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65:8.1 [[Time and space]] are indissolubly [[linked]]; there is an [[innate]] [[association]]. The delays of [[time]] are [[inevitable]] in the [[presence]] of certain [[space]] conditions.
65:8.2 If spending so much [[time]] in [[effecting]] the [[evolutionary]] [[changes]] of life [[development]] occasions perplexity, I would say that we cannot time the life [[processes]] to [[unfold]] any faster than the [[physical]] [[metamorphoses]] of a [[planet]] will permit. We must wait upon the [[natural]], [[physical]] [[development]] of a [[planet]]; we have [[absolutely]] no [[control]] over [[geologic]] [[evolution]]. If the [[physical]] conditions would allow, we could arrange for the completed [[evolution]] of life in considerably less than one million years. But we are all under the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Supreme Rulers]] of [[Paradise]], and [[time]] is nonexistent on [[Paradise]].
65:8.3 The [[individual]]'s yardstick for [[time]] [[measurement]] is the length of his life. All [[creatures]] are thus [[time]] conditioned, and therefore do they regard [[evolution]] as being a long-drawn-out [[process]]. To those of us whose life span is not [[limited]] by a [[temporal]] [[existence]], [[evolution]] does not seem to be such a protracted [[transaction]]. On [[Paradise]], where time is nonexistent, these [[things]] are all [[present]] in the [[mind]] of [[Infinity]] and the [[acts]] of [[Eternity]].
65:8.4 As [[mind]] [[evolution]] is dependent on, and delayed by, the slow [[development]] of [[physical]] conditions, so is [[spiritual]] [[progress]] dependent on [[mental]] expansion and unfailingly delayed by [[intellectual]] retardation. But this does not mean that [[spiritual]] [[evolution]] is dependent on [[education]], [[culture]], or [[wisdom]]. The [[soul]] may evolve regardless of [[mental]] [[culture]] but not in the [[absence]] of mental [[capacity]] and [[desire]]—the [[choice]] of [[survival]] and the [[decision]] to achieve ever-increasing [[perfection]]—to [[do the will of the Father]] in [[heaven]]. Although [[survival]] may not depend on the [[possession]] of [[knowledge]] and [[wisdom]], [[progress]]ion most certainly does.
65:8.5 In the [[cosmic]] [[evolutionary]] [[laboratories]] [[mind]] is always [[dominant]] over [[matter]], and [[spirit]] is ever correlated with [[mind]]. Failure of these [[diverse]] [[endowments]] to [[synchronize]] and [[co-ordinate]] may cause time delays, but if the [[individual]] really knows [[God]] and [[desires]] to find him and become like him, then [[survival]] is [[assured]] regardless of the [[handicaps]] of [[time]]. [[Physical]] [[status]] may [[handicap]] [[mind]], and mental [[perversity]] may delay [[spiritual]] [[attainment]], but none of these obstacles can defeat the whole-souled [[choice]] of [[Free will|will]].
65:8.6 When [[physical]] conditions are ripe, sudden [[mental]] [[evolutions]] may take place; when [[mind]] [[status]] is propitious, sudden [[spiritual]] [[transformations]] may occur; when [[spiritual]] [[values]] receive proper [[recognition]], then [[cosmic]] [[meanings]] become [[discernible]], and increasingly the [[personality]] is released from the [[handicaps]] of [[time]] and delivered from the [[limitations]] of [[space]].
65:8.7 Sponsored by a [[Life Carrier]] of [[Nebadon]] resident on [[Urantia]].
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_65 Go to Paper 65]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 65 - The Overcontrol of Evolution]]
65:8.1 [[Time and space]] are indissolubly [[linked]]; there is an [[innate]] [[association]]. The delays of [[time]] are [[inevitable]] in the [[presence]] of certain [[space]] conditions.
65:8.2 If spending so much [[time]] in [[effecting]] the [[evolutionary]] [[changes]] of life [[development]] occasions perplexity, I would say that we cannot time the life [[processes]] to [[unfold]] any faster than the [[physical]] [[metamorphoses]] of a [[planet]] will permit. We must wait upon the [[natural]], [[physical]] [[development]] of a [[planet]]; we have [[absolutely]] no [[control]] over [[geologic]] [[evolution]]. If the [[physical]] conditions would allow, we could arrange for the completed [[evolution]] of life in considerably less than one million years. But we are all under the [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Supreme Rulers]] of [[Paradise]], and [[time]] is nonexistent on [[Paradise]].
65:8.3 The [[individual]]'s yardstick for [[time]] [[measurement]] is the length of his life. All [[creatures]] are thus [[time]] conditioned, and therefore do they regard [[evolution]] as being a long-drawn-out [[process]]. To those of us whose life span is not [[limited]] by a [[temporal]] [[existence]], [[evolution]] does not seem to be such a protracted [[transaction]]. On [[Paradise]], where time is nonexistent, these [[things]] are all [[present]] in the [[mind]] of [[Infinity]] and the [[acts]] of [[Eternity]].
65:8.4 As [[mind]] [[evolution]] is dependent on, and delayed by, the slow [[development]] of [[physical]] conditions, so is [[spiritual]] [[progress]] dependent on [[mental]] expansion and unfailingly delayed by [[intellectual]] retardation. But this does not mean that [[spiritual]] [[evolution]] is dependent on [[education]], [[culture]], or [[wisdom]]. The [[soul]] may evolve regardless of [[mental]] [[culture]] but not in the [[absence]] of mental [[capacity]] and [[desire]]—the [[choice]] of [[survival]] and the [[decision]] to achieve ever-increasing [[perfection]]—to [[do the will of the Father]] in [[heaven]]. Although [[survival]] may not depend on the [[possession]] of [[knowledge]] and [[wisdom]], [[progress]]ion most certainly does.
65:8.5 In the [[cosmic]] [[evolutionary]] [[laboratories]] [[mind]] is always [[dominant]] over [[matter]], and [[spirit]] is ever correlated with [[mind]]. Failure of these [[diverse]] [[endowments]] to [[synchronize]] and [[co-ordinate]] may cause time delays, but if the [[individual]] really knows [[God]] and [[desires]] to find him and become like him, then [[survival]] is [[assured]] regardless of the [[handicaps]] of [[time]]. [[Physical]] [[status]] may [[handicap]] [[mind]], and mental [[perversity]] may delay [[spiritual]] [[attainment]], but none of these obstacles can defeat the whole-souled [[choice]] of [[Free will|will]].
65:8.6 When [[physical]] conditions are ripe, sudden [[mental]] [[evolutions]] may take place; when [[mind]] [[status]] is propitious, sudden [[spiritual]] [[transformations]] may occur; when [[spiritual]] [[values]] receive proper [[recognition]], then [[cosmic]] [[meanings]] become [[discernible]], and increasingly the [[personality]] is released from the [[handicaps]] of [[time]] and delivered from the [[limitations]] of [[space]].
65:8.7 Sponsored by a [[Life Carrier]] of [[Nebadon]] resident on [[Urantia]].
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_65 Go to Paper 65]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 65 - The Overcontrol of Evolution]]
