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118:7.1 The [[function]] of [[Creator]] will and [[creature]] [[Free will|will]], in the [[grand universe]], operates within the [[limits]], and in [[accordance]] with the [[possibilities]], [[established]] by the [[Master Architects]]. This foreordination of these maximum limits does not, however, in the least abridge the [[sovereignty]] of [[creature]] will within these boundaries. Neither does [[ultimate]] foreknowledge—full allowance for all [[finite]] [[choice]]—[[constitute]] an abrogation of finite [[volition]]. A [[mature]] and farseeing [[human being]] might be able to [[forecast]] the [[decision]] of some younger associate most accurately, but this foreknowledge takes nothing away from the [[freedom]] and genuineness of the [[decision]] itself. [[The Gods]] have [[wisely]] limited the range of the [[action]] of immature will, but it is true will, nonetheless, within these defined limits.
118:7.2 Even the [[supreme]] correlation of all [[past]], [[present]], and [[future]] [[choice]] does not invalidate the [[authenticity]] of such choosings. It rather indicates the foreordained [[trend]] of the [[cosmos]] and suggests foreknowledge of those [[volitional]] [[beings]] who may, or may not, elect to become contributory [[parts]] of the [[experiential]] [[actualization]] of all [[reality]].
118:7.3 [[Error]] in [[finite]] [[choosing]] is time bound and [[time]] [[limited]]. It can exist only in time and within the [[evolving]] [[presence]] of the [[Supreme Being]]. Such mistaken choosing is time possible and indicates (besides the incompleteness of the [[Supreme]]) that certain range of [[choice]] with which immature [[creatures]] must be [[endowed]] in order to [[enjoy]] [[universe]] [[progression]] by making freewill [[contact]] with [[reality]].
118:7.4 [[Sin]] in time-conditioned [[space]] clearly proves the [[temporal]] [[liberty]]—even [[license]]—of the [[finite]] [[Free will|will]]. [[Sin]] depicts immaturity dazzled by the [[freedom]] of the [[relatively]] [[sovereign]] will of [[personality]] while failing to [[perceive]] the supreme [[obligations]] and [[duties]] of [[cosmic]] [[citizenship]].
118:7.5 [[Iniquity]] in the [[finite]] [[domains]] reveals the [[transient]] [[reality]] of all God-unidentified [[selfhood]]. Only as a [[creature]] becomes [[God]] [[identified]], does he become truly real in the [[universes]]. Finite [[personality]] is not [[self]]-[[created]], but in the [[superuniverse]] arena of [[choice]] it does self-determine [[destiny]].
118:7.6 The [[bestowal]] of life renders [[material]]-[[energy]] [[systems]] capable of self-[[perpetuation]], self-[[propagation]], and self-[[adaptation]]. The [[bestowal]] of [[personality]] imparts to living [[organisms]] the further [[prerogatives]] of [[self]]-[[determination]], self-[[evolution]], and self-[[identification]] with a [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:10._ASCENDANT_DESTINIES fusion spirit of Deity].
118:7.7 Subpersonal living [[things]] indicate [[mind]] activating [[energy]]-[[matter]], first as [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:4._THE_MASTER_PHYSICAL_CONTROLLERS physical controllers], and then as [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:7._THE_ADJUTANT_MIND-SPIRITS adjutant mind-spirits]. [[Personality]] [[endowment]] comes from [[the Father]] and imparts [[unique]] [[prerogatives]] of [[choice]] to the living [[system]]. But if [[personality]] has the [[prerogative]] of exercising volitional [[choice]] of [[reality]] [[identification]], and if this is a true and [[free]] [[choice]], then must evolving [[personality]] also have the possible choice of becoming self-confusing, self-disrupting, and self-destroying. The [[possibility]] of [[cosmic]] [[Suicide|self-destruction]] cannot be avoided if the evolving [[personality]] is to be truly [[free]] in the [[exercise]] of finite will.
118:7.8 Therefore is there increased [[safety]] in narrowing the [[limits]] of [[personality]] [[choice]] throughout the lower [[levels]] of [[existence]]. [[Choice]] becomes increasingly [[liberated]] as the [[universes]] are [[ascended]]; choice [[eventually]] approximates [[divine]] [[freedom]] when the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40 ascending personality] achieves [[divinity]] of [[status]], [[supremacy]] of [[consecration]] to the [[purposes]] of the [[universe]], completion of [[cosmic]]-[[wisdom]] [[attainment]], and finality of [[creature]] [[identification]] with the will and the way of [[God]].
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_118 Go to Paper 118]</center>
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[[Category:Paper 118 - Supreme and Ulitimate-Time and Space]]
118:7.1 The [[function]] of [[Creator]] will and [[creature]] [[Free will|will]], in the [[grand universe]], operates within the [[limits]], and in [[accordance]] with the [[possibilities]], [[established]] by the [[Master Architects]]. This foreordination of these maximum limits does not, however, in the least abridge the [[sovereignty]] of [[creature]] will within these boundaries. Neither does [[ultimate]] foreknowledge—full allowance for all [[finite]] [[choice]]—[[constitute]] an abrogation of finite [[volition]]. A [[mature]] and farseeing [[human being]] might be able to [[forecast]] the [[decision]] of some younger associate most accurately, but this foreknowledge takes nothing away from the [[freedom]] and genuineness of the [[decision]] itself. [[The Gods]] have [[wisely]] limited the range of the [[action]] of immature will, but it is true will, nonetheless, within these defined limits.
118:7.2 Even the [[supreme]] correlation of all [[past]], [[present]], and [[future]] [[choice]] does not invalidate the [[authenticity]] of such choosings. It rather indicates the foreordained [[trend]] of the [[cosmos]] and suggests foreknowledge of those [[volitional]] [[beings]] who may, or may not, elect to become contributory [[parts]] of the [[experiential]] [[actualization]] of all [[reality]].
118:7.3 [[Error]] in [[finite]] [[choosing]] is time bound and [[time]] [[limited]]. It can exist only in time and within the [[evolving]] [[presence]] of the [[Supreme Being]]. Such mistaken choosing is time possible and indicates (besides the incompleteness of the [[Supreme]]) that certain range of [[choice]] with which immature [[creatures]] must be [[endowed]] in order to [[enjoy]] [[universe]] [[progression]] by making freewill [[contact]] with [[reality]].
118:7.4 [[Sin]] in time-conditioned [[space]] clearly proves the [[temporal]] [[liberty]]—even [[license]]—of the [[finite]] [[Free will|will]]. [[Sin]] depicts immaturity dazzled by the [[freedom]] of the [[relatively]] [[sovereign]] will of [[personality]] while failing to [[perceive]] the supreme [[obligations]] and [[duties]] of [[cosmic]] [[citizenship]].
118:7.5 [[Iniquity]] in the [[finite]] [[domains]] reveals the [[transient]] [[reality]] of all God-unidentified [[selfhood]]. Only as a [[creature]] becomes [[God]] [[identified]], does he become truly real in the [[universes]]. Finite [[personality]] is not [[self]]-[[created]], but in the [[superuniverse]] arena of [[choice]] it does self-determine [[destiny]].
118:7.6 The [[bestowal]] of life renders [[material]]-[[energy]] [[systems]] capable of self-[[perpetuation]], self-[[propagation]], and self-[[adaptation]]. The [[bestowal]] of [[personality]] imparts to living [[organisms]] the further [[prerogatives]] of [[self]]-[[determination]], self-[[evolution]], and self-[[identification]] with a [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40#40:10._ASCENDANT_DESTINIES fusion spirit of Deity].
118:7.7 Subpersonal living [[things]] indicate [[mind]] activating [[energy]]-[[matter]], first as [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:4._THE_MASTER_PHYSICAL_CONTROLLERS physical controllers], and then as [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_17#17:7._THE_ADJUTANT_MIND-SPIRITS adjutant mind-spirits]. [[Personality]] [[endowment]] comes from [[the Father]] and imparts [[unique]] [[prerogatives]] of [[choice]] to the living [[system]]. But if [[personality]] has the [[prerogative]] of exercising volitional [[choice]] of [[reality]] [[identification]], and if this is a true and [[free]] [[choice]], then must evolving [[personality]] also have the possible choice of becoming self-confusing, self-disrupting, and self-destroying. The [[possibility]] of [[cosmic]] [[Suicide|self-destruction]] cannot be avoided if the evolving [[personality]] is to be truly [[free]] in the [[exercise]] of finite will.
118:7.8 Therefore is there increased [[safety]] in narrowing the [[limits]] of [[personality]] [[choice]] throughout the lower [[levels]] of [[existence]]. [[Choice]] becomes increasingly [[liberated]] as the [[universes]] are [[ascended]]; choice [[eventually]] approximates [[divine]] [[freedom]] when the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_40 ascending personality] achieves [[divinity]] of [[status]], [[supremacy]] of [[consecration]] to the [[purposes]] of the [[universe]], completion of [[cosmic]]-[[wisdom]] [[attainment]], and finality of [[creature]] [[identification]] with the will and the way of [[God]].
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_118 Go to Paper 118]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 118 - Supreme and Ulitimate-Time and Space]]
