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==PAPER 9: RELATION OF THE INFINITE SPIRIT TO THE UNIVERSE==   

==PAPER 9: RELATION OF THE INFINITE SPIRIT TO THE UNIVERSE==   

9:0.1 A strange thing occurred when, in the [[presence]] of [[Paradise]], the [[Universal Father]] and the [[Eternal Son]] unite to [[personalize]] themselves. Nothing in this eternity situation [[foreshadows]] that the ''Conjoint Actor'' would personalize as an unlimited [[spirituality]] [[co-ordinated]] with [[absolute]] [[mind]] and endowed with [[unique]] prerogatives of [[energy]] [[manipulation]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_105#105:3._THE_SEVEN_ABSOLUTES_OF_INFINITY (105:3.5)]. His coming into being completes the Father's [[liberation]] from the bonds of centralized [[perfection]] and from the fetters of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_10#10:3._THE_THREE_PERSONS_OF_DEITY personality absolutism (10.3.7 )]. And this liberation is disclosed in the amazing [[power]] of the Conjoint Creator to create beings well adapted to serve as [[ministering spirits]] even to the [[material]] [[creatures]] of the subsequently evolving universes.

9:0.1 A strange thing occurred when, in the [[presence]] of [[Paradise]], the [[Universal Father]] and the [[Eternal Son]] unite to [[personalize]] themselves. Nothing in this eternity situation [[foreshadows]] that the ''Conjoint Actor'' would personalize as an unlimited [[spirituality]] [[co-ordinated]] with [[absolute]] [[mind]] and endowed with [[unique]] prerogatives of [[energy]] [[manipulation]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_105#105:3._THE_SEVEN_ABSOLUTES_OF_INFINITY (105:3.5)]. His coming into being completes the Father's [[liberation]] from the bonds of centralized [[perfection]] and from the fetters of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_10#10:3._THE_THREE_PERSONS_OF_DEITY personality absolutism (10.3.7 )]. And this liberation is disclosed in the amazing [[power]] of the Conjoint Creator to create beings well adapted to serve as [[ministering spirits]] even to the [[material]] [[creatures]] of the subsequently evolving universes.

9:0.2 [[The Father]] is infinite in [[love]] and [[volition]], in spiritual [[thought]] and [[purpose]]; he is the universal upholder. The Son is infinite in [[wisdom]] and [[truth]], in spiritual [[expression]] and [[interpretation]]; he is the universal revealer. [[Paradise]] is infinite in [[potential]] for [[force]] endowment and in capacity for [[energy]] dominance; it is the universal [[stabilizer]]. The Conjoint Actor possesses unique prerogatives of [[synthesis]], infinite capacity to [[co-ordinate]] all existing universe energies, all actual universe spirits, and all real universe [[intellect]]s; the Third Source and Center is the universal unifier of the manifold energies and diverse [[creations]] which have appeared in [[consequence]] of the divine plan and the eternal [[purpose]] of the [[Universal Father]].

9:0.2 [[The Father]] is infinite in [[love]] and [[volition]], in spiritual [[thought]] and [[purpose]]; he is the universal upholder. The Son is infinite in [[wisdom]] and [[truth]], in spiritual [[expression]] and [[interpretation]]; he is the universal revealer. [[Paradise]] is infinite in [[potential]] for [[force]] endowment and in capacity for [[energy]] dominance; it is the universal [[stabilizer]]. The Conjoint Actor possesses unique prerogatives of [[synthesis]], infinite capacity to [[co-ordinate]] all existing universe energies, all actual universe spirits, and all real universe [[intellect]]s; the Third Source and Center is the universal unifier of the manifold energies and diverse [[creations]] which have appeared in [[consequence]] of the divine plan and the eternal [[purpose]] of the [[Universal Father]].

==9:1. ATTRIBUTES OF THE THIRD SOURCE AND CENTER==   

==9:1. ATTRIBUTES OF THE THIRD SOURCE AND CENTER==   

9:1.1 The Third Source and Center is known by many [[names]], all designative of [[relationship]] and in recognition of [[function]]: As God the Spirit, he is the [[personality]] co-ordinate and divine [[equal]] of [[God the Son]] and [[God the Father]]. As the Infinite Spirit, he is an [[omnipresent]] spiritual [[influence]]. As the ''[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_9_-_Relation_of_the_Infinite_Spirit_to_the_Universe#9:3._THE_UNIVERSAL_MANIPULATOR Universal Manipulator]'', he is the ancestor of the [[Paper 29 - The Universe Power Directors|power-control creatures]] and the activator of the [[cosmic]] [[forces]] of [[space]]. As the Conjoint Actor, he is the joint [[representative]] and [[partnership]] [[executive]] of the Father-Son. As the Absolute Mind, he is the source of the endowment of [[intellect]] throughout the [[Multiverse|universes]]. As the God of Action, he is the apparent ancestor of [[motion]], [[change]], and [[relationship]].

9:1.1 The Third Source and Center is known by many [[names]], all designative of [[relationship]] and in recognition of [[function]]: As God the Spirit, he is the [[personality]] co-ordinate and divine [[equal]] of [[God the Son]] and [[God the Father]]. As the Infinite Spirit, he is an [[omnipresent]] spiritual [[influence]]. As the ''[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_9_-_Relation_of_the_Infinite_Spirit_to_the_Universe#9:3._THE_UNIVERSAL_MANIPULATOR Universal Manipulator]'', he is the ancestor of the [[Paper 29 - The Universe Power Directors|power-control creatures]] and the activator of the [[cosmic]] [[forces]] of [[space]]. As the Conjoint Actor, he is the joint [[representative]] and [[partnership]] [[executive]] of the Father-Son. As the Absolute Mind, he is the source of the endowment of [[intellect]] throughout the [[Multiverse|universes]]. As the God of Action, he is the apparent ancestor of [[motion]], [[change]], and [[relationship]].

9:1.2 Some of the [[attributes]] of the Third Source and Center are derived from [[the Father]], some from [[the Son]], while still others are not observed to be actively and personally present in either the Father or the Son—attributes that can hardly be explained except by assuming that the Father-Son partnership which eternalizes the Third Source and Center consistently functions in [[consonance]] with, and in recognition of, the eternal [[fact]] of the absoluteness of [[Paradise]]. The Conjoint Creator embodies the fullness of the combined and infinite concepts of the First and Second Persons of Deity.

9:1.2 Some of the [[attributes]] of the Third Source and Center are derived from [[the Father]], some from [[the Son]], while still others are not observed to be actively and personally present in either the Father or the Son—attributes that can hardly be explained except by assuming that the Father-Son partnership which eternalizes the Third Source and Center consistently functions in [[consonance]] with, and in recognition of, the eternal [[fact]] of the absoluteness of [[Paradise]]. The Conjoint Creator embodies the fullness of the combined and infinite concepts of the First and Second Persons of Deity.

9:1.5 The Third Source and Center [[perfectly]] and without qualification [[shares]] the omnipresence of the [[First Source and Center]], sometimes being called the Omnipresent Spirit. In a peculiar and very personal manner the God of mind shares the omniscience of the Universal Father and his Eternal Son; the [[knowledge]] of the Spirit is [[profound]] and complete. The Conjoint Creator [[manifests]] certain [[phases]] of the [[omnipotence]] of the Universal Father but is actually omnipotent only in the domain of [[mind]]. The Third Person of Deity is the [[intellectual]] [[center]] and the universal administrator of the mind realms; herein is he absolute—his [[sovereignty]] is unqualified.

9:1.5 The Third Source and Center [[perfectly]] and without qualification [[shares]] the omnipresence of the [[First Source and Center]], sometimes being called the Omnipresent Spirit. In a peculiar and very personal manner the God of mind shares the omniscience of the Universal Father and his Eternal Son; the [[knowledge]] of the Spirit is [[profound]] and complete. The Conjoint Creator [[manifests]] certain [[phases]] of the [[omnipotence]] of the Universal Father but is actually omnipotent only in the domain of [[mind]]. The Third Person of Deity is the [[intellectual]] [[center]] and the universal administrator of the mind realms; herein is he absolute—his [[sovereignty]] is unqualified.

9:1.6 The Conjoint Actor seems to be [[motivated]] by the Father-Son [[partnership]], but all his [[actions]] appear to recognize the Father-Paradise relationship. At times and in certain functions he seems to compensate for the incompleteness of the [[development]] of the experiential Deities—[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#VII._THE_SUPREME_BEING God the Supreme] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#IX._GOD_THE_ULTIMATE God the Ultimate].

9:1.6 The Conjoint Actor seems to be [[motivated]] by the Father-Son [[partnership]], but all his [[actions]] appear to recognize the Father-Paradise relationship. At times and in certain functions he seems to compensate for the incompleteness of the [[development]] of the experiential Deities—[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#VII._THE_SUPREME_BEING God the Supreme] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#IX._GOD_THE_ULTIMATE God the Ultimate].

9:1.7 And herein is an [[infinite]] [[mystery]]: That the Infinite [[simultaneously]] revealed his infinity in the Son and as Paradise, and then there springs into existence a being [[equal]] to [[God]] in [[divinity]], [[reflective]] of the Son's spiritual nature, and capable of activating the [[Paradise]] [[pattern]], a being provisionally subordinate in sovereignty but in many ways apparently the most [[versatile]] in [[action]]. And such apparent superiority in action is disclosed in an attribute of the Third Source and Center which is superior even to [[physical]] [[gravity]]—the universal [[manifestation]] of the [[Isle of Paradise]].

9:1.7 And herein is an [[infinite]] [[mystery]]: That the Infinite [[simultaneously]] revealed his infinity in the Son and as Paradise, and then there springs into existence a being [[equal]] to [[God]] in [[divinity]], [[reflective]] of the Son's spiritual nature, and capable of activating the [[Paradise]] [[pattern]], a being provisionally subordinate in sovereignty but in many ways apparently the most [[versatile]] in [[action]]. And such apparent superiority in action is disclosed in an attribute of the Third Source and Center which is superior even to [[physical]] [[gravity]]—the universal [[manifestation]] of the [[Isle of Paradise]].

9:1.8 In addition to this supercontrol of energy and things physical, the Infinite Spirit is superbly endowed with those [[attributes]] of [[patience]], [[mercy]], and [[love]] which are so exquisitely revealed in his spiritual ministry. The Spirit is supremely competent to minister [[love]] and to overshadow [[justice]] with [[mercy]]. God the Spirit possesses all the [[supernal]] [[kindness]] and merciful [[affection]] of the Original and Eternal Son. The [[Nebadon|universe]] of your [[origin]] is being forged out between the [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0008%3Acard%3D646 anvil of justice] and the hammer of suffering; but those who wield the hammer are the [[children]] of [[mercy]], the spirit offspring of the Infinite Spirit.

9:1.8 In addition to this supercontrol of energy and things physical, the Infinite Spirit is superbly endowed with those [[attributes]] of [[patience]], [[mercy]], and [[love]] which are so exquisitely revealed in his spiritual ministry. The Spirit is supremely competent to minister [[love]] and to overshadow [[justice]] with [[mercy]]. God the Spirit possesses all the [[supernal]] [[kindness]] and merciful [[affection]] of the Original and Eternal Son. The [[Nebadon|universe]] of your [[origin]] is being forged out between the [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0008%3Acard%3D646 anvil of justice] and the hammer of suffering; but those who wield the hammer are the [[children]] of [[mercy]], the spirit offspring of the Infinite Spirit.

==9:2. THE OMNIPRESENT SPIRIT==   

==9:2. THE OMNIPRESENT SPIRIT==   

9:2.2 The Infinite Spirit is just as much a complement of the [[Eternal Son]] as the Son is a complement of the [[Universal Father]]. The Eternal Son is a spiritualized [[personalization]] of the Father; the Infinite Spirit is a personalized spiritualization of the Eternal Son and the Universal Father.

9:2.2 The Infinite Spirit is just as much a complement of the [[Eternal Son]] as the Son is a complement of the [[Universal Father]]. The Eternal Son is a spiritualized [[personalization]] of the Father; the Infinite Spirit is a personalized spiritualization of the Eternal Son and the Universal Father.

9:2.3 There are many untrammeled lines of spiritual [[force]] and sources of supermaterial [[power]] linking the people of [[Urantia]] directly with the Deities of [[Paradise]]. There exist the [[connection]] of the [[Thought Adjusters]] direct with the Universal Father, the widespread [[influence]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_7#7:1._THE_SPIRIT-GRAVITY_CIRCUIT spiritual-gravity] urge of the Eternal Son, and the spiritual presence of the Conjoint Creator. There is a [[difference]] in [[function]] between the spirit of the Son and the spirit of the Spirit. The Third Person in his spiritual ministry may function as mind plus spirit or as spirit alone.

9:2.3 There are many untrammeled lines of spiritual [[force]] and sources of supermaterial [[power]] linking the people of [[Urantia]] directly with the Deities of [[Paradise]]. There exist the [[connection]] of the [[Thought Adjusters]] direct with the Universal Father, the widespread [[influence]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_7#7:1._THE_SPIRIT-GRAVITY_CIRCUIT spiritual-gravity] urge of the Eternal Son, and the spiritual presence of the Conjoint Creator. There is a [[difference]] in [[function]] between the spirit of the Son and the spirit of the Spirit. The Third Person in his spiritual ministry may function as mind plus spirit or as spirit alone.

9:2.4 In addition to these Paradise presences, Urantians benefit by the spiritual influences and activities of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_38 local] and the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_28 superuniverse], with their almost endless array of loving [[personalities]] who ever lead the true of [[purpose]] and the honest of [[heart]] upward and inward towards the ideals of divinity and the goal of supreme perfection.

9:2.4 In addition to these Paradise presences, Urantians benefit by the spiritual influences and activities of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_38 local] and the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_28 superuniverse], with their almost endless array of loving [[personalities]] who ever lead the true of [[purpose]] and the honest of [[heart]] upward and inward towards the ideals of divinity and the goal of supreme perfection.

9:2.5 The presence of the universal spirit of the Eternal Son we know—we can unmistakably recognize it. The presence of the Infinite Spirit, the Third Person of Deity, even [[mortal]] man may know, for [[material]] [[creatures]] can actually [[experience]] the beneficence of this divine influence which functions as the [[Holy Spirit]] of [[local universe]] bestowal upon the [[race]]s of [[mankind]]. Human beings can also in some degree become [[conscious]] of the [[Thought Adjuster|Adjuster]], the impersonal presence of the Universal Father. These divine spirits which [[work]] for man's [[Progress|uplifting]] and spiritualization all [[act]] in unison and in perfect [[co-operation]]. They are as one in the spiritual operation of the plans of mortal ascension and perfection attainment.

9:2.5 The presence of the universal spirit of the Eternal Son we know—we can unmistakably recognize it. The presence of the Infinite Spirit, the Third Person of Deity, even [[mortal]] man may know, for [[material]] [[creatures]] can actually [[experience]] the beneficence of this divine influence which functions as the [[Holy Spirit]] of [[local universe]] bestowal upon the [[race]]s of [[mankind]]. Human beings can also in some degree become [[conscious]] of the [[Thought Adjuster|Adjuster]], the impersonal presence of the Universal Father. These divine spirits which [[work]] for man's [[Progress|uplifting]] and spiritualization all [[act]] in unison and in perfect [[co-operation]]. They are as one in the spiritual operation of the plans of mortal ascension and perfection attainment.

9:3.1 The [[Isle of Paradise]] is the [[source]] and substance of [[physical]] [[gravity]]; and that should be sufficient to inform you that gravity is one of the most real and eternally [[dependable]] [[things]] in the whole physical [[universe of universes]]. Gravity cannot be modified or annulled except by the forces and energies conjointly sponsored by the Father and the Son, which have been intrusted to, and are [[function]]ally [[associated]] with, the person of the Third Source and Center.

9:3.1 The [[Isle of Paradise]] is the [[source]] and substance of [[physical]] [[gravity]]; and that should be sufficient to inform you that gravity is one of the most real and eternally [[dependable]] [[things]] in the whole physical [[universe of universes]]. Gravity cannot be modified or annulled except by the forces and energies conjointly sponsored by the Father and the Son, which have been intrusted to, and are [[function]]ally [[associated]] with, the person of the Third Source and Center.

9:3.2 The Infinite Spirit possesses a [[unique]] and amazing [[power]]— [[antigravity]]. This power is not functionally (observably) present in either the Father or the Son. This ability to withstand the pull of material gravity, inherent in the Third Source, is revealed in the [[personal]] [[reactions]] of the Conjoint Actor to certain [[phases]] of [[universe]] [[relationships]]. And this unique [[attribute]] is transmissible to certain of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_24 higher personalities of the Infinite Spirit].

9:3.2 The Infinite Spirit possesses a [[unique]] and amazing [[power]]— [[antigravity]]. This power is not functionally (observably) present in either the Father or the Son. This ability to withstand the pull of material gravity, inherent in the Third Source, is revealed in the [[personal]] [[reactions]] of the Conjoint Actor to certain [[phases]] of [[universe]] [[relationships]]. And this unique [[attribute]] is transmissible to certain of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_24 higher personalities of the Infinite Spirit].

9:3.3 Antigravity can annul gravity within a [[Frame of reference|local frame]]; it does so by the exercise of [[equal]] [[force]] [[presence]]. It operates only with [[reference]] to material gravity, and it is not the [[action]] of [[mind]]. The gravity-resistant [[phenomenon]] of a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyroscope gyroscope] is a fair [[illustration]] of the [[effect]] of antigravity but of no [[value]] to illustrate the [[cause]] of [[antigravity]].

9:3.3 Antigravity can annul gravity within a [[Frame of reference|local frame]]; it does so by the exercise of [[equal]] [[force]] [[presence]]. It operates only with [[reference]] to material gravity, and it is not the [[action]] of [[mind]]. The gravity-resistant [[phenomenon]] of a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyroscope gyroscope] is a fair [[illustration]] of the [[effect]] of antigravity but of no [[value]] to illustrate the [[cause]] of [[antigravity]].

9:3.4 Still further does the Conjoint Actor display powers which can [[transcend]] [[force]] and neutralize [[energy]]. Such powers operate by slowing down energy to the point of [[materialization]] and by other [[techniques]] unknown to you.

9:3.4 Still further does the Conjoint Actor display powers which can [[transcend]] [[force]] and neutralize [[energy]]. Such powers operate by slowing down energy to the point of [[materialization]] and by other [[techniques]] unknown to you.

9:3.5 The Conjoint Creator is not energy nor the source of energy nor the [[destiny]] of energy; he is the [[manipulator]] of energy. The Conjoint Creator is [[action]]—[[motion]], [[change]], modification, [[co-ordination]], stabilization, and [[equilibrium]]. The energies subject to the direct or indirect control of [[Paradise]] are by [[nature]] responsive to the [[acts]] of the Third Source and Center and his manifold [[agencies]].

9:3.5 The Conjoint Creator is not energy nor the source of energy nor the [[destiny]] of energy; he is the [[manipulator]] of energy. The Conjoint Creator is [[action]]—[[motion]], [[change]], modification, [[co-ordination]], stabilization, and [[equilibrium]]. The energies subject to the direct or indirect control of [[Paradise]] are by [[nature]] responsive to the [[acts]] of the Third Source and Center and his manifold [[agencies]].

9:3.6 The [[universe of universes]] is permeated by the power-control creatures of the Third Source and Center: [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:4._THE_MASTER_PHYSICAL_CONTROLLERS physical controllers], [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:1._THE_SEVEN_SUPREME_POWER_DIRECTORS power directors], [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:2._THE_SUPREME_POWER_CENTERS power centers], and other representatives of the God of Action who have to do with the regulation and [[Balance|stabilization]] of [[physical]] [[energies]]. These [[unique]] [[creatures]] of [[physical]] [[function]] all possess varying attributes of power [[control]], such as antigravity, which they utilize in their efforts to establish the physical equilibrium of the matter and energies of the [[grand universe]].

9:3.6 The [[universe of universes]] is permeated by the power-control creatures of the Third Source and Center: [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:4._THE_MASTER_PHYSICAL_CONTROLLERS physical controllers], [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:1._THE_SEVEN_SUPREME_POWER_DIRECTORS power directors], [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:2._THE_SUPREME_POWER_CENTERS power centers], and other representatives of the God of Action who have to do with the regulation and [[Balance|stabilization]] of [[physical]] [[energies]]. These [[unique]] [[creatures]] of [[physical]] [[function]] all possess varying attributes of power [[control]], such as antigravity, which they utilize in their efforts to establish the physical equilibrium of the matter and energies of the [[grand universe]].

9:3.7 All these [[material]] [[activities]] of the God of Action [[appear]] to relate his [[function]] to the [[Isle of Paradise]], and indeed the [[agencies]] of [[power]] are all regardful of, even dependent on, the absoluteness of the eternal Isle. But the Conjoint Actor does not act for, or in [[response]] to, [[Paradise]]. He acts, personally, for the Father and the Son. Paradise is not a [[person]]. The nonpersonal, impersonal, and otherwise not personal doings of the Third Source and Center are all volitional acts of the Conjoint Actor himself; they are not [[reflections]], derivations, or repercussions of anything or anybody.

9:3.7 All these [[material]] [[activities]] of the God of Action [[appear]] to relate his [[function]] to the [[Isle of Paradise]], and indeed the [[agencies]] of [[power]] are all regardful of, even dependent on, the absoluteness of the eternal Isle. But the Conjoint Actor does not act for, or in [[response]] to, [[Paradise]]. He acts, personally, for the Father and the Son. Paradise is not a [[person]]. The nonpersonal, impersonal, and otherwise not personal doings of the Third Source and Center are all volitional acts of the Conjoint Actor himself; they are not [[reflections]], derivations, or repercussions of anything or anybody.

9:4.2 The [[absolute]] mind is the mind of the Third Person; it is inseparable from the [[personality]] of [[Infinite Spirit|God the Spirit]]. Mind, in functioning [[beings]], is not separated from [[energy]] or [[spirit]], or both. Mind is not inherent in energy; energy is [[receptive]] and [[responsive]] to mind; mind can be superimposed upon energy, but [[consciousness]] is not [[inherent]] in the [[purely]] [[material]] level. Mind does not have to be added to pure spirit, for spirit is innately conscious and identifying. Spirit is always [[intelligent]], minded in some way. It may be this mind or that mind, it may be premind or supermind, even spirit mind, but it does the [[equivalent]] of [[thinking]] and [[knowing]]. The [[insight]] of [[spirit]] [[transcends]], [[supervenes]], and [[theoretically]] antedates the consciousness of mind.

9:4.2 The [[absolute]] mind is the mind of the Third Person; it is inseparable from the [[personality]] of [[Infinite Spirit|God the Spirit]]. Mind, in functioning [[beings]], is not separated from [[energy]] or [[spirit]], or both. Mind is not inherent in energy; energy is [[receptive]] and [[responsive]] to mind; mind can be superimposed upon energy, but [[consciousness]] is not [[inherent]] in the [[purely]] [[material]] level. Mind does not have to be added to pure spirit, for spirit is innately conscious and identifying. Spirit is always [[intelligent]], minded in some way. It may be this mind or that mind, it may be premind or supermind, even spirit mind, but it does the [[equivalent]] of [[thinking]] and [[knowing]]. The [[insight]] of [[spirit]] [[transcends]], [[supervenes]], and [[theoretically]] antedates the consciousness of mind.

9:4.3 The Conjoint [[Creator]] is [[absolute]] only in the domain of [[mind]], in the realms of [[universal]] [[intelligence]]. The mind of the [[Third Source and Center]] is [[infinite]]; it utterly [[transcends]] the [[active]] and [[functioning]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_13#13:4._THE_WORLDS_OF_THE_INFINITE_SPIRIT mind circuits of the universe of universes]. The mind endowment of the [[seven superuniverses]] is derived from the Seven [[Master Spirits]], the primary personalities of the Conjoint Creator. These Master Spirits distribute mind to the [[grand universe]] as the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_16#16:6._THE_COSMIC_MIND cosmic mind], and your [[local universe]] is pervaded by the [[Nebadon]] variant of the [[Orvonton]] [[type]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_34#34:4._THE_LOCAL_UNIVERSE_CIRCUITS cosmic mind].

9:4.3 The Conjoint [[Creator]] is [[absolute]] only in the domain of [[mind]], in the realms of [[universal]] [[intelligence]]. The mind of the [[Third Source and Center]] is [[infinite]]; it utterly [[transcends]] the [[active]] and [[functioning]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_13#13:4._THE_WORLDS_OF_THE_INFINITE_SPIRIT mind circuits of the universe of universes]. The mind endowment of the [[seven superuniverses]] is derived from the Seven [[Master Spirits]], the primary personalities of the Conjoint Creator. These Master Spirits distribute mind to the [[grand universe]] as the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_16#16:6._THE_COSMIC_MIND cosmic mind], and your [[local universe]] is pervaded by the [[Nebadon]] variant of the [[Orvonton]] [[type]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_34#34:4._THE_LOCAL_UNIVERSE_CIRCUITS cosmic mind].

9:4.4 [[Infinite]] mind ignores [[time]], [[ultimate]] mind [[transcends]] time, [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_16#16:6._THE_COSMIC_MIND cosmic mind] is conditioned by time. And so with [[space]]: The Infinite Mind is independent of space, but as [[descent]] is made from the infinite to the [[Adjutant Mind Spirits|adjutant levels of mind]], [[intellect]] must increasingly reckon with the [[fact]] and [[limitations]] of [[space]].

9:4.4 [[Infinite]] mind ignores [[time]], [[ultimate]] mind [[transcends]] time, [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_16#16:6._THE_COSMIC_MIND cosmic mind] is conditioned by time. And so with [[space]]: The Infinite Mind is independent of space, but as [[descent]] is made from the infinite to the [[Adjutant Mind Spirits|adjutant levels of mind]], [[intellect]] must increasingly reckon with the [[fact]] and [[limitations]] of [[space]].

9:4.5 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#VI._ENERGY_AND_PATTERN Cosmic force] [[responds]] to [[mind]] even as cosmic mind responds to [[spirit]]. Spirit is [[divine]] [[purpose]], and spirit mind is divine purpose in [[action]]. Energy is [[thing]], mind is [[meaning]], spirit is [[value]]. Even in [[time and space]], mind establishes those [[relative]] [[relationships]] between [[energy]] and [[spirit]] which are suggestive of mutual kinship in [[eternity]].

9:4.5 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Foreword#VI._ENERGY_AND_PATTERN Cosmic force] [[responds]] to [[mind]] even as cosmic mind responds to [[spirit]]. Spirit is [[divine]] [[purpose]], and spirit mind is divine purpose in [[action]]. Energy is [[thing]], mind is [[meaning]], spirit is [[value]]. Even in [[time and space]], mind establishes those [[relative]] [[relationships]] between [[energy]] and [[spirit]] which are suggestive of mutual kinship in [[eternity]].

9:4.6 Mind transmutes the values of spirit into the meanings of [[intellect]]; [[volition]] has [[power]] to bring the meanings of mind to fruit in both the material and spiritual [[Dimensions|domains]]. The [[Ascension Career|Paradise ascent]] involves a [[relative]] and differential [[growth]] in spirit, mind, and energy. The [[personality]] is the [[Unity|unifier]] of these components of experiential [[individuality]].

9:4.6 Mind transmutes the values of spirit into the meanings of [[intellect]]; [[volition]] has [[power]] to bring the meanings of mind to fruit in both the material and spiritual [[Dimensions|domains]]. The [[Ascension Career|Paradise ascent]] involves a [[relative]] and differential [[growth]] in spirit, mind, and energy. The [[personality]] is the [[Unity|unifier]] of these components of experiential [[individuality]].

9:5.1 The [[Third Source and Center]] is infinite in mind. If the [[Master Universe|universe]] should grow to [[infinity]], still his mind [[potential]] would be adequate to endow limitless [[numbers]] of [[creatures]] with suitable minds and other prerequisites of [[intellect]].

9:5.1 The [[Third Source and Center]] is infinite in mind. If the [[Master Universe|universe]] should grow to [[infinity]], still his mind [[potential]] would be adequate to endow limitless [[numbers]] of [[creatures]] with suitable minds and other prerequisites of [[intellect]].

9:5.2 In the domain of created mind the Third Person, with his [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_24 co-ordinate] and [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_25 subordinate] associates, rules supreme. The realms of [[creature]] [[mind]] are of exclusive [[origin]] in the Third Source and Center; he is the bestower of mind. Even the [[Father fragments]] find it impossible to indwell the minds of men until the way has been properly [[prepared]] for them by the mind [[action]] and spiritual [[function]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]].

9:5.2 In the domain of created mind the Third Person, with his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_24 co-ordinate] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_25 subordinate] associates, rules supreme. The realms of [[creature]] [[mind]] are of exclusive [[origin]] in the Third Source and Center; he is the bestower of mind. Even the [[Father fragments]] find it impossible to indwell the minds of men until the way has been properly [[prepared]] for them by the mind [[action]] and spiritual [[function]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]].

9:5.3 The [[unique]] feature of mind is that it can be bestowed upon such a wide range of life. Through his [[creative]] and creature associates the Third Source and Center ministers to all minds on all [[spheres]]. He ministers to [[human]] and [[Animal|subhuman]] [[intellect]] through the [[Adjutant Mind Spirits|adjutants of the local universes]] and, through the [[agency]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:4._THE_MASTER_PHYSICAL_CONTROLLERS physical controllers], ministers even to the lowest nonexperiencing entities of the most [[primitive]] types of living [[things]]. And always is the direction of mind a ministry of mind-spirit or mind-energy personalities.

9:5.3 The [[unique]] feature of mind is that it can be bestowed upon such a wide range of life. Through his [[creative]] and creature associates the Third Source and Center ministers to all minds on all [[spheres]]. He ministers to [[human]] and [[Animal|subhuman]] [[intellect]] through the [[Adjutant Mind Spirits|adjutants of the local universes]] and, through the [[agency]] of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:4._THE_MASTER_PHYSICAL_CONTROLLERS physical controllers], ministers even to the lowest nonexperiencing entities of the most [[primitive]] types of living [[things]]. And always is the direction of mind a ministry of mind-spirit or mind-energy personalities.

9:5.4 Since the Third Person of Deity is the [[source]] of [[mind]], it is quite [[natural]] that the [[evolutionary]] [[Free Will|will]] [[creatures]] find it easier to form comprehensible [[concepts]] of the Infinite Spirit than they do of either the [[Eternal Son]] or the [[Universal Father]]. The [[reality]] of the Conjoint Creator is [[Manifestation|disclosed]] imperfectly in the very [[existence]] of human mind. The Conjoint Creator is the ancestor of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 cosmic mind], and the mind of man is an individualized [[circuit]], an impersonal portion, of that cosmic mind as it is bestowed in a [[local universe]] by a [[Universe Mother Spirit|Creative Daughter]] of the Third Source and Center.

9:5.4 Since the Third Person of Deity is the [[source]] of [[mind]], it is quite [[natural]] that the [[evolutionary]] [[Free Will|will]] [[creatures]] find it easier to form comprehensible [[concepts]] of the Infinite Spirit than they do of either the [[Eternal Son]] or the [[Universal Father]]. The [[reality]] of the Conjoint Creator is [[Manifestation|disclosed]] imperfectly in the very [[existence]] of human mind. The Conjoint Creator is the ancestor of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_42#10._UNIVERSAL_NONSPIRITUAL_ENERGY_SYSTEMS_.28MATERIAL_MIND_SYSTEMS.29 cosmic mind], and the mind of man is an individualized [[circuit]], an impersonal portion, of that cosmic mind as it is bestowed in a [[local universe]] by a [[Universe Mother Spirit|Creative Daughter]] of the Third Source and Center.

9:5.5 Because the Third Person is the source of mind, do not presume to reckon that all [[phenomena]] of [[mind]] are [[divine]]. [[Human]] [[intellect]] is rooted in the [[material]] [[origin]] of the [[animal]] [[Race|races]]. [[Universe]] [[intelligence]] is no more a true [[revelation]] of God who is mind than is [[physical]] [[nature]] a true revelation of the [[beauty]] and [[harmony]] of [[Paradise]]. [[Perfection]] is in nature, but nature is not perfect. The Conjoint Creator is the source of mind, but mind is not the Conjoint Creator.

9:5.5 Because the Third Person is the source of mind, do not presume to reckon that all [[phenomena]] of [[mind]] are [[divine]]. [[Human]] [[intellect]] is rooted in the [[material]] [[origin]] of the [[animal]] [[Race|races]]. [[Universe]] [[intelligence]] is no more a true [[revelation]] of God who is mind than is [[physical]] [[nature]] a true revelation of the [[beauty]] and [[harmony]] of [[Paradise]]. [[Perfection]] is in nature, but nature is not perfect. The Conjoint Creator is the source of mind, but mind is not the Conjoint Creator.

9:6.2 Much as the Father draws all [[personality]] to himself, and as the Son [[attracts]] all spiritual [[reality]], so does the Conjoint Actor exercise a drawing [[power]] on all minds; he unqualifiedly dominates and [[controls]] the [[universal]] [[mind]] [[circuit]]. All true and genuine [[intellectual]] values, all divine [[thoughts]] and perfect [[ideas]], are unerringly drawn into this [[absolute]] circuit of mind.

9:6.2 Much as the Father draws all [[personality]] to himself, and as the Son [[attracts]] all spiritual [[reality]], so does the Conjoint Actor exercise a drawing [[power]] on all minds; he unqualifiedly dominates and [[controls]] the [[universal]] [[mind]] [[circuit]]. All true and genuine [[intellectual]] values, all divine [[thoughts]] and perfect [[ideas]], are unerringly drawn into this [[absolute]] circuit of mind.

9:6.3 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_12#12:3._UNIVERSAL_GRAVITY Mind gravity] can operate independently of material and spiritual gravity, but wherever and whenever the latter two impinge, mind gravity always [[functions]]. When all three are [[associated]], [[personality]] gravity may [[embrace]] the material [[creature]]—[[physical]] or [[morontial]], finite or [[absonite]]. But irrespective of this, the endowment of mind even in impersonal beings qualifies them to [[think]] and endows them with [[consciousness]] despite the total [[absence]] of personality.

9:6.3 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_12#12:3._UNIVERSAL_GRAVITY Mind gravity] can operate independently of material and spiritual gravity, but wherever and whenever the latter two impinge, mind gravity always [[functions]]. When all three are [[associated]], [[personality]] gravity may [[embrace]] the material [[creature]]—[[physical]] or [[morontial]], finite or [[absonite]]. But irrespective of this, the endowment of mind even in impersonal beings qualifies them to [[think]] and endows them with [[consciousness]] despite the total [[absence]] of personality.

9:6.4 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:2._THE_SELF Selfhood] of personality [[dignity]], human or divine, [[immortal]] or potentially immortal, does not however originate in either spirit, mind, or matter; it is the bestowal of the [[Universal Father]]. Neither is the interaction of spirit, mind, and material gravity a prerequisite to the appearance of personality gravity. The Father's circuit may embrace a mind-material being who is unresponsive to spirit gravity, or it may include a mind-spirit being who is unresponsive to material gravity. The [[function|operation]] of personality gravity is always a [[volitional]] [[act]] of the Universal Father.

9:6.4 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:2._THE_SELF Selfhood] of personality [[dignity]], human or divine, [[immortal]] or potentially immortal, does not however originate in either spirit, mind, or matter; it is the bestowal of the [[Universal Father]]. Neither is the interaction of spirit, mind, and material gravity a prerequisite to the appearance of personality gravity. The Father's circuit may embrace a mind-material being who is unresponsive to spirit gravity, or it may include a mind-spirit being who is unresponsive to material gravity. The [[function|operation]] of personality gravity is always a [[volitional]] [[act]] of the Universal Father.

9:6.5 While mind is [[energy]] associated in purely material beings and spirit associated in purely spiritual personalities, [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_30 innumerable orders of personality], including the human, possess minds that are [[associated]] with both energy and [[spirit]]. The spiritual aspects of creature mind unfailingly respond to the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_7#7:1._THE_SPIRIT-GRAVITY_CIRCUIT spirit-gravity] pull of the [[Eternal Son]]; the material features respond to the gravity urge of the material universe.

9:6.5 While mind is [[energy]] associated in purely material beings and spirit associated in purely spiritual personalities, [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_30 innumerable orders of personality], including the human, possess minds that are [[associated]] with both energy and [[spirit]]. The spiritual aspects of creature mind unfailingly respond to the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_7#7:1._THE_SPIRIT-GRAVITY_CIRCUIT spirit-gravity] pull of the [[Eternal Son]]; the material features respond to the gravity urge of the material universe.

9:6.6 [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_16#16:6._THE_COSMIC_MIND Cosmic mind], when not associated with either energy or spirit, is subject to the gravity demands of neither material nor spiritual circuits. [[Pure]] mind is subject only to the [[universal]] [[gravity]] grasp of the [[Conjoint Actor]]. Pure mind is close of kin to infinite mind, and infinite mind (the [[theoretical]] co-ordinate of [[the absolutes]] of spirit and energy) is apparently a [[law]] in itself.

9:6.6 [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_16#16:6._THE_COSMIC_MIND Cosmic mind], when not associated with either energy or spirit, is subject to the gravity demands of neither material nor spiritual circuits. [[Pure]] mind is subject only to the [[universal]] [[gravity]] grasp of the [[Conjoint Actor]]. Pure mind is close of kin to infinite mind, and infinite mind (the [[theoretical]] co-ordinate of [[the absolutes]] of spirit and energy) is apparently a [[law]] in itself.

9:6.7 The greater the spirit-energy [[Diversity|divergence]], the greater the [[observable]] function of mind; the lesser the diversity of energy and spirit, the lesser the observable function of mind. Apparently, the maximum [[function]] of the cosmic mind is in the [[Spacetime|time universes of space]]. Here mind seems to function in a mid-zone between energy and spirit, but this is not true of the higher levels of mind; on [[Paradise]], energy and spirit are [[essentially]] [[Unity|one]].

9:6.7 The greater the spirit-energy [[Diversity|divergence]], the greater the [[observable]] function of mind; the lesser the diversity of energy and spirit, the lesser the observable function of mind. Apparently, the maximum [[function]] of the cosmic mind is in the [[Spacetime|time universes of space]]. Here mind seems to function in a mid-zone between energy and spirit, but this is not true of the higher levels of mind; on [[Paradise]], energy and spirit are [[essentially]] [[Unity|one]].

==9:7. UNIVERSE REFLECTIVITY==  

==9:7. UNIVERSE REFLECTIVITY==  

9:7.1 The Conjoint Actor is able to co-ordinate all levels of universe actuality in such manner as to make possible the simultaneous recognition of the mental, the material, and the spiritual. This is the phenomenon of universe reflectivity, that unique and inexplicable power to see, hear, sense, and know all things as they transpire throughout a superuniverse, and to focalize, by reflectivity, all this information and knowledge at any desired point. The action of reflectivity is shown in perfection on each of the headquarters worlds of the seven superuniverses. It is also operative throughout all sectors of the superuniverses and within the boundaries of the local universes. Reflectivity finally focalizes on Paradise.

9:7.1 The Conjoint Actor is able to [[co-ordinate]] all levels of [[universe]] [[actuality]] in such [[manner]] as to make possible the [[simultaneous]] recognition of the [[Mind|mental]], [[Matter|the material]], and the [[Spirit|spiritual]]. This is the [[phenomenon]] of [[universe reflectivity]], that [[unique]] and [[Mystery|inexplicable]] [[power]] to see, hear, sense, and [[know]] [[all things]] as they transpire throughout a [[superuniverse]], and to [[Focus|focalize]], by reflectivity, all this [[information]] and knowledge at any desired point. The [[action]] of reflectivity is shown in [[perfection]] on each of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:7._THE_ARCHITECTURAL_SPHERES headquarters worlds] of the [[seven superuniverses]]. It is also operative throughout all [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:13._THE_SECTOR_GOVERNMENTS sectors of the superuniverses] and within the boundaries of the [[local universes]]. [[Reflectivity]] finally focalizes on [[Paradise]].

9:7.2 The phenomenon of reflectivity, as it is disclosed on the superuniverse headquarters worlds in the amazing performances of the reflective personalities there stationed, represents the most complex interassociation of all phases of existence to be found in all creation. Lines of spirit can be traced back to the Son, physical energy to Paradise, and mind to the Third Source; but in the extraordinary phenomenon of universe reflectivity there is a unique and exceptional unification of all three, so associated as to enable the universe rulers to know about remote conditions instantaneously, simultaneously with their occurrence.

9:7.2 The [[phenomenon]] of [[reflectivity]], as it is disclosed on the superuniverse headquarters worlds in the amazing [[performances]] of the reflective [[personalities]] there stationed, represents the most [[complex]] interassociation of all [[phases]] of [[existence]] to be found in all [[creation]]. Lines of spirit can be traced back to the [[Eternal Son|Son]], physical energy to [[Paradise]], and mind to the [[Third Source]]; but in the extraordinary [[phenomenon]] of universe reflectivity there is a unique and exceptional [[Unity|unification]] of all three, so associated as to enable the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:10._RULERS_OF_THE_SUPERUNIVERSES universe rulers] to know about remote conditions [[instantaneous]]ly, [[simultaneously]] with their occurrence.

9:7.3 Much of the technique of reflectivity we comprehend, but there are many phases which truly baffle us. We know that the Conjoint Actor is the universe center of the mind circuit, that he is the ancestor of the cosmic mind, and that cosmic mind operates under the dominance of the absolute mind gravity of the Third Source and Center. We know further that the circuits of the cosmic mind influence the intellectual levels of all known existence; they contain the universal space reports, and just as certainly they focus in the Seven Master Spirits and converge in the Third Source and Center.

9:7.3 Much of the [[technique]] of [[reflectivity]] we [[comprehend]], but there are many phases which truly baffle us. We know that the Conjoint Actor is the universe [[center]] of the mind circuit, that he is the ancestor of the cosmic mind, and that cosmic mind operates under the dominance of the absolute mind [[gravity]] of the [[Third Source and Center]]. We know further that the circuits of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_16#16:6._THE_COSMIC_MIND cosmic mind] [[influence]] the [[intellectual]] levels of all known [[existence]]; they contain the universal space reports, and just as certainly they [[focus]] in the Seven [[Master Spirits]] and converge in the Third Source and Center.

9:7.4 The relationship between the finite cosmic mind and the divine absolute mind appears to be evolving in the experiential mind of the Supreme. We are taught that, in the dawn of time, this experiential mind was bestowed upon the Supreme by the Infinite Spirit, and we conjecture that certain features of the phenomenon of reflectivity can be accounted for only by postulating the activity of the Supreme Mind. If the Supreme is not concerned in reflectivity, we are at a loss to explain the intricate transactions and unerring operations of this consciousness of the cosmos.

9:7.4 The [[relationship]] between the [[finite]] cosmic mind and the [[divine]] absolute mind appears to be evolving in the experiential mind of [[the Supreme]]. We are taught that, in the dawn of time, this experiential mind was bestowed upon the Supreme by the Infinite Spirit, and we conjecture that certain [[features]] of the [[phenomenon]] of [[reflectivity]] can be accounted for only by postulating the activity of the Supreme Mind. If the Supreme is not concerned in reflectivity, we are at a loss to explain the intricate transactions and unerring operations of this [[consciousness]] of the [[cosmos]].

9:7.5 Reflectivity appears to be omniscience within the limits of the experiential finite and may represent the emergence of the presence-consciousness of the Supreme Being. If this assumption is true, then the utilization of reflectivity in any of its phases is equivalent to partial contact with the consciousness of the Supreme.

9:7.5 [[Reflectivity]] appears to be [[omniscience]] within the limits of the experiential [[finite]] and may [[represent]] the [[emergence]] of the [[presence]]-[[consciousness]] of the [[Supreme Being]]. If this assumption is true, then the utilization of reflectivity in any of its phases is [[equivalent]] to partial contact with the [[consciousness]] of [[the Supreme]].

==9:8. PERSONALITIES OF THE INFINITE SPIRIT==   

==9:8. PERSONALITIES OF THE INFINITE SPIRIT==   

9:8.1 The Infinite Spirit possesses full power to transmit many of his powers and prerogatives to his co-ordinate and subordinate personalities and agencies.

9:8.1 The [[Infinite Spirit]] possesses full [[power]] to transmit many of his powers and prerogatives to his [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_16#16:2._RELATION_TO_THE_INFINITE_SPIRIT co-ordinate] and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17 subordinate] [[personalities]] and [[agencies]].

9:8.2 The first Deity-creating act of the Infinite Spirit, functioning apart from the Trinity but in some unrevealed association with the Father and the Son, personalized in the existence of the Seven Master Spirits of Paradise, the distributors of the Infinite Spirit to the universes.

9:8.2 The first [[Deity]]-creating act of the Infinite Spirit, functioning apart from the [[Trinity]] but in some unrevealed [[association]] with [[the Father]] and [[the Son]], [[personalized]] in the [[existence]] of the [[Seven Master Spirits]] of [[Paradise]], the [[distributors]] of the Infinite Spirit to the [[Universe of Universes|universes]].

9:8.3 There is no direct representative of the Third Source and Center on the headquarters of a superuniverse. Each of these seven creations is dependent on one of the Master Spirits of Paradise, who acts through the seven Reflective Spirits situated at the capital of the superuniverse.

9:8.3 There is no direct [[representative]] of the Third Source and Center on the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_15#15:7._THE_ARCHITECTURAL_SPHERES headquarters of a superuniverse]. Each of these seven creations is dependent on one of the [[Master Spirits]] of Paradise, who acts through the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:3._THE_REFLECTIVE_SPIRITS seven Reflective Spirits] situated at the [[Uversa|capital of the superuniverse]].

9:8.4 The next and continuing creative act of the Infinite Spirit is disclosed, from time to time, in the production of the Creative Spirits. Every time the Universal Father and the Eternal Son become parent to a Creator Son, the Infinite Spirit becomes ancestor to a local universe Creative Spirit who becomes the close associate of that Creator Son in all subsequent universe experience.

9:8.4 The next and continuing [[creative]] [[act]] of the Infinite Spirit is disclosed, from [[Moment|time]] to time, in the production of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:6._THE_LOCAL_UNIVERSE_CREATIVE_SPIRITS Creative Spirits]. Every time the [[Universal Father]] and the [[Eternal Son]] become [[parent]] to a Creator Son, the Infinite Spirit becomes ancestor to a [[Universe Mother Spirit|local universe Creative Spirit]] who becomes the close associate of that Creator Son in all [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_32 subsequent universe experience].

9:8.5 Just as it is necessary to distinguish between the Eternal Son and the Creator Sons, so it is necessary to differentiate between the Infinite Spirit and the Creative Spirits, the local universe co-ordinates of the Creator Sons. What the Infinite Spirit is to the total creation, a Creative Spirit is to a local universe.

9:8.5 Just as it is [[necessary]] to distinguish between the Eternal Son and the Creator Sons, so it is necessary to [[differentiate]] between the Infinite Spirit and the Creative Spirits, the local universe co-ordinates of the Creator Sons. What the Infinite Spirit is to the [[total]] [[creation]], a [[Creative Spirit]] is to a [[local universe]].

9:8.6 The Third Source and Center is represented in the grand universe by a vast array of ministering spirits, messengers, teachers, adjudicators, helpers, and advisers, together with supervisors of certain circuits of physical, morontial, and spiritual nature. Not all of these beings are personalities in the strict meaning of the term. Personality of the finite-creature variety is characterized by:

9:8.6 The Third Source and Center is [[represented]] in the [[grand universe]] by a vast array of [[ministering spirits]], messengers, teachers, adjudicators, helpers, and advisers, together with supervisors of certain [[circuits]] of [[physical]], [[morontial]], and [[spiritual]] nature. Not all of these [[beings]] are [[personalities]] in the strict [[meaning]] of the term. Personality of the finite-creature variety is characterized by:

*1. Subjective self-consciousness.

*1. [[Subjective]] self-[[consciousness]].

*2. Objective response to the Father's personality circuit.

*2. [[Objective]] [[response]] to [[the Father]]'s [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_1#1:3._GOD_IS_A_UNIVERSAL_SPIRIT personality circuit].

9:8.7 There are creator personalities and creature personalities, and in addition to these two fundamental types there are personalities of the Third Source and Center, beings who are personal to the Infinite Spirit, but who are not unqualifiedly personal to creature beings. These Third Source personalities are not a part of the Father's personality circuit. First Source personality and Third Source personality are mutually contactable; all personality is contactable.

9:8.7 There are [[creator]] personalities and [[creature]] personalities, and in addition to these two fundamental [[types]] there are personalities of the Third Source and Center, [[beings]] who are personal to the [[Infinite Spirit]], but who are not unqualifiedly [[personal]] to creature beings. These Third Source personalities are <u>not</u> a part of the Father's [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_1#1:3._GOD_IS_A_UNIVERSAL_SPIRIT personality circuit]. First Source personality and Third Source personality are mutually contactable; all personality is contactable.

9:8.8 The Father bestows personality by his personal free will. Why he does so we can only conjecture; how he does so we do not know. Neither do we know why the Third Source bestows non-Father personality, but this the Infinite Spirit does in his own behalf, in creative conjunction with the Eternal Son and in numerous ways unknown to you. The Infinite Spirit can also act for the Father in the bestowal of First Source personality.

9:8.8 The Father bestows personality by his personal [[free will]]. Why he does so we can only conjecture; how he does so we do not know. Neither do we know why the Third Source bestows non-Father personality, but this the Infinite Spirit does in his own behalf, in [[creative]] [[Collaboration|conjunction]] with the Eternal Son and in numerous ways unknown to you. The Infinite Spirit can <u>also</u> act for [[the Father]] in the bestowal of [[First Source and Center|First Source]] personality.

9:8.9 There are numerous types of Third Source personalities. The Infinite Spirit bestows Third Source personality upon numerous groups who are not included in the Father's personality circuit, such as certain of the power directors. Likewise does the Infinite Spirit treat as personalities numerous groups of beings, such as the Creative Spirits, who are in a class by themselves in their relations to encircuited creatures of the Father.

9:8.9 There are numerous [[types]] of Third Source personalities. The Infinite Spirit bestows Third Source personality upon numerous [[groups]] who are not included in the Father's personality circuit, such as certain of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29 power directors]. Likewise does the Infinite Spirit treat as personalities numerous groups of beings, such as the [[Creative Spirits]], who are in a class by themselves in their relations to encircuited creatures of the Father.

9:8.10 Both First Source and Third Source personalities are endowed with all and more than man associates with the concept of personality; they have minds embracing memory, reason, judgment, creative imagination, idea association, decision, choice, and numerous additional powers of intellect wholly unknown to mortals. With few exceptions the orders revealed to you possess form and distinct individuality; they are real beings. A majority of them are visible to all orders of spirit existence.

9:8.10 Both First Source and Third Source personalities are endowed with all and more than man [[associates]] with the [[concept]] of [[personality]]; they have minds [[embracing]] [[memory]], [[reason]], [[judgment]], [[creative]] [[imagination]], [[idea]] [[association]], [[decision]], choice, and numerous additional [[powers]] of [[intellect]] wholly [[unknown]] to [[mortals]]. With few exceptions the orders revealed to you possess form and distinct [[individuality]]; they are real beings. A majority of them are visible to all orders of spirit existence.

9:8.11 Even you will be able to see your spiritual associates of the lower orders as soon as you are delivered from the limited vision of your present material eyes and have been endowed with a morontia form with its enlarged sensitivity to the reality of spiritual things.

9:8.11 Even you will be able to see your [[spiritual]] [[associates]] of the lower orders as soon as you are delivered from the limited [[vision]] of your present material eyes and have been endowed with a [[morontia]] form with its enlarged [[sensitivity]] to the [[reality]] of spiritual [[things]].

9:8.12 The functional family of the Third Source and Center, as it is revealed in these narratives, falls into three great groups:

9:8.12 The [[function]]al [[family]] of the [[Third Source and Center]], as it is revealed in these [[narratives]], falls into three great groups:

I. 9:8.13 The Supreme Spirits. A group of composite origin that embraces, among others, the following orders:

I. 9:8.13 The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17 Supreme Spirits]. A group of composite [[origin]] that [[embraces]], among others, the following orders:

*1. The Seven Master Spirits of Paradise.

*1. The [[Seven Master Spirits]] of [[Paradise]].

*2. The Reflective Spirits of the Superuniverses.

*2. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:3._THE_REFLECTIVE_SPIRITS Reflective Spirits] of the [[Superuniverses]].

*3. The Creative Spirits of the Local Universes.

*3. The [[Creative Spirits]] of the [[Local Universes]].

II. 9:8.14 The Power Directors. A group of control creatures and agencies that function throughout all organized space.

II. 9:8.14 The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29 Power Directors]. A group of [[control]] [[creatures]] and [[agencies]] that function throughout all [[Grand Universe|organized space]].

III. 9:8.15 The Personalities of the Infinite Spirit. This designation does not necessarily imply that these beings are Third Source personalities though some of them are unique as will creatures. They are usually grouped in three major classifications:

III. 9:8.15 The [[Personalities]] of the [[Infinite Spirit]]. This designation does not necessarily imply that these beings are Third Source personalities though some of them are [[unique]] as will creatures. They are usually grouped in three major classifications:

          

          

*1. The Higher Personalities of the Infinite Spirit.

*1. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_24 Higher Personalities of the Infinite Spirit].

*2. The Messenger Hosts of Space.

*2. The [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_25 Messenger Hosts of Space].

*3. The Ministering Spirits of Time.

*3. The [[Ministering Spirits of Time]].

9:8.16 These groups serve on Paradise, in the central or residential universe, in the superuniverses, and they embrace orders that function in the local universes, even to the constellations, systems, and planets.

9:8.16 These groups serve on [[Paradise]], in the [[Havona|central or residential universe]], in the [[superuniverses]], and they embrace orders that function in the [[local universes]], even to the [[constellations]], [[Satania|systems]], and [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_49 planets].

9:8.17 The spirit personalities of the vast family of the Divine and Infinite Spirit are forever dedicated to the service of the ministry of the love of God and the mercy of the Son to all the intelligent creatures of the evolutionary worlds of time and space. These spirit beings constitute the living ladder whereby mortal man climbs from chaos to glory.

9:8.17 The spirit personalities of the vast [[family]] of the Divine and [[Infinite Spirit]] are forever dedicated to the [[service]] of the ministry of the [[love]] of [[the Father|God]] and the [[mercy]] of [[the Son]] to all the intelligent [[creatures]] of the evolutionary worlds of [[time and space]]. These spirit beings constitute the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Genesis#Chapter_.28 living ladder] whereby [[mortal]] man climbs from [[chaos]] to [[glory]].

9:8.18 [Revealed on [[Urantia]] by a [[Divine Counselor]] of [[Uversa]] commissioned by the [[Ancients of Days]] to portray the nature and work of the [[Infinite Spirit]].]

9:8.18 [Revealed on [[Urantia]] by a [[Divine Counselor]] of [[Uversa]] commissioned by the [[Ancients of Days]] to portray the nature and work of the [[Infinite Spirit]].]

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