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The lower planes of '''morontia mota''' join directly with the higher levels of [[human]] [[philosophy]]. On the [[first mansion world]] it is the [[practice]] to teach the less advanced students by the [[parallel]] [[technique]]; that is, in one column are presented the more simple [[concepts]] of mota [[meanings]], and in the opposite column citation is made of [[analogous]] statements of [[mortal]] [[philosophy]].
Not long since, while executing an assignment on the first mansion world of [[Satania]], I had occasion to observe this method of teaching; and though I may not undertake to present the mota [[content]] of the lesson, I am permitted to record the twenty-eight statements of human philosophy which this morontia instructor was utilizing as illustrative [[material]] designed to assist these new mansion world sojourners in their early efforts to grasp the significance and meaning of mota. These illustrations of human philosophy were:
1. A display of specialized [[skill]] does not signify possession of [[spiritual]] capacity. Cleverness is not a substitute for true [[character]].
2. Few [[person]]s live up to the [[faith]] which they really have. Unreasoned fear is a master [[intellectual]] [[fraud]] practiced upon the evolving [[mortal]] [[soul]].
3. [[Intrinsic|Inherent]] capacities cannot be exceeded; a pint can never hold a quart. The [[spirit]] [[concept]] cannot be [[mechanical]]ly [[force]]d into the material [[memory]] mold.
4. Few mortals ever dare to draw anything like the sum of [[personality]] credits established by the combined ministries of [[nature]] and [[grace]]. The majority of impoverished souls are truly rich, but they refuse to believe it.
5. Difficulties may challenge [[mediocrity]] and defeat the fearful, but they only stimulate the true children of the [[Most Highs]].
6. To enjoy [[privilege]] without abuse, to have [[liberty]] without [[license]], to possess [[power]] and steadfastly refuse to use it for [[self-aggrandizement]]--these are the marks of high [[civilization]].
7. Blind and unforeseen [[Accidents.|accidents]] do not occur in the [[cosmos]]. Neither do the [[celestial]] [[being]]s assist the lower being who refuses to [[act]] upon his [[light]] of [[truth]].
8. Effort does not always produce [[joy]], but there is no happiness without intelligent effort.
9. [[Action]] achieves strength; moderation eventuates in [[charm]].
10. [[Justice|Righteousness]] strikes the [[harmony]] [[chord]]s of [[truth]], and the [[melody]] [[vibrates]] throughout the [[cosmos]], even to the recognition of the [[Infinite]].
11. The weak indulge in resolutions, but the strong act. Life is but a day's work--do it well. The act is ours; the consequences God's.
12. The greatest affliction of the cosmos is never to have been afflicted. Mortals only learn [[wisdom]] by experiencing tribulation.
13. Stars are best discerned from the lonely [[isolation]] of experiential depths, not from the [[Illumination|illuminated]] and [[Ecstasy|ecstatic]] mountain tops.
14. Whet the appetites of your associates for [[truth]]; give advice only when it is asked for.
15. Affectation is the ridiculous effort of the ignorant to appear wise, the attempt of the barren [[soul]] to appear rich.
16. You cannot [[perceive]] spiritual truth until you [[feel]]ingly [[experience]] it, and many truths are not really felt except in adversity.
17. Ambition is dangerous until it is fully socialized. You have not truly acquired any [[virtue]] until your [[acts]] make you worthy of it.
18. Impatience is a [[spirit]] [[poison]]; anger is like a stone hurled into a hornet's nest.
19. Anxiety must be abandoned. The disappointments hardest to bear are those which never come.
20. Only a [[poet]] can discern poetry in the commonplace [[prose]] of routine [[existence]].
21. The high mission of any [[art]] is, by its [[illusions]], to foreshadow a higher [[universe]] [[reality]], to crystallize the [[emotions]] of [[time]] into the [[thought]] of [[eternity]].
22. The evolving soul is not made [[divine]] by what it does, but by what it strives to do.
23. Death added nothing to the intellectual possession or to the spiritual endowment, but it did add to the experiential [[status]] the [[consciousness]] of survival.
24. The [[destiny]] of [[eternity]] is determined [[moment]] by moment by the achievements of the day by day living. The [[acts]] of today are the [[destiny]] of tomorrow.
25. Greatness lies not so much in possessing strength as in making a [[wise]] and [[divine]] use of such strength.
26. [[Knowledge]] is possessed only by sharing; it is safeguarded by [[wisdom]] and socialized by [[love]].
27. Progress demands development of [[individuality]]; mediocrity seeks perpetuation in [[standardization]].
28. The [[argument]]ative defense of any [[proposition]] is [[inverse]]ly [[proportion]]al to the [[truth]] contained.
Such is the work of the beginners on the [[first mansion world]] while the more advanced pupils on the later worlds are mastering the higher levels of [[cosmic]] [[insight]] and '''morontia mota'''.
[[Category: Philosophy]]
[[Category: Cosmology]]
The lower planes of '''morontia mota''' join directly with the higher levels of [[human]] [[philosophy]]. On the [[first mansion world]] it is the [[practice]] to teach the less advanced students by the [[parallel]] [[technique]]; that is, in one column are presented the more simple [[concepts]] of mota [[meanings]], and in the opposite column citation is made of [[analogous]] statements of [[mortal]] [[philosophy]].
Not long since, while executing an assignment on the first mansion world of [[Satania]], I had occasion to observe this method of teaching; and though I may not undertake to present the mota [[content]] of the lesson, I am permitted to record the twenty-eight statements of human philosophy which this morontia instructor was utilizing as illustrative [[material]] designed to assist these new mansion world sojourners in their early efforts to grasp the significance and meaning of mota. These illustrations of human philosophy were:
1. A display of specialized [[skill]] does not signify possession of [[spiritual]] capacity. Cleverness is not a substitute for true [[character]].
2. Few [[person]]s live up to the [[faith]] which they really have. Unreasoned fear is a master [[intellectual]] [[fraud]] practiced upon the evolving [[mortal]] [[soul]].
3. [[Intrinsic|Inherent]] capacities cannot be exceeded; a pint can never hold a quart. The [[spirit]] [[concept]] cannot be [[mechanical]]ly [[force]]d into the material [[memory]] mold.
4. Few mortals ever dare to draw anything like the sum of [[personality]] credits established by the combined ministries of [[nature]] and [[grace]]. The majority of impoverished souls are truly rich, but they refuse to believe it.
5. Difficulties may challenge [[mediocrity]] and defeat the fearful, but they only stimulate the true children of the [[Most Highs]].
6. To enjoy [[privilege]] without abuse, to have [[liberty]] without [[license]], to possess [[power]] and steadfastly refuse to use it for [[self-aggrandizement]]--these are the marks of high [[civilization]].
7. Blind and unforeseen [[Accidents.|accidents]] do not occur in the [[cosmos]]. Neither do the [[celestial]] [[being]]s assist the lower being who refuses to [[act]] upon his [[light]] of [[truth]].
8. Effort does not always produce [[joy]], but there is no happiness without intelligent effort.
9. [[Action]] achieves strength; moderation eventuates in [[charm]].
10. [[Justice|Righteousness]] strikes the [[harmony]] [[chord]]s of [[truth]], and the [[melody]] [[vibrates]] throughout the [[cosmos]], even to the recognition of the [[Infinite]].
11. The weak indulge in resolutions, but the strong act. Life is but a day's work--do it well. The act is ours; the consequences God's.
12. The greatest affliction of the cosmos is never to have been afflicted. Mortals only learn [[wisdom]] by experiencing tribulation.
13. Stars are best discerned from the lonely [[isolation]] of experiential depths, not from the [[Illumination|illuminated]] and [[Ecstasy|ecstatic]] mountain tops.
14. Whet the appetites of your associates for [[truth]]; give advice only when it is asked for.
15. Affectation is the ridiculous effort of the ignorant to appear wise, the attempt of the barren [[soul]] to appear rich.
16. You cannot [[perceive]] spiritual truth until you [[feel]]ingly [[experience]] it, and many truths are not really felt except in adversity.
17. Ambition is dangerous until it is fully socialized. You have not truly acquired any [[virtue]] until your [[acts]] make you worthy of it.
18. Impatience is a [[spirit]] [[poison]]; anger is like a stone hurled into a hornet's nest.
19. Anxiety must be abandoned. The disappointments hardest to bear are those which never come.
20. Only a [[poet]] can discern poetry in the commonplace [[prose]] of routine [[existence]].
21. The high mission of any [[art]] is, by its [[illusions]], to foreshadow a higher [[universe]] [[reality]], to crystallize the [[emotions]] of [[time]] into the [[thought]] of [[eternity]].
22. The evolving soul is not made [[divine]] by what it does, but by what it strives to do.
23. Death added nothing to the intellectual possession or to the spiritual endowment, but it did add to the experiential [[status]] the [[consciousness]] of survival.
24. The [[destiny]] of [[eternity]] is determined [[moment]] by moment by the achievements of the day by day living. The [[acts]] of today are the [[destiny]] of tomorrow.
25. Greatness lies not so much in possessing strength as in making a [[wise]] and [[divine]] use of such strength.
26. [[Knowledge]] is possessed only by sharing; it is safeguarded by [[wisdom]] and socialized by [[love]].
27. Progress demands development of [[individuality]]; mediocrity seeks perpetuation in [[standardization]].
28. The [[argument]]ative defense of any [[proposition]] is [[inverse]]ly [[proportion]]al to the [[truth]] contained.
Such is the work of the beginners on the [[first mansion world]] while the more advanced pupils on the later worlds are mastering the higher levels of [[cosmic]] [[insight]] and '''morontia mota'''.
[[Category: Philosophy]]
[[Category: Cosmology]]
