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==118:1. TIME AND ETERNITY==

==118:1. TIME AND ETERNITY==

118:1.1 It is helpful to man's cosmic orientation to attain all possible comprehension of Deity' s relation to the cosmos. While absolute Deity is eternal in nature, the Gods are related to time as an experience in eternity. In the evolutionary universes eternity is temporal everlastingness—the everlasting now.

118:1.1 It is helpful to [[man]]'s [[cosmic]] [[orientation]] to [[attain]] all possible [[comprehension]] of [[Deity]]' s [[relation]] to the [[cosmos]]. While [[absolute]] [[Deity]] is [[eternal]] in [[nature]], [[the Gods]] are [[related]] to [[time]] as an [[experience]] in [[eternity]]. In the [[evolutionary universes]] [[eternity]] is [[temporal]] everlastingness—the everlasting [[now]].

118:1.2 The personality of the mortal creature may eternalize by self-identification with the indwelling spirit through the technique of choosing to do the will of the Father. Such a consecration of will is tantamount to the realization of eternity-reality of purpose. This means that the purpose of the creature has become fixed with regard to the succession of moments; stated otherwise, that the succession of moments will witness no change in creature purpose. A million or a billion moments makes no difference. Number has ceased to have meaning with regard to the creature's purpose. Thus does creature choice plus God's choice eventuate in the eternal realities of the never-ending union of the spirit of God and the nature of man in the everlasting service of the children of God and of their Paradise Father.

118:1.2 The [[personality]] of the [[mortal]] [[creature]] may eternalize by [[self]]-[[identification]] with the [[indwelling spirit]] through the [[technique]] of [[choosing]] to [[do the will of the Father]]. Such a [[consecration]] of [[Free will|will]] is tantamount to the [[realization]] of [[eternity]]-[[reality]] of [[purpose]]. This means that the [[purpose]] of the [[creature]] has become fixed with regard to the [[succession]] of [[moments]]; stated otherwise, that the [[succession]] of [[moments]] will [[witness]] no [[change]] in [[creature]] [[purpose]]. A million or a billion [[moments]] makes no [[difference]]. [[Number]] has ceased to have [[meaning]] with regard to the [[creature]]'s [[purpose]]. Thus does creature [[choice]] plus [[God]]'s choice [[eventuate]] in the [[eternal]] [[realities]] of the never-ending [[union]] of the [[Thought Adjuster|spirit of God]] and the [[nature]] of man in the everlasting [[service]] of the [[children]] of [[God]] and of their [[Paradise Father]].

118:1.3 There is a direct relationship between maturity and the unit of time consciousness in any given intellect. The time unit may be a day, a year, or a longer period, but inevitably it is the criterion by which the conscious self evaluates the circumstances of life, and by which the conceiving intellect measures and evaluates the facts of temporal existence.

118:1.3 There is a direct [[relationship]] between [[maturity]] and the [[unit]] of [[time]] [[consciousness]] in any given [[intellect]]. The time unit may be a day, a year, or a longer period, but [[inevitably]] it is the [[criterion]] by which the [[conscious]] [[self]] [[evaluates]] the [[circumstances]] of life, and by which the conceiving [[intellect]] [[measures]] and [[evaluates]] the [[facts]] of [[temporal]] [[existence]].

118:1.4 Experience, wisdom, and judgment are the concomitants of the lengthening of the time unit in mortal experience. As the human mind reckons backward into the past, it is evaluating past experience for the purpose of bringing it to bear on a present situation. As mind reaches out into the future, it is attempting to evaluate the future significance of possible action. And having thus reckoned with both experience and wisdom, the human will exercises judgment-decision in the present, and the plan of action thus born of the past and the future becomes existent.

118:1.4 Experience, wisdom, and judgment are the concomitants of the lengthening of the time unit in mortal experience. As the human mind reckons backward into the past, it is evaluating past experience for the purpose of bringing it to bear on a present situation. As mind reaches out into the future, it is attempting to evaluate the future significance of possible action. And having thus reckoned with both experience and wisdom, the human will exercises judgment-decision in the present, and the plan of action thus born of the past and the future becomes existent.