always competent to produce a suitable and serviceable [[body]] for the living [[creature]] [[identity]]. But the [[presence]] [[phenomenon]] of a [[personality]] or the [[pattern]] of an [[identity]], as such, is not a [[manifestation]] of [[energy]], either [[physical]], [[mindal]], or [[spiritual]]. The [[personality]] [[form]] is the [[pattern]] aspect of a living [[being]]; it connotes the arrangement of [[energies]], and this, plus life and [[motion]], is the [[mechanism]] of [[creature]] [[existence]].
  
42:12.3 Even spirit beings have form, and these spirit forms (patterns) are real. Even the highest type of spirit personalities have forms—personality presences in every sense analogous to Urantia mortal bodies. Nearly all beings encountered in the seven superuniverses are possessed of forms. But there are a few exceptions to this general rule: Thought Adjusters appear to be without form until after fusion with the surviving souls of their mortal associates. Solitary Messengers, Inspired Trinity Spirits, Personal Aids of the Infinite Spirit, Gravity Messengers, Transcendental Recorders, and certain others are also without discoverable form. But these are typical of the exceptional few; the great majority have bona fide personality forms, forms which are individually characteristic, and which are recognizable and personally distinguishable.
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42:12.3 Even [[spirit]] [[beings]] have [[form]], and these [[spirit]] [[forms]] ([[patterns]]) are real. Even the highest [[type]] of [[spirit]] [[personalities]] have [[forms]]—[[personality]] [[presences]] in every sense [[analogous]] to [[Urantia]] [[mortal]] [[bodies]]. Nearly all [[beings]] encountered in the [[seven superuniverses]] are [[possessed]] of [[forms]]. But there are a few exceptions to this general rule: [[Thought Adjusters]] appear to be without [[form]] until after [[fusion]] with the [[surviving]] [[souls]] of their [[mortal]] [[associates]]. [[Solitary Messengers]], [[Inspired Trinity Spirits]], [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_24#24:3._PERSONAL_AIDS_OF_THE_INFINITE_SPIRIT Personal Aids of the Infinite Spirit], [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_31#31:2._GRAVITY_MESSENGERS Gravity Messengers], [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_23#23:3._TIME_AND_SPACE_SERVICES_OF_SOLITARY_MESSENGERS Transcendental Recorders], and certain others are also without [[discoverable]] [[form]]. But these are typical of the [[exception]]al few; the great [[majority]] have[[ bona fide]] [[personality]] forms, forms which are [[individually]] characteristic, and which are [[recognizable]] and [[personally]] distinguishable.
  
42:12.4 The liaison of the cosmic mind and the ministry of the adjutant mind-spirits evolve a suitable physical tabernacle for the evolving human being. Likewise does the morontia mind individualize the morontia form for all mortal survivors. As the mortal body is personal and characteristic for every human being, so will the morontia form be highly individual and adequately characteristic of the creative mind which dominates it. No two morontia forms are any more alike than any two human bodies. The Morontia Power Supervisors sponsor, and the attending seraphim provide, the undifferentiated morontia material wherewith the morontia life can begin to work. And after the morontia life it will be found that spirit forms are equally diverse, personal, and characteristic of their respective spirit-mind indwellers.
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42:12.4 The [[liaison]] of the [[cosmic mind]] and the [[ministry]] of the [[adjutant mind-spirits]] [[evolve]] a suitable [[physical]] tabernacle for the [[evolving]] [[human being]]. Likewise does the [[morontia mind]] [[individualize]] the [[morontia]] [[form]] for all [[mortal]] [[survivors]]. As the mortal [[body]] is [[personal]] and characteristic for every [[human being]], so will the [[morontia]] [[form]] be highly [[individual]] and adequately characteristic of the [[creative]] [[mind]] which [[dominates]] it. No [[two]] [[morontia]] [[forms]] are any more alike than any two [[human]] [[bodies]]. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_48#48:2._MORONTIA_POWER_SUPERVISORS Morontia Power Supervisors] sponsor, and the attending [[seraphim]] provide, the undifferentiated [[morontia]] [[material]] wherewith the [[morontia]] life can begin to [[work]]. And after the [[morontia]] life it will be found that [[spirit]] [[forms]] are [[equally]] [[diverse]], [[personal]], and characteristic of their respective [[spirit]]-[[mind]] indwellers.
  
42:12.5 On a material world you think of a body as having a spirit, but we regard the spirit as having a body. The material eyes are truly the windows of the spirit-born soul. The spirit is the architect, the mind is the builder, the body is the material building.
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42:12.5 On a [[material]] world you [[think]] of a [[body]] as having a [[spirit]], but we regard the [[spirit]] as having a [[body]]. The [[material]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye eyes] are truly the windows of the [[spirit]]-born [[soul]]. The [[spirit]] is the [[architect]], the [[mind]] is the builder, the [[body]] is the [[material]] building.
  
42:12.6 Physical, spiritual, and mindal energies, as such and in their pure states, do not fully interact as actuals of the phenomenal universes. On Paradise the three energies are co-ordinate, in Havona co-ordinated, while in the universe levels of finite activities there must be encountered all ranges of material, mindal, and spiritual dominance. In nonpersonal situations of time and space, physical energy seems to predominate, but it also appears that the more nearly spirit-mind function approaches divinity of purpose and supremacy of action, the more nearly does the spirit phase become dominant; that on the ultimate level spirit-mind may become all but completely dominant. On the absolute level spirit certainly is dominant. And from there on out through the realms of time and space, wherever a divine spirit reality is present, whenever a real spirit-mind is functioning, there always tends to be produced a material or physical counterpart of that spirit reality.
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42:12.6 [[Physical]], [[spiritual]], and [[mindal]] [[energies]], as such and in their [[pure]] [[states]], do not fully [[interact]] as [[actuals]] of the [[phenomenal]] [[universes]]. On [[Paradise]] the [[three]] [[energies]] are [[co-ordinate]], in [[Havona]] co-ordinated, while in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_106#PAPER_106:_UNIVERSE_LEVELS_OF_REALITY universe levels] of [[finite]] [[activities]] there must be encountered all ranges of [[material]], [[mindal]], and [[spiritual]] [[dominance]]. In [[nonpersonal]] situations of [[time and space]], [[physical]] [[energy]] seems to predominate, but it also [[appears]] that the more nearly [[spirit]]-[[mind]] [[function]] approaches [[divinity]] of [[purpose]] and [[supremacy]] of [[action]], the more nearly does the [[spirit]] [[phase]] become [[dominant]]; that on the [[ultimate]] level [[spirit]]-[[mind]] may become all but completely [[dominant]]. On the [[absolute]] level [[spirit]] [[certainly]] is [[dominant]]. And from there on out through the realms of [[time and space]], wherever a [[divine]] [[spirit]] [[reality]] is present, whenever a real [[spirit]]-[[mind]] is functioning, there always tends to be produced a [[material]] or [[physical]] [[counterpart]] of that [[spirit]] [[reality]].
  
42:12.7 The spirit is the creative reality; the physical counterpart is the time-space reflection of the spirit reality, the physical repercussion of the creative action of spirit-mind.
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42:12.7 The [[spirit]] is the [[creative]] [[reality]]; the [[physical]] [[counterpart]] is the [[time-space]] [[reflection]] of the [[spirit]] [[reality]], the [[physical]] [[Echo|repercussion]] of the [[creative]] [[action]] of [[spirit]]-[[mind]].
  
42:12.8 <u>Mind universally dominates matter, even as it is in turn responsive to the ultimate overcontrol of spirit. And with mortal man, only that mind which freely submits itself to the spirit direction can hope to survive the mortal time-space existence as an immortal child of the eternal spirit world of the Supreme, the Ultimate, and the Absolute: the Infinite.</u>
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42:12.8 <u>[[Mind]] [[universally]] [[dominates]] [[matter]], even as it is in turn [[responsive]] to the [[ultimate]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_118#118:8._CONTROL_AND_OVERCONTROL overcontrol] of [[spirit]]. And with [[mortal]] [[man]], only that [[mind]] which freely submits itself to the [[spirit]] direction can [[hope]] to [[survive]] the [[mortal]] [[time-space]] [[existence]] as an [[immortal]] [[child]] of the [[eternal]] [[spirit]] world of [[the Supreme]], [[the Ultimate]], and [[the Absolute]]: the [[Infinite]].</u>
  
 
42:12.9 Presented by a [[Mighty Messenger]] on duty in [[Nebadon]] and by the request of [[Gabriel]].  
 
42:12.9 Presented by a [[Mighty Messenger]] on duty in [[Nebadon]] and by the request of [[Gabriel]].  
  
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PAPER 42: ENERGY—MIND AND MATTER

42:0.1 The foundation of the universe is material in the sense that energy is the basis of all existence, and pure energy is controlled by the Universal Father. Force, energy, is the one thing which stands as an everlasting monument demonstrating and proving the existence and presence of the Universal Absolute. This vast stream of energy proceeding from the Paradise Presences has never lapsed, never failed; there has never been a break in the infinite upholding.

42:0.2 The manipulation of universe energy is ever in accordance with the personal will and the all-wise mandates of the Universal Father. This personal control of manifested power and circulating energy is modified by the co-ordinate acts and decisions of the Eternal Son, as well as by the united purposes of the Son and the Father executed by the Conjoint Actor. These divine beings act personally and as individuals; they also function in the persons and powers of an almost unlimited number of subordinates, each variously expressive of the eternal and divine purpose in the universe of universes. But these functional and provisional modifications or transmutations of divine power in no way lessen the truth of the statement that all force-energy is under the ultimate control of a personal God resident at the center of all things.

42:1. PARADISE FORCES AND ENERGIES

42:1.1 The foundation of the universe is material, but the essence of life is spirit. The Father of spirits is also the ancestor of universes; the eternal Father of the Original Son is also the eternity-source of the original pattern, the Isle of Paradise.

42:1.2 Matterenergy—for they are but diverse manifestations of the same cosmic reality, as a universe phenomenon is inherent in the Universal Father. "In him all things consist."[1] Matter may appear to manifest inherent energy and to exhibit self-contained powers, but the lines of gravity involved in the energies concerned in all these physical phenomena are derived from, and are dependent on, Paradise. The ultimaton, the first measurable form of energy, has Paradise as its nucleus.

42:1.3 There is innate in matter and present in universal space a form of energy not known on Urantia. When this discovery is finally made, then will physicists feel that they have solved, almost at least, the mystery of matter. And so will they have approached one step nearer the Creator; so will they have mastered one more phase of the divine technique; but in no sense will they have found God, neither will they have established the existence of matter or the operation of natural laws apart from the cosmic technique of Paradise and the motivating purpose of the Universal Father.

42:1.4 Subsequent to even still greater progress and further discoveries, after Urantia has advanced immeasurably in comparison with present knowledge, though you should gain control of the energy revolutions of the electrical units of matter to the extent of modifying their physical manifestations—even after all such possible progress, forever will scientists be powerless to create one atom of matter or to originate one flash of energy or ever to add to matter that which we call life.

42:1.5 The creation of energy and the bestowal of life are the prerogatives of the Universal Father and his associate Creator personalities. The river of energy and life is a continuous outpouring from the Deities, the universal and united stream of Paradise force going forth to all space. This divine energy pervades all creation. The force organizers initiate those changes and institute those modifications of space-force which eventuate in energy; the power directors transmute energy into matter; thus the material worlds are born. The Life Carriers initiate those processes in dead matter which we call life, material life. The Morontia Power Supervisors likewise perform throughout the transition realms between the material and the spiritual worlds. The higher spirit Creators inaugurate similar processes in divine forms of energy, and there ensue the higher spirit forms of intelligent life.

42:1.6 Energy proceeds from Paradise, fashioned after the divine order. Energypure energy—partakes of the nature of the divine organization; it is fashioned after the similitude of the three Gods embraced in one, as they function at the headquarters of the universe of universes. And all force is circuited in Paradise, comes from the Paradise Presences and returns thereto, and is in essence a manifestation of the uncaused Cause—the Universal Father; and without the Father would not anything exist that does exist.

42:1.7 Force derived from self-existent Deity is in itself ever existent. Force-energy is imperishable, indestructible; these manifestations of the Infinite may be subject to unlimited transmutation, endless transformation, and eternal metamorphosis; but in no sense or degree, not even to the slightest imaginable extent, could they or ever shall they suffer extinction. But energy, though springing from the Infinite, is not infinitely manifest; there are outer limits to the presently conceived master universe.

42:1.8 Energy is eternal but not infinite; it ever responds to the all-embracing grasp of Infinity. Forever force and energy go on; having gone out from Paradise, they must return thereto, even if age upon age be required for the completion of the ordained circuit. That which is of Paradise Deity origin can have only a Paradise destination or a Deity destiny.

42:1.9 And all this confirms our belief in a circular, somewhat limited, but orderly and far-flung universe of universes. If this were not true, then evidence of energy depletion at some point would sooner or later appear. All laws, organizations, administration, and the testimony of universe explorerseverything points to the existence of an infinite God but, as yet, a finite universe, a circularity of endless existence, well-nigh limitless but, nevertheless, finite in contrast with infinity.

42:2. UNIVERSAL NONSPIRITUAL ENERGY SYSTEMS (PHYSICAL ENERGIES)

42:2.1 It is indeed difficult to find suitable words in the English language whereby to designate and wherewith to describe the various levels of force and energyphysical, mindal, or spiritual. These narratives cannot altogether follow your accepted definitions of force, energy, and power. There is such paucity of language that we must use these terms in multiple meanings. In this paper, for example, the word energy is used to denote all phases and forms of phenomenal motion, action, and potential, while force is applied to the pregravity, and power to the postgravity, stages of energy.

42:2.2 I will, however, endeavor to lessen conceptual confusion by suggesting the advisability of adopting the following classification for cosmic force, emergent energy, and universe powerphysical energy:

42:2.3 1. Space potency. This is the unquestioned free space presence of the Unqualified Absolute. The extension of this concept connotes the universe force-space potential inherent in the functional totality of the Unqualified Absolute, while the intension of this concept implies the totality of cosmic realityuniverses—which emanated eternitywise from the never-beginning, never-ending, never-moving, never-changing Isle of Paradise.

42:2.4 The phenomena indigenous to the nether side of Paradise probably embrace three zones of absolute force presence and performance: the fulcral zone of the Unqualified Absolute, the zone of the Isle of Paradise itself, and the intervening zone of certain unidentified equalizing and compensating agencies or functions. These triconcentric zones are the centrum of the Paradise cycle of cosmic reality.

42:2.5 Space potency is a prereality; it is the domain of the Unqualified Absolute and is responsive only to the personal grasp of the Universal Father, notwithstanding that it is seemingly modifiable by the presence of the Primary Master Force Organizers.

42:2.6 On Uversa, space potency is spoken of as absoluta.

42:2.7 2. Primordial force. This represents the first basic change in space potency and may be one of the nether Paradise functions of the Unqualified Absolute. We know that the space presence going out from [nether Paradise is modified in some manner from that which is incoming. But regardless of any such possible relationships, the openly recognized transmutation of space potency into primordial force is the primary differentiating function of the tension-presence of the living Paradise force organizers.

42:2.8 Passive and potential force becomes active and primordial in response to the resistance afforded by the space presence of the Primary Eventuated Master Force Organizers. Force is now emerging from the exclusive domain of the Unqualified Absolute into the realms of multiple response—response to certain primal motions initiated by the God of Action and thereupon to certain compensating motions emanating from the Universal Absolute. Primordial force is seemingly reactive to transcendental causation in proportion to absoluteness.

42:2.9 Primordial force is sometimes spoken of as pure energy; on Uversa we refer to it as segregata.

42:2.10 3. Emergent energies. The passive presence of the primary force organizers is sufficient to transform space potency into primordial force, and it is upon such an activated space field that these same force organizers begin their initial and active operations. Primordial force is destined to pass through two distinct phases of transmutation in the realms of energy manifestation before appearing as universe power. These two levels of emerging energy are:

42:2.11 a. Puissant energy. This is the powerful-directional, mass-movemented, mighty-tensioned, and forcible-reacting energy—gigantic energy systems set in motion by the activities of the primary force organizers. This primary or puissant energy is not at first definitely responsive to the Paradise-gravity pull though probably yielding an aggregate-mass or space-directional response to the collective group of absolute influences operative from the nether side of Paradise. When energy emerges to the level of initial response to the circular and absolute-gravity grasp of Paradise, the primary force organizers give way to the functioning of their secondary associates.

42:2.12 b. Gravity energy. The now-appearing gravity-responding energy carries the potential of universe power and becomes the active ancestor of all universe matter. This secondary or gravity energy is the product of the energy elaboration resulting from the pressure-presence and the tension-trends set up by the Associate Transcendental Master Force Organizers. In response to the work of these force manipulators, space-energy rapidly passes from the puissant to the gravity stage, thus becoming directly responsive to the circular grasp of Paradise (absolute) gravity while disclosing a certain potential for sensitivity to the linear-gravity pull inherent in the soon appearing material mass of the electronic and the postelectronic stages of energy and matter. Upon the appearance of gravity response, the Associate Master Force Organizers may retire from the energy cyclones of space provided the Universe Power Directors are assignable to that field of action.

42:2.13 We are quite uncertain regarding the exact causes of the early stages of force evolution, but we recognize the intelligent action of the Ultimate in both levels of emergent-energy manifestation. Puissant and gravity energies, when regarded collectively, are spoken of on Uversa as ultimata.

42:2.14 4. Universe power. Space-force has been changed into space-energy and thence into the energy of gravity control. Thus has physical energy been ripened to that point where it can be directed into channels of power and made to serve the manifold purposes of the universe Creators. This work is carried on by the versatile directors, centers, and controllers of physical energy in the grand universe—the organized and inhabited creations. These Universe Power Directors assume the more or less complete control of twenty-one of the thirty phases of energy constituting the present energy system of the seven superuniverses. This domain of power-energy-matter is the realm of the intelligent activities of the Sevenfold, functioning under the time-space overcontrol of the Supreme.

42:2.15 On Uversa we refer to the realm of universe power as gravita.

42:2.16 5. Havona energy. In concept this narrative has been moving Paradiseward as transmuting space-force has been followed, level by level, to the working level of the energy-power of the universes of time and space. Continuing Paradiseward, there is next encountered a pre-existent phase of energy which is characteristic of the central universe. Here the evolutionary cycle seems to turn back upon itself; energy-power now seems to begin to swing back towards force, but force of a nature very unlike that of space potency and primordial force. Havona energy systems are not dual; they are triune. This is the existential energy domain of the Conjoint Actor, functioning in behalf of the Paradise Trinity.

42:2.17 On Uversa these energies of Havona are known as triata.

42:2.18 6. Transcendental energy. This energy system operates on and from the upper level of Paradise and only in connection with the absonite peoples. On Uversa it is denominated tranosta.

42:2.19 7. Monota. Energy is close of kin to divinity when it is Paradise energy. We incline to the belief that monota is the living, nonspirit energy of Paradise—an eternity counterpart of the living, spirit energy of the Original Son—hence the nonspiritual energy system of the Universal Father.

42:2.20 We cannot differentiate the nature of Paradise spirit and Paradise monota; they are apparently alike. They have different names, but you can hardly be told very much about a reality whose spiritual and whose nonspiritual manifestations are distinguishable only by name.

42:2.21 We know that finite creatures can attain the worship experience of the Universal Father through the ministry of God the Sevenfold and the Thought Adjusters, but we doubt that any subabsolute personality, even power directors, can comprehend the energy infinity of the First Great Source and Center. One thing is certain: If the power directors are conversant with the technique of the metamorphosis of space-force, they do not reveal the secret to the rest of us. It is my opinion that they do not fully comprehend the function of the force organizers.

42:2.22 These power directors themselves are energy catalyzers; that is, they cause energy to segment, organize, or assemble in unit formation by their presence. And all this implies that there must be something inherent in energy which causes it thus to function in the presence of these power entities. The Nebadon Melchizedeks long since denominated the phenomenon of the transmutation of cosmic force into universe power as one of the seven "infinities of divinity." And that is as far as you will advance on this point during your local universe ascension.

42:2.23 Notwithstanding our inability fully to comprehend the origin, nature, and transmutations of cosmic force, we are fully conversant with all phases of emergent-energy behavior from the times of its direct and unmistakable response to the action of Paradise gravity—about the time of the beginning of the function of the superuniverse power directors.

42:3. CLASSIFICATION OF MATTER

42:3.1 Matter in all universes, excepting in the central universe, is identical. Matter in its physical properties depends on the revolutionary rates of its component members, the number and size of the revolving members, their distance from the nuclear body or the space content of matter, as well as on the presence of certain forces as yet undiscovered on Urantia.

42:3.2 In the varied suns, planets, and space bodies there are ten grand divisions of matter:

42:3.13 The foregoing classification of matter pertains to its organization rather than to the forms of its appearance to created beings. Neither does it take into account the pre-emergent stages of energy nor the eternal materializations on Paradise and in the central universe.

42:4. ENERGY AND MATTER TRANSMUTATIONS

42:4.1 Light, heat, electricity, magnetism, chemism, energy, and matter are—in origin, nature, and destiny—one and the same thing, together with other material realities as yet undiscovered on Urantia.

42:4.2 We do not fully comprehend the almost endless changes to which physical energy may be subject. In one universe it appears as light, in another as light plus heat, in another as forms of energy unknown on Urantia; in untold millions of years it may reappear as some form of restless, surging electrical energy or magnetic power; and still later on it may again appear in a subsequent universe as some form of variable matter going through a series of metamorphoses, to be followed by its outward physical disappearance in some great cataclysm of the realms. And then, after countless ages and almost endless wandering through numberless universes, again may this same energy re-emerge and many times change its form and potential; and so do these transformations continue through successive ages and throughout countless realms. Thus matter sweeps on, undergoing the transmutations of time but swinging ever true to the circle of eternity; even if long prevented from returning to its source, it is ever responsive thereto, and it ever proceeds in the path ordained by the Infinite Personality who sent it forth.

42:4.3 The power centers and their associates are much concerned in the work of transmuting the ultimaton into the circuits and revolutions of the electron. These unique beings control and compound power by their skillful manipulation of the basic units of materialized energy, the ultimatons. They are masters of energy as it circulates in this primitive state. In liaison with the physical controllers they are able to effectively control and direct energy even after it has transmuted to the electrical level, the so-called electronic stage. But their range of action is enormously curtailed when electronically organized energy swings into the whirls of the atomic systems. Upon such materialization, these energies fall under the complete grasp of the drawing power of linear gravity.

42:4.4 Gravity acts positively on the power lanes and energy channels of the power centers and the physical controllers, but these beings have only a negative relation to gravity—the exercise of their antigravity endowments.

42:4.5 Throughout all space, cold and other influences are at work creatively organizing ultimatons into electrons. Heat is the measurement of electronic activity, while cold merely signifies absence of heat—comparative energy rest—the status of the universal force-charge of space provided neither emergent energy nor organized matter were present and responding to gravity.

42:4.6 Gravity presence and action is what prevents the appearance of the theoretical absolute zero, for interstellar space does not have the temperature of absolute zero. Throughout all organized space there are gravity-responding energy currents, power circuits, and ultimatonic activities, as well as organizing electronic energies. Practically speaking, space is not empty[2]. Even the atmosphere of Urantia thins out increasingly until at about three thousand miles it begins to shade off into the average space matter in this section of the universe. The most nearly empty space known in Nebadon would yield about one hundred ultimatons—the equivalent of one electron—in each cubic inch. Such scarcity of matter is regarded as practically empty space.

42:4.7 Temperatureheat and cold—is secondary only to gravity in the realms of energy and matter evolution. Ultimatons are humbly obedient to temperature extremes. Low temperatures favor certain forms of electronic construction and atomic assembly, while high temperatures facilitate all sorts of atomic breakup and material disintegration.

42:4.8 When subjected to the heat and pressure of certain internal solar states, all but the most primitive associations of matter may be broken up. Heat can thus largely overcome gravity stability. But no known solar heat or pressure can convert ultimatons back into puissant energy.

42:4.9 The blazing suns can transform matter into various forms of energy, but the dark worlds and all outer space can slow down electronic and ultimatonic activity to the point of converting these energies into the matter of the realms. Certain electronic associations of a close nature, as well as many of the basic associations of nuclear matter, are formed in the exceedingly low temperatures of open space, being later augmented by association with larger accretions of materializing energy.

42:4.10 Throughout all of this never-ending metamorphosis of energy and matter we must reckon with the influence of gravity pressure and with the antigravity behavior of the ultimatonic energies under certain conditions of temperature, velocity, and revolution. Temperature, energy currents, distance, and the presence of the living force organizers and the power directors also have a bearing on all transmutation phenomena of energy and matter.

42:4.11 The increase of mass in matter is equal to the increase of energy divided by the square of the velocity of light. In a dynamic sense the work which resting matter can perform is equal to the energy expended in bringing its parts together from Paradise minus the resistance of the forces overcome in transit and the attraction exerted by the parts of matter on one another.

42:4.12 The existence of pre-electronic forms of matter is indicated by the two atomic weights of lead. The lead of original formation weighs slightly more than that produced through uranium disintegration by way of radium emanations; and this difference in atomic weight represents the actual loss of energy in the atomic breakup.

42:4.13 The relative integrity of matter is assured by the fact that energy can be absorbed or released only in those exact amounts which Urantia scientists have designated quanta. This wise provision in the material realms serves to maintain the universes as going concerns.

42:4.14 The quantity of energy taken in or given out when electronic or other positions are shifted is always a "quantum" or some multiple thereof, but the vibratory or wavelike behavior of such units of energy is wholly determined by the dimensions of the material structures concerned. Such wavelike energy ripples are 860 times the diameters of the ultimatons, electrons, atoms, or other units thus performing. The never-ending confusion attending the observation of the wave mechanics of quantum behavior is due to the superimposition of energy waves: Two crests can combine to make a double-height crest, while a crest and a trough may combine, thus producing mutual cancellation.

42:5. WAVE-ENERGY MANIFESTATIONS

42:5.1 In the superuniverse of Orvonton there are one hundred octaves of wave energy. Of these one hundred groups of energy manifestations, sixty-four are wholly or partially recognized on Urantia. The sun's rays constitute four octaves in the superuniverse scale, the visible rays embracing a single octave, number forty-six in this series. The ultraviolet group comes next, while ten octaves up are the X rays, followed by the Y rays of radium?. Thirty-two octaves above the visible light of the sun are the outer-space energy rays so frequently commingled with their associated highly energized minute particles of matter. Next downward from visible sunlight appear the infrared rays, and thirty octaves below are the radio transmission group.

42:5.2 Wavelike energy manifestations—from the standpoint of twentieth-century Urantia scientific enlightenment—may be classified into the following ten groups:

42:5.13 Of all these ten phases of wavelike energy activity, the human eye can react to just one octave, the whole light of ordinary sunlight.

42:5.14 The so-called ether is merely a collective name to designate a group of force and energy activities occurring in space. Ultimatons, electrons, and other mass aggregations of energy are uniform particles of matter, and in their transit through space they really proceed in direct lines. Light and all other forms of recognizable energy manifestations consist of a succession of definite energy particles which proceed in direct lines except as modified by gravity and other intervening forces. That these processions of energy particles appear as wave phenomena when subjected to certain observations is due to the resistance of the undifferentiated force blanket of all space, the hypothetical ether, and to the intergravity tension of the associated aggregations of matter. The spacing of the particle-intervals of matter, together with the initial velocity of the energy beams, establishes the undulatory appearance of many forms of energy-matter.

42:5.15 The excitation of the content of space produces a wavelike reaction to the passage of rapidly moving particles of matter, just as the passage of a ship through water initiates waves of varying amplitude and interval.

42:5.16 Primordial-force behavior does give rise to phenomena which are in many ways analogous to your postulated ether. Space is not empty; the spheres of all space whirl and plunge on through a vast ocean of outspread force-energy; neither is the space content of an atom empty. Nevertheless there is no ether, and the very absence of this hypothetical ether enables the inhabited planet to escape falling into the sun and the encircling electron to resist falling into the nucleus.

42:6. ULTIMATONS, ELECTRONS, AND ATOMS

42:6.1 While the space charge of universal force is homogeneous and undifferentiated, the organization of evolved energy into matter entails the concentration of energy into discrete masses of definite dimensions and established weight—precise gravity reaction.

42:6.2 Local or linear gravity becomes fully operative with the appearance of the atomic organization of matter. Preatomic matter becomes slightly gravity responsive when activated by X ray and other similar energies, but no measurable linear-gravity pull is exerted on free, unattached, and uncharged electronic-energy particles or on unassociated ultimatons.

42:6.3 Ultimatons function by mutual attraction, responding only to the circular Paradise-gravity pull. Without linear-gravity response they are thus held in the universal space drift. Ultimatons are capable of accelerating revolutionary velocity to the point of partial antigravity behavior, but they cannot, independent of force organizers or power directors, attain the critical escape velocity of deindividuation, return to the puissant-energy stage. In nature, ultimatons escape the status of physical existence only when participating in the terminal disruption of a cooled-off and dying sun.

42:6.4 The ultimatons, unknown on Urantia, slow down through many phases of physical activity before they attain the revolutionary-energy prerequisites to electronic organization. Ultimatons have three varieties of motion: mutual resistance to cosmic force, individual revolutions of antigravity potential, and the intraelectronic positions of the one hundred mutually interassociated ultimatons.

42:6.5 Mutual attraction holds one hundred ultimatons together in the constitution of the electron; and there are never more nor less than one hundred ultimatons in a typical electron. The loss of one or more ultimatons destroys typical electronic identity, thus bringing into existence one of the ten modified forms of the electron.

42:6.6 Ultimatons do not describe orbits or whirl about in circuits within the electrons, but they do spread or cluster in accordance with their axial revolutionary velocities, thus determining the differential electronic dimensions. This same ultimatonic velocity of axial revolution also determines the negative or positive reactions of the several types of electronic units. The entire segregation and grouping of electronic matter, together with the electric differentiation of negative and positive bodies of energy-matter, result from these various functions of the component ultimatonic interassociation.

42:6.7 Each atom is a trifle over 1/100,000,000th of an inch in diameter, while an electron weighs a little less than 1/2,000th of the smallest atom, hydrogen. The positive proton, characteristic of the atomic nucleus, while it may be no larger than a negative electron, weighs from two to three thousand times more.

42:6.8 If the mass of matter should be magnified until that of an electron equaled one tenth of an ounce, then were size to be proportionately magnified, the volume of such an electron would become as large as that of the earth. If the volume of a proton—eighteen hundred times as heavy as an electron—should be magnified to the size of the head of a pin, then, in comparison, a pin's head would attain a diameter equal to that of the earth's orbit around the sun.

42:7. ATOMIC MATTER

42:7.1 The formation of all matter is on the order of the solar system. There is at the center of every minute universe of energy a relatively stable, comparatively stationary, nuclear portion of material existence. This central unit is endowed with a threefold possibility of manifestation. Surrounding this energy center there whirl, in endless profusion but in fluctuating circuits, the energy units which are faintly comparable to the planets encircling the sun of some starry group like your own solar system.

42:7.2 Within the atom the electrons revolve about the central proton with about the same comparative room the planets have as they revolve about the sun in the space of the solar system. There is the same relative distance, in comparison with actual size, between the atomic nucleus and the inner electronic circuit as exists between the inner planet, Mercury, and your sun.

42:7.3 The electronic axial revolutions and their orbital velocities about the atomic nucleus are both beyond the human imagination, not to mention the velocities of their component ultimatons. The positive particles of radium fly off into space at the rate of ten thousand miles a second, while the negative particles attain a velocity approximating that of light.

42:7.4 The local universes are of decimal construction. There are just one hundred distinguishable atomic materializations of space-energy in a dual universe; that is the maximum possible organization of matter in Nebadon. These one hundred forms of matter consist of a regular series in which from one to one hundred electrons revolve around a central and relatively compact nucleus. It is this orderly and dependable association of various energies that constitutes matter.

42:7.5 Not every world will show one hundred recognizable elements at the surface, but they are somewhere present, have been present, or are in process of evolution. Conditions surrounding the origin and subsequent evolution of a planet determine how many of the one hundred atomic types will be observable. The heavier atoms are not found on the surface of many worlds. Even on Urantia the known heavier elements manifest a tendency to fly to pieces, as is illustrated by radium behavior.

42:7.6 Stability of the atom depends on the number of electrically inactive neutrons in the central body. Chemical behavior is wholly dependent on the activity of the freely revolving electrons.

42:7.7 In Orvonton it has never been possible naturally to assemble over one hundred orbital electrons in one atomic system. When one hundred and one have been artificially introduced into the orbital field, the result has always been the instantaneous disruption of the central proton with the wild dispersion of the electrons and other liberated energies.

42:7.8 While atoms may contain from one to one hundred orbital electrons, only the outer ten electrons of the larger atoms revolve about the central nucleus as distinct and discrete bodies, intactly and compactly swinging around on precise and definite orbits. The thirty electrons nearest the center are difficult of observation or detection as separate and organized bodies. This same comparative ratio of electronic behavior in relation to nuclear proximity obtains in all atoms regardless of the number of electrons embraced. The nearer the nucleus, the less there is of electronic individuality. The wavelike energy extension of an electron may so spread out as to occupy the whole of the lesser atomic orbits; especially is this true of the electrons nearest the atomic nucleus.

42:7.9 The thirty innermost orbital electrons have individuality, but their energy systems tend to intermingle, extending from electron to electron and well-nigh from orbit to orbit. The next thirty electrons constitute the second family, or energy zone, and are of advancing individuality, bodies of matter exerting a more complete control over their attendant energy systems. The next thirty electrons, the third energy zone, are still more individualized and circulate in more distinct and definite orbits. The last ten electrons, present in only the ten heaviest elements, are possessed of the dignity of independence and are, therefore, able to escape more or less freely from the control of the mother nucleus. With a minimum variation in temperature and pressure, the members of this fourth and outermost group of electrons will escape from the grasp of the central nucleus, as is illustrated by the spontaneous disruption of uranium and kindred elements.

42:7.10 The first twenty-seven atoms, those containing from one to twenty-seven orbital electrons, are more easy of comprehension than the rest. From twenty-eight upward we encounter more and more of the unpredictability of the supposed presence of the Unqualified Absolute. But some of this electronic unpredictability is due to differential ultimatonic axial revolutionary velocities and to the unexplained "huddling" proclivity of ultimatons. Other influencesphysical, electrical, magnetic, and gravitational—also operate to produce variable electronic behavior. Atoms therefore are similar to persons as to predictability. Statisticians may announce laws governing a large number of either atoms or persons but not for a single individual atom or person.

42:8. ATOMIC COHESION

42:8.1 While gravity is one of several factors concerned in holding together a tiny atomic energy system, there is also present in and among these basic physical units a powerful and unknown energy, the secret of their basic constitution and ultimate behavior, a force which remains to be discovered on Urantia. This universal influence permeates all the space embraced within this tiny energy organization.

42:8.2 The interelectronic space of an atom is not empty. Throughout an atom this interelectronic space is activated by wavelike manifestations which are perfectly synchronized with electronic velocity and ultimatonic revolutions. This force is not wholly dominated by your recognized laws of positive and negative attraction; its behavior is therefore sometimes unpredictable. This unnamed influence seems to be a space-force reaction of the Unqualified Absolute.

42:8.3 The charged protons and the uncharged neutrons of the nucleus of the atom are held together by the reciprocating function of the mesotron, a particle of matter 180 times as heavy as the electron. Without this arrangement the electric charge carried by the protons would be disruptive of the atomic nucleus.

42:8.4 As atoms are constituted, neither electric nor gravitational forces could hold the nucleus together. The integrity of the nucleus is maintained by the reciprocal cohering function of the mesotron, which is able to hold charged and uncharged particles together because of superior force-mass power and by the further function of causing protons and neutrons constantly to change places. The mesotron causes the electric charge of the nuclear particles to be incessantly tossed back and forth between protons and neutrons. At one infinitesimal part of a second a given nuclear particle is a charged proton and the next an uncharged neutron. And these alternations of energy status are so unbelievably rapid that the electric charge is deprived of all opportunity to function as a disruptive influence. Thus does the mesotron function as an "energy-carrier" particle which mightily contributes to the nuclear stability of the atom.

42:8.5 The presence and function of the mesotron also explains another atomic riddle. When atoms perform radioactively, they emit far more energy than would be expected. This excess of radiation is derived from the breaking up of the mesotron "energy carrier," which thereby becomes a mere electron. The mesotronic disintegration is also accompanied by the emission of certain small uncharged particles.

42:8.6 The mesotron explains certain cohesive properties of the atomic nucleus, but it does not account for the cohesion of proton to proton nor for the adhesion of neutron to neutron. The paradoxical and powerful force of atomic cohesive integrity is a form of energy as yet undiscovered on Urantia.

42:8.7 These mesotrons are found abundantly in the space rays which so incessantly impinge upon your planet.

42:9. NATURAL PHILOSOPHY

42:9.1 Religion is not alone dogmatic; natural philosophy equally tends to dogmatize. When a renowned religious teacher reasoned that the number seven was fundamental to nature because there are seven openings in the human head, if he had known more of chemistry, he might have advocated such a belief founded on a true phenomenon of the physical world. There is in all the physical universes of time and space, notwithstanding the universal manifestation of the decimal constitution of energy, the ever-present reminder of the reality of the sevenfold electronic organization of prematter.

42:9.2 The number seven is basic to the central universe and the spiritual system of inherent transmissions of character, but the number ten, the decimal system, is inherent in energy, matter, and the material creation. Nevertheless the atomic world does display a certain periodic characterization which recurs in groups of seven—a birthmark carried by this material world indicative of its far-distant spiritual origin.

42:9.3 This sevenfold persistence of creative constitution is exhibited in the chemical domains as a recurrence of similar physical and chemical properties in segregated periods of seven when the basic elements are arranged in the order of their atomic weights. When the Urantia chemical elements are thus arranged in a row, any given quality or property tends to recur by sevens. This periodic change by sevens recurs diminishingly and with variations throughout the entire chemical table, being most markedly observable in the earlier or lighter atomic groupings. Starting from any one element, after noting some one property, such a quality will change for six consecutive elements, but on reaching the eighth, it tends to reappear, that is, the eighth chemically active element resembles the first, the ninth the second, and so on. Such a fact of the physical world unmistakably points to the sevenfold constitution of ancestral energy and is indicative of the fundamental reality of the sevenfold diversity of the creations of time and space. Man should also note that there are seven colors in the natural spectrum.

42:9.4 But not all the suppositions of natural philosophy are valid; for example, the hypothetical ether, which represents an ingenious attempt of man to unify his ignorance of space phenomena. The philosophy of the universe cannot be predicated on the observations of so-called science. If such a metamorphosis could not be seen, a scientist would be inclined to deny the possibility of developing a butterfly out of a caterpillar.

42:9.5 Physical stability associated with biologic elasticity is present in nature only because of the well-nigh infinite wisdom possessed by the Master Architects of creation. Nothing less than transcendental wisdom could ever design units of matter which are at the same time so stable and so efficiently flexible.

42:10. UNIVERSAL NONSPIRITUAL ENERGY SYSTEMS (MATERIAL MIND SYSTEMS)

42:10.1 The endless sweep of relative cosmic reality from the absoluteness of Paradise monota to the absoluteness of space potency, is suggestive of certain evolutions of relationship in the nonspiritual realities of the First Source and Center—those realities which are concealed in space potency, revealed in monota, and provisionally disclosed on intervening cosmic levels. This eternal cycle of energy, being circuited in the Father of universes, is absolute and, being absolute, is expansile in neither fact nor value; nevertheless the Primal Father is even now—as always—self-realizing of an ever-expanding arena of time-space, and of time-space-transcended, meanings, an arena of changing relationships wherein energy-matter is being progressively subjected to the overcontrol of living and divine spirit through the experiential striving of living and personal mind.

42:10.2 The universal nonspiritual energies are reassociated in the living systems of non-Creator minds on various levels, certain of which may be depicted as follows:

42:10.7 On Paradise, mind is absolute; in Havona, absonite; in Orvonton, finite. Mind always connotes the presence-activity of living ministry plus varied energy systems, and this is true of all levels and of all kinds of mind. But beyond the cosmic mind it becomes increasingly difficult to portray the relationships of mind to nonspiritual energy. Havona mind is subabsolute but superevolutionary; being existential-experiential, it is nearer the absonite than any other concept revealed to you. Paradise mind is beyond human understanding; it is existential, nonspatial, and nontemporal. Nevertheless, all of these levels of mind are overshadowed by the universal presence of the Conjoint Actor—by the mind-gravity grasp of the God of mind on Paradise.

42:11. UNIVERSE MECHANISMS

42:11.1 In the evaluation and recognition of mind it should be remembered that the universe is neither mechanical nor magical; it is a creation of mind and a mechanism of law. But while in practical application the laws of nature operate in what seems to be the dual realms of the physical and the spiritual, in reality they are one. The First Source and Center is the primal cause of all materialization and at the same time the first and final Father of all spirits. The Paradise Father appears personally in the extra-Havona universes only as pure energy and pure spirit—as the Thought Adjusters and other similar fragmentations.

42:11.2 Mechanisms do not absolutely dominate the total creation; the universe of universes in toto is mind planned, mind made, and mind administered. But the divine mechanism of the universe of universes is altogether too perfect for the scientific methods of the finite mind of man to discern even a trace of the dominance of the infinite mind. For this creating, controlling, and upholding mind is neither material mind nor creature mind; it is spirit-mind functioning on and from creator levels of divine reality.

42:11.3 The ability to discern and discover mind in universe mechanisms depends entirely on the ability, scope, and capacity of the investigating mind engaged in such a task of observation. Time-space minds, organized out of the energies of time and space, are subject to the mechanisms of time and space.

42:11.4 Motion and universe gravitation are twin facets of the impersonal time-space mechanism of the universe of universes. The levels of gravity response for spirit, mind, and matter are quite independent of time, but only true spirit levels of reality are independent of space (nonspatial). The higher mind levels of the universe—the spirit-mind levels—may also be nonspatial, but the levels of material mind, such as human mind, are responsive to the interactions of universe gravitation, losing this response only in proportion to spirit identification. Spirit-reality levels are recognized by their spirit content, and spirituality in time and space is measured inversely to the linear-gravity response.

42:11.5 Linear-gravity response is a quantitative measure of nonspirit energy. All massorganized energy—is subject to this grasp except as motion and mind act upon it. Linear gravity is the short-range cohesive force of the macrocosmos somewhat as the forces of intra-atomic cohesion are the short-range forces of the microcosmos. Physical materialized energy, organized as so-called matter, cannot traverse space without affecting linear-gravity response. Although such gravity response is directly proportional to mass, it is so modified by intervening space that the final result is no more than roughly approximated when expressed as inversely according to the square of the distance. Space eventually conquers linear gravitation because of the presence therein of the antigravity influences of numerous supermaterial forces which operate to neutralize gravity action and all responses thereto.

42:11.6 Extremely complex and highly automatic-appearing cosmic mechanisms always tend to conceal the presence of the originative or creative indwelling mind from any and all intelligences very far below the universe levels of the nature and capacity of the mechanism itself. Therefore is it inevitable that the higher universe mechanisms must appear to be mindless to the lower orders of creatures. The only possible exception to such a conclusion would be the implication of mindedness in the amazing phenomenon of an apparently self-maintaining universe —but that is a matter of philosophy rather than one of actual experience.

42:11.7 Since mind co-ordinates the universe, fixity of mechanisms is nonexistent. The phenomenon of progressive evolution associated with cosmic self-maintenance is universal. The evolutionary capacity of the universe is inexhaustible in the infinity of spontaneity. Progress towards harmonious unity, a growing experiential synthesis superimposed on an ever-increasing complexity of relationships, could be effected only by a purposive and dominant mind.

42:11.8 The higher the universe mind associated with any universe phenomenon, the more difficult it is for the lower types of mind to discover it. And since the mind of the universe mechanism is creative spirit-mind (even the mindedness of the Infinite), it can never be discovered or discerned by the lower-level minds of the universe, much less by the lowest mind of all, the human. The evolving animal mind, while naturally God-seeking, is not alone and of itself inherently God-knowing.

42:12. PATTERN AND FORM—MIND DOMINANCE

42:12.1 The evolution of mechanisms implies and indicates the concealed presence and dominance of creative mind. The ability of the mortal intellect to conceive, design, and create automatic mechanisms demonstrates the superior, creative, and purposive qualities of man's mind as the dominant influence on the planet. Mind always reaches out towards:

42:12.2 Mind is always creative. The mind endowment of an individual animal, mortal, morontian, spirit ascender, or finality attainer is always competent to produce a suitable and serviceable body for the living creature identity. But the presence phenomenon of a personality or the pattern of an identity, as such, is not a manifestation of energy, either physical, mindal, or spiritual. The personality form is the pattern aspect of a living being; it connotes the arrangement of energies, and this, plus life and motion, is the mechanism of creature existence.

42:12.3 Even spirit beings have form, and these spirit forms (patterns) are real. Even the highest type of spirit personalities have formspersonality presences in every sense analogous to Urantia mortal bodies. Nearly all beings encountered in the seven superuniverses are possessed of forms. But there are a few exceptions to this general rule: Thought Adjusters appear to be without form until after fusion with the surviving souls of their mortal associates. Solitary Messengers, Inspired Trinity Spirits, Personal Aids of the Infinite Spirit, Gravity Messengers, Transcendental Recorders, and certain others are also without discoverable form. But these are typical of the exceptional few; the great majority havebona fide personality forms, forms which are individually characteristic, and which are recognizable and personally distinguishable.

42:12.4 The liaison of the cosmic mind and the ministry of the adjutant mind-spirits evolve a suitable physical tabernacle for the evolving human being. Likewise does the morontia mind individualize the morontia form for all mortal survivors. As the mortal body is personal and characteristic for every human being, so will the morontia form be highly individual and adequately characteristic of the creative mind which dominates it. No two morontia forms are any more alike than any two human bodies. The Morontia Power Supervisors sponsor, and the attending seraphim provide, the undifferentiated morontia material wherewith the morontia life can begin to work. And after the morontia life it will be found that spirit forms are equally diverse, personal, and characteristic of their respective spirit-mind indwellers.

42:12.5 On a material world you think of a body as having a spirit, but we regard the spirit as having a body. The material eyes are truly the windows of the spirit-born soul. The spirit is the architect, the mind is the builder, the body is the material building.

42:12.6 Physical, spiritual, and mindal energies, as such and in their pure states, do not fully interact as actuals of the phenomenal universes. On Paradise the three energies are co-ordinate, in Havona co-ordinated, while in the universe levels of finite activities there must be encountered all ranges of material, mindal, and spiritual dominance. In nonpersonal situations of time and space, physical energy seems to predominate, but it also appears that the more nearly spirit-mind function approaches divinity of purpose and supremacy of action, the more nearly does the spirit phase become dominant; that on the ultimate level spirit-mind may become all but completely dominant. On the absolute level spirit certainly is dominant. And from there on out through the realms of time and space, wherever a divine spirit reality is present, whenever a real spirit-mind is functioning, there always tends to be produced a material or physical counterpart of that spirit reality.

42:12.7 The spirit is the creative reality; the physical counterpart is the time-space reflection of the spirit reality, the physical repercussion of the creative action of spirit-mind.

42:12.8 Mind universally dominates matter, even as it is in turn responsive to the ultimate overcontrol of spirit. And with mortal man, only that mind which freely submits itself to the spirit direction can hope to survive the mortal time-space existence as an immortal child of the eternal spirit world of the Supreme, the Ultimate, and the Absolute: the Infinite.

42:12.9 Presented by a Mighty Messenger on duty in Nebadon and by the request of Gabriel.

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