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132:2.2 My [[brother]], [[good]] and [[evil]] are merely [[words]] symbolizing [[relative]] [[levels]] of human [[comprehension]] of the [[observable]] [[universe]]. If you are [[ethically]] [[lazy]] and socially indifferent, you can take as your [[standard]] of [[good]] the [[Status Quo|current social usages]]. If you are [[spiritually]] indolent and [[morally]] unprogressive, you may take as your [[standards]] of [[good]] the religious [[practices]] and [[traditions]] of your contemporaries. But the [[soul]] that [[survives]] time and [[emerges]] into [[eternity]] must make a living and [[personal]] [[choice]] between [[good]] and [[evil]] as they are determined by the true [[values]] of the spiritual [[standards]] [[established]] by the [[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]] which [[the Father]] in heaven has sent to dwell within the [[heart]] of [[man]]. This [[indwelling spirit]] is the [[standard]] of [[personality survival]].

132:2.2 My [[brother]], [[good]] and [[evil]] are merely [[words]] symbolizing [[relative]] [[levels]] of human [[comprehension]] of the [[observable]] [[universe]]. If you are [[ethically]] [[lazy]] and socially indifferent, you can take as your [[standard]] of [[good]] the [[Status Quo|current social usages]]. If you are [[spiritually]] indolent and [[morally]] unprogressive, you may take as your [[standards]] of [[good]] the religious [[practices]] and [[traditions]] of your contemporaries. But the [[soul]] that [[survives]] time and [[emerges]] into [[eternity]] must make a living and [[personal]] [[choice]] between [[good]] and [[evil]] as they are determined by the true [[values]] of the spiritual [[standards]] [[established]] by the [[Thought Adjuster|divine spirit]] which [[the Father]] in heaven has sent to dwell within the [[heart]] of [[man]]. This [[indwelling spirit]] is the [[standard]] of [[personality survival]].

132:2.3 [[Goodness]], like [[truth]], is always [[relative]] and unfailingly [[evil]]-[[contrast]]ed. It is the [[perception]] of these [[qualities]] of [[goodness]] and [[truth]] that enables the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112_-_Personality_Survival#112:6._THE_MORONTIA_SELF evolving souls] of men to make those [[personal]] [[decisions]] of choice which are [[essential]] to eternal [[survival]].

132:2.3 [[Goodness]], like [[truth]], is always [[relative]] and unfailingly [[evil]]-[[contrast]]ed. It is the [[perception]] of these [[qualities]] of [[goodness]] and [[truth]] that enables the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112_-_Personality_Survival#112:6._THE_MORONTIA_SELF evolving souls] of men to make those [[personal]] [[decisions]] of choice which are [[essential]] to eternal [[survival]].

132:2.4 The [[spiritually]] blind [[individual]] who [[logically]] follows [[scientific]] dictation, social usage, and [[religious]] [[dogma]] stands in grave [[danger]] of [[sacrificing]] his [[moral]] [[freedom]] and losing his [[spiritual]] [[liberty]]. Such a [[soul]] is [[destined]] to become an [[intellectual]] parrot, a [[social]] [[automaton]], and a [[slave]] to [[religious]] [[authority]].

132:2.4 The [[spiritually]] blind [[individual]] who [[logically]] follows [[scientific]] dictation, social usage, and [[religious]] [[dogma]] stands in grave [[danger]] of [[sacrificing]] his [[moral]] [[freedom]] and losing his [[spiritual]] [[liberty]]. Such a [[soul]] is [[destined]] to become an [[intellectual]] parrot, a [[social]] [[automaton]], and a [[slave]] to [[religious]] [[authority]].

132:2.5 [[Goodness]] is always growing toward new [[levels]] of the increasing [[liberty]] of [[moral]] [[self-realization]] and [[spiritual]] [[personality]] [[attainment]]—the [[discovery]] of, and identification with, the [[indwelling Adjuster]]. An [[experience]] is good when it heightens the [[appreciation]] of [[beauty]], augments the [[moral]] [[Free will|will]], enhances the [[discernment]] of [[truth]], enlarges the [[capacity]] to [[love]] and serve one's fellows, exalts the [[spiritual]] [[ideals]], and unifies the [[supreme]] human [[motives]] of time with the [[eternal]] [[plans]] of the [[indwelling Adjuster]], all of which lead directly to an increased [[desire]] to [[do the Father's will]], thereby fostering the [[divine]] [[passion]] to find [[God]] and to be more like him.

132:2.5 [[Goodness]] is always growing toward new [[levels]] of the increasing [[liberty]] of [[moral]] [[self-realization]] and [[spiritual]] [[personality]] [[attainment]]—the [[discovery]] of, and identification with, the [[indwelling Adjuster]]. An [[experience]] is good when it heightens the [[appreciation]] of [[beauty]], augments the [[moral]] [[Free will|will]], enhances the [[discernment]] of [[truth]], enlarges the [[capacity]] to [[love]] and serve one's fellows, exalts the [[spiritual]] [[ideals]], and unifies the [[supreme]] human [[motives]] of time with the [[eternal]] [[plans]] of the [[indwelling Adjuster]], all of which lead directly to an increased [[desire]] to [[do the Father's will]], thereby fostering the [[divine]] [[passion]] to find [[God]] and to be more like him.

132:2.6 As you [[ascend]] the [[universe]] [[scale]] of [[creature]] [[development]], you will find increasing [[goodness]] and diminishing [[evil]] in perfect accordance with your [[capacity]] for [[goodness]]-[[experience]] and [[truth]]-[[discernment]]. The [[ability]] to entertain [[error]] or [[experience]] [[evil]] will not be fully lost until the [[Ascension Career|ascending human soul]] [[achieves]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_13#13:2._FATHER-WORLD_RELATIONSHIPS final spirit levels].

132:2.6 As you [[ascend]] the [[universe]] [[scale]] of [[creature]] [[development]], you will find increasing [[goodness]] and diminishing [[evil]] in perfect accordance with your [[capacity]] for [[goodness]]-[[experience]] and [[truth]]-[[discernment]]. The [[ability]] to entertain [[error]] or [[experience]] [[evil]] will not be fully lost until the [[Ascension Career|ascending human soul]] [[achieves]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_13#13:2._FATHER-WORLD_RELATIONSHIPS final spirit levels].

132:2.7 [[Goodness]] is living, [[relative]], always [[progressing]], invariably a [[personal]] [[experience]], and everlastingly correlated with the [[discernment]] of [[truth]] and [[beauty]]. [[Goodness]] is found in the [[recognition]] of the [[positive]] [[truth]]-[[values]] of the [[spiritual]] level, which must, in human [[experience]], be [[contrasted]] with the [[negative]] [[counterpart]]—the [[shadows]] of [[potential]] [[evil]].

132:2.7 [[Goodness]] is living, [[relative]], always [[progressing]], invariably a [[personal]] [[experience]], and everlastingly correlated with the [[discernment]] of [[truth]] and [[beauty]]. [[Goodness]] is found in the [[recognition]] of the [[positive]] [[truth]]-[[values]] of the [[spiritual]] level, which must, in human [[experience]], be [[contrasted]] with the [[negative]] [[counterpart]]—the [[shadows]] of [[potential]] [[evil]].

132:2.8 Until you attain [[Paradise]] levels, [[goodness]] will always be more of a [[quest]] than a [[possession]], more of a goal than an [[experience]] of [[attainment]]. But even as you [[hunger]] and [[thirst]] for [[righteousness]], you [[experience]] increasing [[satisfaction]] in the partial [[attainment]] of [[goodness]]. The [[presence]] of  and evil in the world is in itself [[positive]] [[proof]] of the [[existence]] and [[reality]] of man's [[moral]] will, the [[personality]], which thus identifies these [[values]] and is also able to [[choose]] between them.

132:2.8 Until you attain [[Paradise]] levels, [[goodness]] will always be more of a [[quest]] than a [[possession]], more of a goal than an [[experience]] of [[attainment]]. But even as you [[hunger]] and [[thirst]] for [[righteousness]], you [[experience]] increasing [[satisfaction]] in the partial [[attainment]] of [[goodness]]. The [[presence]] of  and evil in the world is in itself [[positive]] [[proof]] of the [[existence]] and [[reality]] of man's [[moral]] will, the [[personality]], which thus identifies these [[values]] and is also able to [[choose]] between them.

132:2.9 By the [[time]] of the [[attainment]] of [[Paradise]] the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascending mortal]'s capacity for identifying the [[self]] with true [[spirit]] [[values]] has become so enlarged as to result in the [[attainment]] of the [[perfection]] of the [[possession]] of the light of life. Such a [[perfected]] spirit [[personality]] becomes so wholly, divinely, and spiritually [[unified]] with the positive and [[supreme]] [[qualities]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_56#56:10._TRUTH.2C_BEAUTY.2C_AND_GOODNESS goodness, beauty, and truth] that there remains no [[possibility]] that such a [[righteous]] spirit would cast any [[negative]] [[shadow]] of [[potential]] [[evil]] when exposed to the searching [[luminosity]] of the divine light of the [[The Gods|infinite Rulers]] of [[Paradise]]. In all such [[spirit]] [[personalities]], [[goodness]] is no longer partial, contrastive, and comparative; it has become [[divinely]] complete and spiritually replete; it approaches the [[purity]] and [[perfection]] of [[the Supreme]].

132:2.9 By the [[time]] of the [[attainment]] of [[Paradise]] the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:5._MORTALS_OF_TIME_AND_SPACE ascending mortal]'s capacity for identifying the [[self]] with true [[spirit]] [[values]] has become so enlarged as to result in the [[attainment]] of the [[perfection]] of the [[possession]] of the light of life. Such a [[perfected]] spirit [[personality]] becomes so wholly, divinely, and spiritually [[unified]] with the positive and [[supreme]] [[qualities]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_56#56:10._TRUTH.2C_BEAUTY.2C_AND_GOODNESS goodness, beauty, and truth] that there remains no [[possibility]] that such a [[righteous]] spirit would cast any [[negative]] [[shadow]] of [[potential]] [[evil]] when exposed to the searching [[luminosity]] of the divine light of the [[The Gods|infinite Rulers]] of [[Paradise]]. In all such [[spirit]] [[personalities]], [[goodness]] is no longer partial, contrastive, and comparative; it has become [[divinely]] complete and spiritually replete; it approaches the [[purity]] and [[perfection]] of [[the Supreme]].

132:2.10 The [[possibility]] of [[evil]] is [[necessary]] to [[moral]] [[choosing]], but not the [[actuality]] thereof. A [[shadow]] is only relatively real. [[Actual]] [[evil]] is not [[necessary]] as a [[personal]] [[experience]]. [[Potential]] [[evil]] [[acts]] equally well as a [[decision]] [[stimulus]] in the realms of [[moral]] [[progress]] on the lower levels of [[spiritual]] [[development]]. Evil becomes a [[reality]] of [[personal]] [[experience]] only when a [[moral]] [[mind]] makes [[evil]] its [[choice]].

132:2.10 The [[possibility]] of [[evil]] is [[necessary]] to [[moral]] [[choosing]], but not the [[actuality]] thereof. A [[shadow]] is only relatively real. [[Actual]] [[evil]] is not [[necessary]] as a [[personal]] [[experience]]. [[Potential]] [[evil]] [[acts]] equally well as a [[decision]] [[stimulus]] in the realms of [[moral]] [[progress]] on the lower levels of [[spiritual]] [[development]]. Evil becomes a [[reality]] of [[personal]] [[experience]] only when a [[moral]] [[mind]] makes [[evil]] its [[choice]].

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[[Category:Paper 132 - The Sojourn at Rome]]

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