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8:1.1 In the eternity of the past, upon the [[personalization]] of the Infinite Spirit the divine [[personality]] [[cycle]] becomes [[perfect]] and complete. The God of Action is existent, and the vast stage of [[space]] is set for the stupendous [[drama]] of [[creation]]—the [[universal]] [[adventure]]—the [[divine]] [[panorama]] of the eternal ages.
8:1.2 The first act of the Infinite Spirit is the inspection and recognition of his divine [[parents]], the Father-Father and the Mother-Son. He, the Spirit, unqualifiedly identifies both of them. He is fully cognizant of their separate personalities and infinite [[attributes]] as well as of their combined [[nature]] and united [[function]]. Next, voluntarily, with [[transcendent]] willingness and [[inspiring]] [[spontaneity]], the Third Person of Deity, notwithstanding his [[equality]] with the First and Second Persons, pledges eternal [[loyalty]] to God [[the Father]] and acknowledges everlasting dependence upon God [[Eternal Son|the Son]].
8:1.3 [[Inherent]] in the [[nature]] of this transaction and in mutual recognition of the [[personality]] independence of each and the executive union of all three, the [[cycle]] of eternity is established. The [[Paradise Trinity]] is existent. The stage of [[universal]] [[space]] is set for the manifold and never-ending [[panorama]] of the [[creative]] [[unfolding]] of the [[purpose]] of the [[Universal Father]] through the [[personality]] of the [[Eternal Son]] and by the execution of the God of [[Action]], the executive [[agency]] for the [[reality]] [[performances]] of the Father-Son [[creator]] [[partnership]].
8:1.4 The God of Action [[functions]] and the dead vaults of space are astir. [[Havona|One billion perfect]] [[spheres]] flash into [[existence]]. Prior to this hypothetical eternity [[moment]] the space-[[energies]] [[inherent]] in [[Paradise]] are existent and [[potentially]] operative, but they have no [[actuality]] of [[being]]; neither can [[physical]] [[gravity]] be [[measured]] except by the [[reaction]] of material realities to its incessant pull. There is no material universe at this (assumed) eternally distant moment, but the very instant that one billion worlds materialize, there is in [[evidence]] [[gravity]] sufficient and adequate to hold them in the everlasting grasp of [[Paradise]].
8:1.5 There now flashes through the creation of the Gods the second form of energy, and this [[Flow|outflowing]] [[spirit]] is instantly grasped by the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_7#7:1._THE_SPIRIT-GRAVITY_CIRCUIT spiritual gravity] of the Eternal Son. Thus the twofold [[gravity]]-[[embrace]]d universe is [[touched]] with the energy of infinity and immersed in the spirit of [[divinity]]. In this way is the soil of life prepared for the [[consciousness]] of [[mind]] made manifest in the associated [[intelligence]] [[circuits]] of the Infinite Spirit.
8:1.6 Upon these seeds of [[potential]] [[existence]], diffused throughout the [[Havona|central creation]] of the Gods, the Father [[acts]], and [[creature]] [[personality]] appears. Then does the presence of the Paradise Deities fill all organized space and begin effectively to draw all things and beings Paradiseward.
8:1.7 The Infinite Spirit eternalizes [[Simultaneity|concurrently]] with the birth of the [[Havona]] worlds, this central universe being created by him and with him and in him in [[obedience]] to the combined [[concepts]] and united wills of the Father and the Son. The Third Person deitizes by this very act of conjoint creation, and he thus forever becomes the ''Conjoint Creator''.
8:1.8 These are the grand and awful times of the [[creative]] expansion of the Father and the Son by, and in, the [[action]] of their conjoint associate and exclusive executive, the ''Third Source and Center''. There exists no record of these stirring times. We have only the meager disclosures of the Infinite Spirit to substantiate these mighty transactions, and he merely verifies the [[fact]] that the central universe and all that pertains thereto eternalized [[simultaneous]]ly with his [[attainment]] of [[personality]] and conscious [[existence]].
8:1.9 In brief, the Infinite Spirit testifies that, since he is [[eternal]], so also is the central universe eternal. And this is the traditional [[Origin|starting point]] of the [[history]] of the [[universe of universes]]. Absolutely nothing is known, and no records are in [[existence]], regarding any event or transaction prior to this stupendous eruption of creative [[energy]] and [[administrative]] [[wisdom]] that crystallized the vast universe which exists, and so exquisitely [[functions]], at the [[center]] of [[all things]]. Beyond this event lie the unsearchable transactions of eternity and the depths of infinity—[[absolute]] [[mystery]].
8:1.10 And we thus portray the [[sequential]] [[origin]] of the ''Third Source and Center'' as an [[interpretative]] [[Compromise|condescension]] to the time-bound and space-conditioned mind of [[mortal]] [[creatures]]. The mind of man must have a starting point for the [[visualization]] of universe history, and I have been directed to provide this [[technique]] of approach to the historic concept of eternity. In the material mind, consistency demands a First [[Cause]]; therefore do we postulate the [[Universal Father]] as the First Source and the [[Absolute]] [[Center]] of all [[creation]], at the same time instructing all creature minds that the Son and the Spirit are coeternal with the Father in all [[phases]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmogony universe history] and in all realms of creative activity. And we do this without in any sense being disregardful of the [[reality]] and [[eternity]] of the [[Isle of Paradise]] and of the [[The Three Absolutes|Unqualified, Universal, and Deity Absolutes]].
8:1.11 It is enough of a reach of the [[material]] mind of the [[children]] of time to conceive of [[the Father]] in [[eternity]]. We know that any child can best relate himself to reality by first mastering the [[relationships]] of the child-[[parent]] situation and then by enlarging this [[concept]] to embrace the [[family]] as a whole. Subsequently the growing mind of the child will be able to adjust to the concept of family relations, to [[relationships]] of the [[community]], the [[race]], and the [[Planet|world]], and then to those of the [[Local Universe|universe]], the [[superuniverse]], even the [[universe of universes]].
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[[Category:Paper 8 - The Infinite Spirit]]
8:1.1 In the eternity of the past, upon the [[personalization]] of the Infinite Spirit the divine [[personality]] [[cycle]] becomes [[perfect]] and complete. The God of Action is existent, and the vast stage of [[space]] is set for the stupendous [[drama]] of [[creation]]—the [[universal]] [[adventure]]—the [[divine]] [[panorama]] of the eternal ages.
8:1.2 The first act of the Infinite Spirit is the inspection and recognition of his divine [[parents]], the Father-Father and the Mother-Son. He, the Spirit, unqualifiedly identifies both of them. He is fully cognizant of their separate personalities and infinite [[attributes]] as well as of their combined [[nature]] and united [[function]]. Next, voluntarily, with [[transcendent]] willingness and [[inspiring]] [[spontaneity]], the Third Person of Deity, notwithstanding his [[equality]] with the First and Second Persons, pledges eternal [[loyalty]] to God [[the Father]] and acknowledges everlasting dependence upon God [[Eternal Son|the Son]].
8:1.3 [[Inherent]] in the [[nature]] of this transaction and in mutual recognition of the [[personality]] independence of each and the executive union of all three, the [[cycle]] of eternity is established. The [[Paradise Trinity]] is existent. The stage of [[universal]] [[space]] is set for the manifold and never-ending [[panorama]] of the [[creative]] [[unfolding]] of the [[purpose]] of the [[Universal Father]] through the [[personality]] of the [[Eternal Son]] and by the execution of the God of [[Action]], the executive [[agency]] for the [[reality]] [[performances]] of the Father-Son [[creator]] [[partnership]].
8:1.4 The God of Action [[functions]] and the dead vaults of space are astir. [[Havona|One billion perfect]] [[spheres]] flash into [[existence]]. Prior to this hypothetical eternity [[moment]] the space-[[energies]] [[inherent]] in [[Paradise]] are existent and [[potentially]] operative, but they have no [[actuality]] of [[being]]; neither can [[physical]] [[gravity]] be [[measured]] except by the [[reaction]] of material realities to its incessant pull. There is no material universe at this (assumed) eternally distant moment, but the very instant that one billion worlds materialize, there is in [[evidence]] [[gravity]] sufficient and adequate to hold them in the everlasting grasp of [[Paradise]].
8:1.5 There now flashes through the creation of the Gods the second form of energy, and this [[Flow|outflowing]] [[spirit]] is instantly grasped by the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_7#7:1._THE_SPIRIT-GRAVITY_CIRCUIT spiritual gravity] of the Eternal Son. Thus the twofold [[gravity]]-[[embrace]]d universe is [[touched]] with the energy of infinity and immersed in the spirit of [[divinity]]. In this way is the soil of life prepared for the [[consciousness]] of [[mind]] made manifest in the associated [[intelligence]] [[circuits]] of the Infinite Spirit.
8:1.6 Upon these seeds of [[potential]] [[existence]], diffused throughout the [[Havona|central creation]] of the Gods, the Father [[acts]], and [[creature]] [[personality]] appears. Then does the presence of the Paradise Deities fill all organized space and begin effectively to draw all things and beings Paradiseward.
8:1.7 The Infinite Spirit eternalizes [[Simultaneity|concurrently]] with the birth of the [[Havona]] worlds, this central universe being created by him and with him and in him in [[obedience]] to the combined [[concepts]] and united wills of the Father and the Son. The Third Person deitizes by this very act of conjoint creation, and he thus forever becomes the ''Conjoint Creator''.
8:1.8 These are the grand and awful times of the [[creative]] expansion of the Father and the Son by, and in, the [[action]] of their conjoint associate and exclusive executive, the ''Third Source and Center''. There exists no record of these stirring times. We have only the meager disclosures of the Infinite Spirit to substantiate these mighty transactions, and he merely verifies the [[fact]] that the central universe and all that pertains thereto eternalized [[simultaneous]]ly with his [[attainment]] of [[personality]] and conscious [[existence]].
8:1.9 In brief, the Infinite Spirit testifies that, since he is [[eternal]], so also is the central universe eternal. And this is the traditional [[Origin|starting point]] of the [[history]] of the [[universe of universes]]. Absolutely nothing is known, and no records are in [[existence]], regarding any event or transaction prior to this stupendous eruption of creative [[energy]] and [[administrative]] [[wisdom]] that crystallized the vast universe which exists, and so exquisitely [[functions]], at the [[center]] of [[all things]]. Beyond this event lie the unsearchable transactions of eternity and the depths of infinity—[[absolute]] [[mystery]].
8:1.10 And we thus portray the [[sequential]] [[origin]] of the ''Third Source and Center'' as an [[interpretative]] [[Compromise|condescension]] to the time-bound and space-conditioned mind of [[mortal]] [[creatures]]. The mind of man must have a starting point for the [[visualization]] of universe history, and I have been directed to provide this [[technique]] of approach to the historic concept of eternity. In the material mind, consistency demands a First [[Cause]]; therefore do we postulate the [[Universal Father]] as the First Source and the [[Absolute]] [[Center]] of all [[creation]], at the same time instructing all creature minds that the Son and the Spirit are coeternal with the Father in all [[phases]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmogony universe history] and in all realms of creative activity. And we do this without in any sense being disregardful of the [[reality]] and [[eternity]] of the [[Isle of Paradise]] and of the [[The Three Absolutes|Unqualified, Universal, and Deity Absolutes]].
8:1.11 It is enough of a reach of the [[material]] mind of the [[children]] of time to conceive of [[the Father]] in [[eternity]]. We know that any child can best relate himself to reality by first mastering the [[relationships]] of the child-[[parent]] situation and then by enlarging this [[concept]] to embrace the [[family]] as a whole. Subsequently the growing mind of the child will be able to adjust to the concept of family relations, to [[relationships]] of the [[community]], the [[race]], and the [[Planet|world]], and then to those of the [[Local Universe|universe]], the [[superuniverse]], even the [[universe of universes]].
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_8 Go to Paper 8]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 8 - The Infinite Spirit]]
