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2:7.1 All [[finite]] [[knowledge]] and [[creature]] [[understanding]] are [[relative]]. [[Information]] and [[intelligence]], gleaned from even high sources, is only [[relatively]] complete, locally accurate, and personally true.
2:7.2 [[Physical]] [[facts]] are fairly [[uniform]], but [[truth]] is a living and flexible factor in the [[philosophy]] of the [[universe]]. Evolving personalities are only partially [[wise]] and relatively true in their [[communications]]. They can be certain only as far as their [[personal]] [[experience]] extends. That which apparently may be wholly true in one place may be only relatively true in another [[Fraction|segment]] of [[creation]].
2:7.3 [[Divine]] truth, final truth, is [[uniform]] and [[universal]], but the story of [[things]] spiritual, as it is told by numerous [[individuals]] hailing from various [[spheres]], may sometimes vary in details owing to this [[relativity]] in the completeness of [[knowledge]] and in the repleteness of personal experience as well as in the length and extent of that experience. While the [[laws]] and [[Mandate|decrees]], the [[thoughts]] and [[attitudes]], of the [[First Great Source and Center]] are eternally, infinitely, and universally true; at the same time, their application to, and adjustment for, every [[Local Universe|universe]], [[Paper 45 - The Local System Administration|system]], [[Paper 49 - The Inhabited Worlds|world]], and [[Personality|created intelligence]], are in accordance with the plans and [[technique]] of the [[Creator Sons]] as they [[function]] in their respective universes, as well as in [[harmony]] with the local plans and procedures of the [[Infinite Spirit]] and of all other associated celestial personalities.
2:7.4 The [[Pseudoscience|false science]] of [[materialism]] would sentence [[mortal]] man to become an [[Alienation|outcast]] in the universe. Such partial [[knowledge]] is [[potentially]] [[evil]]; it is knowledge composed of both good and evil. [[Truth]] is beautiful because it is both replete and [[symmetrical]]. When man searches for truth, he pursues the divinely real.
2:7.5 [[Philosophers]] commit their gravest [[error]] when they are misled into the [[Illusion|fallacy]] of abstraction, the [[practice]] of [[focusing]] the [[attention]] upon one [[Fraction|aspect]] of [[reality]] and then of pronouncing such an isolated aspect to be the whole truth. The wise philosopher will always look for the [[creative]] [[design]] which is behind, and pre-existent to, all universe [[phenomena]]. The [[creator]] thought invariably precedes [[creative]] [[action]].
2:7.6 [[Intellectual]] self-consciousness can [[discover]] the [[beauty]] of [[truth]], its [[spiritual]] [[quality]], not only by the philosophic consistency of its [[concepts]], but more certainly and surely by the unerring [[response]] of the ever-present [[Spirit of Truth]]. [[Happiness]] ensues from the recognition of [[truth]] because it can be acted out; it can be lived. Disappointment and sorrow attend upon error because, not being a reality, it cannot be [[realized]] in experience. Divine truth is best known by its spiritual [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Senses#Smell.2C_Taste.2C_and_Touch flavor].
2:7.7 The eternal quest is for [[Integration|unification]], for divine coherence. The far-flung [[Multiverse|physical universe]] coheres in the [[Isle of Paradise]]; the [[intellectual]] universe coheres in the God of mind, the [[Conjoint Actor]]; the [[spiritual]] universe is coherent in the personality of the [[Eternal Son]]. But the isolated mortal of [[time and space]] coheres in God [[the Father]] through the direct [[relationship]] between the indwelling [[Thought Adjuster]] and the Universal Father. Man's Adjuster is a [[fragment]] of God and everlastingly seeks for divine unification; it coheres with, and in, the [[Paradise]] [[Deity]] of the [[First Source and Center]].
2:7.8 The [[discernment]] of supreme [[beauty]] is the [[discovery]] and integration of [[reality]]: The discernment of the divine [[goodness]] in the eternal truth, that is ultimate beauty. Even the [[charm]] of human [[art]] consists in the [[harmony]] of its [[unity]].
2:7.9 The great mistake of the [[Judaism|Hebrew religion]] was its failure to associate the goodness of God with the factual truths of [[science]] and the appealing beauty of [[art]]. As [[civilization]] progressed, and since religion continued to pursue the same unwise course of overemphasizing the goodness of God to the relative exclusion of truth and neglect of beauty, there developed an increasing tendency for certain types of men to turn away from the abstract and dissociated concept of isolated goodness. The overstressed and [[Isolation|isolated]] [[morality]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_religions#Modern_period|modern religion], which fails to hold the [[devotion]] and loyalty of many [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century twentieth-century] men, would rehabilitate itself if, in addition to its moral [[mandates]], it would give equal consideration to the [[truths]] of [[science]], [[philosophy]], and [[spiritual]] [[experience]], and to the beauties of the [[physical]] [[creation]], the [[charm]] of [[intellectual]] [[art]], and the grandeur of genuine [[character]] achievement.
2:7.10 The religious [[challenge]] of this age is to those farseeing and forward-looking men and women of spiritual [[insight]] who will dare to construct a new and appealing [[Art of Living|philosophy of living]] out of the enlarged and exquisitely integrated modern [[concepts]] of cosmic [[truth]], universe [[beauty]], and divine [[goodness]]. Such a new and righteous [[vision]] of [[morality]] will attract all that is good in the mind of man and challenge that which is best in the human [[soul]]. Truth, beauty, and goodness are divine realities, and as man ascends the scale of spiritual living, these supreme qualities of the Eternal become increasingly co-ordinated and unified in [[God]], who is [[love]].
2:7.11 All [[truth]]—[[material]], [[philosophic]], or [[spiritual]]—is both [[beautiful]] and [[good]]. All real beauty—material art or spiritual [[symmetry]]—is both true and good. All genuine [[goodness]]—whether personal morality, social equity, or divine ministry—is equally true and beautiful. [[Health]], sanity, and [[happiness]] are integrations of truth, beauty, and goodness as they are blended in human [[experience]]. Such levels of efficient living come about through the unification of [[energy]] [[systems]], [[idea]] systems, and [[spirit]] systems.
2:7.12 Truth is coherent, beauty attractive, goodness stabilizing. And when these [[values]] of that which is real are co-ordinated in [[personality]] experience, the result is a high order of love conditioned by [[wisdom]] and qualified by [[loyalty]]. The real [[purpose]] of all universe [[education]] is to effect the better co-ordination of the isolated child of the worlds with the larger realities of his expanding experience. [[Reality]] is finite on the human level, infinite and eternal on the higher and [[divine]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_106 levels].
2:7.13 [Presented by a [[Divine Counselor]] acting by [[authority]] of the [[Ancients of Days]] on [[Uversa]].]
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_2 Go to Paper 2]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 2 - The Nature of God]]
2:7.1 All [[finite]] [[knowledge]] and [[creature]] [[understanding]] are [[relative]]. [[Information]] and [[intelligence]], gleaned from even high sources, is only [[relatively]] complete, locally accurate, and personally true.
2:7.2 [[Physical]] [[facts]] are fairly [[uniform]], but [[truth]] is a living and flexible factor in the [[philosophy]] of the [[universe]]. Evolving personalities are only partially [[wise]] and relatively true in their [[communications]]. They can be certain only as far as their [[personal]] [[experience]] extends. That which apparently may be wholly true in one place may be only relatively true in another [[Fraction|segment]] of [[creation]].
2:7.3 [[Divine]] truth, final truth, is [[uniform]] and [[universal]], but the story of [[things]] spiritual, as it is told by numerous [[individuals]] hailing from various [[spheres]], may sometimes vary in details owing to this [[relativity]] in the completeness of [[knowledge]] and in the repleteness of personal experience as well as in the length and extent of that experience. While the [[laws]] and [[Mandate|decrees]], the [[thoughts]] and [[attitudes]], of the [[First Great Source and Center]] are eternally, infinitely, and universally true; at the same time, their application to, and adjustment for, every [[Local Universe|universe]], [[Paper 45 - The Local System Administration|system]], [[Paper 49 - The Inhabited Worlds|world]], and [[Personality|created intelligence]], are in accordance with the plans and [[technique]] of the [[Creator Sons]] as they [[function]] in their respective universes, as well as in [[harmony]] with the local plans and procedures of the [[Infinite Spirit]] and of all other associated celestial personalities.
2:7.4 The [[Pseudoscience|false science]] of [[materialism]] would sentence [[mortal]] man to become an [[Alienation|outcast]] in the universe. Such partial [[knowledge]] is [[potentially]] [[evil]]; it is knowledge composed of both good and evil. [[Truth]] is beautiful because it is both replete and [[symmetrical]]. When man searches for truth, he pursues the divinely real.
2:7.5 [[Philosophers]] commit their gravest [[error]] when they are misled into the [[Illusion|fallacy]] of abstraction, the [[practice]] of [[focusing]] the [[attention]] upon one [[Fraction|aspect]] of [[reality]] and then of pronouncing such an isolated aspect to be the whole truth. The wise philosopher will always look for the [[creative]] [[design]] which is behind, and pre-existent to, all universe [[phenomena]]. The [[creator]] thought invariably precedes [[creative]] [[action]].
2:7.6 [[Intellectual]] self-consciousness can [[discover]] the [[beauty]] of [[truth]], its [[spiritual]] [[quality]], not only by the philosophic consistency of its [[concepts]], but more certainly and surely by the unerring [[response]] of the ever-present [[Spirit of Truth]]. [[Happiness]] ensues from the recognition of [[truth]] because it can be acted out; it can be lived. Disappointment and sorrow attend upon error because, not being a reality, it cannot be [[realized]] in experience. Divine truth is best known by its spiritual [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Senses#Smell.2C_Taste.2C_and_Touch flavor].
2:7.7 The eternal quest is for [[Integration|unification]], for divine coherence. The far-flung [[Multiverse|physical universe]] coheres in the [[Isle of Paradise]]; the [[intellectual]] universe coheres in the God of mind, the [[Conjoint Actor]]; the [[spiritual]] universe is coherent in the personality of the [[Eternal Son]]. But the isolated mortal of [[time and space]] coheres in God [[the Father]] through the direct [[relationship]] between the indwelling [[Thought Adjuster]] and the Universal Father. Man's Adjuster is a [[fragment]] of God and everlastingly seeks for divine unification; it coheres with, and in, the [[Paradise]] [[Deity]] of the [[First Source and Center]].
2:7.8 The [[discernment]] of supreme [[beauty]] is the [[discovery]] and integration of [[reality]]: The discernment of the divine [[goodness]] in the eternal truth, that is ultimate beauty. Even the [[charm]] of human [[art]] consists in the [[harmony]] of its [[unity]].
2:7.9 The great mistake of the [[Judaism|Hebrew religion]] was its failure to associate the goodness of God with the factual truths of [[science]] and the appealing beauty of [[art]]. As [[civilization]] progressed, and since religion continued to pursue the same unwise course of overemphasizing the goodness of God to the relative exclusion of truth and neglect of beauty, there developed an increasing tendency for certain types of men to turn away from the abstract and dissociated concept of isolated goodness. The overstressed and [[Isolation|isolated]] [[morality]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_religions#Modern_period|modern religion], which fails to hold the [[devotion]] and loyalty of many [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century twentieth-century] men, would rehabilitate itself if, in addition to its moral [[mandates]], it would give equal consideration to the [[truths]] of [[science]], [[philosophy]], and [[spiritual]] [[experience]], and to the beauties of the [[physical]] [[creation]], the [[charm]] of [[intellectual]] [[art]], and the grandeur of genuine [[character]] achievement.
2:7.10 The religious [[challenge]] of this age is to those farseeing and forward-looking men and women of spiritual [[insight]] who will dare to construct a new and appealing [[Art of Living|philosophy of living]] out of the enlarged and exquisitely integrated modern [[concepts]] of cosmic [[truth]], universe [[beauty]], and divine [[goodness]]. Such a new and righteous [[vision]] of [[morality]] will attract all that is good in the mind of man and challenge that which is best in the human [[soul]]. Truth, beauty, and goodness are divine realities, and as man ascends the scale of spiritual living, these supreme qualities of the Eternal become increasingly co-ordinated and unified in [[God]], who is [[love]].
2:7.11 All [[truth]]—[[material]], [[philosophic]], or [[spiritual]]—is both [[beautiful]] and [[good]]. All real beauty—material art or spiritual [[symmetry]]—is both true and good. All genuine [[goodness]]—whether personal morality, social equity, or divine ministry—is equally true and beautiful. [[Health]], sanity, and [[happiness]] are integrations of truth, beauty, and goodness as they are blended in human [[experience]]. Such levels of efficient living come about through the unification of [[energy]] [[systems]], [[idea]] systems, and [[spirit]] systems.
2:7.12 Truth is coherent, beauty attractive, goodness stabilizing. And when these [[values]] of that which is real are co-ordinated in [[personality]] experience, the result is a high order of love conditioned by [[wisdom]] and qualified by [[loyalty]]. The real [[purpose]] of all universe [[education]] is to effect the better co-ordination of the isolated child of the worlds with the larger realities of his expanding experience. [[Reality]] is finite on the human level, infinite and eternal on the higher and [[divine]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_106 levels].
2:7.13 [Presented by a [[Divine Counselor]] acting by [[authority]] of the [[Ancients of Days]] on [[Uversa]].]
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_2 Go to Paper 2]</center>
<center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=The_Urantia_Text_-_Contents Go to Table of Contents]</center>
[[Category:Paper 2 - The Nature of God]]
