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111:4.1 [[Recognition]] is the [[intellectual]] [[process]] of fitting the [[sensory]] impressions received from the external world into the [[memory]] [[patterns]] of the [[individual]]. [[Understanding]] connotes that these [[recognized]] sensory impressions and their [[associated]] memory patterns have become [[integrated]] or [[organized]] into a [[dynamic]] network of [[principles]].
111:4.2 [[Meanings]] are derived from a combination of [[recognition]] and [[understanding]]. [[Meanings]] are nonexistent in a wholly [[sensory]] or [[material]] world. [[Meanings]] and [[values]] are only [[perceived]] in the inner or supermaterial spheres of human [[experience]].
111:4.3 The advances of true [[civilization]] are all born in this [[Inner Life|inner world]] of [[mankind]]. It is only the inner life that is truly [[creative]]. [[Civilization]] can hardly [[progress]] when the [[majority]] of the [[youth]] of any [[generation]] [[devote]] their interests and [[energies]] to the [[materialistic]] pursuits of the sensory or outer world.
111:4.4 The inner and the outer worlds have a [[different]] set of [[values]]. Any [[civilization]] is in [[jeopardy]] when three quarters of its [[youth]] enter [[materialistic]] [[professions]] and [[devote]] themselves to the pursuit of the [[sensory]] [[activities]] of the outer world. [[Civilization]] is in [[danger]] when [[youth]] neglect to interest themselves in [[ethics]], [[sociology]], [[eugenics]], [[philosophy]], the [[The Arts|fine arts]], [[religion]], and [[cosmology]].
111:4.5 Only in the higher levels of the [[superconscious]] mind as it impinges upon the [[spirit]] realm of human [[experience]] can you find those higher [[concepts]] in [[association]] with effective master [[patterns]] which will [[contribute]] to the building of a better and more [[enduring]] [[civilization]]. [[Personality]] is [[inherently]] [[creative]], but it thus [[functions]] only in the [[inner life]] of the [[individual]].
111:4.6 Snow [[crystals]] are always [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexagon hexagonal] in [[form]], but no two are ever alike. [[Children]] conform to [[types]], but no two are exactly alike, even in the case of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twins twins]. [[Personality]] follows [[types]] but is always [[unique]].
111:4.7 [[Happiness]] and [[joy]] take [[origin]] in the [[inner life]]. You cannot [[experience]] real [[joy]] all by yourself. A [[solitary]] life is [[fatal]] to [[happiness]]. Even [[families]] and [[nations]] will enjoy life more if they [[share]] it with others.
111:4.8 You cannot completely [[control]] the external world—[[environment]]. It is the [[creativity]] of the inner world that is most subject to your direction because there your [[personality]] is so largely [[liberated]] from the fetters of the [[laws]] of antecedent [[causation]]. There is [[associated]] with [[personality]] a [[limited]] [[sovereignty]] of [[Free will|will]].
111:4.9 Since this [[inner life]] of man is truly [[creative]], there rests upon each [[person]] the [[responsibility]] of [[choosing]] as to whether this [[creativity]] shall be [[spontaneous]] and wholly haphazard or [[controlled]], directed, and constructive. How can a [[creative]] [[imagination]] produce [[worthy]] [[children]] when the [[stage]] whereon it [[functions]] is already preoccupied by [[prejudice]], hate, [[fears]], resentments, revenge, and bigotries?
111:4.10 [[Ideas]] may take [[origin]] in the [[stimuli]] of the outer world, but [[ideals]] are [[born]] only in the [[creative]] realms of the inner world. Today the [[nations]] of the world are directed by men who have a superabundance of [[ideas]], but they are [[poverty]]-stricken in [[ideals]]. That is the [[explanation]] of [[poverty]], [[divorce]], [[war]], and racial hatreds.
111:4.11 This is the [[problem]]: If [[freewill]] man is [[endowed]] with the [[powers]] of [[creativity]] in the [[Inner Life|inner man]], then must we [[recognize]] that freewill [[creativity]] [[embraces]] the potential of freewill destructivity. And when creativity is turned to destructivity, you are face to face with the devastation of [[evil]] and [[sin]]—[[oppression]], [[war]], and destruction. [[Evil]] is a partiality of [[creativity]] which tends toward disintegration and [[eventual]] destruction. All [[conflict]] is [[evil]] in that it inhibits the [[creative]] [[function]] of the [[inner life]]—it is a species of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_war civil war] in the [[personality]].
111:4.12 Inner [[creativity]] contributes to [[ennoblement]] of [[character]] through [[personality]] [[integration]] and [[selfhood]] [[unification]]. It is forever true: The [[past]] is unchangeable; only the [[future]] can be changed by the ministry of the present [[creativity]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:2._THE_SELF inner self].
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111 Go to Paper 111]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 111 - The Adjuster and the Soul]]
111:4.1 [[Recognition]] is the [[intellectual]] [[process]] of fitting the [[sensory]] impressions received from the external world into the [[memory]] [[patterns]] of the [[individual]]. [[Understanding]] connotes that these [[recognized]] sensory impressions and their [[associated]] memory patterns have become [[integrated]] or [[organized]] into a [[dynamic]] network of [[principles]].
111:4.2 [[Meanings]] are derived from a combination of [[recognition]] and [[understanding]]. [[Meanings]] are nonexistent in a wholly [[sensory]] or [[material]] world. [[Meanings]] and [[values]] are only [[perceived]] in the inner or supermaterial spheres of human [[experience]].
111:4.3 The advances of true [[civilization]] are all born in this [[Inner Life|inner world]] of [[mankind]]. It is only the inner life that is truly [[creative]]. [[Civilization]] can hardly [[progress]] when the [[majority]] of the [[youth]] of any [[generation]] [[devote]] their interests and [[energies]] to the [[materialistic]] pursuits of the sensory or outer world.
111:4.4 The inner and the outer worlds have a [[different]] set of [[values]]. Any [[civilization]] is in [[jeopardy]] when three quarters of its [[youth]] enter [[materialistic]] [[professions]] and [[devote]] themselves to the pursuit of the [[sensory]] [[activities]] of the outer world. [[Civilization]] is in [[danger]] when [[youth]] neglect to interest themselves in [[ethics]], [[sociology]], [[eugenics]], [[philosophy]], the [[The Arts|fine arts]], [[religion]], and [[cosmology]].
111:4.5 Only in the higher levels of the [[superconscious]] mind as it impinges upon the [[spirit]] realm of human [[experience]] can you find those higher [[concepts]] in [[association]] with effective master [[patterns]] which will [[contribute]] to the building of a better and more [[enduring]] [[civilization]]. [[Personality]] is [[inherently]] [[creative]], but it thus [[functions]] only in the [[inner life]] of the [[individual]].
111:4.6 Snow [[crystals]] are always [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexagon hexagonal] in [[form]], but no two are ever alike. [[Children]] conform to [[types]], but no two are exactly alike, even in the case of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twins twins]. [[Personality]] follows [[types]] but is always [[unique]].
111:4.7 [[Happiness]] and [[joy]] take [[origin]] in the [[inner life]]. You cannot [[experience]] real [[joy]] all by yourself. A [[solitary]] life is [[fatal]] to [[happiness]]. Even [[families]] and [[nations]] will enjoy life more if they [[share]] it with others.
111:4.8 You cannot completely [[control]] the external world—[[environment]]. It is the [[creativity]] of the inner world that is most subject to your direction because there your [[personality]] is so largely [[liberated]] from the fetters of the [[laws]] of antecedent [[causation]]. There is [[associated]] with [[personality]] a [[limited]] [[sovereignty]] of [[Free will|will]].
111:4.9 Since this [[inner life]] of man is truly [[creative]], there rests upon each [[person]] the [[responsibility]] of [[choosing]] as to whether this [[creativity]] shall be [[spontaneous]] and wholly haphazard or [[controlled]], directed, and constructive. How can a [[creative]] [[imagination]] produce [[worthy]] [[children]] when the [[stage]] whereon it [[functions]] is already preoccupied by [[prejudice]], hate, [[fears]], resentments, revenge, and bigotries?
111:4.10 [[Ideas]] may take [[origin]] in the [[stimuli]] of the outer world, but [[ideals]] are [[born]] only in the [[creative]] realms of the inner world. Today the [[nations]] of the world are directed by men who have a superabundance of [[ideas]], but they are [[poverty]]-stricken in [[ideals]]. That is the [[explanation]] of [[poverty]], [[divorce]], [[war]], and racial hatreds.
111:4.11 This is the [[problem]]: If [[freewill]] man is [[endowed]] with the [[powers]] of [[creativity]] in the [[Inner Life|inner man]], then must we [[recognize]] that freewill [[creativity]] [[embraces]] the potential of freewill destructivity. And when creativity is turned to destructivity, you are face to face with the devastation of [[evil]] and [[sin]]—[[oppression]], [[war]], and destruction. [[Evil]] is a partiality of [[creativity]] which tends toward disintegration and [[eventual]] destruction. All [[conflict]] is [[evil]] in that it inhibits the [[creative]] [[function]] of the [[inner life]]—it is a species of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_war civil war] in the [[personality]].
111:4.12 Inner [[creativity]] contributes to [[ennoblement]] of [[character]] through [[personality]] [[integration]] and [[selfhood]] [[unification]]. It is forever true: The [[past]] is unchangeable; only the [[future]] can be changed by the ministry of the present [[creativity]] of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_112#112:2._THE_SELF inner self].
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_111 Go to Paper 111]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 111 - The Adjuster and the Soul]]
